Jeremy Paxman Visits The Slums Of Glasgow | Who Do You Think You Are
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- Jeremy Paxman visits the run-down area of Glasgow where Mary was forced to raise her brood in abject and unsanitary conditions. Jeremy discovers his grandmother Mabel left the Glasgow slums and then joined the Salvation Army.
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Jeremy Paxman's not sure he's interested in family history, but he does love social history. However, he quickly realises that his family's story is inextricably linked to that of Britain, in particular to the working-class communities in Glasgow and Bradford. He traces the life of his maternal grandmother in the Salvation Army and the migration of his father's family from Suffolk to Yorkshire.
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It shows how pampered he was if he thought Glaswegians of any generation - especially kids back then - cowered inside at home when it rained lol 😂.
Jeremy,your ancestor was a strong ,good woman. She kept her family together after becoming a widow. I would be very proud to have her as one of my ancestors.
We'll never truly know what difficulties our ancestors endured. The only comfort is that most people were in similar circumstances in those days and could pull together. We owe it to them, to live our best lives without harming others and hopefully helping others by building a decent society however we can.
Right on, i agree
Hear hear!
People think they have it bad now, but everyone has electricity, hot and cold running water, indoor toilets and bathrooms that were often a luxury to millions of people 100 years ago. These days people would consider themselves hard up if they didn't have a 52 inch television and Netlfix.
@@Glenn1967ful I agree.
It is not always raining in Glasgow. We were all raised this way, we felt loved and safe and it was that way for everyone in the same area
I’m old enough (63) to remember visiting my granny in Glasgow. This was back in the early 1960’s and in the Gorbals. There was no inside toilet only a shared one out in the yard and my wee brother slept in the bottom drawer of a chest of drawers. It was pulled open , bed linen taken out and he slept there for the night.
not in a yard on the half stairs landing shared by four families standard for all working class tenements I lived in similar until 1970 born 1952
My father did too in Glasgow slept in a drawer. Born Xmas day 1942.
@@gjef9971 My dad also slept in a drawer. God bless yours.
Bless
Are you Davie Mitchell, played for Rangers and Australia?
If so, I'm from Port Adelaide, that's all I'll say at this stage
We grew up in a room and kitchen with cold running water and one coal fire. Two older sisters, a younger brother, myself and my parents.
Our parents slept in a recess in the kitchen and the four of us were in the “room” sleeping in one bed and two bunk beds until I was nearly 12 years old.
Oh did I mention the toilet was half way down the stairs and shared by five other families ?
We were always outside on the street playing but when it was lashing we were inside or playing on the stairs with the other kids.
A visit to the Art Galleries and museum was an exciting event filled with wonderful things and probably was the foundation for my interest in art.
We didn’t have much, like everyone else but our mother always made sure we had something to waken up to on Christmas Day and she made sure she took us to the seaside for a week during the Summer.
We survived but I can remember many who did not.
My mum also grew up in a room and kitchen outside toilet shared with 2 other families in Partick, with her parents 2 sisters and brother. My Grandparents lived there from the 1940's until 1970 before moving to Hayburn St.
We also stayed in a room and kitchen in Dalmarnock until 1978,we us to take the bath where it was hanging on the wall on a Sunday and boil water in pots,the outside toilet was terrible then we moved to a 3 apartment flat in Cathkin,having a bath and an inside toilet was a luxury lol
at 2-18, thought of my mum
"By God, we lived in slums, but we kept them spotless ! !"
I think she was having a dig at some of the slobs that get around these days.
My family moved to Australia in 1963, her first impression was "Oh my God, the windows here are filthy !"
She learned later that the windows had wire fly screens on them
'It's always raining in Glasgow' This myth gets perpetuated by Glaswegians themselves. It absolutely does not rain as much as everyone makes out. Met Office records rainfall. It just means it rains heavier doesn't mean it rains more often.
