As a resident of Grimsby I can say that although freeman street is deprived and run down. It is NOT the main shopping area. Victoria street and surrounding areas are where you'll find shops and businesses. What upset me most is that anyone who ever visits the area is under the impression that this represents the whole of the area. This isn't the case.
@GENerationXplorers
27 күн бұрын
I did do a google street view of all the shopping areas and can clearly see as many shut shops on Victoria as you have on Freeman. my intention was to film it all but honestly got sidetracked by all the amazing people in your community who talked to me at great length on and off camera about the struggles facing Grimsby. the one thing I wanted to present was a different side from the videos that just show all the x-cons, drug addicts and homeless. hopefully this video shows how many wonderful people are dedicating their life to make positive change in a town that has been overlooked by consecutive Governments for decades.
@InAMinMaths
2 ай бұрын
I lived there through work in 2004. Depressing place which had an air of menace about it, but you could tell it did have money once with some lovely Victorian areas. I worked in a school and the children there were feral, violent, abusive… there was zero aspiration. After about 6 months of this I broke down in tears in a classroom and left to move to a nicer town - Lincoln.
@GENerationXplorers
2 ай бұрын
I feel your pain. I worked at a School in Brid about the same time. Oh my days it was rough. Had kids jumping out of windows (not the ground flioor) and others arriving doing commando rolls over the desks talk about feral, almost put me of Bridlington for life! Can only imagine the horrors in Grimsby education 😱
@nickweatherill337
Ай бұрын
Went through school growing up in grimsby and whilst I can only speak from my own experiences it was a living hell. Moved here from Normanton when I was 6 and Normanton is not the nicest area but the abuse I went through at school here I wouldn't wish on anyone. They even had metal detectors at one point and teachers scanning all kids entering and leaving with hand held detectors because of high rates of knife crime in the school. That was back in 2004 just before I left I'm sure it's got worse now
@Speed_city
5 ай бұрын
I live in Grimsby myself sometimes its a struggle with town centre at the night time with crouds of kids but lucky we have the youth clubs they do their best to keep kids out of trouble and support them in many ways
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment that’s good to know they are giving the kids safe spaces to hang out keeping them off the streets 👍
@blendedtravels
6 ай бұрын
It is so sad what has happened to some of the towns across both the UK and US. Online shopping really hit businesses hard. I always try to shop locale whenever I can to support those businesses. I even did a bunch earlier today! LOL. Thanks for sharing what is going on in Grimsby. Nice that they still have a great sense of community there. The fish and chips looked great! I hope you are both doing well. I am off to Greece in a couple of days. I am pretty excited about that. Take care!
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for your great comment Anita! it is happening the world over! have a fabulous time in Greece! safe travels 👍❤️
@DamirVogrinec
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this heartfelt journey through Grimsby. Your documentary shines a light on the struggles faced by its residents while highlighting the incredible solidarity and resilience within the community.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you! nice comment ❤️
@openmindedwonderer
6 ай бұрын
That really was an eye opener and so so interesting ❤
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks Cara 😘
@nationalparksprincess3216
6 ай бұрын
Wow! 😮 I think it is commendable that you are highlighting the current situation at such places. I'm so sorry about this happening 😢
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much princess! it is sad but appears it happening the world over! ❤️
@dayadventureswithgasper
6 ай бұрын
Hello my friend. We have many places in the US that are also declining. So sad to see these stores closed up. So great to see place like that food bank to help the people. Also, great prices at Mathews fish and chips. Thanks for sharing your video with us.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Cheers Gasper it’s happening the world over unfortunately! catch you soon 👍❤️
@musicnature007
6 ай бұрын
ที่นี่แทบจะกลายเป็นเมืองร้าง ติดตามตอนต่อไป 👍💯
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you 👍
@The_Brit_Girls
6 ай бұрын
Hi Nick and Jill, it was so sad to see such a devasting decline. It was hard to imagine this was once an important fishing port and the home of a huge fishing industry. It was sad to see all the boarded-up shops and the effects of the high crime rate in certain areas of the town. On a positive note, it was good to see that organizations were giving well-needed support and aid to those in need. The indoor market looked like it was a good place to find fresh foods. Thanks, as always, for telling us like it is. I really appreciate you tackling subjects like this. Best wishes to you both ~ Julie & Lucy ❤❤
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you so much Julie and Lucy 🙏 it was a real eye opener for sure. felt like I couldn’t put this series to bed without visiting the start of the UKs high street decline. now that I have visited it has left a life long impression on me and the amazing work carried out by the community there is nothing short of outstanding.
@solidstateresistor2485
3 ай бұрын
Freeman Street used to be a main shopping area up until the late seventies, so I'm not sure why you are trying to represent it as one today. Why didn't you film in the Riverhead area?
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
did honestly run out of time on that visit. the food shelters and people doing good were a real priority for me on this one to show a different perspective from what has already been shown by Wendall and GB News. a walk through on Google Maps showed me that Riverhead, now the more preferred area, has just as many closed shops as other towns and cities but it’s typically, given the previous videos on the area is where the homeless and x convicts reside. really wanted to show the good in the community, hopefully it came across. met a lot of wonderful, caring people there..
@markquickfall8098
3 ай бұрын
You can understand anyone looking at this video would have a biased discerning view on grimsby and cleethorpes but as previous comments made nothing of the normal area even cleethorpes pictures of the underneath structure of the pier and the beach at low tide doesn't do it any justice
@pagrant
6 ай бұрын
My Dad had a friend who lived in Grimsby, my Dad when he was 17 worked in Grimsby and worked in findus, so he knows a lot about garden peas. Me and my parents have not been to Grimsby in years (like 30 years)
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Hi there we always love getting your comments you are so knowledgable or have experiences of the places we visit! Thank you 👍❤️
@kreator373
6 ай бұрын
Great ! Happiness and Joy to you. Be Well. Greetings ~ Milan
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
You too lovely friend from Milan 👍❤️
@SuperSimon62
6 ай бұрын
Another fantastic and sad look on how things have decliend in our cities great info
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you Simon. it’s sad to see the decline of our working class towns and cities. starting to take its toll on me this series. the series finale is this Friday..
@ItsArtByDonna
6 ай бұрын
Such a sad thing to see this happening all over the world…so many places are in decline…the homeless here has gotten worse and worse in the 15 years I’m living here…it was so nice to see so many people who are helping there with food and meals…we have that too, soup kitchens and restaurants donating food…you’ve done an incredible job bringing all of this information to our attention 👏🏻thanks so much Nick and Jill
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks Donna thank goodness for the amazing people in the local communities ❤️
@adzey156
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing us around Grimsby sad state of affairs a once thriving fishing town left behind. So many shops restaurants, even a bank empty. Good bits of graffitiart on the tour around. Good help the food banks are doing 👌 Big market area lots of empty stalls. The crime-ridden street & estate not good be careful Generation Xplorers 😂 The chips looked nice big portion. Beautiful cleethorpes beach ⛱️ and old pier . Let's hope things get better . Thanks for sharing with us Generation Xplorers Generation Xperiences 👍
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you so much Adzey 🙏 apparently the estates are really bad at the night time (same case everywhere I suppose), talked to a few scared locals off cam and they feared about reprisals if they spoke on camera. not pretty though. very helpful graffiti though, esp. if your after a fix! the food banks and outreach programmes were truly humbling. sad times indeed, how long before we are all the next Grimsby? two years, five? nobody is slowing down this mad approach..
