Well done Mathews Chippy - you deserve a medal as the cheapest fish and chips in Britain. £3.00 is brilliant- They are robbing us blind here in Wallsend near Newcastle upon Tyne where they charge £12.00 for the same size fish and chips.
Community is everything, people looking out for each other, volunteers up and down the country keeping our libraries open, running charity shops, high street planters filled .. after school activities. ... the list goes on. We cannot rely on local councils.. they waste money. Please keep flying the flag for positivity, there is a lot of good out there. As always a great video!
Oh and by the way, I’m pretty sure Grimsby is actually known as Great Grimsby!! I don’t know why but I’m pretty sure it’s on the town sign as you enter the town. Cheers 😊😊
I really appreciated your review of Grimsby. My partner is a cod head so I spend a lot of time there. Yes it has it's challenges. What was once a thriving and wealthy fishing port has been reduced to destitution, since the decimation of the fishing industry and all the subsidiary businesses that supported it with no jobs to replace them. The work was hard but it was there, once proud hard working men were thrown on the scrap heap. Now Grimsby has suffered years of generational unemployment, a part of tbe forgotten and neglected 'North' . Despite the hardship the people look out for each other and there is a thriving and creative community.
MY GOD! £3! ? Another excellent video X Well said James x Grimsby looks great! Love the museum x Canny pub and fish and chips for £3= Bloody fantastic X
As I've said previously on forums, the local councils need to regenerate the town/city centres by using the shop accommodation above the shops and make them into apartments. Everywhere abroad has thousands of apartments above local shops which automatically regenerates the footfall and encourages shops to open
James friends of mine were telling me how much they enjoyed a channel on you tube they described the couple whose channel it was I knew it was your channel straight away it’s great how we all enjoy it keep up the good work 👍
Well there’s me saying fish and chips cost an 💪 and a 🦵🏽 and you’ve made a video of a chippy in Grimsby where you can buy Haddock (yummy) and chips for £3! 😮 That’s amazing. Good on Grimsby.
Hi James, thank you for showing off my home town of Grimsby, wish I'd been there to show you around a bit. The Heritage Museum table that was decided into squares was to stop your plate falling off the table in high seas, which is where the saying '3 square meals a day's comes from Love the channel
You always come across as a kind genuine person with a dry sense of humour, so enjoy watching your videos , love hiw you and Helen bounce of one another .
Found your videos when you were converting your van. I was considering it myself at the time and have been full-time for a few months now, your channel definitely spurred me on. How do you deal with/ reply to the negative stereotype of van life? Seems most of my work colleagues/ family/ friends consider me as homeless now 😂
like most towns theres good and bad bits,the empty shops in these places are usually down to 2 factors...internet shopping and councils mismanagement..think the way forward for high streets etc is independent shops , a lot of the old dept stores have gone now, good luck on getting to the fifty
Try Redcar! 3000 jobs gone at the steel works. Now to Grimsby, Fishing fleet virtually gone so that takes other jobs away with it, not as much money in the town, shops shut etc. It is a domino effect and it's sad.
Never been to Grimsby but to be honest it didn't look too bad. 👍 And those fish & ships, Wow what a bargain £3.00.😮 That is amazing. Like you said a family of 4 could all get fish & chips for £12.. That is fantastic in this day & age. A big thumbs up to them. 👍 Here in Lancaster there's an award winning chippy on my street, we usually only get 2 fish & 1 large chips to share and that's over £12. If I went to Grimsby I'd defo pop in there. Thanks James. 😁😉
You should have come to Waltham we’re we live and our surrounding villages and Waltham windmill is nice to see and look around their shops you would have both liked it liked that next time I hope 😊
Dont know why but i expected helen to be standing at the bar in the museum trying to get an ale 😂. Not easy to get people to be positive these days and have more fun most want to moan and find problems with everything . Keep that upbeat attitude and positivity we all need , thats why everyone loves helen so much. Cheers mate enjoyed the vlog .
£3 for fish& chips unbelievable jeff how do they do it.well done grimsby. I've been to various chippys in run down areas I've heard locals ask for special bag of chips only to be amazed they got a massive amount to feed an army for about £2.50.now thats what i call value for your money.
