Residents of the Essex coastal community with the highest proportion of economically inactive people in the UK discuss the reality of living on the edge
At Geo’s Fish Bar in Clacton-on-Sea on a sunny afternoon, business is quiet enough for Peter Serghiou, the manager, to take a break. He rests his forearms on the wooden counter and gazes out at the high street in the town where he grew up.
“I mean, I like it. I’ve been down here all my life,” says Serghiou, whose parents moved to the seaside town from Cyprus more than 70 years ago. “But I think for newcomers that come into the town, there’s nothing much for them worthwhile. If they don’t want to work in shops, there’s nothing.”
