Is There Really Nothing Left In Nottingham?

[@wanderingturnip]

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

[@petemcmurtry4470]

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

[@gerardyoung5735]

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

[@swooningtree]

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

[@noelleenmcauley3055]

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

[@ChristopherVickers]

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

[@Magic-Florence]

I found it and it was a very interesting comment thanks

[@rickrivethead]

What a major fuck up!

[@JagdgeschwaderX]

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

[@pinkpearl1967]

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

[@daydays12]

The wonders of capitalism eh?

[@v1sionary100]

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

[@gavsez]

Right about selectadisc. Quality shops.

[@superjanesaddiction]

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

[@mousefad3673]

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

[@christopherd.winnan8701]

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

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

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

[@AdamMalster]

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

[@a.j.b.8658]

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

[@SpectatingBystander]

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

[@PontificusPinion]

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

[@arturwittensoeltner8729]

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

[@jjohnson-stoker]

Yes, it really has been ripped apart. I am shocked by what's happening in Nottingham. Hardly any policing visible and beggars/ vagrants all over the city centre.

[@doodoodoo3713]

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

[@Dtp2296]

Same, was a vibrant busy place back then

[@manth9318]

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

[@TheDoosh79]

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

[@Harry_84]

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

[@Nikelaos_Khristianos]

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

[@TheDoosh79]

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

[@JoolsUK]

He did go in the Lace market in daytime

[@shunsloman9313]

Looks like a dump of a place 🚮

[@iansteel5569]

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

[@mazjones1130]

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

[@lincolnengland5005]

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

[@mattpotter8725]

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

[@lincolnengland5005]

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

[@mattpotter8725]

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

[@TigerBoyX15]

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

[@Juglugs8575]

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

[@lincolnengland5005]

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

[@jonathancollard3710]

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

[@jamesbyrne3455]

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

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

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

[@nathandiamond9754]

Some great pirate radio in Nottingham as well

[@pittarak1]

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

[@thatvampirelorraine]

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

[@RobertCretanhero]

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

[@malctongue]

Athens ain't much better😉

[@qeitkas594]

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

[@electrickery]

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

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

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

[@anthonymitchell8893]

I keep hear g about this rack and ruin all my life where is it ? I'm starting to beleive its a myth myself ?

[@rjb10101]

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

[@elizaphe58]

Underground housing!

[@TheRonaldbaxter]

Underground bank heist? Ah, no high street banks.

[@DistrictWitch]

underground city down there I swear

[@YourLocalGP]

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

[@nickxcore74]

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

[@reginaldscot165]

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

[@theyliebutwhy8101]

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

[@TheJazzminetea]

We are forming an exit plan

[@Marv9590]

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

[@mancsblue]

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

[@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx]

I love rising parsnip. His channel is the best

[@chesterclarke1564]

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

[@rickrivethead]

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

[@johnpettigrew83]

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

[@daydays12]

I so agree

[@Pogmothoin17]

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

[@thindigital]

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

[@christianweller4288]

Too many 3-word slogans too.

[@chesterclarke1564]

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

[@valuetraveler2026]

The elites are doing fine.

[@qeitkas594]

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

[@chesterclarke1564]

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

[@itsnowjoke1381]

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

[@theyliebutwhy8101]

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

[@truth-b4l]

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

[@Sam-sp3nc]

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

[@tonyh5484]

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

[@Bozebo]

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

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

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

[@chrisaustin1697]

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

[@antonycharnock2993]

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

[@the_lone_photographer]

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

[@Cloysterpete]

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

[@robsmith5188]

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

[@christopherd.winnan8701]

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

[@jamesbyrne3455]

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

[@psychonaut689]

@@Cloysterpete Magic tricks? The mushrooms were though 😻

[@marksargent2440]

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

[@vaunmalone3064]

The heart and the soul!

[@TheTundercat222]

The field of bluebells looks amazing in the countryside..

[@wanderingturnip]

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

[@Nttmf]

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

[@truth-b4l]

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

[@pimpozza]

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

[@jaksongpg]

Thinking the same thing

[@VenturiLife]

The last Christmas...

