Totally unrecognisable 😪 don't get me wrong it needed it because it was old fashioned. But I loved Abingdon Street Market the smell as you walked in was just amazing. I remember it being packed and the butcher right at the front door. My Mum would always get a handbag at the leather stall, I would get some sweeties at the sweet stall which was amazing! But in all fairness Blackpool needs this, it needs to come into the 21st Century which it never has but now it is. Brilliant video as always 😊

@Adzcantsing

Жыл бұрын

The nut stall the sweet stall all fond memories for me in the old market.

My 4th great grandfather George Morrison 1817-1869 was Blackpool's first Police Sergeant and would have been based there before he passed away. He is buried outside St John's and is mentioned on the memorial stone at the side of the church. Great to see the back of the original police building.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. Glad you enjoyed

What a great old building! glad to see it repurposed rather than torn down. Maybe they filled the cells in because there was such bad cell reception? 8^) sorry for worst pun ever.... cheers!

Hi Darren, thanks for information about Police Station & Abingdon Market . Pity about the police cells being filled in. 👍🏻😎☀️🇬🇧

@Buffalo31

Жыл бұрын

In the future someone might uncover them and reuse them as part of a new building. It's great that this video exsists so they'll know where to look.

@RAFchurchlawford4469

Жыл бұрын

Whose crazy idea was that?! Would have made an ideal hairdressers. Hi Shirley, you're in cell 5 today. Brett is waiting for you.

@shirleysmith1713

Жыл бұрын

Would have been a good idea👍🏻

Love blackpool. So many memories

Sat with a brew watching your informative tour. No matter where you go ..whether I know it or not it is always watchable and intriguing. Love you to do the remains of the railway lines from Penwortham leading across the Ribble into Preston sometime.❤

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian

Fascinating history lesson there Darren, thanks. Nice to hear from Mr Pickering again too 😂👍

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

The phone rang. I couldn't resist

@chrisbradley1192

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureMe I had no idea who Ronnie Pickering is (I live in Canada) so I went and found "the video". Comedy gold.

Another Saved Gem of a Building thanks for that excellent video Darren. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.

Another great video Darren, very interesting as always. Thank you for sharing. 👍

Hi, it's always interesting watching your videos, Blackpool has a lot of history and I think that's why me and many others find it fascinating. Will be good to see the market open again.

Thank you for the inside tour today, Darren. Hope your vacation last week was wonderful. See you on the next. Enjoy your week ahead. Cheers Darren! 😊

Thank you Darren for another fascinating video. Always look forward to them. 😊

Another fascinating video. Many thanks for making and sharing.

Great improvement thanks for reporting

Interesting clip. I love the history of old buildings.

Fond memories as a kid going to Abingdon St Market. I used to love the sweet shop by the front entrance. 😁

I live here and I have been in there many times but it never felt this large.

Not a great fan of Blackpool, but I’m loving the history your sharing with us Darren so thank you x

Great old building looking great market great history very interested place

Fascinating stuff. Wow. That was so interesting. What a history . Thank you for keeping it alive. Great video. Be great to see it when it’s opens up later in the year.

There's a lot of fascinating hidden history of blackpool. One of many reasons I've been desperate to finally visit. In june I finally get to explore blackpool for a week.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy it. It's amazing.

Another awesome video! I wasn't expecting Ronnie Pickering to show up 😂

Another great video Darren, I love the history of Blackpool. I knew about the Police Station but not the rest of the building’s history, fascinating. Thank you

I was going to ask how you get these AAA passes but your channel is so good you have invites, as alluded to towards the end of the video. Keep up the great videos Darren.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian.

Thanks Darren. We went in there when it was still the previous version of the market and it will be great to go have a look (hopefully) in August when were in town again. You never know there might be another secret tunnel there somewhere 😊😉

Hello Darren how are you me and our Elaine was in Blackpool this Sunday just gone and we stayed over night we had a fantastic time love your vidio of the Blackpool police station and the albon market I over come my fear by going on the ride praiet flyer in coral Island best wishes take care stay safe xx

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Glad you had a good time in Blackpool

Fantastic video thanks. All that history. Please take care

Very cool! It'll be worth a visit when its finished and got traders in! Ronny Pickering..... 😂🤣

Brilliant video as always lots of great information on this old building in Blackpool and a exciting new future ahead.. I did hear around 27th may 2023 possibly opening.. Keep up your amazing work

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Yes the 27th I believe

Wasn't expecting Ronnie Pickering to enter the building 🤣🤣🤣🤣great video as always 👍

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

I had to when the phone rang.

Whoever has taken on the project must have deep pockets. Whilst every market hall I've been to has been a really pleasurable experience, over the years there's been noticeably fewer and fewer younger people using them. As people have commented, markets are practically the soul of their town or city but unless the internet addicted younger shoppers of today can be tempted to visit and are socially-minded enough to keep going back to enjoy them, these wonderful places will die a slow death.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Too true unfortunately

Darren, you seem to have a endless supply of History to pick from. With such a supply we should be enjoying your videos for many years to come. What happened to the bits of the Winter Gardens Big Wheel carriage???? Thanks for another piece of your local history, always a joy.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Destroyed unfortunately

@jetsons101

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureMe Might as well use the Mona Lisa to help start the BBQ....... lol

I'm sure they uncovered the Police Station sign before the original market shut down. This looks nice actually hopefully businesses will be able to fill it. It will also probably be finished before that mess of a tram station is finished

Very interesting video, 😊😊

Looks very smart and modern

Cheers for a great video mate. It's a shame about those old cells though i may have an idea why they backfilled. Especially if the cells or basement extended out under sidewalks. There may be or have been plans that included streets or even significant weight being on or near them. Another is that additionally there may have been access extending beyond the building itself for utilities which have been moved. So they decided to fill the void to prevent say a heavy lorry from pulling over slightly and sinking or falling in. As to why they backfilled the entire basement not just a now unnecessary void. That seems most likely to increase the structural integrity down the road and avoid foundation issues. The type of backfill makes a difference however anything is a serious issue were you to need access to the foundation. To add that imposition to future access should indicate a very solid belief the building sound and repairs unforseen for a very long time.

