Wow. The house on the corner of Walker Street used to be let as holiday flats - my family had the ground floor one for a week during the summer of 1970, when I was aged six. Having gone out to the shop a few doors up at around 7.15 one morning, I decided to take the long way home - via the Gynn, Promenade and Talbot Road - thinking it would give the rest of the family time to get up... Needless to say I returned around nine and found them not only up - but on the point of calling the police to help look for me. I don't remember getting much of a row - they could see that I meant well, and I think they were just relieved.
My friend and I are platonic gay friends, and we did Blackpool a lot in the 90's! I recall we stayed at The Trades Hotel, and there was a LOT of "Cummings" and goings between guests rooms! We used to love the Pleasure Beach, and does anybody remember Kelly's Cafeteria near North Pier? They used to stand the condiments in the ash trays, so presumably closed down by Environmental Health? 😂😂😂
Great vid!!! And soo funny!!! “Spare change boss” certainly gets around!!😂😂. Nice to see The venues on Dickson road opening up and doing their best!!! Great video again!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Stay on Banks Street when we come up every year, it’s a brilliant down to earth town. Hopefully looking forward to coming end of July if everything is back to normal with the pubs! 🤞🏻
Always enjoy your videos, nice dry sense of humour too. Duke of York a nice meal i remember, Peeks and LuLus lively as you say usually. Keep up the good work.
I know this street well, always stay on it as its where we end up after a day in Ma Kellys central, great Karaoke in the Duke and a great night in Peeks , nice video .
love your videos me n my Mrs went blackpool last year September and as we noticed the "beggars" on promenade with crutches asking for money we saw them next to ma kellys north the day after same men no crutches it's miracle lol we couldn't believe it!
I remember staying very near to this road when I was a small boy.i was obviously recognised as a non local and had a shotgun put in my face.I remember it “fondly” as it made me the way I am today.a nice guy but fearless with it.thanks for the video
Superb these. In 30 years time these will be important documents of social history. Would love a Garstang one, Britain's first free trade town, seems tonne expanding rapidly, hope it doesn't lose its charm.
I moved away from Blackpool in 2016 and really regret the move. I last lived in the area of this video in 2010, on the corner of Yates St and Lord St, however, I did also live in three flats at the other end of Dickson Rd, in the Gynn/Warley Rd section. You could say Dickson Road is my home, but I could not get over how much it has changed in just the 11 years since I've been gone.
hi i am a subscriber and really enjoy your videos as i have visited blackpool with my family every year for 30 years. I know this maybe a bit of a strange question but me and the family are coming to blackpool for a week tomorrow and staying at the cliffs, unfortunately they will not let us leave our luggage there. we cant checkin until 3pm due to the covid19. Do you know by any chance anywhere we could leave our luggage for the day at all?
James Alexander That is a good question, however, I don’t know what you can do. I’m sure there must be somewhere that you could leave your luggage. I’m really surprised that a hotel like the Cliffs won’t allow you to leave your luggage there before checking in. That sounds a bit harsh.
Dickson road was always known for being a bit run down and seedy but really it is the side streets which run off Dickson which are run down and dross, i used to work on Dickson road when Wisemans had their shop there and North railway station was still on the corner, that part was a nice little area then, i can even remember when the Police man in his white jacket and gloves used to direct traffic where Talbot road met at the junction of Dickson road.
Oh my your videos are fab, I always get asked for change on Dickson road when I come to Blackpool. You are a very respectful man, I love the way you said the area is iffy. 😅😂🤣 Keep up the great work. 😃😃😃
I live here just off lulus and peek a booze - i came here from down south Stevenage - it’s lively and always something going on but it is safe to walk about and really not that bad - many places I’d rather not go in the country
Hi Stephen, loved this video and we stayed in what I think was the Belvedere in Dickson Road in 2008. Was that the one that had a restaurant called Cascades? We loved our holiday here and thanks for covering this street.
The spare change boss guy , does a lot for charity , abit of a pioneer and innovator on the Blackpool scene , he’s won a lot of local awards , just abit fond of the old ale and gets carried away
Have you done the northern end of Dickson Rd? Very curious to see how that looks now. Is the Derby Supper Bar still going, will there be putting in Gynn Gardens this summer 2021?
Went my summer holidays as a kid to Blackpool. Stayed at the Adlon hotel, pleasant street. 2week summer holidays were brilliant in the 80’s and the sun was always shining😎.
