In the old days, the way to get out of a situation
was boxing.
If you wanted to earn a bit of money,
you wanted to become a professional,
you wanted to get a bit of money, people went into boxing.
It was physical.
The environment, the working environment, was more physical.
Now you look around, and
there's no jobs left for the kids.
And, same as anything else, they wanna make a few bob.
And then you've got the people who've got these drugs.
Right, okay, go and sell these.
Take 'em into school yards,
where, I know from personal experience,
11-year-olds have been given...
cannabis and things in schoolyards.
And it comes down to
economic climate, if you like.
That person will grow up to be
18, 19,
perhaps meet a girl, get married.
Drug problem is still there.
The children see the parents
with a drug problem,
and it's just a never-ending circle.
When the factories closed down
and the docks closed down,
you've got the coal tippers gone from the docks.
BP (British Petroleum) closed down.
Then the steel company cut back.
And then you got all the building firms that were pulling out.
Depression can do a lot of things to a lot of people.
I can understand why
these...
kids get so depressed.
And turn to something like drugs.
Alcohol, whatever!
It's a sad indictment of our society
that at 30 years of age you're on the rubbish heap.
It's not the city that's changed,
it's the people that's changed.
It's all about
derelict warehouses on the back of the strand
down there, for instance.
They're now about to be taken over
by a lap dancing...
company.
So, showing your knickers off in a club
for a couple of quid, that's okay, is it?
I don't think so.
All I can say is that only a total idiot
would pay money at the door to go in and watch crap like that.
And if I had a grandchild –
and I've a couple of grandaughters, actually,
well, three –
I would hammer 'em.
With that.
This is just basically my job at the moment.
Which is really good.
It's good fun.
Pouring alcohol down each other's necks,
getting wet, breathing fire,
stripping off!
Like trying something different.
And wearing, like,
really sexy, beautiful clothes.
My parents know.
Yeah, they think it's brilliant.
I mean it gives me confidence.
I wasn't normally a confident person.
It's given me a world of confidence. I really enjoy it.
Yeah, my parents think it's awesome. My nan actually thinks it's amazing!
She said, if she was 60 years younger, she'd do it.
But...
yeah, she's a bit old to do it. But they love it.
My mum wants to come and do it too.
She wants to come and dance around the poles.
They're actually proud of the fact
that we're, like, going out there,
we're, like, you know,
independent females
who can do this kind of thing,
and just be amazingly proud of it. We have a really good time.
I've been living here 12 years.
- How old are you now?
13.
14.
Prostitutes all the way down there.
In those flats there.
Goofy as hell.
One girl, all over her teeth.
She hadn't got none.
They were false.
Loads of boys speak about her and that.
Like, loads of junkies and all that.
- What do they do, the junkies?
Inject themself on the street.
Couple of them died the other day, up there, didn't they?
A boy, he took valium,
and he died then.
No, I don't like the Muslims.
- Why not?
'Cause they wouldn't like it if we all emigrate.
They wouldn't like it if we all emigrated over to their countries,
so why should they come over to our country, innit?
They comes down here, works,
gets the money, and then goes back to their country
and spends it.
They don't spend it in here.
When somebody has got
no job, no income, etc.,
and you go and tell them,
"Have you seen the people out there?"
"The black people taking our jobs?"
People tend to believe that sort of thing.
Swansea is a very peaceful place. It has always been a very peaceful place.
I've lived here for almost 40 years,
and I can honestly say
that there has never been any
major dischord.
The only time I've ever seen a big
protest/demonstration in Swansea, where people actually joined in thousands,
was protesting against the killing
of [Iraqi Kurd refugee] Kala Kawa Karim.
- What is it? Who are ya?
Goodness me.
- Abdul!
Why?
- Abdul!
That's what happens.
You get used to it, honestly.
You get used to it, and you start thinking, well,
if there is that sort of attitude around,
you can't do anything about it.
A mosque?
Fuck. Are you taking the piss, man?
Why do they wanna open another, er...
wosque, a mosque, when there's one opposite?
There's one across the road.
I got arrested for being racist, right?
But he said something about me behind my back.
He called her white trash.
So she slapped him and smashed a window.
He says to her,
"Show me your tits, and I'll give you free kebab meat."
Cheeky cunt.
Ain't he?
Nazi scum!
Off our streets!
Nazi scum!
Off our streets!
Nazi scum!
Patriots...
Just charge forward.
Give it some of that.
Swansea's a good town.
It's a good town... it's a good town.
As long as everybody gets on.
If you don't get on,
well, you can't make it, can you?
I say there is enough room in the world
for everybody, as long as somebody gives some space.
Hey hey! What's happening, boys?
Oh! A lot of old bill about, innit?
Fuckin' filth everywhere, man.
There's my old man. Look!
Mr. Collins. - How's it going? Alright?
Where's the bin?
Well, I went to that BNP (British National Party) thing,
and I thought, well, it's a load of fucking...
What's going on, like?
But we do need
the jobs, you know, for our boys.
And most of them are illegal immigrants.
There's no black
on the Union Jack.
There is no white on the Stars and Stripes.
It'd be nice if we was working again, Dad, wouldn't it?
Get him off the drugs.
Look what he bought me for my birthday.
I'm trying to get back on the I am.
I don't want them two to get married.
Would you?
We're in love.
Yeah. Right. - We're in love.
I really don't want my son to marry this girl.
She drags him down, man.
Since he's been with her, it's like he's gone to the gutter.
She drags him down, man. I don't know why he loves her.
Love is blind, so they say. I dunno...
and it's a sad thing.
I'm really sorry for my son now.
I'm sorry for her, for what happened...
what she said, you know? That she was abused and that.
He's not just my boyfriend, he's my soulmate, my best friend,
and he's the love of my life.
I loves him. He loves me.
Oh, I loves him. - I loves him too.
Sean, why don't we get on, darling?
What d'you reckon?
We do and we don't.
You're a bitch.
Shut it, you, you cunt.
You asked me why, and I'm tellin' the truth. You are a bitch.
You are a bitch, you know?
- He pulled your hair out?
Yeah. And he smashed the phone up.
I did, yes.
I shouldn't have, but I did.
I am very sorry. You know that, don't you?
The Collins Clan.