Boy George's grandmother was found by herself in the streets of Dublin...

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Iconic pop star Boy George grew up in south London in an Irish family. George expects to find a lot of sadness in his family tree. He knows that his maternal grandmother was found wandering the streets of Dublin as a small child and put in a children's home and wants to find out how she came to be in such a dire situation.
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@daniandersson924 6 месяцев назад

This revelation about Boy George's family history is sad yet intriguing at the same time. I love Boy George 💖

@intuitivediane 5 месяцев назад

Yes! Could watch these stories all the time. Even from non celebrities. So interesting

@intuitivediane 5 месяцев назад

8:06 have to disagree. Young children and with sick parents in those times probably couldn’t even feed their children

@mlersk8830 6 месяцев назад

Love Boy George- I grew up in the glory days of MTV and I’m really glad he made it through so well.

@user-bm8pw8bv7k 6 месяцев назад

Me too 😊

@liftedgifted6010 6 месяцев назад

Right?! He looks lovely 🌹 😍

@OldNewsNewNews 6 месяцев назад

Amen to that, he has the type of personality you just love, to listen to his life story's..♥️💙💛

@jszoradi8650 6 месяцев назад

Me too. Grew up in the glory days of the 80's in high school and MTV. We wanted to look like him. Love Boy George and his music 🎧

@vistany64 6 месяцев назад

George looks fabulous

@karenwilson9528 6 месяцев назад

I once read a book called Suffer The Little Children which told the story of a young girl raised by the nuns. What screamed through her writing was the clarity of fact that her whole childhood, from the moment she entered that place, was totally devoid of any bit of physical or emotional warmth nor any bit of physical or emotional comfort. Yet I have seen pictures of dormitory of the time. Rows and rows of little girls kneeling next to their very own bed with it's very own clean sheets, saying their prayers before bedtime. It all look rather charming. And you can't argue that a clean bed all to one's self, surrounded by 'good little girls' as playmates etc seems, on paper, idyllic. But reading of this little girls day to day experience of it tells me you are absolutely right, they are better off with the love of their perants in their own home.

@rachels.2364 6 месяцев назад

Boy George looks so good for his age now. Love him and his songs. He is a music icon of the 80s which is the most wonderful era for music. ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

@traceyholt8223 6 месяцев назад

Bridget was taken and placed in the Industrial school in 1919, at age of 6. Her parents died in 1922 and 1926. She would have been aged 9 and 13 years old. At 13, she may not have got an opportunity to go to the industrial school but she would have been orphaned at age 13. I wonder what happened to her siblings when their father died in 1926?

@blossie33 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I was wondering what happened to her siblings too 😕 very sad.

@marimar6598 6 месяцев назад

Wow. Beautiful, and sad story. Irish history. My great uncle was also part of the movement. He was beaten to a pulp and was never right after. Ireland has great historians. George is gorgeous. Love his laughter! Thank you for sharing the story. A tribute to all those lost family members especially to the women who rose up and fought for their beloved country.

@phyllishannah7203 6 месяцев назад

George. Am sorry for your grandma hardships as a child.

@ShineOnBenevolentSun 6 месяцев назад

Who is Audun Carlsen?

@OG_2pence 5 месяцев назад

What do you mean he was never right after, in what sense. Because you exist don't you?

@julieclayton-west624 6 месяцев назад

Love Boy George and so pleased to see him looking so well. A huge talent who got through those bad years.

@charlotten8520 6 месяцев назад

I love him and his music. God bless him and his family. Good to see this. Thank you.

@shirlysmilesmusic6919 6 месяцев назад

Oh how I loved Boy George! I'm so Happy to see him looking good! Sad family story.

@suzannarutherford4696 6 месяцев назад

George has the most beautiful eyes!

@sicks6six 5 месяцев назад

you mean his eye lash extensions, l0l

@michelehansen1653 6 месяцев назад

So glad you found your roots,your granmother be so proud of you,you have done her name well,miss your singing by the way

@seanpittaway5341 5 месяцев назад

During lockdown garry Barlow was doing duets on youtube, one of em was with boy George, if you haven't seen it watch it, absolute legend!

@NilZed1 6 месяцев назад

We don’t know anything about my husbands grandad except he was picked up in Paisley Scotland and given to a family in the Highlands.

