BLACKPOOL: It Got Worse the Longer I Stayed

[@Randi-Rabbit]

Used to go here once a year for my "Holiday" with my parents (We grew up on a council estate in Salford, Eccles in the 80s) Was a highlight for me as a kid, loved it, don't care what it is now, will always be a place I hold endearment for, no matter how nasty it is.

[@Sx16j]

Respect

[@feraiivie]

Like going to Butlins for the week tbh

[@ThomasShelby-to7oy]

Yeah no matter how much of a hole it becomes, it will always have that nostalgia about it, same with Rhyl. Not St Ives but the happy memories remain.

[@Sx16j]

@ThomasShelby-to7oy totally agree ..Towyn is for Me I love the place Am of there for a week in August can't wait 🙌

[@Ruffmushbadboy]

My nan owned a hotel near the pleasure beach and Visiting her was a highlight of my childhood rip Nan

[@helentucker6407]

Poor old Blackpool. Beautiful winter Gardens

[@pistophercrul3743]

this guy is evil

[@johnskidmoor-e5b]

Nowt wrong with it and most of the people Veitch was calling would be people on a Holiday Break probably from work. Of course Veitch could change his mind on this one as he does with other Topics.

[@hilarylillie5369]

Shocked how run down Blackpool is 😢 I remember being taken here as a child in the early 60s. Traditionally it was where everyone went for the Wakes Weeks, the annual holidays taken in the Lancashire mill towns.

[@NECinho]

Out of interest why did you stop going?

[@Ian-gw2vx]

Have you ever seen the film "Hindle Wakes" ? A great social snapshot of Blackpool back in it's halcyon days

[@hilarylillie5369]

​@@NECinhomy mother came from Lancashire but moved down south when she got married, then we moved to Argentina so did not go back after that. 😀

[@jamesbrothers7017]

The wakes film is on you tube x

[@NECinho]

@@hilarylillie5369 OK, interesting. Thanks for your response. Do you live in the part of Patagonia where they speak Welsh?

[@TKro21]

The threat of being sent to Blackpool could end illegal migration

[@benh5093]

The illegals have got it pretty good there- I walked into one of the hotels looking to book a room.when I got accidentally locked out of mine. Decent enough hotel but the inhabitants were rough as assholes.

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

lol!

[@Sx16j]

😂😂😂😂

[@josephthompson1318]

Had few become BLP is a, unitary authorty, & quickly banned any more

[@AndrewBush-d2j]

Stop it the town is having a £150 million upgrade

[@tonylewis472]

Hi Charles i hope your well, i've been watching your videos now for about 2 years, and have always thoroughly enjoyed them, so just wanted to say thanks very much for the hours of fun and enjoyment you've given me, and also to say you have loads of nerve in the way you deal with the confrontations that you have to suffer, and yet you still keep going, anyway keep em coming all the best Tony.

[@charliebowman2891]

It's people who are the problem, not places. Poor does not need to equal low or no standards whatsoever.

[@top5tings]

The problem escalates when everyone flees and all that's left is dreggs of society the UK in the last 25 years has been brit selling up and moving abroad or the countryside

[@D.Cooper420]

Yes the people in charge specifically

[@perky26hughes]

Very true

[@RevoeLad]

Such a shame it was never beautiful but it was nice. So sad to see your home town get treated like crap , used as a dumping ground for cities and immigrants. Together with mismanagement of funds by the council.

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

It’s like Las Vegas meets Chernobyl

[@AlwaysHereToHelp_]

So it’s like New Vegas then 😂

[@tonyrobinson362]

More like Chernobyl.

[@richardjames3356]

Fellow expats laugh when I say Las Vegas is Blackpool in the desert (there are some seriously shitty parts of LV as well)

[@jerryoshea3116]

​@@richardjames3356Did u live there?

[@benh5093]

@@thelleftaremad7556there's plenty of places to gamble like slots etc but I can only think of one big casino on the strip. Lol.

