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he could do a whole bunch of scenic shots and you can cut in some voice over narrative in the edit. when touring a really interesting place, it's important that you remember the viewers already know what you look like ( a beautiful and happy family, those kids are a pair of absolute buttons(means super cute)). so they won't miss seeing you if you're not in the shot. be IN it plenty too though. and keep the camera guy. he did a good first vid. always room to grow though.
This is vital for a trip to the north east. www.whoohoo.co.uk/geordie-translator.asp if you type in "how are you?"..you get "y'aareet?"not to be confused with "ya reet" which translates as "you're right"or "yeah reet" which translates as "i don't believe you"..it's complex...the rest you can do with pointing and talking loud and slow. lol
Even better with the lockdown, no fecking tourists :) Ripon is a nice little city, can run off to fountains abby/studley deer park and brimham rocks ;)
As someone from North West England who moved to South East England I really struggled with the lack of friendliness in SE England. It was a massive culture shock for me. There are many lovely people in the south but the level general unfriendliness is to the point of rudeness. At least to someone from the north. But equally southerners probably think northerners are rude because they are more direct and say it how it is.
I'm a 62 year old Yorkshireman from Sheffield. My daughter has lived in London for the last 7 years, so we've had quite a lot of visits to London. The people in the North are far more friendlier, up here we say hello to strangers, smile at people, and don't mind stopping for a chat. In my opinion, Southerners don't do this, when I've tried to speak to anyone in London, people look at me as if I have two heads. You guys need to visit the Lake District. Keep up the good work, I have watched many of you video's, I enjoy them immensely.
Actually, it’s only during the rush hour when people are too sleepy or too tired and too packed in to have a conversation. I’m a Londoner and I’ve always talked on the tube.
I love the way you want to try to understand and embrace a British way of life . Without being patronising I think that very commendable compared with others who just want to do the touristy things.
You should do a weekend in Durham, fantastic historic cathedral and castle, compact city. Nearby is Beamish open air museum which is a whole day experience, even then you won't have time to do everything.
On that premise that's why the Scots have the reputation of being the friendliest folk in the UK. :) You guys need to come up to Scotland, it's beautiful.
@@mikesaunders4775 really mike, what about London in the last couple of years. Any touristy area in Scotland is as safe as anywhere in the world Statistically.
Lived in the North my whole life, except for two years in London, and I've been up and down the country to visit... … but I think London is an anomaly in England. It stands apart from the rest of England. It isn't a reflection of English life. It is disparate people from all over the world, from many different backgrounds, and perhaps giving a polite nod good morning to everybody gets tiresome with so many people around. lol I remember trying to stop people for directions in London when I first arrived and it was the eighth person I tried to stop who did stop. It was a French guy. Everybody else just drifted past me giving me a look like, "Why are you talking to me I don't know you!" Edit: If you want the most relaxing couple of days you can't go wrong visiting the Yorkshire Dales. The Lake District. Just... so nice.
Asking for directions in central London(where I presume you were)is a total waste of time.Absolutely nobody is a local.The people 'giving you the look' were probably tourists or non-English speakers.
Yeah I lived in West London in Chiswick, but it was Central London I needed directions, I was trying to get to Earl's Court for a job that day. Guy with a ladder, he'll know... nope, not even look in my direction. Credit to the French guy though -- he got me where I needed to go. lol It was contract work at private addresses so it was a pain in the arse getting around, and there was no Google maps back then. I met so few English people day to day living in London I felt like I was abroad for most of it. Very few homegrown lads. Worked with a lot of Scots and a couple of other Northerners, a fair few French, but otherwise, day to day it was a scattershot from around the world. Eventually the cost of living drove me back North. Living in a flat share in Chiswick thinking, "I could buy a house back home for what I'm paying in this dive." {XD
Hi morgan. You are spot on about London. It exists in a bubble, far removed from most towns and cities in the rest of the UK. it wasn't always like that, true Londoners used to be friendly folk and I imagine there are many that still are but overall, it's a cold, unwelcoming place.
Hi again. I'm a Northerner but I loved the Wombles as a kid. Knowing the BBC they probably wiped the recordings! We should start a campaign to get them back!
The Roman town of Chester is the finest example of that era if you enjoy history. In addition, the Zoo at Chester is a world leader in conservation of rare species. They have their own Instagram & Twitter accounts if you're intetested. Best wishes to you all.
Very nice city, but not a very nice bunch of people. I find them very rude compared to the likes of Newcastle or anywhere in Yorkshire. They are genuinely nice people.
It never fails! Put a video on where the people like it and there will be load of people that comment how their village/town sites are better and urge then to come. Like kids!
When you decide to explore more of the north try Lancashire, The Ribble Valley and Stoneyhurst College where Tolkien wrote the Lord of The Rings trilogy and got his inspiration from Middle Earth and The Shire. Lancashire’s countryside is Tolkien’s Shire in the books.
Another vote for Durham. Also Whitby, a truly beautiful fishing port with a ruined abbey, whalebone arch and Dracula connections... I have to agree too that much of Scotland is spectacular - or you could head west to North Wales: Betws-y-Coed and Portmeirion, wonderful!
@@douglaslee-murray952 Yes, North and South Americas existed as continents and were populated by indigenous peoples, but America the country didn't exist. Even when people went to colonise what would become the USA in the 1400s onwards, or when the vikings 'discovered' America around the 900s, York was aready a thriving town
I have one northern parent and one southern one. I've always found northerners generally to be more friendly from the start to a level which southerners (mainly southeasterners) certainly can be once you get to know them. The friendliness thing really gradually tends to open up once you start moving away from London and the South East of England. The South West, Midlands and Wales tend to be more like the north in terms of being more open to conversation. I used to work in London and part of the reticence about talking in the southeast is because it's always so busy that you do meet some very weird individuals with some very strange personal motivations for wanting to talk to you. The southeasterners just want to be able to get on with their own lives without getting involved in someone elses weirdness. Northerners and people in the South West, the Midlands and Wales tend to be a bit less concerned with status and so are more likely to just accept you as you are. (However, wherever you are in England, we tend not to like people who think or act as if they are better than anyone else.) But it should be noted that you do obviously find a mix of friendly or less friendly people throughout England and the UK as a whole.
Brilliant. You picked a nice place there but there are many places more typically 'northern' up around here in Yorkshire. The Dales are wonderful and there are some nice seaside towns as well. Even still!
Don’t lose that family feel, the natural filming and chemistry. If I wanted interview/documentary I wouldn’t watch the postmodern family. I love you guys for your personas and natural film making. Don’t lose that.
meh. mushy, superfluous and meaningless. a family is a family. it transcends time and space. impossible even by death itself to lose that family feel....sorry about the abrasive comment. i don't need sugar with my sentiment. no offence.
@@bagpussunleashed9908 "a family is a family [superfluous]. it transcends time and space. impossible even by death itself to lose that family feel.[meaningless]." Overall, mushy.
