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The next half an hour ` 30 years on ` questions to r the man who led the

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miner's strike. Socialist, nothing like the reality is to the man I

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know now and I have been at loggerheads with. Middlesbrougher

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George Friend swaps the championship for the Northern League, to discover

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why so many players choose not to head for the big time. It is

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bringing more security to their family life. Sounds ideal. Where do

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I sign? You might need to wait a couple of weeks! We meet the Lake

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District obsessive who will brave the elements to get this shot. It is

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an absolute beautiful scene, but the wind is horrendous.

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Stories from the heart of the north`east and Cumbria. That is

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Inside Out. Three decades ago, 22,000 miners

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here in the north`east and Cumbria joined the national strike. The

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leader of the national yn National Union of Mineworkers, Arthur

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Scargill, became one of Britain's most famous and controversial public

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figures. Now, he's involved in a bitter series of disputes with his

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old union. Tonight, Dan Johnson asks why over the past 30 years more than

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?700,000 has been paid by the NUM to another organisation of which Mr

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Scargill is President. It is 30 years since the miner's

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strike started. It was an industrial dispute that caused deep divisions

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and it helped define Mrs Thatcher's Britain.

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Whatever the rights and wrongs, no`one can deny the hardship faced

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by miners and their families and the devastating social impact of pit

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closures in the years that followed. There is another legacy that causes

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bitterness ` it is about money ` lots of money and the man who used

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to lead the miners, Arthur Scargill. Loyalty to every miner and every

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miner's wife in this country. 30 years ago, Arthur Scargill could

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claim to be the most powerful trade union boss in Britain. He was always

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controversial. To his critics, he was an enemy

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within. To many of his supporters he could do no wrong. Jimmy Kelly was a

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young miner. He followed Arthur Scargill without question. During

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the strike, there was nothing better than him. He would have `` we would

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have followed him to the world. In effect, we probably did.

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But here at NUM headquarters 30 years after the strike there's a

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deep rift between Arthur Scargill and the man who is now in charge of

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his old union. I think Arthur's lasting legacy is in two halves, if

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you like. If you take what he did during the strike, just before and

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just after, then he had a very positive impact on the union.

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Unfortunately, anybody that is looking at Arthur now, on recent

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events, would see him in a very different light. Relations between

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Arthur Scargill and the NUM have hit rock bottom. There have been a

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series of legal disputes. In 2012 he got an out of dort settlement over

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expense `` out of court settlement over expenses. A year ago he lost a

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battle to stay in his London flat for life, at the ex`peps of his old

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union. There's `` expense of his old union. There is no question the old

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union can afford the payments of that entitlement, to which I was

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entitled. One document is an application in 1993 by Mr Scargill

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to buy his rented flat at a discounted price. It is at the

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Barbican in central London where property now faces nearly ?1

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million. Mr Scargill wanted to use right to buy legislation Mrs

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Thatcher had introduced so council tenants could buy their own homes.

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It is so hypercritical, it is unreal. It was Thatcher's

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legislation that gave council tenants a right to buy their houses.

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The application was refused because it was not his primary residence. He

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doesn't mention in his application that the flat was paid for by the

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NUMs. I think people would be actually astounded by knowing that.

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Mr Scargill told us the proposal, if accepted, would have been put to the

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NUM's National Executive and the flat subsequently transferred to the

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ownership of the NUM. He said it would have saved the union a

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substantial amount of money and provided them with an asset. If we

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honestly believe that our demands in this resolution is justifiable...

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Another document relates to Frank Cave. In December 2001, he was dying

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of cancer. His friend and colleague, Arthur Scargill, was about to retire

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from the union presidency. Mr Scargill had a problem. He wanted to

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stay in his London flat with rent paid by the NUM for the rest of his

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life. And on December, 7th, 2001, a letter was written, apparently by Mr

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Cave, setting out Mr Scargill's entitlement. He gave evidence it was

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Mr Cave's work, despite the fact his colleague died only a month after it

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was written. I have seen Frank more than most of us, I would suggest. As

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far as I was concerned Frank wouldn't have been writing letters.

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An earlier draft was produced in evidence, with an alteration written

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in Mr Scargill's own handwriting. In response Mr Scargill said he looked

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at a small section of the letter without reading any more of its

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content. The issue was whether or not the letter came from Mr Scargill

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and the justice found it did. Mr Scargill told us he stands by his

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evidence. He rejects Mr Kelly's allegation. He said the judge

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inexplicably dismissed other evidence in the case, indicating

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that Mr Cave was alert, aware and/orien tated, right up to the

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time of his death. But this story goes back 30 years,

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to the miners' strike N the end, the miners lost. After that defeat, Mr

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Scargill's links with an international minuters' organisation

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deepened di `` miners' organisation deepened divisions within the NUM.

