EQ2 Global shift impacts - DEINDUSTRIALISATION Flashcards
1
Q
What industry did leicester once dominate and when?
A
the textile industry during the 1920’s until the 1970’s
2
Q
how many people worked in leicester’s textile mills?
A
over 30,000
3
Q
In the 1960’s what happened with leicesters textile industry ?
A
Corah, a factory supplying knitwear for Marks and Spencer employed 6500 workers on its own, increase in demand for extra factory workers brought Indian and Pakistani families to leicester living in the cheaper inner-city wards of Spinney hills and Belgrave.
however Corah closed in the 1990’s.
4
Q
What occurred in the 1970’s that was problematic?
A
overseas competition meant that cheaper clotehs were available from asia, and many manufacturing jobs were lost in leicester, industries closed= DEINDUSTRIALISATION .
