Visiting HARTLEPOOL - but was it worth it?

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

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  • @funghazi
    @funghazi 7 месяцев назад +15

    Visited Hartlepool and Seaton Carew on a visit from America just last week and had a great time. Lovely people, great museum, amazing food.

    • @JasonSmartTravel
      @JasonSmartTravel  7 месяцев назад +5

      Glad you enjoyed yourself. Same as me!

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 4 месяца назад +3

      Did you go down to the Headland and enjoy the sea views as you walked along the promenade or the beach. It`s an ideal place to photograph the sun rises and sun set`s.

    • @funghazi
      @funghazi 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@Billyg215 I did! After going to the Royal Navy Museum in the morning, my brother and I went down to Seaton Carew, got fish and chips from Almighty Cod and had a great time exploring the town and looking out at the sea. It was a beautiful warm day, pretty much perfect.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 4 месяца назад +3

      @@funghazi The best fish and chip shop is down at the Headland called Verrills there is always queues to get their fish and chips there.

    • @funghazi
      @funghazi 4 месяца назад +2

      @@Billyg215 Ah, I didn't see that one, looks like it's near the Battery Museum.

  • @colinwhite5355
    @colinwhite5355 8 месяцев назад +25

    Some kind, affectionate words for our town; what a refreshing change. Thank you.

    • @JasonSmartTravel
      @JasonSmartTravel  8 месяцев назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @SamuellaOchorios
      @SamuellaOchorios 3 месяца назад

      Looks depressing just from watching this video..

    • @gezdodd8370
      @gezdodd8370 16 дней назад

      Let’s be honest it’s an absolute dump

    • @colinwhite5355
      @colinwhite5355 16 дней назад +1

      @@gezdodd8370 its often said that you see in a town what you bring to a town.

  • @kevkester4879
    @kevkester4879 9 месяцев назад +11

    Been from Hartlepool you made our town look good 👍🏻

  • @geordieceltic2
    @geordieceltic2 13 дней назад +1

    Hartlepool,and it's Headland area are great places to visit.

  • @Bishoptutu-888
    @Bishoptutu-888 3 месяца назад +4

    Great town, lived here for 64 years and wouldn't go anywhere else.

  • @Feenos
    @Feenos 9 месяцев назад +10

    The £10 is to access were the big ship is and can go on it in the old west quay and see a old town etc as the museum is free

  • @geofflodge4734
    @geofflodge4734 11 дней назад

    At last … a quality video about Hartlepool , I lived there for many years and it has a lot to offer . Miles of beaches and some beautiful parks especially Ward Jackson park . Four beautiful villages on the outskirts as well all easily accessed by footpaths .
    Friendliest place in England .
    Well done Smartie old boy 😊

    • @JasonSmartTravel
      @JasonSmartTravel  11 дней назад

      Glad you liked it! I enjoyed my little walk around Hartlepool. Stockton is another matter…

  • @jackiegeritz5345
    @jackiegeritz5345 8 месяцев назад +11

    Born and raised here.
    My home town. ❤ x

    • @jackiegeritz5345
      @jackiegeritz5345 7 месяцев назад +1

      The monkey is a popular urban myth.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 6 месяцев назад +1

      I was born and bred in Penrith Street in 1955 and hope to get back down to the headland where i have family still living there.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 6 месяцев назад

      It could have been a powder monkey from of a Froggie ship.@@jackiegeritz5345

    • @jackiegeritz5345
      @jackiegeritz5345 6 месяцев назад

      I was born in 1958 at the Hartlepool Grantully Nursing Home and my mum and dad lived at 31 Bailey Street with my two older sisters. Bailey Street has now been demolished and the Nursing Home is now closed. ​@@Billyg215

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 4 месяца назад +2

      Same here Jackie a true monkey hanger from the headland Born bred at the headland in 1955. Where we still had the old gas street lights. Every one going for sea coal when word got around that the beach had plenty of it just ready to collect it.

  • @BobtheSlark
    @BobtheSlark 3 месяца назад +3

    Andy Capp was a character written originally by Reg Smythe who was born and bred in Hartlepool. He was born on the original side of Hartlepool and went to Galleys Field School.

