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The blind beggar is a tourist pub , rough it is not. As a northerner who bin around pubs in tower hamlets, bethnal and pretty much all east London many times never had an issue. Most people just chilling in their locals not wantng unnecessary grief. Just cos a pub looks "rough" doesn't mean the people are not sound, most are salt of the earth

All Respect for the 1st male police officer, very good manor, good sense of his surroundings and not intimidating at all, this is how police officers in this country should behave. GOOD FOR YOU MATE.

Looking for rough pubs during the day is something somebody who really doesn't want to find a rough pub would do. Try going at 9pm.

Flat roof pubs are usually found on council estates and usually rough as toast.

I stayed in tower hamlets for a while in 2005, staying at my Asian Australian g/fs flat in an old council estate block. She wasn't local and didn't know anyone but she blended in due to her skin tone. One night by myself walking back I got circled by a crew of young local Asian lads. About 7 of them started punching me in the head. They didn't want my belongings. They just wanted to fuck me up. One little guy all excited jumping up and down infront of me said I'm gonna stab him and I pushed one aside and ran for my life towards the tower block door. They chased me and managed to catch me before I could close the door . They continued to beat the shit outta me this white boy until the leader said he's had enough and they left. I lived in many shady parts of South and east London over 12 years and witnessed the riots first hand in Peckham. London is a crazy city that behind all the tourist site seeing vibes its can be a very dangerous place. Broken, bruised and one titanium plate in my jaw later I was happy to live to tell the story.

Bit unfair on The Blind Beggar. It's a lovely pub with lovely staff. The East End is and always has been a melting pot of different cultures and I love the area.

Your mate is talking shit about the blind beggar pub. I've been going in there for a couple of years and it's not filthy at all. It even has a nice beer garden

It was tough for me to hear the guy with the beard speak. That interview took place in Brayford Square, Stepney and i grew up a 20 second walk from there. Like him i always felt like an outcast there. 90% of the population are asain and it's a tough place to grow up. There were times when staff would look past me and serve asains behind me in the queue and i was always made to feel like i didn't belong. 11 years ago i moved to another part of Tower hamlets called Bow. The Asian community here makes up 30% and they are so much more friendly and inclusive. This is a truly multicultural and vibrant part of London unlike Stepney. I hope you will return to Tower hamlets one day and explore Bow, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs. Whilst it is the rougher part of Tower Hamlets it's also the more diverse and by far the best part.

Really liked that first guy, seems incredibly wise.

Hello fresh is not fresh, it's poor quality cheap ingredients conveniently put in a box and delivered to your door.

This is like Danny Dyer in Glasgow talking about old firm games. What a proper tool.

Barman’s a top fella in the beggar helped me out when I was proper messy in there one night cheers mate if you see this ❤😂

Never drink in a flat roof pub . Unlucky ... Truest words ever !!!

That thumbnail gazed straight into my soul 😂

95% of people would instantly judge that first guy, but he was incredibly insightful and spoke a lot of sense. Dont judge a book by its cover!

Turn up at 10 in the evening... Not the morning... See how you get on 😂

My mum was working a nurse in Bethnal Green in the 70's when he first met my dad. This was only a few years from the Krays and there was still a presence of East End gangsters. She mentioned that was very safe to go out in and while the place had a reputation everyone was polite and wouldn't tolerate antisocial behaviour. It was a stark contract from Coventry where she had worked previously.

That lad at the start speaks soooo much sense and truth I've lived in the Borough of Ealing for 7 years. I (a white, British male) feel the minority here & 100% am discriminated against because of the fact I'm white British.....

This video should be called walking around tower hamlets looking for any reason to drink a pint

I moved from South Dublin to Tower Hamlets 7 months ago and I can honestly say I don't feel intimidated walking around most of it, some roads and pubs can look a bit dodgy but I've walked most of the area late at night on my own and been fine.

The Queen Victoria In Walford Is Pretty Rough

I used to live in Whitechapel and we got replaced yeh diversity is great.

I think it will be cool watching these back in a 100/200 years time

@ 11.28 The guy with the DOPE Lanyard , you couldn't make that one up 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Most people seem like they are treading on eggshells, they seem to be giving you a small percentage of their true feelings and withholding a lot for whatever reason.

that guy in the brown tracksuit hasn’t blinked in weeks

“Whats the community like ?”. Laughter in the back ground 😂

I lived on that first road with the police tape from 2014-19, Wilmot Street, actually a really nice road. Loved Bethnal Green. Generally safe, great pubs, you got the odd mad thing that happened like most places in London.

