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The Treneere estate in Penzance is one of The Most deprived areas in England. It has suffered a slow decline since it was built in The 1930S , social housing and a better life for many. Four members of the same family, describing how life on an estate, where such labels will be rejected by many who live there.

Amanda Amanda Coram says the deprivation label makes You Angry - "we are quite normal people"

Amanda Coram lived on the Treneere estate for 32 years. When she arrived, she was 18 and pregnant.

"I've been adopted all the way through," she says. "[One of my previous relationships] was pretty intense, and the people That would come in the yard by my door, when they heard any noise, and come and Save Me .

"your family makes your life here. "

The 49-year-old has four children and 12 grandchildren, all living in the settlement. She and husband Mike, two of their daughters and their granddaughters live in a housing association property, You say That You are lucky to.

Amanda worked previously as a chef, but is now unemployed. Mike works, but their low income means You rarely go out.

"We're middle-aged couple, we should with a meal. We can't do That , we can't afford to do That . "

Figures show, income, and deprivation on the estate affects 52% of children

Amanda PTSD as a result of domestic violence. She believes That many of the problems are in the Region of poor Mental Health , and there should be a better support.

"I was there were two different types of therapy for at least two years, I have never seen anyone," she says.

"Some people are just really vulnerable and even if You are taking drugs, why? Why are You drinking, why are You taking drugs? When is the Mental Health system for stand-up and take responsibility for the people?"

Amanda says the majority of children working on the farm jobs in the city, but lack of confidence and "don't dream so big" as they could.

Amanda hopes her granddaughter not to worry, That she is well enough to go to University - how my children feel, That is how I felt"

"The parents are Stuck - You just have to go to work and to survive, so [they are] not The Children . I would absolutely love to, my children, The Money and say, 'here', but You can't do That , You are not earning the wages down.

"So, You have the morality of a work, but The Work ethic has been smashed, because they are not always the wages. So You don't feel, I know, let it down, I suppose. "

The Mother of four, worries about the chances of their children.

"My children, I think, very happy. Two of You will Stay Here until Doomsday, and two of them want to go. [You ] could do really well for themselves. She is a really good cook and she has offered some work in Australia and if You it doesn't make sense, she will take it and go. "

Lucy , Lucy says That your doctrine is your Way Out of the Treneere

Lucy Coram Amanda 's youngest child is. She is described as "different" than the rest of their family.

"I'm the only one of all of us who have not had children," says the 19-year-old. "I want My Life , because I want to get up and I want to go, I want to say, I have something to do with My Life . "

Lucy struggled in school and broke college but then took an apprenticeship working as a chef in a local restaurant. She looks at it as their way.

"Some people just don't want to work, and decided to do other things, whereas some of us get up in fact, wanted to and Do Something , go to work and Do Something with our lives, instead of just sitting around, drugs and drinking alcohol. "

Lucy says Penzance is a "very nice place, but Treneere has a good reputation".

"You are going nowhere, and mention of Treneere, and no-one quite like it - everyone has heard of Treneere. I'm a little bit different. I keep myself to myself. I have to go to work, I come home, stay in my bedroom, doing nothing. "

Lucy said, Treneere was "somewhere, You would want to be, but it is to think of home, I,"

Lucy wants to travel to, and in one of your Tutors has offered to You to get In Touch with job opportunities in Australia. But she has concerns about leaving their close-knit family.

"I love my mom, I love my father and I love my whole family, but if I want to Do Something , You are always a support for me. If there was ever a down day, where I say, 'no, I don't want to have to do it, no, I don't want to leave," You 're always like, 'You 've got to do it". "

Lucy wants to make sure That she is ready to "log in", before the Australia opportunity, or travel somewhere else.

"I'll take what I can now go on in Penzance And Then . "

TreneereNicholas Nicholas ' life, it was exciting, as his son

Amanda son of Nicholas Metcalfe died in a pupil referral unit in year 8 went to The Local Secondary School then. He moved from The Family home at 16, and left college with a degree in hairdressing, construction, garden, and Media Studies , but struggled to find a job.

Nicholas worked at KFC before work at a nearby hotel, but left when his premature son died.

"That was pretty destroyed, so I lost myself for a bit, That ," he said. "I ended up leaving my job to throw, and landed on the drug side of things. I hung out with the wrong people. Lost really. "

Nicholas began to smoke cannabis when he was 11, before, to take the cocaine, then Smoking crack after the loss of his son. He says That the drug problem is in Penzance "huge".

"I ended up falling into a bit of a hole, it is already to difficult for me out of everything. I will not say That I handed over to me, still have it, because there are relapses, but these are rhythms That I need to Get Out of. "

"There isn't very much here, unfortunately. It is a terrible thing to say, because it is a beautiful place," says Nicholas

Nicholas working with drugs charity Addaction, is to go in for drug testing every Three Days , and also with The Employment of charity, Who Dare to Work it. He hopes to be able to, an opportunity to work at Jamie Oliver 's restaurant Fifteen.

"I have friends That are also looking to work, still live with their old love, but most of That is because their chances of finding work are very, very slim Every time You have tried You have had no success and, quite obviously, [dents] your trust.

"The only thing That helps, is now, Who Dares to Work it. You do really good in the minute, You pull people out of the whole, the establishment of trust and things like That , to help prepare You for if You bring back in to work. "

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Amanda 's husband Mike Coram work nights as a security dog handler. 56 he has done The Job That pays the minimum wage, for 20 years.

"it is what It is," he says. "There are no jobs down here, the perfect with the perfect salary. It's hard, because I prefer to stay at home, always in bed with The Wife . "

he says, He gets Stuck in a cycle That rarely come to the rounds.

"If it is Monday and I'm already £92 covered, in The Bank , with £100 overdraft, and I have the rest of the week go, You stingy, and You borrow and You take a bit from here, borrow from a friend or rent from a daughter.

"[Then] it will pay back on Friday And Then at the beginning of the next week where You have started. "

Mike says That You managed a holiday in Greece this year, because he took something from his pension, do not realize, it would credits the impact of his tax.

"We could not go out, if we are really lucky to be able to three cappuccinos during the week of the McDonald's. We. We're not going Anywhere . "

The property is surrounded by open fields on one side and Penzance town on The Other

Mike and Amanda met 13 years ago on a Blind Date , is proud of providing for His Family and says, despite their low income, he is happy.

"You have A Family and this is your task in life. That was before my father work in life and his father. Our task is the supply for Our Family is. As long as there is food in the cupboard, there is a roof over your head, then I've done my job.

"It is not going to make it differently from me poiing, when I got better, then Yes, I could pack my things, I was able to leave The Family . I could go on the Land, live by myself and I think I might be better to me, but I have everything I want.

"I have My Family , I've got my children down, I have my grandson just up the street. I'm still breathing, I'm Still Walking , just. What more do You want? I don't need any more. "

This article is part of a special series, of Penzance, Cornwall. Bbc News is exploring the challenges and opportunities for the communities of the coasts of great Britain.

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