Hulme, Manchester, 1978

[somehopes26]

i was fortunate enough to visit someone on one of the crescents facing south, in 1988. If the crime wasnt there i would have lived there. Better than being homeless!

[MrNikoBellEnd]

i live in Hulme now and this is absolutely mental to see this and compare it to now, use to be like the projects that you'd see in New York haha

[bodsnvimto]

It was clearly a mistake but thankfully no one is getting too misty-eyed & forgetful over the Victorian crapholes they replaced. I grew up in a two-up-two-down with an outside bog. Not fun in winter! My dad, in his childhood, used to take one tin bath in front of the fire per week.

I've travelled far & wide since my childhood (inc. 18 years in the States) but Manc always holds a place in my heart. Living in Bury right now - close enough for an old-timer like me, but not in the thick of it.

[erictheviking871]

COUNCILS IV SHIT EM.

[peedutt]

I lived in Moss Side and Hulme as a youngster. the council pulled down the houses and built slums. Fuck all has changed. All politicians have sold us down the river

[peedutt]

I lived in Moss Side and Hulme as a youngster. the council pulled down the houses and built slums.

[SuperGurel]

It was a bad bad idea in the 1st place to build the bullrings but hope lessons were learnt. I was brought up in hulme but now live in London and I turned out alright

[811Jeannieful]

very good and intresting film

[coptersoisoi]

That is the most depressing thing I have ever seen. "Old decay" just needed a face lift. I bet the buildings before it didn't look as bad. What was modern in the 60s is the most hellish thing on the eyes today. They should have just renovated the older buildings. this is a health hazards having people crammed together like this. One viral outbreak and it's pandemic city. In the USA right now, Welfare now rents 6 bedroom houses for some with swimming pools in California. Spanish Villas. No lie

[oclandestin]

Thanks for posting this. Is the rest of the documentary also on youtube?

[GriefTourist]

@oclandestin

I don't think so.

[oclandestin]

@GriefTourist ... Do you have the rest of it to post? : ) ... Btw, there's a Radio 4 programme 'The People's Republic of Hulme' about the estate on BBC iplayer if you're interested...

[GriefTourist]

@oclandestin

yeah i heard that on saturday...very interesting.

[erictheviking871]

cheeky bastards asking people for rent , fucking hell .

[propjam2]

i bet you some aweful jazz went on down there, just imagine how skewed up it would be if it was still there and people were forces to live in it.

[Lab356]

Perfect GCSE geography revision, good casestudy on inner city redevelopment

[RBJbizzle]

I live there now! I'm 17....I can't actually picture this being hulme now lol! So different!

[TJPRush]

I lived on John Nash Crescent number 309 for 8 years and loved it. Imagine my amazement when watching this video when 6 minutes in they show my dog Toby. I must admit it probably wasn't the best place to bring up kids but for students it was perfect. Does anybody remember Len and Sue Poulter who ran the Grants Arms? That was a great pub....

[trulylovelylady]

They knocked down my old street where i lived, i bet it was still liveable in that house it was so solidly built. Then stuck up a concrete jungle!

[djlink76]

people are fighting to live there now

[Shegelu]

I lived in Hulme and we moved out in 1978. I have fond memories, but I wasn't living in the Crescents. Cockroaches were endemic though. Also, we lived on the ground floor. Still, we did have some sense of community between families. I think most of the families moved out from 1978 onwards.

[shyannedianne1962]

I'd be suprised if Hulme and Mosside don't still suffer from cockroach infestations as when they demolished the Bullrings they threw the new houses/flats up pretty quickly. I have some fond memories apart from that,it wasn't as bad as this clip makes out and there were some good characters around. It's def not got the same atmosphere anymore.