drinking in Bradford's dodgiest pubs!

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  • @honestplaces
    @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +11

    drinking in Jaywick's roughest pub! - ua-cam.com/video/LbcgsCSL3Is/v-deo.htmlsi=MAgD6JivzEyrygtI

    • @Charlie.202
      @Charlie.202 6 місяців тому +1

      For a future video, consider going to the top end of Walsgrave road in Coventry! It's a big road - go closer to the town centre, then can venture to the town after. I lived there before I moved abroad... Ropy is the word that comes to mind. (one of the main reasons I moved abroad) Would be an interesting visit.

    • @iwannabentley
      @iwannabentley 6 місяців тому

      Head to the southwest coat.. town called Bridport, there's a pub called Hope&Anchor.. right old dog of a swiller.

  • @cujimmi
    @cujimmi 7 місяців тому +293

    I lived in Bradford for about 5 years .. best thing I ever did was leaving.. what an utter utter fucking shit hole

    • @bigjohn5689
      @bigjohn5689 7 місяців тому

      Stop lying 😂

    • @johnmitchell2269
      @johnmitchell2269 7 місяців тому +14

      Bradford has more character and charm than Luton

    • @bigjohn5689
      @bigjohn5689 7 місяців тому

      @@johnmitchell2269 i thought London takes the Title

    • @Charlie.202
      @Charlie.202 7 місяців тому +7

      It's like the garden of Eden compared to Coventry 😂

    • @cujimmi
      @cujimmi 6 місяців тому +8

      ​@@Charlie.202 Christ Coventry must be rough!!!

  • @ash_howard
    @ash_howard 6 місяців тому +21

    Went to university there in the early 00s. It wasn't the best then, doesn't look like much has improved. 150 years ago it would have been absolutely thriving and the architecture in the city centre is a reminder of that era.

  • @benc640
    @benc640 4 місяці тому +14

    Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield. All wealthy towns in their prime, as evidenced by the beautiful town centre & public buildings. The industry is now largely gone, with little to replace it. No work, no money, just depravity and dying town centres.

  • @tonysmith8379
    @tonysmith8379 6 місяців тому +14

    Australian here.I went to England in 2004. The pubs were like stepping back in time to another world. They mostly had a cosy atmosphere.

  • @folkme3042
    @folkme3042 7 місяців тому +33

    John seems like a really nice guy.

  • @waxmandr
    @waxmandr 5 місяців тому +13

    Bradford is a great. Lived here 17 years. Some of the most welcoming people (of all colours and creeds) I've ever met. Despite the issues of poverty and the council trying to butcher what's left of the City centre and outer estates, we all try and stick together in the struggle. Some awesome eating spots too. Outsiders love to knock us (particularly evident in the UA-cam comments section and local paper) but they have no clue what goes on.

    • @jaybeebee9288
      @jaybeebee9288 Місяць тому

      17 years....hard to imagine. I was there 10 weeks, thoroughly enjoyed it but I don't think it could be home.

  • @HaiLsKuNkY
    @HaiLsKuNkY 7 місяців тому +15

    the old buildings look good, its a shame about the poverty,

  • @mpg272727
    @mpg272727 7 місяців тому +30

    Sad fact is that most "pubs" nowadays are chain brands meaning that the days of "rough pubs" (As in "the local" everyones knows thats been on the same street for five hundred years) will soon come to an end.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +1

      True mate

    • @natashab3412
      @natashab3412 7 місяців тому

      Come to Boston we still have one or two left

    • @alansmith795
      @alansmith795 6 місяців тому

      The old crown been on the same site in ivegate since the twelfth century

  • @mummyd1990
    @mummyd1990 7 місяців тому +18

    I am from Bradford,used to go in the boy and barrel regularly,also been in the vault,love your channel,keep up the great work and stay safe and well always matey.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +6

      Shame it's shut. Looked a right boozer. Cheers pal 👍

    • @THX-ic8yw
      @THX-ic8yw 5 місяців тому

      @@honestplaces Maybe try the Fighting Cock or the Turls Green (Spoons)

  • @bendenisereedy7865
    @bendenisereedy7865 6 місяців тому +5

    The best pub in Bradford was the New Beehive but I'm sorry to see it's closed down. It had gas lighting, a coal fire in each room, a huge selection of proper beers and wood floors. A great place to spend an evening with friends.

    • @robdegoyim4023
      @robdegoyim4023 6 місяців тому

      Now the scene of geezers stabbing mums with prams

    • @davidmacgregor5193
      @davidmacgregor5193 Місяць тому

      The Corn Dolly on Bolton Road is still an excellent traditional pub, great beers and a great atmosphere. Bradford City supporters meet in the Corn Dolly for a few drinks before they travel to the Valley Parade ground.

  • @vladtheinhaler6647
    @vladtheinhaler6647 7 місяців тому +39

    John seems really sound. Could sit down and listen to him over a few beers. I bet he has some interesting stories to tell.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +7

      Yeh mate, if i went in therr for a pint could easy chat for a good hour 👍

    • @pooooornopigeon
      @pooooornopigeon 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@pastandcurrent Head moving fella was possibly a dealer.

    • @wudugast1
      @wudugast1 7 місяців тому +4

      Everyone needs to encounter a John on their travels

    • @Dog-hl7yj
      @Dog-hl7yj 7 місяців тому

      100000% ​@@pooooornopigeon

    • @jorgemoreno8191
      @jorgemoreno8191 6 місяців тому +4

      John Lynch, drummer in a few bands

  • @b00ts4ndc4ts
    @b00ts4ndc4ts 4 місяці тому +4

    This is kn way a brag but 30 years ago I was the first homeless person to live under those arches. I would busk in the morning till the evening to make money for a drug habit.
    I have been clean 25 years and haven't been back there and this is the first time I have seen it again watching your channel.

