Every town in Britain needs a guy like you that really cares about it, knows all the history etc it would save the UK from degrading the way it is. As long as people listen I suppose, I don't know if they will🙄

It’s amazing that Blackpool has derelict buildings on the oceanfront. Such a sad state of affairs but I’m afraid you need to get used to people living in tents…

Crying shame all those beautiful old houses just left...thanks for tour 👍

About time some greenery was put in place to break up the concrete look. Hope the council does a better job than councils around the country, councils looking as though smack heads with the mess they make.

I was a child when we went there but it was very depressing… the horses drawing the vehicles broke my heart. They looked so sad 😞

My favourite part of Blackpool Stephen, up the North pier end...I've been visiting Blackpool since the 80s and it's always had its issues, but I just think it's part of its charm. The town will survive whatever happens as long as the tower stands! Can't wait to visit soon ❤

The Savoy had a lovely cocktail bar quite a few years ago. That tent needs removing it’s not right

Can’t help but feel sorry for the holiday makers. Hopefully, the weather improves for them. Another excellent video Stephen!👍🏻

Rain or shine you gotta give Stephen credit he does an amazing job at entertaining everyone. Well done Stephen never stop filming!

A great video as always x So sad British people have to pitch up tents whilst some hotels are full of certain people being housed and fed in comfort by my tax! 😢😡

in lovely Llandudno last weekend the rain was horrid

Wow blustery Sir! 💨🌧️ good video that Sir and thanks for braving the weather! ….Smithy

When I was there in April there was a tent along at South pier

Camping next to the north hotels !! Wouldn't have happened 45 yrs ago !! GREAT VIDEO STEPHEN.

Thanks Stephen from an expat from Cleveleys, I now live in New Jersey USA and today it's 96 degrees farenhight, we are having a heatwave, thank god for air conditioning, but would love some rain right now, love the videos and keeping up with good old blighty 🥵🇬🇧🇺🇸

The people who hold the deeds to these neglected properties surely must be on file at the land registry & therefore held accountable for their upkeep. It is not fair on those others who strive to keep the majesty & dignity of Blackpool alive !?! You're keeping it real & relevant as always Stephen ..... Hang on to your hat though ! 🌬️🌊🌬️👍🤣😎

What an eyesore some of those former hotels and that row of houses dreadful can they not do something to get them back to their former glory. As for the homeless guy in the tent, very sad. Weather is truly awful for July.

I grew up on Charnley Rd from 1980-2000 my folks had a guest house. I can honestly say that B'pool was a fantastic place then. I drove for Blue Busses in the 90's the 333 used to terminate at Gynn Sq and I spent many a freezing night sat outside the Savoy before starting the return run to Mereside. I remember the tragedy very well as I was at Tyldesley High Scl and it was a huge talking point...It's looking grim now, North shore was always the posh end. Look at it now.

One of the councils worst ever decisions Stephen to knock down the Derby baths.Would have been a fabulous building if correctly maintained.

I moved away from Blackpool in 2019. It has changed so much since then. So many buildings pulled down, and many are just boarded up.

I know that a lot of the prom is an absolute tip but I still love it’s all, I hope one day it’s all refurbished.

I do like some of the building up on the North Shore I still say it's a shame about the Hacketts 😢 Cliffs is such a beautiful building & the Jubilee Gardens are a little hidden gen 👍

Have a good nite Stephen. Lovely little garden. Thank u for all the vlogs 👍⭐

They should never be left empty. Compulsory purchase and redevelop or modernize

Thaks Stephen i enjoyed that once again thanks

When they said cheap holidays I had no idea they referred to a tent on Jubilee gardens

Thanks for braving the elements for us Stephen. Another interesting video and love the history.

Love the cherry blossom story the shoe polish. Great knowledge stephen

The epitaph will read, a Victim of its own Complacency!

Thank you for vlogging on my 40th birthday

Definitely agree Blackpool needs a lot more green space. The derelict hotels are never going to be hotels again so they should knock them down and convert them into green spaces.

This is the best channel on KZfaq . Fact.

There's always a tent opposite the Manchester pub when I'm going to work in a morning next to them water pipe things.

You showed the hotel Belvedere that used to be my favourite go to hotel. Unfortunately the old owners left and they had such brilliant entertainment and the chef followed and he was very good. Still a good hotel but i miss the old days

Great video. I love your videos. As i said in earlier comments, there will always be a part of my heart in Blackpool as lots of good memories. Was last here in April for my gfs birthday. Missing the place.

