Britain's most abandoned street? Liverpool no go area

[@redmeth07]

All these beautiful houses with potential, yet I can’t get a house or my own flat.

[@iwearLingerie]

Shouldn't have failed at life, blame yourself.

[@bertspeggly4428]

Those were obviously once very decent double-fronted houses. Criminal that they aren't being used.

[@CathyTx2001]

I would have loved to see what they looked like when newly-built. Thanks for showing us this sad but interesting area. 🌹

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Theres some old photos online, it looked great in the 60s

[@CathyTx2001]

do you have a link you could share?@@DeadEndsWithDan

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

If you google "ducie street liverpool old photos" there's a few there x

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/ducie

[@CathyTx2001]

thanks!@@DeadEndsWithDan

[@auroradyz391]

Meanwhile, Liverpool City Council have an unprecedented number of homeless people and millions of our hard earned cash is being used to keep them in hotel accommodation they don’t want to be in. Absolute disgrace that there are empty properties anywhere in this country.

[@nbandpinportugal]

You mean BILLIONS of our hard earned cash is being used to keep illegal immigrants in hotels while the natives live on the streets.

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

This is like the boarded-up streets around Anfield as the football club's wealthy foreign owners patiently waited to bulldoze a local community out of existence. Not 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. More like 'You'll Never Live Round Here'.

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Yeah I think it's pretty shocking what Liverpool have done to the surrounding area, I think Everton did the right thing by building a new stadium somewhere with more space. I'll be doing a video on that soon

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

@@DeadEndsWithDan That would be really interesting. How many residential streets lost? How many homes demolished?

[@thisperson5294]

I Googled it... The street belongs to Liverpool council. Apparently it was built for Welsh workers in the 19th century. It became a multicultural area, but the area declined very badly, with slumlords and overcrowded houses with bad living conditions. Black people were stuck there due to racism. Locally it was always known as Liverpool 8 (as in the album by local band The Real Thing, called "4 from 8") but the media referred to it as Toxteth in the riots. There was a scheme in which people could buy a home for £1 provided they showed they had the money to renovate them (and, I assume, would live there for a set period). Ducie Street seems to have got left behind. Been a lot of local efforts to try to get renewal, according to Wiki, hampered by local and national government

[@HangTheTraitors157]

"It became a multicultural area" - Meaning that African seafarers jumped ship and illegally set up home in the area. "Black people were stuck there due to racism." Meaning, as the African population grew so did crime, drugs, neglect and white flight - Nothing surprising there.

[@Welshstreets]

Thank you for talking sense,I can remember the area when black people were penned in.Some people don't have a clue what Liverpool 8 was like in the 80's.They may have went to score a bit of weed there or have distant relatives who lived there.They didn't actually live there themselves.

[@katsiduzynski488]

​@@HangTheTraitors157 sadly in many places in the US same thing occurred after various groups lived in neighborhoods. The newest arrivals from certain other states vying for better social benefits fare the worst as to maintaining their homes. Older groups including more established black families resent the less capable newcomers with the influx of crime as well as lack of pride of place (as one compares different groups against the current now living in often no-go areas). Truly unfortunate.

[@nicolahacking2623]

Once beautiful old Victorian? houses.Why not renovate them Liverpool Council ?.Then support low income and homeless people to live there responsibly and develop a community people are proud to live in.

[@einsteines]

The Granby "community" destroyed their own area and fled up the road to Lodgey. They now want re-housing anywhere except Smithdown Road because it's full of . . . . . foreigners. The irony ! PS I'm from there, before you call me a racist.

[@HangTheTraitors157]

Oh so true. Upper Parley, Lodge Lane - notorious for criminality and violence from a certain sector of the "community" when I was growing up in Liverpool in the 70's and 80's. They came here from the 3rd world and turned the place into a toilet - but it's always whitey's fault due to his racism! 🤣

[@Osman-mj5rf]

You are sound bitter do history on your comment.

[@bazcrav]

Do you really want to know what happened. I’ll tell you. Immigration. That’s what happened. I know because I lived in the same neighborhood. # FINISHED 😢. So glad I moved.

[@bazcrav]

When it was black and white not a problem. When they brought lets say of middle eastern descent. The whole area turned to shite. But that’s what they say import the third world you’ll become the third world. 🤷‍♀️

[@griswald7156]

In Folkestone Kent they have a local successful entrepreneur who takes an interest in the locals and pumps his own money into the area…it’s all lovely to see..

