We use to holiday in Jaywick in the 50`s and early 60`s. I loved my memories of the place as a young girl. When we retired, we moved about 15 miles away from Jaywick and do not regret it.
What a clown if your mum lives there you should be getting yourself someone in life to get her out that ain’t a achievement and you should be embarrassed to say that jaywick is full of tramps , crackheads , alcohol is the place is a 💩 hole nothing great about it so stop glorifying it a Quick Look on the internet shows how it really is
I know Jaywick and I know many people that live there. Yes it is poverty stricken, but you will not find anywhere in the country that has a strength in community spirit like the residents of Jaywick! They are amazing people with amazing stories to tell in how they try and overcome some horrendous circumstances in life. I will defend the people of jaywick all day every day!
Of course they have community spirit everyone there is on drugs or drunk all day that’s all they do all squats in jaywick that’s why it’s such a close community because nobody else out of jaywick wants to know them I take my friends down there just for a laugh and to remind myself thank god I did well in life or this is how you could end up in life I also make them see to be thankful where they live as you can and up like that easily
@@johniepatterson3746 I’m middle class and I don’t I prefer to spend money on nice cars and my home hence why my house don’t look like any in jaywick as I said when my friends are depressed or down I take them down there to cheer them up and for a good laugh as thank goodness god was on my side in life
Used to spend half my summer hoildays in Jaywick, would of been about 50 yrs ago first time I visited , my Nan an Grandad bought a bungalow down there, Remember the Never Say die, Mary's fish an chips , Dots the newsagent an gift shop , I loved it , Used to hate coming back to London, Then I moved to Clacton, an used to visit Jaywick, far cry from what it used to be , the quaintness long gone , once Pristine holiday chalets an bungalows stand dishevelled, the cheery pensioners, longgone , Needs investment!
I used to go there when I was a kid on holiday i loved it but it has really changed. Im going to go there on a rainy grey day and get some moody black and white photos, I've heard the people there are friendly enough, great channel you have mate.
I know Jaywick resembles a post apocalyptic campsite but I can think of far worse places to live. A lot of the shacks have character - they overlook the sea and beach. It’s coastal and has amusements, pubs and shops nearby. I can think of places in the middle of industrial estates far from good scenery inland with overpopulated council housing sprawl, motorways, mosques etc.I’ve never understood why Jaywick is considered worse - it actually looks ok.
Jaywick shouldn’t have had houses built on it. The ground is not fit for housing and the area is not fit for living permanently like the guy said in the video. It ain’t the people’s fault.
This is the worst place to live I can’t think of anything worse then jaywick. Whenever someone says what’s the biggest 💩 hole in the Uk first thing comes to mind is jaywick please don’t defend this place clearly for you to be saying there is far worse places means you live in a 💩 hole worse then this. Because I can tell you now how I live behind my country thatched roof house my area in the country is nothing like this I wouldn’t say anything positive about jaywick
@@eelponna3145 because jaywick is full off white Londoners who were not allowed too be housed bye Councils like Enfield Islington Camden Lambeth Tower hamlet .
I see alot of bad comments on here from people like yourself which is not accurate jaywick has its run down areas like anywere ive been going to the campsite at the of the road used the beach,pubs,chinese ect i feel more safe waking around there at night than in some places around london birmingham,if you walk in any pub around even our local people will look but never get in you're space so please stop putting it down everyone has to live somewhere maybe if the government was to invest some money there instead of pumping it into southend like they did and it didnt change at all this place with its location could come back to life good luck jaywick.
The fewer people that know about Jaywick, the better for the residents. I would not want to see this lovely part of Essex destroyed by corporate vultures and construction companies selling properties way over price to people from London. Let’s keep Jaywick to ourselves.
@@monk3yboy69 The tax payer. Working people like me, prop up Jaywick and it's scroungers. People with no jobs and nothing to do. Yet they still can't tidy up the area. Which would attract work and business.
