Это видео недоступно.
Сожалеем об этом.

Do you like living in Wolverhampton? | This English Malarkey #2

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 22 июн 2019
  • ↓ Get your FREE English study plan here! ↓
    english-conversations-with-ja...
    This channel is meant to help English learners to improve their listening skills through interviews with English speakers.
    Thanks for dropping by.
    -Jake
    Learn English from street interviews!
    Wanna see a bit more of the UK?
    Fancy a glimpse into the culture, use of the English
    language and all the vocabulary that comes with it?
    You're in the right place.
    Just remember, you’ve got this English Malarkey!
    Instagram: / this_english_malarkey
    Facebook: / thisenglishmalarkey

Комментарии • 316

  • @turgatur4283
    @turgatur4283 2 года назад +10

    I’m from USA and I’m a huge Wolverhampton wanderers fan which is why I find myself watching this

  • @TheMELTDOWN911
    @TheMELTDOWN911 4 года назад +23

    March 1 2020, Im Mexican, came here curios of where the WOLVES are from, Im obviously a wolves fan due to Raul, nice city, funny when the Gentleman said he like the Futbol team, and his favorite player is the Mexican bloke! jajaja el Chavo Mexicano! Grettings from Mexico SI SEÑOR! GO WOLVES... Many fans in Mexico NOW!

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +1

      He was class! His accent is especially a reminder of Wolverhampton/home to me. Have you visited the city before? Saludos desde Inglaterra! :)

  • @jamesprosser7236
    @jamesprosser7236 4 года назад +12

    This was so nice and refreshing to see. I'm not from Wolves originally but moved here from Tenerife back in 2005 and probably lived here for a total (on and off) of 9 years collectively. I've lived in places all over Europe and for me, Wolves has and always will have a very special place in my life. I speak to people all the time about their thoughts and overwhelmingly it seems that the main draw to the city is the location, right near the countryside but close enough to Birmingham to consider it local. 2 hours to London and less than that to the nearest beach (you can see why Americans love it here). Yeah the city has its problems for sure just like anywhere, but Wolves has a lot of up and coming prospects that many are excited to see!

  • @udaiveersingh51
    @udaiveersingh51 Год назад +9

    Bro ,,I m from India other than punjab ,,,I lived there from 2007 to 2009 ,,,,what a place it is ,,,,still I recall and my memory goes deep into the streets ,,,Whitmore teams ,,,cannock road,, Stafford road ,,,wolverine stadium moleinux,,,,the university. of Wolverhampton,,,Heath town ,,,and off course west park,,,,new Hampton street ,,,,,,still in dreams I see wolves ,,,for rest of my life ,,,I can never forget that place ,,,,weekends ,,night clubs like oceana,,,walkabout,,and one was my favourite named CRC Manhattan just near bus station ,,,,,,,,those who say wolves is not a good place are not doing justice ,,,,it's culturally diverse ,,,,I don't know much about England and London ,,,,but I know Wolverhampton is the best ,,,for me Wolverhampton is England and London ,,,,nothing else ,,,,cheers ,,,

    • @telugugamblingtricks7954
      @telugugamblingtricks7954 Год назад

      Bro iam also from iam moving with my wife to Wolverhampton part time jobs were available there

  • @moominmay
    @moominmay 3 года назад +38

    Anyone saying Wolverhampton is unsafe needs to realise that’s like every area which has its nice and dodgy parts. Lived here all my life and the grass isn’t always greener lol. Personally I’m proud to live here and if I did move away I wouldn’t be bashing it. Respect your roots y’all!

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  3 года назад +4

      Respect your roots- well put! Do you remember when it was apparently the 5th worst city in the world? Was a madness :')

    • @peterturley1331
      @peterturley1331 3 года назад +7

      Well said. Unfortunately I reside in Stafford, a Tory toss hole. Wolverhampton is my home town, wish I was back there.

