Blackpool Bonny St Police Station is coming down!

[@andrea9441]

Stunning view from ya drone ❤ amazing skyline x x x awesome Stephen n thankyou 🙏

[@lornaburgess9762]

About bloody time Stephen ,it's been an eyesore for a long time 😁

[@richardeyers322]

yeah

[@danielbooker3508]

Awesome video Stephen, I have learned and come to love and admire the history and beauty of Blackpool thru your wonderful videos. Your a town treasure my friend. Looking forward to watching how they'll bring down the Police Station. Loved the drone footage at the and the music was spot on! Be blessed and stay safe.

[@hazelmanship7516]

Love the vlog Stephen,will look very different when the building comes down. Look forward to seeing vlogs on it. Take care 😊x

[@zamiadams4343]

I'm off Blackpool this June, can't wait to get to Arcade club and the Pleasure beach! Cheers Stephen!

[@matthewdootson2891]

Happy new year Steven looking forward to the year ahead of your videos

[@hgt1001]

I lived over road in Coop St when the law courts were opened by Lord Hailsham. I remember seeing him grinning in his pinstripe suit. And aged 17 I was one of their first customers. Prosecuted for riding my Lambretta LI150 without an effective brake or warning instrument. Very humiliating.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

@@hgt1001 I appeared in court once. It was for not producing a motoring insurance certificate to a desk cop at South Shore Station. I was let off when was able to prove I had insurance in court.

[@Cobra1-d8j]

This is exactly the same design as the old police station in Wrexham, this one was about 4 floors taller,,,,,,ugly!😮

[@peter_robinson]

Hi Stephen, Happy New Year!. I heard that it was going to be demolished, it's been stood empty for quite some time now. I remember how busy it was when the market was there when I used to pass through as a kid with my family. Hopefully the sites future looks promising whatever they choose to do with it. I think a few vloggers will be around the demolition. Got to get rid of the old to make way for the new.

[@woody41165]

Thank you Stephen for another great video and also loved the drone footage combined with the music created a nice relaxing feeling to it.

[@thomasmann9216]

That is one of the most grotesquely ugly buildings I have ever seen! It's mind-boggling to know that Mr. Booth was actually paid to design such a monstrosity. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[@derekross6741]

Thanks for your latest video I will enjoy watching the demolition when it starts take care and stay safe

[@DannyMcghie]

Brilliant drone footage Stephen

[@sammolloy3919]

Great video Stephen ! It all needs to come down, such an eyesore and not designed for the disabled person with all those steps, very much of its time. The site is huge ! And I really hope Blackpool gets something worthwhile put there and perhaps some green space !

[@carolinerogers1057]

Nice view from the drone as well wait and see what they put there now 😊

[@peterkearns665]

Hi Stephen loving the drone footage, well captured... The skyline will be changed forever when it's been demolished... Blackpool ever evolving, until the next one

[@Signedpeach]

Fantastic video, so many memories from when it was the family/divorce courts, and latterly the magistrates.

[@MrSargemneil]

You will be in great company over the next 6 months with Lyca and the Blackpool Lads covering the demolition.

[@martinwebb1681]

Thanks, Stephen. Some nice aerial shots at the end. Pretty soon it'll all be gone.

[@HoratioChinn]

We had a similar brutalist concrete police station in Wigan, it's now been turned into a premier inn.

[@markosmith8037]

They had similar ones in Preston (now accommodation) and Morecambe (I think still a 'functioning' police station, though probably not open to the public.

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Good luck Anthony 🍻

[@jeanwalker3752]

Hi Stephen, another good, interesting video. It is time they knocked it down, it is an eyesore. Loved the drone footage at the end of the video. See you next time.xxxx

[@davidnm21]

Nice video Stephen of the former police house and law courts in Blackpool. What an eyesore and has been for some time it certainly won’t be missed by locals or holiday makers alike. Love the drone footage at the end👌

[@mikefisher9895]

Thanks Stephen great history and drone film 👍 a great opportunity when they knock it down to plant some trees 🌳

[@Peter-i1f]

Hello Stephen hope they don’t take too long, deciding what to build on the site of the old police station. It’s a big area, it could have a lot of potential in the future. Interesting video thank you ….

