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Lord line is quite safe during the day but we have found some sketchy things in those buildings from demonic things burnt Jewish religious books and drug needles
Love to hear success stories like you, and it's true, although you might have things stacked against you, anything is possible and there has never been a better time than now with the ease of access we all have to help and resources.
I call bullshit. It would be almost unheard of to be called to the bar (or ‘qualified’ as you inexplicably put it) at age 23. From a brief look at the Bar register, youngest entrant I can see is 26. Are you sure you don’t mean a Barista?
We moved on to OPE in the early 70s when a lot of it was still being built. It was the best place to live back then & as you mentioned in the video, it was very self-sufficient. With all the amenities we needed, plenty of land made into parks & football pitches, pitch & putt course, all shops that covered everything we needed back in the 70s. All amenities were plentiful, not to mention the schools for infants & juniors & two amazing senior schools, Sir Leo Schultz & Sir Henry Cooper, both built opposite of each other & separate by rugby pitches/ running tracks etc, back then we wanted for nothing in our very own thriving communities. These words are a quick skim off the top of how good it was back then... sutch a shame successive City Councils over the 40/50 years have consistently under funded it's upkeep, no one can blame the people for the sad state its in right now, sure some may contribute to it now but that's the price to pay for neglecting it's upkeep for many years!
I have lived in Hull on and off for the last 64 years. Having these gaps, meant on my return, I could see the changes taking place. If you go to any city, you will see sights like what you have recorded/documented......the graffiti, broken walls, litter etc. If the "estates" are that dangerous in Hull you must have been brave to have walked through them with recording equipment.......it's not just Hull, the country is ripped apart and morale is generally low. The demise of the fishing industry was not caused by the EU or EEC. It was due to ICELAND increasing it's fishing boundaries to 200 miles back in the 1970's. it became known as "The Cod War" as gunships from both countries clashed, and tensions between the countries escalated. Britain submitted to Iceland's new ruling, thus bringing the end of the fishing industry in Hull and all the employment associated with it.......thousands of people. St Andrews Quay is not a housed community, it's a shopping area. At the eastern end of the of the dock are some of the old buildings associated with the fishing industry, which are now derelict, including the Lord Line building. There have been rumours and speculation of what will happen to these buildings, but as yet, they still remain as monuments to something which was once a thriving, busy place, which the unique community of Hessle Road was created.....and dismantled. Hull people are resilient, always have been, and with new developments currently and forthcoming, it will rise as fantastic place to live.......economically and culturally. Watch this space...
Gosh how it has declined. I was born in Sulcoats right between the Hull Prison, the railway and the Old timber yards in the 1950s on Lee Smith Street which was demolished. My grandfather was a fisherman on st Andrews docks. Hessle Rd was always for shopping not residential . Our family moved from Hull when I was 10 years old but I still remember all the streets, neighbours. I revisited hull 20 years back and could see the decline which saddened me. While on Hereford St visiting my granmothers old house A man on the next st walked passed a pregnant woman was knifed her to death in broad daylight. Hull as known as a thriving fishing town and I agree the the fishing of the Icelantic was the beginning of the end of the thriving port. Sadly the Icelantic Cod fishing was to be the end of my grandfather too. From the long line of seaman in my family and all others who perished in the North sea I will always have respect. Rundown as Hull might be I will always remember it with smiles. Unlike the south of england, Hull nolonger has the work.
I moved to Hull in 2020 to be near family. Granted, we live in a nice area near East Park but everyone here seems lovely. I’ve walked through a lot of Hull and everyone seems fine.
its pretty good to walk through on all the major roads ect east park Holderness road area is pretty thriving, but places like Hessle road orchard park ect are in terminal economic decline nothing bad about the people obviously some bad elements its good to recognise that areas do need help and not bury heads in sand like council seems to do
I moved from Bromley Kent to Hull a few months ago. I prefer Hull personally, there are far more nice things than bad as far as I've seen. I wished I'd moved here sooner. I don't think anyone living in or around London, even in affluent areas, could ever feel unsafe in Hull to be honest. There's far less crime here. People are very friendly. I think this video is a bit misleading to be honest, but that's my opinion.
I know what you mean, but I'm looking only at Hull and the worst areas within Hull in this video. Sure, across the country there are way worse and more dangerous places to live. I'm happy to hear you're happier in Hull!
I don't mind Hull. I used to own 2 rental properties there, one in West Hull (great houses but a bit run down) and one in East Hull ( a bit more refined). The West Hull property was broken into twice. The houses in Boulevard are really nice, but run down.
I’m from Croydon near Bromley went to Hull for a day trip on the train. I have to admit Hull is so much better then London & Croydon area. I felt quite safe walking around the only thing which bugged me was the cold breeze.
In 2019 it was the 4th most deprived local authority in England, according to the government. While it has improved since the 90s, it’s still a poor city with a crime rate that is higher than average. Travelling to other parts of the country it is noticeably poorer than most places (though there are places similar to Hull). I think part of the problem is that it’s been the butt of so many jokes for so long that people get very defensive of the place, but it does blind people to the reality of the situation. That said, I’m from Hull and I like the down to earth nature of the place in comparison to other parts of the country.
We "hullites"😆 are very proud of our fishing heritage we grew up on grandads and dad's bed time stories of storms at sea and catching whales and sharks A lot of fishermen including family of mine lost men at sea The docks still receive a lot of visits from grieving relatives it's run down but we won't change it because to many people in hull use it as a grieving place. The only time I ever saw my dad with a tear in his eyes was when we walked round it once a year on the day his brother was lost at sea just 19 years of age. It's like a live museum of heritage for a lot of fishing families and still receives a lot of visitors I really enjoyed your video
Before the fishing industry collapsed, Hessle Road was a bustling community full of salt of the earth people. My grandmother lived on Davidstow Close Bransholme. Born and bred in Hull, I used to live in Hessle which is on the outskirts of Hull but left the city of Hull in 2002 for work opportunities and then finally left the UK in 2007 for fields anew. I don't recognise my hometown any more. Such a shame.
@@jemmajames6719I'll second that,,hull is a pretty good place I reckon I live west hull,,just as good as any estate in uk really ,,there's gd and bad everywhere
Youths often say they have nothing to do in areas such as this but then smash up or wreck the new facilities that are built for them. So why pour money into any more new ''initiatives''?
Lol, just saw my old house on the bransholme part. Tbf, after living on bransholme for several years, it was nothing compared to living off holderness road where I saw waaaay more issues. Unfortunately we've gone through a period where basic public services have been stripped to the bone and social issues are increasing as a result. There are no savings to be made when cutting public services, as the consequences will cost further down the line in other ways. We have practically zero mental health services which has left people to essentially white knuckle their way through life where sadly self-medication is commonplace. This city has not been 'levelled up'.
I've lived in Hull my whole life with a few short spells elsewhere in the country and can honestly say that Orchard Park is the only place I never feel safe, even in daylight. The last time I ventured out to the Lord Line building with the camera, my mate and I had to step in to help a couple of teens who were on the verge of being mugged there and there's evidence of drug use there that you don't even need to look that closely to find. The group who manage that site need to step up and either develop/restore it or tear it down. It's been almost 50 years since operations from the main building were moved to Albert Docks and it'll likely take for someone to be killed there for anything to happen to the site. Great video mate.
there's always some drug dealing or something going on on orchard park for sure in broad daylight whenever i understand being on edge there is quite a few nutters the council put all the problems together
Kind of surprised greatfield and preston road wasn't mentioned. In the comments btw, i would be concious that there's an east and west hull divide. So the west will say how bad the east is for example and the east will often defend themselves saying it's not so bad. I've lived in both while ive lived in hull and i do think that's true. But still, the rivalry still exists somehow. I've seen fights break out at parties about this topic between west and east hull people. Both have their fair share of issues
I've lived down Preston Road. Down wandsford Grove. Lucky.my old house still stands as I was 3 houses.from hompton Grove. Then later. Moved onto boothferry Estate.
born in the Sculcoats (slum clearance) area 1966 raised on orchard park (and loved it back in the 70s) sadly hull was in decline throughout those years after loosing the fishing/related industry , the government paid skippers/owners to scrap their ships leaving the waters we still had to the French/Spanish trawlers in exchange for city of London (jobs for the boys) when we joined the EEC . an interesting fact many people don't know is that the jobs ratio, for every Hull man that went to sea fishing 14 shore jobs were created , this crippled hull economically as the city was still rebuilding post war having been the most bombed city outside London losing 85% of its housing stock .
I lived on and around the avenues in Hull, including Newland. The student area I found vibrant and non violent. I never ventured into the estates. Why would you? Hull marina and Riverside lovely in summer. Paris of the north!
anyone seriously wanting to live in hull should either choose east park holderness road area its vibrant pretty good, as you say newland is good because of student economy but drug problems increasing there, city centre gets most of the money Kingswood is what is it if you like new build estates
@@wesleywyndam-pryce4081 my sister lives on savery st, just off Holderness rd, niece and nephew in area too. I will visit again soon. Love Beverley. 👍😊
The two biggest causes of problems in Hull are 1) lack of good jobs. Full time workers on a decent wage have something to lose. 2) demographic changes. I'll get shit for this but twenty years ago hull was overwhelmingly white, in the last fifteen years the black and Muslim population has skyrocketed and it shows.
