Morecambe - What Does The Future Hold?
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2024
- Once a thriving seaside gem, Morecambe in the UK has seen better days. Economic challenges and changing trends took a toll on the town, leaving behind a sense of nostalgia. However, a ray of hope is emerging-the Eden Project.
The renowned Eden Project, celebrated for its iconic biomes and commitment to education, is set to breathe new life into Morecambe. Imagine a transformed seafront adorned with lush greenery, interactive exhibits, and striking architecture. The biomes, housing diverse ecosystems, will not only provide a stunning backdrop but also serve as educational tools, inspiring environmental awareness.
The Eden Project's arrival promises more than just aesthetic enhancements. It's poised to revitalize local businesses, create job opportunities, and rekindle community spirit. Morecambe, once on the decline, has the chance to set an example for sustainable regeneration and inclusive growth.
In this collaboration between the Eden Project and the Morecambe community, a brighter future is within reach. The town stands at the threshold of a renaissance, ready to reclaim its status as a vibrant destination. With sustainability, education, and community at its core, Morecambe's journey towards revitalization is a beacon of hope in challenging times.
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My name is James and I live full time in my tiny van, however this is not just a van life channel. I enjoy travel, food and drink and making videos 🙂
When I turned 50 I decided I’d had enough of the rat race and working long hours just to pay rent and bills, life was passing me by and I needed a drastic change.
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Where is Helen?
Helen has a responsible full time job and two children so unfortunately she can’t join me on every trip. I really wish she could.
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My vlogging camera is a GoPro Hero 9 but I also use my pixel 6a phone and Lumix G80 camera for other footage
For editing, I used Premiere Pro on an old laptop but I’m saving to buy a more powerful computer.
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Yes I have a 6yr old daughter who lives with her mum but I see her quite a lot. I don’t usually put her on the vlogs and if I do, I block out her face for privacy reasons. I also have a grown up son.
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Another of our seaside resorts dying. Only visitors are Asylum Seekers. LEVELLING UP!!! Don't think it will ever happen.
you mean the illegal immigrants.
It’s not dying. Morecambe died in the 90s - it’s actually
Slowly - very slowly - reviving! Really needs Eden to get built asap tbh
I've watched your channel James pretty much from its beginning and have enjoyed watching it grow, and while your videos have never failed to entertain me, may I just say that it's plain to see how your filming and editing skills have both blossomed. The opening of this video, with the haunting melancholic tones of Morrissey would have graced any mainstream TV programme and you should be rightly proud of it.
Thank you so much, that means a lot and thank you for sticking with me 🙂
I totally agree, James has blossomed and doing great with his channel. I’m proud of him, I looked forward to his uploads 😃
When I was a road cyclist around 12 years ago , I used to set off from Grange Over Sands and Morecambe Bay always used to be my first stop of the day ,,and I can’t ever recall a time there wasn’t a gale force wind on that sea front at Morecambe ,,it’s sad to see it in deep decline but the whole country’s heading that way at a astonishing rate.
The best days in all these types of Seaside Towns / places are long long gone, I often wonder IF it was possible to bring back the dead what they would think 🤔
It's such a shame how Britain now looks, and it's crystal clear where it's heading.
Thanks again fella.
You are welcome 😊
Exactly I’m glad you see the truth not like these idiots on UA-cam saying how great city’s are their absolutely blind to the truth how can people be so stupid
James that intro without doubt the best intro I’ve seen in 6 years well done mate. How gorgeous is Helen and you both just bounce of each other …. Never change both of you I’ve been there from day 1 qualityxx
Helen your hair was lovely not a strand out of place and must have cost a fortune … then you went for a walk …. Love it xx
Thank you, I appreciate that 😊
Love the music James👍 such a pity about our decaying coastal towns though. 🙄
Wonderful opening cinematography, James, and the legend that is Morrissey adds to the feeling of loss and decay (coming from Wallasey I can appreciate it). Plus we get young Helen to cheer us up after a minute or two. Keep up the great work!
