CASE STUDY - Distant place Salford Quays, Manchester Flashcards
Name 3 qualitative sources that provide information about the lived experience in Salford Quays.
- Factory Girls (David Appleyard)
- ‘Going to the match’ painting (SS Lowry)
- Salford Quays poem (Tony Walsh)
What do the Factory Girls sculptures (by David Appleyard) show about Salford Quay’s lived experience?
- Salford Quays past identity and cultural heritage as an area dominated by the cotton industry of which most of the population were employed in factories.
- Salford Quays sense of appreciation for the industry of the past since it allowed economic growth within the area.
What does the Lowry painting ‘Going to the Match (1928) show about Salford Quays’ lived experience?
- Provides information about the unity and solidarity amongst the community within the area since the people walk in unison (sense of place).
- Traditions in Salford Quays are majorly centred around sporting successes and events (e.g premier league football clubs and national league rugby team).
What does the Salford Quays poem (Tony Walsh 2021) show about Doncaster’s lived experience? Use quotes from the source.
written from an insider perspective of a man who feels in place in Salford Quays:
- “when the world moved on, the docks were gone, the city built a plan” - regeneration has played a key role in the success of the area due to its adaptability
- “Its built of sparks. The art and heart of people” - the Salford quays community has a Gemeinshaft nature as there is a mutual admiration and solidarity between people.
What does the news article ‘Best place to live?’ (Manchester Evening News) show about the lived experience of Salford Quays? Use quotes from the source.
- ‘Metrolink stops and bus routes run right through the city centre’ - transport links provide connectivity within the city
- ‘Salford Quays…has everything you could possibly need packed into just one square mile’ - The city offers variety and it features retail, business and cultural opportunities.
How has the population of Salford Quay’s changed?
- 15.4% growth in the size of the population from 2011 to 2021.
How have endogenous factors shaped Salford Quays?
- At the peak of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1985, the amount of freight carried was almost 20,000,000 tons
- The Metrolink is the largest light railway network in the UK
- MediaCity UK is a 200 acre site - site of major tertiary and quaternary industry
- The Lowry museum displays a large collection of LS Lowry’s work - celebration of native artists.
How did industrialisation and cultural ideas shape Salford Quays?
- At the height of the Manchester Docks, 5000 people were employed and it was the 3rd largest in the UK (due to the ‘cottonopolis’)
- The global shift in de-industrialisation caused the Docks to decline and close in 1982, leaving 3000 people unemployed.
What economic changes took place in Salford Quays before the 1980s and during?
- The Peel Group invested £3.8 million in the Media city expansion (home of digital businesses)
- £70 million Scrapworks development, providing an additional 1200 job opportunities
- The Lowry project was funded by the Salford Quays Development plan.
What investment has Salford Quays missed out on/lost following regeneration?
- ‘Salford should be a top priority for levelling up’ a research centre has said, yet due to it s status as a category 2 LOA, it is not a top priority for the government fund.
What percentage of people in Salford Quays have a level 4 or above qualification?
71.5% (aged 16 and over)
What is the average property price in the Salford Quays area?
approximately £204000 (July 2018)
What is the overall IMD (multiple deprivation index) in Salford Quays like?
Salford Quays is amongst the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in the country.
What is the income (deprivation) like in Salford Quays?
Salford Quays is amongst the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in the country.
What are the barriers to housing and services or living environment (deprivation) like in Salford Quays?
Salford Quays is amongst the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in the country, this means that 80% of the rest of the UK has less barriers to housing and services.
