My dear auntie Millie gave an interview in this programme at around 20.53. She passed away in 2011. She didn't like living on that estate. She felt vulnerable being almost blind. But it's great seeing her again. God bless auntie Millie. Xx

@stevebano5874

4 жыл бұрын

*....Bla bla bla bla....*

@RobbWilliams11

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Bano 🤣🤣🤣

@skaboosh

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@pps900

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye his response was meant as a joke..... Yours? Nasty

@JoanneLG1960

4 жыл бұрын

Auntie Millie is the one bitching about the children? I bet nobody living there would miss her 😠

My father took a lower paying job and moved us to the countryside rather than moving us into a tower block. We were fortunate.

@alanssnack1192

4 жыл бұрын

u sound like hearded animals

@Professional_Youtube_Commenter

4 жыл бұрын

The problem is, all the jobs are in the big cities, so youll end up going to uni (in a big city prolly) and then live and work there until you have children and they are school age and you move back ouf to the country.

@markhorney7625

4 жыл бұрын

you were indeed very lucky that he made the right choice.

@MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede

4 жыл бұрын

My father put his fist down and told them he would not move unless it was another house. Another house we got, it just took a few months longer.

@davidcouzens

4 жыл бұрын

Just think, if your dad had moved you in there, and used Maggies right to buy, you'd be a fucking millionaire now.

It's really interesting to see how the residents immediately predicted how the estates would become slums within years. And how high rise living promotes isolation, delinquency and the loss of individuality. Excellent documentary for the time too.

@realtruth4804

2 жыл бұрын

It's not the buildings that cause them to become slums, it's the people who inhabit the buildings

@realtruth4804

Жыл бұрын

The doco was great. I've watched it couple of times but it also had an agenda. How was the sense of individuality when people lived in terraced housing, sharing bathrooms in the middle of the street? The people in the doco made it sound like their old neighborhoods were idilic. They weren't. They were crime ridden, filthy slums. They moved those people from terraces into high ride flats and surprise surprise the poverty and crime followed them.....

@realtruth4804

Жыл бұрын

Look at life in high rise apartments in more affluent areas in the UK, US and Asia. They aren't crime ridden slums. It's people not buildings that are responsible

@BOZ_11

Жыл бұрын

@@realtruth4804 wrong. u understand nothing. the flats do not foster community because they lack communal areas. in a street with terraced housing the road was the communal area, and the kids of the homeowners would play together in the streets; people socialized with their neighbours. The design of the flats discourages community, and without community you have vandalism and delinquency.

@realtruth4804

Жыл бұрын

@@BOZ_11 I understand nothing huh? Manhattan apartment buildings don't have "communal areas" and they aren't crime infested. These days regardless of where you live nobody interacts with their neighbour's anyway

When that sweet lady said at the end, “You’d think they (the architects and planners) might have asked us ordinary people how we would like to live,” I broke down and cried.

@thebossdebz3060

9 ай бұрын

Its the government fault.they are evil.the council are the other evil.they shovel people in those monstrosities....today its 2023.and the governnent is still chucking people into these monstosities.

@jeremys7936

8 ай бұрын

The architects and planners she mentioned were pretentious ladder climbing idiots - whose only consideration was for their immense egos. Maintaining the social structure according to class. Disgraceful.

@reallyryan_

8 ай бұрын

how soft can you be, get a grip lol

@user-bc3zs2wn5z

8 ай бұрын

Give your head a wobble mate.

@mythos2490

8 ай бұрын

Oh I know. It’s so sad. No one cares for the average person. They want the image of something nice and geometric to hide away from the suffering of the average person and their mental state.

The lady at the beginning and the very end was Amy Brown. She was wonderful and soon after this documentary was made she went to live in Ethelburga Tower block, overlooking Battersea Park. She lived there very happily till 2015 till she died aged 94. She was loved by all in our community and I miss her daily even now!

@genevievedolan1288

3 жыл бұрын

It is good to hear that. She seems so wise and kind. I am glad to know her name, and to know she lived a good long life.

@traciegullis6861

3 жыл бұрын

Aww bless her heart.

@felicitybraxx9394

3 жыл бұрын

Love Amy Brown..Hope the Councils are watching.

@fernandasa2158

3 жыл бұрын

So true her words, that when you live in a house you are free and in a flat your are not, especially with children .. or elderly people , at young age we usually busy working , but when we are kids or old we rely o our home to feel good ....

@nickycotton6137

3 жыл бұрын

Fair-Play.👍 (RIP/Bless) + Can relate to her saying she never felt like she owned or the Flat was hers etc!

Anyone else impressed with how well shot and mic'd this thing is for 1971?

@happysunshinydays6349

4 жыл бұрын

Your observation is correct, but more so than this being well produced (which it is) it's unfortunately the case that media today is choc full of uncessary production shite. Whether silly camera angles, music, lighting or other shit that the directors and producers use to make themselves seem so fucking 'cool'. This old film is great because all it has is well conveyed, well shot content, a classic case of function rather than empty form. It used to be dicks at C4 on Sunday mornings with the dumb production, but these days its every fucking outlet, just dire.

@happysunshinydays6349

4 жыл бұрын

This was the rolling out of the human version of the "Mouse Utopia Experiment" (KZread it). This post war (and still ongoing) project was designed to destroy western society. Its astonishing listening to the lamentations of the folks in this video. If the mice in the experiment could have talked, they would have verbalised the exact same things: increased isolation, unhappiness, decreased social cohesion and increased friction and violence. Just astonishing.

@spacetimecontinuum

4 жыл бұрын

@@happysunshinydays6349 Will have a look at that thanks...once I get through the queue of youtube things I've yet to view.

@imperialsecuritybureau6037

4 жыл бұрын

The cinematography are very well done, just judging from the first few minutes. Impressed.

@patrickeh696

4 жыл бұрын

No spacetimebrainless. Shooting and miking were being done to todays standards for longer ago than 1971.. Child.

Thankfully my parents moved from Wandsworth in 1969, when I was 4 years old. I was fortunate to grow up in Wiltshire, still lived in a council house, but it was a brand new estate, a 4 bedroom house and a wonderful community. High rise blocks are so detrimental to communities.

Felt so sorry for the 89 year old lady at 25:55 being left for 13 weeks to fend for herself with a broken hip and arm with no care from anybody. Horrific! Bless her. RIP lovely lady ❤️

@seanahowe4755

Жыл бұрын

That was very sad.

@julesdymond8728

Жыл бұрын

That was terrible 😢 weren't there nurses in those days or social workers to help the lady?

