The Staffordshire coalfield area covers many coal mines. This story is about one area in particular.
Coal mining is a dangerous occupation and many lives have been lost in producing coal. Men who work below ground form a close comradeship and are there to help each other, but still, there are accidents and many men have lost their lives. Also above ground, incidents occur that affect the local community such as the drug pushers who infiltrated our town. This had to be dealt with. And so the B.A.D. Boys were formed: Boys Against Drugs.
Prostitution also raised its ugly head and one man decided to cash in on this. One must remember that money was scarce, especially during the strike. The government was determined to close the industry down and so the National Union of Miners decided to take action. This began with police brutality against the striking miners which caused turmoil throughout the coalfields. Violence was unavoidable.
However, after a long period of no money coming in the miners had to give way to the government and accepted defeat. The closure of many coal mines decimated the industry. We do not now have a coal industry. The talk of redundancies began and so the miners did, after much negotiation, receive some sort of compensation. However, it came after many miners had died from the dreaded dust disease.
In an effort to clean up the streets of Britain, the government brought in drastic measures to get rid of the prostitutes, drug peddlers, child abusers and other riff-raff such as paedophiles and rent boys. It was a secret operation to eliminate the courts but to organise a secret panel of judges and agents to deal with the problem on a fast track system. This was quickly put into operation and Captain Jack was put in charge of the prison ship which would take the guilty persons to a prearranged foreign country to serve out their sentences. Later, Captain Jack was offered another job. He had fallen for one of the women prisoners and offered a job by a rich oil king. Jack took the opportunity for a better life and left the ship with his new girlfriend to become governor of a walled city in the desert. The citadel which the king had specially built for his eldest son was to be Captain Jack's new job.
In the pastoral heart of England, loyalty to the King was rewarded with vast expanses of land. These new aristocrats, seizing the opportunity, leased plots to eager farmers and budding entrepreneurs. But the real wealth lay beneath the soil. Holding exclusive mineral rights, these landowners tapped into lucrative ventures in mining, sand, gravel, and other burgeoning industries. Through shrewd rental strategies, their fortunes swelled, leading to the rise of opulent estates. As their coffers grew, so did their influence, establishing them as the undisputed lords of the region.
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