I was born in Scunthorpe and people over all had decent lives. I'd never seen a beggar, pawn brokers was something I saw in old black and white movies, Mum would tell me how Dad, who came from Norfolk, stood in soup queues in the 1930's. I thought all that was consigned to History. Robin Witting
".. I think we'll learn to manage prosperity..'" But we haven't managed prosperity, we managed decline. The beginnings of the atomised postmodern society.. consumerism replacing community. constant distractions.. beer, telly, cars.. A sense of something missing.
My home town. I moved away over 30 yrs ago but home is still Scunny. Thank you for uploading. 👌💕
Left scunny when I was 16, not been back for years, but I'll always have fond memories
Too many family that I love.
I'll never move there again but I'll always be back.
Still a shithole
I was born in Scunthorpe and people over all had decent lives. I'd never seen a beggar, pawn brokers was something I saw in old black and white movies, Mum would tell me how Dad, who came from Norfolk, stood in soup queues in the 1930's. I thought all that was consigned to History. Robin Witting
".. I think we'll learn to manage prosperity..'"
But we haven't managed prosperity, we managed decline. The beginnings of the atomised postmodern society.. consumerism replacing community. constant distractions.. beer, telly, cars.. A sense of something missing.
3.26 able to obtain a second hand car, a telly and a fridge, fast forward to 2021, we still struggle to obtain these basics
try gap toothed High St now: homeless, addict-beggars, prostitutes etc Thatcher's legacy:closed Normanby Park,privatised steel.
I remember the library being right at the bottom of the high street?
and now
well
its not like this
your telling me
I 've drove past it 100 times
Wish it was like that today, simple life, no technology, people actually socializing!
This narrator sounds so angry