I seen 3 tents along the prom at the weekend ( including that one) The Sunday roast at the Gynn is amazing BTW...highly recommended !

Good evening to everyone in blackpool,yes weather not exactly summer ,and it’s the same up here in Livingston,best wishes folks stay safe.👍😎Gordon.😜

Really interesting Video Steve Looking at the changing Face of Blackpool, Interesting as Always Thanks.👍🚶🚶

I hope all the hotels sell the calendar most are advertising for christmas now people would def buy em Loads of positives for blackpool as well

Stephen looking very smart, stylish and a real transformation nowadays compared to a few years ago. Looking good 👍

Happy memories of walking through the Jubilee Gardens (originally the Gynn Sunken Gardens) when a lad in the seventies. There used to be wishing wells at either end, which you throw coins for a charity into, trying to hit a bell as you did so. Then it was fish & chips from the Gynn Supper Bar, followed by a walk to North Pier, a go on the arcades and then back to the digs on the tram! Happy Days!

Unfortunately Britannia are very very unlikely to spend any money on any of their hotels, except what is absolutely essential. Historically, hotels and holiday parks that have been purchased by Britannia Group, have been run on a shoestring, with no investment in them, and they slowly go downhill, and I speak from experience of having stayed at their hotels with the work I used to do. - Jess.

Hello Stephen. Another good vlog 👍🏻👍🏻 Just shows how once glorious buildings in Blackpool have gone into decline. It's heartbreaking. Sadly this pattern is all over coastal places all over our country. Just sad, all the homeless, ex servicemen and these buildings are left to rot. The govermnent don't help at all, you'd think they would help owners of B and B's. 😢 x

another good one its vary big changeing

Fire is the developer's best friend in any town but seems to well known in Blackpool. Those empty dwellings will succumb in time. If you had more green spaces you would have more tents. where do these people go to the toilet? Do they dig holes? like Scouts in olden days? Improvement = deterioration in the quality of life throughout the UK. Thanks for this entertaining videos.

With the derby baths I got told it wasn't safe to continue around the time it was demolished, full of cockroaches and they said it was too expensive to continue running and unfit for purpose It was sad to see it go, although it was before my time, a lot of protests and unrest once it got bulldozed Sad to see it end especially with the brilliant history it had and the attractions it brought over the decades

Was there last week and there were 2 tents on the lower walkway just along from the Metropol Hotel. Really enjoyed the weeks holiday there.

Thankyou Stephen for another great video hope you didn't get too wet, love the Irish sea when it's like that😊👏

Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always wow what weather we are having its as bad here apparently the savoy Hotel isn't all that it's reviews are not great jubilee gardens is lovely such a shame them disused buildings they could be so nice have a great evening xx

I love going to sit in jubilee gardens , they need more greenery in blackpool, ty Stephen great video 😊 x

Great video - I agree with you Blackpool needs more green areas, sadly for the building sites they'll become apartments - and Britannia hotel group is always voted the worst

WOWSERS the weather

Another great video Stephen, those gardens look really nice would be lovely if there was more green in Blackpool. It’s a shame what is happening to all those old buildings. Hope you didn’t get to wet being out in this stormy weather. Take care of yourself. Don’t be catching a cold again. ❤️👍❤️🥰❤️

Well done for braving the weather Stephen....

like the new start

Keeping up with the gardens theme, they should put some green spaces between Central and South Piers to break up the concrete. Hoping the weather improves up there Stephen.

I think those derelict hotels on the sea front might fall victim of a fire, of course I could be very wrong indeed.

In the 80s those run down shells were lovely, well appointed hotels, I remember them when I was a kid. It's a shame how they've become

Spent many a happy time is this area when I was a kid in the 60s.Used to also go on the gardens at Gyn Square.Remember playing pitch & putt & table tennis.Our small guest house that we stayed at was at the back of the gardens.The small gardens on the promenade near to the Cliffs hotel I'm sure had goldfish in the little water channels.....

My school held its swimming gala in there, shame its gone now.

