My aunty & uncle (June & Tony) used to own the Cutty Sark pub. Very rough pub, now demolished

Another fab video stephen. I used to live in fleetwood on victoria street with my mum, nan and grandad, i miss it and really want to come back. Such a shame about the pier, i remember going for a drink with my grandad on the pier a year or 2 before it burned down 😪

Our bowling club from Bollington in Cheshire used to book a day out at the Marine Hall to use the greens. We then had a evening meal in the Hall, followed by a visit to Fleetwood Working Mens' club for entertainment. This was back in the mid/late seventies. Our club was owned by a paper company, part of a group of other companies with bowling clubs in Lancashire and Yorkshire. It was an annual match for a cup commemorating the Queen's coronation and was funded by the company's Group. All these businesses have long since closed. I was the club secretary then and still am, and have recently written an article of these days out for our club newsletter.

I lived in Fleetwood when I was a kid in the 1970s. I lived in Newby Avenue, Larkholm Fleetwood. Such lovely happy memories.

@gaz0463

3 жыл бұрын

@Willow Cat I remember going on the Knott End ferry when I was about 6 or 7yrs old with my dad to go fishing on the muscle beds.

Never seen Fleetwood before, lovely seafront and a beautiful day for it........cheers Stephen!

Amazing fleetwood tour stephen , fleetwood 3 parts cant wait thanks

Fleetwood front looking glorious - my birth home town. Hoping to visit again soon (when I can fly back from Australia)

Brilliant glad you made it to Fleetwood once things calmed down great video 👍

Another great video Stephen thanks. Lovely aerial views. Never knew Fleetwood had beach huts 😊

Used to holiday there as a child in the 1950s,my dad who worked for the railway could only take his holidays in May or October,I don’t think we Ever took our coats off outside it was freezing but still enjoyed it,it seems to have changed a lot since I was last there. The IOM steamer used to sail from there and the Railway Station was open in those days. I seem to remember the beach was a lot more pebbley than it looks today,we used to stay with Mrs Unsworh in Borrowdale Avenue as I remember it but it was a long time ago.

Off to Fleetwood to escape that crazy woman from yesterday's video no doubt...😁 Quality stuff as ever mate 👍

I really enjoyed this it was nice to see you doing a longer video and getting the chance to show off just how good you are.

A brilliant video Stephen so interesting as always. What beautiful place is Fleetwood , stunning views from the drone.

Great video mate loved it don't know very much about Fleetwood , keep them coming

Great video, one of your Best. Fleetwood always had that reputation of been the poor cousin of Blackpool I think the Tide has turned now . Nice to see something different than the blackpool prom. Thank you really great footage.

What a great place x

Excellent Stephen throughly enjoyed it bring on part 2 another winner Mr C informative great views splendid video

Excellent video as usual Stephen looking forward to part 2.. Keep safe Daz from London

A brilliant video Stephen, very interesting , especially how the hotel got it's name at the end , I didn't realize Fleetwood was as big , I went to Fleetwood market a couple of times from Blackpool on the tram but didn't know it had so much to see ... Glad you enjoyed your ice cream 🍦👍🏻🚉🐟

Love Fleetwood usually come over with my friends when I am down.

Thanks for the footage Stephen.

We used go go to dancing competitions there it used to have a lovely ballroom with a spung floor

Lovely video. Love Fleetwood, especially the river where the old fishing boat wrecks are.

We had a caravan at Windy Harbor from 2003 - 09 & I do vaguely remember Fleetwood Pier & it burning down, got the old trams through the lights too each year, brilliant memories 🙂

Thoroughly enjoyed your video of my home town. Check out the nature reserve in Fleetwood. Beautiful views of the Wyre River and Bowland Fells in the distance with some old boat wrecks too

My Parents have just moved here. It's a really lovely place ! Just needs some TLC in some areas

... 🙂Another amazing video can't wait for part two.. 😎

A terrific video, Stephen. The part of Fleetwood shown on this video looks quite laid back. The beach looks reasonably good and the two lakes are very nice, with the bridge in the middle. There's some quite nice buildings, and the Euston Hotel is of classic architecture. Many thanks.

There use to be a bloke who wore a black gown doing horoscopes I think, he had a stand on the front not far from the lighthouse on the front back in the late 60's early 70's.

Great video!

Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always Fleetwood is amazing full of character love them houses sea looked amazing too fantastic video your amazing take care xx

What a great place, thank you Stephen

Thanks for the superb video of the home town 👍

I was raised in Fleetwood as a kid. Shame that the pier has gone. A land mark. Gone. I'm in Scotland now but I miss lancs. I worked at the hall. An the north euthston hotel. Happy times.. Bikeing to knot end. An glasson dock.

The fast craft to Douglas is pronounced, Ma Nan In, named after a Norse God that protects the Isle of Man by placing his cloak of mist over the island. Great vlog as normal.

Love all your video's. We are visiting Blackpool again in three weeks - can't wait!

Great videos, keep up the good work!

