Great to meet up and film in Scarborough mate!

Scarborough is one of the nicest sea side towns, beautiful buildings, and the amazing beach! I'm glad you didn't put it in a bad light and looked at the good parts because Scarborough is really a great place!

@karimtabrizi376

8 ай бұрын

It is i love its culture theatres etc music shops

@linguistengineer588

6 ай бұрын

It's a sh!thole, honestly.

As a person who has lived in Scarborough for the last 13 years I feel that you just touched the sides instead of digging deeper and connecting with locals. We have our problems, but we also have businesses that are trying to survive, local culture ( Stephen Joseph Thearte, the Spa, Open Air Theatre), art community (see North Yorks Art School) and so on. I think you need a new series about small towns trying to fight back, trying to redefine themselves despite local councils giving up on them, doing good things without support. If you ever want to revisit Scarborough please get in touch. There is so much more here than just the sea and the castle.

@GaryHayward

8 ай бұрын

When I was a kid, holidaying with my family, we'd always go to see Ken Dodd when his show was on. I know one of the theatres we saw him in was the Futurist.

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Check out Wendalls video when it comes out. I covered more the history of the place and he got speaking to more locals. 👍👍

@dangerfox1776

6 ай бұрын

Not to mention the fantastic racing at Oliver's Mount and the crowds it brings.

@MeiinUK

6 ай бұрын

I think you guys should do "private coach tours" again ! We used to have lots of coach tours from Sheffield into those seaside areas... and it was small but cosy, especially over summer holidays or holidays etc. Or to even have like community centres, running them? And then organise it... and that was a great way to get kids out and about, and also coordinated as well....

@rooneye

Ай бұрын

@@GaryHayward OMG yes! And also "To me to you to me to you" chuckle brothers, AMAZING. You dont get that in turkey you just have creepy waiters that want your money. It's perverse imo like old women go there just for that. Fucking crazy lol

You should definitely aim this channel at a history angle, You have a natural talent and passion for this stuff. Good job

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m definitely going to get more into my videos as I love it so much and I feel it adds a lot to my videos 👍

@theaustralianconundrum

8 ай бұрын

I'm in Australia and we have NOTHING like what the USA or the UK are going through! Truly shocking for you guys. (( PS* At 0:02 in the video it says 10 quid for 1 gram of gold!?? Current gold spot is 51 quid per gram. I'd presume they mean buying 24K gold for 10 quid a gram? If they do that's highway robbery. Cheers mate and subscribed from down under. Great channel. @@wanderingturnip

This is one of the best videos I have seen in ages. Your drone shots are amazing and your enthusiasm and appreciation for your surroundings are a credit to you.

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

I appreciate that thank you 😀

@democracyforall

8 ай бұрын

@@wanderingturnip By what you have shown it still has allot to offer, I am going to see it myself , this is the only place in all your vidoes that seems very nice and attractive for holidays, may be people do not know or the new comers do not know , I never heard of this place before but what I see in the video is pretty amazing actually.... I will be on traine soon next summer or spring...

@Falconurbex

8 ай бұрын

Awesome video brother u informed us of all information really well so thanks for sharing all your hard work i realky appriciate it

@ksweet696

8 ай бұрын

Scarborough, as in "Are You Going to Scarborough Fair." Quite famous throughout English history.

@needfortweed8734

8 ай бұрын

@@ksweet696 yep. He even played a snippet of that song in the beginning of the video...

My home town still live here born n bred in Scarborough we have lost a lot of attractions and shops it does upset the locals and we have lost around 100 historical buildings since the 1950s which is a shame the last building we campaigned too save was the futurist a historical theatre but we lost the fight situated on the sea front not there now just an empty space we will always have the glorious views though they can never be taken away 😊

I don’t live in England anymore but your channel reminds me of how beautiful parts on England really are, even if now there are towns facing real difficulties and hardships. Great effort to bring the plight of these places to light. Good luck, really enjoy your attitude and approach. Respect

@123bwlch

8 ай бұрын

Great video but the UK only came about in 1801 not during the Vikings or anything else before 1801. Just stick to England

@mozzjones6943

8 ай бұрын

@@123bwlch True, But British Unions have existed since at least 1600. The last major declaration of Union was of course 1801 which is the current "United Kingdom". I think Americans get confused over this too, They keep referring to us as United Kingdom when discussing the American Revolution, But this particular union didn't exist yet.. We were the Kingdom of Great Britain back then.

