Miners\u2019 wives\u2019 \u200b<\/p>\n
anger rises \u200b<\/p>\n
“They don\u2019t care.\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n We are forgotten”\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n she says, walking away\u200b<\/p>\n to be with her tears.\u200b<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looking in,\u200b<\/p>\n Injustice\u00a0looks like hardship,\u200b<\/p>\n but really it’s their voice not counting in, \u200b<\/p>\n Why can’t they see?\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n It is unfair to make\u200b<\/p>\n Decisions from afar,\u200b<\/p>\n It is in their grief of the pit mentality\u200b.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Still, with the energy of standing up to injustice\u200b<\/p>\n in their bones, they write a plan.\u200b<\/p>\n “Justice here, means protecting heritage.”\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n Two fingers up to that, \u200b<\/p>\n Democracy has been diverted<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not only the end of fish-and-chip Fridays\u200b<\/p>\n but a great big f’ing bund,\u200b<\/p>\n an incomprehensible divide \u200b<\/p>\n Why did they decide\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n to house a machine?\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n From their windows\u200b<\/p>\n they can no longer see a\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n representation of their history.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n Now a daily reminder of the disrespect of their story.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n More than spoil, the bund brings toil.\u200b<\/p>\n A community left asking:\u200b<\/p>\n why does no one care?\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n This isn\u2019t fair\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n what\u2019s the point?\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Inspired by the interviews with the Stainforth community, written by Dr Tessa Lynn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miners\u2019 wives\u2019 \u200b anger rises \u200b “They don\u2019t care.\u200b We are forgotten”\u200b she says, walking away\u200b to be with her tears.\u200b Looking in,\u200b Injustice\u00a0looks like hardship,\u200b but<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":877,"featured_media":2156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n