I’m from Cleethorpes you can’t get fish chips and mushy peas for less than £10 Average bag of chips is £3 plus. Area where that chips shop is rough but no other chippy is anywhere near that cheap around there. It’s good of the owners to sell them at that price.
Come to Bradford James. Do a preview on the City of Culture 2025. Shed some light on the diversity and you could do Curry V Fish and Chips vlog as we do have the best of both.
Eh up! When you said you've left ya skin, I thought you were having an out of body experience. Brilliant channel and love going on all your journey's with Helliebobs. 👍
Hi James, after seeing you at the Whitby museum, we think you should go to the Black Country Living Museum. Go see it, I don't want to give too much away, but it's an entire town set back in the day complete with a coal pit.
A up James. Ive thought of an idea for some Merch. Print a very realistic mushy pea to shirts and hoodies, could be your LOGO.. id buy one, would be funny as your strolling about 😂
The big painting of the man in the mayor robe in the town hall you go in is also in a hotel in Folkestone I used to work at called the grand,I’m sure he was they mayor of Folkestone
I really enjoy your videos when you talk about the towns and show museums, buildings and talk history - that's where you shine. I'd like to see you go down to the Isles of Scilly - one of the many places I dream of seeing. From Ontario, Canada.
Hiya James & Helen I stumbled across your videos a week ago. I am now hooked. I absolutely love your videos so interesting. Genuine and funny. You are both so great as a couple. You are made for one another. I have spent the last week happily catching up on all your videos. Thanks for all your hard work. I am now a very happy subscriber. I am a Manchester lass born & bred. I don’t live there now. I live in north wales. I enjoyed your Llandudno video, I go there a lot. I look forward to all your future videos. Take care. Love to you both.
If everyone that travels through can give and extra 3pounds to the fish and ship shop to feed a poor person that can’t afford it .. that would be really good. Just a a thought 😊 Call it the Friday Special!
EY-UP James,you are looking well. My brother lives in Grimsby (a posh bit 🤣) and I have visited him a few times. It isn’t that “grim” and I think your video shows that. It’s true that there’s a lot of unemployment,the decimation of the fishing industry has a lot to do with it. The heritage site was good to show people and £3 for fish and chips was amazing. I hope you enjoy your strange named beer and fancy flavoured nuts. Please don’t go chasing “poverty porn” you are at your best showing us more spectacular towns and villages. Best wishes and safe travels MICK 🤝👍
Great vid.👍 I cycled thru last year on my way down the coast. The poverty is palpable, even down near the football ground in Cleethorpes, like a lot of places it's reason for being has gone. I found the people ace, and looking around, and reading about the Kasbah (hopefully) regeneration, it has potential.... I reality hope it happens.
Been living in America for over 32yrs,haven’t been back for over 16 yrs…..these two are an absolute joy to watch….…….lived in Virginia Waters as a young kid……and in my twenties lived in Scarborough ….thankyou both for giving me great memories………plz keep them coming
Keep them coming James. Loved your vlogs in Benidorm and Liverpool. How about trying Nottingham, also known as " Studentville ". My home town but now I'm an exile in Greece. ❤️🇬🇷
Well done James great video loving the Positive vibes and I’m sick of people putting places down 😊😊 £3 fish & chips wow that’s amazing 😊😊 Just was going to ask what was that beautiful building you went into at first where you couldn’t go up stairs. What was the building’s initial purpose ? No peas on your shirt 👔 good man Phil & Fay
That fisherman sitting with a beer in the museum would have been funny if Helen had been pictured oposite him with a drink would have made a great photo lol😂
Hi James, I’ve been watching you for quite a while, I love your honesty very genuine and Helen is a blast. I’ve subscribed and bought £35 with of peanuts 😂 I love peanuts in fact I love all nuts 😅 x Have a great week and he’s hoping you hit the 50 plus number before the end of the month x
You can barely buy a portion of chips for £3 in Filey!! That chippy has to be best value for money in the UK. You’re right, they are supporting their local community best way they can!! Maybe an interview with the owner to shine a little that on them.