@123bwlch

8 ай бұрын

@@mozzjones6943 Forget about USA the English can't tell the difference between England, UK and GB and your media don't help.

@mozzjones6943

8 ай бұрын

@@123bwlch What makes you think that? But more to the point, What was the point of your reply to glenn anyway? - Is what I should have asked instead of joining in on a history rant lol

@123bwlch

8 ай бұрын

@@mozzjones6943 It's a observation of talking to english people for 50 years which would be a common responce by a lot of Celtic people.

Loved this! 👏 Haven't been to Scarborough since I was a kid! Thanks for bringing back some lovely memories, David.. I'm glad Scarborough still has something special about it! 👍

Scarborough Fair on the piano at the very beginning is a fantastic touch, love your videos lad

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for that. I bought this keyboard the other day so glad I could actually put it to some use 😂

@pimpozza

8 ай бұрын

Totally agree! 👍🎹 It was a lovely touch..

Very underrated part of the coastline round there with Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby, Bempton cliffs etc.

@sortoflurkingish5986

8 ай бұрын

I agree . Bridlington and Filey too , I must get myself back up there for a break before Christmas.

@davenport11

8 ай бұрын

Robin hood's bay is a lovely place

@subcitizen2012

8 ай бұрын

I had an acquaintance from Whitby. She sort of had an unhealthy relationship with wealth and prosperity, like it wasn't ambition that drove her, it was an internalized frantic fear of poverty. This sort of gave a sort of fatalism, like nothing else mattered but making the next dollar. She was a good drinking friend, but she was understandably very much a bitch. Poor gal. I hope she figured things out and didn't get deported back from US, she was sort of terrified of going back. Personally I'm thinking, there's no way Whitby is that bad lol

@pimpozza

8 ай бұрын

​@@sortoflurkingish5986 Yes! 👍Filey holds many happy childhood memories for me! Funnily enough, my twin sister's there at the moment and sent me a vid of their cliff walk this morning.. Hope you get back there soon.. 🤞

@sortoflurkingish5986

8 ай бұрын

@@pimpozza I will , I'm not too far away in Nottinghamshire so it's a definite plan . Moving house next week to a village so that's to be done first , exciting times .

Still a great place to visit from Peasolme park right down to the Spa. Never bored there and of course superb Fish and chips

Loved the poem at the end. The Grand hotel was notorious for being full of Afghan families a couple of years ago at the same time as British holidaymakers. I remember the rooms being tiny and poky but communal areas remain impressive.

@no_soy_rubio

8 ай бұрын

It's run by Britannia which is generally always bad news

@tennysonfordblackbird2087

8 ай бұрын

We stayed there and had a small room but we loved it and it was clean and the grub was great and we went to Anne Brontes Grave😂

@dottester3039

7 ай бұрын

Correction, young men fighting fit.

@vaughnwilliams1208

7 ай бұрын

@@dottester3039 All the stories I remember were about Afghan children running about in in that hotel. But of course 95% of the illegal immigrants are fighting age men

You should come to Glasgow and see Sauchiehall Street - gone from being the city's most famous road to being almost completely boarded up. It's amazing how much of the whole city is derelict, but Sauchiehall Street is on another level

My dad was a Yorkshireman and he, my mum, and I, as a child, used to have our annual holiday here. Many fond memories. We always stayed on St Nicholas Cliff, where the Grand is, in what was then the Hotel St Nicholas, now the Travelodge, shown in your video, apart from one or two times when we stayed at a much smaller hotel a few doors down, the Stewart. It would have been nice if you'd checked out the super-posh Royal Hotel, on the corner there; my dad was too tight with his money to book us in there, ditto the Palm Court. Anyway, glad to see the town's not doing too badly. Haven't been there since the nineties but you've tempted me to pay a visit.

I watch both channels. I don’t often comment but you are a great story teller. You can see your enthusiasm 👍👍

@deano3467

6 ай бұрын

Which is the other channel?

