Miserable ALL YEAR ROUND: Seaside Broken Britain 🇬🇧
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2023
- Last winter I passed through Weston-super-Mare, made a quick video, and declared how depressing I thought this famous old seaside town was. I had some viewers complain that I had been unfair on Weston. They told me that the town does indeed have a lot going for it and that I should return in summer when the place is packed full of tourists. I was intrigued. I had a hunch they were telling porkies, as it was super grim during my first visit. So in the spirit of fair journalism I made the 7 hour return drive from my home in West Cornwall to investigate the town in again. If anything, it was even more miserable. Weston-super-Nightmare.
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Your video is 100% accurate, I moved from Australia for family reasons and have lived in Weston since 1985, since then I have witnessed the steady and relentless decline. When people found out where I was from they would always say “you must be mad coming here”. I swam in the pools at the Tropicana and Knightstone island before they closed and were left to rot. Weston had the second highest number of alcoholics and drug addicts per head of the population in the country, second only to London. These days I avoid going to the high street and the seafront, the new murals that have appeared around town remind me of the saying “you can’t polish a turd” and “putting lipstick on a pig”.
Time to get back down under I reckon mate 🇬🇧
Unfortunately iys the same as Boscombe, they put the Drink/Drug Rehab's at Seaside Towns & those that leave "Clean" stay, go back on Drink/Drugs but stay at these places, Crime Rates rocket, these once Family Seaside Towns become Dangerous Downtrodden Towns 🤬
That such a shame 😢to hear I got good memories of that place
It's bad attitudes by town councils that allow places like WSM to seteriorate. They should be prosecuted.
Once the hip hop style graffiti appears, the towns finished
I work from home and get pretty lonely, I love these videos. I feel like I can get out with you and see places I wouldn't usually. Thank you Wendall!
Solitude is nice, but try and get out and interact…We are pack animals at the end of the day ❤
@@carlryderiselvis for sure ❤️
Sad to see wsm in such decline. I used to live at Burnham on sea late 1970s and this was our nearest town with a thriving high street, department stores and Courts the furniture store. A treat to visit on a Saturday. We used to joke about the tide being so far out, but there was a busy big open air swimming pool on the seafront, and wsm was popular for the tourists. There was no internet or out of town retail parks. Things would certainly quieten down in the winter, but there were jobs in industry back then. Unfortunatelu the UK has largely de-industrialised.
I really don't get the point of out of town retail parks. Only people who drive can shop there, and the retail parks suck the life out of the city centre. Horrible things.
You are doing a great job to reveal to the whole world what famous and all-loved Britain has come to.
Hahaha its always been like this! Have you ever travelled? There are a lot of places a lot worse
@@daviecrocket9160 I am deeply sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately I've never come across deprived places travelling extensively all over Britain This is an eye-opener for me .
@@daviecrocket9160 Not true at all. It hasn't always been like this. This deterioration has occurred mainly because politicians, national and local, have ceased to be interested in taking actions to benefit their communities. Most are interested in only one thing, their own pocket.
And that has all happened within the last 40 or so years - whilst we were members of the Brussels club.
Look at how once bustling fishing villages have died. Look at how so many towns and cities are now occupied by huge numbers of those who have no interest in our history, our way of life or our culture.
Thanks politicians for making the UK a shithole
It's not so good in parts of America either. You tube vids reveal the sinister areas of Philadelphia and other run down down town places.
Like so many English places the hideous postwar buildings bring people’s spirits down. Being surrounded by ugliness is a serious cause of so much despair.
Modern concrete far worse.
Yes! The standard brick houses that are all identical no matter where you go. What is up with this? Can cities not have their own identities?
Germany, post war, was reconstructed in many places to how it was pre war. Unfortunately, in the UK, it was a case of putting up ugly concrete monstrosities, and row upon row of ugly housing.
absolute bollocks lol
@@esquivel1 To be fair, rural areas in the UK, and many parts of London have some great buildings.
