Birmingham Flashcards
Bolton + watt
’ Steam engines In 1775 - innovation + investment
Cadbury
Bourneville village - housing for workers - increased employment
Pre 1950 ethnicity
White
Environment pre 1980
High pollution due to decades of industrial activity - no control on emissions
Unemployment between 50s and 60s
1%
What occurred between 1970 and 1983
Earnings fell from highest to almost lowest in the UK
Decline in metal industry
28.4% to 5.8% employed
What happened to car market
Japan gained share in uk car market - Austin cars closed - strikes in 1970s - unattractive to investors
What was housing like post ww2
5000 destroyed in war - 110,000 sub standard
400 tower blocks built - unattractive
Green belt around city
Post war immigration
White - 53.1%
Pakistani - 13.5%
Indian - 6%
Why was there increase immigration
Due to growing service sector - low skilled jobs
What % of population under 24
38%