If I can play devil's advocate for just one second, James I think quite a bit of the vitriol comes from knowing what's been lost to 'progress' I'm quite guilty of it myself However, the industries that were created over decades that reinforced places like Grimsby,Sheffield and Barnsley are long gone, it's going to take more than people just being nice and positive. It's going to take selflessness and sacrifice which unfortunately is in short supply these days. There is still much beauty to be found in such places and luckily we have your help to find them. Another great video mate God bless
Excellent video James, Grimsby has some fine old buildings and statues evidently. The minster had a very serene atmosphere and was beautiful. The footbridge going to the docks could do with a lick of paint to brighten it up. Nice video, and im looking forward to the big projects you mentioned.
What a great shop selling a cheap tea for local people fantastic. Actually Grimsby looked a clean area and as you say there’s no money being invested in these places . Glad you went and showed us James . Keep up the good work you tell us how it really is. Xx
OMG, James, stop it 🛑 I'm doing slimming club at the min and you have cheapo 🐟 and 🍟 AND VIP peanuts 🥜 😋 YUM 😋 You can go off some people !! Thanks for extra vlog by the way.😊 Never even seen a picture of Grimsby before so this was interesting. Pity about the market having so many empty stalls. This is happening all over the country and as a child of the 60's and 70's I can remember when markets were really important for cheap meat cheese and things like fabrics. Goddammit it's shopping on line etc affecting all the old traditions, which were so good for community spirit and saving pennies. Loved the fishing museum so nostalgic. I'm not sure how much fishing is still done off that coast now. Loved the old fish n chip shop in the museum really twanged my memory chords. Give my love to Helen. Thanks again James for keeping me entertained. Take Care both Janice x By the way when can - go to Crewe and try and find the positives. I was born and brought up there when it was a thriving railway town. My Dad worked on the railway and he would turn in his grave if he saw the state its in now . ( I dont live there now but I am shocked whenever I visit )
@bythecurb And James , after Crewe, a good idea would be to then drive up the road a short distance to the quaint and beautiful town of Nantwich The contrast is mind-blowing. Jx
Totally agree about the negativity, just makes people unhappy. Very timely upload for me, I'm having a couple of nights in Cleethorpes next Thursday & Friday, my mates said....what are you going there for? it's a dump. Typical York snobbishness, they've probably never been (the truth is I got a cracking deal at the Premier Inn - £35 a night and want to get hold of some decent fresh fish & chips). Thanks for the upload.
Hope you enjoyed your Grimsby visit online here n yes credit to mathews while you was in town should ov popped in tivoli tavern nice cheap pint in town 🙂
Love a bit of "By The Curb". James, it would be really interesting if you can run us through your filming kit as I see that the camera follows you when you're getting peas down your shirt 😀. Keep these positive city vlogs going 👏
Fair play to you James, you showed some really lovely buildings and the Minster. There is just something so special about a church. The fish n chips looked good. Nice to see a queue outside, waiting for them to open. Took me back to when I was little and we had to queue for the chip shop as it was so popular.
It's funny you saying about the shopping centre being unusually quiet, my partner and i went to a nice garden centre yesterday abd for a Saturday in spring it was so quiet, we tyen called by a big home bargains and thay was quiet, there used to be massive queues for the tills on a Saturday! We popped in a chain pub late afternoon for a drink and hardly anyone in! It really hit home how the government has really crippled everyone financially with the cost of living and it's going to impact these towns economies even more.
£3 wow!! I agree Grimsby appears to have a stigma, I’ve never been there so I am open minded. Nearly went for the football last season but there ground is in Cleethorpes. We are now in the same league again next season will make to trip up there. Top video as always James! 👊 ….Smithy
James, great watch. I live in New England and I know you like their IPA's and there are so many , I tend to stay clear of them because they knock me about if I have more than a couple. I head back to Blighty as much as I can and can drink real ale until the cows come home with no hangover, so I have to put it down to something in the NE brew. We have a couple of micro breweries in our town that do a special bitter, they're close to authentic, but 4 cans of them and I am rough the next day. I go to our local Irish bar on a Sunday to watch the 11:30. ET Premier league game and have 5 very good pints of Guinness, get home have 8 cans of Boddingtons and a bottle of red wine and I am not too bad Sunday morning 🙂( I am self employed). Yet, some of the NE IPA's are 8.5 %, that's alright if you want just one, but if you're on a session, you're not going to last very long, lmao.