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It was to Paris that Arthur Scargill turned more of his attention after

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1985. The IMO, now renamed the IEMO was

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founded here, six months after the strike. It claimed to represent 6.5

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million miners around the world and it was headed by Arthur Scargill.

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The national National Union of Mineworkers and the international

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minerer's organisation have agreed a former which `` international

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miners' organisation... There was a row about money from Russian that

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went to the IMO not the NUM after the strike. They settled when they

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donated ?724,000. Both organisations were headed by Arthur Scargill. Frr

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Chris Kitchen this is more than history. He is concerned about the

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subsequent financial relationships. You cannot justify expenditure if

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you don't know what it has been put to. He has established between 1985

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and 2010 the NUM paid ?712,000. Nearly half a million of that was

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annual subscriptions. It is 20 years since the IEMO last published any

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accounts. The trouble happened when I was asked to justify paying that

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amount in money and I asked for sight of accounts from and refused

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to be given them. Where do you think that ?20,000 a year has been going?

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What has it been spent on? I had no idea. That is why I wanted to see

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the accounts. In response to the question about publishing accounts,

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Mr Scargill said the IEMO had presented accounts in accordance

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with the instructions of its Congress. I asked him what that

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meant, but so far he's not got back to us. Before he retired ?145,000

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was paid by the NUM to the IEMO without the National Executive

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Committee being consulted N the Barbican case Mr Scargill said this

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was the elive lent of have expected as a severance

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payment. What came out in the court case is Arthur's belief was he

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believed he was entitled to severance payments. He hadn't asked

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for them. Mr Scargill told us this wasn't a redundancy or severance

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payment to him. It was money which would have been payable to him if he

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had accepted a lump sum. He said it was from an NUM trust fund and did

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not need to be referred to the National Executive Committee. When

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it came to light and questions were asked the explanation given was this

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was money that was, Arthur was entitled to receive but didn't want

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to receive and there for the same donation went to the IEMO. Are you

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content with that? Without knowing, seeing the accounts, you can draw

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different assumetions as to what happened to that money. ``

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assumptions as to what happened to that money. It is clear the links

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with the IEMO continued. That is inappropriate? I personally think it

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is inappropriate. One of his supporters told us Mr Scargill is a

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man of complete integrity. To some he is still a hero. To others, he

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has left a bitter and troubled legacy. The perception I had of

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Arthur, the great trade unionist, socialist is nothing like the

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reality as to the man that I know now and I have been at loggerheads

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with for most of my term in office. They say football is no longer the

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game it once was. Well, big wages and transfer fees have changed it

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beyond recognition. But there is a brand of football here in the north

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which hasn't changed for more than a century. We asked Middlesbrougher

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player George Friend to swap the championship for the Northern

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League, to investigate why fans and players are choosing it over the

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professional game. I play in the championship. I am about to drop

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down seven divisions. I want to know why the world's second oldest

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football league is still a success. So, I am joining Shildon. I have

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heard that some fans choose to watch this level instead of the Premier

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League. Even some players decide to stick around rather than turning

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pro. Welcome to the Northern League.

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Blood and thunder. Proper tackles, proper pies. It will

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be my world for a bit. I want to get some advice from my mate `

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Middlesbrougher first team keeper, Jason Steele. Will I get booted? You

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will get kicked a ul over! I don't think he's hard enough for

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the Northern League. Hey, get your hands out of your pockets. Don't

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stand around like that here! Firsts things first, I need to know the

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league's history. So, Mike, you are Mr Northern League. So they tell me.

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I have been chairman 18 years now... . This cottage is a treasure trove

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of Northern League memorabilia. All directed by the trust. The history

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of the league goes back to 1889. There were ten teams at the start

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from, the Tyne to the tees... The routes of northeast football culture

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can be traced back to the first season ` it featured the two teams

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that joined to become Newcastle United. It featured Darlington and

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another famous name. Is that the Middlesbrougher. That is. I would

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not be standing here if it was not for the Northern League? They have

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won the last two finals... By the 1950s the Amateur Cup finals were

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being played in front of crowds more than 90,000 people I was a time when

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many Northern League players could play at the very highest

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professional level. But, like Bob Thursby, who played in

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this game, they chose not to. The team that was the most important

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one in the country was Wolverhampton Wanderers. They were way above

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Manchester United at the time. I went down there, sort of on trial

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for a week. They wanted me to sign. He turned down ass nol too. The

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maximum wage at that time for a footballer was ?20. I thought if I

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go to University I could probably make ?20 and as I say, I didn't have

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to retire at 34. So the quality of the Northern League was so high

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because player whoss could have been pro choose to stay put instead.