  • @hudson7354
    @hudson7354 5 месяцев назад +6

    I’ve traveled up from Brum to Hartlepool many times for work.
    And also leisure trips. A lovely place full of good people. Please don’t hold onto your prejudices go see for yourselves.
    It will surprise you.

  • @WaveWatcher10
    @WaveWatcher10 2 месяца назад +3

    My 2x great grandfather was a sailor on that ship HMS Trincommalee

  • @McBrady74
    @McBrady74 Месяц назад

    Hello Jason. I've watched and memorized your scenes of the video and because of you I have had the feeling that I am home, when I have been to Hartlepool and Seaton Carew last weekend. Amazing tour vid, was really helpful and useful. Thank you so much indeed and keep your amazing work up. Peter from Hungary :)

  • @ROSIEBGOOD
    @ROSIEBGOOD 5 дней назад

    I have just moved here and I love it!

  • @MsSmudge14
    @MsSmudge14 5 месяцев назад +5

    I know someone that lives in Hartlepool, I love their accent, I wish I had one. Hello from Toronto, Canada.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 4 месяца назад +2

      If you want to borrow my accent you can do. From a true monkey hanger born and bred on the Headland since 1955. A true Cod head as some people call us.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 3 месяца назад

      I have 2 spare accents if you want to buy 1 😉😉

    • @SamuellaOchorios
      @SamuellaOchorios 3 месяца назад +1

      @@Billyg215🥴

    • @Gaybraham.Lincoln
      @Gaybraham.Lincoln Месяц назад

      Too late. All you can do is marry a hartlepool person 😂 good luck

  • @ivaningham8097
    @ivaningham8097 8 месяцев назад +9

    every town in the country has good and bad parts so well done on focusing on the good parts .
    those moaning about the town , nothing is stopping you moving away as far as i see there are no fences holding you in .
    we are a short drive from the moors , a stones throw from a number of beaches . i couldn't think of anything worse than living in a city nowhere near either of them .

    • @whereweregoingwedontneedroads
      @whereweregoingwedontneedroads 4 месяца назад

      I did move. Greatest decision of my life. Hartlepool is a rancid, violent, drug filled shit pit.

    • @SamuellaOchorios
      @SamuellaOchorios 3 месяца назад

      It looks very depressing tbh.. I saved this video just to remind myself how fortunate I am, because I realized how dreadful just watching the video felt and humbled me very fast that I should appreciate my life😅

    • @ivaningham8097
      @ivaningham8097 3 месяца назад +1

      @@SamuellaOchorios anything can be depressing if your a negative mindset
      😉

    • @occamraiser
      @occamraiser 2 месяца назад

      Absolutely right, no one with the option to leave WOULD live there - but be fair to those without either the resources or the ability to leave - they may not wish to be there either. Also I don't see people from the rest of Teesside queuing up to move to Hartlepool. When people from Skelton, Thornaby and Redcar look down on your town...well, is it time to re-assess?

    • @ivaningham8097
      @ivaningham8097 2 месяца назад +3

      @@occamraiser I’m pretty sure a poll of Hartlepool folk asked if they would move to any of the above would result in “ not if you paid me “
      So looks like they are staying put 👍🏽
      I notice how you never put boro , or Stockton in your post either
      If you used the above towns as a bench mark your standards must be as low as the brown stuff I stepped in walking down your street 🤣

  • @paulwilliams5174
    @paulwilliams5174 6 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks for a review that didn't slag the town

  • @MrTorrit
    @MrTorrit 8 месяцев назад +1

    Nice video, enjoyed it.

  • @sandrafinbar
    @sandrafinbar 3 месяца назад +1

    Looks very nice.

  • @christineunitedkingdom1824
    @christineunitedkingdom1824 9 месяцев назад +11

    Hartlepool is a lovely town. Those who think it isn't haven't been to many other places!

