What Blackpool and many other seaside towns in the UK are missing is trees and flowers on a big scale. Mediterranean resorts might have sunnier weather, but most also have more greenery. Palm trees along the seafront, olive and pine groves on the hills, windowsills with window boxes full of flowers etc. Blackpool looks windswept and quite depressing because it is almost devoid of trees. I bet if Blackpool planted 10,000 ornamental trees and flowering shrubs, within a few years it would start getting more visitors. If you want an example of what I mean google Port Merion Wales. That is what Blackpool could look like!

@neilgodwin6531

7 ай бұрын

Reading this, I realise what is wrong with the renovation of Weston-super-Mare's seafront promenade. No trees. It's open, clean and modern but it lacks soul. Now I realise why. I live near Redditch, one of the former New Towns, and the Kingfisher Shopping Centre (now more trendily called a "mall") was famous for the palm trees in it's central atrium. It seemed eccentric, but it added a unique atmosphere, and for want of a better word, soul. This was the problem with 60's and 70's brutalist design. All function, no heart

@stephenduncan3605

7 ай бұрын

You haven't been to Llandudno then!

@avanjob205

7 ай бұрын

I agree with you. From the video , you would think a town so close the the sea/beach that it would have tons of greenery or plants. But nope , all you see concrete. Such a shame.

@fractale4322

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree bar the palm trees. Please no.

@gazgaffa8437

7 ай бұрын

£6.50 for a burger, £4 for hook a bloody duck I will tell you now the problem with blackpool is the prices, ordinary working folk can't afford to have fun there anymore with kids, £300 pound it cost us for the pleasure beach before we stepped foot in there

Honestly, THIS is how you do a documentary. BBC and others have 6 figure salary presenters giving very biased views, and this guy is out here embarrassing them all. Fascinating video, and now I'm locked in to binge everything on your channel.

@wanderingturnip

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for that. I really do appreciate it, so buzzing 😀😀

Man the nights out we had here in the late 80's early 90's were the things memories are made of. Sasha every week at Jenks on the prom. To be a young man again.

@Earthfield-GeopolymerWorld

7 ай бұрын

Is getting smashed really a good thing?

@patkearney9320

7 ай бұрын

In the 80s me and my construction working mates would have great weekends in Blackpool we worked in London young Irish lads out for adventure and the ladies. Damn that’s a earner that property if I was younger richer I’d buy it.😊

@MUFC1933

7 ай бұрын

I’m born 1971 so I’m with you 💯 ❤

@anthonycrompton6922

7 ай бұрын

Sequins and The Venue early 1990s

@G-Man..277

7 ай бұрын

Beware, those memories were great but its a shithole now. Went last year. More fortune teller tents than street bins, and the nicest place for a pint or food is a wetherspoons. Every 2nd shop sold sweets or rock. We drove to Whitby in the end.

I bought an old hotel in Blackpool and turned it into a large family home. The kids have a play room as well as their own bedrooms that are big. An office for my husband as he works from home. A spare room for the family to visit I have an art room for painting a very large sitting room the best thing I did. I wouldn't be able to do this down in Folkestone out of my price range.

@rich_edwards79

7 ай бұрын

I'm planning on doing the same, but in Scarborough. (Blackpool is too flat for me!) Blended family, 6 kids, currently split across two properties in Leeds. No chance of affording anything big enough for all of us here (plus the crime / violence is starting to really scare me) but the east coast is a different matter altogether. I love old period houses and seaside towns are invariably full of them. And what kid doesn't want to grow up by the beach?😮

@justmrpat

6 ай бұрын

I live in Folkestone and the prices of the new apartments on the beach are crazy.The penthouse is £2.3 million and there seems to be plenty of takers for the places.The fishermans beach apartments in Hythe sold two years ago for £1.3 million there seems to be a lot of money coming in from London.

@rebeccarowlandson7126

6 ай бұрын

@@justmrpat even just a house you are looking at 300k min up here in Blackpool that would get you a huge place. For use as a family as my husband can do homework it made more financial sense to move to Blackpool and not have a huge mortgage.