@minixtvbox

10 ай бұрын

Tory Britain 2023 is same

@simon2k4

10 ай бұрын

@@minixtvbox 💯 true. Don’t get me started on them 🤣

@elusivespirit2959

9 ай бұрын

@@julesdymond8728 There were community nurses, meals on wheels etc. But so often elderly people saw it as charity and they had been raised not to accept charity. It was a struggle to get them help because they couldn't see it as their right and entitlement, they just saw it as a handout or charity.

I'm only ten minutes in and starting to feel depressed, thank god that mans tash cheered me up

@whangie1

4 жыл бұрын

TheGodParticle He looks very odd with that.

@lisasmith2103

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@patrickahearne8770

4 жыл бұрын

It's a real doozie.

@aprayerandpositivethoughts9308

4 жыл бұрын

Vic Reeves the comedian

@pineo81

4 жыл бұрын

That's commitment! It would take ages to maintain it every morning

Wow, born 1882! What spirit she has. No one came to see her Christmas Day? But she has no self pity at all. What a girl!

@riat360

3 жыл бұрын

She woulda been 100 years old in this filming in 1971!!!!

@harleybowers2335

3 жыл бұрын

@@riat360 89

@harleybowers2335

3 жыл бұрын

@Adam Battersby how

@corinlanser

3 жыл бұрын

And this last Xmas noone would have come to see her either!

@Stoic-ds4so

3 жыл бұрын

@@corinlanser 💀💀💀💀💀💀

I’m sitting here crying...that woman with the broken hip who’s birthday was Christmas Day, and nobody came to see if she was ok after hospital...crawling on all fours for over SIXTEEN WEEKS!!!!! My heart is breaking for her and all like her 😔

@npc77107

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, man all it takes is a little heart. You never know when you could be in her situation...it's just really sad.

@clemj550

3 жыл бұрын

Me too just wrote a comment about who's cried seeing her story 😢

@randomuser4201

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was awful to watch, and its funny because there are those that keep saying these were the good ol days, well clearly not.

@TheMisterMarilyn

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomuser4201 it doesn’t matter what decade it is, there’s always going to be old age pensioners who need someone who cares enough to have a cup of tea with them and just LISTEN.

@jaijai5250

3 жыл бұрын

@marilyn but she didn’t see herself as a victim, she did what was required of her, and she got through. A remarkable woman, with strength and resilience

The old lady is such a beautiful soul. She expressed so much gratitude for the things she had, and she tried to make the best of everything

This should be required viewing for anyone involved in architecture or urban planning.

@garnhamr

4 жыл бұрын

like they would care. It's more efficient to build flats so they make more money

@SarahJones-wy5us

4 жыл бұрын

@@garnhamr Yes they certainly do not care about people,cram them in mouldy concrete high rises and collect the rent knowing full well they would not live in such deprived squalor themselves,it makes me sick to see children pale and lifeless dossing around filthy landings .

@rob-123

4 жыл бұрын

Its your goverment and councils that set the building standards. Sadly your councillor can overide this to build bloody horrible things and they are never held to it.

@ArmyJames

4 жыл бұрын

Chalet N It’s the capitalists’ plan, yeah.

@jirosuguro3044

4 жыл бұрын

Studied planning. Got a nice little degree that I don't use in work today - why? Because even though students are warned about what happened when people were crammed into flats without adequate social space, shops or places to go, the people who employ us don't give a shit. They want to keep on building soulless suburban housing estates and tiny little flats. I'd love to be able to do something about it, but it's going to take decades for recent crops of students to get into positions where they can actually sway decisions - and even then, you have to hope they remember this stuff instead of just chasing profits.

Goodness, nearly 50 years on and some of the comments from the residents were so prophetic. This is such a compelling documentary.

@sko1beer

3 жыл бұрын

nothing ever changes somebody in mainland china is probably moaning about being forced from his home and moved to a flat right now even when you riot all you get at most is a little more money you still got to move

@minixtvbox

10 ай бұрын

Tory Britain

The old lady is so right when she says, 'You've got to make your own company.' If you're just thinking, how lonely I am, you're going to get depressed. Make the best of what you have and always be grateful. I love how she does an impression of the other old people who have 'gone like the horses'! She's definitely all there!!!

@jaijai5250

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. She was amazing, and her faculties were intact

@jacquelinealleyne618

2 жыл бұрын

She sounds just like my mother.

@realtruth4804

2 жыл бұрын

Most of those people were just moaners. The same people they lived with in the terraces lived with them in the flats. I bet they didn't really socialise when in the terraces. Just lazy, poor people complaining regardless of their situation

@paulashe61

Жыл бұрын

Can’t afford to be self centred .

@enlightenmentworldunited8545

10 ай бұрын

Amazing yes Should not of have had to suffer.Not everyone as strong as her too

They knew what was being done to them. It was sad to see intelligent people having to struggle to fight the system. And as for the old woman, what a strength of character and wisdom. Shame on everyone of her "own people" who abandoned her, especially at Christmas.

All planners should be made to live in their own creations as part of their contract

@wilfulsprite555

3 жыл бұрын

This.

@purplesunflower8242

3 жыл бұрын

Well said middle class planners haven't a clue!

@jimh4072

3 жыл бұрын

That rarely happens, I wonder why? 🙄

@jimh4072

3 жыл бұрын

@Sara I’m sure if they could afford it they would have bought a house somewhere nicer.

@wilfulsprite555

3 жыл бұрын

@Sara Many people were forced to live there - that's the point. Their terraced homes were considered to be slums and were subject to compulsory purchase orders, the tenants and owners evicted by the government and then given homes in these tower blocks, destroying their wel-established communities.

The lady at the beginning and the end is typical of a lot of intelligent working class people of that time who never had the opportunities to improve their lot. Decent,kind empathetic & caring. The same goes for the bloke with the tash, all be it I'd imagine he was a union rep back then.

@freedomatlast8756

4 жыл бұрын

I concur. She articulated with accuracy, brevity and depth. Sad she never reached her full potential.

@dockerslower

4 жыл бұрын

100% What a marvelous, dignified lady

@samuelhawkins6064

4 жыл бұрын

That will always be the case

@Chris-Top-HerB

4 жыл бұрын

The geezer with the 'tash looks like a he could be a Vic Reeves character.

@theambivalentps2bloke60

4 жыл бұрын

I agree this is likely (about the women) but it's also possible she was raised middle class & married into the working class (which my grandmother did) or fell into the working class through career choice or misfortune etc. Either way there are still barriers in the modern world when it comes to financial/social status but I'm glad things have & are improving

Kids and adults all well spoken, compared to today. I don't mean in a posh way, but in their vocabulary.

@TCCTTWH

4 ай бұрын

Cause there white

It wasn't bad planning, it was perfectly planned for what they wanted to achieve. The shrivelling of the human spirit

@tonyoliver2167

Жыл бұрын

1971. 3 years before my late mother was born. Looking at this. What have we come to?