  • @GuyfromStoke6084
    @GuyfromStoke6084 7 місяців тому +12

    Always a pleasure to watch these videos. I'm looking forward to your next adventure.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      Cheers mate, really appreciate it 👍

  • @daliamosesp
    @daliamosesp 7 місяців тому +8

    love this channel. i love finding pubs which are a bit rough around the edges but have character and charm and a local community spirit about em.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +4

      Cheers mate. Yeh they really are the best

    • @tobyjackman3212
      @tobyjackman3212 7 місяців тому +2

      That applies to precisely *no* pubs on this video 🤣🤣

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому +1

      @@tobyjackman3212 got sold a lie from a local 🤣😭

  • @amsterdamnedave
    @amsterdamnedave 6 місяців тому +7

    Back in the 80s I used to work at the Royal Standard on Manningham lane.
    Biker gangs. Punks.Goths.
    You name it. Everyone (that never came in) thought it was rough but we never had any trouble. Had a cracking couple of years!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому

      Yeh those type of pubs never have much trouble

    • @harveylimpopo3042
      @harveylimpopo3042 5 місяців тому

      I went there in the 80s. Always had a great time. TAKE 5 on the juke box. Excellent glazing. Great pub.

    • @gaz4840
      @gaz4840 4 місяці тому +1

      Yeah, me too.. had some right nights in there, punk bands and beer going everywhere, leeaping up and down to the Angelic Upstarts, i seem to remember a pigs head appeared from somewhere and it got kicked around.. what a night. My local was The Duchess of Kent down Sackville street (now closed) All the BCFC ointment crew used to be in there and the telly was controlled by a big fat guy who was always in the snug called TV Tommy..!! Great days.. Boy and Barrel, Metropole, Harp of Erin, Sun Inn, New Beehive, all now gone but the memories live on

    • @davidmacgregor5193
      @davidmacgregor5193 Місяць тому

      In the late 1970's, my brother walked into the Royal Standard, as soon as his head was past the door a beer bottle went flying towards him, it was thrown by a member of Shipley's Satan's Slaves motorcycle gang. My brother walked straight out again as he felt that he wasn't welcome in there.

  • @adzy166
    @adzy166 7 місяців тому +25

    My daughter loves this channel. She wants to start a similar channel where she finds old-school ice cream parlours - “let’s see what’s kicking off at Luigi’s” “that mint choc chip is arf decent”

  • @Crusader-9
    @Crusader-9 6 місяців тому +11

    The dubliner.."its an Irish bar innit " blinding bit of detective work !

    • @willsmith39
      @willsmith39 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah I enjoy the look around these places but our host seems to be as sharp as a beach ball. Still we can't all be Prof Brian Cox I guess.
      He kind of reminds me of like a pound shop Ross Kemp "it was all looking like it was about to kick off" etc.
      Pans camera around a box standard sports bar "bet it gets a bit tasty in ere on a Saturday night". 🙄

    • @k.avilla8061
      @k.avilla8061 6 місяців тому +1

      Right. why did he even find it necessary to say that at all, unless that is a potential problem for him ?

  • @NorthernExposure1
    @NorthernExposure1 7 місяців тому +28

    Very divided city

  • @stevo728822
    @stevo728822 7 місяців тому +11

    Ginger Goose was the name of a race horse. It ran 3 times in the UK back in 2012, winning a maiden race at Hamilton. Then it went off to Florida, USA and raced there until the end of 2017.

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot 6 місяців тому +5

    Went there most days a week last year for work, I like the place but the driving and parking standards round there are on another level ! Lot of interesting characters, have to watch yourself and keep an eye on things though.

  • @stevebriggs2645
    @stevebriggs2645 7 місяців тому +15

    There used to be some cracking,down to earth pubs in Bradford,old crown, royal standard, belle Vue, Manville arms,etc,etc, happy days.Keep up the great reviews 👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      Yeh. Shame most of them have gone. Cheers pal

    • @KaiColloquoun-gt7kw
      @KaiColloquoun-gt7kw 6 місяців тому

      Beehive was pretty good. Still had gas lighting last time I visited.

    • @rolfvaughan3175
      @rolfvaughan3175 6 місяців тому

      ​@@honestplacesThe same can be said across the uk.

    • @grahamshillingford8229
      @grahamshillingford8229 5 місяців тому

      Bradford's pub's & nightlife were superb in the 80's & early 90's. It's a shanty town now with some nice architecture as a back drop...

  • @bblair2627
    @bblair2627 7 місяців тому +33

    £2.50 Guinness is bob-on, well done Bradford

  • @terryostype9099
    @terryostype9099 6 місяців тому +9

    Bloody hell...didn't expect to hear Mazzy Star in that sports bar! 🤣

    • @Janetgreen64
      @Janetgreen64 6 місяців тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing 🤣. Wouldn’t have thought I would hear Mazzy Star in any pub in Bradford to be honest 😜

  • @paulbrit6418
    @paulbrit6418 7 місяців тому +7

    Came across your channel not long ago weirdly addictive can’t get enough keep up the great work mate 👍🏻

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      Cheers pal, really appreciate it 👍

  • @sniffrat3646
    @sniffrat3646 7 місяців тому +49

    What was up with that "head-nodding" guy? Probably expected someone to start an argument with him. A lot of town centres are dodgy, rare for someone to just come up and start a friendly conversation.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +20

      Who knows mate, had me baffled 🤣

    • @WoodyWanderer
      @WoodyWanderer 7 місяців тому +33

      He’s a dealer , it’s like a nod for do you want some coke . You either get it or you don’t lol

    • @78bollox
      @78bollox 7 місяців тому +14

      Head banger was shifting bags of sniff I would assume

    • @rain_down_
      @rain_down_ 7 місяців тому +12

      I'm guessing dealer too, reckon if you nodded he'd take you somewhere and sell you stuff. Quite funny how it played out in the end with him haha.

