Mister Perks HMP Cardiff Revolving Door 1983

[@boilerroombob]

My dad was like perksy....but without going in and out of the nick....a clever guy that wouldn't apply himself for reasons or fears best known to him an introvert and shy man with no friends shame really he never settled in the essex new town in the 60s possibly missing his east london roots?...he died in November 1984 after walking in front of a car stone drunk my mum had left him in the January of 1984 ...and our lives were peaceful all year... i was 14 that November night when the police knocked on the door at 930pm....home alone as mum was working late as a cleaning supervisor....they had to go to her place of work and asked her to identify him as despite being divorced they couldn't contact his london family who were now his next of kin.....he would have been 79 this year i wonder if he would ever had kicked the habit...as for me my mum and brother we have all have good lives 40 years on...watching this is sobering for want of a better word.⁷

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

Bollor, do you miss your dad mate .

[@boilerroombob]

​@mauriceosullivan6832 I do at times maurice ..... looking back some young men and women are very resilient and don't greave ....I did my greaving later on i feel .... my mum done her absolute best though to keep it all together. The memories of the first weeks after the event are seared in my mind as i had literally the week before started a Saturday job at a private health club owned by the boxing brothers billy and george walker i stayed there 4 years until securing an apprenticeship.....To be fair ....i find it strange that I've lived longer than him as I'm now 54 ....Nice question thanks for asking

[@Irelano]

@@boilerroombobI grew up in the same situation however my mother never left and children were destroyed by fear and shame all had addiction problems but not one of the children were bad but life was a painful and still is difficult

[@boilerroombob]

​@BrendanOdonovan-ky4ww thanks sharing Brenda how is life today for you and your siblings

[@rubievale]

That grey haired alco was an absolute menace. He knew his mate had money, so he bled him dry until he ended up back in jail. I was in active addiction for years, but I stopped in 2019, and the thing that struck me was that stopping wasn't difficult once I'd fully committed to it. The actual hard thing was trying to function and support a habit, day in, and day out for years. I'd be surprised if Bernard actually managed to get sober given his mindset. If hanging around with your friend who has alcohol induced dementia doesn't scare you sober, nothing will

[@billyshane3804]

He was scum

[@dankdoctor6572]

When I stop, the boredom is a killer. Tony Hancock said, can't live with alcohol and can't live without it.

[@AmyAmy-ob7vi]

One drink is one too many and a thousand is never enough sad

[@wezzbeet2923]

Well done love from notts

[@billyshane3804]

Bobby Bosley

[@Irelano]

@@AmyAmy-ob7vi we put great because we know that one drink release the daemon’s again lol 😂

[@stuarttorevell2353]

this is an excellent well put together film 🎥 and shows the reality of being in prison sober and coming out of prison and drinking straight away. some people are just better people inside of prison then on the outside world. 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ there is good in every single person out there ? they just need the right people and environment around them. uk 🇬🇧 manchester

[@kingkong81icloud]

Having someone waiting outside the prison for him with a bottle of wine ? What do you expect would happen

[@Katmando376]

Remember seeing this when it was first aired. Extremely depressing very sad such a waste of a life🍺🍷🍾🍸😿

[@terencehennegan1439]

Some people try to take you down with them !

[@markworton2491]

The good old days when prison wasn’t full of spice and muppet’s.

[@StuartWhelan-up8vs]

Rest in peace whatever happened to you Perksy wish you could of got your life together l was a junkie many years ago when l was young l chose life and got myself rescue dogs. Thanks for uploading this to KZbin my kind of stuff to watch. Wish l knew what happened to him

[@Mistwalker67]

My friend Dai Morgan was similar to him, a fool to the drink, in and out of stir, you really have to burn some bridges. If i feel like a drink ill watch this.

[@TanyaRando]

ivor got kicked out of every flat and hostel he got, because he just couldn't stop the booze, and when drunk was a major nuisance. He was in Cardiff town centre last I heard of him, back in the 80's, as he was too well known around Bridgend.

[@StuartWhelan-up8vs]

Thanks for that pal be well dead by now poor bloke wish he got his life together 😢

[@carlchallis]

Wonder what became of Perks?

[@StuartWhelan-up8vs]

I was thinking that too 😢

[@kevintrace5396]

He's dead years ago rip

[@janeelizabeth2207]

With friends like Ivor who needs enemies.

[@Rom-ju5tf]

He’s the spitting image of Jason Miller from the Exorcist.

[@leighbennett1961]

And Al Bundy

[@StevenMuller-b3q]

Well spotted pal see it

[@CornishLiving8]

Good upload, thanks again.

[@carlchallis]

Such a sad existence 😞

[@Davidthomasv8]

I'm dry for past 20 years but still an alcoholic

[@jedfra9172]

Well done Dthomasv8 and all the best for your continued management, of what is a terminal illness.

