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>> man: when i grew up in greenfield, everybody had jobs. i worked from the time i was 13. if i had to go back there, now, i dont believe in drugs, i dont have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. whats a good business? well-paying business? im sorry. thats where we are. ♪ >> anthony: yes, it used to be a very different world, towns like this one. and there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems the mills, the...

I worked from the time i was 13. if i had to go back there, now, i dont believe in drugs, i dont have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. whats a good business? well-paying business? im sorry. thats where we are. ♪ >> anthony: yes, it used to be a very different world, towns like this one. and there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems the mills, the factories closed down, and with them a certain kind of so...

Closed down, and with them a certain kind of social contract with the people who worked there. >> ed: my name is ed gregory, originally from terrence falls, born and brought up here, born in 1945. my father was an employee of the strathmore mill, as was my grandfather. during the hay day, there were three paper mills, a cotton mill, a silk mill, a foundry, a beehive of activity here. >> anthony: back then, a company town like this, the company actually took care of you. they built and provided h...

>> anthony: yes, it used to be a very different world, towns like this one. and there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems the mills, the factories closed down, and with them a certain kind of social contract with the people who worked there. >> ed: my name is ed gregory, originally from terrence falls, born and brought up here, born in 1945. my father was an employee of the strathmore mill, as was my grandfather. during the hay day, there were three paper mills, a cotton mill, a silk m...

Dont have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. whats a good business? well-paying business? im sorry. thats where we are. ♪ >> anthony: yes, it used to be a very different world, towns like this one. and there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems the mills, the factories closed down, and with them a certain kind of social contract with the people who worked there. >> ed: my name is ed gregory, originally fro...

I worked from the time i was 13. if i had to go back there, now, i dont believe in drugs, i dont have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. whats a good business? well-paying business? im sorry. thats where we are. ♪ >> yes, it used to be a very different world towns like this one. and there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems the mills, the factories closed down, and with them a certain kind of social contr...

And there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems the mills, the factories closed down, and with them a certain kind of social contract with the people who worked there. >> ed: my name is ed gregory, originally from terrence falls, born and brought up here, born in 1945. my father was an employee of the strathmore mill, as was my grandfather. during the hay day, there were three paper mills, a cotton mill, a silk mill, a foundry, a beehive of activity here. >> anthony: back then, a company...

Well as everyone used to know each other. >> man: when i grew up in greenfield, everybody had jobs. i worked from the time i was 13. if i had to go back there, now, i dont believe in drugs, i dont have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. whats a good business? well-paying business? im sorry. thats where we are. ♪ >> anthony: yes, it used to be a very different world, towns like this one. and there were many. but lik...

And there were many. but like everywhere else, it seems the mills, the factories closed down, and with them a certain kind of social contract with the people who worked there. >> my name is ed gregory, originally from terrence falls, born and brought up here, born in 1945. my father was an employee of the mill, as was my grandfather. >> during the heyday, there were three paper mills, cotton mill, a silk mill, a foundry, a beehive of activity here. >> back then, a company town like this, the com...

People dont know each other as well as everyone used to know each other. >> when i grew up in greenfield, everybody had jobs. i worked from the time i was 13. if i had to go back there, now, i dont believe in drugs, i dont have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. whats a good business? well-paying business? im sorry. thats where we are. ♪ >> yes, it used to be a very different world towns like this one. and there we...