Just about managing? In towns like Pontypool that’s a dream | Aditya Chakrabortty
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Once it was the prosperous first industrial town in Wales. Today one in three families can't cope at all. This is the 'post-industrial' truth of modern Britain
A health worker in Pontypool told me what happens when people lose their sense of purpose. "You don't get up in the morning. You might see a spiral in depression," she said last week. "You lose contact with the outside world." The dismal list went on: no self-worth, no self-confidence ...
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