Wow very powerful images. We should all be so ashamed; we were prepared to rely on these communities for our coal supplies for many years. The local council should cut back on lunches and jollies to fund a clean up.They need to ask their younger residents what they want and what they are prepared to contribute. Well done Mickey Moo, thank goodness there is still passion and commitment to make a difference.
@MrBulldogtools Didn't mean to offend you sir. I come from the north east and we have suffered too. Parts of Newcastle and South Shields really felt the impact of pit closures just as Shirebrook has. We have lots of men who have never worked since the mines closed well over 20 years ago. My comment was aimed at the government who seem to have forgotten all about pit villages and what they contributed to the nation as a whole. Community spirited folk do their level best with limited resources xx
@vidmasters97 "Quotes" continued -: "Why live here?" Because I've already spent over forty years here paying taxes and wanting a town to be proud of. I'm not paying out more money to money grubbing solicitors and estate agents and giving myself and my family the stress of moving just because of the immorality of local authorities. "Leaves, what do you expect them to "dooo" fly away". Bizarre quote grammatically. No, I expect the place to be cleaned up properly - it's not too much to ask is it ?
Thanks for the comments and you are right in a lot of what you say. Shirebrook has an unbelievable amount of POTENTIAL - the problem is tapping into that potential and you have correctly identified that three areas are fighting between themselves and creating nothing. There are a small group of people trying very locally and at a low level to get the councils to TALK and WORK together. This is ongoing, is very hard, and tiring - but we have some progress - watch this space..............!!
i was born at 69 Cavendish street in 1947 I have read all the remarks about old shirebrook so a lot of younger people don't know how it was growing up in the 1950s and 60s and the names we had for different parts so I'm going to tell you ok if you walk or drive up the road past thickly bank see the hill on the right with bungalows on the top we called it the nob I spent many hours on that playing cowboy and Indians after coming out the empire matinee mob on Saturday morning after watching Roy Rogers or other cowboy films we also had an allotment next to the railway embankment I still have a photograph of the flying Scotsman that came past one day .do people still call the path leading to langwith junction the black pad because everybody did I believe the field to the left is called kissing gates sports centre well its original name is the daisy field because it was always full of Daisies in spring also is there still a big dip in the middle of the field well thank the railway embankment sadly no longer there it protected all the streets on the other side when a German plane dropped a big bomb it was after the railway and missed .if you look at the field to the right of the black pad there is an hill I have looked on google Earth and is still there well we used to call it the rolly polly and is were we used to fly our kites also there is a small tree still on the hill well me and a mate was playing round that one day and we found a tin full of pound notes the tree is still there I don't suppose many people remember the old quarry either I remember it well and a well known family the glovers who owned classic cars they had a huge wooden garage with classic and vintage cars stored inside it until someone decided to put a match to it and the whole lot went up in smoke I remember everybody off the streets come to see it all on fire how sad loss for all the old classic cars inside .there is so much I can remember growing up in shirebrook I left school at 15 from carter lane left Friday started work at shirebrook pit Monday morning when I got to 17 I was a pony lad yes we had ponies down shirebrook pit my pony was called star I better leave off now or I will be going on for hours just a couple more things we had was a big fair every year on the market until the yobs and teddy boys smashed it all up no I wasn't one also where there was a park next to the swan on Portland road was called the paddler is it still there !!there used to be a stream running through the middle of it .there is so much more a lot of the old shirebrook people could add to the history of good old shirebrook and hope they do before its all lost please tell your grandchildren what iv told you and keep shirebrook memories for there children see thee don't forget to ger up fo wok lol .
shirebrooks okay, much has changed since the upload of this video,besides which, youve taken photos of all the shops when they are closed, also, these are all of and around the town centre, if you go into the new estate, lean vally drive etc, its actually really nice, and for a small town, theres alot to do, community centres, youth groups, gbh skatepark, leasure centre, they are building a tesco, sports direct distribution centre, the market has now had a facelift, theres some thriving
Nothing wrong with Shirebrook at all,sad to see the pubs have almost all gone,no better night out than down here at one time,good market,decent shops,countryside on the doorstep,so many positives despite all the negatives of unemployment and the demise of industry so cruelly forced upon the town,sad to see the old Empire palace gone now too.where this in London someone would have launched a preservation scheme to save it.I love the old place,and will be visiting it for many years to come.
Glad to see there's someone else who's not shy to showcase what makes this town so terrible, my dad is especially lucky to not live in Shitty Shirebrook anymore...
