The Estate We're In

Posted on April 5th, 2008 at 10:42am

I was looking in the TV guide the other day and saw a photograph of what was a very familiar looking building...

I read the article which went with the photograph^{^} and it was about a new programme which was about to air, called "The Estate We're In".

Myke and I started watching it yesterday on BBC iPlayer^{^}; it's about a block of flats in Plymouth's Swilly (North Prospect) area.

Bad Chavs have broken through the security doors and sit inside the block of flats to have a cigarette, smoke their drugs, graffiti, have fights, etc. It's gotten so bad that a woman called Silla Carron (who turned her bad estate into a lovely estate) has come to make the are better.

We're only on episode three at the moment (we'll be watching episodes four and five tomorrow) and it's really interesting. It shows just how bad some of the areas are in Plymouth (when everyone else in the country seems to think it's a lovely and idyllic place to live).

(In defense to Plymouth, it's not ALL like that. There ARE a few nice areas.)

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2 Comments on "The Estate We're In"...

nicole commented on April 5th, 2008 at 11:21pm. (Permalink?)

it looks so bright and cheery!

Kim commented on April 9th, 2008 at 9:05pm. (Permalink?)

Sounds interesting...
I've only visited Plymouth once recently which was in November and well, I must of visited the "lovely and idyllic place to live" part of it.
(I've also visited it many times in the past too as a young child, I remember liking the lighthouse).