0:00:04 > 0:00:14Tonight, a diabetes special.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Just out of interest, how much is a pair of
0:00:18 > 0:00:19boots like that going to cost?
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Approximate the ?4500.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Wow.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Really?
0:00:22 > 0:00:24With amputation skyrocketing, will type two diabetes bankrupt the NHS?
0:00:24 > 0:00:27The inspirational story of ` man fighting the illness and winning.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28I wanted to die every day.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30I didn't relish the day at `ll.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Now, I wake up every morning and I've got this
0:00:33 > 0:00:34brand-new shiny thing in my hands.
0:00:34 > 0:00:40A new day!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42And we look back at Bristol's legendary Bamboo Club.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Yeah, I think it helped to break the barrier down between bl`ck and
0:00:45 > 0:00:48white.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Around 4.5 million people in the UK now have diabetes.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And it's on the rise.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Most have type two, which is linked to lifestyld and is
0:01:03 > 0:01:06largely preventable.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Yet diabetic care costs the NHS ?10 billion a
0:01:08 > 0:01:09year.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Nearly one tenth of its entire budget.
0:01:13 > 0:01:23New figures seen by the BBC show that that cost is likely to use
0:01:27 > 0:01:29-- spiral.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31So, the question is can the NHS survived diabetes?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33You may find some of the pictures in BBC health
0:01:33 > 0:01:34correspondence Dominic Hughds' report disturbing.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Today, I d like to invite you to a shoe-shop with a difference.
0:01:40 > 0:01:50So what we ve got here are 040 shoes and they represent 140 amputations
0:01:51 > 0:01:56that take place in England dvery week, due to diabetes.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57Cor.
0:01:57 > 0:02:07Quite shocking.
0:02:07 > 0:02:07'S
0:02:08 > 0:02:08'S a
0:02:08 > 0:02:08'S a lot
0:02:08 > 0:02:08'S a lot of
0:02:08 > 0:02:08'S a lot of limbs
0:02:08 > 0:02:09being
0:02:09 > 0:02:12being lost.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14We set up this shoe shop, to show just how serious
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Type 2 diabetes can be.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It s really sad.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Has that shocked you?
0:02:19 > 0:02:26Yeah.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Quite a lot.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Most diabetics have Type 2.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Where you come from and your family history can increase your rhsk.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38But doctors say most of it is down to obesity.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Now, new data given exclusively to the BBC by Public Health England
0:02:41 > 0:02:44estimates there will be an dxtra 250,000 people with Type
0:02:44 > 0:02:502 diabetes by 2035, if we continue to get fatter.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53It s not just amputations.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Diabetics are at greater risk of kidney failure,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59blindness and even prematurd death.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03The NHS is spending ?10 billion a year on diabetic care.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07That is 10% of its entire btdget.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10As things stand, we are certainly looking at a crisis in diabdtes
0:03:10 > 0:03:13which threatens to bankrupt the NHS, if we continue
0:03:13 > 0:03:17with these current trends.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23One of our shoes belongs to Steven Woodman.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27We caught up with him as he arrived at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for
0:03:27 > 0:03:37an appointment with his podhatrist.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45How's things?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Not too bad.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Like 90% of diabetics, Steven has the Type 2 version,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51which is linked to lifestyld and, so, largely preventable.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53But diagnosed as a young man, he ignored his GP s advice.
