Is Wakefield good or rubbish?

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  • @Echoes1910
    @Echoes1910 10 місяців тому +119

    Robbie you and Nieve would be a great pair presenting a travel programme.

    • @teejay9881
      @teejay9881 10 місяців тому +6

      Yh but you can't have two robbies in the title, whoever the other one is

    • @Echoes1910
      @Echoes1910 10 місяців тому

      @@teejay9881haha

    • @Rosco-P.Coldchain
      @Rosco-P.Coldchain 4 місяці тому

      Yes he’s very good and funny 👌

    • @andrewmorris21
      @andrewmorris21 Місяць тому

      Give over

  • @ynwa691
    @ynwa691 10 місяців тому +56

    Legendary combo here. You should do a series, as you are both lovely people who don't take things too seriously. Good vibe to watch on a Sunday evening. God bless

  • @gingerelvis
    @gingerelvis 10 місяців тому +37

    Nieve has such a fun, down to earth personality, she's a great companion for this series. Not really giving a shit about football I would never have been introduced to her without Robbie. For the same reason I wouldn't have known about Robbie if it wasn't for putting the bins out or a wormery or something.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому +2

      She’s terrific.

    • @michaelhawkins7389
      @michaelhawkins7389 5 місяців тому

      @@RobbieKnox is Nieve your girlfriend or just a friend? she is amazing either way you are lucky to have her :)

  • @danthegamingmanYT
    @danthegamingmanYT 9 місяців тому +10

    Great chemistry. Could watch you two visiting anywhere!

  • @joshuahudson5250
    @joshuahudson5250 10 місяців тому +5

    Bridge inn is my local, sandal castle is a stone throw away from my house, can see belle vue ground from my window, its brilliant to see people come to our city and enjoy it! Love wakey and living here

  • @NoelSlevin
    @NoelSlevin 10 місяців тому +15

    This is my favourite collab on UA-cam. Loved the previous one too. More, please!

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому +1

      You’re very kind!

  • @tomlee812
    @tomlee812 10 місяців тому +13

    You two are brilliant together. So glad I found your channels. You bring some much needed calm and charm (I'll let you decide who is which) to the world. Thank you.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому

      Aw, bless. I assume Nieve is both calm and charm.

    • @tomlee812
      @tomlee812 10 місяців тому

      Don't underestimate yourself mate...@@RobbieKnox

  • @Albert5522
    @Albert5522 10 місяців тому +9

    Enjoyed every moment! Classic cross-over that I'd be glad to see more of!

  • @J_Stamps86
    @J_Stamps86 10 місяців тому +16

    A fantastic tag team if there ever was one. I could watch you two bimbling around anywhere.

    • @Echoes1910
      @Echoes1910 10 місяців тому +6

      Great aren’t they, so well matched to go on these adventures.

  • @ewanvickers8079
    @ewanvickers8079 10 місяців тому +28

    Literally saw you both while I was on the bus near trinity walk lol. Was wondering why you was in Wakefield I thought they must have got lost on the way to leeds lol.

  • @funk411
    @funk411 9 місяців тому +3

    You guys are great together. Please do more collabs! Also, thank you for introducing me to the Too Good To Go app.

  • @Magicalfluidprocess
    @Magicalfluidprocess 10 місяців тому +17

    Neive is so naturally funny

  • @lauramay5973
    @lauramay5973 10 місяців тому +12

    Would love Nieve to become like Becky, a Robbie Knox regular! Love your chemistry!

  • @persontypething
    @persontypething 2 місяці тому +1

    I had a curious day out to Wakefield in the late 90s, while my friends were away at a music festival (I was a bit too poor, anti-social and nervous to join them). Got a radical haircut and was intrigued by the Franken-animals by Charles Waterton at the local museum (no longer in there I think). Also bought a pipe from the Black Swan Shoppe - a memorable excursion..

