Report : St. Ann's - Thames - 1969

An excerpt from a 1993 repeat of Thames TV's 1969 documentary on Nottingham's slums, introduced here by Ray Gosling. Directed by Stephen Frears.

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Education

Tags:

• nottingham
• slums
• stephen
• frears
• ray
• gosling

[mrmagicroundcircle]

the pub in shown in the footage called the hero of waterloo . anyone any ideas where it used to be . looks a lot like the vine on handel st in sneinton.

[yumyummoany]

@mrmagicroundcircle There was still TB, spread quickly in overcrowded conditions. Infectious diseases spread like wildfire. The difference is when you are in the thick of it it is part of your life and you don't notice, especially if you are a child and know nothing else.

[Broxow]

I watched this documentry a very long time ago, have always remembered it. would love to watch it all again. Does anyone know where/how it can be viewed??

[mrmagicroundcircle]

was reared in exactly the same conditions .never did us the slightest harm .Would be more than happy to go back if that was possible the happiest years of my life

[MyUncleToby]

Long after the tabloid tittle-tattle is forgotten, humane, socialist film-making like this is what Ray will be best remembered for.

[RobinCarmody]

Indeed it is hard to believe, though one advantage of the fact that it hadn't been pulled down earlier was that it wasn't replaced with equally bad tower blocks as most slums cleared earlier in the 1960s were.