I moved from London to Teeside over 2 years ago, I like to run so I’d regularly go from Redcar down to Boro. A lot of people said I was mental running through Grangetown and South Bank, but I’ve never had even a tiny bit of bother from anybody. As a Londoner born in the city and lived there for 30 years I had an idea of the north and how it was fucked over but not necessarily the finite details. Visiting Kirkleatham Museum was an eye opener as to how big ICI and the steelworks were, the vastness of community and the prestige that employment brought to people. It is borderline criminal how Teeside was failed and the damage done here. I would say though that apart from the odd scally and some pockets of really rough bits … it’s actually nice up here. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived in rough parts of London so I’m comparing it to there but people are friendlier up here. Being British and from Britain kind of feels like working for a big corporation - you love coworkers but you can’t stand most of your bosses. And the coworkers up north are a great bunch 👌

Great video. I grew up on a council estate in the 1970’s and people would help each other and take pride in the area. All that has gone now with this general attitude of entitlement and lack of any deterrent for those who want to create problems

Grange Town, just up the road from me, definitely some rough areas, I do find people are genuinely happier up north. More chatty, yeah some are assholes but nothing really compares to northern spirit. I'm near saltburn, I'll never look back. Love my community. Great content as always mate.

I was brought up that if you wanted anything in life you worked hard for it, we seem to have a generation that feels that the government/council should take care of you. these people need reminding that these authorities don't have any money to do this, other than taxes from the residents i.e. PAYE, VAT & Council Tax. Great video, keep them coming, you have a great way of communicating to locals and getting the best from them.

Quite depressing and illogical when the country is crying out for housing, to see so many boarded up properties. Surely some proper investment could free some vital housing. People live on the streets, yet we have closed up houses.

Live in Middlesbrough for 12 years .God what a shit hole.

Fell upon your channel no idea how, but I absolutely love your vids. Thanks for these videos mate! Good on you for having an open mind and cheering on britain.

I was born on Rivers Estate. An area that got so dark, that Durham police force had to police. I lived 10 years on a road in thorntree named Roworth. A deprived area that never saw peace. I lived in a multi storey flat in netherfields, that no longer exists. A building that was a deprived community of drugs and harassment within its self. My father lived South Bank for many years, on a road that was later ripped down. Regardless to its appearance, its crime statistics. The deaths from guns and knives of notorious names and families. The lack of sense of security. These estates along with several others. These dying towns still hold a sense of community, unity and support. The demise of industry that built these very streets may have dampened our spirits but will never take our hearts.

Grew up on Teesside and can't say I didn't ever contribute to some of the problems. But, i'm very proud of this area and love it to death and would never leave. Thankyou for showing that it ain't all doom and gloom up north and that there's still a lot of love.

Another great upload, would of been interesting to see how things were after dark but great to see some of that proud to be British mentality come through and folks looking oit for each other within the community

Growing up in both Grangetown and South Bank I can tell you it’s absolutely not like people are making out. The only community spirit is alcohol and cocaine fuelled. If you enjoy spending your time dodging cars and motorbikes on fields or watching the Eston Hills being set ablaze every year it’d be great. You know you’re in the real rough areas when every shop, takeaway and pub has cages for the staffs protection. The only good thing about the place is it gives most people the will and drive to do better and leave.

This absolutely brakes my heart seeing Tilery in this state I grew up here in the first part you filmed on im nearly 40 and have lived away for around 20 ish years if you had seen it 25 + years ago that estate was full of pride and people looked after it and each other its gone down hill in the last 15 or so years I hate going back there but my dad still lives there.

