BOARDED UP BRITAIN! “Not on my high street!”

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2 ай бұрын

In the concluding segment of our 'Boarded Up Britain' series, we venture into Northallerton, the hometown of Rishi Sunak, to delve into the concerning state of our high streets. Northallerton is an affluent middle class market town and as such is immune to the challenges plaguing many working-class communities across the country. We scrutinize why the Prime Minister's response to this crisis may be falling short and whether the stark differences in economic resilience between Northallerton and other struggling areas shed light on the effectiveness of funding allocation, raising questions about priorities in comparison to Foreign Aid.
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@HereToCheers 2 ай бұрын

Nick and Jill, you guys do a great job of highlighting the stark contrasts between affluent areas and working-class towns like Grimsby. The gap in investment, infrastructure, and community support are obvious but too many people just believe that's the way it's supposed to be. It's sad it's like this, and even sadder it's the same story all over the world. You're raising awareness and encouraging people to look at their own towns and cities and hopefully realise they can do something. Participate in local elections and advocate for meaningful change. Great series, great job documenting these issues and fostering discussion. We look forward to seeing the next series of "Bordered Up Britain". Rest well friends!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou Gina and Rob, your comment pinpoints the hope I had for this series. before I started it I was able to walk around with rose coloured glasses on and not see the decline of my very own high street. I had that snobbish opinion that it wasn’t happening in my town. Sadly it really was and investigating my own high street losses spurred me on to see what was happening elsewhere. if others do the same, the faster this topic will be spoken about and eventually it will get onto Parliament agenda with the level of seriousness we deserve.

@allykhan8594 2 ай бұрын

What change would you recommend to have less boarded shops?

@xenosscape8573 2 ай бұрын

@@allykhan8594 councils should encourage locals to purchase the shops in town in full (not on mortages) , rather than just letting National tycoons buy them , if a local owns the shop building outright and look after it , the Rents will be low. compared to a tycoon who only uses shop retail property to make massive profits off the back of locals. thriving town centers are reliant on low Rents , to allow businesses to thrive and most of the Councils in Deprived areas continued to get their funds via appeasing big Tycoons , big business. just by seeing sunaks highstreet , it is clear all those properties are fully owned by locals , one example is the Old building the argos is in , that is clearly locally owned and well looked after because no tycoon is going to buy that place if it needs consistent regular maintance.

@chaosflower4892 2 ай бұрын

The elites have decided we will run our economy on windmills and imported gas and electricity. They've closed down the factories.. I believe the goal is to now close down actual physical shops in town centres and high streets so the only shops that will remain are supermarkets and other select out of town type stores. It can cost £1000-2000 or more per week to rent a small shop in town. Imagine the profit you need to make in order to pay bills and wages to make that work. So shops stay empty and/or shops come and go. It can cost some £600 or more per week to have a little car trailer/caravan stall in town selling food or such. Everywhere is in decline. Just not the likes of Pangbourne yet...

@davidlittle7182 2 ай бұрын

@@allykhan8594 WM investing more money per capita on infrastructure. Parts of England like Grimsby have been neglected in favour of London. Long-term thinking gives long-term benefit

@johnpark-jones4285 2 ай бұрын

I live in Tiverton Devon and we have had four banks close down in a matter of a few years. The town has changed so much in the past few years there are a couple of shops empty and a lot of barbershops- charity shops and betting offices.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

the changes happen so rapidly dont they John? About a year ago I was still pretty much blissfully unaware of the change. you would notice the odd shop change and newcomers like Eastern European shops appearing but until you really look the change is quite shocking.

@Truman77. 2 ай бұрын

It doesn't help when retail parks are developed at the expense of town centres. Free easy car parking for retail parks, wheras town centres come with car parking charges/restrictions and long walks. Also supermarkets can sell most things, whereas they used to just focus on food.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

It was the model that we’ve watched destroy the American High Streets in the late 80s and early 90s. what do we do? replicate it identically ten years later and then act surprised when our high street dies too.

@ben7932 2 ай бұрын

Yep same here in Warrington, our MP lives in London, full of Empty shops. Down the road in the village of Knutsford, home of Osborne and McVey, every space filled with nice little independent shops, centuries old pubs, a Booths and a Waitrose and every kind of restaurant imaginable

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

really is a shocking divide isn’t it Ben? And this has all happened over the last 9 years or so during the Tory rule.

@bushwhackeddos.2703 2 ай бұрын

The Tories love poor people they bring in more daily ❤

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

do they still get paid from EU for taking them in?

@stratman9449 2 ай бұрын

so did Sir Blair.....

@juliegale3863 2 ай бұрын

And a bank open! We have to go miles to find one open.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

thats a very good point Julie. I wonder how they determine which branches close first? surely even Sunaks Northallerton will lose its banks soon?

@stratman9449 2 ай бұрын

not just one....

@nodrog630 2 ай бұрын

This is my town, spent nearly all my life here and it is a brilliant place but we also have the Allerton hotel full of illegals, dozens of Nigerians working for a homecare company, two new Turkish barbers, asian phone shops selling cheap crap, its changed a lot and I can't see Sunak keeping his seat, vote Reform !

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Wow Stephen, I have to be honest and Northallerton didn’t fit my narrative as perfectly as I would have hoped, there were tell tale signs that it’s a town that might change soon, like you say the Turkish Barbers were already prevalent on some of the side streets. All it would take would be a few Eastern European shops taking up the empty unit on the high street and you’d not only see the current shoppers go elsewhere but the other independents start to leave. I heard just this Sunday that in the biggest poll ever taken Rishi is all set to lose his Northallerton seat and the only real hope the UK has is definitely Reform.

@johngreen6191 2 ай бұрын

You summed it up completely. Your thoughts are mine too. It's almost like winding the clock back 150 years. I guess this was the plan all along.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

it does seem like this is the plan John. I had a comment suggesting as much from an MP on one of my recent videos. it was almost as if she was reassuring me that this was the intent all along..

@johngreen6191 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers Yes I can imagine what is said at private "gentlemens clubs" up and down the country. They think we haven't noticed.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

We are still playing catch up!

@irenejohnson2479 2 ай бұрын

Sunak does not care. The Politicians only look after themselves.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

very true Irene. I doubt when he loses his seat in Northallerton and then loses the General Election he will be selling up and jetting off to his pad in California.

@johnsmith-rs2vk 2 ай бұрын

It all went to the dogs years ago . Now we can hear the wolves howling and the vultures croaking .