The last English city on the east coast is Newcastle upon Tyne the last English city on the west coast is Carlisle between them is the Roman wall built by emporer Hadrian in AD122 and a more interesting landscape you will be hard to find....
Oooh, i like York, actually all the shires are nice up there. Northerners are much friendlier. When you go back home go thru Wales via Liverpool. Its worth the trip.
When I went years ago you could pre- book the Jorvik museum for a time suitable for you, Then at that time they would usher you in through a side door missing the 3hour queue!
Liverpool. It's has been recently voted the friendliest city in Britain. Great American connections, sixth largest cathedral in the world that is very different from the white stone classical type. Historical Albert dock, the cunard and white star buildings, underground war rooms and have afternoon tea at panoramic with a view of the snow capped Welsh mountains. Ps. I lived in both Bath and Liverpool for many years, the north is without doubt friendlier and less pretentious. Love the channel keep up the good work.
Don't forget the maritime museum, which has the titanic museum and international museum of slavery inside. You can get lost in there for hours. Great nightlife and home of the Beatles.
Liverpool is a great city, I’m a Liverpool fan and visited there and it’s very cultured in arts and music and in ways also similar to my city Belfast with working class people being very alike in character
How could you go to York and not visit the National Railway Museum? lol Definitely well worth a visit....it's free admission and it has a vast array of exhibits including the world's fastest ever steam locomotive! ("Mallard") ..... 126 mph...... in 1938!!!!! Another very interesting attraction in the north (Cheshire) is the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope: it has a great visitor tour and at one time it was the largest radio telescope in the world. Still going strong and fully operational doing deep space research at just over sixty years old! :)
I was in York just a few days ago, you should have travelled another sixty miles and visited Durham cathedral built by the Norman's and totally different architecture.
The wall around York cost £300 to build. That’s what they told us on a school trip there anyhow! I agree re Winchester cathedral as lovely as York minster is. Have you been to the Cotswolds yet? Maybe wait until the spring/summer to visit though to really appreciate it. I’m a midlands boy so I must be balanced in terms of friendliness between the north and the south ;-)
I grew up in York but live in Vietnam now, it's great to see some visitors enjoying my home town. You saw the Minster and you saw the walls, that's enough tourist stuff or you'll get bogged down in history and (actually quite good) museums. Its not bad or good as you go further out, there is just less old stuff so more like any other city. And yeah, northern people are more friendly!
I live in Kent, the garden of England, but my home town Gillingham was described as the compost heap. The North has some beautiful countryside , more down to earth people. You say Lillian, the cathedrals all blend in to one, which is true because they are built to mostly the same design. But as many as I have been in, I am awe struck how they managed to build such amazing structures with just hand tools. The ancient wonders of this world are so much more inspiring than the modern equivalent.
Hi you guys. another excellent video. I was born and raised in London but have spent the last 7-8 years in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. It is true, that the Yorkshire folk are more friendly, but that is just generalising, my common wind up joke for the locals is I came up here to give them some education lol! But its all friendly banter. If you want to really see Yorkshire and meet real Yorkshire people, you need to come to the heart of South Yorkshire, Sheffield. If you are planning a trip up here again let me know and I will be your 'guide'. And dont forget about the northern seaside towns like Ingoldmels, Skegness, Cleethorps, its all good fun! The offer of being a guide, don't worry about cost, just give my You Tube channel a shout lol
You live on the south coast? I've lived in Portsmouth and found it to be one of the friendliest places in England. No complaints about people in Canterbury, Folkestone, Hastings, Brighton or the Isle of Wight either.
I went to Salisbury Cathedral it use to have the biggest spire in Europe until another was built bigger The cathedral is huge and is all arches and next to no walls it sits on 4 foot of gravel!!!which has to be kept wet to a certain level or it will fall It lies in an area of Georgian builings . Nearby Stonehenge and Avebury
Love York. Shame you couldn't fit in a visit to the viking yorvik centre. The lake district and Edinburgh need a trip too. (But the lakes need a few days really ).
Fabulous video - first time to see this and I love it...you guys did a great job. York is a lovely place to visit, but there are many more places to experience. I agree with Filipe that Winchester Cathedral is stunning and shades York Cathedral. More of these videos please......
York really is beautiful. Im glad you all enjoyed your visit, like London it definitely needs more than one day to experience properly. If you ever get the chance to visit again I reccomend the Jorvik Viking Museum, its got a lot to entertain kids as well as adults. As to North/South, the North is historically poorer. I think when you have less money you tend to be a bit more open and easygoing - its hard to be private and closed in a tenement building - which might be the reason northerners are more relaxed and less judgemental. On a general basis of course.
We have a lot of beautiful cities, towns and villages in the north set in beautiful countryside. The expecting dark dingy places with no culture the north is a southern attitude that falsely persists.
Otley's lovely. I had a good friend who lived there for a couple of years (sadly passed away) There's a fair amount of grey and grimy left in the North, but often it's interspersed with loveliness - Bradford City centre is probably closer in tone to what southerners expect in the north
Skipton is a great little old market town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. and that's coming from a Lancastrian or if you want to go to the Las Vegas of England go to Blackpool, it's a bit of a dump in some places but has to be visited once in your life.
Nice Vid👍 I’m from Yorkshire but live near London. I’ve found people are not that different but the pace of life down here is faster and time focussed. Cheers
People are friendly everywhere - outside the M25 lol. London is like a foreign country that I avoid like the plague. Tourists that judge Britain by their trip to London piss me off.
Blackporsche roadster 2 cars vandalised & BOTH in Hull, you’re clearly from up here to read such a minor story as that, and to I.D yourself as a car shows how pathetic you are as a man. I’d worry who’s banging your partner behind your back rather then a bit of car vandalism.
Postmodern Family, Try Tenby in South Wales, ST' Govan's Chapel it is one of the most beautiful places to go. And count the steps going down then count them back up the numbers are never the same. Also the shops in Tenby are in a castle wall. Or Devils bridge in Wales it is an amazing place, but watch going down the steps they are steep. Hope you are still enjoying it over here and God bless you and your family.
Been there at least once... But don't remember anything about it as I was a kid! I don't even know where we stayed. Saw a bit of it on BBC One's *Dom on the Spot* a few weeks ago but still couldn't remember anything about it. I do however remember going to the nearby *Oakwood Theme Park.*
About 60 miles north of York is Durham, with its World Heritage graded Cathedral and castle. Further north still is Northumberland with the best beaches in England and the most spectacular castles, a result of the turbulent history between England and Scotland. Needless to say the more north you go the friendlier the people. The border country between England and Scotland is beautiful.
Love York! I was university in Yorkshire, and visited York regularly, including taking part in the Viking Festival. So much to see, including the Shambles, the churches around the Minster, and the house where Guy Fawkes is supposed to have been born. If you like the Minster, another good trip to make would be to Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire. It's a village, not a city, but the inn opposite the Minster is where Charles I was captured in 1648.