Loved this video. I lived in Grimsby back in the early sixties. My Dad was born there and my ancestors were Grimsby fisherman. I was at the Fisherman's Heritage Centre in 2019, on a trip down memory lane, with my two brothers and my mother. We thought the museum was wonderful. What a great job they have done. I have a wonderful photo of one of my brothers in front of the fish and chip lady in the museum. We have lived in Canada since 1966. I was born in Doncaster. The first video I watched of yours, was the one where you walked around Doncaster. In fact I might have come across it because I had watched another video about places boarded up in Doncaster and your channel popped up in that YT algorithm. Would rather watch you than ones about boarded up places.
Nice start to the positive campaign James. Trouble is the camera still pick's up the boarded up shops, empty market stalls and lack of shoppers. But hat's off to you, positives were still found. Could not believe the £3 fish & chips, it's £3.30 for a portion of chips at our chippy. Good luck with positive quest, it is needed.
Some problems are helped by visiting, shopping and sightseeing an area using a different attitude. It won't fix these towns, but it can help. Loved the Fishing Museum. ❤🇦🇺
Hi James. I was lucky enough to stumble upon one of your videos about a year ago. So glad I did. Your content is so genuine, interesting and funny. Glad you are putting a positive spin on every place you visit. Got my wife watching your channel now too. Keep it up. Cheers mate, Will, in Torquay.
Well done Mathews Chippy - you deserve a medal as the cheapest fish and chips in Britain. £3.00 is brilliant- They are robbing us blind here in Wallsend near Newcastle upon Tyne where they charge £12.00 for the same size fish and chips.
Shows how much rest are robbing us
Community is everything, people looking out for each other, volunteers up and down the country keeping our libraries open, running charity shops, high street planters filled .. after school activities. ... the list goes on. We cannot rely on local councils.. they waste money. Please keep flying the flag for positivity, there is a lot of good out there. As always a great video!
Re release of a superb production, well worth viewing again or for the first time, enjoy, get it out of here folks. Happy days.
Oh and by the way, I’m pretty sure Grimsby is actually known as Great Grimsby!! I don’t know why but I’m pretty sure it’s on the town sign as you enter the town. Cheers 😊😊
Yes, you are correct 😊
Its nice to see that being positive about things, people are so negative about things these days. Keep on with the great content.
I really appreciated your review of Grimsby. My partner is a cod head so I spend a lot of time there. Yes it has it's challenges. What was once a thriving and wealthy fishing port has been reduced to destitution, since the decimation of the fishing industry and all the subsidiary businesses that supported it with no jobs to replace them. The work was hard but it was there, once proud hard working men were thrown on the scrap heap. Now Grimsby has suffered years of generational unemployment, a part of tbe forgotten and neglected 'North' . Despite the hardship the people look out for each other and there is a thriving and creative community.
That's true. So much for 'levelling up'
MY GOD! £3! ? Another excellent video X Well said James x Grimsby looks great! Love the museum x Canny pub and fish and chips for £3= Bloody fantastic X
I bloody LOVE that museum - you have inspired me to go to not-so-grim Grimsby
As I've said previously on forums, the local councils need to regenerate the town/city centres by using the shop accommodation above the shops and make them into apartments. Everywhere abroad has thousands of apartments above local shops which automatically regenerates the footfall and encourages shops to open
A couple of things I enjoyed about Grimsby was Wetherspoons being outside the railway station and then a game of bingo at the Buzz club after.
That chippie was a service to the community. £3 I imagine is a game changer. Cheaper than turning on the gas cooker.
Me and my mum watch you when we chill at night your doing fab by the curb is real we love real people
Thank you so much 😊❤️
James friends of mine were telling me how much they enjoyed a channel on you tube they described the couple whose channel it was I knew it was your channel straight away it’s great how we all enjoy it keep up the good work 👍
Thank you, that's great :-)
Haven’t been here in a while. Insane channel growth. Well done mate. Good to see you doing well.
Thank you 😊❤️
Well there’s me saying fish and chips cost an 💪 and a 🦵🏽 and you’ve made a video of a chippy in Grimsby where you can buy Haddock (yummy) and chips for £3! 😮 That’s amazing. Good on Grimsby.