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

And a look around places like Grimsby and you can see it will get a lot worse. the level of acceptance from the residents there is nothing short of shocking.

@beendoneagain 2 ай бұрын

It was fun watching this while I sit shivering in my cold house.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Tell me about it. Wasnt warm once over the winter and only ever try to warm one small room at once in emergency and yet the fuel bill was astronomical.

@boxtriker 2 ай бұрын

Most of the Uk Highstreets now resembles a Third World Shithole and not safe to walk down

@grahamthacker6498 2 ай бұрын

Exactly, gave up going into Manchester a long time ago.

@jjefferyworboys8138 2 ай бұрын

Luckily my High Street is really nice.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

I certainly get that feeling. You can clearly see people not feeling safe on their own high streets and I include my own in this. it’s a real shame.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

let me guess Jeffrey, you live in Northallerton? 😂

@libtardsrus7823 2 ай бұрын

Be a shame if bus loads of Migrants turned up in North Allerton

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

what a terrible shame.. 😂😂 should be proportionate right? if they are farming them out to all these places there should be an equal percentage to every town, city and village?

@AurumEtAes 7 күн бұрын

Hopefully if they have any common land an encampment of gypsy travellers will arrive soon. Unlike placement of illegal migration centres, the traveller communities are not directed by government. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone with money who is tired of politicians not having to live with the consequences of their policies starts discreetly bribing traveller communities to start targeting the places that the likes of Sunak live. It’s a way to screw with the the Elite class while appearing unconnected with the actions of those people on the ground who are visibly being an antisocial nuisance.

@GENerationXplorers 7 күн бұрын

That would be amazing, id be genuinely thrilled with that. I can vouch for the fact that there is a ton of land right on Rishis doorstep that does not belong to him that would be ripe for traveller settlement! 👍

@AurumEtAes 6 күн бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers my comment seems to have vanished due to KZfaq shenanigans, but thanks for your reply. Maybe we can manifest some travellers choosing the land you mention as their next destination

@maxtelero4904 2 ай бұрын

Went to chesterfield. My town. Grotty. Closed up shops. Cheap shops. Beggars. Drunks. Druggies. Pretty much like most working class towns

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Sorry about that Max, I’ll add it to the list of places to visit. Feel like we’ve been left to rot.

@stratman9449 2 ай бұрын

should rename these towns....something like "NOT working towns"......

@pressuredrop6173 2 ай бұрын

The whole country looked like Northallerton until the Tories got in. It only took them 14 years to destroy England.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Spot on. it certainly did in many of the places I’ve covered. Scarborough, Brid, Middlesbrough and York were all top notch places to shop and visit 14 years ago. they are all now struggling and getting worse by the day. I can’t speak for Hull or Grimsby, I guess there problems have been growing over a much longer period.

@johnsmith-rs2vk 2 ай бұрын

HEAR BLOODY HEAR !

@tommytippy4448 2 ай бұрын

My town is boarded up and derelict ,from a busy market town to a shabby dump and we have a Tory MP who does nothing about it

@jamiehardcastle4999 2 ай бұрын

Same here in Huddersfield but we have had a Labour council for years. We need to get rid of both Conservative and Labour but with who, thats the dilemma 🤔

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

its almost criminal the new divide they have created in this Country and still feel it’s not being addressed on main stream media. I saw ITV news run an article on it a couple of weeks ago but it seldom features and yet we live this decline day in and day out.

@stratman9449 2 ай бұрын

what do you think he should do.....??

@50mi55ile 2 ай бұрын

The demise started when councils allowed huge retail parks to be built on the outskirts of towns thus killing the high st

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

certainly didn’t help, nor did not charging Amazon Corporation Tax putting them at a ridiculous advantage. but I think the high street would still have its place. Smaller retail units, revalued rates and rents, a mix of retail, leisure and green space. it just needs a massive revision on a huge scale with clear input from Central Government on what funds to Councils get spent how.

@phildavies6020 2 ай бұрын

I think that town needs more diversity. It's done wonders for other parts of the country.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Superb Philip 😂

@maxbacon4828 2 ай бұрын

@phildavies6020 Sarcasm I trust?.

@phildavies6020 2 ай бұрын

@@maxbacon4828 Sarcasm? Me ? Never!..... (yes!)

@susanheywood4132 2 ай бұрын

Where are the immigrants ? Oh of course he wouldn't have any placed in the hotels there or hmo's , it is only our towns that are turned into boarded up scruffy dangerous places to live .

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

sad but true Susan. Someone in these comments put “North Yorkshire is lovely”, well yes it is if your in one of the lucky parts where your home hasn’t been put in the middle of HMO’s, immigrants and years of public funding neglect. I thought I lived in a middle class affluent area, it was when I moved in but after 14 years of Tory neglect its now akin to a third world country and no, for most, it’s no longer safe to go out..

@MrMichaeljhinde 2 ай бұрын

Trouble is, I'm not sure relying on Retail isn't going to bring those larger / mid-size towns up to the level of Northallerton. Aside from larger town centres having been impacted by historic planning decisions such as outlet villages, retail parks, the main driver for retailers leaving is that there isn't enough money to be chased any longer. You could theoretically subsidise all those brands in Northallerton to open and run units in all the other towns shown in this video but their sales are still going to be capped and they aren't going to stick around longer term (unless taxpayers keep subsidising them) unless we can find a way to put more money into the pockets of those in the catchment market and free up more time for those same people to be able to donate leisure time to visiting the high street (opposed to a stressed grab and dash for essentials at an out of town supermarket or quick click and buy of non-essentials online). Would also be interested what the leisure offering is for the people of places like Northallerton, where so many places seem to have reduced options in the past 30 years with the loss of parks, libraries, leisure centres, swimming pools, community centres etc... with many of the offerings that still exist having put prices and be far less affordable than they once were (normally where council have sold off to a private entity). Sad times.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

you make a good point, some of those designer brands would quickly die a death on our poorer high streets, we simply don’t have the same level of disposal income we had previously. it really is a case of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. More recently we see even the established likes of Ted Baker leaving the high street under retail struggles..

@tarlkoroban3733 2 ай бұрын

Barry Sheerman the MP for Huddersfield lives in Norwood Green which is nowhere near his constituency. After all these years (decades) I have only just learnt this. We are all being taken for a ride. Tory and Labour two cheeks of the same Harris.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

it’s sad isn’t it? I was absolutely mortified to find out that my MP lives in a lovely market town over a 40 mile round trip away and hasn’t been seen in our town almost the entire time he represented us. he is stepping down, the reasons behind that could make up an entire video series of its own but it’s about time these MPs get held to right and understand what life is like in our towns and cities that have been systematically destroyed over the last fourteen years.