Thank you, I thought the song was perfect for it 🙂
You’re right about rich second home owners buying up the houses and the locals suffering but…… it was the locals in the first place that sold out cos someone dangled a big fat cheque book in front of them . They can’t really complain that these places are ghost towns in the winter when it was them that’s the root of the problem!!!. Sadly money talks …. Great vlog you two!
Thank you
Greed Can't Be Satisfied
No rich person is buying second homes in Morecambe. Trust me, I live there and nobody in their right mind would buy a holiday home. It's full of drug addicts and nonces.
your 💯 % right, look at the moaners in Cornwall, they need to look at their own who chose to stuff their bank accounts and then found they'd have to pay double to get another local home ..rich Londoners are the ones that won there !
@@kathchandler4919 yep. 100 percent
Sadly Morecambe, in my opinion, has suffered the same fate as many seaside towns up and down the country.....lack of investment and forward planning by property owners and numerous bad planning decisions by council leaders over the years.
The same people who quite happily took their bags of silver when times were good.
Absolutely brilliant loads of love from Morecambe
Getting bloody arty 😂, what a fantastic opening , at least Helen was standing next to a slippery surface sign , I got Jean standing next to a “ no dogs on the beach “ obviously went on Facebook 😂great video
I think the plans for the Eden Project in Morecambe actually look like they could be really good. As for the small shops, yes it's a bit sad that they'll have to move premises, but I suspect they'll have more custom once more people start coming to Morecambe and there's higher footfall in general.
Also....great intro 👌
Visited just over a week ago from NZ🇳🇿Did the bracing walk along the prom and also the carvery.Had a great couple of days.Very fond memories of Morecambe and Heysham,enjoyed a couple 🍻in the old railway station.Midland was looking a bit tired even after the recent makeover.Would love to see the town get back on its feet.Get back to Lancaster,had a great day sightseeing too.
Hi Both of you, love your vlogs, back in the early 80's I used to work on Heysham Power Station once every six months. I used to stay in the Famous Midland Hotel and it was fantastic. The town was buzzing, full of contractors working on the Power Station so there was plenty of money about. You couldn't go in a pub without hearing the song The Crystal Chandelier being blasted out. Happy memories of my youth. Thank you.
Thank you 😊
Great vlog. Loved the Morrissey playing over the opening titles. I totally agree with you regarding the gentrification of seaside towns ( I'm a Scarborian). Keep up the good work 👏👏
Thank you, will do
Loving the new opening footage Style 7 Music overlay , The Editing has gone up another level . superb.
Thank you :-)
There is no weather British people will not endure for a nice pint! Great entertainment!😊 Thank you James and Helen❤
Heysham, Morecambe, Lancaster like many other Towns and City's are struggling with the economic down turn after COVID. They are all nice in their own way and feel better in the warmer weather. Glad the footage came out, considering the wind and pending storm. I agree the Eden Project will encourage more tourism but unfortunately and likely to the detriment of local businesses. James, nice to see you and Helen in my neck of the woods and I hope to see more of you in the area perhaps in the summer months. 😎👍
Thank you, we can't wait to come back. We want to visit Lancaster and Lytham st Annes
@@bythecurb Both are very nice. LSA is in the top 5 for the most wealthy people in the country!!!
Thanks for getting back to me, and take it easy. 👍😎😊
Coming from Bolton morecambe and Lancaster are like a dream. So glad I moved up this way
Another fabulous video from yourself & Helen. Used to go Morecambe years ago, you’ve brought back so many lovely childhood memories. Luckily the buildings on the front are still the same
My brothers just moved to Morecambe and I like it. Been there a few times before. I think it can be cheery and with them hopefully bringing the Eden project there should help it a lot. It's a bit more connected than Blackpool which is another run down town :c
Loved the opening of this video, you've out done yourself with this one James. Keep doing what you're doing, you're an amazing work in progress. Sad to see these cities losing their small businesses and I think a lot of people would agree, it's such a shame. I've been in the desert traveling around for 16 days now in the van, I love it. It was an awesome full moon rise over the mountain range tonight. So glad I am doing this kind of life, it suits me.
