Exploring the Abandoned Flagship Shopping Centre

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video, we explore the abandoned Flagship Shopping Centre in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The 250,000 sq. ft complex once contained over 30 tenants! It entered a period of decline in the last decade with numerous stores leaving until closure two years ago.
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@jakeward3886
@jakeward3886 2 жыл бұрын
Brings back good childhood memories going every weekend and getting a burger king :(
@myapinion7532
@myapinion7532 2 жыл бұрын
It used to be the Co-op in the 1970s. It was a large carpeted department store that had fashions, white goods, shoes, records, clock and watch repairs, cosmetics, hardware etc, a fairly big co-op supermarket, and a lovely tearoom called the Tartan Rooms upstairs, overlooking the street below. I worked there in the fashions and record departments. Loved it. Great memories. It was badly bomb damaged a few times during the troubles.
@georgebarnes8163
@georgebarnes8163 2 жыл бұрын
The Co-op was a million times better than this lemon, the Flagship was a disaster from the day it opened.
@mmc1086
@mmc1086 Жыл бұрын
I’m 38, got my ears pierced in the Co 30 years ago. I remember that and the tearoom upstairs. Xox
@myapinion7532
@myapinion7532 Жыл бұрын
@@mmc1086 Aw. It was a lovely shop. I loved working there. Fond memories of a lot of the staff too. 😊
@kieranparte8966
@kieranparte8966 Жыл бұрын
@@georgebarnes8163 I never was around for the old co op they moved it to a smaller buliding then it closed when I was around but as someone who used to go to the flagship I don't know why anything went there it was bland barely had anyone in it hopefully when it comes back it will be better
@georgebarnes8163
@georgebarnes8163 Жыл бұрын
@@kieranparte8966 The Co Op got blew up big time, anything is better than it is now. I was working across the direct road at the time bomb went off fixing a roof, no-one even knew we were there.
@Pipsicle330
@Pipsicle330 2 жыл бұрын
Never thought I’d see my own home town on this channel. Very eery I as used to work in there!
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
@Stormtrooper1488 me n my mates broke one of the cameras by throwing a chair from the foodcourt at it lmao
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
@Stormtrooper1488 we couldnt get into the bathrooms, didnt really want to either! 🤣
@kieranparte8966
@kieranparte8966 2 жыл бұрын
Same I live in Bangor
@stevieokie1
@stevieokie1 2 жыл бұрын
It's due to be refurbished and opened back up again
@stephaniemcquillan6167
@stephaniemcquillan6167 2 жыл бұрын
As sad as it is to see this shopping centre abandoned, it’s great to see you do videos in Northern Ireland. Love your videos. Very interesting.
@colindavid2078
@colindavid2078 Жыл бұрын
I was born and bred in Bangor, and the Flagship used to be very popular. It even had a car-bootsale in the multi-storey carpark near the final few years! Why isn't it still running??.... Ask the council and owners.... too high of rates, no business could survive!Most Businesses left to relocate to the out of town "Bloomfield shopping centre"!
@Dazzy84
@Dazzy84 2 жыл бұрын
Not surprised to see the state of the centre to be honest. Poundworld was the very last tenant to shut its doors but bizarrely, the whole complex remained open. No security, and hardly no cleaners in it. Remember getting a few things in that poundworld, then days later it was shut! Was great to see inside there after all those years!!! Brilliant vid. 👍
@danstill6772
@danstill6772 2 жыл бұрын
Burger king and a small store downstairs where the last I was working in burgerking when we got the call that flagship shut the place was empty near the end we got about 20 customers a day which isn't really much surprised we stayed open but the job was easy enough spent most my time eating in the office just waiting to see a customer on the cctv
@Fifth_Avenue842
@Fifth_Avenue842 2 жыл бұрын
@@danstill6772 sad to see the place go like that. I remember going to it once back in 2018 after a holiday in Spain and remembering that the Poundland had like 2 workers in it. I went to the food hall upstairs and it was depressing. Again sad to see it go. I wonder what will happen to the castle mall in Antrim Town if things go the same way
@geoffwhite7535
@geoffwhite7535 2 жыл бұрын
Iceland too
@kieranparte8966
@kieranparte8966 Жыл бұрын
Luckily for the people of Bangor aprently it's opening in 2023 and the car park is already open again may I wish the new flagship luck
@emmajones8590
@emmajones8590 10 ай бұрын
It's gone downhill and decayed really, really fast though. Only closed in 2019
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
13:31 that was a co-op, it closed in late 2012 if i recall correctly. i remember getting lost in there when i was little
@ml9052
@ml9052 2 жыл бұрын
Bangor Co-op to this day in my 27 years is still the biggest co-op I've ever been in, having been to many towns and cities across the UK. Back when co op used to be a 'proper' supermarket in the 90s.
