the Blackpool most people don't see!

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  • Опубликовано: 11 фев 2024
  • I walk the back streets of Blackpool on a busy weekend, from checking out the abandoned hotels to the pubs and nightlife most people avoid on their visit to this bizzare seaside town!
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  • @honestplaces
    @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +25

    drinking on Birmingham's dirtiest streets! - ruclips.net/video/CzfZ5_LMtpw/видео.html

    • @darren253
      @darren253 2 месяца назад +2

      What is like at Night then there?

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +4

      @@darren253 too scared to check it out 🤣

    • @michaelbradley4552
      @michaelbradley4552 2 месяца назад

      The biggest problem in Blackpool is that they are thriving on a tower that was built in 1891 the council are bloody useless all they care about is the prom half of the hotels are not viable anymore so want turning in to reasonable housing knock all the crap buildings down or make the owners smartened them up it's a crying shame Central drive in the eighties was a lovely place now look at it

    • @martinaknatuover
      @martinaknatuover 2 месяца назад +4

      are you for real last season 2023 blackpool attracted the most visitors for a number of years its been top uk attraction since records began maybe next time you visit try actually spending some cash in some of the numerous attractions such as the tower. sealife centre, waxworks. pleasure beach. or the new museum and cinema opening in 2024 . instead of walking around back streets trying to find empty buildings i live in and love blackpool always something to do even when the season isnt on its not blackpool thats bizzare its you hanging around looking through windows i for one will be keeping my curtains shut tightly at night

    • @martinaknatuover
      @martinaknatuover 2 месяца назад +1

      @@darren253 its great darren plenty to do

  • @nathelondon3719
    @nathelondon3719 3 месяца назад +521

    Heartbreaking. I lived in Blackpool from 1960 to 1975 and it was Paradise. The local MPs and councillors should be locked up!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +35

      Alot of people say that. Shame

    • @Deeky76
      @Deeky76 3 месяца назад +53

      ​@@ScavendonI'd say immigration

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +6

      @@Scavendon 👀🤣

    • @jordan3522
      @jordan3522 3 месяца назад +6

      @@Scavendon how exactly is it the fault of the “population”? Can you elaborate..

    • @Deeky76
      @Deeky76 3 месяца назад +1

      @@jordan3522 Pretty simple really, The immigration in this country has went through the roof and is an utter disgrace, Look at what these people are doing to our towns and cities... absolutely wrecking the place, Along side greedy councils who are shutting down our high streets, charging over the odds for rents.... Too many people in such a small country 🙂

  • @daniel_913
    @daniel_913 2 месяца назад +96

    Betting shops are always thriving is poverty strickened areas. They feed off the desperate and vulnerable.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +6

      True!

    • @jamesmoore3624
      @jamesmoore3624 Месяц назад +7

      poverty stricken people are more likely to be impulsive, on drugs, lack of brain power due to poor nutrition etc... and they get desperate, which is why betting shops are in these areas.

    • @michaelmurphy5170
      @michaelmurphy5170 Месяц назад +2

      I hardly ever see any punters in them. Surely the day-to-day overheads of rent, rates, salaries, heating, lighting and cleansing must dwarf the revenues.
      Are these betting shops just money laundering, if not locally then at boardroom level?

    • @blindhowlingdrunk
      @blindhowlingdrunk Месяц назад +1

      Gouls

    • @jack14kd
      @jack14kd Месяц назад +2

      No one forces people into them

  • @sniperwipers
    @sniperwipers 2 месяца назад +286

    Fackin hell thats grim, even the seagulls have fucked off.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +7

      Didn't notice that 🤣

    • @PresenceAwareness
      @PresenceAwareness 2 месяца назад +26

      Hey, our seagulls can fly with one wing. They learnt how to do that so they could carry a Kebab under the other.

    • @calvinblack2167
      @calvinblack2167 2 месяца назад +5

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @PeaceBeTheJourney.
      @PeaceBeTheJourney. 2 месяца назад +5

      Poor mans las vegas

    • @andysutils
      @andysutils 2 месяца назад +2

      😂😂😂

  • @kevintravis5123
    @kevintravis5123 2 месяца назад +84

    when you are sat on a chair at a one armed bandit.. you are totally addicted

  • @knightstemplar6243
    @knightstemplar6243 3 месяца назад +204

    Blackpool is now usually visited for stag & hen parties. But drugs are absolutely rife in Blackpool now it used to be a really family oriented holiday place

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +23

      Yeh, gone of the family holidays

    • @dwayneforbeschalmers
      @dwayneforbeschalmers 2 месяца назад

      ​@@honestplacesgood for crack business jog on

    • @sleeping_sheep_slayer_9000
      @sleeping_sheep_slayer_9000 2 месяца назад +16

      if u think drugs is bad in blackpool, you haven't witnessed birmingham, my god it's million times worse, i nearly got mugged last year christmas, now i make sure never to go out after dark, brum is just a crime ridden drug ridden complete shite hole,
      it's not a place where u wanna raise your kids, trust me

    • @darz_k.
      @darz_k. 2 месяца назад +2

      @@sleeping_sheep_slayer_9000
      Ye ever see Leon Edwards knockin' abou'?

    • @garemacquarrie6705
      @garemacquarrie6705 2 месяца назад

      Hey guy, how you doing.my suspension is up for a day or two.Drugs are rife wherever you go in this country.they can't keep saying it's illegal.tons of illegal drugs are consumed on a daily basis and you can't bring that into the country without official collusion. And it's ok for MPs to get caught using drugs but our kids go to jail for it

  • @NeilD163
    @NeilD163 2 месяца назад +39

    Blackpool, the place that makes Magaluf look upmarket and family friendly.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +2

      Need to go back to magaluf!

    • @NeilD163
      @NeilD163 2 месяца назад +3

      @@honestplaces lot of improvement work happening in Magaluf, they are trying to move away from the reputation they have had.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +2

      @@NeilD163 good. Spain has benidorm for that!

    • @voice.of.reason
      @voice.of.reason 2 месяца назад

      If you want a shag, then shaguluf does what it says on the tin, with nice weather and nice streets

  • @GBPaddling
    @GBPaddling 2 месяца назад +14

    And the ONLY strategy the Council can come up with is - more parking restrictions, and increased parking charges....🤕🤕🤕

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +1

      True

    • @societysista6187
      @societysista6187 14 дней назад

      That’s the plan- restrict parking-restrict customers- run the place down

  • @amazonionavalon8252
    @amazonionavalon8252 9 дней назад +2

    Thanks for making and sharing this. You definitely summarised the vibe.

  • @Mind-your-own-beeswax
    @Mind-your-own-beeswax 3 месяца назад +167

    Lived there for 3 years and could t wait to leave. It’s a complete shithole.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +8

      ....not even enjoy the dingy pubs? 🤣

    • @Uk_bigboss11
      @Uk_bigboss11 3 месяца назад +3

      Were did u go😂

    • @Mindsmog
      @Mindsmog 2 месяца назад +5

      @@Uk_bigboss11 anywhere is better than shitpool 🤣

    • @flamezodiac5736
      @flamezodiac5736 2 месяца назад +6

      I'm trying to move out cannot wait to leave this jail cell town

    • @chrisgriffin3347
      @chrisgriffin3347 2 месяца назад +1

      Shit pool and Glasgow think I go for Blackpool and I'm from Glasgow

  • @throughtheeyesofachild61_45
    @throughtheeyesofachild61_45 3 месяца назад +91

    I can’t believe how downhill Blackpool has gone over the years. Such a shame 🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +5

      Dunno if it can recover

    • @Gazr965
      @Gazr965 3 месяца назад +6

      All that profit from tourists over the years has been creamed off, hardly any gets put back in to at least maintain the place, like most seaside towns are going, outsider owners just milk them to death, then leave.

