Anyone who thinks that Starmer will do anything about this is living in a dream world. Politicians don’t give a shit about us.

The government cannot sort these poor northern areas out and restore towns like Barrow back to their former glory but can afford to put 100's of thousands of illegal migrants in hotels and countless other bonuses at a huge cost (last i heard it was 7 million a day) at the tax payers expense, its an absolute disgrace! I'm from Grimsby, a once proud world famous fishing town and now its pretty much the same as Barrow.

No work, no purpose, no future, no sense of community, no respect.

Great Britain is in a managed decline.its not by accident!!!!!

Feel sorry for the decent people who have to live in these types of communities. It's a countrywide epidemic. Great content Bill

Imagine poor kids being brought up there. Sad man

Not many people are highlighting these swept under the carpet areas so bravo to this man.

Sadly Barrow has been left behind like other places, and Egerton Court looked depressingly grim. Imagine living their 24/7….good vid Billy.

Get tooled up people of Britain . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

They would have been nice places to live in 60s and 70s. But like the rest of Britain it's all gone tits up.

Them flats if down south would be bought up by investors and be High end apartment's.

Modern day Great Britain billy mate , folk living like that , whilst politicians wipe their arses with £50 notes

Good on you for documenting a side of Britain that needs highlighting and sorting out. Sad indictment on society these places exist.

Iam from bootle billy and i have lived in barrow since 1974 its not a bad place but like all over the country things have gone to shit most of the drug dealers are from liverpool .and they cant demolish egerton court its grade2 listed tara billy

A couple mobile police stations, strong community policing, sports clubs , CCTV and a few community wardens on patrol would start to lift this area up from the gutter. Sadly being left to own devices does not work on these neglected areas

I’m from Barrow and some other of the nicest people come from Barrow Island

Hi billy. I'm a from barrow born and breed unfortunately, I was actually shocked to see u do a video down there what made u come up this way?!. Barrow was a lovely place 15-20 years ago. But has now gone to shit. The town is plagued with drug deaths and sex offenders. Egerton court has always been a rough spot that too has had a few drug deaths and suicides over the years. I remember many years ago I was struggling to find a new house and out of poor desperation arranged an interview to view one of them flats on Egerton court. I took a rain check and decided not to show up for the viewing id rather be homeless than live there luckily found somewhere else but even if u were desperate u would want to live there. It definitely does need knocking down. Apparently that's where the council house all the unsavoury characters to try and keep them all in one place. There is rougher areas than that in barrow. Ormsgill is a notoriously rough estate few people have been murdered up there over the years.

I’ve lived in the South Lakes Junction 3536 M six and I’ve been to barrow many times and I didn’t know all this existed I was born in Toxteth moved here when I was 17 and 58 now

Hi Billy, im from Barrow-in-Furness and watch your videos. Suprised when i seen this. Thats the roughest place in Barrow. Some nice places in Barrow and a lot of money paid in wages due to the ship yard where i work. The drugs they are all on are brought to the town by scousers.

There is not a single politician in the UK who will stand up against the drug trade.

used to go to walney island, a couple of miles from there . brother had a caravan there for about 20 years. absolute brilliant place ,proper lovely in the middle of beautiful farm land, nature reserves and peel island. i really loved it, me bird and kid's and their cousins proper loved it . magical place . imagine it , we're from vauxy!! we went for about 14 years , caravan was falling to bits 😅 has had to give it up 😢 haven't been back since 2014 . kids have grown up now and we all still miss walney 😢.

I live in Barrow and work in the Shipyard, Egerton court is literally the worst part of Barrow, there are beautiful parts of the town, particularly around the Abbey and beaches over Walney. In terms of work the shipyard is growing its workforce by at least another 2,000 people (currently around 13k going to 15k) to cope with its huge order book, to say there is no work in this town is ridiculous. The closed down Debenhams in the town centre is being transformed in to a school of excellence where it will train and educate hundreds of apprentices and graduates to support BAE systems Subs. We have more than most towns going for it.

