D-block GB-288000-855000
1986 EMPLOYMENT IN NAIRN
The catchment area for our school Millbank is mainly four council housing schemes and an area of privately owned housing called the Fishertown. We obtained our statistics about employment in our area by sending home survey sheets with Millbank pupils.From the 124 sheets returned on male employment we found the principal employers were McDermotts builders of off shore oil platforms 35,tourist related industries 7,bulding trades 7,oil related work 7 and 12 men were unemployed. The remaining distribution was evenly spread over the traditional industries.Ofthe 119 survey sheets returned by females 34 were housewives,24 were unemployed 10 worked in shops,9 in Education,6 were cleaners and the remainder in traditional jobs.
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Written accounts from this D-block
- Nairn And Surrounding Area
- Shops In Nairn
- Nairn Shopping Patterns
- Nairn Shopkeeper's Thoughts
- Templetons Supermarket Nairn
- Nairn Harbour
- Employment In Nairn
- Industrial Site Nairn
- Industry In Nairn
- Community Centre Nairn
- Recreation River Nairn
- Recreation River Nairn
- Recreation River Nairn
- Fishertown Nairn
- Tourism In Nairn
- Nairn Museum
- Local Events In Nairn
- Local Radio In Nairn Area
- Nairn Pupil In Local Radio
- Auldearn
Map of the area
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