Strangeways HMP Manchester Documentary 1957

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  @robharding5345 · 2 years ago

  I was born in this year, and during my later misspent youth, I spent some time in here, and that was 1973, and it was still the same in every way. I never went back,

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• CA

  @CarlStJohn-x9w · 2 years ago

  What a great Documentary.  One of the best i have seen.

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• AL

  @Alanhock75 · 2 years ago

  I started there in 1975 for my 30 year Career as an officer, it was just as grim then

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  @David-h4z2s · 2 years ago

  Great These Old Documentaries<br>On this channel 👍

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• GT

  @GTMedia.Services · 1 year ago

  This is where the govt should be put!

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• GO

  @gothikgrlblack1733 · 1 year ago

  This is a very interesting documentary. &nbsp;I noticed that putting accents aside the way people spoke and the words they used were very different.

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• JI

  @Jimbo.jack47 · 2 years ago

  that really was incredible

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  @q1q1q1q1q1q1q1q11 · 2 years ago

  How far have we fallen.

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  @TheRowlandstone73 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Three years after this was made, one of my favourite British comedy films of all time came out. &apos;Two-Way Stretch&apos; set in the fictitious Huntleigh Prison, starring Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, David Lodge, Lionel Jeffries, Irene Handl and Wilfred Hyde-White. It was the film that inspired Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to write &apos;Porridge&apos;. <br>Richard Beckinsale, in the show, was named Lenny, the same name as Bernard Cribbins&apos; character, Inspector Mackay was clearly born from the strict, militaristic prison officer, &apos;Kraut&apos;, played by Lionel Jeffries, and in a couple of episodes, Fletcher and Lenny were made to share their cell with a corrupt magistrate, played by Maurice Denham who played the Prison Governor in the 1960 film. There was also a prison cat in the film called &apos;Strangeways&apos;!

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• KI

  @kingwokosalfordlad · 5 months ago

  Enjoyed watching this old documentary. <br>I lived in strangeways twice..<br>✌🏼

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• LU

  @LuxLisbon32 · 1 year ago

  My grandfather is one of the officers at 3.30. ❤

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  @stuarttorevell2353 · 2 years ago

  excellent work thank you 🙏 manchester uk 🇬🇧 😊

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