I was born in Derby eighty seven years ago. Although I recognized St Peter's Street and East Street, they looked a little strange without cars on the roadway. I left to join up in 1953 and have only visited on occasion since. I was very unhappy when the council in the fifties decided to " modernize" by destroying what was the "west end." Gone is St Alkmunds Church Yard along with the buildings surrounding it, sad. There are many examples of short-sighted planning. Thank you for jogging this aging brain.
Last time I visited Derby was early 90's it was far busier than that, and where have all the decent shops gone, I can't see one worth visiting. Ironic that the girl is telling passers-by that buying lots of stuff doesn't make you happy, she's in the wrong place.
We did that in a seperate video covering Ashbourne Road, Friargate, Saddlergate, Cathederal on to the Silk Mill - ua-cam.com/video/nsHYtO8tOFo/v-deo.htmlsi=FynoWUqEaFIoIAAL
The fact that the city centre is dead most of the year says it all really. The council are utterly useless and have no idea. The town is disgusting. Anti-social behaviour, drunks, homeless and sod all to do.
I can't argue with that to be fair. I used to enjoy going in to town around 10+ years ago even just to kill some time at the weekends, but it really seems to have got worse on every visit over the last few years. A lot of people blame it on the Derbion (formely Westfield, Intu), but It's no better in there, either.
@@DerbyRambles Agree! The Derbion, Intu, Westfield has not been a positive improvement my last visit 2022 I was disappointed, the whole area is soulless and intimidating and the bus station is even worse. I grew up in Chaddesden , the centre of Derby then was Sadler Gate the Marketplace and the Locarno at 3:45 now the 'House of Holes' I spent my last ten quid and moved to Sydney in the 70s with occasional visits to Derby over the years still love the Dolphin Pub and the Brunswick Inn on Railway Terrace I was a regular at the Bell Hotel in Sadler Gate back in the day. Anyway thanks for the video.
@@Tolpuddle581 Thank you for your comment and watching the video! It's great to see our videos are finding people so far away. It was part of the idea of doing them, knowing a lot of people will have moved away from the area and curious to see what it's like now. Derby seems to have changed and changed quite rapidly. I'm noticing big differences and not always for the better with every 5 years that passes now. We currently live very close to Chaddesden, on the Wilmorton estate, Pride Park. I know Chaddesden very well. I think the City Centre is where you notice the biggest differences when it comes to whether a city is starting to feel run down and I must say, the city centre does at the moment. Thanks again for your message!
@@DerbyRambles No problem I grew up on Rupert Road in Chadd I went to Olive Eden School on Morley Road. The thing I found disturbing in Derby was obvious drug dealing in the old Market Hall and aggressive beggars on St Peters St but that's not just a Derby problem.
A simple walk around Derby City Centre as it is now (2024). Love it or hate it, it's our home 💚
I was born in Derby eighty seven years ago. Although I recognized St Peter's Street and East Street, they looked a little strange without cars on the roadway. I left to join up in 1953 and have only visited on occasion since. I was very unhappy when the council in the fifties decided to " modernize" by destroying what was the "west end." Gone is St Alkmunds Church Yard along with the buildings surrounding it, sad. There are many examples of short-sighted planning. Thank you for jogging this aging brain.
10:23 love the turtle 😊
Last time I visited Derby was early 90's it was far busier than that, and where have all the decent shops gone, I can't see one worth visiting. Ironic that the girl is telling passers-by that buying lots of stuff doesn't make you happy, she's in the wrong place.
I used to work in Derby in the 90s. I hardly recognize it anymore 😢
No Sadler Gate or Cathedral……..why?
We did that in a seperate video covering Ashbourne Road, Friargate, Saddlergate, Cathederal on to the Silk Mill - ua-cam.com/video/nsHYtO8tOFo/v-deo.htmlsi=FynoWUqEaFIoIAAL
@@DerbyRambles Ah that explains it , thanks 👍
It looks busier now than it did before Christmas 😂
You're not wrong!
The fact that the city centre is dead most of the year says it all really. The council are utterly useless and have no idea. The town is disgusting. Anti-social behaviour, drunks, homeless and sod all to do.
I can't argue with that to be fair. I used to enjoy going in to town around 10+ years ago even just to kill some time at the weekends, but it really seems to have got worse on every visit over the last few years. A lot of people blame it on the Derbion (formely Westfield, Intu), but It's no better in there, either.
@@DerbyRamblesyes, that has a lot to answer for.
@@DerbyRambles Agree! The Derbion, Intu, Westfield has not been a positive improvement my last visit 2022 I was disappointed, the whole area is soulless and intimidating and the bus station is even worse.
I grew up in Chaddesden , the centre of Derby then was Sadler Gate the Marketplace and the Locarno at 3:45 now the 'House of Holes'
I spent my last ten quid and moved to Sydney in the 70s with occasional visits to Derby over the years still love the Dolphin Pub and the Brunswick Inn on Railway Terrace I was a regular at the Bell Hotel in Sadler Gate back in the day.
Anyway thanks for the video.
@@Tolpuddle581 Thank you for your comment and watching the video! It's great to see our videos are finding people so far away. It was part of the idea of doing them, knowing a lot of people will have moved away from the area and curious to see what it's like now.
Derby seems to have changed and changed quite rapidly. I'm noticing big differences and not always for the better with every 5 years that passes now. We currently live very close to Chaddesden, on the Wilmorton estate, Pride Park. I know Chaddesden very well. I think the City Centre is where you notice the biggest differences when it comes to whether a city is starting to feel run down and I must say, the city centre does at the moment. Thanks again for your message!
@@DerbyRambles No problem I grew up on Rupert Road in Chadd I went to Olive Eden School on Morley Road.
The thing I found disturbing in Derby was obvious drug dealing in the old Market Hall and aggressive beggars on St Peters St but that's not just a Derby problem.
my home!
Lovely black patches of tarmac in the paved areas
Now that you mention it, I can't stop seeing it 🤣good old Derby!
The s,,,t tip of the east midlands
There's a few of them about...
Have you never been to Mansfield.