72-year-old with terminal cancer forced out of his home for demolition work
A 72-year-old man with terminal cancersays he has been forced out of his home for demolition work.
Barry Lanza, who lives at 17 Bond Street with his two seven-year-old Chiuhuahuas was forced to evacuate his property last week as work to demolish an unsafe building got underway.
Barry Lanza, who lives at 17 Bond Street with his two seven-year-old Chiuhuahuas was forced to evacuate his property last week as work to demolish an unsafe building got underway.
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00:00Right, there you go.
00:02Hi, yes, my name's Barry Langer. I'm 72 years old.
00:07I've lived in this flat, number 17 Bond Street, for 36 years.
00:15The building next door, which you'll all remember was Hart's,
00:20they started demolition on it four weeks ago,
00:25and they caused some damage to my property.
00:28And now the council are involved and have basically said,
00:33you can't live in it, so they gave me five minutes
00:36to get the medication I need to get there, and just to leave.
00:41The owner of the site took me to a little bed and breakfast
00:47that takes dogs in, and I spent two nights there.
00:52But then, because the lady had more people coming in,
00:55I had to book into a travel lodge, which is where I'm staying at the moment.
01:04You can see my garden here.
01:07That's the patio door, you see.
01:11Oh, that white door?
01:12Yeah, that's the patio door out into my garden.
01:15Oh, right, OK, I understand now.
01:18It also affects everything, obviously.