@imapadlock

6 ай бұрын

Search wendall

The Grand Hotel of Scarborough, designed on the concept of time. And a choice of sea water or normal water coming through the hotel taps. Wow. Thankyou for your channel

Moved from London to Hornsea recently and what you said at the end about life feeling more worth living here; by the sea, is so spot on. It’s a feeling that underpins everything else in your day and lifts your mood.

@anniealexander9911

7 ай бұрын

My family used to go to Hornsea for the day in late 80s. We were living in Scotland but had a caravan at Easington at the time (10h+ journey with a touring caravan, overnight!!), and my parents would get us 4 kids and the dog rounded uo and into the car for the 1.5h drive up to Hornsea. We loved Hornsea. Beautiful beach and sea front. I hope it is doing as well as it can given the last decade. Is the US airbase still there?

@handofbeech

7 ай бұрын

Lovely to hear your story. Coming from London, Hornsea feels about as idyllic living as I've experienced in the UK, and the people visiting I meet say it feels like the 1950's. I love that its filled with real community where what you put in, you get out. I half hope it gets the attention it deserves from new people like me moving in, and half hope it never changes. :) @@anniealexander9911

@MeiinUK

6 ай бұрын

@@anniealexander9911: And for my family, my mom would use the family card as well.. and us kids would just use the 1 pound ticket and make our way into London, to do a weekly shop and to dine out in the local chinatown.. And that would be our holiday trip ! And that didn't cost an arm or a leg either. So.... Seaside trips would be via coach... and only if somebody locals would run them. Hays Travel used to run decent local trips. As well as coach drivers too. And this also kept B&Bs alive back then. Look at us now !!!! All gone Pete Tong !! Should everything or everybody be targetted by analytics? Should every company be on the internet, and actually destroy us ? Should we really have to live in a digital bubble and a digital existence ?!?!?!!..... No !....

@christinerobottom9444

4 ай бұрын

Hornsea great for fossil hunting better than Dorset.

Strange watching this, I went to school in Scarborough and lived there 1977- 84, and can remember a vibrant town centre and what many of the shops were. It is was it is and must the same as alot of towns. Scarborough people think it is much worse than it is, but like the guy said there's worse!

Scarborough has a magical vibe, many people fall in love with its charm. Great video.

We have beento scarborough over the last couple of years. Love it. Shame you didn't highlight the Stephen Joseph Theatre which is a thriving centre for the arts. Amazing Art Deco design . Also found the Italian gardens, I think that is what they are called,discovered them recently, absolutely stunning!

Proud to be a True Scarborian. A great town with mint people. Mint video.

I went to Scarborough for the first time this summer. We liked it and the number of independent shops really stood out to us.

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine

@ceeceedawson2212

8 ай бұрын

Ah, Simon & Garfunkel

My wife and I have been going to Scarborough for years now and we love it we've been to most other seaside towns and we always go back to Scarborough you just can't beat it.

I was in Scarborough yesterday for work been there a few times now great seaside town with lots of old buildings and a belting seafront,an underrated place in my eyes! Keep up the good videos

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

I hope the nice weather was still there for you 👍👍

Been living in Scarborough for the last 8 years. Interesting history and love your drone shots makes me appreciate what i have on my doorstep.

Great video ❤always love Scarborough

Well, I guess I gotta add Scarborough to my list of places to visit. Looks lovely.

Very moving poem too..

I was a Butlins Redcoat at the Grand Hotel in the early 80s for a few years. So many fantastic memories of Scarborough ❤️

Enjoyed the tour of Scarborough v much. My father was called up for National Service in 1945. After initial square-bashing, he was sent to Scarborough as he had been assigned to the Royal Signals who had taken over the Grand Hotel during the war. There was no heating. The building was so cold in winter you slept with all the layers of clothing you possessed! For all that he had an affection for the place. The Army soon warmed him up sending him to the Middle East.

@juliebrooke6099

8 ай бұрын

That’s interesting. Your father must have been the same age as my father in law who was called up at the same time but he first went to a hotel that had been taken over in Whitby and then was sent to India. He had fond memories of both and made regular visits back to Whitby over the years,but sadly never made it back to India.

@andrewruddy962

8 ай бұрын

'' warmed him up '' love it. Irishman in Seattle.

