Locals who live in the flats famed for featuring on This Is England have spoken out about what it's really like to live there. Blackstock flats and Ironside Road in Sheffield appeared throughout three of the TV drama sequels from 2010 to 2015.
But the area wasn't picked for its beauty. Instead it became the epicentre of Shane Meadows' vision of a troubled Britain in the 80s and 90s. The concrete tower blocks proved the perfect backdrop for a gritty vision of of the UK and the north during troubled times.
Blackstock flats themselves were featured prominently as the grim-looking location that Lol and Woody move to in This is England 86. Today the grey monuments to post-war architecture remain a fairly uninviting prospect on approach, rising out of the greenery of Gleadless Valley.
