The Changing Face of Salford Part 2 (1967-1970) - Bloody Slums

[@lyndaboot7413]

I was born in 1955 in Leeds .I remember most of this ,although my parents would stop at damp. I remember silverfish.Out side toilet and plumbing.We managed to rehouse to the back to back terraced house. With the beautiful thing of indoor plumbing. Still I had to play in dirt and the old empty houses. I built 3/4 of a bike from goodies I found. Saved money for new seat, inertubes and break wire.

[@patrickdunning9820]

Good post, my father grew up in Leeds in the 40's, he got a good education in a Grammar school. However his mother stayed behind, I remember well, going up the M1 and at Sheffield, things visually changed! This was the mid 70"s, it became something out of a black and white period film of the North, obviously being a Londoner, and a boy, it can't have been quite like that, but it felt that way...

[@dereksmith4177]

I was born in 1951 I remember everything you mentioned I remember going to the rubbish dump to try to put together a bike Nobody had a brand new bike in our area But there was a community spirit that you don't see now

[@shantishanti1949]

Yes born Hilda St Salford 7 in 1961 - a wonderful life- - evicted due to demolition to Kersal or Denbigh Place an utter slum with similar slum minded people!! My “born” house and location far better than where they moved us. Very sad - we lost everything 😢😢

[@ladycharlenegrace8023]

In watching other British programming, I have always noticed and thought, "It seems everyone has such nice houses! Not rich, but every thing is well made and nicely appointed!" I am beginning to understand why! They tore it down and built better! Thank you for posting this.

[@indiawest2025]

Not better but worse!

[@triciamcquillan8011]

@@indiawest2025 yes, and built horrible blocks of flats !!!

[@Discobiscuit372]

Wow....hard to believe people lived in these awful conditions...I now live in Pendleton in Salford on what was once Hanky Park...I live on the top floor of one of its tower blocks and as I look out over Salford there is nothing left of these streets and the communities that once lived here

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

You must have a great view. It’s a shame some of these houses couldn’t have been renovated and communities retained. Hanky Park’s replacement has largely been demolished save for one holdout. Madness. Decent homes, gone!

[@ctcurry1777]

Ironically the "modern" buildings that replaced them were even worse for the people.

[@markglover2525]

I grew up on a housing estate built in the late 60's to house slum dwellers. People started moving in in early 1969. The estate was demolished 13 years later in 1983 because of rats and damp and asbestos, and 30% of the buildings being overshadowed so they got less than an hours daylight even in midsummer. Most of the architects are still around today, living their best life.

[@chelsey8343]

Sounds like forhousing the council.housing provider today Damp.issues repairs neglected

[@angelamary9493]

Sad to these old Victorian homes demolished ...once full of laughter ..children running around ...if only Walls could talk ...think of all their Stories 😊

[@redtobertshateshandles]

And ghosts.

[@RamblesBrambles]

Victorian slum housing werent full of laughter..more like crying and suffering...and early death

[@liverpudlian6205]

By christ this takes me back

[@davidhoult4653]

Great vid. The childhood I loved. Gas work , Regent rd ; Ord sec lad . Regent red school lad. Thank you 👏👍

[@NikkiClo]

They knocked down the slums and built towerblocks though, they were a bad idea too

[@donna9374]

They destroyed communities

[@David-h4z2s]

Tower blocks are a scar on many UK cities to this day

[@countesscable]

Watching this made me remember the horrible constant musty stench of timbers burning on demolition sites. It was revolting.

[@Janlnz]

My grand mothers rental house the same bathing set up but the water was heated in a copper. The bath, washing tubs, mangle, gas hob and kitchen sink all in one room called a scullery. 60-70 yrs ago.. I live in another country. At the kids had the heater going. I do like this series, we have come a long way since the slums of Victorian days.

[@boogalaloopala2738]

Why watermark the video. Is the copyright your property? More likely the film is in the 'public domain'.

[@irenepwheeldon]

Watching this, I can now understand why my mom used to say 'Count your blessings'. There is always someone worse off. In 2023 I am sure there are still places like this, still slums, still unfit housing, probably in the private sector.

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

Sadly it’s been proven that there are equally as many in the public sector, damp and leak ridden mouldy properties with shorting electrics. Or boilers that have been left for 2 years not working properly. Some massive overcrowding in both the public and private sectors.

