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Don't have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. what's a good business? well-paying business? i'm sorry. that's 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 from terrence falls, born and brought up here, born in 1945. my father was an employee of the strat...

I worked from the time i was 13. if i had to go back there, now, i don't believe in drugs, i don't have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. what's a good business? well-paying business? i'm sorry. that's 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 contract with the people who worked there. >> my name is ed gregory, originally from terrence falls,...

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 town like this, the company actually took care of you. they built and provided homes for their empl...

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 don't believe in drugs, i don't have anything to do with them, but what choice would i have? stand on the corner, i would probably get into a business. what's a good business? well-paying business? i'm sorry. that's 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 ...

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 company actually took care of you. they built and provided homes for their employees. schools, the rive...