Tales Of Heartache In Troubled Yorkshire Seaside Town 🇬🇧

Scarborough, once grand seaside town - the first true resort town of its kind in the UK - has fallen on tough times in recent decades. The rise of the package holiday has slowed the flow of visitors and social decline has been evident for decades. Viewers have told me it is Yorkshire's WORST seaside town, possibly the worst seaside town in the UK!
I met up with ‪@wanderingturnip‬ and we gave the town the once over. From the Grand Hotel on the seafront to the supposed roughest estate in Scarborough we met the locals and found out what life is really like in 2023. I also uncover the locations of Scarborough's darkest secret...
Is this really another broken British seaside town or is there any hope?
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[@kevfit4333]

Alcohol and drugs destroyed these people. Not Scarborough.

[@jonnydoeson5562]

A common trait of the losers here is to blame Scarborough rather than themselves.

[@kevfit4333]

@@jonnydoeson5562 Same in Blackpool mate. Toothless alcoholics and junkies complaining but never self reflecting.

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@kevfit4333 they’re just f’ing losers who have no concept of self responsibility. They must be middle aged with absolutely nothing to show for themselves other than sitting in the park in the middle of a weekday drunk off their arses screaming nonsense at each other. Absolutely pathetic and embarrassing. It would be fine if they left it there but they go about trying to drag the town and everyone else down with them. I’d like to see their reasoning if you offered to give them a train ticket so they could leave this place if it’s the reason for their troubles…

[@ileanamuntean7338]

They destroy Scarborough.

[@simonpowell2559]

​@@jonnydoeson5562yes true Blackpool, Ryl have all become the place for junkies to...drop out .

[@garthl2954]

For a town that has "issues" and is a "dump" this town is amazingly clean!!

[@Paul-g6v3g]

Bridlington is better and South Beach makes scarbados beaches look pitiful.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

@@Paul-g6v3g Forget Bridlington. Flamborough is The best kept secret in The UK.

[@richardburns5925]

@@Paul-g6v3g rubbish

[@Mindsmog]

asking the towns jobless what the job market is like LMAO

[@abctransparency5]

Of course, the unemployed/jobless do provide an important insight into understanding the job market. It could be the case that there aren't many jobs locally, or maybe the unemployed don't have the skills to be employed in the available jobs, in which case efforts could be made to upskill the unemployed. Understanding the job market cannot be arrived at solely from the point of view of those who are in work. Yours is part of the elitist mentality (those without, do not count) that's causing some of the problems up and down this country.

[@Mindsmog]

@@abctransparency5 aye its mostly coz they cant be arsed tho lets be real. and i know plenty of lazy sods who sponge the system coz they cant be arsed, while i am out working all day. and im not Elitist i worked bloody hard to get where i am , nobody helped me, and it boils my blood that people are so entitled nowadays, the world does not OWE nothing.

[@psy-op]

If you ask negative people questions you'll get negative answers

[@lovingscarboroughvideos4388]

Scarborough is a brilliant place to live. I moved here when I retired 4 years ago and never regretted it

[@boralaser]

I’ve lived there. In baracliffe too. It’s really not bad. Just the usual smackheads but in general scarbs is alright. Still jobs and money around.

[@Thomas-zs5wt]

yeah ive been here 17 years not a horrible place but not the best the best things are gone but the arcades are still here

[@jasonvlogs423]

I've lived in scarborough past 18 months I absolutely love it it's got loads beautiful places

[@jasonbates8207]

You’re asking the wrong people. Lived here for 10 years and it’s an amazing place. Ask the people that walk marine drive every morning for the sunrise. Ask the ladies that do beach yoga. Ask the fishermen that have breakfast in lookout every day. Ask the sea swimmers that brave the cold water because it gives them a buzz. Don’t base your opinion on a minority that don’t embrace the town.

[@ENIGMA111-c2w]

these people didn't even exist i the 90s. everyone seemed classier back then. and the place now feels like the money has left

[@Vibez369]

To be fair.... he chose the worst areas. Scarbados can be brill 😀If the council wasn't skint from putting up Pride stuff, some people might get more help 🤕a place to exist, Jobs? Over a 100 bordered up shops in this small Seaside town since 2019 😐

[@paulhayes2189]

I dont agree. Tourism had declined very markedly in the last 25 years..not a destination..lots of high st closure. Whitby...Ramshell are really deprived. Not a job destination for youth seeking employment....its bad

[@elainehelps9537]

Lived here 40 years and this is not my experience at all. You did find a certain type of people to interview. 😂

[@michaelb2388]

This guy has an agenda from the outset and goes out seeking to make a video to back up that agenda

[@deetsrogue]

Long live Scarbados ☮️ it’s a beautiful place and nowhere near as bad as people make out!

[@jhindle7883]

Rumour spawns rumour and KZbin and Facebook are the vehicles for spreading them further. You can bet your life that many who are doing this very thing have never even been to Scarborough at all, but still rubbish it to other folk. Folk on here who describe it as a 'shit hole' are probably right in a funny sort of way - any place is a 'shit hole' if you've got no job and no money - and somewhere within that is the root of all the rumours. The place is a seaside town that's fallen out of fashion -just like Blackpool and others on the South coast and other places - but a 'Shit-Hole' it is not.

