Homeless man from Edinburgh speaks on street life hardship - London Street Interview

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  • Опубліковано 15 лют 2024
  • In this video, we introduce Tam, a resilient individual from Scotland bravely navigating the challenges of homelessness on the bustling streets of London. Tam reflects on his staggering 15 to 20 years spent enduring the harsh realities of life without a stable home. Initially drawn to London by the promise of love and marriage, Tam's journey took an unexpected turn when his relationship faltered, leaving him with no choice but to face the streets alone. Throughout his tumultuous journey, Tam shares profound insights and wisdom gained from his lived experiences, offering viewers a poignant glimpse into the often overlooked world of homelessness.
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  • @kyboshimageans8975
    @kyboshimageans8975 4 місяці тому +19

    This man came out with more wisdom and common sense than I’ve heard out of Parliament in the last 25 years. It’s shameful this man cannot receive the help he needs.

    • @christinefiedor3518
      @christinefiedor3518 14 днів тому

      And I reasonate with everything he said ! I’m also from Edinburgh and was a teenager in the seventies.

  • @MYSTICAL.340
    @MYSTICAL.340 4 місяці тому +16

    He is a very clever man, wish him well💝

  • @user-ey6rz3fv5y
    @user-ey6rz3fv5y 4 місяці тому +30

    Our homeless should come first before migrants pray for you tam

  • @johnowen5686
    @johnowen5686 4 місяці тому +12

    Wonderful gentleman!!!!

  • @starbuck1701
    @starbuck1701 4 місяці тому +8

    Homeless does not necessarily mean low IQ and low standards as this man obviously proves.
    He has a wisdom about him that belies his social status as of this moment in time.
    He will probably never get to read our comments, which is a pity , but I wish him well and to know that he has a voice and one that’s worth listening too.

    • @balluna1453
      @balluna1453 6 днів тому

      I absolutely agree!, I've noticed many 'homeless' people are usually intelligent, some under educated as intended.

  • @voicesoftheunhoused
    @voicesoftheunhoused  4 місяці тому +14

    Pray for Tam.

    • @melissapatey5675
      @melissapatey5675 4 місяці тому +1

      Can you get a hold of Tam again?? His friends Tim and Ken wanna reconnect..

  • @MARKETMAN6789
    @MARKETMAN6789 4 місяці тому +8

    What a down to earth man ,more sense coming from his mouth ,than all those who are trying to run our country ,

  • @ren5062
    @ren5062 4 місяці тому +15

    What a nice fella

  • @petemullen842
    @petemullen842 4 місяці тому +10

    Sounds like a very intelligent man with a lot of sensible things to say such a shame you’re on the streets my friend I think if someone if gave you a chance even at your age now you would take it and grasp it and make something of yourself because you have definitely got what it takes. I have just retired recently from my roofing business. I employed several people working with me on site and I would have no hesitation to employ you my friend. By the way great Head of hair I’m jealous😊👍 God bless you and good luck to you in everything you do. I’ve got a feeling things are gonna turn for you in the right way❤.

  • @philbarrance
    @philbarrance 2 місяці тому +2

    This guy is more eloquent and wise than most folk i meet and i live in edinburgh

  • @rafzarz5824
    @rafzarz5824 3 місяці тому +3

    Wow. I know this man. We used to be cycle couriers in noughties. Good man, really really good man. Bitter sweet experience watching this...

  • @ryancorroll4667
    @ryancorroll4667 4 місяці тому +6

    Billy Connolly springs to mind

  • @markgreet3543
    @markgreet3543 4 місяці тому +12

    I think age concern should get in contact, he is 66 he cannot live like this another 10 years, ive know a guy who choose to be homeless until he was 67, he did keep clean and lived in a village, he now has a flat and works there is hope he spent 40 years living in sheds,and taken food and showers with local people helping out.

    • @MissOrchid12
      @MissOrchid12 4 місяці тому +1

      Must be exhausting for him, it's not just the physical conditions but the stress/poor mental health.

    • @markgreet3543
      @markgreet3543 4 місяці тому

      @@MissOrchid12 yes i think anyone homeless over 50 has a bad life, lets hope things improve for him.

