The Mighty Redcar

[The Fornicator]

I didn't cry at my own exam results 30 years ago but I shed a tear at these.

And the outcome of the court case .. well, not going to give it away but it did for me again.

This is so poignant 'poignant' should be abolished and replaced with Redcar.

Redcar, I love all 33,000 of you : BBC iPlayer - The Mighty Redcar

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Do they still do a lemon top?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

It's a great piece of work.

Brilliantly captures life in a deindustrialised town, particularly for young people. No jobs, no opportunities and lost futures. The stories it focuses on give lie to 'poverty porn' depictions of feckless youth and the undeserving poor. And just reveal the desperate lives of late capitalism in dying towns.

The soundtrack is amazing and its also beautifully shot. The effect is to create the melancholy that it's impossible not to feel when you go to these places.

 

[Guineveretoo]

I was born and brought up in Redcar. Not been back for decades though.

Just sharing.

 

[Supine]

I was born nearby and have lots of family in Redcar. I should watch the show, I haven't been back to visit for decades.

 

[Supine]

I was born and brought up in Redcar. Not been back for decades though.

Just sharing.

Spooky!

 

[The Fornicator]

I was born and brought up in Redcar. Not been back for decades though.

I was born nearby and have lots of family in Redcar. I should watch the show, I haven't been back to visit for decades.

Seems a lot of people leave, the population is still going down now. Feels like an 'end of the line' town. 3 of the 4 youngsters in this that I've seen are trying to do the same. The 4th might also end up leaving, though not in a good way.

Hoping to see E3 tonight.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Seems a lot of people leave, the population is still going down now. Feels like an 'end of the line' town. 3 of the 4 youngsters in this that I've seen are trying to do the same. The 4th might also end up leaving, though not in a good way.

Hoping to see E3 tonight.

When I lived there, it was a prosperous northern town with a growing population.

It also had a lot of heavy industry all round, and a thriving fishing industry and (oddly, since the beach was often vile) an active tourist industry.

We left because my father was posted down South. Never went back because the rest of the family were either in Scotland or North West England. That was in 1971.

 

[not-bono-ever]

its pretty fucking immense isnt it. in tears sometimes, but i am temporarily broken at the minute.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

I've only seen episode 1 but the story about the mum scrimping for her daughter's prom dress and the maturity of the daughter in knowing how much it meant to her mum. And the mum wanting her to leave Redcar for a chance at a better life


And the care leaver who was looking out for his younger brother and being appreciative of his foster mum, made me ashamed to have had such an entitled attitude to life at his age (in fact still do to an extent)