Impacts Of Deindustrialisation - Leicester Flashcards
1
Q
How many people were employed in textile factories in Leicester during the 1920s?
A
300,000 (most of those people were Indian and Pakistani migrants)
2
Q
What is Leicester’s abandoned land contaminated with?
A
Coals, gases and dyes
3
Q
What has Leicester’s deindustrialised land become?
A
A deprivated area, with high crime rates and a multicultural population