  • @mariecahill59
    @mariecahill59 4 місяці тому +10

    Wise man

    • @chrisj8764
      @chrisj8764 4 місяці тому

      If he's so wise, why is he on the streets; please stop talking nonsense

    • @Black.Sabbath
      @Black.Sabbath 21 день тому

      @@chrisj8764 Because it happens 🖕🏻

  • @gabrielletanner5339
    @gabrielletanner5339 4 місяці тому +2

    I'm slightly older, totally agree with this gent....

  • @Kerry-ft2zf
    @Kerry-ft2zf 4 місяці тому +8

    I like him

  • @adamcollins6882
    @adamcollins6882 4 дні тому

    I have heard more sense from this gentleman in thirteen minutes and 10 seconds than I have heard from any politician in thirteen years and ten months.

  • @balluna1453
    @balluna1453 6 днів тому

    Tam, great bloke, very intelligent, interesting, well turned out, and verbally articulate, has all the qualities of a good youtuber that could and should earn money on this platform, rather than pass through it as a 'homeless' person. I would subscribe to his channel, and providing I like his politics etc., I'd be glad to donate.
    Well done Tam!, breath of fresh air mate!.

  • @susanarsoniadou
    @susanarsoniadou 4 місяці тому +5

    Stay safe, Tam...You sound intelligent.

  • @BsktImp
    @BsktImp 4 місяці тому +6

    This is going to be a very unpopular recollection, I know, but I am old enough to remember when the average man in the street (as it were then, and pardon the pun!) rightly or wrongly viewed homeless people in general as a group (or vagabonds & beggars as they were called by ordinary people back then) as feckless and having brought about their own situation. It was a deeply held view. It's really interesting to see more than half a century later how attitudes and signposts to responsibility have changed. I suppose seeing and hearing individuals' stories told in their own words makes a big difference and stops people othering them as part of a faceless group.

    • @Black.Sabbath
      @Black.Sabbath 21 день тому

      The feckless and beggars have gone nowhere. There were always diamonds in the rough.

  • @laurakillah1
    @laurakillah1 4 місяці тому +1

    what a remarkable man. amazing scotsman. notblost his accents ❤

  • @PhillipplaistedPlaisted-qu7nc
    @PhillipplaistedPlaisted-qu7nc 3 місяці тому +1

    He is doing brilliant for a old homless man he has got the strougth to live rough

  • @MrSpliffy3
    @MrSpliffy3 4 місяці тому +7

    Haha what a legend. I could easily be his friend

  • @robertbest4398
    @robertbest4398 4 місяці тому +2

    A good man for sure no way he should be on streets good luck to him

  • @heathermortimer1126
    @heathermortimer1126 3 місяці тому

    This man is awesome, so wise, the most intelligent homeless person that i have ever seen on you tube, much respect.

  • @Thomas-si5zb
    @Thomas-si5zb 4 місяці тому +6

    4:29 said it how it is pray fur tam!

  • @Ragehard100
    @Ragehard100 4 місяці тому +2

    I have lived on the streets myself for 5 years many years ago after I got out of the Army,I met many people and most were on the street because they wanted to be on the street for various reasons.Its a way of life and this old fella knows his street craft by now.
    People have this strange idea that people living on the streets are some kind of victims,actually nothing could be further from the truth,if you know your skills you work them and you will get through life and survive.

    • @MissOrchid12
      @MissOrchid12 4 місяці тому +1

      I can't imagine being able to endure this way of life long term, the weather conditions & the constant hyper vigilance. I have watched docs where people who've been on the street long term have been given a home but struggled to stay in it & left to return to the streets

    • @Ragehard100
      @Ragehard100 4 місяці тому

      @@MissOrchid12 I can understand you're point of view but I've been through situations, conditions and environments that the average person has not.
      The human body and mind is just truly amazing at adapting and surviving until one pushes oneself you will never realise one's own mental and physical strengths,for example our bodies don't need food each day, everyone I see eats too much and too often and sugar and carbohydrates that's what destroys peoples health.

    • @MissOrchid12
      @MissOrchid12 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Ragehard100 I'm not talking from experience (unlike yourself,), I'm just assuming the mindset/physicality of a twenty something & someone in their 50s/60s is so different. Sorry to hear after serving in the forces you weren't housed. That's terrible.

