the Blackpool most people don't see!
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- 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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What is like at Night then there?
@@darren253 too scared to check it out 🤣
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
@@darren253 its great darren plenty to do
@@honestplaces im guessing darren253 is scared of running into people like you looking through windows in backstreets
Heartbreaking. I lived in Blackpool from 1960 to 1975 and it was Paradise. The local MPs and councillors should be locked up!
Alot of people say that. Shame
@@ScavendonI'd say immigration
@@Scavendon 👀🤣
@@Scavendon how exactly is it the fault of the “population”? Can you elaborate..
@@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 🙂
Fackin hell thats grim, even the seagulls have fucked off.
Didn't notice that 🤣
Hey, our seagulls can fly with one wing. They learnt how to do that so they could carry a Kebab under the other.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Poor mans las vegas
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I lived there for 6 months and my mental health really took a dive. I moved back to my Dad's, regrouped and then moved to Spain. Thanks Blackpool for pushing me over the edge.
That place is satanic as hell. Sin city.
@@TrueBeleiverInMostHighGoddavos.
Can you please explain why? It's because it's neglected?
As an American, I just find The UK a Fascinating Country with Amazing People from so many different backgrounds.
I haven't visited since I was a Boy & Thatcher charge. I can't wait to go back & visit The North this time❗
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.
And all you need is £10,000 loan if you're staying a week with kids.
Could go to Florida for the same price 😅@cassandra2100
@@27shacks70 True Shacks. 😄😄
U said my childhood holiday lol
Betting shops are always thriving is poverty strickened areas. They feed off the desperate and vulnerable.
True!
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.
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?
Gouls
No one forces people into them
when you are sat on a chair at a one armed bandit.. you are totally addicted
Maybe but when your as fat as they are your fucked anyway
What’s the alternative? Sat in a pub or home ( if you have one) watching the TV .
One armed bandits are what they are and they take every penny🙈
I bet the tide hates it when it has to come in 😂😂
Cool!
😂😂😂
lol 😭
yes tide i believe does not come in much .
Haha! That's brilliant. I needed a laugh after watching that extremely grim video.
On July 13th last I visited Blackpool for the first time in 49 years. I have many happy memories of family holidays in the late 60s and 70s and wanted to show my partner and son where we'd been. We stayed about 90 minutes. I hadn't expected Blackpool to look anything like what I remembered but by jingo was it grim (particularly the place near North Pier where I parked the car). It was summed up for me by the gaggle of at least 20 girls in party frocks and with a blow-up doll (obviously on a hen weekend). I asked my partner how she rated Blackpool beside Magaluf (which she didn't like either) and she replied: "Well at least Magaluf has sun." If a mighty effort could be made to make Blackpool more family-friendly once again ...
Baggaloof...😜
I visited Blackpool for the first time around March/April and had a lovely time. Yes I saw some run-down streets like this a bit away from the main drag, but everything else looked quite nice and fairly up to date. It did not live up to some of the more negative reputations I've heard about it, and I'd certainly go back. People, shops and attractions were good. The beach front was wonderful.
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Specsavers maybe 😂
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
The old dears should know better.
They won't find a good knees up in Blackpool anymore !!
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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
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.
@@grahamkitchen6650 They can dance at the Tower Ballroom and go and watch a show at the Winter Gardens
Also its flat same as skeggy no hills
Lived there for 3 years and could t wait to leave. It’s a complete shithole.
....not even enjoy the dingy pubs? 🤣
Were did u go😂
@@Ukboss1 anywhere is better than shitpool 🤣
I'm trying to move out cannot wait to leave this jail cell town
Shit pool and Glasgow think I go for Blackpool and I'm from Glasgow
I can’t believe how downhill Blackpool has gone over the years. Such a shame 🤦🏼♀️
Dunno if it can recover
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.
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.
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
It's the same everywhere in the UK, there is an agenda going on here.
Thanks for making and sharing this. You definitely summarised the vibe.
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..❤
I remember the 60s, 70s, early 80s, heartbreaking now..
