CHAPLETOWN & GIPTON walk about in LEEDS.

[@PB-Tommy]

I did 24 years in the Army and settled in Germany upon retirement. It's not often I go back to England but the acceleration of decay and social breakdown hits me every time. I remember going out to Poland on exercise earlier 2000's and seeing the after effects of years of communism. These countries are way ahead of us now...

[@AlGorithm-n6q]

@@PB-Tommy So, what you're saying is that you're an immigrant now. 😂

[@stevemcgowen]

It's interesting how the Uk now looks like decaying Soviet cities, while Central and Eastern Europe are now clean, refurbished, rebuilt or re-made, and with new construction and look orders of magnitude better than the UK now does.

[@PB-Tommy]

@@AlGorithm-n6q I suppose I am. I was a citizen until 'Brexit Day' then all of a sudden a 'foreigner'. I ended up taking duak nationality which gives me the best of both worlds.

[@PK-yf3hd]

Billy..a few facts from an admirer of your genuine and honest reporting.i am 78yrs and was born and raised in harehills ..my father was s bricklayer,my mother worked part time in tailoring ,there were 3offspring in a back to back house ..there was no poverty in leeds such as you suppose in the 1950s and nobody lived off corn beef ,full employment,intact families,no serious crime houses were (and still are),sound,substantial and well maintained outwardly by residents ...the terrible changes are entirely due to people ,mostly immigrants and landlordism .do not believe anything other than this. I am a practising catholic who only believes in the faith ,not politics,ideology or the perfect ability of sinful humankind

[@leemarsh8038]

💯🫡

[@johnlake5763]

Same with me, but I was born in the 80's in Gipton. He's not wrong about Gipton being called "Corn Beef Island" for the reasons he gave though, Gipton was deemed by the surrounding areas as the poorest at the time, and maybe the most rough, not to say that it was terribly rough. Harehills at the time was always deemed as where the proper grafters are from, real workers, real families, it's only in the last 15 years where it has completely gone down the toilet. Gipton isn't a bad place in this age either, doesn't look the best but I don't mind living here.

[@jobharath2812]

Wow Billy, you were a street away from where I was born, Hill Crest Avenue, in LS7 Leeds, chapel town... it’s mad how I’ve supported your channel for so long and wished you’d do this and here we go. Big up yourself, Juddah, your brother, yuh Mam and all yours 🙏🏽🔥❤️

[@brettb1]

My dad grew up in Gipton in the 1960's he had a few tales to tell then. They woke up one morning and they had stolen the roof slates off the roof.

[@malc.s.5373]

Thanks for another good honest video.

[@Bellamayyy-c3p]

Surprising what you see when you go for a trek. I wos paranoid now im just getting old. And the beat goes on.💗

[@stuartstein7495]

Back in the 90's Chapeltown was a no-go area with Afro-Caribbean Jamaican Yardies having a war and the crack hitting then and if you didn't know people there it was dangerous to go there. I did a lot of graft from there and Harehills just up the road where your other podcast was. I knew the people running the show so was OK for me and going to the blues illegal drinking dens and the carnival. I am from Scotland and my mates who were players there thought I was mad going there and even a black guy when I was asking directions to a club there after telling me it was just down the road telling me to get a taxi and I said if it is just down the road I'll just walk. He replied to get a taxi saying "I am from Chapeltown and I wouldn't walk down there". I loved it and saw a big change when I went back there a few years ago. There are videos out there showing Chapeltown in the 90's. I loved it.

[@criartoros]

I remember back in the day my foster mother used to make corned beef hash, pulled from the oven in a big pyrex dish with a big brown crusty topping.Then make butties, loved it.

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

It's still my favourite meal now, can't beat a bit of corny ash. 😆✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

[@criartoros]

@@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh brilliant, I think I may make some.

