I was born in Dewsbury in 1946, moved to Mirfield in 1949, Heckmondwike in 1959, Sheffield in 1970 and London in 1972 where, apart from two years outside of England, I have lived ever since. I have no family left in West Yorkshire, have not visited the area for almost 20 years and am unlikely to do so ever again. Dewsbury has some magnificent Victorian architecture but other than that absolutely nothing to commend it. Very sad and depressing.
The Gold Rush (or should I say Textile Rush) was between about 1840 and the first world war. Vast profits were made.. prosperity was palpable. Infrastructure was built rapidly and it was a steady decline from there on.. The winds of change happened and the wealth along with its owners melted away probably to all reaches of the planet. I feel lucky being old enough to experience the dying embers of a great Town. Young people have no clue
@@MrDodgedollar The decline of the textile industry dosent explain the death of the high street. That is down to mass car addiction. The public sadly prefer to drive to retail parks etc.
@@jiggersotoole7823Yes that is a factor, a modern curse or convenience.. Good planning, ie pedestrianisation, Low business rates and free parking would have staved off decline but Not Kirklees.. They have presided over an embarrassment. Commercial Ignorance is their hallmark. The Arcade has been left to rot a long time and finally there are efforts and monies now to restore the fabric .. all good but as a commercial proposition.. I go back to my first point- Where are the customers?- Leeds/Harrogate .. Why on earth would anyone with half serious spending power come to Dewsbury?
@@jiggersotoole7823Local authorities have made it difficult for people to access town centres, ridiculously high business rates etc. In general this is being played out nationally.
Everyone knows why the town is going down hill just look at the people who live there they come to these towns and the locals move out the local people are the heartbeat of any place they spend the money and the local economy wins but has soon as non locals come it's the end it's happening in every town city and village in England
Also sad that everyone is moving out and not ready to mingle and live in a mixed community. It could be nice living next to each other, respecting each other. But as one group moves in the other one moves out and then it feels like a place get overrun.
The worst market you have ever seen in your life is becoming the norm for a lot markets in the north of England. They get over taken mainly by Pakistanis and this is what they turn the markets into. Cheap clothes and knockoff food. If white stall holders move out then sure enough another Pakistani owned stall will open that sells either knockoff food or cheap clothes. They see no problem with this. This causes more white flight, then you are left with what is practically 100% Pakistani owned market with no variety or multiculturalism. It happened to Bradford's Cannon Mills. Once one of the largest and best markets in the north of England. Now it is called a Pakistani Bazaar. Cannon Mills used to have three second hand game shops, book shops, record shops, a flee market, a car boot on weekends, army surplus, vintage leather shop, pet shop, camping shop, toy shop, antiques shop, and lots of butchers and farmers selling their stuff. Now it is only Asian food and cheap clothes aimed at a single demographic of person. It's sad.
@@bash7862 not in the slightest. I don't really care about race. I am more a fan of English culture, values and traditions. What I don't like is cultural vandalism caused by unsustainable immigration from 3rd world countries that import their own culture, values and dress at the expense of their host's. Real markets, pubs, music venues, theatres. Four things that are under threat and disappearing as these areas lose their English identity.
Have you found a correlation between the run down areas and the amount of people of Indian or Pakistani origin that reside in the area? Just an observation and wondered if that was a factor in more than 50% of the places. Council's tend not to invest in multicultural demographics.
@@southlondon86 Sorry but you are clearly ignorant because of what the media feed you. In the last ten years alone there have been dozens far worse than the two names you mention but they are muslim. The media do not talk about them. Open your eyes.
@@southlondon86 Sure, we have reports of Muslims grooming young girls and Africans stabbing almost daily, but two serial killers that did less damage than a week of third world immigration?
It's almost like the failure is a function of the population, rather than the setting. Gotta say, the 2021 census data is very handy for researching into demographics.
People shop online because they can get better deals and some actual value for money. Not only that, but they are able to purchase the specific item they want. As opposed to paying high prices for everything in the shops, not knowing if they can even find what they are looking for. Shops close down, but more delivery driver jobs are created.
@@johnmitchell2269 Yet markets in places like Bakewell are thriving. Funny that isn't it. How a homogenous, high trust town can thrive, but a town with high immigration and low trust is dying. Nothing to do with the internet.
All it is now is rubbish clothes being sold whilst a woman running it is dancing around to Beautiful People and she looks like she has had her life destroyed by drugs.
I used to go to the Friday second hand market - it was great, but the increased cost of the stalls made it impossible for it to continue. There are some amazing people driving through the improvements at the moment - must be really p*ssing off kirklees council!
@@asavlogsalltruthrevealed7483 The saturday market is a joke in comparison to what it was 20 years ago & shops are shut everywhere, Dewsbury may aswell have a closed sign on the way in.
"A lot of shops are shut....loads of them" Somebody slap Kirklees council. Under Dewsbury council the town thrived. Kirklees sapped the life out of the town and left it a town devoid of character and life.
@@alansugar7315 the shops closing down has nothing to do with Asians. Its not like anyone has a gun to their head to close their business down. Empty shops have everything to do with the councils charging extortionate rates, landlords charging extortionate rents, and a distinct lack of support from the residents of dewsbury (they of Asian origin or British born white folk). Rubbish is not endemic to one demographic. Take a look at some of the non Asian areas that are equally as run down and dirty in parts. When town attract trash, living standards automatically slip. Pretty unfair to unload the whole 'problem' on to one demographic and not on any other who also happen to be complicit in the running down of Dewsbury.
@@AmaanStorm With demographic which by the way is not by race has come Gangsters. The control the politics too. They weren't afraid to dump shards of glass on the playing fields to force the natives out. The face of evil
Dewsbury is the only place I know where a McDonald’s has shut down to be replaced with a discount shop. The centre and surrounding areas are an eyesore and a disgrace to Yorkshire.
What's happened to Dewsbury is absolutely straight up criminal I've lived here my whole life and wanted nothing but the best for our once quiet picturesque little town. People used to flock here from all across Yorkshire it was genuinely a nice place to live with low crime, nice shops (English shops as well), beautiful well looked after architecture, nice cinema, the market was one of the best in all of Yorkshire it was well known. King George visited here once and a massive ceremony was had it was a place that instilled pride in the local people somewhere grand now Dewsbury has been killed everything that made this town beautiful and a great place to be has been deliberately ripped away and now the native people have fled and continue to flee.
Completely agree. I used to take my Mum and Dad for a day out there, and it was very pleasant. Some wonderful buildings. We stopped when we saw the inevitable rot setting in. Such a shame because Dewsbury could have been an absolute gem of town. Just to say, we used to visit from Barnsley, which is a decent drive away, so it was worth visiting at one time. Never go anymore.
I was born there in 71 - you’re right … this is heartbreaking. Was last there about 20 years back before me Gran went in a nursing home and it was starting to go then. She didn’t leave the house her final 3 years coz she was terrified by all the chavs mugging pensioners outside the post office on pension day.
Go to Todmorden and go in the market there and see what a real English market used to look like. It brought a tear to my eye when I visited there recently because I could remember when Bradford's were like that. Everyone seemed to know each others name and you could feel a sense of community in the market.
@@mohammedmayat293 English markets generally had better quality food and goods. The markets now that are over run with ur kind only sell cheap low quality items and food.
Think of it like this.. every one of the customers that made Dewsbury thrive are gone You’ve gone; I was born in the town ( near the market) and I’ve gone years ago. Its as simple as that. Dewsbury grew from nothing to a thriving Textile town and all the wealth creation on the back of it. I saw the back end of the good days in the 1970’s. Like a lot of mill towns, no new industry came after the decline… and has had indifferent poor quality civic leadership; particularly since its absorption into a large council based in Huddersfield. All the wealthy families left long ago; Hence the closed shops
Lived there for 3 years as I was looking for a rental property and I found a beautiful house just outside Dewsbury. The town was so deprived and depressing 😮 Some decent people but the area is ravaged by drugs, crime and segregation.