@ramalama9650 2 ай бұрын

Something else I noticed. No enrichment.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

true.

@dinglehopper85 2 ай бұрын

When I see so many closed shops, I feel bad for the older generations, It might not be easy for them to get around and they have to go further just to do the shopping. It's sad to see, how badly the other towns are doing compared to Northallerton. Happy Easter.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Happy Easter Thomas! yeah you are right about the older generation but we also feel sad that the younger generation will never get to experience shopping as we knew it back in the day! 👍❤️

@diannehardwick950 2 ай бұрын

OMG WHEN I SAW Doncaster town centre last year I nearly bl**dy cried.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Aaww Dianne sorry to hear this! It is sad especially when you have fond memories of a place back in the day! Have a lovely weekend 👍❤️

@Leehuss5582 2 ай бұрын

The RENTS are way WAY too high, I just do not understand why the government are not clamping down on this....landlords are milking it

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

they certainly are Lee. we need to have a system in place that pushes landlords to either lowering their rents to keep buildings occupied or impose stiffer penalties for long standing empty units. I can appreciate landlords worry that renting for a lesser amount will devalue their property value but what is the real value of a property that has stood vacant for several years?

@Leehuss5582 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers I hear and I applaud 🤞🤜🏽

@bfrd1989 2 ай бұрын

Darlaston... but we already have 5 Turkish barbers we dont need anymore enrichment

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

who is having all these haircuts!? certainly not me! 😂

@Marie-LouiseArt 2 ай бұрын

I love how you guys raise awareness so that others can learn what things are like in their own towns and cities. Love your presentation style too my friends ❤

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Marie-Louise! Jill has DM’d you on instagram re your latest post! Much love have a great week ahead ❤️

@Marie-LouiseArt 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers ahh, fab! Thank you. I just followed you. Have a lovely evening my friends 💖

@chuckb624 2 ай бұрын

His home town is in india, he has a homeland.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

He’s actually from Southampton, im surprised he doesn’t get nose bleeds this far up North in Northallerton 😂

@chuckb624 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers lol

@jonholmes1845 2 ай бұрын

North Yorkshire is a beautiful part of the country.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

it certainly is but we have our newly neglected parts and our lucky affluent parts. fourteen years ago it was all beautiful.

@Harassed247 2 ай бұрын

I'm from a sea side town, just looked up my MP, Been in office for years, no address as to where he lives though. Time these upper class places had their fair share of migrants isn't it.

@lukeframpton3671 2 ай бұрын

Soon everywhere will be like Bradford Enoch powell warned us

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Whilst frowned on for his outspoken opinions we do need to live in a country where all opinions are heard. it’s only one part of the argument but without it we cannot voice the very reasonable concerns. Imagine what he would have said about the state of our towns and cities today.

@TheAdventuresofMegGreg 2 ай бұрын

I have loved following along on your Boarded up Britain series. It's been so insightful and informative on what's truly happening to some poor neighborhoods. Great tip on searching up your local MP and seeing where they live to compare to how your working class is. So sad. (We have MPs here in Canada and often experience the same issues). All the comparisons you put side by side are so eye opening. Wow. So sad. This video was fantastic as always you guys, you did such an awesome job on this series! So professional!!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Cheers guys! back to our Joint GenX silliness tonight (today for you guys!) have a lovely weekend ❤️

@ervinslens 2 ай бұрын

Educational and simply amazing! First town looks so sad and simply I won't even guess how much time is needed for the narration and editing here! 🔥🔥

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

thank you so much Ervin, it did give me one or two sleepless nights! hope your having a wonderful Easter! 👍

@ItsArtByDonna 2 ай бұрын

This series was an eye opener for anyone, living in or out of the UK...you put your heart and soul into this series Nick and Jill...looking to see what next on the agenda! Great video! Thanks for this eye opening series!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you Donna! We are looking forward to stepping away from it for awhile it’s been exhausting mentally and physically 🤣 both back to our crazy selves next week! Happy Easter 🐣💛

@thatplace1 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating Good strategy on finding MP Wonderful documentation of the boarding up of retail (in some places) Showing the two screens a good video technique How the government deals with city decline is frustrating Thanks Nick and Jill. 🤠👍

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Cheers Mike 👍

@davidyoung9561 2 ай бұрын

Just goes to show, in this country if you have money, you'll life will be good. If you are like me and on the minimum wage, you'll life will be shit and as for Sunak, he hasn't a fucking clue.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Sad but true David, these people haven’t a clue how to represent us. At least with Boris we thought we had a loveable rogue who could get his hands dirty. pre partygate obviously.

@gavinheath17 2 ай бұрын

My town of Spalding made it on to the list and I am so surprised to see how many Lincolnshire towns are on the list. It seems that this county which has been so instrumental especially in growing a large portion of the agricultural produce that every Briton including the 10 Downing street folks eat every day, has been completely ignored for a long time. I'm concerned about the leveling up payment and that the council has come up with very mediocre plans to spend it. I watched your Grimsby video and it broke my heart to see that, they really deserve to get that leveling up payment. I know that we're probably going to have a Labour government soon and what concerns me about this is that they'll get in not because they were any better but that the Tories have become so bad at running the country. Britons deserve better than mediocre, they deserve leadership that speaks for them and gets things done right.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Very true Gavin, I feel that even if the 2 million a year regeneration fund was continued to be paid after conservatives were kicked out local councils would need some real clear direction on how and where it should be spent. I have no faith in my council to spend it correctly, they will spend thousands on consultations, meetings about consultations and then disagree until there is no money left. your right Labour will probably get in because everyone is sick to death of the Tories. having lived through several Labour governments we know they are just as bad and well all probably be bankrupt with their reckless spending over the next four years. Hopefully Reform will win enough seats in Parliament to have a voice, a voice that gets heard on mainstream media more and a voice so loud that in four years they will be front runners.

@James-cs2wi 2 ай бұрын

Happening all over the place😢

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

and rapidly.

@nathalieduran7355 2 ай бұрын

It's the same where i live in France, the middle class towns and villages have got shops, doctors, restaurants and cafes. The working class /peasants towns and villages are like Beirut with everything shut up and falling apart.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

gosh I really didn’t know that Nathan, I’ve visited Italy and Switzerland since starting this series and kept my eye open for how the decline in retail may be taking shape there but saw no evidence of it on my travels. thats really interesting about France..