Lots of love to blackpool❤🙏

Blackpool used great not any more everything is closed now All the great pubs

Thanks again for another great informative vlog Stephen and thanks for going out in that weather for us

I believe the success of the gardens opposite the Cliffs Hotel is due to the fact that they are sunken and therefore have some shelter from both wind and sea spray. They are also situated much higher than any similar gardens could be south of Central Pier where the plants would be constantly deluged by seaspray and even, in severe weather, waves. The North Shore gardens feature Tamarisk (the windblown wispy shrub) which has a pink flower and enjoys being windblown, marigolds (which are sturdy) and (usually) very brightly-coloured daisy-type flowers called Mysembryanthemums which open in the sun (and close when its cloudy). The general greyness of Blackpool is a problem. One of the plus-factors of Blackpool is that everything is on the level by the sea but that is the sole reason why gardens cannot be successfully cultivated on the seafront. We have seen how mistaken the council was when it believed, despite all available evidence, it could have grassy areas on the Promenade. Perhaps artistic designs or imposing artwork using seashells might be an answer to bring some relief to an otherwise drab area.

Derby baths, some people thought that by neglecting the building it would lead to it being demolished and the land had huge value. However the land never belonged to the council. Some bright spark let fridges be dumped into pit left after demolition, so now they would have to excavate it all before any development.

Love the wet and wild videos. All of the atmosphere and none of the shivering 🥶 Things you do to keep us entertained! It is appreciated 😅

another great video Stephen thank you 💨

What a pretty garden I will find it and have a sit next time I visit Blackpool. You are right , Blackpool could do with a few more green spaces x

I've had some great weekends away in Blackpool, great memories, definitely one of our national treasures Blackpool, and well done to this guy, keeping us up to speed, likeable guy, good job M8 ❤

Reminds me of Margate, Cliftonville & Ramsgate in the UK, the glory days are long gone and are unlikely to come back. It is a similar fate for many seaside towns around the UK

Lovely part of Blackpool, great video

Slowly starting to loose all those beautiful buildings with character and history

Great intro stephen. Great video love the gritty ones.

The Jubilee Gardens are lovely + should be extended for the WHOLE length of the Prom. The demolition site could become a Pocket Park with trees + swings etc. Trees, trees + more trees!

Britania own Pontins, and they can't even look after them holiday parks.

Very interesting. I've only ever been to Blackpool once. It was to see The Illuminations, but I really went to see The Trams. I spent wall day riding around on them !

Anyone who's watched 'Walk with Tim's' video on the Savoy is very aware of its delapidated condition. In terms of the Pembroke Hotel it was built in 1982.

Thanks again Steven, great insight,I grew up down the road in Lytham st Anne's in Ansell we had a shop on woodlands road,but attended the brilliant catering college on ash field road, certainly changed

Great vlog again stephen very interesting don’t know what the people coming on holiday would think if they have booked into a hotel next to the rundown row of buildings lol another fire waiting to happen tbh

Fantastic video Stephen, I love it when it's wild & windy. xx

Nice one Steven, could of brought a kite down to the promenade, ,"A walk on the wild side kites" maybe 🤔 very waffty there

Maybe the homeless in that tent bad weather hear too stay safe

They need to do something about them abandoned buildings.

Great video Stephen and I hope the weather improves also x

Reference Jubilee Gardens, it might be helpful if the Parks Dept cut the grass occasionally. Very little cost and an instant improvement.

You're in Blackpool Biker territory Stephen 😂 So sad to see those derelict buildings. Great vlog.

Real nice green space Steven

Thank for this video

Another great video, got to admire the dedication in that weather.

I learnt to swim in the Darby Baths ! It was a grand building. If you look at the green coloured wall at the back of the field I think that is the only bit left of the baths wall. Also the Gynn Square gardens had a putting Golf course in it as well many years ago.

I was there today filming it was a bit wet and windy this afternoon

We're coming to Blackpool for the first time next week and we've been enjoying your videos they're really helpful. I'm hoping to see the starlings The storm you showed on Tuesday 19th Sept I think was called storm Lee and it got up to 54 mph. Thank you fof all your work.

They need to sort out the promenade shame to see run down buildings 😢

Thanks for the video Stephen nice too listen too you about the History yes a lot off space there where the Derby Baths were I’ve seen that bit off green grass area where l have stopped down that area whose campers should be on a proper camp site.

I noticed theirs a fair bit of investment going into Blackpool , which is nice to see ,after visiting regular over the years

The tide does come in downwards, in Blackpool. 😅

I once stayed at the Savoy Hotel (do not know the ownership at the time) when I was having my evening meal I could see a leak coming through the ceiling. A guest was having a shower without putting the curtain around the unit

Spent many a summer holidays in Blackpool as a young lad with my parents. Shame how it is now.

The big boys like travelodge and premier inn etc put the final nail in the coffin for lots of these hotels.

Can’t believe the weather Stephen, hopefully better weather for the air show , it was lovely last year , hopefully your be filming for that one , cleveleys is very windy