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What happens to towns when the main employer goes under?
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robin_banks wrote: »Nah.
Where call centres did crop up the workforce was largely made up of office staff, the main issue for unemployed miners was there skills were not easily transferrable to other industries, so the jobs created were taken by those already in work. Little was offerd in the way of re-training.
With regard to the 'mass exodus' some no doubt left they tended to be younger, the older ex-miners stayed.
15+ years on these towns are still ****ed (the only word I think of that accurately describes the plight of these towns).
What would you have done to save them, if anything?0 -
This has been really educational so thanks to everyone who took the time to reply. I am shocked at just how ignorant I am of recent history north of the border; I had assumed, after a few documentaries on regeneration, that all the miners found jobs in call-centres, communities recovered and everything was rosy again. Just goes to show!0
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If you can ignore Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_&_MeThey say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it0
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What would you have done to save them, if anything?
Tough tough question tbh, history has shown that job creation schemes don't really work due to the local economy being poor i.e. throwing good money after bad.
Whether or not all the mines (reffering to the UK and coal specifically) should have been closed is a different question entirely."An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".
!!!!!! is all that about?0 -
robin_banks wrote: »
Whether or not all the mines (reffering to the UK and coal specifically) should have been closed is a different question entirely.
Shurely we are better off now with our loverly clean nuclear power stations?;)0 -
robin_banks wrote: »Tough tough question tbh, history has shown that job creation schemes don't really work due to the local economy being poor i.e. throwing good money after bad.
Whether or not all the mines (reffering to the UK and coal specifically) should have been closed is a different question entirely.
I guess the problem is that even if you continue to subsidise the mines to stay open, at some point you'll end up paying miners to dig mud and rock out of the ground.
I feel sorry for these guys that get thrown out of work, especially when whole communities get closed, and I am certainly getting an insight into what they went through as I and lots of my friends lose their jobs. It's hard to see what alternatives there are though.0 -
Gen, good to see you are out of bed
You should have a word with this guy :cool:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=20296519#post20296519'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Gen, good to see you are out of bed You should have a word with this guy :cool:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=20296519#post20296519
I've been up for 3.5 hours. The Generalissimos got me up early.
It's a bit of an old joke, I've heard it told the other way.
I prefer:
What's the difference between Australia and a pot of yoghurt? If you leave a pot of yoghurt alone for a hundred years it develops a culture of its own.
For balance:
What do you call a Pommie cricketer with 100 to his name?
A spin bowler.0 -
I've been up for 3.5 hours. The Generalissimos got me up early.
It's a bit of an old joke, I've heard it told the other way.
I prefer:
What's the difference between Australia and a pot of yoghurt? If you leave a pot of yoghurt alone for a hundred years it develops a culture of its own.
For balance:
What do you call a Pommie cricketer with 100 to his name?
A spin bowler.
I thought pommie was Prisoner of Mother England i.e. Aussie:D:D is that wrong 
'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
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