Is There Really Nothing Left In Nottingham?

I returned for another, deeper look into the city with a local - • The Truth About Nottin...
The 15th episode of the Death of the High Street - NOTTINGHAM/SHIRE
I am back in the Midlands with this video. I had heard a lot about Nottingham, and how the centre is looking really bare. I kept getting sent messages about making a trip so it was about time to check it out for myself.
Before Nottingham, I made a quick stop at an empty shopping centre I had heard about in Grantham, Nottinghamshire. A familer sight, with only about 3 shops open. I also delved into just how much it would cost to open a shop in this place and it was crazily expensive.
Business rates really are such a damaging factor along side online shopping and rent.
I enjoyed my wanderings. I found the abandoned shops as expected but also friendly people and some awesome caves under the city which topped off the experience and I was glad to show a cool attraction.
Until Next Time,
W.T
#abandoned #city #decay #urban #notts #empty

[@wanderingturnip]

I returned for a deeper look into the city, with a local, as I clearly missed the heart of Nottingham - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4fJZ4hmZZytg7M

[@petemcmurtry4470]

Hi, I watched your Nottingham reboot, its great to have some local knowledge and that guy knew his stuff Well done mate for setting it straight. Yes Nottingham has its fair share of issues but is still just about holding its own.

[@gerardyoung5735]

am a shop keeper just open a new shop RETAIL NOT DEAD,WE STILL GOING ,WE WANT ONLINE BIZZ NEEDS TO PAY TAX AND RENT FOR SITE THEY USETHAT WILL BE MORE FAIR

[@swooningtree]

This whole video I was like "I wonder if he's gonna find my shop" and then lo and behold I saw you getting closer to Hockley and finally into Rough Trade! I would've given you an interview if I was in. I've definitely become desensitised the empty units around town - most of them seem to be in the first area you were in, which is the first area lots of people see because it's in between the train station and the market square. Nottingham does seem to be recovering and gaining a better reputation again in the last few years, anecdotally.

[@noelleenmcauley3055]

@wanderingturnip you need some context as you've misrepresented Nottingham. After Broadmarsh shopping centre shut down cos was due to get an overhaul, all the shops nearby closed because of bo footfall. You totally missed the Victoria shopping centre and Parliament Steeet and Market Square....there's LOADS of shops...yes many are lying vacant in the areas you went to ...bit you missed the KEY central shopping cente etc. And Pryzm is a nightclub that's still open. PLEASE DO proper research before you misrepresent Nottingham

[@v1sionary100]

Nottingham was such an amazing city centre in the 80s and 90s and had the best record shop ever - Selectadisc

[@gavsez]

Right about selectadisc. Quality shops.

[@superjanesaddiction]

I was in Selectadisc every week buying records and cds in the early nineties whilst at Nottingham Trent Uni, loved their shops, 👍

[@mousefad3673]

Way Ahead Records was great back then... and Anchor Surplus back when there really was military surplus gear for sale.

[@christopherd.winnan8701]

@@mousefad3673 - Was that near Redmayne and Todd's?

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Xr2 drive fro Leicester to Nottingham best trainer shopping ever hair cut and some bad as cloths a d that nightclub up the 6 hills from Leicester bad ass days 115mph xr2 6 hills tech blasting chav as fuuuk get some clobber I ws there the day tne planes hit 911 I was having my hair cut up that side alloy by yne big sq arcade and everyone was all quite and somber I was like wtf is going on as he buzzed my head he said ain't you seen it ... left there was a currus around the courner seethe news thru the window

[@ChristopherVickers]

I'm sure nobody will see this comment but the reason that all the shops are empty is because none of the properties are owned 100%. All the companies that control them have taken out huge loans from the banks and leveraged their property portfolio to buy other properties. Basically, the companies have used their existing properties as collateral to buy new ones so nothing is really owned by the company that is collecting rents. If the business that controls the property drops the rent, the value of the property drops (this is how the banks calculated the value of it). If the value of the property drops, then the businesses assets are worth less than the loans. If the assets are worth less than the loans, the banks are in big big trouble as the loan is more than the assets for it. The company goes under, the bank will be looking at huge losses. In short, the banks are and businesses that control the properties are happier to have empty shops and no rent, than to have a low rent and someone in it. There is a massive global commercial real estate bubble. Its the same everywhere. Eventually the businesses/banks will go bankrupt but they are kicking the can as long as humanly possible. We are on the cusp of a commercial property crash

[@Magic-Florence]

I found it and it was a very interesting comment thanks

[@rickrivethead]

What a major fuck up!

[@JagdgeschwaderX]

Absolutely and well said, people need to be aware of this because it's barely ever mentioned in the media and eventually this could bring down a lot of banks in a similar way to 2008.

[@pinkpearl1967]

They'll let the crash happen when they're sure that governments (so, us taxpayers) will bail them out.

[@daydays12]

The wonders of capitalism eh?

[@peterd788]

The nail bar will be a money laundering outfit.

[@UP_YRS_NWO]

Yup

[@Ignas0000]

Don't snitch on people 😂

[@marktyler3381]

Nail bars are for Chinese slaves, Turkish barbers are for money laundering!

[@CL-tv7pz]

yep, nail bars, tanning salons and turkish barbers, everyone knows what those guys are up to.

[@UziMusic]

They're learning from politicians and their mates!

[@doodoodoo3713]

Always loved Nottingham, clubing in my late teens and early 20s. Late 80s early 90s. Shopping was fantastic. Just so sad to see the decline of not just Nottingham, but other great cities and towns in general. 😢

[@Dtp2296]

Same, was a vibrant busy place back then

[@AdamMalster]

I live in Taiwan. I went back to my home town of Nottingham for the first time since 2017 last summer and I could not believe it. It was so depressing. The soul has been ripped out of the place. It used to be so vibrant. When I was a lad in the 80s and 90s it was a really groovy, happening place. Now it's all vape shops.

[@a.j.b.8658]

It's not the same without you Adam. How come you left?

[@ronin8926]

Its the same across the nation. Its a combination of factors but Amazon Prime and co are largely to blame. Hopefully the tables will turn one day.

[@SpectatingBystander]

I went back for download festival 20 last year. And wow I was astonished and a little sad at the centre. But luckily he stuck to the city center Notts outside the center has always been horrendous but now its beyond words. The dilapidation is 10 fold. If you're not beyond westbridgeford, Ruddington, wollenton, it's a degenerate wasteland. And north is worse bar a few pockets like Blidworth and ravenshead is nothing short of impoverishment on steroids.

[@PontificusPinion]

Seems to me making the streets "pedestrian friendly" by getting rid of the cars has killed downtown off.

[@arturwittensoeltner8729]

​@@PontificusPinion And what would you have said back then, when it couldn't have been due to a lack of cars, in areas that are now collapsing economically and falling apart, but were still lively and vibrant places, even though most people didn't own horses and carts and had to spend 95 percent of their time doing everything on foot and by hand, or at best using public transport (if there even were any further away from the few main routes)?

[@TheDoosh79]

To be fair, I travel all over the country for work but I'm from Nottingham and it is nowhere near as bad as most places. There is still tons going on you just need to know where to go, a lot of those places early on in the vid were around the old Broadmarsh centre, when they closed that nobody had a reason to be around that part of town hence a lot of empty units. Head into the lace market and Hockley and you'll find it still pretty vibrant, loads of great restaurants and cool shops.