You're just saying out loud what most people are thinking - and the stats back up what you're saying as fact. It's just still too difficult for people to talk about it openly, but I take some solace in the fact that everyone knows.
the only thing that would change Hull is dropping a nuke on it and they need to stop voting Labour and the cops need to stop looking for offensive twitter jokes and arresting people who calls a cop a Lesbian Nana and do they actual jobs
Hey, someone from Hull here. Just a bit of insight into the building you showed at 2:50 - 2:53. That used to be a community centre esc building that mainly had a gym inside that was really cheap price wise for what it was worth. It shut down around 6-7 years ago and hasn't opened since.
I work all over the uk and all I’ll say is it’s always nice to come back home to hull. Love the city and would never consider living anywhere else. And trust me I’ve been pretty much everywhere
A city badly bombed during WW2 which received little help from the post war government (Labour) to rebuild, lost one of its main industries through the cod wars in the 70s almost overnight after the government (Labour) surrendered, decades of almost exclusively solid Labour councils have driven industry and commerce out of the city. And they still blindly vote Labour.
Lived on boulevard/hessle road until I was 16, but have lived on bransholme ever since. 33 now and can confirm they can seem rough to outsiders but it definitely depends on your social standing. Basically, dont look for trouble, because you'll find it. Otherwise its as friendly as anywhere else.
7:18 People can book for the council to take up to 5 bulky items away for free a year (in one go, per household), otherwise there's a fee if it's over 5 or within that 12 months. Had you gone back a day later, most or all would've been gone. There are many cases where people leave a few old armchairs out, having booked the free disposal, then people just come and lift them anyway! Nowt the council can do about that. I quite like Sculcoates, it's actually really quiet the closer to the river you are.
Yeah i did bulk collection, my armchair ended up down the street at a busstop with no seating. Clearly someone was fed up standing around waiting for a bus 😂
London’s different when it comes to crime compared with these small towns. Hull looks very run down but it seems like it’s mainly just asbo kids messing about, in London the criminality is more organised and violent, the kids down there literally kill each other
@@cbara568 There's a reason why the Royal Whitechapel Hospital has such a large Emergency Department, with two heli-pads. Whitechapel, 'Ackney, 'Omerton - all pretty rough areas (and they were pretty rough decades ago - I worked at Homerton Hosp. and it was quite THE experience, especially during the "silent hours")
I lived in North London for 30 years. Hackney was always known as the Badlands. However I stayed in an AirBnB for a week just before Christmas 2023 and apart from one nutter having a go at me for sitting outside a pub, found the place to be much improved. I've now lived in Hull for 18 years and always found the local people to be friendly, considerate and inviting. Not sure why Newland Ave has been painted in such a poor light. Never had any trouble there.
Was going to say that too. If you just look at the data, it's displayed in council wards that don't correspond with the 'estates', which they insisted on using to describe areas that aren't estates at all 🙄 You can tell it was produced by someone who doesn't know the city. I've never lived in a city with such a sense of local pride.
I know Hull and I'm pleased the city is being transformed. Some of the huge city centre bombs sites from World War 2 are about to be built on - the enormous one south of Albion Street and west of Bond Street is FINALLY being redeveloped, it's about twice the size of a football pitch, maybe 3 times as big, and it's taken EIGHTY YEARS for them to get round to building on it! The eastern side of Bond Street comprises that brutalist structure which is topped off with the huge K2 Tower, Hull's tallest building after the hospital - that is also built on a huge bomb site. For those unaware, Hull was the most bombed city in Britain after London in WW2. But I digress: on the subject of Hull's most deprived places, this is an interesting video. Had you made it 3 or 4 years ago you'd have had different results: the Preston Road Estate, before it was recently cleared and rebuilt, contained what was described as 'Hull's most deprived street' - St John's Grove. I remember a battered womens refuge on that street, evidence of large household items having been set alight and burnt out on the grass adjacent to the road, and a definite feeling of how the place was only safe in the daytime. I believe Tony Blair visited the estate when Prime Minister, it was described as one of the most deprived in the whole country. Go there now and see all the new streets of houses and you'll be impressed. East of there is the Greatfield Estate, referred to as just "Greatfield" by the locals. This is a deprived area and somewhere else I'd avoid at night from stories I've read. I thought it would appear on your list but it's not even in the top five. Greatfield is the city limits, it's bordered by the narrow Old Fleet river to the east, and then there's huge areas of open fields out to Hedon.
@@EllieMaes-Grandad Bransholme was very badly planned, also the houses were cheaply built, and it's for those two reasons why there are problems in the area. The new streets of houses in the Preston Road area are different: they are better designed and are more conducive to a happy family life. I'm not that familiar with Orchard Park. The original Preston Road houses went up in the 1930's and were pulled down 90 years later in the 2020's, if that's how long council estates last then the Greatfield area would be due to be demolished in the 2040's - that was built in the 1950's.
Hull city centre is quite impressive with millions spent over recent years and has a changed perception. Then this reality bomb looking in every direction from the centre lets you know just how rough Hull is and always has been.
A long standing criminology finding is that the people who commit the most street crime in society are individuals who tick the most amount of these boxes, the more ticked the more likely to be involved in crime: Male Under 25 Living in social housing Black or mixed race with Afro Caribbean background From single parent household So, you can see the logic that these areas will often tick 4 out of these 5 boxes
I was born & raised in Hull & lived on Orchard Park when I was a child, unfortunately it has become dilapidated overtime, this is due to numerous factors such as funding for the council, it was all consolidated as one which was Humberside county council in the 70's which consisted of east riding & Lincolnshire etc, then was split into four in 1996, since then it has been on a decline, also Hull was a former fishing town which declined overtime, placing a lot of people unemployed & constantly looking for work. I noticed more so when the Tories had taken leadership back in 2010, they chose austerity over investment & people chose finance over industry, investing into the youth is investing into the future, unfortunately you will not see this been done by modern politicians as doing so you will not see the results for at least 10 to 15 years. its all about them & now lining there pockets. this is the score now, all I can say is stay focused good health=wealth, I've been around the world met a lot of cool smart people they have come to visit me in the UK & to Hull & they loved it here.
I played football a few times on Bransholme as a kid, one time we all had our clothes and footwear stolen from the changing rooms, another we had to be escorted out of the car park as local lads and lasses tried to attack us.😃
3:33 somewhere nice for the kiddies to play. There's even a garden bench for mum and dad to sit on and keep an eye on the furniture they've thrown out. You wouldn't want anyone nicking it.
I am Hull born and bred. Those place especially Orchard park are rough estates. You didn't cover Longhill surprisingly. Most city's in England have a council Estates those are ours. We have nice area's too east park is one of the biggest parks in Yorkshire
Crimes happen everywhere, nothing to gain by dramatising things, Hessle Road isn't a patch on what's described here, although the Bransholme description was pretty much spot on.
I left the U.K. 43 years ago and have never been back . I had no idea that its like this ! Parts of South Africa though to be honest are a 1000 times worse but not where I live !
Yes, there are countries with areas worse than the UK, but there is no doubt that the UK is getting worse and it seems to be accelerating in recent years which is a concern.
I was born and lived in Hull for most of my life. The city has some of the most genuine people you'll ever meet, you can talk to anyone anywhere in Hull and they'll give you their time of day. Hull is just another example of a city that was let down by their government. Thatcher was the start of our downfall, like it was for most other Northern cities. We had the biggest fishing and import dock in the whole of the UK. My Grandad was a proud docker and as I was growing up he would tell me stories of the glory days and how he loved his job. I moved to the US in 2016 and haven't been back since and I feel depressed to see what's happened to the city in just the 8 years I've been gone.
I disagree with what you say regarding Thatcher and her part in Hull's downfall, the collapse of the fishing industry there occurred in the 1970's due to The Cod Wars as they were known - quotas were introduced in the waters around Iceland which meant British ships no longer has unlimited pickings in the area. The quotas permitted British vessels to only be allowed to catch a small amount and this destroyed the fishing industry in Hull, Grimsby and other places. Apparently if you went to St Andrew' Dock over the next few years you saw many dozens of large trawlers sitting there rusting away, this would have caused a lot of unemployment in the Hessle Road area. Also inner city areas were being demolished, this occurred in urban working class districts all over the nation, and people were being moved out to new suburban estates - these places were often poorly planned, with minimal transport links, minimal shops, and were located nowhere near any work that the locals could do. This was certainly the case with the new estates on the edges of Hull. Thatcher gets the blame for many things but a lot of it was a follow-on from things that occurred under Labour during the previous decade, the 1970's.
@@jeffoliver7491 The name of Leo Schultz looms large in Hull's history, along with a Liebore in charge for many post-war years, building ever more council housing . . .
You couldnt have got the old shipping yard more wrong that isn't a meeting place for drug users or dealers at all might find the odd drone fanatic and urban explorer hanging round there but thats about it i think its even a protected building beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I lived in Bransholme as a kid from 1970 till 1976, and im shocked how bad its gone looking at this. It was tidy when i was a kid, and i saw the opening of Bransholme shopping centre, now called north point.
North Sea stock depletion and the loss of the cod wars killed it (it was the UN that ruled in favour of Iceland not the EU). Not the EU. It was already dead by the time the EU was a thing.
I was thinking of relocating to Hull because of the cheaper house prices compared to down south, but I think I will look elsewhere now having seen this video haha
There's a great sense of community here in Hull that many people have loved so much they've decided to stay after coming here to study. This video has basically just listed negative events that occurred over several years. It's possible to make most places sound terrible by doing that. Most people are friendly and kind. I live here and have lived in places he has described but I really don't recognise the level of danger he describes in some places. I will however concede that Orchard Park is probably the most accurate of descriptions. It's quite funny to me how lovely a name it has but it's really a heavy crime hotspot. It's on the very outer edge of the city though and you probably wouldn't encounter it unless you deliberately tried to go there.