I enjoy your journalist approach. You can relate to whoever you talk too and we get the real truth. Your channel is interesting and informative 👍
Glad you enjoy the content 🙏
Went there just for a night about ten days ago when it was super sunny. We havent been able to get away much recently due to a family illness and this was our nearest seaside so off we went. We had a lovely time. We paddled in the sea (yes it was in), went on the pier, walked to the derelect other pier and went to the Cove Cafe which was lovely. We ate in Spoons for evening meal and for breakfast as we are so well off lol and it was fine just to see the sea. If it had been raining it would of been another story. We only wanted to do one night as I feel thats enough there. We visited Kewstoke to see a family memorable bench and noticed the Commodore Hotel has been updated to a lovely Sands Hotel which looks seaside modern. Very nice but bet expensive. Ah yeah we sat on a wall by the 'little beach' where the walkway is between the sea and when we got up a lady came out of the bottom flat with a kettle and we noticed she was pouring water on the wall to stop people sitting there maybe lol. Anyway one night in the sun is good but any more dont think we would. Think everywhere is going downhill in general and people havent much money so it affects everything. Great video
No, it's not everywhere that's going downhill. It's mostly the Council house and inner city areas.
you were in the nice part of weston, if you come round the council estates it's very different.
So sad - this was our go to place when I was a teenager !!
Weston, Blackpool, Skegness and all the rest. Just whats happening to the UK ?
Miserable people with miserable standards are making more miserable people and raising them in such a standards
The majority of seaside towns are full of poverty, addiction, transient people living in HMOs
They have been like this since at least the 1980s. Holiday towns are full of the retired, who generally don't want to mix with younger people and younger people with nothing to do for 9 months of the year, so they get high.
At least we will always have Scarbados 🌴🥂🍾
Can't forget Boston or Bognor Regis too
What's missing in this country is good'ol civic pride. Civic Pride is about active engagement in various types of social and civic activities, promoting the development and the wellbeing of a community and its members.
I'm retired and live in a small town we grew up with pride in our town young people now don't care and d Internet has all their heads fucked up .no respect or pride for their community
What do you do?
@@nasstak3440 mind your business
There is civic pride in the more middle class, affluent areas. Certainly none in the Council estates.
@@monacophotographyevents2384 if those areas cared more which they once did, things might be better.
Weston used to be a great place to go for a day at the seaside, our family travelled annually in the 70' and 80's from the Midlands, 1.5 hours' drive and you were there, parked on the beach, it was great. Your video has really shocked me but needs to be shown. It's much like a lot of other seaside towns and major Uk towns and cities. Shocking what's going down.
Weston has seen better days yes but it's still a decent place to live. I was one of those people who got drafted in for rehab, the town gave me a home, an education, self respect and hope. It has a massive recovery scene, it literally saves lives, rebuilds families and turns hopeless people into productive members of society. I'm forever grateful and if it was not for Weston Super Mare I would have been six feet under a long time ago.
Uphill and round by the old pier are really nice on a sunny day. A lot of the town is fairly run down though
If you talk to rough people, and go to rough areas what do you expect to find?
The beach is beautiful, Brean Down and Sand Bay too. The marine lake is being dredged, Birnbeck pier being rebuilt.
Also, it's 30 mins from Bristol, the Mendips, the Cotwolds, and the Forest of Dean. It's 1 hour from Cardiff, the Breacon Beacons, and North Devon. It's 2 hours from London, Birmingham, South Devon, Dorset, and Pembrokeshire.
This video does not do Weston any justice, but I think that's your aim.
yes you're right one of the things to highlight about the area is how close it is to other areas🤣
Almost the entire urban landscape of the UK is like that…
Always great to watch your videos. And it is😮 useful to be made aware of the situation in these places. But this is really sad.
Thanks Torunn
@@WendallExplores Are you going to make a vidoe on Scarborough ?
@@michaelhawkins7389 already made one, it’s on the channel
I just want to confirm, I live in wsm and overall I love living here but the water is very brackish, I think that it is very lively here, what is shown in the video doesn't feel like what I'm used to for some reason...
As a Kid in Nottingham born in 1944 i use to know of all these places as my school palls and neighbours would all go for a couple of weeks ... i never went anywhere as we had no money or not much I use to go knocking on my pals door to see if they was home yet .. They use to tell about the sea and all the fun rides and the sticks of rock . I always got in trouble at school cus when school started after the summer holidays we had to do an essay on what we did and where we went .. I didn't write anything ... !!! that was life .. BUT all the seaside towns sounded loverly ... Thanks for your time ... ! what a shame
Weston is the nearest seaside resort for me. My grandparents loved that place and spent a week there every year. Maybe it will pick up if more people go on holiday in this country, instead of flying abroad all the time. The decay is a problem of decline and disorder in society generally. For instance, my grandparents' generation wouldn't have left litter lying around everywhere. It's not the town in itself that's depressing. It's the same with the government, the economy, people's working life, entertainment and so on. None of it is there to provide a pleasant life for the masses any more.
