Community and Culture

Task 1

The following is a comparison of Crook and Hamsterley.

Crook

Crook is a town situated in Co. Durham. Surrounding it lies Wolsingham, Willington and Bishop Auckland, all of which are towns too. The closest of these town is Willington which is approximately three miles from Crook. Next there is Bishop Auckland which is around 5 miles from Crook and finally there is Wolsingham which is approximately 6 miles from Crook.

        Crook is a massively populated area with approximately 30’000 residents, most of which live in the three main council estates which are Low Mown Meadows, Barrets and Watergate Estate each occupy approximately the same amount of residents.

        Employment in Crook varies quite a lot but the main work is factory work. Although the highest percentage of people work in unskilled occupations like factories in Crook, there are several other jobs too. There are partly skilled jobs such as taxi drivers and postal workers, there are jobs which need a certain amount of skill like office workers, secretaries, electricians, plumbers, builders and engineers. There are also manegerial and technical occupations in Crook such as teachers, police constables and sergeants and fire fighters. Finally there is a very limited amount of professional occupations in Crook, however there are some. These include mainly doctors, bank managers and dentists. Professional occupations are extremely rare in Crook.

        Because of the lack of professional occupations in Crook, just about all of Crooks residents are working class, however there is a selection of wealthy people who are in the minority. There are 3 main estates in Crook, two of which house no wealthy people just working class and the final one houses little if any wealthy people.

        The average age of the residents of Crook is middle aged, old people are the minority in Crook and children occupy a huge percentage of Crooks population. In my opinion there are little old people in Crook simply because it is a town and retired residents don’t want hassle from youngsters like crime etc so the aged tend to live in villages.

        Finally the provision of facilities in Crook are as follows:

        

Pubs                                                Solicitors

Pizza shops                                        Parks

Libraries                                        Town Hall

Takeaways                                        Banks

Schools                                        Building Societies

Video shops                                        Hairdressers

Leisure centre                                Surgeries

Housing estates                                Dentists

Supermarkets                                Taxi services

Council Building                                Shops

Job centres                                        Garages

Post offices                                        Petrol Stations

Outdoor markets                                Cafes

Chip shops                                        Betting shops

Working mans clubs                        Chemists

Amusements                                Bowling Greens

Newsagents                                        

Gym                                                                                

Police station                                

Fire station                                        

Ambulance station                                                                

Churches                                        

Tennis courts        

Football Pitches                                

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Hamsterley

Hamsterley is a village situated in Co. Durham. Surrounding it lies Wolsingham, Crook and Bishop Auckland, all of which are towns. The closest of these town is Wolsingham which is approximately three miles from Hamsterley. Next there is Bishop Auckland which is around 5 miles from Crook and finally there is Willington which is approximately 8 miles from Hamsterley.

        Hamsterley is a sparsely populated area with approximately 1000 residents. There are no estates in Hamsterley therefore the population is dispersed evenly throughout the village.

        Employment in Hamsterley varies very little as the main work is agricultural work. ...

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