Talk:Speke

Employment
Anecdotal and "O.R." comment here - Speke has a high unemployment rate, but within 1/2 mile is - the Airport, a large Business Park, many big retail outlets and the Jaguar factory - these tend to employ people from outside the immediate area. Shows that creating jobs in a district doesn't necessarily ensure those living locally will get those jobs.

Perhaps will find the local unemployment rate, state it in the article without comment.

Exile 12:00, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Distance to town
According to current article Speke is 5 miles from Liverpool. I'd guess it is about double that? atleast 7 or 8? Dmcm2008 (talk) 13:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I think you're right. Have just searched on Multimap for directions between L1 and Speke and it came up with about 8 miles. Feel free to check this and change the distance in the article. Welcome back - glad you're here to help! Snowy 1973 (talk) 19:17, 1 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Genuki has a distance calculator which provides distances "as the crow flies". A search at Genuki suggests  7.7 miles (12.4 km) exactly (and even gives the direction). Hope that helps guys, :) --Jza84 |  Talk  00:58, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much Jza84 for providing this useful link. Snowy 1973 (talk) 01:31, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Bryant & May factory
Wasn't this generally considered to be in Garston, rather than Speke? See this old ad for an example. 81.159.58.45 (talk) 01:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

District was victim of 'A Perfect Storm'?
Speke, like practically every Western Industrial district faced a harsh Economic climate throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The transfer of manufacturing Industries to Asia meant large scale job losses. The removal of Labour protection Laws for Workers such as the 1947 Wages Council Act (effectively abolished in 1993) meant falling wages. Government spending Cuts or Freezes throughout the 1980s and 1990s, meant crumbling Public Transport and Social Housing, and declining Higher Education enrollments. There was nothing unique in Spekes decline, you can see the same decline in parts of Detroit or Glasgow, and a hundred other districts. The World moves on.Johnwrd (talk) 04:24, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

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