Thank you. That sounds amazing. Id love to come over sometime
Ive been a silent watcher for a while, but had to comment about the seagulls and the music you put with them.. absolutely brilliant, made me laugh out loud … 😂
Thank you, glad you liked it
If you’d gone along the seafront in the other direction there is a lovely little park/gardens with a nice cafe of season, too busy on season. We go there as my husband’s mums boyfriend is in a care home near it. I love seaside resorts off season. I just want the sea and a quiet cafe.
We love the seaside in the winter 😊
Back in the late 70's i played in a band..did a season in Morecambe....it was really posh..tea dances...jackets and ties at dinner...what a shame...but great to see you two cheering up the town...great quote from the Yorkshireman..."flat cap on tightest setting".....
Miss you two . The blog is great 🎉don’t worry, love a mention guys x
In peak season Morecambe is busy and buzzing, of course it looks dead in winter, in a storm 🙄
If you're not made of money, Morecambe is affordable, and in this cost of living crisis that's got to be welcome for less well off families ❤
You and Helen - So Cheerful - Loved The Video - Thanks to You Both
Eden will be a game changer 🎉 fab prom for cycling to Heysham when the sun shines x
Good video. Thanks for taking us with you ❤
Need to find some easide towns that are turning this decline around and how they are doing it.
Coastal towns and cities in the UK. Historically, many coastal towns in the UK relied heavily on industries such as fishing, shipping, and manufacturing, which have experienced decline in recent decades. This economic shift may have contributed to the decline of these areas.
The shift in holidays in the sun over decades has a massive impacct , its so sad to see all this decline everywphere.
Luckily we have you to loveley people who can brighten up the dullest of days wherever you are.❤❤❤❤
Oh I just absolutely love the seagull's tap dance & the music you put to it... what a laugh 😅😅😅
From watching you vlogs I think it’s the way you are both s natural. I imagine you would speak to me face to face the way you speak to the camera. Well done for vlogging in the worst storm of the year (so far!). Your editing skills are getting pretty flash James!
Hola from sunny Spain 24 degrees and full sunshine today. Many years since I visited Morecambe and it was sad then. Wrap up well amigos xx
Thank you, enjoy the sunshine
I really enjoy your cut outs, where you show some of the area along with Morrisey, etc, playing. I really enjoy that. I've only watched about 10, at the moment. I'll get through them all,.or keep up with you.
I think they're bloody brilliant 😊 keep them coming, James & Hellen ❤
Thank you mate
Opening sequence fab. I was there in my Motorhome a couple of years ago and there were hundreds of Vans and Motorhomes right the whole length of the beach. Many many people about.
Two brave souls tackling what looks like bracing, freezing cold winds in Morecambe. You do suffer for your Art James. However,
nice to see you & Helen again telling it like it is. Always look forward to whatever you post with your honest, down to earth
commentating. Love you both 💕💕💕🐳🐳🐳
Thank you :-)
Loved the opening James .We have watched you from the beginning love you both, ten out of ten for perseverance in that weather. Another sad deprived town .
Thank you for sticking with me 😊
great video james spent many happy days ,the open air baths ,heysham for the nettle beer ,afraid morecambe lost its way when the hotels closed and they became dhss and it was famous ,beautiful sunsets but happy memories
Great Vlog you two and I love your posh respectful voice James when you were talking to Brian, I do that apparently lol. That cafe was a credit to Morecombe, it would sit happily in any posh suburb in the country, hopefully it will encourage similar business to invest in the town. So sad to see a once jewel in the crown so neglected, it is criminal that we have allowed our seaside towns to fall into such states. Your editing is getting much better James, I loved the opening scenes, you really nailed it and the Vlog was an honest reflection, not in any way disrespecting, I loved it.