0:03:53 > 0:04:03I was in denial.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11my lifestyle as I was.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12I carried on eating,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15going to pub, doing things people of my age did.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16Of course now, I know different
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Like many diabetics, Steven developed an ulcer on his toe.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Look away now if you are sqteamish.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23The ulcer would not heal and, in the end, he had
0:04:23 > 0:04:24to have his toe amputated.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26He has lost two more since then
0:04:26 > 0:04:30My surgeon did say to me, when he was taking my third toe off,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34"It s only a matter of time before you lose that one
0:04:34 > 0:04:40"It s inevitable that will go the same way.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I ve become an old man very, very quickly and,
0:04:42 > 0:04:43inside, I don t feel old.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44I ll go on forever.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I thought.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Patients with Type 2 diabetds are not just losing their toes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:58Some have had to have a foot amputated or even a lower ldg.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00It is life changing and very expensive.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02It is approximately ?20,000 for first six months,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06following amputation.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09There s the limb fitting and even a basic prosthesis costs
0:05:09 > 0:05:13thousands of pounds.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16All of those aspects mean it is a very expensive
0:05:16 > 0:05:21process for the state.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Nick Hex is the health economist who worked out the current
0:05:26 > 0:05:29cost of diabetes care - that ?10 billion figure.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Most of that is spent on complications.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Cheers, thanks a lot.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39Foot ulcers and amputations cost nearly ?1 billion a year.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Kidney failure is not far bdhind.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Then, there is sight loss nerve damage.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51But the biggest cost of all is for heart attacks and strokes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54With both obesity and Type 2 diabetes affecting
0:05:54 > 0:05:58more and more of us, costs for diabetic care are expected
0:05:58 > 0:06:04to increase to ?17 billion by 2 35.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08There is a fixed amount of money for the NHS,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12so clearly, if one disease `rea like diabetes, is taking up more
0:06:12 > 0:06:21considerable amount of that cost, then there is less money to spend
0:06:21 > 0:06:23on other diseases, like cancer, so it is really important
0:06:23 > 0:06:24that policy makers think
0:06:24 > 0:06:27about the ways costs can be mitigated over next few years,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29because there will not be enough to go round.
0:06:29 > 0:06:39Just taking all measures.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42To make up the footwear.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Back at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Steven is getting his feet leasured.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Losing three toes means he has to have specially-made shoes.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49They do not come cheap.
0:06:49 > 0:06:59Just out of interest, how much do they cost?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Because they will be custom made, they will be ?400-?500.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Wow, really?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13We are facing a diabetic ephdemic and need to find ways of prdventing
0:07:13 > 0:07:15those patients from reaching surgeons, because the cost
0:07:15 > 0:07:18to the patient and the NHS is skyrocketing.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20A new problem is expected to put even more financial
0:07:20 > 0:07:27pressure on the NHS.
0:07:27 > 0:07:2916-year-old Aisha is one of a small, but growing, number of children
0:07:29 > 0:07:35with Type 2 diabetes.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I developed T2D by having a sweet tooth mostly.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I used to try out every new sweet in the store.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44I used to drink quite a lot of sugary drinks.
0:07:44 > 0:07:51When I was taken to the hospital, it hit me then, because I started
0:07:51 > 0:07:56crying and it was shock.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Aisha now has to rely on medicine to control her condition.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03But she s managed to lose a stone in weight and those fizzy drinks
0:08:03 > 0:08:07are a thing of the past.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11It s been really hard at tiles, but you can only have health once
0:08:11 > 0:08:15and you can t buy your health.
0:08:15 > 0:08:23You have to keep changing your diet plan, to keep fit and healthy.
0:08:23 > 0:08:29New research shows the numbdr of children like Aisha with Type 2
0:08:29 > 0:08:31diabetes has nearly doubled in the last ten years.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33And they are likely to develop complications much earlier.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39People who are getting T2D when they re 15 or 16 are lhkely
0:08:39 > 0:08:46to have significant problems maybe at the age of 35, 36
0:08:46 > 0:08:51and that s really much younger than you d expect.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54These are things like renal failure and heart attacks and strokds
0:08:54 > 0:08:58and it is going to have a htge impact for them.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Ultimately, tackling the rise in Type 2 diabetes will depdnd
0:09:00 > 0:09:04on reducing our waistlines.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09I believe we re facing a crhsis and we really need concerted action
0:09:09 > 0:09:19right across society, for us to fund more research,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27to provide best possible care, treatment and, crucially,
0:09:27 > 0:09:28prevent so many cases
0:09:28 > 0:09:30of Type 2 in future.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32We need to stem the tide, otherwise we could see crishs
0:09:32 > 0:09:34and there are issues of sustainability for the NHS
0:09:34 > 0:09:37if we do nothing differentlx.
0:09:37 > 0:09:47Steven s diabetes has stabilised, but it is too late to save his job.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51The toe amputations have left him unsteady on his feet and he has been
0:09:51 > 0:09:54told by his employer that hd is no longer fit for work.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Given everything you have been through, Steve,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00what would your advice be to people being diagnosed now with T2D?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01For God s sake, take it serhously.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Don t make the mistake I did.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08It s the biggest regret I vd ever made in my entire life.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09It s a dreadful nasty disease.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11It takes no prisoners.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16It s a terrible thing.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Pretty shocking, isn't it?
0:10:19 > 0:10:24But the good news is that with the right treatment,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Type two diabetes can be forced into remission.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29In our next film, we meet a man who didn't
0:10:29 > 0:10:32bury his head in the sand like Stephen, but instead ddcided to
0:10:32 > 0:10:34tackle his diabetes.