@stratman9449 2 ай бұрын

mhmm....makes you think doesn't it......maybe more "socialism" will fix things.....haha....

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

@stratman9449 It sounds quite appealing at this point. Oh no!

@nikobellic570 2 ай бұрын

Changing shopping habits! Online shopping, out-of-town retail parks, one-stop-shop supermarkets. Mega corporations offering convenience and aggressive pricing has killed small businesses, high streets and working class towns. Also, seaside towns have long been overlooked by sun-seeking holiday-makers enticed to Europe on dirt-cheap flights.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thats very true Niko, seaside towns predominantly care about the tourists and facilities such as high streets residents might require all year round have always got overlooked..

@LEGOLIZED 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the share Jill and Nick.....it starting to happen here also but they fill the stores with barbershops. Now we have like 10 of the shops close to each ohter...So Sad the world is changing alot....byt we have the weekend - that magical time when the couch becomes a throne, the remote a scepter, and the kingdom of relaxation awaits! May your weekend be filled with heroic feats of rest, epic quests for snacks, and perhaps the discovery of a new favorite show that you'll binge-watch with the dedication of a scholar. Here's to a great weekend, where the only thing working hard is your Wi-Fi! 🛋📺🍿

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Hi Fred love this comment about the weekend! Who doesn’t like a longer one! Quest for snacks has already begun, currently finishing the last episode of Halo before getting out to film some bank holiday madness! Both of us will be bringing our crazy back as of next week! Our WiFi annoys us during these holidays as it is shared out with all the holiday makers staying in the area so ours doesn’t work hard enough for the price we pay 🤣 have a great weekend 🐣👍

@peterlai6695 2 ай бұрын

and the uk is giving 1.5 billion to the ukraine for what.

@a44489 2 ай бұрын

sniff coke wat else

@a44489 2 ай бұрын

dont go to poor citerzens of there nation does it.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

its not a war that should have even started. we have the wrong leaders here and the wrong leader stateside and we are all paying the price..

@cloudbasenirvana 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers Putin & Zel both Khazars and W£F - Ukraine (the heart of old Khazaria) war - it's nothing but part of their puppet show. Money laundering, control and death (murder of the innocent) is what they thrive on.

@tommytippy4448 2 ай бұрын

The Tories have decimated our towns and reduced them to boarded up derelict no go areas,especially in the "levelled up" North

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

They have a nerve to ever bandy the term “levelling up”.

@stratman9449 2 ай бұрын

haha....more likely the "levelled" to the ground north.....

@michaelcarlos8686 2 ай бұрын

At least I know where to get crack next time I’m in Grimsby.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

I bet his business has been booming since this video aired! 😂

@sicks6six 2 ай бұрын

my nearest high street is Blyth in Northumberland, Oxfam, Sue Ryder, St Oswalds, Iceland, animal rescue, Britsh Red Cross, Poundland, Cash generators, Vapeland, a collection of takeaways and betting shops banks & building societies but the best-looking shops are empty and have artists' impressions on the windows of what they "could look like" to say the area is rundown isn't doing it justice, the council is revamping the market square yet again, every 3-5 years they tear it up and rearrange everything saying that will attract inward investment into the town, you know the old saying "doing the same thing every day expecting a different result is a sign of insanity" Blyth Council has taken that to heights no other council has ever dared to tread, the waste of money is on a level never seen anywhere else in the UK, it is one of the most rundown violent towns in the UK and the people voted in a Tory MP and Northumberland County Council has a Tory majority, you can't make this s**t up, Take a look at Blyth you will not be disappointed, in the 1960s it was the busiest port in the UK with 12 coalmines feeding 6 million tonnes of coal into ships taking it all over the world, today the port is silent in comparison and so is the high street,

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

It’s a really crazy situation isnt it? that the port that had its very industry ripped away from them by the Tories found themselves voting for them again in 2019 on the back of poor promises for change. Well, we all did the same sadly and without exception we are all worse off. The artists impressions on windows, im actually grateful to see those as most stand boarded up or empty with a ridiculous “to let” sign up. nobody is ever letting them, these greedy landlords that won’t negotiate reasonable rents surely don’t think that there is a queue of independents wanting to move into their long standing empty shells whilst paying full whack? all they are doing is maintaining a property portfolio that they probably inherited until a Council bankrupts itself trying to buy out the buildings at market value to repurpose them. thank you for bringing Blyth to my attention, it’s gone on the list and I’d love to get your local opinion when I visit later in the year. Stay in touch, im on insta and email is in the about 👍

@PostcardAndAPint 2 ай бұрын

This has been a great series. The divide between the working class towns and the middle class towns is now so apparent. As you say thought, those in parliament don't live it everyday, so don't care. Keep up the good work. 🍻

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks guys, it’s definitely taken its toll. doing back to back segments has taken an enormous toll on not just us but our poor viewers, we can confirm that our videos will only get a lot sillier over the coming months to compensate! I notice Rhyll hasn’t been earmarked for high street regeneration but Wrexham has! hope your having an amazing weekend in Devon. Love Jill and Nick 🍻

@PaulD-Australia 2 ай бұрын

Hi Nick and Jill. This is a brilliant conclusion to your boarded up series. Thanks so much for sharing. 👌😊

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Paul! Happy Easter 🐣👍

@stevenmahlke2063 2 ай бұрын

Unelected Prime Minister in the UK. Unelected Taoiseach in Ireland.... Anyone seeing the pattern!?!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

absolutely living in an undemocratic society. how on earth did we get to this point Steven?

@CowboyJojosAdventures 2 ай бұрын

A good comparison Nicholas. Obviously some very inactive MPs who don’t live in the desolated communities. Hopefully change will come. Thank you for taking us along Nichols. Have a great weekend 😊

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Cheers guys hope you are having a lovely Easter weekend 👍🐣

@CowboyJojosAdventures 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers Happy Easter 🐣

@WainwrightWalksWiaLocalLad 2 ай бұрын

Interesting video Nick, interesting video Northallerton seems to be doing well. Kendal my closest "town" is doing OK I would say. My MP is Tim Farron, Libdem he lives in the next village 2 miles or so away. I am well aware that I'm lucky, although sometimes I feel like I'm living in a theme park where the majority of the visitors don't give a damn. It's not uncommon for locals (and I mean "born and bred") to arrive home after work to mind themselves unable to access their own drive. ☹️🤬Thanks for sharing, cheers Alistair 👍

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

It’s great that the Lakes attracts such a wonderful footfall and that you have MPs that live so close to places that they represent! it can be a curse and a blessing attracting so much footfall too. we struggle with parking near our property too (if I moved my car this weekend I’d not get within half a mile of my property on my return), with the increased footfall sadly comes increased crime with robberies increasing ten fold during the holiday season. Barrow in Cumbria is probably the closest place that is really suffering with their representative hailing from the market town down the road. By all accounts he seems like a pretty decent MP that gets involved with a lot of the day to day in Barrow, I don’t know of anyone that’s ever seen our MP in the town!

