Pleasure boats sail past the old docks in the Headland area of Hartlepool GB. 2017. Credit: Garry Clarkson/Alamy

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In the 1980s the area was afflicted with extremely high levels of unemployment, at its peak consisting of 30 per cent of the town's working age population, the highest in the United Kingdom.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Hartlepool, County Durham. GB
Photo credit: © © Garry Clarkson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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