@justmrpat

6 ай бұрын

Yes i Know my daughter had a holiday in Blackpool this year and was looking into property prices there.I hasten to add my humble abode is not in anything like the same price bracket as those on the sea front at Folkestone@@rebeccarowlandson7126

@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living

6 ай бұрын

Could I ask how easy that was to do did you need any planning permition to change the propertys use

I live in Blackpool, and it was really nice that you were able to end this video on a note of optimism, as opposed to the negativity that's normally poured onto the place. Thanks for that. It's very much appreciated.

The thing I love about these videos is all the warm and friendly people you end up running into. It's a good reminder that there are still plenty of great people around despite what you might think from the news. Thank you!

@Quebecoisegal

7 ай бұрын

I would agree, I found this when I lived in Cornwall, 90% of people acknowledged your existence even if you didn't know them, added to which M. Wandering Turnip is an unpretentious person is has a good heart and I just cannot fault him for anything.

@acw7120

6 ай бұрын

He is a lovely fella. Notice how he shows a GENUINE interest in the people he talks too. @@Quebecoisegal

@acw7120

6 ай бұрын

People usually respond to being warm and friendly if you are warm and friendly to them. If they are not, it is obvious but usually they are. All you have to do is show and interest in someone and be genuine and they usually respond the same way. This fella shows this poetry in motion.

The guy with the 15 bed at the end is wild to me. As someone who obviously works online, the first thing I check at hotels is the internet speed. But I've never thought that people would be setting up a hotel SPECIFICALLY for it. It's crazy to think that it's bloomed to be such a wide ranging profession that entire hotels are setting up just to cater to it.

The digital nomad hotel is absolutely incredible! It's lovely to see he's kept the features from the 80s like the bannisters and panelling and still managed to make it look new and revitalised. I lived in Preesall, Over Wyre, for about half a decade and have a lot of fond memories of days out in Blackpool as a result. If they keep adding features like the comedy carpet and there are enough people willing to invest time, energy and love into the impressive old buildings, it could be a really lovely place again. I hope one day it manages to escape the seaside summer tourism trap it's fallen into and more job opportunities are generated for people there. Brand new to this channel and so excited to see what's to come. ✨

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

It was ace wasn’t it. Such an interesting idea. Thanks for watching 😀

@mcBontempi

7 ай бұрын

the uk needs these places@@wanderingturnip

@patobrien6364

7 ай бұрын

"guests that all have something in common" A genius niche 👏👏

Hi Turnip.I have no doubt Blackpool will no doubt see a renaissance in years to come. Like you, I have always had a great passion for the old towns of the north that have fallen on bad times for one reason or another. I am sure the reasons for the decline in Blackpool are very complex, but on my last visit this year I was shocked by the amount of anti social behaviour and the dirtiness of the place. It’s not the most attractive place to bring my 3 year old and that is such a shame as there is so much on offer for families. Let’s hope things get better before they get worse

@FamousBrouse

6 ай бұрын

You didn't give any reasons why you have no doubt Blackpool will have a renaissance?

@benbeasant3443

6 ай бұрын

I disagree. Its very reason for existence has gone. Cheap flights have taken its trade. Plus the local government has made no effort to sort out the drugs problem. Who wants to visit a place surrounded by junkies?

@acw7120

6 ай бұрын

The largest source of business and employment in China is Mining, Oil and Gas. The largest source of business and employment in the UK is THE NHS, Sainsburys and Tesco. The poor souls that are "junkies" have at one point become "customers" of both and not in a good way. Anyone who had a heart could see that. So what they want to kill themselves with drugs when their lives are a living hell? Well maybe we can make the life not such a living hell how about that? No one would really use the word "junkie" if they had someone in their family with a problem. They are not all "choosing this lifestyle" or "those people over there". Recognise your brothers. Yes some people are beyond the pale and too far gone; but some only need a hand and only get one when its to push them over. Try it. Lend a hand. At least this guy is trying to bring hope.@@benbeasant3443

New beginning. I invest in Blackpool and I’m looking to continue doing so. There’s a lot of potential, and like you said. ‘Instead of building new grand hotels, you need people that are going to restore the old ones.’

