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@R8V10 Жыл бұрын
Hahaha great ending!
@Evolthions
Жыл бұрын
indeed
@spencereagle1118
Жыл бұрын
Poor bloke....he probably wakes up every morning with 'your just a bored security guard' ringing in his ears. 😂😂
@jackbrown4130
Жыл бұрын
14:24 Dennis the Menace
@jackwatsonepic626
Жыл бұрын
@@jackbrown4130 that's it lol 🤣
@ianlancaster4045
Жыл бұрын
Legendary content as always look forward to your vids each day
@patrickspillane4581 Жыл бұрын
Not Allowed to film public buildings funded by public taxes. But OK for the cameras all around the UK to film you without your consent.
@jackwatsonepic626
Жыл бұрын
It just shows you how many people haven't a bloody clue but if he was walking about with spy glasses on and not a camera held out in front of him then they wouldn't have said anything
@stuartgmk
Жыл бұрын
👍👍🇦🇺
@V-oj9we8gf7d
Жыл бұрын
Yep correct👍
@glenmorgan4597
Жыл бұрын
@@V-oj9we8gf7d i beginning to think a prerequisite of working as security is to be a bit overweight and a shaven / bald head
@SFVYachtClub
Жыл бұрын
@@glenmorgan4597 Those are desirable traits for hiring security but not the requirements, which are emotional regulation issues and incompetence at any other job that can't be automated with a traffic cone and a sturdy padlock.
@marklatimer7333 Жыл бұрын
Even the Security Guards look like they've lost the will to live.
@adeleelgood6948 Жыл бұрын
You're a great showman and human rights advocate for us poor downtrodden folk, Charlie! I salute you and your photons!
@nizviz Жыл бұрын
Wigan lost its soul when the Casino closed down.
@canyoudigit6321
Жыл бұрын
But we keep on keeping on.
@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer Жыл бұрын
Wigan Pier used to have fantastic Victorian history museum, also a George Orwell museum. Shame they shut down.
@Deliquescentinsight
Жыл бұрын
The Road to Wigan Pier is one of Orwell's testaments to working men of his times, a grim, but excellent read
@romz1
Жыл бұрын
I only know Wigan Pier as a dance club where all the chavs went, high on mdma in the 90s.
@ShalomBrother Жыл бұрын
Billy Boston was 1 of the first black players. The posh folk wouldn’t let him play union down south, so he came up north to play league and is wigans highest ever points scorer.
@ShalomBrother
Жыл бұрын
@20 Acre Life me no understandy
@George-nv1ri
Жыл бұрын
@20 Acre Life exactly. The elite didn't want him so they forced him on a working class football team that had no choice lmao
@cardigan3000
Жыл бұрын
billy boston is without doubt the greatest rugby player ever to come from wales - and second was jim sullivan- both black men
@Susan.W
Жыл бұрын
@@20AcreLife Will Smith is the bestest actor of all time
@cardigan3000
Жыл бұрын
@20 Acre Life lets just say i could buy and sell you 100 times over on sports knowledge and specifically welsh rugby knowledge and thats a very conservative estimate
@tracya4087 Жыл бұрын
i was born and raised in this lancashire town , this is a friendly town , and has many great things which you it is obvious you don t know , next time ask for a guide , you don t even know who george formby was
@danielgardecki1046 Жыл бұрын
Wigan town, not Wigan city.
@garyblackledge6490 Жыл бұрын
I’m a Wiganer ! And this is best video I’ve seen for ages 😂😂😂brilliant ! Sums the town up perfectly and had me laughing all the way through ! Keep em coming 👏👏👍
@DONDON-xq1vi
Жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/dniT2I9uoZjep6Q.html
@CharlesVeitch
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Gary
@daledrakewriter4912
6 ай бұрын
You have my pity.
@garyblackledge6490
6 ай бұрын
@@daledrakewriter4912don’t live in Wigan anymore and don’t plan on going back ever
@yorkshiremonkey7576 Жыл бұрын
George Formby was a true megastar of that era , he was earning £100k a year in the late 1930s from films and concerts .
@saltymemesmith Жыл бұрын
There's a level of irony Charlie forgetting Dennis The Menace's name, Dog was called Gnasher!
@kevinbrown-ge6sz
Жыл бұрын
More precisely, that was the British Dennis the Menace. To the rest of the world Dennis the Menace looked completely different.
@canyoudigit6321 Жыл бұрын
Back in the day wigan casino was the northern soul venue for the soul boys and girls keeping the faith and dancing to rare and unheard American soul dance music of the late 60s and mid 70s.sad to see the local council turning a blind eye to the obvious plastic antisocial litter issue.
