£1 for a house | Made in Stoke-on-Trent

This is the Portland street estate, a community ravaged by years of cuts. The council made a bold move in an attempt to turn the estate around - but how did the £1 homes experiment turn out?
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  • @theGuardian
    @theGuardian6 жыл бұрын

    Watch the rest of the Made in Stoke-on-Trent series here ► www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2018/jan/08/made-in-stoke-on-trent-episode-1-we-have-lift-off

  • @pratheepyoutube9417

    @pratheepyoutube9417

    6 жыл бұрын

    The Guardian happynewyearครับ iPratheep Anumat 08/02/2018

  • @harveyskilton2238

    @harveyskilton2238

    6 жыл бұрын

    The Guardian I

  • @ukdream5982

    @ukdream5982

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Guardian how can I get it I need it badly

  • @errolpowell735

    @errolpowell735

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do won’t people to move up there

  • @tegmay4155
    @tegmay41556 жыл бұрын

    It honestly devastates me that this is one of the only videos some people here will see on Stoke-On-Trent. Honestly it's not all like this, it's not all bad. Of course it's not the most picturesque of areas, and it isn't a rich area, but it's better than this. The majority of people are amazing and there's a real sense of community - not everyone should be grouped in this way. Stoke is more than this. We are more than this.

  • @secretterces8467

    @secretterces8467

    5 жыл бұрын

    anna Onymous looks like a reyt shitole luv full of foreigners and thief’s. not for me int stoke on Trent.

  • @chrishowell9821

    @chrishowell9821

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well said girl

  • @mumdad4889

    @mumdad4889

    5 жыл бұрын

    TCar same

  • @psixi7230

    @psixi7230

    5 жыл бұрын

    couldnt pay me to live there lol

  • @georgiag2014

    @georgiag2014

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stoke is actually a nice place. My cousin lives there and I went there for my cousins baptism and it's nice.

  • @unityy4234
    @unityy42346 жыл бұрын

    Guys I live in this exact area the people are so kind please don’t make fun

  • @autismo721

    @autismo721

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stoke is garbage mate

  • @110gore

    @110gore

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's down by go outdoors in Hanley

  • @nievegrummett3414

    @nievegrummett3414

    5 жыл бұрын

    Autismo it is, I live there, but so are certain other places around England. You get it everywhere. And just to let you know, there are places that are much better than this in Stoke. Like this is just parts of it

  • @autismo721

    @autismo721

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nievegrummett3414 boi I've lived in stoke all my life and honestly it's just getting worse

  • @nievegrummett3414

    @nievegrummett3414

    5 жыл бұрын

    Autismo I have and it is getting worse it’s just getting really bad in certain places and others, like trentham, aren’t

  • @merlinmediagroup
    @merlinmediagroup3 жыл бұрын

    That was such a beautiful and profound moment from 7:26 when she's talking about her mum. The way she avoided crying when someone came and said hi was heartbreaking. She seems like an extremely kind and gentle person, I hope she's doing well.

  • @TheGodParticle

    @TheGodParticle

    3 жыл бұрын

    I so agree, she seems such a wonderful lady, I wish her all the best.

  • @DanielLarsonTheBlackDragon

    @DanielLarsonTheBlackDragon

    10 ай бұрын

    Sadly she recently passed away from an overdose 😢

  • @96Jesster
    @96Jesster6 жыл бұрын

    i live 14 minutes away.... i'm suprised they managed to film this on a sunny day

  • @lol-kz8lu

    @lol-kz8lu

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jessica same😂😂

  • @israeladesanya4596

    @israeladesanya4596

    2 жыл бұрын

    14 minutes away, you probably wouldn't even be in stoke.

  • @omicron942
    @omicron9426 жыл бұрын

    Good luck to em

  • @delboy4407

    @delboy4407

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, people above corrupt parliment that's what i like to see doing something positive

  • @Tipperary757
    @Tipperary7576 жыл бұрын

    This entire series is brilliant. People worked so hard to revive this area, lovely community.

  • @malicahamilton
    @malicahamilton6 жыл бұрын

    Might as well move everyone out knock everything down and rebuild ! The whole area looks run down and depressing it's not going to get better any time soon

  • @LabRat6619

    @LabRat6619

    6 жыл бұрын

    Malica Hamilton after brexit this will be worse than anywhere.