@chewu
@chewu 2 жыл бұрын
Never thought I'd see the inside of that Co-Op again. Thanks for posting this.
@johnshooter4763
@johnshooter4763 10 ай бұрын
There was pigeons in it
@WillVenusASMR
@WillVenusASMR 2 жыл бұрын
11:41 when you see the former shop front of Iceland! I really like old shop signage and design, especially from the 90’s. Thanks for this 👍🏻
@FG-td4vs
@FG-td4vs 2 жыл бұрын
That shop was there since the very beginning and they changed nothing lol
@exploringwithsj6847
@exploringwithsj6847 2 жыл бұрын
I always thought the old iceland signs were better that retro style pretty awful now lol
@shawntyrrell5473
@shawntyrrell5473 2 жыл бұрын
Just found and started watching. I want to say thank you. You leave the areas as you find them. Even though they are abandoned, it is still nice to see just a walk thru. Sad that people have to go thru and destroy and trash them. So a big thank you..
@WhatALoadOfTosca
@WhatALoadOfTosca Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. I used to go here as a child. I don't think anyone here would call it a mall. We call them shopping centres. Thanks for sharing.
@59patrickw
@59patrickw 2 жыл бұрын
Built as dreams of the future left as dreams of the past
@colindavid2078
@colindavid2078 Жыл бұрын
That saying goes for the whole town (well, now city), not just the flagship centre!
@KapricornKary
@KapricornKary 2 жыл бұрын
It's the same thing in the US, stores are closing and no one wants to pay the high rent prices to be located in a mall. Not to mention not many ppl are shopping in these places anymore. I suppose it is sad in some ways, most of us don't like change. But when malls became a thing decades ago, ppl were up in arms about taking business away from the small downtown "mom & pop" stores. 🤷‍♀️
@andrewnelsondrumcovers1787
@andrewnelsondrumcovers1787 2 жыл бұрын
This is so sad. I was in this place quite a few times when the kids were young and they always insisted on getting lunch in Burger King before heading out to the sea front. We still have a big mirror over our fireplace that we bought in the Flagship years ago. Thanks so much for posting this.
@ukurbex3995
@ukurbex3995 2 жыл бұрын
Any idea what’s happened to it now as I am planning a trip to Northern Ireland in June so wondered if this is still there to explore
@andrewnelsondrumcovers1787
@andrewnelsondrumcovers1787 2 жыл бұрын
@@ukurbex3995 all I know is that the new owner has plans to refurbish it and roepen it as a mall but I've no idea how tar on this is as I live about 30 miles from Bangor and haven't been up there in the last few years.
@ukurbex3995
@ukurbex3995 2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewnelsondrumcovers1787 Thanxs for the reply I might try my luck there in June worse case just have a day out in Bangor
@emmajones8590
@emmajones8590 10 ай бұрын
That must have been when they still had a seafront, instead of that ghastly marina and car park.
@MATTY110981
@MATTY110981 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a certain fascination with dead malls. While they have been thing in America we have not really had them this side of the Atlantic as we had dead high streets. But with changing consumer habits I suspect that will be seeing more of them in the UK and Ireland .
@PEPSIMaxMusic
@PEPSIMaxMusic Жыл бұрын
Hopefully our local one stays open. It's small but still has a CEX, Poundland, EE + Vodafone + O² stores as well as a few others. Most of the upstairs shops have sadly closed though (Comet, Shoezone, Superdrug) and it has a slightly depressing vibe about it.