@adzey156
6 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers Sure is sad times
@darrenbridges7492
4 ай бұрын
❤❤❤THANKYOU EVER SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMPASSION AND KIND WORDS .... I am 52yrs of age and I am GY until I die❤❤❤
@GENerationXplorers
4 ай бұрын
thank you Darren. Some incredible people in Grimsby. the strongest community spirit I’ve ever witnessed. hopefully the political battles that will be fought for Grimsby this next month will be more than just heartless hot air and promises that will make a difference.
@CowboyJojosAdventures
6 ай бұрын
WOW! deserted thats for sure. Deprivation at its best. Very sad to see Nicholas. Looks like there is much poverty in the area. No retail, no work! "We are one Foundation", are doing some great things. Looks like the Market is a better place, although it seems quiet. Sad to hear about the Crime rate. Sounds like the poorer are getting poorer and the rich, richer! Great Vlog Nicholas, I hope things will turn around for Grimsby one day. Have a great weekend. Say hello ti Jill.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you so much Joseph. its a pretty sorry state of affairs in most of the UK at the moment and it still seems that the Government are oblivious to it. the decline of the high street has barely touched Main Street media and the politicians all live on very wealthy boroughs. it wont be long before 75% of the UK is in the same position as Grimsby. hope your having a fantastic week. PS this depressing series ends next Friday and it’s back to some fun and frolics on this channel in two weeks time. thank you for your patience!
@CowboyJojosAdventures
6 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers finding it very interesting and given it’s happening there, could it happen here. We are already struggling in the retail sector. With many empty shops. COVID-19 has done us no favours and we are still feeling the after effects. Employees are hard to find too, especially in our industry and hospitality.
@PinnedonPlaces
6 ай бұрын
Fab video here Nick, sad to see another one of the UK's important trading centres just crumble away like many of our other cities and towns. I think you do such an excellent job in giving us the facts, not giving the bullshit and showing us the real impact and real life. So thank you. Obviously going like it is, but what exactly is going to be left for us? Nothing. Everything is online now and it's so so depressing. I feel awful for the people of Grimsby, it seems so rundown and unlooked after. Absolutely brilliant to see the foodbanks and listening to the amazing volunteers, they really are a lifeline for those less fortunate, so sad that this is our reality. Thank you Nick, Jill xx
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you Alessa 🙏 a real humbling visit for me and one that has left its mark. I couldn’t film this series without visiting the very worst and first place to fall victim to the death of the UK high street. the people there have accepted their fate and the incredible work that is going on there by the amazing community has left a life long impression on me. Sadly, we are all hurtling down this path and shutted up shops, closed pubs and a huge increase in homelessness and crime whilst public services are reduced at an alarming rate. public outreach programmes and food banks are becoming more commonplace. its so hard to believe we live in a country where this is so widespread and yet not first and foremost on the political agenda. why is nobody fighting for our working class towns and cities? is it because all the MPs live in affluent boroughs? I think they do..
@DCOutdoors
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. It's disappointing to see some areas in decline. The sense of community is good to see. The fish and chips looked fantastic. Matthew's is doing what they can to support the locals, which is nice.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
The fish and chips were delicious! Cheers for your great comment Dan! have a good week 👍
@EpicAdventureCouple
6 ай бұрын
We have dying towns and centers all over America also. Good showing today, retail is moving on line. Have a great week and we look forward to the next one 🫵🙏
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Cheers guys! Catch you soon 👍❤️
@railway-share3820
5 ай бұрын
How do the poor manage in America? Do they get state benefits and pensions? Do they get medical treatment and housing? I'm a pensioner in the UK and I do well enough.
@JefPersonalVideos
6 ай бұрын
Beautiful and refreshing view of the place and delicious food thanks for sharing
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for visiting love your positivity 😂
@shaundocherty96
5 ай бұрын
If a big time investor put time money and businesses back on the high street, do you think it has the potential to be cleaned up and transformed into a much cleaned livable environment, Because I know the UK has a huge housing problem and it seems to me that the government don't want to replenish this town I'm asking myself why??
@kruck1764
5 ай бұрын
because they dont want you to own anything, they will give you the house and you will work hard for them to maintain it. They buy the rundown houses let them get dilapidated and knock it down for the land. There is potential but the country needs to change drastically in order for any of these towns to thrive
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
its like they have deliberately overlooked it for decades. I guess Grimsby isn’t alone in this but it must be one of the most unfortunate examples.
@shaundocherty96
5 ай бұрын
@kruck1764 houses in grimsby are only 41k why are monopoly players not buying and replenishing for a higher price or is the market turnover no good 🤔 I wonder what the most expensive houses are going for
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
@shaundocherty96 about £240K for a fully detached in an area away from the East and West Marshes.
@kruck1764
5 ай бұрын
@@shaundocherty96 You can get houses around he for cheap yeah but to get someone to live in one is different. much like the $1 detroit homes they need one investor to buy the whole lot and rebuild because no one wants to live on a street of broken houses and crackheads. There are also good houses around here dont get me wrong a lot of investors do come from places like london to invest because you can sell houses upto around £350,000 that you can buy for £150,000. The area is the problem we need jobs, proper education and bit of respect for ourselves and the rest will follow. Sad to see the decline
@TravellingLightLisa
6 ай бұрын
Really liked how you chatted to the people volunteering in the food banks. Hope it inspires local people to volunteer. It has made me think about contacting my local food bank for volunteering.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Hi Lisa and Giles yeah it’s so great at how communities pull together! Jill too has been researching local food banks 👍❤️
@inbetween-days
6 ай бұрын
Hi Nick and Jill thank you for another thoughtful video. At least the fish and chips looked great value and tasty. The outreach and people pulling together are a glimmer of hope. Hope you have a good weekend Best wishes Dave and Dawn ❤️
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Hi guys the fish and chips were delicious up there with the best, it needs a reward or recognition at some point! have a great weekend 👍❤️
@dinglehopper85
6 ай бұрын
That's a terrible sight, when even most of the main street is boarded up. I hope you'll have a great weekend.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you Thomas, it is definitely leading the way in how things are going for us in the UK. the great thing? the people seem to have accepted it and are just going on doing the best they can.
@owenmcgheeandbdawg
6 ай бұрын
Very sad. My home town, Billingham has ended up this way. However this shows how people can come together. So it's sad and hopeful which is something lots of people need ❤
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Yeah thank goodness for the good of the local communities! Hope you are well Mr Brilltastic have a great week 👍❤️
@SetForAdventures
6 ай бұрын
That did look rough Nick (good to see the food banks doing some good amongst this dire situation 😥)(what happened to the leveling up ???) Great documentary mate All the best to Jill and your self 🙏🏼 Simon
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you so much Simon. I guess that’s about as bad as it gets (well I really hope it is). a true town that has been kicked to the kerb by consecutive Governments for decades. the community there is amazing, whilst it might be just the norm to most growing up there, its still not the norm to a lot of the UK. I really hope we can put the brakes on this rapid decline before we are all the next Grimsby..
