0:00:04 > 0:00:08Milford Haven on the Pembrokeshire coast, and this is the Mount estate.
0:00:08 > 0:00:15For the last year we have been following the lives of some of the
0:00:15 > 0:00:18people who live here. Council estates built in the 60s and 70s
0:00:18 > 0:00:22followed an American design and they came to be characterised by
0:00:22 > 0:00:30high unemployment and a number of people living on benefits. We meet
0:00:30 > 0:00:34the people behind the statistics. Most of the 400 homes on the mind
0:00:34 > 0:00:41are flats with no gardens or garages and no direct access to the
0:00:41 > 0:00:46road. When Ben men, on a Monday morning, everyone has to carry
0:00:46 > 0:00:52their rubbish to a central collection.. Four seagulls, it is
0:00:53 > 0:00:57breakfast time. -- for the seagulls. Jane and her family are in London
0:00:57 > 0:01:06this week for the royal wedding. Dai Jones is in trouble with the
0:01:07 > 0:01:15council. I've heard it on now! Bethan has a difficult conversation
0:01:15 > 0:01:21with her mother. I need �10. This is the home of Dai Jones and his
0:01:21 > 0:01:28family. They have been here for 18 years and Dai and his Dog are well
0:01:28 > 0:01:33known faces. Dai has not worked for many years. He used to be an
0:01:34 > 0:01:41engineer working on for almost in Milford Haven. I was there when it
0:01:41 > 0:01:46finished. I went from there and took an HGV test and went to the
0:01:46 > 0:01:52lorries for a couple of years and ill health beat me. We are
0:01:52 > 0:01:59extremely happy here. We do what to move. Unfortunately, Dai and his
0:02:00 > 0:02:09family are facing eviction. One of the young lads came into the house
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0:02:11 > 0:02:19and he was followed more or less immediately by the police. They
0:02:19 > 0:02:29searched him and he had cannabis. Was it? He had cannabis on him and
0:02:29 > 0:02:38because he had been called in our house with drugs, we were told that
0:02:38 > 0:02:41we could be evicted for it. For allowing drugs to be an house. But
0:02:42 > 0:02:51it wasn't our fault. We had not given any body permission to come
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0:02:54 > 0:03:04in here with drugs. They have given us a year's probation to be on good
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0:03:05 > 0:03:12behaviour, basically. My daughter's put a petition in the local shop. I
0:03:12 > 0:03:22think there were 600 odd signatures on a petition. We have got some
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0:03:31 > 0:03:35friends on the mound. -- on the Bethan Phillips is 16 today. She is
0:03:35 > 0:03:45a pupil at Milford Haven comprehensive school and is sitting
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0:03:49 > 0:03:57her GCSEs next summer. Are you getting up? She lives with her
0:03:57 > 0:04:04mother and a parrot. Don't be lazy! For her birthday, her mother has
0:04:04 > 0:04:14bought her a blackberry mobile- phone. -- Blackberry. See in a bit,
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0:04:14 > 0:04:23bit by! -- see you in a pit, goodbye! It is a five-minute walk
0:04:23 > 0:04:26to school. Bethan's mum, Cafe, has been unemployed for five months.
0:04:27 > 0:04:34She used to be the manager of the estate's Resource Centre but lost
0:04:34 > 0:04:41her job when the funding ended. is a struggle. You have to manage.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45You have to shop wisely. She is a teenager and they want the best of
0:04:45 > 0:04:52everything and it's hard to say no. She understand that we haven't got
0:04:52 > 0:04:57it at the moment. She wanted a Blackberry for her birthday, and
0:04:57 > 0:05:03that was �170. I had to save when I was working to make sure that I had
0:05:03 > 0:05:13that because it is what she wanted. Gone are the days when you could
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0:05:24 > 0:05:28just have a �10 phone from wherever. Happy birthday Sweet 16!
0:05:28 > 0:05:33For many months, Jane has had problems with her help and she has
0:05:33 > 0:05:38got to be careful not to overdo it. As long as I take things steady and
0:05:38 > 0:05:46don't rush about too much am all right. I've just got to take an
0:05:46 > 0:05:54extra amount of time doing things. All in all, it's not too bad.
0:05:54 > 0:05:58Keeping going. Jane's nieces also lead on the mad. They see a lot of
0:05:58 > 0:06:08their Auntie Jane and they are planning a trip to London to see
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0:06:08 > 0:06:12the royal wedding. Me and the girls are off to London for the day
0:06:12 > 0:06:17because I'm going to have a day out if it is the last thing I do. It
0:06:17 > 0:06:23probably will be! We are going to wear a couple of Union Jacks or
0:06:23 > 0:06:33something. Like a lot of teenagers, Bethan is not sure what she wants
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0:06:34 > 0:06:40to do with her life. At school, her favourite subject is drama. What
0:06:40 > 0:06:46are you doing? Homework. What have you got today? Business studies.