@joyceanderson8648 6 месяцев назад

Love Boy George always and thankful we had his voice and music into the 90s.

@conorsmith8551 6 месяцев назад

He did the soundtrack for the crying game as well, love that film

@joan1547 6 месяцев назад

George is a lovely guy glad he's doing so well

@rjsusej01 6 месяцев назад

I love boy George for his absolute kind heart and I so much agree with him that is as long as you’re with the people who you love and love you and they are trying to figure it out. No one has the right to remove your child from you no one has the right to say that and if it’s noon when this poor little child was removed from her mama and daddy, it probably made them very sad for which made them have sickness.

@kidjustice7945 6 месяцев назад

That's easy to say in hindsight but you font know the circumstances and what could of been the outcome had she not been taken

@julieannecarlson6507 6 месяцев назад

How heartbreaking. Love Boy George....great person! Love from 1984😊

@jtb1245 6 месяцев назад

George is the original unique Star 💫 … ❤️🇮🇪

@carmijar71 6 месяцев назад

He is still soooo beautiful!

@ambercruse278 6 месяцев назад

So sad 😢 love you longtime George. Thank you for sharing ❤ 🇨🇦

@kittyblak393 6 месяцев назад

Omg, Boy George, beautiful as always, so glad he still with us, I mean, he and Madonna are the only living giants of their era , and what an era.. meanwhile, when one decides to dig up the past, be prepared for anything, very sad details, 🙏🌈⚘️

@michelehernandez4217 6 месяцев назад

There is more than enough in the world for everyone, but for some reason, people keep overlooking that fact.

@fee2229 6 месяцев назад

George is so Gorgeous, I’ve met him a few times over the years, been huge fan since the beginning, lucky to have seen Culture Club live a few months ago again ☺️ He is such a beautiful soul 💙 Love him 💙

@teashiaincrediibleh.3646 6 месяцев назад

Boy George is awesomely gifted and I've been in love with him for many years now. ❤❤ I want to be his baby mama but I'm too old now. ❤❤

@carolmartin6719 6 месяцев назад

Hi Boy George glad your finding out about your family history. I wanna find out more of my family history. Best of luck. Love you , your music

@donnamays24 6 месяцев назад

I just love Boy George❤❤❤

@mediolanumhibernicus3353 6 месяцев назад

She has such a lovely speaking voice.

@TNT1719 6 месяцев назад

Born in the 70s and grew up in the MTV era in the 80s and Culture Club was a big part of my family music listening. I still listen to Boy George. Mistake #3 is still my cut!!! 🫶🏽💃🏽👍🏽

@auntjenny1732 6 месяцев назад

I enjoyed this a lot. So beautiful to honor them. I hope somehow they knew

@pv5010 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your family history I enjoy your work and wish the best for you. Love from Sherman Oaks 💙

@jononeill1000 6 месяцев назад

It hasn't gotten any better, Tulsa is our equivalent to bygone days

@ericdemilo2497 6 месяцев назад

That’s a sad and an interesting story. Thank you for sharing the story George and you are looking good. I am one of your fans. ❤️❤️❤️

@karenryan78 6 месяцев назад

Love Boy George since the beginning but have come to love him even more as well as RESPECT !! Love his voice and music ~ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤‼

@user-kl7xw4xs6f 3 месяца назад

12 years old and played them all the time ❤❤

@OldNewsNewNews 6 месяцев назад

Alot of people and even family members, don't care about what happened to their, own family members back in the day's, It Nice to see people that do, Such As The Boy, ♥️ And myself, and I don't speak for the rest of my family!

@cindee1794 6 месяцев назад

What a devastating family history to find. I had no idea that this is how people lived in Dublin 100 years ago.

@alexisnewell3672 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing love you Boy George how sad the mortality rate as so high, so devastatingly sad love from 🇦🇺❤🙏❤

@mssramsunker4820 5 месяцев назад

Gosh, I grew up listening to Boy George's music❤❤he looks so so good💞I didn't recognize him. Family history, many have that sad history😢 sending much love from South Africa ❤

@christinehedstrom9515 6 месяцев назад

I am so sorry. It's amazing that any of us exist at all. Love to you Boy George and the truth sayers.