@SetForAdventures
6 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers your right there Nick even in the more affluent areas you see the start of this decline (things are changing I’m afraid 😟) but not for the better
@RTAC_1234
5 ай бұрын
I left Grimsby nearly twenty years ago. While I never completely forget where I come from, you do become detached from it. I've been fortunate to become reasonably successful, I live in Derbyshire now, and I only ever spend my time in nice places. It's only watching this video and some others recently that have bought the reality of my hometown back to me. It has got worse. The decline was already firmly set in when I left, but it is now significantly worse. I said to my friend recently that what you're seeing with Grimsby now is the equivalent of a rotting cadaver. The patient died many years ago, and you're just watching the body decomposing. I don't mean that disrespectfully to people that live there; it's simply a fact. When I lived there, it was well past the apex of the fishing industry, and the place was, to be frank, a bit of a dump, but there were still some signs of life. It's weird to look at videos like this, and see that even places that I considered to be undesirable at the time, but which were, in some respects, hubs of the community, are now defunct. Given that Grimsby is so isolated and easily brushed under the carpet, and other much better connected post-industrialised towns have suffered equally badly, it's hard to see the situation ever improving. It does make me grateful for the life that I lead now, and it is a somewhat weird feeling to think I used to work just off Freeman Street, in an ugly, depressing building, and that area was my day-to-day reality.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Hi there Chris thank you so much for this heartfelt comment and it is sad! We too feel the same as we are originally from Blackpool and have watched some shocking videos of late on how it has changed! We to are pleased with our choice in how we changed are lifestyle but do feel for the people who are not that fortunate to make such changes! It appears from our comments it’s happening in places the world over! It was so great to see the communities coming together and out of all the places we have visited we met some of the kindest, nicest people here! All the very best for your future ventures! Have a great weekend 👍
@neilhallberg1784
2 ай бұрын
@@RTAC_1234 youre not wrong brother. I don't expect a labour Gov't is going to do much better but you can only hope.
@gallivantinggalantes
6 ай бұрын
Hi Nick and Jill, interesting to hear about the decline of Grimsby. Such a shame. Its a good job there are the food banks today. Never thought this would be happening, good job for all of the charities and the volunteers. Nice market but quite a few stalls empty. Fish and chips looked nice. Enjoy your weekend x Julie and Tony x
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks guys hope you are enjoying your weekend ❤️
@earsandideas7266
6 ай бұрын
It is such a shame, but like you say when a town loses its main industry it has to find a way to reinvent itself. Like you say how depressing for the residents that those in charge don't seem to care. The volunteers you highlighted are doing an amazing job. I do love a wander down the coast of Cleethorpes and a great meal at Papas. It is great to hear about the sense of community at Grimsby Nick.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
that was my first visit to Grimsby and Cleethorpes. sadly as I got to Cleethorpes I only had about fifteen minutes of daylight left. what a lovely place and night and day to neighbouring Grimsby. all the arcades were open, Papas was open (I ate my £3 fish and chips close by!). I spoke to a lot of the residents in the estates who didn’t want to be on the video for fear of reprisals, some had lived there for over 40 years and said how nice a place it was but now it’s just not safe and it’s overrun with gangs and drugs. there isn’t the police to cope with it and the few cameras they do have on main streets either aren’t manned or are only referred to after a crime has happened. its utterly heartbreaking to see.
@earsandideas7266
6 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers that is all so sad, I hope they can somehow find a way forward one day!
@carolkelly5578
5 ай бұрын
I was born and raised in Grimsby/Cleethorpes until my family fled south in 1965. I've been back a couple of times over the years but never saw it this bad. They've done a great job of the market though, I remember it as just a canvas topped array of stalls in an open space. The Icelandic cod wars certainly set the rot for this once proud fishing port, so sad. My son maintains that I put the "Grim" in "Grimsby" btw!
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
oh no Carol! I’m sure he doesn’t mean it! the market was a vibrant place and full of really nice characters. The Icelandic Cod wars and then the fishing quotas imposed by the EU have done a real number in the place. Boris’s empty promises haven’t helped either. I can’t see the Tories doing well there this time.
@Drdoombrain
27 күн бұрын
Freeman Street is not the main street, it's Victoria Street nr train station. All these KZitemrs do is film the worst parts just for views.
@GENerationXplorers
27 күн бұрын
My focus of filming all the retail areas of Grimsby shifted when I met all the great people in the community that are working hard to make the place better. that took up the bulk of my time and hopefully its a very different video than all the ones that just show the jobless, x cons, druggies and homeless. my video should be a stark contrast to those videos.
@OutandaboutwithAndy
6 ай бұрын
That was a great piece of video Nick. Despite all of the promises in the last election the Tories have failed to level up much at all in the North. You can argue that Grimsby is too far gone to be sorted out in four years but it really needs significant investment. Good to see the people of Grimsby taking action and helping themselves and their fellow Grimbarians.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Grimbarians love that. they do have to bear the brunt of being lied to by Governments for decades. the North has well and truly been let down. oh let’s connect Manchester to London and throw a ridiculous amount of money at it. we need some real change and one that doesn’t make every Council bankrupt. it wont be long before most working class towns and cities look like Grimsby.. the only consolation? its happening down South too! yay 🎉
@IamaDutch-Kiwi
6 ай бұрын
Councils have left the gate (of the week) open en the horse has bolted. Rental and internet, two of the largest 'influencers' killing mid town shopping Also the expanded city borders creating more distance between suburbia and the city centre has given rise to large shopping malls and centers for easier access. We have somehow turned the corner from being 'town' shoppers. What also helped change our way and place of shopping are the extended opening hours. Now I'm not ancient _but_ : In my day- you had a shopping night for things other than groceries so it was a treat to go into town and be able to shop till 9pm. It also gave rise to having a not too expensive meal out. The rise in rent, the other issues you mentioned, add financial losses due to the pandemic, lack of staff, a pure recipe for financial disaster. I winder what is needed for the tide to turn?Another thought provoking video 🇳🇱🙋♀🇳🇿🦘😎
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
😂👍 Fabulous comment all the way from down under! that first sentence is brilliantly genius for us and our channel! You'll be pleased to know Anita only one more of this series before our silliness returns! we just wanted to get all this, that we are passionate about off our chests for now but it has been mentally exhausting 😂 hope you are having a lovely weekend 👍
@artymacfly7143
Ай бұрын
Us who live here and have seen alot of the big wage factorys go Courtaulds, Novartis, Tioxide just get on with it on the minimum wage jobs. We are a great bunch of people who take life as it comes, The top end of Freemo that almost never gets shown isn't that bad at all the markets great. Show the good side for a change chat to a few of us. I love grimsby and would not want to live anywhere else.
@GENerationXplorers
29 күн бұрын
yeah I chatted to loads of you, mostly wanted to stay off screen. really intelligent, friendly and with the best community spirit I’ve ever seen.
@MrNuRetro
5 ай бұрын
I was born in and lived in Grimsby from 1990-2014. I moved due to a lack of work in general. I moved to Gainsborough and its doing it here now. Lack of work. Lots of houses being build but no jobs in general. Its sucked.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Ah it’s so sad, I spoke to so many of the locals and they were all lovely, articulate, intelligent and amongst the nicest people I’ve ever met in the UK. For some they cannot leave. its criminal that they should have to and that they get royally screwed by the Government at almost every turn.
@WeGoPlacesTours
6 ай бұрын
Wow Nick & Jill it’s depressing to see what was once a thriving place, is now so empty and boarded up…makes me sad. I like the place that is helping people who are in need, it seems that is happening everywhere now. I love a visiting markets…glad Freeman street is holding up. Crime here in Niagara is bad too. Thanks for sharing and keeping people informed. 👍😊🇨🇦
@WeGoPlacesTours
6 ай бұрын
The fish & chips place is awesome!
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
really gosh Christine I hadn’t realised crime was bad there too? I guess it attracts a lot of visitors and maybe it has transient residents, people that find comfort there before moving onto the next place? thats very interesting!
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
insanely cheap, they are angels to keep them at that cost. I could go back 40 years and not find them at that price in the UK!
