Weston-Super-Mare - GOOD, BAD, UGLY

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Welcome back to the channel. This is going to be a channel deep dive into the biggest Turdown in Somerset, Weston-Super-Mare. People asked for a balanced look so I decided to cover the four best and four worst places in Weston. This is preparation before my trip to Bristol. I always appreciate your comments on where we should visit next for Turdtowns. Should it be Wiltshire or somewhere else?

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  • @martin4826
    @martin4826 Жыл бұрын

    "The council cant undo decades of inbreeding" 🤣🤣🤣hilarious, I nearly choked on my caviare

  • @jokerfleckcast3196

    @jokerfleckcast3196

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol classic

  • @primordialpouch565

    @primordialpouch565

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jokerfleckcast3196 he ought to go to Hartlepool, the people there were so inbred they thought a poor shipwrecked monkey was a foreign spy, when the monkey refused to give up any informaiton after interrogation, they hanged him

  • @michaelblack1864

    @michaelblack1864

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought he was mentioning Swindump with that comment. 😂😁

  • @johnjonisa5022

    @johnjonisa5022

    Жыл бұрын

    Lucky you my Sunday roast is f King beans on toast

  • @muzzmacc6411

    @muzzmacc6411

    Жыл бұрын

    Only decades??? 😂😂😂

  • @ThePersian61
    @ThePersian61 Жыл бұрын

    The giant carrot bus shelter in Weston looks more like a giant syringe. Could be a homage to all the druggies in the area.🤣

  • @CrazyInWeston

    @CrazyInWeston

    Жыл бұрын

    Its not even orange and it looks more like a parsnip! Ive called it the parsnip since it was first erected. Lets not forget the Weston "Needle" by J21 of the M5 (Official name Travelling light) its still there, just covered by trees now cos the lights no longer work and the council refuses to fix it!

  • @CycolacFan

    @CycolacFan

    Жыл бұрын

    Looks like almost four people could shelter from the rain there. £300k well spent…

  • @RayJazz1

    @RayJazz1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CycolacFan But the pigeons love it.

  • @jacksonmacmanus1001

    @jacksonmacmanus1001

    Жыл бұрын

    its not even a bus shelter anymore

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    4 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking!

  • @wakajak8634
    @wakajak8634 Жыл бұрын

    I was born and bred in Weston, grew up in an area that's a 15 min walk from the Bournville (other side of the tracks). When I left the town during my early twenties, my whole life changed. My perspective on the world and myself had shifted so dramatically and in such a short space of time, I ended up quitting my job as a bricklayer and returned to school to redo my GCSEs. Ten years later, and I'm about to finish a doctorate in Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh. I never dreamed that anything like this would be possible for me, and when I recently visited Weston to see some friends, although much of it had changed, there was something stale and boring still about Weston---and it's people. In many ways, it hadn't changed at all. Although the town is fine for many of its residents, I feel like the place can hold others back like it did for me. Some areas of Weston are nice but it certainly is a turd town.

  • @frankreynolds4547

    @frankreynolds4547

    Жыл бұрын

    Christ! From the Bournville to Morningside, bricklaying to sparky! Well done you. Please go back to your old school from and try to inspire at least one child from the estates to follow your lead.

  • @diggergig6585

    @diggergig6585

    Жыл бұрын

    Unless you live in a city the same can be said for anyone leaving and then returning to their home town. Of course there isn't going to be a great deal of change! Unless the buildings got torn down and replaced there's going to be much one can recognise from before. I'm not from WSM, so no, I'm not defending the place. It's just a bit of a skewed comment.

  • @SamuelShipp

    @SamuelShipp

    Жыл бұрын

    This is so inspiring - have had a similar experience recently but I’m earlier on the path and still in my early 20s.

  • @martin4826

    @martin4826

    Жыл бұрын

    Good for you 👍

  • @wakajak8634

    @wakajak8634

    Жыл бұрын

    @@diggergig6585 Yeah, you're right. I guess my expectation of change in Weston came from a place of hope or unresolved contempt towards the place. I think it was a bit jarring seeing the same people, doing the same thing, in the exact same way, as if the town was stuck in groundhog day. One change I didn't expect though, many of the local pubs in Somerset have been closing down. I wonder why that is.

  • @moonbeammoonbeam5739
    @moonbeammoonbeam5739 Жыл бұрын

    Another fab video. This is the problem with a lot of councils. They charge extortionate shop rent then wonder why the units are empty.

  • @Kotka67

    @Kotka67

    Жыл бұрын

    Makes you wonder if Amazon are giving 'em back handers to kill shopping centres ....

  • @markcogan4163

    @markcogan4163

    Жыл бұрын

    Councils don't set business rates, the government do.

  • @Kotka67

    @Kotka67

    Жыл бұрын

    @@markcogan4163 . Govt are just as bad, full of jerks with conflicts of interest where this sort of stuff is concerned....

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    4 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking!