    • @boeingbwoy
      @boeingbwoy 3 года назад +1

      @@peterturley1331 come back home

    • @kevinjackson6387
      @kevinjackson6387 2 года назад +2

      @@peterturley1331 why there’s more in Stafford than wolves,

    • @raptorgator
      @raptorgator 2 года назад +3

      I hate it here

  • @CopyrightThis723
    @CopyrightThis723 2 года назад +9

    I was born in Wolverhampton and grew up just outside it. It was a thriving and growing city in my childhood but I watched it decline rapidly in the early 2010s. Large numbers of businesses closed, including some of the banks (you know a place is in trouble when even the bank doesn't want to stay). It became one of the most desperate towns I've known and I lived in Middlesbrough for 5 years! I never felt unsafe in Middlesbrough but felt VERY unsafe in Wolverhampton on a number of occasions.
    For example;
    >I saw a gun pulled on someone in Whitmore Reans (district of Wolverhampton) one time, they took his phone, wallet and skateboard shoes, the gun was a webley revolver. Didn't know if it was real, didn't want to find out.
    >Someone tried to steal my car off my driveway in broad daylight but I caught them and chased them off with a garden hoe.
    >My weed dealer kept a 2 ft sword and bear mace by his front door because he so often got robbed.
    >A burglar jumped my fence into my garden one time followed moments later by 4 cops and a helicopter, they caught him hiding in a chicken coop.
    >A drink driver crashed into the front of my parents house at over 70mph totalling both their cars and demolishing a stone wall. He was thrown through the windscreen, he survived, locked the car and ran off. Cops found him on the swing set at the local park bleeding and crying.
    >2 years later I saw the same guy get into his car after about 8 pints and crash it into a bus; learned nothing.
    >A man was executed (shot in the head) on a rural road about a mile from my house, they left his body in a ditch on the side of the road. His name was "Kevin Nunes"
    >My cousin (also from Wolverhampton) went to prison for being involved in a "gang related stabbing".
    >Audi, BMW and Mercedes cars were CONSTANTLY getting stolen; found an Audi R8 on fire in a field once having been ditched by thieves, reported it to the cops and had to give a statement. Only part recognisable after the fire was put out was the wire frames of the seats.
    There were good things too though;
    >Some people were friendly, interestingly the poorer people were nicest.
    >Every year the "punks" and the "chavs" would set aside their differences for one day and do amateur bare knuckle boxing in the park, everyone would get along and drink together and there was a great sense of community spirit, it was called "punk fights". Afterwards they'd go straight back to hating each other.
    >The accent is endlessly amusing. Wish I never lost it.
    >Nice beer!
    >Car culture there is awesome with meets and cruises.
    >Some of the bars and nightlife used to be great, spent many a drunken near years eves in the city centre.
    >Where I grew up (a rural village 7 miles from the city centre) was like the village from hot fuzz, only with (slightly) less murder, so I had a good childhood exploring the forests and working on farms etc.
    It was an alright town but neglected by the government and not doing too great when I left. I don't miss living there, but I have some VERY fond memories.

    • @marco18979
      @marco18979 2 года назад +1

      i can related to most of this been in wolves since 2013,before i lived in London for a bit , the place is falling apart lol

    • @stonedmason111
      @stonedmason111 Год назад

      @@marco18979 o

    • @JamesJones-bb4bx
      @JamesJones-bb4bx 8 месяцев назад +1

      Haha sounds like it 😂😂

  • @grubio-vm7sq
    @grubio-vm7sq 3 года назад +13

    I was born in, and lived in this town for 49 years. I moved away and will never go back.

  • @photosmithy
    @photosmithy 4 года назад +11

    Born here, went to London ( uni and job) for years, came back, culture shock but its my home town and like any town/city its got its good bits and bad bits. Oh and i love Wolves( town).

  • @michaelrupert1065
    @michaelrupert1065 2 года назад +4

    My ancestors came here to America from Wolverhampton in the mid 19th century. I enjoyed this. Thanks.

  • @hannahkyle2998
    @hannahkyle2998 Месяц назад

    My Gran and Granddad were from Wolverhampton. They left in 1959 on a ship heading for Africa.

  • @user-og8zx2fe4n
    @user-og8zx2fe4n 3 года назад +7

    Im from Greece and used to study law for 3 years at wlv, so good to see the city and the university making progress since then, dispite the horrible weather wolverhampton is a good place to live!

    • @user-zo9pb3nw2x
      @user-zo9pb3nw2x 3 года назад +3

      Φίλε υπάρχει ενδεχόμενο να μου πεις κάποια στοιχεία για το πανεπιστήμιο και την ζωή εκεί ; Ενδέχεται να φύγω τον Γενάρη για σπουδές και δουλεία part time και θα ήθελα κάποιες πληροφορίες..

    • @user-og8zx2fe4n
      @user-og8zx2fe4n 3 года назад +1

      @@user-zo9pb3nw2x σορυ φιλε τωρα ειδα την απαντηση ρωτα οτι θες, ειναι ησυχη πολη κ φθηνη για σπουδες οτι πρεπει κ δουλεια, εχει αρκετους ελληνες, δεν ειναι μικρη πολη εχει 250.000 κατοικους αλλα θα σου φανει μικρη, αν εχεις παει ηδη σου ευχομαι τα καλυτερα!

  • @adamreactsandreviews8463
    @adamreactsandreviews8463 4 года назад +83

    “A good council” you must be having a laugh

    • @Chloe4656.
      @Chloe4656. 4 года назад +7

      Couldn't agree more

    • @zaynab7803
      @zaynab7803 4 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @rmg5111
      @rmg5111 4 года назад +9

      Fake plastic council

    • @abcxyz-kc7ch
      @abcxyz-kc7ch 4 года назад +4

      Conartist council!!

    • @izzyo814
      @izzyo814 3 года назад

      Shut up ok not that good council but all good

  • @marcuswall3857
    @marcuswall3857 Год назад

    Very fair reflection of somewhere I knew very well and miss alot.

  • @rogergutteridge2307
    @rogergutteridge2307 10 месяцев назад +1

    First town to have traffic lights in the UK Used to be a fantastic place to shop at weekends great for dancing and pub clubs that was in my youth 50+years

  • @MylesHSG
    @MylesHSG 2 года назад +7

    I'm from and live in London my whole life but I'm a wolves fan so I've spent a lot of time there over the years. The people are very friendly, I've made a lot of friends going to see wolves and it's always a great atmosphere especially on a match day.

