How does an industrial community cope when they are told that closure is
inevitable? What if this is only the last in a 200 year long line of
threats, insecurities and closure? How did people weather the storms and
how do they face the future now? While attempts to regenerate
communities are everywhere, we do not often hear from the people
themselves just how they managed to create safe collective spaces or how
the fall of the whole house of cards brought with it effects which can
be felt by young people who never knew the town when it was an
industrial heartland. We hear the story of how men and women tried to
cope and still want to retain their community in the face of its
destruction. What can they and will they have to pass to the next
generation and where will that leave the young people themselves, who
have nothing to stay for but are unable to leave? This book examines
these crucial questions facing post-industrial societies.