lizziej123

Hi Everyone,

I used to live in Alhaurin El Grande and I would like to move back but I cannot do that without a job, If anyone knows of any jobs in Alhaurin, please let me know. I am 24 and I have over two years Data Entry and Administration experience,

Any help would be great,

thank you,

Lizzie

Rosemary

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Fred James

I wish you luck Lizzie but I have to point out that over 50% of all 16 to 24 year olds are unemployed at the moment. In Andalucia it is even higher.

It's not a good time to try and find a job.

lizziej123

Hi,

well I think I might go over in the summer and see if I can find work then, hopefully something will come up!

Fred James

That's probably the best bet - you certainly won't find a job unless you are there.

Best of luck and welcome to the forum.

jay01

I live in Alhaurin and there are very few British bars, shops or business here. I think you would be better off coming over but you may struggle, business are closing down quicker than they are opening.

lizziej123

Hi Jay, please could you let me know if you hear of anything, I am going to be staying with a friend in Alhaurin so all I need is a job and I can move back. whats it like there now?

jojojojojo

@JAY01, is Picnics (the cafe I used to work in) still open, I know it changed hands and it name, but is it still there???

Jo xxx

Zaragozaram

I too live in Alhaurin and think that Pikniks, now Bar 121?, has closed. I also passed Alhaurin garage on the Industrial Estate the other day and that looked empty too.

jojojojojo

In the short time I lived near El Grande (2008 - 2010), it deteriorated from a busy, vibrant (albeit very British town) to a bit of a ghost town, with so many closed shops and businesses and not many people around

Jo xxxx

Zaragozaram

It is still busy and vibrant, but now is more Spanish.

jojojojojo

Thats good! So the Brits moved out and the Spanish moved back in. There was always an uneasy feeling about El Grande, after the murder of a Spanish girl, by a British chap (or was it the other way round???). I liked it at first, but when everyone seemed to move away, it felt quite ..... empty and those who were left, all seemed a bit desperate?????

Jo xxx

cricketman

The times I've been in Alhuar[I]n El Grande most the Spanish I saw were gypsies. Then there were lots of Brits and Latin Americans

We went to the Matahambre there one evening. We were the only ones there and the waitress and cook couldnt care less.

jackytoo

We went a few years ago with some friends who lived in the campo there. There seemed to be a whole street full of Brit bars and shops. Lots of the shaven headed thug looking Brit types wandering around. Sort of made the coast look very upmarket I bet the locals are happy they have moved on.

jojojojojo

A lot of Spanish gypsies and a long lasting legacy of mistrust between the Brits and Spanish due to a murdered Spanish girl, by a Brit many years ago

Jo xxx