That was an amazing bit of drone footage Well done Has anyone got any knowledge of the Long History of the Hackett How old What was on the site previously Please share any facts Thanks 👍👍
Hacketts York House Hotel was originally 3 purpose built hotels. The Hackett family bought the middle hotel in the 90s then York House Hotel was acquired and knocked through and finally the end hotel, I think it was called the Holborn but I could be wrong. They owned the hotel for decades. It was super successful in its day. Typical seaside hotel with bingo and live entertainment and top quality food. No corners cut. Then it was sold to a zero hotel experienced Sri Lankan family in 2007 and they ran it into the ground. Sacked all the staff. Lost all the coach contracts. Tried to run it on a shoestring. And this is the final result. 😢
@@tangerinebabe1 Thank you for all this info Just fascinating how the area grew Social History really I suppose the original buildings must go back 100 years plus looking at the Cliffs architecture late Victorian early Edwardian I suppose this area was for a higher class of tourists and not the working class who where lucky to get a day trip Recently I learned about the steamers that picked up and dropped off at the ends of the piers When you see the old black and white pictures of the hundreds of thousands of holiday makers If only those days could return Blackpool and our beautiful seaside resorts who boom once again Thanks again Very interesting 👍👍
My great grandmother bought York House Hotel (the part next to Welbeck) in 1925. My family ran it from then until 1984. Yes, the hotel next door was the Holborn and the one at the end was the White Lodge. Hacketts eventually bought all three and it became the New Hacketts. York House was a lovely place with visitors booking year after year (50s - 70s). So many wonderful memories. I have photos if what it used to look like, and also some from 20s. Heartbreaking to see what's happened but it had been empty for 5 years. The youtube videos of the damage inside by vandals are horrendous. Feel so sorry for the person who bought it 2 years ago and apparently couldn't get insurance as it was empty.😢
@@lynnjackson8664 Great stuff you have got so many memories and pictures too So we’ve got back to the 20’s with facts of all 3 original hotels Wonder if anyone can go back any further Thank you Lynn Jackson 👍👍
I’ve been involved in demolition for about 20 years. Lots have changed in those years... it makes far more economical sense if you send a team in before the actual demolition to remove and separate things such as furniture etc. Everything has to separated so much now days.
Fabulous footage what skill the demolition guys have! it's just falling apart!
What can I say... drone video beats anything else, absolutely loving it...from Oz!!!!!
Brilliant footage many thanks for sharing.
I'm glad at least some of the building has been saved. ❤
excellent drone work... good footage !
Great footage 😊
Ace video. 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧👍
Amazing vision. Showing what the others couldn’t see. 👍 👍.
It's amazing how powerful that crane is
That was an amazing bit of drone footage
Well done
Has anyone got any knowledge of the Long History of the Hackett How old What was on the site previously Please share any facts Thanks 👍👍
Hacketts York House Hotel was originally 3 purpose built hotels. The Hackett family bought the middle hotel in the 90s then York House Hotel was acquired and knocked through and finally the end hotel, I think it was called the Holborn but I could be wrong. They owned the hotel for decades. It was super successful in its day. Typical seaside hotel with bingo and live entertainment and top quality food. No corners cut. Then it was sold to a zero hotel experienced Sri Lankan family in 2007 and they ran it into the ground. Sacked all the staff. Lost all the coach contracts. Tried to run it on a shoestring. And this is the final result. 😢
@@tangerinebabe1 Thank you for all this info Just fascinating how the area grew Social History really I suppose the original buildings must go back 100 years plus looking at the Cliffs architecture late Victorian early Edwardian I suppose this area was for a higher class of tourists and not the working class who where lucky to get a day trip Recently I learned about the steamers that picked up and dropped off at the ends of the piers When you see the old black and white pictures of the hundreds of thousands of holiday makers If only those days could return Blackpool and our beautiful seaside resorts who boom once again
Thanks again Very interesting 👍👍
My great grandmother bought York House Hotel (the part next to Welbeck) in 1925. My family ran it from then until 1984. Yes, the hotel next door was the Holborn and the one at the end was the White Lodge. Hacketts eventually bought all three and it became the New Hacketts. York House was a lovely place with visitors booking year after year (50s - 70s). So many wonderful memories. I have photos if what it used to look like, and also some from 20s. Heartbreaking to see what's happened but it had been empty for 5 years. The youtube videos of the damage inside by vandals are horrendous. Feel so sorry for the person who bought it 2 years ago and apparently couldn't get insurance as it was empty.😢
@@lynnjackson8664 Great stuff you have got so many memories and pictures too So we’ve got back to the 20’s with facts of all 3 original hotels Wonder if anyone can go back any further
Thank you Lynn Jackson 👍👍
Happy to help 😊
Shame no one got the right section going down. Thanks love this view.
It's just how surgical they've been ☺
Are they keeping the far end of the building up
Wow its came down so quick an empty watery shell
is it just me but for an hotel it seems to have been bare inside , no furniture , soft furnishings , electrical goods evidence amongst the rubble
just looked on google earth i'd say vandals or insurance job
It has been derelict for some years. It's not an Insurance job because the owner was unable to get it insured due to it being derelict.
I’ve been involved in demolition for about 20 years. Lots have changed in those years... it makes far more economical sense if you send a team in before the actual demolition to remove and separate things such as furniture etc.
Everything has to separated so much now days.
@@shakeyhandsshedmodelrailwa2494 you can’t get insurance on an empty building of this kind and condition
Look on UA-cam for the urban exploration videos, you’ll see lots of interior footage. It look fairly sparse in there.
Boar's head at Barton went the same way, only no body was arrested for it !!
sad
Smoking shelter at the back is still standing 😂