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Hello from Melton Mowbray
in Leicestershire. | 0:00:01 | 0:00:04 | |
It's been more than a year
since Rosie Ayliffe heard | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
the worst news imaginable. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
Her 20-year-old daughter,
Mia, had been killed | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
while backpacking in Australia. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
Tonight though is about
what happened next. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
Rosie's been to Queensland to see
the hostel where Mia | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
was stabbed to death. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
She fought for her life
until the very last minute, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
by the sound of it. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:27 | |
She got on her feet
and she ran for safety, | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
what she thoguht was safety,
to a bathroom where she could lock | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
herself in and then she was still
fighting for her life. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
And she's gone, and it's
tough to be here. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:39 | |
I knew it would be but I'm so glad
I came because I feel | 0:00:39 | 0:00:44 | |
like I owed it to Mia. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
We'll have the latest
on the campaign to protect | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
young backpackers. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
We don't know who the labour
contractors are, we don't know | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
which farms they're working on,
we don't know which towns | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
they're living in. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
Six on the trot's a world record. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
And he's done it! | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
And welll look back at the days
when you could bump | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
into a cricketing legend
at the local pub. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
To go home on a Saturday night
and say, I saw Gary Sobers, | 0:01:08 | 0:01:14 | |
I spoke to Gary Sobers,
I had a drink with Gary Sobers. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:19 | |
And I shook his hand when I left. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
What memories. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
What memories. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
The stories that matter,
closer to home. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
I'm Lukwesa Burak and this
is Inside Out for the East Midlands. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
First tonight, when 21-year-old
Mia Ayliffe-Chung was stabbed | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
to death at a backpackers' hostel
in Queensland, her mum thought | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
she'd been in the wrong
place at the wrong time. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:58 | |
But Rosie Ayliffe soon
learned of a dark world | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
where some backpackers trying
to extend their visas | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
are exploited, threatened
and even risk their lives. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
Now, as Rachael Gilchrist reports,
Rosie's campaign to protect young | 0:02:09 | 0:02:14 | |
people is being heard right
around the world. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:18 | |
I'm so glad I'm here. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
This is a story of
journeys and of loss. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:33 | |
I am dealing with some quite
interesting emotions as I approach | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
the place where Mia
spent her last few days. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
Of a dark world uncovered. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
This is extortion. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
People are making huge amounts
of money out of our backpackers. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:55 | |
And of a campaign
that continues. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
I've got to get the story out there. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
But above all it's a story of love. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
If Mia walked into a
room, she lit it up. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:09 | |
This is a room I've
dedicated to Mia. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:19 | |
I've known Rosie
for more than a year. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
I was at her daughter's funeral
reporting for BBC Radio Derby. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
She always wanted to travel
since she was tiny. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:29 | |
She loved going abroad. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
I suppose I was at my happiest when
I was travelling and so was she. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
When Rosie said she wanted
to go back to Australia, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
to the Queensland hostel where Mia
died, she invited me to tell that | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
story and I went with her. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:48 | |
It's a journey in Mia's footsteps
to see where she visited. | 0:03:54 | 0:04:02 | |
I don't know which way
it will go but | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
I'm hoping it will help me to come
to terms with her death. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
It was at the backpackers hostel
where she was living | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
that she was attacked. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
The attacker was a 29-year-old
French national. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
Mia's murder was reported
round the world. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
This was Mia just a few days ago
on her way to work on a farm. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:27 | |
Tom Jackson died after trying
to save her from Smail Ayad's knife. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:33 | |
To extend their Australian
visas for another year, | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
Mia and Tom joined
the 88 days scheme run | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
by the Australian Government. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
If you want to stay longer
than a year on a working holiday | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
visa in Australia, then you need
to do 88 days, three months, | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
of work in agricultural or various
other industries in remote regions. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:57 | |
Mia came to Home Hill on the promise
of work at nearby farms. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:03 | |
I think the crop that we're
passing is sugar cane. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:09 | |
When you see how tall
