Is Wakefield good or rubbish?

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @Echoes1910
    @Echoes1910 10 месяцев назад +119

    Robbie you and Nieve would be a great pair presenting a travel programme.

    • @teejay9881
      @teejay9881 10 месяцев назад +6

      Yh but you can't have two robbies in the title, whoever the other one is

    • @Echoes1910
      @Echoes1910 10 месяцев назад

      @@teejay9881haha

    • @Rosco-P.Coldchain
      @Rosco-P.Coldchain 5 месяцев назад

      Yes he’s very good and funny 👌

    • @andrewmorris21
      @andrewmorris21 Месяц назад

      Give over

  • @ynwa691
    @ynwa691 10 месяцев назад +56

    Legendary combo here. You should do a series, as you are both lovely people who don't take things too seriously. Good vibe to watch on a Sunday evening. God bless

  • @danthegamingmanYT
    @danthegamingmanYT 10 месяцев назад +10

    Great chemistry. Could watch you two visiting anywhere!

  • @gingerelvis
    @gingerelvis 10 месяцев назад +39

    Nieve has such a fun, down to earth personality, she's a great companion for this series. Not really giving a shit about football I would never have been introduced to her without Robbie. For the same reason I wouldn't have known about Robbie if it wasn't for putting the bins out or a wormery or something.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад +2

      She’s terrific.

    • @michaelhawkins7389
      @michaelhawkins7389 6 месяцев назад

      @@RobbieKnox is Nieve your girlfriend or just a friend? she is amazing either way you are lucky to have her :)

  • @NoelSlevin
    @NoelSlevin 10 месяцев назад +15

    This is my favourite collab on RUclips. Loved the previous one too. More, please!

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад +1

      You’re very kind!

  • @tomlee812
    @tomlee812 10 месяцев назад +13

    You two are brilliant together. So glad I found your channels. You bring some much needed calm and charm (I'll let you decide who is which) to the world. Thank you.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад

      Aw, bless. I assume Nieve is both calm and charm.

    • @tomlee812
      @tomlee812 10 месяцев назад

      Don't underestimate yourself mate...@@RobbieKnox

  • @Albert5522
    @Albert5522 10 месяцев назад +9

    Enjoyed every moment! Classic cross-over that I'd be glad to see more of!

  • @joshuahudson5250
    @joshuahudson5250 10 месяцев назад +5

    Bridge inn is my local, sandal castle is a stone throw away from my house, can see belle vue ground from my window, its brilliant to see people come to our city and enjoy it! Love wakey and living here

  • @ewanvickers8079
    @ewanvickers8079 10 месяцев назад +28

    Literally saw you both while I was on the bus near trinity walk lol. Was wondering why you was in Wakefield I thought they must have got lost on the way to leeds lol.

  • @J_Stamps86
    @J_Stamps86 10 месяцев назад +16

    A fantastic tag team if there ever was one. I could watch you two bimbling around anywhere.

    • @Echoes1910
      @Echoes1910 10 месяцев назад +6

      Great aren’t they, so well matched to go on these adventures.

  • @funk411
    @funk411 10 месяцев назад +3

    You guys are great together. Please do more collabs! Also, thank you for introducing me to the Too Good To Go app.

  • @Magicalfluidprocess
    @Magicalfluidprocess 10 месяцев назад +17

    Neive is so naturally funny

  • @madewithlofi
    @madewithlofi Месяц назад +1

    I lived in Wakefield for three years when I attended Bretton Hall University; therefore, I loved a walk around Wakey with you two. ❤ We used to do the Westgate Run (pub & club crawl) every weekend, and it was bloody fantastic! Foundation and Buzz Bar were the best clubs in those days. 😅

  • @lauramay5973
    @lauramay5973 10 месяцев назад +12

    Would love Nieve to become like Becky, a Robbie Knox regular! Love your chemistry!

  • @davidwood639
    @davidwood639 10 месяцев назад +2

    Not Nieve's normal stuff but I really enjoyed what you put together. Wakey is so understated. (And so are you two!).

