00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World. My name is Theo Houston Betts and today I'm out in the streets of Manchester asking people about Pride.
00:05Now it's Pride Month and last Monday I went down into the Gay Village to talk to people about what their pride meant to them.
00:11And from that we realised just how much positive feeling can be generated from taking a while to really consider how great you can be.
00:18So today we're going to be asking people two things. Firstly, what makes them proud to be themselves?
00:23And secondly, what makes them proud to be British?
00:26I like to think I'm a kind person.
00:29What makes me proud to be myself?
00:34I'd say I'm pretty independent. I do a lot of things on my own.
00:39I don't know. I'm very myself.
00:43Trustworthy, loyal, good guy, kind.
00:48Yeah, it's also a bit cliche though saying like, oh, he's outgoing, he's so nice, you know.
00:53But that just is what you want people to think about you, especially close friends.
00:58I think my friends would say, I'm pretty loud, outgoing, say I'm reasonably confident.
01:07I'm generous.
01:11Yeah, I'd say that's it. I'm quite encouraging as well.
01:14Oh, jeez.
01:15That's his whole personality, just going like, just making a joke and being like, oh, I'm so funny, I can't believe I just said that.
01:21That's just you.
01:22I do laugh at my own jokes quite a lot.
01:24Yeah.
01:25Biggest fan.
01:26I am.
01:27I'm like, I'm biggest fan to be fair.
01:28Yeah, funny. I'd describe myself as funny.
01:29I don't know how funny I am.
01:31I'm a really good mum.
01:33Like, hold my hands up there.
01:35Sick mum.
01:36Got a six year old.
01:37So, yeah, that's what I'm probably proudest of, everything I do for her.
01:42And how much she really likes me as well.
01:44Like, we've got a very good relationship.
01:46You know, especially in like this city, like north of England, it's built on community and working hard, looking out for each other.
01:53And you can definitely feel that when you're like just talking to everyday normal people.
01:57And that's something I'm proud of for the country.
02:00Something I like to be a part of and do, you know, like working hard, being kind, being, you know.
02:07It's very, very friendly. Obviously, I've, well, not obviously, but been to Norway, you know, a couple of places.
02:14And people don't like talk as much, you know, like, also I work in a bar.
02:19So I'm always like quite nice, you know, nice to customers, always talking.
02:24You can always get along with people.
02:25I think if it just stops a random guy, you probably have a 500 conversation with him about nothing.
02:30I like Britain. It's a great place. It's old, a lot of history.
02:33There's a lot of roots, a lot of old buildings. The pub, football. I think it's great to be British.
02:39I like the people. Not all of the people, but, you know, most of us have the same sort of base, like you said before.
02:46We're all a bit self-deprecating. We're all miserable to the same degree.
02:50Yeah, but we're all like that and we're so nice.
02:52Yeah, so it's fine. We all just sort of get on with it.
02:54You know, keep calm and carry on. The resilience of the Brits is something to be admired, I think.
03:00Thank you, Lord.
03:19Yeah.
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