2 min

Overview of Factory and Community Factory and Community

    • History

Professor Simon Gunn describes the notion of the community that would form around a factory, along with supporting businesses and institutions such as shops and clubs which depended on factory workers and their families for their liveliehood. The West End of Leicester provides a model of such a community, until the 'slum clearance' which occurred in the 1970s.

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Professor Simon Gunn describes the notion of the community that would form around a factory, along with supporting businesses and institutions such as shops and clubs which depended on factory workers and their families for their liveliehood. The West End of Leicester provides a model of such a community, until the 'slum clearance' which occurred in the 1970s.

2 min

  • CC-BY-NC

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