it is an imagining Mia | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
working in that field,
that was way over her head. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:17 | |
So, that is all I am thinking
about is Mia in those fields, you | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
know. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:22 | |
It is pretty hot out there. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
At Home Hill hostel, Mia shared
a small room with her killer. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
Burdekin Memorial Hall. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:36 | |
Pink building on the left. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:42 | |
Which I think may well
be Home Hill hostel. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:49 | |
That must be Home Hill hostel
because I can see hostellers. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:55 | |
Here we are, bright blue
sky, beautiful day, two | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
little trees in a park. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
A pink building which is like
the pictures I've seen in the press. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:12 | |
The hostel owner has
refused to meet Rosie. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
But she will allow her inside later. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:22 | |
She's brought plants for a memorial
garden to Mia and Tom. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
A couple of backpackers
offer to help. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
What's your opinion of this
88 days of farm work? | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
When you talk about that, we have
had backpackers, they say a lot | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
of stories because everybody has a
story. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
About the 88 days,
about the working in the farm. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:45 | |
A load of stories. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:46 | |
Bad stories, yeah? | 0:06:46 | 0:06:47 | |
Yes. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
Rosie's almost 10,000 miles
from home and the last few steps | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
of this journey she has
to make alone. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:03 | |
But she is wearing a microphone. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
Some viewers may find
what happens next upsetting. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
I've been brought to
the place of Mia's death. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:16 | |
I'm sitting in the cubicle
where Mia died. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:23 | |
And apparently she fought
for her life even with chest | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
injuries, even with a blow
to the heart. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
Mia was still fighting for her life. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
And Tom tried to save her. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
I just feel destroyed really. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:46 | |
It was always going to be hard. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:47 | |
But, you know. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
Just the thought of my girl
lying her dying in a toilet... | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
It's not easy. | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
I'm going to say the Lord's prayer. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:07 | |
Our father who art in heaven. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:08 | |
Hallowed be your name. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:12 | |
Your kingdom come, your will be
done, on earth as it is in heaven. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses, | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
as we forgive them that
trespass against us. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:28 | |
for ever and ever. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
Amen. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:37 | |
That's what comes to you isn't it,
in your darkest moments. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
You revert to the faith
of your youth and that's what I did. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:49 | |
And she's gone,
and it is tough, it is | 0:08:49 | 0:08:53 | |
tough to be here. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:54 | |
I knew it would be but I am
so glad I came because I | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
feel like I owed it to Mia | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
In the hostel, the Queensland police
gave Rosie the full details | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
of her daughter's last moments. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:09 | |
She fought for her life
until the very last minute | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
from the sound of it. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
She got on her feet and ran
to what she thought was safety | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
to a bathroom where she could lock
herself in and then | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
she was still fighting
for her life minutes afterwards. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
Knowing what I know, it is going
to put it to rest, I hope. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
Because I now know everything. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:33 | |
My conscious and unconscious mind
has been searching for answers | 0:09:33 | 0:09:38 | |
to what happened that night and now
I've had the police account | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
and I can't do any better than that. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:49 | |
Rosie's journey has become two-fold. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
To retrace her daughter's last
steps and to campaign | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
against the conditions
some backpackers face. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:04 | |
What in particular did you find out
about the farm work scheme and how | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
young people like Mia,
like her friends are being | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
possibly exploited by it? | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
When I first came to Australia
to pick up Mia's body | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
I started to hear stories
from other young people | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
who were involved in the same
government programme that Mia | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
was involved with. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:26 | |
Frankly, I was shocked, I was
horrified at some of these stories | 0:10:26 | 0:10:30 | |
and some of the messages that came
to me through social media | 0:10:30 | 0:10:36 | |
in the subsequent weeks
suggested mass exploitation. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:40 | |
So I decided to look into it more. | 0:10:40 | 0:10:45 | |
I arrived here three weeks ago... | 0:10:45 | 0:10:49 | |
One of those to contact Rosie