    • @elizaphe58
      @elizaphe58 2 месяца назад +3

      It's not all like that.I walk all around the resort from the Airport to North some nice residential properties in lots of areas.Some very good priced properties to buy.

    • @Gazr965
      @Gazr965 2 месяца назад

      Yes there are out of 'town' good areas, but the hustle and bustle areas have been neglected from sheer profiteering in the past, it should not have be allowed to happen, but that's weak councils for you.@@elizaphe58

    • @adamh905
      @adamh905 2 месяца назад

      It's the same everywhere in the UK, there is an agenda going on here.

  • @andyb20121
    @andyb20121 2 месяца назад +28

    Funny thing is 75% of people slating Blackpool will be there this summer enjoying themselves. There are rough parts to the majority of towns stop being so negative about the place

    • @martinaknatuover
      @martinaknatuover 2 месяца назад +1

      so true its a great place to live😉

    • @martinsaul65
      @martinsaul65 2 месяца назад +13

      Will they bollix.

    • @paulyates5092
      @paulyates5092 2 месяца назад

      Well, I for one will not be one of the 75% going back this year or any year in the near future as I posted earlier it's a Shit hole and a drug haven, it wants a thorough clear out and rebuild.

    • @monoperative
      @monoperative 2 месяца назад +7

      Some might, but you've pulled that 75% ratio out of your arse. Don't make up statistics to support your argument, you'll just undermine it.

    • @imadrunk3576
      @imadrunk3576 2 месяца назад

      Depends where you live. If you live in the northwest then most likely. People from down south arnt going to Blackpool they have nicer sea side resorts there. Black is okay I think it's the only sea side resort that has 3 peirse however you spell it

  • @kristinnorton-vi2qi
    @kristinnorton-vi2qi Месяц назад +2

    Can't believe how much blackpool changed love to go back at some point great video thanx for sharing xx

  • @ajayjackson7727
    @ajayjackson7727 3 месяца назад +69

    i think a lot of older people visit for a week just to get a break away from where they live, maybe just walking around the town every day brings back good memories for them

    • @dougaldouglas8842
      @dougaldouglas8842 3 месяца назад +9

      Well said.

    • @grahamkitchen6650
      @grahamkitchen6650 2 месяца назад +2

      The old dears should know better.
      They won't find a good knees up in Blackpool anymore !!
      😂😂

    • @andrewphippsphillips1455
      @andrewphippsphillips1455 2 месяца назад +16

      More likely they visit the place to assure themselves their own circumstances aren't as bad as they first feared.
      Same way as watching the miseries on Eastenders makes you realise maybe your own life isn't as depressing as the characters on that godforsaken programme

    • @dougaldouglas8842
      @dougaldouglas8842 2 месяца назад

      @@andrewphippsphillips1455 Eastender still going? Not watched tell lie vision in years. It maybe that some feel better for visiting bad places, whilst others live in bad places in the first place, made so by them, so no change there then, at one with the surroundings

    • @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb
      @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb 2 месяца назад +12

      Some elderly couples like to go and watch shows at the Winter Gardens and dance at the Tower Ballroom, where they may have met in their youth.

  • @kelseymcgowan2538
    @kelseymcgowan2538 3 месяца назад +139

    The betting shops are always open due to the sheer amount of money they make from all the people who love a bet, plus all the addicts who spend the majority of their day in them

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +9

      That makes sense 🤣

    • @pablodelsegundo9502
      @pablodelsegundo9502 3 месяца назад +5

      Yes...that the only activity at the Amusements joint was 40+ers at the slots is sadly telling.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +2

      probs there mon-sun from opening time!@@pablodelsegundo9502

    • @terrygoldsmith335
      @terrygoldsmith335 3 месяца назад +9

      I use to work for ‘At The Races’ TV Channel and so our biggest clients were all the betting shops, passing of horse racing as a sport rather than just a tool for the gambling industry.
      Years later I’m doing voluntary work for a charity and our collection boxes are always being nicked from betting shops despite being chained down.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +4

      Stealing the charity boxes!....crazy!
      @@terrygoldsmith335

  • @johnlord9319
    @johnlord9319 Месяц назад +2

    I am 1 of the elderly people who visit Bpool but I refuse as a 74 yr old to pay £30 Just to enter pleasure beach just to wander around and not go on any ride. The family can shove it where the sun never shines

  • @nicolaleeming9970
    @nicolaleeming9970 Месяц назад +3

    It’s crazy you go through Lytham it’s so posh then you get to Blackpool I remember when I was younger it was thriving I don’t live too far away shame will be there soon staying in South shore when we go Lytham festival. Thanks for the video 💙

  • @cosmic4037
    @cosmic4037 3 месяца назад +90

    I remember the 60s, 70s, early 80s, heartbreaking now..

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +6

      Think its time is up

    • @willowvc1910
      @willowvc1910 3 месяца назад +2

      A lot of money is being put into blackpool if you could be bothered to do any research!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +8

      @@willowvc1910 too much effort

    • @paulf2898
      @paulf2898 2 месяца назад +1

      Used to go there in the 80' with parents everything was thriving,now it looks dead,I'm guessing to drugs and crime idk

    • @jessiegleaves9037
      @jessiegleaves9037 2 месяца назад

      There is a lovely bar on the North pier

  • @user-uc8kr1pl6b
    @user-uc8kr1pl6b 3 месяца назад +83

    Was there for the Airshow in 23. Went on train, it was packed with pissheads already half cut, effing and blinding in front of families with young kids. I used to love going to Blackpool, now it's just a litter strewn open toilet full of idiots from out of town on the lash. Feel sorry for the people who have to live with it, such a shame, hope it can recover and get back to something like it used to be.

    • @Daddylongneck371
      @Daddylongneck371 2 месяца назад

      Morning Roger to be fair ive been going over 30 years and its always been a shithole full of drunken pissheads and whoars.

    • @section5760
      @section5760 2 месяца назад

      Never gonna happen fella. Those people are long gone and we are left with the scum of society. Sad indeed. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🫵🏽

    • @robertdundee2011
      @robertdundee2011 2 месяца назад +1

      This is Engerland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🚽 🗑️

    • @andyjota8906
      @andyjota8906 2 месяца назад +3

      Even Thatcher didnt kill our country as badly as that..........

    • @Brettyboy101
      @Brettyboy101 2 месяца назад +1

      What is happening in England?

  • @martinaknatuover
    @martinaknatuover 2 месяца назад +8

    blackpool has always been the top tourist attraction in the uk and always will be reason being even during off season always plenty to do attractions apart from the pleasure beach are open all year round at weekends . the winter gardens and grand theatre mostly still have something going on all times of year . great transport links both nationally and local all year round and in a survey a couple of years ago was voted as having the cleanest air in the uk also in the top 5 for unpolluted worth a visit even better to live in need i say more .

    • @cleoedparanoia
      @cleoedparanoia 2 месяца назад +6

      best seaside resort in the uk love it ❤💯

    • @user-bx5dm4op3p
      @user-bx5dm4op3p 2 месяца назад

      Think you need locking up.....never read such a load of tosh.....you need your eyes testing and head examined

    • @dwc6853
      @dwc6853 19 часов назад +1

      If I owned Blackpool and Hell, I'd rent out Blackpool and live in Hell

  • @jimmycburfield5997
    @jimmycburfield5997 2 месяца назад +5

    Great videos. Burger for £1 was featured on ‘Rate my Take away.
    It seemed to be rated fairly well.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +1

      Yeh it supposed to be half decent!

