Town In Trouble? | £6 Fish & Chips Peterlee Amazing!

Peterlee going back to my younger days was the place to be but now is it a Town In Trouble! Let’s have a closer look at the town center check out how many shops have closed down. But also take in one of the best places to go and have a meal and a walk around. Come along and join us in this short adventure with the two daft lads! #exploring #abandoned #property #foodreview #peterlee #northeast #countydurham #getoutside #blackbull #foodblogger #highstreet #decay

[@planetkrakow]

Lived in Peterlee til I was 18 and returned regularly to see my parents til they died there in recent years. I went to work in Hollywood, now live in Krakow, Poland, but Peterlee will always be home. It's heartbreaking to see what's happened there. Unbelievable. Got to tell you, once upon a time the Poles used to move to England for better life. Poland is a paradise now compared to places like this. No boarded up shops here, people walk around with smiles on their face. It's like watching a third world country now looking at Peterlee. The shops in the town center were quality. Who remembers Doggarts? A proper old fashioned department store long before JD Sports were there. Sparks bakers, Hintons, Fine Fare, Presto - there were record shops, tailors. There was a car dealership in the town center - Bradleys. We didn't know we had it so good in Peterlee back in the day. Had my first beers in the Gamecock, 15 years old😀. Sister's wedding reception in The Norseman. Honestly, it looks like a war happened there. Still mad daft about Sunderland and really appreciate your videos Mate, even if they make me sad

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate that’s spot on I remember loads of polish people working here in early 2000s and it’s great to see Poland doing so well but like you say very sad to see the decline of this country under these governments. Thanks for the comments mate and take care cheers

[@maxxo5534]

i moved up to Peterlee from Middlesbrough about 4 years ago and it was absolutely the best thing i ever did in my life everyone was instantly very welcoming and made it feel like home almost straight away, built a lovely little life in Peterlee now with lots of good friends, i do a lot of stuff to help the town as well like litter picking etc it's not very often i leave Peterlee now, no need to it really has become home to me, i'm incredibly proud to say i live in Peterlee it's really transformed my life living here for the better and i owe the town and it's people a lot for the person i am today to this day, Peterlee is the place to be

[@Madsoutandabout]

Brilliant mate sounds class my sister lives there

[@onemeko]

You and keano brighten up my day with your videos Definatly red sauce terry👍

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate thanks 😂

[@tonypaddler]

Excellent craic again lads, I'll watch it properly when our lass is in, she remembers a lot of the closed down places from when they were still open. Daft lads on tour, funny AF again 😁👌👍

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate thanks.

[@tonypaddler]

@@Madsoutandabout No bother mate, and if Keeno has a bottle of brown sauce in his trolley next time I see him in Lidl I'll take it off him and swap it for ketchup 🤣👍

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@tonypaddler 😂😂😂😂 cheers 🥂

[@ajsafc7150]

The Norseman & The Gamecock back in the l8 80's. 😬😂, Class vid as per you guys, take care. 🙂

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate yeah decent pubs back in the day you too pal

[@ren5062]

Good night out round Peterlee back in the 80's

[@michaelfeeney1821]

Brilliant video as always terry and keano it is very sad to see that places that were busy and a communty gone sad terry

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@michaelfeeney1821 cheers mate it is very sad thanks

[@stevenjones19-m8i]

Hello,what a funny video,I’ve been watching these for a few weeks now and like them.I recently subbed to your channel.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate much appreciated

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

Thank you for the ancient nostalgic look around my old Co Durham ..

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@Jonny_The_Organism no problem cheers for watching

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

@@Madsoutandabout no probs... cheers for replying...

[@seamonkey000001]

Bookmarked for tomorrow night Terry 👍. 🍿 🍻. I went to Peterlee college from 1995 to 1997 and have good memories of the place. The gamecock pub and the Argus Butterfly pub.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yes mate happy days enjoy

[@colinbrown7310]

Great stuff Terry, I love watching these reviews of our local places, all Sunderland heartlands of course! Mind, it makes me nervous when you call Keano Geordie, I get the shivers!