    • @kevinjackson6387
      @kevinjackson6387 2 года назад +1

      Big diff to coming for football and living here

  • @neileyre6019
    @neileyre6019 Год назад

    I lived in wolves from 1989-92 and absolutely LOVED the place. I was at poly there which in my final year became a uni. I lived in Whitmore Reans for 2 years. The people are wonderful down to earth people. It is where I first tried a curry patty, from the Lomas St chippy just behind the ‘new’ adsa, which are amazing. Great town centre and amazing outside market. The beer which holds a special place in my heart is Banks’s Bitter, what an amazing pint! Well at least it was in the early 90s not had it for a while. If there was a place I’d move to it would be Wolves! Happy memories! Yowright! Love it!

  • @musicforhappypeople4608
    @musicforhappypeople4608 9 месяцев назад

    lived in Wolverhampton back in the 70s and 80s and loved the town and its people.i visited wolverhampton in the early 2000s and alot has changed.the cafe & restaurant where i worked was gone.the Hellenic at 31 victoria str.greetings from limassol Cyprus.

  • @matjust5523
    @matjust5523 2 года назад +2

    Some of my best girlfriends were from Wolverhampton, hated the place when I moved there but 8 years later I hated to move away, still think about the place and always enjoy going on u tube to see Wolverhampton related uploads just to see the place also log on to the express and star… and the football team is doing well

  • @Her34537
    @Her34537 2 месяца назад

    New subscriber! I love the channel and its content. The best way to improve English and have a good time.😊

  • @ericeasterday5849
    @ericeasterday5849 2 года назад +1

    My great grandparents were from Wolverhampton UK!! They came to America (New York I think) when they were 18 years old or so! I’ve been to the UK twice! But, just London mostly. I don’t think i’ve ever been to Wolverhampton, but it looks very nice!! 😊

    • @anthonylong9067
      @anthonylong9067 2 года назад +1

      Im american and lived in the West Midlands. It’s really nice in that part of the country. I’ve only been to Wolverhampton a couple times but it’s pretty nice out there.

  • @mrjohn.whereyoufrom
    @mrjohn.whereyoufrom Год назад +3

    I’m Wolverhampton born and bred and during the 90’s it was a great place to live. But now it’s awful especially the city centre.

  • @raptorgator
    @raptorgator 2 года назад +3

    Dead end town.
    Feel like I'm gonna get attacked whenever I'm there

  • @peterturley1331
    @peterturley1331 3 года назад +14

    My hometown. People down to earth and genuine. 💜

  • @PodcastCentral333
    @PodcastCentral333 3 года назад

    excellent video! great interviewing and listening skills and some interesting folks for sure :)

  • @p-layfitness7546
    @p-layfitness7546 Год назад +1

    Thanks for a great video! Top man 💪

  • @bmav007
    @bmav007 2 года назад +6

    This was such an interesting video. I am American, but I have ancestors from that area and I would love to visit sometime!

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад +5

      Unless you want to be severely disappointed don't bother!

    • @Daniel23424
      @Daniel23424 2 года назад +2

      @@Elvis-guy1973 that was harsh😂😂😂

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад +2

      @@Daniel23424 Not harsh enough.

  • @TravelinChina
    @TravelinChina 7 месяцев назад

    Love the bloke from Boreham Wood.

  • @salopian4037
    @salopian4037 Год назад +3

    Wolverhampton is a dump. I've known it all my 70 odd years, and compared to what it was 50/60 years ago it is a depressing hole - and has some of the grottiest areas in the country. I lived in Chapel Ash in the 1960s, and there is no comparison with then and now - but even then you could see that it was going in the direction to what it is now.

  • @eelponna3145
    @eelponna3145 Месяц назад

    Guy who lived in “38 places and Wolverhampton is in the top 2”! I can’t even begin to imagine what the 36 places worse than Wolverhampton are?! The cold dark surface of Pluto would possibly be one of them!

  • @bnapblacknewsandalternativ1489
    @bnapblacknewsandalternativ1489 Год назад +3

    I miss West Park and that is it. Too much crime now

  • @chrisjohn4272
    @chrisjohn4272 3 года назад +3

    I've had some great nights in Wolverhampton with my friends through the years

  • @oevangelista3769
    @oevangelista3769 3 года назад

    Nice man, I really like your videos, cause they've been helping me a lot with my english studies.

    • @oevangelista3769
      @oevangelista3769 3 года назад +1

      I'm from Brazil, specifically in Porto Velho City that is close the amazon.

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  3 года назад +1

      Hi Charles! Glad they're useful for your English learning :)

  • @mohussain1615
    @mohussain1615 2 года назад +7

    Wolverhampton is a great place to live. There's good transport links to Birmingham, London, Manchester etc. The Mander Center needs improving but you can always catch a train to Birmingham which has loads of great places to see and do. Merry Hill and Telford are also near by.
    The city also has some nice leafy suburbs, a good hospital, there's some excellent schools as well. West Park is absolutely lovely and obviously there's Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hopefully it will improve further. Fingers crossed!