@AlanMETALMAN 2 ай бұрын

Long time since I was in Northallerton and I agree with you on certain, more affluent areas of the country, just have to go to Barnard Castle, which always seems to be busy when you drive through. Our Wilco is still empty with no sign of anyone wanting to move in and funny you mentioned the Boro, a place that is quite local but we have never used for shopping or even a visit. Never been to Bridlington and watching this I will not be visiting any time soon. I could cry when I see York, so disappointing and we visit every year but to be honest, only buy food and nothing else. "Sort out our working class towns and cities first".....I could not agree with you more, us first and other people later! Cheers Alan

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

thank you so much Alan 🙏 we have had to put up with these empty units for years now. some of the shops in York have been closed since 2018 so there is no blaming the pandemic for those. its the greedy landlords not budging on rent and being able to afford to keep those buildings vacant until they get the inflated value they want to sell them. we need a party in power that consists of MPs that don’t all have a property portfolio of their own. Sadly as many as 3/4s of MPs have property portfolios that they manage so they won’t be passing any bills to weaken landlords powers anytime soon.

@billygoatfilms7531 2 ай бұрын

Well first things first, I’ve just finished a new Saturday night filming/schedule/programme (don’t get excited it’s total crap!). However, I found it very stressful editing my pathetic film that my blood pressure rose to dangerous levels (in fact I’m probably in A&E right now). All I had left of my miserable night to look forward to was GENeration Xplorers Friday evenings film. However, after watching it my blood pressure is now in the stratosphere ❤️ My MP is Vicky Ford (Con), or as we like to call her Vicky Fraud. In my city centre it’s very noticeable how affluent most people are plus very few boarded up shops (there are of course a few). To be fair though I’ve never seen anybody with a 22 carat gold shopping bag. Your film Nick has just reminded me to apply to my local Communist Party for membership. We shall overcome some day! BRILLIANT TEN STAR FILM ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ THE FIRST EVER GIVEN!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

now that is the best news ive heard all week, we need Mike back on the telly! Yours and mine both Mike (re. blood pressure), think ive aged 10 years filming these last few back to back segments, when this nonsense does return it will come back as a once a month segment for the well-being of me and the viewers! Vicky Fraud I like that, interestingly an Irish MP that also has a substantial property portfolio. how we can ever make life hard for the landlords of these empty spaces when the MPs that represent them are also landlords is beyond me. Loved that gold shopping bag, I had to chase her down as an afterthought but im glad I did, heaven forbid anyone ever takes me too seriously! the Commies would create an even bigger divide than the Tories but im guessing the have nots would all be better off (or at least think they were). 10 stars is high praise indeed. excited to see yours later. Spoiler alert im out trying to film the typical British Drunk Antics that happen over a Bank Holiday Weekend, when im not filming I see so much so armed with a camera I went out to film all the most deprived places yesterday. 4 hours later and I only have about 30 seconds of worthy footage. hopefully there will be more nutcases out today!

@user-ey6rl3oy7p 2 ай бұрын

Makes me mad. Time to get rid.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

me too. I think they will be gone soon enough. there time is almost certainly up and they are doing incredibly poorly in all the polls.

@gerrymcfarlane6813 Ай бұрын

The Wealthy don’t give a thought to those live on the Breadline.

@GENerationXplorers Ай бұрын

So true Gerry. Northallerton genuinely sickened me. They have a food bank (I learnt later). I’m guessing for all the wealthy people living beyond their means that want hand outs too. Truly disgusting.

@FXWalesAnnaAlf 2 ай бұрын

Hi Nick, this was good to see and oo so Rishi S is from here 😯 I've heard how lovely North Allerton is and it did look great as you walked around. Interesting to see the difference between this and other places you have visited and shown here, such a big difference. Have a great Easter whatever you're doing. Pasg Hapus ! ( Happy Easter ! ) ~ Anna 👍❤️

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Pasg Hapus Anna & Alf 🐣 thank you for your great comment have a great weekend 👍

@pagrant 2 ай бұрын

Kiddminster , Stafford may be worth a visit to do a boarded up high street

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

thank you 🙏 have added them both to the list. its looking pretty decent now..

@WanderingwithWatto 2 ай бұрын

Richard Graham is our MP. I have met him and he is a plank. Another great video guys. Love this format. I feel there is change on the horizon. The only thing that worries me is. If the change will be any good. Personally I am not convinced. Great video guys. Love it. 👍🏻🚶🏻‍♂️🚶‍♀️

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Love it Watto! I haven’t met my MP, I guess I’d have to see him in Parliament or visit him in his wealthy middle class market town of Malton if i wanted a chat! I don’t think it helps that most of these MPs have massive property portfolios, how can we possibly ever fight back against wealthy/greedy landlords that own these empty spaces if they are the ones that govern us? Change is definitely coming, im seeing a collab with Reform and Labour on the cards, let’s hope the former are strong enough to stop Labour making us all bankrupt otherwise it will be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire..

@WanderingwithWatto 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers I definitely see Reform having a big say. The people have had enough wokery.

@hhill4413 2 ай бұрын

Notice the increase in the thousands of vans on the road lately. This is where lots of higher street shops have disappeared to. Still there are plenty of Turkish Barbers about, roughly about Half a dozen per street. 😂

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

so true on both counts, even Rishis Northallerton had a couple of Turkish Barbers, I guess it’s just taking longer to hit the middle class towns and villages but try as they might with things as they are they will be the same as everywhere else soon..

@marksullivan1188 2 ай бұрын

Funny how diversity is not Northallertons strength...maybe we ship 500 or so up there,see how the locals like that....!👍

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Would love that Mark. Hell they have done at least that everywhere else, it’s only fair..