[@pimpozza]

@@VenturiLife Exactly! 😪🤦🏻‍♀️

[@NerdyBoiJay]

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

[@peterd788]

The nail bar will be a money laundering outfit.

[@Ignas0000]

Don't snitch on people 😂

[@marktyler3381]

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

[@CL-tv7pz]

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

[@UziMusic]

They're learning from politicians and their mates!

[@bargeonline]

No it really is doing 2million in sales per day 😉

[@LuKaZz420]

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

[@VictoryHand]

Back when I was at uni in Nottingham the broadmarsh centre was practically empty other than a few pound shops

[@martinsolomon5500]

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

[@nilsalmquist9424]

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

[@staycasual7203]

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

[@pumpkinpatch5]

LOL!

[@anthonymitchell8893]

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

[@plopzzzzzz]

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

[@KaiNuthall]

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

[@wanderingturnip]

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

[@Answersonapostcard]

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

[@anthonyboylan5436]

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

[@PSP92262]

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

[@Answersonapostcard]

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

[@Mr.PolyMath]

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

[@reginaldscot165]

21:19 I used to drink at the trip with my Irish friend, we were studying at the college next door and we always drank a pint of Guinness at lunch. I’d be interested to know what the price of a pint is nowadays?

[@philcarson6731]

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

[@johnd6487]

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

[@pumpkinpatch5]

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

[@philcarson6731]

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

[@WarmasAsunnedcat]

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

[@Jokerjaxs]

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

[@dodgeboy9052]

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

[@sicr7373]

Bag lady of the midlands now sadly.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

​@@sicr7373based 😂

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

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

[@Dregomz02]

They should rename the city as the Nothingham

[@Dailymailnewz]

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

[@M88ULV]

beat me to it

[@SoonGone]

Very droll 😁👍

[@augustoherrera]

😂😂😂😂

[@amandadavenport1994]

Some areas are called Shottingham already 😢

[@judeh2646]

Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@bertiesworld]

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

[@pawelnotts]

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

[@cmg1819]

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

[@pawelnotts]

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

[@moosky7344]

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

[@Michaeluk62]

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

[@neilclark1681]

Or need a hot towel shave

[@alanlake5220]

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

[@carmila84]

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

[@lorrainebennett7528]

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

[@Arctic_Fox_NFFC]

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

[@wanderingturnip]

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

[@wanderingturnip]

Just subbed 👍👍

[@thomridgeway1438]

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

[@paulpaine1014]

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

[@Arctic_Fox_NFFC]

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

[@MaiRaven3]

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

[@PontiacS.]

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

[@clairefitzpatrick7183]

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

[@davidberesford7009]

Nottingham was My home city. Now Loughborough is my town. There is the Carillon Shopping Centre here, right in the middle of town, but it is being run down so that a load of student housing can be built on the spot. I'm glad you enjoyed the caves. Keep Looking & Reacting!

[@jamestaylor7106]

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

[@deedee3614]

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

[@am_pm.17]

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

[@AmigaA-or2hj]

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

[@sadjaxx]

Absolutely agree.

[@kalebdaark100]

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

[@stephenharness4644]

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

[@johnshep9417]

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

[@wanderingturnip]

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

[@Jokerjaxs]

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

[@waynemay7327]

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

[@stephenharness4644]

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

[@TSM-908]

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

[@Answersonapostcard]

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

[@iainburgess9393]

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

[@WailuaMark]

Your "A-di-das" pronunciation (American here) short-circuited my brain for a second when you focused in on the window showing Sports World with Adidas football. I have family in Scotland and Australia where I get lovingly harassed for my American English. Anyway, new subscriber here! Loved the tour and all the wonderful old buildings. The decay is sad to see. We have the same problem here in America. I'm fortunate to have a job that allows me to relocate anywhere within this country. I started off on Oahu, to Kauai, Oregon, Washington, Florida and Tennessee and seen a lot of city deterioration across this land. And now I'm currently in Arizona where it's 34 degrees (93 F) and very sunny. The city decay is common all over my country. Hope to see your subscriber count go well beyond 100k! All the BEST!