  • @samstarling1943
    @samstarling1943 2 місяці тому +1

    the road behind you at the castle is called manygates lane which is acrually the route the yorkists took to battle and is potentially where richard was cut down. this is also the battle that the grand old duke of york rhyme might be based off and if you go to north yorkshire you'll find towton where edward beat henry vi, avenging his father and becoming king of england

  • @glenbetton3146
    @glenbetton3146 7 місяців тому +2

    Belle Vue ...remember enjoying the rugby league games in the early 80s despite the bone chilling cold, biting wind and horizontal rain. Very true what you say, the centre is quite small but there are lots of interesting things to do within an easy 5 or 6 mile radius. The coal mining museum is really worth a visit, maybe 20 minutes on the bus from Westgate station! 🚌

  • @davidwood639
    @davidwood639 10 місяців тому +2

    Not Nieve's normal stuff but I really enjoyed what you put together. Wakey is so understated. (And so are you two!).

  • @chrisguest778
    @chrisguest778 9 місяців тому +12

    Wakefield is actually where the word 'nonce' originated (or Wakefield prison to be more exact). It was an acronym that stood for Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise and was written on the cell cards of prisoners who may have been at risk of being attacked by other prisoners (and the meaning of the word kind of gives away the reason why...)

    • @dariusftw3378
      @dariusftw3378 3 місяці тому

      You can't honestly believe that lol

    • @LUFC273
      @LUFC273 2 місяці тому +4

      @@dariusftw3378He's telling the truth im from Wakefield and there was a documentry on Wakefield prison a couple of years ago what proved this guy correct

    • @johnatkinson7126
      @johnatkinson7126 2 місяці тому

      Its known as monster mansion because of the high number of serious sex offenders there also look up robert maudsley hes in a glass fronted cell in wakefield prison and has been in solitary confinement over 40 years ​@dariusftw3378

    • @craigmoran5238
      @craigmoran5238 16 днів тому

      @@dariusftw3378it’s true

    • @PawsinParis
      @PawsinParis 8 днів тому +1

      Even if that isn’t true, I’m using it 😂

  • @madewithlofi
    @madewithlofi 20 днів тому

    I lived in Wakefield for three years when I attended Bretton Hall University; therefore, I loved a walk around Wakey with you two. ❤ We used to do the Westgate Run (pub & club crawl) every weekend, and it was bloody fantastic! Foundation and Buzz Bar were the best clubs in those days. 😅

  • @carolnicoll9988
    @carolnicoll9988 10 місяців тому +17

    What about the empty boarded up shops opposite the cathedral, we once had a thriving market, long gone, we had shops, long gone, all that is left an empty shopping centre, Trinity new "shopping centre" main shop Debenhams gone, The Ridings, again once a thriving shopping centre, gone we are left with a city full of charity shops, coffee shops, empty buildings, homeless on the streets, have lived Wakefield most of my life a once pround city gone to pot.

  • @christopherflux6254
    @christopherflux6254 4 дні тому

    I went to uni (Bretton Hall College) near Wakefield about 20 years ago. Our student rep were a great lad. He’d organise student nights out on Westgate. Now all these years later that student rep is the MP for Wakefield and also the Minister for Buses.

  • @georgiebalcon2012
    @georgiebalcon2012 10 місяців тому +2

    Come to Barnsley!! Not a city but would love a Robbie Knox review

  • @veesvoyages
    @veesvoyages 9 місяців тому +2

    Love when you and Nieve collab!

  • @benwmarsh
    @benwmarsh 10 місяців тому +3

    16:19 I was actually surprised (and quite relieved) that Wakey Wines didn't make the video, especially considering Nieve obviously knows about it. Wakefield is top 5 nicest cities in Europe, glad you enjoyed it.

