@@robreeves279And it’s your choice to stalk a man’s UA-cam page leaving bitchy messages like a dumped schoolgirl instead of using your valuable time to be positive or even constructive. What a sad sad wanker
Yeah he has to wrap up well to do this graft . And besides, I think Billy has lived in a former life where he definitely put some graft in.. One way or another...🥊
@@msl7312Billy is talking risks everyday he goes out to these dodgy areas with his camera. I bet you wouldn’t be going around some of those places without a bodyguard in toe. 😂 x
Keep up the good work Billy. Love watching the videos. Thought the sign on the right hand side of the video at 2:06 should have been on the other side of the road
@@Steveachester Compared to what it was mate it’s a complete shell of its former self! Massive drug and alcohol issues also alot of violence that goes with it! Billy went in the day when it was quiet it’s much worse at night as Peter Kay would say believe you me!
Wow Billy.. bit of a wasted journey for you there. Stafford used to be ok and busy, especially on a Saturday. Cant believe how quiet and dead it has become! But I guess that's like a lot of towns now. Thanks for getting out there Billy and giving us your content 👍🏻😊
Since they closed most of the shops in the shopping centre it has been like that and a lot of the other shops on the high street are empty too unfortunately
I know what you mean, The times I walked around there is anyone's guess. Like you say, it was always busy. Now, practically everywhere right across the country looks deprived and shabby.
I'm born and bred from Stafford. It's a shame what's happened to the town. Loads of shops have shut down and nights out aren't as great as they used to be after the University moved to Wolverhampton.
I'm gutted I was not in town to say hello, lived in Stafford all my life, its a nice little town centre but shame a lot of shops have gone. Love the channel
You hit the nail on the head when you said Stafford was boarding. I’ve lived in Stafford for over 25 years and haven’t been to the town centre for a good few years.
Thanks for the video I grow up there and l remember the Town being more busy and more shops open because off the new development at the other end it’s killed the other end of Town.
I know Stafford like the back of my hand! I went to college there and it’s gone to the dogs I’ve visited many times since but it is another town that’s gone to sxit! All the best as ever Billy Topman 👍
@@glenjarnold Many a good night in Stafford I was in college there in 97 I’ve drank in the coach the bear the swan Shrewsbury arms malt and hops o Neil’s etc etc raved in the Couture club many names over the years it was Zanzibar! I worked for my family’s ice cream company outside the town hall! Still have many mates there but it’s just another run down town and really fallen into the abyss! All by design of course I remember the good times and they can never take that from us!
Me and my mates would be in Reynolds most Fridays and Saturdays during the mid to late 90s, it had 3 floors. The Cellar bar was all the clubbing type music, the ground floor section was the Reynolds Bar where they played a lot of cheesy pop, and the top floor was The Attic Bar where it was mostly oldies played. We'd go to the Waggon And Horses first before hitting Reynolds. We'd also been to the Swan, the Shrew, The Bear. We also went into the County Staff club next door to the Shrew on some Thursday as my mate worked for the County Council and got us in, and the booze was subsidised so pretty cheap. Oh just seen the Rose And Crown in the video. We'd go in there too 😂
@@glenjarnold Yea it was Reynolds bar before it became the Zanzibar now it’s couture like I said many name changes but it’s still very popular! My old art college is opposite the chetwyn centre with stars newsagents on the corner! Cinema was brilliant back in the day oldskool that’s closed down now! Plenty of pubs still going that’s a given it’s just dead now high street is boarded up!
@@ED-209UHD No Reynolds was on Foregate Street opposite the turn off for the tenpin bowling, Couture was on the Newport Road. It was Top Of The World, then Fatty Arbuckles, Zanzibar then Couture.
My home town back in the 70s and 80s.. my how it has changed, i grew up in Littleworth, and i went to Sandyford Nusery, John Wheeldon, Riverway and Weston Road High..
I never thought I'd say this, but Rugeley - 7 miles down the road - has more going on! There's at least 2 genuine homeless guys live down there, but what they've apparently had issues with recently is several fake homeless people going begging, and those same people have also been stealing from old folks. Lots would talk to you down there about it, I'm sure.