[@michaelbacon561]

I was a student at the university at the end of the 70s (Thatcher became PM just before I graduated). I remember the city centre as a really vibrant and thriving place and was amused to note that some chain stores were even in triplicate: one in the Victoria Centre, one in the Market Square and one in The Broadmarsh. I preferred the latter to the Victoria as it seemed to be more spacious. I was quite shocked to learn that it had been flattened. It must leave quite an unsightly gap.

[@entropy5431]

Fatcha did it!

[@ofeliaariaswilliams7151]

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

[@theyliebutwhy8101]

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

[@christinemackay2869]

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

[@iceb-akap77ice93]

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

[@marktyler3381]

Just imagine if Amazon paid tax...

[@nnglnd]

Oh I wish .

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

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

[@niallrussell7184]

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

[@marktyler3381]

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

[@purplesprigs]

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

[@woz_in_oz]

I really love how your mind picks up things of interest.

[@pommygeezer9309]

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

[@nick4995]

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

[@SteveDonaldson-r5k]

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

[@Bozebo]

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

[@mattevans4377]

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

[@ChristopherVickers]

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

[@Brian-vs9sd]

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

[@johnnyboy7534]

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

[@Sgab1007]

Hey! American here. Fascinating and smart channel and content. Thank you for sharing what you've discovered on your journeys! I'm curious about the U.S. as well. Probably so many small shopping centers dissolved here. Especially our massive malls. It's a shame. As a kid, I always hung out in shopping centers, since we didn't always have easy access to the big city (nearest one was Boston where I grew up).

[@waynemay7327]

I bet there's someone in the US who has a similar channel.

[@nottmfunguy]

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

[@leighwallis5782]

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

[@aarondavies8722]

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

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

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

[@leedsalex]

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

[@Zerobob26]

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

[@aninverse]

Really appreciated the pre apology for any future sponsorship/ advertisements. As an expat, this video is blowing me away. Lived up North and on the Southern coast and to see the high streets empty is shocking. Brill channel, immediately subbed ✌🏻

[@themanftheworld8439]

Come to Sunderland City centre if you can find it.Its missing.

[@bleedinghandshughes]

nice commentry, lived in nottingham in 1998 - was really vibrant place, busy high street, loads of clubs pubs, went last summer, if you get the tram out of town, its the areas like forest field, really still good to look round, i guess they call it gentrification, but there are still good areas/independant shops, not sure if the indoor market was still there, that used to be great for food and clothes

[@gi4734]

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

[@doesntreallymatteranyway]

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

[@wanwandokko]

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

[@gi4734]

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

[@danielkaupp4649]

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

[@GenaF]

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

[@DangerousDac]

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

[@adenwellsmith6908]

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

[@donna25871]

Toys R Us went out of business.

[@SimplySammyK]

Watching this after your second visit. I'm happy you came back with a guide because it really didn't feel like you explored all that much. So maybe revisiting places or visiting new places you could ask for any viewer in the location to give you a tour around, it's not hate just they'll know key locations where on your own you kinda have to wing it.

[@Visualsoup]

Here’s a fix… convert some shops into residential buildings, this would increase the passing trade for some shops. More cafes and supermarkets would be needed and add some green space in between. Then the developers wouldn’t need to build on green belt and the city would develop a vibrant heart. The country’s short of houses but not short of empty buildings, madness!

[@andrew_koala2974]

In TURKYIE - where I have visited several times - residential apartments are built above a shopping complex --- The beauty of it is that one does not need a vehicle to go and do shopping or eat at restaurants. Everything is closeby PUBLIC TRANSPORT - Bus ( Dolmuş ) [ pro-nounced DOLL - MUSH ] is not expensive.

[@realhelathylifestyle]

That's too much common sense.

[@emotown1]

Hard to convert a shop into a residence when there’s no nearby parking. That’s one of the reasons these shopping centres are empty in the first place - bad planning for parking.

