London On Film - The Secret History Of Our Streets - Portland Rd (BBC Four 2013)
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@michaelhiggins73654 жыл бұрын
As an American may I say . . . what an amazing documentary. I love how the story was told from every economic angle, the poor, the not so poor, the people who moved from Chelsea to buy on speculation, to the Investment Banker crowd. I felt the story was told without bias, everyone was granted their say in the matter. Well done !
@kevinmccarthy8746 Жыл бұрын
Thank you from the Anglophile your prodigal sons love and esteem you.
@jamesanderson7684 Жыл бұрын
@@danielray6689 cringe
@CARLIN4737 Жыл бұрын
yes its a classist society just like America which of course has no class.
@JacobafJelling23 күн бұрын
They’re the best at what they do. Greetings from Denmark
@jbmarkham71079 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best series the BBC has ever done
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@philipgwyn80916 жыл бұрын
I love how Waklin and Mayhew end up in trailers in a field.
@caribstu4 жыл бұрын
Gypsies at heart
@fugggit5 жыл бұрын
That shop with al the tat in it was like Harry Enfield's "i saw you coming" shop. The rich will buy any old shite as long as it costs a lot.
@mickeythompson95374 жыл бұрын
"The price is the product"
@MrMagnusFogg4 жыл бұрын
@@mickeythompson9537 //-))
@jackyblue67same104 жыл бұрын
That is so funny I was thinking the same thing I saw u coming lmao!!!
@mariafelices80004 жыл бұрын
fugggit I am a patron of I saw u coming shop I agree Ms anzanitta-brown- pissflaps
@jackyblue67same104 жыл бұрын
@@mariafelices8000 LMAO!!!
@amijack4215 жыл бұрын
Astounding at how many people of the past grew up with nothing but are still nostalgic of a happier past, food for thought, very lovely watching this,
@ashyclaret5 жыл бұрын
These people are the real British,they're known as the salt of the Earth.
@tomassegrue99 Жыл бұрын
These people were also Irish,West Indian and endured the same slum conditions in the 60’s/70’s they didnt move out , they couldnt . All this cobblers about how great it was with community spirit rubbish . All these all start with “ We” but for those who only had “I” it was horrific !
@barryrichards31874 жыл бұрын
When you watch this, in the beginning, you might get a feeling of nostalgia. You might even smile. By the end you'll more than likely have more of a feeling of anger. Who likes "YUPPIES"? We left the slums of Notting Hill in 1962 when I was 9years old. My Mum and Dad finally, after being on the (waiting list) for 13 years were offered a council house. Portobello road was known as "the lane". My mum often sent me and my sister down the lane to by spuds and other "veggies" from the market stalls. Nowhere around there was posh, not even a little bit. Portobello road was full of second hand shops and antique shops although it did have a Woolworths, not quite posh though. Horses used to bring the barrows to market and were hitched to lamp posts all day. There were muses down the "lane" where there were stables. My playground in those days were the lane, a car breakers yard at the end of our street and bombed out houses and a church that were still left over from the war. I hid in my mates back yard the day we left there, I didn't want to leave. Glad I did though. I wouldn't want to go back there. It belongs in childhood memories and nowhere else. Except here of course. The street I lived in "swinbrook road" no longer exists, the pulled em all down, (before the yuppies could get em) lol.
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@dylvasey6 жыл бұрын
The level of elitism in this film is very uncomfortable viewing. Bankers must remember it was normal people who bailed them out just a few years ago. The woman who was in finance but is now in 'fashion' as well as the banker are particularly despicable.
@crissieroserose3 жыл бұрын
welll said Dylan
@wendybrooks61545 жыл бұрын
Man poor people were TOUGH!!! They had to be... it was a very hard life. But a good woman, couple kids, a pint on Friday....and life was good.
@ghoulie13136663 жыл бұрын
"Are" tough. The cycle continues
@Johnconno3 жыл бұрын
Life was terrible, you idiot.
@MasKistershi6 жыл бұрын
16 shops and you can’t get a paper or pint of milk.....who are these shops for..there’s no one in them. Ha! Priceless!
@dickweeeeeeeeeed6 жыл бұрын
the butler does papers milk and bread etc....
@suecondon16856 жыл бұрын
I thought that bless him!
@Zlervo5 жыл бұрын
I couldn't have said it better.
@Zlervo5 жыл бұрын
I love that. He took the words from my mouth.
@Boabywankenobi5 жыл бұрын
He's talking pish, there's a Tesco's at the end of Portland Street. And if he has a Sainsbury's club card, there's a bastardin' Sainsbury's AND a Tesco's at Ladbroke Grove, AND 3 convinience stores a 2 min walk away. He's just a lazy shit.