Think its time is up
A lot of money is being put into blackpool if you could be bothered to do any research!
@@willowvc1910 too much effort
Used to go there in the 80' with parents everything was thriving,now it looks dead,I'm guessing to drugs and crime idk
There is a lovely bar on the North pier
Great videos. Burger for £1 was featured on ‘Rate my Take away.
It seemed to be rated fairly well.
Yeh it supposed to be half decent!
@@honestplacesNo, decent!
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
Yeh, gone of the family holidays
@@honestplacesgood for crack business jog on
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
@@sleeping_sheep_slayer_9000
Ye ever see Leon Edwards knockin' abou'?
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
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!
Cheers pal. Appreciate it 👍
It is sad to see what used to be a popular family destination looking so run down.
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❤ 🇬🇧
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.
🤣🤣🤣 jeeez. Typical weekend that!
Blocks ????😂😂
Community Wombles 😂 apt 👏🏻
you will soon be old
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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.
Morning Roger to be fair ive been going over 30 years and its always been a shithole full of drunken pissheads and whoars.
Never gonna happen fella. Those people are long gone and we are left with the scum of society. Sad indeed. 🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧🫵🏽
This is Engerland 🏴 🚽 🗑️
Even Thatcher didnt kill our country as badly as that..........
What is happening in England?
Every town has a bad area, I lived in Blackpool for 28 years, I love it, x
There loads to do sandcastle tower, cleveleys, Fleetwood, .. also the zoo.. x
Looks absolutely LOVELY!! Must get my Holiday booked there!
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.
Yup.....you can probs put up all of that if the weather is really nice! 🤣
£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🙄
Yep seems very reasonable to me seeing as i bought a foot long ham sandwich in subways other day that cost £7.20@@jadewoodhouse47
@@BobTheBuilder-l9d 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
Went to Blackpool maybe 5 times a year every year for almost 30 years never had a bad weekend. Tower lounge on the day session was our favourite then off to see Joey blower and stay out right until next morning and pull yourself a barnsley bird
Best lads weekend out in Britain, great memories shame it had to come to an end too old for all that nonsense now but would do it all just the same way if i got to go round again. Maybe in the next life eh lass 😄 @@jadewoodhouse47
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
Yeh it's had it's day i think!...and thank you
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.
there were 3 thousand "hotels" in Blackpool so its not surprising that quite a lot are closed besides the ones that close in winter
3 thousand cess pits 😅😅
211 hotels, of which 7 are chain hotels. are you counting B&Bs and AirBnBs?
@@PerthshireBed and breakfasts were huge in Blackpool
Love Blackpool, used to go see the illuminations in the late 80’s early 90’s.
When I take my son now it’s just to look at a unique place, we go one street deep too. With with the mini golf closed at lythum st Annes, there isn’t much left from my childhood worth visiting now.
I’ve been regularly visiting Blackpool since 1980. Over the decades, this coastal resort has given me a lot of fun. With lights, noise, gambling, drink, food, attractions and crowds, I best describe Blackpool as the Las Vegas of Lancashire.
And the ONLY strategy the Council can come up with is - more parking restrictions, and increased parking charges....🤕🤕🤕
True
That’s the plan- restrict parking-restrict customers- run the place down
I'm originally from Blackpool and I support measures by the council to improve public transport while making driving more expensive. They're on the front line of the climate crisis. I don't consider extending the tram line from the prom to Blackpool North rail station "running Blackpool down", it's green investment 💚
Climate Change my Arse. The earths climate has been changing since before we were here. It just suits the agenda they have for controlling us and forcing whatever they want on us, especially the idiots who believe this nonsense. The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is only 0.03%. I presume you are stop oil supporter too but still enjoy all the things that oil provides.
Try blaming the uk gov! They spend billions on London which never comes to places like Blackpool, Newcastle, Scarborough, and Scotland
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
That makes sense 🤣
Yes...that the only activity at the Amusements joint was 40+ers at the slots is sadly telling.
probs there mon-sun from opening time!@@pablodelsegundo9502
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.
Stealing the charity boxes!....crazy!
