London's Roughest Pub Crawl 🇬🇧

[@WendallExplores]

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[@newanas5271]

You should go to Ladbroke Grove westlondon,Tomorrow s busy as its Saturday.

[@callumkent7155]

That lad is speaking facts. 7:55. Tower hamlets was once a proper white working class English area. Those that remain are treated like filth. In khans London and especially tower hamlets. The Muslim community is favoured big time. Call me what u want. But I stick by my beliefs. No Brits should be a minority in any area in their own country.

[@alexcore697]

Remember the movie Withnail and I haha ?? Go into a pub like that,,Pubs in rough areas arent bad go where working men drink thats rough,,Shipyard pubs Docks etc

[@NigelCouch-t9l]

Been watching your vids for while now. Really enjoying 👍👍

[@PSVR2.]

You'd make a great salesman

[@ncross1857]

Looking for rough pubs during the day is something somebody who really doesn't want to find a rough pub would do. Try going at 9pm.

[@llux1328]

U must frequent only 1 pub 🍻

[@DJWHITE_]

Vlog in a rough pub after 9pm is really asking for it! 😅

[@gungadin1389]

rofl

[@tommiealdridge]

He's right normal drinkers in the day then chaos...I'm 41 don't drink on the night anymore 😂

[@qaszim2012]

In his defence he is a youtuber not a moron. But 100% agree.

[@IamHedgehog]

The blind beggar is a tourist pub , rough it is not. As a northerner who bin around pubs in tower hamlets, bethnal and pretty much all east London many times never had an issue. Most people just chilling in their locals not wantng unnecessary grief. Just cos a pub looks "rough" doesn't mean the people are not sound, most are salt of the earth

[@peterclark566]

Agreed as a Southern who lives up north. But you missed out.... it's all an overpriced shithole. London is fucking dump.

[@darkhorsedre]

100%! I stopped watching when it was clear he was walking into random pubs on a quiet day/time of day. i've seen worse pubs in London than all of these by a mile

[@Joes-not-greg]

I thought that place was called Hamza toilets now?

[@tonypine3434]

Bethnal Green has loads of posh pubs lol. Some of the poshest pubs ive ever been. The Approach, The Camel, The Florist, most of the pubs on bethnal green road.

[@basingstokesteve9131]

There's one boozer in Tower Hamlets where you def need to be on your toes. No questions

[@thetony1973]

All Respect for the 1st male police officer, very good manor, good sense of his surroundings and not intimidating at all, this is how police officers in this country should behave. GOOD FOR YOU MATE.

[@heiltd1286]

'Very good' MANOR.......'!!!! 'MANNER' surely.

[@folkingadams]

Yes he is most definitely a goodun!

[@TonyHavenMusic]

Not intimidating to an innocent passer by with a live stream, yeah it’s crazy he was so nice, I’m going go and have a chat with him on a Saturday night in that same avenue at 3am, sure he’s accommodating

[@Its.Mine1]

@@heiltd1286 Warning Spelling Poilce 👮surley you have better things to do then troll for spelling mistakes.

[@heiltd1286]

@@Its.Mine1 I definitely do.

[@polygamous1]

i UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE may have had different experiences But as a Greek Cypriot who came here as a young teenager in all honesty i have never experience any form of racism against me at all, so I can say with confidence the native British/English people are Not racist

[@tjfSIM]

I think when people talk about 'flat roof' pubs, they're referring to the 1960s blocks you often find on some of the rougher housing estates. They're not talking about Victorian buildings that just happen to have flat rooves.

[@timothyabraham13]

Hello fresh is not fresh, it's poor quality cheap ingredients conveniently put in a box and delivered to your door.

[@CupidStunt72]

I love Hello Fresh, I wonder if it's called Halal Fresh in Tower Hamlets

[@TheDanzilla7]

Classic 😅 ​@@CupidStunt72

[@annakelman6627]

Or Kashrut Fresh in Golders Green. 😃​@@CupidStunt72

[@asdfghjvrty]

Most recipes are bland as fuck too. I think the main selling point is for people who have just finished work and don't want the faff off picking a recipe, buying ingredients etc. They just want something quick to whip up.

[@pumpkinpatch5]

I mean yeah, the whole business model is to target lazy people who don’t want to go to a supermarket and look for the best ingredients and furthermore cook something amazing. You pay for that ability to be lazy, I guess.

[@kvb1688]

Bit unfair on The Blind Beggar. It's a lovely pub with lovely staff. The East End is and always has been a melting pot of different cultures and I love the area.

[@djlife01]

Funny that the one slagging it off is wearing glasses & not paying out on the drinks….. truly a blind beggar!

[@terryblaze1839]

Went in there in 87...my mate and his bird had a flat close to it....nice place,cockneys were fine.even tho I was a Manchester bloke..... Manchester as bad places too....

[@stephenallison1522]

cOME ON, IT WAS NEVER THIS BAD, SO DON'T TRY AND SAY IT WAS.

[@IamHedgehog]

Agree its basically a tourist pub and not rough at all these days

[@IamHedgehog]

Northerner who goes a couple of times a year to drink with local Eastend pals never had a issue in any pub

[@julianbatcheler9970]

I come from London. I have walked everywhere at all times over 40 years and never had any issues. Tower Hamlets is very poor. But actually a pretty cool place. You realize some of the biggest tourist attractions in London are in Tower Hamlets. The Tower Of London, Tower Bridge, St Cathrines’s Dock. And it edges the City as you said. You should have gone to The Prospect Of Whitby… great pub. I think there are far rougher pockets.