@life_seeker61025 жыл бұрын
I’ve just seen an advertisement for a house to rent in the southern end of Portland Road for £12,500 a month. The property market has gone wrong that looking at Notting Hill property prices make me sick
@hawsrulebegin77686 жыл бұрын
What a great documentary.
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@AnthonyD-yy2in7 жыл бұрын
I used to live near Portland road and I used to talk to a guy living at number 67 every other day, he was rich but he was alright. I hope he is doing fine and I hope he is still living there.
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@scrollingthecomments.404310 ай бұрын
@@tahaohanok6001You have no life. Sad pathetic person all you can say is shush on everyone's comments. Sad twot
@arturchmiel48214 жыл бұрын
One of the most moving documentaries I've seen. It's reaffirm my hate to all banking system and social segregation. Your home and your roots it's what's really important in life. Appreciate what you grew up with and make sure your children will have better life. Big up to all those who weren't born with a silver spoon up their arse!
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@trina41510 ай бұрын
Lol😊
@tsunadeasa9710 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading our homework.......
@suecondon16856 жыл бұрын
3:56 The census shows my Great Grandparents James and Annie McCarthy and my Granddad Arthur McCarthy. Wow what a wonderful surprise! I know this from our family tree on Ancestry.
@suecondon16854 жыл бұрын
Just watched it again! Astonishing to see my Great Grandparents on the census!
@vmm51633 жыл бұрын
@@suecondon1685 Wow, that's amazing 👍 I can imagine it was a wonderful surprise to see their names
@lysagreen23146 жыл бұрын
This is truly sad to see. Unfortunately, it's not an isolated incident., it's happening everywhere.Everyday working class people are being pushed away to the edges, replaced by the super rich, who have no history or roots in these neighbourhoods. To them, it's just an investment, a status symbol represented by a certain post code. Too sad.
@Zlervo5 жыл бұрын
It's too sad. The vibrancy that attracts them to these areas disappears the minute they move in.
@homiepug1895 жыл бұрын
it happens with cars .....a house, like a car may be an investment, but if you buy it for that sole purpose ......wheres the pleasure?
@brianrodney52025 жыл бұрын
Many very wealthy people behave as if they are immortal.
@gailhandschuh11384 жыл бұрын
FlowingZ Wer it disappears because of the greed of the landlords. They see money and go for it. The rich want the properties and have no care for the current residents. The rich expect the working class to cave into their snobbery and high flown standards.
@markofsaltburn4 жыл бұрын
True, but too many working class people are happy to shift the blame on to a middle class who are frequently as powerless as they are, or an illusory “elite” that aren’t really pulling the strings at all (nb, I am working class).
@BritinIsrael5 жыл бұрын
Give me the original London characters from a century ago over the modern day arrogant nouveau- rich obnoxious greedy bankers any day!
@MR-pm9ub4 жыл бұрын
Same here, anyday
@edify.90184 жыл бұрын
I’m laughing because I live here- they’ve edited everything here to make everyone seem like villains. This is actually laughable
@flowsingingschool3 жыл бұрын
Give that banker his own documentary spilling the beans on what happens “on the inside”.
@dvaidr9 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary. The class system is still alive and well in the UK.
@revol1489 жыл бұрын
well there are rich and poor people which amounts to the same thing.
@dvaidr8 жыл бұрын
Really? People can all the money in the world and no class. I know one.
@ramanujamsooriamoorthy47437 жыл бұрын
At times, I even wonder if it's not worse now. For sure, everything has been going from bad to worse since the 80s. London used to be such a wonderful place in the 60s and the 70s.
@legrandmaitre71127 жыл бұрын
You've obviously met my neighbour!
@VCYT7 жыл бұрын
WRONG Its faded a great deal. eg- the prime minister is a vicars daughter - not a millionaires daughter.
@TheFiown7 жыл бұрын
When I was a student in London in the 70's the local Council offered me the house I lived in in Wilesden for 6000 pounds and arranged a student loan ,,, I said no as I was Young I had no idea of 'settling' or 'investing' ,, today that house is Worth millions ,,,
@life_seeker61025 жыл бұрын
Stephanie Murray do you regret not taking up the offer
26:02 “ordinary people will not come back” it quite painful to hear that
@KirksCORNER-19834 жыл бұрын
I'd love to buy a place their I have the cash, Judy need to get English citizenship. I am American.. I was born in the WRONG COUNTRY..
