Your wrong people on some benefits are better of than people that work I'm surrounded by families on benefits there better of than me takeaways 3 times a week drinking smoking and doing very little else people couldn't find d work in the 80s there's work now 3xcuse ?¿¿
Well behaved kids. Good father & mother, getting the basics right. Help should always be there for those who are unable to work through no fault of their own.
Lovely son, I hope he's happy now. The father, how dare those snobs say he's a scrounger,walking miles for food as cheap as possible. People this day and age don't appreciate tax credits,child benefit and income support. I was one of those kids,mum was a beautiful ,kind great mother but dad was seriously ill with schizophrenia and left my brother and I when I was 3 and brother was 8. I thought my poor mum was underestimating when she said 30 pounds a week for 2 kids and herself. All her multiple sisters married well and had middle class lives,we never got a Xmas or a card except for my dear family in Bradford and my one uncle . No hand me downs from their expensive clothes. I don't count them as aunt's. My father's family were kept far as my mum hadn't spoken since my dad left. I remember,cold house,hardly any clothes but always fed and when clothing grant for school clothes came it was the only good clothes we had. I remember my mum struggling for tights and even having just one bra. I love my mum for this. She's comfortable now after a little inheritance. Nothing lasts forever. Clean clothes,bed,food and love is the most important things. I cherish my furniture and the comfortable house I made for myself, every day.
Very well said Margaret..I had a similar upbringing in Ireland when my beloved Father got a massive heart attack...tough times indeed....but we came through....
I was 17 in 1985 we moved to Wales & I remember going into the job centre & having the pick of jobs, the walls were covered in open positions. I realise now how lucky I was .
My mate said the same he was 16 in 1984 and he said you could start a job on Monday leave on a Friday and have a new job by Monday and so on and so on. Until you found one you actually liked. Crazy.
I had a rotten life but I still prefer those days to now. High prices, constant rules and regulations, lgbtqdhkhgg, Trans idiots, tyrant government, ridiculous laws, horrible people,Give me the 80s anytime, rose coloured glasses and all😢
There’s not many things more demasculating than not being able to bring ur wife and kids the things they need for a good life. How we allowed this to carry on still 40 years later?
Unusual but not impossible if both grandparents and parents had their children later in life. When my son is 24 my father will be 92. So not too much difference. I do feel for this lad though as I had older parents and my mother was very ill for 10 years before she died and it was a huge strain on us as a family. I can only imagine how he must feel being a carer to 3 adults and he's only a teenager.
I felt for Tony the most cuz he was doing the best he could taking care of his parents. But his getting acting gigs- he’d be able to help them better in the long run- while also having a life of his own. Hearing his pain really hurt my heart. The father didn’t really seem like a good getter. It was like he was just going thru the motions of looking for a job. I wonder where they all are now.
This is absolutely heart breaking. I felt so much sadness watching this. It makes me feel even worse that nothing much has really changed in 2024 and doesn’t look like they are much improving 😓 why do we live in this world. Someone that can actually make a difference SHOULD DO SOMETHING!
I've been through all this, alcoholism, depression, thoughts of suicide. But suicide isn't fair on your family, imagine the effect it would have on them.
now in 2024 with mass immigration 0 hour contract "jobs" and minimum wage u are very limited in wot u can do whare entry level work is and that's if u can find one thst pays and gurenteed hours and no probation period which is employers excuses to get rid of workers after using them for the p period!
The interviewer talking with the girl with the baby near to the end was a real cold fish ..he showed no empathy or sympathy towards her. Por girl l hope she got on well in her life in the end.
In1985 people didn't have hundreds of pounds of benefits drop in there ( oh we didn't have bank accounts then ) people are lazy and have loads of kids and no self respect and answer to no one the money keeps coming so doesthe pizza
This was 20 years ago, right in the middle of the Thatcher years, where some people prospered like never before. Sadly, others suffered. The vast majority of the unemployed wanted to work, there was not the jobs available. It wou;d be interesting to see them today and see how they managed. No doubt they eventually found work and so did their children. What does come across is the love that was in the house. That is a priceless gift.
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The sad thing is we now sit here in 2024, and nothing much has changed.
And you know what the other sad thing is? There are people today who think the people from that generation had it good 😢 They have no idea 😢
Your wrong people on some benefits are better of than people that work I'm surrounded by families on benefits there better of than me takeaways 3 times a week drinking smoking and doing very little else people couldn't find d work in the 80s there's work now 3xcuse ?¿¿
Well behaved kids. Good father & mother, getting the basics right. Help should always be there for those who are unable to work through no fault of their own.
Nothing has changed in 2024!
👏
Lovely son, I hope he's happy now. The father, how dare those snobs say he's a scrounger,walking miles for food as cheap as possible. People this day and age don't appreciate tax credits,child benefit and income support. I was one of those kids,mum was a beautiful ,kind great mother but dad was seriously ill with schizophrenia and left my brother and I when I was 3 and brother was 8. I thought my poor mum was underestimating when she said 30 pounds a week for 2 kids and herself. All her multiple sisters married well and had middle class lives,we never got a Xmas or a card except for my dear family in Bradford and my one uncle . No hand me downs from their expensive clothes. I don't count them as aunt's. My father's family were kept far as my mum hadn't spoken since my dad left. I remember,cold house,hardly any clothes but always fed and when clothing grant for school clothes came it was the only good clothes we had. I remember my mum struggling for tights and even having just one bra. I love my mum for this. She's comfortable now after a little inheritance. Nothing lasts forever. Clean clothes,bed,food and love is the most important things. I cherish my furniture and the comfortable house I made for myself, every day.