[@kjp1232]

They just drink all day then moan that they're bored😂

[@basylpeterjones]

I like it too, but 'Scarbados' is a stupid name - just as Barrybados is. I know there's 'Skeg Vegas' but at least that has some logic behind it because of it having so many arcades. But these nicknames for resorts are best reserved for when they have an actual resemblance to a famous place, in another part of the world - such as Bournemouth being "Britain's Miami" or Aberystwyth being "The Biarritz of Wales".

[@v666edd]

There’s something fascinating about Victorian seaside towns Amazing buildings and architecture.

[@suzyt9911]

That second woman you spoke to is one of the many vagrants who have flooded our town, begging in shop doorways. The Grand has been neglected for years and got worse since it was filled with Illegals. The number of drug and alcohol addicts who have migrated to the town is one of the main reasons for its demise. Im Scarborian born and bred as were many generations of my family before and agree that the town is not what it was, but when you flood it with crap some of it ends up sticking

[@JohnSmith-lj1vw]

Ok boomer

[@suzyt9911]

@@JohnSmith-lj1vw Very eloquent

[@JohnSmith-lj1vw]

@@suzyt9911 apologies, I too am a peasant

[@suzyt9911]

@@JohnSmith-lj1vw obviously, but the drug and alcohol addicted people are not, they are people who need help and there are limited resources available to them in this small town

[@brianferguson7840]

Why do you only interview drug addicts, drunks and dossers ? Rough town my arse, rough people perhaps !

[@nicholaswilkinson1364]

Exactly what I was thinking. Always on most videos ask down n outs. Never normal looking people. Not been funny but look at the state of them. Type of people you'd cross the road to them avoid them .😢

[@PrinceJohn84]

Rishi Sunak and his chums need to watch this and start pulling their heads out of their arses. This country's gone to the dogs.

[@rippawallet]

Have you not realised that is their intention?!

[@PrinceJohn84]

​@@rippawalletTo what end though?

[@jaksongpg]

already has

[@easytoassemble54321]

As a Midlander, with family near Scarb. I'd trade instantly, tbh. Yes, it's had (much) better days, but there's plenty going for it, even now. Only thing stopping me is the likelyhood of employment up there. The wider area is also a goldmine for exploration and natural beauty. But, granted, you'd need transport to see it. In contrast, the West Mids is an overbuilt, overpopulated, sprawling mess, with less and less to inspire as the years roll on. Your point about the relativity of what defines "rough" was interesting. I'm always hearing people from obviously comfortable backgrounds, talk about coming from "rough areas" which makes me laugh. Sometimes, you're more likely to be started on indiscriminately in a small-town, suburban place with boredom being the main currency. Whereas in a big inner city, the violence is seemingly a lot more gang-oriented, and - ironically - you're more likely to be ignored.

[@johnanthonyp]

Good post. You make a lot of sense regarding the gang culture in cities like Brum. Most people aren't on their radar at all and given they live in a self-made, seemingly perpetual dog eat dog universe, I would imagine they spend a lot of their time looking over their shoulders, pre-occupied with their own welfare. I agree that you're more likely to fall victim to a drunken thug wanting to make a name for himself in some backwater town. It also seems to be largely governed by age with younger generations having goods on their person that are attractive to their criminally orientated equivalents. Outside of top of the range cars, that is. Even Tom Cruise with an entourage had his car robbed in Brum-ironically, when filming Mission Impossible.

[@stevo0861]

It's good to see your evaluation of Scarbados was favourable at the end of the video. I can assure you that Scarborough was not almost flattened during WW2. Did you not notice the plethora of Victorian buildings here and there? It was targeted in WW1 from the sea and the odd random building over a wide area was destroyed, including the barrack building at the castle.

[@lytrihtr7618]

I was about to say the same! This video is just clickbait full of fake facts Wandering Turnips was much more fair

[@paulrowe9604]

He talks a load of nonsense !!! Scarborough was never heavily bombed !!! He does not let the truth get in the way of what he read for five minutes in a guide book ! Did the same about Grimsby !!!

[@ileanamuntean7338]

He talks through his a r s e.

[@paulamaddock4691]

@@ileanamuntean7338😂😂👍

[@BigDuke6ixx]

I was there a month ago on a Saturday night and it was heaving and vibrant...thanks to the weather.

[@albert21able]

We use to take our children to Scarborough in the 80s/90s, lovely place, I was there Six weeks ago with my two sons now in their 40s, We had a great 4 days, Love North Yorkshire.

[@thebiker5242]

Scarborough is a nice town with the advantage of been by the seaside. I am from Derbyshire and always found the Tykes to be friendly. It's much cheaper than Brighton probably half the cost for beer, coffee and meals I prefer it to say Skeggie, or Cleethorpes. Brid is OK aswell, but there is more to do in Scarborouth . It's worth a visit and a stay.

[@stevelufc64]

In this part of the world Whitby is by far the best seaside town

[@136miles]

if the drunks and druggies you interviewed left it would be a perfect place

[@lindajones2142]

Yeah but then Wetherspoons would close 😂

[@davidclark3603]

Dave. The wandering turnip. He's absolutely brilliant!

