Industrial Recession

From the collection of

Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Industrial Recession

The Box
Mendip Forest
1991-02-04
Sound

Transport industry hit by construction recession.

Many firms in the South West are being affected by the recession. The slump in the construction industry is having a knock on effect on the haulage and transport industry. For example, David Weeks of Weeks Transport Ltd has a fleet of 13 trucks at a depot in Frome, Somerset, but only a small percentage of them are currently in use. Staff are being made redundant and those remaining are having to make cuts. The decline in economic activity affects all sectors and is a widespread problem which happens to repeat periodically.

Working Life and Homelessness

Life and economics in the South West.

Here we have some harder hitting titles from the SWFTA collection at The Box, revealing what it's like to live in the South West during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Several stories explore issues around work life / home life balance, while we also see people struggling with redundancy, mental health issues, rural homelessness, tax and recession. But it's not all doom and gloom: there are also uplifting news stories of entrepreneurial spirit, people discussing the economic growth of the South-West, a fit-for-work awards ceremony and a dentist's office opening its doors in order to debunk myths that all dentists are scary.

25 videos in this collection

Futurework Part 1

Hatherleigh
1986-09-01

Futurework Part 2

Ilfracombe
1986-09-01

One and All: A Question of Cornwall pt 3

Truro
1989-02-21

Cornwall's Longest Serving Vet

Par
1989-02-23

Too Little Too Late

Newquay
1987-09-03

Again Too Little Too Late

Liskeard
1987-09-03

Rural Homeless

Saltash
1992-02-25

People Power

Westminster
1984-02-07

Ponsanooth Power Mill

Ponsanooth
1988-07-19

Corrupt Council

Launceston
1992-01-06

Pharmacy

Plymouth
1991-12-17

School Cleaners

Ottery St Mary
1989-01-10

Traditional Farming

Morvah
1990-01-24

National Smile Week

Plymouth
1988-05-16

Grey Matter

Newton Abbot
1987-07-17

The Money is the Route of... Redundancy

Plymouth
1991-09-26

The Money is the Route of... Debt

Plymouth
1991-10-03

The Money is the Route of... Homelessness

Plymouth
1991-10-10

The Money is the Route of... Family Change

Plymouth
1991-10-17

The Money is the Route of... The Future

Plymouth
1991-10-24

Handicapped Telephonist

Plymouth
1986-08-18

VATs after Effects

North Curry
1988-12-08

Pubs Closing

Brixton
1992-01-06

Fit for Work Award

Truro
1991-03-19