    • @Ghigighivgvi
      @Ghigighivgvi 7 місяців тому

      @@WoodyWandererhow you know 😂

  • @andymullaney1594
    @andymullaney1594 6 місяців тому +9

    Bradford amazing city,was born there, obviously problems like anywhere,but people,are lovely,great atmosphere, and community ❤

  • @Ira88881
    @Ira88881 7 місяців тому +55

    I’m an old Yank (67), never been to the U.K., but had plans to go when COVID hit. I’ve since had a medical issue so it’s not in the cards right now.
    I was going without the wife, because all I want to do is go from old pub to old pub and bullshit with the older guys. Don’t really care to see the Crown Jewels.
    To me, the older generation of the British people are my crown jewels, and I want to hear their stories.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +10

      Plenty of pubs for that mate. Hope you get over here soon 👍🍺

    • @Ira88881
      @Ira88881 7 місяців тому +3

      @@honestplaces Thanks, my friend. Will do my best.

    • @Thomas-fr1ww
      @Thomas-fr1ww 7 місяців тому +10

      @@Ira88881if you do decide to come to England pal
      Come up north everyone up north in all city’s in any pub will talk to you
      Down south they will ignore you 😉👍

    • @Ira88881
      @Ira88881 7 місяців тому +4

      @@Thomas-fr1ww I have no plans on even VISITING London, and was researching alternate airports. Like…
      Even if I had to fly into Heathrow or Gatwick, I would want to hop onto a smaller plane to fly elsewhere.

    • @Ira88881
      @Ira88881 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Thomas-fr1ww Is there a small airport up north?

  • @jontwatson7001
    @jontwatson7001 7 місяців тому +3

    You walked past the City Vaults twice. Best boozer in the centre when I was last there. You went in what used to be the Old Crown on Ivegate. If those walls could’ve told you some tales you’d ‘ve run a mile or stayed for more!

  • @realmyka
    @realmyka 7 місяців тому +11

    Off into York today get some beers in 🍻 2 pound bus can't go wrong. History walk will be interesting mate 👍 enjoying the vids. Inspired me to go out more

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +5

      York is top pal, get yourself in the samual smiths pub. £2.20 a pint. Enjoy mate 👍🍺

    • @macfoster9696
      @macfoster9696 6 місяців тому

      @@honestplacesdo a vid on York mate 👌🏻

  • @jimmy7434
    @jimmy7434 6 місяців тому +2

    There used to be a pub called Delius that I used to go to in the early 2000’s which was great. Some great Friday and Saturday nights were had in there. I was sad to learn it closed down!

  • @paulwilson-tighe4016
    @paulwilson-tighe4016 7 місяців тому +5

    If you'd gone in the opposite direction from the ginger goose up to The queen's, that's a proper old man's pub and cheap as chips.on your upcoming (or maybe you've already done it) trip to the Krays pubs,a word of advice the landlord of the pub they bought their mum,hates anyone asking about the history or talking about it,he's turned it into a gentrified poncy bar👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      Cheers pal, i'll reframe from asking questions 👍

  • @MTBGirlScotland
    @MTBGirlScotland 6 місяців тому +4

    Bradford is a lot nicer than I thought it was, some nice buildings there. Can't wait to see the Kray twins pubs in your next vid

    • @DamnDealDone
      @DamnDealDone 6 місяців тому +1

      More listed buildings than York. This is a true fact.

  • @fidgetspinner343
    @fidgetspinner343 7 місяців тому +9

    The Drum Winder where they openly drug deal drugs in the alleyway next to it, that whole 200m of Ivegate street is a real eye opener. But Ive always liked and felt comfotable in Bradford, one of a tiny majority that actually prefers it to Leeds.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +2

      Really! Didn't get those vibes. How odd

    • @fidgetspinner343
      @fidgetspinner343 7 місяців тому +2

      @@honestplaces Loving this channel though, my brother loves it too. You need to get these catchphrases on some merch mate

    • @andrewbiny913
      @andrewbiny913 7 місяців тому +1

      Me 2 go there a few times a year love it

    • @DamnDealDone
      @DamnDealDone 6 місяців тому

      @@honestplaces Because while the roadworks are going on, Bradford centre is empty. But yes, at the corner of the Drum Winder they are drug dealing in the open every day. I guess the roadworks have killed their business.

    • @Mikamichae
      @Mikamichae 2 місяці тому

      ​@honestplaces there's loads of people selling drugs outside drumwinder
      Never had any trouble or danger there but it's a rough road

  • @tantona9315
    @tantona9315 6 місяців тому +6

    More welcoming than your average Bradford street, I imagine.

  • @tompayton84
    @tompayton84 6 місяців тому +104

    Honestly what does culture award even mean these days? Seems like it just goes to the city with most immigrants/foreigners.

