The factory had been the mainstay of the town for 60-odd years, that would be an awful lot to wind down overnight. It was also that that kind of work was evapor

The factory had been the mainstay of the town for 60-odd years, that would be an awful lot to wind down overnight. It was also that that kind of work was evaporating everywhere with the wind-down of manufacturing in the West in general; if the people did move where would they go?