*edit – lol at the downvotes, you miserable, joyless, devoid-of-all-humour curmudgeons.
Yet plenty here spout similar nonsense as the lad at the start about non white immigrants here today. It’s almost like certain people in this country have forgotten their past and adopted a British way of thinking, almost like some sort of West Britons…
It’s funny how much it has flipped in the last few years with the amount of British people seeking Irish passports – all very happy to find Irish roots
How times change! So you guys were the Eastern Europeans!
Some builders look as if they were 70 but I guess they are in their late forties…..
That first Irish lad that speaks looks ancient but probably isn’t even 30.
The Brit’s are welcome to work here and live here in Ireland too. 👍
Great clip, your man from the BBC might have had a bit of an agenda but all the responses were brilliant.
And there I was thinking Irish people didn’t know how to construct tall buildings! it’s just they don’t know how to do it in Ireland.
/s
Republic of Island lol
Absolutely fascinating! I love how commonly Eire was used when speaking about our country.
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17 pounds a week is equivalent to roughly 300 pounds now Big money all right
The manner of those questions could’ve elicited a very different tone of response but everyone answered calmly and thoughtfully.
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5:44 – the highlight
Went over to Swindon in 2015 for great money working and drinking with Irish immigrants in their 50s and 60s. Stayed for 4 weeks and left. Those lads had tough lives and no way was I spending mine the same way.
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Nice little window into the past thanks
Unskilled labour? Classist Prick.
Super clip.
1961, Brits still at it.
Don’t think he got the answers he wanted. And a floor a week on a massive building like that? The lads working hard!
Sure don’t we all like big money
This is great, thanks. A lot of my dad’s family went over in the late 50s/early 60s, great insight into it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd8vNJoVwf8
Thanks, great clip.
Very interesting video
Brits Out!
*edit – lol at the downvotes, you miserable, joyless, devoid-of-all-humour curmudgeons.
Yet plenty here spout similar nonsense as the lad at the start about non white immigrants here today. It’s almost like certain people in this country have forgotten their past and adopted a British way of thinking, almost like some sort of West Britons…
For anyone interested, there’s a great [episode of the Irish History podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PWLYR71X0F7h4zBn2V48P?si=YMJHvqNfSmaloYc8jMj08g&utm_source=copy-link) that covers this period
It’s funny how much it has flipped in the last few years with the amount of British people seeking Irish passports – all very happy to find Irish roots
How times change! So you guys were the Eastern Europeans!
Some builders look as if they were 70 but I guess they are in their late forties…..
That first Irish lad that speaks looks ancient but probably isn’t even 30.
The Brit’s are welcome to work here and live here in Ireland too. 👍
Great clip, your man from the BBC might have had a bit of an agenda but all the responses were brilliant.
And there I was thinking Irish people didn’t know how to construct tall buildings! it’s just they don’t know how to do it in Ireland.
/s
Republic of Island lol
Absolutely fascinating! I love how commonly Eire was used when speaking about our country.
u/savevideo
17 pounds a week is equivalent to roughly 300 pounds now Big money all right
The manner of those questions could’ve elicited a very different tone of response but everyone answered calmly and thoughtfully.
/u/savethevideo
/u/savevideobot
5:44 – the highlight
Went over to Swindon in 2015 for great money working and drinking with Irish immigrants in their 50s and 60s. Stayed for 4 weeks and left. Those lads had tough lives and no way was I spending mine the same way.