0:06:46 > 0:06:52Soon, she sitting her mock GCSEs. She will need to work hard. We have
0:06:52 > 0:07:00to do maths, science and English. We get to GCSEs for trials, just
0:07:00 > 0:07:07one for maths and English, then business studies and drama. I have
0:07:07 > 0:07:16to do science resits. We messed around in your 10 and we have to
0:07:16 > 0:07:20redirect. -- year 10. -- and we'd do it. The family centre on the
0:07:20 > 0:07:24estate, for different groups used to meet, is still closed after a
0:07:25 > 0:07:29fire in the flat above several months ago. It did eventually open
0:07:29 > 0:07:32one day a week but there are few takers. There is better news for
0:07:32 > 0:07:39the resource centre which is the reopening of thanks to sponsorship
0:07:39 > 0:07:44from a local company who have offered to pay the running costs.
0:07:44 > 0:07:53It is a very special day, but hardly anyone from the Mount has
0:07:53 > 0:08:00turned up. It costs �10,000 a year to open this place. The government
0:08:00 > 0:08:04have got no money, so we rely on grounds and things like that. You
0:08:04 > 0:08:11have to find sponsors. The centre is here to offer advice and
0:08:11 > 0:08:21training to young people living on remand and near by. There are
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0:08:28 > 0:08:31opportunities for voluntary work as It is the day of the royal wedding
0:08:31 > 0:08:39and Jane and her nieces are on their way to London to be part of
0:08:39 > 0:08:46this historic event. The coach left Milford Haven at 3:30am. They have
0:08:46 > 0:08:56been travelling for six hours. are am 94 miles away from London.
0:08:56 > 0:09:03It's a big say. We're looking forward to it. It is their first
0:09:03 > 0:09:13time and they are all looking forward to it, seeing the sights, -
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0:09:17 > 0:09:26-. Are you looking forward to it? It yes. I think we all are. They
0:09:26 > 0:09:36have been saving for weeks for their spending money. Every week.
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0:09:36 > 0:09:42She has been bribing us. I am treating myself there and there.
0:09:42 > 0:09:52is a lovely day it bad Roger and Stacey's two boys have to stay
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0:09:59 > 0:10:09indoors and watch television. television: These lovely
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0:10:10 > 0:10:15Jane is going to be meeting her daughter, Simone, who is coming to
0:10:15 > 0:10:25London from Cheshire, where she is a teacher. She is going to let us
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0:10:30 > 0:10:40know when she hits Leicester Square. We have been by their. Most things
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0:10:43 > 0:10:53must be shot off. -- shot up. isn't a limo, it's a taxi. It's not
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0:10:56 > 0:11:04a taxi! Attacks the! Imagined in a taxi, I don't think so! Gene and
0:11:04 > 0:11:14the girls have arrived at Victoria coach Station in London. I am sure
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0:11:15 > 0:11:25this is not the way to Buckingham Palace. I Fink it's this way. -- I
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0:11:27 > 0:11:37think. The flowers are small, aren't they? I bet she is a bag of
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0:11:38 > 0:11:46nerves. It is you never know five IBM and Jane is lost. -- it is five
0:11:46 > 0:11:53past 11. Excuse me, is this the way to Buckingham Palace? You need to
0:11:53 > 0:11:57turn right. I knew I didn't recognise this bed. I know it has
0:11:57 > 0:12:07been a few years but I did not think it had changed that much.
