Living by candlelight in a dangerous and crumbling block of flats
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIn the gloom of his one bed flat, Tony Henry describes the moment the electricity was cut off. "We were watching telly and bam!
Just like that it went off," the 68-year-old said. "They gave nobody no notice." Mr Henry is one of a number of mainly elderly people eking out an existence in a condemned block of flats on an otherwise neat and tidy cul-de-sac on the outskirts of Middleton.
Outside, piles of rubbish litter the overgrown grass in what, at first glance, appears to be abandoned building site. READ MORE: Inquest hears more details about tragedy that saw man, 29, die in Dovestone Reservoir Inside it's even worse.
The dank and dingy staircase is covered in scaffolding. Cracks can be seen in the walls and large gaps wide enough to fit your hand through run alongside the main window.
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