Tower blocks report
Tower blocks report; Tower blocks report; ITN
Birmingham
LA Deep gash through brick wall
MS Chipped wall above grating
MS Peeling side wall of tower block and knocked down wooden fence in f/g
TMS Scaffolding erected around bottom of block
CMS CLIVE PICKERING (Asst Housing Dir,
Birmingham) EXT INTVW SOF:
(on more controls on building now
than in 50s)
"It is doubtful -- bad workmanship."
LA Damaged concrete panel on balcony PULL OUT more
MS Crushed brick cladding on wall PAN L-R
CMS Elderly woman talking from balcony PULL OUT to scaffolding on wall and workman in distance
CBV Workman laying bricks (replacing bricks to allow for future movement)
CMS Cracked wall PULL OUT
TMS Steel reinforcement rod in damaged concrete (rods placed too near concrete)
CMS Hole in ceiling where water seeps and rusts rod which expands & forces concrete away PULL OUT
CMS CLIVE PICKERING EXT INTVW SOF:
(Standard of building in 60s was very bad and Birmingham has big problem with tower blocks now)
"So today's building -- to overcome."
CMS MICHAEL CRICK EXT I/C SOF:
"In the 1960s -- have brought."
London: Hackney: Northaird Point
LA Northaird point tower block PAN
DOWN
LA SIGN 'Northaird point'
MS Metal grating boarding up front ext of tower block
MS Boarded up windows, and broken windows
CMS ALFRED TOYE (Trowbridge Estate
Tenants Association) EXT INTVW SOF:
(on problems with tower blocks from beginning: first storm and buildings leaked)
"It started a -- mopping up."
MS Shabby ground floor front of block and boarded up doors PAN L-R to rubbish
LA Tower block
CMS JOANNIE ANDREWS (Hackney Housing
Committee) EXT INTVW SOF:
(building was so bad that cheaper to demolish rather than to repair)
"After consultation -- to live in."
TGV Tower blocks seen through scaffolding
LA Scaffold on tower block
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Date created:
24 July, 1985
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- 1980-1989,
- Cracked,
- Hackney,
- London - England,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Balcony,
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- Channel 4 News,
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- Concrete,
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- Hole,
- Manual Worker,
- Metal,
- Peeling Off,
- People,
- Pull Out - Camera Movement,
- Raw Footage,
- Real Time - Footage,
- Report - Produced Segment,
- Rubbish,
- Scaffolding,
- Senior Adult,
- Side View,
- Steel,
- TGV,
- Talking,
- Tower,
- Tower Block - Residential Building,
- UK,
- Water,
- Window,
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