[@Harry_84]

Just commented similar. Video doesn’t do Nottingham justice at all.

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

Lace Market and Hockley are good, but Broadmarsh is such an eyesore - especially when it’s right next to the tram/train station, it’s the first thing people see when they get to Notts and it’s basically a pile of rubble. It’s not a great image. Plus, I find it very hard to recommend Notts to other people mostly because it’s basically just a load of shops. Major tourist attractions like the castle got closed because they weren’t doing the business.

[@TheDoosh79]

@@Nikelaos_Khristianos The castle reopened a while ago and is really nice. I can't argue about Broadmarsh but that is an exceptional situation, I'm sure at some point they're going to get it sorted.

[@JoolsUK]

He did go in the Lace market in daytime

[@shunsloman9313]

Looks like a dump of a place 🚮

[@thindigital]

Silent apocalypse. You cant run a country on hubris and past glories.

[@christianweller4288]

Too many 3-word slogans too.

[@chesterclarke1564]

Britain culturally does not look to the future. we look to a mythic past

[@valuetraveler2026]

The elites are doing fine.

[@qeitkas594]

@@chesterclarke1564 It is an admittance that the future looks grim.

[@chesterclarke1564]

@@qeitkas594 obviously. don't be weak, change the future

[@marksargent2440]

Its sad what's happening is all over the place. all part of the build back better plan 😢its like the hearts been ripped out of these communities when you got people like Philip Green who owned a lot of different stores and companies and literally asset stripped them or paid his staff poor wages then ripped off the pension as well then sold them off for a £1 its sickening then thay bugger of to another country.

[@vaunmalone3064]

The heart and the soul!

[@Juglugs8575]

I am not long back from a weekend city break in Nottingham, and I was impressed with the city in general though I did not do any shopping. I would definately go back. There are much worse places to spend your time. As regard to most High Streets in the UK being knack'd, online shopping has a lot to answer for.

[@ThePeakyParkers]

I wouldnt say Nottingham is empty, if you walked the other direction towards the square and Viccy centre its so busy and alive. Broadmarsh end has been dying for best part of a decade "redeployment" and that

[@MultiShampain]

Nottingham has gangs of children aged under 10 attacking people do not pretend things have not gone downhill or do you think the people on drugs smelling of piss are sleeping because they needed a nap. Maybe you like chicken and nail shops but Nottingham used to have an identity now its full of Perverts not Punks

[@Sam-sp3nc]

I think personally online shopping isn’t a big pull for me, I much prefer going into shops and looking at things I can buy, rather than risking quality and a return/exchange process full of hassle

[@tonyh5484]

if only you and a few thousand others shopped in the high street every day, but alas its only you, time to move into the 21st century

[@Bozebo]

Same but shops stock the worst possible aliexpress garbage anyway, you have to go online to find anything worth using.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

I get tour drift but online is choice I read endless reviews before purchase that's how I settled on a lg TV oled a sonos dolby atmos surround kit and a brand new first ever uk build 2023 amd top spec pc I also got my curtains off amazing online made my life so easy going from nothing to something after homelessness..headphones amazon nets amazon Bedingfield amazon curys argos trainers and cloths always shops

[@chrisaustin1697]

I am with you there, I have to pick up my bag of sugar even though I know how heavy it is what it looked like, I don't want to have to send my mail order cloths back because they don't fit.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Online clothes shopping reminds me of the old catalogue experience. At least it wasn't such a hassle to send stuff back. You just took it to your local agent who would have it collected.

[@jonathancollard3710]

In the mid 1980’s to 1990’s Nottingham was THE most happening trendy city in the Midlands….people would travel from Derby, Leicester, etc to go out…. Nightclubs, bars, clothes shops and hairdressers were the crème de la crème. Gorgeous girls and smart fellas were everywhere!… I am genuinely shocked to see the malaise and decay 😟

[@jamesbyrne3455]

@@dentheplodder Tuesday nights at Ritzy's, Thursday nights at Rock City, Friday nights at the SU. Good times!

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

I can remember as a teenager really really wanting to visit Nottingham as it was the place to go and I remember going there when I was 19 and it was great in those days!

[@nathandiamond9754]

Some great pirate radio in Nottingham as well

[@pittarak1]

So sad to see what's happened to Nottingham - was there in early 1980s before migrating to 'Straya' 🦘 - had a blast in the city centre most Fridays and Saturday nights!

[@thatvampirelorraine]

I left Nottingham in 2001 due to the gang war between the meadows and hyson green/Radford and a youth got shot about 9am by my daughters school!

[@marktyler3381]

Just imagine if Amazon paid tax...

[@nnglnd]

Oh I wish .

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

But they employ 1000’s of people who in turn, pay tax. Lol Jeff bezos can do what he wants when he’s chilling on his yacht in the middle of the ocean 😂

[@niallrussell7184]

they do.. in Ireland.. and the lowest rate they can get away with.. for whole UK/EU..

[@marktyler3381]

@@niallrussell7184 They don't, it's a Dutch Sandwich

[@purplesprigs]

Taxes borne: the taxes that are directly incurred and payable by Amazon, including Employer National Insurance, Business Rates, Corporation Tax, Import Duties, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Digital Services Tax - more than £3.6 billion. But, by all means, believe the BS.

[@Marv9590]

Lived in Nottingham for over 40 years. Loved the place, going shopping with mum every Saturday. Selectadisc I remember, did they have an upstairs were the punk rockers use to hang out. You could walk around for hours and still not see everything. Great times.

[@the_lone_photographer]

Made me laugh when you called Ice Nine a magic trick shop. It’s an alternative clothing store that’s been there since 1979 and still going strong! That part of the city is called Hockley, full of independent shops, easily my favourite part. Thanks for covering Nottingham, I miss it since moving away and this was a great reminder of the place despite it being a bit rubbish there

[@Cloysterpete]

Well it says magic tricks on the sign so it’s understandable hahaha

[@robsmith5188]

Having also left Nottingham a number of years back it was a bit depressing. Likewise my reaction, oh cool ice nine is still doing business. Magic mushrooms were attainable on that street 😉

[@christopherd.winnan8701]

@@robsmith5188 - plus a quite few other things, just down the road, in the basement of the Palais, when it was still a heavy metal club. Happy Days!

[@jamesbyrne3455]

I couldn't believe it when I saw Ice Nine was still going strong. Lived in Nottingham early 90s and 30 years later their still going.

[@psychonaut689]

@@Cloysterpete Magic tricks? The mushrooms were though 😻

[@nick4995]

a empty shop isnt paying the council but a cheaper rates and rent would pay something for the council slowly slowly wins the race

[@SteveDonaldson-r5k]

This would require thinking beyond the short term, so forgot it.

[@Bozebo]

@@SteveDonaldson-r5k Yeah it's literally illegal for them to lower the rates if that will mean the budget for the current year wouldn't be enough. Doesn't matter if it'd make them rich in the future, they're literally not allowed and the council would be put under "special measures". They don't have the ability to raise credit properly which could smooth this over in the short term either, the government deliberately removed all facilities for that (with the lowest interest rates possible) while pushing all responsibilities to councils and cutting all central services but still taking as much tax down to westminster and vastly reducing how much of that goes to fund local governments... the money is literally being stolen, tens of billions a year.