@@glenjarnoldyes. I used to love the Attic on a Thursday night (I think it was a Thursday😅). I think I need to go to the afternoon 80’s disco at Top of the World and let my hair down a bit! X
@ We'd nearly always end up in the attic at the end of the night, having pulled or still trying to pull 😂 We usually went to Maymies on a Thursday - god only knows how we managed 4 or 5 nights a week, but we did 😂 I didn't know they were doing those at TOTW?! Aagh! I've just seen that they did a Reynolds Bar night on New Year's Eve!!
I grew up in Stafford, went to St Leonards primary, went to my first live gig, The Climax Blues Band at The Top Of The World, saw The Exorcist at the Picture House, happy days! I don’t think Stafford is any better or worse than any beleaguered town centre, just the way things are going, unfortunately. Sad. Thanks for posting, though.
Hopefully the genuine homeless will be inside in these conditions as when it gets to below zero, councils actually do their job, so they say. Noticed 4 great old traditional telephone boxes, should have checked em out. Worth a few quid nowadays and nearly extinct 😢
You can’t get out of Stafford much if you think it’s a shit hole - it’s a middle class Tory town with a town centre that has died like 90% of the UK. Compare it to most other towns/cities and there is very little drug addiction/begging/homelessness/gang culture/crime
@@chrisjones672 you must have been drinking to send that twice… and just for the record, i don’t go into Stafford because it’s a shite hole… thank god i live in a nice semi rural place on the outskirts of Stafford 👍🏼
@@Red-till-dead If he drove into Stafford I’m amazed he got there with all the bloody roadworks. If the council spent as much money on regeneration in the town centre as they did on repairing the roads they didn’t fix correctly the first time around the place would be far better.
@@adamdaykin4052The town centre didn't look too bad by 2025 standards. Perhaps a little bit boring and not lively enough. But also the kind of town where the hardest drug is probably nutmeg 😅
To be fair the town centre didn't look that bad. Quite nice but perhaps not lively enough and a tad boring. The kind of town where the hardest dr√g is nutmeg 😂
I'm American. I know a Man who's Daughter Married a Man from Stafford and Lives there now. The Man I know Visited and said it's very nice and Middle Class now.
omg the old dwp building, I used to live opp the ambulance station the other side of the round about. The boarded up building opp you is the old dwp building. )beginning of the film) Wow its so quiet for a Saturday. I would call that dead. after how I remember it. Will you ever do Stone? I spent my teenage years growing up there, before that Belfast, but doubt you go there. Great vid.
I had a girlfriend that spent 6 months in nearby Drake Hall open prison (Eccleshall) back in the 90s. She got 6 hours out on each open visit so Stafford was the nearest place to go. Parts of it reminded me of Chester back in the day although it looks so different today. Great video as ever Billy 👍
Great video, I'd probably give the north east a look around, seen plenty of rough places up there when I used to work that way, Middlesborough and some small mining towns around there
I visited Stafford around 5 years ago. It was pleasant enough but even then there was a lot of empty stores. The Guild Hall shopping centre looks closed too!! That was full of shops when I went in there.
Stafford is where Rolf Harris was - is that what bacon means ? Stafford was a great town back in the day - the ancient high house the swan and the bear brings back some memories! Good to see it’s not actually that bad even if it is boring.
It looks like the heart has been ripped out of Stafford. What a jumble and complete mess the developers have made of it. The old market was great with the local vendors selling their wares. Hamecut from the bone. Cheese cut to the amount you requested. I lived on Parkside and moved to Thailand in 1987. Thank goodness I did. The thought of festering away in what has become a dull and boring place makes me realize how lucky I am. Thanks for the video, Billy. The prison doesn't look like the most forbidding place now.
“A bit all over the place , this town centre” summed up Stafford , cheers billy shame I missed you..unfortunately Stafford is like a lot of places in the uk .. damaged by lack of investment, on line shopping and out of town landlords .. Keep up the good work
Stafford jail looks rough but I spent 1999-2000 in Walton in a man cell,I was terrified but tbh I loved it . I wouldn't do it again though, 6 moon for disqualified driving . Love your work mate 👍
I'm from Stafford, And believe me,beggars are a plenty... They all go home (yes,beggers are not homeless,even the homeless have homes,my previous flat has homeless beggers in,and they all go to town to beg, When it's raining they all are home,so if you want to see them,come back when it's nice weather...