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

​@@criartorosif you got any left, I'm in Heysham, but I'm going to the beach, only 2 mins away from Morecambe bay, I'll be near the ferry port, by the cafe, ha ha 😆, enjoy it mate 👌 m

[@neilmoore5387]

Hate corned beef per se but corned beef hash is bang on 👍🏼

[@mol588]

@@neilmoore5387 Bita grated cheese on top of the corned-beef hash 😋 👌

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

Remember going to chappeltown carnival yrs ago, must of been alright cos I stayed there 2 months, and really don't remember it much, so it must've been half decent. Thanks Billy, like to say it brings back memories, but I couldn't tell ya 😆✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

[@dannybowden5296]

Carnival is great!

[@stephencarroll7852]

Spot on Billy, I'm an old Harehills lad, me and my mates loved this area when we were kids my mum and dad would be heart broken to see it now, too many cities now in the UK like levelling up, where was Gove with his great plans

[@StevieMc71]

Good job for The Old Brickie there Bill that wall needs repointing 🙈🙈🙈😂

[@iankendrick5282]

Great vlogs Thanks

[@ryanblackburn3049]

I know it’s a shithole but I’m still proud to be from Leeds

[@Michael-hg5hr]

Yes my lad Woodhouse me bro

[@horseobrien395]

Don't forget cities like Leeds Birmingham Manchester ect were once fantastic proud cities its the vermin in parliament that has destroyed them not the cities themselves

[@davidpage2688]

Me too 😀 pudsey born n bred

[@markcollinson5665]

There are far worse cities than Leeds.

[@Richard-el1gg]

@@markcollinson5665 Well yes, Bradford for sure......struggling to think of anymore after that!

[@pauledwards9493]

Bars on house doors and windows - reminds me of Spain

[@ams1897]

You say that like it’s a bad thing!

[@toneclear1878]

​@@ams1897 catch up lad ffs 😂

[@ams1897]

@@toneclear1878 You`re seriously telling me you read that comment as ironic? Look at all the other daft comments you get on these sorts of videos! Most of them are just full of people making bullshit anti-immigration comments and you know it haha

[@cblocc5988]

ye standard that leeds has the highest burgalry rate in uk as far as i know, big drug problem too

[@kennethlewis74]

It saddens me to see all of this Billy it really does

[@neilmoore5387]

Ha corned beef for their Sunday roasts. Chappy has changed massively. During and after the war it was the Jewish who lived there. Beautiful double fronted houses with bay windows and 4 floors. They then moved to the more affluent places like Moortown, Roundhay, Alwoodly, Shadwell and so on. The Afro Caribbean’s replaced them in Chapeltown and became a big hub for drug dealing. Selling white and dark. Some of the best about. Never had any problems down there in the early to late 90s. There was then a huge clean up. Drug squad, plain clothes CiD constantly down there. Gating up Hamilton Gardems and knocking down Nassau Place little park. It became almost impossible to score. Seemed to switch to Harehills then. Recently driven around Chapeltown and place looks fine. Nice Caribbean food gaffs. Latvians and other Eastern Europeans around there. Spencer Place was rife with brasses in the 80’s and to an extent early 90s but the ripper put paid to a lot of them. Too scared to go out. The quality of the street girls dwindled too. Not that I ever was a punter. Full on brasses in 80’s with stockings and suspenders etc on. Couple that with the ones in the 90s who just used to stand about with tracksuits and filthy clothes on who I wouldn’t touch with a fucking bargepole. Never had problems with Gipton.

[@ryan.1990]

What a dump, and I say that as a former resident

[@paulkinsellaa3130]

You don't half go to some bandit places lad always a good watch keep up the good work mate 👏👏👏✌️

[@GillianParkinson-m9u]

New subscriber billy ,63 year old woman😂fed up of what's going on in the UK 😩🤔😮love the blogs ❤👌

[@garyrigby21]

Haven't had corned beef for years i loved a corned beef butty

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

Can't beat a bit of corny on a butty, with either, onion, English mustard, or brown sauce. You know that mate 👌💯.