[@mattevans4377]

But backhanders from online megacorps pays a lot more, at least for the individuals

[@ChristopherVickers]

I'm sure nobody will see this comment but the reason that all the shops are empty is because none of the properties are owned 100%. All the companies that control them have taken out huge loans from the banks and leveraged their property portfolio to buy other properties. Basically, the companies have used their existing properties as collateral to buy new ones so nothing is really owned by the company. If the business that controls the property drops the rent, the value of the property drops. If the value of the property drops, then the businesses assets are worth less than the loans. If the assets are worth less than the loans, the banks are in big big trouble as the loan is more than the assets for it. In short, the banks are and businesses that control the properties are happier to have empty shops and no rent, than to have a low rent and someone in it. There is a massive global commercial real estate bubble. Its the same everywhere. Eventually the businesses/banks will go bankrupt but they are kicking the can as long as humanly possible. We are on the cusp of a commercial property crash

[@Brian-vs9sd]

​@@ChristopherVickersThis is 100% correct. And it's the same all over the world. NY is also in a bad bad way because of it I feel like the ponzi is in the edge of collapse.

[@Pogmothoin17]

Mate do the sponsorships man, get your pay day. You deserve it.

[@reginaldscot165]

I left Nottingham and the UK 8 years ago for a new life in South East Asia. I came back to Nottingham last month for a holiday and to see old friends. I came back feeling very depressed for the people I left behind in the UK. I honestly don’t know how people live in the UK anymore.

[@theyliebutwhy8101]

Yep same I go on holiday and evertine I land at East Midlands ime like please nooo not this scumhole of a place 😂

[@TheJazzminetea]

We are forming an exit plan

[@itsnowjoke1381]

Left in 1985 , born there in 66 it was bloody great in the eighties mega night life great shops cool music and fashion scene , never been back since utterly shocked by the state of the place very sad

[@theyliebutwhy8101]

I live here it's turned into a dirty disgusting scumhole

[@truth-b4l]

You don't want to come back either I only left from 2014 till 2019 and I've realised Nottingham is so poverty stricken it's unreal thiera nothing the place is crumbling to it's knees and the council do nothing the people are all depressed and sad it's written all over Thier faces I wish I could help

[@martinsolomon5500]

I wish you all the best growing your channel and investing in a house. I love your ‘wandering’. Keep up the good work.

[@rjb10101]

Many moons ago, I worked in Yates (Now slug n lettuce) on the main square. We had access to the cave system underground. In its day, it was like a rabbit warren of connected underground businesses and workshops. Most of the older buildings still have a ''Secret door'' to the downstairs.

[@elizaphe58]

Underground housing!

[@TheRonaldbaxter]

Underground bank heist? Ah, no high street banks.

[@DistrictWitch]

underground city down there I swear

[@YourLocalGP]

Are you sure you're not getting confused with the story of Fantastic Mr Fox?

[@nickxcore74]

I used to work in the Cafe Royal glass collecting back in the day as a 19 year old, they were happy days.

[@pimpozza]

11:46 There's something quite disturbing about the "Merry Christmas" sign, tree, gifts and baubles just scattered and abandoned in a broken, empty building.. it feels very surreal.. 😶 Fascinating vlog, David.. I've been to Nottingham numerous times but wouldn't even have recognised it these days.. Great to see the big LP store and second-hand book shop! Something very unexpected! Take the sponsorships.. you deserve to do well and when you get your house to renovate, it's going to be a _BRILLIANT_ project which you can share with us! 😁👏

[@jaksongpg]

Thinking the same thing

[@VenturiLife]

The last Christmas...

[@pimpozza]

@@VenturiLife Exactly! 😪🤦🏻‍♀️

[@TheTundercat222]

The field of bluebells looks amazing in the countryside..

[@wanderingturnip]

Yeah they were pretty incredible this year. I normally forget to go film them so glad this vid caught a bit

[@lorrainebennett7528]

In the early 90s I attended a course at Black Horse Finance in Radford, wow that is one dodgy area!

[@NerdyBoiJay]

Never clicked on a video so quickly! Glad to see you got to come see Nottingham dude!

[@mancsblue]

They never speak about because they don't care ! We would rather get involved in off shore politics than tackle the pressing issues at home Our country is dying and neither sides seem too bothered Shocking

[@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx]

I love rising parsnip. His channel is the best

[@chesterclarke1564]

the UK is run by free mason Zionists (sabbatean frankism) importing black Muslims

[@rickrivethead]

But they should care shouldn't they??! Isn't there money involved...... The only thing the muppets in charge supposedly care about??!!

[@johnpettigrew83]

It's been dying since the end of the second world war if we are honest.

[@daydays12]

I so agree

[@iansteel5569]

The cost of parking is also an issue to many people, especially when you can park free a say Tesco and it stocks loads of stuff plus food, it's like the local council want the shops gone so they can sell the land to build flats on.

[@judeh2646]

Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@MrGeorge1000]

there is a serious shortage of residential properties, why not convert them, to residential???

[@Dregomz02]

They should rename the city as the Nothingham

[@democracyforall]

Apart from rent the biggest problems are theft and crime and so they need security guards and it comes to a big number , this is also the case even in Croydon, the theft is so bad in Whitgift shopping centre that many shop keepers could not afford to hire security guards because of higher rent... If this cause Whitgift shopping centre to go into such a terrible state, then you can imagine what it can do to others where they do not have such big number of customers...

[@M88ULV]

beat me to it

[@SoonGone]

Very droll 😁👍

[@augustoherrera]

😂😂😂😂

[@amandadavenport1994]

Some areas are called Shottingham already 😢

[@stephenharness4644]

I am a big fan of yours and was excited you were doing a video from Nottingham (my home town). I was very disappointed though that you didn't show any of the good side of Nottingham city centre. Did you go in the Victoria Centre which is bustling and virtually full of shops as are the areas around the Market Square which is always full of life. There is also the area around the theatre with the Corner House development, housing bars, cinema and restaurants. The area including the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, which is the area you concentrated on, was intentionally 'emptied' in order to knock it down and rebuild as a modern shopping complex. Unfortunately the Company doing the redevelopment (possibly Intu) went bust after the site had been half demolished. There is now no need for anybody to go there apart from passing through the area to get to the train station. The council (who went 'bust') haven't the money to do it up. I am not a big fan of Nottingham but I think it was misrepresented in your video. Another Nottingham video is due please?

[@johnshep9417]

Completely agree with this comment. This video misrepresented Nottingham and missed out the busy parts!

[@wanderingturnip]

Ah shame I missed those bits. I was going to go to the Victoria centre but the fella in the video told me not to bother 😂 I’ll definitely come back for another video so all tips and things to check out much appreciated 👍

[@Jokerjaxs]

You missed the main shopping area out and Victoria centre go on the weekend it’s packed solid . Infact it bust all week . You miss it out because you knew it was thriving.

[@waynemay7327]

Bear in mind that the wandering turnip isn't familiar with Nottingham. You live there.

[@stephenharness4644]

@@waynemay7327 Usually there is a bit of research and maybe the history of a place. This didn't even touch the city centre which could be identified by a quick Google search. It all felt a bit rushed.

[@PontiacS.]

"The George" is a Beautiful Old Shopping center. Sad.

[@clairefitzpatrick7183]

It was a hotel originally and someone made it into the monster it is today. Very sad as im told it was gorgeous in its hayday. The other half's sister worked there. People just use it as a cut through. The security is all on cameras.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Amazon, Uber, Tescos have a lot to answer for don't they.

