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garinda · 22-05-2012, 20:58

Where are people employed now?

Does nearly everyone have to commute out of the area to work?

Can't speak for the whole of Hyndburn, though many taditional jobs have gone from throughout the borough, but just in Ossy alone, in the last twenty years, I can think of....
Noel's pickle factory,
Cocker's chemicals,
Metcalfe's fertilisers.
Metcalfe & Tattersall's saws,
Gaskell's carpets,
Three Brooks mill,
the Daisy Dairy,
Will's fabrics,
John Wood's steel drums,
the Shopfitters,
S & G Aluminium,
all manufacturers, and major employers in the town, and companies that have now closed down.

Where are the jobs that have replaced them?

The number of shops is dwindling, and besides a few old folks homes, and some schools in the town, where are people employed?

How far do people now have to travel for work?

Have we turned from an area that historically manufactured things, to all working in the service industry, sat in call centres?

Or are we a satellite town, where people live, but commute from, to earn an honest crust?

22-05-2012, 20:58	#1
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Where have all the jobs gone? Where are people employed now? Does nearly everyone have to commute out of the area to work? Can't speak for the whole of Hyndburn, though many taditional jobs have gone from throughout the borough, but just in Ossy alone, in the last twenty years, I can think of.... Noel's pickle factory, Cocker's chemicals, Metcalfe's fertilisers. Metcalfe & Tattersall's saws, Gaskell's carpets, Three Brooks mill, the Daisy Dairy, Will's fabrics, John Wood's steel drums, the Shopfitters, S & G Aluminium, all manufacturers, and major employers in the town, and companies that have now closed down. Where are the jobs that have replaced them? The number of shops is dwindling, and besides a few old folks homes, and some schools in the town, where are people employed? How far do people now have to travel for work? Have we turned from an area that historically manufactured things, to all working in the service industry, sat in call centres? Or are we a satellite town, where people live, but commute from, to earn an honest crust? __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.