  • @veesvoyages
    @veesvoyages 10 месяцев назад +2

    Love when you and Nieve collab!

  • @samstarling1943
    @samstarling1943 3 месяца назад +1

    the road behind you at the castle is called manygates lane which is acrually the route the yorkists took to battle and is potentially where richard was cut down. this is also the battle that the grand old duke of york rhyme might be based off and if you go to north yorkshire you'll find towton where edward beat henry vi, avenging his father and becoming king of england

  • @christopherflux6254
    @christopherflux6254 25 дней назад +1

    I went to uni (Bretton Hall College) near Wakefield about 20 years ago. Our student rep were a great lad. He’d organise student nights out on Westgate. Now all these years later that student rep is the MP for Wakefield and also the Minister for Buses.

  • @georgiebalcon2012
    @georgiebalcon2012 10 месяцев назад +2

    Come to Barnsley!! Not a city but would love a Robbie Knox review

  • @glenbetton3146
    @glenbetton3146 8 месяцев назад +2

    Belle Vue ...remember enjoying the rugby league games in the early 80s despite the bone chilling cold, biting wind and horizontal rain. Very true what you say, the centre is quite small but there are lots of interesting things to do within an easy 5 or 6 mile radius. The coal mining museum is really worth a visit, maybe 20 minutes on the bus from Westgate station! 🚌

  • @persontypething
    @persontypething 3 месяца назад +1

    I had a curious day out to Wakefield in the late 90s, while my friends were away at a music festival (I was a bit too poor, anti-social and nervous to join them). Got a radical haircut and was intrigued by the Franken-animals by Charles Waterton at the local museum (no longer in there I think). Also bought a pipe from the Black Swan Shoppe - a memorable excursion..

  • @edwilllis
    @edwilllis 10 месяцев назад +1

    This video is extremely surreal seen as though I’ve watched Robbie for years and live about 2 minutes outside the city centre. Great vid.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 10 месяцев назад +2

    A'reyt Robbie. I am a StuntPegg subscriber living near Wakefield, though from Bradford originally, on the other side of the Rhubarb Triangle, which I was surprised you missed.
    Please bring Nieve back to do a Five Towns video, as I enjoyed this. It could be like a Rugby League excursion for her. My home district, Manningham, were the first champions, but are now Bradford City.
    Welcome to my world.
    You could contact Catherine Warr for some local knowledge?

  • @eucherenkov
    @eucherenkov 10 месяцев назад +3

    that was thoroughly enjoyable.
    I love Nieve and apparently I love Robbie too

  • @craigusfelos
    @craigusfelos 10 месяцев назад +9

    if theres ever a cause to get behind its lady Stuntpegs fight to bring the meal deals down to 3 pounds!!! Nieve is so funny! yet another great video Mr Knox!

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад +1

      She’s amazing!

  • @nancyallen5008
    @nancyallen5008 7 месяцев назад +2

    thank you my daugter lives there and loves it, she grew up in Vanvouver, BC

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  7 месяцев назад +1

      I used to live in Vancouver! Great city!

  • @Blitzk3r
    @Blitzk3r 10 месяцев назад +2

    Justice for Rochester!! Great video, more Robbie and Stunt Pegg.

  • @chrisboxall9484
    @chrisboxall9484 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have lived in Wakey since 1998 and adore its charms. When i arrived, it had a night life second to none and a historical backdrop that needs to be remembered can you name me a city that has more pubs in a straight mile. Wakefield is rough but it is also beautiful

  • @georgec3650
    @georgec3650 10 месяцев назад +1

    Those cheese straws from cooplands are phenomenal. 10/10 would recommend

  • @MrDamz
    @MrDamz 10 месяцев назад

    The Bridge Inn is in a lovely location right on the Canal. It was called The Ruddy Duck previously and they did decent stonebaked pizza.

