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Lisa Bachelor was previously deputy news editor for the Observer, is now editor of the Guardian’s Seascape
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One year, 17 towns, dozens of voices: what we heard along the coast of England and Wales

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By Lisa Bachelor Verified, Polly Braden
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On our journey around the coast we saw this first-hand – young people who had become isolated and despondent. For decades, they have taken the blame, with countless media articles describing them as “lazy” or “feral”, and their towns as “scum”. We wanted to shine a light on the positive things that are being created by and for young people on the coast, to highlight just what it is we cannot afford to lose.
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One year, 17 towns, dozens of voices: what we heard along the coast of England and Wales

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By Lisa Bachelor Verified, Polly Braden
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If you were asked to summon up images of the coastline of England and Wales, you might think of sunny days, buckets, spades and carefree holidays. But for many young people growing up by the sea, decades of evidence tell a very different story. For them, rather than a picture-perfect horizon full of hope, the sea has become a boundary that swallows up opportunity.
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‘When I leave, part of me stays’: why Scarborough’s youth won’t turn their backs on the seaside town they love

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By Lisa Bachelor Verified
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From left: Charlie, 17, and Keane, 19, both from Eastfield, and Jack, 17, from Scarborough, pictured at Oliver's Mount, overlooking Scarborough. Keane wrote a play as a ‘love letter’ to his home town Photograph: Polly Braden/The Guardian It’s the morning after a wet and stormy day in the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough. The waves, which the previous day had been crashing dramatically on the harbour walls, have calmed and a few brave souls have entered the water with surfboards.
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