Going back to the Past.. Up North | Middlesbrough

[@karennill7131]

Gaby reminds me of my childhood when we did the same with sticks. Thanks for your review.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Awww good times… and a pleasure to vlog x

[@outcast-man]

Gaby that's so strange im from the BORO And im a dog walker and now walk the landladies' dog , from The Endeavour pub, ive got a video on youtube walking from there to Stewats park 😀

[@lifewithhina7743]

2:15 cutest ever looking through the seats

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Oh I know I love that bit

[@screenfly7181]

Thanks Gaby for sharing with us this fascinating insight into your early life in Middlesborough. Yes there is something strangely compelling about revisiting old haunts but I find nostalgia is a strange beast. I usually get a feeling of dread when passing old schools from childhood! Great to see Casper enjoying the stick game. Bless him!

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thank you it’s a pleasure… yes lots of emotions with this one.. but great to reminisce

[@margarethill5811]

Very nice to see you both to go back to were you lived when you were young xx

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@melissaphillips3088]

Lovely vlog Gaby . Nice to see your mom. Hope she had a wonderful time with you and Thumps 💕

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thanks so much! 😊 yes she did we always have fun together xx

[@rebeccaj.1410]

I hit the thumbs up in case I miss it and have to watch on catch up.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Aww thank you that’s lovely

[@alimcnally5722]

Look forward to watching it shame we didn't get to catch up x

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Oh I know we were actually only there 2 day.. and struggled to do everything.. it was so rushed.. I’m gonna come back though xxx

[@alimcnally5722]

@@GabyStarbuckx oh good bet a lots changed since youre mam was last up two days is enough 🤣 up here x

[@annatidmarsh8085]

How lovely for yourself and your Mum to have a trip down 'Memory Lane' together! Even more special to have Thumper experience it with you both. Very entertaining, as always Gaby! ❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thanks Anna.. it was a lovely trip glad you liked it xx

[@leedavies3629]

Nice one Gabby and ya mum .its mad going bk to were you grew up I live in bournmouth but grew up in Manchester I was the same has you when I went to all the old haunts .i found it change so much .that was a good look bk on life them granny’s chimneys are called cooling towers all the hot water from the power station gets pumped in them and the water cools down its steam that coms out of them not smoke .have a Top week Gabby big up Thumps and ya mum 🙂🎤🎥✌️

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Oh wow I always wondered so now I know fantastic.. it is mad going back.. but it does make me appreciate life x

[@christophergoff36]

This vlog showed how you and your mum are different to each other, in various aspects, attitudes to schooling and visiting former family homes to name but 2. Very enjoyable and looked a nice area too.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

So true! We are same but different I’m more like my dad in personality.. dad always bunked school lol

[@IvoryWhites]

Lots of memories there Gaby I love visiting where I grew up, but my childhood home hasn't been looked after very well since I left it, & now the area has gone very rough so I don't really want to see it anymore it makes me feel sad😢 It's always emotional going back to seeing places of your past. I think it gets more nostalgic as the years go by!

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Where did you grow up becks x

[@IvoryWhites]

@@GabyStarbuckx I don't like saying where I lived on Social Media but it's a pleasant place to live still now the Town, but it's just the area near where I lived that's gone rough. I'll look up Middlesbrough & find out exactly where it is on the Map Gaby 😊

[@mattc7713]

Love your and Tim’s video. Thanks

[@jayr4857]

That is brilliant mattc7713. You are a legend. Have a top weekend mate. 🤟👍🤟

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Omg thank you Matt you are so kind… it’s an absolute pleasure x

[@stuartlloyd8846]

Once a Teessider always a Teessider ❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Oh yes

[@pauljackson2395]

Great seen my home town and glad you had brilliant visit. And seen your mums old school which was called Newlands back in the day now ( Trinity Catholic College) Lancaster Road had old garden centre on the corner called Fred Humphreys if you remember that. Great vid once again x

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Omg yes I remember that garden centre omg I forgot about it

[@deborahaindow7205]

