I was born in Liverpool was lucky enough to move to Australia got a chance for full-time job I feel sorry for these families doing it tough hope something comes your way
i'd love just love to go state side how did you get a visa ? I unfortunately live in Birkenhead and its worse now no industry no infrastructure nothing ! they ignore it its not talked about the government wouldn't even aknowledge b'head . the media wouldn't even consider reporting on the issue , the majority live in adject poverty and its ignored everyone just lives scared on the edge nobody does anything whatsoever , they just accept it they accept their fate and keep their heads down and just live pretty much in poverty and despair , the kids go to school hungry the teachers keep reporting it, most parents cant afford the uniform its a desperate place ready to explode .ifyour on the dole you get 73.10 pounds and pence , it doesn't rise with inflation its been that way for 4 years the same rate and food prices just keep going up and up , gas and electricity up 47% from 2012 and they are rising again in October 2018 ,I know people who literally sit in the dark no electricity no gas just waiting for the pittance they get to put it in the meters ,fuel poverty its crazy poor horrible place to live and bring kids up horrible , and your treated like absolute scum in the job centre its like the mid 19th century gallows or work houses , them upper class scum pof the earth ,posh rich spoilt kids , the prime minister the chancellor , and the mayor of London all went to the same school ? how is that possible ? they have hit the poorest so hard way harder than thatcher , now they sanction people for hardly no reason they stop their benefits for weeks giving a quarter of the benefit like if your sanctioned you get 27 pounds a week hardship payment while your appealing centres sanction it goes to a decision team ? and they have targets for job centres , its mad if your late signing on you get a 14 or 28 day sanction or you havnt got sufficient evidence that you have been looking for a job and I mean pages and pages of evidence which most people just don't meet the criteria , they say you have breached your job seekers agreement , in Birkenhead they sanction at least 5 people a day and the security stand over him or her when the staff member orders the sanction then if people get angry as they are already on the scrap heap the security drag them out with a number to call to appeal and ask for a hardship payment which has to be paid back out of your benefits if they get reinstated , so you don't get your jobseekers allowance just 27 quid , and your told the soup kitchen is on argyle street , some for 4 weeks on 27 notes a week ? some 6 weeks even 8 there was a man who was on it for 12 weeks , if your sanctioned you lose your housing benefit too , so your landlord wants you out and even when they reinstate your benefit they don't back date it so you owe your land lord whatever was the period you were sanctioned , its the worst kind of society ever . they will sanction you for almost anything and they have security to remove the person even if they are calm and say nothing the security say they have to leave right now we will escort you out the building , this is the worst attack on the poor ever , and now the bedroom tax they take 18 or 20 off you each week if you just happen have a spare bedroom ? really someone needs to fight back
Merseyside has created its own problems,The actions of the people has eventually caught up with them,Strikes in the ship yards the docks and the factories,So the companies take their buisness elsewhere,It went on for so long that the reputation as workshy strikers will always be there,The people responsable only thought about "today" and not about tomorrow.
No things are they way they are because good paying industrial jobs have now been outsourced to China or Mexico etc. More money for the guys at the top--that is all. You can never compete with the wages paid in those countries. Just an excuse to blame the unions. When all the factories in Europe/N. America were buzzing with jobs, the surrounding areas were not the dump heap, crime laden areas they are now. No jobs, no money...no futures.
Its heartbreaking to see it l grew up in birkenhead and have wonderful memories but then lamm 66 now and things and people were so different then people cared about each other kids shared things none of us had nothing but god us kids were loved and happy Jackie
I do feel for these people, my sympathy disappears when drugs and theiving are involved. i dunno why, but i actually think the pro was quite fit. anyway, they pulled down the rivers estate cos it had such a bad reputation, its quit spooky as the roads and the streetlights are still there. apart from the guy who still lives there on ilchester road, fighting the machine. fair play to him like hehe.
Very interesting. Could you post part 1 too please? And who is Nikki? I was born in Birkenhead & it makes me sad & angry to see how run down it is & how little the council are doing about it. Beautiful old houses are left to rot instead of being sold to developers to be renovated. The council even want to demolish the historic Birkenhead Library, opened by George V! They've already demolished the original 1856 Library! When will they learn that you can't BUY history? When it's gone, it's gone.
i lived in birkenhead in the 80s and there was junkies knocking on the door selling videos and all sorts everyday i feel sorry for them something should be done for this misery
Hello,Please bear in mind that this documentary was made in 1989 so things have changed.The drugs culture has a more acceptable face regarding the use of them for recreational porposes.Heroin addiction in Birkenhead is as big a problem as any other town.Claughton Village has the same issues as other parts of Birkenhead and is no better than the North End.
Still no jobs. The un-employed do get slightly more help these days than they did back then but the situation is still bad. The actual area that this documentary was filmed in was demolished about 10 years ago, that seems to be the solution to problems in this country, buldoze the area and let the problem infest another area.