Been class watching this channel develop. Great upload. Probably a good job a lot of those places were pretty much derelict tho or I feel you could of had a different experience

I am not British, but it truly saddens me to see how the British feel that they are losing their country, their culture, their roots. I know this may not be helpful, but on behalf of those who were not born here, I apologise for the damage we have caused. I genuinely wish with all my heart that the UK can be as you long for it to be, and that all of us who set foot here are conscious of caring for the country and making it strong. Perhaps starting by respecting the culture, keeping the streets clean, contributing economically, being productive in our local communities, being polite and grateful; this way everything would improve and blossom again. The UK is beautiful, its nature, its history, its people and their kind hearts. You should be very proud of it, and I truly have much to thank you for. It has not been easy for me but the experience has been very worthwhile and has changed me completely. I was born and raised in a beautiful country as well, and it has been a challenge for us to move forward in difficult situations, and we are still fighting to make our country a better place for everyone, including foreigners. May God take care of our homelands and guide us to make them the best places for our families. There are problems everywhere; it is up to us to overcome them.

Love your vids Josh, i think i started watching you before you even had 1000 sub's, i could be wrong about that but i think so.... you deserve far more than the 13.6k you've got if you ask me, anyway another really good one and cool it didn't turn out to be the vid it looked like you thought you was going to be making 👏👏👏 Big Up The North😁

Excellent video very educational you present great!!

There are more empty houses than homeless people in the UK.

Just found you this morning .live in stockton .keep up the good work 👏 14 years of tory cuts

Just found your channel today. Top lad 👍

I’ve had a Saturday day session in the Albion! I’m from South Shields, I was in there with a rigger that I worked with offshore! Rough as foook NOT. Absolutely spot on. I was welcomed and taken care of ( especially by local NAMES )

great film work & commentary. very interesting.

Its hard to have the energy and heart to tidy up your garden when you feel absolutely bereft of hope… boro people are totally different to any other folk in the north east. All these places were thriving before all the industries were closed down.. they didnt have a choice. Btw all the lads ive met from boro are the smartest,funniest ,passionate people ive ever met. Its just a shame government have abandoned them.and im a geordie…same has happened here in many places

brilliant video buddy, fantastic

Teesside areas like Billingham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar, and Stockton have been in decline for years. I moved to the area in 2005 and have seen the decline. Mostly linked to the demise of the chemical and steelworks.

I love this video and it will help people see our lovely community and how great our people are, this video will also hopefully help the pub and the landlord grow his business as the community and people in the pub sound amazing people, please promote this video and channel as it will help people see the different areas in and around UK.

My great grandparents moved to Grangetown in the late 1800s my great grandad worked as a labourer at Bolckow and Vaughan my grandad worked there when it was bought up by Dorman Long they lived at Seaview Terrace my grandad died of TB due to poor living conditions. I'm from Eston just up the road. Its sad to see the place has declined so much.

One day we might stop funding wars and buying ships we'll never use, and then use the money for things that's nearly needed.

just subscribed 2 your channel m8 and you really are spot on ..by the way im 64 and from horden just up the road from you say no more eh

Great video mate

Great video! We need a video with Bald and Bankrupt :D

I used to live in the Huntsman from 1986 to 1990. just a bairn, brings back memories this tho, did you go down to the pub/shops?

just watched the whole thing. You are really going onto big things with this type of content mate seriously. Do nt stop. Let's awake the masses and be proud of what we have. I'm fucking Scottish too haha

I used to work with young people from this area for about 10 years taking them on outdoor activities and personal development courses. I found most of them wanted to make a change and improve themselves, but I remember one episode with a young person where we took them for a walk to the Wainstones to do some climbing and they left some rubbish at the crag, they respectfully picked up the rubbish after we said they couldn't leave it as it was a national park, but once we took them back to Middlesbrough, they threw the rubbish into someone's garden and said quite proudly 'you're back in the Boro now' I could never understand why they weren't proud of where they came from, and seemed happy to make the place a total mess. I said to them you live here, why don't you try to improve where you live, their response was it's a total s******* why bother. When people don't even respect where they live in person, I don't think you're going to change that much. Is such a shame because most people would like to live in a decent place but it really takes a few people to drag a place down.

