Used to go here once a year for my "Holiday" with my parents (We grew up on a council estate in Salford, Eccles in the 80s) Was a highlight for me as a kid, loved it, don't care what it is now, will always be a place I hold endearment for, no matter how nasty it is.

The threat of being sent to Blackpool could end illegal migration

It's people who are the problem, not places. Poor does not need to equal low or no standards whatsoever.

Shocked how run down Blackpool is 😢 I remember being taken here as a child in the early 60s. Traditionally it was where everyone went for the Wakes Weeks, the annual holidays taken in the Lancashire mill towns.

Poor old Blackpool. Beautiful winter Gardens

Such a shame it was never beautiful but it was nice. So sad to see your home town get treated like crap , used as a dumping ground for cities and immigrants. Together with mismanagement of funds by the council.

It’s like Las Vegas meets Chernobyl

My nan owned a hotel near the pleasure beach and Visiting her was a highlight of my childhood rip Nan

Saw Chubby Brown in the Winter Gardens a few times. Hes good and the place inside is good.

Mate! 4 days a year, I stay in Blackpool. Rebellion punk festival, in Winter Gardens! It gets full of colourful mohicans, skinheads, boots and braces, with the whole of Blackpool invaded by punk rockers, making me look forward to this year!!

My dear friend loved Blackpool, Northern Soul nights, passed away a year ago from MND. I miss him a lot. Dave Hodkinson, Northwich, RIP

Charles, a woman killed herself yesterday here in Wilmslow. She threw herself off the bridge on to the A34 bypass. Not that unheard of you might think… but the crazy thing about this, is her husband was with her in the car… she was driving over the bridge, and out of nowhere she pulled the car over, and jumped off into traffic. Can you imagine how he ever gets over witnessing that? I didn’t witness the jump, but I witnessed him crying in distress being comforted by a woman. I live very close by. I say this to you, because I know you’ve been to Wilmslow quite recently. And we really need to do something about mental health crisis. And what the crisis is: is people who are a little bit sad, and think they are entitled to happiness, when they don’t have it, the tell everyone they have MH issues, and take up valuable resources. So people like this woman, clearly with REAL mental health issues, have to wait 8 weeks to see a mental health professional! That is what the crisis is. And I hope you will try and bring awareness to this issue Sir Charles!

Very grim indeed .Watch a walk on the wild side ,he does all of Blackpool.

Hi Charles i hope your well, i've been watching your videos now for about 2 years, and have always thoroughly enjoyed them, so just wanted to say thanks very much for the hours of fun and enjoyment you've given me, and also to say you have loads of nerve in the way you deal with the confrontations that you have to suffer, and yet you still keep going, anyway keep em coming all the best Tony.

I went to Manchester City centre recently. Not been there since the 1990s. It was horrible.

My first experience of Blackpool was a very rainy summer day trip in 1974. So excited as the Dr Who exhibition had recently opened earlier that year. To come face to face with the monsters and Daleks you had been terrified by on tv was both fascinating and darn scary. You could walk into the pleasure beach free and pay per ride which was pence. The funhouse was fantastic albeit the scary laughing clown. The song "Beach Baby" was in the charts then and always reminds me of this visit whenever I hear it, which of course is rare now. It was much more a family resort back then with lots of elderly folk who came out of the war dressed in flat caps, raincoats, headscarves' and tweed jackets. Last time I went was 1994 and it had already got pretty seedy by then. I might drive up again this year and document it for old times sake.

Miss Blackpool of the 90s/00s

There’s a guy called Tony Taylor that appeals parking tickets and he pretty much always wins! Search him up. He’s appealed and won mine!

A derelict former holiday town, you couldn't pay me enough to suffer a week in that hole

Not been for years last time i went some guy tried to break in to my room in the night, the chef was in the next room and chased him down the street with just a towel round his waist, he caught him and handed him to the police. He came back to tell me it was safe now. My daughter was shaking and worried he would come back so i sat up most of the night reassuring her she was safe. I checked out in the morning and never went back to Blackpool.

Run by a Labour Council. Says it all.

I saw the Grumbleweeds on the pier, I was a young boy, they put the lights out and they came through the audience in skeleton suits with torches, I wet my pants, honestly, I pissed em, too much for a young boy to take in.

The Winter gardens looks great. Shame it's in Blackpool.

Blackpool (well named) is the sort of place you visit once or twice a year to remind yourself why you do not visit.