@le_th_

5 ай бұрын

Renovation is the most expensive kind of construction to perform. What is most cost efficient is to keep up on maintenance, so you don't have to rennovate. That said, concrete only has a lifespan of about 120 years at most, so at some point a cement foundation is going to give way and crumble.

I love Blackpool. When I moved from Melbourne, Australia to the UK 🇬🇧 in 2022 I spent the first 2 weeks in Blackpool. I loved this place. Such an awesome town of contrast , pleasure beach , dingy back lane ways, beautiful sunsets, boarded up houses, bright lights & late nights… great video mate, absolutely loving the content! I’m now living in Manchester and always drive up to Blackpool to spend a day.

@stephenboyd4934

7 ай бұрын

Why wet Manchester but I like the city but it rains way too much because it's very close too the wettest place in Britain in the Pennines

@dazza1980

7 ай бұрын

Get yourself to the lake district mate see the real beauty

@flamezodiac5736

7 ай бұрын

Uk is a giant dump whon earth did you move here you are nuts

@bowjana8128

7 ай бұрын

Must be mad leaving Australia for third world Britain

@le_th_

5 ай бұрын

What a change moving from Melbourne to Manchester. I've been to both cities and, aside from both being English-speaking, they're quite different. Melbourne is so chic, modern, and gorgeous.

I'm not a builder. I was a trainee bricklayer and labourer, but i highly doubt the subsidence of that house could be fixed, especially as it is also attached to another home. I've seen houses pulled down to this very issue.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I think you are right. I just cannot figure out how it would be done with just knocking it done and staring again 😂

@johnniethepom7545

7 ай бұрын

Under pinning .

@JoolsUK

7 ай бұрын

Finally found the comment I was looking for. And London clever geezer who says 120 year old house ain't going nowhere. Blackpool might have an interesting future.

@AHD2105

7 ай бұрын

​@@johnniethepom7545Yup you are right. Mine was underpinned and I'm in the center of a row. We all got underpinned together. Only took a few days if that. Big machinery though but cost us each about 20k. Ours had to be future proofed from earthquakes and subsidence due to liquefacation. House no longer feels sea sick, completely solid feeling. Immediately remedies doors and windows but of course touchups are needed. We all had new underhouse insulation which was only about 2k each. Its worth it and should give the house a very long life. We all had new heatpumps installed also (government subsidized was 5k for 5.5kw including insulation.) Clearly that place would need plumbing and modern wiring. After that decorating.

As a tip if you take some vasaline and add a little essential oil like eucalyptus or lavender or similar, put a bit under the nose like vapour rub, it will help block the smell, morticians and undertakers use this trick sometimes.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Haha that’s a great shout

the guy who turned the 18 bed guest house into a digital nomad space. i bet people look at him and don't see much, but he's a visionary. also, that Jordan guy has his head on well, too. a few people like these can really change a town's fortunes. i had looked at some small hotels in northern Spain a few years ago for something similar. i've found a few locations, but i really want to find something special. recently saw an old monastery that could be a good candidate. the thing is, you won't become rich, but it's a shame to just let these buildings go, isn't it? i'd rather subsist in an old building then be cozy in a new cookie cutter box house.

@xcf5587

7 ай бұрын

Idk there’s definitely money in this stuff if you get it right. If you could turn a decent profit on 4 or 5 of these hotels you could live pretty well.