is Djuro Vukotic who also did | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
farm work for his visa. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
It gets mentally disturbing to sit
every day doing nothing. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
The treatment is very, very bad. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
The language that is being
spoken toward backpackers | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
is non-acceptable. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:07 | |
And I've seen instances where people
have been denied water, | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
denied going to the toilet
and just being fired | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
for no particular reason. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:20 | |
There's lies going on. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
Like, I mean, the hostel owner
will tell you there's work. | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
He makes you travel
a destination of 2000km. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
When you come there you realise five
weeks has passed and he hasn't given | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
you the work that he promised. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
We're speaking about people
working in 40 degrees, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
some of them are 18,
19 years old. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:40 | |
People collapse mentally,
they just break down. | 0:11:40 | 0:11:42 | |
It was almost like being in prison
rather than being in Australia. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:49 | |
Rosie is ruffling feathers out here. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
She's meeting influential people
and finding out more about | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
the exploitation of backpackers. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
If it's raining for two weeks, as it
often does in tropical Queensland, | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
there's no work so the backpackers
are getting further in to debt. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:09 | |
That when we see practices
like seizures of | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
passports, seizure of
laptops, things like that. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
In order to stop
people from leaving. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
It's been quite a journey. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:22 | |
I have met young, so-called
backpackers, who have | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
encountered quite harsh conditions
in the field and who have had | 0:12:25 | 0:12:30 | |
experiences which, you know, I don't
think people back home would be | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
happy about. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
I have got to get
the story out there. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
I have to do my best to do
something to stop what is | 0:12:40 | 0:12:45 | |
happening here. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:50 | |
Back home in Cromford,
Rosie's efforts are reaping rewards. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
Three Australian states are now
looking at regulating labour hire | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
and her online campaign continues. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
In the last year 1,500 people have
signed up to her Facebook page. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:12 | |
And now a website has been set up. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
One of the first to tell
Rosie their story was backpacker | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
Joy Lakin from Derby. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
We kept being picked up
in the middle of nowhere, dropped | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
off in the middle of nowhere. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:25 | |
Being told we had work then
suddenly we don t have work. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
Being made to work for
accommodation, and put down | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
money for equipment and put down
money for board and then realise you | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
can't actually afford any money
for food or to have a good time, | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
which is the whole point
of travelling anyway. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:44 | |
This is our Tom and Mia's
legacy group page. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:49 | |
And then the actual website,
88 days and counting. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:56 | |
Basically, you can search
for different areas in Australia. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
Hopefully, guiding people
from the worst places | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
and towards the best places. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:05 | |
There's quite a lot of advice. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
If you'd had something like this
when you were doing your 88 days | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
would it have been useful? | 0:14:12 | 0:14:14 | |
It would have been
such a difference. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
It's great to have something
so wonderful come from such | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
a tragic experience
to make sure that other | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
mothers won't have
to feel like this. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:24 | |
I can't say enough about how
well Rosie has done. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
She really has made it easier
for everybody to feel a bit more | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
safe and hopefully,
Mia's name will live | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
on in a more positive light. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
I was winding down, I was looking
forward to Mia settling down. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:48 | |
She wanted to have
kids earlier rather | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
than later because she
wanted a big family. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
That is heartbreaking. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
What I can do is to
carry on trying to | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
bring kids like Mia home in one
piece and also having had the time | 0:15:05 | 0:15:10 | |
of their life, which is
what travelling is all about. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:13 | |
I want to feel we have
made a start, we | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
definitely have made a start. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
What an amazing film
and I am with Rosie now. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
It has been a few weeks since
we spoke to you, making that film. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:32 | |
What in particular has been
happening regarding the website? | 0:15:32 | 0:15:36 | |
Well, I wake up in the morning
and the first thing I am greeted | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
with is stories from young people