  • @MikeAtyeo
    @MikeAtyeo9 ай бұрын

    As a born and bred Westonian this was brutal, accurate and very funny.

  • @russelljones9207
    @russelljones9207 Жыл бұрын

    Your insults are so incredibly brutal. I love it 😂😂😂

  • @PatrickMcF
    @PatrickMcF Жыл бұрын

    Your content is greatly appreciated. It is entertaining and nostalgic for those of us old enough to remember it before, say 1980, 1985 and that nugget of hope....2000😂 Here we are in 2023 and for me personally your videos are way more honest and interesting than a news broadcast about the places you visit. Keep it up and thank you. ❤ 61 years alive. Alas only 35 mentally !

  • @dickiegreenleaf750

    @dickiegreenleaf750

    Жыл бұрын

    61 isn't old. You're fine! :)

  • @PilzE.

    @PilzE.

    Жыл бұрын

    I got ya Patrick, 26-year-old living in a 52-year-old body! 😒

  • @newforestpixie5297

    @newforestpixie5297

    11 ай бұрын

    I’m 59 - if you desperately need to be made to feel younger & can risk a boring holiday & afford the prices , I’d recommend the New Forest & include a visit to M&S in Christchurch or Waitrose in Lymington where everyone is either older than you or just very old . You leave those places feeling like you did in the 1980s 👍

  • @newforestpixie5297

    @newforestpixie5297

    11 ай бұрын

    PS Christchurch isn’t in the New Forest inspite of their councils’ wishes - in fact it’s not even a Borough any more - it’s just a snooty eastern district of BCP 😂

  • @shirleyc285
    @shirleyc285 Жыл бұрын

    Agree with your list. I bought a house in bournville few years back ,God knows why, my neighbors were constantly arguing, playing sweary rap music, neglected their garden...I sold it 2 years later ,went back to my parents house 😁. Anything was better than that.

  • @alexnelson9512

    @alexnelson9512

    Жыл бұрын

    *_What a complete night - Weston Super - mare! Sounds like my (multi-ethnic) fatherless family next door, where nobody works!_*

  • @tinachristine4573

    @tinachristine4573

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@alexnelson9512 you had to slip a little racism/xenophobia in there.

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    4 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking!

  • @vanessadodge9105
    @vanessadodge910511 ай бұрын

    I lived in Weston in the 80s as a teen, and while it was never what you would call “beautiful”, it was a verylively little town with a lovely high street and boulevard full of shops and businesses. I visited it for the first time in 27 years just last month, and was horrified to see the high street and town center absolutely gutted. It seemed like every other shop was boarded up, or had been turned into some sort of bargain shop. So sad. Accurate video!

  • @shaunw9270
    @shaunw9270 Жыл бұрын

    As a Bristolian, Weston-Super-Mud has always been a nice day out on a summer's day. Never met a Brummie that don't love the place 😅

  • @matt7775

    @matt7775

    Жыл бұрын

    Spot on mate.

  • @Ghostrabbit22

    @Ghostrabbit22

    Жыл бұрын

    That way they can walk and even swim in their own shit

  • @jamesmaybrick2001

    @jamesmaybrick2001

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ghostrabbit22 Eh?

  • @user-mn2mv1um4g

    @user-mn2mv1um4g

    Жыл бұрын

    Nearest bit of 'seaside' to Brum.

  • @shaunw9270

    @shaunw9270

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-mn2mv1um4g Yes that's true. Funny , I've stayed in guesthouses in Weston where the proprietors are Brummies and worked for years with lady a Brum that lived in Weston before moving to Clevedon .

  • @primordialpouch565
    @primordialpouch565 Жыл бұрын

    It's funny how you have covered so many places I've lived! When I first moved there from Bath, I walked along the 'beach' and noticed a razor shell semi embedded, I reached down to pull it free only to discover it was a used tampon applicator! That really sums up the place for me, grotty and grim, with a very small number of treasures !! I did my Art degree in Weston and spent a few years living there as a property guardian opposite the old pier, towards Kewstoke - that upper part of Weston has a lot of much nicer building, there's lots of secret nice bits hidden away as you mention - theres a lovely quarry up on the hill which is nothing like Weston town and back in the old days some wealthy folks left a lot of land to be used as parks for the public, so Clarence park is quite a nice exmaple, if you don't mind the crazies I think the council tried to make it like the Brighton to Bristol, but it's not really worked out! By some awful twist of fate, I almost had my first child in Weston hospital, but thankfully had to go to Bristol in the end but I did have to go there afterwards, all the supplies needed after a birth were severly lacking - the nurses were buying sanitary towels etc out of their own money ! What I will say is I met some of the absolute nicest people there, though also the scummiest!!

  • @kat7777
    @kat7777 Жыл бұрын

    These videos always make me laugh with the humour but also sad to see the UK crumbling into dysentery 💩

  • @thebrowns5337

    @thebrowns5337

    Жыл бұрын

    Plague island - 13 years of corruption and backwards decisions got us here.

