I only get beck to Middlesbrough occasionally after 35 years away, but such fond memories and not really caring that outsiders think we're a little bit low brow. Great presentation, and I'll be there soon to wander about the buildings I didn't appreciate the history of.

Llegué aquí buscando la ciudad de Chris Rea, algún día me gustaría visitar, saludos desde Chile.

1:00 never mind Bowie and Oasis; Rachmaninov played Boro town hall March 1st 1939!!

This channel must be more popular! Thanks for the information about town, which I'm going to visit this spring

I was born an brought up in Middlesbrough until I also left and went to University. My Grandfather worked in the steel works and where I now live (Whanganui in Aotearoa (New Zealand)) has a railway bridge with girders with D. Long &Co stamped on them. This is Further from Middlesbrough than Sydney in fact it is almost impossible to get further from Middlesbrough without usinhg a space rocket.

Wow, how interesting to see my old hometown! I haven't been back since 1993, so a lot has changed. MIMA wasn't there, but I remember the old Town Hall and the two office towers. I spent a lot of my early life living in Captain Cook's Crescent in Marton, and went to Captain Cook's Infants School then Captain Cook's Junior School - Captain Cook looms large in the area's pre-Middlesbrough history! I remember crossing the River Tees on the Transporter Bridge with my nan when I was little and peering over the side of the gondola to look at the surface of the river, which looked like a bright green pea soup. That left quite an impression. It was only much later that I learned about algal blooms caused by pollution! Thank you for posting this video; I found it very interesting.

I moved away about 35 yrs ago. I grew up in Norton, when I left school in the 70's I started my apprenticeship at Haverton Hill shipyard. When Thatcher got in power it was downhill all the way. I remember seeing The Clash at the Town Hall and SLF but I was frequently at Middlesborough Rock Garden in my punk days. I really missed the place and returned back a couple of years ago and it's all changed, especially Stockton. At least I've still got my memories of Ayresome Park and all that went with it. I really miss the old place. UTB.

I really enjoyed seeing Boro and hearing your memories, thanks Jason

Loved watching this! I'm 40 now but grew up in Eaglescliffe. Middlesbrough was my teenage years, shopping for cds in HMV, clubbing at empire and drinking round town. And my first proper job was a weekend job in........Charles Clinkards! I worked on the ladies department. In October I stopped over for a night in Middlesbrough for my husband's birthday as he'd never been. It trained but we had fun. Some good little pubs and bars on bedford and baker street and linthorpe Road. The Nuthatch especially. We also visited the dorman and Albert Park.

UTB! A very nostalgic watch for me as i've not been in the town centre for about 20 years, I never thought i'd see the day that we got a modern art museum!

I did not know you were from Middlesbrough, it’s my hometown too. Channels like this inspired me to travel out myseld

Putting City's aside, Boro has to be the roughest Town in England. Always a lively place for an away football fan. My Uncle Billy was best man at John Hicktons wedding here in Chesterfield, Hickton being a top striker for the Boro back in the 70s. Used to know some Boro lads that attended the Northern Soul niters, Wigan Casino and Rotherham Clifton Hall, late 70s early 80s, Paul Debrick, Boza and Clarky, a few names i remember.

I just found out,FINALLY, that my grandfather was from Middlesbrough as well as my entire family on his side all the way back to 18th century at least. I always knew my grandfather was from England and had moved to Detroit in the 40’s as he was a very accomplished musician (brass), where he met my grandmother. My aunt is a genealogist and put together our family tree with so much detail. I’ve been asking for it for 20 years and she just sent it to me. It even has the street address in Middlesbrough where my grandfather was born. Now I am in a rabbit hole of finding as much out about my ancestry and hoping to find possible family thereabouts. My son and I are coming to visit is September and I just can’t wait! I hate hearing people say awful things about it though, is much the same here in the U.S. but truth be told, ALL places have their pros and cons. I’m just so happy you made this video as I can’t find much about the area outside of football 😂. Please, any information would be so greatly appreciated. Much thanks! 🌹

Boro born and bred only go back to watch the Boro play, went to numerous metal concerts, seen some great bands play, but seeing a band(Black Rose among many) in the crypt was awesome, low ceiling the audience was right on top of the group it was mental.

interesting video Jason, thank you

lovely. I'm planning to do my masters here at teesside university. Nice to find out about history of this amazing place

Middlesbrough was once a great town, but like all of our towns and cities, they're all being deliberately desecrated.

beautiful city regards from Tangerang city

Im about ur age, and its good you show Boro town centre at least in a good light. But Boro is mainly - poverty line people, and the town is pretty dirty and dangerous.- just look at that little pond and what a mess it was, or the pub the pig iron - great pub but you need watch yourself. You grew up in marton, went to uni, spent time in the libraries.... I grew up grove hill, never finished school, and before i got involved in a life of crime, i left the town. But never had a night out like a night out in Boro, so like you its a nostalgic place i will always love.