Jeeez. Yeh there always is decent people about, just a shame all people don't have the same care about their home town and just litter and become part of the problem with crime etc
Just found your channel and really appreciate the content mate, thanks. Can’t believe what I’m seeing. My parents still live here and told me it had gotten bad but I can’t believe it’s dropped that low. Boots, WHS, Val’s Cafe, all gone. It’s really a hard pill to swallow.
Such a shame. In the 70's and early 80's Dewsbury was a proud prosperous town with good businesses and pubs. I had some great nights out there. My Mother would go shopping there sometimes, even though we lived in Leeds. The market was small but varied and it bustled with people. That arcade you walked through used to be beautiful. What I'd like to know is how the town got into this state. Same story in Batley.
Seek towns like this had their own identity quite some time ago. Once they go in decline it is almost impossible to recover once people give up on it. Strange to think it was that good of a place people travelled from Leeds when that has always been bigger.
In my opinion four things are to blame for this: 1. The White Rose Centre. 2. Kirklees Council charge sky high rents for shops. 3. The Internet (online shopping). 4. Antisocial behaviour/vandalism.
Born there..went to Batley Grammar.. Moved to London 1975..very sad to see this .Ironically I now live in a Majority Muslim + Chinese/Indian country which is far better with no grooming gangs etc..UK heading to 3rd world due immigration.
Born and brought up in Dewsbury in the 50s and 60s. Most of my parents' generation in the family got out and all of mine, too - that's eight uncles/aunts as well as my parents and nineteen brothers/sisters/cousins. Not one of those still alive regrets leaving for one instant and we're all glad our children and grandchildren are well away. Sad, but that's how we feel.
If all white people move out as soon as Asians move in... Why complaining about it? If you are not standing your ground and live in a mixed community then that's your mistake. Don't always move out and then the towns don't get "overrun". Simple as that. Solution: Don't always move out when Asians or other minorities move in. Same with kids. If Asians get 3 kids on average (because they like kids) and White British on average 1 kid (because they prefer career or don't want children), then automatically the Asian or minority population will increase and White British decrease. Simple Maths! Solution: Make more babies!
Oh dear 😢 So sad to see Dewsbury today. I was a young boy in Dewsbury in the 1960's and what a lovely busy town it was. Lots of wonderful shops and restaurants and the town even had an up market department store I believe it was called Bickers. I just do not recognise Dewsbury now. What a sad and awful town it is now.
I moved away from my home town as it was black hole and do the same as you. Everytime i return i sometimes see people from school still there doing the same thing every weekend. 🤣
I used to live in Leeds & 25 years ago i used to come here for the market every Friday & or Saturday, the town centre had really unique shop's you wouldn't find anywhere else honestly it was brilliant, Also the nightlife was decent back in the late 90's/ early 00's. These days there's literally no reason to go to Dewsbury, Half the town centre looks like a bomb went off.
Grew up in Dewsbury but my family emigrated to Canada in 1976 it was a lovely town back then sad to see its decline. Dewsbury market used to be one of the best Markets with day trip from all over. I’m glad I grew up there and have lots of family and friends there but I’d never want to live there again it’s just the people I miss the town is not the same anymore.
@@garetholdman acting like there’s a mosque around every corner 😂 don’t be ignorant buddy, you should understand there’s 0 money being spent by the council (apart from the college of course). Don’t always focus on “Us vs. them”, gets us nowhere and changes nothing.
@@Fabbjusuf How about buckets of glass shards on rugby fields and cutting TV downleads on OAPs houses. This kind of predatory approach works for a time but will result in self destruction insha'Allah! The cult behind this approach target other Muslims regarding them as "worse" than us Kaffirs. Nothing good comes of it nor ever can.
I still live in Dewsbury but honestly the only reasons I go into town is for a few bits of shopping. There are some nice places to live outside of the centre (I don't recommend living in the centre unless loud drunk fighting or regular drug drop offs are your cup of tea) but I admit if we want variety in our shopping we go to Wakefield or Leeds.
@@honestplaces it's solely down to a lack of investment or incentive for businesses. There used to be such diversity of shops in town and the market was very eclectic. Now the highlights are fast food and gambling😔
Great content mate..found your channel few days ago and enjoy watching your videos keep up the good work. Dewsbury gave me a funeral vibes so depressing so sad I could never live there from someone living in London I like the fast life.
@@honestplaces yeah Huddersfield is bang average really, it's not great but not too bad. It's a lot better than Dewsbury though. The only problem with Huddersfield is you could go to Leeds or Bradford to do your shopping, or even Manchester if you wanted a bit of a day out.
Yes very sad video to watch. Dewsbury was a quite affluent town until the late 60s. Kirklees council destroyed it. It's also a place where the culture changed in a big way and as previous people have said, families moved out completely to other areas with no regrets. That's why there's so many large old buildings etc, old money town gone to nothing.
Yes thats exactly what happened; I was born in Crackenedge, about 600 yards from the Market Dewsbury was a nice shopping centre. Bickers furniture shop; Dunn and Co bespoke taylor, RCA records and musical instruments Boots, Woolworths, Marks and Spencers, J&Bs department store, Hodgsons and all the others; The industries were in decline and nothing new to replace the mills.. Slow at first but fell rapidly in the 1990’s
i live 10 mins from dewsbury and to be honest they dont help themselves as they charge through the roof for rent of shops and because of the issues with businesses through covid and closing before they have even really taken off people arent prepared to take that risk for 1000's to end up with nothing or worse in debt. they used to have a really good carboot there on a sunday and i have repeatedly ask the council if they are bringing it back again and they have just said no shame as it was a communal event but they kill off anything that happens i have really seen any difference in the last decade really. a couple of improvements near the library but thats about it. such a sorry sight. batley is being ruined with takeaways opening everywhere no variety of shops like they use to be if the shop openers opened a range of shops rather than food industry would be better for customer base and not as much competition for the businesses aswell residents are just like another pizza another burger etc.
Very informative comment. I hear alot of people saying the exactly the same thing as yourself. Seems people know the issues buy council seem to not be listerning and acting
Everywhere is like this in the North. Run down, lack of investment, or money pissed up the wall for ridiculous schemes. Almost everywhere you go town centres are dying or dead.
True. It's just all about having a good mix, Manchester is good for diveristy, also with leeds and Scotland is also very good. Places thrive when there is a good balance of people from all over
@@honestplaces Places thrive when they are homogenous. All data supports this and the most healthy countries with the highest happiness index are homogenous. It's been proven that many towns in England have people who belonged to the local tribes going back thousands of years. We feel secure when with our kin. We feel connected to a place and its culture. This is evolution and hard coded into our DNA. When our tiny towns and villages are repopulated with incompatible cultures this can only cause problems.
American here. Last May, I stayed in the Colne Valley area of West Yorkshire on a 2-week stay in England. I went to Thirsk one day and took the train. When we stopped at the station in Dewsbury I looked outside and would have guessed I was in Karachi. Couldn't believe it.
Good assessment. My home town, it’s a dump. Like you say, some good (if neglected) Victorian architecture. It needs a couple of really good independent businesses doing something a bit different just to create some reason to be there.
Yeh it needs it's own feel about it. Everyone saying to me about the shopping centre with aldi and stuff down the road but it needs its own shops in the centre to get people back.
Dewsbury Market used to be legendary in the ‘70s. We would come from Brighouse but as a child I would be miserable as I could not tolerate the odors associated with Asian culture.
I'm from Dewsbury but moved 8 years ago. Was a great place to be in the 70s and 80s. Only time I go into Dewsbury now is for Cosmic toys. I'm researching for a video on J&Bs department store when the town was one of the best in the country. Shame on Kirklees Council.
It needs more shops that are unique like the one you mentioned, attracting people are all sorts there with a variety of shops. The councils are to blame yes, it seems everytime they spend money it is always on the wrong things.
@@honestplaces they are putting millions into Dewsbury believe it or not but as you say the wrong places. The market is being rebuild when it's iconic and doesn't need it. The arcade is being done up but no big business will want to be there and small businesses won't be able to afford it. Free rent would help but won't happen. It breaks my heart.
Will see what they do with it. Been to many places after an investment and it has a buzz for afew months but like you said no new businesses really come and it just slips back into being a place people forget about.