What seaside towns like this don't need is what's happening to Folkestone, it's priced out locals and focused on art and property development for the rich, forgetting about jobs and opportunities for locals.

Scarborough fantastic place live and visit I love it ❤

I live in a seaside town that’s struggling (Bournemouth) it’s nice to see Scarborough is holding on with lots of independents, my town sold itself out and now it’s been hollowed as the big retailers left in droves

Thanks for taking us UTUBErs along on your visit to Scarborough -- and for quoting one of my favorite John Masefield poems. I learned it in high school (USA) more than a half century ago, and could still say it along with you these many decades later. I had similar reactions to Ramsgate and Broadstairs when I lived there back then, and wonder what they are like now.

@no_soy_rubio

8 ай бұрын

Thankfully Broadstairs has improved a lot in recent years, Ramsgate not so much especially the high street but the marina/seafront area is still nice

@garywait3231

8 ай бұрын

@@no_soy_rubio : Thanks for the update. I lived briefly in Ramsgate while researching Van Gogh's time there (in a very acceptable B&B overlooking the harbor), and walked along the seaside to Broadstairs to visit, inter alia, the Dickens House. Glad to learn that Broadstairs is improving!

I love your videos, it feels like taking a stroll with a friend. I love travel but can't drive and live on the Cumbria coast so...except for barrow..not much to explore in terms of abandoned places.

@carrieboultby7516

8 ай бұрын

oo please learn to drive! A car can give you freedom

Another fantastic and informative episode. I moved from Grimsby and now live near Scarborough, or Scarbados as the locals call it. I have a lot of love for the town, it's beautiful with some stunning architecture. Poor Cuthbert Broderick would be shocked to see his beautiful Grand hotel in such a state. When you're hometown is Grimsby, Scarborough is utter paradise. Please visit Grimsby, it was Europe's biggest fishing port but now a sorry state, then you can nip to Cleethorpes next door to view the beautiful Humber and eat fish and chips.

My mum moved from Lowestoft, to Scarborough because it's not a dead place...you should definitely check out the seaside town of Lowestoft...great video, really interesting! :)

I enjoy your videos and a chance to look with you at towns I haven't visited. Another point about The Grand Hotel is was built in the shape of a V in homage to Queen Victoria

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Oh no way. I didn’t know that. But was actually wondering why it was a V when flying my drone…

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Totally makes sense 😂

The problem with Scarborough, for locals there is nothing on offer. Victim of a dying high street, and poor management from the local council.

I thought that "Staycation" would revive the British tourism beyond London, but it didn't. It is sad to see such amazing buildings being on the waiting list to be simply forgotten.. I love your content. Thanks for all your hard work

@ZenosOsgorma

8 ай бұрын

the seafront in Scarborough is packed during the high season , its the rest of the town thats suffering , considering massive corporations moved in very close to the seafront. within 20minutes car drive , most of the shops not on the seafront have suffered the same effects as any Town .

@Trytinion

8 ай бұрын

As someone who's trying to start a business in Scarborough as I live here the landlords are super hard to deal with, that's why everything's empty. Shame as there's so much wasted potential for this town

@Discount-Stonks

8 ай бұрын

The train fares are the real killer for me. There’s so many places I’d absolutely love to visit around the UK, but every time I check the fares I nope out immediately. As an example here, 2x Advanced tickets (one out, one return) between London to Scarborough will cost me £118! I‘ve paid less to fly to Gran Canaria 1800 miles away, bags and transport to the airport included. For those who have a car it might be worth it.

@Trytinion

8 ай бұрын

@@Discount-Stonks yeah it's a killer isn't it? What's funny is that's cheap, I used to pay £120-140 to go to London

@pontecarlo4354

8 ай бұрын

I remember as a child the beach being so full you could easily get lost on lt. Maybe I have rose tinted spectacles in Scarborough but to me it remains a magical place.

