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Grimethorpe is a large village which is part of the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is located to the east of Barnsley and the south of Hemsworth. It is known for its past as a proud mining village, its brass band and its siting for the film "Brassed Off" - a tragedy [with a few funny bits] which tells the plight of the village and the effect on its band.
Grimethorpe has gained a reputation as one of the most long-term deprived communities in Britain and more than half of the original houses have been demolished. For a village, levels of crime and drug abuse are chronically high. Unemployment was above 50% for much of the 1990s and a large proportion of the population are disabled, having suffered injuries down the coal mines. Several regeneration projects have caused fortunes to improve in recent years and the village is starting to regain its self-respect, but it still suffers from social poverty on a similar level to Fitzwilliam and Streethouse, in the nearby Wakefield district.
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