[@ArtCast24]

The US and the UK seem to be collapsing simultaneously.

[@mazjones1130]

Nottingham resident born and bred here. So the broad marsh was recently knocked down, that street you thought was the center has suffered due to less foot traffic as a result. Businesses have moved to victoria centre. Nottingham city centre is massive and still very much thriving. Most of the buildings were restaurants.

[@lincolnengland5005]

I'm sorry to contradict you but when I was there 2 years ago I definitely couldn't say it was thriving....it looked like it was on it's knees.......

[@mattpotter8725]

​@@lincolnengland5005I lived in Nottingham until about 2007 and it was thriving then. Having been back for a while and it looks dead in many areas, but I'm not sure you can judge a place you went to 2 years ago and I'm guessing it was a one off visit. The truth is that Nottingham had/has a big central shopping area and with the pandemic and economic problems we're having with this clueless government there has been contraction to where the big brand shops are, which I imagine is the Victoria Centre. When I lived there the Beoadmarsh Centre was dying and needed redevelopment, this is the area close to all the boarded up shops near the start of the video. I just think there was too much retail space for what now isn't needed as we've gone online. It's very sad to see it like this but until people have more money in their pockets and the bars and restaurants return (if that's even possible), maybe even designer/boutique shops (which Nottingham was famous for, Paul Smith I think was from there) and some way of forcing rent reduction then I don't see it getting any better.

[@lincolnengland5005]

@@mattpotter8725 You may very well be correct; if there has been a substantial amount of investment and revitalisation recently it may have improved markedly. I get no pleasure in seeing it's deterioration as it's our closest big city but I still remain unconvinced that it would have improved to that extent - I'm happy to be corrected though. FWIW, many high streets are failing including Lincoln!

[@mattpotter8725]

@@lincolnengland5005 I'm not saying it has improved, in fact I don't it has, all I'm saying is that 20 years ago the shopping footprint was what was needed at that time and shops could survive, footfall was good. Even when I lived there 15 years ago the Broadmarsh was basically a way to either where the bus stops were or the big car park was located that I'd often use if driving into the centre. With the roads changed around there, the car park rebuilt (as far as I understand), the Broadmarsh demolished, and many shops in that area either moving up towards the Victoria Centre or having gone bust it is a spiral, and then the pandemic hit. I think it could recover somewhat if economic conditions improve, but it'll never go back to what it was like before, it'll need to reinvent itself. I just think it's such a big area with many retail outlets like Boots or WHSmiths having multiple outlets, they will have consolidated and shut those shops in areas where there is less footfall to concentrate on those in or around the Victoria Centre.

[@TigerBoyX15]

​@@mattpotter8725we have a Govt..trying to turn the whole Country into Detroit..not just Nottingham 🌼🏹🏹

[@deedee3614]

Re CDs: me and hubby still use CDs - we don’t have stupid ads, we don’t need to pay and give money to the big capitalists like spotify, there is no interruption and we get to really listen to music . When companies like Spotify want to get into your pockets they will tell you how good the technology is and that you can listen to music anywhere. But some of us want to be present when we are out and about. We want to be social beings not isolated beings with earphones who are never present .

[@am_pm.17]

I'm in my 20s and absolutely love CDs, including for new music. Some people underestimate that there's actually plenty of us younger people who buy music physically.

[@AmigaA-or2hj]

I have plenty of cassettes and I use them for recording radio programmes.

[@sadjaxx]

Absolutely agree.

[@kalebdaark100]

..and the band/artist making the music, especially smaller acts, get a greater share of the money you spend

[@RobertCretanhero]

I left Nottingham 16 years ago to start an adventure in Greece. Every return visit to my former home city is full of surprise at how this once vibrant and dynamic city has fallen so far. Once the " Queen of the Midlands ", now a city with no identity. ❤️🇬🇷

[@malctongue]

Athens ain't much better😉

[@qeitkas594]

@@malctongue But at least it is moving up and not free falling down.

[@electrickery]

@@qeitkas594 Once you hit rock bottom the only way is up

[@timeforachat69]

I got out at the end of 95, and wondered if i'd made the right decision for years. Nowadays I think I did. I would rather remember the place as it was. I will never go back.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

I used to love nottingham and it is the capital of the East Midlands but now it's gone to rack and ruin.

[@lincolnengland5005]

Back in the late 80's when I lived in West Bridgford, Nottingham was a vibrant, affluent city, the shops were really good. I had to kill about 3 or 4 hours in the City centre a couple of years ago and was really disappointed how much the centre had run down. Half the shops were shut, most of the rest were rubbish.....really disappointing and saddening to see.

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

Victoria Centre is ok. But yeah Nottingham is interesting cos after Covid it really did just decline rapidly. Was shocking to see. You did miss the entire Victoria Centre though which is the most active part of the city shop wise. edit: never mind, you did a second video haha

[@JonnyFriendly]

I think you were a bit selective with the areas of Nottingham that you showed - I travel from Leicester to Nottingham to go shopping and occasionally out in the evening and it is a really really busy and buzzing city - if you want to see a dead city go to Leicester - the decline of that place over the last decade is shocking. Couldnt agree more on Grantham - we ended there one Saturday for some reason and we couldnt leave soon enough.

[@wanderingturnip]

It wasn’t intentional at all so I’m actually coming back next week to do a revisit. A local has said he will give me a proper tour, tell me about the areas that I saw but also show me the bits that are doing well 👍

[@Martyn-NFFC]

Good to hear. Hope the local is Arctic Fox @FFTV. The oldest football club, Trent Bridge cricket ground and the world famous City Ground all Brilliant.

[@WarmasAsunnedcat]

Nottingham born. Used to be called queen of the midlands! Breaks your heart. Very rarely go to the centre anymore.

[@Jokerjaxs]

It’s still packed and busy he didn’t go to main shopping centre and Victoria centre. He kept away because he knew it was . Broad marsh went years ago they were in the process of doing up . He’s making out it’s worse than it is .

[@dodgeboy9052]

Me too .. 1944 .. as a kid I use to walk from Hyson Green up to Peveril Street then along Alfreton Road to the Market Square looking in all the shop windows that was in the 50s wishing n hoping for Christmas..

[@sicr7373]

Bag lady of the midlands now sadly.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

​@@sicr7373based 😂

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

I was there daynof 911 xr2 from Leicester trainers cloths clobber hair cut and two planes hitting the twin towers

[@MaiRaven3]

It was so beautiful. How sad. Shopping used to be fun. On line is not the same. Loss of jobs too. Love the bluebells.💙 Love you David.

[@bertiesworld]

I was in Nottingham only 3 weeks ago. And you can see the decline. I was standing on a mini 'roundabout' (in the pedestrian area) not a million miles from Broad Marsh and just from that viewpoint, there were 7 closed shops in sight. Unfortunately, Nottingham is not alone. Lincoln (nr where I live) is going much the same way. Btw, if you want to see centres that have serious problems. Scunthorpe or Grimsby would top my list. Fwiw, the boy is at uni in Nottingham and thinks Nottingham for his needs, is fine!

