Consett has been the subject of various government and local authority social and employment schemes since its steel works closed in 1982Photograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianA pensioner walks past a closed ballroom in ConsettPhotograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianUnemployed young people at the YMCAPhotograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian
David Richardson, an activity insructor at the YMCA, is about to lose his jobPhotograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianConsett's court house is also closedPhotograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianDaniel Lee, 28, an unemployed road engineer, with two-week-old baby Jack, and son Joshua, two Photograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianSalvation Army captain Mark Sellers with food parcels for collectionPhotograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianThe closed civic centre. A sports centre and school are proposed for the sitePhotograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianAbandoned machinery, left on the site of the old steel millPhotograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianAn elderly woman eats at a cafe in Consett's high street Photograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianElderly people at a tea dance at a local community centrePhotograph: Martin Argles for The GuardianConsett Workmen's ClubPhotograph: Martin Argles for The Guardian
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