  • @chrisguest778
    @chrisguest778 10 месяцев назад +12

    Wakefield is actually where the word 'nonce' originated (or Wakefield prison to be more exact). It was an acronym that stood for Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise and was written on the cell cards of prisoners who may have been at risk of being attacked by other prisoners (and the meaning of the word kind of gives away the reason why...)

    • @dariusftw3378
      @dariusftw3378 4 месяца назад

      You can't honestly believe that lol

    • @LUFC273
      @LUFC273 3 месяца назад +5

      @@dariusftw3378He's telling the truth im from Wakefield and there was a documentry on Wakefield prison a couple of years ago what proved this guy correct

    • @johnatkinson7126
      @johnatkinson7126 2 месяца назад

      Its known as monster mansion because of the high number of serious sex offenders there also look up robert maudsley hes in a glass fronted cell in wakefield prison and has been in solitary confinement over 40 years ​@dariusftw3378

    • @craigmoran5238
      @craigmoran5238 Месяц назад

      @@dariusftw3378it’s true

    • @PawsinParis
      @PawsinParis 29 дней назад +1

      Even if that isn’t true, I’m using it 😂

  • @benwmarsh
    @benwmarsh 10 месяцев назад +3

    16:19 I was actually surprised (and quite relieved) that Wakey Wines didn't make the video, especially considering Nieve obviously knows about it. Wakefield is top 5 nicest cities in Europe, glad you enjoyed it.

    • @footballfanar9717
      @footballfanar9717 10 месяцев назад +7

      Top 5 nicest cities in Europe 😂😂🤥

  • @MrHERNIOL
    @MrHERNIOL 2 месяца назад +1

    I've lived in Wakey for almost ten years and loved it! Great people!

  • @wakeywarrior
    @wakeywarrior 2 месяца назад

    The nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York came from the Battle of Wakefield there. Richard marched down the hill thinking the Lancashire Army had gone. He was beheaded, his head put on a spike with a paper crown and it was stuck on a spike at one of the Barrs (Gates) in York.

  • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
    @usarugbyleagueunionfan 10 месяцев назад +2

    I can’t wait to visit Wakefield. I’m a Wakefield Trinity Rugby League fan. Can’t wait to see them play in person. I wear my Wakey kits everywhere. I live outside of Los Angeles. We’re coming up next season.

    • @jat2319
      @jat2319 6 месяцев назад +1

      we meet again fella, you watch these videos often haha?

    • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
      @usarugbyleagueunionfan 6 месяцев назад

      @@jat2319 Ha. Yeah. Going on a trip and packing my Wakey kit. Shocker against Toulouse.

  • @jonmurray2350
    @jonmurray2350 10 месяцев назад +2

    I thought it was so cool the way you played the jazz guitar at Nieve in order for her to be able to eat her cauliflower.

  • @key3704
    @key3704 10 месяцев назад

    if you do stoke-on-trent, you have to do Trentham Bakehouse, you can walk along the canal to get there, quite a nice walk - used to be me and my uni friends sunday treat

  • @robertmillington8168
    @robertmillington8168 Месяц назад +1

    You two are the epitome of british awkwardness and i absolutley love it

  • @EwanGaming
    @EwanGaming 10 месяцев назад +1

    You should go to Newark-on-Trent, a small market town in Nottinghamshire.

  • @geofftitford7075
    @geofftitford7075 23 дня назад +2

    I believe that Wakefield was once the historical capital of the West Riding

  • @cole9799
    @cole9799 6 месяцев назад

    Great pairing! same humor. hope you do more collabs!

  • @reecedawson6113
    @reecedawson6113 10 месяцев назад +2

    You should go to Hawes and then visit the highest pub in Britain at Tan Hill

  • @thoydussthoyduss3732
    @thoydussthoyduss3732 10 месяцев назад +9

    As a wakefield native, its surreal seeing the underappreciated (not really) locations i frequent often being represented in a huge piece of media such as a Robbie Knox video.
    All we had before was a brief mention in the M. Night Shyamalan movie Signs.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад +2

      We had a lovely time there!