My home town also. (Brambles farm) Great video

My great grandfather was demobbed from the boar war he went back to Leeds packed a hand cart and walked all the way to middlesbrough to start a new life. It has an amazing history with the best stories you'll ever hear.

I lived in Nunthorpe in the 1960’s and my parents took us shopping every Saturday morning in Middlesbrough. I revisited this year to see all the big shops closed down. Also the dereliction of land in the St Hilda’s area near the Transporter Bridge.. I used to love going over that bridge as a foot passenger. We didn’t have a car! Pleased to see the cosmetic restoration of the Captain Cook Pub. Hope it gets put into long term use. Although not a Labour supporter I do get the feel that the council is trying its best to regenerate the town.

Can't wait to move here in September for my Postgraduate.

Yes that bridge is lovely and i love it myself. The only thing though is the area around it is rife for improvement but the bridge 🌉 has stopped any from happening.

Great video thank you

St Hilda's church is/was St Mary's cathedral. My sister was the last person to be married there before it closed and also had the first christening in the new St Mary's when it opened in Coulby Newham

Believe it or not, I visited Middlesbrough as a tourist in 2008, 2015 and 2017. While I mainly used it as a base to explore the Northeast, I always enjoyed spending some time in the city itself. The area which really intrigues me is St. Hilda's, the former old town and for many years a deserted area. It's great to see that the place is coming back to life while preserving the old heritage like the Vulcan wall, the old town hall and hopefully the Transporter bridge. Thanks for the great video, it brought back some nice memories from my visits.

Is House of Frazier or Debenhams theshop I use to know as Binns. I think it was part of the John Lewis group.The Town centre looks so depressed with so any shops boarded up and closed It also looks much more pedestrianised than I remember but I suppose Middelsbrough is not the only town centre struggling to remain relevant in modern 2023 England. 😢

memories my family still in the boro i left 35 year ago, at age 22 brambles farm lad i did glass collect in the iron opilous club at 15 good to go around the place again

Born and bred here and still live here, i could show you things in Middlesbrough you wouldn’t even begin to imagine down the back streets

Glad the shoe shop is still there.

it's funny you should talk about "The Exchange", today it's an underrated gem, with the upstairs area accessible by a side entrance opposite the train station, while the ground floor has been renovated into a restaurant. sadly overshadowed by the Empire and other clubs, Stereo as it's now known has some of the best nights out in the town

What a wonderful city

A true middlesborough gem. And that's you as well!

Jakarta... Dubai.. Middlesbrough! Nice

Some famous sons of Middlesbrough. Brian Clough, Paul Daniels, Don Revie, James Cook, Bob Mortimer, Chris Rea, Chris Kamara, James Arthur. Just off the top of my head. Proud of my hometown.

Nice place!!!

used to remember when the park in front of the library use to have a hedge around it and in summer had a few local tramps sleeping and drinking (keo) and I never knew what happened to the erimouse (hairy mouse) under the cleveland center opposite the park

I was born in middlesbrough but left in my 20s but still have family there. And I worked for a short time in the library. Remember many a good night out there with friends. Still go back to see family. My dad worked in the steel works. I am sure there was a cafe I the town hall we went to for our lunch. My family on my mums side is descended from captain cooks sister.

Every time i go home to the North East i always go and see the Transporter Bridge as I remember school trips across it.

My brother used to operate the transporter bridge in the 80's

I want to go there someday .

Hey Jason old pal , I had my bike pinched that day too ….. we were studying for a history project and if I remember right we chained them to the police station next door to the library Racing style bikes Happy days Geoff lodge

We grew up not far from Middlesbrough. The locals used to call us woolie backs.

if you were there after dark you could have seen the beating heart instalation

Big-up-tha-boro 👍🏻❤️

That Charles Clinkard shop was the first store of what is now a national chain of Charles Clinkards. But it was announced last week that the store is to close down. Sad times on all town high streets.