[@garyrigby21]

@@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh deffo and a nice cup of tea sorted

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

@@garyrigby21 am going down the coop to get some now, hope there's a grafter about, price of it is ruthless, 😆 jokes, someone said there putting it in them big placci boxes, like it's a big joint of beef or something, but cornbeef sanger and a nice cuppa tea, sounds champion that 👌💯.

[@neilmoore5387]

Vile stuff corned beef but love corned beef hash with the potatoes etc. Bang tidy 😂.

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

@@neilmoore5387 loads of carrots and onions and decent potatoes. 👌💯✌️.

[@simonphoenix3018]

Surprisingly Chapeltown wasn't looking too bad! 25 years ago I was working in insurance and did home visits, one afternoon I made a call at a lovely house just off Spencer Place (ladies of the night were out and about early!) and I was knocking on a door when all of a sudden there were a few shouts in my direction and I was approached by a 5 or 6 Jamaican wanabees! I was wearing black trousers, black shoes and short sleeve, white shirt and they thought I was a cop! Thankfully I already had my paperwork out and they calmed down, but it was looking ugly for a minute! Billy if you hit Harehills on a Friday around prayer time you won't be able to move, the streets are full and all traffic comes to a stop (no matter what colour the lights are) and you will 100% think you are in Pakistan.

[@lowellb123]

Not as bad as it used to be 10-15 years ago I did door to door sales started knocking doors round there the police turned up in an instant and said to us to move on "even we don't knock the doors round here"

[@lowellb123]

Chapeltown that is

[@iancameron6124]

yea totally different now hey, I miss the ol days, where everyone was out in the sun, communicating, sharing, I do hope one day it changes back

[@Slk03975]

One of most dangerous places in England

[@timwine9607]

Shut up div it's fuck all my uncles use to run the places

[@sandraquinn7624]

Once a thriving community Chapeltown great bars clubs and blues party every night of the week carnival August Bank Holiday in the park Chapeltown would be like JA🇯🇲 80s late 90s the sound systems would ram up every street best carnival back then ❤

[@dannybowden5296]

It's still very much like that. The oldest carnival in Britain is still going strong and is a highlight of the year for me. Chapeltown is much safer than it was back in the day. There's still plenty of speakeasys if you know who to ask and where to go.

[@sandraquinn7624]

@dannybowden5296 thanks I'm looking to go this year with the kiverpool massive L8 🍾🍾🍾🍾

[@garyrigby21]

So glad I'm from Liverpool

[@Benji567891]

Leeds has a lot of really nice suburbs as well, and the city centre is very nice, but has extremely run down areas like the video.

[@garyrigby21]

@@Benji567891 I know Leeds very well I lived Woodhouse for a bit in the late 80s and have visited loads of times since then

[@Michael-hg5hr]

Kecka mush get down Woodhouse and little London Billy lad 😂😂😂

[@mark2jzsupra749]

lived in leeds all my life in richmond hill then eastend park and up near killingbeck. harehills lane used to be ok many years ago same as eastend park but down towards bridgefield pub it started going to crap. joy riding cars and drinking on street and metal gates on back to back houses. you can see its going down the pan. but like that all over the country. used to work on a sikh community/temple over 30 years ago. the way things going does not look good.

[@neilmoore5387]

Bridgefield pub , East End Pub. Used to be round those parts scoring in mid 90s. Used to park near entrance to park. Always found it edgy round there.

[@Tribeoflight]

Gipton born and bred. 20 years of my life on wykebecks

[@Keepthefaith2024]

It's actually called Corned Beef Island 😂

[@davidbriggs6025]

Enjoyed your Vlog Billy. Tragic Leeds supporter and was saddened to see how tough it is for people in this suburb

[@dannybowden5296]

Good on you for showing a bit of compassion; I think you're just about the only person on here that has. Respect!

[@ThomasSpitzer1]

Have a look at Hyde park and burley

[@mustelidpeter]

In the 50s, when the steets of terraced houses in Leeds were occupied by the white working classes, they were so tidy that the housewives even scrubbed the step in the entrance doorway every week.

