Sherriff street flats 1986

Phenomenally Phrank · 07-09-2011 6:28pm #1

I found these videos on youtube last night, courtesy of 'rasherst'. It's an episode of 'Today Tonight' from 1986. The episode is split into 9 segments and deals with the subject of crime, unemployment and unsanitary conditions in the long - demolished flats complex in Sherriff Street.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9

Bonus: See plent of mullets,'taches, bad 80's hair and a young Pat Kenny!:P

arybvtcw0eolkf · 07-09-2011 8:15pm

That was fantastic, thank you.

Sunnyisland · 07-09-2011 9:13pm

Thanks for that, A lot of things haven't changed unfortunately.

Hermy · 07-09-2011 10:19pm

realies wrote: »

Thanks for that, A lot of things haven't changed unfortunately.

It's actually amazing how little has changed despite all the development that has gone on.

Jehuty42 · 08-09-2011 10:40am

What exactly hasn't changed?

mikemac · 08-09-2011 11:44am

There a few of those series, just search under the channel of that uploader
You realy should watch the first one before watching the next one

There is one on the 1960s too

They visited the site in the seventies and showed the issues but one issue they didn't have was drugs.
They also were looking at NI and predicting rioting.

Came back in the eighties and unemployment was even worse.
The expected riots never happened and they acknowledged that prediction was wrong.

I remember in Galway people lying about their addresses on job applications.
You'll see that in Women of Sherriff St video

So just watch them in order and you'll see how little changes over the decades.