@starlight76able6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this documentary remember Portland Road used to go up there and visit folk I knew lived there in the late eighties and mid nineties. I like Notting Hill go there all the time , Portabello Road, Westbourne Grove, Ladbroke Grove, go over to Queensway and Bayswater, cannot wait to go back. That area one of my favorite not only of London but of all time
@jomama51864 жыл бұрын
This was super interesting. Ive always been fascinated and drawn to the history of this country. Charming people.
@shoe25229 жыл бұрын
my grandparents mom and 2 aunts lived on portland rd way back ...wish I could know more about were they lived ..this is about a close as I'll ever get...
@prepperjonpnw64825 жыл бұрын
Why don’t you ask them about it?
@brianrodney52025 жыл бұрын
The scene form the movie " Turn the Key Softly " showed a very well-known actor of the day, Katherine Harrison ( the movie also starred Joan Collins, Thora Hird and Yvonne Mitchell ) who actually was a Lancastrian.
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@CarlosAlberto-ii1li4 ай бұрын
Many posting here are amazed at what they see and hear in this film. In many cases you were lucky that you were not born at this time, this is my 'Manor' but it does not make me happy, it has bought me to tears and bought on depression. I feel that l am not destined for much longer on this planet.
@misst.e.a.1875 жыл бұрын
Mrs Jones's predicament at 19:05 broke my heart. The absolute squalor is mind boggling.
@madiantin5 жыл бұрын
7:48 Wow, now there's an insight I'm happy to have learned. It didn't occur to me...but of course they wouldn't have had underclothes! Too expensive! Fascinating. It's the little things like that that often go missing in the retelling of history, which is sad because it brings it to life. This was fascinating.
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@merseybeat19636 жыл бұрын
Wow..and what are prices now !! A little place with prices like that. This Mayhew is a pretty cool guy.
@luciatilyard28276 жыл бұрын
I'm getting on a bit now, and can tell you that some of this, as far as the timeline is concerned, is a touch inaccurate. Barclays was a well established bank by 1970, and in the middle '60's, the Portabello Road (very nearby) was a highly popular area for trendies. Even The Beatles owned a shop down there, called Apple. I always think it's funny that people connect apples with computers now. Getting old is interesting from the point of view of having lived through the time, and knowing that a lot of what younger people state as fact, is just not true!
@agfagaevart4 жыл бұрын
Full of inaccuracies, my dear. Glad I'm not the only person to see that.
@royfr81364 жыл бұрын
Thats the strange thing about getting old...you realise history is mostly BS
@Martin-ol4uq4 жыл бұрын
Sadly, there won't be many of us oldies left to remember before long. If my memory serves...my Dad was showing me the slum areas to be cleared for the Westway development . I recall large curving terraces of 4 or 5 storey townhouses, obviously intended for the wealthy but all with large soulless and incongruous flat-roofed foyers sticking out of the front of the now multi-occupancy buildings and adorned with bikes, bins, prams and the odd washing line. It must have left quite an impression since I still sometimes dream about it some 56 years later.
@bobbybigboyyes4 жыл бұрын
I quite agree with all you say Lucia. My wife worked for Barclays back in the 60's till the 90's, and then they were one of the "big 4" as they were known. Portobello Road and Notting Hill were trendy even before I spent half of my life there in the 60's and 70's. I'm sure The Beatles took out a copyright on the "Apple" name back then, so theoretically Paul and Ringo should be able to sue them for billions of pounds.
@th3_tea4124 жыл бұрын
@@royfr8136 History is written by the people who can write history, lots of what we call history is more than likely inaccurate as it is one persons take on what happened, not the actual events.
@francesjohn26255 жыл бұрын
"There's more to life than the Royal Bourough of Kensington and Chelsea." HA!
@noddyholder795 жыл бұрын
Great series this. Tells it like it is. And an antidote to the bane of TV 'History' Dan Snow and Lucy friggin Worsley!!
@agfagaevart5 жыл бұрын
such a shame its not accurate...
@shubunkini5 жыл бұрын
money talks, but it don't sing and dance and it don't walk.
@eddieoi89064 жыл бұрын
"I'd much rather be forever in blue jeans"
@JJDoole4 жыл бұрын
Money doesn’t talk, it swears.
@sopranosfan67smith583 жыл бұрын
such a great song, a fave Neil Diamond:)
@dusanveselka32406 жыл бұрын
as of 2017, 41a 1 bedroom Portland Rd - over 5 mil. 1 bedroom! In 2000, the price was 750k
@lostfound68196 жыл бұрын
Dusan Veselka It keeps getting worse. It seems the divide between the rich and poor not only persists, it just keeps getting wider. Something’s got to give.
@Zlervo5 жыл бұрын
@@lostfound6819 something will. I'm just waiting.
@lostfound68195 жыл бұрын
Gumballz Hope we don’t have to wait too long.