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While with Shildon, I want to find out if that is still the case. The

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first spot of training with Shildon. See what the standard is like in the

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Northern League. Go on, George! It turns out almost

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every member of the team has had some professional experience. Ben

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Wood left Sunderland and John Brackstone played for Hartlepool and

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Darlington. What stopped you searching for the professional

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contracts? There comes a time you have to think about your life and

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future. I want to catch one the gaffer to find out why so many good

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ex`pros end up at this level. We have a lot who have come out and

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gone into being a teacher. They have a career they develop and they pick

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up a few quid playing for us. Overall, it is bringing more

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security to their family life, isn't it? Where do I sign? After today's

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training you might need to wait a couple of weeks!

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Some Northern League clubs can not afford to paytary players. Town ``

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to pay their players. Teams like Shildon can pay up to ?200 a week.

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Not bad for playing on a Saturday. A lot of people would be happy to get

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?400 a week. That is on top of a full`time job. I thought do I chase

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my dream or get on with my life. I like to think when I am 30 I will be

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secure, nice house. Stephen is now training as an apprentice engineer

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at South Tyneside college. He has already got a job with a cruise ship

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company. If a professional company came in, what would prize you away?

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It would take something like a five`year deal. A few grand a week.

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I am starting a family. I wonder what my wife would think if I had to

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look for a new contract? I think being settled with a family would be

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important to both of us. You can see why people in the Northern League do

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it? Definitely. So, just like the 1950s, financial

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security is still the reason good players stay in the Northern League.

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But does it mean professional clubs like Hartlepool miss out on the

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talent? Do you feel you are being priced out of the market? We can be

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if they can earn ?500 in the Northern League and get a job on top

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of. That you are looking at a salary of up to ?50,000 a year. There is a

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fair bit of money at the very top of the Northern League, not least at

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Celtic Nation in Carlisle. These are all brand new seating put in. These

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th will be the new sponsor's lounge. It is backed by an

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based tie con. He can report whatever he wants, reported to be up

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to ?600 a week. For the league they are paid quite well. Yes. We are

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fortunate with what has happened to us.

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I have seen how the Northern League is attractive to local players. Top

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teams are professionally run. Maybe that is what is bringing the fans

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back. This is what it is all about ` match

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night. Stick together tonight. It will be a long game... The club I

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have been with, Shildon, are fighting the big spenders for the

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league title. What is the prize today? I don't

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know. The secretary hasn't yet told me! The fans are well up for it. It

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is a bitter Derby against another famous Northern League club, Bishop

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Auckland. Thank you. Northern League

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attendances have been up for the last decade.

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It is a friend liar atmosphere and you probably could `` friend yar

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atmosphere and you probably couldn't afford the other games ` it is too

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expensive. It is relatively inexpensive, you see some very good

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players. The man who has just scored that

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goal, Paul Connor, is an ex`professional. He is Rochdale's

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record signing and he's come back home. This is the

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he chooses to play at. Come on Shildon!

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My sister and law and myself do the food. We have done it for a lot of

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years. You don't get dumpling at Chelsea! A lot of the people who

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work very hard to keep Northern League clubs going are doing doing

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it because they identify with Bishop Auckland and it is their town ` that

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is the way it works now. This is where it all happens. You get three

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in. When he's there, only one `and`a`half in. The people who work

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in these clubs are gems. The league would probably die without these

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people. A 4`0 win for Shildon. I have come to the end of my time in

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the Northern League. The professionalism shown in what is

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the ninth tier below the Premier League astonished me really. The

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fact so many people are involved and they are so passionate about the

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Northern League ` they are proud to be part of it. It is what makes the

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league so strong. I getss we all dream of giving up

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the day job, spending time in the open air and following our passion.

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Of course not many of us get the chance, but Terry#5Abraham did. Now

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he wants to share his filming obsession with the Lake District. He

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goes to extreme lengths to get "the shot."

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Coming here, to somewhere like the Lake District, it ignited something

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in me and inspired me. I have been coming back here often. The Scafell

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` it is my baby. I love that raw power it has with the rocks and the

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crags and the exposure you have here to the elements. There is a real

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true sense of wilderness here that you don't really find in other parts

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of England. It just resonates with me. I am sure

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I should have been a shepherd in a previous life, but, oh, well, now I

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am just a posh tramp out on the hills. And it is this landscape that

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is testing Terry emotionally and fizzally to the limit, with his most

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ambitious project to date. I want to capture the Scafell at its best,

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through the seasons and at its worst as well: Hence I am out on days like

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today. It gives a true reflection of the character of this mountain. He

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spent the last year capturing the seasons and the people connected

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with Scafell Pike. . England's highest mountain in West Cumbria.