  • @malicahamilton

    @malicahamilton

    6 жыл бұрын

    LabRat6619 that's so true they would do better if they just removed loads of houses and shops in the area and just built new attractive houses make the area look pretty throw in a few nice shops and people are more likely to live there and start something new! I'm sure it would cost a lot but they are taking over beautiful land in the countryside and budding 1,000s of new houses when money should be spent on areas like this you know. It's full of poor people and people on drugs and it seems like there are no jobs for people to earn a living so it's like an endless cycle when they have kids adding a few decent people to the community won't solve the bigger problem in my opinion 😕

  • @grimsplague

    @grimsplague

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's called gentrification, what happens to all the people who can't afford these nice new houses? do we just kick them out of the communities they've lived in their entire lives.

  • @malicahamilton

    @malicahamilton

    6 жыл бұрын

    grimsplague Well they would need to sort themselves out and get their life together and start start fresh somewhere maybe they could be rehoused

  • @LabRat6619

    @LabRat6619

    6 жыл бұрын

    Malica Hamilton this country is grossly overpopulated and not full of jobs to do. The poor tend to breed like rats to create even more desparate poor! Globalisation totally destroyed The West with cheap imports closing factories. Poor people tended to work in factories and manual labour industries. Previously world war used hundreds of thousands of lives and tended to regenerate the country afterwards. The future is bleak as people continue to breed as if a golden world of opportunity awaits them!

  • @av782
    @av7826 жыл бұрын

    What they need is CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design), and you can tell through the evening gatherings that they are starting to use those methods. If the perception is that the area is safe, crime actually goes down. The suggestions to rebuild, cover up graffiti immediately, plant nice things and maintain the area will bring in more shops and more families moving in. So will better lighting and camera equipment - just the perception that the area is being watched will help a ton in the long-term. You don't have to knock everything down - you just need to put effort into the community.

  • @beccymiddleton1458
    @beccymiddleton14586 жыл бұрын

    I recently moved to Stoke for uni and while some of it is pretty beat up, this makes it look worse than it is its not like this all over.

  • @LionOfKashmir

    @LionOfKashmir

    5 жыл бұрын

    jim taylor Shelton’s littyyyy

  • @Kayzef2003
    @Kayzef20036 жыл бұрын

    I won't be surprised if many of these people voted Brexit. AND, I can't blame them. This level of neglect is shameful.

  • @UKgamer87

    @UKgamer87

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alot more is needed but if the eu is far more trustworthy than any tory government. No that brexit is happening these areas will probably become massively more derelict.

  • @Lycaerix

    @Lycaerix

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yep. That's the unfortunate reality: their own government (that they have most likely also voted for) has failed them and they blamed the EU. Sheer ignorance but no, you can't blame them for what they have been led to believe.

  • @UKgamer87

    @UKgamer87

    6 жыл бұрын

    @Hugo I mean how can people fall for the lies of the media. It feels like sooo many people in the country have lost the ability to think critically. Muslims can't fart in an empty field without getting negative coverage.

  • @SL-yz6ew

    @SL-yz6ew

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kayzef2003 I'm from Stoke and the majority of people living here are benefit scrounging white people

  • @jimibarker2744

    @jimibarker2744

    6 жыл бұрын

    +d your totally correct the biggest parasitic benefit scroungers are indeed white all the royal family are indeed white

  • @tombollox10
    @tombollox106 жыл бұрын

    "I know what will improve squalid social deprivation in inner city Stoke!" "What?" "Ceramics" 😳

  • @paulnicholls8683

    @paulnicholls8683

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tom You are right. Sourcing out ! Wedgewood was losing money sothey moved most of their business to Indonesia. Doullton mo ed most of their production to China and Thailand. If they hadn't done that, the companies would have gone down the tube. It's difficult to find anything which is not made in China.

  • @mistermotivation2502

    @mistermotivation2502

    5 жыл бұрын

    I laughed too, sorry folks but in 2019 young people aren’t interested in ceramics smh

  • @tormon506

    @tormon506

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mistermotivation2502 Not true. Many are sick fed up of everything being digital. We had a similar project in Scotland and the kids loved it, especially the teens. We re-decorated and old church, made a bar, a workshop, a stage. They loved it and still do.

  • @c93636
    @c936366 жыл бұрын

    how awful for the residents that is a very challenging reality that im sure many in the UK, myself included, were ignorant of. the complete disregard from the council and government is truly shameful. well done to Sarah and Anna for attempting to revitalise the community

  • @willpolr

    @willpolr

    9 ай бұрын

    I’m absolutely gobsmacked that anyone living here could be ignorant of this reality. Time to open your eyes. It’s all around you, just around the corner from all the wealth and arrogance.