  • @SamSned97
    @SamSned97 10 месяцев назад +2

    Niece is so funny, I didn’t really know if her before the pod, but she’s great

  • @rudderless1975
    @rudderless1975 3 месяца назад +1

    "This cauliflower phase that we live in" 😂😂

  • @carolnicoll9988
    @carolnicoll9988 10 месяцев назад +17

    What about the empty boarded up shops opposite the cathedral, we once had a thriving market, long gone, we had shops, long gone, all that is left an empty shopping centre, Trinity new "shopping centre" main shop Debenhams gone, The Ridings, again once a thriving shopping centre, gone we are left with a city full of charity shops, coffee shops, empty buildings, homeless on the streets, have lived Wakefield most of my life a once pround city gone to pot.

  • @pauldavidmurray6531
    @pauldavidmurray6531 6 месяцев назад +1

    If you’d have gone down manygates lane you should have sung the song The Grand old Duke of York and would have seen his plinth where the Duke of York died down from the castle, in my old school Manygates middle school.

  • @billiebluesheepie2907
    @billiebluesheepie2907 Месяц назад

    My first job was as a sales assistant on a Saturday, at Pikes Pets - the pet shop on the corner of the market, where live animals used to roast in a massive plate glass window in the summer.
    I bet a big bag of rabbit food costs more than a quid now.
    My life has definitely benefited from knowing there are seven different types of bird grit, but I’ve been put off from having pets for the whole of my life after sifting out the left over limbs and organs from out of the hamster cage on a morning.

  • @piggyminer2091
    @piggyminer2091 10 месяцев назад +2

    You are amazing Robbie

  • @RAINE____
    @RAINE____ 10 месяцев назад +2

    This lass is really funny. Such dry humour.

  • @Guywithnoidentity
    @Guywithnoidentity 10 месяцев назад +2

    Nothing wrong with Wakefield or "Wakey" to the locals, its given us a legend that is Jane McDonald

  • @tylerwild4854
    @tylerwild4854 10 месяцев назад

    We NEED to see Hull, I’ll send you a mundane list of things that are here to go and see

  • @killianmccluff36
    @killianmccluff36 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nieve has that classical slapstick kind of comedy that is sorely missed

  • @japples2826
    @japples2826 10 месяцев назад +1

    Hey up robbie. Get jack and stevie up and get on the Westgate run experience, you'll love it 😂😂

  • @Rosco-P.Coldchain
    @Rosco-P.Coldchain 5 месяцев назад +1

    Please give this lady a job in the media working in football..Very talented and knows her stuff, great video thanks 👍

  • @ginner33dg
    @ginner33dg 10 месяцев назад +1

    Did you see the mice carved into the cathedral pews?
    For next time Wakefield has lots of great fish and chip shops - it's tradition to sit outside the cathedral and feed the pigeons scraps..

  • @Francine5522
    @Francine5522 10 месяцев назад +6

    I've been here about 23 years. It's not the worst place to live. I love all the nature around. But could be more job opportunities and less arseholes 😂.

  • @studoyle8185
    @studoyle8185 10 месяцев назад

    The main question i have from this after having travelled through Wakefield Westgate station and now seeing the cathedral is in Northgate is whats in eastgate and southgate ?

    • @harrierjames7727
      @harrierjames7727 10 месяцев назад +1

      Gareth

    • @paulinecoburn181
      @paulinecoburn181 10 месяцев назад +1

      Cathedral is not in Northgate it’s in the city centre, Northgate has Queen Elizabeth grammar school and goes our towards Outwood and the M1 to Leeds. Southgate goes out to Doncaster and Barnsley Road Road.