I must have been living in a mythical world all my life then
Initially I found it hard to feel anything for a person who had never hidden his disdain for the Scots. It was very enjoyable to find out he has Scottish heritage. However that didn't last long once the poor woman's history and life were revealed. Hopefully he will not be so dismissive of people now he has learned where he has come from and how life is not all 'afternoon tea served by Jeeves on the by the boating pond'.
Jeremy showing his disgust for the poor in the most telling way; through the nose.
He's an arigant ******!!
Well spotted, I was born in a room like that but only 2 of us that was 60,s
It’s tough for a lot of us to see how our loved ones lived. One would never expect Paxman to be in the same shoes
We are a hardy bunch us Glaswegian's.
I was born in Glasgow in 1944. Yes, the NT Flat is authentic. You suggest that she lived in a 'red stone' flat; these were built post 1910, prior to that the stone was Yellow stone'. The red stone areas were considered to be more substantial and the apartment flats were built to be comfortable,indded palatial even by today's standards. More research is needed Jeremy.
I was always told that the blond sandstone become more scarce, hence the red?
There is a YT channel called Astonishing Glasgow.
You might find ep12, The Giffnock Quarry interesting.
🙂
In reality children in tenements spent very little time inside. Out in the morning and roaming the streets with their pals returning home at tea time.
You're right!
❤️ from Glasgow
'not kind'. I think she looks great for having lived in such a small home
Yes! And she doesn't look frightening at all. Poor lady.
Just a side note - it isn't always raining in Glasgow
That was Tenement House in Glasgow and a middle class tenement it had bedroom, parlour, kitchen and it’s own bathroom. They just used the kitchen of it for the show. It’s an amazing piece of history but not the slum they were claiming on the show.
Did family’s live in 1 room?
Depend where you live my grandad grow up in grobals 7 in one then two room flats, clearly your taking about the west end or when they did the flats up, also Glasgow had the lowest leaving rate in the uk a one point
The tenements were slums back in the day. In thatchers years they were made available to buy by private owners and many got done up. Back in my Ma's day she used to share a room at night with here 6 brothers and sisters in the same tenement that now would sell for 200k+. Look up photos of the tenenements in the 60's and you will understand.
Jess F: That was a Red Sandstone building and certainly NOT a Tenement, as I grew up in a Tenement in Toonheid, born there in 1948, this show is nonsense and Paxman is a ponce, and Ive always said, never trust a Scot who now speaking with an English accent.
They only showed the kiticken and not the Parlour and the Bedroom,many the recess, where the coats were hung up but once I notice my sister didnt have what I had my parents, both workers, moved me to sleep in the closet alone.
Yes! Even now, these properties/buildings are sought or were sought after. They were roomy, had character etc. I was raised in a Govan tenement, in a room and kitchen. All the neighbours kept their homes clean, etc This particular building that Jeremy is referring to is probably still in good condition inside.
Well, have you looked at the photos of any major city today, especially in Canada and the USA? I don't see anyone living on the streets, or in tents in those old Glasgow photos. I don't see people lining up outside food banks for a meal. Common sights over here. Google some of the pictures of slums on this side of the Atlantic. And this is 2023. Many of the old Glasgow photos are early post war years when people were rebuilding their lives after the war. I was born and raised in Glasgow. Became a Registered Nurse with post graduates in midwifery and occupational health. I left Scotland many years ago because my husband was offered a career opportunity abroad. My grown family are so proud of their Scottish ancestry and have visited Scotland on several occasions.
Great country, great people
Ina, I too was born in Glasgow in similar circumstances being the youngest of 6 children. You make a valid point in regards to the resilience of the Glaswegians in particular but applies to all Scots as they worked hard to keep their families fed, clothed and schooled in dire circumstances. We all looked out for ourselves and our neighbors' and makes us question how society today deals with hardships.
There where no food banks!
Despise this man. Looking at a photo of a woman who strived to keep her family together in dreadful circumstances and when someone said she looked strong, he immediately says he “wouldn’t cross her” Strong yes but could he not see the pain in her eyes? I doubt he could survive the way she did.
What a disgraceful comment this is
You claim to see the pain in her eyes, yet you can’t see that he is clearly moved by her suffering, profoundly.