@RikAindow
@RikAindow 13 күн бұрын
Yes, the US doesn't really have town centres like we do, they're more road based than we are and as such there are tons of larger places with plenty of free parking spread out all over the places compared to here where they decided to stick them all in town centres with rubbish access for cars and expensive parking. I know not everyone uses cars, but I feel they'd have been more successful on the outskirts of town.
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
flagship centre was literally my childhood, my mam was a security guard in there from 2006-2011 before then moving to easons literally up the road
@LucaDaSilva57642
@LucaDaSilva57642 2 жыл бұрын
And that's closed down too. A shame as I really liked Eason's.
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
@@LucaDaSilva57642 aye same here i used to buy manga in there
@LucaDaSilva57642
@LucaDaSilva57642 2 жыл бұрын
@@twitch1986mp3 Yeah, bought some manga and comics in there myself. I miss it.
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
@@LucaDaSilva57642 same man, bangors just not the same anymore
@John_Wood_
@John_Wood_ 2 жыл бұрын
easons didn't end well either!
@LilFoxyCosplay
@LilFoxyCosplay 2 жыл бұрын
So weird seeing it empty I remember seeing it very busy My friend and I once got shelter there during a thunderstorm
@joanneneaves9651
@joanneneaves9651 2 жыл бұрын
You guy's are an inspiration 🙌 I started urbex over 11 years ago and at the time hardly no one was covering it.. in thr way you do. I found you when you had about 10 subs.. and you were about 14. Your info, history coverage and dedication is outstanding.. you always managed to get super shots
@lizstevenson7801
@lizstevenson7801 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, sad to see this close down. Quite a lot of people are favouring the smaller shopping complex or local little shopping centres now, social distancing and people being aware of saving and supporting locally grown etc. The people who own the Malls charge such a high rent, shopkeepers can't afford the overheads and wages of staff anymore. The world is going to see many more places close down sadly. Thanks again 🇦🇺
@largol33t1
@largol33t1 2 жыл бұрын
Seems the landlords are more concerned with squeezing as much out of the shopkeepers as they can before forcing them out onto the streets. Bloody fools. That's why these places keep going under: the landlords just price everyone out of the building. And then they wonder why their mall turns into a ghost town less than a year later. This price gouging happens everywhere: SE Asia, Australia, Canada/US, France, etc.
@LUDWIGAAAAAAAAH
@LUDWIGAAAAAAAAH 2 жыл бұрын
I live in Bangor thanks for the video, love my town! Come on you Bangers
@lukeg2455
@lukeg2455 2 жыл бұрын
Wow that peakocks signs is old interesting to see how the sign has changed into what were used to seeing nowadays
@niallmcardle7
@niallmcardle7 2 жыл бұрын
Love the Ireland videos - keep them coming 🙌
@geoffsmith7596
@geoffsmith7596 2 жыл бұрын
Someone said to me once that....'Life is something that gets in the way when you're trying to get on with something else' and that is so true and why I've not watched any of you're vids for a coupla months now but having just watched this one it made me realise just how much I've missed them and enjoy them. Way'da go for what you do and thank you for taking the time to edit and share.
@jonathanmcevoy4321
@jonathanmcevoy4321 Жыл бұрын
15:49 The Burger King used to be at Ground Floor to the right at the entrance to the Flagship Centre at the Bottom of Main Street in the 1990s and early 2000s before moving up to the 1st floor in October 2005 along with KFC and Subway
@danstill6772
@danstill6772 2 жыл бұрын
Was part of the last people to work here at burgerking in the food court which remained open surprisingly until the centre shut we actually had to get ourselves jumpers because the centre shut off the heating such a shame used to love the place when I was younger
@James-4812
@James-4812 2 жыл бұрын
I stopped going to Burger King because the cold drinks weren't cold enough, I used to have to ask the worker to stuff more and more ice into my drink, but it got to the stage where I couldn't be bothered asking anymore so I stopped going.
@danstill6772
@danstill6772 2 жыл бұрын
@@James-4812 aye burger king drinks are pretty shite lol
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
what years were you working there? you probably saw me lol. my mam used to take me to the burgerking there when i was little after she got back from work on saturdays
@James-4812
@James-4812 2 жыл бұрын
​@@twitch1986mp3 I didn't work there, I was just a customer. I have a feeling they're going to open it again, the centre was recently sold so it will be interesting to see what the plans are for it.