Good stuff just subscribed mate

The houses are boarded up between tenants to stop squatters and don't stay like that for long. The houses look quite new. The fact that old people live there means it can't be that bad. Broken windows come from feuds and drug depts. You interviewed my neighbour at 7.47 actually.....on a mission as usual. Drug problems stem from under prescribing and only making methadone and buprenorphine available. Prescribe diamorphine or morphine as there's a national shortage of diamorphine. When people have their dose loaded up they can work. I worked for 17 hours+ a day. With a habit....

Soon England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 will be a Muslim country 😢

Born and raised South Banker, Mam still lives there and would never leave, albeit nearly 81. Place is decimated now, but, I'm proud of my upbringing, proper people, not like the shit, wokey fuckers elsewhere. English and proud

Make more videos exploring UK cities please

I grew up in South Bank in the 60s. It was then a super place to be. Everyone knew each other and most helped each other out. Kids were kids and enjoyed life. St Peters school on Normanby Road was the place to be educated. The old church you saw and mentioned was and still is St Peter's. Not a lot attend there now. Previously the place was full each Sunday. The Old Mans park, Beecham St, Diamond St, Mile St, Pim St. 2 time each year I now travel from Antrim in Northern Ireland to attend too 3 graves, at Normanby Road cemetry. I have them cleaned , flowers laid and prayed for. These are not relatives, but people who were very kind to me when I was a child attending Napier St junior School, Margert Clitherows junior school. Life was great. Now it's sad to look at this as it is now. Denis French I never forgot her as she was always kind to me. Thank you. I also lived 44 Diamond Street, Saltburn-by-the -Sea, end house on the left nearest the beach. Still visit there often for the memories David Coverdale's parents owned the Red Lion public house opposite, beautiful people. memories and nostalgia cannot fade.

Fk me it looks like Beverly hills compared to where I live

quality video as always and the food looked great, good people just a lack of funding from the government, lack of jobs ect.

Good video Keep up the good work buddy

Lived in Fremantle WA since coming from Middlesbrough aged 6.hsve no desire whatsoever to return in any capacity

I was born in Stockton, lived on Roseworth till 1990 moved to Sussex moved back in 2018 and it has changed so much. Drugs rampant everywhere.

Not dangerous or scary ... that's because most people are still in bed😅

Great video, new sub

I would like to see you visit Sheffield pitsmore and Manchester mosside let's see how you get on with walking around with the camera and what you think of the areas

Great vid, just subbed

I was doing grass cutting e.t.c for a housing association called beyond housing, our round was g-town/southbank/dormanstown and a few others. these are some of the roughest places in the north east, i had a great time and the job pay's better than down south. No real issues with people but you do see a few things while on your round and you get a real sesne that alot of the youth are just plain bored with no real release for them. Thats why they steal quads that are tracked, they find the police chase fun and something to do. Funnily enough the same kind of thing happens in Australia the youth are just bored.

I got out of there 32 years ago and moved to the middle of nowhere all my mates from school apart from 1 died from drugs

EXCELLENT SHARE AND ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE GOOD AND THE BAD 🇬🇧🇰🇳🇬🇸

Mate where did you get your hat from? Love it. Keep up the great work

Lived on Norton Road, over 20 years ago. Within three days of moving in the police knocked on my door to ask about "An incident" in the pub "Wild Ox" next door, an axe was involved. Lived there for about seven years. It was lest we say "interesting" 😅😅😅.

The police must get back handers because the crime I've seen going on should be landing them in prison no doubt about it, police turn up, smash doors through, remove the bell ends, search and remove bags, then a day later the bell ends are back home doing the same shit all over again lol, they continue like nothing happened over and again for months and years... It's shocking. It's a constant cat and mouse but somehow the twats never end up in prison, makes my blood boil.

Ive got to admit us people from up north are really friendly but there is some right rough places.

knocking churches down to make it into a mosque???? I'm fucking raging reading this. What do we really want to be???

I thought Chubby Brown aka Royston Vasey resided in Hadfield and it was named after him for the dark comedy The League of Gentlemen. Am I wrong or right? Love you videos by the way.👌

Grew up in tilery. Was a great place to live. Everyone knew everyone a real old school community feel. It's changed alot now. Yes there's alot of crime there now but there been forgotten about by the system.