[@philharrison2991]

Now they are living like chavs. Dossers everywhere

[@buz3]

Same down south mate. Growing up my town was spotless, not a scrap of litter anywhere. It was a real community back then. We knew all the names of the people in our street and looked out for each other.

[@paulgoode5245]

My old pro gym was the Compton arms,i was in Armley when Leeds won the last div 1. Being a Gooner jeez did i get some stick😂😂😂😂

[@markbrennan4693]

Ha Ha pro gym, what a pub.Come on you spurs LOL.

[@christiphermeadows5348]

Great channel bill...regular watcher here..

[@zoesimpson4680]

And im a proud cornbeef islander

[@RodonTanaka]

Do you know the Colliers? Are they still about that way? 💛🤍💙

[@dannybowden5296]

@@RodonTanaka I know the Colliers and yes there's a few of them still around. I used to be in a band with Emily.

[@RodonTanaka]

Ha Tunji LOL Emz was an ex gf of mine... I remember you pal ... Much love!! ​@@dannybowden5296

[@louisehunt670]

The tower blocks won't be pulled down ,leeds city council in debt ,they just renovate them ,like elsewhere in leeds

[@dannybowden5296]

Given that they've recently pulled down a couple of towers on York Road and several in LS14 in the not too distant past, I'm calling BS.

[@cblocc5988]

@@dannybowden5296 ye seacroft back in early 2000s was the biggest shithole in whole of uk for sure, before it all got demolished, u could push over the houses with ur bare hands they was so bad

[@LauraJohnson-op4sv]

Nice to meet you got my 15 seconds of fame on your other video 😂 it's Cove lol x

[@MmKarlmost]

Don’t complain about the foreigners it’s not their fault the government open doors to anyone it’s the government who are to blame

[@TonyAcklam-qh1sn]

Friggin ell,its rougher than a badgers arse round them ends.looked like the eighties lol.

[@footballfanar9717]

It's much worse than the Eighties, though.

[@dannybowden5296]

@@footballfanar9717 Is it knackers!

[@footballfanar9717]

@@dannybowden5296 Not brave enough to admit it? 🤔

[@dannybowden5296]

​@@footballfanar9717 Gipton and Chapeltown used to be much worse than they are today. Harehills has gone downhill though.

[@JohnFletcher-hz1mp]

In the 80's it was great. Certainly not now it's become the United Nations of filth.

[@jammersalaw421]

Corn beef island my nanna lived in gipton her and my grandad moved over in the 60s from sunderland and they had my dad and he was brought up round there i lived in gipton for the first 3 year of my life and speakinv of fhe yorkshire ripper my grandad got brought in to the gipton police station because he had a geordie accent after that tape got sent to the police. But as always bill cracking video lad 👍🏻

[@whitecompany18]

Cornbeef for the poor, they put it in bloody locked plastic box's now like it's whisky to stop ya robbing it 🤦nuffin is for the bloody poor these days

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

Have you seen the fookin price of corny, nowadays ✌️.

[@garycurtis891]

Fucking joking aint you the price is fucking outrageous

[@TheDavewatts]

​@@MichaelParkinson-wz1nhI was going to say the same, the rich must have developed a taste for it.😂

[@melb5996]

Only the rich can afford corned beef 😂

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

@@TheDavewatts ha ha 😆, I like that one.

[@peachmelba1637]

The minute I see wrought iron gates over front doors my "bad area"alarm bells ring... always worries me incase there's a fire

[@ramonmchugh6843]

Bill I took a walk round Liverpool city centre on Sunday afternoon. Staggering numbers of foreigners there now. Don't speak any English and never will have to learn how to say as much as "Hello" because they're given what they want regardless. The pace of change around the city centre the past 6-12 months is frightening. This doesn't lead to a cohesive society. Onl the opposite.

[@footballfanar9717]

You can say that for the majority of city centres in the UK now.

[@ramonmchugh6843]

@@footballfanar9717 It's a Joke mate 😞

[@footballfanar9717]

@@ramonmchugh6843 Auslander raus.