  • @iJamie8467x
    @iJamie8467x5 жыл бұрын

    Technically it's a 10-30k house or how ever much she spend repairing that dump

  • @eml9147

    @eml9147

    3 жыл бұрын

    True, but where else can you get a down payment of £1? Depends on the interest on the loan

  • @benlotus2703

    @benlotus2703

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eml9147 Monies wasted

  • @sarahdean5088
    @sarahdean50886 жыл бұрын

    I'm born and breed in Stoke, I love the people but it's a forgot city sadly. Wouldn't blame my kids if they wanted to move out of the city, don't think I ever will. it's very upsetting, but where there's life there's hope.

  • @TCJones
    @TCJones6 жыл бұрын

    10 years is far to long to commit to live in stoke, the Liverpool ones where only 5 years of no sale.

  • @heyhoes8733

    @heyhoes8733

    6 жыл бұрын

    TCJones I’ve lived here for like 12 years but okay

  • @cleobarrett6168

    @cleobarrett6168

    6 жыл бұрын

    Im 11 and have lived here ally life. Stoke on Trent isn't as bad as it looks on this video

  • @tombarnes7844

    @tombarnes7844

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cleo and Tala bob I've lived in Stoke from birth, no where near as bad as advertised..

  • @tombarnes7844

    @tombarnes7844

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sanya Ahmed good then, don't need people like you round our city

  • @Hebrewmafia
    @Hebrewmafia5 жыл бұрын

    With a lot of love and determination there can always be change. I respect these wonderful families for not quitting and for standing their ground to make their community safe and welcoming for everyone. Blessings and well wishes to everyone that believes in basic kindness for each other.

  • @juliepownall2000
    @juliepownall20006 жыл бұрын

    The place is awful wouldnt live there if u paid me but the people are nice

  • @nicklaytonUK

    @nicklaytonUK

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think that is part of the reason why it is a £1.

  • @rage8kage

    @rage8kage

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think you miss spelt inbred

  • @jimjam6598

    @jimjam6598

    6 жыл бұрын

    :0000

  • @hollytweedie7913

    @hollytweedie7913

    6 жыл бұрын

    I’m from the boarders of Stoke...like every place some bits are nice but some bits are like this

  • @Ella-cx1yz

    @Ella-cx1yz

    6 жыл бұрын

    I mean I live like in the middle of stoke and have all my life but I agree 😂. Some parts are nice though. It’s not all like this.

  • @soniahamilton9914
    @soniahamilton99146 жыл бұрын

    I just watched that young girl in blue, the artist, and her partner on that gardening show where a guy named Monty help fix peoples gardens. They did a good job with it. Taking and sending those photographs was a good idea.

  • @jjenfield7444
    @jjenfield74443 жыл бұрын

    After living in Stoke-on-Trent for three years I can honestly say the people there are brilliant

  • @madisontaylor5647
    @madisontaylor56475 жыл бұрын

    Not all people from Stoke are in Benifits and things like that . It’s how they are as a person that matters . All of the people are lovely and all of the people that go there agree . We love you Stoke xxx Lol

  • @TheHarmonicaBarge
    @TheHarmonicaBarge3 жыл бұрын

    This series is really great!!

  • @AhmedAhmed-yz4rd
    @AhmedAhmed-yz4rd6 жыл бұрын

    strong woman don't give up

  • @margin606

    @margin606

    5 жыл бұрын

    Romantic stereotype?

  • @welovepies
    @welovepies6 жыл бұрын

    A lot of stoke is nice these days, I think this estate is a exception not a rule bc regeneration has been really strong generally. there are dilapidated bits in every city.

  • @jonmills5097
    @jonmills50976 жыл бұрын

    I used to live in Portland street and trust me it’s finished

  • @emilyc7783
    @emilyc77833 жыл бұрын

    Anna was my art teacher at Uni and was fab, has a great heart in the right place. I loved Stoke while I was living there, it was very run down but the people were on the whole very friendly.