Best video of yours I’ve seen in ages You come across so knowledgeable and have so much passion for history and the places you visit You talk in such an academic way at times I can imagine you being a university lecturer or professor ,your knowledge is impressive I could listen to you chat for hours One of the best you tube channels

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Hey thank you that’s a really nice comment. I was never good in a classroom at school so I might be the same lecturing 😂 I feel comfortable wandering about. Honestly really appreciate these nice words 😀😀

Great vid, I live in Whitby and have done all my life its very similar to scarborough here just smaller. Liked and Subscribed 🙌👍

This was amazing guys, big time fan of both your channel. Between the scope of content you both put out it really has opened my eyes. I moved from Blackpool twenty years ago for the very reason that shops were getting boarded up, theatres were being demolished and when i moved to Scarborough i thought i was moving to a middle class affluent town that would never see the same fate as my home town. Sadly in the last year we have seen so many changes here. Many of those closures you passed are real recent ones. The block that has just a one stop on on and over a dozen closed shops is one that has been in the planning stages for redevelopment since 2001, still nothing done. The Brunswick which lost its Debenhams has “plans” for a cinema, about the fifth failed one in the twenty years ive been here. The Council still hasn’t appointed a developer, work was scheduled to start by the end of this year but the few shops still operating inside haven’t a clue about it. Superb history and its always lovely to see this beautiful place covered with fresh eyes. Sadly all the Council spend money on is tourism and thanks to the likes of your videos my eyes are open and the focus now is on how poorly locals are treated with their high street. 👍👍

@no_soy_rubio

8 ай бұрын

This video just popped up and I was wondering if you guys had seen this 😂

@GENerationXplorers

8 ай бұрын

@@no_soy_rubiothanks Matt, yeah i have to say that this dude, Wendall, Backpacking with Tim and Turdtowns are my main go to watches. If not for these guys id be happily oblivious to the horrendous state my home town is in. The irony is, they come here and do all the lovely touristy things there are to do as I have since moving here. It was their incredibly insightful videos that made me take a harsh look at my home town and see it for the joke our Council thinks the locals deserve. All the money is diverted singularly on tourism which is a theme in some of their videos. Im taking a much closer look at the Councils in tourist resorts like this and checking what vested interests each Councillor has on the benefits to tourism or improving the town. That being said, quite probably no better two people to cover my town than these two, i just wish they had got here earlier and saved me the trouble! Now i have an agenda to find out what each and every Councillor os up to, im not making friends along the way! 😂

@no_soy_rubio

8 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers “A man with no enemies is a man with no character.” - Paul Newman

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

⁠just seen this!!! I think between the 3 of us we will have given Scarborough a really good covering. The local with local knowledge. The tourist with an interest in history. And excited to see Wendalls - the man on the street speaking to the people! Good luck battling the councils. I’ve had a few bizarre run ins myself with them since putting out videos… 👏👍👌

@GENerationXplorers

8 ай бұрын

@@wanderingturniphave you really? I can believe that. If it wasn’t for your channels I would never have ventured into my town centre with my eyes open, i always happily skirt around it marvelling at how wonderfully kept the touristy areas are. Since watching your content and making the video ive done all my shopping on the high street. Its not easy finding what you want and you do end up paying a fair bit more but it is so rewarding. Yes love Wendalls channel too, excited to see his version. 👍

I love that you appreciate poetry.

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

It sometimes just sums things up so well doesn’t it 👍 in finding that a lot with my videos

@alyswilliams9571

8 ай бұрын

@@wanderingturnip It's a wonderful way to end a video. Thank you.

I lived in Scarborough until I was 8 and it made my day to see that Boyes is still open. Ive got some cotton reels with Boyes price tags on them still

Great positive and fair assessment of Scarborough ,ive been dozens of times over the years and really like it ,as you said it has its issues what town dosent . but the positives outweigh the negatives, its a very interesting place , you mentioned the fishing well in the 1930s Tuna fish was regularly caught off Scarborough and not tiddlers either the record stands at 852 Ib and The British Tunny club was started in the town in 1933.

Wandering Turnip mate, you are a proper geezer with unexpected quality.

I lived it Scarborough centre briefly in my 20s, in a massive old building. We would watch drunkards scrapping on a Friday night. It’s a pretty place, scenery wise. I love it when you do a relevant poem or verse at the end. Good stuff 👍🏼

I have fond memories of four months spent living in Scarborough in the very cold winter of 1977/78, a warm and welcoming town with lots to offer even in winter.