    • @footballfanar9717
      @footballfanar9717 10 місяців тому +7

      Top 5 nicest cities in Europe 😂😂🤥

  • @chrisboxall9484
    @chrisboxall9484 9 місяців тому +1

    I have lived in Wakey since 1998 and adore its charms. When i arrived, it had a night life second to none and a historical backdrop that needs to be remembered can you name me a city that has more pubs in a straight mile. Wakefield is rough but it is also beautiful

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 9 місяців тому +2

    A'reyt Robbie. I am a StuntPegg subscriber living near Wakefield, though from Bradford originally, on the other side of the Rhubarb Triangle, which I was surprised you missed.
    Please bring Nieve back to do a Five Towns video, as I enjoyed this. It could be like a Rugby League excursion for her. My home district, Manningham, were the first champions, but are now Bradford City.
    Welcome to my world.
    You could contact Catherine Warr for some local knowledge?

  • @nancyallen5008
    @nancyallen5008 7 місяців тому +2

    thank you my daugter lives there and loves it, she grew up in Vanvouver, BC

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  7 місяців тому +1

      I used to live in Vancouver! Great city!

  • @eucherenkov
    @eucherenkov 10 місяців тому +3

    that was thoroughly enjoyable.
    I love Nieve and apparently I love Robbie too

  • @geofftitford7075
    @geofftitford7075 2 дні тому +1

    I believe that Wakefield was once the historical capital of the West Riding

  • @edwilllis
    @edwilllis 10 місяців тому +1

    This video is extremely surreal seen as though I’ve watched Robbie for years and live about 2 minutes outside the city centre. Great vid.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @craigusfelos
    @craigusfelos 10 місяців тому +9

    if theres ever a cause to get behind its lady Stuntpegs fight to bring the meal deals down to 3 pounds!!! Nieve is so funny! yet another great video Mr Knox!

  • @MrDamz
    @MrDamz 9 місяців тому

    The Bridge Inn is in a lovely location right on the Canal. It was called The Ruddy Duck previously and they did decent stonebaked pizza.

  • @Blitzk3r
    @Blitzk3r 10 місяців тому +2

    Justice for Rochester!! Great video, more Robbie and Stunt Pegg.

  • @wakeywarrior
    @wakeywarrior Місяць тому

    The nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York came from the Battle of Wakefield there. Richard marched down the hill thinking the Lancashire Army had gone. He was beheaded, his head put on a spike with a paper crown and it was stuck on a spike at one of the Barrs (Gates) in York.

  • @georgec3650
    @georgec3650 10 місяців тому +1

    Those cheese straws from cooplands are phenomenal. 10/10 would recommend

  • @robertmillington8168
    @robertmillington8168 Місяць тому +1

    You two are the epitome of british awkwardness and i absolutley love it

  • @thoydussthoyduss3732
    @thoydussthoyduss3732 10 місяців тому +9

    As a wakefield native, its surreal seeing the underappreciated (not really) locations i frequent often being represented in a huge piece of media such as a Robbie Knox video.
    All we had before was a brief mention in the M. Night Shyamalan movie Signs.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому +2

      We had a lovely time there!

  • @billiebluesheepie2907
    @billiebluesheepie2907 Місяць тому

    My first job was as a sales assistant on a Saturday, at Pikes Pets - the pet shop on the corner of the market, where live animals used to roast in a massive plate glass window in the summer.
    I bet a big bag of rabbit food costs more than a quid now.
    My life has definitely benefited from knowing there are seven different types of bird grit, but I’ve been put off from having pets for the whole of my life after sifting out the left over limbs and organs from out of the hamster cage on a morning.

  • @key3704
    @key3704 10 місяців тому

    if you do stoke-on-trent, you have to do Trentham Bakehouse, you can walk along the canal to get there, quite a nice walk - used to be me and my uni friends sunday treat

  • @rudderless1975
    @rudderless1975 2 місяці тому +1

    "This cauliflower phase that we live in" 😂😂

  • @jonmurray2350
    @jonmurray2350 10 місяців тому +2

    I thought it was so cool the way you played the jazz guitar at Nieve in order for her to be able to eat her cauliflower.

  • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
    @usarugbyleagueunionfan 9 місяців тому +2

    I can’t wait to visit Wakefield. I’m a Wakefield Trinity Rugby League fan. Can’t wait to see them play in person. I wear my Wakey kits everywhere. I live outside of Los Angeles. We’re coming up next season.

