Sheffield

Beasty · 11 Dec 2017 at 13:48

Rotherham is a right hole.

Patberts19 · 11 Dec 2017 at 13:53

Does anyone know why areas such as Rotherham near Sheffield are the way they are? I understand that it's got something to do with industry being there for a while and then disappearing? I'm probably oversimplifying this

Dirkscooby · 11 Dec 2017 at 15:41

I think Meadowhall(shopping mall)Probably had a huge impact on the main towns shopping business. I know it affected Sheffield town centre as well.

Patberts19 · 11 Dec 2017 at 16:02

Dirkscooby said:
I think Meadowhall(shopping mall)Probably had a huge impact on the main towns shopping business. I know it affected Sheffield town centre as well.

If I'm not mistaken then Sheffield pretty much thrives on the service industry, right?

Fusion · 11 Dec 2017 at 19:11

Patberts19 said:
Does anyone know why areas such as Rotherham near Sheffield are the way they are? I understand that it's got something to do with industry being there for a while and then disappearing? I'm probably oversimplifying this

Demise of heavy industry. Mostly steel making, but also coal mining and lots of other manufacturing. Mainly down to globalisation- being undercut by other countries. Not helped by antagonism between unions and government, an over-reliance on monetarist thinking (in particular by the Thatcher government), poor management and lack of investment.

Relatively well paid unionised jobs were often replaced by low skilled, transient work.

Sheffield has undergone somewhat of a renaissance since the worst times, but is still well behind many rival cities such as Leeds and Manchester, never mind London.