[@Emlin1890]

Visit any of the 'worst' areas of any of our major cities and you'll find thousands of slum landlords packing houses full of the poorest, 'scummiest' members of society, +/- plenty of illegals, and a good dose of bedbugs, fleas and mould. 50 quid a week (cash only) will get you a room in any of these houses. Just because lots of people moved on from the 1950s does not mean the 1950s moved on from all people. The boomer kids in these videos entrenched themselves so deep in the middle class they literally think all 'young people' are like their own middle class offspring 😂 it's quite ironic, really.

[@DonnellOkafor_hateslgbtq]

Ppl who don't work have no right to complain

[@whoaretheyhiding798]

They went from one so called "slum" with a community to an actual slum street in the sky with no community and escalating crime.

[@mkervelegan]

Watch the series "Our Friends in the North" and you'll know why the tower blocks went up, and often came down...

[@Jgerman]

I lived in Salford on Eccles new road in the 1990s. More changes started with the Metrolink late 90s and then huge growth on salford quays it's incredible what they did Some of the terraced streets are still there. Coronation street for one in ordsall. Amazing documentary but I'm agreeing with the rest of you regarding the narrator. Somewhat depressing.

[@fasthracing]

Just bought a copy of "Love on the Dole" so this is great.

[@patrickjm3487]

God rest all the old people of Salford who have passed may they all rest in peace in heaven because they deserve it for what they went through back in the late 1960s to 1970s these were treated very badly back then- The slums were falling apart on them ,, They had nothing but all helped each other out (( Hard to believe that how they were living in the state of these houses were given to them - Don’t forget that back then there was no shooting or robbery’s or house breaking and so on genuinely because there was nothing to steal back then ((( For anyone who complains about there dinner there clothes there houses should be very thankful for what you have// They poor people from Salford & Manchester -Glasgow - and all the big cities back then were appalling and the people back then died very young people God bless each and every one of them God rest the folk who died from back then // I just didn’t know it was this bad ,, No work - no nothing - hard life- I really enjoyed this documentary thanks to the person who put it on,,

[@hannecatton2179]

Was that the flag of St.George in the house window at 28.15--28.28 ? I thought that was a later phenomenon . That small observation aside this was a very powerful social document demonstrating the incredible injustices in Britain at the time. Sad to say those differences , though maybe not so marked,still exist in our ´green and pleasant land´. Though it focuses on Salford it applies equally to most industrial areas of Britain.

[@helenhoward5346]

I'm so glad they're emphasizing that these homes indeed look like pig styes but the home is so decrepit that it's impossible to feign tidiness. This isn't a laziness issue, it's impossible to fix up run down slum tenements. It's just awful how too many people were living 2-3 decades and beyond in postwar Britain.

[@Jkk55]

I was born in 1962 just outside Manchester I remember the two up two down house we lived in with a toilet in the backyard, also the rag and bone man used to come around I would run out to him with a bag of old clothes if I was lucky mam allowed me to get a balloon off him instead of the "donkey stone". One bad memory of that house was black jacks every morning we had to bang our shoes upside down before putting them on because they used to be in there!!.

[@DonnellOkafor_hateslgbtq]

What's a two up two down house?

[@psychedelicelvis-777]

@@DonnellOkafor_hateslgbtq Rooms!

[@angelamary9493]

Most were moved into High Rise Tower Blocks ..

[@mrgoodintent]

Who is this so called definitive technical expert commentator??? Although he does congratulate the pristinely kept property in the middle of the film. However he enjoys & rides out on the strongly emphasised view that, in the end 'This change & progress' can only work out for the better. Are we all convinced of that in this 21st. century?? I'm not!

[@shalom8073]

The narrator is spot on! How the hell these 'properties' were not demolished before WW2! They are of utter contempt and not even fit for animals to dwell in! Get a life.

[@patriciabuckley3874]

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[@gcfcos]

mrgoodintent. I love the way he blames tenants for the crumbling houses. They couldn't decorate as the paper just fell off the walls. Propaganda so they could also knock down other houses in other areas that were perfectly ok

[@mrgoodintent]

Amen to that.....of course....any poor excuse would do & sadly will still do apparently. However the trend for quaint crumbling centuries old stone built, out of shape, small pokey buildings in UK seems to be to spend an enormous amount of money on!! Insanity!!

[@highpath4776]

@@mrgoodintent Stone is interesting as it holds heat, warmer in winter, cooler in summer. Further insulation can be added, at the expense of loss of floor space (I have a friend whom has done that twice).