[@markdicker5244]

Come to Bridport in Dorset 2 record shops a bi weekly Street Market and a high street full of independent Shops

[@KaiNuthall]

I am Nottingham born and raised and have lived in many different areas of the country and visited the vast majority of similar sized cities in the U.K. Where you started your filming in the city centre is completely derelict due to council incompetence, they essentially bulldozed an old shopping centre for a rebuild but didn’t do due diligence on the company that would let and manage it and this company went bust during covid. Lister Gate where you started used to be thriving and the main shopping precinct. With regards to other parts of your video - if you had walked beyond the newly built car park where buildings were vacant (again due to the proximity of the now bulldozed shopping centre so no one wants to take up occupancy until that debacle is fixed) you would have come to the canal where there are many great pubs, bars and coffee shops and one of the best looking train stations you will see anywhere. No one uses the lace market (where the Christmas tree was) as the buildings are too expensive to rent or in poor condition internally) these were all old lace mills back in the day and I assume due to their age they are not appealing to commercial tenants. The area where the second hand book store was is called Hockley, and is thriving with top independent restaurants and bars - I feel like you omitted large parts of this area or went at a quiet time (which is common for people that film content of this nature I have noticed, not a criticism, just an observation) if you went there on a Saturday it would be heaving as most of these places don’t open until the afternoon or evening given the nature of the businesses located in this part of the city. Clumber Street where you said nothing is closed had the highest football per square foot in Europe at one point - Google will attest to this fact and it is still busy on all days. You omitted to visit Victoria Centre where H&M and other large retail stores formerly based on Lister Gate have moved to due to the councils idiotic decision to bulldoze a large shopping centre without doing the necessary due diligence. If you had visited Victoria Centre you would have found next to no vacant stores it is thriving by modern standards. You also didn’t go to the Market Square where the only vacant building is the old Debenhams store. And between Victoria Centre and the Market Square there are many open stores. Nottingham still has roughly 80+ pubs in the city centre postcode along with plenty of bars and nightclubs. Whilst this may seem like a passionate defence of Nottingham I am just providing a counter argument to much of this footage as someone that knows the city. I am glad you enjoyed the caves it is a very interesting aspect of the cities history and I believe people still inhabited the caves up to the 1950/60s. I would be happy to give you a tour of the city centre on a weekend and your opinion would do a 180. I would also be able to take you to some better pubs than the fake oldest pub in the country - which is owned by Greene King who have destroyed many pubs in Nottinghamshire.

[@wanderingturnip]

Hey this is super interesting and I would love a tour to show the stuff I missed. Could you email me on [e-mail] 👍

[@Answersonapostcard]

I agree, I live in a neighbouring city and every time I visit Nottingham I discover something new. I'll be moving to Notts as soon as I secure a job there as its probably the best city in the midlands to live in. Birmingham is much bigger, lots of redevelopment happening but its a lot of nothing, there is so much more to do in Notts. For live music Nottingham is one of the best places in the UK with Rescue Rooms and Rock City contributing massively to the nighttime economy especially. Notts has quite a few very nice shopping arcades, and even on a Sunday night there is life in the city.

[@anthonyboylan5436]

yeah I lived in Notts 16 years ago and didn't really recognise anywhere he went the market square was always heaving when I lived there, was thinking I'm shocked its now quiet but like you said the popular places seemed avoided. I know there's only so many hours in a day so maybe didn't get around everywhere they may have wanted

[@PSP92262]

Regardless, he covered a very large area that looks absolutely awful.

[@Answersonapostcard]

@@PSP92262 same with most cities, but a few streets doesn’t define the city

[@philcarson6731]

Nottingham castle, gallery of justice ancient pubs with there own cave systems, independent shops and nice restaurants....it's still rocking Nottingham

[@johnd6487]

Have to agree. I have started working in the city centre (having worked for years out in the suburbs), and cycling in, I'm just so stunned about what a beautiful and architecturally rich city it really is - something I never really appreciated in my youth. In many ways, the shopping area had two centres around the Broadmarsh and Victoria shopping centres, with a few big draw stores (Debenhams, M&S, remember Pearsons?), but mostly the services and minor shops (banks etc.), in between. Broadmarsh (always the slightly poorer of the two) fell over around the pandemic. It was already largely derelict as it was about to be 'transformed', then Intu went bust. Now many of the streets in this are also the streets that really led to Broadmarsh as their destination. Some of the stores that were on them have gone, a few have gone under, but many moved up towards Victoria Centre (or like Paperchase, moved up there then went under!) Really, we're looking at a contraction of the retail area up towards Market Square and Victoria centre. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we will only know in time. A more compact centre might actually be better. I just hope the 'abandoned' bits can be bought into an alternative use that keeps their beauty. Maybe, if not retail, then with a few alternative uses that maintain a reason for us to pass by and admire them.

[@pumpkinpatch5]

Literally just rocking, for the caves only. Which you do once, then get bored. :D

[@philcarson6731]

@@pumpkinpatch5 the castle.newstead abbey.wollaton park.trent bridge.galleries of justice.sherwood forest.

[@iceb-akap77ice93]

Yeah the Record and CD and Tapes business is doing very well. I've been collecting since I was young. In my 50's now like. But here in Leeds there's quite a few record shops think about 5 or 6. And there's regular record fairs every 3 month's. Next one is 2nd June at Project House ls12. ✌️ Hope you visit. You could ask to interview a few of the seller's. 👍

[@TheDonBro]

Grantham isn't even Nottinghamshire... Its Lincolnshire!

[@vodkanarancs1]

I live in Grantham. Which shops are always full? Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons. Why? Because you can park right in front of the entrance. I simply refuse to shop at places where I can't park. And I assume I'm not alone with this. Noone wants to carry five bags through the town. Open your shop in a 2 minute walking distance from a multi storey car park and you'll be just fine. People are lazy and we have alternatives now.

[@Harry_84]

This is harsh on Nottingham to be honest. Showed where Broadmarsh used to be, fair enough. No one goes to those shops because theres no reason to go to that area of the city unless you’re walking to the railway station. Then you showed the outer edge of Hockley. If you walked a minute or two towards the centre or up towards the Vic Centre you’d have seen it’s practically too busy most days of the week.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Perhaps Wandering Turnip needs to do some research before visiting many of these towns & cities. He doesn't know what Nottingham is famous for!? I know it from reading Alan Sillitoe at school but surely everyone knows about Robin Hood & the Sheriff of Nottingham.

[@johnnyboy7534]

Wishing you all the best on your KZbin journey. Keep the content flowing mate so hopefully you can buy yourself a house with the tube dough! Cheers from Finland. 👍🏻

[@leedsalex]

Need to check out Chesterfield, crazy how many empty stores that town now has

[@Zerobob26]

I decided to do a random pub crawl in Chesterfield a few weeks ago, and I was shocked to see lots of empty units, and even the M&S had shut down, plus the market was a shadow of its former self. Most shocking of all... The Royal Oak pub (old 12th century building) had shut down, and I wanted a drink there!

[@LuKaZz420]

Damn, came back from Japan in May. Didn't see one single boarded up shop there. Here in Portugal, plenty of cafes, butchers, pastry places. I live in Coimbra. Sad I lived in the UK for five years between 2003 and 2008, four years in London, one in Plymouth. Sad to see everything so ran down

[@manth9318]

I used to love going to Nottingham. We went back a few weeks ago and what dive it is now! Won't be rushing back.

[@Michaeluk61]

We had a massive shopping centre in Aldershot which quickly deteriorated in sales. They have converted 90% of the space in to flats. The days of the high street are finished unless you need the Bookies. Get your nails done or love fast food

[@neilclark1681]

Or need a hot towel shave

[@gerainthall1941]

To be fair, you should have gone to the Victoria shopping Centre in Nottingham where nearly everything is still open.