[@andrewsteele7663]

I had a pint in the Benwell Arms in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was the early 90's and I am expat Englishman from Australia. I was out by myself. So, I thought I would be a tourist and just get a beer and chat to the locals. Well, I have never drunk a beer so fast. No one would speak to me. That night I told me local friends I had been to the pub. You could have heard a pin drop. They were amazed, that I had got out with my skin. I wondered if they were just winding me up. So, the next day I went back to explore the area. Only to find shops windows covered in heavy mesh, burnt out cars in the street. Not a policeman in sight. It was a real eye opener. Great Channel, I have subscribed., Cheers from Oz.

[@WendallExplores]

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[@oliverdking]

95% of people would instantly judge that first guy, but he was incredibly insightful and spoke a lot of sense. Dont judge a book by its cover!

[@pingu8666]

He was a great speaker.

[@missmuffet3874]

Flat roof pubs are usually found on council estates and usually rough as toast.

[@michaelharrison3602]

Full-fledged the local low life 😅

[@NewkemG]

Rule of thumb - flat roof and or net curtains = Rough pub

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

Only if you go in acting like a prick and staring at everyone like they’re animals in a zoo.

[@jonsmith1162]

'Sky Sports'

[@maldonboy1]

Flat roof pubs always remind me of Frank Gallagher's local in Shameless - The Jockey?

[@ryanmaxwell2273]

Your mate is talking shit about the blind beggar pub. I've been going in there for a couple of years and it's not filthy at all. It even has a nice beer garden

[@steglash4045]

I was there last night, it was filthy, there was a used Jonny in the toilet, and the toilet was blocked

[@lorrainearmitage4331]

​@@steglash4045😂 Ryan's chatting pish

[@Regina_Phalange__]

Seems filthy is relative.

[@jeffmason]

The Beggar is an ok pub, been drinking in there for years

[@lorrainearmitage4331]

@@jeffmason shithole jeff just admit it

[@luketargett2233]

Really liked that first guy, seems incredibly wise.

[@Thirdfish]

Yeah cool guy, level headed.

[@dannymcmince]

He looks kinda like actor Jim Nesbitt!

[@jay70328]

He has the biggest head I've ever seen in proportion to his body.

[@BikeCamUncut]

@@dannymcmince ah yes

[@maxineblick451]

He’s the new face of Britain. Busy working?

[@Notafraidofthedark]

I lived in Bethnal green 2016 til last year and never felt safer. Its a brilliant place to live and nothing like he's presenting it

[@stevegoldy2196]

It was tough for me to hear the guy with the beard speak. That interview took place in Brayford Square, Stepney and i grew up a 20 second walk from there. Like him i always felt like an outcast there. 90% of the population are asain and it's a tough place to grow up. There were times when staff would look past me and serve asains behind me in the queue and i was always made to feel like i didn't belong. 11 years ago i moved to another part of Tower hamlets called Bow. The Asian community here makes up 30% and they are so much more friendly and inclusive. This is a truly multicultural and vibrant part of London unlike Stepney. I hope you will return to Tower hamlets one day and explore Bow, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs. Whilst it is the rougher part of Tower Hamlets it's also the more diverse and by far the best part.

[@blondeandchatty7842]

Sorry you were made to feel like that. That's disgusting. Hopefully it's bit better nowadays??

[@ToolsAreToys]

@@blondeandchatty7842 it's worse.

[@ShaunVincenzo]

Barman’s a top fella in the beggar helped me out when I was proper messy in there one night cheers mate if you see this ❤😂

[@DeathcoreDashcam]

That lad at the start speaks soooo much sense and truth I've lived in the Borough of Ealing for 7 years. I (a white, British male) feel the minority here & 100% am discriminated against because of the fact I'm white British.....

[@JamesSmith-ny2gb]

Lmao

[@VeinyAngloid]

@@JamesSmith-ny2gb 7.10.23

[@gonnabefree]

I mean there's some very white areas in the bourugh. Northfields Ealing Broadway & Common Hanwell. But I understand you're probably taking about Southall.

[@Jimjones-o5d]

​And how is that working out for ya? ​@@buddyhell7100

[@iiRodeoclownii]

@@gonnabefree they are far from white areas lol i work in the area and theres not a lot of us left!

[@colinmalcolm2422]

This is like Danny Dyer in Glasgow talking about old firm games. What a proper tool.

[@sureduck]

Yeah, he goes to these 'roughest places' in a middle of a day, finds fuck all and repeats online bollocks as a moral. If he did it after dark, I'd have some respect for him. As is, he's a click grifter.

[@rmcl4112]

Well least you two are hard nuts 🥜 😂😂😂😂

[@harryhewson6590]

In the words of Lenny McLean -Northern Monkeys

[@Heather-xz3eo]

​@@sureduckwell ya dont need to watch this then eh

[@sureduck]

@@Heather-xz3eo And I won't. You do realise you have to watch it first to form an opinion, right?

[@that_shye_again_dpc]

I’m a local, and the Blind Beggar is now a gastro pub, it got refurbished about a decade ago, sticky carpets gone, bullet in the wall removed and a fancy beer garden, it used to be rougher, but like anywhere round there, keep ya nut down, stay humble and you’ll get no bother. Hungerford Arms is my local, the lads won’t appreciate a camera in there, that’s a definite 😂 It’s a vibrant multicultural area, try it after dark then you’ll see why it’s been labelled the roughest borough

[@InfernalStateMachine]

The lad in the thumbnail was the most decent person in the whole video

[@RealEyesRealiseRealLies]

This video should be called walking around tower hamlets looking for any reason to drink a pint

[@sixteenstringjack]

😂

[@MATTY110981]

My mum was working a nurse in Bethnal Green in the 70's when he first met my dad. This was only a few years from the Krays and there was still a presence of East End gangsters. She mentioned that was very safe to go out in and while the place had a reputation everyone was polite and wouldn't tolerate antisocial behaviour. It was a stark contract from Coventry where she had worked previously.