@@monkeybutter6739 oh yeah there is no doubt videos like this do highlight the negatives which in hindsight you probably have to go searching hard for, to find such types of crime mentioned. In most cases trouble is something you need to go searching for, or to be involved in a criminal life style.
You missed the west side of Hull, between Anlaby Road & Hessle road. Which was the last place I lived before leaving in 2009. The sad fact is that the whole of the UK is going to end up like Hull, due to how the Government are handling thngs.
What were the crime rates for Bransholme out of interest? No figures shown. Brought up on Bransholme and I've achieved a lot whilst there, including gaining a degree and a very well paid job. I don't live there now but I wouldn't put anyone off living there based on the crime rates. I feel the rates are not a true reflection of what it's actually like to live there. 'Worst areas to live' is a bit extreme
An ill informed video. If you want to make serious content be more serious about being accurate and not sensationalist. This video is designed as vicarious slum tourism for southerners but most of the viewers, the people who give enough of a toss to watch, turn out to be people like me with an actual connection to Hull. 😂
That’s a little harsh. I use data from the Census report and published crime stats for the most part. My narration skills need some work, I’ll admit, and my dry humour finds a way in.
@@ukexploredyes but part of the problem is that that data covers entire wards, not individual estates. So you've got loads of footage of north hull Estate here and you're calling it orchard park. The data doesn't differentiate between the two and you're obviously not local so you don't realise that there's a difference. 'Newland South' isn't a residential area, it just describes a political boundary, and only includes part of the Newland Area. Bransholme statistics are a nightmare as they are distributed between several different wards and it's basically impossible to add them up to come up an accurate figure. I've spent a long time working on this. There are so many good areas of Hull and so many areas where there has been regeneration, so as a local it looks like you've pulled out all the worst statistics you could find, gone to the general area, filmed the worst things you could see and then sensationalised the whole thing. You've taken statistics that are about the night time economy and small pockets of problem areas and painted the entire ward as a terrible residential area - and you've completely overlooked the sense of community, the fantastic places to visit and, worst of all, you haven't mentioned a single good thing about it. So when people are saying, "I used to live here and now I don't even recognise it", there's a reason for that. I moved here 30 years ago and whilst I do recognise all the places you've filmed, I also know that you've taken a lot of things out of context. And what even is 'St Andrews Quay', other than a shopping centre? You're describing Hessle Road in one place and then the Great Thornton Estate. Did you mean Newington & St Andrews? Or 'West Hull'? Because you've just cobbled different areas together and described them as an 'estate'. In one of the comments, someone described this as 'slum tourism'. It was interesting, if rather infuriating, viewing, but I'd be inclined to agree. There's some good free training that you can do about how to use the Hull Data Observatory, that brings together all the statistics on Hull - hence I know that your statistics are unlikely to be accurate. You should also put the source and date next to the newspaper headlines. The dates would show that those things didn't happen in the same week or year, but over a long period of time. I'd be interested to know just how long.
@@Yorkshirescouser8 No, one also finds this on many council areas, when people just dump their old stuff in their front garden. Another sign is shopping trolleys everywhere.
That's because it's not really that unsafe. I'm 57 and I've never felt threatened, ever, and I currently work in probably the most deprived area of the city. The only time in my life I was ever accosted was in Beverley, which everyone thinks is a la-di-da district. Don't let appearances deceive you. The derelict buildings on the quay are dangerous anyway, not just the buildings themselves, but also the surrounding swamp that used to be the dock. There's no reason for anyone to go there unless they're actively looking for trouble or to perpetuate the myth. Nobody lives there, and nobody ever did; it was always dockland.
I’m from London but lived in orchard park for a few years. Its not that bad near the university and most crime is petty stuff. I found most of the locals OK.
Greed of those at the top of the food chain, they choose not to put any effort into changing these areas, you have to have employment, affordable housing, social hubs, councils always saying they are short of cash, council leaders on 150,000 a year, going on trips abroad, to be twinned with some other shit hole, they waste, and abuse their positions, and leave the areas you have shown to wither, and die, because they don't give a dam, they live in the suburbs
I think a lot of people in Hull are waking up to this now and demanding action …the voices on social media are getting too loud for the council to ignore!
I agree, The City of Hull has been neglected by governments over the years. Councils have killed the city centre with sky high rates, either closing down businesses or moving them away to cheaper areas. We see mass immigration, the complete collapse of the fishing industry which was the life blood of Hull. However, there is an overall general degradation of this country, as I mentioned previously even the wealthier South is suffering ? look at reports of Torquay ? the Riviera of the country, drugs, crime, immigration. The same all over.
@@philgreen815 I visited a few years ago [parents in NH cemetery] and took a bus ride to the city centre, in via Beverley Road and back via Spring Bank and Chanterlands Avenue. Much evidence of 'diversity' on both routes, along with fast food joints and places of entertainment. Not what I knew growing up in the 1950s/60s/70s . . . . horrific.
My mum's mum lived and brought up nine kids in a two bedroom/living room/kitchen/outside toilet/ tiny house in a street called haddon street. The whole area was those houses. All her kids were healthy, happy, and did well in life. As far as I know they knocked it all down.
My first ever visit to Hull was deluvering white goods into Newlands Avenue in 2010. It was a nice city area with pavement cafes and the like on that sunny day. I was a bit surprised, but pleased for the City.
I have lived here for 20 years, and it has some lovely areas to live, it has plenty to do, lots of new homes being built,massive investment in the infrastructure, it's near the costal resorts of Bridlington, and Hornsea, Withernsea is nearby too. Hull has some very pleasant villages around it too.
The old Labour council got voted out cause of decades of failure not just hard times, LD are in now. Met some, and they are trying but lots of BS in the way it seems.
All the Bransholme councillors live on the estate or nearby in East Hull. All the (many) councillors in HU5 live somewhere in the postcode to the best of my knowledge.
I was brought up in Hull but thankfully moved away many years ago. There are a lot of council houses now far more than when we lived there and from your film they all appear to have the same problems.
There isn't really any more social housing, it's just different. Used to be all council houses and flats on the estates, now you've got lots of different organizations providing different kinds of housing, a lot of it in the older residential areas, even the new parts like Humber Street. Preston Road got essentially pulled down and new houses built which suit the needs of families and are more modern. Lots of improvements, but same old problems
I grow up on Ings Road, Hull back in the 70s was great, good place to shop. I moved away when l joined the WRAF moved back when l left but it had changed. I now live in norfolk fantastic place to live l would never go back to live in Hull now it's really gone down hill.
The estates tend to be better than the 'private areas' nowadays. I lived in the high rises on OPE, not one bit if trouble. It is a tip though, the council aren't strict enough with people keeping their homes in good shape. Was immaculate when built.
I wouldn't say that Newland is more dangerous than anywhere else. Newland avenue itself its a quite lively area with lots of pubs. I live in this area or surrounding for 19 years. Exaggerated video
From a Hullensian. I live in Swanland for reference, but I have lived in Bilton, down Holderness Rd, Vicky Dock, Cottingham, Spring Cottage and Garden Village. Worst areas. The worse and by a mile it's Orchard Park. Proper no-go area, even the buses stopped going there at one point. Total Hell-hole. My paternal grandparents lived there during my youth and I detested visiting them. Totally different World to the one I grew up in. Next up, Bransholme. Would be the worst if not for its neighbour OPE taking all the weight. Then it's a toss up between Greatfield & Longhill. Then Preston Road & Boothferry are tied. Then there's cesspits like Anlaby Road and Beverley Road, but they're not estates and they go through a few actual different estates. The whole City is pretty grim tbh unless you're in an area where the houses are £300k+. Even then, you can be in a nice house down Newland Ave and it's still a terrible place to live because of all the druggies, plus all the infighting with different immigrants that were once at war and now expected to share a small area. Even quieter estates that were once faring decent like Ings and Bilton Grange have gone right down the pan now.
I live in Hull and it's not bad at all. The only problem are them dog walkers/ irresponsible dog owners not picking up their pets poo. Especially in Autumn 🍁 you won't want walking on pavements where poo is covered with leaves.
Hessle road "Tower blocks" giving the impression there are lots of them, as I recall there are 2 close to the town centre end of the road and 2 more a few miles away at the other end of the road. Not a exactly a concrete jungle! Not saying you are wrong about it being a "rough "area but you need to watch the context of what you say.
Spring Bank gets worse by the year. Absolute shithole. Smackheads, groups of men hanging around on the corners, litter, run down buildings, loads of ethnic cafes/shops that do not look inviting at all. My dad used to call it Little Baghdad. Equally worse is the city centre end of Beverley Road.
They only showed the worst bits they could find on this video. There are loads of areas that have been regenerated but they didn't knock it all down and start again so there are still deprived areas. Each of these wards has good and bad bits. They just didn't bother with the good bits.
I'm confused at number 1... You mean Hessle Road I'm guessing because St Andrews Quay isn't a crime hotspot any time I've been there. It's literally just a retail park and the river. Walk down Hessle Road (10 mins walk away) on a night any time in the past three decades though and it will be an eye opener 🤣
I do not live in Hull but live on the coast at Withernsea where it is neccessary to drive through it to go most places South or West also we visit quite a lot having moved here from the Portsmouth Southampton area 9 years ago those two cities also have there share of rough areas and ihave come to the conclusion after 75 years on this earth that many people are nothing but animals by nature infact worse in many cases and have no idea how to bring up kids , Vandalism and rubbish largely created by people in their own areas is rife no matter what new facilitys that are provided many just go out of there way to wreck it , its funny really we have had 75 years plus of the welfare state it makes you wonder if people are as badly off as in victorian times , i dont think so but their general behaviour seems far worse.