    • @Guccit865
      @Guccit865 6 місяців тому +8

      You know it

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 6 місяців тому +12

      Bigoted sausage

    • @jacksonfrenchii8080
      @jacksonfrenchii8080 6 місяців тому +24

      ​@@christopherwhittaker2620 Oh yeah, is he wrong then?
      Capital of 1st cousin marriage, and "gr00m!ng".
      Crime rates through the roof, and some of the most expensive car insurance rates in the country, etc, etc... 🎉🏆

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 6 місяців тому

      @@jacksonfrenchii8080 most grooming gangs in the UK are white British. Most sexual crimes committed against British children are by white British men.
      If you don’t believe me go look at what the home office report says. As for the rest of your thinly veiled racist bigoted nonsense. I’ve heard it 1 million times before. It all sounds like GB News headlines, Daily Mail headlines, the Sun newspaper headlines and the daily Telegraph headlines. You’re just a parrot parroting right-wing crap. Most of the British people don’t align with your views and your values or should I say lack there of. Hence why the Tories are getting annihilated and hence why reform uk aren’t doing anywhere as near as well as they would hope to be. Look what happened to UKIP. They never won one seat in parliament, and they disbanded. There are Muslims in the British Armed Forces willing to die for this country. There are Muslims in the NHS and care homes who were on the front line throughout the pandemic, saving British peoples lives. Immigrants contribute billions to the British economy every year. Take immigrants out of the UK and the country would grind to a halt. End of story.
      Next…..

    • @christopherwhittaker2620
      @christopherwhittaker2620 6 місяців тому

      @ddontyy i’ve no idea what the specifics of the award being awarded are. And I’m sure you don’t know either. Anything else to say? I know one thing, Asians and Muslims contributed massively to the local economy of Bradford and to the wider economy of the UK. And as I mentioned earlier, there are Muslims in the British Armed Forces. Willing to die for this country. There are Asians and Muslims in our NHS in our care homes in our public transport system and in lots of other industries, businesses and workplaces. Here’s a fact you can easily check. The Muslim community contributed £31 billion to the British economy in 2023.
      Toodle pip

  • @PhilJordan-y3m
    @PhilJordan-y3m 6 місяців тому +3

    I remember when I was 16 going into the town for the first time, we started in the bridge at the bottom of bowling old line, then to the town centre, the old empress, the old crown and Yates down ivegate and then the sackville arms followed by the county bar, I moved away from Bradford when I saw it going down the drain, such a shame for a once proud city. I won’t even drive through it now. It looks a horrible scruffy place going nowhere. Thank god I got out all them years ago. I suppose you don’t see it when you live there.

    • @davidmacgregor5193
      @davidmacgregor5193 Місяць тому

      Some closed Bradford pubs and bars that I drank in are, The Crescent, The Chaplin Bar and The Vaults Bar (both in the former Alexandra Hotel), The Smithy Arms, The New Beehive, The Unicorn, The Westleigh Hotel, etc.

    • @frankryan2505
      @frankryan2505 9 днів тому

      @@davidmacgregor5193 beehive was a loss..any other city and it would be thriving..Melbourne was also an iconic pub..

  • @geoffwinton7619
    @geoffwinton7619 7 місяців тому +8

    The googly eyes on the Alan Shearer poster behind you made my day...

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      It's on everyone in there 🤣

  • @WoodyWanderer
    @WoodyWanderer 7 місяців тому +8

    Bradfords only good for drinking or food festival . Rest of it’s an S hole .
    But the bouncers was bit of dheads to me in that pub with the dealer outside you went in . so not been back since cba with bouncers who are bored so pick on people who are from out of town and hope to get a reaction out of you

  • @p___w9103
    @p___w9103 7 місяців тому +121

    Wouldn't be a modern City without some random African aggressively screeching away.

    • @force7773
      @force7773 7 місяців тому

      Wouldn’t be the uk without some racist numb nut making comments like yours.

    • @chuckb624
      @chuckb624 7 місяців тому +8

      Screeching 🤣👌🏻

    • @Sam-es2gf
      @Sam-es2gf 7 місяців тому +10

      only the one? lucky day that

    • @neilboulton9813
      @neilboulton9813 6 місяців тому +20

      God what have we let into this country, nothing of any use or is going hamonise the place.

    • @MustangBoss1973
      @MustangBoss1973 6 місяців тому +10

      Normally on a bluetooth headset on a call back home at silly hours of the morning

  • @philiphexter8618
    @philiphexter8618 6 місяців тому

    Some great rough bars in Bristol - the Long Bar, cheap rough cider, in Bedminster, the Apple Tree, Barley Mow and Grosvenor. The Apple Tree closes around 6pm - the locals are too pissed to drink any more by then! Old scrumpy bars are getting very rare - go while you can!

  • @magirusdeutzjupiter2234
    @magirusdeutzjupiter2234 6 місяців тому +4

    actually Bradford looks amazing so does the pubs, I am impressed!

    • @MikeOxlong12
      @MikeOxlong12 5 місяців тому

      You wouldn't be if you came

  • @royhogan1689
    @royhogan1689 6 місяців тому +2

    I'm from Bradford to me now Bradford is a dead zone,it was once very lively place lots happening,on a Friday night the buses in to Bradford city centre from all directions would be packed of bradfordians going into town for a out night packed solid,but things have changed for the worst,streets are empty.

    • @Mikamichae
      @Mikamichae 2 місяці тому

      What made it change

  • @aledlewis1772
    @aledlewis1772 7 місяців тому +7

    Love your videos mate! Can't beat a dodgy pub!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      Cheers pal, yeh deffo the best

  • @fitzpatrickken
    @fitzpatrickken 6 місяців тому +2

    The Crown Sports Bar was called The Old Crown when I used to go in there many years ago & it was a right rough joint!
    Topless bar maids, hard cases that you didn't look at & many colourful characters!