@ms.kayak7seas
6 ай бұрын
Hi Nick It brings tear to my eyes. I have learned the UK's economy declining after the glory of British Empire as I grew up. I wonder how the effect of the UK leaving European Union. Each country has economical issues and here it is you expose one by one. For my curiosity, how the young generations plan for their future.. Nobody cannot blame they leave town like this for their financial gains. Better job and better pay. I am happy to know that the local non-profits(I assume) support PPL in needs. It is challenging to find one solution...but we all have hopes.. For my curiosity, can you find out a town successfully recovering from the crisis??? maybe there is an answer... Nick, so sorry I hope my comment is not making misconception... again, great work.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thankyou Ms Kayak. I think it’s a real divide in the UK now. Id say there is a middle class where all the money is and that probably accounts for 25% of the UK and then there is the working class towns and cities that are really struggling making up the remaining 75%. in the final part of this series (next friday) I’ll be delving into that 25% unaffected and not bothered by the plight of the working classes. and then thank goodness it’s back to singing, twirling and skipping on this channel! phew! 😅
@dragon-acrocantho
6 ай бұрын
Very sad. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
it’s such a shame that it’s been left to decline by so many Governments. I think there are a lot of places in the UK of becoming the same soon..
@danp6268
6 ай бұрын
I will give you full credit for looking at the outreach programs and the good work that is going on. However, Freeman street has been dead since I was a kid over 30 years ago, the high street moved long long ago and that is not the centre of Grimsby. People here need to accept that particular area is NEVER going to be what it was and it needs to flattened and repurposed. Grimsby cannot live in the past, stop investing in dead wood and move the investment to the areas that are still alive. The only people who remember even a semi bustling Freeman street are over 60. That the people fell for Boris's brand of idiocy and voted for a Tory MP that doesn't even live in the town also shows that local people here need to take accountability and be part of the solution instead of the problem. Your video is good, but not balanced, you have shown only the area of Grimsby that was reliant on the fishing industry, you could have shown other areas as a counterbalance to give a more accurate view of the town.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you Dan, its really helpful to get great insight and local knowledge. I think I saw all the over 60s still enjoying the street whilst I was there, they were sat outside the coffee shop on the North side of the Street sunning themselves quite happily whilst having their daily cuppa. they seemed blissfully unaware of all the adjacent closed shops. they were a joy to behold! but yet flattening and repurposing the lot would be the best fix. to be fair that mantra could be applied to most of our towns and cities now including mine! do you know that was the tac I wanted to take with Lia too, I really couldn’t pinpoint her home address and I’m usually quite good at that. really ran out of time, I kept meeting and talking to so many great Grimsby locals. most of whom sadly didn’t want to be filmed, especially on the East Marsh Estate but they were all articulate and intelligent as you clearly are too. really wanted to show a different side to the side shown on other videos on KZitem, that of an intelligent and caring community that have come together in the face of adversity. to be fair, i’ll probably need to revisit! 👍
@stevenhoward9926
5 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers I think you should, wish I had known you where coming I really could have shown you around properly and I think you would have left with a much more balanced view of my town. The good and the bad and who is really to blame for my towns utter abandonment , there are also answers to many of the towns problems when taking an over view but that's a long story. BTW, I am 60 was a fisherman in my young days and have lived here all my life.
@TravelingTramps
6 ай бұрын
Another sad video of the declines taking place in so many areas and supposed wealthier country's. I descend from a fishing family up on Lake Superior here in the US. The fishing industry died in the 60's when I was young. Happily my hometown changes into a tourist destination that was successful. My hot's off to all the volunteers who give up their time to help out in the food banks. Homeless shelters here in the US too! 150 out of every thousand people is the crime rate? That's absolutely horrible and higher than I've ever heard of in a developed country. As you mentioned it didn't look that bad when you showed some of the affordable homes. But, I'm sure that's deceiving. Many challenges. Sadly, not many answers. Thought provoking, Nick and Jill.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you Dave 🙏 I did encounter some very scared locals on the estates. I was filming B Roll and a row of cars had been trashed and tagged. a woman who had lived there for forty years owned one of them and she was worried I was part of a returning gang that was trashing her property. she was still waiting for the police to attend a serious crime on her property days before and wasn’t holding her breath. she said the place used to be a lovely place to live but now it’s full of gangs and dealers and the police turn a blind eye. her story was mortifying and wasn’t the only one. for fear of reprisals they didn’t want to be filmed. sadly it gets a lot worse at night. I really feel for everyone there and my heart goes out to them and the brave soles that help that community each and every day. the government has forgotten them but in the community life and a little hope lives on..
@KevinMole-cj3kl
4 ай бұрын
Our country is in such a mess now its heartbreaking....
@GENerationXplorers
4 ай бұрын
and it still doesn’t seem to be getting any MPs attention.
@KevinMole-cj3kl
3 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers there all lying charlatans mate there paid to lie to us they don't give a shit ...
@LuckyKatiKRexperiences
6 ай бұрын
Hi Nick and Jill, very nice video, good documentary, have a great weekend 😃
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks, you too! ❤️
@elewalks
6 ай бұрын
nice tour thanks for the sharing Greetings from Istanbul
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! 👍
@karlblanch3898
2 ай бұрын
Thank goodness I now live down on the South coast. I use too live in Louth in the 70s & 80s & use too catch the Lincolnshire road car bus too either Lincoln or Grimsby for a few hours but nothing too visit Grim ..Grimsby for 😢 .
@GENerationXplorers
2 ай бұрын
Ah it’s a real shame Karl. It’s the same place getting consistently looked over by every horrible iteration of Conservatives and Labour. Give the place the recognition it deserves and let the funding flood in..
@AishusCraftyKidsClub
6 ай бұрын
Sounds interesting 🤔 All ur videos carry a great value 😊
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks Aishu 👍❤️
@TravelwithSnowGirl
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing Britain poorest town, greeting from Texas 16:05😊fully supported
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Much appreciated 👍❤️
@LEGOLIZED
6 ай бұрын
first here....watching now for you Jill and Nick
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Aaww thanks Fred ❤️
@TheHikingHermit
6 ай бұрын
Grimsby sounds a bit grim. I was beginning to wonder if any shops were open. You'd think the council would do something to try to reinvigorate the place like low business rates or something. I'm no expert on it. However good to see that the market looked good and clean but not busy when you visited. Also great to see the community coming together tho it's not great that more and more people are relying on food banks. The bit on successive Government I'll decline to comment 😊
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
😂👍 well said Paul cheers it is a shame but everyone we spoke to was lovely 👍
@iJSabelle007
6 ай бұрын
Hi Nick! Sad😮. Online shopping is really the killer of retail shops. And I hate to think that some stuff we buy online atleast here in the US, could potentially be stolen goods from big stores where shoplifting are very rampant and most of the time unpunished!! Are they bankrupt?
@iJSabelle007
6 ай бұрын
at least some are being put to good use..Rich or poor nation can be brought to their knees and be humbled.
@iJSabelle007
6 ай бұрын
business go down,crimes go up. I hope Grimsby's future won't remain grim, no pun intended.
@buy.to.let.britain
6 ай бұрын
all the high street brands all have internet stores too, so its not down to that. its down to crippling council rates.
@frazerlapsleyWATP
5 ай бұрын
When are you people going to realise it doesn’t matter who you vote for it all stays the same when has voting ever benefited anyone other than a politician
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Sad but true Fraser, even my go to favourites “reform uk” have property portfolios and hidden agendas. Honestly don’t know what the answer is but it definitely isn’t any more LAB CON
@vanessahenderson1850
2 ай бұрын
Exactly. If voting made any difference and was any good for us, we wouldn't be allowed to vote. The same with a TV. If a TV was any good for people's mental health, you wouldn't be allowed to own one.
