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Unmarked grave of actor's ancestors

One hundred years ago, John Thomas Addy was one of hundreds of unemployed people in York whose lives were chronicled in a pioneering investigation into the lives of the urban poor by the anti-poverty campaigner, Seebohm Rowntree.

His great grandson is actor, Mark Addy visits the unmarked family grave with reporter Richard Bilton.

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