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Originally Posted by Bagpuss
1. Are you trying to put the polish job stealers out of work.  
2. Have a look at the mining towns that Thatcher closed down for an answer to your question.
Good post Blazey. |
Well, businesses failing isn't what ruins a town. Loss of community spirit does. In Lancaster there is a lovely town called Dolphinholme that used to be a mill town, but the mills closed and yet the place is beautiful. It attracts academics to its cottages and is a really nice place to go to.
And I only have jobs that are available to students so no Polish workers can have mine, but I did once refuse to take a job after the interviewer made remarks about me being the only british person to have applied. Judging the other interview candidates waiting in the job centre with me, they were older than me and probably would have appreciated the job much more. I don't care where they are from. I don't see why I should be offered a job on such narrow-minded reasoning. I knew it hadn't been a brilliant interview and yet I knew I was going to be offered the job. All she'd wanted to do was chat to me and not really ask me much about the job. It was a cleaning job by the way.
No, I'm happy with what I've got. I've applied for another job during term-time as one of my current jobs will end in a few weeks, so I'll hope I get it.
I think I've discovered the difference between Dolphinholme and other mining towns though...
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Mining towns hit hard by heroin
Maybe it's a case of how much you feel sorry for yourself?
Also, in response to the question about going out of town to work, yes, obviously I know you can, I've done it myself, but when I speak to people my age they seem very unwilling to do this. They'd either hold out for a chance in Accrington or move away completely. I don't really understand it?! With a few of them I think the main problem is that they can't drive and public transport links aren't really that brilliant or reliable.