Got to say the locals seem friendly. They really need the local council to help them out, its almost like theyve been forgotten. At least they get good weather!@
Council woent help the British, only scrounging migrents ,give em our best homes ,free money education ,medical credit free motors, free road tax ,free dentists, you hot to arrive in a rubber boat sli g your passport in river along with your phones, and identity then you get it all for nothing
What amazes me is that you content creators always document the worst parts (brooklands ect) you havnt documented the beautiful beachside holiday homes on air b&b or the homeowners that take pride in their properties . I moved to clacton from Hertfordshire 4 years ago and been in Jaywick for over a year now . Yes there’s issues but far less than other places I’ve lived as the population is so small. Everyone keeps themselves to themselves and we help each other unlike almost every other place in the county . We have a community so incredible it’s heartwarming . We have a food bank that prevents people going hungry , litter pickers , dog friendly beach , incredible views & lovely people . Yes there’s lots of homes run down but most of that is due to owners planning renovations , can’t afford them or simply can’t be bothered . Jaywick is not just one estate seen on a tv show years ago it’s approx a 2 mile radius of a beautiful place with beautiful people - the fact content creators always see the negative and document the negative brings the place down further . In all fairness it doesn’t matter as people hating Jaywick allows residents to enjoy it further but having negative people OUT . No snobbery , no judgement , just people living alongside each other in peace and harmony with nothing but the best intentions , yes there may be a few bad just like everywhere else yet far less / how UNFORTUNATE . Not . I know where I’ll be staying
I understand poverty , been surrounded by it the best part of my life but did something about it and now mortgage free. The thing that always gets me having debt collected on some of the UK's worst estates is that just like Jaywick so many still have cars parked outside their homes/sheds. My first home was a council flat and I walked 2.5 miles to work , walked about 10 miles a day knocking on doors then another hours walk home doing another 2.5 miles...so about 15 miles a day in all weather for around 10 hours , if anyone needed a car I did but more than that I wanted a future. I reckon somewhere along the line society lost the plot. Awesome vlog as always my friend 👍
I remember a program about Jaywick im sure it was on channel 5 many years ago. Yes it looks rough but majority of UK looks rough around rhe edges but it always has the same sort of people friendly that make you feel welcome.
Shame you posted only the grass parts of our beautiful sandy white beach.Behind the never say die you could have visited the Beach bar82 n had a full English breakfast or lunch or ice-cream deserts at tables on the beach . Had you gone in next to the arcade you'd have found lively Eldorado's pub where there's always things laid on Inc food. I've lived here 28 yrs n love the community spirit .locals will always help anyone that needs it and celebrate any occasion with like-minded people. Most properties are owned by locals . The rundown ones are mostly now owned by council who just leave them until get planning for flats! They aren't building for locals ! There are no council properties for rent at affordable rents in village! When you do these videos , PLEASE TALK TO LOCALS AND SHOW THE GOOD PARTS!! YOU COME HERE TO RUN US DOWN WHICH IS SO WRONG. TRY LOOKING FOR THE GOOD AS WELL WELL AS THE UGLY AND POST AN HONEST REVIEW. LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL BE UPSET OVER THIS REVIEW ! THERE ARE A HELL OF A LOT OF GOOD, KIND PEOPLE IN JAYWICK THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OTHERS. SUGGEST YOU DELETE THIS REVIEW . COME BACK AT A WEEKEND AND DO ANOTHER REVIEW. WHEN YOU Will SEE A WHOLE DIFFERENT VIEW . PEOPLE DO WORK HERE DURING THE WEEK HENCE WHY PUB WAS EMPTY.😢
I love this channel it always makes me laugh especially with your dry sense of humour , a couple of things stood out today , the walled in Motor Home and the 1970's fruit machines in that run down Amusement Arcade with some of the letters missing Classic , you should try Workington next in Cumbria i went last week and i saw a bloke with a screwdriver sticking out of his head , Brilliant fun 👍👍👍
My Auntie was from London. It was a nice break in all fairness. Trying to think of what the pub was called we frequently went in. Last time I went there was the late 90’s so it’s probably changed quite a bit (or not)
You can really see how it used to be a "getaway" location. Small houses right next to the ocean, thin paths but you can imagine it bustling with people on holiday enjoying the summer. Such a shame how it's ended up and seemingly been forgotten about by the local councils. Potential there for sure. Hopefully one day some very rich person goes and changes it all for them.