[@johnwoods7650]

Why are you interviewing just the lower classes? I am sure there must be middle class people in Scarborough. My experience of other seaside resorts is that they attract drug takers and down and outs which need to be kept in check.

[@wilfulsprite555]

The middle classes dominate everything else? Just watch most shows on tv which are clearly made for them. Only the C4 poverty porn merchants would include those at the bottom.

[@CM-yo9jk]

Love Scarborough. Such happy, happy childhood memories and beyond. Squirrels in the park waiting for food, hilltop walks. Arcades, ice cream, seagulls. The boat thing in the park lake. Beautiful buildings. That walk along the front. Fish n chips. The sea! The beach. The drive down into Scarborough. Love it. Take my boys (now men + gf's) to that side of the UK coast for a week every year without fail. Already booked next year. Nothing worse here than the rest of the UK, especially seaside towns. Once went at Easter when the town was full of bikers. Such fond memories. Love you Scarborough.

[@Macaroni1479]

I've lived in Scarborough since I was 9years old and wouldn't want too live anywhere else we live in Paradise here and most Days it still blows me away..am 61now and class myself as being from here ..I Sooooooh do Love This Place .

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

I'll definitely watch some better videos on the beauty of scarborough. I only know of the beautiful folk Song. It looked nice. Would you recommend any places to go?

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDereksouth cliff around the residential areas. It’s absolutely phenomenal if you like old architecture. Every single building is different and has its own story. Italian gardens as well. Something for everyone.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@jonnydoeson5562 thank you 😊

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek also peasholm park, and there’s a bit behind the castle really high up that sticks out so you have a full panoramic view of both bays on your right and left.

[@nbBoulton]

I live in Barrowcliff,very close to where you were, and the reputation is from many years ago! It is one of the most quiet places I have lived and the locals are so friendly and helpful. You seem to have interviewed the worst the town has to offer so, of course, the replies were down beat! Most people appreciate the good things we have here H

[@richardburns5925]

My sister has lived in Barrowcliff since the 1980s and loves it, great character and community.

[@christopherward9230]

Scarborough used to be a great place to go, especially for the Easter weekend when thousands of bikers and scooters would descend on the town. It was great for us West Yorkshire boys to come for a weekend and end of Amateur Rugby League season do's. Since the early 2000s it's gradually declined and is really sad to see 😢

[@JM-gu3tx]

They call that a "rough" neighborhood? LOL Ridiculous. Show how people exaggerate so much these days.

[@SteveR-w1q]

Looks lovely to be honest

[@EightyFour-s3z]

The story about the grand hotel is just that. A famous fable.

[@bigwideworld387]

The problem is that councils in the UK like to house a lot of unemployed benefit dwellers in the seaside resorts where there is a notorious lack of jobs. They needed to be housed somewhere where there are factories etc to get these people out working in, but instead they leave them sat around getting dependant on drink or drugs. Scarborough is a truly lovely place, its the alchies and junkies that create the dark cloud, they create the violence because they've nothing better to do. Scarborough didn't change, the kind of people living and roaming around there did - and no, i dont mean illegal immigrants because ive never seen any there despite what onr or two on here are trying to insinuate.

[@Paul-g6v3g]

I agree . The 'interviewee's were hardly overflowing with intellect and intelligence.

[@jackmason4374]

It’s not the council it’s the b&b owners shipping the skank in so they can fill rooms

[@griswald7156]

Factories in the UK ? How old are you ? I haven’t seen one of those for years..

[@bigwideworld387]

@@griswald7156 you don't think there are such things as factories and everything is made by magic wand! There are plenty of factories where I live, Hull has them, Grimsby has them, the country can't function without factories and manufacturing plants. You need to wake up to the real world!

[@suzyt9911]

Part of the Grand hotel and The Clifton hotel secured for boat people, not insinuating , just fact

[@MartinT5600]

Had so many amazing weekends n Scarborough with my kids. They love it.

[@bfgsteve6146]

Such a shame to interview endless people with personal issues. I live down the coast in Bridlington. People often go to live at the seaside to begin a new life...but sometimes simply bring their previous issues with them, and then sadly blame the town as being responsible for their poor life choices. Scarborough is a great town with genuinely nice facilities for those who can be bothered to look and engage in something other than sitting in a pub. Great gardens such as Peasholm Park, a lovely Spa complex. Open top buses, two cliff lifts, a wonderful harbour and fishing heritage, old cobbled streets...etc...Just thought i would even up this one sided view of a lovely town. Interview a range of people not a segment of people hand picked that reflect your agenda. It is harder to pick something up than to kick something down......

[@mrmyorky5634]

I had exactly the same thoughts. (The comments are more interesting than the video)

[@clives344]

I have to agree with your comment

[@johnanthonyp]

Very true. I used to work in substance misuse and many of the afflicted believed that if they moved away their problems would be seen in the rear view mirror ergo solved-doing a 'geographical' as the Americans term it. It goes without saying how that pans out.