That’s pretty much it lol We moved here in 2020 to be near family but yeah….it’s a bit rough and ready. However, as we came from London, the people here are so much nicer.
Hull gets a bad press because, after heavy bombing in world war 2, the city council suddenly discovered a magical material called 'concrete'. Outwith the city, the western suburbs are very desirable - Swanland, Kirkella, Westella, etc. I grew up in west Hull. The locals are reasonable enough, just dont maintain eye contact for too long.
Basically over the labour council decades they turned east Hull into a huge council estate made up with a conurbation of many estates. The largest is Bransholme which is now a place of depravity. Orchard Park estate is a drug dealers paradise and a no go area. The so called Ghost estate on Preston rd in east Hull is a haven for night time disruption scheduled to be demolished but when is the question. Orchard Park estate another failed housing project. I was born and grew up in Hull. Fortunately I managed to escape. I still visit family there who advise things have become worse as industry left to relocate further South.
Exactly. I live off prinny ave Ive lived on every estate in hull except bransholme and there are issues everywhere, but I always feel better on north hull and orchard park where my roots are.
I live in Bransholme, and it is actually quite nice there, put the power of my blinds on at the back garden of my house. There is glass on the sidewalks but it’s still a good place. I recommend to go there if you want and see if you like it 8:21
how can you class St Andrews quay as an estate? No-one lives there or ever has I don't think. It was a dock. As for Hessle rd...Hardly anyone in hull classes that as Hessle rd. The Bransholme part, you just found a few shitty areas out of a huge housing estate. You didn't even scratch the surface on that one
Problem with Hull Council Estates is the houses are packed in like Sardines, no breathing space! Kids ride bikes and have been for the past 40+ years, designate and area for them and let them do what they want, give em Adventure Parks with Death Slides etc. Too many Don'ts just makes them want to break the law for kicks! Give em what they want and they'll grow out of it younger and actually get a job!!!!
I always find it funny that in these videos of the “worst” places in Hull never actually see any youths causing trouble. Wish people would actually start going to places of interest in Hull. You’d be surprised
Hull is no different to any other city, in fact there's worse, look at London's knife crime and constant looting in big stores like jd as an example...and i bet more crime doesn't get reported as it will be simply swept under the carpet as not to give it bad press as it's the nations capital....hull gets a lot of lazy press by so called celebs who've either just jumped on the bandwagon of criticism of the city, or never even been....but probably more than happy to come and take the locals money when on a arena tour.
Hull used to be a very nice city. Tons of maritime history. Theres still some nice areas, Kirk Ella, West Ella, Cottingham. etc. All cities have a negative side and that weds with the criminality side. The situation will never change with the way socail housing works. Massive big estates dont work. The 50 - 60s experiment that went bad
Weve lived on Hessle Road most of our lives. Hi We live in Hull near the Hessle Road Asda Supermarket. We have upto now nit experienced any environment issues.
I lived in Hull when I went to University there, I loved the place. I never lived in the student area, I lived in Cottingham then Hull Road, I can tell you everyone I knew who lived in Newland got burgled at least once.
Why can’t the government reclaim the derelict/abandoned properties and sell them to developers? At the very least, clear the land and create green space and parklands
OPE is the No.1 hovel by far. Also your average houses prices are a mile out 143K for a house on Bransholme no chance! more like 90k. Newland should not have been include, go and look at gypsville next time.
The kids were playing Pooh sticks with real Poo was the reply when I asked the park keeper what had happened to the East Park lido when I returned to Hull after many years away. We lived on Victor Street and were moved to Bransholme The maisonettes were the most horried thing on Bransholme back then.
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I'm 14 and live in hull and I can confirm the juvenile gangs are a real problem
Lord line is quite safe during the day but we have found some sketchy things in those buildings from demonic things burnt Jewish religious books and drug needles
Come and live here and see how safe it actually is instead of criticising a decent city. We were city of culture in 2017
@@Yorkshirescouser8 Decent city? I live here mate, it's dirt poor. City of culture is a way to give deprived areas an economic boost.
A number of your videos on orchard Park is not orchard Park it is north hull estate
I grew up on Orchard park and qualified as a barrister when I was 23. If you want to do well, you can
Love to hear success stories like you, and it's true, although you might have things stacked against you, anything is possible and there has never been a better time than now with the ease of access we all have to help and resources.
I went to university training as a nurse and I as raised north hull and 7 years in Children’s homes.
Life is what you make it.
I call bullshit. It would be almost unheard of to be called to the bar (or ‘qualified’ as you inexplicably put it) at age 23. From a brief look at the Bar register, youngest entrant I can see is 26. Are you sure you don’t mean a Barista?
We moved on to OPE in the early 70s when a lot of it was still being built.
It was the best place to live back then & as you mentioned in the video, it was very self-sufficient. With all the amenities we needed, plenty of land made into parks & football pitches, pitch & putt course, all shops that covered everything we needed back in the 70s.
All amenities were plentiful, not to mention the schools for infants & juniors & two amazing senior schools, Sir Leo Schultz & Sir Henry Cooper, both built opposite of each other & separate by rugby pitches/ running tracks etc, back then we wanted for nothing in our very own thriving communities.
These words are a quick skim off the top of how good it was back then... sutch a shame successive City Councils over the 40/50 years have consistently under funded it's upkeep, no one can blame the people for the sad state its in right now, sure some may contribute to it now but that's the price to pay for neglecting it's upkeep for many years!
Trouble is the height of orchard parks ambitions is to be a drug dealer or have as many kids as possible with as many fathers for a council house 😂
I have lived in Hull on and off for the last 64 years. Having these gaps, meant on my return, I could see the changes taking place.
If you go to any city, you will see sights like what you have recorded/documented......the graffiti, broken walls, litter etc. If the "estates" are that dangerous in Hull you must have been brave to have walked through them with recording equipment.......it's not just Hull, the country is ripped apart and morale is generally low.
The demise of the fishing industry was not caused by the EU or EEC. It was due to ICELAND increasing it's fishing boundaries to 200 miles back in the 1970's. it became known as "The Cod War" as gunships from both countries clashed, and tensions between the countries escalated. Britain submitted to Iceland's new ruling, thus bringing the end of the fishing industry in Hull and all the employment associated with it.......thousands of people.
St Andrews Quay is not a housed community, it's a shopping area. At the eastern end of the of the dock are some of the old buildings associated with the fishing industry, which are now derelict, including the Lord Line building. There have been rumours and speculation of what will happen to these buildings, but as yet, they still remain as monuments to something which was once a thriving, busy place, which the unique community of Hessle Road was created.....and dismantled.
Hull people are resilient, always have been, and with new developments currently and forthcoming, it will rise as fantastic place to live.......economically and culturally. Watch this space...
What's the garden village est like ? Particularly Durham St. Thanks
@@citylets8802 i lived down there 17yrs. it was quiet and close to the shops, but that was then
Gosh how it has declined. I was born in Sulcoats right between the Hull Prison, the railway and the Old timber yards in the 1950s on Lee Smith Street which was demolished. My grandfather was a fisherman on st Andrews docks. Hessle Rd was always for shopping not residential . Our family moved from Hull when I was 10 years old but I still remember all the streets, neighbours. I revisited hull 20 years back and could see the decline which saddened me. While on Hereford St visiting my granmothers old house A man on the next st walked passed a pregnant woman was knifed her to death in broad daylight. Hull as known as a thriving fishing town and I agree the the fishing of the Icelantic was the beginning of the end of the thriving port. Sadly the Icelantic Cod fishing was to be the end of my grandfather too. From the long line of seaman in my family and all others who perished in the North sea I will always have respect. Rundown as Hull might be I will always remember it with smiles. Unlike the south of england, Hull nolonger has the work.
We don't see that crap here in Florida, no graffiti, litter, slummy areas
@@CarolBadger-jk2kgDo you mean Southcoates? Sculcoates is nowhere near the prison.
I moved to Hull in 2020 to be near family.
Granted, we live in a nice area near East Park but everyone here seems lovely. I’ve walked through a lot of Hull and everyone seems fine.
its pretty good to walk through on all the major roads ect east park Holderness road area is pretty thriving, but places like Hessle road orchard park ect are in terminal economic decline nothing bad about the people obviously some bad elements its good to recognise that areas do need help and not bury heads in sand like council seems to do
Good choice to move there. One of the best in hull
East hull lol shit hole
@@Rat_Queen86 East is east but West is best
I moved from Bromley Kent to Hull a few months ago. I prefer Hull personally, there are far more nice things than bad as far as I've seen. I wished I'd moved here sooner. I don't think anyone living in or around London, even in affluent areas, could ever feel unsafe in Hull to be honest. There's far less crime here. People are very friendly. I think this video is a bit misleading to be honest, but that's my opinion.
I know what you mean, but I'm looking only at Hull and the worst areas within Hull in this video. Sure, across the country there are way worse and more dangerous places to live. I'm happy to hear you're happier in Hull!
I don't mind Hull. I used to own 2 rental properties there, one in West Hull (great houses but a bit run down) and one in East Hull ( a bit more refined). The West Hull property was broken into twice. The houses in Boulevard are really nice, but run down.