  • @flowname

    @flowname

    11 ай бұрын

    is there a counterpart channel that shows and tells improving UK towns?

  • @kat7777

    @kat7777

    11 ай бұрын

    @@flowname In the eyes of the WEF and puppet government, these are called '15 minute cities' Tyranny at its finest 🤬

  • @maddannafizz

    @maddannafizz

    11 ай бұрын

    The Tories only put money into well off areas and London. The UK has deteriorated under their lack of care YEt despite tje obvious destruction of pur services and country, people still vote for the bustards.

  • @edwardwilliammorris1340

    @edwardwilliammorris1340

    5 ай бұрын

    I can only watch a few in one day as I laugh so hard I'm worried about crapping myself. Best entertainment on pootube🤣🤣

  • @alwayspooh1588
    @alwayspooh1588 Жыл бұрын

    MT Games looks great and deserves to do well. Good range of retro, model, and sci-fi merchandise!

  • @curranhouse

    @curranhouse

    Жыл бұрын

    MT games is awesome!

  • @Lazerz27189

    @Lazerz27189

    Жыл бұрын

    @@curranhouse yeah it's a fantastic shop!!

  • @OMGulator

    @OMGulator

    11 ай бұрын

    Incredible shop. Also need to big up Sakura, the best darn Japanese restaurant in the south-west. Why they decided to settle in a shithole, I'll never know.

  • @MelanieBoo013

    @MelanieBoo013

    5 ай бұрын

    I LOVE MT games I’m in there once/twice a week haha 😅

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    4 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking

  • @MultiVogon
    @MultiVogon Жыл бұрын

    😅 Well that was a trip down memory lane - lived in Bristol for years and often went to Weston. Even worked there for my final year in the area. Highlights were them closing all the local post offices, the pier burning down, and the terrible traffic jams. Good times ;-) I was sad when TJ Hughes closed, though. I look forward to your assessment of Kingswood on the outskirts of Bristol!

  • @davidrobert2007
    @davidrobert2007 Жыл бұрын

    This world needs shops like M T Games.

  • @Alex-pk1iy

    @Alex-pk1iy

    Жыл бұрын

    MT Games benefits from being close to the centre without actually being in the centre. Other towns/ cities just have CEX and shops like MT Games just lose custom because of it

  • @user-zz2yl3hb6b

    @user-zz2yl3hb6b

    3 ай бұрын

    Evil gangstalking goes on here!

  • @Pogmothoin17
    @Pogmothoin17 Жыл бұрын

    Really enjoying seeing the growth in depth that you go into as you do more videos 👍

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    3 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking goes on here !

  • @PilzE.
    @PilzE. Жыл бұрын

    Excellent format! My mum and dad own a static on Northern Farm, in Brean! Yes. I am, and have ALWAYS been ashamed of their choice of location. We have spent many long weekends in and around Weston and it's surrounds, although we never ventured into the less welcoming areas covered in your video! Agree with pretty much everything said. Lotta junkies, piss heads and feral folk in Weston. Still, we have had many good times there, mostly because I have a superb family, and we laugh at pretty much everything, so even the dog shite that is that part of Somerset entertained us!

  • @Turdtowns

    @Turdtowns

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahah my mates parents have one there too. I think I stayed there too about 15 year ago! Brean>weston

  • @mattede8744
    @mattede8744 Жыл бұрын

    I'm watching from Australia. I love your take o these towns. Your anecdotes are hilarious. The information you give on each place is brilliant. Some those places you show make my compost bin look palatial. Love your work.

  • @markflanagan71
    @markflanagan71 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up in Clevedon . I couldn’t afford Bristol so ended up buying 1st house in Weston !! Love your videos . I’m Ireland now so look forward to you doing Bristol

  • @stephenoxf

    @stephenoxf

    Жыл бұрын

    Clevedon is lovely, Bath-by-the-Sea in the posher bits!

  • @WellRaverOfficial
    @WellRaverOfficial Жыл бұрын

    Shocking that the counsel would pay £280,000 for that monstrosity! Who signed that off!

  • @johnbaldwin143

    @johnbaldwin143

    11 ай бұрын

    Someone with no idea who lives in Uphill!

  • @birnbeck4646

    @birnbeck4646

    9 ай бұрын

    Councillor John Crockford Hawley signed it off@@johnbaldwin143

  • @glosbusspotter7561
    @glosbusspotter7561 Жыл бұрын

    In the drone shot of the coach park at 1:15, you can see 4 caravans. They were actually still there on Sunday and actually got onto a bus and started playing with buttons. Thankfully they were moved on. Also big up MT Games! Great shop!

  • @nospoon4799

    @nospoon4799

    11 ай бұрын

    It is a culture that should be preserved as part of multicultural diversity apparently. They get way worse if you put them in houses btw.

  • @MacGuy3135
    @MacGuy3135 Жыл бұрын

    Just completed my entire last project of my architecture and planning degree on this town. What a palce, man...