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂 yeah it’s just a bad joke cheers mate

[@davidshillito5174]

I went to Dene House school.....left at 16 and worked at Maybelts Horden...then moved....thank fuck. Great work friends at Maybelts.....used to finish early on Friday and straight down the pub which was only about 30 yards from the factory.......many pints of trophy bitter sank, On Saturday we used to go in overtime, 8.30am til 12.30...just across the road there used to be a bakery, had meat slices, stottie bread sarnies....ham and pese pudding. Thats when it was buzzing there.......all gone now i think but some good friends and memories.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Sounds like a class day mate and I never had trophy for years 😂😂

[@briggsahoy1]

Good morning from Canada, expat Geordie, love your adventures, keep them coming.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Hi mate cheers and good morning

[@michaelfeeney1821]

Love both red and brown love a fry up at christmas with a bit hp brown sauce love the content terry love when you use to your drinks review wishing you and keano and yours all the best from dublin ireland always get a good laugh as well lads as my mum health is not great at the moment ❤the channel

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate much appreciated and our thoughts are with you and your mum ❤️thanks

[@michaelfeeney1821]

Thanks terry mate

[@tonyprice4404]

At the bottom of Peterlee used to be Fine Fare , and on the balcony to the left was my Auntie Joan's sawing shop lol , remember it well 😊

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yeah me too now you mention it mate

[@tonyprice4404]

I grew up at the top of Ellisons bank , ambleside close 😁, left in 1978 and moved south , but at 56 still a massive Sunderland fan 😊

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate thanks hope your well

[@TheWeardale1]

bit of a blast from the past this... as I got a job in bracken hill business park in 1999 and moved to Murton and would go shopping here after work..! and my parents had some food shops in newcastle in the late 80s / early 90s and also did some markets etc, including the one located in the main square within the shopping centre here - you may remember it - they sold pies etc, pop and crisps! stepdad was called John...and they even opened a shop in station town selling the same kind of stuff.. :)

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate yeah some nice places just need some help

[@steve940]

Lived here all my life,its only when i see it from a camera do i realise how much its gone backwards..remeber solo the shop..bottom shop near the news agents was a carpet shop when i was a kid in the 80s

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yes I remember the carpet shop now mate and the market stallls cheers for watching thanks

[@Coldheart9009]

"They think I'm your minder" haha poor Keano

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂

[@SamHall-t2r]

Good video again that fizzlou in Peterlee town centre still open must of been closed for some reason but was open earlier 😊

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers for that thanks

[@CinemaMusic55]

Funny stuff again from you two comics. The park grounds deserve a 10. A credit to the gardeners there.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Class mate it’s a nice place

[@bigearedmouse17]

i lived in Peterlee from 1969 to 1980 Great place to grow up, Sorry to see the decline in the town. Have to blame successive Council members who dont know what they are doing and ultimately do not care.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate thanks

[@TinWhistleTV]

Loved the way you said CEX hehe, I'm watching this video whilst eating my Fish & Chips with my Daddies Brown Sauce!!! hehehe Keep up the great work Daft Lads,

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂 hope you enjoyed it mate thanks

[@TinWhistleTV]

@@Madsoutandabout always dol mate hehe

[@DaveJames-c1t]

Hey Terry I found your channel maybe not 2 weeks ago I’m from Hartlepool love your content was thinking about doing something similar plus love Keno (daft lad) I’ve got some great content and a few new ideas which could make good content reach out if you want but I’ll keep watching I love it

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate you doing videos yourself if so will have a look thanks

[@Lang_87]

Good video Terry, you both getting stuck in that park had me in bits 😂😂 I’m from Blackhall originally but live in Kirk Merrington near Newton Aycliffe now I’ve not been to Peterlee for about 15 years and was gob smacked watching this video it’s just literally a ghost town now saying that Blackhall isn’t much different now. There was a time when you knew everyone’s faces and when I visit now I hardly recognise anyone when I’m visiting family. 👍🏻 cheers mate

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yeah mate cheers and it’s a shame the way things are going

[@briggsahoy1]

Absolutely unbelievable, expat Geordie, Canada. An old friend of mine still lives in Peterlee.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate

[@Jonny_The_Organism]

I remember Peterlee when it was flat roof shitty city before the pits closed... I'm from Trimdon... but I went to Glastonbury festival way back and got stuck for over three decades....

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂😂 cheers for that mate

[@milespercival3100]

Me and my wife were married in the registry office in peterlee in 1976 and Doggarts shop was where Cooplands is now.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Ok cheers I have family who was married there two mate

[@marygird7715]

Hi Guys my choice would be the tomotoe sauce with vinegar. Maybe the rentals should be reduced to give small businesses a chance. Keep well and looking forward to more vlogs

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers Mary thanks and very true

[@paulrobjones3971]

My bank is still Halifax the Chare in Peterlee even though I haven't been there in 30 years. Such a crying shame to see how bad it has become. Interesting to see Jameson, Smith and Graham have moved premises and are now just Smith and Graham. Not only were all the shops open back in the day but there was a thriving market too.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yes it did mate cheers for that

[@carlmayne3519]

Not sure what it is but sometimes my messaged don't post :/ ... Thanks for another awesome one Terry and Kaeno, keep em coming! :D

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate this one has thanks for watching

[@ianwilson3862]

