'It's scenic and bleak... but there's a beauty in bleakness'
Surrounded by rolling hills, Cornholme's dramatic backdrop means there are stunning views throughout it. The 'scenic' village with an OL postcode sits 45 minutes from Manchester on the border of Yorkshire and Lancashire, to the west of Todmorden.
At Cornholme's epicentre, a group of dilapidated council flats stick out like a rash with their grey brutalist design, looking weathered and almost sorrowful. “It’s scenic and bleak,” lamented one resident about Cornholme. 'It's a shock' Shopkeeper Ali Patel, who works at Cornholme Grocers, said he was 'shocked' by the state of the village and branded it a 'disgrace'. Ali, 41, said: “It’s s***, absolute s***. Full of druggies and absolute p*** heads. Disgrace.
A 38-year-old resident said: “Some of the neighbours are a bit noisy but that’s just the way it is, I suppose. They play a bit of music and they’ve got a couch in the street and they sit on a couch in the street. That’s as bad as I’ve seen it, I’ve never seen any fighting or violence.” “The terrain is difficult to get around in. So if you don’t have a job within your village, you don’t have a driving license and if you’ve grown up poor, it’s very difficult to get out of that cycle.”
“We all know each other, and we all look out for each other. You’ll get a lot of people disagreeing with that, but I genuinely think there is. There’s definitely a strong sense of community.”
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