If it wasn't for the sight of the tower or the sound of the seagulls you would think you were in the sketchy inner city areas of say Liverpool, Manchester or Birmingham when strolling down Central Drive. Hard to believe you are just a few hundred yards from the seafront of the most famous holiday resort in the UK. Yet in the other direction you are in what looks to be a desirable residential area within a couple of minutes walk. Fantastic video showing all faces of Blackpool
@@davidscott9483 “Once you know the areas”. Yes, Blackpool is the same too. It’s a shame the nicer areas are hardly ever shown. Plenty of new housing being built which is very much a plus.
Hello Mr walk on the wild side, l have been watching your old videos, a walk in the winter times, and other ones, thanks for them, looking forward for this one thanks again 💚👍🏴.
Most seaside towns are the same I used live in Bournemouth and parts of that were very seedy and rundown. Ithink Blackpool has a lot going for it, it is what it is!
Watch all your videos and you are the best at providing videos. Varied all over the town day and night. Keep up the great work Steven. Bringing Blackpool into our homes. Excellent.👍👍
Whatever happens in Blackpool Stephen...so long as we can hear the seagulls, walk along prom and of course see the view of the magnificent tower, then Blackpool will always be beautiful 😍
Ah Stephen, thank you as always for allowing me to accompany you on your latest Blackpool 'walk about' report. A great nightcap and I always sleep peacefully after viewing your latest update on the place that I love so much after many decades of visits to this great place!
We had a fancy goods shop down Chapel Street in the 70’s during heatwave 1976 everywhere was vibrant and alive the shops all open and many visitors. Sad to see the decline which was bound to happen as more people started going abroad for holidays. Really good video .
I used to cycle to work down Grasmere road and Central drive on the way to the H&A club, I was a glass collector. Central Drive was never brilliant but it looks dreadful now. Even worse a few of us from School used to go into the George pub occasionally. 😂. Who can remember Fast Ted’s barbers?
I am staying in a hotel literally just down the road where you were filming this video It's a shame I didn't bump into you I watch your videos all the time 😆
Hello again Stephen how are you today You're knowledge of Blackpool is amazing you know all the areas avenues Good areas and bad areas Stephen we need even more streets of Blackpool absolutely well worth watching because you're showing areas of Blackpool that the tourist doesn't see Take care Stephen
Stephen, I used to love walking up Central Drive, I hope when this new entertainment centre is built, some tlc will be put into returning the life into the area.
I use to use the Stagebox music shop when I lived in Blackpool, Danielle who now runs it is a lovely lady. And I use to use the Central Drive Laundrette and they are decent guys.
Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always central drive needs some tlc the run down roads could be so nice if they had some money spent on them tower looks amazing as always have a great evening xx
It's not a good advert for a tourist attraction at the height of Summer...it's become a political dumping ground like most towns & Cities throughout the uk.
I have been in the King Edward only once and that was about 25 years ago. It was alright though. Don’t know what it’s like now. Don’t really go into pubs as I stopped drinking many years ago. My place for drinking was the old Yates Wine Lodge.
My family used to own the Tasty Plaice chip shop at the bottom of Palatine Road in the 80s and 90s, such a shame to see it now. Hopefully the area will improve soon.
The best way to describe that walk was 'from the alright side to the downright dodgy side '. I quite like the 'dodgy side' not that I would like to linger . Good Vid.
I was called up do jury service when I was 18 and one of the cases over the fortnight was importuning for immoral purposes by a young lad in those toilet you mention in Bethesda Square. We have to look at pictures of the place as part of the evidence and I must say they did look unsavoury to say the least! We found him not guilty by the way. Hanging about in those toilets must have been unpleasant job for the police officers and I think they simply fitted up the first person that went in there that was gay.
I use to live off Grasmere Road, Rose Avenue, it was lovely in the 60's 70's, cannot believe how much it has changed! Revoe Tuck shop use to be in big demand next to Revoe School!
