Such a shame to see how this once great city has turned into and i can't see things improving anytime soon.

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

I heard the other day on local radio that Hanley could be in the state it is in now for the next 15 years before any real investment is looked into it again

@si002

8 ай бұрын

​@@DJMtv193815 years at least I'd say.

Another excellent tour of our benighted city. My niece from Rottingdean considered moving up here, but I soon changed her mind.

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend ❤️I speak to many people over the country and the moment I mention I’m from stoke they often pull their face.

@johngoodfellow168

8 ай бұрын

I've had that experience Many times and all over the world. When I joined the army in the early 60's, we were in a 20 man Nissen hut and of course everyone asks everyone else where they're from. When I said I was from the potteries only one knew where it was, and he said that it was a filthy hole, but at least in those days people had a job. Either Pots, Pits or Steelworks. Now Stoke has been asset stripped by the big boys and the work has gone to Indonesia or China. @@DJMtv1938

Thier is a lot of inner politics going in in the city which explains why stoke is in the situation it is in let me explain. Thier is a lot of large private sector businesses that are in effect large landlords. IE over 500 properties per landlord. They are buying up cheap run down commercial properties at a fraction of the value of they were flats accommodation after works being done in them . They are buying them up then putting in planning applications in for accommodation when they know full well they would get it due the criteria. So they simply let the place run down and in many occasions proactively dump rubbish in Thier own property to gain more reason to the council to over turn the unsuccessful application. Second remember if rubbish or eye sores are on private land the council have very limited powers it takes them forever to go through the courts at great expense to enforce the rubbish etc on private land. The rubbish you see in the alley ways may surprise you in majority of occasions when the council have investigated are from people who live in the properties which are mainly now rented multiple occupancy or wait for it predominantly from the Asian community who kive in the no multiple occupancy houses. The council are aware of this via going through the rubbish and seeing baks etc with address next ti the rubbish from the property next to it and cameras that are positioned overlooking many alley ways. Question is why is the council not acting. Are you ready for the truth bomb. Because in the vast majority of the areas above the elected councillors are if Asian descent and ate not interesting in going again residents with similar religious briefs are they need Thier votes. Further more this has encouraged more tipping then the result is the cllr gets the council to remove the rubbish for free like a satellite tip at the expense of all other tax payers who are law abiding and dispose of Thier rubbish at the local tips. Further. The council officers IE the management of waste environment health are unlikely to speak up to the press or the elected councillors in fear of losing Thier nice safe jobs and salary and pension. A recent freedom of information request found that desoite Thier being a larger Asian community in stoke only 2 percent of the Asian community used the local tips in the last 12 months they are the councils figures not mine . So the problems in the city are big and it's going to need outspoken people like myself to move it forward but the reality is local people have lost interest. I like you videos my friend but your very naive if you think the council dont know about the rubbish in the areas you have been too. The question you need to ask is why they are still like that year after year and that will take critical thinking and epistemology skills

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Do you know of all the comments on here you have absolutely hit the nail square on the head👍 I do know of a Asian councillor who was encouraging his community to dump there rubbish in the areas that were been targeted in the council crackdown on fly tipping. However I can’t name and shame because my proof is not solid.

As a fellow Stokie I can relate to all your stories and think it’s terrible how Stoke’s become. I do what you do but without filming , only yesterday up Hanley duck was rife with dust heads all acting very strange ! Almost like they’re on a mission to rush off but only round the next corner. We’re finished mate in pot herb land.

@DJMtv1938

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯 I can’t ever see us coming back from this the rot is to far gone 😞

Tonight, is Halloween, in beautiful, picturesque Perth Australia, I was thinking to watch a horror movie or something Grimey ,Then after watching this video on the outskirts of Stoke I've seen enough horror for a week i kid you not. I have concluded that Stoke is not only a complete and utter shithole it would make a suitable place to shoot a war movie with all the derelict buildings and litter. Keep them coming, if i was there i would of joined you .Youre doing a great job i feel your pain because i felt it walking those depressing streets day in day out for months .It has had a lasting effect on me.I appreciate everywhere now because everything looks way better than Stoke .The only thing i liked about Stoke On Trent was on the way out of there in the car's rear view mirror.

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend ❤️👍I’m hopefully on the way out of this city things are in place to move but the markets are not kind at the moment so I’m afraid it’s going be a few more of these slum tours until the foreseeable. We did actually have a zombie film made here in Hanley at the old bus station a few years back I think the production team were actually shocked how they did not need to do much 🤣😔

The Golden Cup must be the best looking pub in the UK !!!

Ah mattresses. As someone who just taken a volunteer role in a charity shop, I know there's a lot of mattresses in the world. But these days, mattresses will only be taken by charities / furniture clearance if they're, shall we say, unblemished. The rest will just get dumped - one way or another. I think something has to be done re : mattress manufacture to make them easier to dispose of / recycle. I see at the end you were cycling through Cliffe Vale. I remember going through it many times past the Armitage Shanks factory. From toilets to a shithole in 35 years. Sad, really.

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

I like what you did at the end there with that link 🤣from toilets to a shit hole 🤣👍

@matthewlawrenson3628

8 ай бұрын

@@DJMtv1938 It's obvious really. People think the Potteries was just about Wedgwood, Spode and Royal Doulton. But there are many other uses for ceramics than decorative tableware.😂

Unfortunately that part of Northwood has been in decline for quite a few years now. There are nicer parts,but you’ll also find nicer residents in those areas who give a dam what there properties look like.

@si002

8 ай бұрын

Nicer parts? Where? The whole city is a s---hole. Most of the people are friendly though!