@prepperjonpnw64825 жыл бұрын
The only thing that’s going to give is the public will give more money to those of us rich enough to not need it lol lol hahahaha
@ttp4365 жыл бұрын
I worked all over Kensington & Chelsea for two years in 2000. I mean literally. It was an experience. Personally I couldn't wait to get out it each evening and back to North London. As much as I love and miss London I wouldn't want to live there again. It's changed too much. Btw does anyone else think how weird and suspicious it was that radio announcement, 'Germany Calling' giving warning to being bombed?
@JackHernandezGentlemanJack4 жыл бұрын
have you not seen the movie anout Alan Turin? The British spy network had a code breaker but weren't allowed to let anyone know about it. They clearly performed some ploy to save the people of an important area of london.
@deniseg8124 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my roots in Brooklyn, NY. USA Seems to be something that happens all over the world. Thank you, such an interesting film.
@dionlindsay24 жыл бұрын
"Turn the key softly..." That's Keats' Ode to Sleep. "Turn the key softly in the oiled wards, and seal the hushed casket of my soul"
@helfulvids10 жыл бұрын
Wow, that banker guy was very candid, caught me off guard.
@MrCFCarePOO9 жыл бұрын
What a total and utter Merchant Banker..he was hysterical! Straight from Mike Leigh Central Casting! You couldn't make him up.
@mobspeak6 жыл бұрын
You can tell he was jaded, he knows it's all an illusion.
@mrsbee50566 жыл бұрын
Yep, oh I mean Yah he seems not to have had experience of the world outside his gentlemans club. How sad...
@Zlervo5 жыл бұрын
This place is soulless now. Nobody could pay me enough to live there.
@jennifer2218o4 жыл бұрын
I live here
@DMWBN34 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%. I live in Brighton, just south of London. Some say London by the sea 🌊 wish they wouldn't as London is a dive of a place. Got the beach & seaside. Decent shops. Last time I went to London I couldn't wait to get back!
@solcutta-zt9uw5 жыл бұрын
This is and has been a great series of historical study and social entertainment
@jbh5294 Жыл бұрын
That Toff at the beginning . The class system exists in their minds and their ways
@billijomaynard89245 жыл бұрын
Nothing has changed in London, the rich own the place and the working poor cannot even afford a flat.
@Oakleaf7003 жыл бұрын
You don't need to be ''Poor'' to not be able to afford a studio flat in West London. We are refugees from Richmond... I can't afford a flat there, but tragically, where we live now has become very expensive /[We got in before insane rise. I think it is so wrong that ''Buy to let'' is allowed, as the landlords buy up the places first time buyers born into the Communities would once have afforded.
@MrWREV4 жыл бұрын
Dads cousin Cedric lived at 224. Uncle Bill who lived round the corner was Postman for Porobello Rd. Nice prog. O:-)
@suckingeggsrn5 жыл бұрын
"Ethnic majorities" :P
@antman54744 жыл бұрын
He knew what he was saying
@agfagaevart4 жыл бұрын
@@antman5474 He is an idiot.
@caribstu4 жыл бұрын
@@antman5474 He most certainly did
@purplesunflower82424 жыл бұрын
He lived there !working Class English in England
@grandmasterreggae3 жыл бұрын
@@agfagaevart he's right
@hypnosoundsplus5 жыл бұрын
Lovely film, thank you. Anyone else spotted the ghost? go to 47.29 next immediately street in the dark, watch screen left, Ghost entering a house.
@sophiecat21615 жыл бұрын
It's a smudge on the glass lol.
@suzanneneal-garner79365 жыл бұрын
Yes. I saw it too.
@lynnekelly24282 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for that 😄
@thesteelcitysoul9 жыл бұрын
"It costs millions of pounds to be a top banker...it's very, very expensive." Brilliant.
@oeakie37845 жыл бұрын
that guy is a dick
@TheHeraclion4 жыл бұрын
@@oeakie3784 no he isn't - he's a CUNT!
@Rye_Toast5 жыл бұрын
I could hear the song "Gold Rush" by Death Cab for Cutie during this whole show: Digging for gold in my neighborhood For what they say is the greater good But all I see is a long goodbye A requiem for a skyline It seems I never stopped losing you As every dive becomes something new And all our ghosts get swept away It didn't use to be this way
I lived in Notting Hill not far from Portland Rd for the last decade. This wave of gentrification they note in the documentary has only gotten worse since 2008. The reality is, Notting Hill is so exclusive now it's far breached the "well to do" types who at least used a townhouse in a functional, day to day sense (like the Hicks's) to it's now a place where globalists store some of their wealth and spend 3 weekends a year. I evidence that by saying, walk ANYWHERE from Royal Oak tube, down to Portland Road on any given week day night at around 9pm and see how many lights are switched on - you'll be stunned at how dark Notting Hill is, hardly any one lives there permanently anymore. The 'occupancy' rate is catastrophically low, much like Mayfair and central Paris, which is why there are few shops and limited restaurants/quiet pubs. Another thing to keep an eye on is how few
@boychildnew14 жыл бұрын
The guy around 12 minutes says "ethnic majorities" not minorities...haha... i like it (and no racist comments, ta!).