@colinlawless5654 Жыл бұрын
Councils have destroyed town centres across the country with arrogant bad management. Virtually all town centres are depressing. Councils just have no idea how to move with the times. Maybe now it's too late.
@rjflores438 Жыл бұрын
Wigan is nicer than St Helens but its not on a romantic getaway tourist brochure either! However, that is a beautiful pub, one of the best interiors I have ever seen in a pub.
@yewtree-hs1dy Жыл бұрын
what you said at 2:08 I agree, wiping out anything that made Briton recognisable, and remoulding it to suit their own shitty architectural tastes.
@M.Y.O.F.B5178 Жыл бұрын
northern soul at the Wigan casino comes to mind 1973 to 1981
@MidNightWolf6942 Жыл бұрын
Oh, the irony @26:09 - The no photography sign at the Town Hall, diretly below the CCTV sign. Made me chuckle.
@DH-zp7bc Жыл бұрын
It's a shame towns are being run-down. People are being pushed into cities, but towns were always better places to live. Quieter than cities, but big enough to have plenty to do, with a similar community feel to living in a more rural area.
@ghanditw Жыл бұрын
THE CHURCHS ARE CLOSED AND THE BETTING SHOPS OPEN BECAUSE A NEW ONES IN CHARGE.
@ianrosie4431 Жыл бұрын
"Nothing wrong with being a black man. I just didn't expect to see it in Wigan". The previous statue you looked at was George Formby, who, as a giant star of the time, railed against the racial segregation in South Africa - in 1946, two years before Apartheid was introduced. When D.F.Malan, Prime Minister and architect of Apartheid, telephoned Formby to complain that he had been seen openly embracing a black girl while in South Africa, Beryl, his wife and manager replied "Why don't you piss off, you horrible little man?" That's the way to do it.
@Bangonthebonce
Жыл бұрын
Thats a factoid!
@digs1223
Жыл бұрын
SA was much better under apartheid
@garlicgorilla6540
Жыл бұрын
South Africa has blossomed since the end of apartheid. Especially the sale of tyres and rope.
@DONDON-xq1vi
Жыл бұрын
Ask Charlie to use this song in his video.kzread.info/dash/bejne/dniT2I9uoZjep6Q.html
@Bangonthebonce
Жыл бұрын
@@digs1223 And with a great factoid, comes a daft statement.
@DLC-sy7pp Жыл бұрын
BCEGI UK bought the galleries shopping centre for a few hundred million not long back, the same Chinese investment company that is buying a large amount of homes and land in the UK. Coinciding with the influx of dual nationals coming from Hong Kong. It's all a bit seedy.
@laurastuart3814 Жыл бұрын
My brother has made a decent living out of burglar alarms and security equipment around Wigan. Never be short of criminals, especially with the easy road links to Liverpool.
@magic1968
Жыл бұрын
If that's the case go sell your alarms in Liverpool then. What a stupid comment. 🤡
@JayAlmeida.
Жыл бұрын
Yeah theyve even organised a coach for us all to come down to Wigan on the rob because it's such an affluent utopia.
@laurastuart3814
Жыл бұрын
@@JayAlmeida. Great, it all generates business for my brother.
@glenstone5266 Жыл бұрын
Yes Billy Boston was a black man and a bloody good rugby player,nice to see you in Wigan Charles 😂👍🍻
@dominicbaylis2538 Жыл бұрын
Not allowed, all these private Corporations telling us what to do should not be allowed Common Law is the only way. Smashing filming yet again 👍
@PenryMMJ Жыл бұрын
Wigan is now technically in Greater Manchester and no longer in Lancashire. However, the only people who actually believe that are the council.
@Rabsmyth91 Жыл бұрын
Wigan doesn't look that bad honestly. The 3 large towns i've lived in are far worse. Maybe this is the state of the country when Wigan looks appealing 😂
@feiningerjones738
Жыл бұрын
My goodness, I don’t want to visit where you live if you think Wigan looks ok 😂
@Rabsmyth91
Жыл бұрын
@@feiningerjones738 Definitely no recommendations to visit.
@roadracermark7946 Жыл бұрын
It's quite amazing that the powers at be want a camera on every corner to record your every move but YOU can't film anything. Not allowed.
@chloeew4627 Жыл бұрын
That monster head statue is honouring the security guards of the UK ..😮
@philipjordan8145 Жыл бұрын
Wigan council cannot be proud of this depressing hell hole.