[@terryhorne2582]

What happened was, immigrants & black people got moved into them ,starting around the late 60s, they never looked after their properties, hence the mess, remember, slums are not built, but created by people.

[@user-xq6sj3jk5x]

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[@anthonyclegg1511]

BS. 🤡.

[@Silverlady57-h2d]

What a shame they look nice solid houses .. I watched a programme from Liverpool where people bought houses for a £1 and did them up to a high standard ..ended up making a once neglected street liveable again

[@irenedavo3768]

Housing Asdociation?

[@TheMasterblaster32]

​@@anthonyclegg1511🤡

[@Meimei-to7gt]

I lived on upper parliament street in the early fifties, from our house we could see straight down Granby street. It was a thriving and a very busy shopping area most f the shops were Jewish owned or run. Fast forward to the eighties it looked abandoned all the buildings were boarded up. How an area changes when the people don't have pride in it.

[@dabogeyman6280]

If you go on Google street view you can go back to 2009 when the other side of the road hadn't been demolished. Nice docu/vid subscribed 👍

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Thanks for subscribing! Yeah streetviews great for seeing how it was a few years ago, maybe I can add that in to future videos

[@nothing-jg7fw]

Why don't people clear the leaves, or council. Don't people have any pride anymore in UK to keep things nice? Very sad. All those old houses must have looked so nice when they were first built. Potential to rebuild is amazing.

[@fredpepper4773]

Surely these houses could be renovated and something done with the ground opposite such a waste of good housing stock 😊

[@CathyTx2001]

The inside is probably way worse than the outside...

[@philcox95]

It's a Ethnic area that's what happened

[@Mat-kr1nf]

Definitely no-go for the police back in the 80s. Up at the top of Granby street, where it, I think I re bet correctly, joined Princess street, there were heroin dealers hanging about day and night. I remember when Somalis were put there after the civil war, I used to think, poor b*stards, they’ve managed to escape the carnage there, and where do they end up, Granby Steet, Liverpool!😱😟

[@didwest1249]

The abandoned part looks like a film set

[@DelightfulCabezonFish-ni9iu]

Its a sorry state of low that these properties have been left to ruin.

[@johnwilson230]

Every city and town there's all these bordered houses and all the homeless on the streets where's the bloody sense if they had somewhere to live they would have a post code.. Intern get employment just really don't make any sense

[@slaz1966]

These houses were initially owned by middle class people close to both smart Victorian parks Princess and Sefton - they were occupied in the 60’s by immigrants and sadly many of the streets in this area were abandoned by the City Council after the riots in 1980 - there are many good people in this area with a fantastic sense of community - shame on you the Labour/Liberal led City Councils - more should have done more to help especially with so much European funding coming the City,s way and then squandered.

[@jonethomas3892]

Start of the third world UK, it's sad, bad, and mad, house our mps in them.

[@suezb5445]

I wouldnt call it a no go area always been a great area to live in Ducie st was great in its day friends of mine had flats there great houses a sin how they left them to rot, most of the houses in flats were owned by a housing association

[@jazztheglass6139]

Granby used to be a thriving little high street in the 70's. Goodalls shop was at the top right, it had a school at the back, a post office, butchers, a record shop, grocers, a chemist etc. Duggie the barber did haircuts I've good memories of Granby. Liverpool Council stabbed Liverpool 8 in the back. The only people who ever got any grants had connections in the council. They let the rest of the residents hang. What they did to those big houses on Parliament st and round Falkner Square was pure spite

[@ukfm]

Was the drugs street.

[@marion370]

Thats awful when theres a housing crisis,why can't they just do them up,sell them or for rent,such a shame 😔

[@mariamuschajew2761]

It can be cleaned up and look beautiful !

[@nbandpinportugal]

It must be quite leafy in the summer and the land across the road could be turned into lovely gardens. Where are the property speculators ?

[@orthodoxblue7252]

Looks like a black neighbourhood to me

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

I saw a mixed demographic, I think it was predominately black in the 80s.

[@garyashley9295]

What do “Black Neighbourhoods”look like??

[@orthodoxblue7252]

@@garyashley9295 That one!

[@HangTheTraitors157]

@@garyashley9295 Dumps mostly. Even after the indigenous tax-payer has been forced to plough multi millions of pounds into the places.

[@russellham2094]

This area / streets were always in grossly poor condition from the 1970's. Shame decent build. The Toxteth riots did for all of L8 district and beyond. Regards to all Liverpool born and bred

[@griswald7156]

Cairns is lovely…Ducie could be like that….