I like your positive outlook, show the good sides of towns, people etc. And eat what the hell you like. YOLO
there are healthy people who only eat salads etc... who get heart attacks , you eat what you want James , that's a damn good meal for 3 quid !!,
Hi James, thank you for showing off my home town of Grimsby, wish I'd been there to show you around a bit.
The Heritage Museum table that was decided into squares was to stop your plate falling off the table in high seas, which is where the saying '3 square meals a day's comes from
Love the channel
You always come across as a kind genuine person with a dry sense of humour, so enjoy watching your videos , love hiw you and Helen bounce of one another .
Thanks so much
Found your videos when you were converting your van. I was considering it myself at the time and have been full-time for a few months now, your channel definitely spurred me on. How do you deal with/ reply to the negative stereotype of van life? Seems most of my work colleagues/ family/ friends consider me as homeless now 😂
I genuinely don't care anymore what people think. The lifestyle is great and I think so many people are jealous of the freedom
Same here James 👍I haven't told my work colleagues though my family are not best pleased, they think I've lost the plot.
like most towns theres good and bad bits,the empty shops in these places are usually down to 2 factors...internet shopping and councils mismanagement..think the way forward for high streets etc is independent shops , a lot of the old dept stores have gone now, good luck on getting to the fifty
Genuinely refreshing, relaxing, and insightful your videos are mate! So much history packed in the UK. Greetings from Canada!
Thank you Nick 😊
Fish and chips looked grand to me, I was munching on Spam and Toast at the time though. Cheers as always for sharing.
Try Redcar! 3000 jobs gone at the steel works. Now to Grimsby, Fishing fleet virtually gone so that takes other jobs away with it, not as much money in the town, shops shut etc. It is a domino effect and it's sad.
Never been to Grimsby but to be honest it didn't look too bad. 👍 And those fish & ships, Wow what a bargain £3.00.😮 That is amazing. Like you said a family of 4 could all get fish & chips for £12.. That is fantastic in this day & age. A big thumbs up to them. 👍 Here in Lancaster there's an award winning chippy on my street, we usually only get 2 fish & 1 large chips to share and that's over £12. If I went to Grimsby I'd defo pop in there. Thanks James. 😁😉
Try Knaresborough James. Treat Hellibobs to a boat ride. Plenty to do & some great pubs. The Cricketers let you park overnight 👍🙏
We are planning on going there soon
You should have come to Waltham we’re we live and our surrounding villages and Waltham windmill is nice to see and look around their shops you would have both liked it liked that next time I hope 😊
You tell it bro, fish and chips the heart of our soul, very brittish, amazing vlog.
'Nice Pigeons'. Positivity at it's best! 😂 Love the channel.
Dont know why but i expected helen to be standing at the bar in the museum trying to get an ale 😂.
Not easy to get people to be positive these days and have more fun most want to moan and find problems with everything .
Keep that upbeat attitude and positivity we all need , thats why everyone loves helen so much.
Cheers mate enjoyed the vlog .
£3 for fish& chips unbelievable jeff how do they do it.well done grimsby. I've been to various chippys in run down areas I've heard locals ask for special bag of chips only to be amazed they got a massive amount to feed an army for about £2.50.now thats what i call value for your money.
I’m from Cleethorpes you can’t get fish chips and mushy peas for less than £10
Average bag of chips is £3 plus.
Area where that chips shop is rough but no other chippy is anywhere near that cheap around there.
It’s good of the owners to sell them at that price.
Keep up the great vids James. 50,000 subs will be yrs in no time I’m sure. Seeetheeee maxx
Thank you Maxx
Come to Bradford James. Do a preview on the City of Culture 2025. Shed some light on the diversity and you could do Curry V Fish and Chips vlog as we do have the best of both.
Eh up! When you said you've left ya skin, I thought you were having an out of body experience. Brilliant channel and love going on all your journey's with Helliebobs. 👍
Always liked Grimsby.😊
The museum looked good , I like seeing you critique the fish & chips. ( makes me hungry) 😊
I've been to the top of the dock tower. the metal staircase inside is scary to say the least 😊
Hi James, after seeing you at the Whitby museum, we think you should go to the Black Country Living Museum. Go see it, I don't want to give too much away, but it's an entire town set back in the day complete with a coal pit.
