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Recreating Orwell's journey
80 years after George Orwell went on The Road to Wigan Pier, we recreated his journey reporting on how thing have changed. Click on areas on the interactive map to discover the area-by-area picture.
The Stories
Episode 6: Manchester
Rats, cockroaches and mould in Manchester
The squalid slum-like conditions of the working poor
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The People
I'm looking for work - I eat at my mum's to save money
Read Keith's story
People come here hungry - their children are hungry
Read Pam's story
I live on £146 a fortnight - I can't save for retirement
Read Janet's story
For two days a month I can't afford to eat
Read Pete's story
I'm 19 and living in a tent
Read Ryan's story
I'm being pressured to take work - and it terrifies me
Read Ella's story
Things are getting worse for us and our patients
Read Claire's story
Manchester has changed a great deal in my lifetime but poverty has never left us
Read Malcolm's story
I swam from Turkey to Greece to escape Syria then slept on the street in Manchester
Read Mohammed's story
We give hot food to up to 140 people a night, but there's more to it than just feeding them
Read Suzanne's story
I won't stand back and watch people starve
Read Charlotte's story
There are people in this city who can't afford to eat
Read Sam's story
I’m going back on the streets to avoid the pointless benefits system
Read Mike's story
Debt is a way of life round here
Read Stevie's story
I see people smartly dressed, walking miles... they're homeless
Read Dave's story
I see poverty and isolation getting worse
Read Sister's story
Poor students face a closed door on higher education
Read Terry's story
All I have is a kettle... to survive you have to watch every penny
Read John's story
We're the first generation not to go to university
Read Frankie's story
I see people walking in to jobs I can't get because their parents have money
Read Frankie's story
It got too much so I leapt on a bus and left it all behind me
Read Raymond's story
A tent in the park was my home for three years
Read Jackie's story