Cheltenham & Spitalfields: past and present connections
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- Created on: 21-12-21 12:09
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- How past & present connections shape 'place identity': Cheltenham & Spitalfields
- Cheltenham
- History
- Mineral spring water discovered (1716) = led to growth of the town = tourism on a national scale flourished
- In 2014, Cheltenham had 2.3 million visitors = connect Cheltenham regionally & globally
- Cheltenham Races
- Horseracing embeds Cheltenham nationally and globally.
- Televised around the world, viewing figures 10 million
- Started in 1860, includes the Gold Cup: 230,000 spectators in 2015
- Horseracing embeds Cheltenham nationally and globally.
- Festivals
- LitFest, JazzFest, Music Festival etc add to positive image
- Festivals make the town a 'cultural hub': 151,000 tickets sold in 2015
- GCHQ
- National importance: GCHQ is an intelligence & security organisation
- Employs 6,000 people, has encouraged in-migration of young affluent professionals
- Economic
- Business & services: GE Aviation, Endsleigh Insurance, Nelson Thornes publishers and UCAS
- History
- Spitalfields
- Historical & industrial
- Spitalfields market established in 1860, part of economic life ever since
- 1700s: silk weaving industry dominated the region (products exported globally and nationally) linked Spitalfields through trade
- Migration
- 1700s: Irish migrants, 1800s Jewish, 1950s Bangladesh
- Each wave of migration has left its imprint on the area both in terms of built environment and history
- Brick Lane festival
- Celebration of multiculturalism: 60,000 visitors (incresing place-profile of an area)
- Historical & industrial
- Cheltenham
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