​@@GabyStarbuckxI'd forgotten about Fred Humphries as well 🤔

[@dianeprice5798]

Hiya Gaby. Great vlog and amazing trip to see Middlesbrough and lovely that you and your mum get to share memories. And when thumbs is older he can watch this and look back on your memory. Thank you for sharing your trip and hope you all had an amazing time. X

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thanks so much! 😊 your absolutely right xx

[@CheshireCat6639]

Aww little fella laughing when you were both singing...glad I just found your channel..after watching you and Tim's extra channel ❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thanks so much he does live singing x

[@michaelknight2721]

Loved this vlog Gaby,didn't know your home overlooks the sea,saw it on your coronavirus blog.Loved your memory lane video,nice to see your mum.

[@julietfoulger9370]

What a Lovely Video! Thumpie’s getting some Cute Curls in his Hair!! Xx

[@GabyStarbuckx]

I know!! They are adorable

[@clivebuckland6902]

Another great Vlog Gaby. Memory lane is an emotional journey so personal to each of us. Lovely that you went back with your Mum to see some of your early years ( I’m sorry your schooling was such an unhappy experience) The Park you went to was beautiful and seemed so tidy and well kept. Thank You for sharing Well Done you and your Mum and the guest appearance by Tim

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thanks Clive yes those days are so important. Yeah I was never into school much due to people mainly rather than what it actually is. Thanks so much for watching xx

[@lisamillward1283]

Aaaw this is just beautifully amazing🥰🥰❤️and how its so nice to share your memories with us and take us to your childhood hometown 🥰 so nice to take a visit again and wha perfect weather🥰 nd bumping into famous popular youtuber himself #WalkWithMeTim... your hubby husband and Caspers daddy🥰❤️so much love for you all enjoyed this blog🥰😊❤️xxxx

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thank you such a nice comment.. it was an absolute pleasure sharing it with you all xx

[@Renee_G]

Casper is just the most beautiful boy ❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thank you 🙏

[@mrdanayling]

Who doesn’t love a trip down memory lane.👍

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Exactly 😂

[@alimcnally5722]

Loved it Stewart park probably had the animals when u used to go there they put the play area in a few years back and took most of the animals out am not too sure but your mam's school got knocked down trinety used to be called st David's and was near the avenue of trees it moved over to were you were a good few years ago the transporter bridge hasn't worked for years and looking doubt full if it will again gonn cost to much to fix x

[@GabyStarbuckx]

No way… I was so confused with the schools there was like 3 in a row. Such a shame about the transporter but it wA fabulous to see anyway xxx

[@alimcnally5722]

@@GabyStarbuckx ya the whole town has changed Albert park near your old house is a no go as weirdos hang out in there x

[@leslieharvey5302]

What a fantastic vlog ❤️ Gaby love to your Mum xx

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it x

[@judybee]

Loved a game of Pooh Sticks with my kids and then my grandkids! Nice memories. You may not have those big parks where you live now, but you do have miles and miles of golden sands and being by the sea. Glad you had some time with your mum to share memories and are making more memories with Thumps now!😄 x J x

[@GabyStarbuckx]

So true we do have the beautiful beach which is priceless… think all grandparents love that game xx

[@paulaustin2118]

Brilliant! 🎉 we watch your channels from here in NZ giving us great ideas of places to visit and showing us the places we miss. Couldn’t believe that you once lived in the boro, then found it incredibly coincidental that your Mum was married in the same church we were, you went to the same school as me, my younger sisters, and my sons, that you lived in Lancaster road too, and to top it off your Mum went to the same school as me. By the way it was the convent first then they made it into Newlands school and then a few years ago they knocked it down and built the school you were stood outside of! No wonder your Mum didn’t recognise it 😂. Thanks for such a great video, glad you enjoyed Stewart Park.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Nooooo way. What a coincidence. Ok yes that makes sense I think mum thought she was losing her mind haha 😂

[@eugenemcgeever2719]

It was a very good blog today of your my story going back to the past up north growing up in Middlesbrough gaby and your mum Deborah / Casper aswell

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Glad you enjoyed it x

[@shirleyellis9708]

Enjoyed the video, Gaby. It was wonderful to see.❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

I'm so glad!