Thank you, apparently I have a posh voice on the phone too 😂
Thank you for the upload guys 👍
The Morecambe hotel was massively refurbished in the nineties to a high standard.
They don't like to do up small businesses, because they don't care about the general public having money. It's all about shuffling money upwards.
James and Helen, I just discovered your channel and must say how refreshing it is. I find you do a very professional job, James, the videography and editing is great and from what I've seen, the choice of topics diverse. Helen is a delight. And the incidental music you choose strikes me as very tasteful. There's a lot more depth to you both than you put on camera and i love that you're so natural. I like how you've shown some really attractive features of your region - all new to me.
I've been living abroad for the last 35 years but my family is originally from near Barnsley and near Doncaster. Because of my Dad's work we lived abroad and in the Midlands and the Southwest.
My memories of visiting family in Sheffield and Rotherham are of the rare warm days and the frequent cold ones! Hearing you both speak makes me feel you're distant family.
What you've taught me is that it's definitely worth making the effort to come to the area both sides of the Pennines when I'm visiting the UK. Thank you again for your hard work and genuineness. All the best, Rob in Switzerland
Hi Rob, thank you for the message. We really appreciate it :-)
Now THAT is bracing!! Lovely cafe food, local colour, charity shops and a Guinness - class day out. 🙂❤️
Despite morecambe being a hole now, you will see some of the best sunsets in the country across the bay behind the hills of the lake district.
Your shows get better and better especially when featuring your lovely Helen ! Looks great today, apart from those boots !!!!!!!! Looking forward to ALL your next shows, keep up the good work !!!
Cool vid dude, your editing is very good these days.
James - good cinematography and b-roll, that was a very evocative intro, well done.
Another top vid. Watching a few older ones.....great to see your 'local' as I often recognise places and shops. Aldi Handsworth, Whitby chippy at Catcliffe, driving through Gleadless to Derbyshire (my own route) etc. Keep up the top work love the vids
Thank you 😊
Another grand blog owd lad, it’s great how you and Helen bounce off each other, a smashing couple 😊
Love the statue tribute to the great eric morecambe it looks very cold down there im not far off retirement may end up there lol another great show 👍
Thanks you both for braving the wind in Morecambe ❤
Hi James and Helen ,that was sad to see that with all those places boarded up ,it looked a nice pub and the cafe looked lovely thank you for the vlog you had to suffer the weather fir us thank you so much ang
Thanks Ange
Found your channel last week and binged a lot of your videos. As an expat living in Melbourne love seeing England. Cheers.
Thank you 😊
Just to let you and Helen know we watch all your videos ! Both me and nik think you are both great ! Keep em coming ! Keeps me going ( don’t get out much these days ) lovely to see you Helen ! You are such an amazing person !! Miss our work chats x
Awwwwww thank you Loraine. I miss you too. Hope you and Nik are well 😘 xxx
Loved the vlog guys! Utmost respect for the way you spoke of Morecambe. I did comment on your instagram when you mentioned going there and I basically said dont bother its so run down. Its so sad that these once bustling seaside towns have been allowed to decline. Lytham and St Annes are lovely you should take a trip there.
Thank you, we're planning a trip there
@bythecurb it's one of our favourite places to go, as well as Chester and Skipton. 👌
Both fantastic places.@@bythecurb
OMG you certainly make sacrifices for your art, poor Helen I bet it took a while to get the tangles out after that. Still you found a coffe shop and a pub, Helen even found a charity shop that was open. So well done for salvaging a very credible video out of what was a weather catastrophe. Let’s hope the next video is made in tamer times. Take care and stay warm and dry, don’t want either of you going down with anything.
Thank you, it was touch and go whether we should pack up and leave!
