A run-down bungalow on the Brooklands estate in Jaywick Sands, Essex. The area was built in 1928 as a seaside getaway for city dwellers as part of the Plotlands movement of the 1920s and 1930s but has since fallen into disrepair. A high proportion of the adult population receive government benefits and parts of the area do not have roads or street lighting Illustration: Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian
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