Barnsley Town centre flourishing.

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Жыл бұрын

Barnsley council offer 3 hr free parking on a Saturday, but ensure you have a ticket. I couldn't find a council car park, so ended up parking away from the town and walking back. The make up of the people in Barnsley town centre was as in Sheffield in the 1980s. It was possible to drive almost into the town centre. But my concern is they are like a frog being boiled in cold water, I see all the signs of what is happening in Sheffield coming to Barnsley,

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@lindahanley9773 Жыл бұрын

Just a minute into video and got a much better feeling of Barnsley than Sheffield , uplifting to see thanks xxx

@timawells Жыл бұрын

Doncaster next Linda. XX

@dukeofengland 10 ай бұрын

Barnsley people are the friendliest people in South Yorkshire, and they respect the town center, that's why there's no graffiti. I was from Worsbrough Bridge (nickname, Brig) Park View our house was, born Becketts Hospital. Now live in Sheffield, not a patch on Barnsley.

@timawells 10 ай бұрын

It was like travelling back in town, I have always like Barnsley folk.

@Uk.wildman Ай бұрын

Barnsley is the number 1 racist place to live aswell

@dukeofengland Ай бұрын

@@Uk.wildman So what

@myra6087 Жыл бұрын

We used to live and work in Barnsley and it was like stepping back in time. Hopefully, it won't go the way of Sheffield. That building is the town hall, they call the pepper pot.. There used to be a lot of solicitors offices on Regent Street, going down towards the bus station as well as the courthouse. I worked in one of the solicitors but I think they've all gone now. They have a Christmas market in town every year and it all looks lovely all lit up.

@timawells Жыл бұрын

I would prefer to do more good news stories Myra, but the warning to Barnsley folk is, watch out for the WEF.

@myra6087 Жыл бұрын

@@timawells Sadly all of South Yorkshire are following the plan!

@timawells Жыл бұрын

@@myra6087 My Waverley video is about to finish uploading, how its going to get past the X rated on KZfaq is a mystery.

@lokvagn3135 Жыл бұрын

Is Barnsley a nice place to visit? I live in Sweden but when I saw the movie Kes as a child in the 80's I knew I must visit the area some day. Are the hotels good? I like to hike and look at the architecture and the nature outside of towns. Is there much to see? And I love the yourkshire accent! Do they still talk like they did in Kes?

@timawells Жыл бұрын

Bansley folk are still much broader speakers than us Sheffielders, but call us Deedahs. Much of the countryside where our pits were has been re landscaped and is very false.

@RogerKeddy-ii1yg 10 ай бұрын

We sure do, its a great place to live and visit ❤

@rikboswell 4 ай бұрын

@@timawells i live on the peak distict part of barnsley and theres plenty of hiking to be done

@MattJ1988 3 ай бұрын

@@rikboswell where's that? Dunford bridge my guess?

@rikboswell 3 ай бұрын

@@MattJ1988 lt starts just after where flouch used to be ,

@Cant_be_arsed Жыл бұрын

Barnsley town centre is 10000% better than Sheffield. I always go to Barnsley instead of crappy Sheffield centre and I live 5 minutes from Sheffield town

@tezer3496 10 ай бұрын

The courthouse is the the ticket office of the top station which sadly closed in the 60s I believe

@mrg-cardcollector6601 7 ай бұрын

You missed the best bits, indoor markets, the arcade strip. Beautiful on there. Inside the Alhambra, and there are hundreds and hundreds of places to park with easy access to the ticket machine

@timawells 7 ай бұрын

It was just to give people an idea and a warning that if you aren't careful they will reset you like the other SY towns.

@burningsoul1365 9 ай бұрын

im from sheffield its now very dour, barnsley is tons better, markets ,shops,and pubs.

@sarahdior1 9 ай бұрын

I'm a Sheffield girl but I have to agree Barnsley is soo much nicer!! 💯

@timawells 9 ай бұрын

I loved the buzz of Sheffield and the classy departments stores in the 60s, 70s and 80s and up to the closure of the hole in the road in 1994.

@MattJ1988 3 ай бұрын

Lived in Barnsley all my life and it was great growing up,while it still retains some of its past,alot has changed though with the new glasswork building etc and its great for the town but i still miss the proper Barnsley of old,some surrounding villages are alright still (Mapplewell, Darton,cawthorn, Silkstone) ironically further away from the town centre and the ones closer (Honeywell,worsbourgh etc) are less desirable 😅,only problem is around where i live (mapplewell) developers are always trying to snap up farm land to build houses,loads have been built already and its fast becoming less of a village.

@timawells 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you. But as a SY town goes Barnsley is alive.

@roysaywell2138 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim, at least a brighter picture after your last video.

@timawells Жыл бұрын

Roy I am showing the worse case scenario, hopefully in the future I can show a more humane future, but Barnsley given us hope with the beautiful flower beds.