    • @kevinjackson6387
      @kevinjackson6387 2 года назад +1

      Wolves is a great place but you then say you can always get a train to brum for shopping and merry hill ,hahaha

  • @thesheeteels8252
    @thesheeteels8252 Год назад

    My word, if these were the better interviews I can only imagine what the ones they left out are like.

  • @dacracking5768
    @dacracking5768 2 года назад

    The lad from boremwood. I’m pretty close by lol and was planning on moving down there too

  • @darrenparkes9805
    @darrenparkes9805 Год назад +1

    I was born in Wolverhampton, but I live near the beach, I love the beach, ( where do you live) I live in ADELAIDE , SOUTH AUSTRALIA, ( that’s a very long way) yes a lot farther than Southampton. Eeeeeeehhhhhhhh

  • @cookiemonster6468
    @cookiemonster6468 4 года назад +8

    I'm with the guy who said that West Park is a nice place to visit, I liked to chill there, mostly when I first came to Wolverhampton which reminds me that I should go there again soon.

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +1

      Enjoy! Used to go in the little boats in the summer, not sure if they still do it anymore

    • @rmg5111
      @rmg5111 4 года назад +3

      It’s a shit park full of weirdos and crackheads

    • @angelasmithson5291
      @angelasmithson5291 3 года назад +4

      @@rmg5111 And rapists, if you're a female on her own, men stalk you especially at night in or out of the park, they follow you if you walk down Park Road and about two years ago, a young girl was murdered and raped in that very park, I myself have been stalked by weird men so I avoid the place if I can, not safe for women but it is a quiet street and my parents friend moved from Kingsland Road he'd had enough and in the Express and Star paper it said the Kingsland Road area and Leicester Square area was rated one of the poorest roughest places and they say Wolverhampton is nice!! It was also a pick up place for prostitutes and residents complained and there were police warnings, this is the area I was bought up in sheesh!! 😕

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад

      Are you kidding! Victoria Sokolova was murdered and raped in 2018 in West Park ,and you think it's a nice place are you sick in the head? It's a mausoleum that should be shut out of respect. They should of at least put a remembrance statue up the council couldn't even be bothered to do that!

  • @rxby6225
    @rxby6225 2 года назад +3

    I love living in wolverhampton x

  • @boeingbwoy
    @boeingbwoy 4 года назад +25

    I moved from the coast to bilston 3 years ago, big big mistake, what a dump... It's like going back to the 1970s, the mentality of the people here, they happily live in their own filth and don't want to change

    • @konadesu
      @konadesu 4 года назад +3

      Yeah I can agree with Bilston. Used to go over to see my girlfriend at the time and each time I went over I encountered something to put me off going. People are so much nicer over in Wednesfield.

    • @coolthefool1
      @coolthefool1 4 года назад +2

      That's bilston

    • @amosand7476
      @amosand7476 4 года назад +3

      U went to Bilston...lol

    • @boeingbwoy
      @boeingbwoy 4 года назад +4

      @@amosand7476 I caught my lesbian neighbour sucking off her brother in law on someone's doorstep... they are a different breed

    • @dott8348
      @dott8348 3 года назад +1

      boeingbwoy 😱did u tell them

  • @esssexboy
    @esssexboy 3 года назад +10

    I only been to Wolverhampton once and to be honest i was well impressed with the city, good bars, friendly folk, great history. And houses are cheap as chips compared to poverish London

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад +1

      I don't know who you talk to in wolverhampton but I find the people here ignorant and nasty.

    • @Daniel23424
      @Daniel23424 2 года назад +2

      @@Elvis-guy1973 init😂😂😂

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад

      @@Daniel23424 innit does not compute.

  • @zaleeqeddy1130
    @zaleeqeddy1130 2 года назад +1

    Nice place.. Wolverhampton in my memory

  • @abcxyz-kc7ch
    @abcxyz-kc7ch 4 года назад

    Absolute truth!

  • @genie121
    @genie121 4 года назад +8

    I feel wolves has a lot of potential if it was invested into and done up nicely! Wolves was one of the places we looked at to live but after a visit we found it dead as fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mannyk2755
    @mannyk2755 2 года назад +4

    Around Penn area it’s good, other places like Bilston, Park hill, Heath town and fillings park are not that great. Litter every where and druggies roaming around..

    • @marktaurus206
      @marktaurus206 2 года назад +2

      Birmingham and most of the west midlands is like that.

