(I didn't grow up in the 80s)
But - I think the one in ten thing means that one in ten people were unemployed (not a one in ten chance of getting a job as fergi suggested)
Still, that was an average across the whole country and in some towns up north almost everyone was unemployed.
(I didn't grow up in the 80s) But - I think the one in ten thing means that one in ten people were unemployed (not a one in ten chance of getting a job as fergi suggested) Still, that was an average across the whole country and in some towns up north almost everyone was unemployed.