I used to live in a bedsit 92 Dickson Road my parents owned a bed & breakfast across the road 1997-2005. The local shop on the corner used to be called & owned by a Polish guy called Sam. Lulu's cabaret bar used to be called Liberty's & further down the road was a catering agency called Dutton's/Master-staff. The takeaway underneath was allegedly where 14 year old Charlene Downs was murdered, grinded up & used as tile grout. The police messed up big time & no one knows what happened to her or who was responsible. It left a terrible stain. There was never a dull moment on Dickson Road or North shore there was always something happening. When the sun is shining & the weather is hot Blackpool is the best place in England! I have some really good memories of living on Dickson Road thank you for reminding me of them. Barm cake is what the rest of England call a teacake. Never a chip or bacon butty but a chip or bacon barm is what you get in Blackpool!
Thanks. I featured the takeaway, which is now called Mario's, in one of my early videos. I even know where one of the former suspects lives, and I saw him just the other day.
I used to live by the Imperial Hotel and i also have good memories but i never walked into town. Further down towards Blackpool just didnt feel safe and i hated the claremont area
Blackpool born and bred, 52 years.....this is tooooo depressing !!! What has happened to My home town ?? Shocking...keep up the good work filming this though...
Dickensons has certainly changed since the wife and i last stopped there although we stopped in a hotel by the church run by 2 gay men and the rooms and services were great and very reasonably priced with an excellent breakfastI think we stopped there 3 times in two years.
You should definitely do a walk down Whitegate drive (maybe not all of it) but its quite an interesting area with a lot to see. And only a stones throw away from the park and some really nice houses. And then you can stop off at Greggs on the other end 😂
Stayed at a hotel called the sportsman i think it was called near the train station never ever again .Also stayed at the Libra hotel loved it really nice .
Stay at the Lexham every year for a week for the darts. Just round the corner from the Duke Of York. Eye opening place real salt of the earth. Love it though. Nice video :)
i actually feel sorry for that guy at 5:00 he's been homeless for years not sure if its because of drug habits or not but you see him begging quite alot and its mad to think i lived in that building hes sat outside i moved shortly after moving in due to crackheads sitting on the doorstep and needles left there too, glad I moved away btw I subscribed to ur channel :)
@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool not surprised with the state of some hostels around Blackpool, keep uploading though man enjoyed a few of your videos tonight.
You should hook up with the guys and girls from BG media, That would be an interesting video. Maybe also do a little bit on Club SX round the back of Tesco's on central drive, Maybe attend like I have a good few times lol
Well mate. Another fine trip down memory lane. That was the old Odeon Cinema with what was one of the biggest screens in the UK at the time. What a shame it’s gone. Remember going to see Return of the Jedi there about 20 times.
Eric Olthwaite ripping yarns you are not the most boring person You come second.............. After This Bloke....I was born in Blackpool...Yes it Has Gone down hill a Lot Since I was A kid Back in The 70s Last time there 2010 BLACKPOOL IN PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON TICKET.......
Dude, what is the message that your videos are trying to convey? Recording a homeless guy. Come on, talk about beating people when they're at their lowest. Just cruel.
BLaZe v OPtixZz Lighten up dude. There are a whole bunch of UA-cam videos that include homeless people. It is simply an observation of what/who is there.
Wow. The house on the corner of Walker Street used to be let as holiday flats - my family had the ground floor one for a week during the summer of 1970, when I was aged six. Having gone out to the shop a few doors up at around 7.15 one morning, I decided to take the long way home - via the Gynn, Promenade and Talbot Road - thinking it would give the rest of the family time to get up... Needless to say I returned around nine and found them not only up - but on the point of calling the police to help look for me. I don't remember getting much of a row - they could see that I meant well, and I think they were just relieved.
Thank you Stephen, another great video👍🙋
My friend and I are platonic gay friends, and we did Blackpool a lot in the 90's! I recall we stayed at The Trades Hotel, and there was a LOT of "Cummings" and goings between guests rooms! We used to love the Pleasure Beach, and does anybody remember Kelly's Cafeteria near North Pier? They used to stand the condiments in the ash trays, so presumably closed down by Environmental Health? 😂😂😂
good video from les and carole from hull blackpool very goood i go at xmas time
I bet there is never a dull moment living on this street. So different from the Blackpool I knew as a child in the Fifties. M Kennedy.