@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool Yes I do! I use to live at number 36! I was actually born in the house, so was my brother! My mother opened a cafe in the town centre opposite the old GPO, she was only the third person to open a cafe in Blackpool, and was the first to sell chip butties! The cafe was down a side street, Cheapside, tucked away from tourists but used my the 'regulars' and the people from the Winter Gardens who knew about it, we once had all the Tiller Girls in! Happy days, it is really sad to see how far it has declined!
The Mrs had a Betty boop tattoo done at that shop years ago and it now has no face because during key hole surgery on her shoulder she had a bad reaction to something put on her lower arm causing big blisters that looked like chemical burns one of which was the face area of the tattoo, yes the NHS literally wiped the smile off Betty Boops face , after five years it has healed to an extent that she should be able to have the face area re done when we come to Blackpool begining of Sept.
Love how that guy does a runner at 5:14 when he realises you're filming 😂. I actually like the sound of the seagulls; makes me think I'm at the seaside, not the Midlands; that said, last time me & the wife went to Blackpool, a seagull shat in my wife's Harry Ramsden's chips 😂; I saw the funny side - she didn't! Great work, Steve, as always 👍.
Stephen, hi my friend. Let’s be honest, I’m going to say what I shouldn’t. There is an area like this in every big city/town. These are the people who are supposed to be “multi cultural “ and just make their own ghettos and just try to relieve the indigenous citizens of their lives.
you should interview real blackpool people on there thoughts of the state of blackpool. i would imagine you would struggle to find a real blackpool born and bred resident
Some of the shops look run down Stephen, much like a lot of towns nowadays, and it's not much better than some of the resorts on the North Wales coast here. It looks like things improve as you go towards the town centre. You say that you've never had a tattoo, and never wished for one? I'm just the same. I'm terrified of needles to say the least. I had a local anaesthetic a few years ago for an ingrown toe nail. and I blacked out! Not for me, Stephen, no way. Anyhow, keep well and safe. Many thanks for this presentation.
We have a knife bin in Burnley (and swords) its a sign of a responsible community. I have to say your painting a gloomy picture struth, I'm coming to Blackpool on holiday in two weeks
It is? Surely a responsible community would look after their knives and maintain them instead of chucking so many away they need a special bin installed.
@@sevenman9672 It's the special bin that takes dangerous and unnecessary knifes off the street and beyond use.Thats my point of a responsible community.An irresponsible community wouldn't act.
When I was a wee girl, back when dinosaurs walked the earth, there was a burger stall outside the Castle pub and as I could never eat breakfast in whatever Guest House we were staying in, my Dad took me for a burger mid morning. I don't think I could ever find another that tasted so good.
Stephen, at 3mins 50 seconds your going past an hairdressers that you think was once a tuck shop for the school, if you look up there's a road sign that indicates left to a SHOP, is it the most important shop in Blackpool,please investigate
Welcome to modern Britain. Blackpool typifies how well British towns are surviving in the C21st. Glitzy, glass fronted emporia overlooking the promenade but noisy, dirty & squalid reality at the rear. Those who can, retreat into the hinterlands, freeing up space for the new comers.
Great video as usual Stephen, doesn't look the best area you can go. Reminds me of your Lythem Road and Bond Street videos. Would've want to go there at night
I use to drive a taxi in Blackpool and I’ve never seen Central Drive so run down ,shame on the council letting it get into such a state,what surprises me is the amount of Asian people living in the area ,from someone who was born and bred in Blackpool it saddens me to see this ,Central Drive even when I was young was always a bit rough and ready ,but never as bad as this ,after seeing this it’s going to take some super big investment to turn it round
I'm curious, how do you film your videos? No one ever seems to notice or care that you're filming. Not a criticism or anything at all, your videos are my absolute favourites on UA-cam, I'm just wondering.
