Empty and vandalised houses in the ex-mining village of Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire.

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Children in a street in the former pit village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire 1999, which has undergone serious decline since its colliery closed in 1993, and where many ex-miners' houses are empty and vandalised.

Empty and vandalised houses in the ex-mining village of Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire.
Children in a street in the former pit village of Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire 1999, which has undergone serious decline since its colliery closed in 1993, and where many ex-miners' houses are empty and vandalised.

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Date:	17 Jan 1999
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Credit:	© Philip Wolmuth
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Keywords:	children, girls, play, vandalism, community safety, housing, coalfields, pit, coal, colliery, coalmine, mine, jobs, employment, unemployment, regeneration, poverty, deprivation