Doomsbury is a depressive dump. The Market is about the only thing that's saving the place from being boarded up TBH. I'm driving in and out of the place daily. The market used to be good 30 years ago. There's nowt for anyone anymore. Even the Hardship Centre is shut. Even the Police Station is moving out of the town. KirkLess council spend all their money of Huddersfield
I used to do maintenance work on the NatWest and Boots about 35 year's ago and back then it was a lot nicer...it used to be a very prosperous mill town a long time ago and you can see that in the stunning building architecture especially the town hall.. I was shocked how bad it looked when I returned in 2022 working on a new nhs call center ....sad times .. Great video..👍🏻
It's even worse now. I live up the road in Thornhill and now a 'certain demographic of people' are moving up here too and its declining in the same way. Rubbish tipped everywhere, roads that are falling apart, the whole community (whats left of it) is depressed and at eachothers throats. I don't know the name of my neighbours that I have lived next to for nearly 8 years because the only time we hear from them are when they want to complain that they can't park one of their 6 cars in their drive, because my girlfriends fiat 500 is and inch too close to their side of the drive
I've worked in and around Dewsbury off and on for many years. The disappearance of MacDonalds many years ago is testimony to its long-standing and criminally abysmal decay. I would put two other small towns in the same deeply depressing league; Stanley and Shaw.
Just another town reflecting an aging population, a poorer population, a workshy population, a population that lost its identity and pride. Some of it is government/council fault. Some of it is societies failure and lazyness.
I'm born and bred in Dewsbury, and looking at it today is totally depressing. The rot started when all the best shops it had like Woolworths, M + S, spectrum, Mathers and craven, then the Odeon cinema all left town. We've had poundworld and Poundland over the years but we can't even keep them. The market has gone, and they are about to develop it into f*ck knows what. People go to markets for butchers, fishmongers, bakers, and grocers, but that's all gone in the market that they ran coach trips into at one time.
It's a shame that police can't see the criminals hidden in plane Sight just yesterday I was attacked and bombarded With Death threats on my sons phone and on my phone as well by to Ganges wanting to strike fear in my family Hart and Myne tiling me I would be killed If I set foot in Reve or any where in Dewsbury And what so horonic about this is same of them guys are whiting for Trials to begin on rape charges So why would you be expecting a town like this to be booming with business Most of the big businesses that remain in Dewsbury are owned by gang members It's a shame because the older people who worked in textile And in steel industry I grew up in a very low crime Dewsbury it Saddens me when I drive through Dewsbury because I can remember on one uses to lock they're doors we use to walk through each others house like it was awer own house and now if you stand still for to long in one place your likely to get stabbed so sad...
I have been living in Dewsbury for the past 17 years and never had to walk down the back streets. Yes, the town is deprived, but you will find similar streets everywhere. Why don't show the new development around the Library, the new Aldi near the Matalan, and why don't show 2mln development in town- Emojies? Gambling, mini markets, barbers and drunk people are dragging this town down. I don't have a problem with work, there's work for skilled people in Doomsbury and surrounding areas.
Well said! He also walked past the new multimillion pound college and failed to mention that.. and didnt go to the outskirts where all our main shops and supermarkets are..
@@lisabrooke6306 Exactly! And yet this was branded as an "honest review". Seriously? Go to the back streets of Harrogate and one will see and smell the same.
Market is having a big makeover soon. Some stalls have temporarily mived on ..some.have taken over empty shops. And others will be moved into a temporary market while workers under way. The outfoor market is moving permanently to centre of town, to make room for carpark... there are plans for multimillion pound investments to improve the town centre. But we do have plenty thriving businesses just on edge of town. That arcade u walked down with 2 shops, that shop called cosmic toys is one of the towns little gems! People come.from all over for that shop.
And they charge you parking! For real! Like it's a pleasure. How deluded and greedy can you be. Has no one in the council got a brain? Free parking! Almost zero rates. And have a maximum of certain shops only. Fixed 10 year rates.
This seems to look at the symptoms without considering the causes, while the causes are many and complex. A concern is that videos, such as this, may invite people to jump to conclusions while exercising their particular prejudices and narrow view points - as witnessed by many of the comments.
Theres places in my hometown of London that make me feel so sad and shocked..Barking High Street,Willesden,East Ham,Southall,Ilford,Deptford,Hounslow,Lewisham,Newham,Stratford,Wood Green,. But there are some brighter places.Hampstead,Richmond,Greenwich,old Dulwich,Blackheath,Barnet (Hadley end)...
You can thank Kirklees council for letting get in the state it is... and now even more closures... Dewsbury Sports Centre and even talk of the town hall closing to save money but they won't close anything at the heart of where Kirklees council are situated in Huddersfield oh no! Shame on them.
I would love to know what percentage of money spent in bookmakers and on fruit machines in arcades is benefit money! I bet many folk would be outraged if they knew the truth.
Heartbreaking. Grew up in the 60s in Dewsbury used to be a lovely mill town great place to grew up. Emigrated to Canada at sixteen in 1976 with my family and as you say you don't know what Dewsbury is supposed to be and right now I'd agree with you. The Market used to be one of the best around there used to be day trips to Dewsbury Market.
The market looks terrible at the moment because it is soon having a huge makeover. The market is moving as far as i am aware to a different lication in the town centre. And from.what i gather the current outdoor market area will be turned into parking. Most of dewsburys busy shops are now on the outside of town..high rents have forced businesses out along with kirklees council.neglecting dewsbury
I worked in the McDonalds when it closed down, we opened at 5am and got no customers till about 9am, then from 9-1 we had people in, then from 3-7 there were folk in and after that until 11 you'd be dead. There was a good nightclub up the road but I'm not sure if it's still going, towards the back end of 2019 it would have about 3 goths stood in a corner of the smoking area on a Friday night and maybe 15 on a Saturday if they were lucky. Really sad to see. Used to love a trip to Dewsbury with my grandma when I was a young un, she'd be in tears if she were about to see the state of decline the town has fallen into. Crime is rising, Argos, McDonalds and WH Smiths have all left, even charity shops are closing up. Heckmondwike isn't much better either. No wonder everyone I grew up with has fled the area as soon as humanly possible.
Thats sounds like a grim place to work. I doubt there are many clubs open there, i failed to see anything bar like, seemed to be all run down pubs. Didn't know there was an Argos there at one point
Some of our streets in the country has become a rat infested slums thanks to our government's and back hander councils it's time to reform time for a change. Great vid mate, keep it real. Love your vid's keep up the good work.
Born and breed in dewsbury,just moved back after living in Dublin ireland for 4 yrs....Dublin makes dewsbury look like Disney land, dewsbury town center has gone down hill,but there are loads of nice places in dewsbury to live.
@@honestplaces obviously the centre of Dublin is nice,the tourists spots...but head out of the city to the estates and its rough very rough,shootings and killing on a daily basis..ballymun,finglas,coolock among some of the biggest gang funds over there...have a look on here there are a load of videos on the Dublin feuds
There are some beautiful, substantial ornate buildings in Dewsbury however they require lots of expensive, regular maintenance. The lease owners cant afford the service charges as the capital values are so low, so the Freeholders just dump the asset because its not worth the headache. The council step in and take control of the Freeholds but they also have no money and cant collect the service charges either. I've just been involved in selling a shop here. Its a catastrophe. Sadly without more employment opportunities it will just get worse until there is no option but to bring in the bulldozers
I was an unfortunate victim of racism ,abuse and antisocial behaviour from some of the locals who lives in chickenley.jesus I still have nightmares about this place. What a horrible people they were
Sowerby Bridge is quite a rubbish town, so is Elland in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. I don't know about Elland but Sowerby Bridge is having some investment put into the town by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Calderdale Council.
Never visited either. Maybe worth a visit next time if you say they also aren't too nice. West Yorkshire council seem to just be letting the smaller towns just deteriorate.
@@honestplaces I have just looked at WYCA website turns out Elland is getting a makeover on Southgate to create a town square, a new Railway Station and remodelled roads.