[@HelenCrane-jl1nv]

overrun with Muslims now..

[@fgrsimon]

Yeah the good old Kray twins, violent psychotic gangsters. Loved their Mum though.

[@georgechickful]

@@fgrsimon Sick of this wonderful days of the Krays nonsense. Like the mob, it's easy to be visibly generous with other peoples money. These people didn't have shops or other businesses that had to stump up for the protection rackets or else. These f'ers didn't care if they ran your business into the ground. Rackets and violence is how they 'aquired' clubs and ran long firms. Police weren't averse to a brown envelopes in those days either, to make evidence dissapear from lockup, for the right money. Anti social behaviour, I used to drink with old men who were young 'tearaways' in the 60's and70's. Random gang fights with bike chains and other implements was all the rage. Police patrolling Tower bridge turning South London lads back from going north of the river and getting into 'trouble' and vice versa.

[@colinmalcolm2422]

My son got mugged whilst at Uni in Coventry. Utter fucktards attached him with hammers just to get his iPhone. Diversity is our strengths? Fuck off.

[@kaynelloyd7019]

There's no respect or loyalty now days I brought my kids up with please and thank you and people are amazed to see it !!

[@martynkaglund4020]

I stayed in tower hamlets for a while in 2005, staying at my Asian Australian g/fs flat in an old council estate block. She wasn't local and didn't know anyone but she blended in due to her skin tone. One night by myself walking back I got circled by a crew of young local Asian lads. About 7 of them started punching me in the head. They didn't want my belongings. They just wanted to fuck me up. One little guy all excited jumping up and down infront of me said I'm gonna stab him and I pushed one aside and ran for my life towards the tower block door. They chased me and managed to catch me before I could close the door . They continued to beat the shit outta me this white boy until the leader said he's had enough and they left. I lived in many shady parts of South and east London over 12 years and witnessed the riots first hand in Peckham. London is a crazy city that behind all the tourist site seeing vibes its can be a very dangerous place. Broken, bruised and one titanium plate in my jaw later I was happy to live to tell the story.

[@timvella1817]

The lefties will say you are a liar,brown people are great and whites are racist. Many lefties comment on here.

[@liam-w9f]

I'm sorry to hear that. Many left types will turn a blind eye to these events and laugh it off in a smug way. Unfortunately, these incidents are not rare occurrences when you're a minority in a so called "diverse and vibrant" part of town.

[@lorrainearmitage4331]

hope you're ok now martin 😢 racism doesn't count against us white people im afraid

[@AnonAtry]

@@liam-w9f nailed it, you can see the delusional lefties screeching in the comments, you are not allowed to dare criticise how bad London is and to suggest an area filled with 'diverse' Aka less white people is some how a bad thing for the social cohesion and overall feel of an area. As they continue to repeat over in their mind how diversity is a strength, it's almost laughable that they might actually believe that, considering if it was so obviously true then why do we have to continually be reminded of it?

[@richiehoyt8487]

Any place you're in a minority, whether black, brown or white (I'm talking neighbourhood scale here, not countries), the local thugs will f%&k with you. I spent several years living in Tower Hamlets/Bethnal Green, and yeah, it can definitely be rough - although I'd contend, not as bad as its neighbour to the North, Hackney!

[@IngenerateIngenue]

The landlord/bar tender in the Blind Beggar seemed a really nice bloke.

[@InkDropFalls]

the Lad at 18min mark ....he sounds like a decent humble lad ....respect to him ..voiced he opinion humble and proper

[@peakyblinder777]

Never drink in a flat roof pub . Unlucky ... Truest words ever !!!

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

As a wise man once said... "Nothing good ever happens in a flat roofed pub"

[@peakyblinder777]

@@RealmsOfThePossible 👍🌟🙏

[@andreasforcel7804]

Load of bollocks, the crown is a proper gaff, one of the last bastions against the gentrification of lime house

[@peakyblinder777]

@@andreasforcel7804 🤣🤣🤣

[@annakelman6627]

Some estate pubs in Manchester have flat rooves. Full of the wild men of Manchester. 😂😅

[@sambarlow5449]

that guy in the brown tracksuit hasn’t blinked in weeks

[@burgerbait]

Wired lmao👀

[@Hoxton66]

Definitely hasn't washed, too, 😂

[@hj179]

That poor guy - he looks spaced out. My heart goes out to him.😟

[@sweetheartivyivyherbert307]

​@@hj179im sure he is happy in space😂

[@Hoxton66]

​@hj179 take him in, then.. I bet you wake up in the morning skint..

[@chrissheppard5068]

I used to live in Whitechapel and we got replaced yeh diversity is great.

[@derekibison6644]

Got replaced….snowflake

[@dirkbogarde44]

@jonesroberts3640 It's not racist to want your own area, where you've been brought up, not changing ethnically.

[@Stephengrimes1972]

It’s only racist when we want to live in our own community

[@lifeisblessed4802]

@jonesroberts3640 Exactly same thing happened in South east london,if the racist would of stayed and had more babies there would still be a large English population

[@derekibison6644]

@@dirkbogarde44 Yes it is. If people thought like you then they would have never left their ‘own’ community and gone to live elsewhere.