0:10:34 > 0:10:43Now, he wants to help others do the same.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47My name's David McAuslan, I am 65 years old.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49And until very recently, I was very badly diabetic.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53I was on my way to losing mx feet, I was on my way to going blhnd.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55My kidneys could have given up.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00I was in a lot of trouble.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02If I hadn't done what I've done now, I don't
0:11:02 > 0:11:12think my life would have been very happy.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19This a great record.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23It reminds me of the early days
0:11:23 > 0:11:25It's probably worth quite a lot of money
0:11:25 > 0:11:29now.
0:11:29 > 0:11:36I was young once and we livdd in London and I partook in the
0:11:36 > 0:11:38swinging '60s very readily and I enjoyed it very much.
0:11:38 > 0:11:45As I got older, I wasn't aw`re of the damage
0:11:45 > 0:11:48that not exercising enough `nd not eating properly could do and I got
0:11:48 > 0:11:49diabetes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:57And I had it for quite a long time.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00And I was suffering from it quite badly.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02And I wonder what is there to stop other people suffering
0:12:02 > 0:12:06from diabetes as well?
0:12:06 > 0:12:11I'm going to meet a group of people who have
0:12:11 > 0:12:15recently been diagnosed with type two diabetes and I ready fedl quite
0:12:15 > 0:12:19strongly that it is important that they hear from someone who knows
0:12:19 > 0:12:23what has happened and what to do with it.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26And I want to show them that there is life with and after
0:12:26 > 0:12:31diabetes.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35I'm David, I'm 65.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40I have had diabetes for a very long time
0:12:40 > 0:12:42and I've suffered some of the consequences of it.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44There were a couple of sillx things and it may
0:12:44 > 0:12:48sound silly, but it meant a lot to me.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I was on holiday in Falmouth and I had a bath.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52And it was a regular bath.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Quite a big size, but you know, a regular bath.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57And I found I couldn't get out of it.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58I really couldn't.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59I couldn't lift myself out.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00I was too fat.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02And I should mention I was obese.
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Very large.
0:13:03 > 0:13:13I didn't have the strength to lift myself out.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14I thought, this is not right.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15I can't...
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Everybody else uses this bath and if it was
0:13:18 > 0:13:20that bad, they would have changed for another one.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21I knew I had diabetes.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22My doctor had told me.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24My blood sugars and my blood pressure
0:13:24 > 0:13:26and all my other measurements were through the roof.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Coupled with the diabetes, I also had very bad
0:13:28 > 0:13:30depression.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33In fact, my doctor said it was one of the worst cases he'd
0:13:33 > 0:13:37seen.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39I'd taken countless different forms of antidepressants.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44I'd been through many forms of therapy.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48And nothing really made any difference.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I decided on September the 07th last year that I had to do something
0:13:51 > 0:13:53about it.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Just off the top of my head, there would have two be thrde
0:13:57 > 0:13:58ways.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01One was that I was, though I wouldn't have admitted it at the
0:14:01 > 0:14:02time, I was an alcoholic.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03I drank too much.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Now, drinking.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I don't need to explain to you really what's
0:14:07 > 0:14:09bad with drinking, but it makes your brain fuzzy.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10So, you can't make decisions.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11It certainly doesn't help depression.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18And there are a lot of calories in alcohol.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20So, I stopped drinking on Sdptember the 18th and I
0:14:20 > 0:14:22haven't touched a drop sincd.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Now, when I was eating a lot, I didn't count
0:14:24 > 0:14:25the calories.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27But it must have been huge.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28So, I just eat carefully.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33I never used the word diet because that sounds like a punishment.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40This is the other thing I do to affect my recovery.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41I come here.
0:14:41 > 0:14:50It used to be seven days a week
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I've now got the luxury of reducing its to five days a
0:14:53 > 0:14:55week, where I work out for about an hour, an hour
0:14:55 > 0:14:56and a half every day.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59One of my mottos is always, "The more you do,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02the more you can do."
0:15:02 > 0:15:05I have lost eight stone in dight months and I'm saying that not in a
0:15:05 > 0:15:09boastful way...
0:15:09 > 0:15:16All right, it is boastful, xes, but more as what can be dond.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18What I done, actually is I have put the blinkers on,
0:15:18 > 0:15:19closed my eyes a bit
0:15:19 > 0:15:20and just done it.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Talking about my diabetes has taught me so many
0:15:23 > 0:15:24things.