The north of England is absolutely gorgeous. Not only small cities like York or Lancaster, there's obviously big places like Liverpool and Manchester and lots of small towns. I also recommend the south of Scotland; Glasgow is a great city and Edinburgh is full of history and really lively.
Great video! I was born and bred on the South Coast of England, but was up in York last year - and it was most enjoyable! A whole different life, to how it is in down here in the south. You should have visited the Yorvik Centre whilst you were up there in York - find out about the Viking heritage - REAL history up in the north. And take a trip down to the coast too - try Robin Hood's Bay, for a taste of how life once was. And Whitby too - find out about the whaling heritage, the fossils, Whitby Jet, and Captain Cook - one of the world's greatest explorers...
Nice low-key but cheerful presentation, very pleasant to watch. And I liked the music, too. This is the first one of your videos I've seen with the intro clip of you all on the sofa run the right way round. _So_ much more engaging. What a delight are the beaming smiles that suddenly light up your faces, you are all so photogenically happy that I can't help joining in!
Just catching this now. I got to visit Winchester. It was amazing. I like how “plain” it is compared to many European cathedrals. I wanted to go to York but didn’t have time (I instead did a weekend jaunt to Paris!).the filming was awesome. I was wondering how Felipe was filming and interviewing at the same tome! Haha. What “graduates”?
For me, the star of these videos is the little girl. She's like a little, world weary old soul who has to tolerate being taken to strange places and forced to watch weird videos by her parents and she just takes it in her stride. She'll be a force to be reckoned with when she gets older!
On a short visit you might not have realised in Yorkshire they still say 'thee' (Sit thee down.), 'thou' and 'yonder'. Also 'while' means 'until'. Some years back in Yorkshire they had to alter newly erected signs at railway crossings that said: 'Stop here while lights flash.' People were confused as to the meaning.
Never heard people in Yorkshire say that. I've not visited everywhere in Yorkshire tho but they don't say it in the part of Yorkshire I'm from. What part do they still use those words?
Lovely video - thank you. Yes we Yorkshire people are friendly - honest lol - glad you enjoyed York but much more of this large county is also very interesting and diverse. The accents can be difficult to understand, as you found but will always be welcoming.
London's problem, and the reason people live there, is it's built on money. If you approach someone in the street they immediately assume you're trying to con them in some way. There's no social interaction that is not based on trade, so the kind of interaction that's considered normal elsewhere is seen as aberrant and suspicious.
That's weird, my partner and I were talking about this just the other day. It's as if the working and upper classes are the ones with nothing to prove and are secure in themselves and who they are - the middle classes are either trying to differentiate themselves from the working class so look down on them - or resentful of the upper class for having it easier than them. Middle class liberal SJW loons are a perfect illustration of this. They think working class people are disgusting stupid gammons and upper class people are disgusting evil imperialists. But they're not bitter, screeching, virtue signalling twats, they think they're 😇 bestowing their wisdom on us plebs.
I am a Yorkshireman and have travelled to 33 countries, working for 8 years in Bavaria and 2 years in Holland. One can make friends with anyone. Just be nice and make allowances!
One area not mentioned that I could see was the area skirting the Welsh border. start at chester and take in whitchurch, shrewsbury, etc ludlow and on down to monmouth and chepstow, cut across to gloucester and cheltenham, maybe head to stroud and the surrounding lanes filled with quaint cottages and villages. Im a lancashire lad but that trip always tells me how good the british isles are. and dont miss a trip to ireland while you are here.
Hadrian's wall was built when there were no Scots in what became Scotland and no English in what would become England'It separated the conquered Cymric- speaking tribes from the free ones.
York is nice, but to many tourists now. Whitby is great, but again spoilt by its own popularity. Come up over the winter months, yes a bit cold but much more elbow room to move about. You can hunker down in one of the many rural pubs and soak in a bit of northern hospitality. I live a few miles outside Whitby and I can assure you of a very warm welcome should you visit the area. Plenty of holiday cottages to rent, perfect retreat any time of year.
Hope you had fun in my home town? It's a very ancient city York going back to the vikings. You should have gone to bettys tea room...very old long standing establishment. I think because the pace of life is slower people will chat to you on public transport unlike in London where everyone is in a bubble when commuting. It's not that people in London won't help you as they will but the small talk isn't normal.
It's your home town but you don't know your own history? It's an old Brythonic settlement and predates the Viking age by hundreds of years. Before it fell to the the Danes it was called Eboracum by the Romans.
I'm from South Yorkshire, specifically Rotherham/Sheffield, which is about an hour away from York. I visited last year and passed through all the places in this video, apart from going inside the Cathedral. If you visit again if you haven't already, I'd recommend a place called The Shambles, which is an old medieval alley in which Diagon Alley from Harry Potter is based on.
I was born in London, I agree with you, London is not my favourite place, I live now in Devon, please come to the West Country! I visit London occasionally to visit an art gallery, but on the coach back home, I see the sign "Welcome to Devon " and I sigh relief and think "home".
Love your curiosity.. Hope you get to see a lot more of the UK. My love is Lancashire and the Lake District. Miss them both living in Iberia . keep on travelling and exploring that sceptred Isle
Hi guys have been following your blogs for a while,York has been voted the best city in the uk to live in a recent poll.i am fortunate to be born there and still live in the city.i am so glad you enjoyed your visit and hopefully found us northerners friendly on your visit.
Nah. Yorkshire is the best place. We need to unite and devolve. Greater population even than Scotland, Wales, or Ireland. Economy is twice as large as Wales, the North's economy is worth billions more than Scotland's, and we don't get the love for what we give to the country. And we certainly don't get what we put in, back, in terms of services and what have you. Just a pot the South takes from and ignores completely. Hence why we don't have devolved representation yet. There's no push for it, because the people it would benefit most is _us._ -- Westminster can't have that. Edit: Maybe the North is so nice its to its own detriment.
@@DavidStockden Well nothing so drastic as that. lol But Yorkshire needs a devolved regional parliament to look after Yorkshire's interests. George Osbourne was praising devolution across the country but Yorkshire's bid has been scuppered at every turn by government. Because it is so huge, and because it does generate so much wealth. If Scotland gets its own parliament, and Yorkshire has a greater population and GDP than Scotland... there's something wrong there. There is the One Yorkshire campaign for devolution but it is such slow going - because as I said government is slow to decentralise powers from Westminster. Because hey, when you can keep sucking wealth out of a region like Yorkshire, why give Yorkshire enough control to distribute that wealth for the good of the people who generated it - through better services, roads, schools, hospitals? Meh. Short of a Jon Snow King of the North-type taking power from those greedy Southerners, the people of Yorkshire need to get on the One Yorkshire bandwagon. They are in a region that is powerful, wealthy, and productive enough to be its own country. But since the people are so humble - to at least look after their fair share. {=D
Lots of noise for the north (although mainly seems to be for Manchester?) and occasionally the midlands when the election campaign trails go out. I'm a midlander by birth (so northern by the south's reckoning ;-)) I agree you should have some type of official representation due to size and wealth. Don't forget in the Olympics and Paralympics Yorkshire had more medals than Australia at one point (dunno if they did overall) :-)
Skipton is a great little old market town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. and that's coming from a Lancastrian or if you want to go to the Las Vegas of England go to Blackpool, it's a bit of a dump in some places but has to be visited once in your life.