Born in Stafford, the town has been going downhill for years like many a town centre. Stone is nice though, although there was an assault in the nearby village of Yarnfield by an Afghan refugee/migrant. Who was quickly moved out of the area. Anyway.. Nice vid 👍🏻
Great video your a brilliant guy the best on u tube there rest are all about them selves or likes or comments u actually care for people take care love from glasgow x
This is where I live and chose to put down roots. There’s nothing going on and that’s, in part, why we chose it. It’s a non-place with no drama. Perfect for raising our daughter 👍 When you grow up in places like East Kilbride, Hamilton, Derby and London, Stafford or a breath of fresh air 😆
My hometown, seen better days. Love your videos. Just bought a camera in Latvia on a bit of a whim and planning on giving something similar a crack. Meeting folk & exploring. Would be nice to be able to give something back. Any advice more than welcome! UTFT! x
I've lived in Stafford for 50+ years. It's still a nice town, but it's a shame to see so many empty shops, and the market and Guildhall being shut down. That kind of thing is happening everywhere though. The cost of running a business has increased considerably due to rising rent and utility bills, plus many people shop online these days. The market had been dying for a long time, but in September last year the remaining traders were given just 3 weeks notice of it closing, which is a joke.
I bet it was thriving back in the day. One of my friends wanted to set up her own salon. It was in an area where there were quite a few empty properties. The rents and business rates were astronomical. She has gone mobile instead. No wonder places are in the state they are in.
I had a girlfriend in the 90s that spent 6 months in nearby Drake Hall open prison. (Eccleshawl) She got 6 hours out on open visits so Stafford was the nearest place to go. Parts of it reminded me of Chester back in the day but it's obviously gone down the nick since then. Great video as ever Billy 👍
Visit Dewsbury in West Yorkshire at some point, whole town is just derelict. Some other suggestions of places you haven't done yet would be Wakefield, Castleford, Leigh, Bolton, Hartlepool, Luton and Wolverhampton
thats where rolf harris was imprisoned I think.Been a few years since I been Stafford but used to like it,the town centre was okay and some decent pubs.
Stafford is a beautiful place, was happy to rent a 1 bed flat there, go shopping in the old market, go the park see the small animal habitats, 2 mcdonalds, bought my 1st vape there 2014 happy days, Miss it
They were both on their last legs at that point anyway - town centres are never going to be what they were 20-30 years ago, as seen throughout the UK. I’d argue the new retail centre has been a lifeline for the Town in general - and brings people in from other areas that wouldn’t have visited otherwise.
Hahaha funny that billy. Gotta admit I’m waiting on your videos now. Who thought someone just cruising around the normal could be so interesting fella. Big up Billy
Liking the channel. Sad how the internet and big supermarkets have killed off the small traders. Born here and come back now. Used to get dragged around the market as a kid. You should take a look at the small villages. There all flooded just as bad.
Loving yur filming billy. Look forward to yur daily posts What a horrible imposing prison.is it still used? Again some lovely old buildings. And look how clean the shopping area is..and no noise x
hahaa 😂 best place to go shoplifting 😂 i knew you would make all those journeys out of your town well worthwhile with a few...bags full.... of take homes haha 😂
Come to Tamworth Bill, not far from Brum or Stafford. Some rough outer areas here! Apparently was once voted one of the roughest nights out not so long back!
Hello Bill. Staffords a decent place to walk around, certainly historically speaking. That historic building next to McDonalds in town is where King Charles 1st rested his weary head in the Civil war. Just up the hill out of town going west is Stafford castle with an excellent attendant museum. Back in the centre is the old Stafford court with art gallery and museum and other interesting artifacts. Keep walking the good walk pal.
All high streets the same, 2 banks, 5 fastfoods, starbucks/costa/nero, boots, Tui, 2-3 pubs, and some family shops that struggling to survive, tesco express, Iceland and Greggs
I lived in Stafford back then when you were inside, my flat backed on to the prison so I could often hear the inmates shouting down from the windows. I remember having a pint in that Bear pub whilst watching Kevin Campbell score the winner for Everton at Anfield.
I like how in a lot of towns you visit Billy the shops are not covered in as a lot are in indoor malls now. Where I am in East Kilbride near Glasgow ours are all under cover. Seems okay looks some nice shops!,
Basically town centres were killed stone dead by supermarkets and shopping malls on “ out of town” sites where people could 1) save money 2) park for free. Also, little independent shops got ruined by greedy landlords wanting extortionate rents for the buildings. It’s basic economics and convenience. Some town centres are uniquely different, like Chester for example. Stafford is fairly typical. The homelessness issue is a lot more complicated and we should be careful not to “ politicise” it, as people find themselves on the streets for many unfortunate reasons ( sometimes of their own making tbh ).