0:15:24 > 0:15:30There is so much help out there but apparently there are so
0:15:30 > 0:15:33many people who don't take `dvantage of them which is a real shale
0:15:33 > 0:15:35because it can do a lot of good for you.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38And what about the million or more people in the UK who
0:15:38 > 0:15:40don't even know they have the disease?
0:15:40 > 0:15:49The charity Diabetes UK are trying to help them.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53So, Josh, what's is all abott today?
0:15:53 > 0:15:54What's happening here?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56So, what we're doing here today if we are
0:15:56 > 0:15:59here for the public to come and find out their risk of type two diabetes.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Are you all right there, ma'am?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Would you like to find out xour risk of type two diabetes?
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Yes.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Type two is preventable.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08You can go up to ten years without being diagnosed, so
0:16:08 > 0:16:11it's very important to be aware of what the risk factors ard.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12I've shrunk, apparently.
0:16:12 > 0:16:19Yeah, no, everybody drinks with age.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21So, a lot of people blame the symptoms on like
0:16:21 > 0:16:24being thirsty, going to the toilet, feeling tired or getting thhnner or
0:16:24 > 0:16:25things like age.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Maybe a hot summer.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Now I'm going to work out your body mass index.
0:16:28 > 0:16:3120 to 25 is the healthy range, so that's where you want to sit
0:16:31 > 0:16:32So yours is just up there.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35So, you need to try and bring that down.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36It's not too bad.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38But this just about making changes to make
0:16:38 > 0:16:39sure you can drop back in.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Does that approach work?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Yes, people are surprised when they are aware they
0:16:42 > 0:16:43sit.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46And find out the risk factors that they wouldn't normally be
0:16:46 > 0:16:47aware of.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50If you come out of a moderate or high risk, then you will be referred
0:16:50 > 0:16:52to a GP with a GP letter.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54They will call you in and do the correct
0:16:54 > 0:16:55diagnostic.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58As I say, it is important because you can go up to
0:16:58 > 0:17:00ten years without being diagnosed.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Having had diabetes myself, I know the problems for some of thd things
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I've found very difficult is actually finding out enotgh
0:17:05 > 0:17:06information about it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08So, what you're doing is I think so essential
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and if what you are doing c`n be spread to more people, even to GPs
0:17:11 > 0:17:14to learn more about it, I think it would be very relevant very
0:17:14 > 0:17:15important.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I couldn't resist jumping on this bike because a year ago I
0:17:18 > 0:17:20certainly couldn't have got on a bike.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Now, I find it hard to get off.
0:17:22 > 0:17:31You tend to value what you're eating.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Back to my talk to the diabdtes group in Bristol.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35So, I ended up telling them about the more
0:17:35 > 0:17:36bizarre aspects of my recovdry.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37Like adjusting to my body.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38My armpits are cavernous now.
0:17:48 > 0:17:55I can lose soap up there soletimes.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Before, it just came out.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57There was no hole there.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00You want to hear what it was like for the average person.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Well, I'm telling you.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Another thing that surprises me, my skull is bony.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I got bones up here.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06My skull is made of bones, not of fat.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08It used to be squidgy.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I could go like that and it would wobble a bit.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13All I'm saying really in all this is that there is hope.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16If you have got diabetes, it is not the end of the world.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17You can do it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18That's what I'm doing.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I wanted to die every day.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21I didn't relish the day at `ll.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Now, I wake up every morning and I've got this brand-new
0:18:24 > 0:18:28shiny thing in my hands full stop a new day that I can do what I want
0:18:28 > 0:18:29with.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31But I can come and talk to xou lot.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Thanks very much for listening to me.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36The real positive thing is that people clapped for you becatse
0:18:36 > 0:18:42you've done something quite remarkable.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Inspirational as well.
0:18:43 > 0:18:44I look forward to doing it.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I think I will be fine.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47I will be able to manage it.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49There is light at the end of the tunnel.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I'm really pleased that I connected with them.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57It was something that I was going to be able to do.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02The fact that I've apparently seem to have the strength
0:19:02 > 0:19:06to turn around my illness ghves me strength to feel that I can achieve
0:19:06 > 0:19:09anything perhaps I want to `chieve.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It's absolutely stunning.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14It's absolutely lovely up here and I certainly
0:19:14 > 0:19:16wouldn't have been able to walk up here and
0:19:17 > 0:19:18enjoy it.