@kennethwilkinson8244
6 ай бұрын
good evening nick,mate. i was sorry to hear about the princess of wales. i hope she is o.k. i emailed jill a video, i thought she might find interesting. have a good weekend mates
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Great video Kris! The princess is doing well! you too for a great weekend! much love across the pond 👍
@no_soy_rubio
6 ай бұрын
I made a little video in Grimsby last year and the damn GoPro formatted and I lost all the footage. I was gutted at the time. Now I'm relieved, because it was nowhere near as good as this video! Great job Nick! And great job those volunteers at the food bank. It's astounding that people are struggling so much when you give those figures of how much money the UK (or should I say the elites) has. Levelling up, I haven't heard that particular bs little catchphrase for a while. Boris told lies about brexit, couldn't see that coming 😂
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Sorry about your Grimsby video Matt, im having real issues with my GoPros atm. I will never use the 12 again as I cant find an audio setting even with the media mod that sounds decent. and the 10 which I used for this sometimes just won’t record any audio (I lost two great interviews on the day thanks to no audio). time to look at a competitor cam for me. Levelling up? what an absolute load of nonsense. this country is in tatters, if anyone can leave the UK they need to get out now as its only going to get a lot worse unless enough votes go away from the two main parties. my hope? that enough votes do go away and that one of them has to form a coalition. that’s the best the UK can hope for right now. the fight for BREXIT was pretty much won on fishing rights and not only have we not reclaimed any but some of the EU partners that worked through Grimsby have left since BREXIT making the town even more worse off. very sad to see and very humbling seeing the great work in the community. I couldn’t find any of the toothless, tattooed nutcases that feature on other Grimsby videos, just a lot of intelligent, friendly, helpful locals, even in the estates.. im starting to think that these people are brought in? 🧐
@no_soy_rubio
6 ай бұрын
@GENerationXplorers I didn't see any of those characters on my trip to Grimsby either Nick! In Kent a lot of people seemed to vote for Brexit because we could 'take back control of our borders', well we all know how that's gone. I hope Grimsby improves, like you say it's got a lot of soul, like many of the towns that are suffering. So annoying about the camera, smartphones never seem to have problems so why are cameras going wrong all the time 🤦♂️
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
It’s a sad state of affairs. I didn’t vote as thought both options had merit but the deal we got with brexit was no deal at all. I understand now why the deal Boris “brokered” was such an appalling laughing stock. Better no deal than the one we got,
@teddysalad0802
Ай бұрын
Oh look, a Town of nearly 100000 pople represented as usual by the run down East Marsh estate just to meet the posters expectations, there are so many nice areas in the Town but these are not shown, never are, it is so boring because every Town in the north have run down areas if you look for them. Grimsby is no different.
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
I went there to meet and speak to the great people that are working so hard to help your community. My entire day was spent with them on and off camera. I represented them rather than the toothless unintelligent locals that were being represented by the two other mainstream videos at that time. Hope my video brought balance to that.
@teddysalad0802
Ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers absolutely no problem with you appreciating the people who work hard for other people, but my point is that there is a lot more to the town than the grotty areas that TV and KZitemrs visit, it's almost like there is an agenda to keep Grimsby as a laughing stock of a town, when it isn't, there are millions currently being spent to improve the town centre, there are some very nice residential areas a couple of beautiful parks yet why do we only see the worst of the town? It's because it suits the narrative that the entire town is a dump, when it isn't. Did you view any of the Town other than the east and West marsh estates which are the worst? Perhaps your motives where fine, but to a proud Grimbarian like myself it just seems like more ridicule.
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
There does need to be more done to showcase the delights of Grimsby, especially given that is shares its area with the much loved Cleethorpes. To be honest my motives for this series are just to look at retail decline, which is happening almost everywhere. I was pleasantly surprised to meet so many passionate people in the town on and off screen. Like I say at the end the place has a lot of soul. It’s definitely a place I will be doing a follow up on (I plan to revisit each place a year after my first visit) but that will be a great opportunity to showcase anything I missed.
@kennethwilkinson8244
6 ай бұрын
i miss jill. its been 3 weeks since i have seen her.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
One more week without her then we are both back! will get her to send some pics 👍
@independentpuppy7520
5 ай бұрын
I think most of the northern areas of England are well and truely finished. I think because all the industry was up there. All gone now. There are still some nice areas however. Such as Cumbria, Lake District, York.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment you are right although we did cover York there are a lot of boarded up shops there too! have a great week ahead 👍
@yasminshikingmission
6 ай бұрын
So sad to see the decline in some places 😔😔 such a shame
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
it seems almost a forgone conclusion now Yasmin that we all follow down this path unless there is massive change..
@MagentaOtterTravels
6 ай бұрын
I didn't know much about Grimsby before this video... except it's hometown to one of my favourite KZitemrs.... Laurence from Lost in the Pond. But he lives in Chicago now 😉
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
lost In the pond, i will have to check him out. I’m hoping it was a move for the better on Laurence’s part. 🙏
@MagentaOtterTravels
6 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers he is brilliantly hilarious! You really should check him out. Don't watch his most recent video about his puppy, watch one of his British culture videos that he normally does
@MrDirkles
6 ай бұрын
Conservative, labour, or lib dems it doesn't matter who is in charge they all follow the same policy which is to transfer all publicly owned assets and services arriving with tax take to big business. They want everything!
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
your absolutely spot on. both Main parties would have got to the same outcome and your probably right Lib Dem’s too. we need real change, the MPs are still swanning around with rose coloured specs on thinking their affluent home towns and villages will never be affected..
@مطبخماماحبيبتي
6 ай бұрын
Great work thanks for sharing keep it up l hope we always communicate 🛎👈👉👀👍🎁🌹🌷🌺🤲
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks and sure 👍
@semare_on_tour
6 ай бұрын
tolle bilder einfach nur klasse 👍🏻 danke fürs teilen wir wünschen euch ein schönes Wochenende grüße Semare
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to comment 👍
@user-TonyUK
5 ай бұрын
I escaped Grimsby by joining the Army in 1976 and never really when back. I am now happily retired in Essex.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Well done Tony. I spoke to a lot of residents who have lived there for 50/60 years and they detailed how much it has changed over the years in almost every regard. its very upsetting, im glad you were able to get out and I hope something decent happens for the people of Grimsby soon.
@markburch3056
5 ай бұрын
I moved to Derbyshire in 91 then onto Buckinghamshire and I have to say it’s soo sad how the town has declined. I cannot see me moving back home despite all my family living in the area. All I ever see is crime and drugs such a shame. I worked on most of the council estates Nunsthorpe Grange and East Marsh but never saw it this bad. Such a shame as we have some of the most generous people living in these areas not money but love and thought always willing to help.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
@markburch3056 yeah it is really heart breaking Mark, its a town of Saints desperately doing the best to help those left in need by our lacking governments.
@user-TonyUK
5 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers Yes no doubt most of the current residents of Grimsby would be shocked to know that few people back in the 1950s to early 1970s NEVER LOCKED THEIR DOORS at night.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
@user-TonyUK it’s so sad Tony, I spoke to a lovely lady that had lived on the East Marsh for over 60 years, she was a double victim of crime just a couple of days prior (still waiting on the police to attend the incidents) and I talked to her at great length how wonderful it was growing up and how it has changed over the years. She is still there, holding onto her memories but at the same time afraid of what happens after dark. It’s absolutely mortifying.
@Walkinginindia2
6 ай бұрын
Really interesting 👍 😊
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you 👍
@axoscurry.
5 ай бұрын
fish n' chips and mushy pea.s..... bargain.... i paid in ashton town centre in thamesside... which is a working-class area.... £11.47p....... £3 for fish n'chips and mushy pea's... bargain.....wish it was £3 everywhere.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Us too that’s amazing right we’d have it for breakfast, dinner and tea at that price! 🤣 probably not wouldn’t want to burden the nhs 🤣
@LindenButters
4 ай бұрын
Not until the council starts treating people like human beings and not as nuisances! People do not even get replacement bins for the many used to the point of overflowing by others and those stolen. They do not even get collected as I found out. No wonder so much gets tipped on the streets. You still get charged council tax though!