who are often in trouble | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
and some of it can
be quite harrowing and difficult | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
to deal with. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
Stories of young people working
on equipment that aren't | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
properly manned, where they are
losing digits, which seems to be | 0:15:51 | 0:15:56 | |
quite a frequent hazard. | 0:15:56 | 0:16:00 | |
When they are injured
in the workplace they | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
aren't taken to hospital,
they aren't treated well. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:05 | |
They are sacked. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
This kind of thing. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:08 | |
Young people arriving
in a hostel and finding them | 0:16:08 | 0:16:13 | |
is no work, all of this. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
Being thrown out of a hostel
in the middle of the night and | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
ending up on the streets
at 2am in the morning. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
There is no regard for their safety. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
But there is a growing body
of people who want to help. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
You're coordinating
all that from the UK. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
That can't be easy. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:31 | |
No. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
It seems just ironic
that young people | 0:16:33 | 0:16:35 | |
are saying to me, you
are our only port of call. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:39 | |
You are the only person we can
turn to because there | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
is nothing out here. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
What has the reaction been
like from Australia? | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
Some of those farmers
can't be happy. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:49 | |
I am ruffling feathers,
I am aware that is the case. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:55 | |
What sort of things are they saying
to you as a comeback? | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
If I tell you some of the messages
I have received you will be | 0:17:00 | 0:17:03 | |
horrified, to be honest. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:05 | |
Just that kind of internet
barracking that you might expect. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:12 | |
Trolling, almost. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:13 | |
There is some trolling and some
of it is quite personal as well, | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
as you can imagine. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
I've just got to be brave
because I am speaking on behalf of | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
young people who don't have a voice. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:25 | |
I've just got to do it,
I've got to bite the bullet. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
What about in the UK? | 0:17:28 | 0:17:30 | |
What kind of moves have been made? | 0:17:30 | 0:17:32 | |
The UK High Commission, which is
based in Canberra, have taken up | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
the batton with this and I am really
happy that they now have | 0:17:35 | 0:17:38 | |
advice for travellers, who may be
doing their 88 days, on their | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
website. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:44 | |
They say for example,
make sure you take copies of your | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
passports, don't hand
your passport over. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:49 | |
They have got a reporting
line which I report | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
to on a regular basis, | 0:17:52 | 0:17:53 | |
which I am encouraging young
people to report to. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
It's not the natural place
to look for advice when you | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
are going to Australia. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
Where you would look
for advice would be on the | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
Australian immigration
website and that is where | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
these links need to be. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
That is the missing
link, if you like. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
You have been talking to some pretty
influential people, you made | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
a speech recently at the Gangmasters
and Labour Abuse Authority. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
What happened? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:17 | |
How did it go? | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
My aim was to raise
awareness of the issues | 0:18:19 | 0:18:22 | |
and to make the connection
between what happens | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
to immigrant workers in the UK
and what is happening | 0:18:25 | 0:18:29 | |
to our own young
people in Australia. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
Because I don't think the majority
of people in that room would have | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
recognised that their own young
people were in danger from the same | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
effects as the vulnerable
workers in this country. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:47 | |
You don't see young,
UK travellers as vulnerable in the | 0:18:47 | 0:18:53 | |
same way as you would recognise that
among central Europeans over here. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:57 | |
Our young people are made vulnerable
by their hopes and dreams | 0:18:57 | 0:19:02 | |
for a better life in Australia. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
Rosie, have you done enough now? | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
The objective of the campaign
was to get the message out | 0:19:07 | 0:19:10 | |
there to the Australian population
and to people in the UK. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:15 | |
So, yes, I have reached
that objective. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
It is in the bag really. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
But the issue is, I am still that
main point of contact that | 0:19:22 | 0:19:28 | |
that conduit for information to the
British and Australian authorities. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:33 | |
In all honesty, I can't stop now. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
To me, it shouldn't be me
who is losing sleep over this. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:42 | |
Somebody else is responsible
and somebody else needs | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
to take over where I leave off. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:49 | |
This is Tom and Mia's legacy. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
It is about keeping
our young people safe. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
That is the bottom line. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