    • @MikeOxlong12
      @MikeOxlong12 5 місяців тому

      Strippers too in the 70s and 80s

    • @gaz4840
      @gaz4840 4 місяці тому

      and a landlord called Jubby, big fat guy

    • @MikeOxlong12
      @MikeOxlong12 4 місяці тому

      @@gaz4840 Alan Jubb. Run by TJ, Benji the DJ. Good times

  • @Ian_Livesey
    @Ian_Livesey 6 місяців тому +9

    Hehe, watching this and thinking Bradford being the Capital of Culture next year reminds me of the Rab C Nesbitt episode when Glasgow was capital of culture.

  • @NeboReve
    @NeboReve 7 місяців тому +38

    "That's alright that"

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +8

      Top quote 🤣

    • @Jason28.
      @Jason28. 7 місяців тому +5

      That would be a shrewd idea for some merch with that quote on the front of a shirt.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      @@Jason28. 🤣🤣

    • @usarugbyleagueunionfan
      @usarugbyleagueunionfan 7 місяців тому +3

      @@honestplacesMy surname and my Mom’s surname come from England. Did Ancesty thing and I’m pretty 🇬🇧 I’m not talking shit yet how you pronounce ‘that’ without using a ‘T’ sound is fascinating. Have a good one bro. 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧💪🏻

    • @johnmitchell2269
      @johnmitchell2269 7 місяців тому +1

      Lets see what's kicking off

  • @d23bw
    @d23bw 6 місяців тому +1

    Just found your great channel. 2 and a half squids for a pint of the black stuff? Lucky man. Here in Dublin it's about four english quids at the cheapest in May 2024. Pints of Guiness are always worth it.

  • @Steven-d6b7x
    @Steven-d6b7x 5 місяців тому +4

    I've been going to Bradford for 50 years, great curries. I know all these pubs pretty well. Never had any bother.

  • @DannyFiver-m9k
    @DannyFiver-m9k 3 місяці тому +1

    I lived and drank in the city for a good few years and like to visit its a top city with friendly down to earth people

  • @jkasaunder228
    @jkasaunder228 7 місяців тому +1

    As someone who has had to drop the booze for myself (and everyone around me), Thankyou for mentioning the zeros are still a nice drink to have. Was a massive bastard when I stopped drinking, Go to grandmas wake, ask for an OJ and lemonade and they gave me OJ and tonic. Honestly, fuck that pub I will never go back. They almost fucked up my day (and potentially more... It's a hard sell to get a drunk like myself to go to a pub and not have a beer). All I wanted was a nice drink whilst sitting with the fam and it was like they were spitting me for it.
    Cheers bro.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому

      They have come a long way the alcohol free ones pal. Good on ya for cutting it, mugs game if you're on the sesh. Guinness 0.0 is mega pal, peroni also. But people still think you're weird not drinking...it's a shame

  • @TheInvincibleOne
    @TheInvincibleOne 7 місяців тому +2

    you should go to a place called Whitburn and try pubs there, its in Scotland, very rough area and a lot of decent pubs too.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому

      Going back to scotland soon. Too many places on the list

  • @irishbiota6793
    @irishbiota6793 7 місяців тому +2

    These videos scratch an itch that I didn't know needed scratchin'

  • @Dessan01
    @Dessan01 4 місяці тому +1

    There’s a pub just near Bradford interchange forget the name, a few year back now, I had half an hour before my train so went for a quick pint, this rough as f@&k old prozzie approached me (like real 1970’s Peter Sutcliffe fodder) and started quoting the price list 😳 suffice to say I said “you’re alright love” necked the beer and headed for the interchange sharpish.

    • @gaz4840
      @gaz4840 4 місяці тому

      Pulled up to a junction next to the Metropole in about 1995 and a rough old prossie got into my car and offered me anything for a tenner, thought it was a police trap and drove off, she wouldnt get out and so i was about to lock her in but she relented and went across the road and started offering herself to my mate, brilliant

  • @Oldman525
    @Oldman525 6 місяців тому +1

    40 years ago The Old Crown was a dive strippers and dirty, full of rough, toilets smelt and had fungus growing on the walls, Boy and Barrel was an old pub Victorian, The pub next to it was a bit rough also. Many of the pubs have closed or been taken over by corporate business chains, Yates was good, Shoulder of Mutton and Rams Revenge also.

    • @gaz4840
      @gaz4840 4 місяці тому

      Pack horse was next to Boy and Barrel, didnt really like it in there.. Duchess of Kent was my fave

  • @tylerbarker9535
    @tylerbarker9535 5 місяців тому

    I remember when I had to live in Bradford for 2 years, some of the pubs away from the centre are the ones to visit really cheap and proper characters no to keen on the southerners, city vaults takes me back though

  • @gedrooney9305
    @gedrooney9305 7 місяців тому +1

    One of the blokes who taught me at Uni was part of the team that designed the green public space with the water feature..damn fine job. Wonderful architecture in Bradford, Leeds has been a vampire over the last 20yrs however..
    I’m from Ossett..look out for Ossett Brewery on your travels pal, good pint 👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому +2

      Seen ossett brewery about, never been in one of there pubs though. Need too!

  • @vantransit5692
    @vantransit5692 7 місяців тому +5

    Should of gone in the Crown years ago, that would of been an eye opener for ya 👀🤣

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +2

      Shut now?