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0:12:15 > 0:12:25Excuse me! Buckingham Palace? Cheers, mate! Mum, tell him to shut
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0:12:31 > 0:12:36up. 10 past 11, still lost, and they haven't found Simone. We are
0:12:37 > 0:12:43near be there. Carry on, Cruz. Finally, there are at the back of
0:12:43 > 0:12:53the palace. I expected to get a bit nearer, I must admit. Can you see a
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0:12:56 > 0:13:04big yellow thing? Oh! There are there! Hi, sleety! By the time we
0:13:04 > 0:13:13got round to meeting man they had already gone in. I just thought, we
0:13:13 > 0:13:21can settle down and see what it's all about. Rabbit in, why don't you.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27She says the dress was straight forward. My taxes helped to pay for
0:13:27 > 0:13:37it, I don't want to be watching it. Roger would rather spend his days
0:13:37 > 0:13:40
0:13:40 > 0:13:44I was brought up to watch the Queen's Speech on Christmas Day.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49I've brought my kids up to watch it. It's interesting. Its history for
0:13:49 > 0:13:53these. They will grow up and say, I can remember the day they got
0:13:53 > 0:13:58married. Because we are having this party this afternoon, it's only
0:13:58 > 0:14:08right that they should see why they are having this party. They look as
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0:14:28 > 0:14:32miserable as sin! You can go out in Jane and the Gulls have finally got
0:14:32 > 0:14:39to the front of Buckingham Palace, just in time for the case on the
0:14:39 > 0:14:44balcony. Back on the Mound, a solitary rambler is also enjoying a
0:14:44 > 0:14:52nice day out. And Stacy's sister and law, Janette, is getting ready
0:14:52 > 0:14:56for a party. I just thought we'd do a party for the Royal Wedding. I've
0:14:56 > 0:15:01done it before for different royal weddings. If the street doesn't do
0:15:01 > 0:15:08it, you have to do your own. I started at about 9:30am. They are
0:15:08 > 0:15:12still making the sandwiches in there for me now. Got all the way
0:15:13 > 0:15:17he and got as far as the corner and didn't get any further. We didn't
0:15:17 > 0:15:24see anything. At least they can say they went to London on a Royal
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Wedding date. For them, I think it's a been a completely out of
0:15:27 > 0:15:33this world experience because they are not used to it whatsoever. It
0:15:33 > 0:15:37will be a day for them to remember. Have we had a good day, girls?
0:15:37 > 0:15:47forced what did you think of Buckingham Palace? Was it as big as
0:15:47 > 0:15:51
0:15:51 > 0:15:55I can't believe there is no salad in the sand ridges. Most of Rogers
0:15:55 > 0:16:05big family live on the Mount. As his sister's house is one of the
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0:16:16 > 0:16:20few of the garden, it's an ideal Dai Jones is no longer threatened
0:16:20 > 0:16:25with eviction. The probation period is finished. But his health
0:16:25 > 0:16:34problems are getting more serious. Despite this, he's decided to build
0:16:34 > 0:16:44some decking in the garden. Just a little platform so we can come out
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0:16:50 > 0:17:00and sit in the sun and have a cup As ridiculous as it sounds, I'm
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0:17:09 > 0:17:17A stroke, it's something very difficult to explain to people what
0:17:17 > 0:17:23it does, what happens. I'd gone down as they do every morning to
0:17:23 > 0:17:29get the paper. Coming back up from the paper shop, within maybe 200
0:17:29 > 0:17:36yards from the paper shop I just got totally lost, didn't know where
0:17:36 > 0:17:46I was, how I got there. Then the other half of my brain turns round
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0:17:48 > 0:17:54and says, Roxie is with you, she knows her way home. Home to mam up.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00She brought me home of. She even took me across the road. When I
0:18:00 > 0:18:04came to the top of the rolled up here I was suddenly back, I
0:18:04 > 0:18:14remembered when I was. I can laugh at it now but it is frightening at
0:18:14 > 0:18:22
0:18:22 > 0:18:30I suppose I can just about forget it for today now. I'm starting to
0:18:30 > 0:18:35get a bit... It's getting a bit much. Now that the resource centre
0:18:35 > 0:18:40is open again, young and unemployed people are being sent here on work
0:18:40 > 0:18:47placement schemes. Kathy Gray is qualified to manage these training
0:18:47 > 0:18:53programmes. Whatever Capabilities you've got, we can cater for you.
0:18:53 > 0:19:03It doesn't matter if you RE was third at would work or not, we can
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0:19:07 > 0:19:13find you something that will give Adam and Jimmy are unemployed. They
0:19:13 > 0:19:22are on a course at the centre. Basically, we're building tables
0:19:22 > 0:19:32from recycled wood. Instead of those steps going to waste, we can
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0:19:32 > 0:19:35They will be on the place and for 10 weeks. At the end, they will get
0:19:35 > 0:19:40a certificate to say they've done it. They hope this will improve
0:19:40 > 0:19:50their chances of getting a job. Jimmy, you'll never guess what.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51
0:19:51 > 0:19:57What? I've cracked the wood. don't get paid much but doing it,
0:19:57 > 0:20:05it's extra on the dole but it helps you along. I'm on a work placement
0:20:05 > 0:20:12here. I get �50 training allowance a week. That is all I get. I have
0:20:12 > 0:20:15an assessment done every six weeks to see proof. I've only got two
0:20:15 > 0:20:20weeks left of this course but I think I will carry on volunteering
0:20:20 > 0:20:27to get all of these done. They don't give us young people much of
0:20:27 > 0:20:33a chance. There is nothing around here. IMA doubt now and I've got to
0:20:33 > 0:20:40spend my time on that. When I was 16, I wouldn't care, I would go
0:20:40 > 0:20:50gallivanting. I would do nothing. Adam has now moved off the estate.