[@19rudy73]

My thoughts are that they say what they believe, you say what you believe, and the truth lies in the middle. It's a wildly complex issue with multitudes of different variables and situations

[@JS-bh3pz]

The problem is that you describe tourists locations that take a day to explore. Many of the new spots like the water park are too expensive for locals to go to. The problems are much deeper than that. The town is/was just ran very poorly. You have 3rd or 4th generation of people living on benefits that don't know any better. I moved out of Scarborough 10yrs ago and the only sensible educational course for adult student was to become a graphic designer. How many graphic designers does a town that is made of falling apart hotels and restaurants need? There are nice areas but that is about 10% of the town and only some people can afford to live or go out there. The rest is sadly as it is shown in this video. The problem is that the town never changed from the times when it was a thriving destination and that already was 40 or 50yrs ago. Those people are old or dead now and because nothing happened to update the town it simply died off and there is no future for young people.

[@philmuskett265]

You're not gonna get a lot of sense by interviewing a bunch of drunks, mate.

[@yerhan1572]

From what i can see on your video the streets are very clean and all the railings painted and not rusty, council must do a good job maintaining the place

[@griswald7156]

At the expense of Whitby is what ive heard…is Scarborough the favourite spoiled child ?

[@akhlaqkhan8987]

They really try to make it nice good memories, we have with the kids 🏖🥰

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@griswald7156You have it absolutely the wrong way around. Whitby succeeds at the detriment of Scarborough and always has. It was always overrepresented in the council and the whiny councillors always put roadblocks in to stop Scarborough from ever being funded for projects or anything. As a result whitby is definitely the wealthier of the two and doing a lot better socially.

[@alisongalloway1455]

I have just read heaps of the comments and I have to agree with them. You are talking to down and out people and are hardly going to get anything but a negative response. I noticed that on another of your recent vlogs. You mentioned a bad homeless and drug problem, but another vlogger I watch just loved the place. In fact I just emailed them yesterday to clarify this. I doubt there is a town in the world right not that doesn't have drug and homeless issues. If you based your residency on this, you would never find the perfect place to reside. I think you need to get opinions for a variety of types of residents of a town, before you get a true representation of the place.

[@mrmyorky5634]

Good comment, No one wants to listen to the opinions of losers, except perhaps other losers.

[@janebass3372]

Scarborough certainty looks like it is holding it's own well as a nice seaside town. Might be an idea in your videos to interview a range of different people and ages, for example, families, the elderly, working people, teenagers, locals and tourists to get a more balanced view?

[@jonnydoeson5562]

That wouldn’t pull in the views.

[@janebass3372]

@@jonnydoeson5562 😒

[@gary-kr7dm]

No different to any other seaside town in Britain. Mostly to do with local authority underfunding.

[@alanfrost4661]

And dingy divers

[@RomaCharly]

Scarborough is mixed authority & the Tory Govt is in control of funding or should I say underfunding like they are with every council

[@apathyintheuk265]

@@RomaCharly Ever heard of Birmingham?

[@runehawkwood]

@@alanfrost4661 They get everywhere these days.

[@RomaCharly]

@@apathyintheuk265 I know Birmingham well until recently some family lived in Redditch & I used to visit regular every year then go stay with some friends who lived in Birmingham before returning home

[@christopherwithers6813]

it is not as bad as people say it is just the people who are drunks and drug addicts who think it is a bad place i go every year and it is a lovely seaside town in season and great views and places to go and see

[@garyfreeman896]

You mean the people who live there. It's not really making me want to visit.

[@realmyka]

​@@garyfreeman896 They are a loud minority who live there.

[@tomster1414]

Don’t worry , it’ll be full of doctors , engineers , accountants in no time , young men who will integrate and make Britain better 👍

[@stevelufc64]

Already is the grand hotel is full of em

[@tomster1414]

@@stevelufc64 , oh no . What a stunning hotel 🥲😫

[@keithcrispin1368]

It already is and also has willing locals to act as guides

[@jakkk5551]

I visited Scarborough for the first time during a week long holiday in North Yorkshire. I was very impressed, clean, busy, good looking seaside town with great food choices and lots to do. I will definitely return. Heartbreaking leaving N. Yorkshire to come home to the south east.

[@juliemulligan8473]

❤scarborough, the town centre is like everywhere else in this once beautiful country.

[@1Eleven_]

No it’s not. It’s a shithole. York, where I live, is not a shithole.

[@lytrihtr7618]

This country Is far nicer than it was back then

[@LoffNYR]

Was in Scarborough back in June 2003 as a 15 year old from Norway. It was a great class trip at the time. Had nothing to fear when roaming the streets back then and we wandered all over. I also recognize a lot of these streets and buildings. Really takes me back! Such a charming town in a gorgeous location.

[@B.landon]

Try and interview more people who like Scarborough and have lived successfully there instead of picking out the druggies and down and outs. If that's true that the woman's daughter was murdered I'm not surprised the old bill showed little interest, her victimology was high, more resources are going to be put into kids or working people who go missing or are mu**ered. Low risk victims.

[@richardburns5925]

We've been here since the 60s and I don't know any or have ever seen any of the people you've interviewed! Did you bring them with you? We're a busy resort, come on Christmas day and see how busy it is, see if you can find any litter, have a walk around the South Cliff Gardens, look at the restoration work up there, look at the views, simply breathtaking......👍 Rough? I'll take you to Page Hall, Sheffield, makes Barrowcliff look like Fulwood 👍

[@jonnydoeson5562]

Go around the back of the town hall and they’ll be there if you want to go and meet them.