    • @vantransit5692
      @vantransit5692 7 місяців тому

      ​@@honestplacesthe Crown sports bar you went in, had strippers on back in the day

    • @amsterdamnedave
      @amsterdamnedave 7 місяців тому +2

      Ye olde crown was the pub with the noddy man outside. Back in the day it had all day strippers and a good rock dj. Happy days !

  • @mooandy01
    @mooandy01 3 місяці тому

    I live in Bradford. You missed out on the castle pub. It was just over the road from the boy n barrel that’s closed, down one of the side streets. Really old impressive building but my god it’s rough as inside! But very cheap beer lol. The rabbit hole is interesting too🤭

  • @Nickpaintbrush
    @Nickpaintbrush 7 місяців тому +2

    Nice one mate, Guinness £2.50 a pint cant go wrong, that last pub definitely wasnt ropey!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +1

      Bangin init. Yeh i know, dunno what that guy was on about

  • @craigshaffi610
    @craigshaffi610 6 місяців тому +2

    Next time you come to Bradford got to try Virginia tavern in thrornbury off Leeds rd it's an eye opener mate😂😂👍👍

  • @jimmygav19
    @jimmygav19 6 місяців тому

    The Drum Winder isn't dodgy at all. That's where I go drinking before Bradford games. You need to venture a bit further out the centre for the dodgy pubs.

  • @jiggersotoole7823
    @jiggersotoole7823 7 місяців тому +4

    Bradford is a beautiful town completely destroyed by cars and town planners.

    • @NayanapNap
      @NayanapNap 6 місяців тому

      by design always

  • @Tommyknoxville131
    @Tommyknoxville131 7 місяців тому +1

    Buzzing for that kray pub video mate, thank you for the content

  • @dazdaz105
    @dazdaz105 7 місяців тому +4

    And I said a pint of Guinness in Jaywick was cheap. Bradford wins that one. 👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +2

      Don't think it'll be topped at those prices now!

  • @blackpagan100
    @blackpagan100 7 місяців тому +2

    Next time you’re here, like that guy said find the Jackobs Well. I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for. Old style dingy pub.

  • @NickWright
    @NickWright 6 місяців тому

    How much is a quid in USD? No disrespect meant, I love the videos. I'm only curious because in every video you labor over the beer prices when they're all in that 3-5 range. In this video 3.50 vs 4.50 sounds like no real difference at all.

    • @dmerls8571
      @dmerls8571 4 місяці тому

      4 British Pounds Sterling (Quid) is as of today, $5.20. He tends to go to less expensive, less touristy spots in the UK where beer prices are good. Last year in London, Cambridge, Bristol, Bath, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sterling, etc., I tended to pay 6 quid for a beer. Too much. Bizarrely, if you go to pub-chain, Wetherspoons, beer prices are about 20% less (something about beer freshness and sourcing). I wanted to hate Wetherspoons because they are putting old pubs out of business, but I liked the prices and many of them are in grand old buildings.

  • @masere
    @masere 4 місяці тому

    Used to be great many years ago, Boy and Barrel and Commercial were well packed on Friday nights, now they're either dead or closed.

  • @PlansG50
    @PlansG50 6 місяців тому +1

    To be honest ive lived outside England for years now and Englands roughest pubs are still better than most around the other UK countrys. English people are some of the most down to earth and welcoming there is. If only we gave our selves more credit.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому

      Yeh english pubs are decent. Most run down ones are the best i get ya 👍😂

  • @SussexMatt
    @SussexMatt 7 місяців тому +1

    Christ £2.50 for a Guinness. Believe it or not a pub in my village just started charging £7.25 for a fairly shite one. I'd say come down south for some boozers but the prices might scare you off. You want to see some proper rough places go for a few in Hastings, Herne Bay or if you're feeling brave Chatham. All the decent grimy pubs have been driven out of places like Brighton these days.

    • @edmundblackaddercoc8522
      @edmundblackaddercoc8522 7 місяців тому

      Same in my village boozer like 7.80 a pint, and they wonder why they're empty.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому

      Mad that! It's so bizzare the price difference. I get places are more expensive but the price jump that much makes no sesne

    • @SussexMatt
      @SussexMatt 6 місяців тому +1

      @@honestplaces Honestly its all down to people moving down from London, our village went from 2,000 people 25 years ago and shot up to around 6,500 by 2021 census. I dread to think how many it is now they've added nearly a thousand houses on the outskirts of the village. Everyone living here now has a new build they cant afford, a brand new car on tick, a rolex from watches of switzerland also on tick and they are happy to spend way over the odds on a beer in the 'cool pub'. Its mad the number of people you come across who never visited the village before buying a house, they sell so quick they just commit to it online and then come down.

  • @garyrigby21
    @garyrigby21 7 місяців тому +3

    looking forward to the London Pubs I've been in The Blind Beggar

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +3

      Same mate! 1st time....not looking forward to the prices

    • @mickman0073
      @mickman0073 7 місяців тому

      ​​@@honestplaces London the home of Guinness which apparently started life as "London Porter" if you get a chance try a Fullers pub in London 🤔

  • @MrSimonson
    @MrSimonson 6 місяців тому +1

    Ye chatting to locals more is a must, get a feel for the people aswell as the pubs. 👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому +1

      Deffo. Gonna try chat to people inside

  • @Mark-gf7yw
    @Mark-gf7yw 6 місяців тому +3

    Those pubs were proper naughty, you could feel the tension, anyone of those pensioners could of kicked off at any minute 😳

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому +1

      Had to fight afew off, telling me to respect my elders

  • @Nephilim225
    @Nephilim225 6 місяців тому

    City Vaults is a great pub so is the Shoulder of Mutton around the corner from there. Shame The Bank and Black Swan shut as well. Lots of good pubs and a few real dives. The Night train is good for live music

  • @0scartheCat
    @0scartheCat 6 місяців тому

    Rough pubs are usually interesting because of the characters drinking there, best ask where the pubs are that piss heads like a drink, then go friday early doors, a good sign is if you have to fight your way out . . The Mitre in Derby, The Custard House in Loughborough & The Red House in Coalville were nice and spicy . . all gone now mind . .