Minding on with Alin Brothers at Peterlee and my Ma, every year without fail - a new pair of black cords kegs, an itchy jumper pull owa and a new pair of dress shoes (spacadappas) that took the skin off my heels for the school Christmas party. They still have a shop in Seaham but I'm ok for this year's party clays. 👍

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂 class mate cheers

[@craigjones5207]

Depresses me too see Peterlee like that but the people are the best 👌 and I'm a bit biased spent my first 5 years in langdale place !!keep the videos coming terry 😂😅

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@craigjones5207 cheers mate thanks yeah it’s sad atm

[@bigjohnlee169]

good vid terry, i live in peterlee and its now a dive, you should of gone to the george for your tea i would not have bait in the blackbull if you paid me £12.50p to go in for the two meals. last time i went in i had a steak that can only be described as eating gandhi's flip flop and was ordered rare.

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂 That bad mate is the George really that good cheers

[@bigjohnlee169]

@@Madsoutandabout aye the george is very nice they do deals but not that cheap but really nice.

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@bigjohnlee169 cheers mate

[@MrMark-68]

Terry I can't see Peterlee or any shopping places ever regenerating.. Put of town places have crippled them !.. Terry if you and daft lad fancy some proper scran try poachers pocket in metal bridge or pub and kitchen in cassop.. Both tremendous mate

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yes mate heard it’s nice at that poachers pocket cheers

[@susanofhullhumberside4753]

Excellent video (as always) you lads 💯! Oh what a shame about Peterlee generally. Durham County Council are taking in disproportionate amounts of mass immigration and swamping Peterlee, Horden, Blackhall and Easington Colliery and since Starmer came to power it seems to have ramped up. Seaham is getting exactly the same now with new demographics (go figure lol) so nowhere is spared this. We lived on the now sadly infamous B-Streets in Easington Colliery and most of the boarded up houses there have and are still being snapped up with greedy landlords and Durham CC work with them to bring them up to a very basic standard and the new immigrants are moving in en masse. MP Grahame Morris and his area Councillors will NOT talk about it and attack those who dare ask why this is happening which is not right. Ordinary decent people are seeing Easington Colliery and all East Durham looking in all due respect like inner city London, Manchester or Birmingham. There are African take-aways popping up, I'm sure they're nice and good luck to them but it just reflects what Peterlee & district is transforming into and there is no way back. That aside me and Mr love your videos' you Daft Lads haha and you cheer us and many many more subscribers up. Looking forward to your next escapades. Susan xxx

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers Susan thanks for the comment and it’s very sad to see the state of some wonderful places we grew up . Take care both of you

[@dgod62]

my old home town, was dodgy even back then. the best people though, still have friends back there. Hey Terry what junior and senior schools did you and daft lad go to? Ta

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@dgod62 easington comp mate and junior

[@dgod62]

@@Madsoutandabout ok, Keano?

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@dgod62 I’m not sure mate he will come on I think and tell you soon

[@dgod62]

@@Madsoutandabout ta, I went to our lady of the rosary then st bedes.

[@johnkeenan7347]

I went to acre Rigg infants,howletch Lane juniors and Shotton Hall comp

[@MrMark-68]

Terry you did a video of you driving through Durham in lock down and all the old cars views etc.. I've just seen something on KZbin and your video came to mind.. Its called Durham 1967-1968 archive footage.. I reckon you'll like it and might inspire you to fo another Durham walk about

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate thanks for that

[@Dangerous_Brian]

Watching this from Budapest and won't get back to sunny Haswell till Monday! (even tho I'm an Easington lad) Worked & lived all around the world and Peterlee now resembles a developing country in more ways than one!! Any Peterlee Scientists on here? Can you not construct an Atom bomb and drop it on the town centre? but then where will Big Spook get his tan from? Can Peterlee Town Council *NOT*find a plumber for the toilets - it's been years!

[@Madsoutandabout]

Crazy them toilets mate cheers for watching and safe travels

[@kevinstevens8910]

You should start a campaign to bring back the peterlee sign's on the A19

[@Madsoutandabout]

Have they been taking down ? Never knew they had some cannot remember mate

[@kevinstevens8910]

I remember a big illuminated sign at the side of the A19 between castle eden and the peterlee turn off I think it was triangular in shape.

[@codstar3]

Delivered pamphlets in the mid-80s in Peterlee 17 and fretting my Billingham accent would be recognized.

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂

[@krisjohnson4224]

It's like a place from a Zombie apocalypse

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂🥲

[@Michael-p2o2l]

Not Peterlee but I used to work at bracken hill is that classed as shotton lol

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yes mate

[@judithgittins4625]

I used to go to the labour club at peterlee with a old friend called anne wheatly they called her partner frank they had a daughter zoe wonder if they rememer me judy x

[@Madsoutandabout]

They probably will do thanks Judith

[@Harrybo-ez7me]

Love watching your videos guys it’s better than the shit that’s on tv 👍🤣🤣🤣 keep them coming

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate thanks much appreciated

[@JustFunnyVids]

The two of you should do cheap hotel reviews and explore the surrounding area

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂would be funny

[@JustFunnyVids]

@@Madsoutandabout honestly give it a go, would be class

[@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu]

Peterlee.... I remember when it was a new town........