[@teresataubman2860]

Corned beef ash as we know it it is lovely still today . Crusty bread and tomato xxx 😅

[@michaelwhitaker9188]

Not one English person in sight,overun with immigrants ☹️

[@kellywalker4494]

The English people were all at work 😃

[@Sydonald-2]

Oh well carry on crying. And in those areas English don’t work.

[@PAUL-ge1kl]

Chapeltown was one of the Yorshire Ripper's tourist spots

[@ianc3293]

Love corn beef hash with gravy and sausages

[@georgiecross9921]

Used to do my milk round as a kid in the early 80s up there & to see it now 😢. It's never been what you'd call " a well off area " but as a white bloke i didn't worry about doing my milk round through fear of intimidation! 2024 my mate was hospitalised & we had to park up in that exact area & i can honestly say thank fk we went to visit him in the daylight hours. No go areas are not a myth !

[@jimmydelamare2844]

The Vestey’s and corn beef !! A Lord ,owned Dewhurst butchers chain,with scouse roots !!! Look up the Corned Beef Baron’s ,the scousers again !! Some quite compelling reading on these guy’s.😮

[@nedkelly4999]

Billy, you remind me of Shea nearby 👊🏻

[@MR.TB67]

Corned beef and tattie hash 😋❤

[@rabbitskinner]

I lived in Chapletown in the 70s it was full of Asians and Caribbeans but it was a lot better then...

[@Mard2284]

Nice 1 tony blair ya fucking beaut !

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

You got his name wrong, Tony blurt 💦.

[@mol588]

@@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh It's B.LIAR 👍

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

@@mol588 yeah that's another,😆👌, he's the one that started the shit were in now, should of been done for war crimes with Bush.

[@bigprob8744]

No mention of the tories then 😂😂 Ffs 🤦🏻

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

@@bigprob8744 there all as bad as eachother, full of promises, until they get in, and i certainly wouldn't vote for the Tories, i was one of Thatcher's children, born in 73,

[@ianpotter3704]

That rubbish was nowt billy lad😂😂

[@UK-Blue]

I grew up in Chapeltown... Sheffield. And even as kids in the 70s / 80s, we knew Chapeltown, Leeds was a hole.

[@ragnarwood3504]

Known as corn beef island mate could tell u tales about all over this city MOT

[@dominic7178]

Big up billy

[@jamesdean4100]

washing hangin out in the street like something from the 1930s

[@footballfanar9717]

Washing hanging across the streets is a common sight in Leeds.

[@dannybowden5296]

@@footballfanar9717 Where are they meant to put it when they live in back-to-back houses!?!

[@footballfanar9717]

@@dannybowden5296 I don't know. Perhaps you can ask the residents of back-to-back houses in other cities that seem to manage to hang out their washing without making the area look like a slum 👍

[@jamesdean4100]

@@dannybowden5296 tumble dryers usually work

[@dannybowden5296]

​@@jamesdean4100 And they also knack your clobber, cost money to buy and run (which a lot of people don't have the extra cash for). Pretty sure most people still use a washing line.

[@CarlMorris-o9k]

What’s this a Sunday morning

[@markbrennan4693]

Might be okish by day, but when night falls, a diiferent scene. Lived in LS14 all my life but wouldn't venture down that area by choice. PS I,m 60 and not scared of a scrap BUT no way.

[@footballfanar9717]

There's parts of Leeds that remind me of Kensington in Philadelphia.

[@garyrigby21]

Not Kensington Liverpool?

[@footballfanar9717]

@@garyrigby21 At least Kensington, Liverpool has a bit of history to it. The Beatles made their first recording there in 1958 (I think 58, anyway). Nowadays, unfortunately, it's full of bleedin' students.