I’m from Croydon near Bromley went to Hull for a day trip on the train. I have to admit Hull is so much better then London & Croydon area. I felt quite safe walking around the only thing which bugged me was the cold breeze.
@@transporthub_ When I first went there it was snowing in April.
I will meet you for a beer 😂I'm a millwall fan from hul
Hull’s not even in the top 40 worst places to live anymore it’s at number 48 it won’t even be in top 50 next year
Well said. Read my comment above. The library isn’t on Orchard Park. It is on a neighbouring estate
In 2019 it was the 4th most deprived local authority in England, according to the government. While it has improved since the 90s, it’s still a poor city with a crime rate that is higher than average. Travelling to other parts of the country it is noticeably poorer than most places (though there are places similar to Hull).
I think part of the problem is that it’s been the butt of so many jokes for so long that people get very defensive of the place, but it does blind people to the reality of the situation. That said, I’m from Hull and I like the down to earth nature of the place in comparison to other parts of the country.
@@Yorkshirescouser8Greenwood Avenue to be precise.
😂1st or 48 it’s still a 💩 hole
Still a shite house
I've lived all over the world and I've not found anyone more decent and honest than the people of hull it's a great place to live
Despite the angle of my content, I love nothing more than receiving positive messages like that. 👍
We "hullites"😆 are very proud of our fishing heritage we grew up on grandads and dad's bed time stories of storms at sea and catching whales and sharks A lot of fishermen including family of mine lost men at sea
The docks still receive a lot of visits from grieving relatives it's run down but we won't change it because to many people in hull use it as a grieving place.
The only time I ever saw my dad with a tear in his eyes was when we walked round it once a year on the day his brother was lost at sea just 19 years of age.
It's like a live museum of heritage for a lot of fishing families and still receives a lot of visitors
I really enjoyed your video
Do you live there ?
@@002lisamarie not anymore but I grew up there I left over 25 years ago
@@cb4495 Surely if it was that great you would live there. 😂 Where do you live?
Before the fishing industry collapsed, Hessle Road was a bustling community full of salt of the earth people.
My grandmother lived on Davidstow Close Bransholme.
Born and bred in Hull, I used to live in Hessle which is on the outskirts of Hull but left the city of Hull in 2002 for work opportunities and then finally left the UK in 2007 for fields anew.
I don't recognise my hometown any more. Such a shame.
I’ve heard similar accounts from people who lived in Hull many years ago. It’s sad, and we know it’s never going to be turned around, areas aren’t.
I went back to Hull after travelling the world, settling in the new Kingswood, Hull is in the heart.
@@ukexploredThen they are wrong.
@@jemmajames6719I'll second that,,hull is a pretty good place I reckon I live west hull,,just as good as any estate in uk really ,,there's gd and bad everywhere
Youths often say they have nothing to do in areas such as this but then smash up or wreck the new facilities that are built for them. So why pour money into any more new ''initiatives''?
Yes, the root of the issue runs a lot deeper, doesn't it.
Lol, just saw my old house on the bransholme part.
Tbf, after living on bransholme for several years, it was nothing compared to living off holderness road where I saw waaaay more issues.
Unfortunately we've gone through a period where basic public services have been stripped to the bone and social issues are increasing as a result.
There are no savings to be made when cutting public services, as the consequences will cost further down the line in other ways. We have practically zero mental health services which has left people to essentially white knuckle their way through life where sadly self-medication is commonplace. This city has not been 'levelled up'.
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Well said mate
Bransholme shopping centre 😅😅 hangin....
It's simply been 'levelled'
Agreed 👍
I've lived in Hull my whole life with a few short spells elsewhere in the country and can honestly say that Orchard Park is the only place I never feel safe, even in daylight.
The last time I ventured out to the Lord Line building with the camera, my mate and I had to step in to help a couple of teens who were on the verge of being mugged there and there's evidence of drug use there that you don't even need to look that closely to find.
The group who manage that site need to step up and either develop/restore it or tear it down. It's been almost 50 years since operations from the main building were moved to Albert Docks and it'll likely take for someone to be killed there for anything to happen to the site. Great video mate.
I don’t agree. It’s knowing how to keep yourself safe. Not gonna say how I do , that’s my secret
Blame the docksboard they sat on that wasteland and Hull council can't be bothered.
Yes run with your secret@@Yorkshirescouser8
there's always some drug dealing or something going on on orchard park for sure in broad daylight whenever i understand being on edge there is quite a few nutters the council put all the problems together
Kind of surprised greatfield and preston road wasn't mentioned.
In the comments btw, i would be concious that there's an east and west hull divide. So the west will say how bad the east is for example and the east will often defend themselves saying it's not so bad. I've lived in both while ive lived in hull and i do think that's true. But still, the rivalry still exists somehow. I've seen fights break out at parties about this topic between west and east hull people. Both have their fair share of issues
Very surprised that Greatfield wasn't mentioned
I've lived down Preston Road.
Down wandsford Grove. Lucky.my old house still stands as I was 3 houses.from hompton Grove.
Then later. Moved onto boothferry Estate.
i was hoping to see gypsyville where i grew up
born in the Sculcoats (slum clearance) area 1966 raised on orchard park (and loved it back in the 70s) sadly hull was in decline throughout those years after loosing the fishing/related industry , the government paid skippers/owners to scrap their ships leaving the waters we still had to the French/Spanish trawlers in exchange for city of London (jobs for the boys) when we joined the EEC . an interesting fact many people don't know is that the jobs ratio, for every Hull man that went to sea fishing 14 shore jobs were created , this crippled hull economically as the city was still rebuilding post war having been the most bombed city outside London losing 85% of its housing stock .
I lived on and around the avenues in Hull, including Newland. The student area I found vibrant and non violent. I never ventured into the estates. Why would you? Hull marina and Riverside lovely in summer. Paris of the north!
anyone seriously wanting to live in hull should either choose east park holderness road area its vibrant pretty good, as you say newland is good because of student economy but drug problems increasing there, city centre gets most of the money Kingswood is what is it if you like new build estates
@@wesleywyndam-pryce4081 my sister lives on savery st, just off Holderness rd, niece and nephew in area too. I will visit again soon. Love Beverley. 👍😊
Only in the Ghettos in Paris.
The two biggest causes of problems in Hull are
1) lack of good jobs. Full time workers on a decent wage have something to lose.
2) demographic changes. I'll get shit for this but twenty years ago hull was overwhelmingly white, in the last fifteen years the black and Muslim population has skyrocketed and it shows.
You're just saying out loud what most people are thinking - and the stats back up what you're saying as fact. It's just still too difficult for people to talk about it openly, but I take some solace in the fact that everyone knows.
It's certainly getting worse and that's the concern. Something has to change, not just in Hull but across most of the country.
the only thing that would change Hull is dropping a nuke on it and they need to stop voting Labour and the cops need to stop looking for offensive twitter jokes and arresting people who calls a cop a Lesbian Nana and do they actual jobs
The white working class are the most badly behaved bunch of people on the estates
@@ukexplored. People need to start naming the catalyst.... Jew.
Hey, someone from Hull here. Just a bit of insight into the building you showed at 2:50 - 2:53. That used to be a community centre esc building that mainly had a gym inside that was really cheap price wise for what it was worth. It shut down around 6-7 years ago and hasn't opened since.
I work all over the uk and all I’ll say is it’s always nice to come back home to hull. Love the city and would never consider living anywhere else. And trust me I’ve been pretty much everywhere
A city badly bombed during WW2 which received little help from the post war government (Labour) to rebuild, lost one of its main industries through the cod wars in the 70s almost overnight after the government (Labour) surrendered, decades of almost exclusively solid Labour councils have driven industry and commerce out of the city. And they still blindly vote Labour.
Most are too thick not to.
Lived on boulevard/hessle road until I was 16, but have lived on bransholme ever since. 33 now and can confirm they can seem rough to outsiders but it definitely depends on your social standing. Basically, dont look for trouble, because you'll find it. Otherwise its as friendly as anywhere else.
7:18 People can book for the council to take up to 5 bulky items away for free a year (in one go, per household), otherwise there's a fee if it's over 5 or within that 12 months. Had you gone back a day later, most or all would've been gone. There are many cases where people leave a few old armchairs out, having booked the free disposal, then people just come and lift them anyway! Nowt the council can do about that.
I quite like Sculcoates, it's actually really quiet the closer to the river you are.
Yeah i did bulk collection, my armchair ended up down the street at a busstop with no seating. Clearly someone was fed up standing around waiting for a bus 😂
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Come to Tottenham and Hackney in London and these areas in Hull will seem like poor but lovely communities.
Whitechapel: hold my beer
London’s different when it comes to crime compared with these small towns. Hull looks very run down but it seems like it’s mainly just asbo kids messing about, in London the criminality is more organised and violent, the kids down there literally kill each other
Well said. I’ve been to those areas
@@cbara568 There's a reason why the Royal Whitechapel Hospital has such a large Emergency Department, with two heli-pads. Whitechapel, 'Ackney, 'Omerton - all pretty rough areas (and they were pretty rough decades ago - I worked at Homerton Hosp. and it was quite THE experience, especially during the "silent hours")
I lived in North London for 30 years. Hackney was always known as the Badlands. However I stayed in an AirBnB for a week just before Christmas 2023 and apart from one nutter having a go at me for sitting outside a pub, found the place to be much improved.
I've now lived in Hull for 18 years and always found the local people to be friendly, considerate and inviting. Not sure why Newland Ave has been painted in such a poor light. Never had any trouble there.