You missed the one good thing in Dewsbury TakeTen Mental Health & Suicide prevention peer support group you walked passed it too coukd have come for a brew and chat we qould have happily welcomed you
The genealogists in my family traced our English roots back to Dewsbury. The whole family immigrated to America in the 1840s. Sad to see what obviously looks like a place that was better off once be in a state of severe decline.
@@davidfirth1 How about someone did a review of Kensington Avenue in Philly and posted that up as representative of Philly as a whole? Stop chatting nonsense please.
@@honestplaces The hills and the faded industrial Victorian architecture. I've not been for about ten years though and it looks worse than it used to be. Hull's nice in the centre in fairness, it's had a lot of money spent on it over the last decade. It still does poorly in most statistics of deprivation, but at least it's not totally dead like some places (Dewsbury now by the looks of it!)
Think back to the days when there used to be coach trips to Dewsbury market, place was always busy back in the day. No money spent there for years, it's all filtered off into Huddersfield by kirklees.
@@honestplaces Batley just got £12million from government as part of the new plan to upgrade the north, thing is, what has kirklees been doing with all the money for the last few decades. Kirklees council has not been spending where it should of done, wasted lots of money on stupid projects and council looking after family members by giving them jobs and contracts. Labour led councils are the worst for corruption and bullying.
heartbreaking to see. used to be aprosperous, thriving norhern mill town. people literally came in coach loads for the market.once the heavy woollen industry went into decline that was the end. loss of jobs, no money coming into the town. all the old buildings are still there, just been left to rot and decay. parts look like a war zone. whoever allowed this to happen needs stringing up.
@@honestplaces yes, its heartbreaking for people who grew up there in the 50s/ 60s/ 70s. beggars belief that buildings have just been left to rot. couple of good videos about the state of the old library and post office. surely somebody must own this and be responsible for the state there in. how a town council can allow so many gambling dens, vape shops, cheap foreign supermarkets in such a small area. your film should be compulsory viewing for the mp, mark eastwood and councillors. dont know if its possible to place it on the dewsbury today and back in t day site. would generate a lot of comment.
So, there are still people living in Dewsbury, but no one wants to invest anything there. Isn't that what you mean? I love Dewsbury and hope one day I can walk around there like what you just did.
Exactly what i mean! 🤣 it needs some serious cash putting into it, into the right areas, they always seem to spend money on the wrong things or not enough
Nobody wants to do business in dewsbury because you can only be open for about a week before getting being robbed by the locals twice a week.
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I was born in Dewsbury in 1946, moved to Mirfield in 1949, Heckmondwike in 1959, Sheffield in 1970 and London in 1972 where, apart from two years outside of England, I have lived ever since. I have no family left in West Yorkshire, have not visited the area for almost 20 years and am unlikely to do so ever again. Dewsbury has some magnificent Victorian architecture but other than that absolutely nothing to commend it. Very sad and depressing.
The Gold Rush (or should I say Textile Rush) was between about 1840 and the first world war.
Vast profits were made.. prosperity was palpable.
Infrastructure was built rapidly and it was a steady decline from there on.. The winds of change happened and the wealth along with its owners melted away probably to all reaches of the planet. I feel lucky being old enough to experience the dying embers of a great Town. Young people have no clue
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@@MrDodgedollar The decline of the textile industry dosent explain the death of the high street. That is down to mass car addiction. The public sadly prefer to drive to retail parks etc.
@@jiggersotoole7823Yes that is a factor, a modern curse or convenience.. Good planning, ie pedestrianisation, Low business rates and free parking would have staved off decline but Not Kirklees.. They have presided over an embarrassment.
Commercial Ignorance is their hallmark. The Arcade has been left to rot a long time and finally there are efforts and monies now to restore the fabric .. all good but as a commercial proposition.. I go back to my first point- Where are the customers?- Leeds/Harrogate .. Why on earth would anyone with half serious spending power come to Dewsbury?
@@jiggersotoole7823Local authorities have made it difficult for people to access town centres, ridiculously high business rates etc. In general this is being played out nationally.
It . Is . Like . EVERY WHERE in the uk is being turned into a SKID ROW
Need to go there!
Everyone knows why the town is going down hill just look at the people who live there they come to these towns and the locals move out the local people are the heartbeat of any place they spend the money and the local economy wins but has soon as non locals come it's the end it's happening in every town city and village in England
Also sad that everyone is moving out and not ready to mingle and live in a mixed community. It could be nice living next to each other, respecting each other. But as one group moves in the other one moves out and then it feels like a place get overrun.
The worst market you have ever seen in your life is becoming the norm for a lot markets in the north of England. They get over taken mainly by Pakistanis and this is what they turn the markets into. Cheap clothes and knockoff food. If white stall holders move out then sure enough another Pakistani owned stall will open that sells either knockoff food or cheap clothes. They see no problem with this. This causes more white flight, then you are left with what is practically 100% Pakistani owned market with no variety or multiculturalism. It happened to Bradford's Cannon Mills. Once one of the largest and best markets in the north of England. Now it is called a Pakistani Bazaar. Cannon Mills used to have three second hand game shops, book shops, record shops, a flee market, a car boot on weekends, army surplus, vintage leather shop, pet shop, camping shop, toy shop, antiques shop, and lots of butchers and farmers selling their stuff. Now it is only Asian food and cheap clothes aimed at a single demographic of person. It's sad.
Will research into this, annoyed i missed this as would of loved to check out that area
Definitely a racist
@@bash7862 not in the slightest. I don't really care about race. I am more a fan of English culture, values and traditions. What I don't like is cultural vandalism caused by unsustainable immigration from 3rd world countries that import their own culture, values and dress at the expense of their host's. Real markets, pubs, music venues, theatres. Four things that are under threat and disappearing as these areas lose their English identity.
@@DamnDealDone
3rd world countries?
Flipping clown
@@bash7862 Pakistan & Africa are 3rd world. Deal with it.
Have you found a correlation between the run down areas and the amount of people of Indian or Pakistani origin that reside in the area? Just an observation and wondered if that was a factor in more than 50% of the places. Council's tend not to invest in multicultural demographics.
Wish we could go back to the good old days of Jimmy Savile and Myra Hindley 😢.
Wish we could go back to the good old days of Jimmy Savile and Myra Hindley 😢.
@@southlondon86 Sorry but you are clearly ignorant because of what the media feed you. In the last ten years alone there have been dozens far worse than the two names you mention but they are muslim. The media do not talk about them. Open your eyes.
There definitely tends to be a pattern I've observed it with my own eyes
@@southlondon86 Sure, we have reports of Muslims grooming young girls and Africans stabbing almost daily, but two serial killers that did less damage than a week of third world immigration?
It's almost like the failure is a function of the population, rather than the setting. Gotta say, the 2021 census data is very handy for researching into demographics.
If only we could go back to the good old days of Jimmy Savile and Myra Hindley 😢.
People shop online because they can get better deals and some actual value for money. Not only that, but they are able to purchase the specific item they want. As opposed to paying high prices for everything in the shops, not knowing if they can even find what they are looking for. Shops close down, but more delivery driver jobs are created.
@@johnmitchell2269 Yet markets in places like Bakewell are thriving. Funny that isn't it. How a homogenous, high trust town can thrive, but a town with high immigration and low trust is dying. Nothing to do with the internet.
This makes me so sad. I used to love the Dewsbury vintage market on a Friday back in the early 90s.
Heartbreaking. 😥
The Saturday Market still kicking, people from other cities love it,this guy only going where shops are shut
All it is now is rubbish clothes being sold whilst a woman running it is dancing around to Beautiful People and she looks like she has had her life destroyed by drugs.
I used to go to the Friday second hand market - it was great, but the increased cost of the stalls made it impossible for it to continue. There are some amazing people driving through the improvements at the moment - must be really p*ssing off kirklees council!
I visited it with my school in 1994, also Leeds and York. It seems that this city has changed a lot.
@@asavlogsalltruthrevealed7483 The saturday market is a joke in comparison to what it was 20 years ago & shops are shut everywhere, Dewsbury may aswell have a closed sign on the way in.