@staceyhay1355
@staceyhay1355 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome explore! Keep them coming!
@andyarmstrong1493
@andyarmstrong1493 2 жыл бұрын
Scary to see so much decay in such a short time. Loved the editing which showed the centre in the past. Great vid, many thanks.
@MajorAlenko
@MajorAlenko 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Ethel Austin went into administration in 2013 so that store has been closed for longer than the whole site. Still amazing how they’d let units go to that much ruin when the place was still open.
@HIT4120
@HIT4120 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, albeit a sad one. Such a same a huge complex like this has gone to wrack and ruin. As has already been mentioned, high business rates probably played a part.
@georgebarnes8163
@georgebarnes8163 2 жыл бұрын
Newtownards shopping centre will be the next to go, it now has a 50% occupancy and dropping every month, another one on deaths door.
@WhatstheStory123
@WhatstheStory123 2 жыл бұрын
Great video I love exploring these abandoned malls!
@Shea.denvir
@Shea.denvir 7 ай бұрын
I am looking at this now I am 16 now I am having PTSD from this thank you for bringing a memory back from when me and my dad went to see my uncle who was a vendor for clothes in there.
@eadweard.
@eadweard. 2 ай бұрын
I don't think you mean PTSD.
@Shea.denvir
@Shea.denvir 2 ай бұрын
@@eadweard. Best way I can describe it since it was 4:27am. Lol
@exploringwithsj6847
@exploringwithsj6847 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this guys, i remember once going into here when it was open.
@PINKHORSEY
@PINKHORSEY 2 жыл бұрын
We Love this video. It’s so good to see the before and after and a big surprise to see you used clips from our video thanks for linking it it’s so cool
@jeanettekennedy7433
@jeanettekennedy7433 2 жыл бұрын
so sad it was a great place to shop loved it thank you for showing
@shellvlogs132
@shellvlogs132 2 жыл бұрын
Loved this explore, great vid 👍
@STRAWBERRYJRECORDS
@STRAWBERRYJRECORDS 2 жыл бұрын
The size of that super market is just incredible.
@Ben42
@Ben42 2 жыл бұрын
Spent most of my college breaks here, and that was just in 2016. And I spent many childhood days out visiting here along with the seafront
@jackmillin
@jackmillin 2 жыл бұрын
Top upload again guys 😎
@nickyboam3406
@nickyboam3406 2 жыл бұрын
Strange how any retail businesses that can take advantage of idleness can thrive but only until a new even simpler format comes along. Indoor shopping centre replaced markets. Large out of town centres killed off town centre malls. Now online shopping is killing those. Each bubble seems to be over quicker the previous bubble
@katsudon2048
@katsudon2048 2 жыл бұрын
Adapt or die might be the only rule from now on
@prettypinkwitchlaura9213
@prettypinkwitchlaura9213 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always x
@jonathanmcevoy4321
@jonathanmcevoy4321 Жыл бұрын
2:26 The car park levels have been reopened on 19th November 2022 as the shopping centre is making a comeback, Level 2 was the only car park where I parked my car in Today when I went to Bangor this afternoon and I remembered when I was a kid when my parents parking the car at the Flagship Car Park when we went shopping or went for a Burger King especially on a rainy day and I used to walk from Level 4 to Level 2 Car Park every time I went to this shopping centre and then in 2012 I became more obsessed with lifts at this shopping centre so I used to ride on them up and down for 12 minutes and then filming it for KZfaq before Levels 3 to 4a car park closed for centre personnel only in April 2013
@rossscott5669
@rossscott5669 Жыл бұрын
I worked here in 2005/2006, mad and sad to see it like this.
@cjmillsnun
@cjmillsnun 2 жыл бұрын
Four days after you posted this video, the flagship centre was sold.
@kylestrain3231
@kylestrain3231 2 жыл бұрын
I live in Northern Ireland and didn't even know that had closed.
@pezzermra
@pezzermra 2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying these videos tbh
@MB-ex8ob
@MB-ex8ob 2 жыл бұрын
I sat in that wee muffin coffee shop many times 😀!!
