[steeljack]

after reading all the above posts about the Panorama tv program about 'white flight' (I watched it on-line) I would like to add my thoughts about it ........two of my dearest long time friends, she was raised up Springhill, he up Ossy, honest decent working class folk, after getting married in the early 70s they bought a house on Park Rd. in Accrington and started to raise a family , in the early 80s they decided enough was enough the youngest a little girl had started to attend the local primary school and like all little girls had a few toy dolls at home and like all little girls gave them names , the only problem was that all the names she was giving the dolls were 'ethnic' names, the names of 75% her classmates. So what happened ? they ended up in Australia , it would be interesting if the BBC Panorama team could do a follow up and travel to places like Australia and New Zealand and track down immigrants from north west towns who moved out there in the late 70s and 80s and ask them if 'White Flight" had any influence over there decision to leave their homes and families and try to make a better life for their children half way around the world . No way can I describe them as racist in any way whatsoever , but they just wanted to raise their children in a 'British' culture it was a quality of life issue .