Thank you very much indeed. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
Thank you. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
Finally tonight, the clocks may have
gone back, but we'd like to remind | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
you of those long summer days,
the scent of freshly mown grass | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
and the sound of leather on willow. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
This country has undoubtedly
produced some cricketing legends, | 0:20:13 | 0:20:17 | |
and none were bigger
than Sir Garfield Sobers | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
who captained Nottinghamshire
in the twilight of his sparkling | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
international Test career. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:26 | |
But what you might not know is that
Garry Sobers had a huge impact | 0:20:26 | 0:20:30 | |
on local league cricket
in the Midlands. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
Rebecca Wood has taken a step back
in time to revisit a golden era. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
Trent Bridge cricket
ground in Nottingham. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
A regular host of international
cricket and star players. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
But back in the 1950s
and '60s, even small | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
local cricket clubs attracted big
names and big crowds. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:59 | |
And here in Norton
in Stoke-on-Trent, | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
thousands of local fans were treated
to a close-up view of the greatest | 0:21:01 | 0:21:04 | |
cricket player in the world
when the legendary | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
Sir Garfield Sobers signed up
for their local league club. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:12 | |
Sobers is arguably the greatest
all-rounder the game has ever seen. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:17 | |
Six on the trot,
it is a world record. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
And he has done it! | 0:21:21 | 0:21:22 | |
He has done it. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:24 | |
His six sixes in one over is one
of the most famous moments in | 0:21:24 | 0:21:27 | |
sporting history. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
Six on the trot. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:30 | |
Goodness gracious. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
Sobers, finest
cricketer in the world. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
He could bat, he could
bowl at pace, he could | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
bowl spin, either
orthodox spin, leg spin. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
He was so athletic he
moved like a panther. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
He got everything. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:50 | |
And for those Staffordshire
players who got to | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
walk out with the great man,
they were incredible days. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:57 | |
One of those players
was the former captain here | 0:21:57 | 0:22:02 | |
at Stone Cricket Club,
Stuart Wood, who I know as Dad. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
He was an amazing player was Gary. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
When he bent his back,
when he really put all he got | 0:22:08 | 0:22:14 | |
into it, he was as quick as anybody. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
He would hit you on your leg before
you realised what the line and | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
length of the ball was. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
He was very, very fast. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
In 1965, my dad played alongside
Gary Sobers and another | 0:22:24 | 0:22:29 | |
West Indian great, Wes Hall,
in the final of the Rothmans Cup. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
It was an exciting time,
to have them in the | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
same side as you was
absolutely wonderful. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
They went on to greater things,
obviously, the two of them. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
But at that stage, Gary Sobers
was quite the most fantastic | 0:22:42 | 0:22:48 | |
cricketer I'd ever set eyes
on and it was a great | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
pleasure to play with him. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:55 | |
Gary Sobers signed for Norton
Cricket club based on the miners | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
welfare Institute and it even
made the local news. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
Gary, you've just come back
from India after touring | 0:23:02 | 0:23:04 | |
with the Commonwealth team. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:05 | |
What made you decide to come
to this class cricket is? | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
This class of cricket, I think,
has done a lot for me. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
I look forward to coming back year
to play in the league, to | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
get away a bit from the sunshine
and to look forward to playing | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
among the league players. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
Sobers was part of a tradition
of internationals who came | 0:23:22 | 0:23:28 | |
over to play in the best English
leagues like here in the North | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
Staffordshire South Cheshire league
and the Lancashire league. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
There was money to be
made in the leagues but | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
that wasn't the only thing that
brought the West Indians to England. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
As the man himself explains in this
rarely seen archive footage. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
I think league cricket
has helped West Indies | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
tremendously and I think all
West Indians or all overseas players | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
should at least try to get
into league crickets, I'm sure | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
cricket would improve tremendously. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
That message made its way
back to the Caribbean. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
That is a good shot. | 0:23:58 | 0:23:59 | |
Where the next generation
of superstars were listening. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
Everybody in the
Caribbean thought that | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
England was the best
place to learn the trade, | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
to develop and also you heard a lot
of stories, a lot of players who'd | 0:24:05 | 0:24:10 | |
come here and they talked
about the pitches being green, the | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
ball swinging around and
the different weather conditions. | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
To me, having that
way was difficult and | 0:24:17 | 0:24:21 | |
you constantly had to make