Can't beat a rough pub, I used to live in Leeds but moved out about 20 years ago to York, one of the things I miss most are the rough boozers and chatting to the dodgy characters. They are the friendliest when you get to know them.
The opening shots were of travellers' homes and that pub serves travellers who have been barred from other pubs for fighting (I haven't seen them fighting in there to be fair)
Nice vids. 1991 to 1998 i lived in clacton , used to go to jaywick a lot , it was worse then ,it was called a shanty town and them towers are called martello towers. Quite a few of em spread along the coast . Next to jaywick is St Osyth. They have nudist beach. Just sayin....
It might look rundown in parts but at least it feels like a British town, unafraid to show the Union Jack or English flag above their properties. It just needs investment to revamp the ailing infrastructure and properties. But living close to the sea in wintertime, during a storm doesn’t sound like fun to me, but at least you can buy a cheap pint in the local pub there and have a chat with friendly locals until the bad weather passes.
Back in the 70's we had a family friend who owned one of these chalets in Hillman ave remember having holidays there. Just around the corner was a pub called the Mermaid inn ( closed down now ) which was ok back then. I've been back there a couple of times due to work back in the early 2000's and couldn't believe how run down the place had become.
Your vids are always really interesting. I've moved away from the UK, been away about 14 years now, but every time I see a video like this I can't help but feel a little depressed at how bad some places have become.
There’s worse places about than jaywick. I visited there a few years ago and found the people friendly. Would be nice if the council put some money into the area though.! 👍
In the 80's at Leeds Poly half a dozen of us used to crawl round the city pubs. One night down a dimly lit ginnel we saw a gloomy looking pub. It took a while to convince everyone to venture in. In we went, three or four "gangster types" sat at the bar. They couldn't believe six students had the balls to go in, but were really pleased we had. Had a smashing hour with them. The Whip!
To be fair I’d rather see homeless brits be housed in jaywick and looked after by the government than them on the streets. Maybe more communities like this are needed for the less fortunate.
What there English not Brits? The Welsh are the real Britons not English people their German and Dutch. Would you live there ? No so no one else should.
And yet still, I bet nearly all “normal” people would still feel much, much more safe and unthreatened being out after midnight in Jaywick than they would on ANY estate/inner-city area in London. But of course it’s “insensitive” to talk about that nowadays 🤔.....
@@honestplacesYou can visit the tower in Jaywick I think it's a quid to get in.. maybe you could have spotted a half decent boozer from the roof😊 plus the reason the tower looks rough at the mo they are doing work on the sea defences it's costing millions.. 😊
I ran a drug treatment drop in centre in Clacton, with a branch in Jaywick about 15 years ago - the people are great. It's got its problems Jaywick has but I love the place and still work there sometimes. Happy days. Nice vid, respectful.
New subscriber. Used to have a thing going when i worked away a lot, where id try to find the areas roughest boozer and have a pint. Most of the time it went well....too old for that now though! Ill let you do it instead😂😂 Great vid.
Jaywick definitely has character and probably has some proper unique people too. I love those old holiday chalets. My home town in Devon had them, until they were bulldozed for luxury apartments. It's good to see somewhere like this still exists, even in its ropey form. Oh and free those poor parrots ffs.