  • @paulyates5092
    @paulyates5092 3 месяца назад +29

    Went there for a midweek break last year and all i could see was a Sh1t hole, the sea front smells like raw sewerage and the back streets smelt like a cannabis farm, Beirut has nothing on this place. The one good thing that Blackpool has to offer after one visit in years is that it will save me some money, i wont be going back.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +4

      Sounds about the typical Blackpool experience that 🤣

    • @patrickporter6536
      @patrickporter6536 2 месяца назад +2

      Raw

    • @ChristineFisher123
      @ChristineFisher123 2 месяца назад

      Beirut has better weather, so Blackpool beats that? 😂😂

    • @TheCockrash
      @TheCockrash 2 месяца назад

      Lol roar sewage!!!

    • @paigonjohnstone3596
      @paigonjohnstone3596 2 месяца назад +1

      Have you ever been to Beirut? I have it’s amazing! A really classy place! Amazing clubs, restaurants and bars…..it’s where the whole of the Middle East goes to party!

  • @richardgiles2484
    @richardgiles2484 3 месяца назад +53

    So sad to see the UK like this 😢

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +12

      The same in alot of town unfortunatly

    • @pablodelsegundo9502
      @pablodelsegundo9502 3 месяца назад +5

      If it's any comfort, we have a LOT of the same in the US. Look up Gary, Indiana; or if you're feeling like serious poverty porn, Kensington Philadelphia.

    • @mickymouze1224
      @mickymouze1224 3 месяца назад +6

      @@pablodelsegundo9502 Kensington's issues aren't really down to poverty are they? Many of the homeless there are from other places and go there as it's one big drugs playground with plenty of free handouts. There's no disputing it's worse there than anywhere in UK but it seems more by design than simple poverty.

    • @125brat
      @125brat 3 месяца назад +5

      ​@@mickymouze1224Unfortunately where America goes, we tend to follow. Give it time, but many places in the UK are prime candidates 😬

    • @willowvc1910
      @willowvc1910 3 месяца назад +6

      The UK isn't all bad we are a beautiful country,I'm sick of people putting it down,some people only try to find the negatives,that's part of the problem! I think they like to have a moan instead of doing something useful

  • @timrobinson9192
    @timrobinson9192 2 месяца назад

    Great videos mate, well done. Subbed today and viewed a few of your videos, including my home town Dewsbury, Glad I live a couple of miles away from the centre!!

  • @scotland1988ful
    @scotland1988ful 2 месяца назад +1

    Sad seeing blackpool, post covid.
    I was only there 1 time for a week vacation with my niece, while i was home visiting family in glasgow, Scotland from Detroit, Michigan, US.
    It's such a shame.
    When we were there, stayed in one of the hotels on the waterfront, all inclusive .
    Best times of our life's, we loved it.
    Keep the videos rolling,
    You've got a new sub watching from Detroit, Michigan.
    Native from glasgow..❤

  • @stephenjdixon1
    @stephenjdixon1 3 месяца назад +33

    there were 3 thousand "hotels" in Blackpool so its not surprising that quite a lot are closed besides the ones that close in winter

    • @spillidge45
      @spillidge45 2 месяца назад +2

      3 thousand cess pits 😅😅

    • @Perthshire
      @Perthshire 2 месяца назад +1

      211 hotels, of which 7 are chain hotels. are you counting B&Bs and AirBnBs?

  • @graememckay9972
    @graememckay9972 2 месяца назад +61

    I last visited Blackpool about 5 years ago and was shocked. The promenade was heaving with tourists but they were constantly pestered by "traders" selling flashing toys, balloons, hats, cheap rubbish toys. Then the horse and carriage riders were charging up and down the road. We saw horses slipping, falling banging into other carriages, cars doing emergency stops due to reckless disregard for the highway code by the carriage operators. It was pandemonium. Then we decided to buy passes for Tusauds, the tower, dungeon, pleasure beach and sea life. And it was extortionate. Ended up not going to Tusauds, dungeon or sealife. Couldn't afford it. We could've gone to Spain for less money, same chaotic atmosphere but with better weather.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +3

      Yup.....you can probs put up all of that if the weather is really nice! 🤣

    • @jadewoodhouse47
      @jadewoodhouse47 2 месяца назад +6

      £33 for 3 events (Tower *Sealife *tusauds) how much would you rather it be? Start collecting the sun you might get a better deal for £9.99🙄

    • @ChristineFisher123
      @ChristineFisher123 2 месяца назад +3

      In another country the pestering traders would be called 'hawkers.' Same thing by the sound of it..😂

    • @Daddylongneck371
      @Daddylongneck371 2 месяца назад +1

      Yep seems very reasonable to me seeing as i bought a foot long ham sandwich in subways other day that cost £7.20@@jadewoodhouse47

    • @jadewoodhouse47
      @jadewoodhouse47 2 месяца назад +7

      @@Daddylongneck371 that's what I mean 🤣🤣 people want kids u18 to be free these days 🤣 edit: I live in blackpool and never once seen a horse slip or fall or crash into others shame these videos of blackpool are just showing the rough parts like every town and city has... show some of the nice stuff in blackpool and stop leaving a sour taste on everyone mouth...the edit isn't directed at you don't worry 😅 bufordTJustice304

  • @leeelliott175
    @leeelliott175 2 месяца назад +1

    I spent the first 7 years of my life in Blackpool, born there, i remember going down the sea front holding my nanas hand ❤, it was a lot different back then, it was a good place,its a drastic shame what has happened to Blackpool, great video mate i really enjoyed it❤ 🇬🇧

  • @Christopher-jk2zv
    @Christopher-jk2zv 2 месяца назад +2

    I remember going to Blackpool with you yonks back with Kate & Charlotte, was a class day! Glad to see you doing well mate, loving the content!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад

      Cheers pal. Appreciate it 👍

  • @MrEvilWasp
    @MrEvilWasp 3 месяца назад +42

    I was in Blackpool last year and I had a crack head ranting and raving at me because I refused to buy him a pizza. The pizza shop I was in had to bribe him to go to the other end of the shop and leave customers alone. I think they knew I was seconds away from breaking his nose.

    • @dropthebomb6636
      @dropthebomb6636 2 месяца назад +2

      been there probably flames

    • @MrEvilWasp
      @MrEvilWasp 2 месяца назад

      @@dropthebomb6636 Pizza shop was called Fireaway on the end of Pleasant Street, just up the road from Blackpool North station. It looked new like it hadn't been open long. A nice place and the owners were great. I think they lose a lot of customers though due to the drugged up psychos going in there hassling people for freebies and money.

    • @matthewlewis1706
      @matthewlewis1706 Месяц назад

      Crackheads dont want pizza mate

  • @RaveSceneTribute
    @RaveSceneTribute 2 месяца назад +37

    My mum ran a guest house in Blackpool in the 90's. I spent my teens and early 20's there. it was an amazing time. It was always absolutely rammed and none of the decay you see here. It's so sad to see what it became.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +1

      Yeh....about the time it started going downhill then!

    • @tonyska
      @tonyska 2 месяца назад +6

      Had many great weekends in the 90s, the place was always buzzing.

    • @adamh905
      @adamh905 2 месяца назад

      It's society my friend, people just don't give a f**k anymore, they're more interested in social media and selfies and getting off their heads on booze and drugs than to actually stop and look around them and see where they are living is a complete dump!!
      But hey that's what the Government wants them to do.