We were in York in 2019 and you are correct as in most cities the suburbs are bland, although not grimy and industrial as far as we could see, but the city centre is beautiful. We called our daughters in Australia on messenger to show them one of the narrow streets you walked down in the filming and said it’s like being in Diagonal Alley in Harry Potter.
I love watching you guys exploring our country. Come visit Norwich. Two Cathedrals, a Castle, a large outdoor market, historical buildings and streets (Elm Hill), and more Churches than you can visit in a day.
Come up and visit us Geordies in Newcastle upon Tyne the Geordies chat to everyone. Northumberland is great to just few miles up from Newcastle lots of castles and history there. Holy island is a must visit x
Very true about North and south. I was born in york went to try it in Southampton came back after 3 days. Went into a chippy was in the queue waiting as you do but obviously locals coming in after my arrival they served them first. Another one from Southampton talking to me about his motorbike as soon as I spoke he said your not from round here are you. I replied in my Yorkshire voice no so he cleared off. But obviously not all southerners a bad. My ex mother in law was from Southampton less said about her but my second wife's family and herself came from Kent. Even after my wife passed her family still keep in contact very friendly.
As a "softie" southerner York is one of my favorite places in the UK, but keep on heading north and go and see Durham and Edinburgh. Both are great cities you will love them.
I'm a southerner & travel all over England following my local football team & have to admit the people in the North & Wales are so much more friendly I'm sad to say but it's a fact
It's very poorly mentioned but I wonder if you realised that when you were walking in York Minster you would have been walking on the very stones that William Brewster walked on? Before he left the UK on the Mayflower for a time Brewster was employed for a time at the Minster.
Hello everyone! It should be noted that this is the first episode we’ve ever had filmed AND produced by one of our graduates! Do let us know what you thought and encourage our great chap!
You said " New York? " That's the old York!
I wondered who was operating the camera on the shots of all of you walking.
He did a good job
he could do a whole bunch of scenic shots and you can cut in some voice over narrative in the edit. when touring a really interesting place, it's important that you remember the viewers already know what you look like ( a beautiful and happy family, those kids are a pair of absolute buttons(means super cute)). so they won't miss seeing you if you're not in the shot.
be IN it plenty too though. and keep the camera guy. he did a good first vid. always room to grow though.
This is vital for a trip to the north east. www.whoohoo.co.uk/geordie-translator.asp
if you type in "how are you?"..you get "y'aareet?"not to be confused with "ya reet" which translates as "you're right"or "yeah reet" which translates as "i don't believe you"..it's complex...the rest you can do with pointing and talking loud and slow. lol
As the American writer now UK citizen, Bill Bryson said of living in Yorkshire: "If you want to know your faults, you will soon be told them" :)
Northerners are more friendly however if you piss them off you will know about it
My favorite city on the planet. I'm Texan, but my wife is from York.
I knew a texan that lived in York called matt.... Would be hilarious if thats you??
Even better with the lockdown, no fecking tourists :)
Ripon is a nice little city, can run off to fountains abby/studley deer park and brimham rocks ;)
As someone from North West England who moved to South East England I really struggled with the lack of friendliness in SE England. It was a massive culture shock for me. There are many lovely people in the south but the level general unfriendliness is to the point of rudeness. At least to someone from the north. But equally southerners probably think northerners are rude because they are more direct and say it how it is.
I'm a 62 year old Yorkshireman from Sheffield. My daughter has lived in London for the last 7 years, so we've had quite a lot of visits to London. The people in the North are far more friendlier, up here we say hello to strangers, smile at people, and don't mind stopping for a chat. In my opinion, Southerners don't do this, when I've tried to speak to anyone in London, people look at me as if I have two heads. You guys need to visit the Lake District. Keep up the good work, I have watched many of you video's, I enjoy them immensely.
"A northern man was sectioned today for talking to a stranger on public transport in London."
Actually, it’s only during the rush hour when people are too sleepy or too tired and too packed in to have a conversation. I’m a Londoner and I’ve always talked on the tube.
I'm getting back on the train now. Goodbye.
I'm soo lucky to live here sometime when your surrounded by it for soo long you forget how beautifully historic this city actually is
I live in the Shetland Islands, so everyone is a southerner to me 😆
Similar situation to the Cornish.
Hiya crash box I had some good drunken nights in lerwick
I'm further north, so to me you're a southerner
I had a friend from Guernsey. Everywhere was up North to him.
Haha! Like GoT's Free Folk/Wildlings. "The Real North"
I love the way you want to try to understand and embrace a British way of life .
Without being patronising I think that very commendable compared with others who just want to do the touristy things.
thats because they are not just passing through, but live here.
Many happy times in York,you should go when they have the Vikings marching in the street.
You should do a weekend in Durham, fantastic historic cathedral and castle, compact city. Nearby is Beamish open air museum which is a whole day experience, even then you won't have time to do everything.
@Lee Moran you sound a right little charmer.
@Lee Moran yeah so I'm told..... Love from Geordie Land.
Or just come to Newcastle, thats where the real northerners are :D
I agree Durham is the best place it’s beautiful 😂👍💯👌🇬🇧
@@michaelm3621 Newcastle Nightlife is the best in Britain imo. Absolutely amazing. The Geordies know what the weekends are for lol
The colder the climate the warmer the people
norman Maclean as we say up north cold hands make warm hearts 💕
Aye
On that premise that's why the Scots have the reputation of being the friendliest folk in the UK. :)
You guys need to come up to Scotland, it's beautiful.
Filey and whitby are good
@@mikesaunders4775 really mike, what about London in the last couple of years. Any touristy area in Scotland is as safe as anywhere in the world Statistically.
Lived in the North my whole life, except for two years in London, and I've been up and down the country to visit...
… but I think London is an anomaly in England. It stands apart from the rest of England. It isn't a reflection of English life. It is disparate people from all over the world, from many different backgrounds, and perhaps giving a polite nod good morning to everybody gets tiresome with so many people around. lol
I remember trying to stop people for directions in London when I first arrived and it was the eighth person I tried to stop who did stop. It was a French guy. Everybody else just drifted past me giving me a look like, "Why are you talking to me I don't know you!"
Edit: If you want the most relaxing couple of days you can't go wrong visiting the Yorkshire Dales. The Lake District. Just... so nice.
Asking for directions in central London(where I presume you were)is a total waste of time.Absolutely nobody is a local.The people 'giving you the look' were probably tourists or non-English speakers.
Yeah I lived in West London in Chiswick, but it was Central London I needed directions, I was trying to get to Earl's Court for a job that day. Guy with a ladder, he'll know... nope, not even look in my direction. Credit to the French guy though -- he got me where I needed to go. lol It was contract work at private addresses so it was a pain in the arse getting around, and there was no Google maps back then.