  • @polymath5562

    @polymath5562

    Жыл бұрын

    "Place" or "palace"?! 🤣

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    3 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking goes on here ! Pure Evil

  • @KEEPONROCKINKID
    @KEEPONROCKINKID Жыл бұрын

    I much prefer this good and the bad format. Great drones shots.

  • @mountaingoat3012
    @mountaingoat3012 Жыл бұрын

    I spent two years going to Weston College and saw the good, bad and ugly back in the early 90’s. It’s defo deteriorated since then as Worle expanded and the high street died.

  • @stuartjones8238
    @stuartjones8238 Жыл бұрын

    Nice "review". I used to live there, my ol'man still does so have the pleasure of visiting at least once a month! Some notable mentions! Locking Castle, another "copy and paste" shoebox city that follows the A370 all the way up to the M5, that I called home for a couple of years. The Bourneville was the Car Crime capital of Somerset a few years ago (probably still is!), I remember when I was getting an Car Insurance quote, I mistakenly mentioned that my post code was BS23 and they quoted an extra £150 on my premium compared to the BS22 postcode area, I was actually in..all because the Bourneville simply exists! The Tropicana was an open air water park with slides, wave machine, lovely place....until it closed in the early 90's and has been derelict ever since (no one can agree what to do with the place), accept for a few stints as a "night club" (I went to an all night rave, New Year's Eve 1997 "Kerranga"....great night!), Banksy had an art installation there for a couple of years a few years ago called "Dismaland"! And don't get me started on that bloody Oil Rig (The SEE Monster) that cost a fuck-ton to install (of public money) and then was dismantled 6 months later...for no real reason!! So you're right, the local authority really do like spending the local Council Tax Payers money on absolutely nothing that benefits them!! You forgot to mention that the Grand Pier burnt down in 2005 and was rebuilt and reopened in 2010, however during 2019 (I think) they started charging visitors (of any age and no concessions) £1 each to visit so your family of 5? That will be a fiver please sir!! The COVID pandemic really kicked the arse out of the place and it hasn't really recovered since. Once thing I will say about the place, there are a great selection of "greasy joe" cafes where £5 will get you a slap-up Full English, rack of Toast and a Mug of Tea.......wonderful hangover cure!! Great Video really funny! Keep up the good work!!

  • @stevefinch8519

    @stevefinch8519

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes didn't really understand the point that see monster supposed to be an environmental art platform but dismantled and installed with big diesel cranes , you are right about the cafes though well cheap the one on the corner by the college was a personal favourite of mine though disappeared a long time ago think I was paying 50 p for a frothy coffee in 94 . The pub up by the college was also good serving under age in the 90s we were all 17 and they didn't bat an eyelid .

  • @rum_o_clock2667
    @rum_o_clock2667 Жыл бұрын

    Bristol would be a fun one to do.......and if you can stomach it, an in-depth on Newport (the gwent one) will make you think twice about how bad Weston is

  • @flmngdj
    @flmngdj Жыл бұрын

    From a very long standing family in Weston, (I grew up here in the late 70's to '90s I would have to say this is a fair depiction of the place, my Mum grew up post war in the Bournville estate; it was poor but ok then but sadly no longer; the whole family has watched the decline of Weston with sadness; all that said; when the sun is shining the front is still ok!>.....

  • @vickypedias
    @vickypedias Жыл бұрын

    Perfect summary! I spend nearly every weekend in WSM at the Bourneville hilariously enough

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    4 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking goes on here!

  • @whambamjamsandwich3142
    @whambamjamsandwich3142 Жыл бұрын

    I live in a turdtown, Skelmersdale. Built as an overflow for Liverpool, it's copy and pasted box houses from the 60s mixed with industrial estates, random big green areas and then the odd set of new builds that look way out of place. Some areas around here are legit uncomfortable to be in for fear of getting stabbed by a 13 year old dressed like a roadman, some make me feel like I'm the rabble. Stop by for a brew and a crackhead encounter 😂

  • @nospoon4799

    @nospoon4799

    11 ай бұрын

    Ah the Skem. A true turd.

  • @andrewroberts4736
    @andrewroberts4736 Жыл бұрын

    Some of my favourite content. Always fun and informative.

  • @Footie158
    @Footie158 Жыл бұрын

    You’ve got to do 8 worst places in Kent, I’m struggling to condense my own list to just 8! Keep up the good work ⭐️

  • @SilverfoxJB

    @SilverfoxJB

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m from Weston and Kent is the closest I have seen to a similar kind of turdtown environment.

  • @will_n775

    @will_n775

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I'm from Dartford, Kent is such a mixed bag you got places like Chatham, Dover, Maidstone etc and then you got places like Tunbridge wells, Sevenoaks and West Malling

  • @billytompkins6633

    @billytompkins6633

    Жыл бұрын

    Originally from dartford. Lived in Gillingham for a bit before escaping Chatham Sheppey Dover Gravesend Strood Swanley So many

  • @Footie158

    @Footie158

    Жыл бұрын

    @@billytompkins6633 yeah I was thinking Chatham, Gravesend, Gillingham, Dover, Folkestone, anywhere on Sheppey, Belvedere/North Heath and the worst of all for me Thamesmead or Slade Green!

