Eastleigh Flashcards
Economic Change
Population Growth
1840-1910 - 400-9000
1910-1960 - 9000-20,000
1960-Present - 20,000-36,000
Economic Change
1840-1910
1850 Cheese Market
1870 Church
1890 Wagon Work
1910 Locomotive Works
Economic Change
1910-1960
1920 Pirelli
1920 Airport
1950 Ford
Economic Change
1960-Present Day
1960 Locomotive Works Shutdown
2010 Pirelli and Ford Shutdown
M27 + M3
Places Leisure
Swan Centre
Barton Peveril
Process Occurring and Housing
1840-1910
Urbanisation
Homogenous Terraced Homes
Process Occurring and Housing
1910-1960
Continued Urbanisation
Council Homes Built
Process Occurring and Housing
1960-Present Day
Deindustrialisation
Became Dormitory Town
(+Gentrification)
Boyatts Wood (1980)
Stoneham Park (2020)
Place Meaning
1840-1960
Working Class
Industrial Town
Religious and Working Community
Labour Supporting
Place Meaning
1960-Present Day
Dormitory Town
Became Conservative Supporting
Middle Class People Moved In
Place Representation
1840-1910
Charlotte Yonge
Supported Area
Gave to local charities and churches
Named area Eastleigh
Has statue
Place Representation
1910-1960
George Clements
Sense of Community
“Not Mine, Not Thine, But Ours”
Place Representation
1910-1960
Nora Gough
Knew a lot of people
Sense of Community
Place Representation
1960-Present Day
MC Beastly
Shows pride
Love for place
Satire?
But positive - comes from a good place
Place Representation
1960-Present Day
Bill Bryson
Outsider
But says Eastleigh is:
Empty, Not Attractive and Unmemorable
Place Representation
1960-Present Day
Blogs
M&S - Very positive (“continues to establish itself as a great place to live”
“Local Legends”
“Has it’s ‘chav’ minority”
and “some not so charming characters”
Dirty, Busy, Quiet, Friendly, Boring