[@leeyoung9469]

Don’t like saying this but not a great idea for a stranger to be walking around alone. I grew up in L8 back in the day. Super area and community but has always struggled and been neglected.

[@HangTheTraitors157]

Yeah, these things happen when you change the demographic of places and install people from the 3rd world.

[@garyrigby21]

What time of day was this? I've never seen it so quiet around Granby st

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

2pm-ish

[@garyrigby21]

@@DeadEndsWithDan weird! i was thinking 10am

[@ianrobert6239]

Thank you Damo.🤭I think the portable footspa is meant for outdoor use only, so could have been in the right place. I think it all needs knocking down and a nice forest planted there instead.😁👍

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

I've listed it on ebay Ian if you're interested

[@ianrobert6239]

@@DeadEndsWithDan I will. I hope the plug is attached and it is PAT tested.

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Yep Pat gave it the once over with his screwdriver, said its sound@@ianrobert6239

[@Welshstreets]

Brilliant idea mate,make the area greener,so much concrete everywhere is not good for mental health,its a proven fact.I reckon this is one of the reasons why there's so much crime in inner cities.

[@myriadhues457]

kinda funny how in the midst of total abandonment, something about the human spirit needs to be expressive. Some of that graffiti was actually well painted.

[@jamieoliver3262]

What a shithole sure they were once nice houses Enoch Powell was bang on ! Look at Croydon i can still see my old nan a ma scrubbing our doorstep absolute disgrace %%%

[@the-vanquish3885]

W8 4 it ! He'll say What U Doin Fam lmao 🤣 😂 😆 🤪

[@salus1231]

These are what's called the Welsh streets. There are 10 streets built in the 1870's by Welsh migrants. They were all to be demolished and replaced with 375 new houses. The bruiser who was mayor of Liverpool at the time had everything signed sealed and ready to be delivered. Then it was contested and the Communities sec at the time, Mr PIckles, rejected the councils plan stating that it was an historic community and it should be regenerated ( totally correct) The mayor apparently spent the day spitting feathers and getting aroused by looking at pictures of student accommodation complexes (his favourite thing )

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Thanks for the info, I thought the welsh streets were further down. They look great these days, I visited them back in 2014ish when they were all boarded up.

[@vikkyevans-hubbard2569]

These are not the Welsh Streets. The Welsh Streets are on the other side of Princes Avenue. Ducie Street is part of what is called the Granby Four Streets.

[@philippevie3258]

I boarded up all those houses an others in the deprived areas of lpool kennsington anfield dingle etc there should be an enquiry into the running of lcc cos the must of spent millions an millions on security an "regeneration " utter shambles of an idea an a disgrace really

[@bmwm6661]

Is granby street where Curtis warren lived?

[@mikerooney3307]

l used to live around there (Ambley Street ), went to St Bernard's school. my uncle lived in Ducie st no 7 I think.

[@50SingingBadgers]

Erm… the bins were out because it was ‘ bin day’. The people of Toxteth; they dragged the area down in the 60s and 70s and rioted in the 80s because they were - and still are - filth. I commend you for getting out of there alive. I’ve never driven through there with the doors unlocked.

[@garyrigby21]

I've never had a Problem in Toxteth and I've walked around the area all times of day & night

[@slaz1966]

I was an Insurance Agent in Toxteth during the late 80’s and 90’s and had no issues security wise - later in the early 2000,s I had a loan collection round (legit and legal) it was getting a bit scary by then collecting cash and money and was followed a few times

[@sbaby-kg8hn]

Your just racist

[@irenedavo3768]

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[@danielreid5114]

I live in Liverpool and certainly the street you showed with some investment could be brought back to life. Otherwise I really don’t get the point of your video. Are you trying to make out Liverpool 8 is dangerous? You certainly seemed to be able to walk around quite safely and make your video!

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Statistics wise it is dangerous but you're right in that I didn't have any issues which I said at the end of the video.

[@garyrigby21]

Liverpool isn't as bad as the media make it out to be! i think it's totally unfair what they did to the city especially as most of them have never stepped foot in Liverpool. how about reporting on the good/rich areas of the city? Childwall, Allerton, Woolton, Mossley hill etc? i suppose that's not interesting enough for these smug BBC tories they just want to drag the city down for some unknown reason?! Bizarre. don't like it don't come here simple as that

[@garyashley9295]

@@garyrigby21 Well said Gary ,they strive on content to make the video relevant.You only have to look just around the corner towards the Welsh Streets to see what can be achieved with funding and imagination ,can’t see why this area can’t be redeveloped for house proud people to move into.

