When I was brought to live in the Potteries as a seven year old seventy years ago in 1954, Longton was a thriving town in which you could buy anything. On a Saturday, the pavements were so full of people that you had to walk in the road to step around them. It even had four well patronised cinemas, the ABC Empire; the Alexandra; the Focus and the Royal. Looking at the place as it is now on this video shows just how long ago 1954 now is. It was a different world back then.
I was born in Longton in the 50's and finally moved out of the area in the early 90's. When I was younger it used to be a busy town but it's so sad to see what it's become - absolutely shocking. The whole place looks like it needs completely flattening.
Born on the late fifties, left the area in 1987 to live and work in Brighton then later to Cornwall. So glad I left when I did . The whole city is depressing now .
9:11 Oh my lord what have they done, i understand it needed some paint and brightening up, BUT THIS! o.0 10:00 the UK has a Free Trade Agreement with Australia and Woolworths is still going strong in Australia. Im hoping one day it will come back to the UK and take up residents in the old store again.
Bevan's was the best shop in Longton. I reckon whenever the music businesses desert a town it's the last nail in the coffin. Look at Hanley, Newcastle etc etc. Longton looked post-apocalypse 20 years ago. It hasn't improved. Amid all this the Stokie folk remain cheerful and friendly. Miraculous really
Sorry I'm late with this one MM... busy time looking after the geriatrics 😀 I can't believe you walked less that half a mile from my place where there was a log fire and a tot of something warming awaiting you. Maybe next time, do bare it in mind. You finished up by the Crown Hotel, not a place I'd be giving any stars to on Trip Adviser these days but way back when, like Longton itself, it was a fine establishment. You then walked past the old Belstaff (now a global fashion brand) factory! We're not ALL about pottery here you know, shame the likes of Belstaff, and the rest, can't be arsed to recognise their heritage with some community support and spare cash! Until the next time my friend... keep'em comin' and cheers for now from a proud Stokie 🍺
Great memories I was born in 1964 at north staffs hospital and lived in longton where my childhood memories were the best and I'm a massive stoke fan not the shite 😂I lived st Mary's road top of Sandford hill where I had great mates as a 6 year old my school which is now demolished aderlley green then yer had Woodhouse school that don't exist now but yeah great times and me mum and dad worked at the old assylum stallington up the potters need yer back in premiership
Looks like our town, council has just taken it back from private hands , there are hardly any shops , they will knock the shops down and build houses and bring some life back , but everyone goes to the large corporates for shopping . Covid was an opportunity when retail prices collapsed to buy back empty properties/ land at rock bottom prices . ( if your council missed that opportunity , kick them out )
Because it’s home. It’s where family live, where you grow up, there is bad and good of everywhere, it’s just what you make of it. Where do you live that’s so spectacular?
Eh up Mark I’ve watched many videos of Longton and I should do one because I can remember it back in the 70s as a kid We used to live near by on lightwood road.. i worked all over Longton as an electrician for a local company based in Longton so we used to work on Beswicks, and surrounding areas… what a nice place it used to be until the pots closed down and out of town shops popped up😮 it’s such a shame what a bloody mess in big parts I drive through last week and to be honest market street is the worst it breaks my head how bad it is!! Fenton kings street what’s happened to it !! Burslem / Tunstall / Stoke / Hanley I don’t know not good 😌 I live out of stoke at the moment but my heart still belongs there.. I lived in Knypersley last that was lovely but I work all over the Uk and see this type of thing Is everywhere 😊l😮😮 Subscribed today and firstly saw Burslem good one mate needs pointing out Look forward to more Oh I watched market Drayton. Nice place but if history there 😊 Have s good one Regards phil
It’s a shame I live close to Longton and it’s gone to shit over the years. The hallmark/Thorntons shop was probably one of the last decent shops remaining but it got set on fire in 2018 and never reopened.
used to have some of the best nightclubs in the country back in the 90s in longton, folk used to travel from all over the country i dont think there has been a club of any kind in longton for years now
Previous generations built impressive civic buildings, churches and cathedrals, now we paint rainbow colours, board up shops and legitimise graffiti to brighten the place up. You’re video-graphing the shameful end of an empire and its people.
When I was brought to live in the Potteries as a seven year old seventy years ago in 1954, Longton was a thriving town in which you could buy anything. On a Saturday, the pavements were so full of people that you had to walk in the road to step around them. It even had four well patronised cinemas, the ABC Empire; the Alexandra; the Focus and the Royal. Looking at the place as it is now on this video shows just how long ago 1954 now is. It was a different world back then.
I have thought recently, Longton could do with a cinema, perhaps on the Phoenix Retail Park.
I was born in Longton in the 50's and finally moved out of the area in the early 90's. When I was younger it used to be a busy town but it's so sad to see what it's become - absolutely shocking. The whole place looks like it needs completely flattening.
Born on the late fifties, left the area in 1987 to live and work in Brighton then later to Cornwall. So glad I left when I did . The whole city is depressing now .
9:11 Oh my lord what have they done, i understand it needed some paint and brightening up, BUT THIS! o.0
10:00 the UK has a Free Trade Agreement with Australia and Woolworths is still going strong in Australia. Im hoping one day it will come back to the UK and take up residents in the old store again.
And where do you live? It might be run down but its the people who live her that makes it, most of the towns and cities in the uk are struggling...