@bu11d06 I was in Wallasey, Leasowe, and spent a while in the North end, I left the area in 1996, I know there are a lot of bag heads and other ner do wells in the area, but most of the people I met were decent people, who I've kept in touch with ever since. Most of the wrong uns tended to be in the North end, the Leasowe, Ford and other estates. Howevr, living in amongst them, were also decent people, who deserved better.
i knew your dad and vinny . good people . the lallys , duggans , stenhouses the taylors , ( my family) and the duckers . all good families . drugs and the docks killed birko .
@@8ballphil150thanks for the nice words and yes your right drugs were a big player in the breakdown of the northend ,there's nothing I love more than bumping into someone from the northend and having good old "remember when " memories x
@@8ballphil150 I knew Alec well when he lived in 7 street and when he moved up to bidston so sad 😭 can't remember if it was John the bus driver but another lovley guy x
Do you? The problem is, this wasn't a comedy sketch. These people really did live on the breadline. They're also not Scousers. Maybe you should've studied harder at school, then maybe your geography would be better and your comprehension of sociology would give you a bit more compassion.
What you must remember is tv in the 70s and 80s was a fix.There was no reality tv so to gain ratings tv companies came out with all this shit.I remember this being filmed in birkenhead it was all i fix people were told what to say and do.Made good tv back then all shite now
why do some clueless working class brits think regeneration is good? its just a cover up word for social cleansing... seriously some of need to think hard!
I was born in Liverpool was lucky enough to move to Australia got a chance for full-time job I feel sorry for these families doing it tough hope something comes your way
I was born in Birkenhead. But I now live in El Dorado Hills in northern California. Best thing I did was too move.
you are a very wise man
bruv birkenhead is the home of bagheads and druggies, why leave
i'd love just love to go state side how did you get a visa ? I unfortunately live in Birkenhead and its worse now no industry no infrastructure nothing ! they ignore it its not talked about the government wouldn't even aknowledge b'head . the media wouldn't even consider reporting on the issue , the majority live in adject poverty and its ignored everyone just lives scared on the edge nobody does anything whatsoever , they just accept it they accept their fate and keep their heads down and just live pretty much in poverty and despair , the kids go to school hungry the teachers keep reporting it, most parents cant afford the uniform its a desperate place ready to explode .ifyour on the dole you get 73.10 pounds and pence , it doesn't rise with inflation its been that way for 4 years the same rate and food prices just keep going up and up , gas and electricity up 47% from 2012 and they are rising again in October 2018 ,I know people who literally sit in the dark no electricity no gas just waiting for the pittance they get to put it in the meters ,fuel poverty its crazy poor horrible place to live and bring kids up horrible , and your treated like absolute scum in the job centre its like the mid 19th century gallows or work houses , them upper class scum pof the earth ,posh rich spoilt kids , the prime minister the chancellor , and the mayor of London all went to the same school ? how is that possible
? they have hit the poorest so hard way harder than thatcher , now they sanction people for hardly no reason they stop their benefits for weeks giving a quarter of the benefit like if your sanctioned you get 27 pounds a week hardship payment while your appealing centres sanction it goes to a decision team ? and they have targets for job centres , its mad if your late signing on you get a 14 or 28 day sanction or you havnt got sufficient evidence that you have been looking for a job and I mean pages and pages of evidence which most people just don't meet the criteria , they say you have breached your job seekers agreement , in Birkenhead they sanction at least 5 people a day and the security stand over him or her when the staff member orders the sanction then if people get angry as they are already on the scrap heap the security drag them out with a number to call to appeal and ask for a hardship payment which has to be paid back out of your benefits if they get reinstated , so you don't get your jobseekers allowance just 27 quid , and your told the soup kitchen is on argyle street , some for 4 weeks on 27 notes a week ? some 6 weeks even 8 there was a man who was on it for 12 weeks , if your sanctioned you lose your housing benefit too , so your landlord wants you out and even when they reinstate your benefit they don't back date it so you owe your land lord whatever was the period you were sanctioned , its the worst kind of society ever . they will sanction you for almost anything and they have security to remove the person even if they are calm and say nothing the security say they have to leave right now we will escort you out the building , this is the worst attack on the poor ever , and now the bedroom tax they take 18 or 20 off you each week if you just happen have a spare bedroom ? really someone needs to fight back
shame you never learned to spell......its To and not Too.
Leonard Davies was
Was in Birkenhead for 8 years, they're wonderfull people, and deserve better
Merseyside has created its own problems,The actions of the people has eventually caught up with them,Strikes in the ship yards the docks and the factories,So the companies take their buisness elsewhere,It went on for so long that the reputation as workshy strikers will always be there,The people responsable only thought about "today" and not about tomorrow.
arobekie indeed there is a certain stereotype which has persisted
No things are they way they are because good paying industrial jobs have now been outsourced to China or Mexico etc. More money for the guys at the top--that is all. You can never compete with the wages paid in those countries. Just an excuse to blame the unions. When all the factories in Europe/N. America were buzzing with jobs, the surrounding areas were not the dump heap, crime laden areas they are now. No jobs, no money...no futures.
Its heartbreaking to see it l grew up in birkenhead and have wonderful memories but then lamm 66 now and things and people were so different then people cared about each other kids shared things none of us had nothing but god us kids were loved and happy Jackie
Amazing video ' grew up in the north end my self in the 80s
I lived just up the road all the eighties I had bugger all from school but I always had a job!!!