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@@Martinitsme and read the books. I actually listened to them on Audible. Scouse narrator - they were excellent xx
Great film and a great turn by Joe Cole.
@@Martinitsme his choice to hit the drug world and then seek help, pathetic
@@Martinitsme His choice prison life , self inflicted don't be sucked in
@@robreeves279And it’s your choice to stalk a man’s UA-cam page leaving bitchy messages like a dumped schoolgirl instead of using your valuable time to be positive or even constructive. What a sad sad wanker
The cold streets of Great britain just makes my soul even colder...
Yes however did we build the empire?
@@EmzoPrecision no mate ,,
@@EmzoPrecision We didnt ...its a crock ...
This channel is up there with the best. You’re obviously putting in a lot of work billy
@ well he’s not sticking to the street he lives in he’s travelling all over the country which is hard work
Yeah he has to wrap up well to do this graft .
And besides, I think Billy has lived in a former life where he definitely put some graft in..
One way or another...🥊
I can tell by his videos it really does rain a lot in Britain lol
Hard work drivikg a nice new car @@BG-ef8sk
@@msl7312Billy is talking risks everyday he goes out to these dodgy areas with his camera. I bet you wouldn’t be going around some of those places without a bodyguard in toe. 😂 x
Hi Billy, Thank you for all your great videos and showing what it's like...really like atm in the uk and highlighting homelessness ❤
What a strange world we live in when we think it’s abnormal not to see homeless people and beggars 🤷🏻♂️
Because they've been kicked out alot them in Birmingham and other places.
Even in the smallest towns in America, there are camps, usually in wooded areas on the fringes.
Keep up the good work Billy. Love watching the videos. Thought the sign on the right hand side of the video at 2:06 should have been on the other side of the road
Stafford doesn't look too bad. Better than a lot of places you've visited.
Trust me i live here its a shithole
@@Steveachester Compared to what it was mate it’s a complete shell of its former self!
Massive drug and alcohol issues also alot of violence that goes with it!
Billy went in the day when it was quiet it’s much worse at night as Peter Kay would say believe you me!
@ED-209UHD I didn't see that side of it. The whole of the uk as gone down hill.
@@Steveachester Shocking isn’t it mate towns and city’s of the UK are a disgrace! I must be mad coming back from Thailand next week!
@@ED-209UHDThere were no homeless people around though which I've never come across in any of the "rougher" cities and towns
Wow Billy.. bit of a wasted journey for you there. Stafford used to be ok and busy, especially on a Saturday. Cant believe how quiet and dead it has become! But I guess that's like a lot of towns now. Thanks for getting out there Billy and giving us your content 👍🏻😊
Since they closed most of the shops in the shopping centre it has been like that and a lot of the other shops on the high street are empty too unfortunately
I know what you mean, The times I walked around there is anyone's guess. Like you say, it was always busy. Now, practically everywhere right across the country looks deprived and shabby.
@@njp2k914 People can just buy everything from the comfort of their own homes. It's sad to see, but I do this myself, too.
Well if you cut everything for decades noone has any money to buy anything, motherwell Is the same only busy if Celtic or rangers are at fir park .
I mean; he missed most of Stafford TBF 🤷🏼♂️😂
Brilliant! Watch it every night!
Love watching Ur videos they have helped me with my recovery process thank U so much billy moore
I'm born and bred from Stafford.
It's a shame what's happened to the town. Loads of shops have shut down and nights out aren't as great as they used to be after the University moved to Wolverhampton.
the university has 3 campuses. its all moved the Stoke opposite the train station.
I'm gutted I was not in town to say hello, lived in Stafford all my life, its a nice little town centre but shame a lot of shops have gone. Love the channel
Same as me..would of loved to of said hi to Billy. .luv his channel and watch all the vids 🎉
Awww love me a wimpy at Milford or the restaurants in town back in the day😂❤
@@pimlicofox haha the wimpy is still at Milford its amazing
Loving your content Billy, wishing yourself, Joe and all the family the very best of health, happiness and wealth for 2025 💜
Stafford looks clean and great video again keep going billy
You hit the nail on the head when you said Stafford was boarding. I’ve lived in Stafford for over 25 years and haven’t been to the town centre for a good few years.