@GENerationXplorers
4 ай бұрын
sadly things are only going to get worse. under Labour our Council Tax might double and under Conservative nothing will get done and most public services will be on strike. I’m already considering moving because of the amount of Council Tax I have to pay. Surely services should improve with the amount it increases each year?
@LindenButters
4 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers I too have been contemplating moving even as a pensioner. My pension is under 900 since this rise. I will be taxed on this. Fortunately I have capital, long worked for. With council tax, phone, internet and energy, TV licence and this excludes food, my direct debits with being thrifty are well over four hundred, effectively over half my pension and with food not included. Yes, it keeps me alive but not exactly comfortably so, even by only flushing every third time, never buying take aways and walking as a recreation, not affording pubs and theatre visits. I am using capital to pay for teeth as our NHS dentists are not available. I am grateful for the bus pass and being able to bend and touch my toes and can afford to colour my own hair! I may Google how to cut it at home! It irks me that those younger get so much more on benefits with no tax forms, but who can blame them! I've often checked out bipolar symptoms and how to lean convincingly on a stick!
@vanessahenderson1850
2 ай бұрын
@@LindenButters So sorry to hear about your situation. It's not good for anyone with all that's going on. The UK is a disgrace and it's disgusting the way people are being treated. With regards to benefits, so many people are under the illusion that anyone in receipt of welfare (UC) are on a good thing. It's simply not the case and the way Jobcentres look for ways to deliberately cut/reduce people's monies is beyond disgusting. These so called work coaches aren't there to help people find work. They're installed to make claimant's lives as stressful as possible. What these civil servants fail to realise is the fact that they won't have jobs for too much longer either. The more psychotic you are, the better you get on within jobcentre/dwp environments.
@mikedennington8856
5 ай бұрын
Its the sam ein the USA and China and most other G7 countries inc Canada. Look at the main streets and they are dumps.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
it does seem to be happening in a lot of places and yet some countries, not happening at all..
@neilhallberg1784
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, im a grimsby guy, it is a shithole and our council doesn't care one bit.
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
I’m sorry to hear that Neil, these Governments have a lot to answer for, bloody General Election coming up and not one candidate is talking about the state of so many of our towns and cities. It makes me despair. Cleethorpes looked lovely though, it must be nice to have that on your doorstep! 👍
@neilhallberg1784
3 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers well Tories, labour and liberals can all sod off , I'll be voting Reform this coming election. Not that i vote much, but would you vote for any if your town was left to rot over the last 30yrs. The trash on the streets , demolitions left hopelessly unkept. Homelessness.. its a proper joke, and to think of our history and those who died protecting it, for what.. ? Hard to have pride when looking at Freeman St, East Marsh.
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
@neilhallberg1784 yeah I’m voting Reform too. It’s clearly going to be a Labour win but best bet is that they don’t have a clear enough majority without a Collab. At any rate getting Reform a voice in Parliament will be very important over the next five years and it will hopefully make the “main” parties realise just how out of touch they are with the voters.
@neilhallberg1784
3 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers When i look and walk around Freeman st i can't help thinking that if our council arent tending to our community then there's a gross misappropriation of funds and I'd love to know who's responsible, When i asked a local housing officer why won't they employ some people to clean up, or better still get some crimms doing community service, the reply ...no money, but that doesn't stop us purchasing a brand new submarine or ferrying Govt P.R officers to Europe on aeroplanes etc etc .....to prop up the image.. in some places it looks 3rd world.
@davidlingard7369
2 ай бұрын
Yep Freeman Street,5 Turkish Barbers and every other shop is an Eastern European store,effing shit hole,just waiting on the asylum seekers to descend on us,like living in the third world.
@FatNorthernBigot
4 ай бұрын
I'm Grimsby born-and-bred, and Grimsby it's been dying on its arse since I was a kid. I'm 54! At this stage, it's only famous for KZitemrs wandering around "Freemo" looking shocked at plyboard. 😂
@GENerationXplorers
4 ай бұрын
Certainly being dying for the longest time I can think of in the UK. The only other places that have suffered for long time are coal and steel towns. It’s always where the political battles are fought though. The coast is always the areas on the fence about political ways to vote. Today will be interesting from a political point of view as will the General Election when the real battle will be fought and Grimsby will be front and centre of broken promises..
@FatNorthernBigot
4 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers Grimsby was always Labour. A Tory MP was never going to make themselves that comfortable.
@GENerationXplorers
4 ай бұрын
@FatNorthernBigot end of the line for the lesser seen Lia then?
@FatNorthernBigot
4 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers Lia Who? 😂
@GENerationXplorers
4 ай бұрын
@FatNorthernBigot exactly 👍
@robsimons1609
Ай бұрын
you can slate my town has much as you want,you can portray it in a bad light,but you will find the local Grimbarians so friendly and welcoming,something that you do not find in many other places.
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
thank you for paraphrasing everything I set out to do in this video. I went AGAINST the trend of showing Grimsby people as toothless jobless drugged up idiots that EVERY other video about Grimsby shows YOU as and showed the amazing work on and off camera that every intelligent Grimsby local came across as. id hope Rob, that you were as intelligent as your fellow Grimsby residents and maybe watched the video before shouting a lot of shit.
@robsimons1609
Ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers it was a general comment,saying that people slate Grimsby in there vlogs,it was not aimed directly at you
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
I’m sorry Rob. I have to say out of all the places I’ve visited I think everyone I met in Grimsby were absolute Saints, made connections there on and off screen that will last with me for a lifetime. You’ve had a raw deal from the crap British Government but how the locals cope with it is nothing short of incredible. I’m in awe of your community and boarded up shops which I went there to see isnt a Grimsby problem it’s a UK problem, we are all In the same boat sadly and I suspect that Labour don’t give two “you know what’s” about that.
@robsimons1609
Ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers no problem bro,take care,
@daztee8322
13 күн бұрын
Ur serious it's a shithole and no one is friendly there your al l backward inbreds
@PhilipOlsen11
6 ай бұрын
Sorry to say Nick (and I hope no ones from Grimsby is listening) but sadly it looks a mess. Those awful 1960’s shops and buildings sadly don’t help. You can imagine though, just after the war, it would be a bustling thriving town 😢
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
that would definitely have been its heyday Phil. literally the definition of a “booming” generation..
@Bluediamond200
2 ай бұрын
I loved Cleethorpes, in 2006 bought a house in Harrington street, but after getting the car side windows smashed twice over night, and the very strange Irish man next door neighbour I moved out and then sold the house as quick as I could, taking less than paid for it. So I lived there approximately for 6 months . But I still like Cleethorpes just not the Grimsby end.
@GENerationXplorers
2 ай бұрын
Gosh I can relate to that. Cleethorpes did look lovely on my brief visit and I can understand why it attracts so many visitors each year. I guess its proximity to Grimsby means the crime there is higher than the national average.
@heatherbatty
27 күн бұрын
Harrington Street is dodgy
@elcaminantebilbaino
6 ай бұрын
Very sad.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
😞
@MagentaOtterTravels
6 ай бұрын
There are some very GRIM views of Grimsby in this video 😮... yikes!😱
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
it really is as bad as you can possibly imagine yet home to the most amazing people. the word Grim derives from a danish fisherman called Grim who founded the area!
@irminschembri8263
6 ай бұрын
Apart from the EU regulations to safeguard fishing grounds and quotas sold to European companies didn't Grimsby decide to cut itself off its biggest market ?? Asking for a friend.......
