[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Livia

Cleese is right. My whole family has slowly moved out of east London, my father's side had been there for generations, but now they've gone along with all the other white people. The BBC made a programme about it, "The Last Whites of the East London", it makes for uncomfortable watching, especially if you think I'm a racist just for saying this. . I look at pictures of when I was at school, there was a good mix of people, black, white, Asian... if you look at a picture of the school now there are no white faces at all. I'm told by liberals that people want to live with their own communities. And that's fine, so long as those people who want to live in their own communities aren't white people, because then they're called racists twats.

So everyone here saying London is vibrant and multicultured (it used to be, now it's a foreign city, pretty much), I hope your own area is taken over as quickly as mine was. Then come back and tell me you love it.

You've mentioned that show a few times on the forum; I cant find it, do you have a link or would you like to sum up for us the best points made?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

You've mentioned that show a few times on the forum; I cant find it, do you have a link or would you like to sum up for us the best points made?

I just googled it and its on Iplayer I think

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07czw5k

that is from 2016 so maybe not though

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I just googled it and its on Iplayer I think

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07czw5k

that is from 2016 so maybe not though

It hasnt been available on iplayer since 2016. There is not much on youtube either.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

It hasnt been available on iplayer since 2016. There is not much on youtube either.

This is the blurb, I would really like to see it

Newham in London's East End is home to a tight-knit white working-class community who have lived there for centuries. But over the past 15 years something extraordinary has happened to this cockney tribe - more than half of them have disappeared. Now the few who remain are struggling to hold on to their identity in the place they have always called home.

Newham has been shaped by immigration for generations, but the past 15 years have been defined by it, as Newham welcomed the highest numbers of new residents anywhere in the country. At the same time more than half the white British population have vanished - breaking apart the tight-knit families their community was built on.

A decade of mass immigration and 'white flight' has brought Newham to its tipping point, and now Newham has the lowest white British population of anywhere in the UK.

Filmed over several months, this documentary records the thoughts, feelings and experiences of the white residents of Newham, as they leave the place where they've grown up.

From young mum Leanne, who has made the difficult decision to leave her tight-knit extended family in search of 'a better life' in Essex, to mixed-race Tony who wants to find somewhere to bring up his baby daughter that feels more like what he knows, these are the stories of people who are struggling with rapid change.

Many cling on to the past, fighting to keep the last places going where the white community meet, like Peter Bell, manager of the East Ham Working Men's Club. This is now a hidden world of tea dances, boxing and drinking in the last club left - an oasis for those left behind.

This thoughtful, reflective film hears these voices for the first time. It uncovers what it really feels like to have society change around you.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Cherie

This is the blurb, I would really like to see it

Newham in London's East End is home to a tight-knit white working-class community who have lived there for centuries. But over the past 15 years something extraordinary has happened to this cockney tribe - more than half of them have disappeared. Now the few who remain are struggling to hold on to their identity in the place they have always called home.

Newham has been shaped by immigration for generations, but the past 15 years have been defined by it, as Newham welcomed the highest numbers of new residents anywhere in the country. At the same time more than half the white British population have vanished - breaking apart the tight-knit families their community was built on.

A decade of mass immigration and 'white flight' has brought Newham to its tipping point, and now Newham has the lowest white British population of anywhere in the UK.

Filmed over several months, this documentary records the thoughts, feelings and experiences of the white residents of Newham, as they leave the place where they've grown up.

From young mum Leanne, who has made the difficult decision to leave her tight-knit extended family in search of 'a better life' in Essex, to mixed-race Tony who wants to find somewhere to bring up his baby daughter that feels more like what he knows, these are the stories of people who are struggling with rapid change.

Many cling on to the past, fighting to keep the last places going where the white community meet, like Peter Bell, manager of the East Ham Working Men's Club. This is now a hidden world of tea dances, boxing and drinking in the last club left - an oasis for those left behind.

This thoughtful, reflective film hears these voices for the first time. It uncovers what it really feels like to have society change around you.

Do you know how long it was? I found this while googling around, but it's only just over half hour.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6th7ez

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Do you know how long it was? I found this while googling around, but it's only just over half hour.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6th7ez

Thanks

I've got my hankies ready. I'm sure it'll make me cry

[Ammi]

...good find Oliver...I’m watching it now...

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Do you know how long it was? I found this while googling around, but it's only just over half hour.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6th7ez

I think it said 45 minutes but Livia can tell us if that is it

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I think it said 45 minutes but Livia can tell us if that is it

The thing I'm watching is 36 minutes long.

[Ammi]

...’mooslims’...mooslims don’t drink do they.....

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Cherie

This is the blurb, I would really like to see it

Newham in London's East End is home to a tight-knit white working-class community who have lived there for centuries. But over the past 15 years something extraordinary has happened to this cockney tribe - more than half of them have disappeared. Now the few who remain are struggling to hold on to their identity in the place they have always called home.

Newham has been shaped by immigration for generations, but the past 15 years have been defined by it, as Newham welcomed the highest numbers of new residents anywhere in the country. At the same time more than half the white British population have vanished - breaking apart the tight-knit families their community was built on.

A decade of mass immigration and 'white flight' has brought Newham to its tipping point, and now Newham has the lowest white British population of anywhere in the UK.

Filmed over several months, this documentary records the thoughts, feelings and experiences of the white residents of Newham, as they leave the place where they've grown up.

From young mum Leanne, who has made the difficult decision to leave her tight-knit extended family in search of 'a better life' in Essex, to mixed-race Tony who wants to find somewhere to bring up his baby daughter that feels more like what he knows, these are the stories of people who are struggling with rapid change.

Many cling on to the past, fighting to keep the last places going where the white community meet, like Peter Bell, manager of the East Ham Working Men's Club. This is now a hidden world of tea dances, boxing and drinking in the last club left - an oasis for those left behind.

This thoughtful, reflective film hears these voices for the first time. It uncovers what it really feels like to have society change around you.

Yeah read that too