Looks like a place from Victorian times. Very sad.

Like the old slums they demolished years back in Vauxhall, Liverpool

That boat was a casualty of the great tornado of 1977. That's how it got there

England is lost. I left 20yr ago after blair destroyed the country.

Man looks like the south bronx. Catch myself wishing these kind of vlogs were longer.

Love your videos billy keep up the great work 👍

A Victorian open prison in Cumbria sadly a reoccurring theme throughout the country a couple of steps behind the American model but its coming

I love your podcasts mate...the politicians need to watch your footage... keep safe and keep up the great work... thanks Bill❤

Billy, nothing has changed since I used to work there around 25 years ago. If anything it's worse. The west coast of Cumbria has been abandoned by successive governments. The industries of mining and ship building etc were decimated in the 1980s. No transport infrastructure. Rail to whitehaven got cut off at Keswick, arguably cos the authorities didn't think it was worth the journey. To geographically isolated for meaningful investment, causing a significant outmigration of young talent. Health inequalities result in premature deaths, the figures made higher due to the suicide rates. Needs that bridge from Lancaster that's been talked about to open the area up. That'll never happen. Not worth it to the government. Very insular communities, rightly suspicious of outsiders. Money thrown at it, but ineffective because it doesn't make the necessary changes in terms of enabling investment and growing industry. The North west coastal communities, from St Anne's upwards is rotting away. Whitehaven is to me, worse than Barrow. A ghost town of decaying Georgian splendour. Like Liverpool, bank rolled by the long gone profiteers of the slave trade. And like Liverpool, the slavers fled to the home counties, or the 'colonies', leaving the town to face the wrath of Madam Karma, when she decided to pay a visit in the 1980s. Maybe you're old enough to at least recall this? 40 + years, and nowt has changed. I used to sing it driving into Barrow, but it applies all up the west coast. Soon only ghosts will be left, or those people reduced to shadows by isolation, abandonment, deprivation, and what comes with it. Keep up the good work Bill.👍 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNeKa5djna23on0.htmlsi=QQBzUVzV26tzlXoT

You make interesting videos. Likeable character. Reckon would be bang on for doing longer docs on whichever format ( BBC, BBC i-player, vice etc ) 1hr or so on interesting topics.

Sounds like something off that film "I am Legend". Great video as always Billy... keep up the good work. Brilliant content. Imagine setting up a butty van for your first business around there....

Omg Barrow used to be a great place to go when I was younger.. so sad to see this..

And I though parts of my home town of Kirkby where rough! Great vid mate keep up the good work

Cracking Content as usual 👏🏻

Went to Barrow in 1980s to visit Egerton Court area because they looked like Glasgow tenements made of brick. Unique in England. Nobody challenged me for taking photos (still have) unlike in Birkenhead where locals seemed bemused that i would photograph the big central square which is very impressive, bit like Edinburgh.

Great video Billy

Well done Billy for highlighting this hell

I live in Birmingham and I've never even heard of this place. Very interesting to see other places in England that i didn't even know existed. I need to get out more and travel around the country but ill probably give Barrow Island a miss

Hey Billy, I'm not sure if you do follow up videos but I'm the guy you were speaking to before you got to the ego. It's Jim. Hope the rest of your stay was ok you looked pretty despondent on your way out of town. I'd be happy to give you a tour the next time your up this way as I don't believe this one estate is a true reflection of my home town. It is rough in areas but on the whole its a a working class town with a proud history and heritage and the majority of its people are salt of the earth types. So if you do come back I'll take you to a nice boozer I know and I'll buy you a pint. Barrow's not all bad, you just need to know where to look.

My dad was from barrow, lived on Delhi street. I live in the south but am very proud of my northern roots. So sad what’s happening to these towns.

No wonder it’s full of addiction, I wouldn’t be able to stay clean there it’s too depressing, good video..

thank you for illustrating how difficult it is for some …although, these types of areas are not new, find them in various places.