@johnfused8281 Жыл бұрын
Dennis the menace you wally Charlie 😅
@noelward8047
Жыл бұрын
Hook, line and sinker Haha
@samhenwood5746 Жыл бұрын
Wow we live in a very sad world & thanks Charlie 🤗PS Dennis the menace 🤗
@bluesky4733 Жыл бұрын
I asked a local if there was a B&Q in wigan once and he replied no it’s spelt W I G A N
@michaeljohndennis22319 ай бұрын
Wigan is also the home of 1980’s pop band Kajagoogoo with Limahl as its lead singer - as a teenager in Rural Ireland back then, I loved the 1980’s when life was so much better compared to what it has become in 2023
@MistaNasty
6 ай бұрын
Neat! Too Shy is a banger.
@181068181068 Жыл бұрын
One Yorkshireman was talking to another . Get yourself a ticket for this do tomorrow night. £5 per ticket includes minibus to the venue, as much as you can sup, free entertainment , pie and pies and a shag. The other Yorkshire man replied, who's pies are they ?
@romz1 Жыл бұрын
As property prices rise in manchester, the satellite towns may actually survive, as the people (like me) who cant afford houses in central manchester have to look further out. The same happened with london.
@mikewhite4925 Жыл бұрын
The Ship Pub ( that was ) l visited when l was seventeen, my first under age drink. Propositioned by two ladies of the night there. Happy days. Thanks for the visit. 👍
@danielabatabogdanov8586 Жыл бұрын
did not look so bad .bit of Veitch framing but that was worth it
@adam_2539 Жыл бұрын
Up the Warriors🍒⚪️
@psvhangoveral Жыл бұрын
My Manta GTE was stolen from outside Wigan pier in 1993. Never saw it again!
@jamesflaherty59 Жыл бұрын
Note to self: Never go to Wigan
@senianns9522 Жыл бұрын
No bloody loud and trashy women seen in The Raven Pub! Bravo!! What a find! Looked great!! Utopia in Orwell land!
@Danny_Transition_Patrol Жыл бұрын
It was Dennis the Menace from the Beano comic.
@daytona1212 Жыл бұрын
Reggie Photo was there some time ago, and these government clowns overthere are nuts.
@scarfaceTWIY. Жыл бұрын
It’s Dennis the cracky mate 🧟♂️
@mykota2417 Жыл бұрын
Authority... Power control human addiction trait indemic. U face it. Most spend their lives dodging it.
@auditdb7433 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see Peter Molyneux has retired to spend his days at the Wigan Raven, impressed by his pie knowledge.
@nigelhughes2947 Жыл бұрын
you are invited to visit Haverfordwest in West Wales , if you thought Wigan was bad wait till you see our County Town destroyed by the Council .
@williamjohnston982 Жыл бұрын
The big guy wearing the hi-viz jacket has the same "what the fuck am I doing with my life" look I see in the mirror most mornings 😐
@patrickrose1221 Жыл бұрын
The ' Raven Pub ' looks bang on Chuck , couple of good old boys as well bless em! : )
@centureye Жыл бұрын
We had problems filming Wigan Market no problem filming the town centre but the grand and Market we now do sneaky filming for those places Wigan Council are just weird
@Mr.1.i2 ай бұрын
13 Oct 2023 - Home of the Wigan Warriors since 1872, the club and its community have produced more top-class stars, in either rugby code, than arguably ...
@acm1137 Жыл бұрын
"Eugenically challenged" 😂
@Dreamweaver787 Жыл бұрын
A tad unfair to put down upon the people of Wigan with your comments on how you described the town, to be fair like most towns in the UK the local councils have done this to get rid of town centres to stop people going into them, hike the rates up they become unmanageable. It's also a control to stop people having freedom to go to places like this.
@Tigerteae Жыл бұрын
Not allowed, just like seasidemark outside Asda
@dianamay86005 ай бұрын
See me in the 70’s excited to get to Wigan every week to go to Wigan casino. Thanks for posting, brings back good memories
@mcfluffchucker Жыл бұрын
That security guy at the end what an absolute sandwich, well done mate
@gudlad61
Жыл бұрын
I know him and he’s actually a nice fella. Probably just not happy in his job.
@siamsadie Жыл бұрын
The walls/council logo is in fact a paedophile used signage
@user-rv2iu9op1r Жыл бұрын
Wigan is alright, man. Nothing like Stoke or St Helens. The people are down to earth. A bit less scummy.