[@jimg9820]

Apart from the market which has been allowed to die on its arse.

[@dumbguy1007]

​@@jimg9820 it was shit even when there were shops there.

[@Jokerjaxs]

Victoria centre is still busy and so is the centre of Nottingham he missed them out because it’s still very packed and thriving.

[@christopherd.winnan8701]

@@jimg9820 The indoor market has closed?

[@jimg9820]

@@christopherd.winnan8701 It was announced that it would be closed a few months back, not sure what the current status is. I rarely get into town these days.

[@GenaF]

Such a massive shame that you didn't have the full day in Nottingham. If you had gone to Victoria Centre, which I hope still has lots of shops, you would likely have come across Emetts clock, which is officially called The Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator 😂. It was installed when I was a toddler in 1973. Frederick Rowland Emett (known as Rowland) who created it was also the creator of the elaborate inventions in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Also, the caves system of which you saw some of, spreads all over Nottingham and the last I knew, they said some may well be undiscovered. I know some caves you can access from the pubs, one used part of theirs as a skittle alley. As for Nottingham Castle, it always had nice grounds but it's not exactly a castle. Did you see the Robin Hood Statue? I moved to rural Lincolnshire in 2000 after 30 years in Nottinghamshire. I've not even been there in many years but my husband has been back for family funerals. I'd like to nose around the shops though. I wonder what will eventually happen once the very last people say enough is enough and set up their businesses online 🤷🏼‍♀️ Will the shops all be turned into apartments?

[@samuelsstuffyt]

Of course he didn't go to the Victoria Centre or the vast majority of the City that isn't shut down, because all of his videos are rage-bait drivel that goes to the worst parts of cities and towns (and all places, regardless of where they are, have them) and then try to paint it like the entire place is like that and the world is doomed.

[@pommygeezer9309]

Visited Nottingham about 8 years ago now 2015. I liked it! Good pubs, fish & chip shops and that. A lot of chavs walking about and vape shops. Even bumped into that famous singer from back in the mid ‘90s. Back in the mid nineties Nottingham was the best uni because the birds out numbered you 2:1. Read that in The Sun so it must be true.

[@nickxcore74]

Being someone who lives in Nottingham it’s true, my city is falling to ruin. Back in the 80’s and 90’s Nottingham was truly thriving, plenty of well paid jobs, a great city centre for shopping and a great place to go out drinking and clubbing at night time.

[@truth-b4l]

Yep I live here it's now a scumhole falling to pieces full of migrants and literally one of the most poverty stricten disengaged disadvanted city's in Europe

[@SoonGone]

Always plenty of nail bars though. Which are definitely not fronts for laundering drug money. Nope never, not even the ones that never have any customer's in them whenever you walk past 😆

[@nilsalmquist9424]

I first visited Nottingham with my family in 1963 aged 10 and have visited it many times since, it's a lovely city and the people are special too, I hope the city is blessed by fortune again.

[@staycasual7203]

Er, it won’t be. It’s now a total s hole pal. It’s all over red rover.

[@pumpkinpatch5]

LOL!

[@anthonymitchell8893]

stay casual come on lad dont say that have some manners lad no need for these insults on a once great city lad

[@plopzzzzzz]

Last Chance to buy SILVER BEFORE IT EXPLODES 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@Arctic_Fox_NFFC]

Commenting as I watch. You started off in Castle Gate and then into Lister Gate, which used to be a thriving shopping street which was anchored by the Broad Marsh Centre. The incompetent Labour Council decided that the Board Marsh was 'tired' so knocked it down ready for Intu to build a new centre. Unfortunately the council didn't do due diligence on Intu, who ran out of cash and went bust during the pandemic, leaving us with a bomb site and no plan. There is currently a 'consultation' going on by the now bankrupt incompetent Labour council about what to use the space for. But Lister Gate is now a road to nowhere and has died off. Same applies to Bridlesmith Gate which connected the Victoria Centre with the Broad Marsh. A decade ago it was replete with designer clothes shops and is now another road to nowhere. You move onto The Lace Market which is quiet and has basically a church, a solicitors and a college but not much going on. The bit that you like with the Second Hand Bookshop and Independent record shops is Hockley which is trendy and still has something going for it. Prysm was an OK nightclub. You move onto the area near Vic Centre (without going in? you missed the Emmet Clock and fountain) and down Clumber Street which is still going fairly strong. The area around and under the Council House is where you still find shops trading. On 18.50 you completely nail it, everything is being sold off for student flats. The students (most of whom from overseas) now equal or outnumber the local population if you walk around the centre, and everything still open (library, coffee shops, fast food, mobile phone shops) is catering to their needs. Yes the Caves are worth a visit. Glad that you ended up in the Trip. Overall, a whistlestop tour. Our city is not dead yet and not as bad as some of the places you go, there is more you could have covered if you'd had time. Thanks for visiting, and if you come again we'll give you a tour. www.youtube.com/@ForestFanTV

[@wanderingturnip]

Hey thanks for this, Yeah a bit gutted I missed some of the busier sections, I did wander about for ages but can often happen…I was gona go to the Victoria Arcade but got told not to bother, I assumed there wasn’t going to be anything going on there but someone else said that’s busy. Be great to have a tour guide on a visit back, show me more stuff 👍👍

[@wanderingturnip]

Just subbed 👍👍

[@thomridgeway1438]

The Nottingham Labour council is utterly corrupt, lazy, arrogant, entitled and woke. Until it's replaced with a body of new fresh ordinary people, who have high morals, honesty and want to get away from diversity dogma and solve actual city problems we are doomed.

[@paulpaine1014]

My recollection of the broadmarsh debacle is somewhat different. Broadmarsh was a second rate shopping centre compared to the vic centre. it was dying and everyone wanted it to be redeveloped. Intu dillied and dallied and tried to bribe the council to let them develop and expand the other shopping centre first. the council tried to get intu to do what everyone in Nottm wanted and sort out broadmarsh first. finally intu started work and then went bust leaving the council with a massive problem and no budget to deal with it. in some ways it would have been a blessing in disguise as the centre was ugly and underused and in the current climate city centres don't need more retail space. the sad thing is that because of government cuts to council budgets the council don't have the cash to sort it out, and due to gove's partisan approach we have failed to get levelling up money to sort it out. theres a lot of reasons to criticise the labour council but they have done the best they can with regards broadmarsh and the arseholes at intu.

[@Arctic_Fox_NFFC]

@@paulpaine1014 I thik the truth is somewhere between your version and my version :-) I remember the Broad Marsh when it was a treat to go there - a visit to Game Workshop followed by trip in the glass elevator to Wimpy for burgers with cutlery and a plate. What did for the Broad Marsh was British Home Stores going down, then Allders alone couldn't really anchor it. Now we have had the cascade effect where Boots, M&S Home and C&A (H&M) have all disappeared. These kind of places still exist but on out of town retail parks, not so much in centres. Boots have their Vic Centre store and so didn't need the second. It's really sad to see that end of town unravel. I had question marks over Intu's abiliity to deliver a new centre after they spunked an exorbitant amount on the Vic Centre for a barely visible improvement. I realise that the council were let down by them and the pandemic was the main factor but it did show a naivete on behalf of the local authority to put their trust in a private developer with dubious funding and commit such an act of self destruction. And, absolutely, the council have been defunded by Central Govt, but then they did blow the reserves on propping up Robin Hood Energy which was a choice not a necessity. Thus they should not escape criticism.