Lets be honest here, we all know why its like it is
Yes scallies
Operation covid
Yep druggy gammons.
To many muzzies
Stanis
Dewsbury has more parking officers than rats. They are everywhere, hiding behind bins.
"A lot of shops are shut....loads of them"
Somebody slap Kirklees council. Under Dewsbury council the town thrived. Kirklees sapped the life out of the town and left it a town devoid of character and life.
Kirkless not managing to do anything right at the moment
@@alansugar7315 the shops closing down has nothing to do with Asians. Its not like anyone has a gun to their head to close their business down. Empty shops have everything to do with the councils charging extortionate rates, landlords charging extortionate rents, and a distinct lack of support from the residents of dewsbury (they of Asian origin or British born white folk).
Rubbish is not endemic to one demographic. Take a look at some of the non Asian areas that are equally as run down and dirty in parts. When town attract trash, living standards automatically slip. Pretty unfair to unload the whole 'problem' on to one demographic and not on any other who also happen to be complicit in the running down of Dewsbury.
@@AmaanStorm With demographic which by the way is not by race has come Gangsters. The control the politics too. They weren't afraid to dump shards of glass on the playing fields to force the natives out. The face of evil
The house prices plummet as soon as they land on the street 100%
I used to spend my pocket money buying second hand hornby in the model shop
Batley, Bradford, Dewsbury, Thornhill , all have a common denominator.
Full of retarded Yorkshire men?
Which is what?
@@colinwhite5355there is fuck all left
@@colinwhite5355take a wild guess! 🤔🧐
@@colinwhite5355 cultural enrichment
The council should be held to account, no excuse for this deprivation.
Dewsbury is the only place I know where a McDonald’s has shut down to be replaced with a discount shop. The centre and surrounding areas are an eyesore and a disgrace to Yorkshire.
Jesus yeh if a Mcdonalds up and leaves you know something is a miss
Dewsbury is the only place I know where one of the banks shut down and was replaced with a payday loan shop!
Haven’t been back to Dewsbury for almost 40 years, I missed the place and sad to see it like that.
@@shekw all that’s left are discount shops, mosques and takeaways. It’s dying out but there’s not much Kirklees can do to revive it.
Just scruffy nowadays. Just full of money laundering takeaways and shops.
What's happened to Dewsbury is absolutely straight up criminal I've lived here my whole life and wanted nothing but the best for our once quiet picturesque little town. People used to flock here from all across Yorkshire it was genuinely a nice place to live with low crime, nice shops (English shops as well), beautiful well looked after architecture, nice cinema, the market was one of the best in all of Yorkshire it was well known.
King George visited here once and a massive ceremony was had it was a place that instilled pride in the local people somewhere grand now Dewsbury has been killed everything that made this town beautiful and a great place to be has been deliberately ripped away and now the native people have fled and continue to flee.
Completely agree. I used to take my Mum and Dad for a day out there, and it was very pleasant. Some wonderful buildings. We stopped when we saw the inevitable rot setting in. Such a shame because Dewsbury could have been an absolute gem of town. Just to say, we used to visit from Barnsley, which is a decent drive away, so it was worth visiting at one time. Never go anymore.
I was born there in 71 - you’re right … this is heartbreaking. Was last there about 20 years back before me Gran went in a nursing home and it was starting to go then. She didn’t leave the house her final 3 years coz she was terrified by all the chavs mugging pensioners outside the post office on pension day.
King George's descendents are still doing fine though pal in leafy Surrey 👍
I used to live in Batley and sometimes if Im travelling through, I go in the pub on Dewsbury train platform, a reminder of how it was🔥
Go to Todmorden and go in the market there and see what a real English market used to look like. It brought a tear to my eye when I visited there recently because I could remember when Bradford's were like that. Everyone seemed to know each others name and you could feel a sense of community in the market.
Gonna make a note of that, i like to see places that used to be booming
Bury market is a good one too good old fashioned
Ok so start a market then and cry over your cheap knock off tat
@@mohammedmayat293 English markets generally had better quality food and goods. The markets now that are over run with ur kind only sell cheap low quality items and food.
@@mohammedmayat293 Your comment makes no sense. The markets now sell cheap low quality items and food. The ones YOU LOT run.
I lived in Dewsbury back in the early 80's. It was an amazing little town and I loved to walk to the town centre every single day.
Think of it like this.. every one of the customers that made Dewsbury thrive are gone You’ve gone; I was born in the town ( near the market) and I’ve gone years ago. Its as simple as that.
Dewsbury grew from nothing to a thriving Textile town and all the wealth creation on the back of it. I saw the back end of the good days in the 1970’s. Like a lot of mill towns, no new industry came after the decline… and has had indifferent poor quality civic leadership; particularly since its absorption into a large council based in Huddersfield. All the wealthy families left long ago; Hence the closed shops
probably it's best days back then. Infact last century altogether
Lived there for 3 years as I was looking for a rental property and I found a beautiful house just outside Dewsbury. The town was so deprived and depressing 😮 Some decent people but the area is ravaged by drugs, crime and segregation.
Jeeez. Yeh there always is decent people about, just a shame all people don't have the same care about their home town and just litter and become part of the problem with crime etc
Just found your channel and really appreciate the content mate, thanks.
Can’t believe what I’m seeing. My parents still live here and told me it had gotten bad but I can’t believe it’s dropped that low. Boots, WHS, Val’s Cafe, all gone. It’s really a hard pill to swallow.
Cheers pal. Yeh all i hear of is how good it was back in the day! Suprised WHS is open anywhere nowa days anyway 🤣
Boots is still open…guess it’s days will be numbered though
@@Gaz1975 Dont mind a boots meal deal!
Love the style of this vlog mate. Spot on. Honesty is the best policy and you certainly have that....👍👍
I can't be bothered with fancy camera angles so just plain old film and speak about what's about 🤣 thnaks
Such a shame. In the 70's and early 80's Dewsbury was a proud prosperous town with good businesses and pubs. I had some great nights out there. My Mother would go shopping there sometimes, even though we lived in Leeds. The market was small but varied and it bustled with people. That arcade you walked through used to be beautiful. What I'd like to know is how the town got into this state. Same story in Batley.
Seek towns like this had their own identity quite some time ago. Once they go in decline it is almost impossible to recover once people give up on it. Strange to think it was that good of a place people travelled from Leeds when that has always been bigger.
In my opinion four things are to blame for this:
1. The White Rose Centre.
2. Kirklees Council charge sky high rents for shops.
3. The Internet (online shopping).
4. Antisocial behaviour/vandalism.
Born there..went to Batley Grammar.. Moved to London 1975..very sad to see this .Ironically I now live in a Majority Muslim + Chinese/Indian country which is far better with no grooming gangs etc..UK heading to 3rd world due immigration.
Born and brought up in Dewsbury in the 50s and 60s. Most of my parents' generation in the family got out and all of mine, too - that's eight uncles/aunts as well as my parents and nineteen brothers/sisters/cousins. Not one of those still alive regrets leaving for one instant and we're all glad our children and grandchildren are well away. Sad, but that's how we feel.
That speaks volumes. Deffo the right choice as it has only seemed to got worse since then.
Thank the Tablighi Jamaat for that!
@@Isochestwhat do you mean?
Where did they relocate bud?
All over the UK and the Commonwealth. It makes for some great reunions and get-togethers@@shahee6579
Broken Britain, multiculturalism at its best, places in the North of England are declining rapidly, some are unrecognisable.
Crazy how long they have been im decline for also! Alot are beyond saving
If all white people move out as soon as Asians move in... Why complaining about it?
If you are not standing your ground and live in a mixed community then that's your mistake.
Don't always move out and then the towns don't get "overrun". Simple as that.
Solution: Don't always move out when Asians or other minorities move in.
Same with kids. If Asians get 3 kids on average (because they like kids) and White British on average 1 kid (because they prefer career or don't want children), then automatically the Asian or minority population will increase and White British decrease. Simple Maths!
Solution: Make more babies!
