Drains
Yeah, nah.
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I'm interested to see what happens to us, and them, when the next big economic downturn hits us. (Not saying i'm looking forward to it or owt)
If I trawl the depths of my memory I do recall remarkably clearly the last big, proper recession in the early '80s. (there was also a wee one in the early 90s).
But following on with Lexi's accurate comparison with Victorian conditions currently experienced by workers in India and China, it makes me think what will life be like for them when the 5hit hits the fan.
Re poverty, history, life in Britain/India/China...
Just round the corner from where I live used to be a "Ragged School", next to the board school. I think we can guess what the conditions of the kids in the ragged school were.
Further happy info - an old boy I know recalls the harbour boatmen regularly pulling bodies out of the harbour in the 20's and 30's, as unemployed men with no hope topped themselves (although many of them had fought in WW1 and had been psychologically ruined).
And finally (don't I go on?), sort of back to the point of slagging off the far east...
Brummagem Ware was the term used to describe the cheap, shoddy goods manufactured in my home city in the years during/after the industrial revolution.
Edit
Blimey, that was a bit of a wonder around my head. Anyone following my train of thought?
If I trawl the depths of my memory I do recall remarkably clearly the last big, proper recession in the early '80s. (there was also a wee one in the early 90s).
But following on with Lexi's accurate comparison with Victorian conditions currently experienced by workers in India and China, it makes me think what will life be like for them when the 5hit hits the fan.
Re poverty, history, life in Britain/India/China...
Just round the corner from where I live used to be a "Ragged School", next to the board school. I think we can guess what the conditions of the kids in the ragged school were.
Further happy info - an old boy I know recalls the harbour boatmen regularly pulling bodies out of the harbour in the 20's and 30's, as unemployed men with no hope topped themselves (although many of them had fought in WW1 and had been psychologically ruined).
And finally (don't I go on?), sort of back to the point of slagging off the far east...
Brummagem Ware was the term used to describe the cheap, shoddy goods manufactured in my home city in the years during/after the industrial revolution.
Edit
Blimey, that was a bit of a wonder around my head. Anyone following my train of thought?