  • @will_n775

    @will_n775

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Footie158 yeah definitely I know those parts well

  • @martinross5521
    @martinross5521 Жыл бұрын

    Good format - I’m liking the comparisons of the comfortably off with the desperation of the poor, and the ruined town centre. Levelling up? Hahaha 🤣

  • @simracingwales4997
    @simracingwales4997 Жыл бұрын

    fantastic a new video perfect timing love the channel and thank you for the new upload .

  • @johnnysolar9813
    @johnnysolar9813 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic. Well done.

  • @christophernoble6810
    @christophernoble6810 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Couldn’t stop laughing, your delivery is spot on. We think Yeovil is bad, but at least we live on a hill on the edge of town, and not anywhere near as bad as Weston. 🤨

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    4 ай бұрын

    Look up gangstalking!

  • @davidhoins4588
    @davidhoins4588 Жыл бұрын

    Your commentary and description is the pure joy to hear im always in tears of laughter 😅 you sir are a true word Smith 😊

  • @goldengod9068
    @goldengod9068 Жыл бұрын

    I already know what Bristol is going to look like but I still wanna see you cover it…knowle west, hartcliff, withywood, Whitchurch kingswood all going to be on the places to avoid like the plague in Bristol 😂

  • @GamiGreen

    @GamiGreen

    Жыл бұрын

    Tbh I would say Kingswood isn't quite in the big leagues, Lawrence Weston, Hartcliffe and THAT part of Knowle West are the three worst places. I worked door to door in every council estate in Bristol and nothing came close to Hartcliffe, it was absolutely the most depressing isolated place out of them all.

  • @goldengod9068

    @goldengod9068

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamiGreen oh I forgot about Lawrence Weston 🫨, I lived in hartcliff and in knowle and it truly made me depressed and the people are umm let’s say not nice 😅

  • @NorthernMouse52

    @NorthernMouse52

    Жыл бұрын

    I lived in hartcliffe for just 3yrs b4 l moved away from that dump, the place should be carpet bombed!

  • @NewingtonBoy
    @NewingtonBoy Жыл бұрын

    We use to love Brean Sands Pontins back in the 70's! Great video as always!

  • @AlexJBethell
    @AlexJBethell Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant videos, loving both formats, keep them comingg!!

  • @teenybops41
    @teenybops41 Жыл бұрын

    I live in Weston Super Mare, specifically the Bournville estate. I live in a quiet road on the edge of it. Been living in our house for 20 years but have been living in Weston for 25 years. You're right about the council (they couldn't organise the proverbial in a brewery), and you're right about most things actually. No idea what the smell is that you mentioned. Plus, i have never had any problems in any area of Weston. MT games IS one of the best shops in town but i hardly go into town much (once a month or maybe twice). I do what a lot of the locals do.....we go to Bristol, Cardiff, or Taunton. Idea for a video would be Weymouth/ Portland. I'm hoping to move there this year so would like to hear your thoughts on it.

  • @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    @user-ij6xb3pi1c

    3 ай бұрын

    Gangstalking goes on here! Pure Evil

  • @Datoware
    @Datoware Жыл бұрын

    enjoyed the format and can't wait to see Bristol!

  • @ninetiesperson7980
    @ninetiesperson7980 Жыл бұрын

    I lived in Portsmouth for a number of years...plenty of material there.

  • @DarrenBoss1984
    @DarrenBoss1984 Жыл бұрын

    Should do Luton as well that place is a dump 😂😂

  • @Fubar1462

    @Fubar1462

    Жыл бұрын

    Can't believe they got promoted to the premier League 😆

  • @user-eg8pv2om7j

    @user-eg8pv2om7j

    Жыл бұрын

    For the love of God why wasn't Harlow carpet bombed to the salted earth to cleanse us of this foul and evil place ?

  • @myonlydemandisbacktowork8759

    @myonlydemandisbacktowork8759

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Fubar1462 Perhaps this is the only good thing they have. Let’s wait and see

  • @nou8438

    @nou8438

    Жыл бұрын

    Luton’s a failed society - Tristan tate

  • @laurastuart3814

    @laurastuart3814

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nou8438 Councils bumped loads of refugees out of London and up to Luton. Until it was full, then Leicester.

  • @tor9362
    @tor9362 Жыл бұрын

    I like the mixed format! Good to see some gems in along the rest!

  • @comptonsong1
    @comptonsong1 Жыл бұрын

    I like the place, yes it is run-down and under-invested in but the natural beauty there is stunning, huge beach with Brean down at one end and views across to Wales. There are some wonderful late Georgian Crescents that would cost millions if they were in Bath for example. Michel angelos is a brilliant restaurant and the Lions Ale and Cider festival is amazing. Got to look on the brightside, just needs new renovation and more help for the home-less.