@ladylaois8184

Жыл бұрын

100%

@robertandrews5640

10 ай бұрын

COMMUNIST STYLE SOULESS DRAB MISERY

@WeanerBeaner69

10 ай бұрын

They could buy a house if they wanted to. Get a job and stop moaning about free accommodation

@robertandrews5640

10 ай бұрын

@@WeanerBeaner69 AND MANY DID JOBS WERE PLENTYFUL AND HOUSES WERE DIRT CHEAP

The lady in the beginning was wiser than any city planner of the time.

@knickertwistcopperby6066

4 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ward I agree she was brilliant! A natural in front of the camera. It breaks my heart to see those beautiful houses. They survived WWII but were demolished in error. If they had been cleaned up, upgraded.. No doubt they would have ended up belonging to rich people but.. it is a real pity that they are gone.

@tishsimonnet5376

3 жыл бұрын

Just to let you know - her name was Amy Brown, and she was wonderful. She was in the Land Army in WW2. Thankfully soon after this documentary she moved to Ethelburga Tower block overlooking Battersea Park and she lived there very happily till she died aged 94 in 2015. She was loved by everyone here, and I miss her daily still.

@laural3267

3 жыл бұрын

they did it to the people on PURPOSE you clearly are MISSING that!

@jillrowan4820

3 жыл бұрын

The City planners are destroyers of spirit. On purpose.

@davidfoust9767

3 жыл бұрын

So sad to see a community destroyed. Density could have been added gradually. Divide a house into apartments here, add another story to a house there. Maybe on the odd corner there would be room for a taller new building.

I have no people any longer. My mother was my last living family member and she passed 2 months ago. I have no close friends either but I am a generally happy person. I'm also disabled and use an electric wheelchair and I still managed to make everybody I come into contact with laugh. I expect that is a great gift. :-)

@jackwalker8424

3 жыл бұрын

How are you now?

@3kcs3kcs41

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you ❤️❤️

@jenniferjones188

2 жыл бұрын

Take care thinking of you.

@Isleofskye

5 ай бұрын

How are you,4 years later,Elizabeth?

The people in the film are so eloquent and fascinating. The city planners so cold and thoughtless.

@rachaelglynn158

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!! And I bet the planners got plenty of back handers in the process

@DavidW-nx2zs

2 ай бұрын

Not that, in order to push an agenda, the film producers would advise people on what to say?

This was so depressing but I don't remember life being like that. I was 14 in 1971, lived in east London in a house with no hot water, no bathroom an outside toilet and one coal fire. But we were all happy, had great friends, played games and football outside. And we loved playing our records, a fantastic time for British music. Wonderful memories.

@russcooke5671

2 жыл бұрын

Same here I grew up in Columbia rd Bethnal Green through the sixties loved it

@andrews6341

2 жыл бұрын

I think no matter what era you are at 14 it is gonna seem "wonderful" , for me it was the 90s but , there were some very selfish people in this era it would seem but would be the same as any other era. People never change.

@atthesunrise

Жыл бұрын

"Survership bias" drastically distorts what the conditions at the time were really like. This leads to overly optimistic beliefs and incorrect conclusions.

@alexfenton229

9 ай бұрын

That's the point. A house on a street, not a box in the air.

@Leeann-rz3ei

7 ай бұрын

​@@alexfenton229what's wrong with tower blocks? Theyre lovely.

That old dear at 27:00 would have been born in 1882. God bless her. People like her have long gone from working class communities.

@Brend.0

5 жыл бұрын

Zelda Fitzgerald fascinating to see people from that era alive and hearing their stories. My great great grandfather was born in 1882. Worked as a farm hand and in a coal mine until 1924 when he lost three fingers and a thumb in the mines. He lived until 1962 when he died. I have pictures from his funeral when my great grandmother and her sisters were crying. Such a strange tradition take pictures of people grieving.

@jimlad24

5 жыл бұрын

very proud lady....

@myboyz9391

5 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was born in 1888.

@kellyedey549

5 жыл бұрын

@CARDEAN ROSS shocking is it not darling, going from a slum to a high rise , the poor should be gratfull. Ugly bitch.

@fingerprint5511

5 жыл бұрын

No airs or graces, gratitude, realism is what she learned early on. A bath every day is a luxury and these so called small pleasures are taken for granted. Good solid inspiring soul she was!

That wee boy nearly took off on that rocking horse.

@jow6845

4 жыл бұрын

Randal P McMurphy hahahaha

@DDandrums

3 жыл бұрын

That was quality.

@RodENorth

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@caitgems1

3 жыл бұрын

See him springing off through the window.

@MissFeline

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

When the media used to be (seemingly) more of a voice FOR the people

I lived in Jay court on the 15th floor. It still stands but it’s now been changed to private flats. Battersea has changed a lot now, it has become a playground for the rich. Great documentary

People back then, had a certain quite and noble dignity that seems to be lacking in society to day.

@MisAnnThorpe

5 жыл бұрын

Blame it on predictive programming, for which read: just about everything you see on TV. People copy what they see in programmes like Eastenders and Coronation Street, whose story lines are completely interchangeable: infidelity and murder are the norm. They adopt the attitudes, behaviour, language and even the dress sense. I believe that this is ultimately why these programmes are made, and to think that they are made purely to entertain, strikes me as very naive. Just look at how TV adverts have changed over the last 30-40 years. It's all part of the deliberate erosion of society and the community spirit. We're living in frightening times.

@ketoking9435

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree,, The people who had jobs were safe,many boss's still of age that served during the war,,people lived with realistic aspirations and saved for things,,,,,I loved growing up in the 70s the toys,TV were great,,,,

@prepperjonpnw6482

5 жыл бұрын

And those are the working poor from areas deemed to be ghettos.

@robertsmith5970

5 жыл бұрын

Thats just what i always think too.I was born 1974 but knew lots of old folks,my Great Nan born 1885,Nan 1909 etc etc,and they were a different type.My Nan said to be genteel was what people wanted to be when she was young.I wonder if they said that about old folks that were dying in the 1900s being different?

@ttp436

5 жыл бұрын

leigh pierce I agree even the way they spoke. Proper English. Pleasant polite manner.

People back then spoke so eloquently,they had nothing but were full of decent values.

@kuchikopi4631

2 жыл бұрын

Now we have onlyfans and deliveroo.

As a child who grew up in new flats 1970-77 I can without a doubt say it was a predatorial, violent hell hole.. We got out after numerous attacks

This came up on my KZread feed 2020. I live here! The walls are so thin, my neighbour and I can here each other clearly 🤦🏼‍♂️

@konradvonallenstein5070

3 жыл бұрын

@@LonDonTaylor. I live in a town in the south and the blocks where I live are getting demolished

@npc77107

3 жыл бұрын

So those building are all still up?