@lynseyleese7475

8 ай бұрын

My cousin lives in a bungalow in Northwood and he tells me how bad the are is getting

@lynseyleese7475

8 ай бұрын

I was in hanley today and I have never seen so many dustheads hanging round hanley and ohh yeah and outside tesco again

6:20 - These grand old houses are the saddest of all for me. Built with skiil, to look nice and be family homes. I can just imagine the people who lived there, and did so with pride. The windows would be clean and the step scrubbed. Goobye whoever you were, you are very much missed. To be honest much of the city just needs bullozing and replacing with grass and trees. It would be a lot cheaper to run, and look a lot nicer. A.

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely ❤️👍I can honestly say hand on heart there is absolutely nowhere I would move to in stoke or even Newcastle now I have plans to be further away from this 💩hole in time (god willing )

Yet again watching this makes me die a little inside because I know the areas you are moving through. Back in my student days during the early 80's, the place was a bit run down (un-modernised is probably the best way to describe it) but the folk living there were a mix of old Stokies and a few students and it was fine. A bit rougher than some places but nothing bad. Now look at it :(

Mate you were really close to our estate! You should have popped in for a brew!!

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Something real dodgy going on in them abandoned houses the way them were boys fleeing must have thought i was old bill AGAIN!!! 🤣

@Joevloggsuk

8 ай бұрын

@@DJMtv1938 report it to 101 you can drop the pin on the map if you report online dude 👍🏻👍🏻

Your a brave man riding your bike through Shelton.

@DJMtv1938

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣it comes with risks I know 🤣👍

Seeing all these empty rundown areas why aren't they building new homes. They have done it lots in Wolverhampton

I live minutes away from there wud u like me nip into the Smithfield and I can report it

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

That would be brilliant if you could ❤️

@lynseyleese7475

8 ай бұрын

@@DJMtv1938 no problem watching these videos are so good but geez I have never ever seen so so many used needles about we all need to be careful where we walking and stoke itself is tough by the Sally Army rough as hell the government need to put a bloody stop to all this

Looks like Pripyat Chernobyl nuclear disaster Surely some one must be responsible for that absolutely awful dump. People should clean their own S£;t up after them. That would be a start. Regards David

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

I’m afraid the pride went along time ago in this city 😔

🐀 city a nice tour of " joke on trent" keep up the good work 👍

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend ❤️👍

What happened to Boris's leveling up money & promises?

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Disappeared along with him 👍

I unfortunately live in Etruria but it’s nice to see no fly tipping well for now at least

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Hopefully it will stay that way 🤞

If there’s an Hell. This is it.😮😡!!!

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

A hell with no escape 😔

@si002

8 ай бұрын

​@@DJMtv1938Thankfully I managed to!

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

@si0028 👍I’m trying hopefully. when the property is sold I can walk away and never have to set foot and film one of these depressing tours again, until then I will keep filming to the wider audience and let them see what a absolute 💩hole this city is and how we have been abandoned over the years.

This is just the start few years time every town is going to be like this sadly and crime will triple the country is on a rapid decline ❤

@DJMtv1938

4 ай бұрын

I agree 💯

What a bloody shame it is really 😮 I love stoke on trent tho I have moved out of the area and want to come back at some point but there’s no way I would live anywhere near Hanley or any centre of the towns so depressing 😮😮😮 I watch all these types of videos and so disappointed it’s been left to ruin 😮😮

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Yep I’m hopeful that I will I have moved out by summer of next year stoke will always be home but it’s just not my home anymore or should I say the home I once knew 😞

Etruria alley ways are clear the council have issued fines to fly tippers

The thing that amazes me is how many expensive looking cars there are parked in those horribly rundown areas. They seem to be people’s priority. Drive around in a clean machine but live in squalor!

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Nailed it 👍I’ve said the same for a very long time.

7:28 Looks like the Gaza Strip. Just need some Roosters crowing and a few ragged palm trees, you would genuinely think you were in Gaza 🐓 10:47 Some of my grandparents used to live in Stoke the Northern part of Dump-on-Trent. Not long after they passed away some kindly individual spread shit across there front door and the neighbours doors. Some people around here are just pure evil and have no thought, respect or consideration for anything or anyone. Its totally disheartening and makes living in this dreadfull place just feel even worse. I really do hope this useless council become bankrupt, means there will be an investigation to see where taxpayers money gets wasted on this dump. May also mean a fresh start and new beginning for this city.

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

I heard on the radio the other day that it would be at least 15 years now before any regeneration of Hanley would ever seriously be looked at again I would say it would take that long to rebuild this 💩hole of a city.

@hobouk3871

8 ай бұрын

@@DJMtv1938 Maybe longer theres been 20 years or more of neglect on this city. So i dont expect anything major any time soon.

@glenjarnold

5 ай бұрын

Some of these streets look worse than the Bronx in the late 70s/early 80s. God almighty.

@hobouk3871

5 ай бұрын

@@glenjarnold Most of the city is like this, its been terribly neglected over the past few decades. Its a depressing place to live.

its as though people have totally lost the will to live shameful

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Heartbreaking 😞

Them houses where u saw that guy coming out that house in shelton nobody shud be in there they been knocked down gos knows wen like but nobody shud be in that property

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Definitely a cannabis farm or something then 👍

Another great video of the "sh1t hole"

Makes me so angry.

So levelling up went well then😤 WHERES THE MONEY GONE??? 😤

@DJMtv1938

8 ай бұрын

Probably jolly boy outings 😉👍

Beautiful houses but owned by scum landlords 😢

@DJMtv1938

6 ай бұрын

💯 👍

Brexit went well didn't it. So did voting in a tory council. Levelling up. No EU grants shit bus service too .stop at 8pm . No investment run down and they wanted it too. Because they voted for it. Self harm stoke for you. Nice place sad really because it was a buzzing place 15 years ago . Everything was open and busy.

wtf happened???