[@triplesod3760]

I went to Manchester City centre recently. Not been there since the 1990s. It was horrible.

[@lee4171]

Yep, a major shithole. Like most of our cities.

[@kelvinmeneely3116]

@user-io2et5bv2s Why? Please explain?

[@FishTillYouDrop]

Manchester is a real hole. At least Blackpool has a beech. 🏖.

[@davidhumberdross3387]

Beach​@@FishTillYouDrop

[@FishTillYouDrop]

@@davidhumberdross3387 tit

[@Ruffmushbadboy]

My nan owned a hotel near the pleasure beach and Visiting her was a highlight of my childhood rip Nan

[@pistophercrul3743]

this guy is evil spread the love and realise

[@nickmansfield2528]

Charles, a woman killed herself yesterday here in Wilmslow. She threw herself off the bridge on to the A34 bypass. Not that unheard of you might think… but the crazy thing about this, is her husband was with her in the car… she was driving over the bridge, and out of nowhere she pulled the car over, and jumped off into traffic. Can you imagine how he ever gets over witnessing that? I didn’t witness the jump, but I witnessed him crying in distress being comforted by a woman. I live very close by. I say this to you, because I know you’ve been to Wilmslow quite recently. And we really need to do something about mental health crisis. And what the crisis is: is people who are a little bit sad, and think they are entitled to happiness, when they don’t have it, the tell everyone they have MH issues, and take up valuable resources. So people like this woman, clearly with REAL mental health issues, have to wait 8 weeks to see a mental health professional! That is what the crisis is. And I hope you will try and bring awareness to this issue Sir Charles!

[@808haggis]

No way did you write that in 2mins 😂

[@sorearm]

Was this the manchester road that was closed the other day

[@Swiss6Made]

I’m was in the traffic and could see people on the bridge. As a young man I finished with a GF whilst driving and she got out while was doing 40 she survived- mate was in the back. People just snap

[@JA96]

I was on the bypass round the corner at the time yesterday. Couldn’t believe it.

[@ZachAsaD]

Also, the NHS has been decimated over the years and with the health tourism and demand for the NHS getting greater there’s no hope

[@stuartb4525]

Saw Chubby Brown in the Winter Gardens a few times. Hes good and the place inside is good.

[@deanishere7237]

chubby only ever got paid if he sold a certain amount of tickets... probably why he doesn't bother anymore !!!

[@josephthompson1318]

It's much bigger now, the 1st event on 1st weekend in Feb of a Rock Festival through to Christmas. Longest season by moths

[@Joseppiii-kp6es]

Apart from being on every month at north pier ?

[@pistophercrul3743]

this guy is evil

[@pammackenzie8917]

He is a massive piss taker he is a disgrace

[@Ian-gw2vx]

My first experience of Blackpool was a very rainy summer day trip in 1974. So excited as the Dr Who exhibition had recently opened earlier that year. To come face to face with the monsters and Daleks you had been terrified by on tv was both fascinating and darn scary. You could walk into the pleasure beach free and pay per ride which was pence. The funhouse was fantastic albeit the scary laughing clown. The song "Beach Baby" was in the charts then and always reminds me of this visit whenever I hear it, which of course is rare now. It was much more a family resort back then with lots of elderly folk who came out of the war dressed in flat caps, raincoats, headscarves' and tweed jackets. Last time I went was 1994 and it had already got pretty seedy by then. I might drive up again this year and document it for old times sake.

[@valetillidie6884]

I remember as a Child running out of that Dr who exhibition with my dad in pursuit ...I remember the dalek suddenly coming to life saying exterminate..I shit my pants as a 6 year old 🤣🤣🤣

[@markisaac7970]

Mate! 4 days a year, I stay in Blackpool. Rebellion punk festival, in Winter Gardens! It gets full of colourful mohicans, skinheads, boots and braces, with the whole of Blackpool invaded by punk rockers, making me look forward to this year!!

[@Damon-p9u]

Like I said, white trash town.