[@hilaryparr8971]

Being from North West from being 16 I used to go up for weekends to Middlesbrough got a friend up there. Not been for years since having my family. X

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Awww bet you’ve got some nice memories

[@60Chubbs]

Middlesbrough, my old stomping ground 😁. Your mam’s from Teesside with Italian heritage, any relation to Chris Rea? 🎸🎶

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Yes he’s my mums cousin and the my second cousin I met Adrian is his cousin too and he played in chris reas band

[@crystaldance5731]

Thanks Gaby 😊❤️

[@GabyStarbuckx]

You’re welcome 😊

[@sophierobinson6041]

What a lovely trip for thumps ❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

The best! Thanks Sophie x

[@sarahpreston1478]

Really enjoyed your trip down memory lane. Thumps is as gorgeous as ever and still got his curls x

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Glad you enjoyed it he is lush and he has the tightest ringlets… I love him sooooo much

[@paulyh4531]

Good video , did yiu ever watch auf wiedersen pet when sold the transporter bridge lol . Aparantly its closed now as it needs 7 million pounds in repairs ! But it is listed. God vid 👍

[@GabyStarbuckx]

No I never watched it but heard of it… so it’s gonna stay there then?

[@paulyh4531]

@@GabyStarbuckx well as it's listed assume so , unless the local council get round it !

[@richardgrey7087]

I grew up 15 miles from Middlesbrough in Sedgefield, spent a lot of time in Middlesbrough

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Awww home for you too

[@davidscott9483]

Interesting video Gaby 😂

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thanks x

[@annmariemartret3017]

This reslly brought back memories. My partner has got family in Middlesbrough so we go there every year. We even stay in the same premier inn as you did and had many of a carvery at the same toby, taken a few walks around Stewarts park. Thank you again.❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

No way what are the chances… I could spend all day in that park.. so many things I wanted to do but had no time

[@joannejohnson]

Lovely blog of memories Thank-you for sharing Gaby with you Mum👍😊

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Glad you enjoyed it it’s a pleasure xx

[@alimcnally5722]

Thank you for the gifted membership I didn't see it till it had finished sorry x

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Hope you like it… I think it was James or Craig who did it x

[@alimcnally5722]

@@GabyStarbuckx it's lovely of them I got one for Tim as well x

[@fionacrockatt5614]

Thanks gaby with sharing away to Middlesborough catching up wit videos after being away

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@curlyprincess1]

Ooo can't wait for beamish!

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Hope you like it x

[@kezzacollinson621]

I loved this! ❤ Me and my brother did the same thing a few months back and revisited our old schools and home just outside Bournemouth, it was great to do it 😊

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Love that! Gotta be done.. isn’t it great to see x

[@jackbruin1197]

Omg Gabby! I’m from Middlesbrough , and love your and tims videos. I live two mins away from the endeavour ‘the dev’ and work at Linthorpe Primary round the corner from St Edwards! Great video! X

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Oh wow! Bet you use the dev a lot then.., small world isn’t it

[@lindadee6603]

Hello Gaby & Mum 😊Its great to look back. I did that myself a while ago here in Glasgow. My primary school is still there but my secondary school got pulled down. I was lucky tho to have a school reunion in 2000 before it disappeared. I was the same Catholic school. My mum made me go to school I hated it and I never knew then but I have Dyslexia. Back then if you didn't catch up you just got left out, well I did. I got the strap or belt once for laughing 🙄

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Awww so cruel back in those days.. you actually got punished because they were unaware of dyslexia… I think I’d of got the belt everyday if I went to school then x

[@barrycoppock]

Thank you for taking us down your memory lane; very nostalgic. What a lovely park; I felt that could have been in a London suburb. My old senior school has long been a housing estate! Look forward to the museums, especially Beamish.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Your gonna love the beamish one I hope.. aww it’s sad when thing get torn down and turn into other things x