@@terrygoldsmith335
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.
I dunno if this is sarcasm or not 🤣
@@honestplaces Saving up for a sea view hotel room for the summer. We take a little microwave so we can cook in the room.
😂
Surely you know waffles before Blackpool. 🤣
@@PatrickFDolan Yes, I've seen them advertised at other places besides Blackpool, but never been brave enough to try them. Talking of trying foreign foods, we had chicken & mushroom pot noodles last night for the first time with oven chips and bread and butter.
It should be the law to regenerate areas instead of building new homes on the green belt. My Nan & Grandad lived on Haig Road where the side of The Albert pub was. There were lots of little guest houses and people were clean and proud. I used to wait on and they had the same visitors returning every year from the end of the war until the early 80’s
People would spend the day on the beautiful clean beaches and we would swim as kids. They would rest and read. There used to be the open air swimming pool near South Pier. In those days you could walk round the Pleasure Beach which was open to everyone. There were a number of parks. Stanley Park was a day trip, out on the boats, in the Art Deco Cafe, the rose gardens. You might take a tram to Fleetwood and then the ferry to Knott End. Spend a posh day in St Annes where they had beautiful shops. The shops in Blackpool at that time were really great. They would also spend day at the Tower, there was always dancing with the famous sprung floor and the organ.
At that time it was always
Breakfast, dinner and tea in the guest houses so people were busy. Very few had washing machines so went to the laundrette or used Express Linens.
Then the package holidays came in and the town went to the dogs with DHSS and rent racketeering landlords cramming them in and charging ridiculous money.
Who remembers the devastating fire in the HMO on Dickson Road?
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
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!
This made me laugh. I have a wolf fleece 😂 thought it was trendy but I live in London
Aww bless you just discovering what pip is. What else have you learned on the internet today, Poppet? You're dregs pal.
We have been up to Blackpool for holidays and although we enjoyed our holidays there the calibre of people walking through the high street leaves a lot to be desired. It is the same here in Gillingham Kent. Loud mouthed chav women talking loudly 'and swearing' while on their phones' and the calibre of people look like the type who would rearrange your face just for looking in their direction. Intimidating sc*m the lot of them. Don't even get me started on the feral brats who dominate these towns either.
It is, ironically, culturally deprived. This leads to other deprivations.
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 💙
We spent a week there in 2017. Apart from the tower and the tram we thought the best thing there was the M55.
Yeh. Coming out of the place 😅😅😅
@@spillidge45😂😂😂😂😂
The tired old joke was badly told.
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.
Sounds about the typical Blackpool experience that 🤣
Raw
Lol roar sewage!!!
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!
Best thing about Blackpool is the Motorway heading East.
We spent a week in Blackpool i love it. Pleasure Beach is excellent. The hotel was really friendly. The beach is nice and clean.
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 .
best seaside resort in the uk love it ❤💯
Think you need locking up.....never read such a load of tosh.....you need your eyes testing and head examined
If I owned Blackpool and Hell, I'd rent out Blackpool and live in Hell
Either you haven't been for a long time or you're deluded
Top tourist attraction?😂
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
What it has done is making people pay is the certain freeloading minorities that used to go on take up all the seating without any of them paying a penny while eating their own food yes I know some people have dietary requirements but they were also leaving their rubbish so the pleasure beach have eliminated all this by charging the money as with the majority of the world's theme park's
What you have to pay to go in now! Sod that. If it was a fiver maybe. But £30 nopppe
In my days it was FREE you only paid for the rides you chose to go on, a cup of tea or ice cream, you could just walk round or sit and watch other people enjoy their rides.
Now apparently they even stop you taking food or drink into the park you have to buy it there at their exorbitant prices
@johnlord9319 This is the same as all the Disney Parks unless you have dietary requirements the pleasure beach stopped the freeloaders going in taking up spaces when wristbands buyers were struggling to find anywhere to sit down with their park purchased food & not only that the freeloaders were also leaving their rubbish all over the place & not using the bins provided
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.
Yeh agree with the pleasure beach....seen way better days. Aint been the lights in years!