[@DavidSaum-is6xm]

When is that on brother?

[@tom_kennedy]

@@DavidSaum-is6xm Thu, 1 Aug 2024 - Sun, 4 Aug 2024

[@Mosel66]

Thats fantastic, bet those punks fit in perfect with Blackpool's grimey background, perfect location for Rebellion.

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

My wife is American. I am absolutely 100% taking her to Blackpool tower and convincing her it's the Eifel Tower in Paris. I almost had her going on drop bears from Australia where I was born. I'm pretty confident I can do this!

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

Some yanks asked us where the beach was in malaga so we directed them north over a rather Large hill ...

[@nigelcarren]

To convince her you are TRULY in Paris, you will need to visit the approach to the tower the night before and deposit at least two 25kg bags of Dog S### on the pavement! Best wishes from France mon ami! ❤️🐌😂

[@V.T.1989]

​@@johnathandaviddunster38 Ew whong fah dat!

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

@@V.T.1989 actually we were being loving and kind because they needed to shed a few pounds and as it was only about 90 degrees we weren't going to expose them to frostbite or hypothermia...❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🤓🥵🥵

[@autumnwoodpigeon]

My dear friend loved Blackpool, Northern Soul nights, passed away a year ago from MND. I miss him a lot. Dave Hodkinson, Northwich, RIP

[@Thechatteringclasses-oj6zy]

When I was a kid we always went to Blackpool, it was great. Loved the fairground. How times have changed.

[@simondavids9438]

Very grim indeed .Watch a walk on the wild side ,he does all of Blackpool.

[@pistophercrul3743]

this guy is evil

[@richardjones8699]

And Visit Fylde Coast

[@marionedunford4417]

I live in Blackpool, it's not all like this, there's some lovely parts, it's not a city it's a town, that warehouse you talked of is the old post-office, try going to the beautiful Stanley park,

[@pistophercrul3743]

this guy is evil

[@marionedunford4417]

Painted a dreadful picture of blackpool, there's a lot of lovely places in Blackpool town

[@leedavies1475]

The guy is a scum bag

[@nemesisc8341]

It’s a dump and the people are like the hills have eyes

[@OneLove101.]

I think Blackpool always looks nicer when it’s sunny! 🌞 🎪 🏖️

[@jessicarabbit1138]

You can find the same in every town. Good bad and ugly.

[@goldenserenity2385]

Blackpool is great. I like that it hasn’t upgraded. It still retains that genuine nostalgia

[@christuffer]

Yes the sea is as brown as I remember it.

[@ALLISEEIS6S]

Miss Blackpool of the 90s/00s

[@JimMcDonaldSoItIs]

I miss England of the 90s

[@pjoseph5950]

Definitely

[@Damien8888]

Was she sexy?

[@MarkPiccolo]

​@AdamMarkAteMySandwich me too the 1990 was awesome in Blackpool

[@ccg1404]

Miss Blackpool now wears a burkha!

[@tobsta30]

The Winter gardens looks great. Shame it's in Blackpool.

[@5Raven]

OMG I could cry I used to live there during the summer season. I was in a show. I loved the place. It’s disgusting what it’s like now. 😮😡

[@Northstar-Media]

There's a lot to hate in the world, but there is beauty if you look a little deeper. 🏵✨️

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

true, we must have balance but we shouldn't have let it get this bad!

[@sashaboo72]

The beauty is the 🌊 sea

[@user-ct8jz2hp5v]

There was several murders in Blackpool last year and about 2 this September already Blackpool is very run down the violence is shocking to read up on too . I've just lost my brother there best thing about Blackpool is the road out it

[@jwrobin21]

Blackpool (well named) is the sort of place you visit once or twice a year to remind yourself why you do not visit.

[@richardjones8699]

Unfortunately, everywhere has got massively worse. It's not just Blackpool.