The council are investing their money in the wrong places. All these development plans are focused on restoring places close to the prom to pull in more tourists but they forget about everywhere else. Take south shore for example, no new developments there and it’s just being left to rot. Caring more about tourism than the locals
Hey mate great video this ..... Other day when u flimed coral in island and you said aboit Leroy about reviewing that chip shop inside .Leroy did eat there and flimed it too mate .... Have you heard anything new about leroy please I have heard lots of different stories about him from other you tubers on here ...
Do the local Council Members watch your YT? I lived there back in 1974. So much cleaner, no cars on pavements, no excess of litter...there are enough people to take care of their own location?
Looks like a right dumping grown now sad to say. Been there a few times and you don't realise how some parts are that bad. Still would go for a day though. That's about it.
If it wasn't for the sight of the tower or the sound of the seagulls you would think you were in the sketchy inner city areas of say Liverpool, Manchester or Birmingham when strolling down Central Drive. Hard to believe you are just a few hundred yards from the seafront of the most famous holiday resort in the UK. Yet in the other direction you are in what looks to be a desirable residential area within a couple of minutes walk. Fantastic video showing all faces of Blackpool
Take care here.I live in the suburbs of Liverpool ie Crosby, and it is nothing like this.
@@Nansen1981
I lived in a suburb of Manchester and it was nothing like this, but every large city has its "sketchy" areas
John Evan's nothing wrong with Birmingham once you know the areas, better place to live than that dirty rundown of a place Blackpool
@@davidscott9483 “Once you know the areas”. Yes, Blackpool is the same too. It’s a shame the nicer areas are hardly ever shown. Plenty of new housing being built which is very much a plus.
@@lindadavies7292 yep, there are loads of brand new house just 5 mins from that bus stop.
I love Blackpool it holds some very dear memories of my childhood u cant beat it
Hello Mr walk on the wild side, l have been watching your old videos, a walk in the winter times, and other ones, thanks for them, looking forward for this one thanks again 💚👍🏴.
A Walk on the Cold Side. 😂
@@JohnHughes2002 👍
Most seaside towns are the same I used live in Bournemouth and parts of that were very seedy and rundown. Ithink Blackpool has a lot going for it, it is what it is!
Watch all your videos and you are the best at providing videos. Varied all over the town day and night. Keep up the great work Steven. Bringing Blackpool into our homes. Excellent.👍👍
Thanks Chris.
Will keep fingers crossed for the regeneration. That road looks so sad and desolate, so hope that better things are coming. 👍
Another great central drive video! Thanks for sharing!
Ta pal.
Used to live in Blackpool late 60’s early 70’s. Central drive used to be so nice. It’s sad to see todays Blackpool as it is. 😔
Whatever happens in Blackpool Stephen...so long as we can hear the seagulls, walk along prom and of course see the view of the magnificent tower, then Blackpool will always be beautiful 😍
Thanks Gary.
Thanks for another great video stephen top vlogger 👍
Ah Stephen, thank you as always for allowing me to accompany you on your latest Blackpool 'walk about' report. A great nightcap and I always sleep peacefully after viewing your latest update on the place that I love so much after many decades of visits to this great place!
Nice to hear Paul.
Hi Stephen always a delight on central drive
Used to go to the Mecca on central drive .. 1970s had some brilliant nighters
Loved the grasmere chipper,🤞 better times are coming
Looks no worse than parts of many many towns up and down the country! Hope that these sort of areas can thrive once again.
Good video can't wait for the next videos next week
We had a fancy goods shop down Chapel Street in the 70’s during heatwave 1976 everywhere was vibrant and alive the shops all open and many visitors. Sad to see the decline which was bound to happen as more people started going abroad for holidays. Really good video .
Another great video, cheers Stephen.
Love your knowledge of Blackpool.
Blackpool needs a lot of love.
