city road
Drawing on what you have learned from the Making Social Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1, describe some inequalities on City Road.
Contemporary Britain over the last fifty years has come to welcome a wide and diverse community made up of nationalities, races and religions, none more so, as seen on City Road in Cardiff. This particular street is featured in the Making Social Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1 (LC1), from which it is evident that there are noticeable differences and inequalities within the community. These being; monopolising of high street shops, secondly local businesses effected by community services and thirdly, a sense of security within the community.
What follows will attempt to briefly describe and provide possible rationale for such inequalities to exist.
Firstly, well known multi-million pound supermarkets Tesco and Spar have established themselves firmly along this road which happen to be in close proximity to smaller independent supermarkets, consequently the monopoly which these shops hold mean they can afford to attract large numbers of the community by using their buying power to host special deals, reduced items and stock a range of products all under one roof, this convenience for the individual can save the need to travel to many of the smaller independent shops, such as the newsagent owned by Colin Buttwell, a family run business since the 1930's. Colin Buttwell was interviewed by poet and artist Lloyd Robson regarding how his business may have been effected by the larger shops to which he admitted “...but that didn't affect me but it did knock out the newsagent next to him.” ('The Street' 2009 Scene 1). Customers visiting Colin Buttwell are directly affected by this inequality, existing due to inflamed prices. However, it is often that regular customers to such a local shop feel a sense of community spirit despite probably paying a premium.
Furthermore, Colin Buttwell and his
Contemporary Britain over the last fifty years has come to welcome a wide and diverse community made up of nationalities, races and religions, none more so, as seen on City Road in Cardiff. This particular street is featured in the Making Social Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1 (LC1), from which it is evident that there are noticeable differences and inequalities within the community. These being; monopolising of high street shops, secondly local businesses effected by community services and thirdly, a sense of security within the community.
What follows will attempt to briefly describe and provide possible rationale for such inequalities to exist.
Firstly, well known multi-million pound supermarkets Tesco and Spar have established themselves firmly along this road which happen to be in close proximity to smaller independent supermarkets, consequently the monopoly which these shops hold mean they can afford to attract large numbers of the community by using their buying power to host special deals, reduced items and stock a range of products all under one roof, this convenience for the individual can save the need to travel to many of the smaller independent shops, such as the newsagent owned by Colin Buttwell, a family run business since the 1930's. Colin Buttwell was interviewed by poet and artist Lloyd Robson regarding how his business may have been effected by the larger shops to which he admitted “...but that didn't affect me but it did knock out the newsagent next to him.” ('The Street' 2009 Scene 1). Customers visiting Colin Buttwell are directly affected by this inequality, existing due to inflamed prices. However, it is often that regular customers to such a local shop feel a sense of community spirit despite probably paying a premium.
Furthermore, Colin Buttwell and his