@louisecooper2613
@louisecooper2613 2 жыл бұрын
Great video.....remember shopping in the centre many moons ago...
@cas..4724
@cas..4724 8 ай бұрын
Got such a sad nostalgic feeling from this I Rmbr this shopping centre being so lively when I was a kid
@thymichael
@thymichael 2 жыл бұрын
I've fond memories of being here with my dad and mum when we'd take a trip down to Bangor from Belfast shocking to see it like this now.
@jamesmck896
@jamesmck896 2 жыл бұрын
Strange that I used to walk there
@aaronweyl2272
@aaronweyl2272 2 ай бұрын
Man, painful seeing mentionable shopping mall hasn’t aged well left to decaying and it’s shame too as I used to come here in my toddler years up to early adult years…
@_JustSomeDude_
@_JustSomeDude_ Жыл бұрын
It’s weird seeing it empty, when I walked through it as a kid. Got some memories but I always remember it being on the decline. In the end it just became a glorified bathroom for me, I’d only use it to go to the toilets beside the food courts
@Some_Editz
@Some_Editz 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this mate I come from bangor legit just round the corner I've always wondered what It looked like now cheer mate brill vid
@RikAindow
@RikAindow 13 күн бұрын
I have never visited this centre but it reminds me so much of thr Galleries in Wigan which you covered in another video. I went only once or twice before it closed and it was sad to see how deserted the place was considering i think it was only built in 1994.
@whatarewegonnabe2932
@whatarewegonnabe2932 2 жыл бұрын
Good stuff enjoyed,cheers
@LiamS94
@LiamS94 2 жыл бұрын
Sorta reminded me of the abandoned Bargate centre in Southampton - that was a proper time capsule, with remnants of an internet café, SEGA Arcade etc.
@bevolson7619
@bevolson7619 2 жыл бұрын
So much like the abandoned malls in the US.. (both large and small malls are closed or are closing) they are replaced by online shopping.. it is very sad,, t was a nice family day to get out of the house.. so sad to see it empty
@kkrispy2009P
@kkrispy2009P 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice explore guys
@gileskerr5699
@gileskerr5699 2 жыл бұрын
I did security in this place for a long time I know every corner , brings back some memories, sad
@urbanexplorationireland
@urbanexplorationireland 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Great video
@azaafn
@azaafn 2 жыл бұрын
Back in the early 2000’s in here used to be packed every weekend when I was a kid then it came to around 2013/14 and it started to die off completely, sad to see, hopefully they make something new in there soon
@Sandmancoast
@Sandmancoast 2 жыл бұрын
It seemed to happen over night didn’t it? A Saturday afternoon in the food court and it would be impossible to get a seat. Sitting with groups of your mates with the 99p chicken sandwich’s each so you would be allowed to stay and then just……nothing.
@azaafn
@azaafn 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sandmancoast nailed it 😂😂
@davehanson7764
@davehanson7764 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, as with many shopping centres high rents may have played a part in this centres demise.
@marklittler784
@marklittler784 2 жыл бұрын
Government business rates are a big problem.
@MrL4t3
@MrL4t3 2 жыл бұрын
Cool explore ... sad to see such a big building going to waste. Probably not reusable anymore and only option is demolishing.
@MN-yh5vc
@MN-yh5vc 3 ай бұрын
I remember the huge Co-Op store being on this site, then watching this centre being built. It was thriving centre back in the 90s. So sad seeing inside it now. I was in here nearly every day yrs ago. Bangor whole town has gone to pot now ever since charity shops took over. So sad.
@Pipsicle330
@Pipsicle330 2 жыл бұрын
Used to shop in that Coop all the time.