@npc77107

3 жыл бұрын

@batty grrl oh ok thank you

@GUITARTIME2024

3 жыл бұрын

You can add soundproofing. Look it up.

@josephdugdale4150

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you choose to stay there? Move out of London and come up north, where you can get a decent semi detached ex council house with a nice garden and garage for less than 100k. Unless you work in a really specialised job role there really is no reason to stay in London

In 1971 I was six and growing up in a London flat. Ours were the old style 4 storey red brick but we knew people in those Battersea "tower" blocks. It's exactly how I remember it. Even the faded colour of the film is how the times looked. It seemed always to be grey and cloudy or raining. Education got me out of there, but I look at it now and think it was so much better than what regular working class people must live with today. And today, unlike me, if you call others "working class" they'd take offense and punch you on the nose, whereas back then we were proud of who we were and from where we came.

@sheisveryfamous

4 жыл бұрын

Susan O'Brien lovely words Susan. Bravo - let you inspire future generations!!

@doctorsartorius

4 жыл бұрын

Did you live with minorities or were your neighbors actually British?

@MerkkledingSchreeuwdArmoede

4 жыл бұрын

​@@doctorsartorius You're asking a O'Brien. Big chance she was the daughter of Irish immigrants, but besides that yes people in that time already started coming in from former colonies and these were the projects they were placed in.

@markdunbar8219

4 жыл бұрын

Susan O'Brien I was 11 lived in 509 France's Chichester way in 71 would walk to battersea county school never got taken in a car lol would be outside the eagle pub beginning of November with our guy asking penny for the guy 😁

@TheLondonForever00

4 жыл бұрын

I livved in Fulham and Southfields from 75 81. So many of my friends were in these blocks, they were so run down. I was lucky as my parents both worked and bought there own house at 18. My grandparents lived in one in Fulham

just like always, they ignore the people who directly experience these things in favor of top down planners who "know better" because of some abstract theory.

@abstractduk

4 жыл бұрын

watch some john b calhoun mouse utopia

@noticks1961

4 жыл бұрын

They do know better pretty sure the effects you're seeing are intentional

@tuscanyiscol

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's a pretty basic equation. You have a limited amount of land and an ever growing population. You cannot build more houses without destroying rural areas. So you have to build up. It's true though, they should have been better designed.

@tuscanyiscol

3 жыл бұрын

​@WessexFox99 since the late 60's huh? That's a funny lie, since the late 40's would be far more accurate. Now why would Britain ask for large amounts of foreign labour in the late 40's. Maybe because of the war? You absolute cretin. And what are you babbling about with this "log cabins" shit, do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds, you clearly have no idea what infrastructure is, or the mechanics required to provide people with basic living standards. How are there this many absolute morons on youtube? Where do you come from? do you actually exist in real life? Are you capable of feeding yourself? "Lets all build log cabins, because i'm such a conservative i want to go back to the iron age, before we invented building with fucking bricks."

@thornbird6768

3 жыл бұрын

It’s all about money , still is today !! The only thing I will say is if these new estates had been maintained and managed properly they would have stood the test of time ! Now they have become the slums and are being demolished , history repeating !! and the people are being moved on again only this time the replacement estates are posh and expensive and for sale !!!

My grandparents moved from a 3 bedroom house into a 2 bedroom highrise flat in the 60s. The 1st tennants to get there keys , It was heaven to begin with, all modern and new. They knew everyone in the block. Fast forward 20 years it became hell. Lifts braking down . Due to their disability sometimes couldn't get out for 2 days until they got repaired. People they knew Started dying off has they got older and got replaced by people who didn't give a s!@te .

@kevinmoore2696

7 ай бұрын

Being complete strangers with their own lives to live, and not giving a shit, are not the same thing.

This video is masterpiece of history should be put in KZread museum. Love the nostalgia! The sound the camera the way English was spoken even nowadays reporters can't talk this .

50 years on and every issue in this documentary is VERY relevant today 🤔

@video99couk

3 жыл бұрын

Except perhaps that the "men are at work all day". Probably not so much any more.

@lj3482

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought especially when they talked about the teenagers not having any where to go or things to do which then leads to anti social behaviour. 50 years on and the same concerns are raised by parents in social housing today. Its shameful that no progress has been made.

@bookreaderson

3 жыл бұрын

No better idea except gentrification

@nathanielc6286

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah probably because people are living in the exact same grotty flats to this day.

@flowetrypoetryblackroseart1533

3 жыл бұрын

Their solution was to splash a bit of colour here and there and call it a revamp. Same problems & issues are still present, just looks a bit more colourful. It's all about saving money. Best way for them to do that is cram as many people into one space as they can. They wouldn't be seen dead living there themselves though. Disgusting really that nothing has really been addressed deep down 😩

People back then seemed much more humble.

@RichieRouge206

4 жыл бұрын

YNWA probably because they were!

@gigi3377

4 жыл бұрын

@I'm sorry About that! Probably due to being allowed to have their european culture and not being shamed for it.

@miepmaster25

4 жыл бұрын

YNWA they don't take themselves so seriously which is a good thing

@Shaun-england80

4 жыл бұрын

👍

@cardude5323

4 жыл бұрын

Depressed**

"I don't know anybodies name, I know nobody upstairs, I know nobody downstairs." - Cause "I'll give it 20 or 30 years before they become slums". - Affect

I love watching real working people leading ordinary lives more than modern obsession with celebrities throwing their money away. Great video!

The tenants all display an old school decency that has been all but lost...

@Missy-mn6cc

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree with you more

@traciegullis6861

3 жыл бұрын

@Mike J Very true.

@Missy-mn6cc

3 жыл бұрын

@Mike J spot 9n mike

@edres7563

3 жыл бұрын

The destruction of people's sense of community, humanity and decency towards wach other, was by design - social engineering at its most nefarious, slowly but surely over generations is how its done by stealth so that the people who are being subjected to it, dont even feel or notice what is being done to them or realise until it is too late and hey are living entrenched for a couple generations or so, in community breakdown and poor mental health and daily struggle, which is then normalised for each subsequent generation, who grow up not knowing anything different, because thats all they have ever had a chance to experience. These environments are just containment camps for the masses of low income or working class families, who are then squeezed and destroyed on the economic front through dead end hopeless jobs, which dont earn enough to live a a fulfilling life of hope and promise, the best they can hope for is just hand to mouth from one pay check to another, which causes demoralisation and social breakdown of families, through divorce due to financial pressure, which in turn leads to mental and social deterioration, which in turn leads to children growing up in a state of breakdown not knowing any better, and this in turn leads to generational dysfunction which gets passed on and gets worse from one generation to another, until you get a situation, where the dysfunction is so entrenched that anti social behaviour, crime and violence become a reality, because the disregard and breakdown of community values and togetherness has been deliberately broken down over many years by design. This is social priming of the masses so that later on, ie, now, when people are so broken down and hopeless, that they can be demonized and alienated by wider society, and then they are ready for even more social and totalitarian control, because their ability to resist tyranny and come together in their own interests and humanity, has become eroded and depleted over generations of policies and environments that have socially engineered their economic, social and mental dysfunction and human community values, by design.