[@user-ct8jz2hp5v]

@jwrobin21 yes I agree with you it's terrible in Blackpool my big brother just lost his life there. Best thing about it is the road to leave it. Was supposed to move Blackpool when 13 I refused point blank n I'm 41 now that place aint worth visiting 😢

[@user-ct8jz2hp5v]

​​​@@richardjones8699 too many murders in Blackpool the last few years it's the worst place in Lancashire according to statistics Charlene downes was murdered there too by a kebab shop a few years ago 😭 there was about 4 murders last year and about 2 or 3 this year

[@richardjones8699]

@@user-ct8jz2hp5v and there's FAR worst places in the rest of the Country. Everywhere is the same.

[@jwrobin21]

@@user-ct8jz2hp5v You forgot to mention the Railway!

[@nickshields7258]

A bit snobbish with your attitude and totally disagree with you basically having a go at the homeless calling them thieves and druggies,their is a lot of genuine homeless people on the streets of Blackpool,maybe you should concentrate on the illegal immigrants who are taking up the hotels in Blackpool like the Metropole and looking at what Blackpool council aren't doing for the town.

[@mjh5437]

Most genuine homeless are thieves and druggies too,I couldn`t care less...They`re just lazy scroungers and bums.

[@OriginalYS]

But they are thieves and druggies

[@Akstergrind]

Yeah, I live in Blackpool. I'm not a massive fan of the place, but this guy's just out to take the piss.

[@garyclifford2965]

Guys, it's a shit hole!

[@FadGadget1]

Run by a Labour Council. Says it all.

[@oscarpepper3483]

Aye I’m sure that’s the only contributing factor into its decline

[@richardjones8699]

The Labour Council has ensured huge sums are being invested in regenerating the town. Unfortunately, they've had to combat years of decline under a Tory Council - just like the Country. If you neglect something for years it can't be instantly turned around.

[@biker-jy9rv]

When labour gets in, the UK will become a paradise just like their councils... It'll be great.😮😮

[@joebacchetti5890]

[@oscarpepper3483]

@@biker-jy9rv this is everyone’s issue neither labour or the conservatives will ever help this county the system is rotten to its core

[@Mirror-s8k]

I went swimming as a kid at Blackers in the 70s doing front crawl grabbed a solid human turd never been in the sea since !!!

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Good times😂

[@enochianmagic]

😅😅😅

[@enochianmagic]

That Musta been crap

[@Damon-p9u]

Yeah, it's a shit hole alright.

[@roywilding3039]

People who go around hating people they have never met generally do it because deep down they despise themselves . And watching this ,I can understand why.

[@MontgomeryPisswhistle]

How sad. Emblematic of the decay of our country. I have great memories of holidays in Blackpool as a child. I knew I recognised Winter Gardens - it used to be Professor Peabody's Playplace and despite its kiddly-fiddly-esque name, was an amazing place for kids but would never be allowed today due to health & safety

[@RitchieRosson]

Loving the new camera footage Charlie.

[@RitchieRosson]

Very steady as you work. But does it film kicks well? Is there a setting for that?

[@ianlivsey7200]

I used to love this place. Now, I'd rather walk round Morecambe with a nail in my shoe on a wet Wednesday night than go there. The good news is though Charlie, if it got worse the longer you stayed, I suppose it must be improving now you've left. Lol.

[@stevedawg9588]

A derelict former holiday town, you couldn't pay me enough to suffer a week in that hole

[@blackbob3358]

Ya watched it though, 9588 ? Beat it, you're a serial offender.

[@69Phuket]

Drive thru only. When lights on.

[@stevedawg9588]

@@blackbob3358 You beat it, you're a serial knobhead

[@stevedawg9588]

@@blackbob3358 I watch all of Charlie's vids, you got a problem with that?????? BUTT OUT

[@velvetinedrapes4359]

@@stevedawg9588 lmao you're a right mong

[@markrainford1219]

Lot of good memories of Blackpool. Noticed how much you smiled too Charlie.

[@johnboyginger]

The ultimate definition of ‘bleak’.