Oh dear 😢 So sad to see Dewsbury today. I was a young boy in Dewsbury in the 1960's and what a lovely busy town it was. Lots of wonderful shops and restaurants and the town even had an up market department store I believe it was called Bickers. I just do not recognise Dewsbury now. What a sad and awful town it is now.
Alot of people have said things about how it used to be, for such a small place it sounds like it used to be amazing.
@@honestplaces It was indeed!!! Can't believe what it was like in the 1960's
Takis everywhere 😮
Ah, my home town. I moved away 6 years ago and now only return to visit friends and family, I will never be moving back to that place.
I moved away from my home town as it was black hole and do the same as you. Everytime i return i sometimes see people from school still there doing the same thing every weekend. 🤣
I used to live in Leeds & 25 years ago i used to come here for the market every Friday & or Saturday, the town centre had really unique shop's you wouldn't find anywhere else honestly it was brilliant, Also the nightlife was decent back in the late 90's/ early 00's. These days there's literally no reason to go to Dewsbury, Half the town centre looks like a bomb went off.
Everyone says the same as you. Shame init
Hi there just came across your channel and I'm hooked
Great content
From acroos the pond🇨🇦🇨🇦
Cheers pal, appreciate it 👍
Grew up in Dewsbury but my family emigrated to Canada in 1976 it was a lovely town back then sad to see its decline. Dewsbury market used to be one of the best Markets with day trip from all over. I’m glad I grew up there and have lots of family and friends there but I’d never want to live there again it’s just the people I miss the town is not the same anymore.
Yeh everyone raves about the market. I dunno where they went wrong but everyone says wjat you say about it in the past. Shame
It's pretty obvious where it went wrong. Not allowed to say why though 🕌👀
@@garetholdman acting like there’s a mosque around every corner 😂 don’t be ignorant buddy, you should understand there’s 0 money being spent by the council (apart from the college of course). Don’t always focus on “Us vs. them”, gets us nowhere and changes nothing.
@@garetholdman how exactly is Muslims fault?!
@@Fabbjusuf How about buckets of glass shards on rugby fields and cutting TV downleads on OAPs houses. This kind of predatory approach works for a time but will result in self destruction insha'Allah! The cult behind this approach target other Muslims regarding them as "worse" than us Kaffirs. Nothing good comes of it nor ever can.
I was sad to learn that DABTAC my college had gone years ago! Haven’t been back for almost 40 years. Thanks for showing around the places there.
there are a lot of cocaine addicts in dewsbury. the borough gets through an estimated 300k of the marching powder every week.
Weird....most people looked tired when i was there, they should of all been alert and ready to go based off your 300k of cocaine a week 🤣
I still live in Dewsbury but honestly the only reasons I go into town is for a few bits of shopping. There are some nice places to live outside of the centre (I don't recommend living in the centre unless loud drunk fighting or regular drug drop offs are your cup of tea) but I admit if we want variety in our shopping we go to Wakefield or Leeds.
Seems alot of people have you view, also when it comes to shopping elsewhere. They need to win people back but seems they given up on the centre!
@@honestplaces it's solely down to a lack of investment or incentive for businesses. There used to be such diversity of shops in town and the market was very eclectic. Now the highlights are fast food and gambling😔
Ossett is just a couple of miles down the road from Dewsbury and it's like it's on another planet, such a contrast. Not many derelict shops in Ossett.
Hope you had a pint at The West Riding (the train station) the only good pub left in Dewsbury, great food and live music outside in the summer 😎
I was going to have a pint in a random pub but opted for a sesh in Leeds. Is that one of the ale trail pubs?
Yeah that's right, it's been a good pub for donkeys years, proper real ale drinkers pub
awesome pub. I love the west
Great content mate..found your channel few days ago and enjoy watching your videos keep up the good work. Dewsbury gave me a funeral vibes so depressing so sad I could never live there from someone living in London I like the fast life.
Most of the money spent by Kirklees council has gone in to Huddersfield, even the worst parts of Huddersfield are nicer than Dewsbury
It says something that as Huddersfield is also not great but makes Dewsbury look even worse.
@@honestplaces yeah Huddersfield is bang average really, it's not great but not too bad. It's a lot better than Dewsbury though. The only problem with Huddersfield is you could go to Leeds or Bradford to do your shopping, or even Manchester if you wanted a bit of a day out.
@@kelseymcgowan2538 ...and that is what most people do. I go Manchester, even for drinking it's worth paying the extra for a good night.
Definition of grim
Tried my hardest to find something half decent aswell......nothing!
Yes very sad video to watch. Dewsbury was a quite affluent town until the late 60s. Kirklees council destroyed it. It's also a place where the culture changed in a big way and as previous people have said, families moved out completely to other areas with no regrets. That's why there's so many large old buildings etc, old money town gone to nothing.
Yup, so many people saying the same as you. Such a shame init, could of been a nice a little town
Yes thats exactly what happened; I was born in Crackenedge, about 600 yards from the Market Dewsbury was a nice shopping centre. Bickers furniture shop; Dunn and Co bespoke taylor, RCA records and musical instruments Boots, Woolworths, Marks and Spencers, J&Bs department store, Hodgsons and all the others; The industries were in decline and nothing new to replace the mills.. Slow at first but fell rapidly in the 1990’s
i live 10 mins from dewsbury and to be honest they dont help themselves as they charge through the roof for rent of shops and because of the issues with businesses through covid and closing before they have even really taken off people arent prepared to take that risk for 1000's to end up with nothing or worse in debt.
they used to have a really good carboot there on a sunday and i have repeatedly ask the council if they are bringing it back again and they have just said no shame as it was a communal event but they kill off anything that happens i have really seen any difference in the last decade really. a couple of improvements near the library but thats about it. such a sorry sight. batley is being ruined with takeaways opening everywhere no variety of shops like they use to be if the shop openers opened a range of shops rather than food industry would be better for customer base and not as much competition for the businesses aswell residents are just like another pizza another burger etc.
Very informative comment. I hear alot of people saying the exactly the same thing as yourself. Seems people know the issues buy council seem to not be listerning and acting
I live in dewsbury, and even I don't visit the town.
Use to be a nice town at one time..
Now the kirklees Council just use it as a dumping ground.
Yup, the Kirklees towns i've visited have a similar feel to them....if they are close to a big popular city or area, let them rot!
Everywhere is like this in the North. Run down, lack of investment, or money pissed up the wall for ridiculous schemes. Almost everywhere you go town centres are dying or dead.
Dewsbury has a very heavy muslim population,I'm not criticizing that just stating facts.
True. It's just all about having a good mix, Manchester is good for diveristy, also with leeds and Scotland is also very good. Places thrive when there is a good balance of people from all over
Still predominantly white folks in this town, not criticism, just stating facts. An easy Google search will bring up the results. ❤
@@honestplacesWe also need white english people. That's also part of diversity.
@@honestplaces Places thrive when they are homogenous. All data supports this and the most healthy countries with the highest happiness index are homogenous. It's been proven that many towns in England have people who belonged to the local tribes going back thousands of years. We feel secure when with our kin. We feel connected to a place and its culture. This is evolution and hard coded into our DNA. When our tiny towns and villages are repopulated with incompatible cultures this can only cause problems.
@@DamnDealDone What comes around goes around , England invaded most of the world, now it's payback .
Dewsbury is like Pakistan 🇵🇰 enough said!
Run as fast as you can anyone with a spark of life.
At least it's small enough so you can get out quick 🤣
Keep running until, we’re a Muslim country !
American here. Last May, I stayed in the Colne Valley area of West Yorkshire on a 2-week stay in England. I went to Thirsk one day and took the train. When we stopped at the station in Dewsbury I looked outside and would have guessed I was in Karachi. Couldn't believe it.
Good assessment. My home town, it’s a dump. Like you say, some good (if neglected) Victorian architecture. It needs a couple of really good independent businesses doing something a bit different just to create some reason to be there.
Yeh it needs it's own feel about it. Everyone saying to me about the shopping centre with aldi and stuff down the road but it needs its own shops in the centre to get people back.
It's hard to do that when everything closed down.
3:09 taking a piss , tells you all you need to know .