[@plxton]

If our planning system was more plan led rather than discretionary LPA planners would have the ability to save places but due to the system that operates it's just not that easy. This government is all about economic regeration and growth but the irony has been that more places than ever are closed and abandoned. If the legislative system enabled LPA's or even CA's to produce legal plans similar to the Netherlands developers could only build what was on-plan enabling better places. Instead, we have to agree whether a proposal is 'sustainable' leading to few successful changes of use and more and more student accommodation in town centres like Nottingham. Planning is central to everything and it's a depressing system years behind countries like the Netherlands where utopias and bustling high streets are possible - take Utrecht for example; I don't remember seeing any empty shops there when I last visited

[@tenthdeviation]

I think the rise of retail parks built on the edge of towns are also a contributing factor. My town centre is dead but the retail parks and designer outlets away from the centre are doing much better. Effectively luring people away from high streets.

[@JagdgeschwaderX]

It's one factor but I think the biggest one is that people just don't have any spare money at the end of the month once they've paid their bills and going shopping for anything other than food isn't possible. I don't believe the internet is responsible because we had internet shopping in 2019 and the town centers were doing ok. If people had money and felt more secure about the economy I'm sure many of them would be out shopping.

[@theyliebutwhy8101]

People don't want to go into nottingham city centre anymore uts packed full of migrants you can't hardly hear any English at all

[@jimg9820]

There are a lot more caves under the city, most not generally open to the public but if you keep your eye out you can get tours from local history societies. The ones under Broadmarsh were mainly cellars - and the tannery! To the north are more which were underground quarries for building sand and a bit further out again is the cave cemetery. I did look round a house about a mile out of city centre which had the kitchen burrowed out of the sandstone but didnt buy due to the location.

[@andrewjones4006]

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

[@RachelUndercover]

H&M haven't gone and neither have most of the empty shops tbh, they've just moved away from the Broadmarsh area and gone towards the market square and victoria centre. The M&S hardware shut like 10 years ago. Where the information about notts was, was where one of multiple whsmith stores was. Broadmash was a huge shopping centre and they're changing it into a park. The building at 9:00 has only just been built so no one has rented them yet.

[@deannadove3505]

I so enjoy this channel! It's wonderful to be entertained and educated at the same time. Thank you for all the footwork and descriptions for those of us aren't familiar with the areas you visit. I'm American with a strong attraction to England it's history and most of all it's people and culture. It seems more and more blighted areas are sadly developing worldwide. Here in the U.S. big cities which were absolutely bustling just a few years ago now have large areas within where literal ghost towns now exist. Thank you again for such an amazing channel and worthwhile content!!

[@James-ld2jc]

You made the right decision being a KZbinr David. Love your videos

[@gavjlewis]

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

[@lifetruthseeking5808]

Isn’t Grantham in Lincolnshire though and not Nottinghamshire?

[@gavjlewis]

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

[@clairefitzpatrick7183]

Grantham is Lincolnshire yes.

[@martinsurridge7390]

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

[@MrLeafsta]

Love Nottingham, spent a lot of time skateboarding in my 20s and witnessed the legendary broadmarsh Banks and chilling in the square. I used to stay in Hyson Green on regular visits. Good memories and good folk. A night out was decent and drinking in the angel.

[@splums]

Great pub the Angel. Good mixture of people and good music. Yet you can't go to Notts without going to Rock City.

[@MrLeafsta]

@@splums Yes I agree, I've been a few times to Rock city, mint place. They used to do skateboard jams and I remember seeing a rapper called KRS One along with Rahzel back in 2005 as my mate proposed to his Mrs on stage. What a night.

[@waynerhodes360]

Good to have you back lad 👦 loving the show 👍 keep it going as unfortunately this is an on going situation. 😢

[@jasmineaskwith8092]

I last went to Nottingham last year and don’t remember seeing that many empty shops. Has it got so bad a year later?

