Question: The divided city and public policy responses. Drumchapel is a working-class area located in the most north westerly suburb of Glasgow, known for its vast housing estate which was erected in the 1950s as a solution to overcrowding in Glasgow. With a population of around 13,000 people, most residents are of working age i.e. between 16 and 64 years old with 35.8% of those people claiming benefits. The percentage of ethnic minorities living in Drumchapel is low with 95% of residents being
people died of a total of 1959 people on the boat. The ship sunk in 18 minutes. Second most famous passenger liner after the Titanic. It was destroyed 8 miles from the coast of Old head of Kinsale, Ireland. Built by John Brown and company of Clydebank, Scotland. First Launched Thursday, June 7, 1906. After the Sinking of Lusitania the U.S threatened war. The Lusitania was destroyed in the same was as the Titanic as they could not pull the boats into the sea and water kept rushing into the hull
aero-carburettors for the RAF's Spitfires and Hurricanes were made at SU Carburettors - and if it had been destroyed the air force would have suffered a mortal blow. Serck produced all the radiators and air coolers for these planes. In the city of Clydebank, the blitz was carried out on its' major shipbuilding industry.
Britain in the Age of Total War 1. The caption at the top of this source is very helpful in determining the usefulness of this source, because it tells us that this source was written by the publisher of the book, "Waiting for the All Clear", on the inside cover. Usually, this part of the book is used for advertising and commercial purposes, and so is not very useful in finding out about the response of the British people to the effects of the Blitz. This is because it contains no historical
Why the Major Cities of Britain Were Bombed by the Germans in 1940 - 1941 Immediately after the defeat of France in the June of 1940, Adolf Hitler gave his generals the orders to organise the invasion of Britain. This plan was code-named Operation Sealion and its objective was to land 160,000 German fighters along a forty mile stretch of south-east England's coast. It was only a few weeks before a large fleet of vessels was ready for attack. Among them 2000 barges lay waiting for the go