Whitby, just up the road, is a massive (and honestly now very likely over-saturated) tourist trap. It's interesting to speculate on why that should be when so many of these places in the north have gone into decline.

@em3716

22 күн бұрын

Genuinely hate that this has happened to Whitby tbh. I'm Whitby born and bred and it's impossible to live there now because of how expensive everything has become, and lack of housing due to every other property being turned into a holiday let.

Nice to see Scarborough is still surviving,lets hope people start returning to home for Holidays

@llanieliowe794

8 ай бұрын

Scarborough gets plenty of tourists as it is, there are too many holiday homes!

@jamescunningham1973

8 ай бұрын

ok,i didnt realise that,so its lack of good paying jobs so locals can get on the property ladder,is tourism the main industry there,if not what is?@@llanieliowe794

YOU CAME TO SCARBOROUGH ! My daughter was buzzing watching her home town, you even walked down our street

I'm so glad you did a collab video together. I think you're both fantastic - you should do another one 😊😊

Grand episode, thank you so much!

That was a great upbeat review of a place I have always wanted to visit. Its nice to see not every Seaside town is struggling.

Love this town. High from Albury Australia. I wonder if the pipes eroded for the salt water baths at the grand hotel 🤔

Nice video, especially enjoyed the poem. Living in Britain as a migrant, I like the poetry of the country and its people

I love optimistic outlooks! It was absolutely brilliant that video. Ten out of ten!

I've lived in Scarborough for 10 years now and am still struck by how gorgeous the coast is either on a glorious sunny day or a dramatic stormy day. There is a great, friendly, chilled vibe here with lots to see and do. The castle promontory splits the coast into North and South bays. North bay is more tranquil with a lovely park and boating lake and South bay is the glitzy bustling side with the arcades etc. So you can have a silly fun time southside and walk round Marine Drive for a relaxing chill out northside. It's not as good as in it's heyday but there's still something for everyone.

Just discovered your channel yesterday and I'm hooked. I don't normally "binge watch" channels, but with yours I find myself just watching another and another. Keep up the fantastic work.

I grew up having summer holidays around the seaside Resorts like Scarborough, Blackpool, Skegness, morecambe,. Last time I holidayed in Scarborough was late 80s then twice as an army cadet mid 90s. Everytime I visited something else had closed. I still had many fantastic memories of Peasholm park island fairy tale walk, naval base and battle, railway out to the fairground and cable car back. The hyspaniola pirate ship at Mere park. The out door water park. Visited last year with my 12 year old son having told him all the stories. Water park closed, cable car, derelict, fairground gone, Mere closed unless fishing, peasholm island closed off and almost no dockyard buildings but heard from a local that the battle still happens during certain seasons. Railway was still there but wasn't running. I had told my son so many stories about the pirate ship and was so excited when I'd heard it was still doing tours around the harbour. Walked to the harbour to see a tiny "pirate ship" less than a quarter of the size of the one I remember. It wasn't running either. My son laughed so hard at my obvious disappointment. When I got home and told my dad the ship was now tiny he went and got the photo album out. It was tiny when I went as a kid too. My dad laughed along with my son.

@carolynellis387

8 ай бұрын

Gramme, at least you have such great memories of your childhood 😮

I used to work in Scarborough a lot , it’s a beautiful town! 😊

I'm from NE England and had a few day trips to Scarborough as a kid in the 90s and 00s. I always hated seaside towns when I was younger due to them feeling decayed and never really gave them another chance as an adult. I enjoy walks along the Northumberland coastline, but I feel like I should have a few trips further south back to some of the places my parents took me when I was a kid. This channel is great. You're a fantastic presenter. I hope you find a lot of success doing this.

That brought back so many memories of childhood holidays , enjoyed it so much .