You should go round Stewart’s park if your from marton

Good memories of when centre square used be Victoria gardens old man's park then the Big Glass House in Stewarts Middlesbrough Council changed so much dunning street Police Station had Tunnel that through to magistrates streets like Garnet street and Amber street people used to just leave there front doors open Borough had the holy shop and Ross's still open selling school uniforms.

Last time I went to Middlesbrough that mima is now a tea shop. 😅

Marton Manor was all poshest to us wen we grew up on park end estate we use to water the water down I was born 66

I just traced my ancestry back to Middlesbrough. Thanks for look!

my nephew studying in Teesside university looking for accommodation do u know any immediate move in

No reflection on its people but the best thing to see in Middlesbrough is the road out of it

Great video, I was there in the 70s and the local kids would ask for 1 pound to protect my parked car, or it would be trashed on return. When i informed the police they advised me to give them the pound. Has the price gone up now?

I love here you have no idea of the area

Middlesbrough is a big place, it has many parts, most are crap, but there is nice parts, surrounded by crap, the centre is like spot the white man

Hi Jason, I think I might have pinched your bike, was it a red Grifter ?

I thought that the NATIVE AMERICANS had the transporter bridge now

Why didnt you go to parly rd.😂

Beautiful town hall.

Fun facts you missed. Middlesbrough had the first indoor shopping centre and first cash point. Used to get our shoes from that shoe shop and my mum worked in Burtons. My dad drove cranes for JD Whites all around Boro. Used to go to work with him all around ICI and the steel works.

Is doggie market still going?

Old man's Park was we're fountain square is now

Nice tour of our town but you need to get down parly road Essex street Harford street and show the real Middlesbrough

id blem a zoot on mima roof terrance

Up the Boro Smarty, great vid. However, disappointed you didn’t go to Saltergill Avenue 😅

Inside the church was impressive. Boro would be just another crap northern town without the Transporter bridge

Middlesbrough really ought to be a City.

Club Bongo?

UTB!🔴⚪️

No Sky Bar for a B52 or a Guinness!

I grew up from the age of 10 years old on the outskirts of Hemlington in the 90's, all i remember was hordes of little shits burning cars.

We get such a bad rep, but I wouldn’t live anywhere else. There really isn’t anywhere else like it.

No idea. Born and bread in the Boro not madton.

Why don't they show linthorpe road and captain Cook Square old abc cinema what a dump give it a wide berth from.a boro boy

UTB

Why are there so few people?? Almost negligible.

For some reason, I heard Middlesbrough is not safe because of junkies, I’m glad this video shows otherwise

60's I lived in South Bank. Went to St Peters, Normanby Road. I travel usually twice a year to attend from my home in Northern Ireland to attend to 4 graves, on Normanby Road, Cemetery. I've been doing this for 30+ years. Those remember are not relatives, but those who at that time were very kind to me as a 9-10-11 year old. Yes! times were hard but I wouldn't change the memories for anything. Everyone was friendly, everyone was on the same level. Schooling was great, would never have missed it. Northern Ireland school on the Antrim road, were 5hit, the teachers nothing more than BULLIES and HATE FILLED bigots. Never done fighting, but the CAWARDS would never one one one. Still hate the place today. Belfast IS A 5HIT HOLE. I always enjoy going back to South Bank, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Saltburn-by-the sea. the best places ever. Thank you for the memories.

If you come back to Middlesbrough why do you need to google

If ya from boro ya a fuckin smoggie ❤

More bagheads in town centre than shops now

Don't think so

He's lost his accent.

Never called smoggies until 1990, get your facts right. Been born and bread and still here.

You’ve lost your middlesbrough accent! Boro normally gets a bad press, it’s not a bad town and most people are nice.

marton manor is posh compared to pally park, hate the place , lived there for 26 yr born and bred and never go shopping there anymore

We all know the towns shite

Shit

Don’t forget the highest crime rate in Britain 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Fake news

I got out of this S-HOLE of a town as soon as I could after University.I have never wanted to go back!Some the stories I could tell would put this guys romantic descriptions to shame! Mate get a life AND a real job!

I hope the transporter bridge is kept.

Wow your from Middlesbrough? My Dad was born there in the late 40's and left there for OZ in 1971. I've been there a few times before to visit the family he left behind. I'm just glad I wasn't born there.

Hello seal.

Icey pond.