    • @jat2319
      @jat2319 5 місяців тому +1

      we meet again fella, you watch these videos often haha?

    • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
      @usarugbyleagueunionfan 5 місяців тому

      @@jat2319 Ha. Yeah. Going on a trip and packing my Wakey kit. Shocker against Toulouse.

  • @pauldavidmurray6531
    @pauldavidmurray6531 5 місяців тому +1

    If you’d have gone down manygates lane you should have sung the song The Grand old Duke of York and would have seen his plinth where the Duke of York died down from the castle, in my old school Manygates middle school.

  • @MrHERNIOL
    @MrHERNIOL Місяць тому

    I've lived in Wakey for almost ten years and loved it! Great people!

  • @Francine5522
    @Francine5522 10 місяців тому +6

    I've been here about 23 years. It's not the worst place to live. I love all the nature around. But could be more job opportunities and less arseholes 😂.

  • @SamSned97
    @SamSned97 10 місяців тому +2

    Niece is so funny, I didn’t really know if her before the pod, but she’s great

  • @EwanGaming
    @EwanGaming 10 місяців тому +1

    You should go to Newark-on-Trent, a small market town in Nottinghamshire.

  • @Captainperfection
    @Captainperfection 9 місяців тому +2

    Nothing wrong with Wakefield or "Wakey" to the locals, its given us a legend that is Jane McDonald

  • @reecedawson6113
    @reecedawson6113 10 місяців тому +2

    You should go to Hawes and then visit the highest pub in Britain at Tan Hill

  • @garfield8919
    @garfield8919 24 дні тому +1

    Never mind the cribs.what about bill nelson,one of the best guitarists of modern times.born and bred in wakefield.

  • @killianmccluff36
    @killianmccluff36 9 місяців тому +1

    Nieve has that classical slapstick kind of comedy that is sorely missed

  • @RAINE____
    @RAINE____ 10 місяців тому +2

    This lass is really funny. Such dry humour.

  • @cole9799
    @cole9799 5 місяців тому

    Great pairing! same humor. hope you do more collabs!

  • @edanguish5564
    @edanguish5564 4 місяці тому +3

    It's a shame you couldn't have visited 50 years ago when Wakefield was a bustling market town and people came by the tripload to visit.
    Sorry though, wrong Richard! It was Richard the 3rd Duke of York who died at Wakefield and not King Richard III, he died at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. King Richard III was also the Duke of Gloucester. The Battle of Wakefield took place in December 1460 (I almost remember it well,).

  • @ginner33dg
    @ginner33dg 9 місяців тому +1

    Did you see the mice carved into the cathedral pews?
    For next time Wakefield has lots of great fish and chip shops - it's tradition to sit outside the cathedral and feed the pigeons scraps..

  • @micky_jd
    @micky_jd 9 місяців тому +2

    should of come to pontefract nearby. we have a better castle. a big park area and race course. we used to have 2 greggs across from eachother but now its all barber shops. the only haribo factory outside germany was here but its partly moved to castleford now and pontefract cakes are rank. we used to have the most pubs in a square mile in the uk, but we dont now. ummm , harold shipman worked here.....
    in fact dont bother its shit. we used to be a proper town

  • @Rosco-P.Coldchain
    @Rosco-P.Coldchain 4 місяці тому +1

    Please give this lady a job in the media working in football..Very talented and knows her stuff, great video thanks 👍

  • @japples2826
    @japples2826 10 місяців тому +1

    Hey up robbie. Get jack and stevie up and get on the Westgate run experience, you'll love it 😂😂

  • @piggyminer2091
    @piggyminer2091 10 місяців тому +2

    You are amazing Robbie

  • @jb3222
    @jb3222 Місяць тому +1

    For info, York Minster is a cathedral despite its name!

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  Місяць тому

      Lloyd Griffith is a liar.