@YourNansMan
@YourNansMan 2 жыл бұрын
Old memories when I always went in their
@Mt24855
@Mt24855 7 ай бұрын
Last I heard there reopening it, Bangor's dead now
@Eviction76
@Eviction76 Жыл бұрын
Love the till roll bunting
@anthonymcdonnell5384
@anthonymcdonnell5384 2 жыл бұрын
next to go will be Halton Lea, formley Runcorn Shopping City as half the shops there have closed
@this_is_a_tiny_town
@this_is_a_tiny_town 2 жыл бұрын
11:35 yeah my knees make that noise when I walk up steps too
@SmokeyBCN
@SmokeyBCN 2 жыл бұрын
the wall of the car park side facing high street has an interesting facade with large reflective fake windows that cover concrete bricks, to make the whole thing look like a regular building
@mrlister2000
@mrlister2000 2 жыл бұрын
It looks like The Galleries in Wigan, where there are very few shops left in that place.
@stein737
@stein737 2 жыл бұрын
wow wery intresting things
@DownUndaWhereTheresThunda
@DownUndaWhereTheresThunda Жыл бұрын
I used to visit Bangor frequently throughout the 90s, 2000s and believe it or not today (11/07/23). My grandparents and some family still live there. I used to love going into the Flagship there was a great computer games store called Whizz Kids. You could trade in your SNES cartridges. Then we would get groceries from the Co-Op. Then pig out in the food court. Sad to see it has been abandoned. Bangor is not how I remember it at all. Used to be a buzzing town with lots of great shops along the promenade. Sad to see the Windsor hotel is abandoned too. Back to New Zealand for us it is.
@James-4812
@James-4812 2 жыл бұрын
It seemed that when they put the food court in upstairs, the centre started to decline rapidly, it was around 2005/2006. Burger King used to be on the ground level and that was when the centre was buzzing. I remember sitting in Burger King when it was downstairs and watching people congregating in and out of the entrance of the Flagship.
@CharlieFlemingOriginal
@CharlieFlemingOriginal 2 жыл бұрын
Ethel Austin/ Au Natural went bust in 2008/9 I never thought I'd see that signage again. Ethel was clothing A N was homewares etc that was actually quite good.
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
aye i was wondering when it closed bc i didnt remember it being open at all n i practically grew up in the flagship
@formhubfar
@formhubfar 2 жыл бұрын
I worked maintenance in the center for a year, its demise came at the hands of Michael Herbert (KFC franchise owner), he bought the center so he could build apartments at the rear yard, he ran it into the ground increasing rents and making parking minimum £1, he done this with the intention to sell the center onto Eddie Irvine (former F1 driver) who intends to turn it into a hotel/casino, the multi story carpark is to be a karting track.
@kieranparte8966
@kieranparte8966 Жыл бұрын
It's actually planned to be a arcade from what I've heard
@formhubfar
@formhubfar Жыл бұрын
@@kieranparte8966 An Arcade?, will be a pretty elaborate Arcade.., I was one of the last people who worked there.
@formhubfar
@formhubfar Жыл бұрын
@@kieranparte8966 As I stated above, the word is its to be a hotel/casino with the carpark being a karting track.
@kieranparte8966
@kieranparte8966 Жыл бұрын
@@formhubfar not really as I've been around asked a phew ppl the car park is now open to cars And ngl Arcades and Casinos are pretty similar but it's likely to be an arcade as then it will attract more people
@johnpickk7526
@johnpickk7526 2 жыл бұрын
the coffee and muffins cafe was the least popular part of flagship lol
@adamruth4321
@adamruth4321 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I barely remember it being open
@johnpickk7526
@johnpickk7526 2 жыл бұрын
@@adamruth4321 me either, I remember only really seeing people use the seating of it lmao
@Jjz0289
@Jjz0289 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnpickk7526 the wee morning fry actually wasn’t too bad from it but yeah it was dead most of the day
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
aye i dont ever remember seeing anyone actually eat anything there
@dwrowley
@dwrowley 2 жыл бұрын
What a great video and exploration, such a waste, let's hope the new investors do something with it
@garrycone7240
@garrycone7240 Жыл бұрын
i saw on internet that the mall is due to reopen this autumn
@ClockChimes
@ClockChimes 2 жыл бұрын
I used to go there all the time when I was 7/8, I always wondered what happened to it
@nicolekinsella6515
@nicolekinsella6515 2 жыл бұрын
Nice pacer
@ClockChimes
@ClockChimes 2 жыл бұрын
@@nicolekinsella6515 Thanks
@GaryA1682
@GaryA1682 2 жыл бұрын
I like your video style and your content although 1 tip I would recommend is to get yourselves a stabilizer so the footage is a bit smoother when walking. Keep it up tho :D
@archiecampbell3211
@archiecampbell3211 2 жыл бұрын
I remember here for years I had been going there since 2003 and my family spent a lot of time here and in 2019 a few of my mates got kicked out but It didn’t matter much to them because of how dead it is
@JJMCB26
@JJMCB26 2 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Northern Ireland all my life but have never been to Bangor, looks like they have their own Rolling Acres Mall I see. Nice tour btw 🙂
@waynecrothers2012
@waynecrothers2012 2 жыл бұрын
Ya don't know wot your missing lol charity shop central I call it,has a few nice parks etc though
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
we do unfortunatley
@twitch1986mp3
@twitch1986mp3 2 жыл бұрын
@@waynecrothers2012 nah mate its a fucking dump
@matthewcochrane3750
@matthewcochrane3750 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, you guys need to check out the big idea building in irvine
@Domini_k
@Domini_k 2 жыл бұрын
Good suggestion but the place is heavily guarded with on-site security guard/van and cameras dotted around the site.
