Strangeways HMP Manchester Documentary 1957

[@DocuVisonTV]

I've never watched a doc from the 50s before. This was amazing

[@jonathanmarshall2802]

Yes. It was thought-provoking and informative. A time when the BBC was at its very best.

[@CarlStJohn-x9w]

What a great Documentary. One of the best i have seen.

[@doloresbyrne5847]

Fascinating, well done, more please.

[@robharding5345]

I was born in this year, and during my later misspent youth, I spent some time in here, and that was 1973, and it was still the same in every way. I never went back,

[@Daniel-deMerrivale]

We all make mistakes. Some of us get away with it, others fall hard. The main thing is you never went back. Good for you, that’s character.

[@robharding5345]

@@Daniel-deMerrivale Appreciate your comment.

[@SuperTerry1963]

I remember strangeways when It was a prison. It was not that different than this minus the women and three to a cell. The screws were bastards. Ended up on D1 ( the block a few times). April 1990 changed everything. ( riots) its was a rat hole. Never ended up back ever again. Its a mugs game going to jail.

[@robharding5345]

Always has been, always will be .@@SuperTerry1963

[@gowdsake7103]

Good for you

[@stuarttorevell2353]

excellent work thank you 🙏 manchester uk 🇬🇧 😊

[@David-h4z2s]

Great These Old Documentaries On this channel 👍

[@TheRowlandstone73]

Three years after this was made, one of my favourite British comedy films of all time came out. 'Two-Way Stretch' set in the fictitious Huntleigh Prison, starring Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, David Lodge, Lionel Jeffries, Irene Handl and Wilfred Hyde-White. It was the film that inspired Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to write 'Porridge'. Richard Beckinsale, in the show, was named Lenny, the same name as Bernard Cribbins' character, Inspector Mackay was clearly born from the strict, militaristic prison officer, 'Kraut', played by Lionel Jeffries, and in a couple of episodes, Fletcher and Lenny were made to share their cell with a corrupt magistrate, played by Maurice Denham who played the Prison Governor in the 1960 film. There was also a prison cat in the film called 'Strangeways'!

[@wind.del.change]

wow. what a find !!

[@Alanhock75]

I started there in 1975 for my 30 year Career as an officer, it was just as grim then

[@kenneth2656]

Did you know John G Sutton who has the you tube channel Tales from the Jail, he tells some really interesting stories about his time at Strangeways including the Governor Norman Brown, Bootsie, the Chinese moneybox ,and the school bully who worked in the punishment block.

[@danrobinson572]

Do you know John G Sutton . He was working there and wrote a book.

[@danrobinson572]

@@kenneth2656John started working there in 1975 to 1985.

[@richardthompson6115]

I served time there 1977 for 17 weeks on D2 , first timers wing I believe, once you got into the prison routine it wasn’t to bad , worked in the laundry one week morning the next afternoons , I also cleaned the visitor’s canteen, lucky really , there was 1 prison officer I remember mr Mackenzie, he was a fair man didn’t judge yeah , I thought they were strict but fair as long as you toed the line Norman scar face was the governor

[@danrobinson572]

@@richardthompson6115 ok

[@Jimbo.jack47]

that really was incredible

[@aleksandrabutkiewicz5245]

Love the old jail docs to be honest I been jail many times but now learnt by my mistakes been out 4 yr now so I’m proud of it as it’s not easy to stay out when you know that’s your only life and I was in the ways in 2000

[@jonathanmarshall2802]

All credit to you.

[@galaxion62]

It states at the beginning of this footage that no censorship of any kind has been imposed. Then step forward to current day to see how YT now behave in the opposite manner!... the bar stewards.

[@gedrooney9305]

It’s grim up North…and I love it

[@Dan_Ben_Michael]

Those stars look like surplus left over from the Third Reich.

[@David-cm4ok]

Der Juden!

[@Red-Jones]

Too many inmates, too few staff. Even back then, this seemed to be an issue. It appears to surface no matter what UK prison documentary I've watched.

[@q1q1q1q1q1q1q1q11]

How far have we fallen.

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

Made at a time when there was respect, trust and understanding between national institutions and the BBC. The results are educational. We can forget about such freedom of the press ever happening again.

[@zeddeka]

Troll

[@501sqn3]

Better days, even the criminals were a better quality of person back then!!🤷

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

Human nature doesn't change but a lot of bad stuff was hidden in the past .Some of it wasn't reported and some of it was never prosecuted

[@johnboy4067]

Brings back some sad memories and waisted years you never get back , the only good thing was is my wife left me

[@leonardhaddlesey517]

Very enjoyable...thank you for that.

[@mrnobodyz]

Ffs 5 years for about 16 and half pence, the good old days. I remember visiting my Dad there when he was in “hospital” in 1969 never forget the gates, free tea, and battle dress uniforms and boots. No wonder my Dad never went back, unlike my stepdad. Some evil sentences in them days adults and kids alike.

