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I remember it very well, I worked for Herrings of Hartlepool at the time on class1 general haulage, I was leaving in the February to move South, but I had no choice, I had to join the strike.
I was moving south because there was no future for my son and two daughters at Hartlepool, they were only 8, 9 and and twelve at the time and although we were all born and bred there, my wife and I felt we had to move to give the kids a better chance, I had no job to go to and because of the strike we were almost destitute, I'd never been out of work until then and it was one hell of a struggle but it was worth it, we all ended up with better jobs than we would ever have back home, (and we're still here!) Our move south had been planned for months.
The strike ended four days before we moved South, I will never forget that strike!
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Best Regards..........Jimmy
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