The opening to your videos are getting better each time, best wishes to you both, me and my partner Michelle always look forward to new content from your channel x
Thank you, glad you like the videos
Great show again James and Helen, 10/10 on that opening, I can see why you like 'Socks with Sandals' video style...me too!
That introduction was amazingly good James! It wasn’t just the music.
Great film, the intro was very good.
Morecambe is a great place to chill out in better weather!
The intro was art, I tip my hat to you fine sir
Thank you so much 😊
Another cracking intro with a great choice of music. Some great editing.
Thank you
Great video as always, we were in Morecambe on the 3rd of January and the weather was dry and very calm, i hope the town has a resurgence and get some real investment on top of the Eden project, thanks for sharing ❤️👍
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
10/10 for staying power. Glad you gave Eric a visit. There is a fantastic music shop on the promenade. Every visit we bring home another guitar. Its getting to be an expensive hobby.
Morecambe used to be brilliant when i was growing up in the 80s and 90s.There's not as much for kids as there once was though my niece who's from london loves the arcades 😂 I agree with the fella you met about the view!
Keep the show on the road!
Morecambe as gone down a massive hill over the years, in the 80's it was the place to go for your holiday's no more 😢😢
Rant away James you are so right, it rips my knitting big time lol. Feel so sorry for allthose small business. Weather was terrible. Great vlog 😊
Thank you Sandra
Wow. Beginning & middle scenery w/music very evocative. Love the interview with the local man (Brian?). Poirot was filmed there!- what a great piece of trivia. Food shots looked lovely - next level. 😊
Hi James and Helen, only recently subscribed to your channel and loving the content, trips and travels.
Crazy really I have been to the majority of the places you have been.
I am hooked on north wales, south wales at the moment. Llandudno, Conwy north tenby saundersfoot south. Llandudno has Victorian charm, the great orme tram to the top with the cable car down. Won’t go on and on but I’m pretty sure the best place to park the van would be the car park past the grand hotel overlooking the pier, Irish Sea.
Keep up the brilliant content
Shaun +Pammy
You two are ace 😄
Keep up the great work.
Love & peace from Liverpool. 👍👏👍
A pale shadow of its heyday in the 80's, even Tyson Furys millions couldn't turn that place around, bring me sunshine if only😢
Loved the editing of this vlog agree with comments below. There is an Eden Project in Cornwall, its some large domes with tropical plants in it so they will probably keep the palms you filmed in Morcombe. Great content as always, keep vlogging 🙂
Hi guys
Thanks for the vlog about Morecambe. Such a sad decline of the British seaside resort , but there is hope on the horizon.
What a fantastic thing to happen to not just Morecambe but the north west.
The council need to get on the ball and fast.
Looked way to cold for me though.
You need to revisit when the project is on its way and see the difference.
We will certainly visit Morecambe,maybe as a stop over to the lakes.
Thanks again and the opening scenes and music was ace.
Cheers guys.
John and celia
Widnes
Thank you John and Celia, glad you enjoyed the vlog
We have to live for today James because the future is very uncertain and a change of life is probably on the way. All we can do is look after each other
I've never known anyone to get out of breath by just walking 😂😂
I was out of breath just by watching!😊
Well done guys for soldiering on ,,,sterling job in those conditions ,,,the Eden project is one of cornwalls biggest attractions housing flora & fauna from all over the world set in 5 massive bio domes including a tropical rainforest,in the summer it also hosts concerts Robbie Williams being one of many who have performed there,,,unfortunately the season for holidaymakers in the uk is not on par with the sunnier parts of Europe where people tend to take their winter breaks as it’s often cheaper than staying at home ( switch the heating off for a fortnight lol ) 👍🏽
Great blog as usual, keep up the good work, it’s very much appreciated. 😊
Thank you! Will do!
Great intro the good the bad & the Morecambe, would a wise man come in a winters gale.