[@Inglott]

I haven't been to London in a long time, but Lewisham was pretty rough!

[@Richy91]

That lad you spoke to around the 10th minute seems such a nice guy, hope things get better for him.

[@the_Dogpacker]

That thumbnail gazed straight into my soul 😂

[@antispindr8613]

Not staged at all?

[@terence7752]

The zombie apocalypse is here!

[@skarecrowster]

I've unsubbed from this channel for this reason - Trying to paint people in their worst light, comes across like he cares when speaking to them, then catches them on a thumbnail to promote a certain image of an area, kinda scummy tbh.

[@lislelisle5453]

It's more like the guys soul saying "sos",,,, "help."

[@the_Dogpacker]

@@skarecrowster fair enough. I can absolutely see where you're coming from. Tbf I haven't watched lots of videos on this channel but so far it hasn't struck me as being "misery tourism" or sensationalist.

[@matthewhazell768]

Turn up at 10 in the evening... Not the morning... See how you get on 😂

[@matthewhazell768]

Wherever that is 😂👍🏻✊🏻

[@danbreen6946]

The Queen Victoria In Walford Is Pretty Rough

[@DeLaSalle-nh4ee]

Get outta ma Pubbbb !!!!

[@tomtaylor7339]

What a beg!

[@andysutils]

​@@DeLaSalle-nh4ee U WOT!!!

[@richiehoyt8487]

Does the tube go there? 😉

[@7th.trumpet]

😂😂

[@MrMRW14]

Used to date a girl who lived in tower hamlets. Just a few minutes walk from canary wharf. The change in just 1km was mental

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

How did she change in 1km ???..

[@msrighto]

We use miles and feet and inches!

[@mattysykes2121]

There used to be a pub on every corner. But over the past 20 years they have been closing down. They used to be full of people from the local communities, they wven had pubs on the housing estates!

[@redrum4486]

I think it will be cool watching these back in a 100/200 years time

[@burgerbait]

Good luck.

[@redrum4486]

@@burgerbait LOL thanks, hopefully I find the key to eternal life before I die

[@DeLaSalle-nh4ee]

You're optimistic, be no world left within next decade

[@B0rnles13]

Eternal life isn't all it's cracked up to be 😮

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

​@@DeLaSalle-nh4ee I'll bet you ten grand the world will be here in ten years 🌍🌎🌏

[@MegaVector2011]

Most people seem like they are treading on eggshells, they seem to be giving you a small percentage of their true feelings and withholding a lot for whatever reason.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

They are doing exactly what you say. Not hard to work out the reason.

[@4thequeen766]

@@JazzFunkNobby1964say it I dare you

[@jbjaguar2717]

@@JazzFunkNobby1964 It's because they're British, and we never tell anyone our true feelings. Least of all Londoners talking to random strangers in the street.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

@@4thequeen766 It's because as he said, they are a minority in their own borough of Tower Hamlets. Outnumbered. Has to watch what he says and does in case he upsets the majority. He is walking on tip toes. A tragedy.

[@averyintelligence]

because in london we arent that friendly. its. a massive city with tourists coming and going. is this new news to you? i thought it was common knowledge

[@garybarnowl]

I lived on that first road with the police tape from 2014-19, Wilmot Street, actually a really nice road. Loved Bethnal Green. Generally safe, great pubs, you got the odd mad thing that happened like most places in London.

[@picklesdad]

My old stomping ground, got out 20 years ago, so glad i did, go back at night gents...

[@mr.miller5041]

I'm not up to date on the rough areas of London today, but when I lived there, latter 80s, early 90s, I'd say Harlesden was the place I was most wary of. I can't imagine it's become a paradise today.

[@brianwatchorn4968]

I moved from South Dublin to Tower Hamlets 7 months ago and I can honestly say I don't feel intimidated walking around most of it, some roads and pubs can look a bit dodgy but I've walked most of the area late at night on my own and been fine.

[@pumpkinpatch5]

Be careful. People have been taken off guard thinking they knew a place well. Stay safe man!

[@brianwatchorn4968]

@@pumpkinpatch5 absolutely brother I grew up in a rough area so always know to have me wits about me 😉

[@raregrimebeats1352]

I’m suprised tower hamlets was voted the roughest most dangerous. As someone who lived almost 20years there in the 90s and 2000s, Always felt like it was one of the safest. Newham Hackney was always more edgy for me

[@michaelharrison3602]

I know iwas born in Bermondsey, lived in Brixton and Kennington fo fifty years. I now live in Stockwell I'm 74 I often go over to Bethnal greenWhitechapel for a wander around a few pints and a curry have never felt intimidated in any of those areas. Of course shit can happen but that applies to any city on the planet

[@oWarCloudo]

‘Everything is okay because it never happened to me 😅’ - Clown - how’s Dublin looking lately

[@chriswhite1417]

I'm a Londoner and am subscribing on the strength of this video. Nice one, lads.

[@WendallExplores]

Welcome aboard

[@ppgedez]

“Whats the community like ?”. Laughter in the back ground 😂

[@Sammonkeyfist]

I was working in London for several months last year and used to drink in the Hungerford arms. It’s a brilliant pub with some great people too. One week we were housed other side of London and we caught tube down just to go there.