[@richardburns5925]

@@jonnydoeson5562 since the 80s, there has always been the odd lad or two having a few cans round the back of the town hall, we'll go together, have a chat with them. And then....... We'll jump in my car and I'll show you Fargate and High Street Sheffield, beggar's, druggies everywhere, people layed out on the pavement on spice, more druggies than shoppers, in every doorway. Then, I'll show you Page Hall, we'll have a look at the rubbish piled up, flytipping everwhere and the huge rats running around, at the corner of page hall, you cannot see the pavement for litter, I'll show you Darnall, Wybourn, Manor, more piles of bin bags and rats running around on Wolsey rd......had enough? You'll soon be begging me to take you back to the lil ole town hall at Scarborough, I tell you what, we'll try and find a can in any of the gardens up South Cliff or under Valley bridge 👍

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@richardburns5925 I’m well aware that it’s way worse elsewhere, my problem is with the guy going straight to the only place in town the down and outs congregate and asking them about what it’s like here. He’s done it deliberately for views.

[@richardburns5925]

@@jonnydoeson5562 well, that was my original comment! We've lived here since the 60s and don't see Scarborough as he's portrayed it! I did ask if he had brought those people with him. If you watch his film, it actually damages our town and could put people off coming and if you read the comments, people who haven't been for years or have never been "can't believe how bad it is" etc He's a moron and I'd ban him from the airwaves 👍

[@paulrowe9604]

@@jonnydoeson5562 Totally distorted warped video !!! A load of rubb9ish !

[@rebeccaedwards2911]

For those who don't like this beautiful town, please do us a favour, PLEASE PACK UP AND LEAVE!!!

[@terencehooson6043]

It was shelled in World War 1, not World War 11.

[@thesunreport]

How's that??

[@leeboy26]

World war 11? But we haven't even had 3 yet! Seriously yes it was indeed bombarded by German cruisers in WW1.

[@thesunreport]

@@leeboy26 Wow I didn't realise that there was this kind of naval conflict off the British coast at that time. It's a genuine surprise.

[@ericsmallman1904]

Whole video is Bollox and the pair of them do not know what they are talking about. We visit and stay in the town virtually every month and have done so for 25+ years, yes it has areas and "people" that are rough and ready but the town is in no way unique in that respect and there are a lot of other towns and cities in the Uk that are much much worse.

[@WendallExplores]

We said we thought it was a decent place 🤷‍♂️

[@jonnydoeson5562]

The people interviewed in the video were that gang who hang around the back of the town hall scaring people and getting drunk in the middle of the day.

[@ericsmallman1904]

1/2 the video is spent talking crap about WW2 German air raids and interviewing all the down and outs.

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@ericsmallman1904 I liked the bit about ww2 - it’s a defining moment in Scarborough’s history. Interviewing the town drunks and those fatties at the end of dean road is a bit of a slap in the face though. Te town is extremely vibrant and has a diverse array of people and families who are passionate about it. This lot on here are just losers and they’re not representative of the town at all.

[@J1mston]

You should go check out the town that the woman who lost her daughter is from. Get yourself to Rotherham. In particular go for a walk around the Eastwood estate. A lot of people who now live in seaside towns fled from this particular estate.

[@adrianjones4812]

I like going to Scarborough for a holiday. Splendid Victorian heritage.

[@wanderingturnip]

Excellent work dude! 👏👏

[@WendallExplores]

Great sidekick 👍

[@norahstuart9147]

Hardly an objective view of Scarborough. Perhaps these were the only people you could find to interview during the day. Most normal residents would be at work. The woman who said the town was bad because you only had one sports shop to choose from for trainers was priceless.

[@jonnydoeson5562]

Well it says everything about her doesn’t it. She had to really kick that brain cell into gear when he asked her the question.

[@sphericalearth1205]

I don't dress in "Sportswear," but even I can name 2: Sports Direct and King of Trainers. Of course, there is TK Maxx as well. Like most towns, the Internet has reduced trade and the number of shops has fallen over several years.

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@sphericalearth1205 I judge my towns on how many places there are where I can buy trainers.

[@jonnydoeson5562]

@@PeterRichardson-k6e the narrative he wanted to portray was that of his clickbait thumbnail. Everyone “interviewed” in this video was part of the same gang of drunks and losers - about 6 of them - who make our town look like crap. (Except the 3 no. Off Vicky Pollards who were dossing around outside the pub at 1am on a weekday)…

[@0poIE]

*The last bloke is how I thought it would be. Some people are claiming to have a shit time just because clearly they can't handle the booze or drugs. Same story over*

[@Degenerate04]

i live here and thats the majority mate. see more smackheads then i see normal people

[@b1ngobob]

It's so easy to find the characters interviewed on this video.... it looks like most were people that came to the town for their own reasons and have not found what they are looking for. Perhaps these people should be asked why they chose to leave their home towns and cities. My challenge would be to delve into any one of the characters interviewed and find their back story. Perhaps it was easier to focus on savile than Brontë?