    • @HershelBloom
      @HershelBloom 9 месяцев назад

      Tettenhall, Finchfield, Compton and Perton are really nice

    • @steveroberts9453
      @steveroberts9453 6 месяцев назад

      apart from the recent teenage gang stabbings

  • @johnsamuels1339
    @johnsamuels1339 4 года назад +22

    I lived in Wolverhampton for 31 years, totally surprised that your man didn't interview one Asian or Afro-Carribean person 🤔

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +2

      Hey John! I asked a lot of people of different backgrounds but not everyone says yes of course.
      Check out the first episode and others if you'd like to see a bit more diversity! - Jake

    • @johnsamuels1339
      @johnsamuels1339 4 года назад +1

      @@SimplyStreetEnglish Jake, thanks for your swift response. I wasn't trying to make a judgement, just thought it a little surprising that no BAME'S were interviewed, but appreciate your reasoning for this. I did enjoy your interviews however. Take care John.

    • @izzyo814
      @izzyo814 3 года назад +1

      Me to but not that long lol

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  3 года назад

      @@moniopia9551 Hey Moni! Thanks for the comment :) My 'excuse' (let's call it a reason eh?) as mentioned to John ^ was that not everyone I approach wants to be interviewed.
      Again if you'd like to see some diversity - feel free to check out other videos! ruclips.net/video/vn2h9sI37pk/видео.html
      Have a good day!

    • @kingofthewestmidlands4049
      @kingofthewestmidlands4049 2 года назад +1

      @John Samuels Your comment is discrimitory. Maybe there weren't any brown people (my kids are brown and my best mate is Asian) to interview at the time. Why do people like you always pop up somewhere bleating about race? I grew up in Wolverhampton and attended a secondary school with a 19% white British pupils and that was in the 1990's. Back then there wasn't much discrimination in school and you may find it hard to believe with your big chip on your shoulder but the main terms used were Gora/Goree or Honkee

  • @Melody-mu6nk
    @Melody-mu6nk 3 года назад +1

    I was waiting for the "Bargain Stone" lol

  • @Chloe4656.
    @Chloe4656. 4 года назад +22

    What about the atmosphere in Wolverhampton is amazing??
    I never feel safe there ever whenever I have visited.

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +1

      It's a strange one I'll admit. I've walked around a lot in the 18 years I lived there and did ok but have friends that had other experiences

    • @bigmumayeahhh6059
      @bigmumayeahhh6059 4 года назад +1

      Don't visit then 😊

    • @MrRooibos123
      @MrRooibos123 4 года назад +3

      The people are very friendly

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +1

      @@MrRooibos123 As you can see in the video :)

    • @colinafobe2152
      @colinafobe2152 4 года назад +2

      I felt perfectly safe when visited. really quiet and friendly reminds me on my town

  • @debbieburton938
    @debbieburton938 9 месяцев назад

    My family's been here for at least 400 years so yes I love living here it is home

  • @nealmcgloin2984
    @nealmcgloin2984 10 месяцев назад +2

    No born and bred in wolvo, and in the last twenty years, it's turned into a sithole. But then again, I'll be castigated for being honest.

  • @maxgenger5457
    @maxgenger5457 2 года назад +1

    Lived in wolverhampton all my life live it

  • @joanblake4347
    @joanblake4347 4 года назад

    Vey good like it

  • @clarazegarelli5861
    @clarazegarelli5861 3 года назад +4

    I am here because there is a site that scores Wolverhampton #1 place to live in the UK! .. first in safety, first in friendliness, first in area upkeep. first overall. (was provident personal credit site) I just was curious seemed a dream town

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад

      What's this site called? Wolverhampton is a horrible place to live and it's not safe either that's mostly because the police couldn't give a shit!
      And as for people being friendly, you must be joking! The people are bigoted and small minded aggressive and nasty.

    • @kevinjackson6387
      @kevinjackson6387 2 года назад +4

      Man what site was that hahaha,who does these servas

    • @kevinjackson6387
      @kevinjackson6387 2 года назад

      Surveys

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 Год назад +1

      What?? I've seen it listed as 5th worst place to live in the UK

    • @clarazegarelli5861
      @clarazegarelli5861 Год назад +2

      @@simonh6371 seems that the site did the survey had some real estate that needed to move. :)

  • @macca63
    @macca63 4 года назад +11

    THE city of the mighty Slade!

    • @isntitj
      @isntitj 4 года назад +1

      And I’m far, far away...

    • @edwardburnsen-hicks2721
      @edwardburnsen-hicks2721 3 года назад +1

      Slade lol. Poor mans prog Rock.

    • @kcwolf4624
      @kcwolf4624 3 года назад +1

      @@edwardburnsen-hicks2721 Slade were glam rock, not prog.

    • @edwardburnsen-hicks2721
      @edwardburnsen-hicks2721 3 года назад +1

      @@kcwolf4624 . Garry Glitter an mark Bowlan were glam. Slade glam prog nothing. My old man knew Dave Hill.

    • @ena303
      @ena303 3 года назад +1

      Noddy Holder is off the beechdale in walsall ,Dave Hill just down the road (Bentley) . That's not wolverhampton.

  • @Stuey1221
    @Stuey1221 4 месяца назад

    Wolverhampton is great if you walk around looking upwards. The buildings and architecture are amazing but unfortunately it's let down by the number of closed shops. It's great if you want to pawn in your childs xbox, go and place a few bets at the bookies then spend your winnings at the pound shop but other than that there's nothing anymore. It's a real shame. Looks like the remainder of the shops are being killed off by the pedestrianisation as well, all I can put it down to is the councils trying for a city based on nightlife etc... as opposed to shopping etc... might be completely wrong but we'll see....