I think you’re just being hateful, you probably just despise him because he comes from a privileged background. Bitter.
Totally agree! I can't stand him either arigant specks *******!!
Privilege is a victim mentality which keeps people from reaching great achievements, the fact the man took the time of day to look into this ancestry shows he cares far more than some random person on the net with no real world experience
I don’t believe you talk about rain whilst people are dying in single ends.that’s where you get you’re strength matey.
This whole area has been redeveloped 2024 and is looking really good, just saying from Glasgow 😊🇬🇧😎
My granniy lived in one 11 children we loved to visit at weekends we were in fife
It is not raining in Glasgow just now (Saturday 3rd June 2023) and hasn't for the last few days.
April 2024 hasn't stopped raining since June 2023
How hard life was for women. Always the women who bore the brunt of hardships. We cannot begin to imagine.
Men..miners.....
Sorry you don’t understand we went out in the rain snow and sleep. We were not sugar or salt was the outcry we had 10 people 3 to a bed that was tough my parents live like this
Its the sort of studio flat in London that landlords charge 300 a week for!!
Very true.
Well said.
That was Tenement House in Glasgow and a middle class tenement it had bedroom, parlour, kitchen and it’s own bathroom. They just used the kitchen of it for the show. It’s an amazing piece of history but not the slum they were claiming on the show.
It’s not always raining in Glasgow
I was a tenement kid....the summer's used to be so hot we would sit and pick the melting tar from the pavements.
@@ruthcallender7444 : I was a Tenement kid also, Toonheid, Alexandra Parade, and in the Summer I ran oot the door after the porridge, played fitball all day long, played in the Graveyard as that was the only grass I ever knew, and came in the flat for something to eat like a Jelly Piece for Lunch and then some Dinner returning in late at night.
@@ruthcallender7444 Yup, we did. It was great. We'd get a bit of a soft bubble of tar onto a stick...and then stick it to things!
@@ruthcallender7444 I remember the melting tar on the end of a lollipop stick, circa 1958 when I was 7 years old. Fascinating. I wrote a wee poem/story about that experience in 1992. At the time mentioned above, I was sitting on the edge of the pavement outside 42 Millarbank Street, Glasgow N1!
Thank you for that rekindling, Ruth.
To you and yours. Stay free. Rab 🍻😎 💚
He’s so upset by the realities of his grandmothers life. He want to cry.
Stuff upper lip is quivering.
Paxman is a ponce, a ''Scotsman'' speaking with an English accent.... untrustworthy.
Stiff no stuff
Does he ****!!
My father was from the gorbals, then on to Cleveland Ohio, one ghetto to the next
Its rained here in Glasgow, minimum 4 days a week since Mid November 2023 & its mid April now. Thats 6 months so folk saying it doesn't always rain here are talking rubbish.
Certainly, very strong.
Someone familiar with the history of fashion might pinpoint the year of the photo of the 'older' lady.
I've been those rooms with my school
Life was cheap. Survival was upmost My Gt Granparents were in service when they 12/13
terribly sad but this is the cost of maintaining a few million/billion aires. Poverty is caused by the rich.
Ardenlea street , I was born around the corner in Sunnybank street.
Wishing you well, Mr J Paxman. Good health be restored to you.
Stay free, Jeremy, and thank you.
All the best. Rab 💚 👋
He often professed his disdain at Rabbie Burns poetry-saying it was childish in the extreme. He obviously disregarded the plain and simple folk then, but thinks he’s too intellectual to enjoy Rabbie Burns-a man revered by countless millions.
I grew up in a single end in the Calton, happy days, bit of a shithole but the community was our own
In 1961 i was born in Greenock,our house was a room and kitchen,the sink at the window,toilet on half landing in the close,and the back 'green' had the wash houses they had big huge sinks and laundry 'mangles'(wringers) inside,we moved in 1966 to a house with our first inside toilet!
don't know what he's on about regarding the picture of his Grandma in her '50s'. She looks pretty healthy to me and friendly too
Visits the slums lol he was there when they were being demolished 😅 they were definitely not slums when i grew up round corner from thats street. And the rain, i never spent any rainy days inside 😂
anyone know what street this is in Glasgow?