Seems like a nice place. One of your best videos Billy.
Thanks for the video I grow up there and l remember the Town being more busy and more shops open because off the new development at the other end it’s killed the other end of Town.
I know Stafford like the back of my hand!
I went to college there and it’s gone to the dogs I’ve visited many times since but it is another town that’s gone to sxit!
All the best as ever Billy Topman 👍
I used to work at the college back in the early 80s. We used to go to the Bird In Hand for 'extended' lunch breaks quite often!
@@glenjarnold Many a good night in Stafford I was in college there in 97 I’ve drank in the coach the bear the swan Shrewsbury arms malt and hops o Neil’s etc etc raved in the Couture club many names over the years it was Zanzibar!
I worked for my family’s ice cream company outside the town hall!
Still have many mates there but it’s just another run down town and really fallen into the abyss!
All by design of course I remember the good times and they can never take that from us!
Me and my mates would be in Reynolds most Fridays and Saturdays during the mid to late 90s, it had 3 floors. The Cellar bar was all the clubbing type music, the ground floor section was the Reynolds Bar where they played a lot of cheesy pop, and the top floor was The Attic Bar where it was mostly oldies played. We'd go to the Waggon And Horses first before hitting Reynolds. We'd also been to the Swan, the Shrew, The Bear. We also went into the County Staff club next door to the Shrew on some Thursday as my mate worked for the County Council and got us in, and the booze was subsidised so pretty cheap. Oh just seen the Rose And Crown in the video. We'd go in there too 😂
@@glenjarnold Yea it was Reynolds bar before it became the Zanzibar now it’s couture like I said many name changes but it’s still very popular!
My old art college is opposite the chetwyn centre with stars newsagents on the corner!
Cinema was brilliant back in the day oldskool that’s closed down now!
Plenty of pubs still going that’s a given it’s just dead now high street is boarded up!
@@ED-209UHD No Reynolds was on Foregate Street opposite the turn off for the tenpin bowling, Couture was on the Newport Road. It was Top Of The World, then Fatty Arbuckles, Zanzibar then Couture.
My home town back in the 70s and 80s.. my how it has changed, i grew up in Littleworth, and i went to Sandyford Nusery, John Wheeldon, Riverway and Weston Road High..
I never thought I'd say this, but Rugeley - 7 miles down the road - has more going on! There's at least 2 genuine homeless guys live down there, but what they've apparently had issues with recently is several fake homeless people going begging, and those same people have also been stealing from old folks. Lots would talk to you down there about it, I'm sure.
Wicker man vibes Stafford 😂
and Banjo sounds.
How do you mean ??
Used to love the Reynolds club on a Friday and Saturday night in the 90s.
Me too, Glen! 😊💜
@ I can almost guarantee we'd be there on either or both of those nights every single week, Sarah! X
@@glenjarnoldyes. I used to love the Attic on a Thursday night (I think it was a Thursday😅). I think I need to go to the afternoon 80’s disco at Top of the World and let my hair down a bit! X
@ We'd nearly always end up in the attic at the end of the night, having pulled or still trying to pull 😂 We usually went to Maymies on a Thursday - god only knows how we managed 4 or 5 nights a week, but we did 😂 I didn't know they were doing those at TOTW?! Aagh! I've just seen that they did a Reynolds Bar night on New Year's Eve!!
I grew up in Stafford, went to St Leonards primary, went to my first live gig, The Climax Blues Band at The Top Of The World, saw The Exorcist at the Picture House, happy days! I don’t think Stafford is any better or worse than any beleaguered town centre, just the way things are going, unfortunately. Sad. Thanks for posting, though.
Council don't care the couldn't get it right
@ Neat ‘Climax’ reference there. Cheers!
@@markdebank3867 yes wasn't sure if anyone wood get it...music helps get me thru these mad times ...keep rocking
Theres only one Billy Moore!! One Billy Moore!! Walking along! Singing a song. Walking in a Billy wonderland!💪👍
Brilliant as always bill loved the story about your cell mate in Stafford nick keep up the fantastic job your doing mate 👍
The homeless get moved on in Stafford town centre, come to Cannock (not far from Stafford)☺️
Looks clean and peaceful. .