@sheikowi5 жыл бұрын
47: My Village is this way; their Village is that way. Thanks Romans and Scandinavians! Your spirit is blighted.
@pw1911648 жыл бұрын
he got that right ethnic majorities.
@karollad5 жыл бұрын
Boy, I am so sad for the poor bankers. Their life costs so much!
@tahaohanok60012 жыл бұрын
shush
@commendatore25162 жыл бұрын
@@tahaohanok6001 shush
@gailspencer44518 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic documentary. We don't associate Notting Hill with poverty, but goes to show the extent of determined gentrification in London. There will be a similar doc on Peckham and Dalston soon enough, though in those instances they remain nasty.
@TheDavephillips8 жыл бұрын
+Gail Spencer Peckham wasn't always nasty. At least Nunhead wasn't and still isn't that bad.
@zochbuppet4488 жыл бұрын
Clapham is soon to be there. Had a family member who had a house there and it was just a regular area with working class people in the 90's. I'm not in the uk and checked the area recently on google maps and did a bit of searching and shocked to learn thats its now a well to do area...I was floored. The house I stayed/ family member owned at the time was a Victorian/ terrace house...full 3 floors and unseparated up in the 90's. I checked the house is now separated flats with each valued at 500,000 each.
@imacomputerbuddie7 жыл бұрын
PAYING ALL THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING YOU SWING A CAT IN.THE ALUGH IS GLOBAL WARMING WILL MAKE LONDON TO WARM TO LIVE THERE.
@MisAnnThorpe6 жыл бұрын
Balham?!
@danielray6689 Жыл бұрын
Hi gail your talkin sense and im just go na get right to the point gentrication started at the end of the 60's and if your talking about the deptford doc ues its heartbraking how they condemmed the houses and a whole community (watch the geezer thats family ran the markets talkin down a side road about where hes family used to live )
@francesriddiough88186 жыл бұрын
Good for Henry Mayhew!!.......at least he knew that to be snobbish means they don't want LİFE...(or love or community et al et al)
@luciatilyard28276 жыл бұрын
Of course they do! No different to anybody else, stop making assumptions.
@malcolmlockridge18535 жыл бұрын
He was also the only one honest enough to admit that they are all rich because of government hand outs. Anyone can "succeed" if the State is going to give you heaps of money for nothing!
@michaelmallal91017 жыл бұрын
I think Germany was more technologically advanced than UK at the time of WWI.
@jackyblue67same106 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness their nanny looks so much like my daughter lol.
@minir.31828 жыл бұрын
Henry Mayhew? Descending from THE Henry Mayhew? wow. I was impressed to see how he had enough strength to pull away from superficial people and lifestyle. People like him are amazing. And that last scene where he washes outside. Wow. I would spend a month in the woods with him anytime.
@justcallmeassinine8 жыл бұрын
+Mini R. Yes love, but ask yourself.... would HE put up with the likes of YOU for more than one minute ?
@endrightwinglunacy7 жыл бұрын
Ahahahaha....good one.
@MasKistershi6 жыл бұрын
I hate to burst your bubble but the fact is that people who come from real money like that can easily pull out of the rat race with the backing of the many “family” trusts. Not really a mark of any special character. They are often disarmingly frank to speak to and appear sometimes in that way to have more sympathy and more understanding of “common” folk than someone like Natasha (the very epitome of upper middle class) but make no mistake (and I say this even though like you I found him to be likeable) but they are very different from the average Joe in ways that are just not as obvious at first. In short, no I don’t think he would want to hang out with the likes of us in his family trust woods. :)
@francesriddiough88186 жыл бұрын
me too!
@BlackSeranna9 жыл бұрын
The best time to acquired property would be early in the 20th century. It's the same everywhere. I went to Michigan City, Indiana to visit a friend. Her parents live in a cottage-type home one block from Lake Michigan, and there, on the shores, people from Chicago regularly buy homes for 2 million dollars, then bulldoze them down and build something bigger. But the cottage was original, built in the early fifties. Paid for by a working class family.
