it breaks my heart to see how my home town has gone so far down the pan. When i was a Kid Bacup had everything going for it the town centre used to be buzzing now all of the factories have closed down even the factory i spent nine years of my working life is now sadly gone which was E Suttons & Sons i loved my Time working there. I haven't been home in almost 25 years i don't think i could bear to see the town as it is now. 😢😢

To be fair, its quite tricky to decline from 0

Such a pity you didnt have a guide, lots of buildings described are still in use such as the church opposite the post office, known as "the circle" s large multi use entertainment centre BA(Y)CUP star taxis still very much in business. Yorkshire st, not in the middle of lancashire, 2 miles from Yorkshire border Bacup market, £25 a week, sadly neglected by the council who have decided to throw the traders off, some after 30/40 years and knock it down Interestingly, the lady at the butchers stall, is local journalist and Author , Catherine Smyth, who wrote the book" weirdo, mosher, freak" the Sophie Lancaster story

Fortunately, there is now a load of money being spent on doing up the town centre. About £10m. If you'd have been in town this Saturday you'd have seen it in a totally different light, it was heaving and all the shops were busy. Very different town.

The building you was asking about at 12.08 Was the old Bacup indoor Market. At the top of Bank Street is the old police station that was used as location HQ in the 80s series Juliet Bravo, now flats 🙄 Sadly Bacup been on the decline since the 80s and looks horrendous. Used to deliver to the many footwear manufacturers running through Water foot and Bacup in the early 90s and the decline is still strongly evident, most but not all of the footwear manufacturers have also disappeared.

The large stone roofless building up the brew was the vibrant indoor market with shops on the street below it. The outdoor market was across the road infront of the Police Station. Now peoples homes. The white tiled building also with no roof on Burnley Road was the beautiful Regal Cinema, both are owned by the same person. Sad. Union Street where a lady was stood in the doorway a double fronted shop. Was owned by my mum Norah Wilson maiden name who ran it as a gown shop as they were called in those days in the early 1940's & lived above it when I was born 80yrs ago.Still being run as a shop.... SAD TO SEE HOW NEGLETED BACUP IS NOW.

the church is used for a social club called the circle

What a shame mate 😔such beautiful buildings

You’re absolutely correct, worlds apart from Todmorden. Except they’ve just closed the Wetherspoons there, beautiful building being sold off!

What a shame indeed mark. Might as well be Hanley your walking around. When are you uploading the york vlog. ?? So i can cheer myself up.. keep up the good work

Looks like Royston Vasey from League of Gentlemen!

Never have I heard someone exclaim so desperately about a bricked up door. To help with your commentary, why don't you find out a bit about where you're going? Might help with the tone and direction of your videos.

Bacup is not dying out at all cause you filmed a couple of abandoned buildings were was you on Saturday the 30th of March to film this KZfaq video people like you are to quick to judge you've just filmed the garage which repairs cars.. you've come on a day we're it's raining why don't you go to stubble Lee Park.. we've just had our church renovated into a restaurant and the library is being done up come back in 6 months time.. this was pointless video