@andrewquinn5946 Жыл бұрын
Northern england really is rough both St Helens & Wigan need a lot of work
@vinnylee878 Жыл бұрын
That last security at the court, spitting image of despicable me 😂
@nigelcurtis3421 Жыл бұрын
I miss the English canals and locks .. Thanks for the Photons as usual 👍
@catherinejones29637 ай бұрын
Thanks, It was interesting to see Wigan ! 😊 I'm french et came to Wigan two times. Good memories 👍
@pw2809 Жыл бұрын
i'm from wigan - i travel on the trains have done for over 20 years going to work and i found it was funny seeing you ask some rail employee, where are you and he didn't know...the rail service is a absolute shambles - new staff should know where they are and where they are going🤣🤣🤣
@TheIcyhall Жыл бұрын
Sad you didn't get to meet a member of the Clowncil....should have at least got some of Wigan best potholes....they are the 44th worst town in Britain remember.... :(
@spencereagle1118 Жыл бұрын
The library security guards were recording you (the indicator lights on their cameras were on), clearly they exited the building with the intention of capturing footage of you. Under GDPR regulations they were obligated to inform you their cameras were recording. Write and complain to the Data Commissioner and ask Wigan council for a copy of the footage. Do this for every interaction you have with every security guard recording you with a body worn camera. They all seem keen on false 'not allowed' rules, how about reminding them about actual regulation?
@abc33944
Жыл бұрын
Waste of breath speaking to these bald robotic cunts ..
@tomcarl8021 Жыл бұрын
Do Americans have those locks and canals, Charlie? Yes, we do. I can't speak for the rest of the US, but upstate New York has gorgeous ones. The famous Erie Canal has them, as well as the Lake Champlain region at the start of the Hudson River.
@CharlesVeitch
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@fl3162 Жыл бұрын
I was last there in the 80s … Wigan Casino 😂.
@PrivateEye121 Жыл бұрын
Good morning Mr Veitch - no no no NoT AllOweD Yes yes yes freedom of public right of way 👍
@colletteleyden8534 Жыл бұрын
Charlie!! You forgot to mention Wigan Casino and the Northern soulers, probably the best thing the place is famous for.
@LarryBees Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the photons Mr Veitch. some bonny building still left😁
@walkslad5 ай бұрын
I’m 60 years old, if I live another 1000 years I’ll never go to Wigan, what a dump !
@LorrieLogan Жыл бұрын
I quite enjoyed that outburst.
@LetsAllDrinkToTheDeathOfAClown Жыл бұрын
Even the freaking mills and factories of the Victorian Era are more architecturally pleasing than the museums, high rises and government buildings of the post WW2 Era to present.
@Malcolm_99 Жыл бұрын
Tartarian buildings look the best! Much love!
@RevJock Жыл бұрын
Another great video Mr Veitch :-) I'd love to see you do Tooting Broadway, if you're ever down in London again.
@adcolt54 Жыл бұрын
Charlie does the best walk and talk videos. Love the interesting facts.
@peterhassett8332 Жыл бұрын
Charles covering your BALD Patch 😂😂😂 grow bold Gracefully BALDY CHARLES.
@silverfox7393 Жыл бұрын
You should go to Bradford Charlie, beautiful city, with more Gregs than i have ever seen, you will never go hungry
@deanothemanc5281 Жыл бұрын
I work in Wigan, remember having my interview at the station, thought they were having a joke about the 2 stations, remember literally sprinting down the road lol!!!The town is not so bad, its like most NW towns tbh. The pier does need sorting though. Like everywhere it has some decent suburbs, like Standish ect.
@blairarthur302 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in front of the Shubenacdie canal locks in Nova Scotia from the 1700
@centureye Жыл бұрын
Technically Wigan is not a city though Wigan Council like to think it is
@TaunusTV Жыл бұрын
Liked how you shut that one goon down at the end !! 😂👍
@nicotoscani1707 Жыл бұрын
some of these horrible ppl dont know that ur a pioneer charlie.. if they did they would show u respek ... they respek authority & trailblazers
@wiganer9912 Жыл бұрын
This video is the modern day version of ''The road to Wigan Pier'' by George Orwell.
@cupidstunts.stcmedia.6618 Жыл бұрын
It was a wonder-less roam about Wigan. Wigan this is NO WAY to attract wonderful tourists from around the World to your historical rugby/working class town. Wigan people, respect. Wigan authorities give your heads a sheck. I've been to Wigan twice the watch The Leeds Rhinos vs Wigan Warriors. Gr8 fans, we had a brilliant time 😁👍
@gordonburns9911 Жыл бұрын
Tories are doing a great job levelling down, more money to spare for Ukraine, foreign aid, and illegal immigrants.
@CoherentChimp
Жыл бұрын
Yawn.
@noelward8047
Жыл бұрын
How do you explain what a Labour council is doing the the money it extorts and is gifted !?!
@bmwofboganville456
Жыл бұрын
Yeh Wigan was DRASTICALLY different 12 years ago under Labour, sure
@shennmack
Жыл бұрын
Labour have ruined Wigan
@garden2356 Жыл бұрын
Cartoon characters name is Dennis the Menace and Gnasher is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by DC Thomson, of Dundee, Scotland. The comic stars a boy named Dennis the Menace and his dog, an "Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound" named Gnasher. Wikipedia You could call Chavs Dennis.