@IamaDutch-Kiwi 2 ай бұрын

Frustrations here: My response has disappeared. Wished I'd copied it from a text app- it'll never read the same 🧐! You know my thoughts on empty shops and a sleeping or lack of creativity ( or both) city council. I'm sure there are more reasons for the empty shops and yes, lack of council involvement is one. Unemployment another big contributor as is retail rental space costs. To name a few. Now a counter vision. The shops may be empty- why is the place in such a mess? People are responsible for their environment, whether there are shops, amenities or otherwise. Neglect adds to the poor state of the area which in turn makes the almost slum like town centre loose it's lustre. That, if I may be so bold, isn't solely the Council's responsibility. A bit of pride in one's town would go a long way into making it more attractive - even if only cosmetic. Now, I think I worden this a lot better last time...😊! But you get my drift. Looking forward to seeing what you do with these videos. Contacting councils, local papers? Would they pick up on the stories? Anyway, yes I was glued to the screen and Yes I applaud the series. Keep it up. Looking forward to what your next series uncovers. Happy spring days 😎👌🙋‍♀🇳🇿🥝

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Hi Anita we hate it when YT eats comments it’s so annoying especially when it’s something you are passionate about and write a really long one! It’s happened to us many times, we started writing them in notes and copy and pasting them at one point! We saw your reply to out and about with Andy about India and the Space program! Received this one and you are right kind of goes in hand with what we are saying with local politicians not living in the towns they are running for! Changing trends and societies are hugely responsible too! Glad to be having a break from this topic it’s mentally exhausting sick of the sight of boarded up shops 🤣 bit of GENX silliness and new ventures coming! 👍❤️

@IamaDutch-Kiwi 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers poor or rich one needs to take responsibility for one’s situation. As you say. Depressing. Awesome. I look forward to the silliness. I’ve got a huffing puffing hike due tomorrow. It’s extremely warm here and I’m quite tanned already. Hope spring warming up your way. Have a great week. 👌🙋‍♀️🥝

@user-bk7gv7kz5r 2 ай бұрын

Grimsby is a fishing town. The Iceland thing plus the overfishing of local waters with the death of the cod fishery. Its not Sunack or classmate, its economics. No jobs, a town dies. Solve the fishery problem first. Any ideas?

@davidlittle7182 2 ай бұрын

Government doesn’t see its responsibility as replacing that industry with anything else. It should. The same happened on a bigger scale when Thatcher closed coal mines and steelworks

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Well Boris’s two part idea was that one you could reclaim the quotas by living EU (the very same way Iceland did at the start) or secondly secure deals to become the biggest processing plant for fish in the EU. the first part was a lie and the second became too much aggro for EU to cope with. He failed on both. Revisiting that deal under a new leadership is the only hope.

@stratman9449 2 ай бұрын

fish & chips at 12 pounds aren't the big seller these days......

@nationalparksprincess3216 2 ай бұрын

This was really interesting! This place looks so different from the others you have shown us.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Princess! It was very different! Nice place! Happy Easter 🐣

@andrewbennett7756 2 ай бұрын

He lives in cloud coko land

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

certainly does Andrew. out of touch with reality.

@EpicAdventureCouple 2 ай бұрын

Nick good one today. Have or have nots. Happy Easter to our favorite Genx ers..

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Why thank you fellow gen Xers ❤️👍🐣

@martinspeer262 2 ай бұрын

You know what half of our problem is and as much as i like my music, a great number of them who made their money in the UK (Gary Numan, Johnny Lydon, Steve Jones, Billy Idol and many others) went to live in the US and mainly to avoid being taxed here and yes, I include "patriot extraordinaire" Morrissey as well but it doesn't stop there. The majority of the rich have invested their money off shore and dont pay tax in this country and that's money we could desperately use but hey, greed is good or how does it go? The problem is that everyone is just talking about the decline but nobody's willing to address the elephant in the room which is that a lot of people simply dont pay their taxes in this country. Yes, the government would probably squander that money as well but that's a different topic which boils down to this ridiculous two party system we have where you'll get a different party in power every so often but ALWAYS the same damn politics, same as in America.. okay, rant over

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Well thats very true Martin, I can agree wholeheartedly with that. Our big tax earners will always find a way to pay tax elsewhere. It’s not just a game played by our wealthy Brits it’s the Corporations almost leading by example, Amazon, Apple, etc are all afforded Corporate Tax breaks whilst ensuring only minimal tax is paid here despite the billions they earn here. I’m sure Rishi and his wife will be so much more better off when they are out of number ten as Akshata will immediately return to not paying taxes here unquestioned and unchallenged.

@colinevans39 2 ай бұрын

Oh my god its so sad the difference between the poor and the people it's borderline evil 😤

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

It really is Colin, an unforgivable mess the Conservatives have put us in this time. I was a huge supporter but this is a real mess they have created, never again!

@antoniopalmero4063 2 ай бұрын

This Rushi , is all you and your Conservative Party .

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

The divide will only continue to grow under Rishi.

@brendanstoran7555 2 ай бұрын

Needs more bookies,kebab shops /Turkish barbers, and a few pound empires!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

If I had the finances to back that happening I’d do it to places like Northallerton just out of spite! you make an interesting point though Brendan, I wonder if the multitude of such shops have helped chase our independents off the high street? if I had a shop next to a string of them I’d imagine it would scare the type of footfall away from my premises? 🧐

@brendanstoran7555 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers no doubt about that pal, all helped to the decline of the traditional high street,

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

100%

@theresabigwideworld2632 2 ай бұрын

A suggestion for series two is the Midlands former mining communities, Mansfield in particular as that's a town I've visited regularly due to friends living there. Very depressed when I first visited in the 1990s then it seems money was spent, particularly in the outskirts of town with an industrial park. From what I've heard since the town centre isn't good now.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

We have added this to the list for possible visits in the future, thank you 👍

@Thorkenn 2 ай бұрын

Hello Nick and Jill 👋. Is this a premier? I’m confused now because I’m not getting a notification 🔔 and I know you release your video during Friday. This cosy and interesting city ❤️. 9:20 love ❤️ the architecture and colour of houses . Thank you for the information you shared Nick 👍. Have a wonderful weekend 👍. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Kenn! We haven’t been doing them as premiers just uploading at the moment! Have a great weekend 👍

@johnsmith-rs2vk 2 ай бұрын

More barber shops and nail bars . Most are Fronts .