Why would they come to Weston when they fly to Spain for a week or two for probably cheaper.
That's one of the problems with British seaside resorts, they can't compete with cheap flights to Spain.
I remember spending a summer in Blackpool when I was a kid and travelling there for day trips when I lived in Manchester in my 20s. It still had something going for it back then. Now from what I've seen it's an absolute s$#t hole.
In 1994 my parents tooke and my brother there for a week, and even back then they complained that they could if went to the South of France for the money they paid and spent for 1 week in Blackpool.
Obviously we never went back there again as kids.
All of the people on YT who make films of our towns and cities give one clear message, our once great country is finished, obvious when you see it. How sad is it to see that lad living rough when migrants are living in hotels.
He's living rough because he can't function in life.
Just waiting for payday…what a life for someone so young. Dreadful.
Numerous problems with this statement… firstly you having a strong rosy retrospection. This country has always had it’s serious societal issues, but they do change yes. Second is a lack of critical thinking skills if you blame everything on a few thousands migrants living in hotels. But on that issue…. many would say what made our country great, is how we have taken in those in need over the years. What is true though, is that even if all recent migrants were ejected - nothing much would change on the ground. As we saw with Brexit, the public are being spun into a frenzy to prop up deeply rooted power structures they can’t even come to comprehend. And in the process they are sold problems/solutions that don’t/can’t actually exist
@@phild5322 Pure nonsense
@@davidoldboy5425 Phil says you don't comprehend what's going on, you dismiss him as 'pure nonsense'. Think about that for a while.
The whole of Britain seems to be becoming depressed. 8.6 million people on anti-depressants at the moment. A very bad situation.
Thankyou for taking the time to make these videos...👏👏👏
I lived in WSM it is a F ing horrible place to live. It's depressing all year round.
I was in W-S-M this summer (2023) - its my hometown - my Dad still lives there, I was bought up there in the 60s/70s. I live in China with a Chinese wife. She been there before, but this time she commented and asked why did everyone look so miserable and down hearted in town. I also felt that sort of vibe for the first time. The town is unrecognisable from when I was a boy there and not for the better. But the Bourneville has always had a bad reputation , even in the 60s/70s when I went to Walliscote Secondary Modern School for boys. In its heyday it was a good place, hell I even saw the Beatles live in the Odeon Cinema in 63 I guess - thats the white building over the road when the homeless guy (Josh?) was talking. W-S-M has always been known as the Brummie Rivera - my parents moved from Brum to live there. Once my Dad goes (he's 96) I'll never go back.
thanks for the video Wendall😊
You seem determined to prove yourself correct from your out of season visit so well done
I grew up in Weston. Left when I was 18 and couldn't get away fast enough. Every time I go back to visit family it just looks worse and worse.
Great video, very well researched….am sure this town has seen better times…what a pity that it’s somehow ‘dying’…..
5:49 - this is the problem everywhere... being replaced by foreigners and people moving away from cities to area up and down country
Great videos mate, seen four so far and pretty impressed!
Thanks mate 🙏
A great beach by the looks of it. I love it.😍👍
I was 100% thinking what you mentioned about the McDonalds. I've never seen a McDonalds with a bouncer by day - at night yes for the crowd coming out of the pubs and clubs but by day certainly not a good look at all for a town.
I used to go to Weston every summer in the late 70s and early 1980s (from Scotland, as grandparents lived in Somerset) and loved it. The donkey rides, the pier with its videogames, moussaka and chips in the Greek taverna that I think is still near the centre. My memory is probably coloured by nostalgia, but it seemed to be jumping in those days. Last time I visited in around 2015, though, it felt like a very depressed place.
I’ve lived on the bournville for 4 years now, moved from Bristol to Weston to join my family back in 2014. Honestly there is nothing here for anyone.. it’s such a depressing town I’m constantly talking about how I wanna move back to Bristol and that’s my goal this year. Noticed you’re from Cornwall, I also used to live in Cornwall (st Ives) best place I’ve ever lived in the uk.