@danielgardecki1046 Жыл бұрын
14:51 the *Heady Metal* bosses from *Kid Chameleon* (1992)
@kennyandrews2630 Жыл бұрын
Wiggin is not a CITY.
@LtGregoryStevens Жыл бұрын
Why does Wigan have a Mike Tyson statue?
@DLC-sy7pp
Жыл бұрын
Becauth it doeth. 😁
@clagfest Жыл бұрын
Such a shame what's happened to Wigan. It has some lovely countryside surrounding it, but the town centre is a dump. Embarrassingly so. Things started to look up a little when they began to transform the area around the famous pier, but this now seems to have stalled. All the town centre has going for it, are a few decent pubs. Wigan Central, The Anvil, The Raven etc. Unfortunately there's nothing to attract visitors, or keep them there.
@palmer3977 Жыл бұрын
"Video killed the radio star" & Amazon killed the high st.
@mamnisel4815 Жыл бұрын
Not as bad as St Helens but Wigan again was devoid of trees & people.Some nice Victorian buildings Town Hall etc and the 'Not Alloweds' tried but failed as usual Charlie!!
@kevindunlap5525 Жыл бұрын
Let me play sausage for a second: No photography allowed. Please, one person, just act like I'm 4 years old: WHY?
@stevedawg9588 Жыл бұрын
Charlie, you KNOW no filming signs do not apply in public areas.
@Mark-gt5uu Жыл бұрын
Everyone's talking about Charlie not recognising Dennis the Mennis, but no one has mentioned how he thought Queens Park Rangers were Scottish lol
@peterwhittle5165 Жыл бұрын
Hi Charlie love the videos. The is a video on KZread from the 1900s from the exact spot. (you came out of the raven.) It's called living Wigan 1902. Cheers for the videos.
@rabywuk1 Жыл бұрын
Nice one, never been to Wigan - good to experience what it's like thanks
@chasleask8533 Жыл бұрын
Dennis the Menace . And was it Wigan where Paul Simon wrote 'Homeward Bound '? Can't imagine what made him homesick .
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Hahaha great ending!
@Evolthions
Жыл бұрын
indeed
@spencereagle1118
Жыл бұрын
Poor bloke....he probably wakes up every morning with 'your just a bored security guard' ringing in his ears. 😂😂
@jackbrown4130
Жыл бұрын
14:24 Dennis the Menace
@jackwatsonepic626
Жыл бұрын
@@jackbrown4130 that's it lol 🤣
@ianlancaster4045
Жыл бұрын
Legendary content as always look forward to your vids each day
Not Allowed to film public buildings funded by public taxes. But OK for the cameras all around the UK to film you without your consent.
@jackwatsonepic626
Жыл бұрын
It just shows you how many people haven't a bloody clue but if he was walking about with spy glasses on and not a camera held out in front of him then they wouldn't have said anything
@stuartgmk
Жыл бұрын
👍👍🇦🇺
@V-oj9we8gf7d
Жыл бұрын
Yep correct👍
@glenmorgan4597
Жыл бұрын
@@V-oj9we8gf7d i beginning to think a prerequisite of working as security is to be a bit overweight and a shaven / bald head
@SFVYachtClub
Жыл бұрын
@@glenmorgan4597 Those are desirable traits for hiring security but not the requirements, which are emotional regulation issues and incompetence at any other job that can't be automated with a traffic cone and a sturdy padlock.
Even the Security Guards look like they've lost the will to live.
You're a great showman and human rights advocate for us poor downtrodden folk, Charlie! I salute you and your photons!
Wigan lost its soul when the Casino closed down.
@canyoudigit6321
Жыл бұрын
But we keep on keeping on.
Wigan Pier used to have fantastic Victorian history museum, also a George Orwell museum. Shame they shut down.
@Deliquescentinsight
Жыл бұрын
The Road to Wigan Pier is one of Orwell's testaments to working men of his times, a grim, but excellent read
@romz1
Жыл бұрын
I only know Wigan Pier as a dance club where all the chavs went, high on mdma in the 90s.
Billy Boston was 1 of the first black players. The posh folk wouldn’t let him play union down south, so he came up north to play league and is wigans highest ever points scorer.