    • @LaluBhaiya1233
      @LaluBhaiya1233 Месяц назад +3

      The advent of cheap flights put an end to seaside towns

    • @jasonwilletts559
      @jasonwilletts559 24 дня назад

      It started going down in the late 80s, but it was still nice in the 90s, by the millennium it was in freefall

  • @Daddylongneck371
    @Daddylongneck371 2 месяца назад +12

    About 20 years ago one bank holiday all the b and bs were full me and my mate managed to get one small spare room in a pub. It was 10 pounds each for the night and the bed was a sheet of hardboard with a bare mattress balanced on top of four catering sized baked bean tins. Had a great weekend even managed to coax a couple of Barnsley birds back to our boudoir for a night of romance and one of them pissed the bed. Only in Blackpool can you get that for such a reasonable price. 😆

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣 typical Blackpool night out that

    • @lolabelle4959
      @lolabelle4959 2 месяца назад

      Who in their right mind wud stay somewhere for a tenner?! Gross!!

    • @Daddylongneck371
      @Daddylongneck371 2 месяца назад

      Well your mother and father obviousley did when they conceived you@@lolabelle4959

    • @Daddylongneck371
      @Daddylongneck371 2 месяца назад

      your mother was in the room with us@@lolabelle4959

    • @Daddylongneck371
      @Daddylongneck371 2 месяца назад

      When its a choice between that or the car what you do you miserable twat ???@@lolabelle4959

  • @raycharles9194
    @raycharles9194 2 месяца назад +3

    The amount of people on P. I. P. wandering around this toilet of a town is mind blowing.. I've never seen as many fleece wolf patterned items of clothing in my life.. If there is anyone out there holding on to childhood memories of Blackpool.. Nostalgic and fun memories.. Keep them there because this town is nothing short of a toilet, morning, noon and definitely night

    • @adamh905
      @adamh905 2 месяца назад

      Don't be too harsh, there's a great pub there selling explosive diarrhoea on draught and medallions of shit in a urine sauce for lunch!

    • @lesleywhite123
      @lesleywhite123 18 дней назад

      This made me laugh. I have a wolf fleece 😂 thought it was trendy but I live in London

  • @davidbowie2046
    @davidbowie2046 3 месяца назад +39

    Last time I was in Blackpool was 94. That's when the stag and hen parties started going there and were probably a major factor of it going downhill. You could see they were just there to get drunk and wreck the place. A family ain't going to go to Blackpool when they can go to Spain for the same money and avoid all the swearing and pissheads.

    • @ELPaso1990TX
      @ELPaso1990TX 2 месяца назад +4

      Depends where you go in Spain. But Benidorm is a complete dump now. Full of drunks causing trouble and booze. All inclusive hotel food is cheap sloppy crap now as hotels cut costs. Bars and cafes are closing because the EU banned Brits staying more than 90 days and Brits aren’t allowed to work in Spain, so they left their apartments and caravans and went home. Nobody to support the bars & cafes off season and can’t employ Brits. So they close down. Benidorm is becoming just like Blackpool, crime, street scams etc. But to be fair Blackpool offered more than Benidorm, there were decent shows, wax works, museums, the tower, tower ball room. Decent tasty hotel food. Not like the trash served up in all inclusive hotels. Benidorm offers far less, yes it’s sunny but very few water sports like you’d expect in a Mediterranean resort, only places to get drunk. Soon you’ll need Etias visas to visit Spain, proof of finances, return ticket etc all coming soon so more queues and stress in airports and no doubt fewer and fewer Brits will go to Benidorm. Id avoid holidays in EU countries now for those reasons. Maybe with that Blackpool will make a comeback.

    • @user-qk7vv3mx1s
      @user-qk7vv3mx1s 2 месяца назад

      @@ELPaso1990TX Europe hates Britain. That much is bloody obvious.

    • @user-xd5pr4qd4z
      @user-xd5pr4qd4z 2 месяца назад

      Civil ceremony parties more like

    • @unusedsub3003
      @unusedsub3003 Месяц назад +1

      @@ELPaso1990TX What planet are you on? Blackpool is a hellscape. Even Benidorm is superior to Blackpool, anywhere in Spain is. I’d personally opt for Almería or Cadiz. Anywhere is Spain can produce superior food to Blackpool food 🤢. More culture, more interesting things to see and do, cheaper ale and better weather. Blackpool is *not* making a comeback.

    • @ELPaso1990TX
      @ELPaso1990TX Месяц назад

      @@unusedsub3003 oh yes I agree there are some beautiful parts of Spain especially Seville, Granada and Spanish food is much better than Blackpool food. I was really referring to the very poor quality food found in all inc hotels in Benidorm which is more like slop. All inc food was nice about 20 years ago, but having been to Benidorm recently it was very disappointing and other guests agreed it’s gone down hill rapidly. Benidorm I found to be very rough more like a council estate with palm trees. Vomit and urine stains on the pavement, swearing, drunken violence, muggings etc. I agree however Benidorm is not the real Spain and it’s very unfair to judge Spain on what people see in Benidorm. You really can’t compare the two places, Spain and Benidorm.

  • @bendenisereedy7865
    @bendenisereedy7865 3 месяца назад +38

    I picked my young son up from a kids' party somewhere a couple of blocks back from the Promenade and right outside the venue was a scrawny old bloke locked in a contorted posture to a traffic pole like a dried up prune, two of those community wombles scratching their heads, wondering what to do. Not nice for a kiddy to see. Blackpool has always been a dump, it's just a bigger dump now.

  • @RobertHarrison-cn3ok
    @RobertHarrison-cn3ok 2 месяца назад +3

    I lived in Blackpool 1981 1984 I lived in 16 York street Dalebrook hotel next to the jaggy thistle, I worked for crewe John's delivering beers,wines and spirits to all the small hotel's and guest houses plus the clubs like trades club, British legion Tory club etc. The night lige was Dixie land show bar central pier sands shades I drunk in the lifeboat pub great memories and I am Scottish and I had great English friends good guys they looked after me great life I was 16 left at 19, loved the place ❤

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +1

      Sounds like your time there was not too bad!

    • @RobertHarrison-cn3ok
      @RobertHarrison-cn3ok 2 месяца назад +1

      @@honestplaces loved it also stayed kirby road, hornby road coronation street chelford road Yorkshire street we moved a lot buying and selling I know every street in Blackpool was down a year back at the Blackpool vrs Rangers game

  • @joelmonkley6177
    @joelmonkley6177 Месяц назад

    You got over half a million views massive pal glad to see it surely you get something for that amount i hope you blow up pal but stay humble like you are 😊 its great to see

  • @6panel300
    @6panel300 3 месяца назад +29

    We spent a week there in 2017. Apart from the tower and the tram we thought the best thing there was the M55.

    • @spillidge45
      @spillidge45 2 месяца назад +3

      Yeh. Coming out of the place 😅😅😅

    • @StevieMc1971
      @StevieMc1971 Месяц назад

      @@spillidge45😂😂😂😂😂

    • @derekibison6644
      @derekibison6644 10 дней назад

      The tired old joke was badly told.

  • @Georgeconna32
    @Georgeconna32 2 месяца назад +36

    England used to be a proud county, everything tidy. We noticed the rot setting in during the early 2000's when we visited on holidays. 😢

    • @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb
      @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb 2 месяца назад

      Too many non-English are ruining it and turning the UK into exactly like the country where they came from. They dump furniture in the street and dump rubbish in lay-bys. No respect for this country.

