Which British seaside town did Mass Observation famously study in 1937, calling it 'Worktown' in their research on ordinary working-class life?

Mass Observation was a pioneering social research project that recruited volunteers to document the everyday habits, gossip and quirks of the British public. Their most famous early study zoomed in on one northern town, which they disguised with a suitably unglamorous nickname.

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