This is a pity that's happening to lots of places in UK. However, I must say, my wife and I had a good day out in Weston, sometime in July 2022. It was a bright sunny day, with loads of tourists, families etc and we had an excellent meal of fish and chips at a place near the seafront and spent an interesting couple of hours on the pier. Walked around the town, with my wife browsing in all the charity shops, while I found a decent fruit and veg shop and tea room. Not a place I'd want to spend the night though.
It is very sad to watch the grim reality of living there. And this video definitely put me off from visiting Weston again. Im sure it will very successfully divert many other potential tourists’ wallets away from this already deprived place.
Depends when he exactly went because I no people who still go every year and they love it so it won't but me off because I still want to my self and find out for my self instead
We always called it Weston Super Mud. 😄
This country is finished.
USA feels like that too now.
Very interesting. I live in a small town in Somerset and it is a very different story here. I haven't been to Weston for many years and really wouldn't want to. So many places have no sense of community anymore and that adds to the problems faced by people living on low wages and in poor accomodation. I really don't know what, or if, there are any solutions to what we see happening all over Britain in towns like Weston.
Small town America is suffering the same situation.
True take on what is going in the UK appreciate you showing the true colours I live near a seaside and it's the same here.
100% agree, we visited 2 years ago at the end of covid everything was up and running as normal but oh my was it depressing!
Wendell would you do Southend on Sea one day please - really appreciate your interviewing
I’ll get there at some point 👍
don't bother it's much the fucking same 😢
Used to go there for the day as a kid in the 70s, and my mum went there for school outing in the late 1940s - she said it used to be lovely. In the 70s there used to be park nearby that I named "Southend zoo park" because there was a little zoo in it ... I'd love to find out what happened to that park 🌿
Weston-Super-Nightmare
Great video though.. but the old junkies were rife there back in the early 1990's.. even the tide want's to be a mile away from the place
🤣
To be fair it's gone out of season again - if you came last weekend when it was hot the whole seafront was rammed and the vibe was amazing! I like living here but its true the experience totally hinges on the weather week on week.
This seems like a very narrow season 🤣
My parents hated Weston so much we emigrated to Melbourne, Aus in the 80s. Dad had received a redundancy when we lived in Poole (which has provided many happy memories) to buy a business up the road from Weston in Clevedon. They chose Weston because it was where Grandma and my Dad’s family lived.
The only redeeming quality was family, some gorgeous Somerset countryside and some impressive Victorian architecture opposite the rubbish beach.
I would far rather be in the English countryside, than the absolutely awful coastal towns. I also live abroad...
Wicked video Sir. Weston on my most most recent visits from the Midlands was not great. It’s a place that like so many is finding things tough. Some of the back streets around the likes of W-S-M and Burnham on Sea really are not great …. Smithy
I quite like wsm iv lived there a few times over the years on a sunny day say 10 15 years ago it would be heaving with people. But with online shopping the high St is dieing everywhere its a shame
You even went in my local pub the Red admiral nice one. And the sign in there about regulars after 6pm was because there was a incident involving the travellers.
Used to go there 50 years ago as a kid, lovely sands - then waded into the sea that was "Squishy" between my toes - I thought it was mud ! - it was raw sewage thousands of little kids were walking and swimming in human shit, - disgusting.
Both Labour and Tories are regulating the UK into the dirt. A place like Weston should be thriving, it's got decent transport links and nice beaches. If you did a serious reconstruction of that place it would be a dream town to live in. Also a zero tolerance approach to open drug use and littering.
The answer not yet more far right policies. Brexit removed millions of EU funding from the south west. Choose your villains carefully...
Littering??? FFS that's the least of our problems. Wasn't that old witch Thatcher always wittering on about while she turned half the UK into a ruined shell
well what do you expect its cheaper to go abroad people are nicer abroad there are no anti social behavour louts abroad thats why seaside towns in the uk are absolute crap.
Same everywhere
They closed so many rehabs and the clients ended up cast adrift on the streets .
The churches offer great support and the Town does it’s best without council support . MH charities are also doing their best .
How are they doing their best, seriously. There shouldnt be any junkies & drunks allowed on the streets. If we have any beggars, drunks, junkies sitting on our streets, they are IDed and moved on to their address. Social, street police, Councils work together.
