My dad worked hard to make our old draughty house a home, every year he would decorate a room to keep up with the rising damp patches on the walls, we kids didn’t know any different, thought we we’re quite well off seeing as we had a garden to play in.
Have you noticed, the housing was poor, but was kept as clean as possible, people then tried to make things better themselves, not winging about how bad their life was and wanting someone else to make life better for them
I did notice that. The houses were very drab, with mold on the walls and very tired wallpaper, but there was no rubbish around. The floors were swept, the beds made, everything looks as clean and as good as it could under the circumstances. But the conditions were just slightly better than the tenements of New York City in the early 20th century, which were utter squalor. The fact that this was happening after all the sacrifices made during WWII makes it especially sad.
It's amazing that after people were living in "slum housing" got transfered into so called wonderfull idea of estate tower block living, which also backfired
Yes, I was one of those people. The cottages were cleared in swathes and modern hygienic high rise flats were built for us. I lived there from the age of 4-8 years. The most miserable time of my life. They were new then and full of decent families, but no place for children to grow up. Now the flats are empty of families, crumbling and full of junkies.
@@StarskyBuba I was born into a workman’s cottage in the ‘50’s and these were designated as uninhabitable and the whole area was demolished under ‘Slum clearance’ we were the housed in brand new high rise flats built in the area. They were a horrible disaster and I hated it. We moved into our own hose later, and guess what? Those high rises are scruffy, falling apart and full of junkies and alcoholics. The lesson is, upgrade the housing stock and not break whole communities up.
....." the good old days ..." when originally built with coal fires blazing .. probably bearable but by the time of the 50's and maybe two families living in one house no space for coal fires and no insulation ... no better than living in a TENT.
Being on the dole used to be a short term thing to help families out of a tight spot if the main earner was I’ll or until they got another job. And where there are people who certainly qualify for help, Benefits (2023) are a way of life while people who claim stay in bed till lunchtime and and get free prescriptions, dental and glasses, whilst people like you and me have to pay for everything and can’t even get a doctors appointment. I think in many ways, the Great has gone out of Britain.
My mum is the strongest woman I know. I love her for it but it's made her hard as nails so little sympathy for my problems of today. But perhaps if this is what our country is heading towards it might toughen some of the snowflakes up abit. They say poor living conditions but not so different to my council flat tbh, at least I dont have to make my kids walk 10miles to the toilet in the dark 😁
My dad worked hard to make our old draughty house a home, every year he would decorate a room to keep up with the rising damp patches on the walls, we kids didn’t know any different, thought we we’re quite well off seeing as we had a garden to play in.
Have you noticed, the housing was poor, but was kept as clean as possible, people then tried to make things better themselves, not winging about how bad their life was and wanting someone else to make life better for them
I did notice that. The houses were very drab, with mold on the walls and very tired wallpaper, but there was no rubbish around. The floors were swept, the beds made, everything looks as clean and as good as it could under the circumstances. But the conditions were just slightly better than the tenements of New York City in the early 20th century, which were utter squalor. The fact that this was happening after all the sacrifices made during WWII makes it especially sad.
They missed the zink bath hanging on the wall outside, and the outside toilet in winter, even the spiders left! but we survived...
Washing down in the scullery all week, bath on Friday, yes in the tin bath hanging on the nail in the ‘lean to ‘.
It's amazing that after people were living in "slum housing" got transfered into so called wonderfull idea of estate tower block living, which also backfired
Yes, I was one of those people. The cottages were cleared in swathes and modern hygienic high rise flats were built for us. I lived there from the age of 4-8 years. The most miserable time of my life. They were new then and full of decent families, but no place for children to grow up. Now the flats are empty of families, crumbling and full of junkies.
I'd much rather live in these cottages than the high rises that replaced them. They just needed modernising.
@@StarskyBuba
I was born into a workman’s cottage in the ‘50’s and these were designated as uninhabitable and the whole area was demolished under ‘Slum clearance’ we were the housed in brand new high rise flats built in the area. They were a horrible disaster and I hated it. We moved into our own hose later, and guess what? Those high rises are scruffy, falling apart and full of junkies and alcoholics. The lesson is, upgrade the housing stock and not break whole communities up.
Ohhh look. The “good old days”
At least they have a house
hahahaha... look what we have today.... a lot of homeless people... hahahahaha....
more people than housing available
yes, happy days.......
....." the good old days ..." when originally built with coal fires blazing .. probably bearable
but by the time of the 50's and maybe two families living in one house no space for coal fires
and no insulation ... no better than living in a TENT.
Much like this in the first series of "Call the Midwife", think of giving birth in these unhygienic flats, poor mothers 😦😥
Being on the dole used to be a short term thing to help families out of a tight spot if the main earner was I’ll or until they got another job.
And where there are people who certainly qualify for help, Benefits (2023) are a way of life while people who claim stay in bed till lunchtime and and get free prescriptions, dental and glasses, whilst people like you and me have to pay for everything and can’t even get a doctors appointment. I think in many ways, the Great has gone out of Britain.
Remember it well, except we had no electric, no hot water and the loo was in the back yard.
That's a $2,000.00 apartment in uptown Manhattan.
no sound ?
The house is worth a few million that original vitorian toilet worth 2k.
3:10 looks like Rillington Place in West London, where Reginald Christie killed several women.
My mum is the strongest woman I know. I love her for it but it's made her hard as nails so little sympathy for my problems of today. But perhaps if this is what our country is heading towards it might toughen some of the snowflakes up abit. They say poor living conditions but not so different to my council flat tbh, at least I dont have to make my kids walk 10miles to the toilet in the dark 😁
Weren't you one of the Four Yorkshiremen in the Python sketch?