Tbh Stephen so many vlogger in Blackpool I only watch yours mate what's worth watching keep up the good work mate 👍
Thanks pal 👍
Busy roads Stephen, good walk 🚶♂️
I used to cycle to work down Grasmere road and Central drive on the way to the H&A club, I was a glass collector. Central Drive was never brilliant but it looks dreadful now.
Even worse a few of us from School used to go into the George pub occasionally. 😂.
Who can remember Fast Ted’s barbers?
I am staying in a hotel literally just down the road where you were filming this video
It's a shame I didn't bump into you I watch your videos all the time 😆
Nice walk around Central Drive in Blackpool. The tower is like a beacon in the town if you can see it you know where you are! Nice vlog😉👌
Fantastic video Stephen thanks mate
Hello again Stephen how are you today
You're knowledge of Blackpool is amazing you know all the areas avenues
Good areas and bad areas
Stephen we need even more streets of Blackpool absolutely well worth watching because you're showing areas of Blackpool that the tourist doesn't see
Take care Stephen
Stephen, I used to love walking up Central Drive, I hope when this new entertainment centre is built, some tlc will be put into returning the life into the area.
I use to use the Stagebox music shop when I lived in Blackpool, Danielle who now runs it is a lovely lady. And I use to use the Central Drive Laundrette and they are decent guys.
Mother Central Drive . Cant get enough of it .
Steve the Red Light guide for Blackpool !!!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣
I'm on holiday now and it saves me going there thanks.
We stayed in I think Hornby Rd when we first got married in 1982 and it was a nice area back then. Shame to see it now but I still love Blackpool
Another GREAT walk video !
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Stephen we’ve been in the castle pub a few times when we stayed in Blackpool
Sad to see Blackpool looking like this.
Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always central drive needs some tlc the run down roads could be so nice if they had some money spent on them tower looks amazing as always have a great evening xx
Great vid thank you Stephen.👍
Great mini vlog Stephen
It's not a good advert for a tourist attraction at the height of Summer...it's become a political dumping ground like most towns & Cities throughout the uk.
I have been in the King Edward only once and that was about 25 years ago. It was alright though. Don’t know what it’s like now. Don’t really go into pubs as I stopped drinking many years ago. My place for drinking was the old Yates Wine Lodge.
Used to be sticky carpets and “price”lists written on shoe soles
Steven seem to be more foreign people in the central drive area of Blackpool
They should call it Little Romania 🇷🇴
@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool Bradford by the sea.
My family used to own the Tasty Plaice chip shop at the bottom of Palatine Road in the 80s and 90s, such a shame to see it now.
Hopefully the area will improve soon.
Thanks James.
I used to live over the road from the king Edward pub
The best way to describe that walk was 'from the alright side to the downright dodgy side '. I quite like the 'dodgy side' not that I would like to linger . Good Vid.
The alright side sounds more accurate than gentrified anyway!
Always like to watch your video Steven came to Blackpool for forty years over last year been in and out of hospital last year lots of memories
Hi Steve, interesting video but don't think it would be a place I would care to live, it's quite a walk to Central Drive, all the best....... Dave
I was called up do jury service when I was 18 and one of the cases over the fortnight was importuning for immoral purposes by a young lad in those toilet you mention in Bethesda Square. We have to look at pictures of the place as part of the evidence and I must say they did look unsavoury to say the least! We found him not guilty by the way. Hanging about in those toilets must have been unpleasant job for the police officers and I think they simply fitted up the first person that went in there that was gay.
Enjoyed the stroll with you. Thanks a million 💚
weeds and litter everywhere... central drive really is a cesspit.. 😊
Good evening Steve , from Gary J and Maxine just uploaded a vlog my on Leigh in Greater Manchester , we are loving your videos
Thanks Gary and Maxine 🙏
I use to live off Grasmere Road, Rose Avenue, it was lovely in the 60's 70's, cannot believe how much it has changed! Revoe Tuck shop use to be in big demand next to Revoe School!