We went yesterday and went to the Peabung and The Chippy. We also went to Docks beers, cos you have to don’t you!
Great vlog James from my home town.its not wot it was years ago ,but a real upbeat look at our town.thank you mate 👍❤️
A up James. Ive thought of an idea for some Merch. Print a very realistic mushy pea to shirts and hoodies, could be your LOGO.. id buy one, would be funny as your strolling about 😂
At that price you can have two portions 😊 great video, thanks.x
The big painting of the man in the mayor robe in the town hall you go in is also in a hotel in Folkestone I used to work at called the grand,I’m sure he was they mayor of Folkestone
Those dummy's in that museum were spooky😮
All Hail Nina & Eugene 🤩 I'm looking forward to that next sponsored one 👍
You showed some restraint there I’d have had double haddock and chips lol
I really enjoy your videos when you talk about the towns and show museums, buildings and talk history - that's where you shine. I'd like to see you go down to the Isles of Scilly - one of the many places I dream of seeing. From Ontario, Canada.
Thank you, I'd like to go there too
Hiya James & Helen I stumbled across your videos a week ago. I am now hooked. I absolutely love your videos so interesting. Genuine and funny. You are both so great as a couple. You are made for one another. I have spent the last week happily catching up on all your videos. Thanks for all your hard work. I am now a very happy subscriber. I am a Manchester lass born & bred. I don’t live there now. I live in north wales. I enjoyed your Llandudno video, I go there a lot.
I look forward to all your future videos. Take care. Love to you both.
Thank you Lindsay 😊
If everyone that travels through can give and extra 3pounds to the fish and ship shop to feed a poor person that can’t afford it .. that would be really good.
Just a a thought 😊
Call it the Friday Special!
EY-UP James,you are looking well. My brother lives in Grimsby (a posh bit 🤣) and I have visited him a few times. It isn’t that “grim” and I think your video shows that. It’s true that there’s a lot of unemployment,the decimation of the fishing industry has a lot to do with it. The heritage site was good to show people and £3 for fish and chips was amazing. I hope you enjoy your strange named beer and fancy flavoured nuts. Please don’t go chasing “poverty porn” you are at your best showing us more spectacular towns and villages. Best wishes and safe travels MICK 🤝👍
Thank you Mick
As much as you try and hide it James, some of these dead towns look a bit grim even on a sunny day.
Great vid.👍 I cycled thru last year on my way down the coast. The poverty is palpable, even down near the football ground in Cleethorpes, like a lot of places it's reason for being has gone. I found the people ace, and looking around, and reading about the Kasbah (hopefully) regeneration, it has potential.... I reality hope it happens.
I've ordered some nuts! Better be nice!😂And I've liked and been subscribed for yonks.Looking forward to your future videos and "escapades"!
Thank you
Been living in America for over 32yrs,haven’t been back for over 16 yrs…..these two are an absolute joy to watch….…….lived in Virginia Waters as a young kid……and in my twenties lived in Scarborough ….thankyou both for giving me great memories………plz keep them coming
Keep them coming James. Loved your vlogs in Benidorm and Liverpool. How about trying Nottingham, also known as " Studentville ". My home town but now I'm an exile in Greece. ❤️🇬🇷
Well done James great video loving the Positive vibes and I’m sick of people putting places down 😊😊
£3 fish & chips wow that’s amazing 😊😊
Just was going to ask what was that beautiful building you went into at first where you couldn’t go up stairs. What was the building’s initial purpose ?