@ttp436 6 месяцев назад

Very touching very sad. Very similar to a lot of people of those times. 😢

@jszoradi8650 6 месяцев назад

Always loved Boy George ❤️👍

@tetsuan25 5 месяцев назад

My poor Granny grew up in Belfast in poverty, it never left her. Even though she migrated to Australia after WW2 and had all she could need, she watched every penny and still thought 5c had value. She never lost her accent. Miserable cow but we loved her.

@Rebwell 6 месяцев назад

Can’t we talk about how fricking BEAUTIFUL he looks? He looks like he’s doing fantastic! I have loved him since a small child. I’m so glad to see he seems to be doing so well.

@jodylancaster8706 6 месяцев назад

Yes! He has the most gorgeous eyes I have ever seen. He is looking good these days.❤

@julieclayton-west624 6 месяцев назад

He’s a strapping handsome man. So glad he’s doing well.

@marianevick4992 6 месяцев назад

I love boy George

@emmsue1053 6 месяцев назад

Love George, such a decent nice guy.. Ireland was awful but many places were as bad. Thanks for sharing.

@kathleenweeks5035 6 месяцев назад

My mom and her siblings taken away by the state after their father died and their mother was lost in her mind do to that loss. They would have been better with family or their mother letting an older couple adopt them all when they met the children at the children’s farm home the asked but my great grandmother said no. This happened in the 1930’s I just thank God my dad fell in love with my mom while delivering flowers to during a surgery for the people she work for now I can say it was all in Gods plan

@cj3726 6 месяцев назад

Love you Boy George ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@carenvisser607 5 месяцев назад

Can I just say.... BOY GEORGE IS SO HANDSOME INDEED.

@BlindFreddy59 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful man. Spectacular voice! ❤❤❤

@dantaylor333 5 месяцев назад

Boy george is a national treasure with a very interesting history. My great nan was born 1906 in clapham. Its important to remember where we came from

@juliehoffman6292 6 месяцев назад

Bless you Boy George!

@wendyjones1422 6 месяцев назад

Im from ireland it was a hard life growing up over but even harder coming to uk and growing up

@paulinemclaren3278 6 месяцев назад

Such a sad thing to discover 😭, so many aweful things happened in past years that we will never know, heartbreaking so sorry George, stay strong ❤❤🙏

@Carpenterdane 6 месяцев назад

The streets were these children's playground just like NYC. It's so sad his grandmother was picked up wandering around on the street.

@crystalwahpoosywan 6 месяцев назад

Love boy george music number one song hits love it nailed it 100 perfect voice

@francerichard801 5 месяцев назад

I saw him in a interview for the first time He’s awesome!!!!!

@goosiechild 6 месяцев назад

Norwegian child protective services a century later: "hold my beer."

@marileejacobsonmoe9846 6 месяцев назад

Boy George you have beautiful eyes

@C.E.O.007 6 месяцев назад

At 44 i finally know He was saying Karma karma chameleon..i always thought it was comma comma comma to me😅😂😂 lea

@simonstokes369 5 месяцев назад

Legend, such a cool dude.

@laurakillah1 6 месяцев назад

how heartbreaking ❤

@melissalove2463 6 месяцев назад

My brother looks heaps like boy George just without the makeup !

@chrischris8550 6 месяцев назад

I wonder where they got the idea for the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!?

@BFRIZZLE909 6 месяцев назад

I love the eye makeup, beautiful eyes.

@donnabeuth3193 5 месяцев назад

That's so very tragic and cruel what happened to his grandma😔😭😭😭

@angelaviolet 6 месяцев назад

Ah, so sad, gave me tears welling up in my eyes. Can only hope that life wasn't too bad for Bridget when she was taken into care.

@sshaw4429 6 месяцев назад

They did this to native Americans as well. Drug them off to “schools”. My grandmother was under 3.😢😢😢😢

@user-wi6hh8lz6r 5 месяцев назад

Yes true my family are Choctaw nation

@starbright1256 6 месяцев назад

❤ to the family.

@mishalouise5471 6 месяцев назад

Loved his music when he was in culture club ❤

@user-kl7xw4xs6f 3 месяца назад

Hi George I loved the Irish rebel songs they touched my sole ❤

@amalfimike 5 месяцев назад

3:14 hard to believe someone this youthful looking was huge in the charts 40 years ago. Lol!

