This is genuinely heart breaking but necessary footage. So many people living below the poverty line, unable to feed families and children or pay the basic bills. It’s a bad joke. The welfare system like the NHS is barely afloat, there’s too much bureaucracy and red tape stopping the care getting to where it is most needed. Since the days of Thatcher and before the poor have always been maligned and marginalised and made to be the scape goat in times of hardship and economic misery-oh the irony!! Talk about adding insult to injury. This is why I am in awe of your work my good man, highlighting specifically homelessness on our streets. There is an elephant in the room that immigrants (sad and as desperate as that separate situation is) seem to get more priority and care over the native population? This includes army veterans, mothers, drug addicts etc….yet it appears the problem incrementally increases week on week? We all know it’s a political football that those we elect chose to play as a voting tactic. These pictures you film are apocalyptic. Deserted streets, syringe filled parks, boarded up shops, abandoned businesses, prostitution, drug dealers etc…if it were a Hollywood movie you could be forgiven for thinking it was a work of fiction!!…yet it’s sickeningly real and sad. With the advent of AI and its foreboding shadow, one seriously worries about where the “working class of this country” will fit in? Add to this mental health issues, addiction, poor health, poor housing and lack of employment etc…it’s the titanic about to hit the ice berg. We are creating a society that is losing the nucleus of the family and a sense of genuine community. One feels on the edge or the precipice of something that is about to explode!? I have felt for some time that when a society is allowed to break down, families break down and the results of this calamitous situation, are the horrific images we see highlighted in this video. It’s seemingly self evident yet it’s being ignored? There’s only so much water a dam can take before it bursts. We’ve been warned?! I can guarantee that most schools in these areas have the lowest academic standards and achievement rates too-yet another disgusting irony!! What hope do the future generation have when confronted with condom strewn streets and dealers on every corner? It’s a travesty of humanity and in my opinion it is deliberately allowed to fester and be inflicted upon it. All you can do is shine a light on the dark pal, which is what you do brilliantly. There other places too,Seaforth, Bootle, Anfield, Speke, Norris Green, Kirkdsle, etc…and it’s the same across most inner city areas in the United Kingdom. The vast chasm between rich and poor is expanding, the under privileged can only dream of gaining access to the property ladder or going to any university. Most kids will only eat one square meal a day and that’s in school!! Is there an email I can contact you on? If I can help in any way or assist I would like too. Keep on keeping on. 🙏❤️.x
@@wormsnake1 love your passion on Liverpool mate, would love to hear from you. Adikiamedia@outlook.com is my email mate. I check it every couple of weeks so if I don’t get back straight away I will eventually 👍
@@wormsnake1 We also spend a lot of money on helping immigration etc. Which surely can't help the situation. Liverpool as a city makes a lot of money from tourism and the 2 football clubs. If you notice how much money is spent on the places tourists see, then you realise there is money to spend, just not in the right places IMO
Hmmmm..... whilst I agree that there are definitely issues,I have to raise a few points.. Vauxhall...I lived there for ten years, you only showed the derelict part... The estate I lived on, I loved it, fantastic neighbours, solid good people... Most of the grief is caused by the YMCA on their doorstep... Everton ... again you only showed the worst and derelict parts ...I live on a new estate and have had no hassle in 8 years.. Everyone is houseproud,the estate is pristine.I wouldn't move, I'm happy here and so close to city centre for my job... Kensington I have never lived, shame,it was fine years ago,had an aunty owned a big house on edge lane,it was like a mansion, she had student flats and made a good living back in the seventies....I must take exception with your comment that the local women turn to prostitution to" make ends meet"....NO THEY DON'T 😤....DRUG ADDICTED women do to pay for DRUGS... Please don't make such a sweeping statement because it is not true.I have enjoyed your videos but what you said there is wrong.
Such a shame, some lovely buildings left to rot, used to love going to breck rd shopping with my mother when a kid in the 70’s Kensington used to be a nice area 😢
Social, health and environmental issues all need addressing. All agencies need to work together. Government need to identify the areas as a state of emergency, drugs seen as a health epidemic not criminal issue. It's so distressing to see such inequality and how things a declining the Government now need to be held to account. Providing emergency support to local charities and addresses the issues from the ground up.
I agree that certain areas in the city don’t get as much as others but the fact is people build slums - you may be poor but you can clean up around you - too many scruffs and immigrants.
Dad's side from KENNY, from way back, full of solid folk back in the Day, what is going on down there, thank God for Joe Owens, for waking us all up....thanks JOE.👍
Good point on the litter issue in Kensington (and no doubt other areas). As soon as litter proliferates it sends out a massively bad message of hopelessness and neglect. What is the council doing? I know their funding is constantly down but they have to make this a priority.