[@gainlabs]

That THUMBNAIL😂 *"I got a DVD Playah' mate I'll sell it ya...got a bike aswell mate."*

[@mickman0073]

While Wendall is chatting honest places has popped off for a cheeky pint, banging. 😂

[@honestplaces]

had to be done

[@chachachazki]

I lived in Whitechapel for over 16 years and hardly ever felt in danger in anyway

[@stephenderrickhutchinson]

I also lived in whitechapel for about a year on Christian street… never had a spot of trouble.

[@danbreen6946]

Did they ever catch Jack the Ripper asking for a friend 🤔

[@stephenjohnson1385]

​@@danbreen6946 famously not. Let your friend know

[@SpearofDestiny-c8y]

In the early/mid 1980s I lived in Garfield House, Limehouse, just off Westferry Road. It was a great area safe and decent honest hard grafting Londoners, Pubs full.of characters. That was all torn down and cleared for the Yuppy apartments bistros wine bars etc.

[@annakelman6627]

Gentrification uses big apartment blocks as monopoly chips. Yuppies, whole not ostensibly dangerous, are Gordon Gecko like twats that force working folk out and bump up rents. I loathe them!!

[@michaelharrison3602]

The same thing has happened south of the river there's only one proper pub down the Old Kent Road. There's none in Lambeth walk. These two roads were hubs of the local community The area between vauxhall and battersea power station is now called Thames city its nothing but yuppy flats for people who want to be near the American embassy. Local people can't afford to live there its soulless and characterless like all the new developments in places like docklands. It's not just the fault of immigrants these places always had a large immigrant population which contributed to their character. "Gentrification" has sacked the life out of these places and destroyed communities that had existed for centuries

[@DBProductions12345-m]

How on earth did that guy in the glasses think blind beggar was crap? Decent place

[@barryellis8646]

I lived in Tower Hamlets from 1966 to 98, it was then full of proper old school East Enders, a lot who had gone through the war when the area was widely bombed due to the proximity to the docks. I lived in Poplar from 66 to 70 right opposite the East India Docks what is now Canary Wharf I saw you were on The East India Dock Road (Manor Arms) opposite where our old flat was !. Many great memories of living in Poplar even though I was very young !. A neighbour used to take me over the docks to look at all the ships moored up, the docks were an exiting place to a 5 year old at the time, although they were starting to go into decline at that time as well. My family moved to Stepney from Poplar in April 1970. My stomping ground was Bethnal Green during the 80's and 90's when the pubs were superb. People came from Essex, South London and all over and the place was buzzing from Thursdays through to Sundays. There was around 17 pubs the length of Bethnal Green Road at one point with many others in the many streets around it. I worked as a DJ in a pub in Old Bethnal Green Road for 3 years in the 80's, plenty of late night lock ins with the odd Police raid !. I often go back for Pie and Mash in Kelly's Roman Road and a few beers in the remaining pubs, but like most things, nothing stays the same and people move away. Great memories of a great time. Not as rough as people would have you believe either. No regrets about moving out when I did as it was changing and not for the better of the everyone. Sectarian politics started in the early 90's in my opinion and there was a noticeable changes in a lot of day to day things. There was no integration between the bengali and white population's and that has not changed despite what people may say, if anything it has got worse and there is a lot of divisive politics in that area now. Wherever I choose to live, I will always be an Eastender first and foremost and glad I grew up there at the time I did. Also, the Krays drank more in the Grave Maurice pub along Whitechapel than the Blind Beggar. You didn't go to Bow or Hackney Road all in T.H so maybe another visit another time !

[@kingshearer2]

Used to come down from Newcastle on family holidays to visit my great auntie who lived in Poplar, late 70's early 80's as a 8-10 year old, loved it!

[@ovariantrolley2327]

Smashin cmmnt

[@dizshiz]

I would guess that at night is a very different place … I grew up in a rough part of Brum and by day it was one thing ..At night it was another 👍🏽

[@eleveneleven572]

This is the issue I have with Wendel. I lived in Tower Hamlets for nearly 8 years. The difference between walking around in daytime and at night can be stark. It can be pretty nasty if you don't watch your back.

[@oWarCloudo]

Or when it’s not raining

[@DanPaul-nt1fx]

Brixton and Stockwell is the toughest place in London ,I’m born and bred south London mate trust me away from the high street in Brixton is deadly

[@zizzilock]

I think the area between Wandsworth road and Stockwell is pretty dodge. Have you ever heard the name Brickwell?

[@martinsolomon5500]

@@zizzilockYeah it’s twinned with Stockton 😂😂 Cali

[@henryclarke5363]

brixton, tottenham, new x...to many to mention....not where they were!

[@rissonedacrissone]

@@zizzilockbrick well if you know you know sw9 shit

[@bm563]

Brixton sprung to mind straight away!

[@ianplatt1375]

Alan suger used to boil and sell beetroot in the Whitechapel road market that's how he started out in the business would from rags to ritches 😮good video from a london black taxi driver

[@minnielee3399]

Yes, when Alan Sugar was growing up it, the East End was a traditional Jewish area. It is less so now with most of the Jews moving to the outer suburbs like Golders Green, Finchley, Hendon, Mill Hill etc...

[@WhippsCross]

Cohen who founded Tesco by selling out of date tinned goods in the market and there was a tradition to buy your neighbors stalls tea once every few weeks, when it was Jacks turn he used to take a day off.....

[@Hoxton66]

He started selling ex rental TV 📺 in lea Bridge Road and amstrad music sets, and has never looked back since

[@annakelman6627]

Haha. He created his very own Borscht Belt then! 😂😅

[@richiehoyt8487]

Alan "The Mug's Eyeful" Sugar...

