Panorama is in Redcar to find out how the town is coping after the closure of the SSI steel plant
The documentary will start on 5.11.15 and last for 50 days ending on Christmas Day.
Around 2,000 people have lost their jobs. The government has promised £80 million in an aid package
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Coming up this week on BBC Panorama from #Redcar, external - we'll have a film from the SSI plant.
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Image source, Getty ImageRedcar faces tough times without the steelworkers
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"We were quite a few misfits and odd balls but it was what we cared about"
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'Redcar's agony aunt'
Meet Karen and her husband John. She runs a sandwich store in Redcar. They talk about the mood of the town after the closure of the SSI steelworks, and what the future holds for Redcar. Watch the full film here
Karen Pulling from Redcar
On October 12th, steelmaking at the Redcar steelworks ceased. Here are some world structures built from Redcar steel.
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On Thursday we went to a firework display in Saltburn, just down the road from #Redcar, external. Watch More, external
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Walk down Redcar High Street. It's similar to many in the UK - charity and pound shops. But one thing many have in common are these #SaveOurSteel, external posters.
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One of many 'Save Our Steel' posters in Redcar
Ernie, 83
"I was a 'sailorman' as they call it when I worked - doing all the heavy lifting. It was one of these places where you had to put as many hours in as you could to get a living wage. I used to work anything from 60 to 80 hours a week to get a living wage.I’m very proud of Redcar, I’ve lived here the same as my friend Les, 47 years. We must have moved around the same time. It’s near the sea and I’ve always liked the sea. The sea front was run down and now it’s been rebuilt. It’s a lovely sea front now. All the people come from round about just to sit on the seafront. Come down on a summer’s day and you’ll see them all eating their fish and chips and eating their ice creams. Doesn’t matter where you look they’re all eating ice cream or fish and chips.But the closure will have a bad impact. Something has to be done, we need more work in the area. We need to get work in for these people. You can’t close everything down and then turn around and say they’re all lazy buggers like, which people seem to do. They call people lazy if they’re not working but there’s no work to go to. If they had work to go to everything would be fine."
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From now until Christmas, Panorama will be in Redcar to report on life after a century of steel making. Watch more, external
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