And I bet you have never visited the pleasure beach haha
@@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
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.
@colleenwright9015 exactly it was absolutely rammed last year lol.
For the elderly its probably a get away of sorts a break from home. Sea air, different walls to sken at. Most older people dont really care about partying, drinking or doing much.
So many memories of Blackpool from the 70s and early 80s. Had my last vacation there in the summer of 1983 just before we emigrated to the US. We stayed at the Ruskin.
Some of my best childhood memories came from holidays to Blackpool but last time we visted it was dirty,its a shame.I remember cars parked back to back all along the golden mile..
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.
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.
Civil ceremony parties more like
@@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.
@@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.
@@ELPaso1990TX I went camping down near Cabo de Gata in my youth, stunning night sky. Very good memories of Alhambra too. Btw if you want a nice staycation, try Morecambe. Better views and no stag/hen parties. Better chippies too. Blackpool has an incredibly seedy side that I wouldn’t want my children exposed to. People walking around with giant penis hats etc.
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.
Best places to go for civilised drinks are the Winter Gardens and the Tower.
Rhyl is known as Scouse on Sea.
@@markcf83 So what's Liverpool called as it's also, you know, on sea?
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
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
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.
Yeh. Dorset from where i've been is half decent
Going Back to Coventry by the ever-brilliant, veteran cult band, THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG:
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I live in Coventry now, love dorset
That Karaoke bar you went to back in the 80's when I lived in Blackpool was a independent cinema. Very found memories of Blackpool when was age 7 till 11. Then we moved.
Nothing wrong with Blackpool it's home to me and I love it ❤
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.
rivetting
Sounds great. Would you care to share the story?
@@martinworld7214but what colour was the bag? I don’t really want to know but I thought it may make the story better….
You could at least describe the type of cake you were handing out. Kipling?
The "witty" replies to your brief story, are made by the sort of people, who have made this country go to the dumps.
Blackpool, the place that makes Magaluf look upmarket and family friendly.
Need to go back to magaluf!
@@honestplaces lot of improvement work happening in Magaluf, they are trying to move away from the reputation they have had.
@@NeilD163 good. Spain has benidorm for that!
If you want a shag, then shaguluf does what it says on the tin, with nice weather and nice streets
@@honestplaces nothing wrong with Benidorm, it's nothing like Blackpool.
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.
Less family go now that's the thing. Not much catered for kids as much as it was
i love retro arcades, the old rather riffy ones with fruit machines in
I've had a couple of week long holidays in Blackpool when I were 15/16. Stayed at Pontins Holiday camp, which sadly is no longer there. Lots to do in blackpool. The Tower, the wax works, the pleasure beach etc etc. Even hired bikes out and rode into Fleetwood. And when the night falls, the fun happened ;) #GoodTimes
So sad to see the UK like this 😢
The same in alot of town unfortunatly
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.
@@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.
@@mickymouze1224Unfortunately where America goes, we tend to follow. Give it time, but many places in the UK are prime candidates 😬
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
There are so Many lovely places in blackpool too ! Winter gardens and the tower and the shopping centre,the beach,the walk along the coastline!it isn't all negative!no one will want to visit if you keep putting it down!!Walk on the wild side is the best top vlogger for blackpool,he's interesting!!! You should be fair and stop putting blackpool down, your doing it any favours!
Can't just ignore areas though.....some would say he is biased only showing good stuff. The whole area is what makes a place....not just showcasing it's best bits
@@honestplacesand the same can be said for you, dont come back
@@NevaOUTofFashion be back soon enough baby! 👍
Sadly the money always stays down South , having said this Bournemouth is a bit of a dump these days with serious drug issues.
Truth
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.
Good one, how much was a pint of the black stuff IN SUNNY Blackpool ?
Nice to see someone that shows the real side of places. Subscribed! 👍
I'd pay good money to see Jacob Rees Mogg follow you around the side streets of Blackpool 😂
Who is that? 🤣
@@honestplacessome southern mp
@@Hazeman8383
I bet his local town doesn't look as bad as this shithole. where are all the "Northern" MPs ?.