[@bfoster417]

I'm a Londoner, and I bet the people that said Tower Hamlets was the roughest part of London, probably DON'T EVEN LIVE IN LONDON, they probably watch too much GBmews .

[@darkhorsedre]

Right. The only reason I watched (part of) this video is because I couldn't think of how it could be the roughest

[@busker1]

Funny to see these guys who have no clue of London at all and just read a few articles on Mail Online

[@GaryGoals]

GbMews is apawling

[@liverbird956]

Londoner here...I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@juschefit6069]

My family live in the estate , side road of that pub! I dont think the area is rough at all! Love it x very multicultural and everyone feels like family ❤

[@TheBuckspygmy]

Some years ago there was a TV series on the roughest pubs in Britain. During my time as a long distance lorry driver. I had been in over half of them. (Never had a problem.)

[@marcoroams]

Nice to see you and Danny colab on this… came across his channel a couple of weeks ago 🙌🏽

[@WendallExplores]

He’s a boss creator mate, hope the leg is healing Marco 💪

[@marcoroams]

@@WendallExplores for sure mate! I love pub culture so I appreciate that stuff. Yeah it is getting there … it’s quite a nasty break 😅

[@rain_down_]

So much scope for London - an almost endless list of different areas to check out. Love seeing the crossover with Honest Places - he's got a great channel there.

[@derekroper9010]

She poured the Guinness in one go which is sacrilegious in Ireland, she needs to pour it 3/4 way then let it settle and top it up.

[@michaelkennedy3372]

Such a boring old urban myth now but you carry on.

[@derekroper9010]

@@michaelkennedy3372 hardly an urban myth when every publican in Ireland does it that way.

[@craigdawson7632]

Go out at 12pm when they have had a skin full, That cop did seem like a good chap

[@donfranktv]

Good to see you and Danny on a video - Really enjoying this one

[@WendallExplores]

🙏

[@Unkown-m7i]

Believe it or not that little convo will mean the world to him ❤

[@psychoskin3797]

Shut up

[@kevinmott6205]

The cops at the beginning were cool. Non of you cant film us. I'll ask the questions. 😂😊

[@dirkbogarde44]

Was he though? Loving the diversity?

[@knowlex3787]

Well he isn’t going to say anything different especially on camera

[@kevinmott6205]

He didn't have attitude. He may love the diversity not everyone is anti such things.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

@@kevinmott6205 If he loves the diversity he's not from London.

[@eternaldrunk]

someone was stabbed to death

[@TC.Lee33]

Walk around after 10 pm.. you'll get a different vibe altogether 🥴🫣

[@mrvibesman]

Im guna be asleep and wake up screaming 'if that makes sense'

[@boydegg]

yeah does that make sense? you know what I mean if that makes sense

[@Slarti]

02:23 - look at what a police salary gets you from a visit to Turkey.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Don't get lippy.

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

​@@JazzFunkNobby1964are we talking a load of Bottox ..

[@PSVR2.]

I think the guy with the beard made sense

[@ReshonBryant]

Their way of life a little bit different from our way of life🧔🏻‍♂️

[@markjenkins3609]

If that makes sense

[@PSVR2.]

@@markjenkins3609 😁

[@cultfiction3865]

It’s basically like that all over though. And this is what can make these “rough” place videos seem a bit transparent. How you dress and behave can influence the experiences that you have. That’s why some people will tell you a place is safe and another person tell you it’s a bad place. More than anything you’ve gotta know an area and know what’s best avoided to keep out of any trouble or problems. Even a posh rich area could be unsafe if you walked the streets every day drinking cans of special brew and wearing poor cheap clothes cos you would be making yourself stand out from the rich tea drinking dressed to the nines locals which risks attracting bad attention in some instances

[@oggaBugga]

I agree, your comment made sense, if you know what I mean.

[@darek4488]

I live in Poland, in what most Poles consider the dodgiest big city of Poland, where I have no problem walking the city anywhere way past midnight, but watching the rough parts of the nowadays UK creeps me out. I've been to London a few times, with a few years gap between and every time I visit I can see it getting rougher and rougher. More chewing gum on train platforms and bus stops, more trash on the side of the road, more graffiti, more disrepair, more neglected cars, more locks, bars and tall fences, more homeless and more goblin-looking weirdos. I visited my family recently and my cousin talks about how he got stabbed in the belly on the street for no reason and how his brand new car was knicked from his driveway while he was home. The thieves flew a drone to his bedroom to extend the range of his key and then just drove off straight to the centre of London and vanished there. Apparently that is not rare and that is why the insurance is so high generally. When we ordered food I wanted to pay for it, but they tell me that the delivery drivers no longer accept cash, because of how often they were robbed of it. I also learned that you can no longer just hop on a bus and pay with cash to the driver. They also instructed me on the areas I shouldn't go in the city when I said I wanted to walk around and buy a few things on my own. 20 years ago things like that happening in the calm Watford were completely unheard of.

[@absoluteward7811]

Agree

[@CupidStunt72]

If Poland ever accepts mass, uncontrolled immigration from the Middle East & Africa they are in for a big shock. This vibrancy will be their undoing

[@mwirth187]

Lodz?

[@darek4488]

@@mwirth187 Bingo

[@richiehoyt8487]

​​@@darek4488 Just don't phone for an ambulance (sorry! Actually, I'm amazed there wasn't heads on pikes over that, people must have been insensible with rage!) Laughed my ass off at 'goblin~looking weirdos' - I used to refer to the Irish equivalent as 'ferrety~faced f%&kers'...