    • @jameshickey1294
      @jameshickey1294 2 месяца назад +2

      Your 100% correct-- agree with ya 🤝

    • @lukeskywalker1666
      @lukeskywalker1666 2 месяца назад +10

      @@jameshickey1294mass migration

    • @paulf2898
      @paulf2898 2 месяца назад +7

      Yep they treat Britain like there home country

    • @Cubeforc3
      @Cubeforc3 2 месяца назад +1

      Agreed on tidyness, people just don't respect the place and chuck litter all about.
      Places like Blackpool were doomed when you could book a week in sunny Spain or Turkey for a few hundred quid.

  • @stephenmcewan312
    @stephenmcewan312 Месяц назад +1

    A thought you said split a g…. As in gram 🤣🤣🤣🤣 good content ma man 👊🏻👌🏻

  • @paulfpsterfoster6337
    @paulfpsterfoster6337 2 месяца назад +1

    Been going there the last 12 years first weekend in October some parts have gone down hill like lot of seaside resorts we always have a great time the people of Blackpool always make you feel welcome looking forward to going back

  • @jasonw7992
    @jasonw7992 2 месяца назад +41

    I'd pay good money to see Jacob Rees Mogg follow you around the side streets of Blackpool 😂

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад +5

      Who is that? 🤣

    • @Hazeman8383
      @Hazeman8383 2 месяца назад +1

      @@honestplacessome southern mp

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 Месяц назад +1

      @@Hazeman8383
      I bet his local town doesn't look as bad as this shithole. where are all the "Northern" MPs ?.

    • @themissinfowar6629
      @themissinfowar6629 Месяц назад +2

      Good to see the labor heartlands doing so well 😂

    • @Hazeman8383
      @Hazeman8383 Месяц назад

      @@daneelolivaw602 lock em in the cupboards in the the commons mate

  • @a34rwl
    @a34rwl 2 месяца назад +26

    That's not car, it's a van. You can tell it's a van because it's a van.

    • @JonSmith-cx7gr
      @JonSmith-cx7gr 2 месяца назад +3

      Thats a useful tip.

    • @SNUSNU-lz7dh
      @SNUSNU-lz7dh 2 месяца назад +1

      I’ve put all the evidence together and have to agree ITS A VAN

  • @SisterDogmata
    @SisterDogmata 2 месяца назад +1

    Grew up in Manchester and occasionally we'd go for the day or on my dads work trips when he worked at ciba geigy! It was so much fun, so exciting! I would only want to remember it as a child in the 60s/70s. A lot of Britain looks like this now, sad and jaded, poverty and addiction playing a huge part of it. Don't knock it, remember it how it was!

  • @peng9179
    @peng9179 2 месяца назад +2

    The amount of people who are shocked is mental. Our country has been in constant decline, leaving europe has shafted us yet people act all shocked at the state of things as if they didn't have a clue about the curreht downfall of the majority of our towns.

  • @ajayjackson7727
    @ajayjackson7727 3 месяца назад +9

    My god it's changed so much, i remember going to blackpool wi my family in the 80s and it was brilliant, it's almost like a ghost town now, great video btw

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +2

      Yeh it's had it's day i think!...and thank you

    • @dougaldouglas8842
      @dougaldouglas8842 3 месяца назад +2

      In wintertime it is like a ghost town, picks up after, but not as good as it used to be, even the lights are cheap and nasty, unlike what they used to be, and why do away with the former lights for what now is presented as Blackpool illuminations?

    • @ChristineFisher123
      @ChristineFisher123 2 месяца назад +2

      Ah..its become run down over the years then...Sad.

    • @janetagbugblah8127
      @janetagbugblah8127 20 дней назад +1

      This video is not a true reflection of all that Blackpool offers. You could tell from his comments and areas he was visiting (in February for goodness sake) that he was trashing the town. I expect we could go to many English towns in the depth of winter and see some manky sites.
      I find it annoying that people in the comments say I went 50 years ago, I won't be going again and they probably won't juding by this vloggers biased view.
      I live and work in Blackpool and his comments are way off reality. We do have issues and we don't deny it but we still welcomed 20 million visitors in 2023!
      This guy walks down one of the shittiest streets in Blackpool and makes equally shitty comments. I wonder if this is to put people off. I could show you a thousand streets in our town where people take pride in the homes.

    • @dougaldouglas8842
      @dougaldouglas8842 19 дней назад

      @@janetagbugblah8127 Glad to hear someone supporting Blackpool, and agree with you. The worst time is January through to the likes of the end of April, I have found.
      Blackpool is still my favourite seaside place to visit. They should go to Rhyl, complete with a suite of armour, for the evenings, as the place is rotten, absolutely rotten, everything on top of itself, and you feel you are walking through chaos

  • @kenbakie4590
    @kenbakie4590 3 месяца назад +21

    Last time I had a holiday in Blackpool was in the 1980s. It was nowhere near that bad, but it looks like things have really gone downhill since. I remember Yates and also the Fun House, but I gather it burned down in 1991. I can't say I'll be going back to Blackpool in a hurry.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +2

      Less family go now that's the thing. Not much catered for kids as much as it was

  • @rigel5
    @rigel5 2 месяца назад +3

    As an Irishman I've always had a notion in the back of my mind to take the short hop across the Irish Sea to visit Blackpool ... I'd no idea that it had got this rundown and won't be visiting now.

  • @petethefungi
    @petethefungi Месяц назад +1

    I was 23 yo when I went to Blackpool for the first time and 25 when I went the last time! I lived in Huddersfield at the time and it was an easy day out. So glad we never left the promenade. What an absolute disgrace of a town Blackpool is!

  • @goodluck-mx4qr
    @goodluck-mx4qr 3 месяца назад +8

    Blackpool used to be great, was there in 1975 Sep weekend, used to be the place to go for all of Scotland I think, to see the lights, I remember " Yates Wine Lodge" It was a classy joint always busy.

    • @brendapurvis4803
      @brendapurvis4803 2 месяца назад +2

      My 4th birthday in 23rd September. Feel on the September weekend. Went to Blackpool for it. We had a great time with my husband and daughter and other family members. Went back down a couple of years later. We could not believe the state of the place. We could not wait to get back into our car and get back hame.

    • @brendapurvis4803
      @brendapurvis4803 2 месяца назад

      40th not 4th lol

  • @garywright4233
    @garywright4233 3 месяца назад +7

    Holidayed twice a year as a kid 60-80s. Stopped in Crystal Road. The landlady ruled with a rod of iron. Blackpool was so magical as a kid and always hated going home to Coventry. Live in Dorset now. Talk about chalk and cheese.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      Yeh. Dorset from where i've been is half decent

    • @NickKlaassen
      @NickKlaassen 2 месяца назад

      Going Back to Coventry by the ever-brilliant, veteran cult band, THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG:
      music.ruclips.net/video/rjGuB_Lf7mA/видео.html&si=B9PJDudeRw5WlsXt

    • @Runningaround94
      @Runningaround94 Месяц назад

      I live in Coventry now, love dorset

  • @richiemarsh1
    @richiemarsh1 Месяц назад +1

    A week in good weather, pleasure beach, madam tussuads, coral island, sea life centre, day at the beach, stanley park, zoo, herons reach golf and spa, activities at caravan parks, swimming pool down the front. Activities on the piers, night entertaiment at pleasure beach and or tower. Blackpool tower. Shopping in centre or day trip to clevelys and fleetwood. Lots to do if you stay away from the darkside. Shame lytham road isnt what it used to be though.

  • @geoffsmith7214
    @geoffsmith7214 2 месяца назад +6

    Before I came to live in Blackpool years ago I picked up a young hitch hiking student returning to Blackpool. He said I cannot wait to leave again. I've only come to see my Mum. I asked why the rush to leave. He replied unless you have money there is nothing for young people to do apart from be a nuisance to every one else and get yourself into trouble. That's why I left. That comment spoke and still speaks volumes having lived here myself now for many years.

