Rows of crack dens, £10 heroin hits and barefoot kids ‘in rags’… how seaside mecca became UK’s ‘early death capital’

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THE noisy slots machines are doing a roaring trade at Pirates Bay amusement arcade as the race commentator calls horse number 11 home on the £1 game.

Outside on Blackpool’s famous Golden Mile, an elderly couple point at the resort’s Tower Ballroom which recently hosted the glitz and glamour of Strictly Come Dancing.

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Blackpool’s known as the ‘Las Vegas of the North’ but pull back the curtain and not all is as it seemsCredit: David Nelson

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Takeaways are cheap in the seaside town

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