@MargaretMccafferty,bless your lovely Mother,your comment made me tear up.
You had a wonderful mother. All the best.
Very well said Margaret..I had a similar upbringing in Ireland when my beloved Father got a massive heart attack...tough times indeed....but we came through....
I was 17 in 1985 we moved to Wales & I remember going into the job centre & having the pick of jobs, the walls were covered in open positions. I realise now how lucky I was .
My mate said the same he was 16 in 1984 and he said you could start a job on Monday leave on a Friday and have a new job by Monday and so on and so on. Until you found one you actually liked. Crazy.
Really?!! Not in my area it wasn't. 1984... there were no jobs for 16 year old's. Life was dire.
@@SuzyF-df4iw yeah was just gonna say… weren’t like this in west bloody Yorkshire any part of the 80’s 😂
Nothing really changed it’s been the same from day one it’s crazy how the government have got away with this makes me very sad watching this
Tony is such a credit to his family. They should have had so much more support.
Any updates on any of these families now? I hope Tony had a good life.
I want to know what happened to Julie, the young girl with the son.
@@bouncingbluesoul5270 yes me too
This is why I get annoyed when people look back on anything later than the 2000s with rose tinted glasses
I had a rotten life but I still prefer those days to now. High prices, constant rules and regulations, lgbtqdhkhgg, Trans idiots, tyrant government, ridiculous laws, horrible people,Give me the 80s anytime, rose coloured glasses and all😢
We are back in 85 now
I remember this one!!!
The girl with baby, where are her parents? Why can't they get child support from the child's father.
I'm curious to know how her life turned out.
There’s not many things more demasculating than not being able to bring ur wife and kids the things they need for a good life. How we allowed this to carry on still 40 years later?
council didnt give a fuck about the young girl and baby ,, sad
Any update on Julie Goodard ?
How things have stayed the same shame really
Where are they Now..?
dead
@@darthvader5701 🥺
@@darthvader5701the 18 year Olds would be approaching 60 you plank
What ?? The kid's 18 and his grandad is 92 ??
Unusual but not impossible if both grandparents and parents had their children later in life. When my son is 24 my father will be 92. So not too much difference. I do feel for this lad though as I had older parents and my mother was very ill for 10 years before she died and it was a huge strain on us as a family. I can only imagine how he must feel being a carer to 3 adults and he's only a teenager.
His parents were probably in their 40s when they had him.
Thatcher didnt look after the North back then.
Nobody looked after the North NEVER
They were blaming Jamaicans and Pakistani's for EVERYTHING back then
I felt for Tony the most cuz he was doing the best he could taking care of his parents. But his getting acting gigs- he’d be able to help them better in the long run- while also having a life of his own.
Hearing his pain really hurt my heart.
The father didn’t really seem like a good getter. It was like he was just going thru the motions of looking for a job.
I wonder where they all are now.
This is absolutely heart breaking. I felt so much sadness watching this. It makes me feel even worse that nothing much has really changed in 2024 and doesn’t look like they are much improving 😓 why do we live in this world. Someone that can actually make a difference SHOULD DO SOMETHING!
Real sad fact is the only thing that’s changed is fashion haircuts and prices
I felt from them all any updates on the girl with the baby and tony and the man .. on the dole ..
I've been through all this, alcoholism, depression, thoughts of suicide. But suicide isn't fair on your family, imagine the effect it would have on them.
now in 2024 with mass immigration 0 hour contract "jobs" and minimum wage u are very limited in wot u can do whare entry level work is and that's if u can find one thst pays and gurenteed hours and no probation period which is employers excuses to get rid of workers after using them for the p period!
The interviewer talking with the girl with the baby near to the end was a real cold fish ..he showed no empathy or sympathy towards her.
Por girl l hope she got on well in her life in the end.
One word Grim
This guy sat there making his mother feel miserable and guilty because she has an illness.
Hard times indeed.....
24:28 I'd love to know how this young lady and her baby are getting on now.
She probably died as a Heroin addict and her Baby was adopted.
Very sad@@bouncingbluesoul5270
In1985 people didn't have hundreds of pounds of benefits drop in there ( oh we didn't have bank accounts then ) people are lazy and have loads of kids and no self respect and answer to no one the money keeps coming so doesthe pizza
I just turned 16
I tell you now
I think the Labour government was in power
And dished out benefits like sweets
Because their wanted to be power
This is absolutely disgusting,I hope our government are proud ,for the grace of god ❤
I remember going to jumble sakes
With mentally ill mother
Getting lostxin the people and clothes
How much money was sent aboard in these times
We let our own human beings suffer
unless ur really lucky skilled and have affluent supportive family u are pretty much pre-destined to be poor and miserable 😐
people think its bad now ,20 times worse then, happy for the young actor guy though.
Except prices, constant rules, and people are so horrible
This was 20 years ago, right in the middle of the Thatcher years, where some people prospered like never before. Sadly, others suffered.
The vast majority of the unemployed wanted to work, there was not the jobs available.
It wou;d be interesting to see them today and see how they managed. No doubt they eventually found work and so did their children. What does come across is the love that was in the house. That is a priceless gift.
Amazingly, it wasn't twenty years ago. It was FORTY years ago !
This was 1985. So not 20 years ago.