Blackpool Hartes store Demolition Part 3

[@garymitchell8394]

Nice vid Steve...looking very dashing in your black Bass baseball cap! 🎉

[@barrybhoy5090]

Sad to see yates still empty can remember we came down for the October School break and it rained every day so we spent 90% of the holiday in Yates

[@anthonyharrison3343]

Great one Stephen, Thank you. There is a image of the store on Google Earth Street View. Its dated 2014 and shows the store occupied by Hartes.

[@lesliedickinson198]

I have to say it wasnt a pointless video and is an update from the previous two. Its good to see whats happening in Blackpool and maybe its renaissance. At last it seems there is money being put into its redevelopment and what used to be the Hartes store is a good example. Keep up the good work Stephen 🙂

[@anthonygiglio9860]

Great Video Steve I Enjoyed It They Made A Lot Of Progress since Yesterday Thanks For Posting😊

[@lesleybuckthorpe7455]

Thanks for the update. I hope you continue until the area is clear.

[@pamelabrett1331]

Been Blackpool today ,windy but nice , now sat in our caravan in Fleetwood here is the storms 😢

[@ATMedia93]

Big big thankyou for the shoutout pal, I filmed them moving rubble around but wasn’t good enough for a video I’m afraid, had to go at around 2pm due to work

[@JulieBilson]

Thanks for sharing Stephen😊

[@Peter-i1f]

Thank you for this video Stephen, looks like autumn has arrived in Blackpool.

[@MichelleMartin-ld6zg]

Hi Stephen happy Tuesday and everyone else from Michelle

[@jeanwalker3752]

Hi Stephen, a great video. I remember visiting Blackpool and going in the Woolworths shop and then later on the Hartes Christmas shop. How things do change. Thank you Stephen for showing us this video. See you in the next one. Xxxx

[@archangelrach1359]

Thanks for another great Blackpool update video Stephen, you're the best 🎉❤ xx

[@helenmarshall6391]

The Bass hat looks fab. Thanks for the updated video

[@wendyjones2351]

Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always wow that wind is mental they are doing well with the demolition not taking long at all have a great evening xx

[@juliewright-v3v]

thanks Stephen for another great video

[@Fatboyslimfast]

Thanks for the update Steve.

[@edwardharrington678]

Hello Stephen. Certainly looks windy up there. That demolition is going very quickly and will look good when redeveloped.Well done.

[@davidbail944]

Love it when the sea is rough with the weather what a shame for Yates wine lodge good building is it going to open again has something else

[@janobyrne2424]

Thanks for the live chat Stephen, surprising how fast the weather changes it seems to change in double time in Blackpool! The Yates building is beautiful but I've a feeling that it will be left to rot, such a pity.. Hope the calendars are coming on ok.👍😊😊

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks Jan. I finally gave to ok to print the calendars today. I had to check a sample copy first before going ahead.

[@robbrook224]

If you don't like the weather in Blackpool, wait five minutes!😂

[@janobyrne2424]

@@robbrook224 Usually less than that! 😂😂😂

[@stevensmith7460]

Evening Stephen, thanks for the update, it'll be gone tomorrow. Cheers mate.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks Steven.

[@frankinblackpool]

I used to work with the Whiteside's when I was an art student working a summer job on the Pleasure Beach. Darren is a Top Bloke.😀

[@kevinmott6205]

Thankyou Stephen, really interesting vlog again. I also have no recollection of going down stairs or up stairs in the former Woolworth store. 🧐😕😉

[@SimonM-63]

Lpve the Bass hat 👍, great video 👌

[@outlaw4941]

It's all kicking off in Blackpool 😂

[@MrHare147]

Check it out yeah 😊

[@AngelaK-55]

Thanks Stephen yes it was very windy today I went into town and it was chilly also. Shame to see the building gone 😢😢

[@roamerofthenight]

upstairs was for staff I believe!