[@johnjordan3768]

Great video Stephen.Thanks.👍

[@JulieBilson]

Thanks for sharing Stephen😊

[@markosmith8037]

This area (of Blackpool itself) has been a jumbled mess since the disastrous Central Railway Station closure in the late 1960's.

[@carolmurray5569]

Great video Stephen, the drone footage was awesome

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks Carol 👍

[@azzawhite2946]

If it was the USA it would be down in 2 days, they recently demolished the Tropicana Hotel and surrounds and it took 2 days for it all to be down and have to big mounds of rubble at either end of the old property, why do things take so long in this country??

[@janetdiggle5982]

Hi Stephen thanks for the tour of Blackpool lovley drone footage 🎉

[@georgesmellie8717]

Good evening Stephen I'm looking forward to see Vlogs of the demolition i think it will take a while

[@juliewright-v3v]

thanks Stephen for another great video

[@maggiebrown6914]

Thank you for showing us around

[@MaryMartin-k9h]

Hi Stephen great video interesting stuff. Love the Drone footage. ❤

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Glad you enjoyed it Mary

[@lou4tea]

Brilliant drone footage of blackpool the tower looks epic in the distance but as for multi story carparks the council build them everywhere i cant think why but weve got more carparks in birkenhead than shops lol but as for the police station they could of made residential flats out of it but i suppose the council are thinking theres no use for the police station anymore it could be full of damp or just mildue in the brick work my dad was a builder and demolitioner in the 90s and he seen some dumps in london hackney he said the mould in some of those places were shocking so they had to knock them down some buildings just wear down i think with time and age but as for those people going into the station they could be land registary managers to make a floor plans and come up with whats going there next and mabe a safety inspector but as you say a car park lol 😂 looks quiet today in blackpool everyones skint from christmas but loved this video thanx for sharing 👍✋😊🕊️😂🗼❤️

[@benjamindenton]

From your link to Roger Booth's other work it looks like he also designed the Morcambe police station, albeit a much lower level building but with a similar look.

[@ShinyChariotDetailing]

Brilliant video Stephen I wasn't able to get to Blackpool last year but I'm glad i got photos of it and under the car park from 2023 Hopefully get to go back at Halloween and it will look a lot different, look forward to watching your videos and Happy New Year.

[@tonywebster8311]

Hi Stephen, great films. I'm not sure Bonny St opened in 1972. I remember the old Police Station on the corner of Albert Rd/ South King St. I might be wrong......

[@tonystamford]

The multistorey carpark was condemned and demolished due to failing concrete. It was probably built from the same RAAC as the courts. So they knew of RAAC problems back in the 1990's

[@mrlister2000]

There used to be an old Victorian toilet block on the Central car park which was part of the huge Central Station building. Sadly that's been demolished and replaced. If you look at the road surface of the car park, there are tarmac and concrete strips. The concrete sections are the old platforms, and the tarmac ones are where the railway lines once were. Darren from Adventure Me did an amazing video about Central Station, and where the 14 train lines & platforms once stood. It is well worth a watch!

[@stevensmith7460]

Evening Stephen, will take some demolishing all that concrete with all the strengthening rods as well, won't be a quick job. Thanks for the update, cheers mate.

[@mrlister2000]

The Chomper demolition equipment will have that down in a week. A similiar machine chewed through the Giro/Santander building in Litherland, near Liverpool, in just over 2 weeks, and that building was taller and longer than the police station and magistrates court building.

[@stevensmith7460]

@mrlister2000 we'll see, ha ha.

[@tonystamford]

Probably made from RAAC, one push and it'll collapse 🤣

[@charlesstanmore]

Hi Stephen great video and drone footage I heard it was the 8th January they were starting?

[@kkrispy2009P]

Weather permitting

[@johnrobertson8263]

Another wonderful vlog

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Gazman011969]

It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I absolutely love Blackpool. It is an iconic British seaside town, and as such it gives me serious nostalgia vibes, even with years of non-investment taking its toll.