I met so few English people day to day living in London I felt like I was abroad for most of it. Very few homegrown lads. Worked with a lot of Scots and a couple of other Northerners, a fair few French, but otherwise, day to day it was a scattershot from around the world. Eventually the cost of living drove me back North. Living in a flat share in Chiswick thinking, "I could buy a house back home for what I'm paying in this dive." {XD
Hi morgan. You are spot on about London. It exists in a bubble, far removed from most towns and cities in the rest of the UK. it wasn't always like that, true Londoners used to be friendly folk and I imagine there are many that still are but overall, it's a cold, unwelcoming place.
@@thewomble1509 Love your username. Are you in Wimbledon?😁 They should totally resurrect that show.😊
Hi again. I'm a Northerner but I loved the Wombles as a kid. Knowing the BBC they probably wiped the recordings! We should start a campaign to get them back!
Would really recommend to get out to the Yorkshire Dales or even North York Moors
Cormac Auty yes and visit The Tan Hill pub too
The Roman town of Chester is the finest example of that era if you enjoy history. In addition, the Zoo at Chester is a world leader in conservation of rare species. They have their own Instagram & Twitter accounts if you're intetested. Best wishes to you all.
Chester is a lovely place I love going there in the summer
l like Chester, but it isn't a patch on York.
Very nice city, but not a very nice bunch of people. I find them very rude compared to the likes of Newcastle or anywhere in Yorkshire. They are genuinely nice people.
@@billythedog-309 coming from the NW I would agree with you.
It never fails! Put a video on where the people like it and there will be load of people that comment how their village/town sites are better and urge then to come. Like kids!
When you decide to explore more of the north try Lancashire, The Ribble Valley and Stoneyhurst College where Tolkien wrote the Lord of The Rings trilogy and got his inspiration from Middle Earth and The Shire. Lancashire’s countryside is Tolkien’s Shire in the books.
I'm a southerner but I like York very much and think the minster is the best building in England.
David Saville Canterbury cathedral and im a yorkshireman
York Minster, Salisbury Cathedral and Canterbury Cathedral - my favourite churches.
@@philipr1567
They are all beautiful
@@philipr1567 Try Durham Cathedral one day amazing place.
Alison Smith - Durham is on my list of 'must visit' places. Mediaeval cathedrals are amazing places.
I was born in London, but grew up in California. Returned to York in '74 at the age of 16, been here ever since. Wonderful city to live in.
Another vote for Durham. Also Whitby, a truly beautiful fishing port with a ruined abbey, whalebone arch and Dracula connections... I have to agree too that much of Scotland is spectacular - or you could head west to North Wales: Betws-y-Coed and Portmeirion, wonderful!
I don't suggest places to go; I think it's up to them!
Funny thinking some of these buildings are older than America the country and are still in use
Trust me, within York city walls most buildings will be older than America and still in use.
You’ve not heard of the American stonehenge, then?
@@roslynaubrey7766 I've no idea if you're kidding or not there, but I meant post colonization
America existed before colonisation. The cultures were different, but they were advanced in many ways.
@@douglaslee-murray952 Yes, North and South Americas existed as continents and were populated by indigenous peoples, but America the country didn't exist. Even when people went to colonise what would become the USA in the 1400s onwards, or when the vikings 'discovered' America around the 900s, York was aready a thriving town
I have one northern parent and one southern one. I've always found northerners generally to be more friendly from the start to a level which southerners (mainly southeasterners) certainly can be once you get to know them.
The friendliness thing really gradually tends to open up once you start moving away from London and the South East of England. The South West, Midlands and Wales tend to be more like the north in terms of being more open to conversation. I used to work in London and part of the reticence about talking in the southeast is because it's always so busy that you do meet some very weird individuals with some very strange personal motivations for wanting to talk to you. The southeasterners just want to be able to get on with their own lives without getting involved in someone elses weirdness.
Northerners and people in the South West, the Midlands and Wales tend to be a bit less concerned with status and so are more likely to just accept you as you are. (However, wherever you are in England, we tend not to like people who think or act as if they are better than anyone else.)
But it should be noted that you do obviously find a mix of friendly or less friendly people throughout England and the UK as a whole.
Well put. I think you are correct.
I'm a softie southerner and we're very friendly 99% of the time!! Getting out of London is the key!!
As a Midlander I find northerners to be a lot more talkative and open then southerners. However, they are much more eager for a fight 😂
Buy you a pint after it though 😂😁
A T hahaha this is a true story
A pint and a fight, what’s not to like
Why does the midlands exist? If I was living in the “midlands” I’d much rather be part of the North or the South
@@TP-mv6en yeah let's get rid of the Midlands, and the equator! Don't need them!
There are many beautiful city's and towns in this great country..... And some of the village's, make you green with envy
Brilliant. You picked a nice place there but there are many places more typically 'northern' up around here in Yorkshire. The Dales are wonderful and there are some nice seaside towns as well. Even still!
Don’t lose that family feel, the natural filming and chemistry. If I wanted interview/documentary I wouldn’t watch the postmodern family. I love you guys for your personas and natural film making. Don’t lose that.
meh. mushy, superfluous and meaningless. a family is a family. it transcends time and space. impossible even by death itself to lose that family feel....sorry about the abrasive comment. i don't need sugar with my sentiment. no offence.
@@bagpussunleashed9908 "a family is a family [superfluous]. it transcends time and space.
impossible even by death itself to lose that family feel.[meaningless]." Overall, mushy.
david. your my hero. may i PLEASE kiss your ass?
The last English city on the east coast is Newcastle upon Tyne the last English city on the west coast is Carlisle between them is the Roman wall built by emporer Hadrian in AD122 and a more interesting landscape you will be hard to find....
Berwick is the last city on the east coast
@@MoviesNGames007uk Berwick isn't a city.
Carlisle isn't on the west coast either but it is a city.
gawd...pick, pick, baluddy pick. lol
Lee Moran - you seem really friendly!
york man what a beautiful city i love york its got everything you need
Oooh, i like York, actually all the shires are nice up there. Northerners are much friendlier.
When you go back home go thru Wales via Liverpool. Its worth the trip.
You should have gone to the Viking museum. Not enough time I suspect. Rog
Yep Jorvik is the tops.
and the nrm train museum.. eyeopener for anyone from the states..😎
When I went years ago you could pre- book the Jorvik museum for a time suitable for you, Then at that time they would usher you in through a side door missing the 3hour queue!
York....what a truly lovely place to visit
Why did you sign off a RUclips comment with your name lol? Gandalf
Guys,the Railway Museum is amazing. Also the Viking Centre is incredible. The Yorkshire Dales are stunning
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Liverpool. It's has been recently voted the friendliest city in Britain. Great American connections, sixth largest cathedral in the world that is very different from the white stone classical type. Historical Albert dock, the cunard and white star buildings, underground war rooms and have afternoon tea at panoramic with a view of the snow capped Welsh mountains. Ps. I lived in both Bath and Liverpool for many years, the north is without doubt friendlier and less pretentious. Love the channel keep up the good work.
