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Lewis Pugh - The Featherstone Massacre

Feb 2025 @ The Live Room, Saltaire. Song available here : https://lewispugh.bandcamp.com/ Huge thank you to Keith Belcher for the video. FEATHERSTONE MASSACRE In Featherstone, West Yorkshire, where the coal came out the ground A massacre was committed, by foot soldiers of the Crown But the hardship and the hunger was plain for all to see Long before that evening in 1893. The lockout across the country meant no union man could earn As they bosses slashed their wages, the pit wheels did not turn But scabs loaded up coal wagons, bound for Bradford town And word of this betrayal quickly made the rounds. And on it seems they’d crush us down, as men of little worth, As if we were not fit to live, and had no right on earth. That summer afternoon, of September ‘93 The miners had assembled at Ackton colliery They asked the man in charge there, known as Holiday How he could hire scab workers whilst in dispute of pay. He called upon the army to clear these men away 28 foot soldiers arrived late in the day Led by Captain Barker, the order was made plain Fire upon these miners, we care not if we maim. The bullets hit the crowd and two young men’s lives were lost Because the bosses protect profits at any bloody cost By the barrels of their rifles they took our brothers down These murders were committed by foot soldiers of the crown. The town banded together, to grieve the murdered men And swore they would remember and always honour them So to Duggan and to Gibbs, your death was not in vain This spirit of this township forever changed that day. And on it seems that they’d crush us down, as men of little worth, But it's them who are not fit to rule, and had no right on earth. #Yorkshire #ClassWar #Socialism #FolkMusic #WestYorkshire #Featherstonemassacre #Coalmining #History #Rootsmusic #CountryMusic #IanClayton #Protest #Picketline #Lockout #Saltaire #TheLiveRoom #Songwriter #IndependentArtist