It ay, i live here, it’s a shit hole matey
Hopefully the genuine homeless will be inside in these conditions as when it gets to below zero, councils actually do their job, so they say. Noticed 4 great old traditional telephone boxes, should have checked em out. Worth a few quid nowadays and nearly extinct 😢
You can’t get out of Stafford much if you think it’s a shit hole - it’s a middle class Tory town with a town centre that has died like 90% of the UK.
Compare it to most other towns/cities and there is very little drug addiction/begging/homelessness/gang culture/crime
@@chrisjones672 you must have been drinking to send that twice… and just for the record, i don’t go into Stafford because it’s a shite hole… thank god i live in a nice semi rural place on the outskirts of Stafford 👍🏼
@chrisjones672 I work all over the Midlands mate I couldn't agree more.🫡
The crooked bridge road sign on the prison is some outstanding pommie humour. 😂
The road at the front of the prison is called Gaol Road. But you pronounce it Jail Road. I don't know why though.
Please come to Cardiff Billy, lived here for 52 years you will find lots of unexpected drama trust me, Happy New Year to you and yours.💜
I lived in Cardiff for a few years round 2008-2009. It's a lovely city but there was often some kind of drama popping off on the streets
Splott for the win 😂
Cowbridge Road and Clifton Street a must.😅
Your getting the miles in Billy👍Stafford looked okay... Nowhere looks good in the rain.
It's really nice there. You should be talking this place up Bill. Compared to the other places you've been to .✌️☘️
Well stafford was a waste of petrol , 😂thanks billy for letting your public know 😂
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@theallornothingpodcastwith4442 😂
@@Red-till-dead If he drove into Stafford I’m amazed he got there with all the bloody roadworks. If the council spent as much money on regeneration in the town centre as they did on repairing the roads they didn’t fix correctly the first time around the place would be far better.
@@adamdaykin4052The town centre didn't look too bad by 2025 standards. Perhaps a little bit boring and not lively enough. But also the kind of town where the hardest drug is probably nutmeg 😅
To be fair the town centre didn't look that bad. Quite nice but perhaps not lively enough and a tad boring. The kind of town where the hardest dr√g is nutmeg 😂
I'm American. I know a Man who's Daughter Married a Man from Stafford and Lives there now. The Man I know Visited and said it's very nice and Middle Class now.
Staffordshire maybe, not Stafford town
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Hi Billy op u av good 2025 looks peaceful enough an for once streets ar clean mus be the only one take care an keep the good work up xx ♥️♥️
omg the old dwp building, I used to live opp the ambulance station the other side of the round about. The boarded up building opp you is the old dwp building. )beginning of the film) Wow its so quiet for a Saturday. I would call that dead. after how I remember it. Will you ever do Stone? I spent my teenage years growing up there, before that Belfast, but doubt you go there. Great vid.
I had a girlfriend that spent 6 months in nearby Drake Hall open prison (Eccleshall) back in the 90s. She got 6 hours out on each open visit so Stafford was the nearest place to go. Parts of it reminded me of Chester back in the day although it looks so different today. Great video as ever Billy 👍
So what did you do with the money...?
Stafford ive got some memories of the Swan AKA the swan till 1, 30 yrs ago back in the day. 🫤🤣
Great video, I'd probably give the north east a look around, seen plenty of rough places up there when I used to work that way, Middlesborough and some small mining towns around there
I also find it very strange why no one is begging or homeless. In the uk nowadays homelessness is a huge problem. Nowhere is exempt
Very interesting and I can also practice my English... muchas gracias! 👍
If you're learning to speak English Billy Moore videos are not the best place to start 😂
😂 @@ChorltonM21
@@ChorltonM21No worse than learning it from a Staffordian! 😂
@@ChorltonM21 I only said it to get some "likes" 🙃 ..and also because I enjoy Billy's videos...😌
Great post Billy, just looking at what you've filmed probably answers why there are no beggars!
I visited Stafford around 5 years ago. It was pleasant enough but even then there was a lot of empty stores. The Guild Hall shopping centre looks closed too!! That was full of shops when I went in there.
Yes sadly the guildhall into luxury apartments as it stands lol
Stafford is where Rolf Harris was - is that what bacon means ? Stafford was a great town back in the day - the ancient high house the swan and the bear brings back some memories! Good to see it’s not actually that bad even if it is boring.