  • @robertbest4398
    @robertbest4398 4 місяці тому +2

    Tam is a good person

  • @shedevil9169
    @shedevil9169 3 місяці тому +1

    Aww bless him 😢

  • @daveconyard8946
    @daveconyard8946 4 місяці тому +3

    Tam Stay Safe Brother,

  • @gordonsmith7885
    @gordonsmith7885 Місяць тому

    Love this guy

  • @christineroberts9780
    @christineroberts9780 4 місяці тому +5

    Well that woman on one of your videos said she cant get benefits because she has no address

    • @dickterpene8697
      @dickterpene8697 4 місяці тому

      She lied

    • @Black.Sabbath
      @Black.Sabbath 21 день тому

      You need a bank account, and for a bank account you need an address

  • @janewatson5388
    @janewatson5388 4 місяці тому +2

    What a character you are Tam🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 God bless you, hope 🙏 you get your wish 🏠 £££££££

  • @finanzferdinand9874
    @finanzferdinand9874 4 місяці тому +5

    From my locality.
    Hybrid Billy Connolly / Gandalf, even a bit Ali G in there, Ayeee.

  • @TyreYaBas
    @TyreYaBas 4 місяці тому +2

    This guy cud make a small fortune as a Billy Conelly lookalike 💯🙏🏻✌️🍻🇬🇧

  • @dickterpene8697
    @dickterpene8697 4 місяці тому +1

    He's right about the accents. Some woman in Manchester told me off for shouting at my mate. I wasn't even angry shouting or anything, lol, it was mad. I told her it's probably my accent, but she was having none of it.

    • @Black.Sabbath
      @Black.Sabbath 21 день тому

      Ok gammon

    • @dickterpene8697
      @dickterpene8697 21 день тому

      @@Black.Sabbath you must have replied to the wrong person here 🤔 I'm way more left leaning than right 👍

  • @harryleighton7500
    @harryleighton7500 4 місяці тому +3

    You can see that he wouldn’t last too long in a hostel - far too intelligent !

    • @melissapatey5675
      @melissapatey5675 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes he is...been looking for him a long time now...

    • @Black.Sabbath
      @Black.Sabbath 21 день тому

      Charity workers can’t stand it when their recipients are more intelligent than them

  • @Black.Sabbath
    @Black.Sabbath 21 день тому

    4:29 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @melissapatey5675
    @melissapatey5675 4 місяці тому +3

    I'm using my wife account....and I have been looking for Thomas/Tam Glasgow...

    • @melissapatey5675
      @melissapatey5675 4 місяці тому +2

      I wanna help my friend if I can find him etc ..

    • @dickterpene8697
      @dickterpene8697 4 місяці тому +2

      Hope you find him and your comment is seen x

    • @karma133
      @karma133 4 місяці тому +3

      This was sad to see. I knew Tam for years- lost contact when I left London. He's one of the good guys. Seems like he was hit with a few misfortunes in succession. He appears cheerful enough, but it must be tough.

    • @melissapatey5675
      @melissapatey5675 3 місяці тому +3

      Honestly...I Will help Tam...I looked for my friend on And off for 18 years....kids/life etc...but I was always looking for him...he saved an abused child from suicide...Me...Tim....so I never gave up trying to find this great Man
      ...thanks channel owner for messaging back...needed ur help...luckily i was close...now im good...im going to find him soon and help him as much as i can....x

    • @karma133
      @karma133 3 місяці тому

      @@melissapatey5675 Hope you find him. Good of you to try and help.

  • @Black.Sabbath
    @Black.Sabbath 21 день тому

    Albus Dumbledore after his stint in Azkaban

  • @benjaminsavage4204
    @benjaminsavage4204 4 місяці тому +2

    What's the politics he talks about in the hostels?

  • @inthehouseindahouse3440
    @inthehouseindahouse3440 3 місяці тому

    tops

  • @peterlewis3715
    @peterlewis3715 4 місяці тому +1

    He has quality shoes and an expensive sheepskin jacket at least.

    • @peterlewis3715
      @peterlewis3715 23 дні тому

      @@garyfletcher1910 he has better hair than The King, I think

  • @finanzferdinand9874
    @finanzferdinand9874 4 місяці тому +4

    He's wrong about Pedo's, it was just swept under the rug back then

  • @paulmcbride8164
    @paulmcbride8164 3 місяці тому

    Billy Connolly is now homeless I see

  • @jochee40
    @jochee40 4 місяці тому

    Os he wearing a wig

  • @dont.accept.the.hoover
    @dont.accept.the.hoover 4 місяці тому +2

    this man has no life goals.