This housing estate still exists (although this particular block was demolished) and the flats can go for 400,000 plus. It's just South of Tower Bridge.
Blimey, the things so many of us take for granted, such as a bathroom, central heating, etc. Yet similar problems still go on in our 'first world' country (UK).
When we were very little kids in the early 70's my parents were put into temp accommodation. No bathroom and terrible rising damp. I had bronchitis twice. My dad paid the rent religiously and my parents decorated the hovel we were in, constantly painting over damp. We were there two years and my dad visited the council every single week, to pressure the council. We eventually got a 3 bed new build house. Because the council could see we were a decent honest family and excellent tenants.
An excellent documentary, quite haunting. I've come across another documentary by the same director, Paul Watson, from much later, 2006, also for the BBC called Rain in My Heart. It follows four alcohol abusers over the course of a year. It's on RUclips & BBC iPlayer.
Dr Epsom doesn’t believe there’s an ‘illness of the poor’ and as evidence cites the single case of an elderly lady who had thousands of pounds in her bag 🤦🏻♀️. Also goes onto actively blame the poor for not accessing health services when those same people are saying they had no clue that some of them even existed or where they were. Always horrible to see a doctor with zero empathy - hope he was in the minority. Edit: Also just noticed 54:11 a young Frank Field who at this time in the early 70s would have been director of the Child Poverty Action Group.
He probably hated the national health system and would have preferred people paying him as before . No money no doctor and he wouldn't have to see poverty. Horrible attitude
This housing estate still exists (although this particular block was demolished) and the flats can go for 400,000 plus. It's just South of Tower Bridge.
Blimey, the things so many of us take for granted, such as a bathroom, central heating, etc. Yet similar problems still go on in our 'first world' country (UK).
Please - if you have more important social documents like this, will you keep posting them? They must not be memory-holed.
PLEASE MORE OF THESE THEY ARE FANTASTIC THANKYOU 🎉🎉
I've been looking for this!! Wonderful documentary, thanks so much for the uploads. I'd love more documentaries like this!
1:11:27 Carried away on a stretcher, whilst smoking a cigarette - yep, that's the 1970's for you!!
When we were very little kids in the early 70's my parents were put into temp accommodation. No bathroom and terrible rising damp. I had bronchitis twice. My dad paid the rent religiously and my parents decorated the hovel we were in, constantly painting over damp. We were there two years and my dad visited the council every single week, to pressure the council. We eventually got a 3 bed new build house. Because the council could see we were a decent honest family and excellent tenants.
An excellent documentary, quite haunting. I've come across another documentary by the same director, Paul Watson, from much later, 2006, also for the BBC called Rain in My Heart. It follows four alcohol abusers over the course of a year. It's on RUclips & BBC iPlayer.
Dr Epsom doesn’t believe there’s an ‘illness of the poor’ and as evidence cites the single case of an elderly lady who had thousands of pounds in her bag 🤦🏻♀️. Also goes onto actively blame the poor for not accessing health services when those same people are saying they had no clue that some of them even existed or where they were. Always horrible to see a doctor with zero empathy - hope he was in the minority. Edit: Also just noticed 54:11 a young Frank Field who at this time in the early 70s would have been director of the Child Poverty Action Group.
I barely recognised Frank Field, I thought he looked vaguely familiar, thanks for pointing him out.
He probably hated the national health system and would have preferred people paying him as before . No money no doctor and he wouldn't have to see poverty. Horrible attitude
Is this the Britain of the past we always hear so often mentioned these days in glowing and a longing to go back to terms?
Some things were better some things were worse.