[@mattgosling2657]

Yeah good luck pal its very hard having to live with addiction.

[@bobmiller7502]

very different from the other episodes you have but very interesting watching the change/decline of that guy shame he seems nice when sober,Ive worked with various different addictions and there usually a underlying mental health/trauma at the root of it all, until we face our demons we are forever at there mercy, i hope he gets it together,,its NEVER to late to make a new start,xxx

[@KJJ8518]

Bernard didn’t want to give up the drink.

[@franciso2l]

After watching this a thought crossed my mind, what happened to the people in these documentaries afterward, in what direction did their lives go, How did the story end ?.

[@danrobinson572]

Great video

[@waynebarry251]

A great yarn some would say

[@danrobinson572]

@@waynebarry251 I agree ☝️

[@dankdoctor6572]

Drink at home and you tend to keep out of trouble, esp if no wife to argue with.

[@StuartWhelan-up8vs]

Me on a weekend lm happy with 8 cans and watching stuff like this on KZbin with my little rescue dog

[@paulvickers7441]

What an amazing prison.. the staff are absolutely brilliant.. they actually give a shit.

[@mattgosling2657]

I've watched quite a few of these old prison documentaries on this channel lately, entertaining they are but I've not seen any of the prisons that had any trans cons, it really surprising that its like they didn't exist 40 or 50 years ago.

[@julianpotentate5942]

83 heroin was making itself busy in the cities and towns so the booze would have competion

[@chardz2007]

F Wing in Cardiff in the early 2000’s was sound as far as jails go. No one gave trouble screws were sound only downside was the 23 hour bang up .

[@dc-gb2zx]

The only downside!!! 😂 sad f@#@er

[@truthseeker9945]

I couldn’t stand sharing my cell with another smelly bloke especially one smoking.

[@jamesnicholson2503]

Come to Merthyr 40 miles from Cardiff,lovely friendly hard town,but the drinkers here,most are alcoholics,lot of problems with drugs to.But thats every where,all up the Valleys,Aberdare,Rhymney I used to live there,lovely place again.And Aberdare.Only place I don't like which is full of drugs & alcoholics that is Tredger il say no more.

[@davesmith2413]

Wonder if he gave it up . Probably not ., a very sad man

[@kevintraynor4508]

They reckon drink can sometimes be hereditary

[@DaveyC95]

Perks had everything going for him!...Support from the prison staff and even the film crew!... That Ivor was a pure p**shead and who needs friends like that?... It's hard to gauge how old Perks is here, late 30s/early 40s, no visible grey hair but he had dentures... There's no way that this man is still alive now, not with his alcohol addiction...Such a waste of an otherwise intelligent man...Sad...

[@iancameron6124]

times,,,,,,,,,,,,have,,,,,,,,changed,,,,,,,,,,for,,,,,,,,,,the,,,,,,worse,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!!

[@neutralfm9620]

they really wanted to best by him

[@eddieberriman8790]

Was this a wind up???

[@shaungallagher1947]

eddieberriman8790 this ain’t no wind up!!! This is reality at its finest, Bernard Perks is more than likely dead now😢 but the man had an illness ( Alcohol)!!! With or without it he seemed a very respectful and kind man. This my friend is no wind up. ✌️from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

[@eddieberriman8790]

@@shaungallagher1947 fair point, I realise now it was real. Very sad situation really.

[@steviewonder5764]

he died many years ago. he was found in a make shift shanti down by the river in the rhondda., i knew him he was a really nice guy.@@shaungallagher1947

[@redlabel3977]

The high of the alcohol kicks in and the rest is history , dependency and brain fog , the demon drink .

[@keithpilkington907]

Has my mate had magic moo moos

[@wezzbeet2923]

Hahahaha magic moomoos 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kevintrace5396]

Tex i knew him ok he was

[@scottbrierley6183]

That’s existing not living

[@davidwarren9932]

Think these two are also abit Stoke on Trent

[@iancameron6124]

ild.....love......to.....know.....if....mr.....drunk......got....sobrer.....

[@johnbryant6572]

Why dident he go to a.a.meetings.he wasent that bad? self deluded. i had an uncle just like him he drank himself to death.drank till he destroyed his kidneys and liver .cant say no.this time it's going to get different.if your an alcoholic and you keep drinking youl end up in prison a mental hospital or dead.no cure for alcoholism.dont pick up the first drink a day at a time.and stay away from self destructive drunks who will try get you back in your addiction.try a.a.meetings the only chance alcoholics have.poor guy hope he got sober.

[@FirstNameLastName-hahaha]

Waste of space

[@kingkong81icloud]

Having someone waiting outside the prison for him with a bottle of wine ? What do you expect would happen