Hooray the drone is back ! Brilliant vlog again - you were on fire again today mate - whoops sorry that was yesterday wasn't it - lol - the guy in the aircraft was amazing - keep up the good work Stephen - I love the variation of your work - best wishes from Dave.

Absolutely fantastic video Stephen didn't know Fleetwood was that interesting, just thought of it as a bygone fishing town your knowledge is amazing. Really looking forward to part two thanks.👍

Another really interesting video Stephen, landscapes were stunning, beautiful part of the country 👍

I worked behind the Victoria Bar back in the early 90's. It was a fantastic atmosphere, we used to have different themed party nights regularly on Saturdays. I loved my time working there, met so many wonderful characters!

Brilliant this one Stephen! Definitely need to visit Fleetwood soon.😊

What a great video ,thank you so much ,very interesting .👍👍

A lovely video, I've had some great walks along the promenade there and the North Euston does some really nice food at reasonable prices.

Pitch and putt it’s great and the North Euston Hotel is lovely

Excellent as always Stephen.

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Looking forward to part 2 mate cheers.

Great video of Fleetwood really enjoyed watching keep up the good work

Great vlog I'm slowly catching up with your videos and really enjoying watching them. The last time time I went to Fleetwood I remember buying a fluffy pink Duran Duran bin for my bedroom from the market 😳😆🤦🏼‍♀️ We were on holiday in Blackpool at the time and went on one of the old balloon trams 🚃 That Vauxhall Cavalier was mint...The Classic and Performance car show at Lytham is supposed to be good hopefully I'll make it one year 😎🚙🚗

Nice Drone intro Stephen lovely views. Shame about the Pier . Looking forward to the next 2.

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Excellent video and looking forward to part 2 1st time I’d been to fleetwood last year and I really loved it I enjoyed it more than busy Covid Blackpool that dreaded weekend 😬😬 Excellent Stephen 👍👍

Been at Fleetwood Market many times and enjoyed a pint at Syd Little's Steamer Pub but never realised there was much more to Fleetwood than it's market, much check it out next time we are in Blackpool. Great weather by the way. Jim & Liz Glasgow

That was grand especially with the great weather and the drone footage.

@maxinesmith437

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this great video! I'm originally from Fleetwood but now live in Germany. I always love seeing the beach ❤️

Superb photography yet again

Played several times in the Marine Hall at the Brass Band Contests... in fact, Fleetwood was both my first and last Brass Band Contests. I managed to get a tour of the basement of Fleetwood Pier around the year 2000. It was absolutely chock-full of old arcade machines, sad enough to lose the pier but all that nostalgia and potentially rare or even unique historic items that most people didn't even know were there gone too.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Fleetwood fantastic video Stephen.

Brilliant Stephen .

And the doors at the marine hall you are talking about are the new beach huts. They are very modern and impressive inside. If you take a trip here in the summer holidays it’s gorgeous! So many family’s sat out having bbq’s all lovely and unique inside! Well worth a trip back! ❤️

I'm visiting Fleetwood at the weekend. Your video has given me a good idea 💡 of precisely what to expect when I get there.

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

It looks like a Summers day !! My friend Craig runs that Fleetwood Beach Kiosk .

fantastic video stephen thank you

just watch this video again mate great information about this town

As a kid my parents used to take me and my siblings to Fleetwood and leave us by the pond with a bucket a piece of string and some old bacon so we could go crabbing. (no crabs got hurt they just had a lovely day in a bucket with bacon and were released at the end of the day).

@2msvalkyrie529

2 жыл бұрын

I caught crabs on my last visit to Fleetwood . But I got some ointment from the chemist and that got rid of them .

Very interesting and high quality presentation as ever, many thanks.

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Excellent video, I actually grew up in Fleetwood.

Lovely scenery and views

Really enjoyed Stephen.Keep up the good work

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Hi Stephen, I remember doing a gig at the marine hall years ago with a group in the 60’s, if my memory serves me right, the trawlers had just landed the night we were there, & the crowd was, excited, the only word I can say here, my god we were scared to death.

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

2 жыл бұрын

It's a nice looking venue. I've never been in but it looks big.

@Rico1052

2 жыл бұрын

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool It was years ago when I was there, It does look quite impressive now, & Fleetwood itself looks nice, oh & love the drone shots

Good memories. I live in Australia now, not been back for a few years. Worked at the Euston for a few years. Definitely don't miss the seagulls.

Absolutely brilliant! Fantastic knowledge, and some awesome views. Looking forward to part 2. I've tried adding you on Facebook, hope you allow this. A big thank you for this video, and the next 2 parts! Absolutely brilliant!!

