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alright folks we are here with Bella who's been on the Streets of London for how long three years three years and you originally come from Ireland how did you end up in the UK I came with my mom and dad and then my mom dad passed away so I met a new partner and I married a mother all right and settled down here in and how long you've been on the streets um two and a half years now two and a half years or like what triggered your homelessness my mom passed away I was living with my mum and when she passed away it was her property so we couldn't have the property because it was hers and they didn't still put his hair for two days they have two days that's it all right passing your mother passing and you're losing your losing the property you ended up on streets two and a half years ago or I started to hear that I said what happened to to within a car crash I broke my legs and they left their pins in too long and they turned to something they left the pens the pins in your leg for too long yeah and they turned is that the same and they couldn't save the leg no they're in my leg of my life all right was that like a fault on the on the doctor's side uh yeah because they didn't they never told me I need to get them out they didn't say you have to come back and get them out so they turned out except the same all right did you try to suit them it's no I haven't I haven't even I haven't even got off this year it's only 18 months ago it's on 18 months ago it's fresh so I was trying to get around my head okay sorry to hear that Bella Bella can you tell us more about you like live I mean you said you got married right yeah I don't really want to talk about my life have you got any children yeah that's seven seven all right where are they they live in the rough on properties they're growing up
oh they've grown up they lived in their own houses they're in London and you're not anymore with the part of the father of the children you split up oh no no over a year I saw you in the man that's that's that's the father of the children so you and the you you homeless together yeah and it's been always the case for you've been all because it would be very hard for you on a wheelchair to be a homeless person in a wheelchair so that's like for him to keep having to look up for me and take care of me and him as well so there's really not much really I can say I hope that I get off the streets we get off the very soon I just doubt dealt with them you know but I'm a street person so I'm rough I'm ready for it you know yeah he's actually at the bedroom at the moment because he's had a form of a breakdown but yeah I've ended up in in London alcoholism my parents were drinkers themselves
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the system's broken I'll pay tax all my life in the UK yeah all in the UK I ran an events company big company [Music]
and you you're moving on the wheelchair and slipping up the street must be really hard for you what is that very hard why are you not seeking help like like um Outreach Cam and they said they're going to come back out again but it says stay in the one one place so I'm waiting waiting waiting still waiting all right okay still waiting 18 months ago is that the usual place where you are now the the tunnel here because people do change here all the time but yeah are you I stay here because you told me to stay here who told you the outrage outrage outrage told you to stay in one place to stay in a one place and they provide you help every day yeah you seems very sad I don't like being on the street it's not nice ain't nice
who does that to you some boys three boys three guys when was that um three days four days ago where were you here and just came and beat you up for no reason that's what they do you think they look as like for nothing yeah I'm so sorry for your situation for you I mean if there's somebody wanting to help you donate anything is there any contact people can uh my idea every day you have no fun
and there's an email address or anything like that so the the closest people can get you is the Croydon shopping center tunnel and if you're not here no I'm always here well I've been here before I've never seen you or before well I've seen you before once yeah so you've been here for a while now Bella all right is if there is an advice to people you could give you know learning from well it wasn't really your mistake ending up on the street or losing a leg but what would you say to people
we're not a lovely hand sales just try and make the best of whatever I'm hoping to get off the streets really I don't like being on the streets I don't want to be honestly so Bella how was your childhood it was good with your parents they passed away and like that how many siblings did you have 13 brothers and four sisters 13 brothers and four sisters what
you don't hear that very often those days and you grew up in like a with your father and mother what did they do for living my dad was he used to train horses in there and training horses horses yeah and my mom was just looking after our kids yeah she had plenty to do and the day did you save them both of them moved to all the way yeah
away but they moved from Ireland to to the UK when was that and it's like 86 to look for work was that the just moved over here really and they took the 13th all of you with you with along well Bella I hope you you get sorted out and do do look for help with your leg and try to maybe sue them if that was their fault yeah and when I wish you all the best and I hope to see you see you soon thank you cheers