    • @user-do4gb3jd5f
      @user-do4gb3jd5f 10 месяцев назад

      You don't wanna know its a sh.t hole they didn't show u for a reason

  • @draoi99
    @draoi99 10 месяцев назад

    I don't know about Wakefield but I've just been to York and it's gorgeous. 😍

  • @FM-ex9cr
    @FM-ex9cr 10 месяцев назад

    This is a series we have to see 🔥 get Barnstaple on the list - you’ve never heard of it but the history there would shock you, used to have it’s own language, used to be a bigger port than Liverpool. Now nothing 😆 Jo Brand described it as the only place in Devon that’s not posh (I raise you Torquay and Brixham but there we are)

  • @rugglez
    @rugglez 3 месяца назад

    "Wakey Wines" absolute classic!

  • @adamknight6752
    @adamknight6752 10 месяцев назад +1

    Anymore ski videos coming bruv?

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад +2

      Currently in the Alps!

    • @adamknight6752
      @adamknight6752 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@RobbieKnox baller, looking forward to it. Big mountains no kidz 4 !

  • @Xhenix
    @Xhenix 10 месяцев назад

    Do Huddersfield next!!!

  • @chrisbemrose7234
    @chrisbemrose7234 10 месяцев назад

    Love the Tach. Robbie's is good too.

  • @garfield8919
    @garfield8919 Месяц назад +1

    Never mind the cribs.what about bill nelson,one of the best guitarists of modern times.born and bred in wakefield.

  • @SeanONeill-ef5vb
    @SeanONeill-ef5vb 3 месяца назад

    I’m from Leeds and my impression was 30 years ago I went on a night out and had to pay £2 for a pint, which was a shock, before I gave £2 to a barmaid and she wanted a 20p as well. Never went back 😀😀😀😀

  • @reubenturner9919
    @reubenturner9919 10 месяцев назад +1

    Wakefield is the only place that's made me happy to get home to Peterborough.

  • @namboozleUK
    @namboozleUK 10 месяцев назад +2

    Visit Ripon, it's apparently a city.

  • @edanguish5564
    @edanguish5564 5 месяцев назад +3

    It's a shame you couldn't have visited 50 years ago when Wakefield was a bustling market town and people came by the tripload to visit.
    Sorry though, wrong Richard! It was Richard the 3rd Duke of York who died at Wakefield and not King Richard III, he died at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. King Richard III was also the Duke of Gloucester. The Battle of Wakefield took place in December 1460 (I almost remember it well,).

  • @wildingmedia
    @wildingmedia 10 месяцев назад

    Please do Winchester next

  • @PeteRumley
    @PeteRumley 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nieve really is just getting better and better with age 😵‍💫

  • @sianashley-tait7496
    @sianashley-tait7496 4 месяца назад

    I Iive in Wakefield, it's gone down hill over the years, that's why I'm planning to to move to the cotswolds with my family

  • @PapaClarkeTheGoat
    @PapaClarkeTheGoat 10 месяцев назад +12

    stuntpegg is so sweet and funny ❤

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад +3

      She’s excellent!

  • @scottrankin7759
    @scottrankin7759 10 месяцев назад +1

    Missed out not doing the coal mining museum

  • @ursulcx299
    @ursulcx299 7 дней назад

    There's actually a very good video from map men about the british city status if you're really interested. Its an interesting topic and the video is hilarious.

  • @ryangallagher6656
    @ryangallagher6656 10 месяцев назад

    Robbie you need to come to the old Capital of England, Winchester!

  • @cianusgaming7263
    @cianusgaming7263 10 месяцев назад

    Great video. Of course, the spicehead running past screaming wakey wines is to round it out and sums up the city's people

  • @davidwoodcock139
    @davidwoodcock139 5 месяцев назад

    We use to climb on the ruins as kids in the 1960’s

  • @cam4top
    @cam4top 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nieve is so funny, she’s like the new Diane Morgan

  • @n33dh4m
    @n33dh4m 10 месяцев назад

    Come to Ripley (Derbyshire one), most English town, also high up on worst towns in the uk 😂

  • @gilbertwalker3222
    @gilbertwalker3222 10 месяцев назад +3

    Nieve has got to be one of the funniest personalities on RUclips, what a gal.

  • @jb3222
    @jb3222 2 месяца назад +1

    For info, York Minster is a cathedral despite its name!

