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There Has Been A Stark Warning That Unless Problems Were Resolved In Peterborough Race Riots Could Break Out

1987 , Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)

Cat no. 22579

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Councillor Charles Swift warns of effect of poor conditions and facilities in some areas of the city.

Scenes of the central Peterborough area which has a large ethnic minority population. Views of residential streets including Cobden Street and Gladstone Street and Asian shops. Councillor Charles Swift is warning that trouble could be brewing in this area due to high unemployment, homelessness and overcrowding, and the lack of sports and community facilities to help relieve tension for men, women and young people. In an interview, Charles Swift mentions the Toxteth and Brixton riots and points out that what happens in a small area can affect the entire wider community. He mentions the difficulty for councillors of less deprived areas to acknowledge that central Peterborough is their concern too. The reporter was Greg Barnes for this video made to be shown in a news story on Anglia Television early evening news / magazine programme About Anglia.

Keywords

Racism; Racial tension; Immigration; Immigrants

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Charles Swift was a long serving Councillor in Peterborough and served as Mayor and as leader of the Council over three periods totalling 20 years. Swift played a leading role in the expansion of Peterborough in the 1960s and 1970s as a member of Peterborough Development Corporation. He made his mark nationally in 1972 when the city was one of the first to welcome Asian refugees from Uganda, offering 50 council houses for their accommodation.

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There Has Been A Stark Warning That Unless Problems Were Resolved In Peterborough Race Riots Could Break Out

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