Great vid!!! And soo funny!!! “Spare change boss” certainly gets around!!😂😂. Nice to see The venues on Dickson road opening up and doing their best!!! Great video again!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Stay on Banks Street when we come up every year, it’s a brilliant down to earth town. Hopefully looking forward to coming end of July if everything is back to normal with the pubs! 🤞🏻
Always enjoy your videos, nice dry sense of humour too. Duke of York a nice meal i remember, Peeks and LuLus lively as you say usually. Keep up the good work.
I know this street well, always stay on it as its where we end up after a day in Ma Kellys central, great Karaoke in the Duke and a great night in Peeks , nice video .
I could watch Videos of Blackpool all day... Oh hang on a minute, I have
My partner Jane and I stay at the Windsor House, Craig runs a fantastic hotel and totally contrasts with the seedy feel of further up the way.
Wonderful res on your new camera!
Love the slowed down sound bits.
love your videos me n my Mrs went blackpool last year September and as we noticed the "beggars" on promenade with crutches asking for money we saw them next to ma kellys north the day after same men no crutches it's miracle lol we couldn't believe it!
We have so many beggars but you really don't know if they are just pretending.
Love how you capture all the characters Blackpool has to offer!!!😄
Drew David Thanks Drew. We have our fair share of interesting characters!
luvin all you vids
theres a certain charm to them all
Regards from Thailand
Always have a great night out at Lulu’s bar and Peek-A-Booze when I visit my friend in Blackpool, very friendly atmosphere around that area
Bless you Walk on the Wild Side for showing appreciation for the people who comment on your videos.
I remember staying very near to this road when I was a small boy.i was obviously recognised as a non local and had a shotgun put in my face.I remember it “fondly” as it made me the way I am today.a nice guy but fearless with it.thanks for the video
Superb these. In 30 years time these will be important documents of social history.
Would love a Garstang one, Britain's first free trade town, seems tonne expanding rapidly, hope it doesn't lose its charm.
I’ll do one if I’m round that way.
Yes a colourful street scene there , thank you for walking it Steven .
Really enjoyed watching your videos. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you like them!
Your are brill thanks for the tours I am down your way in July
Good videos again Good how you made background blur is that the lens you used or different camera . Enjoy your videos thanks
Thanks Mark. I used a dslr with a tele lens for some shots.
I moved away from Blackpool in 2016 and really regret the move. I last lived in the area of this video in 2010, on the corner of Yates St and Lord St, however, I did also live in three flats at the other end of Dickson Rd, in the Gynn/Warley Rd section. You could say Dickson Road is my home, but I could not get over how much it has changed in just the 11 years since I've been gone.
I also moved and i also miss Blackpool
hi i am a subscriber and really enjoy your videos as i have visited blackpool with my family every year for 30 years. I know this maybe a bit of a strange question but me and the family are coming to blackpool for a week tomorrow and staying at the cliffs, unfortunately they will not let us leave our luggage there. we cant checkin until 3pm due to the covid19. Do you know by any chance anywhere we could leave our luggage for the day at all?
James Alexander That is a good question, however, I don’t know what you can do. I’m sure there must be somewhere that you could leave your luggage. I’m really surprised that a hotel like the Cliffs won’t allow you to leave your luggage there before checking in. That sounds a bit harsh.
Great videos we enjoyed them please keep them coming thanks
Dickson road was always known for being a bit run down and seedy but really it is the side streets which run off Dickson which are run down and dross, i used to work on Dickson road when Wisemans had their shop there and North railway station was still on the corner, that part was a nice little area then, i can even remember when the Police man in his white jacket and gloves used to direct traffic where Talbot road met at the junction of Dickson road.
Oh my your videos are fab, I always get asked for change on Dickson road when I come to Blackpool. You are a very respectful man, I love the way you said the area is iffy. 😅😂🤣 Keep up the great work. 😃😃😃
Thank you Susan. Glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Brave man walking down there (and most of the town) with your expensive camera on full view..!! :)
Shaun Armstrong It is a bit lol, but most videos I shoot semi covertly, so it doesn’t look obvious.
Words fail me. I'm not sure I live in the same Country, you are very brave. Regards from York.