@vidmasters97 That's just about it. Please note I have refrained from personal insults such as "you are a total bum" - and I don't need to resort to that just to have an argument. You have your view, I have mine. Other than your grammar and spelling needing a clear examination (before posting in future) I have enjoyed replying to you and I hope I have answered your queries adequately and professionally. Please note - I won't justify any more more of your inept posts with comment. Bye.
@MrJanesaddiction - Good post - nice to see some perspective and common sense for a change. Shirebrook was once a great place to be - everything for everyone - no matter what age. It is nothing short of a disgrace how it's been allowed to slide. You can't blame it all on pit closures or the economy - the politicians (local ones that is) have a lot to answer for. Feckless, selfish, sententious oafs willing to watch whilst the town dies. Cocks crowing from the dung heap and nothing more.
@vidmasters97 "Quotes" continued" -: "I have noooo problems with Shirebrook". Well, good for you, but I would suggest either your self esteem or aspirations are pretty low, but what would I know. Lots and lots of people do have problems -the old, the infirm, those without jobs or those about to lose their jobs, those in fear of crime - I could go on. "Putting the images in black and white to make it seem dull". No it is in black and white to save further embarrassment through "colour".
I have lived in Shirebrook all my life and I am not ashamed to say in the past it was bad but it is a lot better now just because you proberbly don't like Shirebrook doesn't mean you have to show pictures of rubbish or boarded up house to put people off take it this way Shirebrook was bad but it is a very great quiet place now no hate for Shirebrook
Thanks for the useful insight but as you can see nearly two thousand three hundred people have viewed this and none have suggested wanted to see "decent" places. The pastiche of photographs was taken around the CENTRE of Shirebrook to show the authorities (BDC) that despite their misguided claims, Shirebrook really is a dirty, run down shit hole to anyone with a modicum of pride or shame - and still is. A "video" of "decent" places in the same area would be a very, very, short film indeed.
I think you're wrong to say it's ALWAYS been a shit hole - I'm older than you and can remember a noble hard working people that ran businesses proudly. You are RIGHT about "some left in the dark ages locals" - sadly they tend to be in positions of power and authority. It is "tough" - but not all of us can just get up and move - nor would we want to just yet, but we carry the fight forward and keep rattling cages - we want change and progress and we'll get it - soon. PS - I do have a great life!
@blarrf "There's a good tattooist there now." Well I can't see your point to be honest. There's a good butcher, a baker etc. but Shirebrook is still dying on its feet. Ask the police what they think, ask your local councillor (there's five of them on Bolsover District Council representing Shirebrook) what they have PERSONALLY done for Shirebrook in the last five years that has improved the place. I promise the silence will be deafening.
buisnesses, lots of food places, and not to mention europes largest market SQUARE, not bad for what was a village up until recently. theres lots of recreational grounds, some brilliant pubs, its the minority of PEOPLE that make the place bad by spraying grafiti in public places (usually of a badly drawn penis or a crap tag) and throwing there litter about etc. overall i think youve just highlighted the worst bits of the town here, i could make a video which would
@gildey No offence meant by my comments i still have family there,but i still think the place as well as New Houghton and the like will never be a good place to live ever in the future,and i mean not ever.
@reecebates . Thanks for the rather subjective comments. You say "Shirebrook is nothing as bad as this". Excuse me but they are PHOTOGRAPHS, not a surrealist painting. I must disagree with you about a "good skatepark". I don't know what a bad one would be like - having considered the rusting, graffiti spattered and litter strewn death pit that I have seen. It's OK I suppose if you are in the small minority that accepts things like that. No mention of decent shops, pubs, restaurants etc. Shame.
@vidmasters97 - Let's examine some of your quotes -: "you are a total bum" - bizarre and physiologically unsound but what else have we come to expect from people such as you? "Shirebrook is a nice village and how is it dirty..". Go ahead and ask the local authority how many thousands of pounds (of tax payers money) they spend each year trying to keep it "clean". "You obviously hate the place". No, I despise the place it has been allowed to become.
Shirebrook is lovely where I live and quite also I'm pretty sure its a village? We have groups people attend to because I used to got to badgers and cadets. Please don't point out the flaws that polish have made.. They burnt a dead mans shed for Christ's sake!
Wow very powerful images. We should all be so ashamed; we were prepared to rely on these communities for our coal supplies for many years. The local council should cut back on lunches and jollies to fund a clean up.They need to ask their younger residents what they want and what they are prepared to contribute. Well done Mickey Moo, thank goodness there is still passion and commitment to make a difference.
Thank You margaret thatcher & the tory crew. Hope your'e proud & sleep well!