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. Sorry I don’t often accept friend requests unless it’s somebody I have met. You can, however, follow my photography page which is my name + photography 👍

@kevstraw1812

3 жыл бұрын

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool no problem. I am already following them. Thanks

That little plane does it’s little show quite a lot! It’s lovely to watch! The cafe by the marine hall is owned by Dave, a local legend! The little food huts on either side of the bridge by Manor Road are known in Fleetwood as the ‘tits’ for obvious reasons😂 it’s such a beautiful view of my town and lovely to watch! It gets such bad press sometimes but our views of the forest of Bowland and the Lake District is world class! Thank you for this! You’ve captured us in such a beautiful light! ❤️ I love your videos x

Different scenery Stephen, that’s a nice change as it’s not as famous as dear old mucky pond , you will have to visit Glass and dock sometime A very good video keep up the good work you are very knowledgeable and Fleetwood is looking cleaner than what it was in the 60s

This part looks really nice, Steve. xx

Great thanks Steven 😊

I used to live in Manor Road and recognise many of the places in the video. Some have changed, some have stayed the same. I spent many hours by the boating lakes (only 2 back then) and in the arcades on the Pier. I was told the roads around the Mount were designed to resemble spokes on a wheel, with the Mount being the hub.

You could have mentioned Harry Allen, Britain's last executioner or our famous boxer Jane couch. The flood of 77 was also part of its history. Great video though and thanks for doing my town proud 👏

Worked 11 yrs in Fleetwood as a taxi driver. Glad to see money has been spent in the public areas. The Lofthouse family of Fishermans Friends fame lived in one of those houses near the side of the Mount. And Harry Allen one of the last UK. Hangmen worked at the Jolly Roger Bar on the pier and lived on the nearby Rossall Estate.keep up the good work mate 👍

In Part 3 you should take a look at the Fleetwood nature reserve and the old trams decaying in the docks off Herring Arm Road.

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve visited the wrecks, but not on this visit. I’ve never heard of the trams, but I did film the Fish Auctions which are nearby. The site is closed to the public anyway, so I couldn’t go in.

@mjstefansson7466

3 жыл бұрын

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool You can still view the old trams from Windward Avenue which is the road into the new Harbour Village Estate. If you have access to a drone even better.

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool

3 жыл бұрын

@@mjstefansson7466 I'll have to have a look on the next trip up.

Hiya Stephen! ..... For many years, my dear late husband, Tony @ i, would go to the Cafe Royale, opposite the North Euston, and have the most amazin sunday dinners, then we'd go to Freeport, for some retail therapy and we'd end the day, at the Euston, for some refreshments! xxxx

My home town. My mum had a flat in the Mount Hotel and always moan at me as it was an apartment, not a flat so she said! Can highly recommend the ice creams at the kiosk, really good.

I use to Go to Fleetwood every year till 2004 I use to stay at the Halifax society for the blind hotel and the lake was where Richard drove his car in on Corrie in 2003

1970s at the height of skateboard craze i used to go down the mount paths for endless days all summer hols.My aunty worked on the prize bingo on the pier. Where has that world gone...

After going through a number of bad years I thing that Fleetwood has improved tremendously for visitors and past holiday makers like myself.

superb vid stephen

you make great videos mate specially Fleetwood you made you day be filming this

Thank you as always sir

The amount of times I’ve been to fleetwood I never new that area existed just goes to show

Fleetwood is where Loch Ness Monster hunter Frank Searle ended his days . Some dismiss him as a charlatan and con artist but he led an interesting life and was a real ( and complex ) character. He lived alone in a bedsit in Fleetwood from the late 80s until 2005 and suffered a stroke several years before he passed away. A sad end to an adventurous life .

Should be working at the Beeb or something! I've had to put you on pause because there are others present who 'havent caught up' and oh my what an intro! Look forward to seeing the rest later.

@GMMilambar

3 жыл бұрын

He kinda-sorta-does. He has provided a number of still photographs to the BBC to use as backgrounds for the weather, I believe.

Nice video Stephen, doesn't the weather make a difference too.

Ahh my home town. Love coming for my chippy tea

Great to see Fleetwood as a whole place and not concentrating on The Mount.

my nanna lives here its a beautiful place I'm still a teenager but i gotta say this place has a lot of childhood memories and i love and quite a few great skate spots where i lived

lovely place i have been to fleetwood on the tram but not in a few years

Fleetwood,looks.more calm and not as busy,as tower.and the fair..by the lights.is this the other side of black pool.looks nice.ill have to visit it next time I'm in black pool.love your video.

Hi Stephen, me & my partner are coming down with Blackpool promotions this Fri 30th July for the weekend we've been watching you the last couple of weeks, so hopefully we bump into you at some point, meet the man who does " take a walk on the wild side", & also hope the weather stays nice lol 😂 X

We have stayed at the North Euston Hotel. It was a great stay and very convenient for catching the tram to Blackpool with the advantage of free parking.

in fleetwood is there a bonbing range and live seals on beach some were nr a camp site if i can remember 15 years ago or so

There used to be a narrow gauge rail close to where you were pointing

Hi ,it's really nice around there ,only ever been Fleetwood once ,and was all shopping the markets ,are they still there ,went down on tram ,that airaplane black pool blogger lol 🤗