@heathermcfarlane61646 жыл бұрын
In another city, Toronto, the incomers are mostly Chinese... your analysis forgets the other aspects, from other parts of the world, the upper classes are buying homes for their children...
@univerzaltruth64813 жыл бұрын
Same in Vancouver. Its bloody shameful.
@misterpurple4089 Жыл бұрын
I grew up a stone's throw away in Ladbroke Grove. My family were not pretentious, not interlopers, not the nouveau riche or the oligarchs who live there now. This story has played out across London (as the rest of this excellent series covered) but perhaps Notting Hill was the first of the grand Victorian and Edwardian areas to fall into decay before gentrification took it beyond the means of the locals. What Rachman did in the 50's Foxtons is doing today.
@jamesanderson7684 Жыл бұрын
no one asked
@tompahdea57994 жыл бұрын
I love the recording of the colloquial talk from these guys. These words and definitions never made Oxford! LOL.
@Thanks_for_posting.3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting
@xyzllii7 жыл бұрын
Really good documentary. I had a boyfriend in this road for a while in the 1970's. Did not seem posh then...but maybe it was just beginning to be...he owned his place.
@tordyclark Жыл бұрын
I'm from London and I grew up in this area. I went to Holland Park school. The truly posh (Katherine Rosdale in this video) and the lady at 34:00 are real classy, and unlike the new tacky oligarchs moving in, brought the kind of quality that the original architects wanted. It takes a certain, special kind of layered wealth and culture to create that atmosphere of Bohemian gentry. They're poor though, that's how you know they're truly posh. You know those people because they say thousand pounds" like "thigh-san pie-ns" The new inhabitants spending 5 million. are bringing down the quality. They have no soul and they just don't care about the life on the street.
@johnwhyte78347 ай бұрын
Salt of the earth is north ken. It will always have that character
@JackHernandezGentlemanJack4 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely facinating!
@rsmith43396 жыл бұрын
Sheesh !!! I hope some of those insufferable bankers are found floating in a canal somewhere after brexit .
@czarpeppers62504 жыл бұрын
Hate to break it to you, but after brexit those people will be cashing in. Disaster capitalism 101.
@markofsaltburn4 жыл бұрын
They’ll be gone before the shit h*ts the f*n.
@dtapx58353 жыл бұрын
Imagine being under the epic misapprehension that brexit was going to start some revolution where bankers would end up getting their just deserts. Who on earth were you listening to that managed to convince you of that? What a fucking clown.
@Michael-lg4wz3 жыл бұрын
The city of london(corp) , Panama papers, its business nothing personal 😆
@mariekatherine52385 жыл бұрын
18:20 I got bullied out of my 1920 building in New York last year. I lived in my car for two months because there was money to store my possessions or stay in a motel a few nights a week-not both. As for the owner, he’s raking in money. The entire neighborhood has changed in the space of two years. Now I have accommodations, but it’s temporary, month to month. When I can no longer work, I’ll almost certainly leave NY; to where? Don’t know. Maybe I’ll die before then. I used to know my neighbors, everyone in my building, most people on the block, I at least recognized. Now, I know the person with whom I have the monthly arrangement. That’s it. As for old neighbors, they’re all gone, tossed out and scattered to the wind. I can’t afford to live, yet I’m ineligible for any social assistance. BTW, that woman is a B I T C H. She wouldn’t last a week of my life, of course, the time will come when I won’t last the week of my life, either. There were three of us, now two. We’ve definitely not improved over our parents, instead, have gone far down the economic and social ladder, this despite fairly good educations, university as opposed to our mother who quit at 16 to work, father who had high school plus four years in the military.
@ausendundeinenacht14 жыл бұрын
18:20 I got bullied out of my 1920 building in New York last year. I lived in my car for two months because there was money to store my possessions or stay in a motel a few nights a week-not both. As for the owner, he’s raking in money. The entire neighborhood has changed in the space of two years. Now I have accommodations, but it’s temporary, month to month. When I can no longer work, I’ll almost certainly leave NY; to where? Don’t know. Maybe I’ll die before then. I used to know my neighbors, everyone in my building, most people on the block, I at least recognized. Now, I know the person with whom I have the monthly arrangement. That’s it. As for old neighbors, they’re all gone, tossed out and scattered to the wind. I can’t afford to live, yet I’m ineligible for any social assistance. BTW, that woman is a B I T C H. She wouldn’t last a week of my life, of course, the time will come when I won’t last the week of my life, either. There were three of us, now two. We’ve definitely not improved over our parents, instead, have gone far down the economic and social ladder, this despite fairly good educations, university as opposed to our mother who quit at 16 to work, father who had high school plus four years in the military.Read more Show less I m sooo interested in your storyMine is not dissimilarEmigrated to FranceFinally found a gorgeous little flatAfter some time ..electricity problemsGot WORSE and worse Landlady never repaired shitGot homeless ;survived "temporary" emergency accomodationwaiting for social housing year after yearHELPgetting depressed won t greatly helpMe too ; university education and shit...write to mehleeck@gmail.com
@MrRonan34 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!. i came from a council estate in London.worked bloody hard and we did well for ourselves. and own a lovely home. but you do not make old friends happy doing well and being successful. its human nature the poor hate the rich! no matter where you came from,
@paperprincess10504 жыл бұрын
From a bar to a beauty spa called the Cowshed!! How gross. Bring back pubs.