  • @colinwishbone4437
    @colinwishbone4437 3 года назад +4

    Born in Wolverhampton in 1937,WAS a lovely place till about 1960,recently visited,What a dump,Beatrice's boarded up,streets filthy Whoever over the years on the council,has neglected it ,Queen Square was like a township,Totally disgracr

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад +4

      The heart has been torn out of the place and people are really rude!

  • @elllin1750
    @elllin1750 3 года назад +2

    ”The Mexican bloke” Jimenez 😂🙄

  • @SavoxYT
    @SavoxYT 2 года назад +3

    About 5% of people living in Wolverhampton are actually from there. The rest are... use your imagination.

  • @russrussyboyblue8991
    @russrussyboyblue8991 4 года назад +10

    I'm a wolverine so i enjoyed this video, I love Wolverhampton could you do another and ask the old Biddy's what things have changed in our town

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it! Sounds like a good idea, one for a future video!

    • @Zayna_x
      @Zayna_x 3 года назад +1

      I’m contemplating 2 move here but I’m not sure ab whether I’d fit in, goin to try goin uni here

    • @russrussyboyblue8991
      @russrussyboyblue8991 3 года назад +1

      @@Zayna_x Wolverhampton would welcome you, best wishes

    • @Zayna_x
      @Zayna_x 3 года назад

      russ russyboyblue aha you’re so kind, is it very diverse and multicultural. I fear racism 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @juleerowley9706
      @juleerowley9706 3 года назад +3

      Its wulfrunian not wolverine....

  • @vimtobill4156
    @vimtobill4156 Год назад +2

    "I like West Park."
    He better mean in the day. Because we know what happens at night at West Park. It ain't pretty.

  • @YOKiiBTS
    @YOKiiBTS 4 года назад +9

    Good job I wasn't there if I was interviewed in this I would have told the truth.

  • @MarmaladeStex
    @MarmaladeStex 2 года назад

    I am Born and Bred in this City!,
    You now see Blue Jacketed Wolverhampton ambassadors walking around with "Were here to Help!", Printed on their Coats etc, but they seem very Clicky & a bit Edgy when approached!.

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад +1

      I've never bothered with them, I don't see the point.

  • @jokerincgaming2730
    @jokerincgaming2730 Месяц назад

    My wife's from Wolverhampton she moved here to Scotland to get away from the area she was from. Shes been here 13 years

  • @darrenparkes9805
    @darrenparkes9805 Год назад

    I was born in Wolverhampton, left as a small child in 1970, sadly never been back, my grandparents house is still the same,( checked google eart) the address was 194 marsh lane, anyone live in marsh lane , I remember fireworks night and falling over on the snowy footpaths, I have relatives but they never communicate, my mums surname was EDGE. MAYBE ILL get back before I pass away eeehhhh,

  • @SimplyStreetEnglish
    @SimplyStreetEnglish  5 лет назад +8

    Vocabulary time!
    On the whole = in general (0:57)
    Bloke = a man, usually someone you don't know (02:30)
    Summat = Something (02:32)
    He said "This is my the best place in Wolverhampton" which wasn't quite right. But that's OK! Remember that with speaking a new language it's about the message you're communicating, you'll learn with time! (05:27)
    I dunno = I don't know (05:56)
    Greggs = a well known bakers in the UK (05:59)
    Maccies = what we call McDonald's (05:59)
    'n' that = and that (06:38)
    All me life = All my life. We sometimes use 'me' instead of 'my' (06:48)
    The Black Country = The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands, England, west of Birmingham and commonly refers to a region covering most of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. It was due to the factory/coal smoke during the Industrial Revolution The thing is, this is still debated over where exactly it is! (06:49)
    In the main = on the whole ;) (06:57)
    Gonna = going to (07:36)
    Signateur= I think he made this word up? But it means someone who signs/ has signed something (10:57)

  • @poshgentleman559
    @poshgentleman559 2 года назад +4

    I live in W,ton, it's fine.....though it was better in the 1960s/70s. Years ago l could walk down Dudley street: look in burtons, which 30 years ago had good clothes....also foster menswear, C&A, Woolworths, littlewoods, BHS, etc.....all those stores are now gone. And dudley street is a shadow of its former self. There will always be unsavoury people in EVERY city/town, but l have noticed over the last decade or more: there seems to be more....and sorry to be judgemental: yobby types about, and people who reek of cannabis, and f and blind in the city centre, and people having arguments everywhere, also people walking around with beer cans in their hand, and beggars asking for spare change. The mander centre has lost the character it had in the 70s......the main gallery used to have phone boxes, large sculptures, and plants etc. Now it's like an empty aircraft hanger. Times have changed country wide, not just W,ton.......and not for the best. It's people who make a town and city......and the way they behave. Manners, and behaving appropriately seems to be a thing of the past......l have seen many parents in the city centre: f..ing, and blinding at their young children......is it any wonder that morals are in the gutter here, and country wide.....some unfortunately don,t want to make the effort, and that's the top and bottom of it.