    • @Gaybraham.Lincoln
      @Gaybraham.Lincoln Месяц назад +2

      I've worked in every area of the UK in my lifetime. A lot of different town and cities. Hartlepool has seaside, urban and countryside all within 10 mins walk of each other. There's people who would kill for that 😂

  • @robswan5765
    @robswan5765 4 месяца назад +2

    Great showcase of a lovely town - I live there, so biased - a bit ;)

  • @brianferguson7840
    @brianferguson7840 6 месяцев назад +5

    Also, Hartlepool elected a monkey as mayor of the town (twice) He ran on a ticket of free bananas for all.
    This isn't a joke Google it. He was very popular and successful, and did indeed provide free daily fruit for school children.
    The museum and quayside is well worth the entrance fee.
    I kept a boat in the marina for many years and was a member of the Hartlepool Small Crafts Club (briliant club and the steward "Les" was a top bloke)

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 6 месяцев назад +1

      Angus the Monkey lol.

    • @BobtheSlark
      @BobtheSlark 3 месяца назад +1

      The "Mayor" was the Hartlepool fc mascot and dressed up on days of the football games in a monkey suit. Once he was elected Mayor, he gave up the monkey suit.

  • @MissTess
    @MissTess 21 день назад

    It’s £10 to access where the boat is but if you want to go inside the museum, that’s completely free

  • @paulreed5077
    @paulreed5077 4 месяца назад +2

    I used to attend the boys school that was attached to the Town Hall building. An absolutely astounding huge Victorian building, flattened to build a nondescript brick police station thats now unused for most of the time. A waste of our heritage.

    • @JasonSmartTravel
      @JasonSmartTravel  4 месяца назад +1

      Damned shame

    • @majorlaff8682
      @majorlaff8682 3 месяца назад +1

      Hey, me too, Paul. Mr Sirs - Physics teacher, Mr Phizackerlea - Chemistry, Mrs Saunders - Music, Mr Ure and Mr Lockey - French, Swimming and Rugby, Mr Richardson - History and Rugby (he played for Hartlepool Rovers), Mr Piper - Art, Mr Walmsley - Woodwork (he played the organ in the Town Hall when we sang in school assembly), Mr Knox - Maths and Chess, Mr Rawlings - Head of Tunstall Court Annexe, Mr Speck - English. Mr Whitehouse - Maths, Mr Cooper (I think) - Geography, and the fearsome Mr Howard - The Boss or Headmaster. I think his secretary was Mrs Saunderson but I could have her name mixed up with the music teacher (Raffia Legs). Mr Howard's secretary was also known as Vinegar Tits. Happy days.

  • @garyteeley9637
    @garyteeley9637 5 месяцев назад +1

    They thought the monkey was a French spy, 100%.

  • @grahamread8732
    @grahamread8732 8 месяцев назад +8

    Nothing wrong with Hartlepool any day of the week

  • @NapoleonSolo61
    @NapoleonSolo61 3 месяца назад +2

    The £10 lasts 12 months, bargain, its a great museum

  • @robertmccombe3707
    @robertmccombe3707 3 месяца назад +1

    WISH I WHERE THERE

  • @ianmason2296
    @ianmason2296 8 месяцев назад +3

    The monkey was probably a powder monkey, a young lad who carried gunpowder to the cannons

    • @graemenicol6377
      @graemenicol6377 7 месяцев назад +1

      No it was real monkey believe me I live near Hartlepool.

    • @ianmason2296
      @ianmason2296 7 месяцев назад

      @@graemenicol6377 silly idea as it was a sea faring port so would have known about foreigners. (Also I am from the town)

    • @graemenicol6377
      @graemenicol6377 7 месяцев назад

      @@ianmason2296 the problem is all Hartlepoolers are idiots unlike us yackers.

    • @graemenicol6377
      @graemenicol6377 7 месяцев назад

      @@ianmason2296 the problem people from Hartlepool aren't sensible enough to know the difference unlike us Colliery lot.

    • @MichaelRoberts-gg8jz
      @MichaelRoberts-gg8jz 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@graemenicol6377 It was a real monkey believe you because you live near there?..🤣 It’s just a legend

  • @quantumaction1889
    @quantumaction1889 4 месяца назад +1

    Hardly any people around - I presume it was a Sunday?

  • @gcoates7
    @gcoates7 7 месяцев назад +1

    I was born in Hartlepool, but my family moved to Canada when I was young. Glad they did.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 6 месяцев назад

      Did you stay in Hartlepool and let your family go to Canada as they did ???? and left you all alone It`s what i read from your comment..