Sad times ! I’m not to far from WDMud. My boss years ago lived odd off the Bournville estate and I used to pop in for a cuppa sometimes. This was 20 years ago, and it had a reputation then. I used to regularly pop the children there years ago for days out, it was quant then. I recently went to Burnham on Sea just up the Rd from WSM! And I absolutely loved it. We had the best fish and chips from the Brit Chip. Sat on the front, had two of my 7 rescue dogs. And that’s now a very fond memory. But seeing WSM is a shock. I’m sorry to say I feel the Government want this to happen unfortunately . We’re sadly in very difficult times.
When the Tropicana went so did thousands of families during the holidays. This cost Weston dearly
It’s still open ?
@@hbpw857 not for about 25 years mate
@@staceyleeellis9160 it’s still open mate I went to a couple of do this summer and they just out up the ice rink
Tropicana is still open buddy
@@samuelbirch6817 It used to be a water park with slides,climbing frames,inflatable soft play. It was rammed until it shut in 2000. It brought in families from miles around ,then it shut for 15 odd years. Banksy summed it up with “ dismaland “. Weston council royally fucked up on that
I like your easy manner, great job.
Went once..never again. Bad as Blackpool. Such a flat atmosphere.
You’re doing an amazing job at highlighting the serious issues that seaside towns face. Please can you highlight Bournemouth and Boscombe. We get the rep of having one of the best beaches in Europe (believe it or not), but there is an incredibly sinister side to the town. It has devolved rapidly, with shop closures and meth epidemics. There is a rehab centre near Boscombe which encourages county lines and it’s destroyed people’s lives. Shops are closed and many people are homeless. I sympathise with them as I was homeless for a brief period myself, but there are aggressive beggars, regular stabbings and SAs and many locals including myself do not feel safe in their own town. The council are declared the most corrupt in the country and they refuse to invest beyond tourist tag and stag and hen parties. Strangely enough, come the summer, some visitors think it’s acceptable to camp on the beaches and shit in the sand. There was one summer during Covid when the council refused to open the gross public toilets and there was shit absolutely everywhere. I’m not joking. The council are constantly under investigation and the whole thing is a sham. I will never forget one time at Christmas when I noticed a family of homeless people on the street, including a child and a baby. Absolutely unreal scenes. I also believe the baby sadly died. They received no support from the local council and housing associations. It’s an atrocity.
I’m filming in Bournemouth this weekend, can you help me out when I get there?
Bit off tangent but Eric Captons ex Mrs, an aristocrat lady wound up a dead junkie in Boscome bedsit land (and this was years ago). Happy Valley it ain't unless you're in the market for monkey dust and worse
" I was renting my friends front room out but he was my drug dealer and I was given £200 per month but he was selling me crack and heroin"
Classic
No self awareness what’s so ever 😂
Talks about being streetwise, standing in the middle of the road as a double-decker bus is approaching him from behind...
How can one muster any sympathy for these sort of people?
@@monacophotographyevents2384 By understanding that you yourself are one minor cataclysm away from being in that situation yourself. The only reason you aren't, is *luck.*
Supposedly Jaywick is going to be invested in. We are lucky to live on an island. I hope these seaside towns survive as they can be beautiful places to live in, whatever the season.
Saw a Documentary on Jaywick and it made Grimsby look like Florida.
I've lived in Weston for 52 years, you've hand picked all your shots and made this look like it's representative of the town. If you only interview people living on the streets or hanging about town on a week day then what do you expect them to say?
Good point. Might be interesting to hear from somebody who is in employment, paying a mortgage and their taxes for their opinion.
@@backrowbrighton That would be me then! I travel all over and Weston is not bad at all by any stretch of the imagination. You will find people on skid row anywhere in the country if that is what you set out to find.
Go to Sidmouth, seaside town that is busy all year round, looks nice and not boarded up.
Its a horrible place
It's a dump 😂
I lived in W-s-M in 2005-2006, and I thought it's one of the best plase for living. So sad watch this video and see all this changes
We know many places are depressing. The question is why and what can be done to address these sorts of town issues ???
that busker needs to put a top on , lol
I grew up on the bournville and it was a amazing place to grow up. everywhere is going down hill now the government bleeding us dry you should not right weston off tho we are a stubborn breed
He summed it up by saying , " the people who are living there ... Dont come from there " ... We live in Margate and the place is full of people from London . Margate has got better over the years but these " NEW " people dont want to mix with locals , if you say " Good Morning " or " Good Evening " you get the same reply ........... " HI " which really translates into " F " off your not the type of person i want to associate with . But if thats the type of person they are .......... Then guess what i couldnt care less about them either . ..... " Great vid "
I feel that "F*** Off" has become a response to "Hey up" but it isn't locals that seem to be causing the trouble here in Chesterfield (Derbyshire). They seem to come from the cities (for similar reasons to Weston). They want to come here because of the lower crime rate - and then the crime rate goes up....