@burnsy6982

3 жыл бұрын

@Mike J he has a good life in Surrey. Wants more multiculturalism. Says it all.

Play for Today, 40 Minutes, Arena - these fly-on-the-wall documentaries were ahead of their time.

@domoreilly3887

2 жыл бұрын

You're right. My Dad worked on the Man Alive Report and 40 Minutes. Now fly-on-the-wall means Love Island and Big Brother. What a waste.

I love the old lady who comes on at about 26 mins in. She's so independent and wise and she appreciates what she has. Wish I could have given her a hug! RIP

@carolinegauld9570

Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful lady. Her Christmas Day story was so heartbreaking. Totally inspirational and very humbling. Hope you are living like the queen you were, in Heaven xx❤

I used to live in a high rise. I never saw or spoke to my neighbours either. Loved it!! I bloody hate people haha.

@shebsaturner9737

3 жыл бұрын

Lol 😄 👍👍

The old lady at 25:52, God bless her soul and may she rest in peace. What a legend of a woman.

@Curi0u50ne

4 жыл бұрын

Truth Hitman porridge n boring mornin telly🤗

@user-td4do3op2d

Жыл бұрын

Said she was 89 so born in 1882

@ohmeowzer1

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100% she was a precious soul

I hope that sweet old lady is enjoying a cup of tea with her friends as I am sure they are all together now. How sad that she was so alone. She had a great attitude though

@cheechalker8430

3 жыл бұрын

@davidoffon wow - that would have made her close to 90 when this was filmed And she was living in her home and in good spirits!

@paulking8235

2 жыл бұрын

They don't make them like her anymore. 🤧

@kuchikopi4631

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulking8235 so?

Back when British people were very well spoken regardless of wealth.

Ar 32 mins in the man speaks complete sense. It's all rules and regulations now. Communities broken because of the compartmentalisation of our society.

That old lady is incredibly resilient. God bless her.

@GiveMeAnOKUsername

6 жыл бұрын

Frazzle Face She must have been born in the 1880s.

@waynester71

6 жыл бұрын

1882 if she was 89 in ‘71.. same year I was born (71 that is) ;)

@SniffMyDeadwax

6 жыл бұрын

She’s got First World War photos on the wall. She’s the type of Brits I loved best. Two world wars, disease, no pot to piss In, and no complaints

@soundseeker63

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed she was talking about the work houses for the poor which I guess would still have been a thing when she was growing up! She wouldn't have had electricity, running water, central heating, or any of the modern amenities, so for her generation the facilities in the flats would have been unimaginable! But even she remarked on how nobody seems to help each other in the flats and how there is no community. Proof that facilities alone are not enough. Community and friendship is a human need.

@clarefitzpatrick7007

6 жыл бұрын

Bless her soul. She reminded me of my Nan, resilient cockney lady.

Amazing film. I am a council tenant living in a tower block that had just been built when this film was made. Now our council estates are coming down aka Regen aka Demolition, but not to make way for the poor but to make for the rich.

@mozdickson

4 жыл бұрын

...that was likely the long term plan

@trinihammer

3 жыл бұрын

yeah all them people you see in that documentary took up their right to buy when thatcher came in 1979. they all bought their flats on the cheap and sold them to rich foreigners for a bundle so dont feel sorry for that old 1970s mob.

@judlar4352

3 жыл бұрын

@@trinihammer Bullshit, a minimal portion did if they were lucky to have consistent employment, because without that they couldn't attain a loan (& only if you were a man as most women couldn't get loans & then only if they were working, married & had their husbands permission) this was a time of great social upheaval in poor & working class employment, when tens of thousands lost their jobs due to mechanisation, there were fewer women in the workplace to fill in financially because they had bigger families & so we're stay at home mums. Then later, Thatcherism swept in & as some of her fellow ministers recently admitted (after lying & denying it for years), she wanted to smash workers & their entitlements & the trade unions (especially in Liverpool) because they were making her government look ridiculous & ineffectual. Try again.

@angelamary9493

Жыл бұрын

They built hundreds of these blocks in the 1960s ..nothing but blocks of Concrete and an Eyesore ..should never have been built !

Oh those plastic ceiling tiles! I remember them being all the rage in the 70s until people realised that if there was a fire they helped it spread like crazy, and you also had hot molten plastic dripping on you to contend with... 😳

Perhaps the greatest example of a moustache known in the history of Mankind in this film.

How right this lady was.... flats would destroy community spirit.

@davidsherman1206

6 жыл бұрын

Not so. Visit Park Hill, Sheffield.

@MisAnnThorpe

5 жыл бұрын

In that case David Sherman, the government failed.

@romanbukins6527

5 жыл бұрын

The heck? I live in a low rise flat with two tower blocks next to me, and I used to live in a ten floor block. All you need is greenery, local shopping, a few tennis courts a couple a sandboxes and a set of swings. It's parking lots and potheads that are pure murder... Don't build the first and evict (preferably via the balcony) the second.

@themightydash1714

4 жыл бұрын

That's literally what they're designed to do...

@romanbukins6527

4 жыл бұрын

@basil fawlty All the same to me.

How depressing that play area for the kids is with all the cement structures

@brokenbritain1930

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew L'Herault Yh looking back on it it probably does look depressing but I mean for me it’s happy memories

@thornbird6768

3 жыл бұрын

We had a play area like that where I lived as a kid believe it or not it was great fun 👍🏻

@marieince3239

3 жыл бұрын

That moustache it's awful the fire suround is fire hazard same with those ceiling tiles

Would love to see a follow up from this and see what they all turned out like and where they are living now.

@stevenbingham4828

10 ай бұрын

Should write off to ITV or let me see if I can get it organised, a lot has changed with the estates from the 70s some defiantly needed to go but others are Prime Real-Esate now and I have a few friends that bought theirs in various parts of London and believe me when I tell you best thing they ever did. Sent a IM to Brother who works in media you never know 🤷🏾

@minixtvbox

10 ай бұрын

All dead 50 years gone

@gillianbrookwell1678

7 ай бұрын

After 52 years a lot of these people wouldn't be alive today.