@philipwelsh1862 2 ай бұрын

And their not good barbers I can vouch for that

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Has to be truth in that John, we have over 120 closed retail spaces on our high street now but we have nail bars and Turkish barbers popping up everywhere. there isn’t enough custom to certain the footfall they are claiming, it should be really easy to look into (I have tried btw)

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

@philipwelsh1862 I have to only imagine, sadly my head of hair does not require their services 😂😂

@philipwelsh1862 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers well now that’s a bold comment friend 😜

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Sad but true. Very 😂

@vandaventures1186 2 ай бұрын

I know exactly who my MP is because I regularly waste my time writing to him. He's currently got a property portfolio of over 100 million quid and is more interested in making sure his stables are warm for his horses than looking after his constituents! Great vlog by the way 👍

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

🤣 sounds about right! thanks for your great comment! have a great weekend 👍

@vlogsnorth 2 ай бұрын

still looks a nice place, nice stores and I'm enjoying waiting it. thanks for the beautiful tour.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@paulatyson3423 2 ай бұрын

We wouldn’t have a crisis if we looked after are own first

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

So true something this country doesn’t do is look after their own! thank you so much for your comment have a great week 👍❤️

@The_Brit_Girls 2 ай бұрын

Ooh, this is a bit of a contrast to some of the northern working-class towns you have previously highlighted! There are differences within our home county of Norfolk too. It's very posh and thriving along the North Norfolk coast where all the rich London folks have a second home. So much so that a lot of the locals cannot afford to live there anymore. Lucky old Rishi in his huge sprawling mansion beside a lovely middle-class town. I see one of our Norfolk towns made it onto the list - Great Yarmouth. Thanks for a very insightful and thought-provoking video. Love this series!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Ladies and that’s really good to know about your home county of Norfolk! We may at some point be covering the whole second home topic. Thanks for another great comment 👍❤️

@CooksExplore 2 ай бұрын

This is a great series ! Really interesting. We went to Stratford on Avon last week and so many of the shops were boarded up. That town is a tourist trap and visitors flock there all year round from all over the world. If Stratford can’t sustain a high street what hope have most other towns got.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

That’s interesting re Stratford! Such a shame! Thanks guys! Happy Weekend 🐣❤️

@paulpayton8238 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video with us all interesting rich Rob the poor 😢

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Paul and taking the time to comment! We need Robin Hood to run for Prime Minister 🤣👍

@paulpayton8238 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers your right ✅️

@gallivantinggalantes 2 ай бұрын

Hi Nick and Jill, yes all the shops are thriving there aren't they where he lives. Such a shame lots of towns have shops that are boarded up. Pubs that have been changed to supermarkets etc., etc., it is very sad. Thank you great video, Have a great Easter x Julie and Tony x

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Hi Tony and Julie, it’s such a shame that we live in a land now that has such a clear divide between the haves and have-nots. I think there needs to be a period of not just levelling up for most of us but levelling down for the rest! Have a wonderful Easter xx

@gallivantinggalantes 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers too right👍🐣🐣🐣🐣🐣🩷🩷

@MagentaOtterTravels 2 ай бұрын

Good point about where the MP's actually live!!!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Mine lives in the affluent Middle class Market Town of Malton and has an extensive property portfolio. I googled several other KZfaqrs MPs and found that their working class towns and cities were also represented by MPs that are not from there. this Middle Class/Working Class divide was nowhere near as prominent 14 years ago and in actual fact I moved to the most affluent part of Scarborough 20 years ago to join what was then probably considered Middle Class. 14 years of austerity, poor choices and cuts to public services have booted us down to rejoin the working class..

@MagentaOtterTravels 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers wow!😮

@TravelingTramps 2 ай бұрын

While we don't live in the UK so don't have an MP, I could tell you who our Congressmen and Senators are. They are also well off and live in nice cities! So many stark differences here between Northallerton and the other cities you highlighted. We certainly find that here in the US too, between cities. You mention other middle class cities are also well off in comparison to the working class ones. I'm just not sure though it's about political ideology. The US is currently run, by what could be considered a "liberal" government. Both the Administration and the Senate. The Congress is only ever so slightly "conservative." Things haven't improved and have actually gotten worse over the last 4 years. I believe that it will only improve if both sides drop some of their ideologies and actually look for solutions instead! You pointed out some of the things that may be working. Maybe, it's time to build on some of them. Loved the thought provoking series, Nick and Jill!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Hi Dave thanks for your great comment! it’s interesting hearing and comparing 🇺🇸 politics! you are right maybe instead of competing they should all get together and try and get things back! Love to you and Kathy this Easter weekend 👍🐣

@WeGoPlacesTours 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this series and how your showing how the situation in the towns, bringing attention to the decline of business. Glad to see some places revitalized. 👍😊🇨🇦

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Christine. More to come later in the Year! Bringing our silly pair back first for a few weeks we think 🤣 hope you are having a lovely Easter ❤️

@no_soy_rubio 2 ай бұрын

Great video Nick and great series. I would say I enjoyed it all but I'm not sure enjoyed is the right word 😂 Yep, it's easy to see why Rishi and the others don't care. Not their problem nor their concern. I can see why you need a break after this series. That was a lot of hard work put in to it and it's an exhausting topic. Hiking videos are much easier to make, just a shame nobody wants to watch them 🤦🏻‍♂️😂 Great job once again, have a great Easter ❤

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Sadly that is true. Must be wonderful to be able to enjoy a hike and make a film about it. mind you on doing the recon for this video we did a 7 mile hike around Rishis pad, I got stopped by the police twice and did think at a push that might make a good hiking video with the title “GET ORF MY LAND!” with Rishi stood waving in his front garden! 😂 hope your travels are going smoothly and your Easter is well and truly amazing, i bet you’ll see some interesting Easter traditions practiced in the places your passing..

@PinnedonPlaces 2 ай бұрын

Hiya Nick & Jill. Aw, I'm sad to hear that this is a finale to the boarded up series. But this one was exceptional. I expect nothing different. Interesting to see around Northallerton town, aha the lady with the gold bag bit made me giggle. Enjoyed the comparison with the two screens, so interesting. Thank you Nick, always thought provoking and always so good! xx

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Aaww thanks Alessa there will be a second series but feel we need a little break from it as it’s mentally and physically exhausting sick of the sight of boarded up shops 🤣 hope to bring back our silly duo-ness for a few weeks! Yes Jill spotted the lady with the gold bag and I chased her down thought it was quite fitting! Hope you guys are well and had a lovely weekend! 🐣❤️

@stephanieburt1662 2 ай бұрын

Just like thatchers britain minus the miners strike

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

just the teachers, nurses, doctors, train drivers.. 😂😂 it’s like we are going back through all the worst parts of time!