    • @gcoates7
      @gcoates7 6 месяцев назад

      @@Billyg215 No, I moved to Canada with my family in 1973, I was 2.

    • @Manos-de-Piedra
      @Manos-de-Piedra 5 месяцев назад

      @@gcoates7when are you coming back to Hartlepool

    • @gcoates7
      @gcoates7 5 месяцев назад

      @@Manos-de-Piedra never

    • @davidleighjohnson1340
      @davidleighjohnson1340 5 месяцев назад

      @@gcoates7good

  • @old_toucs6283
    @old_toucs6283 7 месяцев назад +1

    5:56. A little drive to the headland. A Hartlepool joke. The road network never really encouraged a drive to the headland.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 6 месяцев назад

      But a good walk did.

  • @jamie1944
    @jamie1944 6 месяцев назад +1

    Why didn’t you visit the Marina ?

  • @paulmarks8979
    @paulmarks8979 6 месяцев назад

    Why you pronounce h as hitch m s? Not hms sir.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 6 месяцев назад +1

      It`s not hitch it`s aitch. Why karnt yew pronownce Inglish like us edlanders doo

  • @benwilliams8667
    @benwilliams8667 10 месяцев назад +1

    So of all the far-flung places in the world Celines travelled with you to... she drew the line at Hartlepool? 😉

    • @JasonSmartTravel
      @JasonSmartTravel  10 месяцев назад +2

      Haha. Yes! But she was in Ireland with her family, otherwise she’d have enjoyed Hartlepool. Maybe

    • @benwilliams8667
      @benwilliams8667 10 месяцев назад

      @@JasonSmartTravel 😂

  • @Costa_del_Artlepool
    @Costa_del_Artlepool 8 месяцев назад +6

    It was better up until about three years ago when it became little Africa. We had a good run...

  • @whereweregoingwedontneedroads
    @whereweregoingwedontneedroads 9 месяцев назад +6

    Your literally the only person to be impressed with hpool.

    • @ttee4338
      @ttee4338 9 месяцев назад +6

      I loved Hartlepool! Been there couple of times. People are so friendly and polite, very clean town too.

    • @CoffeHunterJR
      @CoffeHunterJR 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@ttee4338 Clean town are you mad??

    • @CoffeHunterJR
      @CoffeHunterJR 9 месяцев назад

      It is something but clean

    • @CoffeHunterJR
      @CoffeHunterJR 9 месяцев назад

      Only some parts are clean the rest looks like a tip

    • @wangbow5755
      @wangbow5755 9 месяцев назад +4

      I also loved really friendly ppl compared to the majority of the UK similar ppl to Newcastle & Glasgow

  • @aidenwhelan2560
    @aidenwhelan2560 3 месяца назад

    1:29 come on mate I can see the shine of oil.

  • @ArchieGuest-q1s
    @ArchieGuest-q1s Месяц назад

    Guys don’t go it’s shit I live there

  • @petesmart1983
    @petesmart1983 8 месяцев назад +1

    Its a dump , crime invested mess. People openly deal drugs all over the town highest amount of herion addicts in the country, famous for having 9 foodbanks and Highest council tax in the country

    • @graemenicol6377
      @graemenicol6377 7 месяцев назад

      Totally agree.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 6 месяцев назад

      Every Town and City in this country people sell drugs openly now.

    • @FART-REPELLENT
      @FART-REPELLENT 4 месяца назад

      Is it true that Hartlepool's nickname is Fartlepool?

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 4 месяца назад +1

      @@FART-REPELLENT
      It`s called fartlepool and pebble dash the pot due to the amount of beer is drunk here.

  • @graemenicol6377
    @graemenicol6377 7 месяцев назад

    The place is a bump don't know why anybody would want to go there.

  • @ForeverSlick
    @ForeverSlick 7 месяцев назад

    Don't come to Hartlepool. Ever.

    • @Billyg215
      @Billyg215 3 месяца назад +3

      By the sound of it you live in Hartlepool and don`t like living here if so sod off out my home town.

    • @ForeverSlick
      @ForeverSlick 2 месяца назад

      @@Billyg215 Alright tough guy. Suppose you think illegal immigrants murdering pensioners is a nice place to live do you...