[@paulrowe9604]

That would be too much TRUTH for the Clown who made this warped view of Grimsby (and many other towns )

[@Alji3dom]

Scarborough is a lovely place and the coastline some of the best in the uk. Walk from filey to Scarborough on the coastal walk and you wont see better. The north bay is beautiful and ive spent alot of time out here. Nice review.

[@robsta1980]

The ones calling it a sh1t h0le are the ones stuck on drugs and benefits. They're depressed and everything is shit. I know bcus im one of them 😂. Truth is, let me take you to a real sh1t h0le, like eastern europe or parts of london, and then tell me this place is so bad. Looks great to me tbh.

[@cultfiction3865]

Eastern Europe is lovely. Most of it more beautiful than Britain tbh

[@robsta1980]

@@cultfiction3865 beautiful because its all countryside and farmland, but the inner cities and villages are mostly poverty ridden.

[@cultfiction3865]

@@robsta1980 In Eastern Europe they live in houses with radiators, rooms, roofs that stop the rain, shops, roads, I don’t see what the difference is. Real poverty is parts of Africa where people live in makeshift huts in towns that look more like sprawling allotments. I don’t see how you can compare places that both have plastered walls, radiators,boilers and all the other same modern conveniences and say that one is poverty but the other isn’t. Try Google mapping Goldthorpe, where I was raised if you think that England doesn’t also have the same poverty as Eastern Europe

[@reddevil70]

It’s all the Wessies & Benefits Vermin who move to Scarbados who make it what it is !!!

[@jeanwood6392]

The Grand Hotel was in its heyday the premier Hotel in Europe , in Europe , let that sink in.

[@Phil144gbp]

I live her I know some of the people you were talking to ,not a good example I know them they are good people you asking wrong questions for sensationalism,I work in support for alot of them

[@pim1234]

Was there in the 90's, was a great place back then and by the looks of it, it still is....

[@beckywinham4239]

Scarborough like anywhere has its up and downs but I personally have been visiting Scarborough for 26 years and we as a family always have a great time and the people we have met are so friendly and helpful. I feel sorry for the people you interviewed but feel it won't matter where they lived it would always be rubbish etc...

[@JohnTomlinson-c4n]

Lack of Facilities Eg. only one Shop to buy Trainers..😊😊😊😊😊

[@Paul-g6v3g]

Wayne and Watnetta. 😂

[@cookiesfilmnetwork9937]

THE WEF WILL BE PLEASED EVERTHING IS CRUMBLING ,,,LOOKS LIKE THE PLANN WORKING

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Very interesting , the first holiday I had was at Scarborough exactly 70 years ago , aged 4 and have not been back since, living in a friend's house in Grosvenor Road, the detail is fading at that tender age , but recall the road in a steep gorge and the bridge you are walking over bringing it all back with the blue railings - and The Grand of course .It also was heaving with holidaymakers like us and the weather was beautiful for a fortnight !.I'm afraid it is just one of many seaside resorts in the same decline .

[@dps8435]

Scarborough was not flattened in the second world war ,utter bollox.

[@janknowles4044]

Isn’t there good and bad in every place? I live in Malvern which is a lovely place but if you look hard enough I’m sure you will find people that disagree with that statement. Life is what you make of itxx

[@mrmyorky5634]

I live near Malvern and yes life is what you make of it, but on our spacious, well maintained council estate a few people chose to behave like pigs and still blame everyone else for it.

[@eleanordd]

we live in scarborough and think some of the people here were talking rubbish, i think this is a very unfair and biased view

[@lidiagarcia187]

I feel so sorry for that woman who lost her son and daughter… the pain she must have gone through is beyond words… God bless her 🙏🙏

[@justkidding9751]

The problem is because of the type of people you interact with. They are the problem, people are not going to spend money as tourists when they are having to deal with these sorts of people. The worst thing is that a lot of these sorts of people are moving from town to town as they do this kills the tourism industry in that particular town. We have become a nation of misfits . It's really sad but that's the truth of the matter.

[@bigwideworld387]

Exactly, my partner had a weekend in Scarborough last September which isn't cheap to do anymore even for one night, anyway the place was as charming as it always until we went to the Wetherspoons in the town that night for a couple of drinks before moving on for a meal and when.we left there was a number of loud and intoxicated people on the street, possible smackheads but they were intimidating!

[@poshgentleman559]

Yes exactly lol, the people who were asked about Scarborough, without being judgemental: looked like the kind of people who were bringing its reputation down. I read somewhere years ago: that a lot of benefit claimants, drug addicts, alcoholics etc: moved to seaside towns, and that's probably why some towns have gone downhill.

[@ryanparker4996]

Are you surprised that this happens when more concern is placed on the plight of the mythical noble refugee than on our own people and culture? These people are victims of a war of England that cowards like you cant even bring yourself to mention.