@neilgodwin6531

7 ай бұрын

Too much short term thinking is holding the whole country back. My grandfather bought several houses after the war as part of his retirement plan. He renovated them in his spare time (he owned a successful shop in the town centre) and rented them out. He didn't make much profit, but maintained and improved them as much as he could. 30 years later, the houses he bought for a few hundred pounds sold for five figure sums each, I remember he had to pay a large sum in Capital Gains Tax on the profit. Just as importantly, several families had secure and well maintained homes for decades

@user-bg2qe6fj2u

6 ай бұрын

Being rich is over-rated. Having an amazing place to live that you've restored yourself, turning it into a place where you meet interesting people constantly - a much more fulfilling life I think.

@neilgodwin6531

6 ай бұрын

@@user-bg2qe6fj2u But you still need the money to buy the property, the tools to do the work, and the materials. That's a pretty penny, even if you are a knowledgeable, skilled and experienced builder / electrician / plumber

Being Bulgarian, I intentionally watched this video and was very curious to learn more about it after recently hearing a brief interview with 2 Brit youngsters that visited Sunny Beach this year and referring it as "it's just like a warmer Blackpool". I think I understand what they meant because I never have imagined that Britain had its own proper cool Sunny Beach! 😁 I have only been to London twice and we hopped to Briton for 1 days in June and was freezing and know nothing about Blackpool!! The digital nomad place is amazing and wish the gentleman all the best with his business. Very cool, informative and enjoyable video and love the accent 😊

@moky1269

7 ай бұрын

Blackpool is.s.......t mate Brighton is better

@MrSBGames

6 ай бұрын

In British humour, they meant that it is because both places are similar in being a shit hole 😂

@neilclark1681

6 ай бұрын

@@MrSBGames Brighton has warmer weather and a nude beach.

@chrisdavis6374

6 ай бұрын

Cornwall is still an active destination for UK beach holidays

@jonathanglanville5265

5 ай бұрын

I've lived in Bulgaria,Blackpool is your Sunny Beach,eith less drugs.

Yay! The Turnip's buzzin! 🐝🤗 Loved this vid.. Unexpectedly meeting up with Jordan and Duncan brought extra interest to an already engaging vlog.. 👍

@pimpozza

7 ай бұрын

And that drone footage over the sea and pier is outstanding! 👏

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Hopefully going to do more videos with Jordan and Duncan, they are ace 👍👍

@pimpozza

7 ай бұрын

@@wanderingturnip Hope so, David.. They both seem like great guys who are moving forward with the times!👍 These northern towns like Blackpool and Scarborough (and Skeggy) hold so many happy memories for me.. memories you bring back to mind with these vlogs! 👏

As someone who is looking into being a digital nomad, Duncan's hotel is right up my alley. It's good that you showed the derelict housing but ending the video with what happens after the restoration ❤

Last guy is a certified legend for sure! Great ideas coming from him! Another amazing video!

@Diana.Darling

7 ай бұрын

I agree

If only there were jobs to attract all the people priced out of Greater London.

@snackplaylove

7 ай бұрын

This is the real reason that working from home is feared. You can live in a £50k hotel and do your 50k a year London job at the same time

@tmansimpson1

7 ай бұрын

There is, people would just rather claim

@MbisonBalrog

7 ай бұрын

@@tmansimpson1 claim what?

@tmansimpson1

7 ай бұрын

@@MbisonBalrog benefits

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Yeah the working from home/digital nomad lifestyle is and will keep changing everything

Wow, so Mark E. Smith from The Fall didn't die, he just sits in the doorway of a derelict theatre in Blackpool, smoking.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 who knew

@claremaidofthewave251

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@gailstephens6885

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

That jumper looks like a uniform from Star Trek.

I love blackpool, mostly for the childhood nostalgia it brings back while Im there, even the bitter autumn breezes are part of that feeling. Shame to see what's happening to the town. It might be me being naive but I believe as long as they have the pleasure beach, the tower, illuminations and other unique attractions there, the town wont be dying. Just gotta hope they doing do a deal with Noel Edmonds to open a new Blobbyland there

9:34 _"Come back in a year and it all will have changed.."_ Well, at least they'd put some extra seating in the garden.. 🙃

Another brilliant video. You have a wonderful way of getting people to talk to you. Towns like Blackpool need people like Jordan, who has faith and hope for the future, and Duncan has seen an opportunity coming out of Covid i.e. people working away from an office. Absolutely brilliant idea. Maybe Blackpool will never again be the holiday destination it once was (better weather in Europe, places like Dubai within easy reach) so maybe reinvent itself. I've said it before - it's better to renovate existing houses where there is existing infrastructure, rather than building rubbish new houses on green belt land.