Good to see the labor heartlands doing so well 😂
@@daneelolivaw602 lock em in the cupboards in the the commons mate
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.
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
dream on
Yeah right 😂
deluded
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 ❤
Sounds like your time there was not too bad!
@@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
Used too go too a b&b on Yorkshire Street with my mum and dad in the 80.s and 90.s on the corner at the jaggy thistle was good b&b blackpool still quality good bit's and bad bit's in any town am from Glasgow and it's a mess saucihall hall Street a pure mess people sleeping ruff at half past one in the afternoon same way most of west Dumbartonshire people sleeping ruff behind loch lomand factory outlets hardly any shops in them
@@CraigMccarthy-e6x yes saucihall full of vape shops and other shite, I lived at 16 York street the dalebrook next to the Gauntlett then changed name to jaggy thistle then I think it changed again to the prince of Wales was in Blackpool for the rangers game in July 2022 it's bad, even got two red light districts noo 😬😬😬
Kirkby road back of the tram station, dead end road,great chippy at the top of it called the jester 👌👍
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
Decent wee video fella. I lived in Squires Gate 25 years ago & then in Warton. Blackpool town has certainly deteriorated over the years but is still good to visit every once in a while. I’ve got a mate who’s lived in Blackpool for 40 years
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.
That's not car, it's a van. You can tell it's a van because it's a van.
Thats a useful tip.
I’ve put all the evidence together and have to agree ITS A VAN
Yeah ....how dull is this crap,I watched 30 secs to see,all I saw was a little bald man with small man syndrome spouting soundbites about a vile run down toilet like Blackpool....you could pick almost any seaside town in Europe and find the seedy vile side....
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 !
Good advice that! Always gotta do yohr research!
Absolute suicide buying a freehold in Blackpool !
@@mooncat.787 Yes, and a lot of other places too.
oh my god you just made my day I'm sat here at my desk in USA and said to a co worker wow thats close to where I grew up then you actually went in pub I lived in, the lifeboat inn as kid 1975-1981 then my brother was landlord for about 30 year's!!!!! AWESOME thanks
There are lots of shops and markets to easily keep you going for a week in Blackpool, especially if you include Cleveleys and Fleetwood. We went in April this year and loved it. My Mum used to go every year and loved to go to all the shoe shops and all the shops with clothes outside and all the cheap perfumes and things. You can't beat Blackpool for that kind of thing.
It’s all kicking off in Blackpool !!!
Always is!
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. 😢
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.
Your 100% correct-- agree with ya 🤝
@@jameshickey1294mass migration
Yep they treat Britain like there home country
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.
they say the seagulls fly upside-down over Blackpool because there's nothing worth shiting on
Never heard that one! 🤣
Lol. I wish that was true because then i might not have had my hotdog robbed 🤣
Lived in Blackpool late 80's . Even then it was a great friendly place to live and work . Sadly no longer 😢
Tragically gone the way of many seaside resorts. I visited Blackpool for the first and last time in September, enjoyed going up the tower and seeing the ballroom which is wonderful and the lights were brilliant . Overall though it is awful, once is enough
Very very sad 😞 nothing changes with this government only interest with the south. Thanks for sharing your story.
True
Blackpool is very similar to Las Vegas in that in both places you can pay for sex with a handful of chips. Think about it.
how bizarre ...
😂😂😂😂😂
Nothing worse than people posting other peoples jokes and passing them of as their own. Sad.
And feeling the need to add ‘think about it’
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
100%
This is what killed the sea side
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
A thought you said split a g…. As in gram 🤣🤣🤣🤣 good content ma man 👊🏻👌🏻
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.
I did that. People watch at coral island 🤣
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.
Don’t believe everything you see. This bloke’s out for comments and likes. Visit for yourself.
There is nice places still, he’s showing you the worst with bad weather
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.
been there probably flames
@@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.
Crackheads dont want pizza mate
Breaking is nose? I hardly think so, when you're obviously a child or a man with zero status in this world. I'm sorry poppet, but grown ups don't choose a RUclips username with 'Mr' in it unless they're no man at all. Chin up poppet. Have a good run around the playground.