I live here just off lulus and peek a booze - i came here from down south Stevenage - it’s lively and always something going on but it is safe to walk about and really not that bad - many places I’d rather not go in the country
love your videos been watching them all night you see some proper characters. Your videos sum up the human condition for sure.
Thanks a lot. Glad you enjoy them.
Hi Stephen, loved this video and we stayed in what I think was the Belvedere in Dickson Road in 2008. Was that the one that had a restaurant called Cascades? We loved our holiday here and thanks for covering this street.
The spare change boss guy , does a lot for charity , abit of a pioneer and innovator on the Blackpool scene , he’s won a lot of local awards , just abit fond of the old ale and gets carried away
Have you done the northern end of Dickson Rd? Very curious to see how that looks now. Is the Derby Supper Bar still going, will there be putting in Gynn Gardens this summer 2021?
I think you can see the Derby Supper Bar on my Derby Baths video
Went my summer holidays as a kid to Blackpool. Stayed at the Adlon hotel, pleasant street. 2week summer holidays were brilliant in the 80’s and the sun was always shining😎.
Blackpool has always been a wild/ seedy place, is that not why lots of people keep going back there year on year ?.
we stayed at No 62 Dickson Road B/B it was run by 2 chaps often wondered if it is closed down?
An interesting video again great to see any plans to do Stanley park?keep them coming there are a joy to watch.
paul smith Thanks. I’ll do Stanley Park sometime & maybe look at the surrounding area at the same time.
A Walk on the Wild Side look forward to it really enjoying these videos again many thanks
Hi so glad you went up to Dickson road I stay at Lulu's will be there a week on Friday can't wait xx
Amanda Roberts I hope you have a great stay 👍
Its certainly changed.
Not like when i used to go with my family as a kid..
Ziggies cafe was on the corner of pleasant Street.
keep well and safe lad good upload
I used to live in a bedsit 92 Dickson Road my parents owned a bed & breakfast across the road 1997-2005. The local shop on the corner used to be called & owned by a Polish guy called Sam. Lulu's cabaret bar used to be called Liberty's & further down the road was a catering agency called Dutton's/Master-staff. The takeaway underneath was allegedly where 14 year old Charlene Downs was murdered, grinded up & used as tile grout. The police messed up big time & no one knows what happened to her or who was responsible. It left a terrible stain. There was never a dull moment on Dickson Road or North shore there was always something happening. When the sun is shining & the weather is hot Blackpool is the best place in England! I have some really good memories of living on Dickson Road thank you for reminding me of them.
Barm cake is what the rest of England call a teacake. Never a chip or bacon butty but a chip or bacon barm is what you get in Blackpool!
Thanks. I featured the takeaway, which is now called Mario's, in one of my early videos. I even know where one of the former suspects lives, and I saw him just the other day.
I used to live by the Imperial Hotel and i also have good memories but i never walked into town. Further down towards Blackpool just didnt feel safe and i hated the claremont area
Blackpool born and bred, 52 years.....this is tooooo depressing !!! What has happened to My home town ?? Shocking...keep up the good work filming this though...
Dickensons has certainly changed since the wife and i last stopped there although we stopped in a hotel by the church run by 2 gay men and the rooms and services were great and very reasonably priced with an excellent breakfastI think we stopped there 3 times in two years.
Nice camera, I like how the focus is on you and the background is soft.
That was my dslr which I used for this video.
Amazing how different Dickson Road is since I was last in Blackpool
You should definitely do a walk down Whitegate drive (maybe not all of it) but its quite an interesting area with a lot to see. And only a stones throw away from the park and some really nice houses. And then you can stop off at Greggs on the other end 😂
AntonioAstro Ok. Watch this space 😀
Nice vidéo 👍🙏
yes nice memories used to walk all around them places, liked to have hair cut at pauls barbers general street.
When I'm in Blackpool, I always walk down Dickson Road from the railway station to the hotel I stay at.
Stayed at a hotel called the sportsman i think it was called near the train station never ever again .Also stayed at the Libra hotel loved it really nice .
The Cockin -Hotel!!! Very subtle.
Stay at the Lexham every year for a week for the darts. Just round the corner from the Duke Of York. Eye opening place real salt of the earth. Love it though. Nice video :)
1995
Dickson Rd isnt too bad up to the Imperial but further down towards town centre its bad
Stayed at the Belvedere, Dixson rd, Tony etc, good times..