Unfortunately the communist led unions brought it on themselves
@@Tolpuddle581 what happened to Arthur scargill? He ran off with all your money 😂
@MrBulldogtools Didn't mean to offend you sir. I come from the north east and we have suffered too. Parts of Newcastle and South Shields really felt the impact of pit closures just as Shirebrook has. We have lots of men who have never worked since the mines closed well over 20 years ago. My comment was aimed at the government who seem to have forgotten all about pit villages and what they contributed to the nation as a whole. Community spirited folk do their level best with limited resources xx
@vidmasters97 "Quotes" continued -: "Why live here?" Because I've already spent over forty years here paying taxes and wanting a town to be proud of. I'm not paying out more money to money grubbing solicitors and estate agents and giving myself and my family the stress of moving just because of the immorality of local authorities. "Leaves, what do you expect them to "dooo" fly away". Bizarre quote grammatically. No, I expect the place to be cleaned up properly - it's not too much to ask is it ?
I live in this shithole and this video made me laugh a lot =-D
Thanks for the comments and you are right in a lot of what you say. Shirebrook has an unbelievable amount of POTENTIAL - the problem is tapping into that potential and you have correctly identified that three areas are fighting between themselves and creating nothing. There are a small group of people trying very locally and at a low level to get the councils to TALK and WORK together. This is ongoing, is very hard, and tiring - but we have some progress - watch this space..............!!
i was born at 69 Cavendish street in 1947 I have read all the remarks about old shirebrook so a lot of younger people don't know how it was growing up in the 1950s and 60s and the names we had for different parts so I'm going to tell you ok if you walk or drive up the road past thickly bank see the hill on the right with bungalows on the top we called it the nob I spent many hours on that playing cowboy and Indians after coming out the empire matinee mob on Saturday morning after watching Roy Rogers or other cowboy films we also had an allotment next to the railway embankment I still have a photograph of the flying Scotsman that came past one day .do people still call the path leading to langwith junction the black pad because everybody did I believe the field to the left is called kissing gates sports centre well its original name is the daisy field because it was always full of Daisies in spring also is there still a big dip in the middle of the field well thank the railway embankment sadly no longer there it protected all the streets on the other side when a German plane dropped a big bomb it was after the railway and missed .if you look at the field to the right of the black pad there is an hill I have looked on google Earth and is still there well we used to call it the rolly polly and is were we used to fly our kites also there is a small tree still on the hill well me and a mate was playing round that one day and we found a tin full of pound notes the tree is still there I don't suppose many people remember the old quarry either I remember it well and a well known family the glovers who owned classic cars they had a huge wooden garage with classic and vintage cars stored inside it until someone decided to put a match to it and the whole lot went up in smoke I remember everybody off the streets come to see it all on fire how sad loss for all the old classic cars inside .there is so much I can remember growing up in shirebrook I left school at 15 from carter lane left Friday started work at shirebrook pit Monday morning when I got to 17 I was a pony lad yes we had ponies down shirebrook pit my pony was called star I better leave off now or I will be going on for hours just a couple more things we had was a big fair every year on the market until the yobs and teddy boys smashed it all up no I wasn't one also where there was a park next to the swan on Portland road was called the paddler is it still there !!there used to be a stream running through the middle of it .there is so much more a lot of the old shirebrook people could add to the history of good old shirebrook and hope they do before its all lost please tell your grandchildren what iv told you and keep shirebrook memories for there children see thee don't forget to ger up fo wok lol .
Gees this really is the land that time forgot!!
shirebrooks okay, much has changed since the upload of this video,besides which, youve taken photos of all the shops when they are closed, also, these are all of and around the town centre, if you go into the new estate, lean vally drive etc, its actually really nice, and for a small town, theres alot to do, community centres, youth groups, gbh skatepark, leasure centre, they are building a tesco, sports direct distribution centre, the market has now had a facelift, theres some thriving
Nothing wrong with Shirebrook at all,sad to see the pubs have almost all gone,no better night out than down here at one time,good market,decent shops,countryside on the doorstep,so many positives despite all the negatives of unemployment and the demise of industry so cruelly forced upon the town,sad to see the old Empire palace gone now too.where this in London someone would have launched a preservation scheme to save it.I love the old place,and will be visiting it for many years to come.
Ditto mate ! from a Big S ex-miner. The pit has gone but they can't take away the good memories of being a Shirebrook miner.
Derbyshires most depressing town
I live in shirebrook you just took the worst pictures to show people the bad side!!!!
Glad to see there's someone else who's not shy to showcase what makes this town so terrible, my dad is especially lucky to not live in Shitty Shirebrook anymore...