While Wendall is chatting honest places has popped off for a cheeky pint, banging. 😂

I lived in Tower Hamlets from '96 to 2003. It wasn't too bad at first, I lived on a new estate on the Isle of Dogs. But by the time I'd left my wife had stones thrown at her, I'd been attacked outside the vets surgery, the vet himself had been put in a coma after being bricked in Wapping, I had a number of friends attacked. There was a spate of gangs mobbing lone women (nurses and hospitality staff off shift) and being badly sexually assaulted. Men were being warned off from Limehouse area, people were being stabbed in the buttocks for laughs. All by Bangladeshi and Somali immigrants. I even encountered a gang tooled up with machetes, knives and iron bars on Mudchute Park. And there was a massive cover up by local politicians, the met police and the Evening Standard who refused to report. Only after i documented it to our then MP was some effort made to control gang activities...around 4 officers to cover 24/7, which was laughable.

Twenty years ago or so i started work in a pub in a town that thinks its posh in warwickshire. A local drug dealer warned me saying ' if you sleep with dogs expect to get fleas'. After a while i realised what a warm community i was in. Its all about wether or not you're part of the community. Rough from the outside.

I can't help but think that most of the people commenting this haven't lived in here for a while... I've lived in Shadwell and Poplar, and most of my friends are around Mile End, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel etc - mostly young white/European women (since I know people will bring that up). It has a bit of a janky vibe, but I have not had a single bad experience since moving here a few years ago, and I would consider myself wary and sensitive when it comes to this stuff. Of course it's just my perspective, but I refuse to take opinions on this from people who don't live here. Sometimes makes me think that people see a lot of brown people and feel unsafe - ironically the worst experiences I've had in TH are my English neighbour who sells meth lol. My vote for the worst Borough I've been to has to be Newham - so much worse than TH.

I come from London. I have walked everywhere at all times over 40 years and never had any issues. Tower Hamlets is very poor. But actually a pretty cool place. You realize some of the biggest tourist attractions in London are in Tower Hamlets. The Tower Of London, Tower Bridge, St Cathrines’s Dock. And it edges the City as you said. You should have gone to The Prospect Of Whitby… great pub. I think there are far rougher pockets.

I think the guy with the beard made sense

@7,06 talk to young guy, felt very sorry for him. He obviously a 2nd class citizen in his own country. He had wise words

Some years ago there was a TV series on the roughest pubs in Britain. During my time as a long distance lorry driver. I had been in over half of them. (Never had a problem.)

Danny Dyeresque ... "Looking for a spot of bovver...bring it on ! Get stuck in !". LOL

In the early/mid 1980s I lived in Garfield House, Limehouse, just off Westferry Road. It was a great area safe and decent honest hard grafting Londoners, Pubs full.of characters. That was all torn down and cleared for the Yuppy apartments bistros wine bars etc.

I lived in Tower Hamlets from 1966 to 98, it was then full of proper old school East Enders, a lot who had gone through the war when the area was widely bombed due to the proximity to the docks. I lived in Poplar from 66 to 70 right opposite the East India Docks what is now Canary Wharf I saw you were on The East India Dock Road (Manor Arms) opposite where our old flat was !. Many great memories of living in Poplar even though I was very young !. A neighbour used to take me over the docks to look at all the ships moored up, the docks were an exiting place to a 5 year old at the time, although they were starting to go into decline at that time as well. My family moved to Stepney from Poplar in April 1970. My stomping ground was Bethnal Green during the 80's and 90's when the pubs were superb. People came from Essex, South London and all over and the place was buzzing from Thursdays through to Sundays. There was around 17 pubs the length of Bethnal Green Road at one point with many others in the many streets around it. I worked as a DJ in a pub in Old Bethnal Green Road for 3 years in the 80's, plenty of late night lock ins with the odd Police raid !. I often go back for Pie and Mash in Kelly's Roman Road and a few beers in the remaining pubs, but like most things, nothing stays the same and people move away. Great memories of a great time. Not as rough as people would have you believe either. No regrets about moving out when I did as it was changing and not for the better of the everyone. Sectarian politics started in the early 90's in my opinion and there was a noticeable changes in a lot of day to day things. There was no integration between the bengali and white population's and that has not changed despite what people may say, if anything it has got worse and there is a lot of divisive politics in that area now. Wherever I choose to live, I will always be an Eastender first and foremost and glad I grew up there at the time I did. Also, the Krays drank more in the Grave Maurice pub along Whitechapel than the Blind Beggar. You didn't go to Bow or Hackney Road all in T.H so maybe another visit another time !

The guy with the Dope tag around his neck is the scariest guy I have ever seen outside of a movie.