Dewsbury Market used to be legendary in the ‘70s. We would come from Brighouse but as a child I would be miserable as I could not tolerate the odors associated with Asian culture.
I'm from Dewsbury but moved 8 years ago. Was a great place to be in the 70s and 80s. Only time I go into Dewsbury now is for Cosmic toys. I'm researching for a video on J&Bs department store when the town was one of the best in the country.
Shame on Kirklees Council.
It needs more shops that are unique like the one you mentioned, attracting people are all sorts there with a variety of shops. The councils are to blame yes, it seems everytime they spend money it is always on the wrong things.
@@honestplaces they are putting millions into Dewsbury believe it or not but as you say the wrong places. The market is being rebuild when it's iconic and doesn't need it. The arcade is being done up but no big business will want to be there and small businesses won't be able to afford it. Free rent would help but won't happen. It breaks my heart.
Will see what they do with it. Been to many places after an investment and it has a buzz for afew months but like you said no new businesses really come and it just slips back into being a place people forget about.
@@honestplaces none of the plans make any sense. You can't put a shine on a turd.
You can't have been for a long while then. Cosmic toys shut about 2 years ago lol
Doomsbury is a depressive dump. The Market is about the only thing that's saving the place from being boarded up TBH. I'm driving in and out of the place daily.
The market used to be good 30 years ago. There's nowt for anyone anymore.
Even the Hardship Centre is shut. Even the Police Station is moving out of the town. KirkLess council spend all their money of Huddersfield
time for young men like you to take positive action to regenerate such communities rather than just roaming round with a camera
I used to do maintenance work on the NatWest and Boots about 35 year's ago and back then it was a lot nicer...it used to be a very prosperous mill town a long time ago and you can see that in the stunning building architecture especially the town hall..
I was shocked how bad it looked when I returned in 2022 working on a new nhs call center ....sad times ..
Great video..👍🏻
Respect to you walking round that place, I feel nervous just driving through it.
Deffo not a town to visit at the moment
Sorry, can you let us know what country you are in? I'm confused.
Eng ger land❤
Islamic republic of Yorkshire
Used to be England, now it’s Pakirompolska.
As someone who’s lived in Dewsbury all their life, I can gladly say I fucking hate it here. Somebody, please get me the fuck outta here 💀
ahaha that bad!?
@@honestplaces Mate, that was only the town you explored, you should see the rest of it 💀
It's even worse now. I live up the road in Thornhill and now a 'certain demographic of people' are moving up here too and its declining in the same way. Rubbish tipped everywhere, roads that are falling apart, the whole community (whats left of it) is depressed and at eachothers throats. I don't know the name of my neighbours that I have lived next to for nearly 8 years because the only time we hear from them are when they want to complain that they can't park one of their 6 cars in their drive, because my girlfriends fiat 500 is and inch too close to their side of the drive
I've worked in and around Dewsbury off and on for many years. The disappearance of MacDonalds many years ago is testimony to its long-standing and criminally abysmal decay. I would put two other small towns in the same deeply depressing league; Stanley and Shaw.
Will research them.....yeh must be bad if Mcdonalds goes 🤣
Even the Rochdale town centre McDonald's shut a few years ago.
It's like Beruit.
Atleast Beruit has warm weather
Any place that is built on the textile industry is finished just like Huddersfield it’s very sad
When I was at school Dewsbury town was always buzzing and people would come from miles to the market. So sad to see it this way.
Keep hearing people used to go for the market. Must have been good as i can't see people travelling far to visit it now
Just another town reflecting an aging population, a poorer population, a workshy population, a population that lost its identity and pride. Some of it is government/council fault. Some of it is societies failure and lazyness.
i feel bad for the kids who have to grow up here, must be sad
Atleast Leeds aint for away to get away for abit!
I'm born and bred in Dewsbury, and looking at it today is totally depressing. The rot started when all the best shops it had like Woolworths, M + S, spectrum, Mathers and craven, then the Odeon cinema all left town. We've had poundworld and Poundland over the years but we can't even keep them. The market has gone, and they are about to develop it into f*ck knows what. People go to markets for butchers, fishmongers, bakers, and grocers, but that's all gone in the market that they ran coach trips into at one time.
Guy relieving himself worth price of admission.
Main street that aswell
It's a shame that police can't see the criminals hidden in plane Sight just yesterday
I was attacked and bombarded
With Death threats on my sons phone and on my phone as well
by to Ganges wanting to strike fear in my family Hart and Myne tiling me I would be killed
If I set foot in Reve or any where in Dewsbury
And what so horonic about this is same of them guys are whiting for Trials to begin on rape charges
So why would you be expecting a town like this to be booming with business
Most of the big businesses that remain in Dewsbury are owned by gang members
It's a shame because the older people who worked in textile And in steel industry I grew up in a very low crime Dewsbury it
Saddens me when I drive through Dewsbury because
I can remember on one uses to lock they're doors we use to walk through each others house like it was awer own house
and now if you stand still for to long in one place your likely to get stabbed so sad...
This is heartbreaking. 70s/80s was a lovely town. Had lovely shops and a great market.
Yup. Everyone seems to say the same thing. Shame
I have been living in Dewsbury for the past 17 years and never had to walk down the back streets. Yes, the town is deprived, but you will find similar streets everywhere. Why don't show the new development around the Library, the new Aldi near the Matalan, and why don't show 2mln development in town- Emojies? Gambling, mini markets, barbers and drunk people are dragging this town down. I don't have a problem with work, there's work for skilled people in Doomsbury and surrounding areas.
Well said! He also walked past the new multimillion pound college and failed to mention that.. and didnt go to the outskirts where all our main shops and supermarkets are..
No point sticking up, the place is crap, lived here 37 years, used to be an amazing place, now it needs Bull dozing, no one cares about it any more.
@@lisabrooke6306 Exactly! And yet this was branded as an "honest review". Seriously? Go to the back streets of Harrogate and one will see and smell the same.
@Between Yellow Lines reported bullying, troll.
@Between Yellow Linesyou are a typical example of Yorkshire chav.
Way too high Energy prices and business rates have destroyed most businesses.
Yeh heard they are sky high!
I was in dewsbury this morning for a haircut but this video is spot on
What day did you go? Dewsbury market days are Wednesday and Saturday.
I can't remember, deffo not a weekend. Is there more on at the market than what i saw on different days?
Market is having a big makeover soon. Some stalls have temporarily mived on ..some.have taken over empty shops. And others will be moved into a temporary market while workers under way. The outfoor market is moving permanently to centre of town, to make room for carpark... there are plans for multimillion pound investments to improve the town centre. But we do have plenty thriving businesses just on edge of town. That arcade u walked down with 2 shops, that shop called cosmic toys is one of the towns little gems! People come.from all over for that shop.
And they charge you parking! For real! Like it's a pleasure. How deluded and greedy can you be. Has no one in the council got a brain? Free parking! Almost zero rates. And have a maximum of certain shops only. Fixed 10 year rates.
Can't belive anywhere is Dewsbury charge, stuggle to get people to come in the 1st place!
This seems to look at the symptoms without considering the causes, while the causes are many and complex. A concern is that videos, such as this, may invite people to jump to conclusions while exercising their particular prejudices and narrow view points - as witnessed by many of the comments.
I've lived in dewsbury all my life. And watching this has made me sad 😔 of how dead it has become think its to do with all online shopping 🛍 😢
It is sad. Yes, online shopping hits alot of small towns, Dewsbury has been hit hard!
@@PtangPtangBiscuitBarrelSmith never said that was the only reason
Theres places in my hometown of London that make me feel so sad and shocked..Barking High Street,Willesden,East Ham,Southall,Ilford,Deptford,Hounslow,Lewisham,Newham,Stratford,Wood Green,. But there are some brighter places.Hampstead,Richmond,Greenwich,old Dulwich,Blackheath,Barnet (Hadley end)...
Yeh i know there are loads in London, being so populated i suppose you'll always get that but still no exscuse for it to be that bad!
It’s like the ret of the country financially, morally and spiritually bankrupt.
You can thank Kirklees council for letting get in the state it is... and now even more closures... Dewsbury Sports Centre and even talk of the town hall closing to save money but they won't close anything at the heart of where Kirklees council are situated in Huddersfield oh no! Shame on them.