[@justkidding9751]

@@poshgentleman559 it's very difficult not to be judgemental when you see how damaged these people are. It's very sad that society seems to have given up on these people and cuts in social services doesn't help. If they had the funds thrown at them on a par with the money we spend on Illegal immigrants (which is £1,000 a day per person) minimum then they would have a better chance of turning their lives around. Our culture has suffered enough through the woke culture that currently exists and it would seem the powers that be won't be happy until the British culture is none existent. This country has been ruined by adapting our own culture to embrace others and their differences in religion it's a joke to be honest. When people adopt a country as their new home they should also embrace the culture of the country of choice and not expect it to alter to accommodate their wants and needs. It's bankrupting us and making the indigenous people turn racist and I think it's really gone too far. The indigenous people of this country have no rights and it's getting worse.

[@MeadowDay]

@@justkidding9751 Very good comment, and I definitely agree with you. It’s so blatant that it seems to be a purposeful destruction of the UK and it’s people.

[@michaelcapp4597]

A beautiful place , nice video Wendal

[@tobycooperskates]

love the videos man, it's the skater kid you met in Coventry and I was wondering if you are bringing the video out? ❤

[@WendallExplores]

Hey mate. That video will be out in 2 weeks, thanks for helping out 🙏

[@tobycooperskates]

@@WendallExplores no worries mate 👍, thank you :)

[@roychallenger1590]

I feel that I must comment on this partially misleading video. I am a Scarborian and have lived here all my life. The report regarding Scarborough being bombed in the World War 2 is nonsense; Scarborough was shelled by the German Navy in December 1914 during World War 1, causing significant damage and some loss of life. Sadly, most communities in the UK now seem to include people with social problems, often caused by addiction and family breakdown; this report seems to target those with a negative attitude to life. I assure you that Scarborough is generally composed of generous-spirited, honest, hard-working and friendly people. I regularly ride my bike through Barrowcliff estate, encountering only friendly people. I suspect that some of the people featured are not Scarborians and as yet fail to appreciate its' natural beauty, fresh air and many amenities.

[@ayearinthelifeofme8416]

Scarborough is no worse than any other seaside town , it could do with a decent cinema and more transportation links but it’s worth a visit

[@selene8572]

Your conclusions at the end of the video are a fair summing up. There are good and bad in all towns especially with drugs and alcohol. Problems arise when people with issues from other Northern towns, having probably had a nice holiday in Scarborough, leave their crap from their old lives and bring their crap to Scarborough. The locals born and bred have their own issues with mental health too. I really hope people find a little bit of happiness.❤

[@AL-TV1977]

Scarborough is rich in history, with its castle perched high above the North and South Bays, and a town which is proud to be Britain's first seaside resort! We're proud of our story which has lead to millions of people visiting every year...

[@cliffheywood]

including illegals

[@paulrowe9604]

His videos are designed to make anywhere he films look horrible !! The clown who made the video has done it with many places ! He makes everywhere he films look like a Hell hole ! He only interviews the homeless and druggies and not ordinary people and only shows the worst parts of the town he is filming ! Different towns SAME FORMULA ! He reads a guide book for 3 minutes and spouts a lot of rubbish like saying Scarborough was badly bombed in WWII !!! A Total Plonker !

[@speedbagwizard9880]

You can literally go anywhere in uk and find people who will moan about it, but Scarborough is a amazing place. Yes it's getting worse at the same rate as every town in UK, That reminds me I've got to book nye there...

[@jenhardman9638]

I,m just amazed, you got to go into that lovely hotel, and it's not full up with the migrants.

[@andreaconroy3623]

Soon will be, I'm sure.

[@Irishwild]

​@@andreaconroy3623 Racist bigot!

[@carolinenethercott8287]

Enjoying these videos with wandering turnip👍👍

[@acidhouse1988]

You videos are great but the number 1 reason why our country is in decay is social media and it's impact on modern life

[@uditfonseka]

one of a few

[@cultfiction3865]

Social media doesn’t do any harm it’s just a blame game. I’m 40 yrs old and grew up without any social media and most kids were worse behaved and more unruly then than they are now. People will always say that things have got worse but most of the time they have actually improved

[@Scarlett90]

Nah, its cause people keep electing an absolute shambles of a party into power and expecting things to get better, the Tories don't give a shit about the North or the poor, they leave it all to rack and ruin while giving out billion pound contracts to their rich mates, who then don't do what they're contracted to do.

[@bombercountyblues]

Yeah mate.. the people interviewed here definitely look like it was their Facebook pages that fucked em up,, not the alcohol and heroin at all😂😂

[@acidhouse1988]

@@cultfiction3865 I'm 47 and I beg to differ on that statement. On the rise knife crime, bullying, racial abuse the list is endless.

[@birdytube]

Just to mention Scarborough harbour wasn’t flattened in WW2 - many children we’re evacuated to Scarborough.

[@SC-de5to]

Thanks for sharing your time there. I grew up on the south coast and have heard so many varying opinions about Scarborough. There’s always good and bad in any village, town or city across the UK. So sad that generally places are made out to be so negative to live in, whether culturally or by the hands of time. My granddad was a Yorkshireman and every few years he went for his summer holidays there up until his late 60s. He loved it but remembered the halcyon days. He would walk around reminiscing each time. He would be so sad at the situation now if he was still alive. I would say to him that times change and things move on and hopefully Scarborough will one day come back to it’s best again. Like South Bay Bathing Pool. Not like he knew it but a modern up to date improvement on what it has become. We can only hope. Which ever way it goes there will always be the people who don’t like it be it a decaying town or an improved newer version.