[@garyrigby21]

@@footballfanar9717 True but I'd rather have bleeding students than drug dealers and Sally's. I live on Smithdown road Studentville around here they've never done me any harm plus they help the local economy

[@garyrigby21]

Scallies*

[@footballfanar9717]

@@garyrigby21 Regarding drug dealing, it doesn't seem to be against the law these days. I see dealers hanging out in cities/towns of all sizes up and down the country. It's why I think describing cities such as London, Leeds etc as 'lawless' is fair. The only thing that smells more than weed nowadays is incompetence.

[@bampitony6108]

But as the establishment tells us we must embrace Diversity..😂😂😂

[@footballfanar9717]

DIE-versity.

[@SLFC2425]

Spencer street in chapeltown round the corner from where you were, that’s where Yorkshire ripper mostly picked his victims up from

[@GaryMannion-e7d]

He really does need to do his homework on the Ripper and on Gipton.

[@mol588]

Some of these houses are lovely .. it's obvious that some people have pride in keeping their community nice 'n clean . Sadly, it's the ones who fly-tip old furniture and mattresses who make the area look like a bad slum . Why can't council put big skips out for folks to dispose of bulky items 🤔

[@johnfone758]

Why can't folk take to the tip like normal folk. Always seems to be someone else's responsibility

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

​@@johnfone758not everyone as got transport,

[@mol588]

@johnfone758 💯 agree with you . The reason is maybe they don't have transport, or know to ring, or email, the council to arrange removal coz they don't speak enough English . It's still no excuse but that's why big skips would help, imo .

[@mol588]

@MaximusPennyweather Anno mate, it's just pure laziness, isn't it, I shouldn't be making excuses for scruffiness . I walk my dogs in the morning and pick up all sorts of plastic bottles + rubbish to take home to the blue bin 🙈 my wee grandson calls me the bin lorry 😃 Hate litter. !!!!

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh]

@@mol588 exactly the same, every time I take my dog out, all i seem to do is pick up other ppls litter, I'm glad when I find a bottle that hasn't been smashed, but my biggest pet hates are ppl that don't pick up after their dogs, but even worse and it really boils my piss, is the one's that pick it up and then throw the bag, or leave it on top of the bin, what is that all about. ✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

[@Soul_of_Mischief]

Corned beef island is what we call Gipton for the reasons he said. Chapeltown was a rich Jewish area which it why there are some grand houses. All split into small bedsits now and it’s a poor area.

[@davidwestmoreland3444]

Alright Billy mate hope you're good and ya folks as well CHAPELTOWN wasn't there riots there because of the deprivation and mass unemployment years back mabe similar to toxy it's supposed to be a good area now but unemployment doesn't help anyone

[@carlh429]

Yeah in 1981 round about the same time as Toxteth, Moss Side, St Paul’s and Brixton.

[@Scoupat]

Like Lodge Lane an Kenny in Liverpool

[@markcollinson5665]

Harehills Lane where the Roma drunks were is very much like Lodge Lane and Kenny. I was thinking the same.

[@seanmcgrath9167]

GIPTON4LIFE

[@V.T.1989]

Take you a ride up to llandudno Bill,relax n enjoy. From a yanks perspective it still looks british n welsh. So did Chester.

[@mikeweston3514]

Chapeltown was hotspot for ladies of the night 70 80s

[@Efflife.2]

Yup this is alot of leeds n beadford rn 5:12 is he sayin give me dollar. Western foods....but bet they sell mostly eastern foods.

[@johnmiller1300]

Third world is here

[@Wabsy1]

The gates on the doors

[@Keepthefaith2024]

Standard in that area😂

[@markcollinson5665]

My mate had them in Toxteth when he was at uni.

[@BettySwollocks13]

So many memories there lad, born and bred in Harehills absolute shit hole now

[@bolshevikproductions]

It’s just people ,everyone everywhere are just in the Swim.

