Tales from the streets - Meet Billy 43 years on streets, crack user

It was getting dark but i still managed to have an interview with Billy. He has been on streets since 1980 when as a young man he came to London. He uses crack cocaine and begs on streets now. Check this out!

 you are being quiet with filming we are here with Billy's been homeless on the Streets of London for how long on and off on and off for 43 years I've had places in between times but on and off I'll be coming to London he's 1980. where are you from I'm from Bolton Bolton yeah

every day yeah what can you say about being homeless like okay sorry to explain yeah it becomes our first come out when I'm very young yeah oh my God I went through the sister money called the system yeah through Children's Home and all the rest of it yeah yeah basically yeah I need a children's home the approved School the Championships in the prison and yeah so I ended up and basically basically this evening I'm like you know what I'm saying just survive you know it's not calling surviving people call it even I call it surviving yeah I've done very difficult

yeah West Africa tongo yeah exactly yes the system's broken I'll pay tax all my life in the UK yeah born in the UK I ran an events company big company and covid obviously it wiped it out yeah what happened that you oh

ended up using crack drugs hello how are you tired I'm cold and tired how was last night cold it's very cold last night pretty cold last night yeah yeah so you slept here and I outwards Archie Archie in hospital what happened it's got a testified it's very bad chest infection very bad chest infection and he ended up in hospital you're on your own yeah

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yeah he's like I'm gonna say we're close yeah but like I couldn't God live with them you know what I'm saying yeah this is I've been out here so long now it's because first of my lifestyle yeah I didn't vote everyone's in Bolton yeah yeah all right Billy so you say you like your drink yes no really no all right mate not really just some young ladies just going to the casino trying to thinking with them yeah yeah all these girls they was going in love well they can't take it with them so they all left it for me

you have a lot like today no one think what really got there being in a homeless situation I'm going back to 2012 now I went back to 2012 right yeah blur blur was in power then yeah when we got the letter yeah when we got the Olympics yeah blue stated as soon as we got the Olympics yeah as soon as we got the Olympics pardon me there'd be no homeless by the time the Olympics come down yeah right no 12 months before the Olympics turned around 12 months before the Olympics come they took 40 of all funding of hostels and day centers at engines seven hospitals closed yeah for all them people on the street Elizabeth no homeless for Olympics see yeah [Music] every time counting twice I called it twice got it twice a honey twice yeah on the streets uh no you know no sorry make me isolation for 10 days and all that yeah they're horrible imagine how you look like this yeah you know right and then you've got to lock yourself away from everybody for 10 days

you feel ill most people not spoke to you you've had it yeah basically say the first day I didn't grow up yeah and you feel very rough you know what I'm saying but mostly we call it what you want to do is sleep

[Music] awesome [Music] horses are okay yeah if you like using the right way yeah but just to get the people off the street yeah you have a very very major drug issue among Street user Free People yeah this is what you do is abiding on the street they're taking drugs taking drugs but then the pose up being poor Marlin hostels [Music]

Dublin

went to me

how long have you been doing this for I wasn't interested

my youngest daughter died he needed her transplant and there was no traffic no no no transplant no I just got the phone she's 15.

I know I don't really tell people much about it you know what I'm saying well you just God

yeah 15 year old man

I can't believe yeah he called me back to Manchester Hospital so I went down there they said to me Mr White would nowhere for you to stay here yeah but only knew because we went to Newcastle

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if there's any change and there's any change before yeah on the way back on the coat back to London she died

15 months I got General two girls yeah thanks God my treasure stays here oh so that was the case that was the reason yeah

yeah yeah yeah yeah that's what James is

I'll give you contact you know I mean I'd have born at the time you know what I'm saying I keep in contact now to report me

okay you got an obstacle yeah bump straight down on the coach Manchester anyway I went season what was not nothing really yet Mr you know if he is there anything yeah you better like go back to London and then any change before you come back yeah on the way back to London

when was that about six years ago between 22 in December December 28th that's why I don't really do Christmas books you know I mean the book is 28th of December

I feel you really I'm so sorry that's horrible yeah is the government trying to do the best for you right yeah but it's like

they're putting them in hotel and this and that yeah that's not the solution that's not a solution I don't know what he can't give anybody flush you know what I'm saying what can you do you know what I'm saying I'm going to replace no I went to a place now I've been finished this I'm waiting for a place now I'll be finished with all these days yes as soon as I get my own place now how's the future looking for you very good very good why is that but where are you I'm in Australia called Cleveland house I don't like being here yeah but you'll make a few things I don't like sitting in the hospital all day long

cleaning house yeah so I'm just waiting now I'm on the list

but when it happened what happened I don't know

[Music] look up to me about my yes man I'm talking about every day subscribe to Logan FIFA man he did a good job I've got uh cpod

you know what I mean

I mean people give me a piece of food I'm not yummy I'm glad I met you yeah I mean we need more like relations man

I like that you mentioned that Billy love it man I love that man you know I loved him loved him yeah yeah Monday [Music]

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