[@patkearney9320]

Try being 18 and IRISH in 1982 and innocent I was arrested at work on a building site my crime was a cousin I only seen twice was involved in the struggle in the North of Ireland. Police decided I was involved I was remanded beaten many times. At my trial they dropped charges and I was deported. This incident changed my life and I became what they originally charged me with. For decades I was angry and lost a decade of my life behind the door. They made me who I am BASTARDS.😊

[@philhudson...5017]

Gold 🥇....

[@About1on1]

“Said the spider to the fly” that narrator was like that Harry Enfield,can you imagine these cats in today’s jungles 😮😅

[@leonardhaddlesey517]

Think u should be thinking the other way round....the cats as u call them wouldn't be able to handle it then if went back to been like it was then .

[@dickietrickle]

They used to reconstruct scenes with actors back then.

[@davidcaldwell4953]

Over crowded and under staffed. That rings a bell not much has changed. Life was a lot harder then. People might say it was better back in the fiftys not when you were living it . Rose coloured speckles

[@johnhill3936]

How beautiful the 1950s were.

[@zeddeka]

Amazing if you love slums and outdoor toilets

[@adrianandkatrinadove203]

Did they still hang people at this prison in 57 ?

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

Likely

[@jonathanmarshall2802]

Yes. The last execution at Strangeways was in 1964.

[@trevorclarey3336]

They all look old.

[@DaveSCameron]

Strangeways Here I Come. - The Smiths.. 🎵⚽️🥁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚⚓️🇬🇧🎵

[@GazLarge]

This is where the govt should be put!

[@metallitech]

Was a great name for a prison. The name should be reverted.

[@gearoftones8585]

Back when you knew you were getting a kicking daily off the screws

[@seltaeb9691]

Prison officers are also in a way imprisoned with the felons in an odd way. I was in the army & if I had to go to prison then & now it would not phase me. I'm 71 now, alone, no family or friends & happily would go to prison for company.

[@suzannebraham5138]

In 1957 I was 8yrs old at school well that to me was like a prison very decenzion they used to kain the boys but not the girls very authoritarian

[@Ian-g1w3u]

How prison should bel..

[@jamessones4044]

If it’s a punishment,you can’t expect them to stop doing it. If we want them to not do it again we have to make them stop by giving them more opportunity’s.

[@drips1030]

50% on the baccy. I did double bubble all the way. Good little number that was!! Good old days 😂

[@leaf3827]

Were the hell did you get this?

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

There are archives on the way to the incinerator full of this stuff.

[@derekwilcox2202]

The big house, was in 1976 you just knew it would explode 🤬

[@stephenallison1522]

Proper jail time.

[@DaveSCameron]

Easy to say but don’t continuously break the law..

[@woodyforest7308]

It might of been harder back then. But England was safer

[@zeddeka]

As of 2023, crime is at its lowest ever levels

[@drtobiasfunke11]

No it wasn’t… that’s just your racist mind fooling you

[@AndyPandy-sj9bl]

The most naive comment I've ever seen on youtube. You obviously believe in fairies too. Amongst many other things hundreds of offences once listed dont even make the crime stats these days , millions of crimes aren't reported crime is at its worst of all today and getting worse all the time.

[@mountainmantararua8824]

The inmates sure have changed, diversity has seen to that.

[@jackjohnstone1683]

Prisoners nowadays all act like a bunch of wild animals in the zoo. It's strange to see the prisoners in this film acting like actual decent, civilised people. The shot that really made me feel any type of sympathy was the shot at the beginning where the camera holds on the man with the fluffy blonde hair holding his face in his hands, defeated, alone, without his kids or his wife, possibly crying. It's a poignant shot, very powerful.

[@zeddeka]

​@@jackjohnstone1683you do realise that they wouldn't have shown anything else? The fact they're in jail to start with perhaps gives a clue as to what they were really like

[@zeddeka]

Russian troll

[@drtobiasfunke11]

Well…. You wanted an empire, there is a price for everything… you Brit so don’t bitch now

[@devally2432]

OMG, a proper prison, so far removed from the five star hotels of today.

[@markdavids2511]

Ever served a week have you?, if not you’re talking out your arse. These were the days before gangs & drugs took over the prisons. My Bro was a screw & it’s as far a holiday camp as you can imagine. The suicide rates prove that.

[@swaneknoctic9555]

@@markdavids2511 agreed. These people who have no experience of prison, yet think they know what it's like inside from reading the Daily Mail or something get on my nerves. Not a nice place to be.

[@stuartj1234]

A hotel for emotionally damaged psychopaths happy to remove your face for the slightest little thing. Sometimes the infraction your brutalised for doesnt even exist it was all in a lunatics head. I assure you they are no holiday camps.

[@robashton8606]

"Five star hotels" ? You wouldn't last five minutes in one of those "hotels" sunshine. The extortion, the violence, the screws that can't be arsed doing their job (& for the money they get, you can't really blame them), hotels they are not. You clearly don't have a bloody clue what you're talking about. Muppet.

[@jonescrusher1]

Really? Looked peaceful, orderly and respectful compared to anything that came later

[@JoeRogansForehead]

So they’ve been using the overcrowded and understaffed excuse since the 1950s , interesting lol