Like a lot of inner cities, the council hierarchy are doing fine, the lower echelons, like the bin men etc are not. The councillors distribute the monies where they seem fit. Their expenses / salaries are at the top, then a lottery as to the rest.
Just come across you with this upload. I've subscribed now and I am glad I've found you today. Great upload, I have to say. You've made a great effort to stay objective and try to not get carried away with just the negative view. I appreciate that - it's quite rare in my experience. Can I be a real pain and point out some minor inaccuracies in the section about Everton? You've shown some clips in the Everton section that are not Everton but are actually Anfield. Time stamp 3.59 to 4.17 is the lakes streets off Thirlmere/Breck Road. Definitely Anfield. 4.34 to 4.39 is the junction of Breck/Oakfield Road which is 100% Anfield. 5.40 to 5.46 is The Mall off Breck Road which I believe is still in Anfield - only just as Everton starts just further up Breck Road, around Faraday St. Sorry to be pedantic here, but I thought I'd just tell you about it. Thanks very much. 👍🤗
I went exploring in Newsham Park hospital about 6yrs ago & the fella said that park was a giant knocking shop then, guess it’s spilled over. The Everton library sums up that area for me, beautiful building with an amazing history that’s being neglected & left to crumble.
Looks like the Victorian slums there adikia lad don't think labour will eradicate poverty lived 51 years in Liverpool and no government or council has got rid of poverty adikia lad while i have lived in Liverpool lad
@@Theoriginalbigbrillo I am like Joe pesci in goodfellas film were he says the F word loads of time with lad about a lad lad lad the Original lad big Brillo remember Brillo pads lad 🤣😂😂😂😂😂
I'm against illegal immigration . I've noticed a few here seem to be putting it down this is why . I'm in my 40s now but as a kid I remember passing through Liverpool to meet a friend of my mother . I remember how bad this place was and it still is . And it's not much different on the other side of the tunnel .
My Grandma was from Liverpool and I loved going with her on the Train to visit her relatives. Everybody looked out for one another front doors left open so visitors just walked in Kids all played out in the street
Just came across u joe this is so sad seeing this is part of our city . Am in Kirkby , yeh there is crime in every city . But it is heartbreaking to think this is how some humans have to live x
Brave lad walking in them gaffs with needles everywhere! 😂 Btw, for anyone not from liverpool, these may well be the worst bits of the city but there are some incredible parts of Liverpool that are well worth a visit
@AdikiaMedia 100%. Nah, I just remember working with these two from Glastonbury ways years back and they thought liverpool was just all slum terraced housing and poverty. Its probably the best uk city after london
It seems like no matter what time of day you go down Vauxhall Road, you will always see people (who appear to be homeless) walking out of town, heading in the direction of the old car wash. I sometimes wondered why. Funny enough the abandoned car wash is opposite the new police HQ.
Sorry to say this it's the people as well some of the buildings houses could be great if the people had more pride in where they lived where is the community spirit
I hated this video, not because it was poorly done or poor journalism.. Because it's true.. I live in Stanley a stones throw from all 3 of these areas.. It's horrible to see some of this part. I keep my head down and my headphones on.
It is bad that the government has treated people this way but you said people who can afford things can’t just pay to be seen in 24 hours I can afford a few things but I don’t get seen in 24 hours
Things are getting worse with each generation. And it's not just Liverpool. There's many worse places in the UK. There's no community anymore, like when I was a kid. Neighbours don't talk to each other. Kids are feral little monsters due to bad parenting. People complain about the huge influx of immigrants into the area, but at least they want to work and better themselves. The natives have given up. When the weather is nice, you see them sat outside their houses, drinking cheap lager and gobbling off all day long. Our culture has become toxic.
They can’t help everyone in life even raising money for poverty n stuff isn’t enough I want to help but even if I was a millionaire would help as much as I can but to much poverty in each city I help out and buy them meal deals rather than money so they can’t get drugs n stuff
Yeah Liverpool has a code of respect and people know the consequences, having lived in the suburbs myself a lot aren’t aware of violence so will be very cheeky
Personally, I don't think that foreigners are to blame for declining areas. It's the land owners who need to be held accountable for letting properties fall into disrepair. You could spin it round the other way and say that people don't care about the neighbourhoods when they're living around buildings like that!
Used to be really rough, with the Radcliffe estate, the piggery blocks of flats and all the tenements like the 4 squares in Soho Street and all the blocks of flats on Netherfield Road all knocked down and made a massive park
Reform Party! What political ignorance. They are for the rich. Extreme right. e.g. privatise the NHS and most public services. Try and educate yourself.