Another great video, no pretension at all. Love it. Please try Gravesend if you can, I've recently visited a relative over there and immediately thought Honest Places needs to come here. A few pubs you may want to try if you do: The Railway Bell The Somerset aArms The Foresters Arms The George Inn Elephants Head The Wheatsheaf The Prince Albert The Pelham Arms
0:05 I haven't seen a random shopping trolley in someone's front garden since the early 2000s!! always knew you was in a rough area when you started seeing that lol
Even though Jaywick has a reputation to be fair everywhere Up and down the UK has elements Of this Now .Our Government Chose to Ignore this Problem Many Years ago and Sweep It Under the Carpet When Most Of Us Had Seen It Coming .The Powers that Be Should Be Forced to Watch Your Videos 👍
@@davidburrows4801 All UK cities are becoming slumps shandy towns like joburg...Multicultural Shitholels just look in London they dump their crap anywhere then go too 🕌 to pray
Looks pretty peaceful to me. Surely the roughest pub you wouldnt even be able to get your phone out without getting it robbed. And that nice fleece you're wearing
Looks a nice spot , £3.50 sounds good price , I live in Ireland and if you go to Dublin to the temple bar area you can pay up to €10 for a pint of Guinness
Got no option? I know geezers in high rises 28 floors up with nothing but Glasgow for a view, that would give anything to live in one of those! They're like holiday homes, mate. Who'd live in a manky city 😉
Have a few pints in the Never Say Die pub walk the short distance to the sea look across and if you’re feeling fit you can swim over to Margate Essex to Kent across the estuary
Brilliant vids pal loving them , why don’t you see what’s cracking off down the wirral area I live in Chester way but loads of pubs and dodgy estates round certain places in Wirral 👊🏼
4:58 you can’t say there’s no investment in property. That owner clearly has an environmental mindset - the amount of solar panels on that roof could run half of Jaywick - can’t think why else he’d need such a large coverage ?
Try somewhere like merthyr, or even some of the out of the way townships in north Wales, like well away from the touristy parts. That might be an eye opener..
Better than an inner city slum any day of the week . Lovely walks with your dog if you have one , i suspect mental health would be better living here even if you're living on the breadline.
It's more than good enough for the Proles. The party has fixed the price of Victory Gin at $2 for 700cl for the next five years. They should be grateful.
So sad to see went to jaywick in the 60s family holidays beach great used to walk along the front into Clacton well to the fair outside butlins if we were lucky go to pier the steel Stella and visit Walton on naze Happy memories
We used to go there when I was a kid in the 60's, because it was all my parents could afford. Although we had little money we always had a good time, and fond memories of Jaywick.
It is a Martinez Tower and there is a string of them all along the south coast to maybe portsmoufh? To keep Napoleon at bay. Many have been turned into homes - i know the one in Dymchurch, kent. Some just left like this one.
@@honestplacesShould've popped down to Point Clear, another dump with a boozer (The ferry boat inn) right next door to a Martello Tower that has a air museum in. I've never been inside that pub not as brave as you😂
Have great memories of Jaywick when growing up from the hot summer of 76 onwards, just needs someone to put some investment into the place, it has had some in recent years but not enough it’s a shame.
Technically that is Jaywick’s only pub… title of the video is for attention..Been in that place 3 times cheap beer and nice people what’s not to like..
And yet, all of the sympathy and outreach initiatives designed to combat poverty seem to be concentrated on areas where the St George flag never flies.
They should try flying the flag of the true English Anglo-Saxon saints: St Edmund and/or St Edward the Confessor. Not this Norman imposed foreign Saint George. Cap toffing to the Norman elites will get you nowhere.
Can you take a look at Goole? Supposed to have some proper rough pubs, really bad reputation in East Riding but the crime rate isn't that bad, think it's mostly fighting
Always makes me chuckle when I see people in "deprived" areas with motorhomes, jags and focus St's. Can't be that hard up. Either that or they're working whilst claiming benefits
You can get used Mercs for a grand on Autotrader. This area is seriously-deprived. Those are run-down properties. Don't stereotype poeple on benefits please.