Some of your footage of Orchard Park is actually on North Hull estate - not the same area
Absolutely correct. Only us locals know the dividing line is orchard park road between NHE & OPE.
Was just about to say that but you said it. Lots of footages from the avenues and as we know that’s N.H.E
So ? They are still in Hull.
@@002lisamarie yes
Was going to say that too. If you just look at the data, it's displayed in council wards that don't correspond with the 'estates', which they insisted on using to describe areas that aren't estates at all 🙄 You can tell it was produced by someone who doesn't know the city. I've never lived in a city with such a sense of local pride.
I know Hull and I'm pleased the city is being transformed. Some of the huge city centre bombs sites from World War 2 are about to be built on - the enormous one south of Albion Street and west of Bond Street is FINALLY being redeveloped, it's about twice the size of a football pitch, maybe 3 times as big, and it's taken EIGHTY YEARS for them to get round to building on it! The eastern side of Bond Street comprises that brutalist structure which is topped off with the huge K2 Tower, Hull's tallest building after the hospital - that is also built on a huge bomb site. For those unaware, Hull was the most bombed city in Britain after London in WW2. But I digress: on the subject of Hull's most deprived places, this is an interesting video. Had you made it 3 or 4 years ago you'd have had different results: the Preston Road Estate, before it was recently cleared and rebuilt, contained what was described as 'Hull's most deprived street' - St John's Grove. I remember a battered womens refuge on that street, evidence of large household items having been set alight and burnt out on the grass adjacent to the road, and a definite feeling of how the place was only safe in the daytime. I believe Tony Blair visited the estate when Prime Minister, it was described as one of the most deprived in the whole country. Go there now and see all the new streets of houses and you'll be impressed. East of there is the Greatfield Estate, referred to as just "Greatfield" by the locals. This is a deprived area and somewhere else I'd avoid at night from stories I've read. I thought it would appear on your list but it's not even in the top five. Greatfield is the city limits, it's bordered by the narrow Old Fleet river to the east, and then there's huge areas of open fields out to Hedon.
* Go there now and see all the new streets of houses * before the place begins to look like OP and Bransholme?
@@EllieMaes-Grandad Bransholme was very badly planned, also the houses were cheaply built, and it's for those two reasons why there are problems in the area. The new streets of houses in the Preston Road area are different: they are better designed and are more conducive to a happy family life. I'm not that familiar with Orchard Park. The original Preston Road houses went up in the 1930's and were pulled down 90 years later in the 2020's, if that's how long council estates last then the Greatfield area would be due to be demolished in the 2040's - that was built in the 1950's.
Hull city centre is quite impressive with millions spent over recent years and has a changed perception. Then this reality bomb looking in every direction from the centre lets you know just how rough Hull is and always has been.
its good but even the centre is filled to the brim with druggy beggars 😂
Co-op in city centre had to be divided fifty years ago, Debenhams gone, Hammonds/House of Fraser devoid of crowds ~ not an impressive sight . . .
@@wesleywyndam-pryce4081try going to crackadilly gardens in Manchester Hull is tame as hell compared to that. 😂
A long standing criminology finding is that the people who commit the most street crime in society are individuals who tick the most amount of these boxes, the more ticked the more likely to be involved in crime:
Male
Under 25
Living in social housing
Black or mixed race with Afro Caribbean background
From single parent household
So, you can see the logic that these areas will often tick 4 out of these 5 boxes
I live in Hull. It’s a lovely place. Like everywhere in the World you have your nice areas and your not so nice areas.
nah most of hull is 100% shithole your living in a bubble.
I was born & raised in Hull & lived on Orchard Park when I was a child, unfortunately it has become dilapidated overtime, this is due to numerous factors such as funding for the council, it was all consolidated as one which was Humberside county council in the 70's which consisted of east riding & Lincolnshire etc, then was split into four in 1996, since then it has been on a decline, also Hull was a former fishing town which declined overtime, placing a lot of people unemployed & constantly looking for work. I noticed more so when the Tories had taken leadership back in 2010, they chose austerity over investment & people chose finance over industry, investing into the youth is investing into the future, unfortunately you will not see this been done by modern politicians as doing so you will not see the results for at least 10 to 15 years. its all about them & now lining there pockets. this is the score now, all I can say is stay focused good health=wealth, I've been around the world met a lot of cool smart people they have come to visit me in the UK & to Hull & they loved it here.
I played football a few times on Bransholme as a kid, one time we all had our clothes and footwear stolen from the changing rooms, another we had to be escorted out of the car park as local lads and lasses tried to attack us.😃
That's crazy! I hope you won your match at least 😂
I hate bransholme
3:33 somewhere nice for the kiddies to play. There's even a garden bench for mum and dad to sit on and keep an eye on the furniture they've thrown out. You wouldn't want anyone nicking it.
thanks for the breakdown, omg last place is where i saw a property advertised.. glad I saw this
Greenwood Ave library in the 1960's was a wonderful place to read books - so sad to see it nowadays.
I would visit it during the late 1950s, living in the middle of Cranbrook Avenue, longest road with no bus service then.
I am Hull born and bred. Those place especially Orchard park are rough estates. You didn't cover Longhill surprisingly.
Most city's in England have a council Estates those are ours. We have nice area's too east park is one of the biggest parks in Yorkshire
Crimes happen everywhere, nothing to gain by dramatising things, Hessle Road isn't a patch on what's described here, although the Bransholme description was pretty much spot on.
Like most council estates around the country it depends on the areas.
I left the U.K. 43 years ago and have never been back . I had no idea that its like this ! Parts of South Africa though to be honest are a 1000 times worse but not where I live !
Yes, there are countries with areas worse than the UK, but there is no doubt that the UK is getting worse and it seems to be accelerating in recent years which is a concern.
@@ukexplored Import the third world. Become the third world.
I was born and lived in Hull for most of my life. The city has some of the most genuine people you'll ever meet, you can talk to anyone anywhere in Hull and they'll give you their time of day. Hull is just another example of a city that was let down by their government. Thatcher was the start of our downfall, like it was for most other Northern cities. We had the biggest fishing and import dock in the whole of the UK. My Grandad was a proud docker and as I was growing up he would tell me stories of the glory days and how he loved his job.
I moved to the US in 2016 and haven't been back since and I feel depressed to see what's happened to the city in just the 8 years I've been gone.
I disagree with what you say regarding Thatcher and her part in Hull's downfall, the collapse of the fishing industry there occurred in the 1970's due to The Cod Wars as they were known - quotas were introduced in the waters around Iceland which meant British ships no longer has unlimited pickings in the area. The quotas permitted British vessels to only be allowed to catch a small amount and this destroyed the fishing industry in Hull, Grimsby and other places. Apparently if you went to St Andrew' Dock over the next few years you saw many dozens of large trawlers sitting there rusting away, this would have caused a lot of unemployment in the Hessle Road area. Also inner city areas were being demolished, this occurred in urban working class districts all over the nation, and people were being moved out to new suburban estates - these places were often poorly planned, with minimal transport links, minimal shops, and were located nowhere near any work that the locals could do. This was certainly the case with the new estates on the edges of Hull. Thatcher gets the blame for many things but a lot of it was a follow-on from things that occurred under Labour during the previous decade, the 1970's.
That's the Tories for you, they have reduced the U.K. to a sewer through their cuts to public services and dismantling public services.
@@jeffoliver7491 The name of Leo Schultz looms large in Hull's history, along with a Liebore in charge for many post-war years, building ever more council housing . . .
I've lived here for 23 years and think a lot of this video is exaggerated and taken out of context.
@@EllieMaes-Grandad Well, that was a name I hadn't heard before.. He was Jewish it seems also.
You couldnt have got the old shipping yard more wrong that isn't a meeting place for drug users or dealers at all might find the odd drone fanatic and urban explorer hanging round there but thats about it i think its even a protected building beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Really? We saw people dealing and taking drugs when we were there. Just a one off?
Totally agree
Exactly and he is wrong about the library, cos it isn’t on orchard park
Correct. My mate George Norris goes round there a lot , as he is a local photographer
@@ukexploredNo you didn't lol. This video is full of bullshit.
I lived in Bransholme as a kid from 1970 till 1976, and im shocked how bad its gone looking at this. It was tidy when i was a kid, and i saw the opening of Bransholme shopping centre, now called north point.
It had a bustling fishing industry until the EU took it away
You mean the Tory government sold it
North Sea stock depletion and the loss of the cod wars killed it (it was the UN that ruled in favour of Iceland not the EU).
Not the EU. It was already dead by the time the EU was a thing.
I was thinking of relocating to Hull because of the cheaper house prices compared to down south, but I think I will look elsewhere now having seen this video haha
Well, there are some nice areas... but you've never going to be that far from one of the bad areas 😀
@@ukexplored yeah thats what worries me. There are bad areas in every town but seems Hull has a few more than most.
There's a great sense of community here in Hull that many people have loved so much they've decided to stay after coming here to study.
This video has basically just listed negative events that occurred over several years. It's possible to make most places sound terrible by doing that. Most people are friendly and kind. I live here and have lived in places he has described but I really don't recognise the level of danger he describes in some places. I will however concede that Orchard Park is probably the most accurate of descriptions. It's quite funny to me how lovely a name it has but it's really a heavy crime hotspot. It's on the very outer edge of the city though and you probably wouldn't encounter it unless you deliberately tried to go there.
