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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Andrew Robinson & Damon Wilkinson

'Offcumdens', hummus and valley bottom fever: What it's really like to live in Happy Valley

Matty Jeffreys is sat outside a cafe in Hebden Bridge pointing out the Airbnbs he used to clean. 'There's one up there,' he says pointing up a steep terraced street, 'two over the back of there,' he adds, sweeping his arm around.

The 26-year-old has lived in the town all his life. But, with property prices rising and an increasing number of homes being converted into holiday lets, he says it's getting harder and harder for locals like him to get on the housing ladder.

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