Haunting film of old Salford

[Viktoria]

 MY OLD TWO UP TWO DOWN. From "Poems in the Lancashire Dialect" by Louisa Bearman.
 You can see it happening every day,                       
  Slum clearance so they call it .                                                                         
  Of course you get a fine new place
 But here`s my version of it.
 There were just a row of cottages
  The outsides old and mean,
  But if you took a peep inside
You`d find them  neat and clean.
And folk who lived there you`d agree
No kinder lot you`d meet,
 They`d never pass you by without
"`Ello luv "or "good neet".
 And Mrs.Brown who lived next door,
When I were ill she cleaned my floor,
And Mrs. Smith across the way
Brought me a meal in every day.
 The little street is empty now,
The houses all pulled down,
And neighbours separated   
To different parts of town.
And me? I`ve got a little flat,
Its very nice i`ll own,
I`ts modern with a bathroom
But I spend long hours alone.
.And I think about that little house,
 Five minutes out of town,
And I`d swap this modern  flat right now
For my old two up two down.
                                                                                                                                               This is the gist of it.But I`ve altered the very heavy dialect . Louisa Bearman was a very old lady when she published herpoems in 1977.  There are many more and all pithy and to the point, one about the stark contrast between two Christmases many years apart absolutely  sums it all up. I`m going to see if they can be accessed, she did record some on Big Ben Records for The Dalesman. Cheerio. Viktoria.     
                                                                             

[chirp]

Thanks for posting that Viktoria. It does have a little sadness about it doesn't it? I have never heard of this writer before.
Chirp