It looks like the heart has been ripped out of Stafford. What a jumble and complete mess the developers have made of it. The old market was great with the local vendors selling their wares. Hamecut from the bone. Cheese cut to the amount you requested. I lived on Parkside and moved to Thailand in 1987. Thank goodness I did. The thought of festering away in what has become a dull and boring place makes me realize how lucky I am. Thanks for the video, Billy. The prison doesn't look like the most forbidding place now.
Love watching your channel Billy…. You should come down and visit union street in PLYMOUTH 👍
“A bit all over the place , this town centre” summed up Stafford , cheers billy shame I missed you..unfortunately Stafford is like a lot of places in the uk .. damaged by lack of investment, on line shopping and out of town landlords ..
Keep up the good work
@@iankettlewell5677 it's a shit hole
Stafford jail looks rough but I spent 1999-2000 in Walton in a man cell,I was terrified but tbh I loved it . I wouldn't do it again though, 6 moon for disqualified driving . Love your work mate 👍
I'm from Stafford,
And believe me,beggars are a plenty...
They all go home
(yes,beggers are not homeless,even the homeless have homes,my previous flat has homeless beggers in,and they all go to town to beg,
When it's raining they all are home,so if you want to see them,come back when it's nice weather...
Born in Stafford, the town has been going downhill for years like many a town centre.
Stone is nice though, although there was an assault in the nearby village of Yarnfield by an Afghan refugee/migrant. Who was quickly moved out of the area.
Anyway.. Nice vid 👍🏻
alot more assaults and murders have happened in stone over the years.. bad people in all colours
Great video your a brilliant guy the best on u tube there rest are all about them selves or likes or comments u actually care for people take care love from glasgow x
What a lovely place eh, no drama
Great channel,I live 3 miles from Stafford,it has gone downhill so much,used to be great shops in the town
That 'Nick' looked like an old 'poor house' from back in the day 🤣 Stay safe and warm my friend 😘
This is where I live and chose to put down roots. There’s nothing going on and that’s, in part, why we chose it. It’s a non-place with no drama. Perfect for raising our daughter 👍
When you grow up in places like East Kilbride, Hamilton, Derby and London, Stafford or a breath of fresh air 😆
Best channel on UA-cam and love sent from Salford Manchester respect 🫡 billy ❤
Watch religiously everyday ❤
My hometown, seen better days. Love your videos. Just bought a camera in Latvia on a bit of a whim and planning on giving something similar a crack. Meeting folk & exploring. Would be nice to be able to give something back. Any advice more than welcome!
UTFT! x
I was just thinking the same thing just before you said it Billy no homeless people in the streets mate!.👌👌👍👍
we do though, probably begging for money in birmingham/stoke and come back later on ;)
I've lived in Stafford for 50+ years. It's still a nice town, but it's a shame to see so many empty shops, and the market and Guildhall being shut down. That kind of thing is happening everywhere though. The cost of running a business has increased considerably due to rising rent and utility bills, plus many people shop online these days.
The market had been dying for a long time, but in September last year the remaining traders were given just 3 weeks notice of it closing, which is a joke.
I bet it was thriving back in the day. One of my friends wanted to set up her own salon. It was in an area where there were quite a few empty properties. The rents and business rates were astronomical. She has gone mobile instead. No wonder places are in the state they are in.
Yeah business rates are absolutely extortionate now. Its a shame for people trying to expand x
Top of the world in my day 70 s 😊
Thanks for the visit to Stafford last time I was there in 2000 there was a big Sainsbury store
Seems nice clean and looks like it’s not been invaded with rubber dinghies yet!
I live here, i promise you it HAS
It has everywhere is
Yup it sure has….
@@letsgetdigging7418 yes 💯
get ur head checked lad
I had a girlfriend in the 90s that spent 6 months in nearby Drake Hall open prison. (Eccleshawl) She got 6 hours out on open visits so Stafford was the nearest place to go. Parts of it reminded me of Chester back in the day but it's obviously gone down the nick since then. Great video as ever Billy 👍
Visit Dewsbury in West Yorkshire at some point, whole town is just derelict.
Some other suggestions of places you haven't done yet would be Wakefield, Castleford, Leigh, Bolton, Hartlepool, Luton and Wolverhampton
Saville in dewsbury
thats where rolf harris was imprisoned I think.Been a few years since I been Stafford but used to like it,the town centre was okay and some decent pubs.
Stafford is a beautiful place, was happy to rent a 1 bed flat there, go shopping in the old market, go the park see the small animal habitats, 2 mcdonalds, bought my 1st vape there 2014 happy days, Miss it
The Riverside shopping development at 13:01 killed off the town centre/Guildhall market.
