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The street, I observed was Wellington Street in Millom, Cumbria. It is a relatively, small street compared to City Road but it still contains most of the same characteristics, such as inequalities and age-related issues which I will go onto discuss in further detail. Wellington Street is at the heart of the town, where the majority of the businesses are located, such as a grocery store, bakers, doctor’s surgery, pharmacy, hairdressers, charity shop and a butchers. These businesses have been around for generations, just like Colin’s Newsagents seen on City Road (Making Social Lives DVD, The Open University). The busiest time, is during the mornings when the local people do their daily shopping, however at night the dynamics of the street change to youths hanging out in the takeaways and generally just congregating around the doorways on the street, which is similar to City Road.
A clothing shop on Wellington Street called “Fergusons” is known among, school aged children as having an inequality which is the difference in colour of the local school jumper, Fergusons is a darker green rather than the majority of pupils purchasing their jumpers from the “Trends” store in Barrow In Furness offering a lighter green colour. Children, who wear the Fergusons jumper, can often become the victim of bullying by other pupils, as they are often seen as being inferior as the Fergusons jumper is cheaper in price. This inequality, will show the difference in wealth and also social class between the towns population. It will also have an adverse effect for the victim, which could result in self-esteem issues, depression, and self-harming. “Sometimes these different types of transport or clothes, may be indicators of inequalities in wealth” – (“P25, Learning Companion 1”). This example is similar, to the Mackintosh Centre on City Road, where the local people assume by the look of the building that it is only for the rich. “The head coach at the Mackintosh Centre on City Road talks...