[@paulgibson3433]

Thank God for that! I remember the demolition of the old Central Station (apart from the platform toilets) and have always found the new Bonny st cop shop, and courts redevelopment concrete monstrosities!….

[@kathleenmccarroll3755]

Hi Steven really enjoyed your video on the old police station I just want to tell you I remember as a child going in to Blackpool North train station seeing steam trains they looked amazing . Also young lads brining people suitcases from Blackpool North 😊

[@kathleenmccarroll3755]

Bringing

[@Liverpool-s5n]

Be interesting to see how the building is going to be downed, what method used, and what a carbuncle it has always been

[@davidbroadbent9976]

I suppose in the summer an extra car park is a good idea but would prefer an attraction or something for the locals. A big city centre Asda or Tesco would do good trade

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

I walked around the Old Police Station / Courts in June it was a right mess. Unfortunately rough sleepers, glass everywhere etc. would have loved a walk on the wildside in that place 😊 get in touch with the local authorities sir! 🙏👊😂 ….Smithy

[@Anekiii]

02:12 - is that an old or a new zebra crossing road marking? If so, are people expected to leap over that fence?

[@jonboypatton]

Excellent 👍 i can't wait to see that.

[@glynncooke5653]

Great video Steve 😎👍

[@X-GamerPro-HD]

I’d be scared taking my drone up with all them seagulls flying around

[@seasonalwalker]

Interesting video mate, what’s the name of the tune you were playing at the end of your video and what music site

[@Brummie-In-The-Highlands]

Hi Stephen, Is that the bridge, by the old Police station where you filmed one of your first videos from?

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Hi Mike. I did go on that bridge on my first video & remarked about the noisy seagulls.

[@Brummie-In-The-Highlands]

@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool Yes, I thought it was, but I wasn't quite sure. 👍

[@stevedevey3147]

Buildings like that were the fashion in its day Stephen and didn't have to worry about graffiti, stayed once in Chapel street, 1972, in sme damp flats called Mont Jolly with my parents

[@dianemckill5708]

Cheers Stephen, another car park looks like it's on the agenda. Funny how it all fell through after the big carpark was complete.

[@MrDjc44]

Great video stephen,it will be good to see it demolished,loved the drone footage,see the two guys in high viz inside,don't know if they were security or part of the demo team,looked like the one guy climbing and takin pics,maybe you could do some drone footage while it's being demolished would be great

[@darrencroft5296]

The other window firm I work for put the metal sheets on those court windows because the homeless were breaking in. Despite the four security guards employed to keep it safe. Nothing goes well for our area of Central drive. we were meant to have the super casino on the land & now the firm building the new super complex has gone bust, just like the firm building the rigby road housing project. Why. Ant they offer it to local firm like s&s, ark construction, or tyson builders who have taken over foxall project. Even all of them, after all, its a huge job, and it will give us locals long-term work. I worked on the arndale centre after the IRA blew it up.1 main contactor, but a lot of firms sub contracted in. It's in the heart of blackpool, so it's only fair we get build it.

[@mrlister2000]

I have to say that from high up, that complex looked shocking. A mish mash of concrete carbuncles, which 60's and 70's architects loved, but even back then they looked hideous!

[@SiRhodesDriverTraining]

9:50 I remember all the Police vehicles using that entrance. When entering, had to stop on the road whilst the Doors opened. Which drone have you got Stephen ? Cheers

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

DJI Mini 2

[@richardbarber8023]

When you stepped up saying about train lines you stepped up on to platform at station and yes the using car park for equipment and recycling stone ect from demo work hence it being closed they will be using the nibble tool on demo equipment as well as it not safe to use to explosive to bring it down

[@PhilBurns-oc2vg]

It'll take a while to strip the interior before you see anything happening on the outside, but then I can't wait for the videos to come

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

Isn't it interesting how the plans fell through Stephen.. controversial as our friend Lee would say 😊 I do wish they would concentrate on the residents and the back streets when it comes to renovation.

