Industry Topic 1 Manufacturing change and its geographical areas of decline and growth.
A case study for one located area of decline; Brierley Hill in the Black Country of the West Midlands. The Round Oak Steelworks at Merry Hill
Use the Ellis B. 1987, AS Module 1 10.3 and the video resource, to make bullet point notes in answer to the following questions.
1. What were the overall changes in manufacturing employment in the period 1970-2001?
What was the change in male/female employment and the type of employment in this area.
2. Describe the sequence of events at the Round Oak Steelworks from an operational steel plant through to closure by the end of 1983, to a cleared area of redevelopment land.
3. What was the effect on the local community of the job losses from the closure of the steel works and associated industries?