@Eviction76
@Eviction76 Жыл бұрын
This has happened to so many town centres 😢
@bonnie9855
@bonnie9855 2 жыл бұрын
Explore the abandoned burned down house near applewood, Swords in Dublin. Thr basement looks big but I've never been able to get in out of fear of not being able to get back up
@michailokeefeMooMoo
@michailokeefeMooMoo 2 жыл бұрын
Great video guys at least this place hasn’t Been smashed to bits
@stephaniemcquillan6167
@stephaniemcquillan6167 2 жыл бұрын
Yet
@alzeNL
@alzeNL 2 жыл бұрын
I think it would be interesting to see an analysis of how shopping/retails centers effected the retail sector and what the future is given the emergence of online. My own opinion is that shopping centers will eventually be repurposed, or completely demolished, and become accommodation/residential, there is a greater need for housing, than large shopping complexes.
@RobertMcGovernTarasis
@RobertMcGovernTarasis 2 жыл бұрын
Awful to be so desolate … much like Bangor seafront as well :(
@lauracrothers8131
@lauracrothers8131 Жыл бұрын
So sad, nothing stays the same. Used to go with my mum and dad and eat at Burger King, happy days.
@Larry-ul6mf
@Larry-ul6mf 2 жыл бұрын
Some developers should buy this turn it a low income/senior apartment complex. Turn the food court into meals on wheels for the seniors
@georgebarnes8163
@georgebarnes8163 2 жыл бұрын
Who would want to live in the centre of Bangor, the whole town is an abandoned tip of the place, the walks along the shore are the only attraction the town has left. Not a place worth visiting anymore and best avoided.
@ExploringWithDp
@ExploringWithDp 2 жыл бұрын
Cool
@stephenmacklin6729
@stephenmacklin6729 2 жыл бұрын
Funny to see a GNC in there. I’ve only become aware of the brand having watched lots of American dead mall/abandoned videos
@Luce306
@Luce306 2 жыл бұрын
How sad I’ll be near it next weekend the town next to it as I Belfast not far from Belfast
@Loafus_Grumps
@Loafus_Grumps 2 жыл бұрын
this place had free parking from it opened, and 2 yrs before it closed they started charging for parking, so people went to other shops like bloomfields. i honestly think people didnt like their changes and revoked. so much for management skills whoever fked that shop up.
@joshp5471
@joshp5471 2 жыл бұрын
this reminds me of the Lewisham Centre.
@davidbrown5628
@davidbrown5628 2 жыл бұрын
The Kyle Centre in Ayr was recently closed, I wonder if that could be a possible investigation later on....
@dougie6886
@dougie6886 2 жыл бұрын
These places are now out of date.
@charlielynes
@charlielynes 7 ай бұрын
You see empty shopping mall... I see Rave venue! ☮️💚🏡🎵
@johngoodsell6641
@johngoodsell6641 2 жыл бұрын
It still looks structurally repairable, lets hope it doesnt simply get demolish...would be a waste of a viable place
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