@ryan2020091

7 ай бұрын

After more than 50 years, most people in their 40s and above are likely dead or very old, the old lady showing you how she crawls around her flat at around 30 mins in- said she was 89 on Xmas day just gone (1970) this was filmed in ‘71, so she was born in 1881, equivalent to 1934 now. I don’t imagine she lived much longer than when this went out, but a lot of the kids and young people will be around, in their 50s,60s and 70s now though, my father would’ve been 18 when this was filmed, he is now 70.

The woman at the end of this video 46:00​ sums up high-rise blocks of flats and makes some excellent points about lack of architectural design. It's sad seeing dignified people who once had proud homes forced to live inside these concrete chicken pens. The working class being treated like live stock.

@MissFeline

Жыл бұрын

It’s exactly how they want them to feel.

@ohmeowzer1

Жыл бұрын

Well said thank you

@DavidW-nx2zs

2 ай бұрын

So are you happy for the working class to be trapped in rat-infested slums? For, when well-maintained, do not housing blocks tend to provide decent homes? How people hold on to their rose-tinted specs

Horrible. No pets, no garden wall, no garden, no growing things....just the sky to look at. No basement. No loft.

@MylarBalloonLover

3 жыл бұрын

I live in a 1980s apartment and it sucks because of stupid rules we are all forced to follow etc and the rise in the price of the rent etc. I hope to get to live in a house someday.

@hammbonestyle6970

3 жыл бұрын

@@MylarBalloonLover 🙏

@janetblack5181

3 жыл бұрын

Horrendous conditions, horrendous place everything horrendous about this - glad I have never had to live in those conditions.

@vibesbynae4860

3 жыл бұрын

@@MylarBalloonLover hoping for your move aswell🙏

@coxhoe789

3 жыл бұрын

better than living in a slum with no bathroom and the toilet outside.some people you just can,t please

Stunningly shot documentary, way ahead of it's time, shining a mirror on such a negative period of social experimentation. Wonder why society is the way it is watch this they knew it would end badly from the very start. From the elderly lady who came out of hospital not being able to walk and never saw a soul for 13 weeks to the young mum who wasn't allowed to let her kids play, makes you want to cry.

What a brilliant documentary. I found it interesting to hear how london people spoke back then. They didn’t have the attitude of people today who all imitate other cultures, with their street slang. They were just down to earth, hard working people trying to survive the best they could. Not one mention of the dole or other benefits.

@thomasashe9685

Жыл бұрын

What happens is folk degenerate with lower races they don't bring them up to their level

@ChloeShaliniArt

Жыл бұрын

We still exist! Not all of us have morphed into that odd fakery you rightly describe! But the destruction of many poorer uk city neighbourhoods hasn't improved that much since this documentary, the poverty has moved though, places like Battersea are really upmarket now. I fortunately avoided tower block living, instead ended up in low rise on quiet estates. Always found tower block types bloody cold & creepy. Especially those damn metal lined lifts!

@carolinerowles5951

10 ай бұрын

You should read the book "Londonstandi". I live in Portsmouth & half the kids talk like they're mixed race. Even blokes my age talk they're from the west indies when they've never even been there. It's just where their absent father's are from. I'm 42 btw,I was married to a Muslim man for 11 years & they used to look down on the way we treat our elderly & needy. They also found it embarrassing that white youths were copying their accents (half of our mosque were African). I find it quite sad that youngsters can't be comfortable just being themselves. I guess that's why they join gangs....to belong, be part of something 😔

@nextnash14

10 ай бұрын

They would have had their accents slated by you if you were around back then too, just for other reasons.

@beth38368

9 ай бұрын

My mum and nan still have the old London Accent ..I love it ❤

Roll forward to 2020 there ain’t any council homes any more working class being forced to pay over the odds for private rent

@nicklloyd9291

3 жыл бұрын

Thatcher was right to allow people to buy.. The flaw in her plan was not reinvesting the money into building more government built housing.

@cloraxx7680

3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile they flood our country with 3rd worlders

@jammydodger1449

3 жыл бұрын

I'm working class and I decided to buy a cheap house in the north of England instead of being shackled to rent and paying into someone elses pocket. The only thing holding people back is their own perceptions of persecution and past mistakes, work hard, save and don't have kids in your teens and you'll be fine.

@elayneyoung1837

2 жыл бұрын

Very true

What a lovely, honest and caring woman she is at the beginning, I hope she found happiness and had a good life.

@tishsimonnet5376

5 жыл бұрын

Jason Coleridge I’m sure this is Amy Brown, and she was wonderful. She did live a good life, a couple of years after this documentary she moved to the newly built Ethelburga Tower, over looking Battersea Park, and she lived there almost till she died aged 91. She was a much loved member of our community and she is still missed by us all.

@classicartfoundation639

5 жыл бұрын

@@tishsimonnet5376 awwww! Bless her, sadly missed this character of person.

The old girl living on her own is wonderful. You dont see her like anymore

@beckyenglish4783

4 жыл бұрын

Tacitus Kilgore wasn’t she glorious? But then, seeing how she had to get out of bed, my heart broke. Old, lonely and proud...neglected by a generation that owed her’s so much.

@saulgoodman8647

3 жыл бұрын

She was 89 in 1971 imagine the changes she went through.

@marcuscosgrove9431

3 жыл бұрын

She was amazing, but it broke my heart to see her having to be so brave whilst being so alone.

I lived on 13th floor of a tower block. My mum n i moved there when i was 10. We thought it was luxury. It had heating good size rooms. We had balcolnys on bedrooms and lounge. At 16 i moved out with my boyfriend and was determind my children would always have a house with a garden. Bought our first home at aged 17 and 21. Our families thought we were crazy but although it was a struggle we managed it. Every generation wants better than the last. ❤

@DavidW-nx2zs

2 ай бұрын

Sadly, but your clear account of early life in a modern flat does not fit in with the emotionally-driven agenda of the film-makers. That said, is buying a house, and getting into debt, always such a great idea?

1971 this was way before my time i was born in 1994 but it was a really well made documentary and the audio and video quality is really good quality to say it was the 70's. Bless the elderly lady she was sweet may she rest in peace wherever she's resting.

@pam164

9 ай бұрын

I was 10 when this was made and the good thing about the 70s we had freedom, not like now.

These people had so much dignity and vision. How dare others put them in places like this.

@larkatmic

3 жыл бұрын

This is when yo7 allow the government I. Your house, and let them decide what’s best for you and your family. When you ask them to leave. They refuse. I’m so grateful in America we haven’t succumbed yet to this Marxist ideology that pretends to be virtuous to the common man. They are evil.