[@Harry_84]

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

[@antonycharnock2993]

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

[@tommykarate9397]

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

[@Seb512]

Corrupt government and local councils

[@markwhite267]

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

[@simonlee498]

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

[@simonlee498]

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

[@uksilverstacker413]

They aren't

[@toonarmy00]

If you ever want to see a town centre which I would say is doing better now than 20 years ago visit Morpeth, Northumberland. It's actually got so much nicer since I was a kid, a developer rebuilt the old horrible shopping centre The Sanderson's Arcade and the bus station with something much nicer which has lead to more national retailers, independents and restaurants. For a small Northumberland market town to have an M&S, Next, Waterstones, Crew, Fat Face, White Stuff, EE, Vodafone and an independent department store while also still having 6 Banks/Building Societies, I think that is good going. I don't work for the tourist office🤣, I used to live there, my parents still do and I always wonder why I was ever so keen to move away to Newcastle.

[@philjackson6859]

Why is it a problem that's need to be solved though? Town centre high street shopping had a good run for a couple of hundred years, now we're in a new phase and the buildings will eventually be repurposed.

[@TonyHavenMusic]

Did an amazing concert once in Nottingham in 2010 I think it was, always wanted to go back but the next year there didn’t seem to be much live music going and now there’s no hope, loved my day there though back then

[@wanderingturnip]

Not all hope lost, check out my revisit kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4fJZ4hmZZytg7M

[@Anthony-yj4pf]

I hope I speak for more than just myself. but i'd support you having a sponsor in each video. I prefer when people get them in before stuff fully kicks off then a little plug by the end but i know there may be some conditions set by sponsors, but I honestly wouldn't mind at all. The fact is it supports you and as you say it widens the scope and availability of what you can offer us from the channel. Keep it up.

[@jasonk7072]

Before you head off to Australia may I suggest two streets running parallel to each other for a very interesting comparison, Abington Street in Northampton is the traditional ‘High Street’ where the big name shops used to be and neighbouring St Giles Street with its independently owned shops. This street hasn’t seen anything like the level of investment (interference?) from the council or the big commercial property holding firms and is the better for it.

[@rahimadat6384]

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

[@DrN30N]

Why not use the empty units to make things. Like tailors, ceramics, printers, small scale manufacturing.

[@markdicker5244]

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

[@Jazzfrezi]

I live in Preston and it loves to pretend it is a city of all things. Just after Wilko went under, I needed to get a new can opener - Couldn't find anywhere in the 'city' centre selling one, so ended up Amazoning it. A lot of High Streets have/are hitting that critical point that people will use online ordering more than before to get basic items as they are not being sold anymore. Then the doom spiral of that causing more places closing and less provision of everyday items :/

[@andrew_koala2974]

Is there not a SUPERMARKET close by - that has small household kitchen items for sale ? One can GOTO any SUPERMARKET [ with the exception of ALDI ] and purchase a can opener - and also have a choice of design and brand name. Even a ' DOLLAR SHOP ' have can openers. It would seem to me that the U.K. is going down the Toilette.

[@Jazzfrezi]

@@andrew_koala2974 I live 2 mins walk from my high street and I have mobility issues, so shops being close are good. Also, you do not need to put words like goto or supermarket in full caps. It comes across as if you are talking to a stupid child. I am neither stupid nor a child.

[@christinemackay2869]

​@@andrew_koala2974IN MORE EAYS THAN ONE &WILL GET EORSE NOE STALINISTARMER IN MORE INTERESTED IN COSYING UP TO GERMANY 😂 BAD AS SUNAK HE WAS ALL ROUND THE WORLD AS PRIME MINISTER FOR WHAT !!!!

[@davidlee6720]

we will all be shopping online soon, these places will all be turned into flats - that will go for everywhere else as well.

[@garethwilliams4467]

and we'll be better for it.

[@am_pm.17]

I think at this point everyone already is shopping online, at least partly. The high street can still survive for businesses like salons, restaurants, cafes, bars, bakeries, supermarkets, tattoo, Cash Converters, books, vinyl & CD, Cex, Warhammer, bookies, fun children's activities, even clothing stores since sometimes you just have to physically try something on.

[@garethwilliams4467]

I think that nightclub was Ritzy's in my student days. I loved my time in Notingham.

[@karenlewin474]

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

[@vodkanarancs1]

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