  • @primordialpouch565

    @primordialpouch565

    Жыл бұрын

    yeo, when I moved from my hometown of Bath to Weston, I was surprised how many similar buildings there were, alright they are mixed in between burnt out hotels and crack dens but they are there and some are truly beautiful

  • @comptonsong1

    @comptonsong1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@primordialpouch565 LOL! :) I also forgot that The Criterion up that end of town is (was maybe, as haven't been in there for a while) a lovely friendly pub. Dauncey's hotel could be a great place if cruise ships could use a functioning Birnbeck Pier).. Or a ferry service to Cardiff..

  • @Magikalic
    @Magikalic8 ай бұрын

    Very accurate. I grew up in Weston before moving to London 9 years ago, and every time I go back to visit my parents it just gets more depressing. It's always been a bit rough with deeply impoverished areas, but at least Weston high street used to have proper shops. At least M.T Games is still going, I used to spend all my pocket-money in there. If you want to see class disparity in action, go loiter around the adjoining car parks for the Waitrose and the Asda, its surreal. The weird thing about Weston is that the town's wealth is very symbolic. If you're posh then you live on the hill. If you're middle class then you live along the base of the hill. And if you're poor then you live on the flood lands.

  • @andybrowne2117
    @andybrowne211711 ай бұрын

    Another most excellant video , keep up the great work .

  • @VinceCDS
    @VinceCDS Жыл бұрын

    A holiday caravan at Weston Super Mud should have been advertised as 2 minutes from the beach, 3 days from the sea!

  • @meyerwhite1427
    @meyerwhite142710 ай бұрын

    I was born on the Bourneville in 1973.. left there was I was 4 when my folks moved to The Coronation estate. Had an horrendous time at Broadoak school at the hands of the typical inbred chavs. My parents bucked the trend of being kept down by the locals and finally escaped to Bleadon Village in 1990 From there, I moved to Backwell and now live in the beautiful village of Wick near bath. I went from 'Born Vile' to now owning a successful pair of film studios in central Bristol, just proving you *can* escape and climb the ladder. I absolutely loathe going back to Weston these days. You can take the boy out of Weston and, as it turns out, you can excrete the Weston out of the boy as well... Your videos are hilarious! You still have so many areas to cover.. you should look at Nailsea next to Backwell. I have a feeling you'd 'enjoy' it. lol

  • @pantani9886
    @pantani9886 Жыл бұрын

    I love your channel & content, which is much appeciated, as it is just what I say! Your channel is a bit like a video version of the "Crap Towns" books, which came out a few years back, although it covered all the UK! We live in Burnham-on-Sea, which is worse than Weston-Super-Mare, but luckilly it has some good things around the area here, compared to Taunton(born & raised there!). We go to Weston, most months as there are great restaurants like Italian Ilmichaelangelo's, opposite Knightstone Island, Christopher's Chocolates(a few doors down from your favourite indy shop!), and it has a Waitrose!!! The beach is far better than awful Burnham-on-Sea, too!!!

  • @Markyd123

    @Markyd123

    Жыл бұрын

    Dude burnham is no way worse. It’s not even bad 😂

  • @martinross5521

    @martinross5521

    Жыл бұрын

    I collected the Crap Towns books a few years ago off eBay. Perfect “avoidance” focused guide books!

  • @ChrisHeatonbigears5000
    @ChrisHeatonbigears5000 Жыл бұрын

    M.T. Games looks absolutely amazing. What a shop. 👍

  • @AlanEvans789
    @AlanEvans789 Жыл бұрын

    Had the joy of spending a couple of years at RAF Locking. It was in two stints, December 83 to May 85. Then September 85 to March 86. So two winters, and only one summer. Memories? The railway station, and phoning ARC Taxis to get a cab from the station back to camp from Paddington station on a Sunday afternoon. The Cabot, which I think is still open even now, for a few drunken sessions.

  • @recsund

    @recsund

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha sounds legit, My Parents lived in the marriage quarters there as my Dad was a RAF carpenter till 83 so sadly just missed ya lol, for some reason after moving from base to base they settled in WSM and then I arrived 85, place spaced mee out and still does lol, great all the drone footage.

  • @richosukrc5776

    @richosukrc5776

    Жыл бұрын

    Sad news Alan the cabots a blnging wetherspoons now.

  • @user-yz8oi9ez1e
    @user-yz8oi9ez1e Жыл бұрын

    Great format, exited for the Bristol vid

  • @radicalcartoons2766
    @radicalcartoons2766 Жыл бұрын

    It's always been a dump, just proves that living by the seaside doesn't mean you're in a posh area, regardless of house prices. Agree with you about Sand Bay and Kewstoke, probably the best place to live near Weston.

  • @terrystevens5261

    @terrystevens5261

    Жыл бұрын

    It was a nice place back in the 60's, really gone downhill in the last 20 years though.