I live in Poland, in what most Poles consider the dodgiest big city of Poland, where I have no problem walking the city anywhere way past midnight, but watching the rough parts of the nowadays UK creeps me out. I've been to London a few times, with a few years gap between and every time I visit I can see it getting rougher and rougher. More chewing gum on train platforms and bus stops, more trash on the side of the road, more graffiti, more disrepair, more neglected cars, more locks, bars and tall fences, more homeless and more goblin-looking weirdos. I visited my family recently and my cousin talks about how he got stabbed in the belly on the street for no reason and how his brand new car was knicked from his driveway while he was home. The thieves flew a drone to his bedroom to extend the range of his key and then just drove off straight to the centre of London and vanished there. Apparently that is not rare and that is why the insurance is so high generally. When we ordered food I wanted to pay for it, but they tell me that the delivery drivers no longer accept cash, because of how often they were robbed of it. I also learned that you can no longer just hop on a bus and pay with cash to the driver. They also instructed me on the areas I shouldn't go in the city when I said I wanted to walk around and buy a few things on my own. 20 years ago things like that happening in the calm Watford were completely unheard of.

People that told you Tower Hamlets is the roughest place in London are probably daily mail readers/GB News viewers that have never set foot there. I lived there in various places for 10 years and the worst thing that ever happened was someone stole a wheel from my bike when I left it near a canal.

I live in one of Birmingham's main no-go areas (well, according to toffs from Solihull, you don't go here, unless you're heading for the one Balti still standing, and even then you should arrive and leave via a cab to the doorstep), and compared to the posh Birmingham areas, this is one of the safest to live. It's all class snobbery really.

We were always in pubs in Bethnal Green and Whitechapel. The Blind Beggars was a regular watering hole. Bethnal Green was ok way back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.

I would guess that at night is a very different place … I grew up in a rough part of Brum and by day it was one thing ..At night it was another 👍🏽

Soon as anyone uses the words vibrant or diverse I'm straight out of there. 🤣

That THUMBNAIL😂 *"I got a DVD Playah' mate I'll sell it ya...got a bike aswell mate."*

I'm a Londoner, and I bet the people that said Tower Hamlets was the roughest part of London, probably DON'T EVEN LIVE IN LONDON, they probably watch too much GBmews .

Brixton and Stockwell is the toughest place in London ,I’m born and bred south London mate trust me away from the high street in Brixton is deadly

Believe it or not that little convo will mean the world to him ❤

Used to date a girl who lived in tower hamlets. Just a few minutes walk from canary wharf. The change in just 1km was mental

I love the expressions old Brits have to describe areas full of new Brits. "oh the area is diverse/multicultural/vibrant....it's soooo hip and cool, just be careful you don't do this, this or go here and here and sometimes here and here and doing this or that...." lol Stockholm syndrome.

02:23 - look at what a police salary gets you from a visit to Turkey.

I lived in Whitechapel for over 16 years and hardly ever felt in danger in anyway

Go out at 12pm when they have had a skin full, That cop did seem like a good chap

Im guna be asleep and wake up screaming 'if that makes sense'

Good to see you and Danny on a video - Really enjoying this one

I'm a Londoner and am subscribing on the strength of this video. Nice one, lads.

if that bloke says "if that makes sense" once more...!

Just chanced upon your channell, i love these deep dives into rough areas ! I almost blew my load when i saw Danny in the video

So much scope for London - an almost endless list of different areas to check out. Love seeing the crossover with Honest Places - he's got a great channel there.

My family are all originally from that area. No Londoners there anymore. Such a shame.

I was working in London for several months last year and used to drink in the Hungerford arms. It’s a brilliant pub with some great people too. One week we were housed other side of London and we caught tube down just to go there.

the other bloke really had some good input, what a bundle of joy

Nowhere is really dangerous, it's all about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The cops at the beginning were cool. Non of you cant film us. I'll ask the questions. 😂😊

Haha! My old stomping grounds!! Its changed so much round there!!

I’ve done a pub crawl in the east end where we made a point to go to all the flat roofers - we started during the day in the outskirts and worked our away in towards the City as it got later - probably the better way to do it. This isn’t a dangerous place to drink at all and would highly recommend it for anyone wishing to experience the east end. We finished at the Palm Tree which is like taking a step back in time. It sits in the middle of a park, cash only and the cash register looks like it is from the 1940s - they play live music most nights too.

My roots came from east London round Bethnal Green area.. I don’t think Bethnal Green rough at all it has its own faults like every other town in the uk and like every other town village and city it has it share of crime and bad neighbours and bad locals .. check out villages here like Barlow like millthorpe like holmesfield .. villages round Dronfield south west and Dronfield south east .. most snottiest stuck up rude ignorant immature two-faced selfish locals and bad neighbours too .. the villages are dull nothing to do no shops etc here or near by .. so I disagree Bethnal Green isn’t dangerous place at all it has its rough edges like other towns ..

