He is reported to have said "For me there's three great generals - Geronimo, Alexander the Great and Arthur Scargill".
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His commitment to his ideals and the mining community saw him performing his songs for the benefit of striking miners in the 1984-85 miners' strike and appearing at the Royal Albert Hall in the "Concert for Heroes" in 1985.
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Born in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow, a former coal mining village whose mine had closed before Purdon grew up.
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