[@kennethvenezia4400]

What are you talking about? The blind Beggar is great Pub. It's beautiful!

[@L1623VP]

4:50 My goodness. His kitchen is so small it's like an airplane kitchen. God bless him. I hope he gets out of there to a place with more elbow room.

[@susandavidson1691]

That’s just how it is. Mine is probably smaller tbh. Serves its purpose. Cook, wash dishes and out. Works for me

[@susanmitchell4744]

We were always in pubs in Bethnal Green and Whitechapel. The Blind Beggars was a regular watering hole. Bethnal Green was ok way back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.

[@grahamdella6887]

Nothing wrong with it now

[@LaraGemini]

In the early 90s we used to drink in The Unicorn on Vivian Road ( a bit further up towards Bow ) - regular watering hole too - all very friendly, but there were a few dodgy geezers in there. Great Times.

[@richardpawlowski7486]

Nowhere is really dangerous, it's all about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[@iap-ug3oy]

Are you joking..Our country is a total disgrace and so are most of the people in it…I could cry…..And what has made our country like this…THE INVASTION OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO BUSSINESS OR RIGHT TO BE HERE….I am 83 and I remember my country when it was great…but when you let the third world in this is what happens….

[@DeLaSalle-nh4ee]

No such thing as wrong place wrong time

[@AnonAtry]

what are crime statistics anyway

[@thomasmacias5032]

Love your videos, Wendell you are awesome if you have any merchandise like a hat or a beanie, I would love to buy it. I am in retired, disabled garbage man living in Northern California me and my buddies love watching you, Wendle you kick ass, my friend you’re an awesome bloke as you say, thank you for your hard work🙏💙🇺🇸💯🇬🇧

[@WendallExplores]

No merch as of yet, maybe one day 🫡

[@bloodyninen7]

Also... thanks for the support? Maybe a thank you for watching? Come on wendall.

[@illyjaffar8569]

LOL Wendall's security is smaller than him and wears glasses. Old CP tactic!!

[@michelleholloway8515]

Absolutely love Bethnal Green. Had some great times in most of the pubs down there. Never had an issue

[@travellingveteran]

Great video, I grew up in Stepney, Tower Hamlets but moved out to Northampton now, it is quite rough, I done a video walking down Bethnal Green Road. If you go back to London I'll show you some real rough areas, the local pubs similar to what you showed are few and far between now. Keep up the good videos. Dean, Travelling Veteran.

[@saulmc8920]

Have you ever been to Corby

[@tonypine3434]

​@@saulmc8920corby is rougher than bethnal green

[@kevinmott6205]

Hey Wendell perhaps you should do a cookery blog every now and then. That would be sweet.😂

[@WendallExplores]

Everytime HelloFresh want me to, sure thing 🫡

[@JohnSmith-lj1vw]

@@WendallExplores I hope they pay well for that...

[@terrapyn99]

@@WendallExplores What an excellent idea! Why not take a folding table and camping stove on your travels to offer the locals free samples of the HelloFresh meals you've cooked in the street?

[@JohnSmith-lj1vw]

@@terrapyn99 hahahaha

[@eleveneleven572]

I lived in Tower Hamlets from '96 to 2003. It wasn't too bad at first, I lived on a new estate on the Isle of Dogs. But by the time I'd left my wife had stones thrown at her, I'd been attacked outside the vets surgery, the vet himself had been put in a coma after being bricked in Wapping, I had a number of friends attacked. There was a spate of gangs mobbing lone women (nurses and hospitality staff off shift) and being badly sexually assaulted. Men were being warned off from Limehouse area, people were being stabbed in the buttocks for laughs. All by Bangladeshi and Somali immigrants. I even encountered a gang tooled up with machetes, knives and iron bars on Mudchute Park. And there was a massive cover up by local politicians, the met police and the Evening Standard who refused to report. Only after i documented it to our then MP was some effort made to control gang activities...around 4 officers to cover 24/7, which was laughable.

[@MrBannystar]

And what makes my blood boil is that others still pretend this doesn't happen, and people will call you "WAYCIST!!" for pointing out what everybody should fcking know.

[@liam-w9f]

@@MrBannystar it's very cruel when people deny others experiences.

[@urmumsbaps]

@@MrBannystar nobody calls you racist for that. We call you racist because you use incidents like this to justify actual racism. It's really simple.

[@Theoriginalbigbrillo]

@ 11.28 The guy with the DOPE Lanyard , you couldn't make that one up 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

Bet the old bill know him well.

[@Dallco83]

What that supposed to mean. He definitely got more character than you do

[@TheMrE1974]

Pub crawls are always roughest before dinnertime....a hungry man is an angry man. You guys are truly hardcore!

[@Nero-ox5tw]

Wendall really walked down that stretch of road with decrepit takeaways and sorry looking market stalls full of migrants and thought the word that best described it was "vibrancy".

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Yes what a Tosser.

[@cabrihome2695]

That road (Whitechapel Road) has some great pubs and independent outlets. It also has a lot of history, not only related to the Krays but also Jack the Ripper. It's also near Brick Lane which is a great night out. I'd say it's pretty vibrant compared to your standard boring British high street with the same chain stores everywhere, but each to there own.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

@@cabrihome2695 Do you live in Whitechapel?

[@cabrihome2695]

@@JazzFunkNobby1964 no, but I own a flat nearby just off commercial road and have had many great night outs there.

