Bernard "Chop" Hare grew up in East End Park, a large White, working-class estate on the outskirts of Leeds. For the kids of the estate, community spirit and extended family meant that "support was never far away". After going to university and training as a social worker, Chop falls on hard times and loses his job because of "a minor criminal record" and drink problems. Returning to the estate, Chop doesn't recognise the East End Park of his childhood. With the pits closed and industry gone, he discovers an impoverished underclass where all supportive networks have broken down. Unemployment, drugs, prostitution and crime are the norm and an entire generation is careering towards custodial sentences.
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