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  2 месяца назад

      Lloyd Griffith is a liar.

  • @micky_jd
    @micky_jd 10 месяцев назад +2

    should of come to pontefract nearby. we have a better castle. a big park area and race course. we used to have 2 greggs across from eachother but now its all barber shops. the only haribo factory outside germany was here but its partly moved to castleford now and pontefract cakes are rank. we used to have the most pubs in a square mile in the uk, but we dont now. ummm , harold shipman worked here.....
    in fact dont bother its shit. we used to be a proper town

  • @AtoZpod
    @AtoZpod 10 месяцев назад +2

    If im a medieval castle, I can't speak because I'm a castle might be the greatest quote on this channel only rivalled by Jaackmaate had sex with a horse.

  • @Brian_Cohen
    @Brian_Cohen 2 месяца назад

    Come to the Black Country Museum and the Severn Valley Railway!

  • @MrAckers75
    @MrAckers75 10 месяцев назад

    Lived in knottingley and used to go to Wakefield all the time…it’s fine

  • @SuperKinlo
    @SuperKinlo 10 месяцев назад

    Would imagine there is more to do than on a Monday in manningtree

  • @WakefieldTolbert
    @WakefieldTolbert 10 месяцев назад +1

    Looks like my ancestors left Britain a nice city.
    ___________
    Yes, my real name.
    Blessings.

  • @PS987654321PS
    @PS987654321PS 2 месяца назад

    So pleasant.

  • @TommoTheMan
    @TommoTheMan 10 месяцев назад +2

    Cooplands Cheese straws bang

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад

      Was a decent straw.

  • @gadnukbreakerofworlds666
    @gadnukbreakerofworlds666 2 месяца назад

    Wakefield is a shadow of its former self but it's nice to see some positive views

  • @KKTR3
    @KKTR3 7 месяцев назад +1

    I rejected cauliflower when I started to have middle-class girlfriends and moved over to broccoli . After decades I decided I had , Had enough of pretending to be a broccoli lover.
    And reclaimed my working class devotion to the cauliflower long before it became the new middle-class cauliflower steak frenzy

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  7 месяцев назад +2

      I think both cauliflower and broccoli can live side by side, irrespective of class.

    • @KKTR3
      @KKTR3 7 месяцев назад

      @@RobbieKnox maybe now but in late 80s and the 90s , the broccoli was the new kid on the block beloved of the middle-class Cauliflower was clearly the working class vegetable.

  • @Pebble_Collector
    @Pebble_Collector 10 месяцев назад +7

    I'm not sure I can describe what "Wife Material" means, but I know Nieve definitely fits the bill. She's lovely. :3

    • @christopherflux6254
      @christopherflux6254 25 дней назад

      I’m a Bolton fan who went to uni in Wakefield. So this video resonates well with me.

  • @buggers77
    @buggers77 10 месяцев назад

    Hi Robbie. Let me know if you're up this way again & i'll show you around Todmorden & Hebden Bridge. Take care

  • @fishstar2974
    @fishstar2974 10 месяцев назад +1

    Keep it up robadillio

  • @SeanONeill-ef5vb
    @SeanONeill-ef5vb 3 месяца назад +1

    Birmingham was the first place to get city status without a cathedral 😀

  • @SocialJusticeWorrier
    @SocialJusticeWorrier 3 месяца назад

    Bang tidy 😉👍🏽

  • @uriustosh
    @uriustosh 10 месяцев назад

    How are the kebabs in Wakefield?

  • @johncockram248
    @johncockram248 10 месяцев назад +1

    How can you go to Wakefield and not go to the mining museum.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 месяцев назад

      Too far out of Wakey to properly count.

    • @johncockram248
      @johncockram248 10 месяцев назад

      Yes to be fair it is a bit on the outskirts.

  • @sianashley-tait7496
    @sianashley-tait7496 4 месяца назад

    It's definitely a cathedral, the statue is a character from a children's book