@retrorambles517 8 ай бұрын

I went to Barnsley for a change back in march A small town centre but it was busy and thriving and I was surprised at how busy it was

@timawells 8 ай бұрын

Yes it doesn't reflect the rest of South Yorkshire.

@moogdome2562 7 ай бұрын

Love Barnsley. I used to go to Wombwell, then on to Barnsley Town, twice a week. Very impressive.

@timawells 7 ай бұрын

Its the town that still appears to have a community.

@timawells 7 ай бұрын

You love a Barnsley chop do you?😂😂

@moogdome2562 7 ай бұрын

One reason I go there, apart from the town, is how friendly the people are. I know a few people now, especially in Wombwell. if Barnsley van do it, why not Rotherham and Worksop?. I never thought I'd say this, but, Barnsey has become, the jewel in the crown, of South Yorkshire. People go there, from all over. A lot from Pontefract Sheffield. Yes, that's the old town hall. Barnsley is not only famous for. The mining, but for the .of miners, Dabvy lamps. At. The turn of the 19th C. There was a terrible disaster. Cinema. Was very new, children flocked to the town centre hall.,to watch a film, It was winter.the place was so packed, that the kids panicked. So many got tramped on and unfortunately died.@@timawells

@moogdome2562 7 ай бұрын

Ha ha. of course. you'd get a nice one upstairs, In the market. So many great cafes in one place, cheap as chips. And they. Used to say, No joke Living in Barnsley''.😄.@@timawells

@philthompson2239 Жыл бұрын

2:15 - its the Town Hall.

@johncaldwell-wq1hp 8 ай бұрын

GOOD JOB,MATE !--GOOD TO SEE THE OLD TOWN STILL "KICKING ALONG !!--DON'T FORGET,--NEVER EVER TRUST "POLITITIONS"-NO MATTER WHAT "BRAND"---LOOK WHAT HAPPEND TO "LONDON"--ALL THE BEST !! "

@timawells 8 ай бұрын

I spoiled my paper at the last local election. They didn't truly deliver Brexit so will never get my vote.

@johncaldwell-wq1hp 8 ай бұрын

They are a pack of A-holes !!@@timawells

@leonodoherty9775 2 ай бұрын

You missed out Victoria Arcade! :( x

@timawells 2 ай бұрын

I am sure I will be back in a year or so to see how things are going.

@carl6131 3 ай бұрын

A genuine question. What is it you see? I used to live just off coastal south and then low Edges

@timawells 3 ай бұрын

@stellahawkins1958 Жыл бұрын

Did you see any planter tubs blocking roads off?

@timawells Жыл бұрын

I saw a row of stainless steel bars, but that was it, none of the Sheffield Telly tubby stuff.

@ChannalWatcher Жыл бұрын

Needs more clubs for activities like Art, Music etc I want to warn everyone who is thinking of visiting Barnsley avoid the Salt House Bar the staff and manager are very rude people and avoid Black + White and Cucina in the Glass Works they are under the same management as the Salt House

@timawells Жыл бұрын

My concern is what is left of Barnsley's heritage being wiped out like Sheffield.

@furyiv 4 ай бұрын

@@timawells They're doing a lot to preserve Barnsley's heritage now. Eldon street is getting it's old buildings restored to their former glory, big project. You also don't appear to have gone up Victorian Arcade, beautiful, some nice little bars up there.

@timawells 4 ай бұрын

That is good news. Not been to Barnsley since the 1990s. @@furyiv

@richardpalmer6922 11 ай бұрын

Yes we need hmv I have to go Doncaster instead 👍🏼

@timawells 11 ай бұрын

I prefer Indy shops. I am fed up of all the globalist names in Sheffield.

@Alex-ob9vp 11 ай бұрын

Next time you're in Barnsley try PJ's cafe, the best breakfast around. The only thing the town is missing is a HMV.

@timawells 11 ай бұрын

A few independent record shops are appearing in Sheffield.

@Alex-ob9vp 11 ай бұрын

@@timawells There's a great shop in Barnsley that sells records but i like HMV for blu ray films

@NolimitsMedia. 3 ай бұрын

It did have an hmv years ago but it got closed down

@Alex-ob9vp 3 ай бұрын

@@NolimitsMedia. Closed in 2013.

@gallantone1535 9 ай бұрын

If they keep out the horrible culture they should be ok 🙏

@johngodfrey-zv3po 22 күн бұрын

IT IS NOT LIKE A GOLD MINING TOWN AFTER THE GOLD HAS GONE IN THIS CASC WAS BLACK GOLD,, NOW A GHOST TOWN

@phillcrossland6394 5 ай бұрын

❤❤big white building is tarnall everybody knows that

@timawells 5 ай бұрын

I tarnall Barnsley for Town Hall>