[@infinitelimitlesslightx5437]

That's sad Stephen ❤😢

[@andrewgaiger8857]

Hi Steve from walk on the side l hope it comes down tomorrow morning or afternoon old police station in Blackpool and do it bit by bit with crush would it be knocking down very safe with the demolition are you doing video for it Steve when morning or afternoon l lam from Grimsby my name is andrew Gaiger

[@edgey2001]

Just to correct you Stephen. Central station closed in 1964. It wasn't a beeching cut. He advocated north station to be closed. Blackpool council wanted central closed so it could be redeveloped

[@Amos1965]

Bonny St car park £6.00 for 3 hours parking 🙈. I paid it cause I hadn’t been to Blackpool in over 14 months. Anyways, both me and the wife had a good walk about and we couldn’t believe how bad it’s got, there’s not much left of Blackpool at all, as we walked about we tried to find a greasy spoon for a cooked breakfast but could we find one, no 🙄. Anyway we both said the same, never again it’s finished and car parking fees are pretty much day light robbery. Long gone are the days of the old tower lounge with live music and a great atmosphere, and it’s now a glorified chippy 🙄

[@paulgriffin5237]

use to know a bloke who said to me once when we was talking a bout blackpool,every time he went there he ended up locked up in the station , he like a drink too much lol

[@improvesheffield4824]

This is something to look forward to in 2025. Good riddance to bad architecture!

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Have you been in there please station

[@andrewhaines3259]

I wonder who the person was in the yellow hi-vis jacket, climbing over the fence at 18.10ish onwards?

[@X-GamerPro-HD]

Saw it on the news. It’s set to demolish this week at some point

[@stokeontrentchannel3593]

Don't to many car parks . We got to many in stoke on trent. People don't use it

[@nigelstringerNVS]

Stephen the police station looks like it’s leaning to the left abit, may be subsidence.

[@centureye]

We’ll be in Blackpool Friday seeing parts of demolition

[@woodman2269]

We will be like China soon with all these cameras going up everywhere. You are being watched almost constantly everywhere now.

[@welshmanjasonpatrick8607]

i think the the tower will blasting down at ended when ther demolition rest of come down it be amazing to watch steven

[@blackpoolbarmpot]

I love Blackpool and its people, but I wish the 'powers that be', would stop turning Blackpool into a "Car-park by the Sea" !

[@gavinreid8937]

Aint it strange Steve that we lived to see the back of concrete buildings that were modern & the future including skyscrapers, car parks, shopping centres , & municipal buildings As well as (.cough) ; asbestos & decay, they just didnt age well & became eyesores. ;.) ...,... ., ........, I wonder how long these all glass looking bui;dings that replaced them will last.

[@YouNeedM3]

Blackpool needs to start building nice affordable apartments blocks, make it more an attractive city.

[@junelaw4162]

Mornin I bet that old police station when it’s knocked down will be a massive piece of ground yea I agree one big mess 😂it does look a monstocity doesn’t it it truly does need to come down Till the next 😊

[@GavinCox-z9u]

How they going to demolish it , it's nuclear proof 😅

[@stokeontrentchannel3593]

Might look bighter hopefully.

[@kkrispy2009P]

Hope you got to brian house for xmas monies tyanks for you stephen giving some of your calendar money for the cause

[@michaelstaunton1632]

👍👍👍⛄️

[@JEANIE-k5s]

Brill xx

[@davidandrews8963]

Yep the Borg cube is coming down but they still watching you with that new monstrosity that is the DWP building I hope they used their own money to build that and not any of the 300 million Wouldn't surprise me though the leeches 😂😂

[@sydsyd]

Blackpool is building better!

[@yoborris]

:} yes im free

[@tonyjones9442]

Im setting up a petition to get it listed!! A classic example of 1960's brutalist architecture! Its getting rarer! Or we can send it to Bemish!

[@martinwebb1681]

I think it should be saved as the pride of Blackpool, and do away with that awful tower as it's a right eyesore. 🤣

[@leebiker1488]

🤣👍👍👍👍