[@WasteNotWantNot-du3qv]

Ice Nine in Hockley, Nottingham 😂 It’s been there bloody years. We used to go there in mid 80s while we were nippers at school to buy all of our hippy / goth tat - Incense sticks, tie dye clothing, king sized Rizla and bongs. A right of passage for anyone from Nottingham 😂

[@Mr.PolyMath]

I’ve been to Nottingham tons of times as I have family there. City Centre has always been very busy everytime I’ve been. Two decent universities make for lots of people coming and going all the time etc, as well as two football clubs (one in PL), massive cricket ground etc etc. All I can say he’s actually gone on a weekday in the morning or something 😅 Try Swindon, absolute dump of a centre!

[@TSM-908]

I am 68 and retired. I use to work in Nottingham. I saw you enter a record store and I was misty eyed. I must point out to you that you dad and I are NOT out of date. If I owned my physical CD (my collection is at about 3000 currently), anyway I own my CD, I can rip my music at the best possible bitrate. If all my CDs are cloud based I can have them taken away if Sony or Spotify feel I have infringed on their rules then access to the cloud service is locked. Otherwise I have them on my music store rack. So digital music, games and videos could suddenly change their business model and start charging for the times when you listen to track you have already paid for. Sony locked my account because my back did a chargeback for I in app purchases not applied. Sony disagreed even though I provided irrefutable evidence. So digital content buyers beware. Great vid on Nottingham. Shame to see the devastation of shops.

[@Answersonapostcard]

Very true that. Especially with cancel culture, bands being pulled without warning, apparently the guitarist kissed a woman in 1972 so we need to remove the entire collection from Spotify!! They can never take away our physical records and books, things that bring us joy and make life worth living.

[@iainburgess9393]

​@@Answersonapostcardhow do.yoinfeel about rockstars grooming underage women ?

[@rs5001988]

I've lived in notts 46 years an it's gone to the dogs 😢

[@pawelnotts]

I moved in to Nottingham from Poland in 2006. It was a completely different city back then, very lively and I used to love it. That area you went to near Broadmarsh used to be very busy. I think they decided to demolish it around 2018 and ended up removing some streets (i.e where you're walking in 9:47 used to be a busy street with several bus stops and one of major arteries for the city), made others inaccessible to cars except buses and taxies and plopped a massive library. That said, while the centre is almost dead compared to some years ago there are still shopping centres spread across retail parks where it's easier to get to by car.

[@cmg1819]

Poland has well nicer cities than England. Its also a country on the up while England is in a steep decline.

[@pawelnotts]

@@cmg1819 I had to go to Poland several times in the past 12 months and I have to agree (although I am obviously biased). Definitely noticed the decline vs uptrend though. This is not only evident in city landscape but services and amenities. Having said that prices in Poland went up so much that I almost feel like it's cheaper to live in Nottingham compared to some of the larger cities in Poland. Bad example but I recently paid £2.30 for a medium coke in McDonald's in PL, barber was the same price, polishing headlamps on my mum's car was 2x the price of the same service in Nott.

[@moosky7344]

There population is stable, not increasing by millions upon millions, no crisis there, also they receive hundreds of billion from the EU, finally their millions of citizens send 100s of Billions back home it's a win win situation ​@@cmg1819

[@stevev238]

Insane. All like the most dystopian zombie-sci fi- horror film. Happening everywhere though.

[@MarkCW]

Personally I have never liked going to shops and would prefer to do something more enjoyable with my time like watching KZbin channels. Amazon is great as it is so convenient and I don't have to go out of the door. If the government wasn't run by a bunch of idiots that represented the rich, Amazon could pay the UK some tax instead of Ireland at 12.5%.

[@DangerousDac]

Online shopping existed for 20 years before this decay really set in though. Rates and Rent are the main reasons I'd say, I lament that I've lost Wilko near me. I still lament the loss of Toys R Us and Woolworths even.

[@adenwellsmith6908]

Rent, rates, parking, tax, regulation, ... that's created a void that Amazon has filled. Another example, in the last week I have had to motorbikes drive at me on the pavement. The first one a week ago, I was standing next to two police officers. This was after lots of cyclists had ridden at us and the police ignored it. Same today. When the police don't act, and the criminals decide so what we won't be done, lets commit what is common assault and in the case of a neighbour, hit from behind on the pavement, put in a wheel chair, ABH.

[@donna25871]

Toys R Us went out of business.

[@ofeliaariaswilliams7151]

As a retiree who loves to travel. I just spent one month in Spain, it was lovely clean and vibrant with busy cities and small towns. I then went to England because I have always loved the music and TV culture. I was shocked at how awful many towns in England look. Dilapidated and run down, it was not what i expected.

[@theyliebutwhy8101]

Come to nottingham city it looks like your in Africa or Pakistan depending wich Street your on its turned into a scumhole its crumbling falling to pieces

[@christinemackay2869]

Councils cannot afford to look after TOWNS & CITIES & pay out for the THOUSANDS of the unwanted dinghy brigade coming over every day bringing in criminals drugs deseases murderer's rapists burglaries all a busing our systems our doctors dentists hospitals all for free which many have to take out pay private pensions for Sort out the ones that this country requires & needs deport the rest to the army or bk where they came from in the dinghy Would then have money for our needs instead of wasting it unnecessarily This country are the mugs in all this they know they are onto a good thing we should never have paid out or accommodated any of them notification should have proceeded them whilst in France all the monies paid to France can be put to better use here stalinist starmer busy cosying up to Germany needs to concentrate on sorting problems in his own country Roll on the nxt election !!!!

[@andrewjones4006]

Wow, massive retail devastation. The town planners better get pensioned off along with councillors who seem clueless. They ought to de pedestrianise immediately. Great video.

[@tobymaltby6036]

I live near Nottingham. George Center has gone downhill a lot since the last time I visited in ... ummm ... 2018.... ...I think I'm part of the problem.

[@scuddster]

I showed this vid to my parents, who are from Nottingham they said the Prism night club was built as the Palais de Dance" in the 1930;s

[@lukagoshi]

Pryzm nightclub was absolutely dog. Just so you know.

[@wanderingturnip]

😂😂😂

[@kamranhashmi1575]

Rent business rates service charges not worth it 😮

[@nottmfunguy]

Isn't Grantham in Lincolnshire? Your description says Grantham, Nottinghamshire.

[@carmila84]

i still remember how lively city centre was when I came to Nottingham in 2006.. I haven't been there for few months and for me, it was like a shock to see how it all looks like now on your video.. so so sad..

[@izdatsumcp]

upvote for more disguises

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

it is so sad! I remember years ago a documentary was created in a town called Shepton Mallet (I think) in the UK. The created shops from different eras to examine the effects of changes. When supermarkets came in, everyone was sad about the loss of the Mum and Dad grocery store, but they kept on going to the supermarket. Not hypocrisy, just the way things were by the 1960s. It seems to be like that now. Thank you for the video!

[@crazyherisson6500]

Hope you buy your house. Great channel and you seem such a nice guy ! Cheers.

[@leighwallis5782]

So sad, Nottingham used to be incredible for shopping and nightlife.....so many good memories over there.....this has made me really sad.....