[@garyrigby21]

@@garyashley9295 I think it will be redeveloped eventually

[@Cartoonman154]

We are talking about Liverpool council here.

[@kennethdrewary1094]

A mercedes car in that road, must be the landlord.

[@joeoconnell7916]

Good vid

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Thanks Joe

[@Debbiebarker88]

Why cant the council but these back like in scotland if there not council already would really help the people of liverpool❤

[@lisapountney5150]

They should sell these properties for a pound. I would buy one

[@mandriod5255]

I use to live around the corner in the 80’s it was considered a deprived area then and Gramby Street was where the riots took place I remember the Gramby minimart it was smaller then run by some lovely Muslim Scousers it was the centre of a community that has sadly gone.

[@MissRoseLily]

😮

[@garyrigby21]

it's really not a no go area! you should take a look at Lodge lane a lot more going on there

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

Thanks, I'll take a look.

[@user-xq6sj3jk5x]

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[@HangTheTraitors157]

Great call 👍

[@dazalttheory8965]

The victories and failures of our society are the responsibility of those ultimately in control at Executive Leadership roles with the Public and Private sectors. Any other argument doesn't matter.

[@Gunner84]

Looks like British version of Baltimore

[@hughzapretti-boyden9187]

They're not called bin dippers for nothing!😂

[@paulmcdonough1093]

coward comment scouse and proud i am cant believe risky you give that comment a heart to a cretin

[@peachmelba1637]

Woop woop gold star for originality.

[@lisapountney5150]

I could not live in that area and not clear it up

[@lizzys625]

You could by the for a pound one time

[@lindahoward3597]

Why don’t you show the nice parts of Liverpool? There are well better areas, xx

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

I try to include a positive in videos when possible. The Granby Winter Gardens was a nice bit. In general I love Liverpool, everywhere has its bad parts.

[@Mrc172]

​@@DeadEndsWithDanYeah, show the pretty bits, built on profits from the slave trade.

[@garywardful]

Do you mean like Crosby and Maghull @@Mrc172

[@jonathanpaulhooley4159]

Carnt you buy them fora quid scheme,it would be better if they did..

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

I think they stopped that a few years ago

[@garyrigby21]

That was in Kensington

[@anthonydunn-1297]

IT’s Liverpool 8 this isn’t it close to city centre

[@edglue6138]

It is

[@el55758]

a mile to town wtf you on

[@HangTheTraitors157]

A couple of minutes walking distance.

[@paulmcdonough1093]

we are the future mural is natasha jonas who is a current pro boxer w champ

[@toughgiraffe5865]

Just a student area now

[@jasonlaverty76]

OK so what is it you are trying to underline here? We could go anywhere in the UK and see the same decline in the 13 years of Torie goverment. Drugs and social decline have impacted a once nice area. I get you need to go around the worst areas, but we need to get back to regenerating these run down areas and pushing parliment to invest in the rundown housing stock for the future of community.

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

To expose the decline of this country

[@staceyalbright3323]

Wrong people destroyed this area pretos

[@thestig8133]

This is just one of the many reasons why L8 ( Toxteth ) is a BLOODY SLUM!!!!) I Absolute DESPISE!!! the area & waiting on a move to a area that doesn't have such a bad rep. I know you can get good & bad everywhere But, L8 WILL ALWAYS BE A SLUM as far as i am concerned. & i wish i never came here. But, i had at the time no choice. Now getting more & more DEPRESSED!!! with things i really NEED!!! to move out A.S.A.P!!!!

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

I've lived in a similar area. Keep on striving to get out and you will

[@jamieoliver3262]

We didn't have money or posh carpets but you could eat your fookin dinners off the floorboards !%

[@bigal3055]

No plates too, huh?

[@jamieoliver3262]

@@bigal3055 fook the plates anorl and if I ever saw the next door neighbours cat cotchin it was in trouble!%%😁

[@jamieoliver3262]

@@bigal3055 I did say COULD!% clever bollocks 👏 🙄

[@bigal3055]

@jamieoliver3262 Being both a clever bollocks and a smart arse can make me a bit cocky sometimes.

[@el55758]

you wouldnt of made it round the block back in 80's 90 's your cam gone happy slapped and left with rabbit ear pockets ha FACTs no ficTion!

[@DeadEndsWithDan]

I don't doubt that lol

[@saorsa5]

England you mean . Shuv yer fn union