Don't forget the maritime museum, which has the titanic museum and international museum of slavery inside. You can get lost in there for hours. Great nightlife and home of the Beatles.
There was loads of Americans in Liverpool when I last went. It’s now Britain’s third most visited city.
Liverpool is not just about Football and The Beatles, has so much to offer historically.
Liverpool is a great city, I’m a Liverpool fan and visited there and it’s very cultured in arts and music and in ways also similar to my city Belfast with working class people being very alike in character
What about all the blokes hanging around street corners?
How could you go to York and not visit the National Railway Museum? lol
Definitely well worth a visit....it's free admission and it has a vast array of exhibits including the world's fastest ever steam locomotive! ("Mallard") ..... 126 mph...... in 1938!!!!!
Another very interesting attraction in the north (Cheshire) is the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope: it has a great visitor tour and at one time it was the largest radio telescope in the world. Still going strong and fully operational doing deep space research at just over sixty years old! :)
The Mallard was built in Doncaster! And so was Jeremy Clarkson haha
Well, that's at least one thing Doncaster can be proud of.
@@EricIrl the Mallard is also a thing of beauty, so that both things to be proud.
How could you go to York and not do the National Railway Museum?
How else do they keep it free entry? Park somewhere else if you’re bothered
I was in York just a few days ago, you should have travelled another sixty miles and visited Durham cathedral built by the Norman's and totally different architecture.
The wall around York cost £300 to build. That’s what they told us on a school trip there anyhow! I agree re Winchester cathedral as lovely as York minster is. Have you been to the Cotswolds yet? Maybe wait until the spring/summer to visit though to really appreciate it. I’m a midlands boy so I must be balanced in terms of friendliness between the north and the south ;-)
You should check out the Lake District. Beauty personified. And big!
Maybe visit each of the four home nations - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
I grew up in York but live in Vietnam now, it's great to see some visitors enjoying my home town. You saw the Minster and you saw the walls, that's enough tourist stuff or you'll get bogged down in history and (actually quite good) museums. Its not bad or good as you go further out, there is just less old stuff so more like any other city. And yeah, northern people are more friendly!
Go to Liverpool and Manchester. Also I'm welsh so visit Wales, preferably north Wales. Much prettier
As someone from Cardiff
Yeah you're right
Agree about North Wales.
I live in Kent, the garden of England, but my home town Gillingham was described as the compost heap. The North has some beautiful countryside , more down to earth people. You say Lillian, the cathedrals all blend in to one, which is true because they are built to mostly the same design. But as many as I have been in, I am awe struck how they managed to build such amazing structures with just hand tools. The ancient wonders of this world are so much more inspiring than the modern equivalent.
Hi you guys. another excellent video. I was born and raised in London but have spent the last 7-8 years in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. It is true, that the Yorkshire folk are more friendly, but that is just generalising, my common wind up joke for the locals is I came up here to give them some education lol! But its all friendly banter. If you want to really see Yorkshire and meet real Yorkshire people, you need to come to the heart of South Yorkshire, Sheffield. If you are planning a trip up here again let me know and I will be your 'guide'. And dont forget about the northern seaside towns like Ingoldmels, Skegness, Cleethorps, its all good fun! The offer of being a guide, don't worry about cost, just give my You Tube channel a shout lol
You live on the south coast? I've lived in Portsmouth and found it to be one of the friendliest places in England. No complaints about people in Canterbury, Folkestone, Hastings, Brighton or the Isle of Wight either.
I went to Salisbury Cathedral it use to have the biggest spire in Europe until another was built bigger The cathedral is huge and is all arches and next to no walls it sits on 4 foot of gravel!!!which has to be kept wet to a certain level or it will fall
It lies in an area of Georgian builings . Nearby Stonehenge and Avebury
I’m southern but my Dad’s family are originally from York, my Grandad is from there, I think we need to head back there.
I can strongly.recommend the north east of England, Newcastle and especially, Northumberland. Both beautiful diverse areas of Britain
Love York. Shame you couldn't fit in a visit to the viking yorvik centre. The lake district and Edinburgh need a trip too. (But the lakes need a few days really ).
Fabulous video - first time to see this and I love it...you guys did a great job.
York is a lovely place to visit, but there are many more places to experience.
I agree with Filipe that Winchester Cathedral is stunning and shades York Cathedral.
More of these videos please......
York really is beautiful. Im glad you all enjoyed your visit, like London it definitely needs more than one day to experience properly. If you ever get the chance to visit again I reccomend the Jorvik Viking Museum, its got a lot to entertain kids as well as adults.
As to North/South, the North is historically poorer. I think when you have less money you tend to be a bit more open and easygoing - its hard to be private and closed in a tenement building - which might be the reason northerners are more relaxed and less judgemental. On a general basis of course.
You should visit Castle Howard in Yorkshire, it makes Buckingham palace look like a squat.
Blenheim makes Castle Howard look like a shed.
@@SvenTviking Agreed, and Chatsworth House makes both look like a shack made out of straw and cow dung.
You really need to come to Scotland - Edinburgh to be precise. Friendly people and impressive buildings. Great views from the Castle.
We have a lot of beautiful cities, towns and villages in the north set in beautiful countryside. The expecting dark dingy places with no culture the north is a southern attitude that falsely persists.
To be fair, some grey towns do exist. I'm North Eastern and my town is gray and downtrodden.
@@kalcaron I've seen some grey and dismal places in the south
Just outside Leeds is lovely Yorkshire dales. Otley is a nice little town.
Otley's lovely. I had a good friend who lived there for a couple of years (sadly passed away)
There's a fair amount of grey and grimy left in the North, but often it's interspersed with loveliness - Bradford City centre is probably closer in tone to what southerners expect in the north
Skipton is a great little old market town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. and that's coming from a Lancastrian or if you want to go to the Las Vegas of England go to Blackpool, it's a bit of a dump in some places but has to be visited once in your life.
Nice Vid👍 I’m from Yorkshire but live near London. I’ve found people are not that different but the pace of life down here is faster and time focussed. Cheers
People are friendly everywhere - outside the M25 lol. London is like a foreign country that I avoid like the plague. Tourists that judge Britain by their trip to London piss me off.
You should come to Hull were just as friendly.
If you come this week there's Hull fair to enjoy.
Blackporsche roadster 2 cars vandalised & BOTH in Hull, you’re clearly from up here to read such a minor story as that, and to I.D yourself as a car shows how pathetic you are as a man. I’d worry who’s banging your partner behind your back rather then a bit of car vandalism.
Postmodern Family, Try Tenby in South Wales, ST' Govan's Chapel it is one of the most beautiful places to go. And count the steps going down then count them back up the numbers are never the same. Also the shops in Tenby are in a castle wall. Or Devils bridge in Wales it is an amazing place, but watch going down the steps they are steep. Hope you are still enjoying it over here and God bless you and your family.
