Watch This My estate has been derelict since 1997 and the council want me out - I'm not moving By Lucinda Herbert Reporter Comment Published 30th Aug 2024, 12:28 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Dramatic video shows one of the last remaining tenants on a derelict housing estate dubbed 'Britain's Chernobyl'..
.who refuses to leave despite the council esrmarking it for demolition. One of the last few remaining residents of a derelict estate dubbed 'Britain's Chernobyl" says he won’t leave - despite the council earmarking the site for demolition.
In a powerful video (click to play above) Marshal Craig, 70, explains that he ‘likes living’ on his estate, which has been virtually empty since 1997, and looks like something from a post-apocalyptic film. Derelict estate is ‘idyllic’ Built in 1905 it is made up of 430 flats in rotting tenement buildings as well as a rundown church - all covered in graffiti and litter. Marshal says he is one of just five people left there but has no plans to leave - claiming it is ''idyllic''.
It was abandoned in 1997 and is now a ghost town and the target of arson attacks with some of the cheapest properties in Britain - in 2020 one flat sold for 6K. Keep up with the latest new videos with the Shots! Newsletter. Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our prem.