[@aarondavies8722]

It still is, neglected to show the busy areas like the actual open shopping centre victoria centre

[@ApexJnr]

Go and get your sponsors lad because you actually fucking deserve it, there's not many people who wanna live their dreams and go out to show people the country, bless you man.

[@cherrybee9071]

Sad. What a loss of jobs!!

[@alanlake5220]

Well done on how far you have come in just 18 months, keep them coming .

[@beltingtokra]

You know, if any shopping centre security watch you, you’ll need a new disguise, the builder garb will be a massive "im filming" beacon 😂

[@Nttmf]

I’m born and bred from Nottingham. I left 7 years ago to live abroad. I never thought I’d see the day for it to slump into decay. Makes me angry seeing it now and how I used to see it. Still, I remember great nights out going on pub crawls with mates, some of the best nights I’ve ever had. An old pub crawl was to start from the wheatsheaf inn at bobbers mill and work your way up alfreton rd into the town center. You’d be pissed by the time you got to the market square. Many pubs used to be great and no trouble.

[@truth-b4l]

I moved back to Nottingham in 2019 after living in Hastings for 5 years for work I can't wait to move out of Nottingham again I want out it's a scumhole crumbling to it's knees Nottingham city council do absolutely nothing anymore u don't see them anywhere the place has been neglected too much it's beyond repair now and tbh thiera far to many migrants Thier everywhere begging or wondering round in groups the place is full of druggies salcholics and homeless

[@peterwait641]

Decline was also hedge funds who bought chains, loaded with debt , sold their shops and rented them back making business not viable !

[@tommykarate9397]

Everyone is blaming the decline of high street on online shopping and Amazon but if that the case why we don't see similar picture in Europe? Their towns and cities are thriving with tons of local independent shops!

[@Seb512]

Corrupt government and local councils

[@markwhite267]

Probably less rent and more scepticism about online shopping and waiting for the slow courier...

[@UP_YRS_NWO]

People don't shop local, probably because it's to depressing to venture out.

[@simonlee498]

The price of property to rent for business is near a city or main town centre is insane .. soo the average business person who wants to own a shop is priced out

[@simonlee498]

An business rates on electric will be high an taxes .. meaning you need strong capital to just keep the doors open

[@gi4734]

This makes me sad, personally I love Nottingham My uncle who’s always been like a dad to me moved there when I was 2, so around 2005. Every year since I have visited him up in Notts and it’s my favourite place. Around the outskirts of the city there are so many nature reserves, parks and fields of wild life. I always do my yearly wardrobe top up shop when I visit as even though there are many closed shops, there are lots of options compared to many places near me in the West Midlands. There are a lot of artsy unique shops and exhibits around which you can definitely make a trip out of. I do think Nottingham would be in trouble if there wasn’t a high volume of uni students. I read online there is around 50,000 students per year. Great video like always. Showed my grandad your channel, he now watches regularly :)

[@doesntreallymatteranyway]

The university is massive indeed. There are also a lot of international students visiting from China and Malaysia as the university operates campuses in those countries. That's one way in which Notts is attracting international brand awareness, which I reckon is a net positive. I think UoN is the only university in the UK to have such a system.

[@wanwandokko]

What he probably didn't quite capture is the people...well not many about- but If he'd visited a few hours later it's very busy, vibrant and such a warm friendly city

[@gi4734]

@@wanwandokko yes I agree. I always feel a warm happy buzz around peak times.

[@danielkaupp4649]

​@@wanwandokkoI'm nottingham born and bred, warm and friendly are not words I'd use to describe nottingham

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

Wow you're almost up to one hundred thousand subs pal 😘 well done fella, all the best for the future, and I've mentioned before about record shops, and I'm sure you know about two independent record shops in Burnley, Electron and Astonishing Sounds that are both across from each other, I'd love to see them on one of your posts, especially Electron that is still the same as it was over 50 odd years ago 🤗

[@soulsoup159]

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[@binowoo6268]

If no ones commented already. In The George CreeperHost rents out a decent space. If you couldn't tell by the name they are a game hosting company, and as much as they aren't a shop, they are most certainly still in buisness. And on the top floor is Pearsons, where you can take your theory test

[@jamestaylor7106]

Way Ahead when it was in Hurts Yard was the best record shop. If you want to do an episode on independent record shops you need to visit ST Records in Dudly, all rock and metal. Been there 40 years! The night club Prism was the Palais years ago. It had a revolving dance floor, which was a nightmare after a few beers when wanting to approach a girl as by the time you made it to the dance floor she would be on the far side of the room. Great memories.

[@rahimadat6384]

Sad to see this in Grantham, was absolutely buzzing when I was a lad!

[@pimpozza]

10:14 That was just _BRILLIANT!_ 🤣😂

[@gavjlewis]

Lived in Nottingham most of my life and used to go into the city often to go to the shops and eat and drink and enjoy the hustle and bustle of the busy streets. Now I hardly ever go and when i do its usually to eat and drink but almost never shop. Its not just that many shops have gone but also that most of my money goes on rent, bills and food. So going impulse shopping in the city isnt something I do. With online I put things in my basket and look at other options and prices and only a few days after I decide to buy or not.

[@lifetruthseeking5808]

Isn’t Grantham in Lincolnshire though and not Nottinghamshire?

[@gavjlewis]

@@lifetruthseeking5808 Yes. The first bit of the video is Grantham on his way to Nottingham. Odd one Grantham as it is in Lincolnshire but with a Nottingham postcode and as you travel to Nottingham on the A52 you pass through Leicestershire (near Bottesford that is in Leicestershire).

[@clairefitzpatrick7183]

Grantham is Lincolnshire yes.

[@martinsurridge7390]

@gavjlewis, I agree, going to the city to shop, is not viable anymore, goods prices are higher due to the rent/rates, parking charges and finding parking if busy, plus, walking long distances with your shopping back to the car is not fun. Using a bus or tram to the city takes the parking problem away but, it takes all day to get there and back and carrying the goods home can be difficult. So using the car to out of town shopping areas with adjacent parking is often cheaper, quicker and easier if you want to use shops, Or the internet of you can wait for the goods. So, other than a day out, why go to the city centre?

[@ltendler3]

yeah, yeah, real shame. as someone who used to actually run shops on High Street I can tell you that the rot started without of town shopping centres then allowing supermarkets to build their own shopping centres car parking charges in the city centre stop people coming in when free parking is available at the out of town ones. The fact that I know running online business is the result of the High Street death . Though I will freely admit that it keeps the High Street dead.

[@karenlewin474]

Pryzm nightclub only recently closed down had so many memories from spending my younger years there such a shame all the years that had been open and so many various names previously like palais, ritzy and oceana

[@thathurt]

I saw a video about Waterlooville the othet day. Absolute ghost town. A plsce people pass through.

[@martinsurridge7390]

Yes, the old shops area is a ghost town now, Waterlooville was a very busy shopping street in the 70's & 80's, and was the main shopping area for all the surrounding area. Once the main road shops were made into a pedestrian area (ring road built around that area), it was even better, but, that brought in ASDA, and while it survived that, more larger shops with parking replaced the old industrial area on the other side of the ring road, and the combination of these larger shops with easy parking, brought about the downfall of the old small shops on the pedestrian street. Sad really, but, very few people travel to towns to shop because it takes more time, parking charges, cost of items are higher and all that walking! When you can park adjacent to a store that has most of what you want! Have we become lazy?