  • @kravch5653
    @kravch56533 жыл бұрын

    Stoke on Trent has a huge potential as a city & as a community! Its friendly people on the streets, who will stop by & answer you if you were to ask for directions for example. Council has neglected many areas of the Stoke, the bright proof is the city centre with old, vacated buildings, which were due for demolition since around late 90s! Money is there, because Stoke is the Mecca of Take Aways & non-chain restaurants, with the variety of Asian cuisine, many car sales, garages & main dealership as well as so many small & medium companies and huge estates of many kind of factories & busineses & are all contributing to the economy of the Stoke! My personal view on the state of the negligence in some areas is bad financial management & laid back approach of local authorities!!!! Stoke on Trent council is sending "un-spent" funds back to the capital & thats why locals fighting for survival & London believe that Stoke is very rich city! I admire efforts of those few, who has a caradge to flow life back into the area, but also know for sure, that each & everyone of us has something to contribute for the success of our full of historical inheritance, city of Stoke On Trent! I wasn't born here, but found hapiness & made it home here! Stoke is incredibly beautiful with a magical & breath taking countryside, canal & boats, museums & sculptures, pottery & factories, where till today you can enjoy a master class with so many talented artists & you can make your own pottery to take home! We have several colleges & one of the best medical university in Britain! Stoke is not a dream city- Stoke is memory maker!!!!! Stoke, i believe in you & your people, now is the right time to get together to help our home blossom & shine again!!!

  • @briggaskin

    @briggaskin

    3 жыл бұрын

    I live in stoke.... its not great though is it. Nice try but its a dump

  • @rafalotreba6824
    @rafalotreba68243 жыл бұрын

    Well done Hannah. You are a strong, brave woman with a purpose in your live to make changes by doing the work. Others will only look at your hands standing and waiting for your failure.

  • @AJGeeTV
    @AJGeeTV3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I used to live nearby in Shelton and left for a new life abroad with 20 quid in my pocket in 1990. It's amazing how things are 30 years later! I'm still quite skint where I'm living now in Germany.

  • @AlessandroAloisi23
    @AlessandroAloisi235 жыл бұрын

    I lived there for 2 years during my uni studies . A lot of burglary news on a daily basis and people collapse around the town like in this video . I hope they can fix this it really needs some support.

  • @bunntonalters9452
    @bunntonalters94526 жыл бұрын

    massive respect

  • @LabRat6619
    @LabRat66196 жыл бұрын

    Due to brexit these houses have been reduced to 50p.

  • @cait3666

    @cait3666

    6 жыл бұрын

    LabRat6619 😬😬😬how awful

  • @isenfyre612

    @isenfyre612

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's a joke 😂

  • @nickjupp6868

    @nickjupp6868

    5 жыл бұрын

    dont be silly... england has survived far worse on worse terms dont be a fool...

  • @sandysimpson4785

    @sandysimpson4785

    5 жыл бұрын

    🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @carlomarco1895

    @carlomarco1895

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nickjupp6868 this time is the end!

  • @kimberleysimpkin1529
    @kimberleysimpkin15296 жыл бұрын

    Lived there about 20 years ago with my x partner and 1 year old daughter, needles everywhere, smack heads everywhere. We got burgled and that was the last straw we moved. Lived in Stoke-on-Trent all my life and sadly that area has been stained many many years back

  • @jomama5186
    @jomama51865 жыл бұрын

    Wow, i might really consider moving here. How neat! Beautiful place

  • @nicholasdickens2801
    @nicholasdickens28016 жыл бұрын

    So they sell homes to locals for £1 and someone from Kent moves in. *Sigh* haha. Oh the irony.

  • @yasminpaul3068

    @yasminpaul3068

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nicholas Dickens none of the locals can afford to buy the house AND renovate it to make it liveable

  • @rashhuman

    @rashhuman

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, because locals wouldn't even pay a pound in this area as they know what it's like! True, it's not all bad, but no way would I live in Hanley or Middleport, even for a quid.

  • @sneekz07

    @sneekz07

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well if no one could afford to buy and renovate then they will sell to someone who can.

  • @itzyashirooo

    @itzyashirooo

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rashhuman Hanley isn't as bad, yes, there's thieves and poverty, BUT GIVE IT A TRY HONEY.

  • @rashhuman

    @rashhuman

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@itzyashirooo I did, hence the comment.

  • @soul2soulibelieveinkarma661
    @soul2soulibelieveinkarma6615 жыл бұрын

    Well done people , I wish you all the best

  • @juan-claudewakefield8373
    @juan-claudewakefield83736 жыл бұрын

    North? i'm in the South , we don't have these problems. It's a disgrace . The government should seriously step in!