[@lincolncityful1]

Great watch 👍

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thank you 👍

[@rossward]

looking forward to watching later

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Hope you like it

[@jayr4857]

Cheers mate. Should be a good one. Hope the weekend is treating you well. 👍

[@rossward]

@@GabyStarbuckx i did was great to watch

[@trelizaberkeley9973]

Beautiful Vlog Gaby. You should go back often, and show your hubby & daughter. Take care xx

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Yeah I should as soon as we get a chance x

[@deborahaindow7205]

Turned out really well Gaby!!! Came across as the fun trip it actually was 😂😂Very nicely edited as well 👍

[@GabyStarbuckx]

It was a mission with your camera footage lol

[@deborahaindow7205]

@@GabyStarbuckx 😲😲wasn't easy with your head in the way lol 😂

[@halle3746]

Great vlog gaby! Lovely to see your childhood areas. Can i ask what raybans you have? I love them! 😆

[@GabyStarbuckx]

I really don’t know tbh 😂

[@victorialakin2825]

I like going down memory lane 😁😁😁 and hello Tim and I still go to my childhood school to help out

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Aww bet that’s really lovely doing that x

[@michaelknight2721]

Love your vlog Gaby,glad you got to. see your childhood haunts,loved your old home and your grandparents old home Lovely to see your mum and Thumps,I've never played pooh sticks,love Casper trying it out.Loved seeing your mum's old school,didn't know that she's Catholic,not that it's a problem,I am Church of England myself. Do you live in Gt Yarmouth or Caister now Gaby? Can't believe how big Casper is getting,hope Tim,Holly and Smidge are well. Thankyou for a very interesting video Gabby.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Glad you liked it Michael.. it was amazing to go back

[@michaelknight2721]

@@GabyStarbuckx yes,I can imagine.Just seen your house on the coronavirus vlog you did 2 yrs ago.Didn't know it's right on the cliffs,hope it doesn't fall into the sea,you have gorgeous sea views.

[@whatswrongwithpeople-xq2uk]

I was born stockton on tees although i now live in Beccles i still love a trip up north it always feels like home

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Yeah up north is very homely isn’t it.. everyone seems friendly I think x

[@scottking869]

My nan grew up in the boro after the war when they left ireland always wondered when i was young why she sounded different along with her brothers and sisters. And my dad is scotish so i have a lot of northern blood living in london 😂 think its only my mums dad from the south. Hope i can visit one day aswell

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Aww you should definitely go back it’s so interesting to see x

[@iainferguson4737]

Casper is the absolute spitting image of his dad 🙂

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Awww thank you

[@Michelle-fu4xl]

I'm near stokesley which is 10 miles away from boro. Stewarts park is lovely.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Aww wow do you ever go there?

[@EllieSue1998]

Very emotional but great video 💗

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Yes summed that up well x

[@redcoatryan3079]

Great vlog Gaby! Bet you were all having flash back looking at your school, make you wonder what it looks like inside, also the house as well. I went to a special needs school, as I have Asperger's and was at a school with people with learning disabilities. I had some fun times at that school and not so good times, as I used to get bully a lot, as I loved singing and dancing and used to do a impression of Hannah Montana. I take no notices of them bullys, had other kind freinds who I got along with, pretty much I was the best student in school. I used to play pooh sticks, as well. I remember when I was a kid and my grandparents took me out for the day, we play pooh sticks and I remember a lady saying to my Nan what are you doing? She said we playing pooh sticks and she never heard of it before.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Awww you played it too,., I think it is a Nan thing

[@bigsighmusicdroneblogs1843]

Be careful walking round Middlesbrough very dangerous place nowadays especially where your walking near your mams old school tber do drug runs on motorbikes up and down that track.