  • @jackwillis6787
    @jackwillis6787 7 місяців тому +13

    mazzy star in the bradford sports bar

  • @flammenjc
    @flammenjc 6 місяців тому +2

    Bradford is a very strange place because even though its a shit hole it does still have some semblance of charm/soul in the city centre. I'm not sure there's another city so shit that still retains that despite being such a shithole. That's not to say it isn't a depressing place because it very much is.
    Lived there for 3 years and I definitely didn't have it easy living in Girlington and being the only white person for probably 2square miles outside of the occasional slav.
    But yea, its the nicest shithole I've ever been to plus the ring road actually works, unlike Leeds xD

  • @frogdigy
    @frogdigy 6 місяців тому

    what do you drive? Must be either a mini bus or large goods vehicle, as they're the closest charges to "a tenner", at £9. Passenger cars don't have to pay

  • @danielgardecki1046
    @danielgardecki1046 6 місяців тому +1

    You've been to Bradford at least 5 times in the last 2 years...
    Just like Charlie Veitch who has also visited Bradford at least 5 or 6 times in the last 2 years, but doesn't realise where he is most of the time, as his Geography knowledge is poor.
    This massive homelessness problem is a recent thing. It wasn't like this 5 years ago. There were only around 5-10 homeless people that you'd see on a regular basis, usually begging, busking or selling The Big Issue in the same few places (roughly 1 at each location) around the city centre. Now there's homeless people everywhere.
    Now for some film and TV history...

    • @danielgardecki1046
      @danielgardecki1046 6 місяців тому +1

      The Cheapside Arches and Cheapside itself, mainly in and around the Midland Hotel between 1:22 to 1:40 have appeared in stuff like Billy Liar (1963), Minder (1979-1994), L.A. Without a Map (1998), Lies We Tell (2017), Gold (2018), Commando 3 (2019), Lunar C: Puffer Jacket (2020), The Duke (2020), Peaky Blinders (2013-2022) etc.
      The Wool Exchange at 1:42 has appeared in Billy Liar (1963), Life at the Top (1965), Ali & Ava (2021), plus a few more scripted productions which have slipped my mind, which I'll remember eventually, when I rewatch them again.
      The soon to be demolished Kirkgate Shopping Centre at 2:00 has no doubt appeared in many things, however I only know of one (other than various music videos/freestyles on the roof) which is, a brief appearance in Spooks: Code 9 (2008), which filmed all over the city centre.
      Bradford City Hall, Centenary Square directly in front of City Hall, and City Park at the side of City Hall, at 2:14 have been used in at least 50 film and productions, not to mention many many more where they've appeared in background shots. At least 10 Oscar winners have walked the corridors of Bradford City Hall.
      Bradford Magistrates' Court at 2:25 has been used for things like Spooks: Code 9 (2008), National Treasure (2016) although the interior was filmed in Bradford City Hall, and Bad Boy Chiller Crew: Free - Nathan Dawe Remix feat Tyrone Gordon and Chris Nichols (2021).
      Also at 2:25 where the One City Park building now is, is where the now demolished Bradford Central Police Station stood. It was used in stuff like Edge of Darkness (1985), Spooks: Code 9 (2008) again, The Damned United (2009), The Red Riding Trilogy (2009), many more scripted productions I've forgotten, plus various documentaries about crime.
      And again at 2:25 in the distance, the National Science and Media Museum, The Alhambra Theatre, and Bradford Live have been used in countless productions, impossible to know how many, most of which are documentaries obviously, however there's also been quite a few scripted productions and even a music video.
      City Vaults between 2:34 and 4:38 has probably been used in loads of stuff, however can only think of Make Bradford British (2012).
      The Bradford Club with the Union Jack outside at 2:40 has been used in The Great Train Robbery (2013), The ABC Murders (2018), and Peaky Blinders (2013-2022) apparently, although I still haven't worked out what Peaky Blinders used it for. It's also been used in a few other productions I've forgotten, mainly productions from pre-2013.
      Ivegate from 4:56 to 5:17 has been used in Spooks: Code 9 (2008) again, other TV dramas I've forgotten, although I think The Syndicate (TV Series 2012-2021) might be one of them, and multiple random documentaries, just like most of the other places I've mentioned.
      The Boy & Barrel at 5:42 has been used in Room at the Top (1958), Make Bradford British (2012), and some old TV dramas I've forgotten.
      Everything £1 next door at 5:42 is where the giant retail chain Poundworld was started by Christopher Edwards Sr. It featured in the final episode of Pound Shop Wars (2012).
      The Bradford Hotel in the distance on the right at 7:18 has been used in Damon and Debbie (1987), Band of Gold (1995-1998), The Red Riding Trilogy (2009), and other similar TV dramas.
      The Great Victoria Hotel in the distance on the left at 7:18 has been used in The Syndicate (TV Series 2012-2021), other TV dramas I've forgotten although The Moorside (2017) was filmed around the back at the Bradford Crown Court, and random stuff like Hometown (2019-2022). St George's Hall next door has appeared in various random things, all of which I've forgotten other than People's Palaces: The Golden Age of Civic Architecture (2010) which mainly focused on the architecture in the massively overrated cities of Liverpool and Manchester.
      Tyrell Street at 7:32 was used in No Angels (2004-2006) and/or The Syndicate (TV Series 2012-2021). The FA Cup which was used from 1911 to 2014 (when an identical replica replaced it) was made by Fattorini & Sons of Bradford, who were based off camera directly to your left until 2012.