[@danielbooker3508]

Thanks for the update Stephen, interesting to watch it slowly disappear. Would love to see a video of those side streets you passed. You’re the next best thing to being there.😂❤😂 Stay safe.

[@sweed58]

We remember seeing the nolans when it was the Woolworths store and used to buy Xmas decorations when it was hartes when on holiday

[@davemulready]

nice 1 pal .

[@sarahillingworth2718]

Missed the premier, been asleep most of the day, great video 👍

[@DavidKidd-ft4xq]

Thanks for that Steve.

[@christelbraune4530]

Nicht aufregen Stephen. War doch ein gutes Video von Blackpool. Thank you Stephen ❤

[@robbrook224]

I used to work at Visionhire on the opposite corner of Waterloo Road and Bond Street between 1988 and 1993. The basement was a staff area and the upstairs was a store room. I spent a lot of my YTS wages in there...and a lot more of them when I was in full employment. The rest of my wages were spent in Melody House on Bond Street! Do you remember Polish Joe's Shoe Shop which was the other side of the Cinema/Bingo Hall from Melody House? That was an Aladdin's Cave of fashions from a bygone era! They had more platforms than all the London Railway Stations combined! It broke my heart two years ago when I went down Bond Street to see it looking so derelict. I hope it eventually gets rejuvenated! I also worked in Talbot Market, where the Shoe Market is, in 1989 to earn extra money that was spent on Status Quo vinyl in Woolworths!

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

I do recall Polish Joe’s, but can’t remember going in there. We spent a lot of time in the New Market & Melody House.

[@robbrook224]

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool Melody House was amazing!!! Phil was the best! He knew what I liked! Any Limited Edition by one of my favourite artists and it would be put to one side for me. I also loved Sinfonia on Cookson Street, but when Sandy joined the Mormons he wouldn't stock controversial Rock and Metal bands...a bit of a pain when I loved my Rock and Metal at the time! Do you ever see Sandy Mountain that ran the place? Incidentally, when I worked for Visionhire my Manager was none other than Stephen,"Mandy" Hill that used to deputise for Stanley Matthews when he played for Blackpool. When Morty died he couldn't get to the Funeral as he had to work. Both Sir Stanley Matthews and Sir Tom Finney came to see him after the Funeral. I had no idea how to approach a Knight Of The Realm, so I put my right arm behind my back and bowed.

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Have a good day Anthony 👍🍺

[@racheljohnson9687]

Halfway through 👌

[@jayneshaw5247]

Great video ❤️👍

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thank you 🤗

[@CandyJohnPicknMix]

The Basement wasnt accessible to the public and neither was upstairs

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks.

[@Rob1972Gem]

I do admire your fondness for Blackpool. I’m the same with Skegness. I know they’re both seaside towns but on a different scale I appreciate that I always get defensive when people have a go at Skegness and I assume you do the same when it comes to Blackpool, but what they’re doing to this old shop here is what really needs to be done to a fair few properties Around Blackpool because when landlords let them go derelict, they are just hoping and praying that either they get vandalised or set on fire so they can be deemed structurally unstable and then demolished because there are a lot of properties around the country. Blackpool is no exception where the properties are just not worth touching too much money required local council don’t care. Don’t want to help in fact, they’re worse than that they put obstacles in your wayas a property/landowner love watching your videos I especially like the one where you came to Skegness. I have been to Blackpool a few times there certainly making quick work of get rid of this building.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

@@Rob1972Gem Thanks for watching 🙏

[@TinWhistleTV]

Sad to see the end of the building, lets hope the Clouncil pulls their finger out and actually give the guy who owns the property/land planning permission and he can do the building job that is clearly required mate. Keep up the great work mate.

[@antonyjharper31]

I went in the Christmas shop but never went upstairs!

[@Gary-fk9pu]

I remember the last time I was in that Woolworths was about 1990 or 1991- I remember it was to buy a cassette from the record department☺I certainly don't remember it having an upstairs- I imagine the upstairs would have been office or storage space.