  • @colcostello160
    @colcostello160 3 месяца назад +20

    That £1 burger fella buggers off to America for a few months during Blackpools winter months!... Can't be doing too bad can he!?

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +1

      No wonder he was shut!.....must fly out them burgers!!!

    • @traceymills3865
      @traceymills3865 2 месяца назад +6

      He works 12 hour days deserves a break

    • @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb
      @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb 2 месяца назад

      He's all over You Tube. Makes money from the slot machines in his 'restaurant'.

    • @Catamarang-lo8re
      @Catamarang-lo8re 2 месяца назад +4

      Who the hell would eat a £1 burger - I don't even want to know what is in it

    • @Matty-fl2tu
      @Matty-fl2tu 2 месяца назад +5

      ​@Catamarang-lo8re The same people who want to go to Blackpool 😂

  • @S1m0nX386
    @S1m0nX386 3 месяца назад +34

    They asked 1000 migrants if they wanted to live there and they refused 😂

    • @coastliner5848
      @coastliner5848 3 месяца назад +16

      If only that were true - the town is packed with them.

    • @g.g.6362
      @g.g.6362 2 месяца назад +9

      I'd rather be in Afghanistan.... no contest.

    • @somethinglikeanonymous1773
      @somethinglikeanonymous1773 2 месяца назад +5

      @@coastliner5848only people like you could blame immigrants for the mess it’s in 😂

    • @harold6863
      @harold6863 2 месяца назад

      It’s crawling with economical migrants. Not safe for anyone especially ladies.

    • @VictoriaB85
      @VictoriaB85 Месяц назад +1

      @@g.g.6362 Go there in the summer hols and it's like being in Afghanistan 🤣

  • @paulperth4205
    @paulperth4205 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for showing us around, I was last in Blackpool in 2003 on holiday there from Perth Australia (visiting relatives in Liverpool) went to Blackpool for the illuminations, saw the Movie Apollo 13 in the one of the cinema's to pass time waiting for darkness to fall.. did the amusement arcades and Madam Tussades.. I see it looks much different now.. but at least i still have me memories.. (for now) :) Cheers.

  • @JoolsUK
    @JoolsUK 2 месяца назад

    Thats mad, the vibe at the end with the quiet streets but inside the pubs are busy, seems everyone in Blackpool is inside the pub!!

  • @user-lt9py2pu6u
    @user-lt9py2pu6u 3 месяца назад +9

    I was in Blackpool last weekend, stayed in a Travelodge by the the football ground. Even on the front the buildings looked tatty but the streets were some of the cleanest I've seen. All the locals we met seemed freindly, Me and me mates are not into sports bars so we didn't have a lot of choice pub wise, but we did find a couple that had a nice freindly atmosphere. I've been in far worse places. Rhyl in North Wales used to be pretty grim, haven't been there for a while, so maybe its improved but somehow I doubt it. Great video by the way.

    • @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb
      @blackporscheroadster-yw8hb 2 месяца назад +2

      Best places to go for civilised drinks are the Winter Gardens and the Tower.

    • @markcf83
      @markcf83 2 месяца назад +2

      Rhyl is known as Scouse on Sea.

    • @Luton-Mick
      @Luton-Mick 2 месяца назад

      @@markcf83 So what's Liverpool called as it's also, you know, on sea?

    • @RJames-lb8dr
      @RJames-lb8dr 23 дня назад

      I know this travelodge your talking about one of better modern ones in a relatively okay area near to the football stadium but also if you venture on to Lytham Road South shire near St Peters Church huge poverty there and fairly scary om a nighttime although saying that its like ibsaid same all over England now its to me been mostly caused by right wing tory capital system and ideology same as usa and also modern day femism and breakdown of relationships and respect and drugs and greed and lies and absolute corruption from the top down of so called uk society
      For example as i write this the freak who was unelected as prime minister is now planning to blame disabled for all there crimes and lies and illegal wars he knows he can get tax cuts by axing there pittance and throwing thse people on to streets this like everything else will be conditioned and then accepted even by tory party B new tory new dull starmer later thus year amd then like everything else Iraq and Afghanistan and all other lies it will all be forgotten and everyone will move on to latest episode of coronation Street and East enders I'm being sarcastic but there is a huge truth to what I'm saying there is a new disease in England and Western countries uk and usa and places like this its called apathy and corruption and lack of care and respect and love

    • @RJames-lb8dr
      @RJames-lb8dr 23 дня назад

      Also the women in England are now in my opinion taking over more than men they often talk about there rights and harassment etc but often I've now noticed quality of English ladies wven when attractive in appearance has dropped compared to European women and none eu women same probably as well for women in terms of there choices but often I'm not thr only one now to say this there all robots all arrogant and narcissistic and totally often self consumed and don't smile or act like there doing you q favour even if they do speak to you etc
      Many covered in tattoos from head to toe and in abusive relationships and wearing chsv clothes and slippers on streets and pajamas down streets take drugs and smoke those vapes don't often even look where there going and have little to no manners

  • @Dan-UPS
    @Dan-UPS 3 месяца назад +4

    Not been since 2008, used to like sitting in the pub inside choral island having a few pints and another outside the big bar end of north pier, great atmosphere in the summer if you like that kind of thing.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      I did that. People watch at coral island 🤣

  • @anglesmcmuffin1260
    @anglesmcmuffin1260 2 месяца назад

    When I stayed in Blackpool for a week,went to cinema, seen a few shows, watched the Blackpool circus show, few meals out,hotel Tiffany's had different entertainment on, there's a brilliant motown pub on a corner street,

  • @stephenholmes1036
    @stephenholmes1036 2 месяца назад +1

    Go to the pigeon weekend, We stay in Fleetwood and come in on tne tram. Then go straight back to Fleetwood or Cleveleys.
    Blackpool has gone. What caused it.

  • @TheNooch79
    @TheNooch79 3 месяца назад +17

    Blackpool is an absolute mess, even the Pleasure Beach which is the main draw is outdated and frankly falling apart, even the illuminations are dire compared to back in the day, definitely needs a massive overhaul and large investments for the whole area.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +1

      Yeh agree with the pleasure beach....seen way better days. Aint been the lights in years!

    • @Pixieheartxxx
      @Pixieheartxxx 3 месяца назад +2

      And I bet you have never visited the pleasure beach haha

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      @@Pixieheartxxx well i have been plenty of times. This i a review of the town not the pleasure beach....and it is still closed anyway

    • @colleenwright9015
      @colleenwright9015 2 месяца назад +1

      Visit Blackpool any evening during the illuminations and you'll see how popular it still is. Still gets very busy so some people must still like it. Who even is this moaning man.

    • @Pixieheartxxx
      @Pixieheartxxx 2 месяца назад

      @colleenwright9015 exactly it was absolutely rammed last year lol.

  • @craigkearns6425
    @craigkearns6425 3 месяца назад +3

    I was there with the wife and kids for a few days in the summer 2019. We enjoyed it but did see some of the back streets, they were an eye opener. Was there with a mate many years ago, had car trouble so stopped off on a Sunday night in February. Went out for food, found a nice Italian then found a busy bar that looked nice. We had one drink then left at the advice of the barman, he said it was really a locals only pub and a pair of Scots might find ourselves in trouble even though we were both over 6ft and well built. We headed back to our hotel, got up the next morning to find all four tyres on the car slashed.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      Jesus! That is shocking! Nowt worse than doing someone's car in! Getting kicked out aswel! What a joke!