Nice one mate, not only does he do a video on my hometown but closes with my fave poem 👍 I havent lived there since 20 odd years but of course go back to visit family. Having known it for so long you really become aware of the changes over time. There really are many fewer shops than before, each year something larger closes down - it uses to have a huge debenhams in the central shopping centre, and a huge and busy Thorntons cafe store - both victims of national struggling businesses. Now all there seems to be are bookies, pound stores and cheap clothing stores like Matalan or TKmax. We used to have 2 cinemas in town, in the 90s i think there were next to 8 nightclubs. There was the huge entertainment area at northbay with Marvels Theme Park, Kinderland and of course Atlantis waterpark. All removed replaced with weird flats. A big issue on the highstreet are charity shop concessions by government - its much cheaper for them to rent hence being so many flooding the streets of such towns. But one thing it still has is its history, and its sprawling nature which gets me everytime, and some good surfing in Winter which I sometimes brave

@PhilippaBeale

8 ай бұрын

I hate the charity shops

@nisnga147

8 ай бұрын

@@PhilippaBeale get way too many subsidies in terms of rates etc. Places like Scarborough which are so seasonal need more support for businesses in the winter period, so they can survive and try help revive the high street. Look at somewhere such as York, awesome high streets full of independent traders - and i feel Scaborough with its natural beauty and old history can achieve something similar if supported.

@PhilippaBeale

8 ай бұрын

@@nisnga147 I am sure it can. After all it was where Alan Ackbourne put on his wonderful plays, it was where the Sackville Wests had their summer home that became an art gallery. It is the place of my youth and I wish it well. My parents are up the road in RHB, under the sod of course. Unfortunately I am too old and lame to make the journey .

Scarborough is far from dead. Im over 3 or 4 weekends a year. Its rammed during peak. The Grand is a shabby stay though. Stayed once. Never again. Ive got a tonne of footage from drones and cameras. The main reason i go is to get my cameras out. Special place since i was a kid.

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I was honestly so buzzing to see it full of life. Also we filmed this on a Monday in September

@JamieCrookes

8 ай бұрын

Yeah. Top video man. I'll have to dig all my footage from before 2020.

@JamieCrookes

8 ай бұрын

Oh, btw. Not sure if you follow this youtuber. It's along the same theme as your stuff. They guy is pretty funny with it too. The channel is called turdtowns. Both informative and really funny.

I’ve just come across your channel and have watched most of the videos. I often look at abandoned and derelict buildings/houses and think about the history of them. Once upon a time these buildings were occupied and cherished. It’s good to come across someone like minded, so thanks for the videos and keep posting!

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😀

So refreshing! True, things are not as we would like them but once again we get a fair representation of a town with some great background history. Many thanks for your great work. I was over your way today and saw chimneys and automatically thought of your videos.

The grand hotel is magnificent.

The Grand Hotel wasn’t the first purpose built hotel, that honour goes to The Crown Hotel built in 1844, the Grand came 25 years later. The turrets as you called them are actually called cupolas, castles have turrets. I’ve worked at the Grand many times, the balcony seating in the ballroom was built in 1968. The biggest myth about the Grand is the V shape for Victoria, it’s built in a V due to the land on the cliff ( the hotel was originally called The Cliff Hotel until bankruptcy in 1864 caused it to be built for a knock down price of £43,000 and he renamed it The Grand Hotel ) being unstable to support a large building, the V shape helped spread the weight out and buttress up the cliff at the same time. The staircase originally had a glass dome over it and was very impressive. I enjoyed watching your video, it was well put together.

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for rectifying some of the facts in this, j really appreciate it 👍 Lots of people commenting about the V being for Vic so again cheers 👏

@user-ji1mf6bx6n

8 ай бұрын

@@wanderingturnip In 1903 Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Beatrice unveiled the statue of Queen Victoria which is in the grounds of the Town Hall. They had a luncheon at The Grand Hotel and this is probably where the V for Victoria came from, you could say a form of PR stunt. This luncheon was a lavish event and took place in the ballroom, their table was roughly where the stage stands today, the wall behind originally had six large mirrors on it.

Thank you for that we are going on holiday next June to bempton and I want to visit Scarborough it's given me ideas of what to see there ❤

Margate and Folkestone used to like Scarborough , from where my family come from; but the artists moved into both places and completely transformed from what were dumps into thriving seaside towns within commuting distance from London . Scarborough is commuting distance from York -- get the northern artists to move in.

@andrewruddy962

8 ай бұрын

Artists transform neighbourhoods and towns. Allow the creatives have empty properties rent free. Then step back and watch the transformation.