  • @tumbel99
    @tumbel99 3 года назад +2

    I miss my home Wolverhampton

    • @boeingbwoy
      @boeingbwoy 3 года назад

      Why doe you come back andy? You aren't a million miles away.. hope you're well mate regards Jeffrey

  • @edwardburnsen-hicks2721
    @edwardburnsen-hicks2721 3 года назад +2

    Now in the 6% most deprived areas of the country. Buy a house for 60k. I'd never go back.

  • @Meddows
    @Meddows Год назад

    Wolverhampton looks nice

  • @whitedust696
    @whitedust696 9 месяцев назад

    Tram gets you to whole of the Mids

  • @rogergutteridge2307
    @rogergutteridge2307 10 месяцев назад

    Great video!! RG nz

  • @stevienugnugent9986
    @stevienugnugent9986 7 месяцев назад

    Parts of Wolverhampton have been ruined with the reset and pedestrianisation a lot of small businesses have closed down. There are plusses the accessibility is good to travel and the banks and some stores are good. However, where the market used to be and that end of town is a ghost town sad to see. Its got good multiculturalism generally a nice place to live with clean suburbs and canals and nearby countryside

  • @jairjaime9568
    @jairjaime9568 3 года назад +5

    oh the city of liam payne!

  • @larrycrazysheepdavies
    @larrycrazysheepdavies 2 года назад +2

    It’s a dump lived there 25yrs would never go back

  • @josephharrison1432
    @josephharrison1432 4 года назад +4

    Moved to the area when I was 5 years old due to family issues, always loathed Wolverhampton, I worked in Newark, NJ which was equally as eventful but being 20 mins from NYC maybe so? I moved to China in 2015 and when I find myself back to see family I absolutely die inside when I have to be back in its vicinity.

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад +4

      I was born and bred here. The problem isn't so much the town, it's the people. They're horrid to be around,and so ignorant it's breathtaking! The only people I speak to usually come from different countries they seem to be less bigoted and judgemental.

  • @56nation67
    @56nation67 3 года назад

    I'm a Mullarkey!

  • @fernandoalvarez1674
    @fernandoalvarez1674 2 года назад

    Me gustaría visitar ese lugar

  • @MrDWide-iq7df
    @MrDWide-iq7df 3 года назад +2

    "nice place" ppl get stabbed behind newcross and then striker gets burned down ay we nice ppl

  • @kevinfinn9486
    @kevinfinn9486 8 месяцев назад +1

    Wolves is a good city centre, far worse areas like Walsall and Birmingham 😊..

  • @eswarreddy850
    @eswarreddy850 2 года назад +2

    Miss this place badly the queen square, Wolverhampton university the place where I have done my studies, kebab early in the nights Oceana pub still pretty more things I miss

  • @robertomh8065
    @robertomh8065 3 года назад +1

    Every city has pros and cons

  • @pedrom.6106
    @pedrom.6106 3 года назад +1

    I thorn between going to Wolverhampton university or ARU in Cambridge can anyone help me out? Never been to the UK, I'm from PORTUGAL

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  3 года назад +1

      Hello Pedro! I'm from Wolverhampton, it's cheap yes but Cambridge is much more beautiful. I would recommend ARU for that reason.
      Have a look at some more of our recent videos for a little look at Cambridge, you'll see what I mean :) Jake

    • @pedrom.6106
      @pedrom.6106 3 года назад +1

      @@SimplyStreetEnglish Yeah I believe you! But Cambridge is a expensive city, Wolverhampton might be cheaper for a student

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  3 года назад

      True, you'll be able to visit Cambridge though I imagine!

    • @angelasmithson5291
      @angelasmithson5291 3 года назад +2

      Don't go to Wolverhampton uni, I've heard bad stories about it!! 🙁

    • @Mr99cool99
      @Mr99cool99 2 года назад

      @@angelasmithson5291 can you please explain what are those stories.?

  • @littlecherryful
    @littlecherryful Год назад +2

    Vile place

  • @tooplanx
    @tooplanx 2 года назад +1

    Wolverhampton gets a bad rap. Sure, it's not the best place in the world, but it has a fair few things going for it and it's a hell of a lot better than many other towns in the UK. If you think Wolverhampton is a shit hole, try going to Runcorn or Scunthorpe!

  • @ankledsquid
    @ankledsquid 9 месяцев назад

    2:30 lmao nothing summarises wolvo better than these few seconds. The mildly racist old white man, The accent, The outfit. Perfection for the typical yam yam

  • @Jay-be1xk
    @Jay-be1xk 4 года назад +5

    I live in Wolverhampton and it’s ok xdd

  • @millercreativestrategiesll8863
    @millercreativestrategiesll8863 2 года назад

    Y ancestors lived in that city since Elizabethan times

  • @steveroberts9453
    @steveroberts9453 6 месяцев назад

    If you visit Wolverhampton city centre, just leave your car behind.