@@monkeybutter6739 oh yeah there is no doubt videos like this do highlight the negatives which in hindsight you probably have to go searching hard for, to find such types of crime mentioned. In most cases trouble is something you need to go searching for, or to be involved in a criminal life style.
Kirk Ella, swan land, north ferriby = lovely.
You missed the west side of Hull, between Anlaby Road & Hessle road. Which was the last place I lived before leaving in 2009. The sad fact is that the whole of the UK is going to end up like Hull, due to how the Government are handling thngs.
What were the crime rates for Bransholme out of interest? No figures shown. Brought up on Bransholme and I've achieved a lot whilst there, including gaining a degree and a very well paid job. I don't live there now but I wouldn't put anyone off living there based on the crime rates. I feel the rates are not a true reflection of what it's actually like to live there. 'Worst areas to live' is a bit extreme
An ill informed video. If you want to make serious content be more serious about being accurate and not sensationalist. This video is designed as vicarious slum tourism for southerners but most of the viewers, the people who give enough of a toss to watch, turn out to be people like me with an actual connection to Hull. 😂
That’s a little harsh. I use data from the Census report and published crime stats for the most part. My narration skills need some work, I’ll admit, and my dry humour finds a way in.
@@ukexploredyes but part of the problem is that that data covers entire wards, not individual estates. So you've got loads of footage of north hull Estate here and you're calling it orchard park. The data doesn't differentiate between the two and you're obviously not local so you don't realise that there's a difference. 'Newland South' isn't a residential area, it just describes a political boundary, and only includes part of the Newland Area. Bransholme statistics are a nightmare as they are distributed between several different wards and it's basically impossible to add them up to come up an accurate figure. I've spent a long time working on this. There are so many good areas of Hull and so many areas where there has been regeneration, so as a local it looks like you've pulled out all the worst statistics you could find, gone to the general area, filmed the worst things you could see and then sensationalised the whole thing. You've taken statistics that are about the night time economy and small pockets of problem areas and painted the entire ward as a terrible residential area - and you've completely overlooked the sense of community, the fantastic places to visit and, worst of all, you haven't mentioned a single good thing about it. So when people are saying, "I used to live here and now I don't even recognise it", there's a reason for that. I moved here 30 years ago and whilst I do recognise all the places you've filmed, I also know that you've taken a lot of things out of context. And what even is 'St Andrews Quay', other than a shopping centre? You're describing Hessle Road in one place and then the Great Thornton Estate. Did you mean Newington & St Andrews? Or 'West Hull'? Because you've just cobbled different areas together and described them as an 'estate'. In one of the comments, someone described this as 'slum tourism'. It was interesting, if rather infuriating, viewing, but I'd be inclined to agree. There's some good free training that you can do about how to use the Hull Data Observatory, that brings together all the statistics on Hull - hence I know that your statistics are unlikely to be accurate. You should also put the source and date next to the newspaper headlines. The dates would show that those things didn't happen in the same week or year, but over a long period of time. I'd be interested to know just how long.
That McDonald’s is not on Hessle road. Also the high rises are on anlaby road at the town centre end. Hessle road has no high rises.
you always know its bad when you see old appliances beds and couches dumped outside
Thats fly tipping. I’ve seen people from other areas go onto the estate and dump things who don’t live there
@@Yorkshirescouser8 No, one also finds this on many council areas, when people just dump their old stuff in their front garden. Another sign is shopping trolleys everywhere.
Absolutely fascinating video as always, wow, you've got some bottle wandering around these places, even in the day time 😊.
Thanks, appreciate the kind words. It might be stupidity more than bottle! 😂
That's because it's not really that unsafe. I'm 57 and I've never felt threatened, ever, and I currently work in probably the most deprived area of the city. The only time in my life I was ever accosted was in Beverley, which everyone thinks is a la-di-da district. Don't let appearances deceive you. The derelict buildings on the quay are dangerous anyway, not just the buildings themselves, but also the surrounding swamp that used to be the dock. There's no reason for anyone to go there unless they're actively looking for trouble or to perpetuate the myth. Nobody lives there, and nobody ever did; it was always dockland.
Graffiti and broken up furniture is scary to you?
Yeah it's really not that scary. Lived here for 23 years.
I’m from London but lived in orchard park for a few years. Its not that bad near the university and most crime is petty stuff. I found most of the locals OK.
Yes, the university area is not too bad, as yet.
Greed of those at the top of the food chain, they choose not to put any effort into changing these areas, you have to have employment, affordable housing, social hubs, councils always saying they are short of cash, council leaders on 150,000 a year, going on trips abroad, to be twinned with some other shit hole, they waste, and abuse their positions, and leave the areas you have shown to wither, and die, because they don't give a dam, they live in the suburbs
Not all live in the burbs. Mayor/councillor Fudge used to live hessle road near asda for example before she died, not exactly a posh area.
I think a lot of people in Hull are waking up to this now and demanding action …the voices on social media are getting too loud for the council to ignore!
I agree, The City of Hull has been neglected by governments over the years. Councils have killed the city centre with sky high rates, either closing down businesses or moving them away to cheaper areas. We see mass immigration, the complete collapse of the fishing industry which was the life blood of Hull. However, there is an overall general degradation of this country, as I mentioned previously even the wealthier South is suffering ? look at reports of Torquay ? the Riviera of the country, drugs, crime, immigration. The same all over.
@@philgreen815 I visited a few years ago [parents in NH cemetery] and took a bus ride to the city centre, in via Beverley Road and back via Spring Bank and Chanterlands Avenue. Much evidence of 'diversity' on both routes, along with fast food joints and places of entertainment. Not what I knew growing up in the 1950s/60s/70s . . . . horrific.
My mum's mum lived and brought up nine kids in a two bedroom/living room/kitchen/outside toilet/ tiny house in a street called haddon street. The whole area was those houses. All her kids were healthy, happy, and did well in life.
As far as I know they knocked it all down.
My sister is a social worker and sometimes she is given a police escort to some of estates in Hull
Your videos are true and always interesting, well done and stay safe.
These places don't even come close to the dirt & squalor of the "diverse" areas explored in these videos.
When OP Estate was being built, a new pub there was named 'The Harry Eddom', after a survivor of a trawler sinking at sea.
My first ever visit to Hull was deluvering white goods into Newlands Avenue in 2010. It was a nice city area with pavement cafes and the like on that sunny day. I was a bit surprised, but pleased for the City.
Stop dropping litter, fly tipping and dumping stuff in your garden. Animals.
I have lived here for 20 years, and it has some lovely areas to live, it has plenty to do, lots of new homes being built,massive investment in the infrastructure, it's near the costal resorts of Bridlington, and Hornsea, Withernsea is nearby too. Hull has some very pleasant villages around it too.
Where do the Hull city councillors live? Any of these areas?
I wonder. Judging by the size of their salaries, or at least the allowances that are made public, I think we can guess the answer. 🤔
The old Labour council got voted out cause of decades of failure not just hard times, LD are in now. Met some, and they are trying but lots of BS in the way it seems.
they live in cottingham or outside of hull in the nice villages@@ukexplored
All the Bransholme councillors live on the estate or nearby in East Hull. All the (many) councillors in HU5 live somewhere in the postcode to the best of my knowledge.
Probley Kirk Ella or places like Skidby or Cottingham or Dunswell and woodmansey or even Hedon
Born and raised in hull by two Scottish parents I’ve never been beaten (to a extreme degree)
You’re alive, right, how bad can it be? 😁
I’m born n raised in hull, left at 17 years old I’m now 43 and have never been back there since😂🎉🎉🎉
Unless you have family there, you're not missing much! 😀
@@ukexploredyou really are a clown
@@ukexploredPretty shitty thing to say. There's lots of good things about Hull.
I was brought up in Hull but thankfully moved away many years ago. There are a lot of council houses now far more than when we lived there and from your film they all appear to have the same problems.
Council houses more like designer apartments now
How is there more council housing hadn’t been built sines the 80s at the very very latest uk wide
There isn't really any more social housing, it's just different. Used to be all council houses and flats on the estates, now you've got lots of different organizations providing different kinds of housing, a lot of it in the older residential areas, even the new parts like Humber Street. Preston Road got essentially pulled down and new houses built which suit the needs of families and are more modern. Lots of improvements, but same old problems
I grow up on Ings Road, Hull back in the 70s was great, good place to shop. I moved away when l joined the WRAF moved back when l left but it had changed. I now live in norfolk fantastic place to live l would never go back to live in Hull now it's really gone down hill.
The estates tend to be better than the 'private areas' nowadays. I lived in the high rises on OPE, not one bit if trouble. It is a tip though, the council aren't strict enough with people keeping their homes in good shape. Was immaculate when built.
I wouldn't say that Newland is more dangerous than anywhere else. Newland avenue itself its a quite lively area with lots of pubs. I live in this area or surrounding for 19 years. Exaggerated video
Yes those statistics represent the nightlife but not what it's like to live there
St Andrews quay is very very business orientated hassle road was the backbone of hull in its hayday
From a Hullensian. I live in Swanland for reference, but I have lived in Bilton, down Holderness Rd, Vicky Dock, Cottingham, Spring Cottage and Garden Village.
Worst areas.
The worse and by a mile it's Orchard Park. Proper no-go area, even the buses stopped going there at one point. Total Hell-hole. My paternal grandparents lived there during my youth and I detested visiting them. Totally different World to the one I grew up in.
Next up, Bransholme. Would be the worst if not for its neighbour OPE taking all the weight.
Then it's a toss up between Greatfield & Longhill.
