Tottenham Flashcards
Peacock Estate
Was an industrial site
Prayer City
To support Afro-minority and BAME (from Windrush)
Apartments
Industrial estates shut down - deindustrialisation means brownfield sites
Redeveloped for council housing
Now expensive and high quality housing
Stadium
Whit Hart Lane redeveloped into New Tottenham stadium
Tottenham Riots
Existing residents can’t afford to keep up with new development
Can’t afford housing and losing jobs (from deindustrialisation)
Lower middle class (low income African) feel they’re being socially cleansed
Unemployment
Highest in London
8th in UK
BAME
Black and Minority Ethnics (African-Caribbean)
1985 riots - death of Cynthia Jarrett
2011 riots - death of Mark Duggan
Investment
£28 million
Peacock Industrial Estate - 5000 jobs + 10000 new homes
New companies (NI7) - take apprentices from local schools
Struggles
Less traditional business
Lost Olympic stadium
Now houses are too expensive
Churches
Afro-Caribbean churches closing
Older warehouses consolidated
Social + ethnic cleaning? - low income forced out
Funding
Local govt funding cut - youth centres, sport
Tourism unpredictable + low pay
National Government’s Protect
‘Reduces terrorism risk’
Over focuses on Islam
Alienates youth trying to engage in Islam