@ohmeowzer1

Жыл бұрын

@@larkatmic what about the high rise housing projects like cabrini green and many others. But I do agree with you. In the USA there are many high rise housing projects for the low income , it's a shame , thank you great comment

@pauls8456

Жыл бұрын

The slums these awful flats replaced weren’t much fun either, no running water, a tin bath filled from a kettle, walk through snow and rain to an outside toilet, mould everywhere, freezing cold.

"Apparently material things are worth more than children today to these people in authority." True in 1971 and still true now.

@sarahForensicCriminologistBSc

6 жыл бұрын

things don't change

@MisAnnThorpe

5 жыл бұрын

Except it's even truer now than ever.

The old bird who comes in at 26 mins brought a tear to my eye she thinks she's well off and lucky crawling around the floor on Christmas day not getting help or visits from any of her own ... nobody even brought me a 1/4 of tea she said ....... God bless her

@Gadfly333

9 ай бұрын

Maybe there's a reason no one talks to her... lol

@lardy70s

9 ай бұрын

​​@@Gadfly333and that's supposed to be funny?. As the expression goes, YOU don't know you're born!!!. Idiot. I bet this woman never had one carer visit her. She probably didn't live into the mid 1970s. My take is, she probably died alone. I hope this doesn't happen to you!.

Who's watching in 2021 and who cried seeing that poor old lady telling her story about Christmas day n her broken hip😥😭

@rainbyrne691

Жыл бұрын

2022

@ang-ela

10 ай бұрын

2023....and didn't she have an amazing attitude to life! Bless her ❤

This is still relevant today.

@ArmyJames

4 жыл бұрын

Laura Molony More than ever, probably.

@bp6329

4 жыл бұрын

not at all

The lady at 26 minutes is a national treasure 💜💜💜

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams................................

The guys mustache @ 9:32. That's the confidence I need in my life right now.

Wow, this documentary is such a great find. Watching it is literally like opening a time capsule..

@chrisl9620

4 жыл бұрын

& not a knife in sight.

@bp6329

4 жыл бұрын

well you're not supposed to take them out

Oh 70's, if only you knew the utter misery that was to come in the next 40 years

@ajs41

6 жыл бұрын

Most people are much better off now compared to then. In those days a lot of poor people looked about 20 years older than they actually were. That doesn't happen today even with the poorest people.

@Hashterix

6 жыл бұрын

That'd be because less people smoke these days.

@RendererEP

6 жыл бұрын

they could have built houses there instead, everyone wanted houses even back during post ww2 reconstruction, the areas may be poor today even if houses were built but nothing like what they are today as towerblocks and flats. And they should have built them in the 1930s style that is common across the UK which may have made the areas more nicer to live in

@starlight76able

6 жыл бұрын

I can relate was born in that era what made it fun the mid seventies when I came to the UK at two months old and grew up there

@hellooutthere8956

5 жыл бұрын

sirkastic the corruption was set by then. When they killed Kennedy and greed took over. Divide the masses. Race.

I do indeed remember those old style milk bottles as I used to deliver milk way back in the day. If you got 8mph out of the float you did well...up at 3am, load the float and out on the round by 4am...done by 7:30am and off to work at the factory after that....yip...they were the days....I miss them so much...so, so much...

That elderly lady was wonderful. A true tough woman that had seen a lot and been through a lot and so appreciative. Beautiful.

@ohmeowzer1

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100% ❤

That old lady is an inspiration to us all! The breed of people we've got now can never matched her.

Today that moustache would have its own Instagram account

@Lister81g

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't know Vic Reeves was that old

@chachas895

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha ja aparte styl

@lauremehrkens5891

4 жыл бұрын

Jock12366 No doubt😆

@stewartikin2240

4 жыл бұрын

Quality. That moustache is a work of comic genius

@eleanorrowtonlee4747

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao😂😂😂

I grew up on the 5th floor of Rundell Tower in Stockwell. I had no idea there were playrooms. We wren't allowed to go downstairs to play out anymore after some psycho on drugs broke my dad's arm in the car park and the slightest noise echoed on the landings so that was out of the question.

I wish they called on everyone who is alive now, that participated in this documentary. Their point of view now, and how they see their life as it was then, speak on how they managed then.

@nikkirothschild8767

21 күн бұрын

i was thinking the same that would be cool

One of the most fascinating pieces of social history I have ever watched. Thank you.

They were described as a planners dream and a tenants nightmare....this is a wonderful piece social expression.

This is just completely fascinating and totally relevant now.

This film breaks my heart , whoever made the film knew it was heartbreaking because they started it with that flute music

I lived in a high rise block in the north of England in the middle 70s to middle 80s, and I must say I loved it. It's not the same now I know, certain political policies have had a huge negative impact on living conditions - but back then it was a breath of fresh air. We had lived in a traditional semi detached in a cul-de-sac, but after my parents separation, my mam & I were offered council housing in a high rise that still stands today. We were skeptical at first - but soon grew to love our new home. Suddenly no more coke fires to build every day during the winter months - we had central heating and double glazing. My mam delighted in a large outdoor shopping centre, complete with public baths and library (plus a social club for a few pints) I had many more kids to play with on the estate compared to our previous house. I can honestly say I have fond memories of my time there and still dream of our old flat from time to time.

@znentitan4032

3 жыл бұрын

Well Oddy, from a high rise in the UK to Switzerland, a long winding journey no?

@ObsoleteOddity

3 жыл бұрын

@@znentitan4032 It was indeed a long winding journey, because I went via Australia when I went to seek work and settled there aged 18 :)

@znentitan4032

3 жыл бұрын

@@ObsoleteOddity I should have known. But I did say your voice reminded me of Australian TV presenter Steve Dunleavy. We always seem to end up where fate wills us do we not? (You could do worse than the Alps)

@ObsoleteOddity

3 жыл бұрын

@@znentitan4032 Fate with a little impetus and willpower from ourselves :)

@GOSTDatingandLifestyle

3 жыл бұрын

interesting to hear some balance in the comments section (most thought they were terrible) perhapsyou were just an optomistic kid... though I guess your reasons were sound

I have just had a look at what is happening on the Doddington Estate in 2019. Not good. A resident was stabbed after confronting drug dealers. Tragic. Last year there were fifty-four drug and weapon-related arrests on estate.

The Mom with the little soccer players is awesome! She does her best!

I love how the low income teenagers running aren’t wearing Tshirts, hoodies, or sneakers, but running in dress shoes, buttoned collared shirts, and corduroy jackets. What a different t8me indeed.

As old as this documentary is it’s fascinating. Gives a real insight into the negative impact of this type of living.

@LilySaintSin

3 жыл бұрын

It's not that old. I used to spend a lot of time there in 90s. It had improved a lot by then.