  • @SeanONeill-ef5vb
    @SeanONeill-ef5vb 2 місяці тому

    I’m from Leeds and my impression was 30 years ago I went on a night out and had to pay £2 for a pint, which was a shock, before I gave £2 to a barmaid and she wanted a 20p as well. Never went back 😀😀😀😀

  • @tylerwild4854
    @tylerwild4854 10 місяців тому

    We NEED to see Hull, I’ll send you a mundane list of things that are here to go and see

  • @rugglez
    @rugglez 2 місяці тому

    "Wakey Wines" absolute classic!

  • @reubenturner9919
    @reubenturner9919 9 місяців тому +1

    Wakefield is the only place that's made me happy to get home to Peterborough.

  • @FM-ex9cr
    @FM-ex9cr 10 місяців тому

    This is a series we have to see 🔥 get Barnstaple on the list - you’ve never heard of it but the history there would shock you, used to have it’s own language, used to be a bigger port than Liverpool. Now nothing 😆 Jo Brand described it as the only place in Devon that’s not posh (I raise you Torquay and Brixham but there we are)

  • @sianashley-tait7496
    @sianashley-tait7496 3 місяці тому

    I Iive in Wakefield, it's gone down hill over the years, that's why I'm planning to to move to the cotswolds with my family

  • @draoi99
    @draoi99 9 місяців тому

    I don't know about Wakefield but I've just been to York and it's gorgeous. 😍

  • @AtoZpod
    @AtoZpod 10 місяців тому +2

    If im a medieval castle, I can't speak because I'm a castle might be the greatest quote on this channel only rivalled by Jaackmaate had sex with a horse.

  • @scottrankin7759
    @scottrankin7759 10 місяців тому +1

    Missed out not doing the coal mining museum

  • @davidwoodcock139
    @davidwoodcock139 4 місяці тому

    We use to climb on the ruins as kids in the 1960’s

  • @namboozleUK
    @namboozleUK 10 місяців тому +2

    Visit Ripon, it's apparently a city.

  • @acleedsunited
    @acleedsunited 3 місяці тому +2

    17:20 Joe Biden is permanently confused.

  • @PapaClarkeTheGoat
    @PapaClarkeTheGoat 10 місяців тому +12

    stuntpegg is so sweet and funny ❤

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому +3

      She’s excellent!

  • @Pebble_Collector
    @Pebble_Collector 10 місяців тому +7

    I'm not sure I can describe what "Wife Material" means, but I know Nieve definitely fits the bill. She's lovely. :3

    • @christopherflux6254
      @christopherflux6254 4 дні тому

      I’m a Bolton fan who went to uni in Wakefield. So this video resonates well with me.

  • @chrisbemrose7234
    @chrisbemrose7234 10 місяців тому

    Love the Tach. Robbie's is good too.

  • @studoyle8185
    @studoyle8185 10 місяців тому

    The main question i have from this after having travelled through Wakefield Westgate station and now seeing the cathedral is in Northgate is whats in eastgate and southgate ?

    • @harrierjames7727
      @harrierjames7727 10 місяців тому +1

      Gareth

    • @paulinecoburn181
      @paulinecoburn181 10 місяців тому +1

      Cathedral is not in Northgate it’s in the city centre, Northgate has Queen Elizabeth grammar school and goes our towards Outwood and the M1 to Leeds. Southgate goes out to Doncaster and Barnsley Road Road.

    • @user-do4gb3jd5f
      @user-do4gb3jd5f 9 місяців тому

      You don't wanna know its a sh.t hole they didn't show u for a reason

  • @gilbertwalker3222
    @gilbertwalker3222 10 місяців тому +3

    Nieve has got to be one of the funniest personalities on UA-cam, what a gal.

  • @ryangallagher6656
    @ryangallagher6656 10 місяців тому

    Robbie you need to come to the old Capital of England, Winchester!