[@kittykooky]

Unfortunately communities were lost, life long friends now miles away, no one to wave at through the window when you're on the 5th floor, so that led to loneliness, must of been a bitter sweet symphony, now they are getting out of a dump which they have been wanting for years, but where will they end up ?

[@69Phuket]

This was only 50 years ago....The best thing would've been to gut and refurbish each home...Keep the community together. 29:44 Evidence of Mike Sweeny? Umm!

[@mrgoodintent]

OF COURSE!!!

[@highpath4776]

That is what the narrator said, at one time there were grants of up to £50,000 to bring a dwelling into a state of reasonably liveability from the late 1960s to the early 1990s

[@simonyip5978]

The majority of the houses were far too gone to be worth refurbishing, when the external walls were in danger of collapse and the roofs were gradually falling down and the internal walls were crumbling through damp, you'd need to rebuild each house from the cellar upwards.

[@lindamcharie1264]

Appalling conditions those poor families had to live in..

[@bendickinson6264]

25:26 - I wonder how many of those poor lads are suffering from asbestosis now..

[@RobW581]

Some of those properties should have been saved and properly refurbished to the modern day standards.

[@mrgoodintent]

OF COURSE but UK is ruled , yes ruled, by faceless arrogant incompetent liars who are STILL AT IT, playing games with the majority numpty common man & woman.....So no surprise!!!

[@sidstewart7399]

They were beyond repair.

[@highpath4776]

@@sidstewart7399 As much as too small really, it should have been possible to double them up, much of the timberwork did not look damaged , and as for no DPC, the bottom three rows of bricks look to be the impervious blue engineering bricks. While I agree with the overlooking , the modern flats that are replacements of the concrete blocks of the 60s/70s are crowded in with no thought of sunlight.

[@sidstewart7399]

@@highpath4776 The internal walls will be riddled with damp..poor air circulation etc. They would need stripping back to brick and all timber out. Probably solid 9" wall so no cavity. Would need all insulation internally which would make them even smaller. And then parking issues etc. Not worth it.

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

@@sidstewart7399there were plenty of larger of such houses that it might have been worth saving.

[@diane9247]

The same thing happened in the US in roughly the same period. The government (and developers) tore down cheap, old housing, saying they were going to move poor people into better housing. No they weren't. It caused a massive housing crisis, whole areas that were nothing but rubble, broke up entire communities - all so developers could build fancy high rises on the old property and rake in money. Meanwhile, gov't-funded housing consisted of tiny, airless apartments squeezed onto blocks of soulless towers. Those became a crime-ridden nightmare and were torn down in 15-20 years. More displacement, more rubble, more shortage of housing people can afford! All the while, nothing but arrogance at the top and anger below.

[@misterkefir]

Exactly. Same thing everywhere in the 60s and 70s.. Pricks. I hope they rot in hell.

[@diane9247]

@Donnell Okafor What makes you think I live in subsidized housing?

[@joannabyrne6643]

Great to watch, life was hard for all, still is if you've no money. The homes were unfit and people should never have lived in those conditions. but the condescending voice makes me feel so depressed !

[@Battlady57]

Yes.that man has an awful voice...dull with hardly any variation..like the houses really.

[@11buleria]

The narrator is totally degrading these poor people. Blaming the victims of poverty for having to live in total squalor by the government is terrible.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Shame what replaced these back to backs was faceless towers which are now dynamited & lasted less time than the old terraces.

[@truefan9999]

Actually the tower blocks in Salford were built much better than most in the country. In Salford the direct works department meant that Salford City Council built them directly. In other areas outside contractors were brought in who were often had a cosy relationship with the companies pitching these tower blocks to local authorities

[@Battlady57]

You are right generally speaking but i live near a tower block in lincoln which is in great condition.the council seem to often make.improvements there

[@gcfcos]

Can't believe there's guys on the top of them roofs stripping them! No health and safety in them days. Looks bloody lethal

[@69Phuket]

Don't worry..They're all Dead now!

[@donna9374]

THEY KNOCKED DOWN SLUMS TO BUILD SLUMS. AND DESTROYED THE THE CHARACTER ABD SOUL OF DEAR OLD SALFORD.

[@countesscable]

The mass destruction of ‘slums’ and communities and subsequent homing of people into new, idealistic artificial communities was a disaster. The slums were described as ‘grimy’ but the people living in them would have been insulted at that description. The buildings were terrible, and almost all rented, but they would have been kept clean. You always knew your neighbours and there was REAL Community. Those new buildings turned out to be slums and in turn demolished. I can speak from experience, as my home was demolished in 1962, and regimes into brand new Maisonette. The rest is history…..

