Battleground Yorkshire: Ill health is the legacy of the closure of Barnsley’s pits

“It's like the difference between walking through Worzel Gummidge and Baywatch, there’s all these people that look really fit and healthy. “We need to realise that we need a lot of help around here.” Barnsley South, the collection of suburbs and villages around the coal mining town, is not well, and it hasn’t been for a long time.

” While Barnsley South struggles, the comparative metropolis of Barnsley town centre has seen around £200 million of investment in regeneration in its market and shopping centre. In Hoyland market there are three stalls, one selling fruit and vegetables undercut by the local supermarket, another selling decorations for gravesites and toad ornaments for the garden. “Barnsley’s just interested in Barnsley and doing up the town centre,” says one stall holder.

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