So sorry for this lady god bless her
I do feel for these people, my sympathy disappears when drugs and theiving are involved. i dunno why, but i actually think the pro was quite fit. anyway, they pulled down the rivers estate cos it had such a bad reputation, its quit spooky as the roads and the streetlights are still there. apart from the guy who still lives there on ilchester road, fighting the machine. fair play to him like hehe.
Very interesting. Could you post part 1 too please? And who is Nikki?
I was born in Birkenhead & it makes me sad & angry to see how run down it is & how little the council are doing about it. Beautiful old houses are left to rot instead of being sold to developers to be renovated. The council even want to demolish the historic Birkenhead Library, opened by George V! They've already demolished the original 1856 Library!
When will they learn that you can't BUY history? When it's gone, it's gone.
GypsySilver what would u like to know she was my mum 😌
1:39 is my aunt and unclee!! haha! shirley and roy
i lived in birkenhead in the 80s and there was junkies knocking on the door selling videos and all sorts everyday i feel sorry for them something should be done for this misery
Hello,Please bear in mind that this documentary was made in 1989 so things have changed.The drugs culture has a more acceptable face regarding the use of them for recreational porposes.Heroin addiction in Birkenhead is as big a problem as any other town.Claughton Village has the same issues as other parts of Birkenhead and is no better than the North End.
Love the way they have kids they can't afford.
still happens, we dont move on
Not allowed work . Tho
Still no jobs. The un-employed do get slightly more help these days than they did back then but the situation is still bad. The actual area that this documentary was filmed in was demolished about 10 years ago, that seems to be the solution to problems in this country, buldoze the area and let the problem infest another area.
I agree with bull dozing building down,because it’s all about insulting Britain
@bu11d06 I was in Wallasey, Leasowe, and spent a while in the North end, I left the area in 1996, I know there are a lot of bag heads and other ner do wells in the area, but most of the people I met were decent people, who I've kept in touch with ever since. Most of the wrong uns tended to be in the North end, the Leasowe, Ford and other estates. Howevr, living in amongst them, were also decent people, who deserved better.
Proud to be a northender X people are salt of the the earth my dad was from a big wel known family in the northend rip Stevie lally xx
i knew your dad and vinny . good people . the lallys , duggans , stenhouses the taylors , ( my family) and the duckers . all good families . drugs and the docks killed birko .
@@8ballphil150thanks for the nice words and yes your right drugs were a big player in the breakdown of the northend ,there's nothing I love more than bumping into someone from the northend and having good old "remember when " memories x
@@8ballphil150 was you related to Alec Taylor atall
@@saragriffin6180 alec and john ye . god bless his soul . my granddad was one of about 20 kids . big family . lol. romani .
@@8ballphil150 I knew Alec well when he lived in 7 street and when he moved up to bidston so sad 😭 can't remember if it was John the bus driver but another lovley guy x
What year is this please ???
1988
St. James's church still the same today.
Part 1 is on you-tube but it is about Sunderland.
Thatcher had a thing about the north , especially Merseyside, a bit like pali
Can anyone remember a Land lord in a Pub in Wallasey Called THOMAS RANDAL YOUNG
i keep waiting for harry enfield to pop up
Do you?
The problem is, this wasn't a comedy sketch. These people really did live on the breadline.
They're also not Scousers. Maybe you should've studied harder at school, then maybe your geography would be better and your comprehension of sociology would give you a bit more compassion.
@@octaviussludberry9016 or maybe they should have studied harder at school😂
Piss of you divvy
I love a moustache especially with a tracksuit
And a perm 👍👍
Is there much difference in 2020 apart from humanity have Got used to ignoring the poor
So how is it there nowadays?
1.45 nice trackie
This was in the early 80s
I agree shawn claughton is alright, but birko is pretty bad for harddrugs probably one of the worst places in the country
POUND TO LAST ALL WEEK? what did you all survive on..Penny sweets?
What a prick.
Well I know 1 thing singing fuckin hymns don't sort fuck all out, does it.
leave my uncle aloneee. was class in them days
What you must remember is tv in the 70s and 80s was a fix.There was no reality tv so to gain ratings tv companies came out with all this shit.I remember this being filmed in birkenhead it was all i fix people were told what to say and do.Made good tv back then all shite now
No money so they have two or three kids.. Hmmm.
So poor people shouldn't have kids? Retarded comment!!!
Trippy Hippy No.
@bobbelsekwol they were in work but the Tories shut all the heavy industry down & cheap foreign labour coming into our country .
@JerkInBed sorry i didn't see this comment
Tea in a bottle
*random obligatory comment for exposure hi everyone* 🙏
most of the stolen property ended up here
why do some clueless working class brits think regeneration is good? its just a cover up word for social cleansing... seriously some of need to think hard!
super white army!!!!!!!!!1
Don't have a job? Get on your bikes and look for work!
No investment in the area since Thatcher destroyed the ship yards and docks. Put Birkenhead in decline and its never recovered from it.