Some thoughts from the Amp Project about Regeneration

Courtney from Miles Platting

"We thought our houses were coming down. Now they are not, they are going to be turned round, so our back door will become the front door and the front door will be the back door !!!"

Joshua Gallagher

"The regeneration of the area doesn't affect the house i live in, but i know that it will affect others who are forced to move from their home. I feel angry and frustrated that they are pulling down the Ancoats area. I think that with every brick they pull away, a piece of Ancoats History is lost."

Samantha Power

" The Amp Project is very good. It helped me to gain many qualifications that helped me to start an apprenticeship with Lovell. My apprenticeship will last for 2 years. I was on the Amp Project for five years and achieved quite a lot of qualifications and certificates, now i realy like my job and we need more girls in the building trade."

Joseph O'Kane

"The regeneration does not affect me here in Victoria Dwellings, but it has affected my daughter as she has to move house. I do believe thereis going to be some kind of place for the young people. They don't seem to have many places to go at the moment."

Since being interviewed Joseph sadly died, Aiden his grandson gave permission to use his words.