[@mattbridges322]

To those who always slag Blackpool off. Simply stay away and don't ever come or come back simples. BTID ❤

[@blackbob3358]

A jock in Blackpool in the holidays ? Mi timbers are well and truly shivered. Ya alright, Charlie.

[@smfvmd]

How times have changed. I remember going on spec to Blackpool one bank holiday weekend in the 70s and there was not a room to be had. Me and the Mrs had to sleep in the car.

[@nigelfarage69]

I like to visit Blackpool now and then. It always reminds me to stay sober and earn money.

[@PlasticGirl65]

I do wish people would stop running Blackpool down like it's the only town in the UK with problems. Just about every town has problems.

[@Englishsea24]

Come to my hometown Bedford👍

[@edfilmsstuff]

Brilliant as always

[@BlueHToys]

Winter gardens was opened in 1878 and has different themed rooms. It also at one point had a ferris wheel.

[@pistophercrul3743]

this guy is evil spread the love and realise

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

1:58 where all the burnt out London gays go to Brighton, the burnt out Manchester gays go to Blackpool

[@peterlarkin762]

I hope those monks found a hotdog stand and were made one with everything. Better have the right amount of cash though, because change must come from within.

[@markrainford1219]

😂

[@jerrywallop5647]

Blackpool is brilliant for 4 hours once every couple of years……it’s an amazing institution……big part of my upbringing…..

[@thedad7313]

It’s a mess. Everything is rundown, dirty, dilapidated, closed, or falling down. It’s heyday way a long, long time ago.

[@thedad7313]

@giovannigiorgio3727 seems I am, yes. Sad times

[@lesliehayton2929]

Looks like a holiday - from , Wakefield , or keighley !

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

@giovannigiorgio3727 indeed he is, i live in a so called 'nice' place and i would go there happily for a break lol.

[@ThomasShelby-to7oy]

England in a nutshell. Shit tip. Mass deportations needed

[@fargoboyle1]

And its gonna get 100 times worse with migrants arriving 😑

[@jamesavery2]

That's where I had my first tattoo , I was drunk as a skunk , but had a good weekend with all my workmates . The year was 1981 😅

[@aimeenotley970]

There’s a guy called Tony Taylor that appeals parking tickets and he pretty much always wins! Search him up. He’s appealed and won mine!

[@dawnwalker4965]

Many a great weekend spent there,when the lights are on,good fun.xx

[@tomcollins4617]

I can remember as a child , that would have been a fantastic place to visit,

[@Allan-th4uv]

I stayed in the Kingsley hotel 1982 , was a family run, and they were great with everyone . Great memories

[@DB-1984]

I went to Blackpool last week for a couple of days . I got out of the train station and walked towards Sainsbury’s and someone got stabbed . Then on my last day I was walking past Poundland and again someone got stabbed . Very dangerous place now

[@skerriesrockart]

Did you stab them?

[@DB-1984]

No not me

[@amandawhiteley6737]

One or two weekends there would be enough for me n partner, any longer would be crazy, but anyway it's what you make of a trip that counts. It's like that in other seaside towns when you observe enough. Thank u for these informative films dear man ❤❤😊😊 take care

[@fionaboss1512]

Not been for years last time i went some guy tried to break in to my room in the night, the chef was in the next room and chased him down the street with just a towel round his waist, he caught him and handed him to the police. He came back to tell me it was safe now. My daughter was shaking and worried he would come back so i sat up most of the night reassuring her she was safe. I checked out in the morning and never went back to Blackpool.

[@stevenmclucas1894]

😳🙈

[@centrevezgaming4862]

I was there last year and managed to stay clear of people like that because you don’t know what weapons they carry . So please be careful where you visit especially going solo

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

an ex of mine is an addict, your observations, may not be popular in these messed up times, they are however, 100% correct mate.

[@Sol-Cutta]

Blackpools tower ??? Is that rhe same as Grey gardens???