Don't get those types in the more expensive surrounding villages!
Loved going here as a kid,it's the closest cost to Brum(where I grew up) so we went there a lot,but that was in the 70s and early 80s,,so it's really sad to see it like this!😞
Thank you Wendall for an honest review. Lovely to see Vicky and the pups, I miss seeing them ❤
Great vlog Wendall. I vlog around my hometown of Bournemouth ( Northerner in exile!) but try not to show too many bad bits. I also lived in Newquay for 4 years so can relate to a lot of your content. 👍
Thank you mate. Next video is from Bournemouth mate.
@@WendallExplores Nice one! Look forward to it. Subscribed anyway. Be good to meet next time you’re over this way or I’m down there. Got a few Newquay stories to tell 😁👍
Broken england
2023 will go down in history as being one of the most tragic times to be alive in the uk
Another Local Town, our Local Seaside to Visit as Kids, I rarely come here now, it is full of Rehab People that leave Rehab and do not leave Weston, they stay with their addictions - unfortunately the same for nearly all Seaside Towns now - why do the Councils allow all the Rehab Centres to continue in these lovely Beach Areas?! Boscombe used to be beautiful too, it still is, but is full of the same People making it very dangerous!
To say there's no wealth in Weston is wrong. There's plenty. Kewstoke, Wick, Uphill to name just a few. But when your aim is to double down on your previously held view, you won't see anything other than what you're looking for.
Weston has issues. But it's not even close to being the most depressing place in the UK.
Just looking at house prices there.
It is not cheap considering there is nothing there.
One of the facts you talked about is exactly what applies to London. We once had community's , people that new eachother and looked out for eachother and now that has all gone...knowone comes from here.. Its not just seaside towns , it is allover Britain..😢
When doing your opening statements, you were walking on one of the biggest problems.
Pedestrianisation, the fundamental breakdown of the majority of our towns and cities. a pedestrianised area, is nothing more than one big litter bin. but alas we can only blame the lazy councils who waste vast amounts of money trying to upkep these monstrosities.
All planned as per agenda 21/30 the great reset 😡 this country has been designated to become a 3rd world country same for most of the west.
OK so sitting next to an idling van breathing in diesel soot while trying to enjoy a coffee is the answer to all the social problems?
Industrial decline, convinced it’s done by design in honesty. Seems to happen a lot in certain places, usually outside of cities.
the old shirtless punk busker guy was pretty cool tbf
New to your channel just asking when did you do this video exactly if you don't mind me asking
Early September
Well it's like end of the season a it really my mate and his family go every year they love it so just find it hard to believe that it's that bad mind ya it's shocking to see suicity on doors of McDonalds I got loads good memories there growing up
I've lived in the west country my whole adult life and I couldn't really tell you what WSM is like because I visited the beach there one summer 10+ years ago and never been back. It was just depressing tbh.
I live in Ayrshire and in certain areas have never witnessed so many mobility scooters, I do see some people that it's clear they require the scooter for getting around BUT I also see a LOT of people that use them for a bit of a giggle, I even see someone near me use one but sometimes two people are inside and all they do is laugh and giggle, I've even seen the scooter parked up in a few spots looking like it's been more abandoned.
A local well known coffee shop near me has an empty void shop next door and on certain days of the week the outside of the void shop turns into a mobility scooter parking lot, think the record parked up one day was about 9
That's a sight I never seen when I was growing up in the 70's & 80's - it was more a rare sight and even today it's a bit weird how these scooters have evolved, you see double seat ones now and those big Trikes now that would be great for off-roading.
I've always enjoyed looking at old photographs be that ones my family or friends have collected or just random parts of history, black & white would be my preferred choice, the Kelvingrove museum have a fantastic collection showing steam engines being built, that engineering process from start to finish, every man has a tash and every single head has a hat on, none of them hard safety hats, the pictures are massive and the QTY is outstanding I can stand and look at images like that more than most people as I enjoy absorbing all that history that's now sadly gone.