[@whatswrongwithpeople-xq2uk]

My uncle worked in the ici plant 😢 all my cousins still live in Thornaby my Dad was a teesider born and bred so many memories my grandad worked the docks my Dad too for a bit before joining the army

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Awww no way must of been a nice memory to see the docks

[@kevinhunton668]

The towers are called cooling towers

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Yeah I found that out now lol

[@Scorpio4478]

😊👍

[@kevinanderson5658]

Transporter needs maintenance which now had funding the Gondola had serious issues part need replacing but council finally got the funding Follow Ben Houchen tees valley mayor for updates

[@CharlotteA19]

Up north must have a good council with the park

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Ikr

[@eatinghealthy2893]

❤❤

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Xx

[@sylviamcgraffin3879]

You did the right thing refusing to go to school. It pigeonholes you. I wanted to be a hairdresser, but because I followed the accepted route and passed the 11 plus, my father demanded that I went down the academic route. I ended up very unhappily working in a bank. You prove that you don't have to attend school to be intelligent, because you certainly are.

[@GabyStarbuckx]

I totally agree! Lol I absolutely hated it! I’m not intelligent lol but I’m certainly doing what I wanted to do. It’s never to late if you wanna do hairdressing I’m sure you’d be great xx

[@WalkWithMeTim]

glad you had a great time darling!

[@jayr4857]

That was actually lovely tim. You guys work so well together. Cheers mate 🇭🇲👍🇬🇧

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Thanks baby x

[@iandalby4273]

Last time I saw the bridge was on Auf Pet when it was sold to native Americans,fascinating seeing you in earlier setting, your mum and yourself look like sisters rather than mother and daughter!!Did you ever see the shipping building or was that further up?? xxx

[@GabyStarbuckx]

I don’t think we did.. we didn’t actually get out of the car.. where abouts was it x

[@iandalby4273]

Was on the South Bank of the River Tees,a company called Smiths Dock Company think before your time bonny lass, I love the Middlesbrough accent!! xxx

[@iandalby4273]

Watching When the boat comes in early Saturday mornings Drama Sky 143,its theme tune is excellent,"You shall have a fishy on a little dishy when the boat comes in""Dance to my daddy sing to my mamma, when the boat comes in"

[@ryandabdoub258]

Hi Gaby, I have just had a Eye operation last Thursday so unfortunately I may not be able to watch your live stream tomorrow morning Plus i could still be in bed at about that time!! You know what we are like when it comes to beds and sleeping!! I am recovering but it is still healing I have to have a check up to see how it is in about 12 days or so. Finally I hope you enjoy your live stream tomorrow morning and sorry I am unable to come. Ps DO YOU HAVE A EMAIL ADDRESS AT ALL GABY ? PLEASE LET ME KNOW Thanks Ryan

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Hi Ryan hope it all went well thinking of you x

[@leauk]

Has Tim finally coming up to the north east, or was he passing through?

[@GabyStarbuckx]

Scarborough

[@johnmarch5871]

If your mum and dad were living in Norfolk when they got married how come you went to school up there?

[@GabyStarbuckx]

We were up there temporarily after they split… cause mum went back home but we came back

[@markgreen933]

You must of had a parmo then 😂

[@GabyStarbuckx]

No I really wanted one but couldn’t have cheese

[@alimcnally5722]

Shud of went to Albert park that would open your eyes 😂 @Gaby Starbuck

[@deborahaindow7205]

We didn’t have long enough to do everything Ali .Didn’t get to see everyone or even Linthorpe road. …..Or try a “parmo “ 😂

[@alimcnally5722]

@@deborahaindow7205 aw return trip then the village only has a few shops now linthorpe road is a nightmare they put a cycle lane in oh Gaby would love a parmo x

[@GabyStarbuckx]

I wanted a parmo but I can’t have the dairy 😭😭😭

[@alimcnally5722]

@@GabyStarbuckx aw I can't have them cause am allergic to cheese x

[@michaelknight2721]

@@GabyStarbuckx what is a paramo Gaby,sorry to be ignorant but I don't know,never heard of them.

[@newtron1]

WWMTim is punching way above his weight. Just sayin. 😂

[@GabyStarbuckx]

I’ll remind him haha