  • @scottshady7843
    @scottshady7843 6 місяців тому

    You should come to brigg bud. There's about 12 pubs all within a minute or 2 walking distance. It's a market town

  • @Thirdfish
    @Thirdfish 4 місяці тому +1

    Go back at night and you will get a very different experience.

  • @OoohAaah6603
    @OoohAaah6603 6 місяців тому +1

    I use to work as a doorman at a club called VIPs in Bradford in the 90s... proper rough shitehole

    • @colinderbyshire6728
      @colinderbyshire6728 Місяць тому

      VIPs was posh try tickles and flagship mate they were rough

  • @rain_down_
    @rain_down_ 7 місяців тому +1

    So much to unpack from this one. 'What's over there?' 😀

  • @lcfcgrayforeverafox3603
    @lcfcgrayforeverafox3603 6 місяців тому

    Just watched you and wendell awesome quality im catching up atm keep up the great work Danny 👍😎

  • @johnchrysostomou9417
    @johnchrysostomou9417 6 місяців тому

    John is cool . Never been to Bradford ( I was in East is East ) set there but i filmed my part in W London . Bradford has got some nice architecture! I really like the accent :)

  • @andrewrevans8496
    @andrewrevans8496 6 місяців тому

    Just to make things clear, there are quite a few great pubs in Bradford, as well as ropey ones 😊

  • @richardburton2726
    @richardburton2726 4 місяці тому

    Top video bro-bradford born & bred,you should have visited the Queens,opposite st georges hall..opens at 9.00am🍺🍻🍺

  • @MikeParkinson-hv2zy
    @MikeParkinson-hv2zy 6 місяців тому

    used to live in Bradford and these pubs do not change and awesome to drink in however u HV to be careful too

  • @stockholmsyndrome411
    @stockholmsyndrome411 6 місяців тому +1

    If you want it to be livelier then go out in the evening. Not 1 o'clock in the day 👍🏼

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому

      Work nights 😭

    • @stockholmsyndrome411
      @stockholmsyndrome411 6 місяців тому

      @@honestplaces ah ok fair enough. Id recommend checkin out the black paddy. Chaps gonna be big. Loads of dingy pubs in Dublin as well btw. Good man 👍🏼

  • @joffey1212
    @joffey1212 6 місяців тому

    Ring o bells pub on the hil looking over Bradford. Shut now .Great for curry's houses in centre

  • @easydrive3662
    @easydrive3662 3 місяці тому

    I just happened to be in bradford city centre a few sats back. I must admit of all the towns and cities I've visited bradford really is the biggest cesspit of them all. Seriously I've never seen anything like it, men of every nationality just hanging around, homeless everywhere, druggies and alcoholics with some collapsed out on the street, shops closed and boarded up, seriously the place is a mess

  • @ChrisGreen-qh1wp
    @ChrisGreen-qh1wp 7 місяців тому +2

    Great Video mate as always. Christ Bradford looks dog rough though.....you want dodgy pubs. You need to go to Birkenhead 👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +1

      Cheers pal, yeh i've heard it's pretty tasty around there

  • @thelegoshed
    @thelegoshed 7 місяців тому +1

    £2.something - excellent result, what a cracking place!!!

  • @Zed...Himself
    @Zed...Himself 6 місяців тому +1

    Born & bred! BIG UP THA BRAFORD MANZ 🤙

  • @stuartstibbs2069
    @stuartstibbs2069 6 місяців тому

    Well done mate. Subscribed. Pubs are always fascinating. Im English living in Australia. Some time could you venture out to High Wycombe, and Banbury? Gotta be some dodgie pubs there! 🍺🍺🦘🦘

  • @Kirkscrustykippers
    @Kirkscrustykippers 6 місяців тому

    Our pubs missing a trick I like them frozen glasses from places like Tenerife pints so much nicer

  • @MD-fd3cq
    @MD-fd3cq 6 місяців тому

    Love the channel! Come to Glasgow and go to some of the pubs around the schemes.

  • @HighExplosiveSerenade
    @HighExplosiveSerenade 6 місяців тому +1

    WOW! Those pubs looked more like gambling houses than anything. Probably there were some dodgy characters in there, betting their salaries away.
    I'm amazed they had San Miguel 0,0! Didn't know it was sold in England. We have it here in many bars and pubs, and for being a 0,0, its not bad at all.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  6 місяців тому

      Yeh mate it really is half decent.....along with peroni 0.0

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron 6 місяців тому +1

    Bradford is like most northern towns/cities, neglected and jammed with homeless and immigrants. It’s not a prejudice, it’s a fact.

  • @livinglife8565
    @livinglife8565 7 місяців тому +1

    Seen you repping guiness had my first pint yesterday 👌 I know its a required taste but I enjoyed it that much I had another one 🍺 love the videos pal looking forward to the next one

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  7 місяців тому +1

      No way! Your pallet will enjoy it more with every pint pal 👍 cheers mate

    • @livinglife8565
      @livinglife8565 7 місяців тому +1

      Just like a draught but refreshing looking forward to the next one 👌