Film Number

7607

Title

HULME DECK ACCESS CONFERENCE - PART 4

Producer

WFA

Date

1985

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

24 mins 02 secs

Description

Footage from a major national conference in response to the increasingly intractable problems faced by tenants of deck access, high-rise system housing and the inability of Local Authorities to deal with them satisfactorily. Held in the midst of Manchester's main deck access estate, Hulme (possibly Birley High School Hall), attended by 35 Local Authorities and 40 Tenants' Associations.
The afternoon session comprises a panel of speakers with contributions from the floor about a range of issues including the need for a political commitment and solution because it is a political problem. Bridget Soltaine speaks about political action and the necessity for tenants to have time to think about the resolution & declaration. Other tenants concur and speak about the necessity for unity and the need for them to build confidence in the consultation, resolution and ratification.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]