This is genuinely heart breaking but necessary footage. So many people living below the poverty line, unable to feed families and children or pay the basic bills. It’s a bad joke.
The welfare system like the NHS is barely afloat, there’s too much bureaucracy and red tape stopping the care getting to where it is most needed. Since the days of Thatcher and before the poor have always been maligned and marginalised and made to be the scape goat in times of hardship and economic misery-oh the irony!! Talk about adding insult to injury.
This is why I am in awe of your work my good man, highlighting specifically homelessness on our streets. There is an elephant in the room that immigrants (sad and as desperate as that separate situation is) seem to get more priority and care over the native population? This includes army veterans, mothers, drug addicts etc….yet it appears the problem incrementally increases week on week? We all know it’s a political football that those we elect chose to play as a voting tactic.
These pictures you film are apocalyptic. Deserted streets, syringe filled parks, boarded up shops, abandoned businesses, prostitution, drug dealers etc…if it were a Hollywood movie you could be forgiven for thinking it was a work of fiction!!…yet it’s sickeningly real and sad. With the advent of AI and its foreboding shadow, one seriously worries about where the “working class of this country” will fit in?
Add to this mental health issues, addiction, poor health, poor housing and lack of employment etc…it’s the titanic about to hit the ice berg. We are creating a society that is losing the nucleus of the family and a sense of genuine community. One feels on the edge or the precipice of something that is about to explode!?
I have felt for some time that when a society is allowed to break down, families break down and the results of this calamitous situation, are the horrific images we see highlighted in this video. It’s seemingly self evident yet it’s being ignored? There’s only so much water a dam can take before it bursts. We’ve been warned?!
I can guarantee that most schools in these areas have the lowest academic standards and achievement rates too-yet another disgusting irony!! What hope do the future generation have when confronted with condom strewn streets and dealers on every corner? It’s a travesty of humanity and in my opinion it is deliberately allowed to fester and be inflicted upon it.
All you can do is shine a light on the dark pal, which is what you do brilliantly. There other places too,Seaforth, Bootle, Anfield, Speke, Norris Green, Kirkdsle, etc…and it’s the same across most inner city areas in the United Kingdom. The vast chasm between rich and poor is expanding, the under privileged can only dream of gaining access to the property ladder or going to any university. Most kids will only eat one square meal a day and that’s in school!!
Is there an email I can contact you on? If I can help in any way or assist I would like too.
Keep on keeping on.
🙏❤️.x
@@wormsnake1 love your passion on Liverpool mate, would love to hear from you. Adikiamedia@outlook.com is my email mate.
I check it every couple of weeks so if I don’t get back straight away I will eventually 👍
@@wormsnake1 We also spend a lot of money on helping immigration etc. Which surely can't help the situation. Liverpool as a city makes a lot of money from tourism and the 2 football clubs. If you notice how much money is spent on the places tourists see, then you realise there is money to spend, just not in the right places IMO
Our Eastern Europe intakes don’t give a toss about how they live.
The immigrants in kenny and Fairfield have upped since I was a kid .
Hmmmm..... whilst I agree that there are definitely issues,I have to raise a few points..
Vauxhall...I lived there for ten years, you only showed the derelict part... The estate I lived on, I loved it, fantastic neighbours, solid good people... Most of the grief is caused by the YMCA on their doorstep... Everton ... again you only showed the worst and derelict parts ...I live on a new estate and have had no hassle in 8 years.. Everyone is houseproud,the estate is pristine.I wouldn't move, I'm happy here and so close to city centre for my job... Kensington I have never lived, shame,it was fine years ago,had an aunty owned a big house on edge lane,it was like a mansion, she had student flats and made a good living back in the seventies....I must take exception with your comment that the local women turn to prostitution to" make ends meet"....NO THEY DON'T 😤....DRUG ADDICTED women do to pay for DRUGS... Please don't make such a sweeping statement because it is not true.I have enjoyed your videos but what you said there is wrong.
Because people care more about money and material crap. Instead of one and other. Pathetic 2024.. uk...
Such a shame, some lovely buildings left to rot, used to love going to breck rd shopping with my mother when a kid in the 70’s
Kensington used to be a nice area 😢
Immigration,let’s start there
Thanks for sharing this.. very interesting and at the same time, disturbing.
Social, health and environmental issues all need addressing. All agencies need to work together. Government need to identify the areas as a state of emergency, drugs seen as a health epidemic not criminal issue. It's so distressing to see such inequality and how things a declining the Government now need to be held to account. Providing emergency support to local charities and addresses the issues from the ground up.