0:20:50 > 0:21:00
0:21:00 > 0:21:05An application for the army. Bethan is thinking about joining the Army.
0:21:05 > 0:21:15I've lost it now. There is no objection to this application being
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0:21:16 > 0:21:22forwarded for process. I need a passport. It wasn't an interview,
0:21:22 > 0:21:27it was just to see if I wanted to go in or not. Did you agree with
0:21:27 > 0:21:32anything, were you happy? Didn't ask any questions, just sat there.
0:21:32 > 0:21:39You have to make a decision - 6th form or army. You have to make it
0:21:40 > 0:21:44soon. In the last few months, Bethan's attitude to school has
0:21:44 > 0:21:50changed, and she's one the school prize for most improved people.
0:21:50 > 0:21:56It's nice, isn't it? And nice memento. I haven't changed
0:21:56 > 0:22:03dramatically. You have! I just turn up to lessons. And you get stuck in
0:22:03 > 0:22:07rather than messing about. I got a letter today. CSA. Bethan's father
0:22:07 > 0:22:11has not been paying. They keep sending me these letters telling me
0:22:11 > 0:22:17how much he is supposed to pay. So nobody is supposed to take him to
0:22:17 > 0:22:24court or anything like that? court over CSA. Haven't you got
0:22:24 > 0:22:29better things to do? Why shouldn't you pay? I do pay for you. Who do
0:22:29 > 0:22:37you think pays for you? Actually, a child's tax - the government pays
0:22:37 > 0:22:45for me. Bethan, how much do you think I get in child government tax,
0:22:45 > 0:22:54child benefit? �20 a week. Yeah. Which you spend more than that.
0:22:54 > 0:23:04need �10. Look at the state of my head. It is not purport. -- purple.
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0:23:23 > 0:23:33Can I have �10, please? Go and see I finished that a few weeks ago.
0:23:33 > 0:23:41Would you believe there are nearly 700 matches in the wheels. I've had
0:23:41 > 0:23:48motorbikes since I was 16. I just love the freedom of it. The whole
0:23:48 > 0:23:58family rides bike - daughter, I sons. One boy was killed on 17
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0:23:59 > 0:24:07years ago. But you can get killed crossing the road, can't you? Next
0:24:07 > 0:24:17Wednesday years the anniversary. -- is the anniversary. That is going
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0:24:22 > 0:24:30Turn that down a bit, will you? Dai's son had an unusual nickname.
0:24:30 > 0:24:38When he was about 12 or 13, his Nana used to smoke it would find it
0:24:38 > 0:24:43cigarettes. She always kept the box and put them in matchboxes. She
0:24:43 > 0:24:51used to give them to him. He used to roll them up and smoke them.
0:24:51 > 0:25:01That is the fag butt. That's where it came from. Everybody knew him as
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0:25:10 > 0:25:20The bad part about it is we'd had a row a week or so before. We haven't
0:25:20 > 0:25:30been talking for those few days. -- we haven't been talking. It makes
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0:25:37 > 0:25:40I can't even remember what we had been arguing about. There was no
0:25:40 > 0:25:50problem because when we came face- to-face we would have both
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0:25:52 > 0:25:55forgotten about it. It just didn't happen. Jimmy's ten-week placement
0:25:55 > 0:26:02making tables at the Resource Centre has finished, and he's
0:26:02 > 0:26:12looking for a job. At 16, he has no formal qualifications. I go on the
0:26:12 > 0:26:17website, jobseeker's, the careers service. They do apprentices.
0:26:17 > 0:26:23Assistant receptionist, shop assistant, trainee butcher, Trinny
0:26:23 > 0:26:28customer service and trainee riding instructor. There is a trainee
0:26:28 > 0:26:38customer service but that's inside, I wouldn't be able to hack that
0:26:38 > 0:26:44every day. I like outside, hands-on work. Trainee boccia, not really. -
0:26:44 > 0:26:54- Butcher. No. And then riding instructor, I don't like horses. I
0:26:54 > 0:26:54
0:26:54 > 0:27:02am scared of them. I went down to Thornton industrial estate but no
0:27:02 > 0:27:05one has got any jobs anywhere. is the end of the school year.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Bethan and other year 11 pupils at Milford comprehensive are having a
0:27:11 > 0:27:20big night out. It's the end of the school, the Proms. She looks really
0:27:20 > 0:27:29good. She's very excited. She does look a picture. Nails, hair and
0:27:29 > 0:27:34eyelash has done. She has been planning this for about six months.