[@breakit46]

I saw the Grumbleweeds on the pier, I was a young boy, they put the lights out and they came through the audience in skeleton suits with torches, I wet my pants, honestly, I pissed em, too much for a young boy to take in.

[@pistophercrul3743]

this guy is evil spread the love and realise

[@breakit46]

@@pistophercrul3743 you put 2 spaces between the love. Apt

[@breakit46]

@@pistophercrul3743 hardly evil more uncomfortable for soft skinned folk who think the world is a cream cake all just for them. Life is stark and tough and to survive you need high i-q to see and respond to all the bullshittery. Nice

[@brittania1974]

It doesn't matter where you live, it's who YOU are as a person and what you make of what you got.

[@chrisbanks5925]

There's a famous seaside town called Blackpool, that's noted for fresh air and fun . . . .

[@patthewoodboy]

my home town was in decline for years under a labour council , now its been conservative run and the improvements are obvious

[@toucan221]

Thanks for the tour of the Winter Gardens, I will have get there and see that for myself.

[@dirtyrder1970]

Your slagging off Blackpool,,,,, its like most seaside places(except Cornwall) its great for a quick getaway depending where you live,, if you want it cheap you can get it cheap and dumpy,, but there are some lovely mid range priced b&bs and hotels,, cheap bars and food outlets,,, great in the summer, depends what you are after,, ?

[@Loveallthingsporschejaguar]

I can only dream of living somewhere so beautiful.

[@goodyeoman4534]

Glimpses of the pleasant country this used to be before the gates were open to the hordes.

[@Damien8888]

@@thelleftaremad7556 Careful now, it's a crime oop norf...

[@kevinwest1985]

Cheap vacations abroad decimated that town… not immigrants you clown.

[@davidspion9548]

The state of Blackpool has nothing to do with immigration. It's all on the British and the failing British government. This is what the British have done to Britain. Scapegoating immigrants simply takes the focus off the real culprits, who are homegrown.

[@Damien8888]

@@davidspion9548 Meanwhile, lets check in on the immigrant towns and cities, in the UK and third world...ahh, such paradises and Utopias!!! In your head...

[@davidspion9548]

@@Damien8888 What on earth are you on about? Facts are, Blackpool being a mess is all in the British, not immigrants. It's about time we took responsibility for the mess we've made of big swathes of our own country.

[@glennoc8585]

I went there in the 70s as a young lad with my cousin and grandparents and had a lovely time. Stayed at a nice hotel on the promenade and remember going on the haunted train and funfair. We saw a circus show on the pier if my memory serves me well. Sad to see its gone downhill

[@davidsimpson2685]

What happened years ago was people who were on the dole for life went to Blackpool for a day out. And then in their wisdom though why do we come and live in Blackpool and be on the dole and life will be wonderful ever day just like our day out.

[@nightwingthewolf2931]

Amazing content as always Charlie ! Gutted I missed you bud ! I, unfortunately live in Blackpool, and your video has just reminded me of why I have not paid council tax in 6 years. The town has been systematically ran down , by a greedy, corrupt council .

[@coxythelegend]

The BHF home store you said was a "bit big" which sold furniture etc, is closed because of the fire that happened next door which caused structural damage, whereas the smaller one sells clothes and books etc.

[@andrewbowen6875]

I never liked Blackpool even as a toddler and had to be carried out of the circus screaming the place down due to the clowns.

[@helentucker6407]

Lol, I cried my eyes out on the donkeys 😊

[@andrewbowen6875]

No doubt sensitive to that nefarious forced enjoyment in Blackpool. I remember my mom punching some Mickey Mouse on the pleasure beach after running up scaring her lol

[@ccg1404]

Coulrophobia is real. I suggest you apply for a disabled parking badge.

[@andrewbowen6875]

@ccg1404 lol I’ve been trying to tell folks I’m in the oppressed minority category for years. Funny how my grandpa loved all the kiss me quick hats ect

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Do you still hear the clowns at night Clarissa?