Been there at least once... But don't remember anything about it as I was a kid! I don't even know where we stayed.
Saw a bit of it on BBC One's *Dom on the Spot* a few weeks ago but still couldn't remember anything about it. I do however remember going to the nearby *Oakwood Theme Park.*
I miss living there, I worked just round the corner from the Minster. Glad you to enjoyed my former home!
About 60 miles north of York is Durham, with its World Heritage graded Cathedral and castle. Further north still is Northumberland with the best beaches in England and the most spectacular castles, a result of the turbulent history between England and Scotland. Needless to say the more north you go the friendlier the people. The border country between England and Scotland is beautiful.
Love York! I was university in Yorkshire, and visited York regularly, including taking part in the Viking Festival. So much to see, including the Shambles, the churches around the Minster, and the house where Guy Fawkes is supposed to have been born. If you like the Minster, another good trip to make would be to Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire. It's a village, not a city, but the inn opposite the Minster is where Charles I was captured in 1648.
The north of England is absolutely gorgeous. Not only small cities like York or Lancaster, there's obviously big places like Liverpool and Manchester and lots of small towns. I also recommend the south of Scotland; Glasgow is a great city and Edinburgh is full of history and really lively.
Great video!
I was born and bred on the South Coast of England, but was up in York last year - and it was most enjoyable!
A whole different life, to how it is in down here in the south.
You should have visited the Yorvik Centre whilst you were up there in York - find out about the Viking heritage - REAL history up in the north.
And take a trip down to the coast too - try Robin Hood's Bay, for a taste of how life once was.
And Whitby too - find out about the whaling heritage, the fossils, Whitby Jet, and Captain Cook - one of the world's greatest explorers...
Nice low-key but cheerful presentation, very pleasant to watch. And I liked the music, too.
This is the first one of your videos I've seen with the intro clip of you all on the sofa run the right way round. _So_ much more engaging. What a delight are the beaming smiles that suddenly light up your faces, you are all so photogenically happy that I can't help joining in!
Hi guy's, glad you've seen a normal English City and of course the county where Yorkshire Puddings originated from. Keep up the good work.
The little girl with her ice cream was stealing the show!
York is beautiful, but stay on the train for another 200 miles and come to Edinburgh.
Edinburgh is a beautiful city but Glasgow is the friendlier city, but hold on to your hollyhocks or they may disappear.
Or skip both and go to the place that's actually beautiful, anywhere north of the city's
My wife & I recently (August 2018) spent 4 days in York on a month long UK holiday & we loved every minute in this delightful city !!
Just catching this now. I got to visit Winchester. It was amazing. I like how “plain” it is compared to many European cathedrals. I wanted to go to York but didn’t have time (I instead did a weekend jaunt to Paris!).the filming was awesome. I was wondering how Felipe was filming and interviewing at the same tome! Haha. What “graduates”?
I'm from Salisbury originally. Nearer to your home. Visit there, and Bath.
For me, the star of these videos is the little girl. She's like a little, world weary old soul who has to tolerate being taken to strange places and forced to watch weird videos by her parents and she just takes it in her stride. She'll be a force to be reckoned with when she gets older!
On a short visit you might not have realised in Yorkshire they still say 'thee' (Sit thee down.), 'thou' and 'yonder'. Also 'while' means 'until'. Some years back in Yorkshire they had to alter newly erected signs at railway crossings that said: 'Stop here while lights flash.' People were confused as to the meaning.
Never heard people in Yorkshire say that. I've not visited everywhere in Yorkshire tho but they don't say it in the part of Yorkshire I'm from. What part do they still use those words?
Lovely video - thank you. Yes we Yorkshire people are friendly - honest lol - glad you enjoyed York but much more of this large county is also very interesting and diverse. The accents can be difficult to understand, as you found but will always be welcoming.
As a Londoner I would say civility is based on class. The working class and upper class are friendlier than the middle class.
London's problem, and the reason people live there, is it's built on money. If you approach someone in the street they immediately assume you're trying to con them in some way. There's no social interaction that is not based on trade, so the kind of interaction that's considered normal elsewhere is seen as aberrant and suspicious.
maybe thats another two ronnies sketch to watch, john cleese was the upper class, ronnie corbett the lower class, ronnie barker as middle class.
I tend to agree, but York is a fairly middle class city, and is very friendly.
That's weird, my partner and I were talking about this just the other day. It's as if the working and upper classes are the ones with nothing to prove and are secure in themselves and who they are - the middle classes are either trying to differentiate themselves from the working class so look down on them - or resentful of the upper class for having it easier than them. Middle class liberal SJW loons are a perfect illustration of this. They think working class people are disgusting stupid gammons and upper class people are disgusting evil imperialists. But they're not bitter, screeching, virtue signalling twats, they think they're 😇 bestowing their wisdom on us plebs.
Southerners aren't less friendly, but they are more reserved. You can still make friends with them.
I am a Yorkshireman and have travelled to 33 countries, working for 8 years in Bavaria and 2 years in Holland. One can make friends with anyone. Just be nice and make allowances!
One area not mentioned that I could see was the area skirting the Welsh border. start at chester and take in whitchurch, shrewsbury, etc ludlow and on down to monmouth and chepstow, cut across to gloucester and cheltenham, maybe head to stroud and the surrounding lanes filled with quaint cottages and villages. Im a lancashire lad but that trip always tells me how good the british isles are. and dont miss a trip to ireland while you are here.
"This wall was built to protect the city from barbarians..."
That's a bit harsh on the Scots...
They meant Lancastrians.
It didn't work, they sacked York.
arse bandit most people from Yorkshire fought for the Lancastrian cause in the War of the Roses as the lands were held by the House of Lancaster.
^ Example of Scottish friendliness ^
Hadrian's wall was built when there were no Scots in what became Scotland and no English in what would become England'It separated the conquered Cymric- speaking tribes from the free ones.
York is nice, but to many tourists now. Whitby is great, but again spoilt by its own popularity. Come up over the winter months, yes a bit cold but much more elbow room to move about. You can hunker down in one of the many rural pubs and soak in a bit of northern hospitality. I live a few miles outside Whitby and I can assure you of a very warm welcome should you visit the area. Plenty of holiday cottages to rent, perfect retreat any time of year.
I'm from York... Thank you for your kind conclusion of our City and the people... Love your You Tube Videos. Much love to yourself and family...
Please go to Bath and see the Roman Baths if you haven't done so yet. It's my favourite city in England
Hope you had fun in my home town? It's a very ancient city York going back to the vikings. You should have gone to bettys tea room...very old long standing establishment. I think because the pace of life is slower people will chat to you on public transport unlike in London where everyone is in a bubble when commuting. It's not that people in London won't help you as they will but the small talk isn't normal.
It's your home town but you don't know your own history? It's an old Brythonic settlement and predates the Viking age by hundreds of years. Before it fell to the the Danes it was called Eboracum by the Romans.
Goes back much further- Roman settlement Eboracum.
