Although Salford is obviously featured heavily in this news story, the footage used between 1:12 and 2:12 is of the North Peckham Estate in South London. There is a fair bit of footage of this particular estate elsewhere on TH-cam for anybody interested. It is an ideal example of a high-density, low-rise estate that became popular with local governments after tower blocks fell out of favour (built late 60s - late 70s).
I never understood why people hated flats like this so much. I moved to Cheltenham when i was kid and there used to be a lot of council flats. But they had a lot of crime and were not very safe. So what did they do? Demolished most of them. And then as the years went by there were no council houses left and people were forced on the streets because of overpriced living.
It pleases me that this couple managed a way out of the tower block which didn't suit them, though it took 20 years. It was only when the gentleman was in the garden with his puppy that he radiated joy and he does seem to be a sweet man. Happily he can now live his final years with his wife and a home he is proud to live in and feel content.
I agree with a few of the comments on here. I live on the 18th floor in a council high rise, and yes, its not the buildings that are the problem, its the small percentage of people that the council stupidly let flats to. 99% of the flats are very nice places to live, yeah, they ain't suited for families, but for young working couples/singles, they are the ideal place...
I do agree with you; tenants make the difference...at the end, not the blocks...when people are neat and caring even the most evil-looking place can look good to live
@b191191 well do you think the people who live in these flats could afford "high standard private secure apartment blocks" and with Britain's population only getting bigger the only place to go is up.
that's cos over in hong kong they have to work there is no state benefit system in their country which is why they don't have the same problems as we do & also they aren't taking in the third world & shoving them into council flats
@@jasinere35 there's are state benefits in China, state pensions and such like. It might be relatively recent, but it's a fallacy that Asian cultures don't have state benefits and social security assistance. Both Shanghai and Hong Kong are in China.
Actually I grew up on Kersal Flats in the 1970s. 12 tower blocks containing 750+ flats on kersal way. It was great! But then almost all families had fathers and an extended family. Also central government funded local authorities well. In the 1980s Thatcherite policies deprived local authorities of money and these places became dumping grounds. If Local Authorities had not been deprived then these places would have remained ok and would still be gere today.
How times have changed again I am from salford and lived at Thorn Court for a number of years it seems that apartments as they are called now are the in-thing again
The council there seem pretty blinkered or contrived in the fact of Road closures (12/04) All the crap has come at once. E.Lancs and Broughton road. It's fK',n Meltdown..Nice one Salford Council! Stupoid planning on a mega scale!
A propaganda documentary. I've just Bought a lovely 7th floor flat at Kerasl flats. Let's not forget Kersal flats were sold as yuppie flat's. My flat was sold for £43,600 from Developers Regalian....New in 1992. Manhatten skyline at Kersal flats now..
Although Salford is obviously featured heavily in this news story, the footage used between 1:12 and 2:12 is of the North Peckham Estate in South London. There is a fair bit of footage of this particular estate elsewhere on TH-cam for anybody interested. It is an ideal example of a high-density, low-rise estate that became popular with local governments after tower blocks fell out of favour (built late 60s - late 70s).
I never understood why people hated flats like this so much. I moved to Cheltenham when i was kid and there used to be a lot of council flats. But they had a lot of crime and were not very safe. So what did they do? Demolished most of them. And then as the years went by there were no council houses left and people were forced on the streets because of overpriced living.
It pleases me that this couple managed a way out of the tower block which didn't suit them, though it took 20 years. It was only when the gentleman was in the garden with his puppy that he radiated joy and he does seem to be a sweet man. Happily he can now live his final years with his wife and a home he is proud to live in and feel content.
they are dead now
@Rick Hardman How do you know?
@@rickhardman7376 Sorry to hear
How horrible.
@@Amelia-qg9po pretty obvious don't you think
I agree with a few of the comments on here. I live on the 18th floor in a council high rise, and yes, its not the buildings that are the problem, its the small percentage of people that the council stupidly let flats to. 99% of the flats are very nice places to live, yeah, they ain't suited for families, but for young working couples/singles, they are the ideal place...
I do agree with you; tenants make the difference...at the end, not the blocks...when people are neat and caring even the most evil-looking place can look good to live
@b191191
well do you think the people who live in these flats could afford "high standard private secure apartment blocks" and with Britain's population only getting bigger the only place to go is up.
In places like China, Shanghai, Hong Kong they continue building high rise flats some 40 to 50 floors high yet they don't have problems like we do
that's cos over in hong kong they have to work there is no state benefit system in their country which is why they don't have the same problems as we do & also they aren't taking in the third world & shoving them into council flats
@@jasinere35 there's are state benefits in China, state pensions and such like.
It might be relatively recent, but it's a fallacy that Asian cultures don't have state benefits and social security assistance.
Both Shanghai and Hong Kong are in China.
Actually I grew up on Kersal Flats in the 1970s. 12 tower blocks containing 750+ flats on kersal way. It was great!
But then almost all families had fathers and an extended family. Also central government funded local authorities well. In the 1980s Thatcherite policies deprived local authorities of money and these places became dumping grounds. If Local Authorities had not been deprived then these places would have remained ok and would still be gere today.
How times have changed again I am from salford and lived at Thorn Court for a number of years it seems that apartments as they are called now are the in-thing again
"It's Like The Real Salford" Mint.
I'd love to live in one again!!
tower blocks couse depression ''
I moved up there in the early 1970s. I found it a great place to live. Very little crime that I knew about. Before the drug thing started I suppose.
I lived on this St ( Litchfield st) when I was younger.
how can you take her seriusly with specs that big...joe 90 eat your heart out
The council there seem pretty blinkered or contrived in the fact of Road closures (12/04) All the crap has come at once. E.Lancs and Broughton road. It's fK',n Meltdown..Nice one Salford Council! Stupoid planning on a mega scale!
Nice glasses Diedre!
Go Tootsie go!
some horrible places in manchester
remember a kid off this row of gaffs.... BOGGY
so many people are negative about tower blocks and its unjustified.
his wife looks like a man in a wig
hahahah
100% correct skid 100% correct!
A propaganda documentary. I've just Bought a lovely 7th floor flat at Kerasl flats. Let's not forget Kersal flats were sold as yuppie flat's. My flat was sold for £43,600 from Developers Regalian....New in 1992.
Manhatten skyline at Kersal flats now..
surely he chose where he lived...