[@briandoggett8651]

i lived in blackpool or twenty years loved it now live just down the coast in fleetwood saddens me to see it like this now wasnt always this way

[@lemdixon01]

Those God awful war of the world street lamps round the corner from Church Street. When I lived back in Clevelys for a few years, I think I went into Blackpool town centre once just to catch the train. It still can be nice to walk along the promenade though.

[@kvasirsblood1107]

Ahh Blackpool, my brother lives in Bispham and my dad died in Blackpool last year. I try to go there once a year to see my brother. I kind of like it there, it has a rough-round-the-edges charm, but there are some dodgy characters. Coastal towns always seem to breed the strangest folk. You should come down to Portsmouth, we have our share of crackheads down here!

[@siedliko]

He did listen, 60 frames per second. Let's go.

[@gerryguinn3175]

Bring all the kids for football tourment in blackpool love it from belfsst allways love u viedos Charlie check the number of visitors that still come black pool

[@AnnieRed66]

I was born and raised next to Blackpool (St Annes-on-Sea) and I'm appalled at how disgusting Blackpool is now. I remember being in a school choir, which took part in the police concert, at the Winter Gardens. I also used to go to dinners there, with my parents. So, it's nice to see they've kept that building looking good. But how can the council justify spending somewhere around £80million, on the seafront, whilst the rest of the town goes to ruin?

[@darrenfoy220]

There are areas of deprivation in every town. We have a plan in place to revamp the majority of The town. All other councils in England used to send their want aways to town and we also have a transient working population. What you should.have done is invite somebody from town to join you.Oh by the way if you visit again there are plenty of spaces to park near the town centre.

[@69Phuket]

13:40 Never been inside there...Wow! Thanks!

[@PhilipWilkinson-fn9dd]

Love it Charlie cheered me up make me laugh in positive way cheers ❤

[@DMC888]

20 million visitors last year. It’s not all bad.

[@uk-martin4905]

I'm sorry....that's nonsense. In the early 1990s when I lived there, it claimed to have 17m visitors but even that was considered optimistic by residents. There re no cowds there anymore. Those days have gone. The town has become an embarassment. Tragic.

[@DMC888]

@@uk-martin4905 maybe you need to see it for yourself. This weekend it was heaving despite the not so good weather. The pubs were full, town car parks full and hundreds of people arriving at Blackpool North station when I left. They’re hosting the UK coach rally this weekend with over 50 coaches lined up on the front by the tower. Just one of many events.

[@DMC888]

@@uk-martin4905 go there on a hot summer’s day and tell me there are no crowds. I was there for the light switch on last year, the whole place was rammed.

[@JA96]

Would love you to join us in Alderley Edge one Saturday! 🙌🏼 Plenty to film on the bypass and village, all sorts happens Charles 🤣

[@shellsbignumber2]

Probably was better in the 1950's like most things in this country.

[@ReineDedeurwaerder-Sulmo-rz9cz]

Bloody Mary,Bloodij- hell, Bingooooo-Kangoo😅😂😂

[@TheSadButMadLad]

20:50 They're all parked. The seagulls can create a huge amount of mess in just minutes. 🤣

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

No signs of disability there. Nearly every time I see somebody get out of a car with disabled badges, they are fully abled in my eyes. Maybe they drive for somebody but that does not mean they can use it when that person is not around. Hope it was a nice fine. Why should others be made to park elsewhere or pay for parking when others are abusing the system?

[@feraiivie]

@@Vile_Entity_3545this hurts a bit to read. My mum had a blue badge and has lung cancer … not very “visible” but thank God you’re not the one who issues them

[@solitudeguard5688]

@@feraiivie?

[@ninajanecooper]

@@Vile_Entity_3545 Not all disabilities and illnesses are visible to the casual observer. You can’t ‘see’ cancer, heart problems, or pain. Please stop judging.

[@ashhawk2346]

Not very surprising but there's a number of people out there that use their dead relatives blue badges..