No peas on your shirt 👔 good man
Phil & Fay
Hi Phil & Fay, it was Grimsby town hall
@@bythecurb
Cheers James beautiful building 👍👍
Another nice vlog James. I’m from immingham and it’s good to see you in Grimsby. Keep em coming 👍
I can’t believe it’s that cheep ! 😮 wow
That fisherman sitting with a beer in the museum would have been funny if Helen had been pictured oposite him with a drink would have made a great photo lol😂
Grimsby for me is a place I go through to get to cleethorpes 😂
For £3 it's not a small portion overall, it's amazing they make any money with energy costs. Fair play to them
2ooo views in a hour lol😂
Hi James, I’ve been watching you for quite a while, I love your honesty very genuine and Helen is a blast. I’ve subscribed and bought £35 with of peanuts 😂 I love peanuts in fact I love all nuts 😅 x Have a great week and he’s hoping you hit the 50 plus number before the end of the month x
Thank you so much 😊
A sed tut wuman 🤣
You've won me over before I've even started to watch your vlog 😁
£3!!!! lucky if you can find them for under a tenner! 👍
For that price it’s excellent value 👍
Well done mate. Love your stuff. You always make me hungry watching you scran fish an chips, so just got mi sen some. Keep doing what ya doing ❤
My local chippy does fish chips and a choice of curry peas or gravy £3.95 and it’s lovely quality cod
You can barely buy a portion of chips for £3 in Filey!!
That chippy has to be best value for money in the UK. You’re right, they are supporting their local community best way they can!!
Maybe an interview with the owner to shine a little that on them.
Thank you, good idea 😊
Oktoberfest was a great video. Of course, I love them all!
Thank you 😊❤️
Fish and chips looked nice.
Looks decent for the money man. Take care!
Mate that's absolutely nut's. £3 for all that. Mental!! Great vid as always James.
Thank you
Grimsby looks OK to me .& that chippy spot on ❤
What a bargin they look really nice fish and chips x
Another great video thank you those chips looked lush 😊
If I can play devil's advocate for just one second, James
I think quite a bit of the vitriol comes from knowing what's been lost to 'progress'
I'm quite guilty of it myself
However, the industries that were created over decades that reinforced places like Grimsby,Sheffield and Barnsley are long gone, it's going to take more than people just being nice and positive. It's going to take selflessness and sacrifice which unfortunately is in short supply these days.
There is still much beauty to be found in such places and luckily we have your help to find them.
Another great video mate God bless
Excellent video James, Grimsby has some fine old buildings and statues evidently. The minster had a very serene atmosphere and was beautiful. The footbridge going to the docks could do with a lick of paint to brighten it up. Nice video, and im looking forward to the big projects you mentioned.
Had Fish and Chips last night £10 £3 what a great price. Doing a great Job James Like all your stuff.
Thank you 😊❤️
What a great shop selling a cheap tea for local people fantastic. Actually Grimsby looked a clean area and as you say there’s no money being invested in these places . Glad you went and showed us James . Keep up the good work you tell us how it really is. Xx
Thank you 😊❤️
OMG, James, stop it 🛑
I'm doing slimming club at the min and you have cheapo 🐟 and 🍟 AND VIP peanuts 🥜 😋 YUM 😋
You can go off some people !!
Thanks for extra vlog by the way.😊
Never even seen a picture of Grimsby before so this was interesting.
Pity about the market having so many empty stalls. This is happening all over the country and as a child of the 60's and 70's I can remember when markets were really important for cheap meat cheese and things like fabrics.
Goddammit it's shopping on line etc affecting all the old traditions, which were so good for community spirit and saving pennies.
Loved the fishing museum so nostalgic. I'm not sure how much fishing is still done off that coast now.
Loved the old fish n chip shop in the museum really twanged my memory chords.
Give my love to Helen.
Thanks again James for keeping me entertained.
Take Care both
Janice x
By the way when can - go to Crewe and try and find the positives.
I was born and brought up there when it was a thriving railway town.
My Dad worked on the railway and he would turn in his grave if he saw the state its in now .
( I dont live there now but I am shocked whenever I visit )
Thank you Janice, I will visit Crewe soon 😊
@bythecurb
And James , after Crewe, a good idea would be to then drive up the road a short distance to the quaint and beautiful town of Nantwich
The contrast is mind-blowing.
Jx
Totally agree about the negativity, just makes people unhappy. Very timely upload for me, I'm having a couple of nights in Cleethorpes next Thursday & Friday, my mates said....what are you going there for? it's a dump. Typical York snobbishness, they've probably never been (the truth is I got a cracking deal at the Premier Inn - £35 a night and want to get hold of some decent fresh fish & chips). Thanks for the upload.
Cleethorpes is really nice and upcoming. A friend of mine who is a bit of a travel snob has just been and said he was really impressed
@@bythecurb Thanks for the info James. Chris.