[@MarkJohnson-ku5is]

Regeneration, they didn't mess about them workman in them days. Looks so easy ripping these old buildings down length of wire attached to the lower walls couple a tugs n down

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

The narrator went onto to narrate the Clangers on children's' TV.

[@JustMeUpNorth]

The commentary makes me so angry. These houses, if they'd been kept in good repair and indoor plumbing installed, would've been great homes for people for generations to come - far better than the concrete slab crap they threw up afterwards, that's already being demolished because it's awful. The decision was solely financial, with no input from or respect for the people whose housing was being destroyed. I grew up and still live in a terraced house from the same era in a nearby northern city, and our neighbourhoods here are still full of character, the homes still comfortable and clean - now with indoor plumbing - and we have very little of the issues that towerblocks have. Snobbery and cheapness was the only reason so-called "slum clearance" happened.

[@stephanblack4558]

I see nowts changed then, I grew up on these streets used to get bathed in a tin bath in front of the fire wash with cows bollocks soap, buy a bottle of dandelion and bird muck or was it dandy-bird and lion muck for one penny.

[@starlight76able]

sorry posted this on Facebook and so far no harm done

[@truefan9999]

Remove it

[@magesalmanac6424]

Do you own this footage?

[@Noname-oo9gn]

You don't own this film so have no right to say it, how about you take it down off KZbin.

[@bioshock6935]

Nothing much changed around where i live the streets are just full of litter because of lack on money and the council expect the street cleaners to clean too many roads for one person to do and can never keep them clean

[@dirkdiggler5622]

The shabby coverings on the ramshackle apology of a bed are urine socked,

[@19monkeymagic99]

And the cycle continues. Salford council still as bad now as it was then.

[@Steven-f281]

The houses should of been saved and fully modernised not torn down just to build even worse slums . It was 1984 before i got a inside toilet and a bathroom . It didnt bother us because we knew no better

[@Matt571]

The shots of the terraces from 31.16 reminds me of the early Coronation Street credits. I have seen surviving Salford terraced streets on Google Maps and none of them resemble the street Coronation Street was based on. I think all houses with that exact appearance must have been wiped off the map. Of course, Coronation Street isn't realistic anyway.

[@simonyip5978]

At 18:24 the houses look quite similar to the type seen in Coronation Street. Not exactly, but pretty much so. That street was demolished by 1970 according to the date of the film.

[@Matt571]

@@simonyip5978 A lot of Salford streets were demolished in 1970. Although many terraced streets still exist, I have never seen one with houses like Coronation Street/Archie Street

[@ohmeowzer1]

Depressing hope things got better for the poeple

[@adamogilvie6951]

This has been the single most depressing thing I have ever watched. Lol!

[@rhonda9718]

Typical Labour PROPAGANDA. My grandmother never took anything off the state. My grandfather bought the 🏠 had endowment policies and life insurance. I think you will find that most of them put a shilling away, and so much to the CO -- OP which enabled them to unburden the next generation. "Cleanliness is indeed next to Godlyness", and Salford people had that in bucket loads!!! Steps, windows, laundry all on set days. Yes times were hard, but it was everywhere NOT just Salford I was last born out of 4 in 1963.

[@David-uf8ex]

It beggars belief people living in such squalid conditions. Yet they have children they can’t afford and make sure they endure a life of hell as well

[@patd4u2]

it's the same today, stupid people bringing up children in squalid conditions like that. I guess it never crosses their minds not to have kids.

[@magesalmanac6424]

People need access to contraceptives to stop having kids, otherwise the man will keep impregnating his wife, because he doesn’t have to take care of the children. He can walk out whenever!

[@helenhughes9420]

No hard hats, scaffold, co-ordinated signs, roads closed!!! Bish bosh done 😂 for a fraction of the price no doubt.

[@ohmeowzer1]

I didn’t subscribe because of the banner on the bottom of the film,,,it was on part one and it was. Very annoying

[@grimupnorth]

And they say that there are millions of people in poverty today. Do me a favour.

[@rapman5363]

Pip Pip Cheerio Bob’s your Uncle

[@theboss-vr1jj]

sooo depressing

[@leeparker8926]

Awful

[@fasthracing]

Propaganda for building awful new high rise flats