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
I do believe that post Brexit they suffered even more as they were a “processing port” for European firms that could no longer deal with them. not only did the quotas not improve but trade got worse. a really sad and betrayed time for this once magnificent town.
@AC-id5ow
3 ай бұрын
So much history and potential gone to waste
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
they should start a town of culture award and attract some well deserved attention to Grimsby’s great maritime history. attract some investors with Central Government incentives like they did in Hull.
@youkidandthat1205
2 ай бұрын
With you asking people to help out and donate I trust you will donate any revenue from this video to help out?
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
I tell you what if and when this video even breaks even I will do even more than I already have. 👍
@SceneBites4K
6 ай бұрын
Like 39 👍👍💯 Great video
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you 👍
@andywright3450
6 ай бұрын
Hi mate cracking video
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
thank you so much Andy 🙏
@WatcherOfYT
Ай бұрын
This is all part of the plan. This is social engineering by the Government be that the previous one or the current one. Empty shops now, will become new accommodation, this is where we will house the influx of migration, conversion of current buildings into accomadtion will be cheaper than new builds.
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
I guess when we run out of luxury hotels that most Brits cannot afford to stay in we will need to house the migrants in more permanent homes, repurposed high streets makes great sense. Thankfully it wont affect any MPs as they all live in Country Mansions!
@WatcherOfYT
Ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers The decline of our nation in the last, I would say 30 years, is astonishing. Thank you for highlighting this through your videos.
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
@WatcherOfYT Thankyou 🙏 such a huge change in that time but sadly I feel the next five years we will see double that decline.
@illusionisover8584
Ай бұрын
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies," Jefferson wrote. " If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around(these banks) will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." "The issuing power of currency shall be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." We should all meditate on that amazing prediction of things to come that are not necessarily beneficial to the 99%-- but only to the 1%.
@WatcherOfYT
Ай бұрын
@@illusionisover8584 I've thought similar before, bit coin and such like worries the bank system as they haven't any control over it.
@suzannetownsend1757
3 ай бұрын
The flats being knocked down didn't help freeman street traders ,it was the last nail in the coffin especially for the market ,which you only showed a small part of .
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
Gosh I suppose that would affect footfall in the Market. Pity as it was lovely in there, hopefully all the displaced high rise tenants will find their way back to the Market.
@Grimberian72
5 ай бұрын
you certainly was looking at the better end of east marsh! 10x worse than it appears in your video! or did you dear not enter the worse parts?
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
no I did walk the entire length and breadth of it a few times. has to be taken into context that it was 3 to 5pm in the afternoon. sure there was some pretty weird sights, outlandish vocabulary from the most unlikely and some horrendous crime scene damage. I spoke to a few locals including one poor lady, a recent victim of some damage, still awaiting police two days later, done to her by drug gangs. nobody I spoke to wanted to be on camera which I have to respect but there tales weren’t great, some had lived there all there lives and spoke in detail on how it had deteriorated, how unsafe it was at night and how little help they get with cameras or police. Everyone I spoke to was articulate, intelligent and well mannered, the exact opposite of what ive seen in media before.
@Grimberian72
5 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers i live on the outer reaches of east marsh and you made it look posh! i get ya thou wanted to point it out
@billygoatfilms7531
6 ай бұрын
Another thought provoking film Nick and if I wasn’t depressed enough, I’m truly depressed now. Living in present day England certainly makes you feel like you’re in a third world country. Yes in fact this is definitely a third world country and if I was in my early twenties I’d be heading for Canada or New Zealand. Fish and chips accompanied by curry sauce! You’ve got to be kidding me, yes definitely a third world country 😡 Take care Nick things can only get worse and believe me they certainly will.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Ah thank you Mike, it’s horribly depressing isn’t it? It has taken its toll on me and I’m so happy to say it’s ending next week. I don’t think I realised going in just how utterly pointless and fruitless this journey would be. There is no light at the end of this tunnel and whilst I might escape away to a poor but better off part of Europe in my senior years I have responsibilities and I have to stay. For anyone younger watching or reading this now.. RUN RUN GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN. Sorry about the caps, that upsets me as much as it does you Mike. Promise that skipping, countryside and very bad singing will be here in two weeks time. It’s been WAY too long..
@IamaDutch-Kiwi
6 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers The grass only LOOKS greener elsewhere Nick. 🩷
@jeremyschofield8280
3 ай бұрын
It was that bad not long after the 80’s so well over 12 years.
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
Gosh has it been that long? Shocking.
@jeremyschofield8280
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately it has.
@ScotlandFarAndNear
6 ай бұрын
Quite sad town - it reminds me small towns in Poland 30 years ago, when all heavy industry and huge communist co-operatives were falling down. Most of these towns are back on their feet though, restored and revitalized with EU money and energy of people, so there is a hope for Grimsby too.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Hope so the people were just lovely! Thanks for your comment 👍
@ervinslens
6 ай бұрын
Sad, simply sad! This looks and sounds like BBC documentary! Nothing less than that!!!
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
high praise indeed Ervin! thank you so much. last part of this series next week and then it’s back to the great outdoors! need some countryside and solitude after all this depression!
@thefuzz1172
5 ай бұрын
Its comical really, the guy is constantly looking left and right expecting to be attacked any minute!
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
I loved this comment, really tickled me. I will definitely be playing up to that next time I do one of these videos. ♥️
@susankirk2900
4 ай бұрын
You actually only went to very worst places in Grimsby 😢 I live in grimsby and there and some very beautiful areas ... every town which is struggling has places run down the same 😢.. Next time you visit .. film away in the other areas ..you find beautiful picturesque places in grimsby too 😊
@EELZZ4231
4 ай бұрын
I don't understand why Grimsby's didn't do better hundred or so years ago like London because it had the largest fishing port and it's got some really good heritage why didn't Grimsby's invest in itself like London it shouldn't look like it does today the people from the Victorian times must have been solely focused on fish and not investment. I could be completely wrong it's just my thoughts Grimsby's history is just has strong as London when the Vikings turned up I think the people of Grimsby's back in time didn't care about the place
@GENerationXplorers
4 ай бұрын
A very fair point. I think I saw on one of the fishing documentaries about Grimsby and the reporter was talking to some of the old fishermen who fished before and during the cod wars. they pretty much admitted to being greedy and over fishing. no thoughts then on investment or what to do on all the profits at the time.
@ParcBlondel
3 ай бұрын
Jesus wept if you don't know what the difference is between ANY town and London, I can only think you are a Londoner. London has Parliament, THEREFORE it has the money markets, the HQs of businesses that exist all over the country but pay HQ staff millions, then the banks are thjere BECAUSE the government is there, HQ of just about every public, private, voluntary organisation, BILLIONS are spent on just ONE London Railway station-from OUR taxes, Heathrow is the only airport supported in various ways by the government, billiona spent on Crossrail, and you think a single industry can compete with that. Look at EVERY main railway line - all lines (and roads) lead to London. When I went to college in the 1960s, the only way of getting there was ... FIRST go to London, cross London, take a train back in the direction I had come from! FFS get thinking!
@EELZZ4231
3 ай бұрын
@@ParcBlondel I come from Devon my lad woohoo 🥳🍻 but I believe Grimsby's had a fighting chance of being better than what it is today plus I've had a few to drink so I'm going to bed now I wish you a very happy life take care dude 🤪
@S4NT6P11Z
Ай бұрын
seen a few comments about this and there not wrong I’ve lived in Grimsby for nearly 13 years and there are really nice parts of it but it’s never shown on videos like this
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
The focus was on the great people helping your community.