  • @historybuff1000
    @historybuff1000 Жыл бұрын

    Good video and quite accurate in it's description of Weston, i used to work here back in the 1970s and by the sound of it nothing has changed, can not wait for Bristol Turd Towns, a place i know very well.

  • @Paula-Galgo
    @Paula-Galgo Жыл бұрын

    I used to go to Bath every year to stay with my Uncle Joe in the late 1970s and very early 1980s, I remember going from Bath to Weston Super Mare on day trips by train.... I loved it! I was only 8 - 13 years old, and I only remember walking from the station to the beach... not like you describe.

  • @matlockmeat
    @matlockmeat Жыл бұрын

    It's a thumbs up from me. I get excited when you release new videos.

  • @clnre
    @clnre Жыл бұрын

    Spot on for W-s-M, looking forward to your Bristol video.

  • @rosscosier8751
    @rosscosier8751 Жыл бұрын

    An excellent video as always!

  • @davidrobert2007
    @davidrobert2007 Жыл бұрын

    12:18 that car though 😂😂

  • @martinross5521

    @martinross5521

    Жыл бұрын

    It used to be the car crying in the tv ads. Now it’s ready salted and rusting away.

  • @stevenrocks8202
    @stevenrocks8202 Жыл бұрын

    😊 love your videos always make me laugh. Cheers 🍻

  • @oragamiowl5031
    @oragamiowl5031 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video!

  • @stuierich
    @stuierich Жыл бұрын

    mate, your on the thinnest of thin ice here! this is a weekend and daytrip favourite of millions of Midlanders, and it holds a very special place in their hearts

  • @hosephanerothe1440
    @hosephanerothe1440 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed a good Log , keep 'em coming !

  • @jacprendo
    @jacprendo Жыл бұрын

    I really like the full log episodes!

  • @tiddles4x4
    @tiddles4x4 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic 😀 Like the video style too. Just wait until you get to Swindon!

  • @doug1570
    @doug1570 Жыл бұрын

    I had no idea Weston has so many problems and they say it's grim up north. Great video though- - thanks.

  • @GamiGreen

    @GamiGreen

    Жыл бұрын

    They house a lot of ex offenders and addicts there, similar to Yeovil and Blackpool

  • @hosephanerothe1440
    @hosephanerothe1440 Жыл бұрын

    What a Thursday evening treat, may the algorithm forever be in your favour 👍🏻

  • @Fluxicity
    @Fluxicity9 ай бұрын

    Lived on the Bournville for a year - ended up moving back to Easton in Bristol with no regrets. Just shows how bad it was. Can confirm that M.T. Games is excellent though, worth a visit!

  • @db44491
    @db44491 Жыл бұрын

    I love watching your videos, they make me laugh till i cry, please keep doing them, they cheer me up..😂

  • @utube4andydent
    @utube4andydent Жыл бұрын

    Agree with a lot of this video. When it’s bad it bad but the good is great. Some hidden gems.

  • @vividdreams7072
    @vividdreams7072 Жыл бұрын

    Love the format, plus it's v accurate depiction of Weston Super Mould 😂

  • @Alex-pk1iy
    @Alex-pk1iy Жыл бұрын

    Oh my god, you actually made a point about MT Games! I loved that shop! ❤

  • @kurtisyoung3067
    @kurtisyoung3067 Жыл бұрын

    Very proud to see North Worle on the list! Can even see my parents house in the drone video!

  • @RayJazz1

    @RayJazz1

    Жыл бұрын

    North Worle. Weston's very own Siberia.

  • @gtingaming716
    @gtingaming716 Жыл бұрын

    I simply love how cutting your humour is!!!! 😂😂😂

  • @alecjefferson6993
    @alecjefferson6993 Жыл бұрын

    I was there last week the sea front looked so rundown 😱and the streets behind were derelict, all the old cafés were shut a real same!! 🧐🇬🇧 I go to Clevedon now.

  • @bmxbandit339
    @bmxbandit339 Жыл бұрын

    an excellent review of weston , cant wait for brizzle !!

  • @magneticnorth6917
    @magneticnorth69176 ай бұрын

    hilarious description of the areas! it is a privilege watching one of your vids lol. would love to see you do Liverpool L1 to L8

  • @cvndyvpple
    @cvndyvpple Жыл бұрын

    can’t wait for you to come and grill Bristol soon, top content as always mate 👍keep it up

  • @Elvinley
    @Elvinley Жыл бұрын

    I liived there for 20 years and loved the place. It isnt perfect but after living in Erdington it is a paradise! Enjoyed the vid. No mention of the Old Town Quarry and Rowan Tree Cafe which is the best place in the area in my opinion.

  • @ladytron1724
    @ladytron1724 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant channel.New subscriber here,thanks for your brilliant humour.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @DisasterthonTrueHorror
    @DisasterthonTrueHorror Жыл бұрын

    love this channel

  • @zeeestg
    @zeeestg Жыл бұрын

    Funny you said about saving on a proper rehab centre, there's a huge one in Kewstoke called Cygnet!