@ShalomBrother
Жыл бұрын
@20 Acre Life me no understandy
@George-nv1ri
Жыл бұрын
@20 Acre Life exactly. The elite didn't want him so they forced him on a working class football team that had no choice lmao
@cardigan3000
Жыл бұрын
billy boston is without doubt the greatest rugby player ever to come from wales - and second was jim sullivan- both black men
@Susan.W
Жыл бұрын
@@20AcreLife Will Smith is the bestest actor of all time
@cardigan3000
Жыл бұрын
@20 Acre Life lets just say i could buy and sell you 100 times over on sports knowledge and specifically welsh rugby knowledge and thats a very conservative estimate
i was born and raised in this lancashire town , this is a friendly town , and has many great things which you it is obvious you don t know , next time ask for a guide , you don t even know who george formby was
Wigan town, not Wigan city.
I’m a Wiganer ! And this is best video I’ve seen for ages 😂😂😂brilliant ! Sums the town up perfectly and had me laughing all the way through ! Keep em coming 👏👏👍
@DONDON-xq1vi
Жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/dniT2I9uoZjep6Q.html
@CharlesVeitch
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Gary
@daledrakewriter4912
6 ай бұрын
You have my pity.
@garyblackledge6490
6 ай бұрын
@@daledrakewriter4912don’t live in Wigan anymore and don’t plan on going back ever
George Formby was a true megastar of that era , he was earning £100k a year in the late 1930s from films and concerts .
There's a level of irony Charlie forgetting Dennis The Menace's name, Dog was called Gnasher!
@kevinbrown-ge6sz
Жыл бұрын
More precisely, that was the British Dennis the Menace. To the rest of the world Dennis the Menace looked completely different.
Back in the day wigan casino was the northern soul venue for the soul boys and girls keeping the faith and dancing to rare and unheard American soul dance music of the late 60s and mid 70s.sad to see the local council turning a blind eye to the obvious plastic antisocial litter issue.
Councils have destroyed town centres across the country with arrogant bad management. Virtually all town centres are depressing. Councils just have no idea how to move with the times. Maybe now it's too late.
Wigan is nicer than St Helens but its not on a romantic getaway tourist brochure either! However, that is a beautiful pub, one of the best interiors I have ever seen in a pub.
what you said at 2:08 I agree, wiping out anything that made Briton recognisable, and remoulding it to suit their own shitty architectural tastes.
northern soul at the Wigan casino comes to mind 1973 to 1981
Oh, the irony @26:09 - The no photography sign at the Town Hall, diretly below the CCTV sign. Made me chuckle.
It's a shame towns are being run-down. People are being pushed into cities, but towns were always better places to live. Quieter than cities, but big enough to have plenty to do, with a similar community feel to living in a more rural area.
THE CHURCHS ARE CLOSED AND THE BETTING SHOPS OPEN BECAUSE A NEW ONES IN CHARGE.
"Nothing wrong with being a black man. I just didn't expect to see it in Wigan". The previous statue you looked at was George Formby, who, as a giant star of the time, railed against the racial segregation in South Africa - in 1946, two years before Apartheid was introduced. When D.F.Malan, Prime Minister and architect of Apartheid, telephoned Formby to complain that he had been seen openly embracing a black girl while in South Africa, Beryl, his wife and manager replied "Why don't you piss off, you horrible little man?" That's the way to do it.
@Bangonthebonce
Жыл бұрын
Thats a factoid!
@digs1223
Жыл бұрын
SA was much better under apartheid
@garlicgorilla6540
Жыл бұрын
South Africa has blossomed since the end of apartheid. Especially the sale of tyres and rope.
@DONDON-xq1vi
Жыл бұрын
Ask Charlie to use this song in his video.kzread.info/dash/bejne/dniT2I9uoZjep6Q.html
@Bangonthebonce
Жыл бұрын
@@digs1223 And with a great factoid, comes a daft statement.
BCEGI UK bought the galleries shopping centre for a few hundred million not long back, the same Chinese investment company that is buying a large amount of homes and land in the UK. Coinciding with the influx of dual nationals coming from Hong Kong. It's all a bit seedy.
My brother has made a decent living out of burglar alarms and security equipment around Wigan. Never be short of criminals, especially with the easy road links to Liverpool.
@magic1968
Жыл бұрын
If that's the case go sell your alarms in Liverpool then. What a stupid comment. 🤡
@JayAlmeida.
Жыл бұрын
Yeah theyve even organised a coach for us all to come down to Wigan on the rob because it's such an affluent utopia.
@laurastuart3814
Жыл бұрын
@@JayAlmeida. Great, it all generates business for my brother.
Yes Billy Boston was a black man and a bloody good rugby player,nice to see you in Wigan Charles 😂👍🍻
Not allowed, all these private Corporations telling us what to do should not be allowed Common Law is the only way. Smashing filming yet again 👍
Wigan is now technically in Greater Manchester and no longer in Lancashire. However, the only people who actually believe that are the council.