  • @thomasmacias5032
    @thomasmacias5032 2 месяца назад

    Hello honest places new subscriber to your channel. I absolutely love the UK East Anglia Blackpool I’m fascinated by those areas never been there myself. I am a retired disabled garbage man, living in northern California watch a lot of RUclips love your channel buddy going to catch up on the old videos, and just wanted to say thank you for your hard work and I have a new subscriber, thank you my friend🙏💙💯🇺🇸

  • @perfectstormoriley1188
    @perfectstormoriley1188 10 дней назад +2

    Such a waste of homes especially when theres homless familys and children and women , men and pets 😢

  • @DMWBN3
    @DMWBN3 3 месяца назад +50

    What an absolute dive.

    • @janetagbugblah8127
      @janetagbugblah8127 20 дней назад

      Wow, you came up with that conclusion based on one man's skewed view of Blackpool?

  • @freespeechadvocate7492
    @freespeechadvocate7492 3 месяца назад +16

    Plenty of betting shops for all the gambling addicts who have been addicted since childhood because of the arcades. Sad times but most seaside towns are like this now. You should do Margate. Cheers

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      What is margate like?

    • @pooooornopigeon
      @pooooornopigeon 3 месяца назад

      ​@@honestplacesIt's nice if you like heroin.

    • @freespeechadvocate7492
      @freespeechadvocate7492 3 месяца назад

      As bad as Blackpool lol@@honestplaces

    • @user-sy4ro8hl6r
      @user-sy4ro8hl6r 3 месяца назад +2

      @@pooooornopigeon 🤣🤣 brilliant lol

    • @garynorris17
      @garynorris17 3 месяца назад +2

      The old town is okay but the rest is a shithole especially Cliftonville

  • @geoffreydowning6843
    @geoffreydowning6843 7 дней назад

    Well as far as a week, pleasure beach yes definitely, Stanley park zoo, the tower, sealife centre, a trip to Fleetwood and Lytham, the sandcastle, the casino next to the sandcastle.

  • @tonybu207
    @tonybu207 12 минут назад

    WoW Blackpool has changed so much that's sad . I remember working on the new Benson crisp manufacturing project for 18 months it was like a holiday then a project working away from home.

  • @Gazr965
    @Gazr965 3 месяца назад +9

    A few years back before the pandemic we were thinking of getting a b n b or even a pub(owned, not lease hold) in Blackpool, but we spent a good few weeks there on reconnaissance from St Anne's end to Fleetwood and dismissed that idea. Looked like we made a good decision.
    If you ever want to invest in somewhere then go there for at least a month or two, you get a better feel and picture than profit sheets, reviews etc as all can be manipulated to sell !

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      Good advice that! Always gotta do yohr research!

    • @mooncat.787
      @mooncat.787 2 месяца назад

      Absolute suicide buying a freehold in Blackpool !

    • @Gazr965
      @Gazr965 24 дня назад

      @@mooncat.787 Yes, and a lot of other places too.

  • @ratemybeer1
    @ratemybeer1 3 месяца назад +3

    Jesus mate I lived there 96 to 99 God how its changed I in fact used to work Yates South Shore. Anyway new subscriber... Keep up the good work.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +1

      Bug change since those times mate! Cheers pal. Appreciate it

  • @davidberesford7009
    @davidberesford7009 2 месяца назад +8

    It is quite a few years back now, when my wife and I attended the Baptist assembly in Blackpool. We and several other people went out to walk the back streets armed with cake bars and some blank cards.
    We were offering cake and an opportunity for people to make a prayer request on a card.
    This went well, with more people wanting prayer requests, than cake.
    Then we spotted a handbag on the path. We picked it up and it looked like it still had all its contents. So next stop was to find the police station. We asked the people we met, (still handing out cake bars and taking prayer requests) and eventually got there, where we reported finding the bag, and offered cake and received prayer requests.
    We were a bit late back as a result of all this, but with a story to tell.

    • @martinworld7214
      @martinworld7214 2 месяца назад +10

      rivetting

    • @simontabony
      @simontabony 2 месяца назад +1

      Sounds great. Would you care to share the story?

    • @279atcardiff2
      @279atcardiff2 2 месяца назад

      @@martinworld7214but what colour was the bag? I don’t really want to know but I thought it may make the story better….

    • @vishy
      @vishy 2 месяца назад

      You could at least describe the type of cake you were handing out. Kipling?

    • @marcogarofalo6343
      @marcogarofalo6343 2 месяца назад +2

      The "witty" replies to your brief story, are made by the sort of people, who have made this country go to the dumps.

  • @5Rays
    @5Rays 11 дней назад +1

    I went for a day trip in 2022 and 2023 and little children were ordering their parents around right, left and centre, it was like a scene from the film 1984. The stag and hens don't need to go to Blackpool anymore either.

  • @geebee6737
    @geebee6737 3 месяца назад +12

    Sadly the money always stays down South , having said this Bournemouth is a bit of a dump these days with serious drug issues.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +1

      Truth

    • @kevinengland7444
      @kevinengland7444 2 месяца назад

      That's not true. York is drowning in tourist money. Blackpool is just a shit hole that's too far gone to save. It would be too expensive to demolish it all and re-build it. Despite what they've tried to do to the seafront it's still a shit hole.

  • @williamgilchrist7113
    @williamgilchrist7113 3 месяца назад +8

    There is a bloke called Mark Evans from Scotland who claims to be a auditor is draging Blackpool down he is very friendly with the police not a good advert for the town.

  • @ianthomas1060
    @ianthomas1060 2 месяца назад +2

    I am 34 and my missus 33 and we have 2 x 2 week holidays in Blackpool a year.
    Donkey derby, fair ground and candy floss. Cant get enough of it. Up at 8 for fry up everyday and off for pier walk and cup of tea or coffee for 40p. £1 burger (most days) is great and hours of 2p shuffles. Back on donkey derby. Go vape shop. I like rock, so we eat that most days and tried a foreign sounding thing called a waffle which was quite exotic but nice. 4 weeks a year, could do 8 easy.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад

      I dunno if this is sarcasm or not 🤣

    • @ianthomas1060
      @ianthomas1060 2 месяца назад

      @@honestplaces Saving up for a sea view hotel room for the summer. We take a little microwave so we can cook in the room.

    • @messageobliquespe100
      @messageobliquespe100 2 месяца назад

      😂

  • @et9233
    @et9233 2 месяца назад +4

    British seaside resort's declined when the easyjet & Ryanair started cheap flights to the continent. It can cheaper to go Amsterdam or Ibiza for a weekend now than it is to stay in the UK

  • @carradalebear4446
    @carradalebear4446 3 месяца назад +31

    Las Vegas of the North, you're having a laugh😂😂

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +1

      Nearly just as good 🤣

    • @johnnyyen3007
      @johnnyyen3007 3 месяца назад +3

      Trash vegas 😂

    • @briwire138
      @briwire138 2 месяца назад +3

      Have you seen Las Vegas away from the strip?

    • @g.g.6362
      @g.g.6362 2 месяца назад

      I have.... nothing compared with the scum hole of Europe....​@@briwire138

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  2 месяца назад

      @@briwire138 i have.....was a kid though, love to go back!

  • @user-yt5il3yi1z
    @user-yt5il3yi1z 3 месяца назад +56

    Went there 10 years ago and it took me all day to find a clean B- B ended up in an over charged piss infested matress cobwebs , stinking curtains carpet and a kids size luke warm crap breakfast. What a shit-hole . Not to mention the shower - toilet stink pitt.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +6

      Yeh alot of the b&b's have seen better days

    • @alexojideagu
      @alexojideagu 2 месяца назад +1

      Don't they have any Holiday inn type places

    • @mrlister2000
      @mrlister2000 2 месяца назад +7

      But apart from that you had a great time!