Great content

Hey Billy. I was brought up in Barrow but moved to Childwall (where my Dad was from ) when I was 14. Those flats were always a bit ropey, but I think some of the courts are worse than others. They are listed buildings and I know some of the courts have been restored and are pretty nice, but others seem to be a bit of a ‘dumping ground’ for people who are struggling unfortunately. Barrovians in general are very friendly people…… did you see Emlyn Hughes’s statue near the railway station? Great little vid mate, glad you’ve explored Barrow. Get to Greens pie shop next time you go. 👍

Looks like a nice residential area to be fair. Come and check out some of the more deprived areas in Glasgow!

I'm from Barrow in Furness I lived in sloop St flats when I was 18 I'm 45 i was brought up on South Walney which is lovely now the flats have always been rough but Egerton court is the worst area in barrow I'd say its so grim also parts of Ormsgill and Longway area are rough full of drugs an addicts living along side good people also I live in County Durham now the towns gone downhill it's got nowt to offer if it wasn't for the shipyard it would be alot worse I feel there filling hotels with immigrants also which isn't good for the town either

Mad place Barrow, I've seen some crazy shit and im from wigan

Jim the local looks well groomed and decent, ive seen much worse places than this before, The architecture is quite beautiful actually !!

With what you said .. reminded me of the film " the platform " at the bottom the dregs of society The place looks run down and forgotten ahout and a sad sight to see in 2024 good place to highlight Broken Britain @ Billy

be safe always brudda 👍we got places like this in the south west of bristol too mate luckily i grew up here

Looks a lot like the old tenement slums of Glasgow years ago.

I can’t believe people are living like that? I not easily shocked and I have seen some rough places but that is a disgrace for a so called first world country.

You can visibly see how drained you are just by being in that environment for a short while , I have lived in rough areas and every day is so stressful and filled with anxiety as we know , a constant battle plus I’ve also lived in a very affluent area and still faced very bad bullying /abuse and intimidation etc ,I have come to understand (wake up )that where there are people there are problems . My heart hurts for the Children and pets 🙏. Earth Angel work this is Billy thank you 🌍👼💡👌💪👊x

I know who the government can put in there that estate.. instead of hotels and the lovely apartments which other people need...see if they like staying here then.

Hi Billy, Thanks for your vid. I was really surprised to see how awful that place was!. I always assumed that Barrow would be a nice place, however I suppose there are bad parts to every place. In regards to those who challenged you, your better to just bite your lip and walk away mate!. We can't talk to people like that. We just can't get through to them. Hopefully one day they will see that there's a life out there free from addiction. So I wish them well. Anyway Billy, try to not let it get you down and ruin your day mate, it's just where there at now!. Unfortunately Billy there are some individuals that won't ever be free from that lifestyle so it's for the best that we distance ourselves from them until and unless they reach the stage where they want to change!. Anyway Billy thanks again for your vid. John. 💯🤔👍

these vids deserve a bigger audience

Nice channel, mate.

I livd on Barrow Island in. The late 70's l went to the local grammer school, it was a good place to live, I can't believe what it as become, my dad was forman in the ship yard.

Billy looks like Risley without the wall 😅

In all Furness I’ll get me coat

"The good old Eggo!" As one of my old colleagues used to say. You wont see the Royals visiting this spot!

Be careful Stay safe Billy 👍💙

Fookin hell. Listen Bill I've worked down there in B. I. Furness, Wallney Ireland rough as toast! Nice one Billy. Respect my mate good decent content. 🙏🥊

I spend quite a lot of time in barrow and have quite a few pals there. I'm very surprised i never knew this place existed!

Lord Cavendish owns a lot of Barrow Island flats. I was once sent in with another officer to remove a tenant. Not a very nice place over there. The general population of Barrow in Furness a lovely people. I now live overseas and I always remember Barrow has been a down-to-earth place but sadly there is those lowlife’s who just cause trouble, and no nothing else

what an eyeopener even the homeless wouldnt want to be there ,No place for humans to live what chance do the young ones stand growing up there .

That style of the buildings looks like Newsham park upgraded to a full estate.