This reminds me of Niagra Falls in Canada.
I live Niagara Falls and to be fair, it's not half the shithole Blackpool looks like.
@Lapsypah1 fair point!
Blackpool has other areas to explore beyond just Blackpool. St Annes, Lytham, Cleveleys for a mooch, maybe even Fleetwood if you're at a loose end. Easily reachable by public transport are Lancaster and Morecambe. You can easily do a week in Blackpool, you just have to tag on some trips out.
European Union certainly did wonders for the place.
Place to be now 🤣
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!! 👻 😱
Was it beach weather?
The older people tend to go to Cleveland shopping , Fleetwood market , St Anne’s and Lytham and then bingo , slots and piers
* Cleveleys not Cleveland
Tower and Winter Gardens.
The place looks good. Nice and quiet, ideal place to live in.
Really great place in the 70s early 80s, same as skegness
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
What is margate like?
@@honestplacesIt's nice if you like heroin.
As bad as Blackpool lol@@honestplaces
@@pooooornopigeon 🤣🤣 brilliant lol
The old town is okay but the rest is a shithole especially Cliftonville
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
so true its a great place to live😉
Will they bollix.
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.
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.
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
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.
Yeh alot of the b&b's have seen better days
Don't they have any Holiday inn type places
But apart from that you had a great time!
Too true, what happened to the good old landlady in a Blackpool B&B
Who treated you better than her own family .
😂😂😂😂
Only 4 out of 5 then?
Gambling has made the fallen fall even lower, all gambling should be banned in my eyes. Just another way to suck society dry of their hard earned cash.
I'll never forget the best year of my life 2006. I was 21 and my grandparents went down Blackpool to go to their usual hotel. It was up high street close to bookies (Sainsbury's I think is where it's close to where that is) and myself and my ma n bro went down from Glasgow to surprise them. They went "what yous doin' here canny get peace" and I spent the day slaggin the accommodation as it looked like a bedsit from 1945 😂😂 gran sat laughing her head off and grandad was fuming "I'm off to bookies" anyway the pier was packed, the plsce was roasting, I got burnt it was so hot.. I enjoyed the roller coaster, 7 quit to go on. And stayed one day at a 20 quid p/n b&b then went home. Grandparents took my advice and came back 2 days later.
That same year I got my first job. And haven't really had any luck with jobs or a holiday since. Plus both grandparents have passed since 2015 and 17.. glad they missed these past years anyway. Rip fam. 😊
Looks post-apocalyptic - what happened there? Top vlog, SUBSCRIBED!
Was always on a knife edge....think covid was the final nail. Said that it still is ok for a night out and maybe half a day wandering around! Cheers pal!
Same thing that happened to much of the West: late stage capitalism.
True!@@pablodelsegundo9502
@@honestplaces I was up there last summer , heard it was awful and not a nice place , after 1 hour there I loved it , so friendly people and fantastic nightlife when you know were to go ! I would love to live there , cheep rents or you can buy a house cheep as chips ! Back alleys are a mess off the sea front but who cares as the rest of BP is very nice ...I'm off up there this week for a few days ! Good video you did , but summer is packed like Skegness on a bank holiday !
@@curtisducati it's what you make of it. Residents are in 2 minds about it....but with the right comoany anywhere is good. I'm going skegness next so i'm looking forward to that!
Same as Gt Yarmouth, looks good on the front but side streets looks like Beirut
Well, i've added that to my filming list 🤣
That’s Walk With Me Tim territory
On a brighter note, it seems not many people who look like they are from Beirut are walking the streets of Blackpool ;)
Suprised these hotels haven't been signed up by our government for you know who.
They have!!!
They wouldn't put the outhers in them behave got to be 5 star
Exactly 100@@adamh905
@@garyfinn8772 Well at least 4-star... personal maid service 24/7 is difficult to find for them
They are to old and decrepit for the you know who
Always wanted to visit Blackpool thanks for the video fron Ireland 🇮🇪