Good content and great intro.

I delivered for amazon in ts6 for around 4 years. Loved it.

cool channel and video mate will u be doing newcastle

Been really enjoying the honesty of your vids and especially the mushroom one. In the 70's I thought toking and trippin was the opening up of a new age, but now substances are so widespread and so many young people are caught up with other nasties, I feel a bit sad. As much as I disliked 'straight life' and the 'workday ethic', I'm now seriously worried for the future. My comments are more probably better attached to your other vids, but hey ho...... Peace and awareness!

New subscriber, enjoy your videos, and im pleased you dont slag off the locals, and you try and be constructive

Come to Boro Its wonderful. Very diverse they say

The lack of cars parked in the streets says it all…

The problem is , if theres no work, people who can move, and those who cant are stuck, on benefits with nothing to do

best channel of this sort on KZfaq

Your point about people being reliant on the government is so true. That message should be screamed from the rooftop of every building in the UK. The sense of entitlement in the UK is off the charts. People have no shame in being scroungers.

You went past my old flat in tilery 😂 was awful living there. Got broken into and they stole the copper off my boiler 😑 never went back after that!

Are these places boarded up because of the mold in the houses?

Worked in Middlesbrough in 95, installing the turnstiles in the Riverside stadium, we stayed on Parliment Road, tough area lol. It had a lot of unemployment but the people in general were fine.........

Great watch, loved it.

I'm Hartlepool born and bred and there's some lovely places and people but the last 15 years has saw a rapid decline in this town as its been left to rot by the government and our council has bled us dry it's a shame to say but I don't see me ending my time on this planet living in the town I love

Great video

Normally find the poorer the area the more friendly the people are

Are you going to Hartlepool in another video?

Great video mate. Unfortunately there’s too many people willing to sit on their arse and take take take off the government which in turn passes on to their kids vicious circle. There’s a few areas here in Newcastle as well just the same byker wall Being one

Go to DUNDEE SCOTLAND its 100 times worse than this honestly bro 😪

Would love for you to come to Hertfordshire to see a different side to the country. Im from Watford and its not as nice as it used to be but there are many areas in Hertfordshire that are lovely

The lady with the red hair mentioned the main reason these areas have got worse.

I grew up on Tilery started on Norton rd then Tilery way, it's a proper family community,I'd move back in a heartbeat

Would be great if at the end of your series on the UK you do an comparison between poverty in yhe UK and poverty compared to some of the places you have been to.

You should have a walk around haverton hill and port clarence

Give people a decent house to live in and this is how they treat it. It is lack of care most local councils are broke so litter is the first thing you notice. Start by getting the police and councis to work together clear up the crime tennets who don't look after their homes throw them out... This could be such a lovely place to live....

We live in Norwich, absolute paradise compered too Middlesbrough.

in hemo you completley left out the roughest half of it if you crossed that main road its different like full rows off burnt out houses

Is that Lee Duffy's road 25.49 ?

Where you from mate?

Proud to fly the union jack, shame its upside down.😊

Mark does unbelievable for South bank, always trying to do something for the area

I hear they have gentrified this area now^. There is now a Poundland and Peacocks on the estate. I am looking forward to visiting next week.....along with my XL Bully dog and stabproof vest.

good job bro💯

I’d do an interview for Redcar

p,s, love ya vids, binged them all

I’m not sure if things have got worse recently in the UK, a lot of places were awful in the early 90s onwards

Great content truth really uk is screwed

Maybe they have now made it easier to do the worst thing rather than the trying hard to improve life situations for people. I agree with the cleaning up. People should clean up their gardens and look after the place but it seems some groups of people are rewarded more for doing nothing. That would be a story just on its own as to why.

I enjoyed watching this great video good people

Seeing the state of the rubbish dumped on our streets and in streams in pretty much every film, I can’t help thinking.. with crime so rife, why not make the recipients of community service orders clean it up.. the country would be spotless in no time.

The girl on the scooter talks like she's on speed... 🤔