Allanton is in South Lanarkshire. It developed in association with coal mining in the area, specifically the Kingshill Colliery. Whilst the mine is closed there is still open cast mining in the area.
In this, and similar small towns, people experience more challenging circumstances with higher rates of unemployment, poorer health, lack of a car, lower levels of education and lower social grades than other groups. A higher proportion live in social rented housing. There is a higher proportion of single person households and lone parents. 1What’s this?
Allanton is a dependent to interdependent town.
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Didn’t realize that Scotland had places like this. Here is Appalachia territory in the United States this is a common problem as well. Thanks for the information.
awe thank you Bev..
Hmm, seems like you could take Billy Joel’s song “Allentown” (about Allentown, PA), change the pronunciation, fix up a few rhymes, and apply it to Allenton otherwise unchanged …
never thought of that mate.. thanks..