And I'm thought this place was bad in the 2000s when i lived near there! Seems to have only gotten worse!
Where near there did you live?
Raventhorpe same
I would love to know what percentage of money spent in bookmakers and on fruit machines in arcades is benefit money! I bet many folk would be outraged if they knew the truth.
My hometown Dewsbury, i live in the midlands now, but have so many good memories here!
Always is better when you reflect
Heartbreaking. Grew up in the 60s in Dewsbury used to be a lovely mill town great place to grew up. Emigrated to Canada at sixteen in 1976 with my family and as you say you don't know what Dewsbury is supposed to be and right now I'd agree with you. The Market used to be one of the best around there used to be day trips to Dewsbury Market.
The market looks terrible at the moment because it is soon having a huge makeover. The market is moving as far as i am aware to a different lication in the town centre. And from.what i gather the current outdoor market area will be turned into parking. Most of dewsburys busy shops are now on the outside of town..high rents have forced businesses out along with kirklees council.neglecting dewsbury
It's an absolute shit hole is what it is
I worked in the McDonalds when it closed down, we opened at 5am and got no customers till about 9am, then from 9-1 we had people in, then from 3-7 there were folk in and after that until 11 you'd be dead. There was a good nightclub up the road but I'm not sure if it's still going, towards the back end of 2019 it would have about 3 goths stood in a corner of the smoking area on a Friday night and maybe 15 on a Saturday if they were lucky. Really sad to see. Used to love a trip to Dewsbury with my grandma when I was a young un, she'd be in tears if she were about to see the state of decline the town has fallen into. Crime is rising, Argos, McDonalds and WH Smiths have all left, even charity shops are closing up. Heckmondwike isn't much better either. No wonder everyone I grew up with has fled the area as soon as humanly possible.
Thats sounds like a grim place to work. I doubt there are many clubs open there, i failed to see anything bar like, seemed to be all run down pubs. Didn't know there was an Argos there at one point
There still is an Argos but it's moved into Sainsbury's has I believe Sainsbury's own Argos now.
Some of our streets in the country has become a rat infested slums thanks to our government's and back hander councils it's time to reform time for a change. Great vid mate, keep it real.
Love your vid's keep up the good work.
Market was brilliant 1975 , now crappy
Born and breed in dewsbury,just moved back after living in Dublin ireland for 4 yrs....Dublin makes dewsbury look like Disney land, dewsbury town center has gone down hill,but there are loads of nice places in dewsbury to live.
Really!? I have never been Dublin but always ashumed it was half decent. Have to check it out.
@@honestplaces obviously the centre of Dublin is nice,the tourists spots...but head out of the city to the estates and its rough very rough,shootings and killing on a daily basis..ballymun,finglas,coolock among some of the biggest gang funds over there...have a look on here there are a load of videos on the Dublin feuds
@@djaldo1792 Sounds like abit of research and a visit is in order! Hopefully come back alive!
@@honestplaces I would definitely be careful,especially if your filming in the estates mate,very heavily gang orientated.
@@djaldo1792 I'll buy you 2 guinnesses if you be my back up.....might even throw in some KP Nuts!
There are some beautiful, substantial ornate buildings in Dewsbury however they require lots of expensive, regular maintenance. The lease owners cant afford the service charges as the capital values are so low, so the Freeholders just dump the asset because its not worth the headache. The council step in and take control of the Freeholds but they also have no money and cant collect the service charges either. I've just been involved in selling a shop here. Its a catastrophe. Sadly without more employment opportunities it will just get worse until there is no option but to bring in the bulldozers
I was an unfortunate victim of racism ,abuse and antisocial behaviour from some of the locals who lives in chickenley.jesus I still have nightmares about this place. What a horrible people they were
Alot of narrow minded people still about. Shocking init
My grandad's family was from nearby. I'm.... not shocked that most of us left. I'm American.
Sowerby Bridge is quite a rubbish town, so is Elland in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. I don't know about Elland but Sowerby Bridge is having some investment put into the town by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Calderdale Council.
Never visited either. Maybe worth a visit next time if you say they also aren't too nice. West Yorkshire council seem to just be letting the smaller towns just deteriorate.
@@honestplaces I have just looked at WYCA website turns out Elland is getting a makeover on Southgate to create a town square, a new Railway Station and remodelled roads.
Elland isn't too bad, it's a nice town but there's just nothing there.
I was seeing a woman in Sowerby Bridge years ago, I liked it there, lots of pubs.
@@oddities-whatnot but has declined over the years
You missed the one good thing in Dewsbury TakeTen Mental Health & Suicide prevention peer support group you walked passed it too coukd have come for a brew and chat we qould have happily welcomed you
Always for places like that in any towns city or however small a place. Good that Dewsbury has that
The genealogists in my family traced our English roots back to Dewsbury. The whole family immigrated to America in the 1840s. Sad to see what obviously looks like a place that was better off once be in a state of severe decline.
Where in America?
@@honestplaces They immigrated to Philadelphia PA.
@@davidfirth1 deffo a good move that!
@@davidfirth1 How about someone did a review of Kensington Avenue in Philly and posted that up as representative of Philly as a whole? Stop chatting nonsense please.
@@excluyousivite You replied to the wrong person in the chain. I didn't say anything derogative about Philly.
'I don't know what Dewsbury is meant to be'
My reaction to most Town centres in the UK
Dewsbury is the UK capital for bedding
Deffo aint going back just for a bed 🤣
It's Europe 🇪🇺 capital of bed 🛌manufacturing
Taxis too
@@whosmba1 devils dandruff too
@@yusufseedat1705 Zenu
Love your videos..top 🎩 Gizzer😊
I like Dewsbury, but then I am from Hull!
What do you like about it pal? Need to see hull
@@honestplaces The hills and the faded industrial Victorian architecture. I've not been for about ten years though and it looks worse than it used to be. Hull's nice in the centre in fairness, it's had a lot of money spent on it over the last decade. It still does poorly in most statistics of deprivation, but at least it's not totally dead like some places (Dewsbury now by the looks of it!)
Think back to the days when there used to be coach trips to Dewsbury market, place was always busy back in the day. No money spent there for years, it's all filtered off into Huddersfield by kirklees.
Yeh it'a crazy to think that. Epitome of coach trips alot of West Yorkshire villages were!
@@honestplaces Batley just got £12million from government as part of the new plan to upgrade the north, thing is, what has kirklees been doing with all the money for the last few decades. Kirklees council has not been spending where it should of done, wasted lots of money on stupid projects and council looking after family members by giving them jobs and contracts. Labour led councils are the worst for corruption and bullying.
heartbreaking to see. used to be aprosperous, thriving norhern mill town. people literally came in coach loads for the market.once the heavy woollen industry went into decline that was the end. loss of jobs, no money coming into the town. all the old buildings are still there, just been left to rot and decay. parts look like a war zone. whoever allowed this to happen needs stringing up.
Yeh the more i talk to people about Dewsbury the more i realise how good it was. It does seem a real shame what it has become!
@@honestplaces yes, its heartbreaking for people who grew up there in the 50s/ 60s/ 70s. beggars belief that buildings have just been left to rot. couple of good videos about the state of the old library and post office. surely somebody must own this and be responsible for the state there in. how a town council can allow so many gambling dens, vape shops, cheap foreign supermarkets in such a small area. your film should be compulsory viewing for the mp, mark eastwood and councillors. dont know if its possible to place it on the dewsbury today and back in t day site. would generate a lot of comment.
"He looks, how I feel!" 🤣😅
So, there are still people living in Dewsbury, but no one wants to invest anything there. Isn't that what you mean? I love Dewsbury and hope one day I can walk around there like what you just did.
Exactly what i mean! 🤣 it needs some serious cash putting into it, into the right areas, they always seem to spend money on the wrong things or not enough
dewsbury was buzzin in the 60's 70's even the 80's .. i live in a suburb of dewsbury still but i never go to the town center
Yeh the outskirts have very nice areas. Centre is no go now, not much to offer