Wigan doesn't look that bad honestly. The 3 large towns i've lived in are far worse. Maybe this is the state of the country when Wigan looks appealing 😂
@feiningerjones738
Жыл бұрын
My goodness, I don’t want to visit where you live if you think Wigan looks ok 😂
@Rabsmyth91
Жыл бұрын
@@feiningerjones738 Definitely no recommendations to visit.
It's quite amazing that the powers at be want a camera on every corner to record your every move but YOU can't film anything. Not allowed.
That monster head statue is honouring the security guards of the UK ..😮
Wigan council cannot be proud of this depressing hell hole.
Dennis the menace you wally Charlie 😅
@noelward8047
Жыл бұрын
Hook, line and sinker Haha
Wow we live in a very sad world & thanks Charlie 🤗PS Dennis the menace 🤗
I asked a local if there was a B&Q in wigan once and he replied no it’s spelt W I G A N
Wigan is also the home of 1980’s pop band Kajagoogoo with Limahl as its lead singer - as a teenager in Rural Ireland back then, I loved the 1980’s when life was so much better compared to what it has become in 2023
@MistaNasty
6 ай бұрын
Neat! Too Shy is a banger.
One Yorkshireman was talking to another . Get yourself a ticket for this do tomorrow night. £5 per ticket includes minibus to the venue, as much as you can sup, free entertainment , pie and pies and a shag. The other Yorkshire man replied, who's pies are they ?
As property prices rise in manchester, the satellite towns may actually survive, as the people (like me) who cant afford houses in central manchester have to look further out. The same happened with london.
The Ship Pub ( that was ) l visited when l was seventeen, my first under age drink. Propositioned by two ladies of the night there. Happy days. Thanks for the visit. 👍
did not look so bad .bit of Veitch framing but that was worth it
Up the Warriors🍒⚪️
My Manta GTE was stolen from outside Wigan pier in 1993. Never saw it again!
Note to self: Never go to Wigan
No bloody loud and trashy women seen in The Raven Pub! Bravo!! What a find! Looked great!! Utopia in Orwell land!
It was Dennis the Menace from the Beano comic.
Reggie Photo was there some time ago, and these government clowns overthere are nuts.
It’s Dennis the cracky mate 🧟♂️
Authority... Power control human addiction trait indemic. U face it. Most spend their lives dodging it.
Nice to see Peter Molyneux has retired to spend his days at the Wigan Raven, impressed by his pie knowledge.
you are invited to visit Haverfordwest in West Wales , if you thought Wigan was bad wait till you see our County Town destroyed by the Council .
The big guy wearing the hi-viz jacket has the same "what the fuck am I doing with my life" look I see in the mirror most mornings 😐
The ' Raven Pub ' looks bang on Chuck , couple of good old boys as well bless em! : )
We had problems filming Wigan Market no problem filming the town centre but the grand and Market we now do sneaky filming for those places Wigan Council are just weird
13 Oct 2023 - Home of the Wigan Warriors since 1872, the club and its community have produced more top-class stars, in either rugby code, than arguably ...
"Eugenically challenged" 😂
A tad unfair to put down upon the people of Wigan with your comments on how you described the town, to be fair like most towns in the UK the local councils have done this to get rid of town centres to stop people going into them, hike the rates up they become unmanageable. It's also a control to stop people having freedom to go to places like this.
Not allowed, just like seasidemark outside Asda
See me in the 70’s excited to get to Wigan every week to go to Wigan casino. Thanks for posting, brings back good memories
That security guy at the end what an absolute sandwich, well done mate
@gudlad61
Жыл бұрын
I know him and he’s actually a nice fella. Probably just not happy in his job.
The walls/council logo is in fact a paedophile used signage
Wigan is alright, man. Nothing like Stoke or St Helens. The people are down to earth. A bit less scummy.
Northern england really is rough both St Helens & Wigan need a lot of work
That last security at the court, spitting image of despicable me 😂
I miss the English canals and locks .. Thanks for the Photons as usual 👍
Thanks, It was interesting to see Wigan ! 😊 I'm french et came to Wigan two times. Good memories 👍
i'm from wigan - i travel on the trains have done for over 20 years going to work and i found it was funny seeing you ask some rail employee, where are you and he didn't know...the rail service is a absolute shambles - new staff should know where they are and where they are going🤣🤣🤣
Sad you didn't get to meet a member of the Clowncil....should have at least got some of Wigan best potholes....they are the 44th worst town in Britain remember.... :(
The library security guards were recording you (the indicator lights on their cameras were on), clearly they exited the building with the intention of capturing footage of you. Under GDPR regulations they were obligated to inform you their cameras were recording. Write and complain to the Data Commissioner and ask Wigan council for a copy of the footage. Do this for every interaction you have with every security guard recording you with a body worn camera. They all seem keen on false 'not allowed' rules, how about reminding them about actual regulation?