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yes mate 1947? I hope the town center can bounce back

[@Lightfur]

You missed The George pub in Old Shotton

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yeah I didn’t have time this time mate

[@stevenhenzell8964]

Both are wrong tarta sauce on your fish 🐟 😅❤

[@Madsoutandabout]

Only if it’s a nice one 😂😂

[@Michael-p2o2l]

Is only asda open lol cooplands bus mans holiday mate

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂

[@bigearedmouse17]

I too lived in Peretlee, 1968\1980 Wonderful place to grow up, Skateboarding the Town Centre and making Huge Rope Swings down the Dene. Try to get back when I can, It would be the Death knell for the Town filling Ridgemount House with illegal immigrants.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate thanks

[@RobMoore01]

Lol Keano, he likes his head mind

[@johnkeenan7347]

Cheeky 😂

[@waynebrown4261]

Does it have a 'high crime rate' Terry?

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@waynebrown4261 yes mate 2nd highest in County Durham

[@waynebrown4261]

@@Madsoutandabout 🤣🤣Likely after that Spennymoor lol

[@Lindsayvloggs]

Shocking all the empty spaces not just in Peter lee everywhere don’t think a lot of people have the money now for stuff with everything going up rent gas & electric council tax food. Have you been to Stanley or Gateshead ?

[@Madsoutandabout]

Not yet Lindsay but may well do is it the same sad times thanks for watching

[@ARIESDRAGONESS76]

Alreet 👋 Daft lads ❤

[@Madsoutandabout]

Good morning mate

[@michaelfeeney1821]

Watching strike a on law civil war on netflix they really went for the minders and they did all the dirty tricks very very sad terry

[@Madsoutandabout]

Sad mate true

[@awgroom]

Has keano spilt a tin of paint on his coat ;)

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂😂

[@adrianmcgowan2950]

i have barbecue sauce on my fish and chips, plus its lush on mashed tattie

[@Madsoutandabout]

Enjoy mate

[@michaelobrien9825]

I'M VISITIG THIS AREA FOR A WEEK AND I'M GOING TO VISIT PETERLEE TOMORROW AND YOU NEVER EVEN VISITED WETHERSPOON WHAT A LET DOWN.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Sorry mate cannot go everywhere but Keano says it’s good so enjoy pal

[@davidwood6045]

Salt and vinegar only on Fish & Chips

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate

[@garyhughes1309]

I spent my youth in Peterlee up till 1980. Don't recognise any of this.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Sad times mate

[@Boppa1260]

Brown sauce on fish and chips🤮 red all day everyday, ya right Terry the devil's piss😂

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cheers mate very true 😂😂

[@gordopressley7842]

OK Guys... You have fish and chips everywhere you go .. and you say that was the best you've had.. WHERE is the best !!??? :) :) :)

[@Madsoutandabout]

@@gordopressley7842 I loved the pub one in the village near Aycliffe that was amazing

[@whoflungdung1046]

Remember the Senate/Colosseum

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yes I do mate canny back in 80s

[@jammiesafc449]

Brilliant to be honest there's a lot worse places than Peterlee actually doesn't look that bad I think it's the whole country that's in decline mate but keep theese coming daft lad's so entertaining and iam going with keano gotta be brown sauce mate

[@Madsoutandabout]

Cool cheers mate brown yak 😂😂

[@davidjobling2581]

Brown sauce terry

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yak mate 😂😂😂

[@ExCumbrianWanderer-lb5es]

Doesnt seem that bad bishop auckland and newton aycliffe and shildon alot worse

[@Madsoutandabout]

Yeah might pop to newton next thanks Peterlee is canny mate

[@Michael-p2o2l]

What a waste What are the council doing about this?

[@Madsoutandabout]

Nothing probably mate

[@gagzgallaghermusic]

Putting brown sauce on fried cod is a bit like that late equaliser against Leeds. . . . . . They both shouldn't have happened!! 😆

[@Madsoutandabout]

😂😂😂

[@golfump]

as they say in America, go woke, go broke. Not to worry, mate, the states are not far behind if things don't turn around. So sad. For christ sakes people is fucking England. What the fuck is going on? literally Terry I was getting ready to make plane reservations to come for the week of Derby and Leeds. I go to pay for it. And there's a travel alert. fucking hell.

[@Madsoutandabout]

Crazy mate it’s all going crazy