  • @lukemullin9153

    @lukemullin9153

    6 жыл бұрын

    We having issues down north it's England's Sithole

  • @juan-claudewakefield8373

    @juan-claudewakefield8373

    6 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely !

  • @heyhoes8733

    @heyhoes8733

    6 жыл бұрын

    Juan-Claude Wakefield it’s called West Midlands 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @newsannouncement226

    @newsannouncement226

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well Ireland isn’t perfect but it’s going better than this

  • @matthewJworthy

    @matthewJworthy

    5 жыл бұрын

    I live in stoke and i feel that will not help

  • @marktaylor6491
    @marktaylor64916 жыл бұрын

    Clear they could do it on a cold November in Stoke.

  • @nicklaytonUK
    @nicklaytonUK6 жыл бұрын

    Really really well made. And what a challenge.

  • @israeladesanya4596
    @israeladesanya45965 жыл бұрын

    Used to hang around there when i was younger. Its ok selling the council houses for a quid but theyve still got to live by smackheads in the private rented.

  • @jordantheallroundangler85
    @jordantheallroundangler856 жыл бұрын

    i lived in stoke and handley for a few yrs. i can say its a nice place to live but there is a big homeless amd drug issues in the city. but over all its not that bad tbh

  • @MaximilianvonPinneberg
    @MaximilianvonPinneberg6 жыл бұрын

    And yet people say the is a shortage of homes due to this, that and the other. There are lots of homes available. The problem is people don't want to live there or can't afford to live in the nicer bits.

  • @flumpaustin1994

    @flumpaustin1994

    6 жыл бұрын

    There is also high unemployment in these areas and people would not be able to afford to renovate the homes.

  • @MaximilianvonPinneberg

    @MaximilianvonPinneberg

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's kind of my point. The people with many to do them up don't typically want to live there an dated people who might end up living here can't afford to renovate the properties into a decent habital standard.

  • @h3526
    @h35264 жыл бұрын

    1900's: in the future there will be flying cars 2019: a £1 house

  • @SunnyBeetle1922
    @SunnyBeetle19222 жыл бұрын

    I know Anna who started the ceramic project. She’s an art Tutor at Staffs Uni and a very nice lady. We need positive movement in Stoke now even more than ever💛💛💛👏🏽👏🏽

  • @dearfutureme2929
    @dearfutureme29295 жыл бұрын

    There’s a mansion near me that went for £1 at auction in the 90s... it’s only just been fully renevated!! 😂😂

  • @ANTHONYBOOTH
    @ANTHONYBOOTH5 жыл бұрын

    if anybody tried to burgle my gaff then they would run back out as it always looks WELL burgled!!! :p

  • @lucyburns-hawkins8052
    @lucyburns-hawkins80525 жыл бұрын

    I live in the area and it's not all as bad as this...we have community gardens and parks it's just where you live ..but Portland Street it very rough and I hated living round there

  • @Hope-bn9xz
    @Hope-bn9xz5 жыл бұрын

    I hope it all works out for the community.

  • @alisonwilliams4862
    @alisonwilliams48625 жыл бұрын

    They had this initiative in Liverpool too. I half thought about applying for a house myself but like here, they were in a dodgy area. Plus you have to have a considerable amount of money to do it up in a short time and you don't know what defects you might come across. I don't know if you would be able to insure a delapidated house before it is liveable either. Although if you only paid a pound for it, it probably wouldn't matter lol.

  • @TakumiXD
    @TakumiXD5 жыл бұрын

    Why can’t they just put the homeless in these houses

  • @fpl_bailey

    @fpl_bailey

    5 жыл бұрын

    How the homeless going to pay for utilities?

  • @ifihadfriends437

    @ifihadfriends437

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because they're derelict and need significant renovation which somebody without income could not do

  • @barrydavies9747
    @barrydavies97473 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see an update places like this need more resources the government should be working better with the community and if your doing drugs were kids play your sent to rehabilitation

  • @charlestalks5638
    @charlestalks56383 жыл бұрын

    These look like nice victorian houses. They've just been poorly looked after that's all

  • @mscherylb7950
    @mscherylb79505 жыл бұрын

    So sad, I hope things change for the better.

  • @-soaponarope-1261
    @-soaponarope-12613 жыл бұрын

    Watching this today for the first time does anyone have an update on how the programme is going?

