'Nothing but economic depression and dole-queues.
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Have a little read: ... 'Nothing but economic depression and dole-queues." How far do you agree with this view of life in Britain in the 1930s? In 1929 Britain was hit by a sever depression following the Wall Street Crash. In the 1930s Britain suffered widespread unemployment, poverty and hardship; the Devil's decade in popular preconceptions. The statement in question is accurate to a certain extent but it is too much of a generalisation as degree of depression varied depending on class and region. In areas of Britain where the old, staple industries were concentrated the devastating effects of the great depression were mainly suffered where the highest peaks of unemployment rates were registered. With the end of the war the staple industries had inevitably lost their market causing demand to fall and the businesses were therefore obliged to cut costs mainly by making more and more employees redundant. In 1932 unemployment reached its peak with
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