@TravelPartnerSafarisTanzania

3 жыл бұрын

@@LilySaintSin its happening again now

@idokwatcher2062

3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile the "honorable" architect that knows what is "best" for people, with HIS children lives in a victorian mansion.

When you think 1971 doesn’t seem long ago....it’s 50 years ago 🤯

@LilySaintSin

3 жыл бұрын

It isn't that long ago

@xjufk

3 жыл бұрын

Its 49

@Bloggingidiot

3 жыл бұрын

No it’s not. We are not in 2021 yet you fucking cock

@teevee7678

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bloggingidiot ?

@undercoverhamster2549

3 жыл бұрын

@@xjufk Yeah you're right- I was born in 1971 and I'm 49!!!

I was only a baby when this was filmed , I feel so privileged to have grown up in a house in Surrey with a garden and open spaces , I really feel for people who have to live like this ❤️

I love ❤ watching these old documentaries from the early 70s - I time when I was a very small child..I’m learning so much about what life was like in those tough days 🙏 thanks to everyone who shared so much of their lives 👍

@RustyLightningPhoto

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been so glad that I live in the country.

I am from Canada. I just watched this. THIS WAS SO DEPRESSING.

@jimmyskyblue6057

4 жыл бұрын

This is the Britain the outside world doesn’t see, and it’s still the same today.

@tomcolton5662

4 жыл бұрын

We have plenty of middle class & rich areas don't feel too bad.

@daphne4983

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah about to top myself.

@kaneramsey8191

4 жыл бұрын

@@ferretingnipper That is no where near true buddy, you are just an ignorant racist, bet you're a fat bastard from Grimsby slouching around with 1 gcse, moaning about the jobs being taken

@paulburns1333

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, we don't all live in stately homes or castles and have butlers like the Americans always portray us.

I totally agree with the lady at the end of the film. “Why didn’t the architects design the flats so that they were not so depressing” Maybe if they’d designed them better then life would have been a little better.

@trinihammer

3 жыл бұрын

dont you worry about them lot they all took up their right to buy option from thatcher bought their flats dirt cheap and then sold them to foreigners for a massive bundle.

@trinihammer

3 жыл бұрын

@@pete3816 yes, i know the truth hurts. what is boring is everyone coming on this forum and saying how sorry they feel for those people in this video. nobody has a clue. that area is called south chelsea now.

@trinihammer

3 жыл бұрын

@@pete3816 well you better get used to me because i am here to stay. let me let you into a little secret asshole everyone who lived on that estate pre 1990 sold up and got out moved out to surrey. places like richmond,kingston,woking,virginia water and epsom. hey dummy i sold my flat for 140 thousand and was able to buy a house for 140 thousand all this back in 1990. so back in the nineties 140 thousand was a lot of money then considering i bought the flat for 30 thousand . so i was very smart not to wait around till 2020 to purchase something more fool you asshole. oh let me not forget to mention that my house now out in surrey is worth 500 thousand you numpty.

@trinihammer

3 жыл бұрын

@@pete3816 you still talking codswallop.

@bethenecampbell6463

3 жыл бұрын

They should have designed in recreational spaces for every age group and advertised for residents to run supervised daycare and before/after school care and sports/activity clubs for teens and adults. Also they should have designed in green space for residents to enjoy some fresh air. Those tower blocks could have been vertical villages, but they took ownership away from the residents and then wondered why no one felt at home there.

Would love to see an update on the children that took part in this to hear their point of view. Obviously they will be adults now, nice documentary. Took me bk to my own childhood late 70s an the 80s...

I got a little emotional when the two little boys got to the park and started running with their soccer ball it was awesome!!

@emilemacdonald6277

3 жыл бұрын

And the mum "gaw on then...Tackawl"⚽️😅

@npc77107

3 жыл бұрын

@@emilemacdonald6277 yup

@purpleonmymind

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Kids just wanna run 😐

People under-estimate how bad the living conditions were in the "houses" that the tower blocks replaced. Families living in a single room with no bathroom, no kitchen (just a small ring or range) and a toilet shared between 20 families.

@Numantino312

6 жыл бұрын

agreed, especially on the indoor toilets; but damn, can see why everyone, especially the kids, are going stir crazy in these box-shelves.

Hard to believe that tower blocks all over the uk like the ones shown won design awards at the time. In reality the people responsible for kicking family's out of their houses and dumping them in these awful places, should be bought to justice.

@davidw3534

9 ай бұрын

What is never explained is why they were allowed to kick these people out of their houses (which they presumably owned) and put them into these apartments. If they didn’t like the apartments, why didn’t they move to somewhere else? Didn’t they get compensated for their homes?

@jaymarshall2073

7 ай бұрын

No they didnt own thw houses, they were council estates (of houses) and the council decided to knock the council houses down and replace them with high risers

@amazingcoolboy212

6 ай бұрын

I dislike highrise tower blocks as much as the next person but, in their defence, the people behind them didn't "kick families out of their houses". It's a lot more nuanced. A lot of the people who originally lived in council high-rises came from slums, where they may have shared a house or facilities with multiple other families, and/or their homes were bombed during the war. And, a lot of the time, these weren't "'their" houses either - they were owned by a landlord.

@TheWhitehawker

2 ай бұрын

Privately rented, from slum landlords@@davidw3534

Thank you so much for sharing!

What a lovely, intelligent lady at the start of this programme, typical of the type of person who lived in council houses of the past. The soul-destroying estates did exactly that! The estates contributed to the destruction of the old-school decency that was the norm in working class London (and probably other places who had these vile rabbit hutches on stilts inflicted on them). London has lost so much over the years ...

@Isleofskye

6 жыл бұрын

I lived in exactly the same type of Terraced house with a similar garden and though very young I sensed a Community near The Elephant and Castle and then came The Aylesbury and Heygate Estates and now 45 years later THEY are being knocked down !

@tishsimonnet5376

5 жыл бұрын

Her name is Amy Brown, she was wonderful, she went to live in Ethelburga Tower, overlooking Battersea Park, soon after this documentary was made. She lived there happily nearly till she died, aged 94, in 2015. She was loved by everyone in the community, and I miss her now!

@Isleofskye

5 жыл бұрын

Lovely story tish.

@classicartfoundation639

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more, shall we all go for a pint and discuss the old times?

@justentertainingtv9686

5 жыл бұрын

You people are so shameless and ungrateful, most of these people did not pay for these flats, they got to live in the for free, payed by the government, and yet you idiots still complained when there are people in this would with no shelter over there head at all and would only dream of living some where like this. Self entitled pricks, I'm glad your country is being taken over by minorities that's your punishment for being ungrateful.