  • @robmanson6210
    @robmanson62102 ай бұрын

    This place has all been levelled now

  • @lunes-1
    @lunes-15 жыл бұрын

    I want 10 houses please. Have you got change of £20?

  • @sawiyemane9113
    @sawiyemane91133 жыл бұрын

    I live near there and I've seen that house millions of times and it looks nice

  • @katesmith3431
    @katesmith34315 жыл бұрын

    This is horrible to see people do that but there is always someone to turn it arrowed ❤️❤️❤️ xx

  • @zopo1976
    @zopo19765 жыл бұрын

    I live in stoke and when you listen to tv you sound like the other British people and when you here stoke people you sound so weird 😂😂😂 who agrees

  • @nellydoyley3815

    @nellydoyley3815

    5 жыл бұрын

    ASMR Gang we actually do sound so odd though haha

  • @zopo1976

    @zopo1976

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nelly Doyley ik we all do when you hear yourself on tv 😂

  • @k-lou7012
    @k-lou70123 жыл бұрын

    hard to believe this is happening 20 minutes away from me?

  • @pingopong
    @pingopong6 жыл бұрын

    awwwww!! there is still hope for humanity!

  • @elliemoore8630
    @elliemoore86305 жыл бұрын

    I live In stoke on Trent and honestly this is quiet an accurate representation of the majority of the area. But there is alot that isn't like that but you just sort of get used to it. Oh looks there's TinTin passed out maybe dead on the corner again someone go try wake him up. And we shouldn't have to deal with it the government needs to step up

  • @aoifekennah1161
    @aoifekennah11616 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t be able to live there even if you could buy the house for £1

  • @misfit2022
    @misfit20223 жыл бұрын

    Same house in London 400K. The north needs more investment. I once lived further north but know the area and there were worse areas than Hanley a few miles down the road so looks like Hanley has changed dramatically.

  • @AngusYoung4100
    @AngusYoung41002 ай бұрын

    Lol at the timestamp 02:11, the lady asks: "Have you called the police?", then she gets the reply: "Yeah, eight years ago...". :D

  • @thebestoflondon
    @thebestoflondon6 жыл бұрын

    can we still buy?

  • @soniatucks4214
    @soniatucks42143 жыл бұрын

    I love Stoke. Coal, steel and clay. The Industrial heartland of England.

  • @briggaskin

    @briggaskin

    3 жыл бұрын

    No coal mines anymore, steelworks has gone years ago and although ceramics are still made here, most companies have moved abroad. Stokes a broken relic now

  • @englishrose4388
    @englishrose43882 жыл бұрын

    That’s an immense commitment.

  • @ciscocastello3561
    @ciscocastello35615 жыл бұрын

    “Benefit Street’s got nuffing on this” ahahaha

  • @josuenogueras7141
    @josuenogueras71416 жыл бұрын

    northern england is such a depressing place.

  • @haydentaylor8400

    @haydentaylor8400

    6 жыл бұрын

    Would help if it was in the north... It's the midlands! It's not like this everywhere up north

  • @paulhall7848

    @paulhall7848

    6 жыл бұрын

    Stoke is not north and there r lots of nice areas in stoke

  • @paulnicholls8683

    @paulnicholls8683

    6 жыл бұрын

    Good luck with what you are doing. I used to work in Stoke and lived close by. Stokies are solid people. I have lived in Western Canada for a long time and we have similar drug problems.

  • @tsa4594

    @tsa4594

    6 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Stoke for 15 years. Terrible place, I hate it. It’d be alright if it wasn’t for all the chavs and criminals about. It’s not their fault that they were brought up like that, though. They’re the result of years of austerity from the ‘80s onwards. People lost their jobs and since then it’s just gotten worse. And though Stoke isn’t technically in the North, it bloody is.

  • @paulnicholls8683

    @paulnicholls8683

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jack Cade What does that mean? Don't you hate it when people write or speak and you don't have a clue what they are on about

  • @MrJokerh61
    @MrJokerh615 жыл бұрын

    This was done in Liverpool as well £1.00 homes..

  • @pavanbhatia389
    @pavanbhatia3896 жыл бұрын

    Are the houses still on sale....?

  • @andrewdonaghy1248
    @andrewdonaghy12485 жыл бұрын

    Never been here but you will find that the majority of the people there are some of the kindest people in the world. I spent years living in one of the most deprived areas of Scotland and the people would honestly give you their last pound.

