and indeed, my dad and my sister and i went on a bus to durham, to the durham miners association headquartersills, a parliament which was built by the miners back in the day. it is about to open again, by the way, hopefully as a unesco heritage site. we went to a man in an office and gave him this kind of idea because i had heard about this language course that i could take at the university of east anglia. he kind of let my dad record said, yes, sir. they gave this money, some of this money had been donated by the miners of donbas, of all things, in solidarity with the format of county durham. they had links going back to the 1920s. miners in ukraine in _ going back to the 1920s. miners in ukraine in the _ going back to the 1920s. miners in ukraine in the soviet - going back to the 1920s. miners in ukraine in the soviet union, | in ukraine in the soviet union, putting money in a ten that got sent to the uk, that you end up being able to go to study russian with?— being able to go to study russian with? exactly, and i not russian with? exactly, and i got £100 — russian with? exactly, and i go

the time of the miners strike, which was about when i was about to go to college, that the durham miners associationlarships and bursaries for the kids of miners. and he thought that that would be one way that i might be able to study russian. and indeed, you know, my dad and my sister and i went on a bus to durham to, um, the durham miners association headquarters, a place called red hills, which was a kind of a parliament that was built by the miners back in the day and is about to open again, by the way, hopefully as a unesco type heritage site. and, you know, wejust went to a man in an office and gave him this kind of idea because i'd learned about, um, a language course that i could take at the university of east anglia. and, um, he, you know, kind of looked at my dad's work record, said, indeed, yes, sir. they gave this money. some of this money had been donated by the miners of donbas, of all things, in solidarity with the miners of county durham. they had links going back to the 1920s in exchanges. i mean, it's a bit mind boggling now to think about it, but... miners, miners, miners in ukrai