A lot of what bunnyman said is spot on. You mentioned construction a few times Macca. Training schemes and apprenticeships in the trades such as bricklaying, plastering, plumbing, electricians are not what they used to be in the 70s and early 80s when I was falling in and out of schemes seemingly at will until I found what I wanted to do. These days this governments quick fix policy is to take in Polish for one example, for instance, where that crane crashed yesterday, the site was full of Polish. BBC Radio Merseyside's Roger Phillips extra had a one hour programme with older trades members and Unions moaning about how few youngsters are coming through and how Eastern Europeans will settle for a lot less in wages so it is the greedy bosses making a killing whilst still charging top wack to develop.
The South end, in particular Toxteth residents and especially black ones may have something to say about you thinking Everton is any more deprived than them. With the loss of the likes of Dock work, the B.A.T., Tillotsons, Athol st gas works, Tates and the list goes on - it's hardly surprising there are so many out of work in that area that depended on those jobs, some having whole families there.
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Lots of Kosovans and Latvians and the like were moved into the Everton high rise prior to them being sold to the developers who have done a great job with them, those people found their way to private landlords in the terraced streets around the flower streets. Are these part of your unemployed figures or being asylum seekers are they exempt.
Of course there'll always be the workshy too who fall into the drugs scene and Kirkdale and Everton isn't without their 'heads'.
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