  • @Kryzon_
    @Kryzon_5 жыл бұрын

    What if some of them "drunk" people are sleeping 🤣🤣

  • @jessicafenton5098
    @jessicafenton50983 жыл бұрын

    Any updates?

  • @ayahedries
    @ayahedries5 жыл бұрын

    Who else is from stoke and watching this??... nope just me ok

  • @Benjy52

    @Benjy52

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did you even look at the other comments?

  • @Maggie2183

    @Maggie2183

    3 жыл бұрын

    I watching eet duck!! (Even though I’ve lived in London for the last 20 years!! 🤭😬)

  • @mick2345vid
    @mick2345vid6 жыл бұрын

    stoke on Trent its hell i know i live here

  • @gillianbrookwell1678
    @gillianbrookwell16783 жыл бұрын

    The U K sure looks like a different place that I remember as a child; I haven't lived there for almost 50 years.

  • @shaunwilson7148
    @shaunwilson71485 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how they're getting on now

  • @solar1Aus
    @solar1Aus5 жыл бұрын

    good on you all....

  • @helencoven
    @helencoven5 жыл бұрын

    How can you be a part of the community if you paid a quid for your house and all the residents around you are struggling to live and are paying a rent for the same type of house?I think the local people need more than a bloody ceramics workshop!

  • @richardgoode4761
    @richardgoode47615 жыл бұрын

    Community with the pound!

  • @noboilfrog9431
    @noboilfrog94315 жыл бұрын

    Great to see a community fight back, you'd think someone would set up a charity to help set up projects that help?

  • @samussnake6601
    @samussnake66013 жыл бұрын

    Started seeming depressing, but it was optimistic - wholesome at the end

  • @mrrawson8385
    @mrrawson83853 жыл бұрын

    Me and the boys buying 5 houses then smashing down the walls to make a big house

  • @eml9147
    @eml91473 жыл бұрын

    Theres a lot to be said about ones attitude here

  • @samesame8502
    @samesame85025 жыл бұрын

    1 pound for that trim too?

  • @memyselfi3258
    @memyselfi32585 жыл бұрын

    Wish I could buy it for a pound and do it all up and show people with perseverance we can get there. It’s only a few streets away from me but I’ve never actually ever been there 😕

  • @Mark-ms5pn

    @Mark-ms5pn

    5 жыл бұрын

    We used to park there for free then go up Hanley

  • @memyselfi3258

    @memyselfi3258

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mark haha what a place to park.. I know it costs in Hanley to park but I used to park in side streets in Hanley then walk up.

  • @matthewJworthy
    @matthewJworthy5 жыл бұрын

    What has happened in stoke and like alot of places in the uk the government help then after a short while step away before it is established and then what ever the government helps with it collapse and makes it worse

  • @humbug4478
    @humbug44786 жыл бұрын

    My Dads family left Stoke in the 60's

  • @samuelmushtaq8671
    @samuelmushtaq86715 жыл бұрын

    Great!

  • @artforlife9042
    @artforlife90426 жыл бұрын

    I live like 15 mins away!

  • @independentpuppy7520
    @independentpuppy75203 жыл бұрын

    is Etruria a decent area?

  • @jtayyy7126
    @jtayyy71263 жыл бұрын

    I hate that people are calling this a dump, this is dump because of how it has been left, and its disgusting that there are so many people on the streets that would love to have a roof over their head and the government has let this shambles happen.

  • @thornbird6768
    @thornbird67685 жыл бұрын

    I thought this was about homes being bought for £1 ?? Not benefit st the sequel !! So this area of Stoke needs more regeneration , just like many other areas in cities all over the UK !!

  • @shivababy4899
    @shivababy48995 жыл бұрын

    complaining about crime in your area while supporting it at the same time... lol

  • @kurstcannoli5626
    @kurstcannoli56265 жыл бұрын

    thats such a shame honestly, i was born not far from there in burton on trent (we used to live there and did until i was 1 and my mum didnt like my 4 year old brother starting to speak with a very midland-y accent, i live in scotland now and i dont see myself as english

  • @antifugazi
    @antifugazi3 жыл бұрын

    I think what they are doing is great

  • @oliverjackson5070
    @oliverjackson50709 ай бұрын

    First build the infrastructure of hope & then the people will have something to live for.

  • @soundbite290
    @soundbite2906 жыл бұрын

    If you don't try and help anyone ever, your life is meaningless. That lady, that many people will pass off as naive etc, is stronger than most.