0:19:18 > 0:19:25It's hard to imagine looking at this building today, but this was
0:19:25 > 0:19:27the location of the legendary Bamboo Club.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28It attracted some of the
0:19:28 > 0:19:30biggest names in reggae and offered the Caribbean
0:19:30 > 0:19:31community in Bristol a
0:19:31 > 0:19:33place they could truly feel at home.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Well, Bristol was a very conservative type of city.
0:19:37 > 0:19:45I don't mean that politically, either.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47And there was not a lot going on.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49There was not a lot of clubs in Bristol.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51It was very difficult to usd something to entertain people.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56And it was even more difficult if you
0:19:56 > 0:19:58were young and black in the city in the '60s.
0:19:58 > 0:20:08Roy Hackett, one of the
0:20:08 > 0:20:18most important figures in Bristol's West Indian history said...
0:20:18 > 0:20:20The treatment wasn't nice because you walk in their and no on
0:20:20 > 0:20:23the talk to you, they would look at you strange.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24So coming you and comforted.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25So, you didn't bother to go.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27They got very bad service.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29The change was almost chucked on the counter.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30No one would look at you.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33They were just had put it down and walk away like you're not there.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Basically, you would go homd at the end of the evening a bit
0:20:37 > 0:20:38stressed out saying, Why are people being so
0:20:39 > 0:20:40nasty to us?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42The west Indian community needed a place they could
0:20:42 > 0:20:43call their own.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44And that place was the Bamboo Club.
0:20:44 > 0:20:50MUSIC PLAYS
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Before he became known for his exploits as a
0:20:53 > 0:20:54yachtsman, local entreprenetr Tony Bullimore and his
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Jamaican wife Lilel
0:20:57 > 0:20:58created the Bamboo Club.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Which quickly established itself on the Bristol entertainment scene,
0:21:00 > 0:21:05attracting people of all races.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07The club is actually a west Indian club,
0:21:07 > 0:21:08but it's not solely for west Indians.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14The club itself is for anybody who wants to use it.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16We've got people from all over the world
0:21:16 > 0:21:18signing on as members although it is majoring
0:21:18 > 0:21:25in west Indian people.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Tony and Lilel have been together for more
0:21:27 > 0:21:28than 50 years.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29But it wasn't easy.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32What was the mixed relationship like at that period of time?
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Awful.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Terrible.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Very bad.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I would have people turn round to me and say, oh,
0:21:38 > 0:21:39and you've got a housekeeper.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40I would say, no it's my wifd.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42It was terrible.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45You wonder if they were hum`n beings, you know, to do things
0:21:45 > 0:21:51like that.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Say things like that.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53Because they didn't know us.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55We were just a couple.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56For years it went on like that.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58We were very happy together.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Extremely happy, we loved each other.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00We were happy.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02It is a bit late now to actually say...
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Don't worry about it.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04A bit late now.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08That's life.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Before the club opened in 1966 the community got
0:22:10 > 0:22:14together at unlicensed blues parties.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16But Tony's plan was to create a space which would attract
0:22:16 > 0:22:21the biggest reggae and blue beat acts of the time.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Tony Bullimore had an amazing dream of bringing people
0:22:25 > 0:22:33who only had other people's houses to congregate at as the bluds dance,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37you know, and all that.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42He made it kind of clubland and he would bring
0:22:42 > 0:22:46groups that were touring the UK from Jamaica,
0:22:46 > 0:22:51Bob Marley, Pat Kelly, Derek Morgan, Kevin Booth.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52The list of world-renowned lusicians who
0:22:52 > 0:22:57played at the Bamboo goes on and on.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Benny King played their at the height of his fame.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04As did Desmond Dekker, a familiar face to two
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Jamaican sisters who had made Bristol their home.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10We went to school with them and we lived in the
0:23:10 > 0:23:14same district.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16And as a child, you could see he was heading for
0:23:16 > 0:23:17stardom.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19He was always singing.
0:23:19 > 0:23:26A nice little boy, just like us, nicest girls.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29And he would come around to us and to my brothers and him.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33They would socialise.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Go to the bush to take mangoes and coconuts
0:23:35 > 0:23:37and fruits and all that.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Just amazing.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44And he became, what?
0:23:44 > 0:23:46International.
0:23:46 > 0:23:56MUSIC PLAYS
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Then he comes to the Bamboo Club to play.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03What was that like?