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What I hope to do in my film is enlighten people, inspire them. I

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just want to share the glory of this landscape here that means so much to

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me. To understand Terry's passion today,

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we have to go back 20 years when he had a suspected heart attack. It was

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only sort of in my late 20s. It made me realise how life is so short.

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Those interests came into a real sharp focus for me. There are lots

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of places I wanted to see in Britain and enjoy and go out backpacking and

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taking it all in. And then I picked up a cheap cam corder, started to

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take it out with me on camps and things like that, up on the fells.

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It was only recently that Terry was forced to quit his job as a competer

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expert, take the plunge and make a living from his passion. I cannot

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help but smile that the path I am on now in my life, which has led me to

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producing this film started really because I got made redundant and, at

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the time, I was day dreaming of spending lots of time out in the

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hills and developing my craft ` film`making skills. As a consequence

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of that redundancy I jumped in with both feets, went for it and have not

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looked back since. He is a new breed of film maker and can get extra

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reaction to his work. There are an abundance of films out there.

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YouTube being the most popular, people can find you. To take up a

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hobby ` that is what it was ` film making the door doors `` the

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outdoors, it has become my career. To capture every mood of the

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mountain, Terry, who cannot drive, will get the bus to the bottom of

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the fells and then he's on foot, alone!

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For the first time in a couple of daysvy got a signal. I am texting

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the wife to let her know I am safe and well. She should not worry. I am

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very careful with every step I make on the fells. I don't trust any rock

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` if it is slippy, it could be dry ` never trust them. If it is like this

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all day it can be a bit demoralising. It is the nature of

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the game. You know. A lot of time out here, on the fells ` take the

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rough with the smooth. Normally I am at least a week out.

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It is not unheard that I am out here for three weeks. I am at the mercy

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of the general conditions. I don't ever get scared. Fear is a

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state of mind. There's my rucksack N there goes

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everything. The tent, the video gear ` the different cameras I have with

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me. Cooking, so I have got gas. One of the reasons I am wearing this

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fluffy hat is because my wife bought me this last winter, so I feel like

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I have a part of home with me here. I miss and love my family dearly of

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course it is one of those things, it is my job now. I want to be out

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here. I also miss home. I like to be at home, be with my family.

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Winter in the karn gorms can be wild and savage. On a sunny day, when it

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is warm and dry, in the shelter of the trees, it is easy to think that

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it must be the same high up. At the Kendal Mountain Kendal Mountain Film

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Festival Terry is rubbing shoulders with other film makers. I have never

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stepped foot out there before ` especially in winter. The first week

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was a shock for me, as you can imagine. It is a big thing and a big

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confidence boost for me as I work on the Scafell Pike film ` my baby.

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That is the one I hope they will screen here next year.

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I look at this cracker here... Back at home in New washing on Trent,

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Terry is viewing his footage. It can be challenging coming back home. I

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am buzzing, on a high. It is like a jigsaw, it is up to you to put all

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the pieces together and complete a picture. The film has yet to

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premier. He is wetting the appetite of his future audience using social

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media. This has been popular with a lot of my Twitter followers. The

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film is part funded by Terry's followers and sponsors. The rest

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from him. Over half the budget for the film

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has come from the public. But I love the place. It is my

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passion, so I am going to out there and do it, even if I have no money

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in my pockets. And back on the fells, his patience

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is once more paying off. I have come back here several times

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now to chase this shot. OK, it has not happened yet, but it looks like

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it will happen. I'm legging it!

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Yeah, over there! The challenge I am facing at the

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moment is an absolutely beautiful scene. The wind is horrendous.

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I might have to move somewhere else. There we go! This is it.

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Come on, camera! I am well happy with that. It was

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superb. It was worth the wait. The thing that makes me smile most of

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all are the people who come back to me and say you can really see your

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love for the area. It shines through.

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That's where I get a real flutter in my heart. I think, yes! It is paying

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off! Stunning pictures. Well worth

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braving the elements for. Now, before I go, a quick mention of the

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blog, I write about the stories I cover each week. That's it for

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tonight. Next week, as we all worry about our

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energy bills, we have some top tips on how to keep the costs down. See

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you next Monday. Until then, from the Woodhorn Colliery Museum, good

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