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Mansfield in General
Newest Review: ... parks and new businesses being attracted into the town. Because of the decline of the coal industry there has been substantial European funding and central government money spent in the town to try to revitalise the area and this is now working. As the regeneration is starting to take effect there is a feeling that the town is starting to come alive again. Large sections of the workforce have been re-trained and the new modern industries coming into the town are bringing back valuable jobs. Part of this revival has been the re-establishment of a train station in Mansfield. For many years Mansfield had the unenvious title of being the large... more |
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Mansfield in General: Regenerating. (518 words)
by daseaford - written on 24/07/01 (Very useful, 44 readings)
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Mansfield is right in the centre of England and probably one of the furthest towns from the sea in any direction. The town grew because of the vast reserves of coal in this area as many collieries were sunk around the town at the end of the 19th century. However, there are records of a town on this site back in the Domesday Book. Most of the collieries have now disappeared and during the ten years 1990 –2000 the town went into a serious decline. Unemployment was very high and this was added to by the closure of many local textile firms, another major industry of the area. In the past couple of years there has been huge investments made in ...
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