Bevan's was the best shop in Longton. I reckon whenever the music businesses desert a town it's the last nail in the coffin. Look at Hanley, Newcastle etc etc. Longton looked post-apocalypse 20 years ago. It hasn't improved. Amid all this the Stokie folk remain cheerful and friendly. Miraculous really
Yeah was the end when fantasy world went
No wonder all the Poles are going home Warsaw is booming right now UK seems to be dying
When the pottery industry died , longton died with it , I know posh people didn't like it but once upon a time it was quite busy
Sorry I'm late with this one MM... busy time looking after the geriatrics 😀 I can't believe you walked less that half a mile from my place where there was a log fire and a tot of something warming awaiting you. Maybe next time, do bare it in mind.
You finished up by the Crown Hotel, not a place I'd be giving any stars to on Trip Adviser these days but way back when, like Longton itself, it was a fine establishment. You then walked past the old Belstaff (now a global fashion brand) factory! We're not ALL about pottery here you know, shame the likes of Belstaff, and the rest, can't be arsed to recognise their heritage with some community support and spare cash!
Until the next time my friend... keep'em comin' and cheers for now from a proud Stokie 🍺
What i like about your videos is that you highlight good spots rather than only focus on negative spots
Great memories I was born in 1964 at north staffs hospital and lived in longton where my childhood memories were the best and I'm a massive stoke fan not the shite 😂I lived st Mary's road top of Sandford hill where I had great mates as a 6 year old my school which is now demolished aderlley green then yer had Woodhouse school that don't exist now but yeah great times and me mum and dad worked at the old assylum stallington up the potters need yer back in premiership
Great video mark maybe you consider visiting Ludlow i believe it has about 500 buildings which are listed
Anyway see you on your next town ..
You will be paying council tax soon mucka if you spend anymore time in stoke 🤣❤️great video has always pal ❤
Looks like our town, council has just taken it back from private hands , there are hardly any shops , they will knock the shops down and build houses and bring some life back , but everyone goes to the large corporates for shopping .
Covid was an opportunity when retail prices collapsed to buy back empty properties/ land at rock bottom prices .
( if your council missed that opportunity , kick them out )
All of Stoke is a dead end. Why the hell would anyone want to live there
Keep up the good work! 👍
Doubt anyone would but sadly some people don’t have many options
Because it’s home. It’s where family live, where you grow up, there is bad and good of everywhere, it’s just what you make of it. Where do you live that’s so spectacular?
@@danielbassett5951 I’ve lived there before. An absolute wasteland.
@@jamesmason1347 where though? It’s 6 towns so saying all is too generic, explain where you lived which is dead?
@@danielbassett5951 why don’t you tell us where is good?
And don’t say Alsager lol
Stoke on trent was good back in the day it as gone to the dogs now
Awesome video !
Eh up Mark
I’ve watched many videos of Longton and I should do one because I can remember it back in the 70s as a kid
We used to live near by on lightwood road.. i worked all over Longton as an electrician for a local company based in Longton so we used to work on Beswicks, and surrounding areas… what a nice place it used to be until the pots closed down and out of town shops popped up😮 it’s such a shame what a bloody mess in big parts I drive through last week and to be honest market street is the worst it breaks my head how bad it is!!
Fenton kings street what’s happened to it !!
Burslem / Tunstall / Stoke / Hanley I don’t know not good 😌
I live out of stoke at the moment but my heart still belongs there.. I lived in Knypersley last that was lovely but I work all over the Uk and see this type of thing Is everywhere 😊l😮😮
Subscribed today and firstly saw Burslem good one mate needs pointing out
Look forward to more
Oh I watched market Drayton. Nice place but if history there 😊
Have s good one
Regards phil
Seeing that property called "La Femme" made me laugh as it used to be a brothel. Although it was called Studio One for years.
I use to live about a mile away 10 years ago, Longton has faded so bad within about 4 years
it looks that the weather is quite cool in UK
but in the place i live, still summer...
Love cool weather I’m headed to Warsaw next week for some cooler weather
0:18 that vile building behind you. Like who Tf designed these awful buildings?lol. Ugh.
It’s a shame I live close to Longton and it’s gone to shit over the years. The hallmark/Thorntons shop was probably one of the last decent shops remaining but it got set on fire in 2018 and never reopened.
our towns have gone down bank. such a shame really, pottery industry was our way of life in sot . now it's just a dead town everywhere boarded up
Sadly a lot of towns are suffering the same fate and it's heart breaking 😞
Always follow the pie master.
The Old Potteries was a much nicer place even if a dirty city, it has lost all its appeal of the old city, coal tips and all 😳
used to have some of the best nightclubs in the country back in the 90s in longton, folk used to travel from all over the country
i dont think there has been a club of any kind in longton for years now
What’s up with that flag You should be ashamed
@@frederickmuhlbauer9477
i love this flag
it not only represents good over evil
it triggers halfwits like yourself 😁
Looks like it may have been nice a long time ago
Beyond grim
Just saw your car in macc big ups
And don't forget about the jollees night club
Ayyyyyy I go to the tescos here
Don't be dissing longton now
Your kind haven't exactly helped either.
@@thomasdale6217 if my kind weren't here longton would be dead and what you kind done sit at home and get dole money
There is nothing good in longton it’s not like it used to be
Previous generations built impressive civic buildings, churches and cathedrals, now we paint rainbow colours, board up shops and legitimise graffiti to brighten the place up. You’re video-graphing the shameful end of an empire and its people.
More unlawful maladministration by councils and the government. Must be terrible when its cold dark and grey.. ☠️🧷🎩. Ps I enjoy the the vlog.