@Quebecoisegal

7 ай бұрын

Jordan is doing a splendid job, much better to restore the fine buildings than shove up substandard ones' in their place, good luck to him and those who think like him.

Blackpool has had such a low reputation for a while now so one of its main struggles will be improving people's views of the town, but I think there's a lot of potentially the beautiful architecture and the beach really will help it as it hopefully becomes a much nicer place

@le_th_

5 ай бұрын

If artists and musicians could move in and s l o w l y begin to bring the town to life, people will come back. If this is truly a holiday town, you have to make people WANT to visit there. If they can hop a cheap flight on Ryan Air and get to another warm country cheaper than they can stay in their own city, that is what they're going to do.

I think Blackpool has potential, might take a few decades though. I can see it becoming like Brighton is to London, but for Manchester

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Yeah for sure. The property I see at the end changed my mind, such good value

@TheWolfXCIX

7 ай бұрын

Yep, the value is incredible. They're blessed with a nice location, cheap real estate, a good tram network, proximity to Manchester, and a decent amount of tourism. I went to Pleasure Beach about a year ago and I was very pleasantly surprised how nice the surrounding residential areas were. There's still plenty of grotty areas that need regeneration but I think that will come with time.

@peterainsworth8026

7 ай бұрын

Manchester is a over hyped dump so I very much doubt it being the saviour of Blackpool.

@mramg6038

6 ай бұрын

I struggle to see how Blackpool could ever regenerate. There just aren’t enough births to open schools, which is what drives a healthy society. To get young families to the area it needs to be safe. The police would need a major revamp & tools to tackle drug and alcoholism. Much easier just to focus on Lytham st Anne’s and hope it trickles out eventually. Double down on the already salvageable area.

@johnkelly1083

5 ай бұрын

​@@mramg6038I'm not trying to be horrible, but it seems that a lot of the local residents have given up. A town is what it's people make of it.

Who'd have thought "digital nomads"... Great update to the previous Blackpool vlog !

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Yeah nice little revisit this

Stayed there in an oldstyle hotel, only one road back from the beach for a week, every apartment below us was broken into and robbed during our stay, it's definitely a bit of a cheap/fun night out, but there are day zombies walking around everywhere so not the nicest place in the day, the actual city is definitely not livable yet, makes sense that you can buy property for a great price

@rich_edwards79

7 ай бұрын

Agreed, it's a horrible place. Full of spiceheads and druggies, like something out of the Walking Dead. I'm sorry but I wouldn't have a house there given to me. I'm hoping to move to Scarborough, another seaside town that's maybe seen better days, but the difference is that at least it's attractive and it's also full of greenery, parks, gardens and trees - all of which seem to be missing from Blackpool. The seafront is bleak and windswept and I get the impression that if you hang around too long you'll end up being started on by someone in a tracksuit. No thanks.

It might be a good time to invest in Blackpool. DWP is moving 3000 civil service employees there and there’s a new University being built. Place is probably going to be a lot different in 5 - 10 years time.

@MrJj86uk

7 ай бұрын

They are moving from another site in Blackpool, bit into the centre, the aim to to increase footfall in the centre to have a thriving centre, as well as the obvious benefits of a 'multiversity'. But yes it's changing and on the up with lots happening.

I love the digital nomad hotel. If you ever need IT infrastructure setting up let me know. I specialise in hospitality and love what you’re doing.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Ooo cool. You should check out Duncan’s channel and speak to him 👍👍

Lytham is like a different world to Blackpool you should do a comparison sure it's on the top postcode list

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

I’ll have to check it out

@ronniechambers2555

7 ай бұрын

Southport is similar, and worth a look, not the place it used to be, once said to be the Cheltenham of the North, but still miles better than Blackpool, however Southport has a couple of suburbs a mile or so South of the town centre, Birkdale and Ainsdale that are very up market@@wanderingturnip

The 18-room hotel looked amazing!