Only been to Morecambe once, for football, was expecting the worst, but was pleasantly surprised, we had a great time, mind you the sun was shining and we won 5-2, so maybe just caught the place on a good day, certainly better than Fleetwood though, now that is grim.
That intro 😍 was really artistic - you're so accomplished at those moody yet beautiful shots, and having (the God that is) Morrissey as the accompanying music is F A B U L O U S 💫🙌. Helen that dress is so gorgeous! As for the gentrification of the seaside towns ( you missed a trick there James - 'Everyday is like Sunday ' by Mozz describes seaside towns perfectly) it's really sad. They say it's progress, but I think they are ripping out the character of those towns and England as we knew it, it's gone. So sad 😢. Great video as usual - you two are a tonic. Thank you for taking us with you 😊✌
Thank you so much :-)
Look forward to your ventures every week. Given us a some good ideas of where to visit. Ask Helen where she got her boots from she has on in this video, love them!
I got them from Matalan! Only in December, bet they are on sale now. I think they have people divided 😂 they either love them or hate them 🤣
Great vlog albeit tinged with sadness. Another seaside town struggling. Am sure it will come to life when the season gets up and running. I live in Skegness and to be honest we seem to have it a bit better. Once the season starts it's bustling but still plenty of empty shops. Poor Helen looked freezing. By the way love your editing. 😊
Thank you, glad you liked the video
Nice to see you both have ventured over the hill to the good side of the hill.
Tuff times for lots of ppl still but you and Helen make life bearable as always ty both 😊😊😊
Thank you 😊❤️
Great vlog , enjoyed it very much.
We spent a few days in Heysham, just down't road a few years ago and went in to Morecambe every day. We passed The Station a few times and I didn't realise it's a pub! Booger. Looks nice, too. But we did visit the Wetherspoons Eric Bartholomew a lot.
I enjoyed youre video especially siting here with my glass of wine nice and warm . Thanks a lot keep going !
I laughed so much when you said they are building a 78 room hotel with 2 parking spaces 😂😂😂😂
Really great opening to this vlog James well done. I do wonder what's happening in the UK, all the towns seem to be struggling. I have been away for just over ten years and find it difficult to believe the authorites would let it get this bad. I'm not sure the big hotel is the answer either. I went to the eden project in Devon before I left it was interesting but would is it suitable for a seafront, I'm not sure. Keep up the good work love watching you two, and I'm still smiling.
Thank you 😊
I moved to morecambe from barnsley with my mum and stepdad in 1989, we had many a good year there before moving back, sadly morecambe now is a shadow of itself
Love Costa del Morecambe lived there as a child, when frontier land closed and the blue lagoon ( which was an open air swimming pool with wave machines with slides sunbathing areas) they killed the town and all those small businesses, then Lancaster got most of the money out the pot for rejuvenation probably the last 20 years money has started trickling in and I can't say they haven't tried, they even aloud some fairground rides on the front but it's nothing that would draw a annual visit, I think there is word of some plans to reopen frontier land in some way, so it's a watch this space situation back in greater Manchester, maybe in the future I'll go back, would love too oh and the natives a such lovely people.
Love the way Helens hair merges in with her coat ,super cute ❤ and you are too ❤🎉🎉
Haha like a lions mane 😂
Loved the cinematic intro with nostalgic music...
Thank you
I've got to say you are getting very good at this game my friend ❤
Thank you mate
Boy oh Boy , Morecombe makes Southend-on-Sea look like ST Tropez . Rough town . Glad you didn't film the Nuclear Power Station. Nice Vlog , take care Guys .
Helen is nuts, but lovely. James is fantastic as always providing this great content. I believe Tyson Fury (heavyweight world boxing champion) lives in Morcambe and plans to stay.
He does 😊
Quality of the videos and the production is amazing mate.. have to start calling you James spielberg
Nigel Watson brought me here.
Many of the small bed and breakfasts I believe have long term residents!
Great video as always