Blackpool is great. I like that it hasn’t upgraded. It still retains that genuine nostalgia

A jock in Blackpool in the holidays ? Mi timbers are well and truly shivered. Ya alright, Charlie.

There's a lot to hate in the world, but there is beauty if you look a little deeper. 🏵✨️

The ultimate definition of ‘bleak’.

You can find the same in every town. Good bad and ugly.

Loving the new camera footage Charlie.

Love it Charlie cheered me up make me laugh in positive way cheers ❤

Winter gardens was opened in 1878 and has different themed rooms. It also at one point had a ferris wheel.

I used to love this place. Now, I'd rather walk round Morecambe with a nail in my shoe on a wet Wednesday night than go there. The good news is though Charlie, if it got worse the longer you stayed, I suppose it must be improving now you've left. Lol.

I went swimming as a kid at Blackers in the 70s doing front crawl grabbed a solid human turd never been in the sea since !!!

great vid as always !

Great video man, I was out too today and missed you by seconds after filming the Hare Krishna's lol Steve@Spiceheads

I live in Blackpool, it's not all like this, there's some lovely parts, it's not a city it's a town, that warehouse you talked of is the old post-office, try going to the beautiful Stanley park,

20:50 They're all parked. The seagulls can create a huge amount of mess in just minutes. 🤣

Those God awful war of the world street lamps round the corner from Church Street. When I lived back in Clevelys for a few years, I think I went into Blackpool town centre once just to catch the train. It still can be nice to walk along the promenade though.

He did listen, 60 frames per second. Let's go.

That's where I had my first tattoo , I was drunk as a skunk , but had a good weekend with all my workmates . The year was 1981 😅

My wife is American. I am absolutely 100% taking her to Blackpool tower and convincing her it's the Eifel Tower in Paris. I almost had her going on drop bears from Australia where I was born. I'm pretty confident I can do this!

Many a great weekend spent there,when the lights are on,good fun.xx

Thanks for the tour of the Winter Gardens, I will have get there and see that for myself.

my therapist: clean shaven Mario isn't real . . . 9:03

OMG I could cry I used to live there during the summer season. I was in a show. I loved the place. It’s disgusting what it’s like now. 😮😡

Would love you to join us in Alderley Edge one Saturday! 🙌🏼 Plenty to film on the bypass and village, all sorts happens Charles 🤣

I'm picturing Charlie turning round to inexplicably see wheelchair guy racing towards him doing the obligatory w*nker sign 😂

How sad. Emblematic of the decay of our country. I have great memories of holidays in Blackpool as a child. I knew I recognised Winter Gardens - it used to be Professor Peabody's Playplace and despite its kiddly-fiddly-esque name, was an amazing place for kids but would never be allowed today due to health & safety

I hope those monks found a hotdog stand and were made one with everything. Better have the right amount of cash though, because change must come from within.

I went to Blackpool last week for a couple of days . I got out of the train station and walked towards Sainsbury’s and someone got stabbed . Then on my last day I was walking past Poundland and again someone got stabbed . Very dangerous place now

Lot of good memories of Blackpool. Noticed how much you smiled too Charlie.

I like to visit Blackpool now and then. It always reminds me to stay sober and earn money.

It’s a mess. Everything is rundown, dirty, dilapidated, closed, or falling down. It’s heyday way a long, long time ago.

Even the Tower looks 'rusted out'! With the salt sea air hitting it all the time it certainly needs a lick of paint!

'Shabby without the Chique' love it😂

Blackpool, "The Margate of the North"

I never liked Blackpool even as a toddler and had to be carried out of the circus screaming the place down due to the clowns.

Love your banter,

Je m'appelle Jean-Maurice et vous regardez le show de Charilie Veitch en français !!! C'est la vie, c'est le Veitch.

What happened years ago was people who were on the dole for life went to Blackpool for a day out. And then in their wisdom though why do we come and live in Blackpool and be on the dole and life will be wonderful ever day just like our day out.

Have Blackpool council just given up? Look at the rubbish everywhere. At least get a road sweeper out ffs.

Blackpool is brilliant for 4 hours once every couple of years……it’s an amazing institution……big part of my upbringing…..

True Charlie, that AB video is brilliant 👍

13:40 Never been inside there...Wow! Thanks!

Bonjour et fantastique film🗼

20 million visitors last year. It’s not all bad.