I agree that certain areas in the city don’t get as much as others but the fact is people build slums - you may be poor but you can clean up around you - too many scruffs and immigrants.
National government has a lot to answer for. General lack of investment in the North of the country!
Dad's side from KENNY, from way back, full of solid folk back in the Day, what is going on down there, thank God for Joe Owens, for waking us all up....thanks JOE.👍
@@stormytempest6521 awareness is crucial
The YMCA was built AFTER the car dealership.
@@JayEFC1969 didn’t know this, thanks mate
Good point on the litter issue in Kensington (and no doubt other areas). As soon as litter proliferates it sends out a massively bad message of hopelessness and neglect. What is the council doing? I know their funding is constantly down but they have to make this a priority.
Like a lot of inner cities, the council hierarchy are doing fine, the lower echelons, like the bin men etc are not. The councillors distribute the monies where they seem fit. Their expenses / salaries are at the top, then a lottery as to the rest.
Just come across you with this upload. I've subscribed now and I am glad I've found you today. Great upload, I have to say. You've made a great effort to stay objective and try to not get carried away with just the negative view. I appreciate that - it's quite rare in my experience. Can I be a real pain and point out some minor inaccuracies in the section about Everton? You've shown some clips in the Everton section that are not Everton but are actually Anfield. Time stamp 3.59 to 4.17 is the lakes streets off Thirlmere/Breck Road. Definitely Anfield. 4.34 to 4.39 is the junction of Breck/Oakfield Road which is 100% Anfield. 5.40 to 5.46 is The Mall off Breck Road which I believe is still in Anfield - only just as Everton starts just further up Breck Road, around Faraday St. Sorry to be pedantic here, but I thought I'd just tell you about it. Thanks very much. 👍🤗
@@ScouseAa glad you found us 😊 you’re an Everton L5 expert I need to hire you in future 😂
I went exploring in Newsham Park hospital about 6yrs ago & the fella said that park was a giant knocking shop then, guess it’s spilled over. The Everton library sums up that area for me, beautiful building with an amazing history that’s being neglected & left to crumble.
Looks like the Victorian slums there adikia lad don't think labour will eradicate poverty lived 51 years in Liverpool and no government or council has got rid of poverty adikia lad while i have lived in Liverpool lad
@@user-ly5zw5vh4j it’s a vicious circle mate with governments and councils, it’s sad. Awareness is key though, keep fighting the good fight 👍
You said Lad three time lad lol
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@@Theoriginalbigbrillo I am like Joe pesci in goodfellas film were he says the F word loads of time with lad about a lad lad lad the Original lad big Brillo remember Brillo pads lad 🤣😂😂😂😂😂
I'm against illegal immigration . I've noticed a few here seem to be putting it down this is why . I'm in my 40s now but as a kid I remember passing through Liverpool to meet a friend of my mother . I remember how bad this place was and it still is . And it's not much different on the other side of the tunnel .
You mean birkenvegas 🎉
My Grandma was from Liverpool and I loved going with her on the Train to visit her relatives. Everybody looked out for one another front doors left open so visitors just walked in
Kids all played out in the street
Kenny is gone now…it will never recover
It's like that because they made it like that, if they want to live in shit leave them to it.
Just came across u joe this is so sad seeing this is part of our city . Am in Kirkby , yeh there is crime in every city . But it is heartbreaking to think this is how some humans have to live x
@@paulawilkinson6341 glad you’re here Paula 🙏
Brave lad walking in them gaffs with needles everywhere! 😂
Btw, for anyone not from liverpool, these may well be the worst bits of the city but there are some incredible parts of Liverpool that are well worth a visit
Yeah absolutely mate, I’ll be showing them parts on another video 👍
@AdikiaMedia 100%. Nah, I just remember working with these two from Glastonbury ways years back and they thought liverpool was just all slum terraced housing and poverty. Its probably the best uk city after london
It seems like no matter what time of day you go down Vauxhall Road, you will always see people (who appear to be homeless) walking out of town, heading in the direction of the old car wash. I sometimes wondered why. Funny enough the abandoned car wash is opposite the new police HQ.
Where we grew up everton. Happy memories❤
I’m 52 and it was woefully declining when I was a teen. I left at 21 and all of the family followed. We are spread around Suffolk,Southend and London
good video mate...
@@HiR8M8 thank you mate 👍
Vauxhall used to be full of pubs and businesses, once the docks declined, so did the area. Great video
@@joeexotic5831 appreciate it mate
Sorry to say this it's the people as well some of the buildings houses could be great if the people had more pride in where they lived where is the community spirit
I went up to visit a mate once in kensington and im from london so i thought it was gonna be like kenny in london - a nice place, hahahhaah 😂😂😂
10.03 spot the dealer..😢 very sad video this pal...used to be such a vibrant city .