Are YOU STILL looking at that picture Dad my daughter will say, yes! and you know what's really strange in that picture ? Not one person is obese!
Build a Steam powered mobility scooter and show them who's Boss then.
@@westwater73 Don't EVER tell me what to do
That town looks very depressing. There are endless expanses of concrete-no parks,gardens or oases where one can relax.
If I had to walk around there every day I would be mentally,emotionally and physically exhausted.
People who he interviews describe the situation in very matter-of-fact terms.
That's the way it is here,yeah.
Getting out of Cornwall was the best thing you could have done for this channel 🎉
Yet we are being taxed more than ever, our money is not being spent wisely.
Interesting video as always. I always have a good time in Weston but i usually visit when there are planned events happening such as fireworks or carnival or half marathans etc. These help create a buzz. Generally a good place for dog walks too. I wouldnt choose to live there myself but i think there are already signs of gentrification from those who can't afford to live in Bristol who decide to live there instead, abit like what has happened in chepstow/newport
Hate Weston always have it does indeed have a depressing air about it .awful dump
you should come to Swansea. I would love to see your take on that! please think about it.......
Well I'm freezing in April. Heating on full. Chemtrails blocking the sun out. It's like the middle of winter.
Wow. Never seen a doorman at McD's. Even when living in Los Angeles.
The real ghetto in Weston mate
We had them
Lincoln city centre England spice heads would beg inside and out and buy a spice bag and a 99p burger to eat so it was beg say 6 to 10 pounds but a bag and a burger repeat they moved mcDs from the town sq to the high street and the begging was stopped no more doormen I actually seen 3 doormen lady’s at a time shoulder bath and arm restrain beggers out it was so sad and disgusting iv witnessed street and bush shitting up close 5 x in 5 yrs and beggars with massive amounts of shit all over themselves I live 500 yards from the ymca and river side and there everywhere I left for work last week and in my flats comunity garden at 1030pm a polish alcoholic was being BJed by a tiny spice head recorded it all and called police
Weston went downhill fast as soon as Scallys pub closed.
Weston is ok for a walk on the beech and chips down the front for a few hours .Apart from that not much too see or do compared to other seaside places on the south coast ,up north and east coast seaside places. Your skeggy, b'pool , Brighton etc.
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It's not that bad I lived here for 3 years I think the bourneville just gets a bad rep from years ago I used to deliver takeaways at night and it was fine and it's that small you get to know which culprits are the main trouble maker's. There's some lovely parks and woodland plus all the outdoor activities that go on, on the beach all year round. I did manage to swim in the sea once on the rare occasion the tide is in. I think it's the employment issue more than anything it's all seasonal but that's the case with most seaside towns. 🌅
I used to live in Gosport in the 1960's. What is it like now?
I live in WsM but I grew up in Croydon. My glass is half full. WsM is bad but it’s not that bad. You didn’t go to the nice part of Weston but then your agenda wouldn’t have been served by a walk down Cecil Rd.
@Wendall could u come to Plymouth and do a video..our city centre is in dire condition and there are some really deprived areas in the city it’s been like this for years now 👍
I will get to Plymouth soon. Fancy being tour guide?
Yeah sounds good..even if I don’t go on camera I can still show u around 👍
Weston has some big Gypsy yards on the outskirts ,Bournville, if you come 20 mile up the road to the south bristol estates of hartcliffe,withywood and knowle youle see some places that have been branded some of the most deprived places in Europe but along with some South Wales valleys it's just England/UK these days it's how it is. Its hard to remember these shops and streets were full and happy places in the 80s as everyone was broke and miserable then too 😂
I used to visit Weston as Child and have fond memories of the place. I can't remember it being anything like this 😢
Note the number of elderly and disabled people it seems a dumping ground for the disabled druggies and the less able.
A sad reflection of UK.
When you see Weston -super-Mare at J21 M5, just floor the accelerator . Enjoy your video's, keep up the good work.
The beach looks panoramic 😊
It’s a dump, I have family living nearby so know it quite well. There’s nothing to do except drink in dull pubs
I've just left Weston-super-Mare, and glad to have gone. The town has really gone downhill in the last six years. A bad council that wastes money and is denial about going bankrupt. No community, no cohesion and money wasted on things that don't benefit the community.