[@richardgamlin1459]

I did 3 years on the streets of france Spain Holland Belgium Italy Germany. You stay away from city large towns and camp out in corner of fields camouflaged. People your biggest threat . . That was 35 years ago 💀☠️🇬🇧

[@weldermarshall]

Having known the town of Scarborough most of my life plus having family living there this review is total bull ****. He needs to do proper research ( Scarborough was not flattened by the Germans in WWII for one ). Why interview drunks and smack heads instead of average residents.

[@thisperson5294]

If he did that, he wouldn't get all the clicks. He chooses to present poor people like that. I am sure a TV career beckons.

[@Ash-ky8jo]

Scarborough is absolutely brilliant. This is so biased and negative. I go most weekends on my own and sometimes also with my daughter. It has loads going on for people from all walks of life who want different experiences. Interviewing people with mental health and suffering from substance abuse isnt representative at all of this town. North and South bay both have loads going on. Open air threatre. Peaseholme park. Castle. Beaches. Arcades. Sealife centre. The grand has some amazing views and is being renovated. I guess it boils down to your own perspective and mindset. Everytown has its negatives.

[@johnanthonyp]

Really good. I'm from Brum too and in Scarborough's defence, there's a wonderful beach/coastal walk if you head away from the town. From my experience there, It seems not that many people go in that direction and it remains unspoilt. It always baffles me why the majority can't shake that instinctual need to cram themselves together. You eventually do become a product of your environment.

[@Eviction76]

Yesss the collaboration we’ve been waiting for.

[@gooddayout]

Drink and drugs have ruined society

[@earlbee3196]

I use to go to Scarborough every year for the North British conference, A great few days spent there .

[@KelvinAllen-e9j]

I live in Scarborough and wouldn’t live anywhere else. There’s problems in every town, the people who you interviewed especially the lass claiming she’s trying to get out (she lives near me and your interview must be the first time I’ve seen her sober lol) these people let the town down because they don’t help themselves. The Grand Hotel where I’ve worked many times was hit a few times during the war, especially the sixth floor. Jimmy Savile is still buried at Woodlands Cemetery only the headstone was removed. His coffin is under 3 tons of concrete because a rumour went around claiming he was buried in all his gold and they feared someone would dig him up and the guy who now lives in his flat is Sir Rodney Walker who was once vice chairman of the NSPC and chairman of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, hence the statue which for some reason he painted gold, when he first put it there it was terracotta in colour.

[@heidit8268]

Scarborough is a lovely town. Grew up there. Family and friends still live there. Those of working age have jobs. Beautiful place. They all love it.

[@allymac18]

Regarding Jimmy Saville’s grave ,it was claimed he was dug up and moved to Leeds. Those who know though say that never happened and he’s still there just in an unmarked grave. So you might have been stood on him ..😂

[@franconianable]

Last time in Scarborough was 1989 as a tourist. Day trip from York. Loved it.

[@meruluss]

Good work, lads, but you haven't finished yet as you haven't explored it at night time, Scarboro' is a very different animal then

[@wimbledonchap7663]

My favourite British youtubers ❤️ Amazing videos, you guys do a better job than any mainstream media out there 🙌🏻 thank you for listening to people & helping them as well it's priceless you guys are legends ⭐⭐

[@WendallExplores]

🙏

[@joanneramm9682]

Scarborough didn’t get flattened in the war 😂😂 and it’s a fabulous place to live ❤

[@SkipRat13]

Lived here since 1995.. started in a rehab..! Yes it has its share of problems...but no more than any other sea side town..but the true locals are among the best people in the world.

[@mclarlinda]

It’s funny, but this vid actually wanted to make me visit.

[@iap-ug3oy]

Lovely intelligent well spoken so called,ladies and gentlemen…..???? Britain is totally lost …after watching this I want to cry…..The best thing about Scarborough is the beautiful hotel,…..God help us in this country, what has be come of us….

[@Irishwild]

Agree it's not a balanced video. Quite lazy as a matter of fact. Quick walk up a rough part of scarborough and interview the first dodgy looking people he could find..

[@kittyroo-x4p]

Scarborough is beautiful. I love it. Near to the Grand Hotel there is an artist called Tracy Savage, and her paintings really conjure up the place. The Victorian shabby chic atmosphere, the slight feeling of melancholy but you dont know why, the oddness and the delightfulness of the place. Its really special.

[@22seanmurphy]

I was brought up on the apparently roughest council estate in the south of Surrey and if you mentioned to someone who didn't live there they would think that you're a bad person and everyone outside of the estate thought that but yes there was a bit of trouble just fights and a small amount of burglaries but this estate has more friendship and people who would do anything for the neighbours and so kind hearted and would always stop and say hello even if they didn't know you and it was the people who didn't live on the estate where just rude selfish people and would just gossip about something they don't know anything about the estate.

[@shady2322]

Scarborough is a lovely place. Great people and lots to do.

[@calbowne]

… you certainly found a few randoms .. but like to say , you looked hard for them . Scarborough is really booming and the people that love know what the problems are 😜

[@terryl858]

Thanking everyone