Fooking hell it’s rough there
Yeah, but you can have a bit of fun.
Years ago that would have been the start of the Glasgow fair and the place would have been the packed.Very sad😢
I think if you shone a UV light in some of the rooms of the hotels depicted it would light up like a fairy grotto.
Blackpool could be England's sleaziest, most fun down town
Great review.
Brilliant work !
Stayed in Yates street for years as a kid proper memory rd
Everyone has to call somewhere home so I hesitate in saying this but, my god, that's one depressing hole.
Is that what a date says to you the next morning Pete ?
@@gazXspace You'd be the one to know on that score, just ask yer ma.
i actually feel sorry for that guy at 5:00 he's been homeless for years not sure if its because of drug habits or not but you see him begging quite alot and its mad to think i lived in that building hes sat outside i moved shortly after moving in due to crackheads sitting on the doorstep and needles left there too, glad I moved away btw I subscribed to ur channel :)
Thanks. I think the guy is quite happy living on the streets. One of those who prefers to stay where he is rather than be put in a hostel.
@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool not surprised with the state of some hostels around Blackpool, keep uploading though man enjoyed a few of your videos tonight.
That Duke of York is a cracking boozer.. Is the ladbrokes still open opposite??
Paul Bonham I never noticed that. Other betting shops are open again.
Sadly it was one of the shops Ladbrokes closed last year.
Thanks!
Thanks Leslie
What a depressing place. Where is it!🤔🇹🇭
What the hell is that ??? at 5.20 holy cow !! Was it human ??
7:37 - You might want to research the 2003 case of Charlene Downes before you eat there (Ex-Funny Boys)
I know all about it.
5:00 is the best bit by far
5:20 you mean - don't be tight Dan it could be you one day.
@@gazXspace 🤣🤣🤣 true
I went to see Funny Girls last Sept i think it was. The guys would make us girls envious of there figures.
I'm coming to Blackpool this year would like to meet up? Used to live in St.🙃😊Annes
You should hook up with the guys and girls from BG media, That would be an interesting video. Maybe also do a little bit on Club SX round the back of Tesco's on central drive, Maybe attend like I have a good few times lol
Maybe Little T will do me a cool, grime intro.
@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool You know what mate, forget I said it, you want more viewers not less lol, Speaking from Preston,
Stefani pizza beside the church. Great pizza and good lads who run it. Check it out
hey Wildside do they shill have donkey riders on the beach
They certainly do
I went to Blackpool once, it was bleak to say the least but this makes it look worse than I remember!
Maybe we could rename it Bleakpool.
510 was the neal roddock
He's seen better days.
love the sound of the seagulls
martin jones They are very noisy.
Well mate. Another fine trip down memory lane. That was the old Odeon Cinema with what was one of the biggest screens in the UK at the time. What a shame it’s gone. Remember going to see Return of the Jedi there about 20 times.
What is flurry girls place
You'd have to go in and find out.
The Cock Inn doesn't look a patch on The Arden Inn in Accrington!
Hows the lockdown
We will come out the other side.
Remember if you have kids keep well clear of the Duke Of York !!!
Very funny 😀😂😂😂
Jim Scotland great
Freddy laker did a proper job of taking Blackpool of the map I remember much better times
not one mask?
This was filmed back in July.
@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool in the middle of the pandemic... It was the same 'round here, in Manchester...
Funny girls is amazing
2:45 nice little crack and heroin deal gone on there?!
Good spot.
The Grim.
Eric Olthwaite ripping yarns you are not the most boring person You come second.............. After This Bloke....I was born in Blackpool...Yes it Has Gone down hill a Lot Since I was A kid Back in The 70s Last time there 2010 BLACKPOOL IN PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON TICKET.......
Dude, what is the message that your videos are trying to convey? Recording a homeless guy. Come on, talk about beating people when they're at their lowest. Just cruel.
BLaZe v OPtixZz Lighten up dude. There are a whole bunch of UA-cam videos that include homeless people. It is simply an observation of what/who is there.
To be fair on record homeless guy you can't go anyway in Blackpool without one or someone claim to be homeless lucky to only catch one on any video
Oooooer, please, re Dickson Rd, the gay area. “I’m going to start at the top end and work my way down.” Very naughty!!
IT'S. A. GOOD. VIDEO. SPOT🎉. ON. JOHN. BELFAST 🎉😢😅