Hope you enjoyed your Grimsby visit online here n yes credit to mathews while you was in town should ov popped in tivoli tavern nice cheap pint in town 🙂
£3!! Brilliant! beans cost about that per tin !
Love your channel! Great personalities! When it pops up, I know I can sit back and relax for half hour. It's only onwards and upwards for you guys ❤
Thank you
Love a bit of "By The Curb". James, it would be really interesting if you can run us through your filming kit as I see that the camera follows you when you're getting peas down your shirt 😀. Keep these positive city vlogs going 👏
Fair play to you James, you showed some really lovely buildings and the Minster. There is just something so special about a church. The fish n chips looked good. Nice to see a queue outside, waiting for them to open. Took me back to when I was little and we had to queue for the chip shop as it was so popular.
Excellent vlog as ever. £3! No wonder they were waiting for it to open. How do they survive at that price? Glad they do though. 😊
There is a street in Arbroath,Angus ,Scotland,called East Grimsby,a throwback to when the fisherfolk moved around for the Herring catch I think.
It's funny you saying about the shopping centre being unusually quiet, my partner and i went to a nice garden centre yesterday abd for a Saturday in spring it was so quiet, we tyen called by a big home bargains and thay was quiet, there used to be massive queues for the tills on a Saturday! We popped in a chain pub late afternoon for a drink and hardly anyone in! It really hit home how the government has really crippled everyone financially with the cost of living and it's going to impact these towns economies even more.
I think fundamentally that's the problem. People have much less money in their pockets
£3 wow!! I agree Grimsby appears to have a stigma, I’ve never been there so I am open minded. Nearly went for the football last season but there ground is in Cleethorpes. We are now in the same league again next season will make to trip up there. Top video as always James! 👊 ….Smithy
Thank you Smithy
Thanks again Jim
What a bargain them fish & chips I'd deffo give them a go. ❤
Have a listen to Elton John.....Grimsby 1974. Another good video cheers
How is that even possible Fish snd Chips and Mushy peas for £3 Fantastic. Love the vid 👍
Loved the nostalgia of the old museum
James, great watch. I live in New England and I know you like their IPA's and there are so many , I tend to stay clear of them because they knock me about if I have more than a couple. I head back to Blighty as much as I can and can drink real ale until the cows come home with no hangover, so I have to put it down to something in the NE brew. We have a couple of micro breweries in our town that do a special bitter, they're close to authentic, but 4 cans of them and I am rough the next day. I go to our local Irish bar on a Sunday to watch the 11:30. ET Premier league game and have 5 very good pints of Guinness, get home have 8 cans of Boddingtons and a bottle of red wine and I am not too bad Sunday morning 🙂( I am self employed). Yet, some of the NE IPA's are 8.5 %, that's alright if you want just one, but if you're on a session, you're not going to last very long, lmao.
Loved this video. I lived in Grimsby back in the early sixties. My Dad was born there and my ancestors were Grimsby fisherman. I was at the Fisherman's Heritage Centre in 2019, on a trip down memory lane, with my two brothers and my mother. We thought the museum was wonderful. What a great job they have done. I have a wonderful photo of one of my brothers in front of the fish and chip lady in the museum. We have lived in Canada since 1966. I was born in Doncaster. The first video I watched of yours, was the one where you walked around Doncaster. In fact I might have come across it because I had watched another video about places boarded up in Doncaster and your channel popped up in that YT algorithm. Would rather watch you than ones about boarded up places.
Thank you, I'm just doing up beat videos from now on 😊
Nice start to the positive campaign James. Trouble is the camera still pick's up the boarded up shops, empty market stalls and lack of shoppers. But hat's off to you, positives were still found. Could not believe the £3 fish & chips, it's £3.30 for a portion of chips at our chippy. Good luck with positive quest, it is needed.
Some problems are helped by visiting, shopping and sightseeing an area using a different attitude. It won't fix these towns, but it can help. Loved the Fishing Museum. ❤🇦🇺
Hi James. I was lucky enough to stumble upon one of your videos about a year ago. So glad I did. Your content is so genuine, interesting and funny. Glad you are putting a positive spin on every place you visit. Got my wife watching your channel now too. Keep it up. Cheers mate, Will, in Torquay.
Thank you Will, I appreciate that