What secrets that building must contain. Really interesting video. Amazing that it contained stables for police horses. Are there any old photographs, I wonder?

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Nothing I could find

Very interesting I love your videos 😍

Great vidio and very educational.

Hi Darren, nice little find .

OMG amazing vlog and secrets

At least the Belfast truss roofing has been kept and it ripped our which is often the case. 😊

Would have been great to see inside those rooms upstairs. Any particular reason why they weren't open for a quick look? Brilliant video as always Darren 👍 I do enjoy the history of these old buildings 😊

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

They weren't safe Vicky. Still work in progress.

Great vid 👍👍

I hope they have remembered to put lavatories in. There aren't any in Blackpool unless you go in a pub or hotel.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

I actually don't recall if they had or not

@Necrovamp101

Жыл бұрын

There are free public toilets in the winter Gardens and houndshill shipping centre. Some in Sainsburys too.

Wow awesome 👌

interesting look around 2x👍

Another great vlog Darren. Think I only ever went in the old market once. Will have to have a look when it's completed. PS spat out coffee at the Ronnie Pickering edit PMSL

Grrrr 🤬 back filling relics yet again. This looks like it was a massive station, lots of bad uns in Blackpool hey 😂 I love the old police station “ghost sign” with the light, I love ghost signs from old businesses etc, they’re a bit of a fancy of mine. When I used to be on FB I was in a group called “ghost signs from bygone times”. My job gets me all over the country and I used to post them loads 😂 Back to police… In Leyland we have 2 old police stations, complete with their stone signs still up and intact. One was a cocktail bar thing until recently and you could go down into the old cells, which we did after a few shandy’s 😂

Great upload, love the Blackpool videos Ronnie pickering 🤣

Another fabulous scoop. I was wondering how the internal developments were going. Very historically informative as well. Many thinks. Brilliant video. Those cells would have made a fantastic wine bar I would have imagined 🙂

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. A shame they're gone.

Always interesting info Darren, didnt know all this was coming here at the new abingdon st market, in the respect of entertainment, tables and food outlets, a mini arndale, will check it out when it opens, thanks

Hard to believe any restoration has taken place considering what it looks like inside! Great video. Shame about the interior now

Darren, Hope you had a great time in GC and got a good tan. Must have been a shock to the system arriving back here in the UK. That was fascinating and such a shame they had backfilled the old prison cells, It would have made a great added attraction for people to see and the history behind the building.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

It was fantastic. I'm very brown now.

@groovydonkey

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureMe Great to hear you had a fantastic time and got a good tan. I have to wait to October until I'm back in GC and get my tan.

Have you done a video about the old Hydro Power Station and how the Pier and Tower were part of that originally? 😉

Glad it will reopen

3:00 I always look up when it comes to old buildings at the roof supports. 4:35 oh how amazing the brick work is behind you to the left. 5:55 lol, ring tone, who? 9:00 it's a shame the stairs and the prisoners cells are fill in, would of made a great feature. Thank you Darren. Will you return when the market is fully open to the public?

Did I hear the Ronnie Pickering video in that 😂😂 Cool video again tho. People will look back on your channel in years to come 👏👏

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Yes. The phone rang. I couldn't resist

Ronnie Pickering 😂😂

Hola Darren, I take it this was filmed before your GC trip. Have you got the booking to be the first act on the stage yet 👍 Talking about roof trusses did you open the link l sent you about the Sedge Lyne Wetherspoons pub in Chorlton as the doomed roof has internal buttresses and side to side strengthening bars. The heating came up from the cellar via large 'drum' warm air outlets rather than radiators. Anyways enjoyed today's trip to B/pool again. Cheers DougT

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Yes filmed a few weeks back

“Ronnie Pickering!!!”

Who's Ronnie pickering i don't know who he is lol

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

Bare Knuckle Champion.

Your face tan is showing.That was a quick return from your live chat in Gran Canaria.Where did G.C. get its name from.

@AdventureMe

Жыл бұрын

This was filmed weeks before Gran Canaria.

@josephboulderstone-salthou3188

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureMe 💘

shame about the cells they would have made a great focal point

hope they don't do the same as Leeds did to our indoor market, as they've ruined that!!

I'm sure that if they hadn't of started that refurbishment when they did that some of the evicted stall holders from bonny st market would have taken on the vacant spaces which would've meant more unneeded food outlets being built. This will just cause other cafes/food outlets in the town to close down making the area look more derelict/run down.

I don't like it. The clowncil has sapped all the life, soul and character out of the building. It now feels almost clinical in places. It's no longer a working class place to buy bargains. There's nothing for the pensioners and good luck trying to get a pensioner to clamber over the bench seating or on a high stool if they have a dodgy hip ( a moron designed this with zero thought given for consequence, nor convenience ). No charm of an honest and comfortable greasy spoon cafe. Now that it is more open, it feels colder. The seats are uncomfortable with no backrests. The food is twice the price. It's catered for the hipsters, and as a working class guy I feel like it has alienated me. I don't know where the original stallholders have moved to, but I feel sorry for them. I wish I knew where they are now. If this is classed as 'moving with the times', then I think the replacement is of a lesser calibre, not a better one.

At least the Belfast truss roofing has been kept and it ripped our which is often the case. 😊