0:24:03 > 0:24:06When he came to the club, it was as if you could see everyond was
0:24:06 > 0:24:16there that we knew from homd.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Everybody had come out to sde him and to greet him.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25And be happy.
0:24:25 > 0:24:26You know, he was one of us.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28He was a big star at the tile.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33Because he had been on television.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34When we arrived there were posters around.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39You know, back in the 80s.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42And then when the club is open everybody came in and when H
0:24:42 > 0:24:49talk about pack, it was packed.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Water was just dripping off you
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Then when we started to play, that was another
0:24:53 > 0:24:58story.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01It's like they were on stagd and you are in the audience.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02You know, that's how enjoyable it was.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04The club was on two floors.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06There was a downstairs bar and there was the upstairs where
0:25:07 > 0:25:09the stage was.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11And when the upstairs becamd too full for the clientel,
0:25:11 > 0:25:19people could watch the show downstairs on a TV screen.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23This was unheard-of in the 60s.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25The Bamboo Club was more than just amazing
0:25:25 > 0:25:29venue, in fact it was a foc`l point for the west Indian community.
0:25:29 > 0:25:3250 years on since it first opened, well, it's legacy can be sthll seen
0:25:32 > 0:25:37all over the city.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Several organisations grew out of the Bamboo Club.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Football and dominoes teams, the St Paul's Carnival.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And this place.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45The Bristol West Indian Cricket club.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47The meetings were all held at the Bamboo club.
0:25:47 > 0:25:53It was the focal point for the club.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56And we were as a club supported well by the
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Bamboo Club.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01And Tony Bullimore had the vision to say, yes, this is
0:26:01 > 0:26:03going to grow and develop.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08At that time there wasn't an awful lot for
0:26:08 > 0:26:13the black community in the `rea
0:26:13 > 0:26:15And the Bamboo Club was the catalyst for
0:26:15 > 0:26:17most things then.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20But tragedy struck in 1977, a week before the sex
0:26:20 > 0:26:25Pistols were due to play thdre.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30For no apparent reason, up in flames.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31I was in bed.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34It was late.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38I'd finished working and I went home.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42And then I got a phone call to say that there was a problem at the
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Bamboo Club and I rushed back down.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48The fire brigade were on strike and it was the reserve that came.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51They struggled to get it under control.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53I just stood there and watched it just go up.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Just watched it burn.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57It was terrible.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Terrible.
0:26:58 > 0:27:04It was a sad time.
0:27:04 > 0:27:04Very upsetting.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Couldn't understand it.
0:27:05 > 0:27:14Up till today, I can't understand it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Not knowing what had happendd.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18It was sad because it meant that the west Indian communhty
0:27:18 > 0:27:20at large had been robbed of their community centre.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I know certainly for the elders it is always a
0:27:23 > 0:27:30reference point and the
0:27:30 > 0:27:32transference of that down to young people,
0:27:32 > 0:27:36not necessarily sure that's there.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Would they benefit having something like that?
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Absolutely, yes.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42If it became a focal point to the black community, think then yes.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45I think that the club did play a major part
0:27:45 > 0:27:47in helping to even out racism and make Bristol
0:27:47 > 0:27:48a much better place for
0:27:48 > 0:27:49everybody to live in.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Yes, I think it helped to break the barrier down
0:27:56 > 0:27:57between black and white.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00A lot of people genuine have said to be after
0:28:00 > 0:28:02last week open another club, Tony.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03We need another club.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05And I thought very, very much about actually doing
0:28:05 > 0:28:06it.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11Maybe I'm getting little bit old now.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13That chapter of our lives is closed.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18Completely closed.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19No more Bamboo Club.
0:28:19 > 0:28:29We will live with the memorx, the lovely memory.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34It was a hard work.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36It was very, very, very hard work.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39You can hear more about the Bamboo Club all this week on BBC r`dio
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Bristol.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41And also on our Facebook page.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43But that's it from us tonight.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44We're back with you next wedk.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45Thanks for watching.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Good night.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Coming up on next week's programme.
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0:28:50 > 0:28:50calling for Hinckley the
0:28:50 > 0:28:51to be shut down?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Can we really take the risk when we could have
0:28:54 > 0:28:55accidents that could cause meltdowns?
0:28:55 > 0:29:01Perhaps radioactive releases?
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0:29:21 > 0:29:23Migrants are being resettled around France.
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