Thursday, December 15, 2011

Linwood wins 'dismal' town award

BBC News - Linwood wins 'dismal' town award

Linwood is now a ghost town with a lot of unemployment. The yoooth roam about in gangs, drinking and drug taking, and attack any strangers on sight! Oh how the place has changed in my memory.
Originally a small village until the huge car plant arrived. Then to house those coming from ,mainly Glasgow, Linwood and Johnstone became boom towns for building and the money just flowed. The car plant straddled the road from the main Johnstone to Paisley road down to Linwood village and they worked a three shit system with plenty of overtime.. A new dual carriageway was laid to join with the M8 motorway. The car plant was the saviour of the area. Unions ruined it completely with petty strikes. I was on the staff there for a short while. Some of the Union hard liners ended up on the staff beside me and I had to show a painter how to shuffle paper!  They caused many strikes and were eventually bumped onto staff where they worked office hours but retained their three sift pay and bonuses. This non productivity was crazy! More and more so the
scam and joined in!
Chrysler had enough and sold the place. Most of it was demolished with two big sheds leased as mini factories and the main office building leased as offices. The car parks became an airport parking area with a mini bus service to the airport and back again.It was cheaper to park there than at the airport.
So many workers at that plant have not worked since then and are on various benefits without any hope. So the yooooth look at their parents and ask what chance to we have?
Linwood and Johnstone now have ghetto style housing schemes, full of houses, nothing else, other than off sales and the pub as the centre of attraction. What a waste.

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