Do you remember the leaning house on Rose Avenue. They put a metal girder between it and next door so it might stop it leaning further.
@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool Yes I do! I use to live at number 36! I was actually born in the house, so was my brother! My mother opened a cafe in the town centre opposite the old GPO, she was only the third person to open a cafe in Blackpool, and was the first to sell chip butties! The cafe was down a side street, Cheapside, tucked away from tourists but used my the 'regulars' and the people from the Winter Gardens who knew about it, we once had all the Tiller Girls in! Happy days, it is really sad to see how far it has declined!
The Mrs had a Betty boop tattoo done at that shop years ago and it now has no face because during key hole surgery on her shoulder she had a bad reaction to something put on her lower arm causing big blisters that looked like chemical burns one of which was the face area of the tattoo, yes the NHS literally wiped the smile off Betty Boops face , after five years it has healed to an extent that she should be able to have the face area re done when we come to Blackpool begining of Sept.
Love how that guy does a runner at 5:14 when he realises you're filming 😂. I actually like the sound of the seagulls; makes me think I'm at the seaside, not the Midlands; that said, last time me & the wife went to Blackpool, a seagull shat in my wife's Harry Ramsden's chips 😂; I saw the funny side - she didn't! Great work, Steve, as always 👍.
Haha. If that guy saw my discreet camera I'll be very surprised. Maybe he just recognised me & wanted to get out of the way lol.
I've been to Blackpool years ago, I never go back it's grim, I don't know how it gets tourist year in year out coming back
Stephen, hi my friend. Let’s be honest, I’m going to say what I shouldn’t. There is an area like this in every big city/town. These are the people who are supposed to be “multi cultural “ and just make their own ghettos and just try to relieve the indigenous citizens of their lives.
you should interview real blackpool people on there thoughts of the state of blackpool. i would imagine you would struggle to find a real blackpool born and bred resident
Did Harry Johnston the Blackpool,player have a newsagents shop on Central Drive??
Before my time.
Some of the shops look run down Stephen, much like a lot of towns nowadays, and it's not much better than some of the resorts on the North Wales coast here. It looks like things improve as you go towards the town centre. You say that you've never had a tattoo, and never wished for one? I'm just the same. I'm terrified of needles to say the least. I had a local anaesthetic a few years ago for an ingrown toe nail. and I blacked out! Not for me, Stephen, no way. Anyhow, keep well and safe. Many thanks for this presentation.
Changing face of Blackpool indeed.😧
I never get lost in Blackpool if I see the tower lol
Revisiting after 40 years away September 9th /10th. Family moved to Cleveleys 1977, left 1981, first time back since, Let’s meet up mate.
We have a knife bin in Burnley (and swords) its a sign of a responsible community.
I have to say your painting a gloomy picture struth, I'm coming to Blackpool on holiday in two weeks
Burnley is a cesspool too
They do give an idea of the area. You won't find any down in St Annes or Lytham.
It is? Surely a responsible community would look after their knives and maintain them instead of chucking so many away they need a special bin installed.
@@sevenman9672 It's the special bin that takes dangerous and unnecessary knifes off the street and beyond use.Thats my point of a responsible community.An irresponsible community wouldn't act.
Another GREAT video - a walk on the wild side
When I was a wee girl, back when dinosaurs walked the earth, there was a burger stall outside the Castle pub and as I could never eat breakfast in whatever Guest House we were staying in, my Dad took me for a burger mid morning. I don't think I could ever find another that tasted so good.
Dino burger for breakfast is hardly a healthy diet. Hope you got your greens later in the day or played the fruit machines.
@@thomasburke2683 we were full board.
Stephen, at 3mins 50 seconds your going past an hairdressers that you think was once a tuck shop for the school, if you look up there's a road sign that indicates left to a SHOP, is it the most important shop in Blackpool,please investigate
A sign for a shop, eh
Great video. New subscriber 👍
Thanks for the sub!