145 Buccleuch St. That was Tenement House in Glasgow and a middle class tenement it had bedroom, parlour, kitchen and it’s own bathroom. They just used the kitchen of it for the show. It’s an amazing piece of history but not the slum they were claiming on the show.
Chris Alexander: He was NOT looking at a Tenement, thats a red sandstone building he claimis a slum, that was NOT a Single End, that Red Sand stone was well built, still stands today and had at least two room and kitchen.
Never trust a Scotsman who know has an English accent.
Paxman is a pounce.
@Dorian Phoenix: Tenements in Glasgow were Grey Stone, I know because I was born in one on Alexandra Parade in Toonhied, between James Orr St and Wishart St, near Castle St and behind the Royal Infirmary, where I was born, later when I was 13, 1960, we moved further along the Parade to the top of Whitehill St in Dennistoun. That was Red sandstone Apartment and in much better condition.
@@abw48 Just because it is a well constructed building does not mean it was not in a deprived area. If you had been to the East End of Glasgow and that particular street you would know that.
@@rabmcnair4488 : I was born in the East Side of Glasgow, Toonheid, thats Townhead, too Toffs like you. 128 Alexandra Parade, a Tenement, top floor, between James Orr St and Wishart St, near Castle St, behind the Royal Infirmary, but that area doesnt even exist anymore as they pulled it down and created more of the modern Royal Infirmary. We moved to Dennistoun when I was 12, further along Alexandra Parade to # 507.
So sad how they lived back then my great grandma was in a room and kitchen and she was one of 7 kids their should have been 11 kids but some, died as babies or toddlers
Does no one wonder about the men that did not take responsibility for their children ?
Her husband died
Many died young.
still happening today
Orphanages
@@johnbarclay5964 VERY TRUE, BUT HIS GRANDFATHER HAD DIED AND THEY HAD NO BEBEFIT SYSTEM THOSE DAYS, THAT IS WHY SHE ENDED UP IN DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES. TODAY PEOPLE ARE JUST IRRESPONSIBLE.
wasnt there a living room at the front????
That ragwort duke of cumberland after the 45 and the clearances happened caused the greatest harm to us. At least 100 remains ALBA gu braith
What was that about the youngest child,was it that you could not get benefits if you couldnt give the fathers name?
SOMETHING CHANGED; OR, NOTHING CHANGED////100,000 SINGLE ENDS////
That’s the guy that famously despises scots😂
he hates anyone who is common in his thinking..... a very pompous person whom I dislike intensely
when did he declare that?
@@gingerindian1141 Yes, when did he declare this? If he did, I bet it was tongue in cheek. As a Glaswegian I hope we're not becoming as easily offended as Scousers!!!
I don't think he's as condescending as the other Jeremy that's on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. This is some jumped up public schoolboy who thinks anyone who can't afford a car that costs more than 100k is a loser and thought that he shouldn't be sacked from the BBC for punching a producer. He was amusing in 1992, then became a snobbish prat.
We all come to earth to learn different lessons, obviously Jeremy's lesson is to to get past his arrogance if not he might find himself in a slumb in his next life
Mrs Barbours army were saints
😁
Ohh NOOooohh mummy. Not Glasgow.
Always raining in Glasgow....phew...that generalization is really lacking..it was not at the time you were on the street. That just took away the segments value....
"It must be an open sewer". That's because Glasgow is a sewer.
I used to like Jeremy Paxman. 👎
I've never liked him! 😂
If they are in absolute poverty and have such small accommodation why have 11 kids! Stop after one or two! I suppose Glasgow got like this because of all the Irish and Highlanders who swamped the city.
You have lots of kid 👧 because they don’t all Survive… disease, wars, work disease accident..etc etc etc Then there was no contraception … 🏴😎
Ridiculous to have so many children when living in poverty.
There were no contraceptives available except abstention.