This is really interesting, I love your videos as I can explore different areas in England. Thank you for always including the local history, it's all really fascinating. I also really enjoy it when you can chat with real locals in each area.

@wanderingturnip

8 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

All our sea side towns got hit hard with the package holidays in the 70s 80s I came from bognor regis and even my home town struggled once the manufacturing died mind you you still have butlins that has expanded over the years new hotels gone up over the last few years but the damage has been done thay all need a bit of money invested in them all 😊keep up the good work

Great Video dude. A place on my list to visit. Love the history.

I love your entertaining and knowledgeable way of telling. Once again a great video!

It's nice that you and Wendel worked together, lovely to see. And I am also one who hasn't been to Scarborough for years - I must go again!

Crazy how if you watch both videos you are left with a completely different idea of the place despite you both being together whilst recording. I’ve visited the place more times than I can remember and whilst I have to admit it’s seen better days it’s still a place you can go and take a family and make the most amazing memory’s imaginable thank you for the way you highlight problems with places in the way you do instead of going and looking for trouble and the shady parts of town everywhere has it’s good and bad

Great video ! happy memories of Scarborough relative used to have a fish and chip shop back in the 60 s.. Anne Bronte came for the sea air to help her thru her illness but died there there in 1849 and is buried there !!

What a superfab video, such a huge feelgood factor at a time when a lot of places these days just evoke a sense of dread and misery... great advertising for the town. Looove the hotel history and trivia, loove the harbour...video left a smile on my face, thank you Turnip! ❤🇮🇹 ❤ Next time I'm in UK I'll definitely check it out

Great video. Nice to see a compassionate view of the UKs towns. Enjoyed the poem.

me and my girlfriend who's from Croatia loved Scarborough when we went last week, although it was windy and a bit of sun she enjoyed the culture and adores the arcades as Coastal Croatia does not have such arcades.

Thanks for the video - I’ll defo give Scarborough a visit 😊

Lovely information video Thanks Keep up the great work

So happy to hear this! I was there for the first time last week and I felt the same. I will be returning for maybe a weekend, so see more of the place. Would recommend.

This town is definitely worth a visit. Thanks for showing.

Fantastic video and great tour leader... it is so very real. Thanks for showing us. 🎉

Thank you for your video. I like the balance you have with what you see, what you have found out about an area, and mixing in some good commentary too. Well done.

I lived in Malton in close distance from Scarborough from 2005 to 2020..Scarborough was our number one destination for a day out with the kids....the dawnfall of the city started long time ago which is sad really.. No jobs and more and more people on benefits which created broken society.I can only imagine how bad it is now....

You and Wendall!I was watching his Kernow vids earlier and thinking it would be good to see you together.

@susanduncan8705

8 ай бұрын

Wendall ,wandering Turnip , And walk with me Tim, would be a great Vlog.

Would be good to see more collaboration between you and Wendall. Scarborough is, indeed, a lovely place. Well worth visiting

Great content! I would move to Scarborough!

I love how you give a history of where you visit on your video's - you are the only person I know who does this. Keep it up!

I went four years ago to the grand hotel in scarborough and the hotel was a dump and the bedroom was a dump even though they said they gave us a free upgrade , excellent video and i love your enthusiasm,always liked acarborough but like you said its going the same way as many seaside towns , but still a nice place to visit The grand looks good in this video ,but i would love to know what their customers think

Thanks so much for this video. I have only been to Scarborough once some 20 years ago. You've tempted me to go back again. Cheers.

Great video mate.. love your videos 👍

I visited in July and I loved it! But yeah, the main town was a bit derelict. I stayed in the Grand Hotel it was brilliant! The deck I drunk a coffee on in the morning on my birthday was super awesome (even if it was raining). Great content as usual! (please do a fishing video in Whitby!)

THANK YOU FOR SHARING HISTORY , GOOD VIDEO , WELL DONE

I absolutely love your videos, such interesting content, always smile when the next video pops up, I don't know if you'll see this but please please please come to Bishop Auckland, the high street is in an appalling state to what it used to be. Bishop has such a great history being the birthplace of the railway, we also have Bishop's Castle, locally we have a roman fort at Binchester, Stan Laurel lived and went to school here and we also have open air show called Kynren, lots of things of interest.