We ❤ this channel! Thanks very much for showing us. Cheers.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks so much for watching

You will find a tale of two cities between Blackpool and Lytham, I would recommend comparing them in future seeing the differences there.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I’ll have to go check out Lytham 👍👍

Thank you for another great vlog

It's infuriating to hear people droning on "we need to build more houses, dig up the Green Belt", when there are hundreds of empty houses in my own market town. A listed Grade II former chapel is being renovated to create offices, while my own family Chapel, a short walk away is now flats. My grandfather bought and renovated former worker's cottages and rented them out in the 50's and 60's. I can't understand why all those beautiful houses are standing empty and derelict while agricultural land is being built on. Makes zero sense to me

@glassmuxxic

7 ай бұрын

I’m sympathetic to this but take issue re: agricultural land. The green belt has doubled in size - it’s disingenuous to suggest it’s all green and pleasant agricultural land when a surprising amount is grotty but ‘politically sensitive’ scrub. The chronic mismanagement - some would say petty corruption - of many of our market towns also means those homes are empty for a reason: no jobs, poor transport infrastructure to get to where the jobs actually are, higher rates of crime on average, malinvestment and fewer young businesses. It’s a vicious cycle I see in my own town in the midlands.

It's nice to see something unexpectedly positive and hopeful!

This was such an informative and lovely video! The digital nomad guy and the other hotel guy are both fab, and so personable! You've changed my mind about Blackpool too.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Ah buzzing you enjoyed it 😀😀

Had many a great day out there as a kid. I hope it recreates it's former glory with a nice new touch.

It's great to get an optimistic take on Blackpool, and to see people making something of it. You're right: there's loads of potential. Great stuff.

really enjoy these videos

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Blackpool on a sunny day is a good place. It is full of memories of our childhoods. That digital nomad house was brilliant. I would never have thought of that for that town.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Ace idea isn’t it. Do check out Duncan’s channel with his vids of doing it up

@JoolsUK

7 ай бұрын

Look at the overseas guy with the Liverpool top on. He can work in Blackpool and see Liverpool and Manchester....

Another great, balanced video - glad to see some are making it work. Cheers.

Another great video! Never heard of digital nomads before, that’s so cool! So glad to see people redoing the old building rather than building new ❤

Ten minutes away from the town center is lovely. Thornton cleveleys and Lytham ect are stunning 😊😊

Interesting to see something new and different hotel wise. Go back in a year and see if its changed even more. Just need new ideas in these old holiday places.

I went there in the early-ish 1990's, and I couldn't believe how busy it was. I hope it makes a comeback, the beach is awesome, the countryside is too, lovely place in its day.

I agree with you about the bar it’s fantastic needs to be kept

I love Blackpool and am one of its biggest fans. We visit from Newcastle so many times a year, I just love the place and am always looking online for a summer home there. Fab video as alway. Cheers.

Brilliant to see some of those old hotels getting renovated.. 😊 thanks for sharing this 👍

Great video mate, they get better as you go!

My partner used to work for ReBlackpool back in the mid-noughties before she moved to London. She said that they had always hoped that the initial renovation of the seafront would trigger further renovation of the city. But then the 2008 crash happened. And then you had austerity. So it just never materialised.

At 18:00 the street there even in the 1980s/90s was a vibrant street full of individual nice looking guest houses. Trams actually traveled through the street and into the depot it was the side entrance bricked up and removed in the 1960s. The tracks are still in the road covered with tarmac rather than being removed.