@sharynmain2432 6 месяцев назад

Just think … one date mentioned 1915 when looking through the official papers. 109 years later puts us here now. No wonder all the generationally trauma is so apparent world wide… as now there is a huge proportion of people who don’t seem to realise how lucky they are if they are able to get up in the morning , have a reasonable luck of health and success…. And yet our world is leaning towards so many mental health issues. 100 years guys… how do it managed to get to this place …. We have some of the worlds best minds and technology and machinery. I know suffering and hard times can build grit and resilience…. But too much can completely break a person and society. What are we missing here?

@marieveal-adams5298 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!

@jeffcrocker1078 6 месяцев назад

Without his usual styling he has a handsome face never noticed

@cindypowell8978 6 месяцев назад

It’s fully amazing how much our ancestors have been through their lives to survive in our country’s even my family survived the second world war to immigrate to Canada, with only the clothes they wore as the bombing was ever present getting even as the boat left the harbour to get to Canada.

@emmellj7133 6 месяцев назад

It's not hard to understand why the children was outside/ in the streets. I think the streets was like a part of their home. Life was really hard for so many people back then.

@janeosullivan7027 6 месяцев назад

i love george as well big fan 😍

@susanstreet1 6 месяцев назад

So sorry George.noy just seeing this today but since articles i read said about your family back in the 1980's 😘

@punchy1325 6 месяцев назад

The tenements where still around in the 70s

@fridaytax 6 месяцев назад

So desperately sad 😔

@BellaFinn 6 месяцев назад

So heartbreaking ❤️‍🩹

@wendyjones1422 6 месяцев назад

Like boy george what an interesting story

@Holly707 6 месяцев назад

Every family has a sad story. Poor, sad times in history. No one is special from disaster, heartache and misery.

@lynettesanchez9315 6 месяцев назад

Very sad ❤😢

@LadyAlchemyy 5 месяцев назад

How did he NOT know this was happening!?😳🙄

@nicolerozon2818 6 месяцев назад

Seems to me that Boy George’s grandmother would have likely ended up in industrial schools anyway, albeit a little later, given that her parents died when she was still quite young.

@thebrideoffrankenstein2415 6 месяцев назад

Where's the rest to watch it? Amazing story...I'm wondering...was Ireland independent at this time? Or part of the UK?

@conorsmith8551 6 месяцев назад

Part of the uk. Didn’t become independent until 1921

@lightgiver7311 6 месяцев назад

I would have much rather a child be given food, shelter and a chance to survive than to live like that. Many children died from malnutrition and disease back then. George needs to understand that he is here because she was removed from the home.

@judypurcell6571 6 месяцев назад

😅 the people had it so hard back then so sad

@mathanmor 5 месяцев назад

We can see why popular People's Uprisings were so much in the fabric of the working classes in Ireland and the whole of Europe in the early Twentieth Century ...

@user-cj9vg4rc2x 6 месяцев назад

So sad

@melissahiroti3275 6 месяцев назад

Hi can you please make the videos available to us? please?

@SP-kh7dp 5 месяцев назад

Real life kiddie catchers😢

@frankenz66 6 месяцев назад

Goodness, she could have just been out playing and getting some fresh air.

@jadefamousartist5242 6 месяцев назад

Hi From The Sky 💫

@BeeApple-sr3db 6 месяцев назад

Here in The United States DCF takes our kids away. It is very sad.😢😢😢😢

@ddelaney712 6 месяцев назад

My ex-in-laws lived in those apartments back in the early '00s. Where George was standing first, directly behind him was the apartment.

@jp80a68 6 месяцев назад

Boy George is so wrapped in his own generaton that he cannot see the truth, the reality is that his grandmonther like many children of the Dublin slums, may not have even survived had she been left with her family, if her father could not work, at first it would be that he was not picked as he looked frail, and then he would get to where he could not physically work, they may have all starved, or got sick through poor nourishment and then died. The industrial schools were dired and a blot on Irish history, but without them Boy George might not be here.

@wendyjones1422 6 месяцев назад

So asual kids were stolen from there familys how sad

@LuvableAF 6 месяцев назад

She’d be 140 by now …this title tho..,😂

@OG_2pence 5 месяцев назад

It was all about funding. The more kids got taken, the more money donated.. that's why kids aren't really cared about now. There's never been enough money to support children adequately but there's always enough money to pay the workers.