@heatherbatty
27 күн бұрын
So true Scartho Humberstone waltham even Seaview street and St Peters avenue
@rossgardner9412
6 ай бұрын
I love your videos…but by god they’re depressing.
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you Ross 🙏 literally sat here mortified about how fruitless this journey was. We have met some incredible people along the way and learnt a lot about why our high streets are declining the way they are. I can officially announce that the end of this very depressing BOARDED UP series is next Friday. It can’t come soon enough, get ready for bad singing, skipping, twirling..
@goingmouch3753
5 ай бұрын
The state of Britain has absolutely nothing to do with migration
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Certainly not in Grimsby where you can just point at the industry being closed for fifty years and a lack of help from Central Government to replace it.
@goingmouch3753
5 ай бұрын
@@GENerationXplorers Yeah...a million net migration has had no affect on the north
@Grimberian72
5 ай бұрын
sadly it does when sufficient funding isn't being provided to an already declining area!
@maddy2457
5 ай бұрын
What's the conservatives got to do with it?? Labour have done their fair share of damage, keep your political views out of these so called informative videos.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
in my opinion the Conservatives are solely responsible for the two biggest downfalls in Grimsby. Entering the EU and then exiting without a decent deal to either secure fishing quotas or packing industries. if politics is fought hard anywhere it will be in Grimsby. but yes Labour are equally bad at running this country into the ground.
@russellhunter8378
4 ай бұрын
People seem to have short memories, we had 13 years of Labour before and they all they did for the people of Grimsby was take them for granted and assume they'd vote for them in perpetuity. On a side note, you really look like Bomber from Auf Wiedersehn Pet
@RH-eg1ww
Ай бұрын
Thts depressing
@GENerationXplorers
Ай бұрын
It’s horrible to think how many British people now need food banks to survive..
@SCHRUBBE1966
3 ай бұрын
There is plenty of work there. Loads of factory work. The young people do not want to work in them. They want to get the dole for going to school
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
Ah that is sad, some of the people we talked to inferred the same. Sad there is not a greater range of employment opportunities there for young people. I hope Grimsby gets the attention and investment it deserves that opportunities will eventually change. Will take time though..
@martinmay8919
3 ай бұрын
I'm Grimsby born and bred. The "work" you speak of is zero hours where you turn up and if there's no work you are sent home and don't get a penny for your trouble. Yet if you are a minute late your are punished. You are treated like a piece of shit, and they sack you for the most trivial things imaginable. All this for minimum wage. People want to work, but not like this, and I bet that you wouldn't stick it for an hour before you went running back to mummy. My son got a job in one of these factories when he left school. He was given a pair of wellies to wear, they were still warm from the person on the previous shift, they had to share them!
@GENerationXplorers
3 ай бұрын
@martinmay8919 yeah now thats a really valid and helpful point Martin. Some people do point a finger and say that the people from Grimsby don’t want to work but let’s be clear the people of Grimsby don’t want to work Nader those awful conditions. More help needs to be done to help people on benefits get into work without loosing their income. Any work beyond the zero hours should be a bonus above and beyond your normal entitlements..
@vanessahenderson1850
2 ай бұрын
That's simply not the case. There are a lot of people that do want to work and would quite willingly go and work in a factory. Sadly, many people can't get a look in and a lot of people just can't afford to take hit and miss agency work and zero contracts. They'd end up being worse off financially. Yes, there will always be some people out there that don't want to work but they are only a small minority. Anyone that tells people any different are either sat pretty (for now that is) and/or under MK Ultra due to the constant garbage that's spewed out via that Propaganda machine (TV). Grimsby has absolutely nothing to offer anyone and it's so sad to see.
@buy.to.let.britain
6 ай бұрын
A lot of people dont know that Hollywood actor Lee Van Cleef took his stage name from a visit to Cleethorpes when he was a child in the 1930s
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
wow Lee Van Cleef, I didn’t know that, what a superb fact! thankyou
@daztee8322
13 күн бұрын
Cleethorpes is bigger dump than Grimsby
@GENerationXplorers
11 күн бұрын
gosh I do need to return to both and have a proper explore, im sure there was lots I missed.
@johnthompson-sj1ib
2 ай бұрын
They would rather buy spray paint cans for the graffiti than buy food
@GENerationXplorers
2 ай бұрын
sad but quite possibly true John.
@sheffkev
5 ай бұрын
Rather a tainted view of Freeman Street with some nifty camera work to miss out the good businesses that still support the area like Farmfoods, Iceland and Poundland that took over the Wilko that was closed. I do acknowledge it is bad, but it is in no way as bad as you have painted it, and why not a trip to Victoria Street and Riverhead to give it some balance? Like someone said in the comments a lot of what happens her is caused by the people that live here and not the politicians, I don't have a lot of money but I still possess dignity and good manners.....both of which are in sharp decline amongst a large proportion of the inhabitants of Grimsby.
@GENerationXplorers
5 ай бұрын
Farmfoods Iceland and Poundland? Well wow. If that’s supporting a community then I will eat my hat, Freeman Street was as bad as it gets and believe me I’ve visited some overlooked places on this series. What I didn’t want to do was go down the route of Hollywood Grimsby Brothers, Wendall and his toothless Xcon entourage, sky news or gb news do to your lovely town. You have a town with an articulate and incredible community, quite possibly the greatest community in the UK working and helping yourselves survive. I met so many, hopefully a lot shown and talked about but many, many , many more met that were either too humble to be on camera or too afraid from the real day in day out terrors that happen on the Marshes that refused to be on camera, and unlike the people I mentioned before I honoured their request. Believe me I could have easily put up that footage. I’m sorry in my time to visit the saints of Grimsby and the real victims of the Marshes i didnt get to see the odd shop open on Victoria Street, if it makes you feel any better I have walked up and down it on Google Maps several times before and after filming and it looks every bit as rubbish as my high street and every other working class high street across this land. The point with this video is this.. nowhere in this country has anywhere been consistently let down as the lovely town as Grimsby and nowhere in the UK has the community not got together and worked tirelessly to hold itself together. Another four years of Tory? We will all be Grimsby, but will we have the community and soul that you do to save us?
@willmitchell255
5 ай бұрын
Victoria Street and the Riverhead to give it some balance ? Both are shit holes, as is the rest of Grimsby Go to Victoria Street, constant threat of being mugged or worse - stabbed. Riverhead ? The local low life attacking the nesting swans and as an aside they've now descended on Sidney Park to attack the Roe deer that has ventured in there. Yes I was born and bred here and still live here. Agree its the people not the politicians but the council are spending all the money on the wrong things and in the wrong places. Nobody comes to Grimsby anymore - cos it's such a shit hole. Victoria Street and Riverhead included. Agree entirely about the sharp decline in inhabitants in GY It was never like this when I was a youngster and I lived in one of the roughest areas in Grimsby - there was never or little trouble back then. It's a tainted view of Grimsby as you stated - but that's why, because it is tainted. Don't want to start a war with you, just want to - say yes there are a lot of nice people in Grimsby but unfortunately there's a lot of bad too. And with bad people - comes bad places. Peace out.
@BluemoonTraveler
6 ай бұрын
So interesting share my friend. Big like. I wish you a happy Thursday...👍👍
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! You too!
@Kimspics59
6 ай бұрын
Wow, what a fantastic video Nick & Jill highlighting the sad state of retail in Grimsby. But, what a great community pulling together with their food banks & workshops. Great highlighting the state of our high streets 👌🏻
@GENerationXplorers
6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much Kim we are coming to the end of this series with quite a different one ending it next week! Then we will be back to our usual hiking silly selves for a while! we are quite passionate about some of these topics so more will be covered in the future! Love you guys have a great weekend 👍❤️
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