[@averyintelligence]

lovely bengali community in the area. brilliant food and hardworking people. lets guess whos kids are more likely to end up as drs and lawyers the bengalis or yours ?????? tha answer is not yours, your kids will be packing fudge in factory number 12 🥲🥲

[@steve-bk1qd]

Danny Dyeresque ... "Looking for a spot of bovver...bring it on ! Get stuck in !". LOL

[@mjh5437]

Yes,as in a total wally.

[@gazeardley.the.wildman.]

Wendall Braavaaaaa...Lovin the London vibes dude, Big Respect my friend..Sorry not been commenting bredrin been really busy braavaa..Work been tough lately but I,m still with ya Bro...Keep up the good work my Bredrin from Middle Earth...

[@WendallExplores]

Keep up the fight Gaz ✊

[@luketurner1825]

the other bloke really had some good input, what a bundle of joy

[@garneauweld1100]

Parts of North London have been the most tough from my experience. London keeps changing so quickly it's hard to keep track. I have heard many stories, but I have personally never had a problem anywhere in London.

[@Nickpaintbrush]

Great to see you and Danny together on this one, nothing seemed to be kicking off (if that makes sense) 😆

[@ReshonBryant]

Well, ya know. Modern problems call for modern shenanigans👉🏻🍀

[@thathurt]

Soon as anyone uses the words vibrant or diverse I'm straight out of there. 🤣

[@antispindr8613]

So do you feel more at home with narrow-minded farts and common or garden racist?

[@sebastiennesp1978]

I agree. 'Vibrant and Diverse' Oh, you mean junkies, knife wielding Ethnics, "funky" graffiti adorning every public space, and the local park full of used needles, with a pond proudly surrounding a disused traffic cone and dead duck. Loved London.... 40 years ago.

[@averyintelligence]

@@sebastiennesp1978 are you describing Glasgow? Btw we are glad you left london. You have not been missed

[@sebastiennesp1978]

@@averyintelligence "We" !? (Just identify as "gormless" and be done with it). I LOVED LONDON, GET IT????

[@averyintelligence]

@@sebastiennesp1978 aw times change pal. You'll get over it soon. Btw how is jaywick? Looks like a beautiful culture 😍

[@lukefitzgerald2671]

There’s no such thing as the roughest borough. There are nice and not nice parts of every borough. Tower Hamlets for example contains Canary Wharf. Croydon includes Crystal Palace.

[@maipai4282]

Crystal Palace is in Bromley, not Croydon.

[@TheSockbottom]

Stop explaining. London is a ghetto 😂

[@lukefitzgerald2671]

@@maipai4282 the park yes, the triangle no.

[@maipai4282]

The majority of Crystal Palace is in Bromley including the park, tower and high street, but some of it covers on Lambeth and Croydon. When you say Crystal Palace as in the area, it is always associated as being majority part of Bromley, expect for the football club area ie Norwood and addiscombe. I grew up there so know it.

[@timvella1817]

Crystal Palace is a shit hole lol bad example

[@AcidRai]

You're recording about Tower Hamlet to smuggle in this hello fresh ad. 😂😂

[@cantbants]

I’ve done a pub crawl in the east end where we made a point to go to all the flat roofers - we started during the day in the outskirts and worked our away in towards the City as it got later - probably the better way to do it. This isn’t a dangerous place to drink at all and would highly recommend it for anyone wishing to experience the east end. We finished at the Palm Tree which is like taking a step back in time. It sits in the middle of a park, cash only and the cash register looks like it is from the 1940s - they play live music most nights too.

[@barryedgerton6685]

That geezer favourite saying"does that make sense?" Lol

[@u.t.p]

Yeah perfect sense 😮😮

[@liam-w9f]

He's walking on eggshells and has probably been through more than you could imagine.

[@rupertbollywood1190]

@@liam-w9f You fell for his little deflection, did you? Did you notice his female friend? He claimed he couldn't find housing. Where is his money coming from? Coming from her "work"? Wake up

[@aethellstan]

if that bloke says "if that makes sense" once more...!

[@davidknell8831]

It makes no sense 😜

[@tomfenn7149]

I live in one of Birmingham's main no-go areas (well, according to toffs from Solihull, you don't go here, unless you're heading for the one Balti still standing, and even then you should arrive and leave via a cab to the doorstep), and compared to the posh Birmingham areas, this is one of the safest to live. It's all class snobbery really.

[@OneLifeww]

Love the video also like the way that fella explain how he feels in his own area

[@frankiehoskyn3948]

There was approximately 70 pubs in the Bethnal Green area alone 40 years ago. Hackney Road was the place to go in the 1980's for a good pub crawl and people came from miles around to drink there. The local newspaper 'The East London Adverrtiser' used to have 8 pages of advertisements just dedicated to pubs & clubs. Sadly only a handful of traditional pubs remain there nowadays ☹️

[@webowebo5712]

Go to Woolwich, Lewisham, Greenwich, Southwark, Lambeth, in fact South East London and North West London, Haringey, Walthamstow and Tottenham Hale are no-go areas if you venture into the estates.

[@edjohnson8017]

Where’s no no go areas in Southwark you don’t half exaggerate bruv

[@jaimeortega4940]

Sounds like Albany, NY. I was there one year for a trade show in a reasonably nice neighborhood. Took a wrong turn looking for a nice restaurant and ended up in crack and hookerville. Luckily a cool dope dealer gave me directions to get out of there.

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Was that after you got laid and stoned?

[@grahamekeil4890]

Bum daddies Excellent pub and excellent people Use it quite often and I travel from Essex They have music most days and weekends

[@lukegethins135]

Oh! This is so sweet! The popo, gets drinks😂