London is finished. My family grew up in Brady st just behind the beggar pub, All my family moved out many moons ago… I used to take my Nan back there to have a look around when she was still alive. She was saddened to see how bad it had got around there!! Times have changed and not for the better.

First video I found, I'm sticking around. I need videos like this when I don't have the money or time to visit places like these.

You didn't actually see the whole of Tower Hamlets, you missed Brick Lane, Tower Bridge, Tower of London and the whole of The Isle Of Dogs - which has some decent pubs!

There’s no such thing as the roughest borough. There are nice and not nice parts of every borough. Tower Hamlets for example contains Canary Wharf. Croydon includes Crystal Palace.

Alan suger used to boil and sell beetroot in the Whitechapel road market that's how he started out in the business would from rags to ritches 😮good video from a london black taxi driver

It is rather interesting to see things from this perspective, it is more in depth and i like it

“So much content is just sugar coated and not reality, and todays video is brought to you by Hello Fresh” Honestly couldn’t make it up

Refreshingly unbiased approach 👍

That geezer favourite saying"does that make sense?" Lol

Great video, I grew up in Stepney, Tower Hamlets but moved out to Northampton now, it is quite rough, I done a video walking down Bethnal Green Road. If you go back to London I'll show you some real rough areas, the local pubs similar to what you showed are few and far between now. Keep up the good videos. Dean, Travelling Veteran.

The pub a bit further up from the Beggar (White Hart), did some great 'lock ins' back in the 90's.. I lived in the nurses home at Mile End hospital & worked at the Royal London. Another good pub was Lord Rodneys Head, many a great night watching the Burns Brothers.

Wendall really walked down that stretch of road with decrepit takeaways and sorry looking market stalls full of migrants and thought the word that best described it was "vibrancy".

That was really interesting thanks, particularly the visit to the blind beggar.

The Irish guy is a total Guinness connoisseur. HA HA !

Tower Hamlets was voted number 1 because it's central, most people from all 4 sides of London have probably passed through at some point, the real roughest areas are proper in the suburbs and for good reason have never been visited by the majority of Londonders, like Harlesden, Newham, Leytonstone, just to name a few of the ones I've found particularly rough.

Nice to see you and Danny colab on this… came across his channel a couple of weeks ago 🙌🏽

Top video Wendall really loved this. Loved the pubs too particularly the Blind Beggar. Little trip down memory lane. Keep up the great work. ❤

Best video yet. Loved the tour of the pubs. Especially Shadwell(ID). Am now following Danny too.

Go to Woolwich, Lewisham, Greenwich, Southwark, Lambeth, in fact South East London and North West London, Haringey, Walthamstow and Tottenham Hale are no-go areas if you venture into the estates.

Good video mate I’m finding these London ones really interesting :)

Wendall Braavaaaaa...Lovin the London vibes dude, Big Respect my friend..Sorry not been commenting bredrin been really busy braavaa..Work been tough lately but I,m still with ya Bro...Keep up the good work my Bredrin from Middle Earth...

What are you talking about? The blind Beggar is great Pub. It's beautiful!

I've lived in Newham, hackney and now live in Southwark but was born in the home counties, coming to London was definitely a eye-opener but never experienced any issues.

I lived in whitechapel for a year and absolutely loved it. It was vibrant, it had the best indian/ bangledeshian restaurants, great market places, great public transport access, great pubs and bars, great walks and never a spot of trouble…. Only downside is the price of accommodation.

Loving the London content

Such vibrancy in these places wouldn’t you all agree?

I’m a local, and the Blind Beggar is now a gastro pub, it got refurbished about a decade ago, sticky carpets gone, bullet in the wall removed and a fancy beer garden, it used to be rougher, but like anywhere round there, keep ya nut down, stay humble and you’ll get no bother. Hungerford Arms is my local, the lads won’t appreciate a camera in there, that’s a definite 😂 It’s a vibrant multicultural area, try it after dark then you’ll see why it’s been labelled the roughest borough

Love your videos, Wendell you are awesome if you have any merchandise like a hat or a beanie, I would love to buy it. I am in retired, disabled garbage man living in Northern California me and my buddies love watching you, Wendle you kick ass, my friend you’re an awesome bloke as you say, thank you for your hard work🙏💙🇺🇸💯🇬🇧

Bum daddies Excellent pub and excellent people Use it quite often and I travel from Essex They have music most days and weekends

Walk around after 10 pm.. you'll get a different vibe altogether 🥴🫣