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Anyone been watching tonight ? ( I know Newby was off to do so)....

I know of people who for reasons of family breakdown, circumstances generally, could easily have been out there tonight ....and there but for the grace of God go any of us really.

I don't know what the answer is, except to try and keep family and friends and acquaintances close, and knowing that there is always someone there for them.

If you didn't see

" five well-off people experience what life is like sleeping rough in London" that was the first programme which i didn't see, tonight they were down to four ,and spent some nights in hostels also.

hi Rose
i think it,s all very well saying that , but sometimes when the hammer falls(queen) you are left on your own , people in a comfortable situation who say "well if things get tough we will help you " in a lot of cases not so words speak louder than actions
igor

Hiya Rose,
Could be any of us in this credit crunch.

My son knows a lad who when his Mum died was not allowed to stay in the council house and he was evicted. Lost all his Mums furniture and everything.Council didn't listen.
I think some councils are heartless as his rent would have been paid even though he was out of work through looking after his MUM.
They threw away his whole life.

Hi Igor, it is very true...words are easy enough to say, and sometimes mean s*d all in real terms .

When someone close to me needed a little ( very little ) help to pull themselves out of trouble ( no fault of their own) the response from a relative was 'if we help you now you will never stand on your own feet'.... this being from someone very comfortably off to someone who had worked hard and struggled on through things that would have made most crumble.

Hi LWD...it could so easily be anyone in this recession , the way jobs and homes are being lost, and perhaps even more because of the strain that puts on relationships.

I hope the lad your son knows has managed to find somewhere?

xx

this program does not address the problem these people are only playing at it . i,ve been there is is very hard knowing where your meal will come from you have know address so you can,t get enployment and only a small amount of money from the social . it,s very hard to get into hostel,s becourse of the volume of homeless people . i was lucky i was able to get off the streets through a very kind ex employer who gave me a job so i was able to get on my feet. this was over 30 yrs ago.

Hello Somersetman ( btw glad you got the query over on records sorted :)...).

As you say the celeb's were only playing at it, and no answers at the end of it all. Except I suppose that it may have made a few people think........ maybe ........

Well I let him stay here for a night,then son had him for a week or so.
To be honest he was a drain and it was harder than you'd think.
Son had to ask him to leave in the end as he was borrowing sons clothes and food.
He is now with his sister in Newcastle but he did spend quite a time living rough before our son met up with him begging.
Dreadful experience.
So much for DSS help for folk born here.

They have maybe being playing at it ,but I think it made me think about the reasons why people find themselves in this situation.I do give to people on the streets,although where I live there are only a few.

hello Michael
Too true , the reality outweighs the synthetic .
these people can actually return to a very comfortable life , but the harsh truth is out there on the streets, in shop doorways, under bridges .
igor

hi rambling rose thank you for all your help may i just add due to being homeless i have not seen my daughter for 30 yrs . i may be able to as she knows where i am and has said that she wont mind if i send her birthday cards etc . some hope at the end of the tunnel she,s the one i am doing my family tree for .

Somersetman, I hope that the link with your daughter will be built on... and that she will want to see you at some point soon ,and understand the circumstances that have kept you apart thus far.

Hell, I am putting that so badly but I hope you know what I am trying to say...mind is on a go-slow tionight!

hi rambling rose thank you i think it is a long road six months ago she told my son no way does she want to see me i think she is cooling down a bit hence being able to send cards as my son said softly softly . then may be i will be able to tell her my side of the story . hope so