  • @a1white
    @a1white Жыл бұрын

    I lived, for a couple of years, in Kewstoke, whilst I was at Weston College. I agree it’s nicer than much of Weston and would be a decent choice to buy. I remembered the tolled coastal road going there that non-locals ignored the low speed limits signs on and routinely drove off, down the cliff.

  • @alexnelson9512

    @alexnelson9512

    Жыл бұрын

    *Sounds really smashing!*

  • @alexnelson9512

    @alexnelson9512

    Жыл бұрын

    *The Toll Road is now completely free - but it is still dangerous in parts!*

  • @martinross5521

    @martinross5521

    Жыл бұрын

    The locals’ version of Death Race 2000; and if you’re under breeding age, you get a Darwin Award too!

  • @a1white

    @a1white

    Жыл бұрын

    @@martinross5521 😅

  • @natalieg3872
    @natalieg3872 Жыл бұрын

    This is hilarious! 😂 having lived in most of these different areas of Weston I totally can relate to each 🤣

  • @js12334
    @js12334 Жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel and am loving your vids bro. Would love to see you do Herefordshire, there's plenty of turdtowns there Hereford itself being one especially if you see pictures from 40-60 years ago and how nice the city use to look.

  • @lynnadams3847
    @lynnadams384711 ай бұрын

    Love your commentary, priceless 🤣

  • @MrOkiparker
    @MrOkiparker Жыл бұрын

    Love it chum, WHEN you come to Wiltshire let me know, I'll show you Westbury or trowvegas

  • @mat5726
    @mat5726 Жыл бұрын

    great video mate keep up the good work

  • @NodrogMacphee
    @NodrogMacphee Жыл бұрын

    Love your channel , at last someone who is shining a light on the british disease to trash their towns. Although it sounds all negative its balanced with a great sense of humour. I prefer the 5 to 7 min videos as I put a load together to watch while having lunch or dinner , but every now and then I'll watch a 26 minuter .

  • @thomaschilds8781
    @thomaschilds8781 Жыл бұрын

    Weston Super Merde

  • @aubreyheartburn

    @aubreyheartburn

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @koiyune

    @koiyune

    Жыл бұрын

    hahaha super french joke

  • @joshdodge1380
    @joshdodge1380 Жыл бұрын

    Love this channel. You should do East Anglia next plenty of turd towns there! Loveing the vids 😊

  • @catherinemeganrussell938
    @catherinemeganrussell938 Жыл бұрын

    I visited the National Trust site at Kewstoke a couple of years ago. The views from the top of the hill were beautiful.

  • @neiltoplis8300
    @neiltoplis8300 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, I live in a poor northern slum and always dreamed of Weston, used to holiday there 20yrs ago had had the best summer holidays not to mention the beach racing, what a fall from grace. Such a shame.

  • @anncarter5945
    @anncarter5945 Жыл бұрын

    What a fantastic beach!

  • @anncarter5945

    @anncarter5945

    Жыл бұрын

    @Chicken Dinner oh crikey I didn't know that ..x

  • @vadergravy
    @vadergravy Жыл бұрын

    WSM is just a depressing place all round. Had an ex-gf from there who took me on a trip home for a weekend. I tried to hide it from her but it was one of the saddest shitholes I've been to in the UK, and I've lived all over the country. MT Games looks great however. Shame I never got to see it, as it'd be right up my street.

  • @LyleFrancisDelp
    @LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын

    I am in the US. About then years ago, I played onstage in a production of “Noises Off” and Weston-Super-Mare was referenced as a place the “play within a play” was supposed to open. I’d never heard of it before that. Then, about five years ago, I caught a Brit show on our local public TV station called “The Cafe”. Strange little show. Interesting, but not very funny, but it was set in WSM.

  • @frankreynolds4547

    @frankreynolds4547

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it was a tad odd, very good cast of actors.

  • @dean9235

    @dean9235

    Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love "Noises Off". It's such a clever play. Sardines anyone? I live in Weston-super-Mare and it is much nicer than the commentator portrays. Roald Dahl, John Cleese, Rupert Graves and Jill Dando were born here. Also "The Cafe" was filmed opposite where I live.

  • @LyleFrancisDelp

    @LyleFrancisDelp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dean9235 This is wonderful to know. Thank you for sharing.

  • @dean9235

    @dean9235

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LyleFrancisDelp when I saw "Noises Off" it starred Patricia Routledge (Hyacinth Bucket) as Dotty. It was fabulous!

  • @LyleFrancisDelp

    @LyleFrancisDelp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dean9235 Oh! You saw the original? Paul Eddington as well? What a treat!!!

  • @ianjackson6751
    @ianjackson6751 Жыл бұрын

    Really like your videos very honest .

  • @RachelCollins-bw3ld
    @RachelCollins-bw3ld Жыл бұрын

    100% accurate assessment 😂 brilliant video

  • @SKSK-rz7br
    @SKSK-rz7br Жыл бұрын

    Great vid as always ... Love the comments

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