    • @grahamkitchen6650
      @grahamkitchen6650 2 месяца назад +4

      Too true, what happened to the good old landlady in a Blackpool B&B
      Who treated you better than her own family .
      😂😂😂😂

    • @xxxthestuffxxx
      @xxxthestuffxxx 2 месяца назад +1

      Only 4 out of 5 then?

  • @user-jy8mo5fi5q
    @user-jy8mo5fi5q 2 месяца назад

    I lived in Blackpool from 1958 until my job moved me away in the late60's.back then it was a wonderful place to live and have many fond memories of the area particularly as a pre teen and teenager. As a resident I rarely went anywhere near the promenade and lived in a residential part of south shore. I am saddened to see what it has now become

  • @MWMTV1
    @MWMTV1 2 месяца назад

    I use to visit here loads from 2000-2010 in my 20s - there was plenty to do in my 20s and a week didn’t seem long enough , went again in my late 30s for 4 days, I was ready for home by day 2 - it’s changed so much , so many things have closed - if you don’t wanna drink 24/7 or go to the pleasure beach , it gets boring - I miss the old blackpool - where you could go in the tower for a tenner and spend as long as you want in there, all changed now

  • @paulgibbons2320
    @paulgibbons2320 3 месяца назад +5

    European Union certainly did wonders for the place.

  • @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp
    @AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp 3 месяца назад +42

    I can’t see how this awful dump can ever recover. The abandoned buildings are shocking. There’s no point in making the necessary investment to renovate them as they serve no purpose.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +5

      Seems like they gave up awhile ago

    • @stevenmacdonald9619
      @stevenmacdonald9619 2 месяца назад

      Half the empty properties are owned by Chinese interests, and some are listed as 'unknown'

    • @adamh905
      @adamh905 2 месяца назад

      Are you talking about Blackpool or the UK?

  • @nobody-wz7lw
    @nobody-wz7lw 2 месяца назад +3

    Im kind of charmed by how chavy crackpool is. Something aint right in my head😂.

  • @aerial558
    @aerial558 2 месяца назад +2

    Very very sad 😞 nothing changes with this government only interest with the south. Thanks for sharing your story.

  • @cabovermike
    @cabovermike 3 месяца назад +9

    Ive had a couple of good times in blackpool back in the 70's/80's but by heck it looks rough now, i remember about 8/10 years ago my old workmates went there for the weekend and the darts tournaments, anyway one night on the lash one of them took a right kicking as he was pissed and trying it on with a local woman, jeez he was in a right mess and ended up in a&e, he was 55 y/o at the time, it happens in spain to, had 2 mates attacked and phone stolen plus cash, be aware,....

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +4

      Yeh you gotta be aware in certain places. Abroad with typical uk tourist! Few places in the UK where it's best to be in a group

    • @JonSmith-cx7gr
      @JonSmith-cx7gr 2 месяца назад +1

      Have you ever considered getting mates that are not morons?

    • @cabovermike
      @cabovermike 2 месяца назад

      Mates and “ work mates” different things, and I didn’t go on these jollies with them,.

  • @kevcatnip7589
    @kevcatnip7589 3 месяца назад +4

    Sad really as alot of memories from BLACKPOOL back in the day

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      Skegness is the new place to be 🤣

  • @urbexyounggun2214
    @urbexyounggun2214 2 месяца назад

    I remember doing a portion of the dry lining on the top floor of the big blue hotel next to the big one. On my dinners i would take short walks around the local area and its shocking how run down it is when you venture behind the main front of blackpool.

  • @houseofoddity2031
    @houseofoddity2031 Месяц назад

    I went to Blackpool for 5 days last year and stayed in the blue hotel near the Pepsi max. I ended up just getting hammered just to pass the time. I still love it though because of memories as a child, I’m 45 this year and it still holds a tiny bit of that childlike wonder.

  • @smfvmd
    @smfvmd 2 месяца назад +3

    I remember going to Blackpool on spec one bank holiday in the 70s and there wasn’t a room to be had; we ended up sleeping in the car. How times have changed.

    • @ChristineFisher123
      @ChristineFisher123 2 месяца назад

      60s and 70s were the golden years. Then gradually everyone started flying to places like Spain and Greece..😂😮

  • @leesimmons2632
    @leesimmons2632 3 месяца назад +13

    Same as Gt Yarmouth, looks good on the front but side streets looks like Beirut

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад

      Well, i've added that to my filming list 🤣

    • @davidnm21
      @davidnm21 2 месяца назад

      That’s Walk With Me Tim territory

    • @HansHackfress
      @HansHackfress 2 месяца назад +2

      On a brighter note, it seems not many people who look like they are from Beirut are walking the streets of Blackpool ;)

  • @stephenfox5205
    @stephenfox5205 3 дня назад

    "What can you do for a week ?" You ask
    How about days 1-2 Pleasure Beach.
    Day 3 , Blackpool Tower, Circus, and Wax works.
    Day 4 - Blackpool Indoor Water park followed with trip to beach and Ice Cream
    Day 5 - Day at Beach with some Arcade attractions and at night a show.
    Day 6 - walk all along seafront and ride on trams with ice creams and walk into town.
    Day 7 Blackpool Dungeons before leaving.
    Blackpool is a fantastic place for families and kids. Not everyone is just going to spend all their time getting pissed up.

  • @kiltedjohn1000
    @kiltedjohn1000 2 месяца назад

    They all look like great wee atmospheric pubs

  • @laurencetitusoates6328
    @laurencetitusoates6328 3 месяца назад +26

    So this is what Hell looks like.........

    • @georgebenson6330
      @georgebenson6330 3 месяца назад

      This is what your country looks like when it has been used by third parties for their best interests and now we are a shell with huge debts whilst being invaded.

  • @wendynorman2273
    @wendynorman2273 3 месяца назад +3

    The older people tend to go to Cleveland shopping , Fleetwood market , St Anne’s and Lytham and then bingo , slots and piers

  • @kevinstreet220
    @kevinstreet220 2 месяца назад +2

    I remember playing with my band in Yates back in the 90s, look at it now😢

  • @jackthelad15
    @jackthelad15 2 месяца назад +2

    Lived there in 1990 on Hornby road blimey it's gone down hill a lot since then, very sad to see 😔

  • @stevenb427
    @stevenb427 2 месяца назад +4

    I went there with family for the Pleaseure Beach last summer! Then 1 hour on the Beach ⛱ and exit. Parked the car next to Blackpool FC. Just walking to and from the car was so sad to see. Ghost town!! 👻 😱

  • @ratman5229
    @ratman5229 3 месяца назад +16

    Blackpool is a seasonal holiday place go back in July, the place comes alive. The back streets in any seaside town look a little dismal in February. As for the boarded up buildings, some no all will have a makeover for the summer.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  3 месяца назад +5

      Hmmmm i went last summer and they were boarded up then. I get the seasonal bit, but still it is a fly tip mess, which would only get worse in the summer. People need to respect the areas, some people are grim

    • @rockgsxr
      @rockgsxr 3 месяца назад +6

      dream on

    • @williamclay5615
      @williamclay5615 2 месяца назад +2

      Yeah right 😂

    • @flamezodiac5736
      @flamezodiac5736 2 месяца назад +1

      deluded

  • @DJ-qi4ry
    @DJ-qi4ry Месяц назад

    Loved Blackpool as a kid in the 60s and then going to the Mecca in the 70s. The world has changed, nobody goes on seaside family holidays, staying in B and Bs and small hotels.