That couple didn't look disabled to me. If the badge holder isn't with car the badge gets withdrawn, quite rightly.

I can only dream of living somewhere so beautiful.

I can remember as a child , that would have been a fantastic place to visit,

A bit snobbish with your attitude and totally disagree with you basically having a go at the homeless calling them thieves and druggies,their is a lot of genuine homeless people on the streets of Blackpool,maybe you should concentrate on the illegal immigrants who are taking up the hotels in Blackpool like the Metropole and looking at what Blackpool council aren't doing for the town.

Glimpses of the pleasant country this used to be before the gates were open to the hordes.

an ex of mine is an addict, your observations, may not be popular in these messed up times, they are however, 100% correct mate.

That AB video was just creepy when the wo MAN officer started his search

Its famous for different kind of rock in 2024

Disabled my arse. Granny, let me use your badge today,…

i lived in blackpool or twenty years loved it now live just down the coast in fleetwood saddens me to see it like this now wasnt always this way

Yep. A.B is in fact a legend.... Thanks for the vids charlie.

The best thing is people are slating Blackpool like the rest of the UK is some kind of Utopia. 😂Ok there are some nice places to visit in the UK if you really look hard enough but overall percentage wise the UK has been allowed to become a complete s******e. So slate Blackpool if you must but I’d strongly advise you to open your eyes and look around where you live whilst you’re doing it. 🤔

Yeah, that's what I always do Charlie , park about a mile away from any restrictions and get a taxi in or a bus even. It runs a lot of cheaper trust me🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Great video like 242. Hope ya well 🌹❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I see people all the time saying how wonderful a holiday in Blackpool is. There is no way, after this video, I would ever subject myself or my children to this place! Unbelievable! Looking forward to being in Tenerife in 2 days 😍

Was in Blackpool on Friday was shocked at the slum like conditions that was clearly evident through the town, it seems Blackpool has been abandoned to the slum landlord/ hoteliers, even on the golden mile it looked grubby and uncared for ! Surely the town council has a lot to answer for these authorities cannot keep harping back to the pandemic for an excuse to do nothing, Blackpool for years has been a favourite destination of ours Now just like a lot of the hotels is seems to be a uncared for crumbling botched up dump so so sad Blackpool Authorities hang your heads in shame !!!

I went there in the 70s as a young lad with my cousin and grandparents and had a lovely time. Stayed at a nice hotel on the promenade and remember going on the haunted train and funfair. We saw a circus show on the pier if my memory serves me well. Sad to see its gone downhill

I love Blackpool, I go to this really good hotel

First time viewer, first time commenter. Love the French accent at the beginning. Made my day. Greetings from Poland

I was a. Big shabbier than last time Charlie but I still like the old dump.The Winter Garden's was a sight for sore eyes absolutely beautiful¡!!

Blackpool ; An entire town helping police with their enquiries.

The white English people really ruined Blackpool but we aren't allowed to say that. Sunak will fix Blackpool before Ukraine

I was born and raised next to Blackpool (St Annes-on-Sea) and I'm appalled at how disgusting Blackpool is now. I remember being in a school choir, which took part in the police concert, at the Winter Gardens. I also used to go to dinners there, with my parents. So, it's nice to see they've kept that building looking good. But how can the council justify spending somewhere around £80million, on the seafront, whilst the rest of the town goes to ruin?

My mate ( young blood ) lives in Blackpool does a lot of music relating to cancer, and other charity’s really generally decent

Blackpool is ugly, dirty, tacky and totally run down. OK, so most large seaside towns, these days, are run down but Blackpool is the pits.

Blackpool. Is the best I live here and it's amazing in the summer

There's a huge multi-story carpark smack in the middle of Blackpool centre, really not far from where they illegally parked - so if they can't be bothered to use it - TOUGH!

I was born bread and buttered in Blackpool. It was in fast decline at the end of the 60s. The best parts still remain like, Stanley Park, The tower and ballroom. The Grand theatre. As a kid I used to walk along the prom to read all the saucy postcards!

my home town was in decline for years under a labour council , now its been conservative run and the improvements are obvious

Clean shaved mario 😂

Hells Bells - Blackpool went from tacky to shite-hole...

6:02 A few crackies under that pier might have drowned today. Unlucky for you Charlie. They have those No Access chains even when the tide's out.

Last thing I would have expected to see in Blackpool was an advert for LBC.