@MillyWeeble 2 ай бұрын

All your videos need to be broadcast on primetime TV, every single day, right up until the GE. I've watched all of your videos and they're insightful, if quite depressing, but the public needs to see the true horrors of austerity. Thank you for your content, it's so desperately needed in the face of mainstream media deception.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Ah thank you Milly, thats quite possibly the nicest comment I’ve ever had on this series. I will be doing a couple of Satirical Political Shorts and one full length video just prior to the local elections on May the 2nd. Hopefully they will continue to highlight the real division in this country now that has been caused by these uncaring politicians.

@MillyWeeble 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers Great, I've subscribed and look forward to more . Keep up the great work!

@earsandideas7266 2 ай бұрын

Northallerton looks like a really pretty town. Like you say we have good and bad throughout the country. Our nearest town of Spalding is dire and uninviting, but just a short drive to the town of Stamford, it is a completely different story.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Hi Nettie yeah it seems to be like this throughout the UK and further a field according to some comments! Have a lovely Easter Weekend 🐣👍

@zark212 2 ай бұрын

This video needs to go viral. Its absolutely despicable the way they live compared to the rest of us. The way they hate the "Working class" is so wrong and sickening. The very People that work and have to pay for them to be in the positions they are in and yet they walk all over us with utter contempt. He passes out sermons on how to live and yet He lives in the lap of luxury far removed from the mess He has created in this Country. We are all paying for London and for the likes of Him. They have dried the well of patience and finances over and over again. All they care about is themselves and have crossed far to many lines. The whole system is so corrupt and completely out of touch. It should be scrapped and the likes of Him made to pay back what should have never been given to Him in the first place. Thank you GENeartion Xplorers. A great channel

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

thank you so much Zark, really appreciate that. it is a shocking divide and while we all point to online, retail parks, changing trends the main overriding factor here has been those in power and the MPs that “look after” our constituencies. they look after their own interests which nearly always consists of a substantial property portfolio (likely inherited) and make sure that they live as comfortably as possible whilst keeping our dead towns and cities at arms length.

@ScotlandFarAndNear 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating series! Well done 😍😍👍👍

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@TLIMS777IH 2 ай бұрын

We let a bunch of criminals sell this island off right from under us, we are one of the richest country's on earth yet we watch people living and dying in the doorways of empty buildings, surely that has to be a crime against humanity, heart breaking what has happened to this land.

@LOTPOR0402 2 ай бұрын

Meanwhile let's give billions for other countries wars and millions to foreign aid , and let people in willy nilly

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

it truly is heart breaking. one of the reasons I ended the series there was it was taking too much of an emotional toll to continue. Seeing the real day to day struggles in Grimsby and then visiting Northallerton where people are swanning about without a care in the world was just too much.

@davidadams2823 2 ай бұрын

Great job guys as always 👍😎✌️🦈.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

thank you so much David 🙏

@AbdulsCycles 2 ай бұрын

The venture into Northallerton, England, are absolutely breathtaking, Following your journey and exploring these stunning places is a joy. Thank you for sharing this nice place, my friend 👍👍❤❤

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Cheers Abdul have a great day 👍

@AbdulsCycles Ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers its our pleasure

@yasminshikingmission 2 ай бұрын

It’s been quite the series Nick and Jill! Eye opening for sure and such a shame really seeing some of the changes taking place.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Yasmin! Happy Easter 🐣💛

@markwhite267 2 ай бұрын

Not surprised..I'm sure places like Hampstead are thriving, whilst poverty stricken towns look like something out of a Dystopian film made in the 70s....(The secret of Soylent green)....as an example....

@jjefferyworboys8138 2 ай бұрын

It's a self fulfilling prophecy. Why would any commercially minded business owner invest in such places ? I wish i had the answer.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

do you know Mark im ashamed to say I haven’t seen Soylent Green, I’ve googled it and it sounds brilliant. will grab that for a watch, thanks for the heads up.

@CluelessYoutuber 2 ай бұрын

Really good series Nick! Made me feel like you’re an investigator 😁 thanks for taking us along.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Kieth! we will revisit similar topics soon but having a few weeks back to our crazy gen x shananigans 🤣 have a great week 👍

@johnsmith-rs2vk 2 ай бұрын

Write to your MP ? They ' re more concerned about their expenses .

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

ive never seen my MP so much as visit our town.

@olwens1368 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers Ours doesn't show up, largely because we live in what has been a very safe Tory seat for umpteen years. Could be interesting this year, if he's worried enough. Not that it will make any difference, but would be a moment of schadenfreude watching him sweat.

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

I would have liked to have seen him this last weekend when the results of the poll came in, if it’s to be believed he will not only loose his seat but almost every one in the UK.

@OthmarsVlog 2 ай бұрын

thumbs up 👍🎥💯

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit 👍

@SetForAdventures 2 ай бұрын

Great Nick a tale of the haves and the have nots Highlighted perfectly ATB Simon

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou Simon, we are due a change although sadly we are all old enough to remember how badly things got under Labour each and every time they have been in power!

@SetForAdventures 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers change is definitely due mate (but personally under Labour boi a long time ago now mind ) I was way better off Nick, and could see a dr in 24 hours (now it’s 6 weeks to see a dr and saving small change here and there to do any above the ordinary) and year on year it’s got worse🟦 (but I’m at t he bottom of the socioeconomic pile the higher up you are the I suspect it’s been a period of prosperity) but even well d to do family’s now are starting to feel the pinch (only then Will the situation change for the better for people like me ) 🟥 Your film shows perfectly how the well healed have prospered will the rank and file have been left behind 🥹 Best regards to Jill mate 🙏🏼

@SuperSimon62 2 ай бұрын

Wow guys this is the best and most hard hitting with truths you have done in this series .there is no holding back in this one .loved this series

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

thank you Simon. these final back to back four episodes were a long time in the planning. the second series is already shaping up but, timing wise, it will come out later in the year to provide maximum disruption to the General Election. back to are usual nutty selfs this Friday, who knows what all these new subs will think of that? 😂😂

@yasminshikingmission 2 ай бұрын

Wow I had to comment again to say congrats Nick and Jill! Amazing number of views on this one 👏👏👏

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

Ah Thankyou Yasmin, all pot luck it seems! ♥️

@yasminshikingmission 2 ай бұрын

@@GENerationXplorers all your hard work too! You put lots into this series!

@GENerationXplorers 2 ай бұрын

It’s been mentally exhausting hence the brake lol 😂