adjustments but it could only | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
help your game. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
The leagues have got rich history. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
Some of the best players that
would have graced the world | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
where cricket is concerned. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
Sir Gary Sobers passed
through the league, Sir | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
Everton passed through the league,
Wes Hall passed through the league. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
There is so much numerous
individuals who would have made | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
their mark at cricket itself,
would have played in the league. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:47 | |
Here comes a great
West Indian cricketer | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
and captain, Frank Worrell. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
International cricketers didn't earn
much back in the '50s and '60s. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
Not eligible for county cricket,
they seized the opportunity to play | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
in the leagues on a Saturday
and then for a touring side called | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
the International
Cavaliers on a Sunday. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
Grounds like Norton were rammed
with thousands of spectators. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
The square would be here. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:10 | |
Cricket isn'ts played
here any more but Nigel | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
Johnson, veteran sports commentator
for BBC Radio Stoke, remembers those | 0:25:12 | 0:25:16 | |
extraordinary days. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
Take me back to those Saturdays
and what it would've | 0:25:18 | 0:25:20 | |
been like Garfield Sobers was here. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
All the way around on the seats,
it would have been packed. | 0:25:22 | 0:25:28 | |
There would have been
people on seats, people | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
standing, not necessarily
one row, two rows. | 0:25:30 | 0:25:35 | |
People would just be finding a spot
where they could see | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
everything that is going on here. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
Then when the teams came out,
the roar, the applause going up. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:48 | |
It was electrifying. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
The North Staffs and South Cheshire
league was the finest | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
league in the country. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
So when people came to watch
the cricketers, the | 0:25:56 | 0:25:59 | |
professionals and the
nonprofessionals, they were | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
watching the best. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:03 | |
The overseas professionals
were coming for the cricket but | 0:26:03 | 0:26:06 | |
Stoke-on-Trent was a far
cry from the Caribbean. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:09 | |
It will dull, dark, smoky,
dirty and polluted. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:16 | |
If I could take you back then
you wouldn't like it. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:19 | |
It was a really awful place
to live in and to work in. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
Work was really laborious. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
No mechanism in those days,
no computers, everything was done | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
virtually by hand and by body. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
Thousands worked down
the mines in the potteries | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
and Saturday afternoon cricket
in the fresh air was the | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
perfect escape. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:38 | |
To see Gary Sobers and hope
that he was going to hit six sixes | 0:26:38 | 0:26:43 | |
again straight out of the ground
or to hope even better | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
that the bowler, the local bowler,
was going to get his wicket, | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
that was a big draw. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:55 | |
And Frank Reynolds was one
of those local boys. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
There is Sobers again. | 0:26:58 | 0:26:59 | |
And there. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
Playing at Norton for over 30 years,
he shared the pitch | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
with many an international
superstar. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
When you went out to bat
against the likes of Wes Hall, | 0:27:06 | 0:27:10 | |
Sonny Ramadhin or many of the other
test players, you didn't give your | 0:27:10 | 0:27:15 | |
wicket away easily. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:16 | |
You were toughened up
and you took them on. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:20 | |
In fact, it was a pleasure to me
to get the scalps of test players. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:26 | |
But in 1968, the rules on overseas
players changed and they could now | 0:27:26 | 0:27:31 | |
move up to play for counties. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
The glory days of league
cricket were ending. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:38 | |
The North Staffs and South Cheshire
league is still going strong | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
but the days when superstars
played down the road are long gone. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:46 | |
The chance to see Laker,
Worrell, Sobers, Hall, | 0:27:46 | 0:27:54 | |
all these players were visible. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
They were approachable. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
And that was a very,
very important thing. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
To go home a Saturday night
and say, I saw Gary Sobers, | 0:28:01 | 0:28:06 | |
I spoke to Gary Sobers,
I had a drink with Gary Sobers. | 0:28:06 | 0:28:13 | |
And I shook his hand when I left. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:18 | |
What memories. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:20 | |
What memories. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:22 | |
Fond memories indeed. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
And that's it from Melton
for another week. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:29 | |
Here's what's coming up next Monday. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:33 | |
The conman who exploited bereaved
families trying to find out | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
what happened to their loved one. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
He looked as if he was fighting
for us but no, he was only there for | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
his one person, himself. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
He will continue, he
will con the people. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 |