Still is
Worked all around Vauxhall had to abandon a load of jobs due to needles everywhere 😩
Unfortunately we no longer have a social conscience north or south.
I grew up in Kensington which everyone would call Kenny. Now it’s called Kenya….
its getting like that in congo farm aka cantril
Congo farm 😂
Nothing has been done in how many decades, they were like this in the 90s. Sure it was earlier.
I wish someone would show the nice areas of Liverpool for a change ( yes they’re are some believe me)
what time and day was that free food there buddy thats all i need to know
@@VonRyan-h3g about midday mate
Clubmoor is rough
Huyton rough but people class mate
Remember Cantril Farm? Renamed as it had a bad reputation. Now Stockbridge Village
Am from canny farm. Boss growing up there but got worse.
@@pauliemc2010 congo farm
Id really like to know what the local Councillors of these areas think of your film have you sent them a copy
I messaged a couple to let them know I was doing this and to ask them if they would like to comment. I’ve had no response from any
@AdikiaMedia because they are aware of the issues in their constituency ,and won't do anything unless it benefits them,
I hated this video, not because it was poorly done or poor journalism.. Because it's true.. I live in Stanley a stones throw from all 3 of these areas.. It's horrible to see some of this part. I keep my head down and my headphones on.
It's hard to hear you, your last few videos are very low and I miss a lot of what you say?
@@maz121able I’ll take note of this for my next one 👍
I bet some miles have been put on that mattress 😂
GET A LORRY ROUND THE TABLES AND FOUR COILS WIRE WORTH A FEW QUID
It is bad that the government has treated people this way but you said people who can afford things can’t just pay to be seen in 24 hours I can afford a few things but I don’t get seen in 24 hours
It's the people who do this to the areas,no one else.They should be ashamed of themselves.
Yeah, you'd think they would choose to be rich instead ay? 🤦🏻♂️
Kenny has always been smackhead city.
How much does she charge for business?
Miss the ice rink sheil road big sis and the mate s took me twin on many😢 times.allways happy.bus ride from Kirkby. shameless government .💙
Things are getting worse with each generation. And it's not just Liverpool. There's many worse places in the UK. There's no community anymore, like when I was a kid. Neighbours don't talk to each other. Kids are feral little monsters due to bad parenting. People complain about the huge influx of immigrants into the area, but at least they want to work and better themselves. The natives have given up. When the weather is nice, you see them sat outside their houses, drinking cheap lager and gobbling off all day long. Our culture has become toxic.
They can’t help everyone in life even raising money for poverty n stuff isn’t enough I want to help but even if I was a millionaire would help as much as I can but to much poverty in each city I help out and buy them meal deals rather than money so they can’t get drugs n stuff
No way....
I would feel safe walking around Liverpool at any time day or night .I live in a village now . I'm always on my guard and carry a hammer in my car .
Yeah Liverpool has a code of respect and people know the consequences, having lived in the suburbs myself a lot aren’t aware of violence so will be very cheeky
You live in a village and have a hammer in your car?
What village is that, Mister Sutcliffe?
Enlighten us.
@@einsteines who doesn’t drive around with something in their car?
@@einsteinesStockbridge Village just say Canny Farm 😂
@@user-kg5vw6df7o the first 1 sounds posher lol
Roughest part 🤦♂️🤣
Personally, I don't think that foreigners are to blame for declining areas. It's the land owners who need to be held accountable for letting properties fall into disrepair. You could spin it round the other way and say that people don't care about the neighbourhoods when they're living around buildings like that!
It’s not rough area Everton
Used to be really rough, with the Radcliffe estate, the piggery blocks of flats and all the tenements like the 4 squares in Soho Street and all the blocks of flats on Netherfield Road all knocked down and made a massive park
@@tonyceltic8009Same as Croxteth about 20 Tower Blocks all knocked now Crocky was Rough and Tough especially the early 80s
Both Everton and croxteth are better than they were in the 80s.... mainly because the huge tower blocks were demolished
And Liverpool still vote Labour. Neither Labour or Conservative will help the poor.. We need Reform People First
The Labour councillors only get what the Tory governments give them
Reform Party! What political ignorance. They are for the rich. Extreme right. e.g. privatise the NHS and most public services. Try and educate yourself.
@user-ls7yo7nz2s You need to stop believing what the MSM tell you.. wake up
We've had you're brexit and that went well for the poor didn't it 😂. Jog on
Reform will NEVER help the poor. Wake up.
Immigration
spot on martin