[@peterainsworth8026]

Just back from a break there. It was good but had to be selective over where we stayed and what we visited. If you don't do that it will seem like a dump.

[@Wishful-Thinking]

The best thing is people are slating Blackpool like the rest of the UK is some kind of Utopia. 😂Ok there are some nice places to visit in the UK if you really look hard enough but overall percentage wise the UK has been allowed to become a complete s******e. So slate Blackpool if you must but I’d strongly advise you to open your eyes and look around where you live whilst you’re doing it. 🤔

[@TyrannicalDictatorAudits]

Yep. A.B is in fact a legend.... Thanks for the vids charlie.

[@jamiebrooks3864]

Its famous for different kind of rock in 2024

[@stevenmclucas1894]

😂

[@senianns9522]

Even the Tower looks 'rusted out'! With the salt sea air hitting it all the time it certainly needs a lick of paint!

[@philipjones9458]

That couple didn't look disabled to me. If the badge holder isn't with car the badge gets withdrawn, quite rightly.

[@ninajanecooper]

Most disabilities and illnesses are invisible to the casual observer.

[@OneLove101.]

@@ninajanecooperExactly!! I have been challenged so many times. Especially from elderly gentleman, who feel entitled to open my passenger door to berate me, telling me I should t be parked in the space. When the reality is, I’m on palliative care with life support. Maybe at first glance, sitting in my car I look “fine” but once I’ve shown them the proof they ask for, they usually skulk off. 🥴

[@janetkelly-s9h]

Love your banter,

[@jackwatsonepic626]

Yeah, that's what I always do Charlie , park about a mile away from any restrictions and get a taxi in or a bus even. It runs a lot of cheaper trust me🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Damien8888]

You need a bus or taxi to go one mile?

[@jackwatsonepic626]

@Damien616 when I was younger I could run it but now, I can't even barely walk it . And 1 day the same thing will happen to you And how do I know this because I was young and fit like in the 80s And when older gentlemen were trying to explain to me what it was gonna be like when I got in my 60s I laugh at them 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

[@Damien8888]

@@jackwatsonepic626 I'm a grandfather, go easy on me. I'm just aging well 😁

[@jackwatsonepic626]

@Damien616 Put it this way when I was 49 I used to regularly go to a gym.At 52 had to pack it in because I couldn't hack it no more at 55 I could barely lift myself up the stairs and now at 62 I am goosed That's why I have to get buses and taxis. I can't walk too far. And it has nothing to do with drugs. Or steroids.

[@paulinedraper980]

​@@jackwatsonepic626 Im same age and practically disabled ( used to go hill walking not so long ago) I believe I'm vaccine damaged since Covid. All my health problems are since the jabs. Like a fool I had three of them

[@EnnisDoug]

I was a. Big shabbier than last time Charlie but I still like the old dump.The Winter Garden's was a sight for sore eyes absolutely beautiful¡!!

[@Malegys]

Blackpool, "The Margate of the North"

[@spiceheads-media]

Great video man, I was out too today and missed you by seconds after filming the Hare Krishna's lol Steve@Spiceheads

[@kenirving5240]

Disabled my arse. Granny, let me use your badge today,…

[@cloggso]

Not all disabilities are visible son bear that in mind in case it happens to you!!!

[@gaza721]

Don't judge a book by its cover, epilepsy is a hidden disability

[@karlc9773]

That's what I thought, it's disgusting behaviour

[@oldskoolordie]

Not all disabled people are nice.

[@karlc9773]

@gaza721 I agree not all disabilities are visible, but you don't get a badge for epilepsy and we all know parking badges are well abused, my dad got one when he had cancer, some the people using them there's no way it was there's

[@quillclock]

my therapist: clean shaven Mario isn't real . . . 9:03

[@CharlesVeitch]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@deccodinero]

great vid as always !

[@Itzjustmexx]

Blackpool. Is the best I live here and it's amazing in the summer