Then Preston Road & Boothferry are tied.
Then there's cesspits like Anlaby Road and Beverley Road, but they're not estates and they go through a few actual different estates.
The whole City is pretty grim tbh unless you're in an area where the houses are £300k+. Even then, you can be in a nice house down Newland Ave and it's still a terrible place to live because of all the druggies, plus all the infighting with different immigrants that were once at war and now expected to share a small area.
Even quieter estates that were once faring decent like Ings and Bilton Grange have gone right down the pan now.
Almost all of Durham inner city is now 'student accommodation' and becoming ever more so . . .
I live in Hull and it's not bad at all. The only problem are them dog walkers/ irresponsible dog owners not picking up their pets poo. Especially in Autumn 🍁 you won't want walking on pavements where poo is covered with leaves.
Yeah, you hit a nerve with me there, I’m getting seriously wound up by the amount of dog crap I come across as well.
I was brought up on the Orchsrd Park Estate and left 50 odd years ago to study at University in London. It was a dump then and is even worse now!
Hessle road "Tower blocks" giving the impression there are lots of them, as I recall there are 2 close to the town centre end of the road and 2 more a few miles away at the other end of the road. Not a exactly a concrete jungle! Not saying you are wrong about it being a "rough "area but you need to watch the context of what you say.
Ronnie pickering is one of the more famous residents of Bransholme.
Who?
WHO?😄
What about spring Bank, not one mention of spring Bank are you totally blind,
I've left a comment or two.
Spring Bank gets worse by the year. Absolute shithole. Smackheads, groups of men hanging around on the corners, litter, run down buildings, loads of ethnic cafes/shops that do not look inviting at all. My dad used to call it Little Baghdad. Equally worse is the city centre end of Beverley Road.
Yes I live here nd I've often wondered what happened to Hull
Nazi’s tanked 95% of Hull it’s still ok
When were these videos taken ? I thought these estates had been regenerated. Did you see any signs of regeneration ?
They only showed the worst bits they could find on this video. There are loads of areas that have been regenerated but they didn't knock it all down and start again so there are still deprived areas. Each of these wards has good and bad bits. They just didn't bother with the good bits.
@@helencroxon5219 That's good.
I'm confused at number 1... You mean Hessle Road I'm guessing because St Andrews Quay isn't a crime hotspot any time I've been there. It's literally just a retail park and the river. Walk down Hessle Road (10 mins walk away) on a night any time in the past three decades though and it will be an eye opener 🤣
The older houses are NOT Orchard Park, they are North Hull Estate (NHE)
I do not live in Hull but live on the coast at Withernsea where it is neccessary to drive through it to go most places South or West also we visit quite a lot having moved here from the Portsmouth Southampton area 9 years ago those two cities also have there share of rough areas and ihave come to the conclusion after 75 years on this earth that many people are nothing but animals by nature infact worse in many cases and have no idea how to bring up kids , Vandalism and rubbish largely created by people in their own areas is rife no matter what new facilitys that are provided many just go out of there way to wreck it , its funny really we have had 75 years plus of the welfare state it makes you wonder if people are as badly off as in victorian times , i dont think so but their general behaviour seems far worse.
Withernsea just a shit hole overspill from hull area. Famous for its beach full of broken glass in my day….very tacky.
I lived on the Boulevard in the mid to late 70's. It was a friendly and safe place back then (from my experience)
Went to Hull recently. Gave me Chernobyl vibes.
That’s pretty much it lol
We moved here in 2020 to be near family but yeah….it’s a bit rough and ready. However, as we came from London, the people here are so much nicer.
@@Rat_Queen86 I can't lie, I'd rather live in Hull than London 😂
Course you did 🤔
@@Rat_Queen86lots of Londoner love coming to Hull i know a few that have stayed
Hull was booming when i first arrived in the early 90s then from 2000 and onward its like just gotten worse as well as the changing demographics.
Hull gets a bad press because, after heavy bombing in world war 2, the city council suddenly discovered a magical material called 'concrete'. Outwith the city, the western suburbs are very desirable - Swanland, Kirkella, Westella, etc. I grew up in west Hull. The locals are reasonable enough, just dont maintain eye contact for too long.
Basically over the labour council decades they turned east Hull into a huge council estate made up with a conurbation of many estates. The largest is Bransholme which is now a place of depravity. Orchard Park estate is a drug dealers paradise and a no go area. The so called Ghost estate on Preston rd in east Hull is a haven for night time disruption scheduled to be demolished but when is the question. Orchard Park estate another failed housing project. I was born and grew up in Hull. Fortunately I managed to escape. I still visit family there who advise things have become worse as industry left to relocate further South.
so called ghost estate in north hull near orchard park had that name since 60/s
@@peterjohnson9865 Yes I remember that the east Hull Preston road estate is the second such named estate
Orchard park is the worst, it got so many naughty kids and busses stopped going down there because kids threw eggs at busses
Bransholme is worse
@@Yorkshirescouser8 Maybe
Eggstraordinary 😂😂😂
@@Yorkshirescouser8 lol
Not so 'deprived' that food was unappreciated and wasted then?
No prinny av?
Exactly. I live off prinny ave Ive lived on every estate in hull except bransholme and there are issues everywhere, but I always feel better on north hull and orchard park where my roots are.
I live in Bransholme, and it is actually quite nice there, put the power of my blinds on at the back garden of my house. There is glass on the sidewalks but it’s still a good place. I recommend to go there if you want and see if you like it 8:21
no its not it needs a nuke droped on it
how can you class St Andrews quay as an estate? No-one lives there or ever has I don't think. It was a dock. As for Hessle rd...Hardly anyone in hull classes that as Hessle rd. The Bransholme part, you just found a few shitty areas out of a huge housing estate. You didn't even scratch the surface on that one
He's defining the areas by their named 'wards' of Hull I assume
Problem with Hull Council Estates is the houses are packed in like Sardines, no breathing space! Kids ride bikes and have been for the past 40+ years, designate and area for them and let them do what they want, give em Adventure Parks with Death Slides etc. Too many Don'ts just makes them want to break the law for kicks! Give em what they want and they'll grow out of it younger and actually get a job!!!!
I always find it funny that in these videos of the “worst” places in Hull never actually see any youths causing trouble. Wish people would actually start going to places of interest in Hull. You’d be surprised
Hull is no different to any other city, in fact there's worse, look at London's knife crime and constant looting in big stores like jd as an example...and i bet more crime doesn't get reported as it will be simply swept under the carpet as not to give it bad press as it's the nations capital....hull gets a lot of lazy press by so called celebs who've either just jumped on the bandwagon of criticism of the city, or never even been....but probably more than happy to come and take the locals money when on a arena tour.
It's worse than a lot of cities.
Grew up in ‘ull. Luved it. ad a grate edukatian.
😂😂
Lol😂
Dingus don't be late for your next term at Eton.
@@Boswello me almer mater, St John Fisher, wuz bak in arubble pasteur in 1988 wen the larst graduit faild te win er a GBH.
@@johnr.b.murray3417Just as as l suspected a Masters in Ancient Greek Studies....busted!
Hull used to be a very nice city. Tons of maritime history. Theres still some nice areas, Kirk Ella, West Ella, Cottingham. etc. All cities have a negative side and that weds with the criminality side. The situation will never change with the way socail housing works. Massive big estates dont work. The 50 - 60s experiment that went bad
If depression was a country than the UK would be it.
LOL I'm trying to stay positive, but it's getting worse isn't it, and that's a serious concern for me.
That's very poetic!
It's a rot hole
Nah, you're thinking of the US, where you can't even get meds for your depression without plunging yourself into a lifetime of debt. 😉
Yep.😂
Weve lived on Hessle Road most of our lives. Hi We live in Hull near the Hessle Road Asda Supermarket. We have upto now nit experienced any environment issues.
I lived in Hull when I went to University there, I loved the place. I never lived in the student area, I lived in Cottingham then Hull Road, I can tell you everyone I knew who lived in Newland got burgled at least once.
Gang that lives in hill
Spent one year living and working in Hull before moving onto Beverley
Beverley is worse
@@saulmc8920wrong there it’s 10 miles away from the toilet that is Hull
Why can’t the government reclaim the derelict/abandoned properties and sell them to developers? At the very least, clear the land and create green space and parklands
Labour Councils ought to be ashamed of themselves...
I live in Essex, i thought i lived in a shitty area until i see this.
yep not only that Hull is the uglist city to i hope a nuke gets dropped on it one day
Don’t believe everything on you tube
@@thelink4-h9r Get a hobby. Your hatred is out of proportion, and it says more about you than anything.
OPE is the No.1 hovel by far. Also your average houses prices are a mile out 143K for a house on Bransholme no chance! more like 90k. Newland should not have been include, go and look at gypsville next time.
Can you do a review of Sutton park hull and Kingswood please thanks for the great content 😌 🎉
The kids were playing Pooh sticks with real Poo was the reply when I asked the park keeper what had happened to the East Park lido when I returned to Hull after many years away. We lived on Victor Street and were moved to Bransholme The maisonettes were the most horried thing on Bransholme back then.
Rather sad,I recall hull was the where William Wilberforce was born and the pop singer David Whitfield tenor voice was born and brought up.
Aswell as many famous others.Ronnie hilton , mick ronson , ian carmichael , Lord Rix , Sheila Mercier , Norman Collier , Sir Tom Courtenay.
However David Whitfield didn’t sing pop it was more classical. A good singer
It’s only showing the very worst parts and still not even bad