At 1:30 the shop SCROOGES used to be a mint Model shop in the 70's- 80's
@vidmasters97 That's just about it. Please note I have refrained from personal insults such as "you are a total bum" - and I don't need to resort to that just to have an argument. You have your view, I have mine. Other than your grammar and spelling needing a clear examination (before posting in future) I have enjoyed replying to you and I hope I have answered your queries adequately and professionally. Please note - I won't justify any more more of your inept posts with comment. Bye.
@MrJanesaddiction - Good post - nice to see some perspective and common sense for a change. Shirebrook was once a great place to be - everything for everyone - no matter what age. It is nothing short of a disgrace how it's been allowed to slide. You can't blame it all on pit closures or the economy - the politicians (local ones that is) have a lot to answer for. Feckless, selfish, sententious oafs willing to watch whilst the town dies. Cocks crowing from the dung heap and nothing more.
@vidmasters97 "Quotes" continued" -: "I have noooo problems with Shirebrook". Well, good for you, but I would suggest either your self esteem or aspirations are pretty low, but what would I know. Lots and lots of people do have problems -the old, the infirm, those without jobs or those about to lose their jobs, those in fear of crime - I could go on. "Putting the images in black and white to make it seem dull". No it is in black and white to save further embarrassment through "colour".
Good old councillors ie frichley and his buddy's
Look at these pictures and if anyone can say it's a better place to live, not as I remember
Brilliant - shows the true decay and apathy allowed by councils all around us. They should be thoroughly ashamed.
I have lived in Shirebrook all my life and I am not ashamed to say in the past it was bad but it is a lot better now just because you proberbly don't like Shirebrook doesn't mean you have to show pictures of rubbish or boarded up house to put people off take it this way Shirebrook was bad but it is a very great quiet place now no hate for Shirebrook
Thanks for the useful insight but as you can see nearly two thousand three hundred people have viewed this and none have suggested wanted to see "decent" places. The pastiche of photographs was taken around the CENTRE of Shirebrook to show the authorities (BDC) that despite their misguided claims, Shirebrook really is a dirty, run down shit hole to anyone with a modicum of pride or shame - and still is. A "video" of "decent" places in the same area would be a very, very, short film indeed.
I think you're wrong to say it's ALWAYS been a shit hole - I'm older than you and can remember a noble hard working people that ran businesses proudly. You are RIGHT about "some left in the dark ages locals" - sadly they tend to be in positions of power and authority. It is "tough" - but not all of us can just get up and move - nor would we want to just yet, but we carry the fight forward and keep rattling cages - we want change and progress and we'll get it - soon.
PS - I do have a great life!
@blarrf "There's a good tattooist there now." Well I can't see your point to be honest. There's a good butcher, a baker etc. but Shirebrook is still dying on its feet. Ask the police what they think, ask your local councillor (there's five of them on Bolsover District Council representing Shirebrook) what they have PERSONALLY done for Shirebrook in the last five years that has improved the place. I promise the silence will be deafening.
@wokawoo10 Scott It's Shitebrook
Oh it was called PEPPADAYS !
spread a completly different light about it. and i will do in the near future! xD
i think our sk8 park is alright kinda hehe:)
buisnesses, lots of food places, and not to mention europes largest market SQUARE, not bad for what was a village up until recently. theres lots of recreational grounds, some brilliant pubs, its the minority of PEOPLE that make the place bad by spraying grafiti in public places (usually of a badly drawn penis or a crap tag) and throwing there litter about etc. overall i think youve just highlighted the worst bits of the town here, i could make a video which would
@gildey No offence meant by my comments i still have family there,but i still think the place as well as New Houghton and the like will never be a good place to live ever in the future,and i mean not ever.
@reecebates . Thanks for the rather subjective comments. You say "Shirebrook is nothing as bad as this". Excuse me but they are PHOTOGRAPHS, not a surrealist painting. I must disagree with you about a "good skatepark". I don't know what a bad one would be like - having considered the rusting, graffiti spattered and litter strewn death pit that I have seen. It's OK I suppose if you are in the small minority that accepts things like that. No mention of decent shops, pubs, restaurants etc. Shame.
@vidmasters97 - Let's examine some of your quotes -: "you are a total bum" - bizarre and physiologically unsound but what else have we come to expect from people such as you? "Shirebrook is a nice village and how is it dirty..". Go ahead and ask the local authority how many thousands of pounds (of tax payers money) they spend each year trying to keep it "clean". "You obviously hate the place". No, I despise the place it has been allowed to become.
Shirebrook is lovely where I live and quite also I'm pretty sure its a village? We have groups people attend to because I used to got to badgers and cadets. Please don't point out the flaws that polish have made.. They burnt a dead mans shed for Christ's sake!