@gloriagrace595 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine said years ago they moved the "undesirables" to Uxbridge, he being one of them.
@Oakleaf7003 жыл бұрын
Prices in Portland Rd now between £3-4 million {November 2020} Notting Hill used to be very run down...but it was better then...More of a Community.💕
@marquelampert3710 жыл бұрын
There is about a 10 minute stop @ about 36 min to 46+ minute where tape simply stops!
@clonmore8195 жыл бұрын
You should see the type of people who have moved into my old home. It works both ways
@crose74125 жыл бұрын
What type of people are they?
@wolflupus7886 жыл бұрын
The Brothel's in Portland road.!
@jrbs4 жыл бұрын
The same cycle occurs today. Streets go up and then down and up again.
@donnahassan34985 жыл бұрын
Same story. The working classes create a community with great atmosphere and uniqueness and culture. Then along come the rich . Socially cleanse the place and kill it off. Same as Camden,Hoxton, Hackney And most of London. 😢😤
@donnahassan34985 жыл бұрын
They even killed the good old British pub. The place looks dead. I'd rather of lived in the old Portland road community
@caribstu4 жыл бұрын
Poverty forces people to come together and support each other. The new residents of Portland Road, for all their wealth and taste, are vile cunts who would walk on the drowning bodies of the poor to stop their shoes getting wet.
@katerinapopova18118 жыл бұрын
Feel ashamed of those Russians (my fellow citizens) who were about to buy ent an apartment at the end of the documentary. They look ugly,don't speak the language whatsoever!.The lady seemed to have put on all those Barbie clothes and the man was able to articulate only one word in English 'yes' with a horrible accent...They are just well off enough to afford the housing there. Don't want the public to have the impression that all people in Russia are like these two. We do study languages and Thank God not all women look like that Barbie. Pardon my rant.
@justcallmeassinine8 жыл бұрын
+Katerina Popova We all know younger gen Russians are not like those two punters.
@MisAnnThorpe6 жыл бұрын
No need to apologise Katerina. Some of us don't pay any notice of the ongoing demonisation of Russia that this particular couple lend credence to!
@alistairbarclay31165 жыл бұрын
Katerina Popova ;
@ashyclaret5 жыл бұрын
Probably Jews anyhow,so they're not Russian.
@crochetomania5 жыл бұрын
I’m Russian, who was born in Latvia, never lived in Russia but still feel upset every time I see how british media portrays Russians.
@dmx54394 жыл бұрын
This was so interesting...
@MickAngelhere Жыл бұрын
A very enlightening and informative documentary, never knew that the area was slum . It goes to show who really owns the property market. Here in Australia property prices are going through the roof and for many people, buying a house is only a dream
@buddha17362 жыл бұрын
The poor are not criminals, it’s the rich that are criminals.
@starlight76able6 жыл бұрын
PS remember sometime ago seeing Turn The Key Softly
@pbawake68663 жыл бұрын
And so it began....look at us now.
@paulinemoriarty5523 жыл бұрын
I grew up poor, but I didn’t know it, we were fed,clothed and kept safe, it’s only till you get older that you realise differences in society
@1ukjunglednbraver4 жыл бұрын
the old peeps on portland road wow. kids just dont know how good thery have it
@starrynightfall009 жыл бұрын
Lol that naked banker XD
@mobspeak6 жыл бұрын
He thought fuck this life, I'm going to go live like the savage I am.
@angesmcgill54075 жыл бұрын
@@mobspeak Yes!! screw the pressure of being a prisoner to the" Bankers" good for him.* Freedom.!!
@goldkhw4 жыл бұрын
Mid-life crisis right there. Taking his clothes off and showing his bum. ha ha ha ha
@TheFirstCalled.60AD Жыл бұрын
A complete meltdown and his wife f*cked off 😂😂😂😂
@sweetpeachbellini82456 жыл бұрын
Bunch of bloody snobs towards the end of the documentary. Ah well, there's always a chance of a future revolution eh? As for that Natasha, she works in fashion? - doing what, judging people?