  • @buggers77
    @buggers77 10 місяців тому

    Hi Robbie. Let me know if you're up this way again & i'll show you around Todmorden & Hebden Bridge. Take care

  • @PeteRumley
    @PeteRumley 10 місяців тому +1

    Nieve really is just getting better and better with age 😵‍💫

  • @TheCaffeineKid
    @TheCaffeineKid 7 місяців тому +1

    I thought that the grand old Duke of York had 10,000 men? :)

  • @markconnolly6288
    @markconnolly6288 10 місяців тому +2

    I’m from liverpool and have lived in Wakefield for eight years, what a dump, it’s the land time forgot

    • @jujichop69
      @jujichop69 10 місяців тому +1

      I live in Wakefield and I couldn't agree more.

  • @n33dh4m
    @n33dh4m 10 місяців тому

    Come to Ripley (Derbyshire one), most English town, also high up on worst towns in the uk 😂

  • @MrAckers75
    @MrAckers75 9 місяців тому

    Lived in knottingley and used to go to Wakefield all the time…it’s fine

  • @Brian_Cohen
    @Brian_Cohen Місяць тому

    Come to the Black Country Museum and the Severn Valley Railway!

  • @KKTR3
    @KKTR3 6 місяців тому +1

    I rejected cauliflower when I started to have middle-class girlfriends and moved over to broccoli . After decades I decided I had , Had enough of pretending to be a broccoli lover.
    And reclaimed my working class devotion to the cauliflower long before it became the new middle-class cauliflower steak frenzy

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  6 місяців тому +2

      I think both cauliflower and broccoli can live side by side, irrespective of class.

    • @KKTR3
      @KKTR3 6 місяців тому

      @@RobbieKnox maybe now but in late 80s and the 90s , the broccoli was the new kid on the block beloved of the middle-class Cauliflower was clearly the working class vegetable.

  • @cianusgaming7263
    @cianusgaming7263 10 місяців тому

    Great video. Of course, the spicehead running past screaming wakey wines is to round it out and sums up the city's people

  • @SuperKinlo
    @SuperKinlo 10 місяців тому

    Would imagine there is more to do than on a Monday in manningtree

  • @adamknight6752
    @adamknight6752 10 місяців тому +1

    Anymore ski videos coming bruv?

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому +2

      Currently in the Alps!

    • @adamknight6752
      @adamknight6752 10 місяців тому +1

      @@RobbieKnox baller, looking forward to it. Big mountains no kidz 4 !

  • @cam4top
    @cam4top 10 місяців тому +1

    Nieve is so funny, she’s like the new Diane Morgan

  • @wildingmedia
    @wildingmedia 10 місяців тому

    Please do Winchester next

  • @TommoTheMan
    @TommoTheMan 10 місяців тому +2

    Cooplands Cheese straws bang

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому

      Was a decent straw.

  • @sianashley-tait7496
    @sianashley-tait7496 3 місяці тому

    It's definitely a cathedral, the statue is a character from a children's book

  • @Xhenix
    @Xhenix 10 місяців тому

    Do Huddersfield next!!!

  • @johncockram248
    @johncockram248 10 місяців тому +1

    How can you go to Wakefield and not go to the mining museum.

    • @RobbieKnox
      @RobbieKnox  10 місяців тому

      Too far out of Wakey to properly count.

    • @johncockram248
      @johncockram248 10 місяців тому

      Yes to be fair it is a bit on the outskirts.

  • @gadnukbreakerofworlds666
    @gadnukbreakerofworlds666 Місяць тому

    Wakefield is a shadow of its former self but it's nice to see some positive views

  • @WakefieldTolbert
    @WakefieldTolbert 9 місяців тому +1

    Looks like my ancestors left Britain a nice city.
    ___________
    Yes, my real name.
    Blessings.

  • @SeanONeill-ef5vb
    @SeanONeill-ef5vb 2 місяці тому +1

    Birmingham was the first place to get city status without a cathedral 😀

  • @sianashley-tait7496
    @sianashley-tait7496 3 місяці тому

    The art gallery is free for everyone

  • @mancantswim66191
    @mancantswim66191 3 місяці тому

    Its so weird seing my local city on UA-cam 😅