@abc33944
Жыл бұрын
Waste of breath speaking to these bald robotic cunts ..
Do Americans have those locks and canals, Charlie? Yes, we do. I can't speak for the rest of the US, but upstate New York has gorgeous ones. The famous Erie Canal has them, as well as the Lake Champlain region at the start of the Hudson River.
@CharlesVeitch
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
I was last there in the 80s … Wigan Casino 😂.
Good morning Mr Veitch - no no no NoT AllOweD Yes yes yes freedom of public right of way 👍
Charlie!! You forgot to mention Wigan Casino and the Northern soulers, probably the best thing the place is famous for.
Thanks for the photons Mr Veitch. some bonny building still left😁
I’m 60 years old, if I live another 1000 years I’ll never go to Wigan, what a dump !
I quite enjoyed that outburst.
Even the freaking mills and factories of the Victorian Era are more architecturally pleasing than the museums, high rises and government buildings of the post WW2 Era to present.
Tartarian buildings look the best! Much love!
Another great video Mr Veitch :-) I'd love to see you do Tooting Broadway, if you're ever down in London again.
Charlie does the best walk and talk videos. Love the interesting facts.
Charles covering your BALD Patch 😂😂😂 grow bold Gracefully BALDY CHARLES.
You should go to Bradford Charlie, beautiful city, with more Gregs than i have ever seen, you will never go hungry
I work in Wigan, remember having my interview at the station, thought they were having a joke about the 2 stations, remember literally sprinting down the road lol!!!The town is not so bad, its like most NW towns tbh. The pier does need sorting though. Like everywhere it has some decent suburbs, like Standish ect.
I grew up in front of the Shubenacdie canal locks in Nova Scotia from the 1700
Technically Wigan is not a city though Wigan Council like to think it is
Liked how you shut that one goon down at the end !! 😂👍
some of these horrible ppl dont know that ur a pioneer charlie.. if they did they would show u respek ... they respek authority & trailblazers
This video is the modern day version of ''The road to Wigan Pier'' by George Orwell.
It was a wonder-less roam about Wigan. Wigan this is NO WAY to attract wonderful tourists from around the World to your historical rugby/working class town. Wigan people, respect. Wigan authorities give your heads a sheck. I've been to Wigan twice the watch The Leeds Rhinos vs Wigan Warriors. Gr8 fans, we had a brilliant time 😁👍
Tories are doing a great job levelling down, more money to spare for Ukraine, foreign aid, and illegal immigrants.
@CoherentChimp
Жыл бұрын
Yawn.
@noelward8047
Жыл бұрын
How do you explain what a Labour council is doing the the money it extorts and is gifted !?!
@bmwofboganville456
Жыл бұрын
Yeh Wigan was DRASTICALLY different 12 years ago under Labour, sure
@shennmack
Жыл бұрын
Labour have ruined Wigan
Cartoon characters name is Dennis the Menace and Gnasher is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by DC Thomson, of Dundee, Scotland. The comic stars a boy named Dennis the Menace and his dog, an "Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound" named Gnasher. Wikipedia You could call Chavs Dennis.
14:51 the *Heady Metal* bosses from *Kid Chameleon* (1992)
Wiggin is not a CITY.
Why does Wigan have a Mike Tyson statue?
@DLC-sy7pp
Жыл бұрын
Becauth it doeth. 😁
Such a shame what's happened to Wigan. It has some lovely countryside surrounding it, but the town centre is a dump. Embarrassingly so. Things started to look up a little when they began to transform the area around the famous pier, but this now seems to have stalled. All the town centre has going for it, are a few decent pubs. Wigan Central, The Anvil, The Raven etc. Unfortunately there's nothing to attract visitors, or keep them there.
"Video killed the radio star" & Amazon killed the high st.
Not as bad as St Helens but Wigan again was devoid of trees & people.Some nice Victorian buildings Town Hall etc and the 'Not Alloweds' tried but failed as usual Charlie!!
Let me play sausage for a second: No photography allowed. Please, one person, just act like I'm 4 years old: WHY?
Charlie, you KNOW no filming signs do not apply in public areas.
Everyone's talking about Charlie not recognising Dennis the Mennis, but no one has mentioned how he thought Queens Park Rangers were Scottish lol
Hi Charlie love the videos. The is a video on KZread from the 1900s from the exact spot. (you came out of the raven.) It's called living Wigan 1902. Cheers for the videos.
Nice one, never been to Wigan - good to experience what it's like thanks
Dennis the Menace . And was it Wigan where Paul Simon wrote 'Homeward Bound '? Can't imagine what made him homesick .