[@Diggerydo24]

For the 1st 2 minute's you was in Harehills not gipton

[@theallornothingpodcastwith4442]

👌🙏

[@leebiker1488]

🤣🤣👍👍👍👍

[@Michael-hg5hr]

Corned beef island land of the lost rent book 😂😂😂

[@MichaelHill-o4t]

ALL THE BLOODY MONEY, GOES SOUTH. NORTH OF WATFORD, GET,S BLOODY NOW,T POLITICIANS ARSEHOLE, S

[@Keepthefaith2024]

Its taken around 15 years for the Government , council and immigrants to turn this place into Pure Hell ..Very sad

[@bigprob8744]

​@AnthonyDuggan-d4wffs 🤦🏻 that ones wore out already, no mention of the shower of sh*te that's been in power the past 14 years then

[@dannybowden5296]

Gipton was much, much worse in the 90's, it's loads better now. Harehills on the other hand is about as it has been all this century.

[@anthonygreenwood4486]

Some boyos came up on that estate, Turned into Baghdad now unfortunately

[@Rigsby.leeds9]

Gipton square was first called "corned beef island" as it was the poorest street in gipton and is a round street with a bit of grass in the middle and corned beef was on the ration books Now all gipton is known as corned beef Not many people know this but ya do now Git up mush!

[@williamjones4636]

should go to wolverhampton or blackcounttry

[@cm-oo1td]

If you made a video of all the sheethole places you have been to, you couldn't tell one from the other

[@stephenwilde7645]

Skip was better kept than houses

[@C.I.B.A90]

It's the people not the place

[@toneclear1878]

Shoulda found lad from gipton removal firm! Leeds judder!

[@DianeBonner-g3d]

Yu get around Billy can't keep up with yu but take care

[@heatpump8566]

Bars on doors and windows, absolutely a disgrace that these poor people are so scared about being attacked at home! This is a shit hole

[@dannybowden5296]

They're not scared of being attacked, they are remnants from when burglaries were rife which, thankfully, is no longer the case.

[@marcus2336]

They are "pleased" with the area because they've taken it over same with Tower Hamlets in East London etc

[@JI7NKJ]

Govanhill in Glasgow.

[@Eddy-l1e]

You need to visit these areas when it's getting dark. Chapeltown isn't what it was in the 80s 90s 00s a lot of the original residents were moved to other areas of Leeds. Little London in Leeds was one such area and where it's not unusual to hear about a shooting a lot of unreported violence between gangs. There's many areas of Leeds where violence goes unreported regularly guns knife attacks machete and baseball bats golf clubs. The reason it goes unreported is the good honest working class people would be frightened to leave their homes. Leeds is a war zone for the criminal fraternity. There's beatings slashings shootings damage to property mainly cars on many occasions per-week but goes unreported because of the fear it would cause the general public. The police cannot contain what's going on they just hope to pick up the pieces when they have bashed or killed each other. It's chaos

[@ragnar5203]

I'm from near there, shithole but there's worse areas Bill 👍

[@tazmannn]

Billy chapletown is ten times worse than most other places for shootings and stuff! Lovely place chapletown got some good friends there bill its the biggest carribean and Jamaican area in leeds! White people carribean allsoets of cultures in chappy

[@neilmoore5387]

Didn’t know there were so many shootings now. Once they knocked The Heyfield down and got the drugs out the way to an extent in the mid to late 90s. Seems OK now. Never had any problems round there.

[@guygill7827]

Them flats are horrible for damp etc. Up rather on there's chapel Allerton nice area

[@michellerowson]

Corn beef 😂

[@OldWolflad]

Those terraced houses with no gardens should have been knocked down many years ago. What are Leeds council doing?!

[@footballfanar9717]

They're giving residents some new windows 😂😂

[@antonioantonio48]

Remember folks diversity is our strength! Don't you dare say that isn't

[@s4squatch1]

I grew up in Seacroft in the 80's which wasn't great.....but everywhere seems to have turned into a total shit hole since the mass immigration started 😒

[@footballfanar9717]

Funny that... 🤔

[@cblocc5988]

seacroft in early 2000s is worst place i ever seen in uk tho, so u cant blame everything on immigration, them houses going up road to tesco all up the left side was fucked and it was mostly white british people living there