I’ve been to Barrow a few times, but never on the island. I can’t believe how bad that place looks & that people actually live in there.

I worked there reading gas and electric meters about 15 years ago. Been in most of them flats and seen some sights.

Makes me appreciate beautiful Pwllheli Billy. They look like the outsides of prison wings those flats. You should get down this way Billy. Suns out and your kid would love it

WTF in London these flats retaining all their original features & with ample parking would go for a fortune. All the ground floor windows are still intact and with no steel entrance doors, this indicates it is a safe neighbourhood. In London, on the rough estate, all ground floor flats are boarded up & with gangs of kids smoking weed in stairwells who would automatically attack a strange grey-haired old man filming them. What a joke these flats appear fine to me and are certainly not no-go areas for the police to patrol

My home town! I actually moved from there to Toxteth. It seemed pretty posh in comparison. Less chance of getting your head stoved in too. 😂

Truly depressing. Just wondering, does anyone know in what decade those tenement blocks were constructed ? And would they have been considered lower or higher end working-class housing at the time ?

Liverpool seems like an amazing city. Would love to go some day

From your face a bad experience & it was still affecting you as you drove away but you were warned, by that 37 year old bloke who looked about 24 if you go to an unfamiliar & built up housing area & are surounded & challaged by the locals NO MATTER HOW TOUGH YOU ARE ! it is normal to feel threatened👀 Thats your survival instinct kicking in, flight or fight ! well you made the smart choice Wonderful Victorian stone buildings, but its a containing colony now for hard substance users & any housing officer would tell you that, otherwise they would place a lot of asylum seekers there. LIKE THE MOVIE THE GODFATHER well done on the great camera angles

I rented a flat on there mid noughties, it was an eye opening experience.

Reminds me of the 80s and the gardens like caryl gardens towards the end, just concrete jungles

so why does Liverpool get a bad name when Barrow exists?

I lived there twice, I had two flat's, for a joint total of about 10 year's , I never expienced any serious violence, also as rough as it is, Your alot safer there, then you are in a city centre riddled with knife crime, it's a joke that we've billions for illegal migrants but not the budget to look after our own properly!

Proverbs 23: 21-23 Look not on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the glass. It goes down smoothly; but in the end it bites like a serpent or like a poisonous adder. Your eyes behold strange sights, and your heart utters disordered thoughts

Great content again Billy. The country is at a low point in some areas. Gone back to Victorian times. Needs a rebuild.

If it was cleaned up it could be a decent place to live. The architecture is much better than a lot of new buildings. Nice slate roofs, good brickwork and quite nice design. With some paintwork done and tree planting it would be nice to. If this was in London I could see it as a desirable place to live.

They could make horror movies there

In Cumbria this is the closest thing to ‘the projects’ of New York

The taxis try not to take you over the bridge to Barrow Island, from Barrow. A lot of that area was done up a few years ago. Theres some nice apartments believe it or not, in the centre of them flats (marine apartment). There used to be a pub on that estate that was sound. A sence of community even if you werent from there. £10 would get you 3 pints and 2 packets of crisps, still have change. Looks to have got a lot worse in past 5 years.

The Shipyard is booming. There is no excuse, they can't find enough workers.

I’ve worked there Bill, weeks at a time. Tough

Cracking video to cover Yr tracks haha

If that place was in the Albert dock it would cost a fortune to live there it has a lot of character to the place but the drugs have ruined that place by the looks of it

Best of luck trying to take Billy’s phone off him 👍🏻😂😂😂😂

this Green and pleasant land.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

The flat with St George's flag was where I lived in the 60s. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

If they ever make a British version of "Escape from New York", this is where you film it! 🤣

Nowhere in Liverpool is as bad as that Bill. Makes you feel lucky to be honest.

Is that how far we've come ?

Solid jacket as well pal.

Love the BULLSEYE speedboat . . . .

The thing is Bill,with respect. You weren't minding your own business, you were minding theirs. They obviously don't watch your podcasts.On the chin put it down to experience.You tried at least.👊☘️