[@paulharvey9149]

I don't think that Woolworth's had an upstairs in my lifetime but, if the building was erected in 1918, could this have been Blackpool's main Woolworths store - prior to the erection of the Promenade store? If so, perhaps it originally had an upstairs cafeteria, or food hall, as many of them did - and that closed when the much larger promenade store opened in the 1930s.

[@lindabrown3391]

There was an upstairs woolworths.

[@martinwebb1681]

Thanks Stephen. My previous comment has disappeared but I did leave it at 5.45pm. 😂

[@michaelwright3212]

Steve we are currently in blackpool till Thursday 12th September, it would be lovely to meet you if possible

[@jayoneill1533]

Why doesn’t Wetherspoon’s rescue the Yates building? They seem to be everywhere else. Thanks for the quality vlog Steve!

[@chrishines6048]

Just started to follow you on KZbin

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

@@chrishines6048 Thanks for following 🙏

[@chrishines6048]

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool no worries

[@nickjones1484]

Stephen did you notice the sheet of wood on the pavement with quite a few building bricks neatly fixed on it 🤔

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

@@nickjones1484 I did wonder about that.

[@susanlitherland698]

Hi 👋 Stephen👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@sharonluck5012]

No upstairs when it was a Christmas shop

[@richardbarber8023]

I think all us Bass fans should buy Yates and turn it in to a Bass only beer pub with a couple of largers and soft drinks be brill then

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Stephen, if your a Blackpool FC Fan, don't get carried away about Steve Bruce, he's a dinosaur when it comes to football, this is Choppy

[@traceyabbott193]

Its disappearing now isnt it, 😮 ,

[@anthonywilson2603]

Sea air Steven. Will sleep tonight 😊

[@Stefano1475]

When will the council learn that car parks DO NOT bring JOBS

[@martinwebb1681]

No, but they do bring in plenty of revenue.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

I believe you were timed out in the live chat, someone told me.

[@Stefano1475]

Making room for another car park, just what black pool needs 😂

[@nealridgard7709]

Hi Stephen

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Hi Neal

[@angelabrereton4459]

Body was hanging in lift shaft

[@gavinreid8937]

About 2 other bloggers covering Woolies getting knocked down.

[@kruvak]

THE LADS Ashowed us😂😂😂

[@kruvak]

STEVE YOU SOUND so Thick when you talk......😮😮😮😮😮😂

[@returnoftheponderer]

have to say this was a pointleess video your first one i feel you did just for the sake of it not up to your normal top quality . i fear youtube is becoming more about making money than quauilty videos seen this a lot latley with a lot of vlogers

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks for your input. See you on the next video.

[@benjamindenton]

Maybe learn to spell

[@robbrook224]

@@returnoftheponderer I spent the first five of my working years opposite that building. Although I'm sad to see it go, I was more sad seeing it in such a state of disrepair. I am fascinated by every video showing the last days of this once grand building. Why don't you just toddle off and annoy some Taylor Swift fans. You're just a pathetic Keyboard Warrior that's turned to KZbin because you can't watch Jeremy Kyle anymore!

[@frankinblackpool]

A quality reply by Mr Walk On The Wild Side. Fantastic. Nearly spat my drink out reading it.🤣🤣😂

[@kevinmott6205]

return of theponderer, I couldn't disagree with you more. Let me declare a conflict of interest. I'm Big fan of Stephen and the channel. The vlog(s) are a current interest story for many people like me who shopped at the building when a Woolworth store and as the Christmas all year round store. Money making is harder to do as KZbin receives less advertising revenue. Look up Geoff Buys Cars. I personally like the variety of Stephens and other talented vlogers videos. Some have higher production values than others. This does not diminish or devalue the content being covered or discovered, in my humble opinion. 😊

[@PlasticGirl65]

The wind could have done the demolition and the guys could have gone for a cuppa.