@motheroftwo55516 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree. The man with the glasses and suit from the begining of the interview was a snop. "I would not go past that line. It is not my village." Oh, please!! It is interesting to watch the middle/wealthy class of people that moved in to the houses on Portland Street in the 1970's and 1980's. They call the wealthy who now want to buy their houses for 3 or 4 million dollars rich snobs. But have the ever considered how the people who originally lived there felt when they were told to move out to make room for them?? For example, the older woman who had to move into the basement was told to leave for these people. It is as my mother would say, "The pot calling the kettle black." It is rather hypocritical.
@borderlord6 жыл бұрын
+mother of two But to be honest not many people really wanted to live there then or would pay much for the houses on that street.Their parents thought they were mad....it brought the street up again....but what has happened since with the Bankers and dodgy foreign money has ruined the whole area!
@wendybrooks61545 жыл бұрын
SweetPeach Bellini I love when people tell us they are “in fashion”. Such bs. If they really were they wouldn’t have to tell us, we could tell by looking at them.
@gailhandschuh11384 жыл бұрын
All cities are a collection of communities and the purchase of a home requires thought and consideration on the buyers part. In the US we consider safety , schools , and shopping as a priority before buying. We learn about the area and it’s history before we drop a dime.
@edify.90184 жыл бұрын
want to have a talk about Tash? please, I implore u, believe in the shit filled communist documentary editing everyone to look like greedy slobs.
@joannamallory28235 жыл бұрын
I know people get up in arms about the poor being forced out, but had the neighborhood continued as it was much of the housing would need tearing down. The homes are lovely now. Even the people who lived there prior to the renovation state that it was a slum....that they loved, but a slum nonetheless. Now it can carry on....reinvented but then, as the one man said, ‘change is good’.
@ecb19795 жыл бұрын
Change may be good, but pompous assholes thinking they are better than others are not.
@barrelrolldog8 жыл бұрын
this was brilliant. the rich people didnt come off too well!
@fatabelly4 жыл бұрын
@ 12:20. First time ever on video...This guy actually says it the correct way! And it's growing bigger and bigger!
@user-gk9pu6oq7j5 жыл бұрын
in the past life we lived poorly dident have much of anything compared to what we have now (2019) but we had each other (people around us ) more than we will ever have ... we were happier more than we will ever be ....now a days we have everything but theres not much happiness ...all these materialistic things that found there way in our homes have caused nothing but trouble greed and misery....these are the worst times were living in now ....back then were happier times with happier people that cared and loved one another
@cu17283 жыл бұрын
“Moroccans and...ethnic majorities” 😂🤣
@electriquephoto9 жыл бұрын
42:47 Nico and Natasha = two of the biggest tools I've ever seen in my life. Please don't let them breed! PLEASE!?
@mysticalarrow19 жыл бұрын
electriquephoto They did...
@coltsuperocean109 жыл бұрын
electriquephoto why?
@electriquephoto9 жыл бұрын
***** Yeah, I kinda got that since they have a nanny.
@electriquephoto9 жыл бұрын
coltsuperocean10 Because, "I'm Poor". Pure genius.
@justcallmeassinine8 жыл бұрын
+electriquephoto Does the nanny sleep in the bathtub ?
@cathiematthews13595 жыл бұрын
Did else anyone see the ghost @ 47.40?
@angesmcgill54075 жыл бұрын
"Where.?
@jbradshaw42365 жыл бұрын
Very strange footage indeed. Certainly looks like strange..
@TheFirstCalled.60AD Жыл бұрын
Lol it's a smudge on the window and the camera moving to the left
@chrisb49077 жыл бұрын
great doc. ta for the upload
@Mafr04 жыл бұрын
I feel for Mrs Jones.... Harsh times for an old girl :-(
@mollycuddle99905 жыл бұрын
There’s a ghost at approx 47:40, anyone else see it?
@KirksCORNER-19834 жыл бұрын
Yup
@shawni3214 жыл бұрын
Haha!
@JohnSSSSS4 жыл бұрын
It's a smear on the window
@DMWBN34 жыл бұрын
Yes, the smudge on the door, we see it.
@PhyllisGlassup2TheBrim6 жыл бұрын
How prophetic that the first posh folks sent their kids to the school around the corner with the criminal classes and one of them turned out to be a banker. The school obviously set him up for the job just nicely.
@chowder88024 жыл бұрын
What a great doc series
@amplify37354 жыл бұрын
George is a gem a real gem
@JustinRichards4 жыл бұрын
49:33 - 49:55 Wow. It must be fantastic living with such a creature.