I found you channel on your third video and watched ever since...love the viewer interaction.I live in Margate which is a polar opposite of a seaside town,15years ago heading like Blackpool now property prices are booming....there's hope yet

Great video, one of your best get imo, especially seeing what those last 2 guys are doing. Really shows what can be done.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Thanks 😀 I was so buzzing that I bumped into them both

Absolute Crackin video nice of the two lads and give you a nice honest rundown of their properties good luck to them, I have just stumbled across your Chanel I will look at your other stuff.

Great video, well done to the 2 men who showed you around their properties. Stephen Cheatley of A Walk on the Wildside have done a similar video to this where he found a guy that wanted to buy old hotels and turn then into holiday apartments but Blackpool Council is making it very difficult for him to to it.

What is great about your videos is your enthusiasm

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for watching 😀

Anyone else think of the tv show 'SeaView' watching this? So sad, we went to Blackpool in the eighties from Ireland and it was mesmerising driving round the streets with all the B&Bs lit up and streets buzzing. I never, ever imagined it would be any different. 😥. How funny how times seem to change in an instant and you're so not ready for it.

Glad to meet you mate! Appreciate the shoutout

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Legend mate 👏👏

Loved that, really good to see some of the good stories too

David your enthusiasm is amazing , you love what you do and showing us all the good the bad and sometimes ugly aspects of our country ,i think Jordan is on the right track with his couples only idea and more people these days drink cocktails ,i hope hes successfull in all he does ,Duncan on the other hand is doing something ive never heard of ,i just hope his guests /tenants look after the place well and he will be able hopefully to open another place for digital nomads ,best of luck to both guys and thanks again for yet another great video .

Thank you Turnip :) Your presenting is getting better and better, def my fav', so informative.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Appreciate that a lot thanks 😊

Truly inspiring, thank you.

This is amazing, how refreshing to end on such a success story amongst all the doom and gloom... there is hope after all!

I loved this! Amazing what you find! Keep up the good work!

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

You are brilliant Mr Wandering . Keep up the interesting work

That was brilliant that!

I found your channel last night and binged on your exploration and commentary. I find you and your content incredibly fascinating. Wow! I live in Charleston, SC here in the US. There are parallels of your content and the gentrification of our city is experiencing. Looking forward to more! Cheers!

@wanderingturnip

6 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for watching and the nice comment 👍 I’m hoping to get over to the states at some point to make some videos 😀

@winthrop2005

5 ай бұрын

@@wanderingturnip You should come to Charleston. Lots of stuff to see here, and some of it relates to your POV. It's not "declining", however, but some people are being displaced in the name of progress (money).

Great video. Live in Burnley, spent a lot of time in Blackpool, thanks for making such great content

You are much APPRECIATED !!!

We bought a 9 bedrms guesthouse in auction For £56k and spend £30k renovation now its open now as guesthouse next to pleasure beach it is soo busy because of location but i dont have a morgage.not only i live there but make a bit of money too.

I started to watch this video expecting to see the exact people who have chronically contributed to the downfall of Blackpool i.e. landlords buying up old properties to turn them into massive HMO for the under-privileged in society and I was pleasantly surprised. Full respect to the two guys for the hotel refurb and the new DN venture. This old hotels and houses deserve a second or third life. I spent most of my family holidays in Blackpool in the 70s and it was a world away from what it is now. Would I spend more than a day there now? No way. It will take time and the reason it's so cheap is the lack of jobs and a low-skilled workforce, maybe this will change once the 'Multiversity' is built.

Can I just say a BIG THANK YOU for the vlogs you do??I know a lot goes into them

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching 😀

@Diana.Darling

7 ай бұрын

Lovely comment and I agree 👍

Brilliant Blackpool vid! Not seen a better one since Alan Bradley got hit by a tram chasing after Rita. Best of luck, Duncan!

You ought to have a look around the Albert Dock in Liverpool. Also with evertons new stadium, the dockland area is being regenerated and hopefully some of the old dockers pubs which are abandoned will be brought back to life.

it was nice to meet you that day, i was visiting from Huddersfield

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Oh yeah good to meet you as well mate. Hope you had a good day 👍👍

@trevmacc

7 ай бұрын

@@wanderingturnip great day .looks like you did as well

They already have a huge new holiday inn opening in the spring

Very interesting video, never knew Lytham St Annes was 2 places! The guy from Lytham was quality :)

My respect for this country has taken a huge nose dive!!