  • @martinjones8216
    @martinjones8216 3 года назад +4

    How did they manage to find so many white people to talk to? Wolverhampton is okay and I live there

  • @georgekaplan4696
    @georgekaplan4696 3 года назад +2

    There's defo more pros 😆👅

  • @redme7828
    @redme7828 3 года назад +1

    Hi everybody ✌️

  • @vasilyokless
    @vasilyokless 4 года назад +2

    Why did an interviewee call the region "Black Country" @5:07? Thank you.

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +4

      It's an area of England that used to produce lots of smoke from the factories in history. There's a particular accent that goes with it too! Check it out here: ruclips.net/video/ZBzy32Uiikc/видео.html This lady at 9:10 has the accent and explains some of the areas of the Black Country. Hope that helps :)

    • @chrysalislashstudioacademy2621
      @chrysalislashstudioacademy2621 4 года назад

      Was curious as well lol

    • @peterturley1331
      @peterturley1331 3 года назад

      The towns industrial heritage mate. Do your homework.

    • @jhareng
      @jhareng 11 месяцев назад

      Like the council all too eager to label it as, Wolvo has never been in the Black Country.

  • @Begabungszentrum
    @Begabungszentrum 5 лет назад

    Excellent

  • @colinafobe2152
    @colinafobe2152 4 года назад +2

    the BARGAIN STONE :)

    • @colinafobe2152
      @colinafobe2152 4 года назад +1

      great city and people together with the best football club in the world. stay safe people of wolverhampton. greetings from serbia

  • @Miendos
    @Miendos 3 года назад +2

    I'd like to move to Wolverhampton, i also support them in EPL, but Brexit doesn't help.

  • @mareksmezalis5960
    @mareksmezalis5960 Год назад

    Love this video, so brittish. xD
    Miss England and people.

  • @kevinjackson6387
    @kevinjackson6387 8 месяцев назад

    That guy who said he’s lived in 30 places and puts wolves in top 2 must have lived in some right shitholes then lol,

  • @Metalfuck
    @Metalfuck 4 года назад +2

    I like it but theres not many nature areas for me so us Wolverhampton witches cant do much

    • @peterturley1331
      @peterturley1331 3 года назад +3

      The Nature Reserve in Compton, Penn Common, plenty of wonderful nature walks kid, where you can truly be at one with Nature.💜

    • @boeingbwoy
      @boeingbwoy 3 года назад

      That's true, but you have to create your own sacred space here

    • @Metalfuck
      @Metalfuck 3 года назад +1

      @@boeingbwoy true!! Maybe make a like area in a forest or something?

    • @Metalfuck
      @Metalfuck 3 года назад

      @@peterturley1331 Thank you so much!!!

    • @BlackthornBushcraft
      @BlackthornBushcraft 2 года назад +1

      Plenty of places in around and close top Wolves, Northycote Farm, Smestow Valley, Roughwood, Baggerridge, Wrekin, Cannock Chase, we are also surrounded by greenbelt and little woodlands.

  • @pedrom.6106
    @pedrom.6106 3 года назад

    Do you think that is easy to find a job in Wolverhampton? And is it a cheap city for students?

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  3 года назад

      Depends on the job! Definitely cheap to rent there though.

    • @pedrom.6106
      @pedrom.6106 3 года назад

      @@SimplyStreetEnglish when I say job I'm talking about a job just to help pay rent and all that. Like a part time at a restaurant, supermarket... that kinda of mcdonalds job you will! Do you reckon that it's easy to get a job of that sort in Wolverhampton?

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  3 года назад

      Yes, I think you should be able to find something. Supermarkets always seem to be hiring!

    • @pedrom.6106
      @pedrom.6106 3 года назад

      @Sam Kay you think so ? Even at these usual "easier to get" jobs? Like fast food chains and things like that?

    • @vimtobill4156
      @vimtobill4156 Год назад +1

      Competition is high for jobs. Job opportunities aren't great, as in choice and distance to travel. A lot of jobs are outside wolves. Areas such as Telford and even Birmingham or thrown in to make up the job opportunities. Yes you can find something but it will take a while.

  • @pete3773
    @pete3773 3 года назад +4

    It's a dump alright. Dumpville.

    • @peterturley1331
      @peterturley1331 3 года назад +2

      Try Stafford. Tory Toss Hole.

    • @boeingbwoy
      @boeingbwoy 3 года назад +1

      Wolverdumpton

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад +1

      @@peterturley1331 Don't try Stafford! I thought Wolverhampton was bad until I went there!

  • @legendkiller2k
    @legendkiller2k 4 года назад +2

    That bargaining stone is located just behind the railings of the church, quite a lot of people in Wolves know about it.

    • @SimplyStreetEnglish
      @SimplyStreetEnglish  4 года назад +1

      We know about it too now, can't believe it's taken so long to hear about it!

    • @peterturley1331
      @peterturley1331 3 года назад +1

      Born n' bred in Wolverhampton, 64 years of age, and I ain't never heard of it until now.

    • @Elvis-guy1973
      @Elvis-guy1973 2 года назад

      I don't, I've lived here nearly 50 years!