The councillors should be put in prison.
They were both on their last legs at that point anyway - town centres are never going to be what they were 20-30 years ago, as seen throughout the UK.
I’d argue the new retail centre has been a lifeline for the Town in general - and brings people in from other areas that wouldn’t have visited otherwise.
good to see success on the channel racking up alot of views , keep it up matey
Hahaha funny that billy. Gotta admit I’m waiting on your videos now. Who thought someone just cruising around the normal could be so interesting fella. Big up Billy
Thank you 🙏
Greyfriars butcher's..thats the name of my street ..but without the butcher bit ...good vid billy ...👍👍...
Thank you Billy 🎉
Great again topman 👍🏼👊🏼
Liking the channel. Sad how the internet and big supermarkets have killed off the small traders. Born here and come back now. Used to get dragged around the market as a kid. You should take a look at the small villages. There all flooded just as bad.
Loving yur filming billy. Look forward to yur daily posts
What a horrible imposing prison.is it still used?
Again some lovely old buildings. And look how clean the shopping area is..and no noise x
Well never thought you'd visit boring Stafford. I'm gutted. I missed you would of loved to say hello.
Cheers Billy
All The Best for 2025 pal✊️💪
All the languages you know , is amazing.
hahaa 😂 best place to go shoplifting 😂 i knew you would make all those journeys out of your town well worthwhile with a few...bags full.... of take homes haha 😂
Bills on the daily grind 🤙🤙top stuff Scouse x
Come to Tamworth Bill, not far from Brum or Stafford. Some rough outer areas here! Apparently was once voted one of the roughest nights out not so long back!
That's the first place I was in a hostel at the start of my journey of homelessness. The bethany project when I was 16, wow
Hello Bill. Staffords a decent place to walk around, certainly historically speaking. That historic building next to McDonalds in town is where King Charles 1st rested his weary head in the Civil war. Just up the hill out of town going west is Stafford castle with an excellent attendant museum. Back in the centre is the old Stafford court with art gallery and museum and other interesting artifacts. Keep walking the good walk pal.
All high streets the same, 2 banks, 5 fastfoods, starbucks/costa/nero, boots, Tui, 2-3 pubs, and some family shops that struggling to survive, tesco express, Iceland and Greggs
Don't forget the Turkish barber
@@saudade2745 one of those too
Come to Stone in the Summer when we have street food evenings.
If anyone mentions Stafford, I just think of Altern8 , cos that's where they are from.
Another place that seems to have had the soul ripped out of it.
Billy can speak quite a few languages. He should work as some sort of Translator. It’s great how he talks to people
You want to visit Stafford castle it's beautiful
Yes yes another shit hot billy show !
Thankyou so much!
I lived in Stafford for a while with my scouse girlfriend who is from Wavertree, but Billy Stafford is a town mate and not a city, best regards 👍🏻
Another amazing upload billy thanks stay safe have an amazing night
Was once a nice affluent town… Well welcome to dystopia….
I lived in Stafford back then when you were inside, my flat backed on to the prison so I could often hear the inmates shouting down from the windows. I remember having a pint in that Bear pub whilst watching Kevin Campbell score the winner for Everton at Anfield.
I like how in a lot of towns you visit Billy the shops are not covered in as a lot are in indoor malls now. Where I am in East Kilbride near Glasgow ours are all under cover. Seems okay looks some nice shops!,
Laura Cleary?
last time i went To stafford it was so clean and pristine Beautiful It looks like the rest of the UK now maybe not quite as bad but its gone aswel
When was that? The 1950s?
@@Si_Mondo haha Not quite 90s though yeah
Basically town centres were killed stone dead by supermarkets and shopping malls on “ out of town” sites where people could 1) save money 2) park for free. Also, little independent shops got ruined by greedy landlords wanting extortionate rents for the buildings. It’s basic economics and convenience. Some town centres are uniquely different, like Chester for example. Stafford is fairly typical. The homelessness issue is a lot more complicated and we should be careful not to “ politicise” it, as people find themselves on the streets for many unfortunate reasons ( sometimes of their own making tbh ).
Anthor good video billy 👏
So funny when you kid people on Billy they believe you it's so funny !
I tell you what billy put his miles in , fair play and best of luck to him ❤