I can hear your squeaky shoe 🤣🤣
Dammit! 👞
Hi Steve central drive don't look like it's change much had a flat of central drive opps end of town 5yrs back
Welcome to modern Britain. Blackpool typifies how well British towns are surviving in the C21st. Glitzy, glass fronted emporia overlooking the promenade but noisy, dirty & squalid reality at the rear. Those who can, retreat into the hinterlands, freeing up space for the new comers.
I used to live in Blackpool for 3 years I lived on withnell rd Bloomfield rd and Cheltenham rd not like it used to be now 💔😪
Great video as usual Stephen, doesn't look the best area you can go. Reminds me of your Lythem Road and Bond Street videos. Would've want to go there at night
Thanks Simon, it might not be as bad as it looks, I walk down here often at night & never had any trouble.
How depressing 😞
I use to drive a taxi in Blackpool and I’ve never seen Central Drive so run down ,shame on the council letting it get into such a state,what surprises me is the amount of Asian people living in the area ,from someone who was born and bred in Blackpool it saddens me to see this ,Central Drive even when I was young was always a bit rough and ready ,but never as bad as this ,after seeing this it’s going to take some super big investment to turn it round
I think it'll get worse before it gets better. I doubt the new development of the central car park will have much effect either.
Always wondered what the castle pub was like . . Any thoughts
I'm curious, how do you film your videos? No one ever seems to notice or care that you're filming. Not a criticism or anything at all, your videos are my absolute favourites on UA-cam, I'm just wondering.
It’s the best way to film. Make it obvious and some people react.
The Grasmere chippy has been there donkeys years 👍
Good bit's and bad bit's in any area blackpool be good again when new stuffs built
Is that area that bad Stephen or is it just a bit run down?
Rundown, but relatively safe.
There is a lot of litter…
Go to reads avenue all police on there
I'd rather visit Blackpool than London any day of the week.
The council are investing their money in the wrong places. All these development plans are focused on restoring places close to the prom to pull in more tourists but they forget about everywhere else.
Take south shore for example, no new developments there and it’s just being left to rot. Caring more about tourism than the locals
Hey mate great video this ..... Other day when u flimed coral in island and you said aboit Leroy about reviewing that chip shop inside .Leroy did eat there and flimed it too mate .... Have you heard anything new about leroy please I have heard lots of different stories about him from other you tubers on here ...
Nothing at all pal.
villa fan there... haha..
All I could see in this video was loads of rubbish all over. Council needs to clean it up
Spearman is an appropriate name for a butcher.
Place looks filthy
Why were the underground toilets notorious? Was there a murder there?
No, just lewd behaviour.
Getting worried about your knowledge of massage parlours in Blackpool
Bigger brained Blockheads often acquire black and orange cars!
1:58 "this is where things go downhill"
As Muslim woman & child appear....
They do prefer to live in ghettos.
12:42 me neither. can't see the point!
Do you remember fast Ted's Barber shop?
I don’t remember that.
Did that guy have a villa top on lol
Do the local Council Members watch your YT? I lived there back in 1974. So much cleaner, no cars on pavements, no excess of litter...there are enough people to take care of their own location?
Some residents do. There was a lady sweeping up outside a shop there, but you will notice that the men just seem to hang around smoking.
At what time was it shot? Looks deserted
7pm
Looks like a right dumping grown now sad to say. Been there a few times and you don't realise how some parts are that bad. Still would go for a day though. That's about it.
I here Rishi sunack has bought some property there 😂
The fact the girl in the tattoo shop was spraying air freshener was quite worrying ….this looks like another run down town the council forgot
Don't know a the Knife Bin they might be better if the put trash bins along the street
Everything looks quite nice... suddenly, boarded up green shop with graffiti sprayed on it rubbish all over the ground and a glimpse of a local.
Imagine paying to go to a hairdresser, when they cant even cut the weeds or tidy up outside their shop....
The weeds need a manicure too!