Really great episode dude, wasnt expecting it to turn out so uplifting :)

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Appreciate it thanks 😀 it was a surprise for me as well

This reminds me of the £1 houses Liverpool was selling for people to do up a few years back. It makes sense as they're all just sitting there rotting otherwise, so better to get the young involved to revitalise, who can't afford anything else decent. Creatives, artists, musicians, etc. don't earn a lot but a new vibe and character to an area. Brighton was similar years ago but obviously now sought after, due to the same reasons.

I've often wondered if there was any potential left in Blackpool. All the videos and shows I have seen made it appear as if it would take many decades to make a comeback. Glad to see there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. If I ever make it to the U.K. I always thought a weekend in Blackpool would be a blast.

@jacobmassey3897

7 ай бұрын

Sadly it would only take another financial crisis or a pandemic to destroy all the hard work again.

Great video again. I love the content - I particularly like the digital nomad feature. Yes we can all agree the weather is shite, UK seasides as you have made the point can’t compete on that front. I’d like to see more of this for how people are thinking out the box and creatively to breathe some new life into these places to put a positive spin. Keep it up mate.

I go to seaside towns local to me with my kids. They love them. But I have to take them up north too. Smashing 🎉

Brilliant videos, very interesting and informative.

Absolutely love blackpool well done promoting it

Great video mate. There's hope yet!!

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Cheers my friend 👏👏

The wonky house that has subsided would need underpinning (huge rods that go far into the ground) and protect from subsidence. It can immediately remedy wonky stuff and annoy others. But overall once level the doors etc will be way better. I live in Christchurch NZ, and we had to do this to thousands of homes (cost me 20k just for that) and it only took a few days. Big machinery though. Bitndefiantely the house felt way better inside, no sea sickness etc. Its worth it. And protects from anyfurther subsidence. We have quakes so has to be good.

So sad to see Blackpool on it’s knees the day trips of my childhood go on a charabang from Halifax day going on the beach and on the piers then through the illuminations too sad to see now… but thanks for doing these types of blogs I love them

Fantastic episode. Inspiring.

Earnt my subscription love Blackpool great place and I love old buildings and agree they need restoring

Awesome, definitely one of your most fortuitous vids, I love all your work, but to see it accelerate into such a failed house with a slope to fully worked out project.

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

I know, I was so buzzing that I got to see that progression. Cheers for watching

Blackpool used to be the place we would visit for Christmas every year, we stayed in The Cliffs hotel, the same people would be there every Christmas too, these people lived all over the UK so it was like a yearly reunion. So I have some really great memories there.

Live not too far from Blackpool been going all my long life , I take my grandkids often as well . I’ve seen it deteriorate over the years for various reasons . It is good to see the good put bk in the area , it’s a start as Blackpool is rich in history and a beautiful town . Get it back to its former glory 👌

Was in Blackpool last Wednesday that day the weather was like your video

@wanderingturnip

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I filmed this on Wednesday 😀

I lived in Slough from 1987 to 2003 and it was a place that was well known for its great shopping centre -its incredible to think what is like now , used to drink in The Three Tuns as was just across the road from where i worked , The Industrial estate at one time was the biggest in the whole of Europe , I drove through Slough a few months back and I hardly recognised the place at all -a very depressing place now

Nice to see something positive in Blackpool since the big hotel fires lately.

Duncan is a very savvy man. Good that he didn’t take notice of his sister . Well done Duncan ❤

Funny, after I watched your last Blackpool video many months ago I was looking to see if I could work remotely there, get a feel for the city and so I found this Digital Nomad hotel which I thought was pretty cool, but hadn’t gotten around to booking it yet. And now here it is featured on this very channel. I’ll definitely have to check it out.