Maybe next summer check out the Suffolk coast......places like Southwold and Aldeburgh are fantastic
Come to Kingston-upon-Hull despite the bad reputation you’ll love it!😃
Can I ask if you've been to The Deep? I've only ever been to Hull to watch rugby but I've always wanted to go to The Deep.
T1000 I went when it first opened about 15 years ago, it was excellent
I will def have to get there at some point.
T1000 all other museums are free!
@@jemmajames6719 I like the transport museum
I'm from South Yorkshire, specifically Rotherham/Sheffield, which is about an hour away from York. I visited last year and passed through all the places in this video, apart from going inside the Cathedral. If you visit again if you haven't already, I'd recommend a place called The Shambles, which is an old medieval alley in which Diagon Alley from Harry Potter is based on.
I was born in London, I agree with you, London is not my favourite place, I live now in Devon, please come to the West Country! I visit London occasionally to visit an art gallery, but on the coach back home, I see the sign "Welcome to Devon " and I sigh relief and think "home".
Far too many Londoners in the West Country,suburbanising the environment and diluting the accent.
Love your curiosity.. Hope you get to see a lot more of the UK. My love is Lancashire and the Lake District. Miss them both living in Iberia . keep on travelling and exploring that sceptred Isle
Welcome you guys to the North!
From Manchester England UK....
Have a great time...
Hi guys have been following your blogs for a while,York has been voted the best city in the uk to live in a recent poll.i am fortunate to be born there and still live in the city.i am so glad you enjoyed your visit and hopefully found us northerners friendly on your visit.
Good old Yorkshire. Best place in the world but maybe I'm biased.
Nah. Yorkshire is the best place. We need to unite and devolve. Greater population even than Scotland, Wales, or Ireland. Economy is twice as large as Wales, the North's economy is worth billions more than Scotland's, and we don't get the love for what we give to the country.
And we certainly don't get what we put in, back, in terms of services and what have you. Just a pot the South takes from and ignores completely. Hence why we don't have devolved representation yet. There's no push for it, because the people it would benefit most is _us._ -- Westminster can't have that.
Edit: Maybe the North is so nice its to its own detriment.
Morgan Yu Yexit!
@@DavidStockden Well nothing so drastic as that. lol But Yorkshire needs a devolved regional parliament to look after Yorkshire's interests. George Osbourne was praising devolution across the country but Yorkshire's bid has been scuppered at every turn by government.
Because it is so huge, and because it does generate so much wealth. If Scotland gets its own parliament, and Yorkshire has a greater population and GDP than Scotland... there's something wrong there.
There is the One Yorkshire campaign for devolution but it is such slow going - because as I said government is slow to decentralise powers from Westminster. Because hey, when you can keep sucking wealth out of a region like Yorkshire, why give Yorkshire enough control to distribute that wealth for the good of the people who generated it - through better services, roads, schools, hospitals?
Meh. Short of a Jon Snow King of the North-type taking power from those greedy Southerners, the people of Yorkshire need to get on the One Yorkshire bandwagon. They are in a region that is powerful, wealthy, and productive enough to be its own country. But since the people are so humble - to at least look after their fair share. {=D
Lots of noise for the north (although mainly seems to be for Manchester?) and occasionally the midlands when the election campaign trails go out. I'm a midlander by birth (so northern by the south's reckoning ;-)) I agree you should have some type of official representation due to size and wealth. Don't forget in the Olympics and Paralympics Yorkshire had more medals than Australia at one point (dunno if they did overall)
:-)
Yeah we beat Aus in 2012 but they did better in 2016. We came 14th overall.
A nice watch. A well balanced family that expressed their appreciation of our beloved North. Xxxxxx
Skipton is a great little old market town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. and that's coming from a Lancastrian or if you want to go to the Las Vegas of England go to Blackpool, it's a bit of a dump in some places but has to be visited once in your life.
*Skipton* and *Bradford* can be seen in the recent Netflix series *The Innocents*
Keep up your amazing job 👏🏻 🎉❤
We were in York in 2019 and you are correct as in most cities the suburbs are bland, although not grimy and industrial as far as we could see, but the city centre is beautiful. We called our daughters in Australia on messenger to show them one of the narrow streets you walked down in the filming and said it’s like being in Diagonal Alley in Harry Potter.
I live near York UK : ) The Minster is massive : )
Liverpool Anglican cathedral is the largest in the uk 3rd in the world a lot bigger than minster
York Minster is the largest gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and is absolutely stunning.
@@pennyK551 it's not a cathedral it's a Minster there's a difference I can't remember it but there is one.
Ryan sharlotte It’s actually a cathedral
You must come to county durham and see our cathedral ' I can assure you a wonderful sight and experience ' a true northern gem.
Glad you had the chance to visit York, hope you enjoyed the experience, good luck on your next road trip
I love watching you guys exploring our country. Come visit Norwich. Two Cathedrals, a Castle, a large outdoor market, historical buildings and streets (Elm Hill), and more Churches than you can visit in a day.
At last you made it up north. York has so much history and so much to see and do, just love it there.
If accents are off interest and friendly people try sun drenched Newcastle.
A little bit further north, Morpeth in wonderful Northumberland.
@@RushfanUK my dad lives near there and yes it's very nice.
Come up and visit us Geordies in Newcastle upon Tyne the Geordies chat to everyone. Northumberland is great to just few miles up from Newcastle lots of castles and history there. Holy island is a must visit x
@@deniselivingstone4906 also Alnwick Castle
beamish open air museum. a turn of the 20th century northern town.
Go to Leeds it's the best city in Yorkshire. Lot's of history, a great market and lots of places to eat and shops for shopping.
'Sophistication? sophisticationnn?? Don't talk to me about sophistication luv I've BEEN to Leeds!'
Yes they can visit the leeds armory
In the 60's we used to climb two spiral staircases and crawl a walway 60+ feet upp to get to the main tower over 150 feet up, it cost 6d :)
walkway oops
Very true about North and south. I was born in york went to try it in Southampton came back after 3 days. Went into a chippy was in the queue waiting as you do but obviously locals coming in after my arrival they served them first. Another one from Southampton talking to me about his motorbike as soon as I spoke he said your not from round here are you. I replied in my Yorkshire voice no so he cleared off. But obviously not all southerners a bad. My ex mother in law was from Southampton less said about her but my second wife's family and herself came from Kent. Even after my wife passed her family still keep in contact very friendly.
Thank you for visiting my Home City. The video was very well put together and the sound quality was great too.
As a "softie" southerner York is one of my favorite places in the UK, but keep on heading north and go and see Durham and Edinburgh. Both are great cities you will love them.
I'm a southerner & travel all over England following my local football team & have to admit the people in the North & Wales are so much more friendly I'm sad to say but it's a fact
It's very poorly mentioned but I wonder if you realised that when you were walking in York Minster you would have been walking on the very stones that William Brewster walked on? Before he left the UK on the Mayflower for a time Brewster was employed for a time at the Minster.