Homelessness & Poverty In Destitute Seaside Town 🇬🇧 

Britain needs to take care of its own population before others.

I am an American. This video popped up into my feed. Even i've of heard of Grimsby. It's been the butt of jokes for years i think. We have the same situation here too. Many towns and cities where former manufacturing and steel works have closed up and left. Leaving devastation behind. My heart goes to these poor souls. Maybe the town could somehow capitalize the fact it's near the sea. A port for incoming ships etc. Anyway, another great video. And all the best to our UK cousins from the USA.

I HAVE LIVED IN GRIMSBY ALL MY LIFE 74 YRS. IT IS SO SAD TO SEE THE TOWN LIKE THIS, NOT JUST THE FISHING ,THE FACTORYS GONE TOO.

I'm a musician and I like to go for a busk round different towns up and down the country on the run up to Christmas. This year, same as the past two years, I have got the best response and the most money in Grimsby. It is the only town I stay in for two days. The people here are incredibly friendly, they've got time to listen to music. Even the gangs of young lads with their faces covered up give me positive vibes and friendly nods, telling me to keep it up. The people here are generous, with their time and their money. I spend all day chatting to strangers, and while I'm playing they often bring me coffees and pastries from Greggs. And shop workers/owners only ever come out to say they've enjoyed listening to me, never to complain, which is unheard of when you're busking. I'm well aware that this town is suffering serious neglect and poverty, but it's worth saying that the people here are in it together, and there for each other, and you can see that.

35 years ago I was based miles up the road from Grimsby in the Army. One weekend a few of us travelled down for a weekend on the p iss. What a fantastic weekend we had! Great pubs, chippy, friendly locals and lovely weather. To see it turn into this is heart breaking. Another forgotten town.

Grew up there, a big issue is mentality too. So many are convinced it's a nice place to live, they don't go out and explore the rest of the county even. It's really sad and one of the worst places to be born into, even just mindset alone

Im a taxi driver in Newcastle upon Tyne. Last week i took an immigrant down to east marsh paid for by the government £273 fare i couldn't believe it. House waiting for him guess he thinks the long hard trip from Egypt was well worth it. I was shocked at the place but saying that parts of the North East have huge problems too. Probably find these problems all over the UK. Can't see any of the current politicians getting to grips with it soon.

Heartbreaking. We were a poor family when I was a child and the highlight of our year (if we could afford it) was going on holiday for a weekend to Cleethorpes (in the mid 1970s). We loved the place. It was like heaven on earth to us. To see how Grimsby and Cleethorpes has suffered since then and the way it is in 2023 is so, so sad.

Honestly so glad Grimsby is getting this sort of spotlight, the rest of the UK needs to see this raw and unfiltered. There is potential for it but it needs work but there are definitely people trying to make it happen.

I’m Lincolnshire born and bred and remember Grimsby back in the fishing days, the docks were bustling and I would occasionally call into the docks to buy fish only just landed. Such a sad demise and the forgotten people of Grimsby deserve better than this!!!

Be nice if people could move into those buildings and fix them up so people don't have to live on the streets. I'm originally from England, live in Australia now and it makes me feel so gifted to have a job and somewhere to live. Never take what you have for granted ever.

I'm Grimsby born and raised. Worked my arse off and followed my dream to live in Los Angeles and every time someone American asks about my hometown they really can't believe it's as bad as I tell them it is. Everyone thinks England is this classic elegant country with gorgeous landscapes and architecture, when the reality is so far from that and so many people are in the same position as the people in this video. Really insightful video, makes me feel a weird sense of nostalgia for GY, but also reminds me why I left.

I think the government should refurb those boarded up shops and turn them into homes for the homeless. Infact, they should demand it.

I started my working career in Grimsby in the early 70's in a bakery ( Massey's ) in the middle of town. I used to walk around the docks to see the trawlers coming and going. All the major fish processing factories were there and the place was heaving. To see this wonderfully empathetic video is so sad and a disgrace to those in power that have allowed this to happen. Respect to all the good people of Grimsby and I hope things improve for all of you

Grimsby definitely isnt the nicest place to live, but these are only the worst parts of it. I've lived here for the last 16 years. I also lived in Leeds for 4 years. There are some much rougher areas in Leeds, such as Harehills! People seem to think that cities are much better and safer, but personally I believe that this perception comes from the fact that the rough areas in cities are further away from the tourist or rich parts. I feel much safer walking through the marsh than harehills for sure! I also find living in Grimsby much more peaceful and homely than cities, if you keep to yourself or manage to get into a decent area its good. And the 'rough' areas are full of extremely friendly people too, I've always felt safe and welcome. Yes Grimsby isn't ideal but its my home and I love it❤

Thank you. You just gave me an education I didn't know I needed. It's shocking how this is invisible in the mainstream media.

This is quite painful to watch. Something has gone horribly wrong 😢

I was born in Grimsby and spent the first 18 years of my life there. I returned after 15 years away and was heartbroken to see how the town centre looked so abandoned.

Grimsby is my hometown where I was born and raised. I can honestly say, that the social deprivation is paramount. The Authorities have been talking for decades that they are working on encouraging investment to the area. Locals are yet to see anything happen. Addiction, Homelessness and Unemployment levels are exceptionably high. I left school in the 80's and I can honestly say, that nothing much has changed since then. The only positive thing that I can actually say about the place, is that in the 80's, 90's and up until around 2008, the shopping mall used to be really good. Now, it's not worth even going into the mall because there's barely anything in there. Victoria Street, Freeman Street and the Riverhead areas are an absolute eyesore. It's so sad to see such decline. I often speak to the homeless guy who you filmed sat outside Mcdonalds in the Town Centre. Sometimes he's with another guy and they're always really polite. We've chatted about how dire the system is and the fact that, you're on your own due to lack of support. There's places set up that are supposed to offer support and advice for the homeless and for those that are suffering with addiction. After listening to what people have told me, all these so called services do is offer lip service nothing more. Basically, things have become so Corporate within that field. As many of us know, there's a lot of money being made off the back of the Unemployed, Addiction and the Homeless.

Really important work you're doing by documenting parts of the Country that many are unaware of. Liked and subscribed.

As a elderly, im so sorry to see this. I found it hard in the seventies here in Brum. Today im glad im older but feel sorry for the youngsters today. My grandkids etc .

Back in the 1960s, fishing was the FIFTH largest industry in Britain. Some 10,000 vessels being serviced by over a million people - and that's before we even start looking at fish processing, sale and distribution! And the political classes of this country gave up all of those fishing waters without even consulting with those who would be ruined by their decision

Your commitment is awesome I watched most of your output It's really good, keep going this is pure valid documentary. Much love

Excellent documentary, sadly this is going to become more and more commonplace in Britain in the coming years.

I'm from New Zealand, and many of us have heard of Grimsby Town football club, but not many of us are aware of Grimsby's past as a thriving fishing town, with a thriving port. It's the same in our part of the world, where once agricultural and manufacturing towns have had paper mills, timber mills close, possibly because of high manufacturing costs and competing with cheaper operating costs elsewhere. It is a real shame when towns, which relied upon a certain industry, go into decline.

I grew up in Grimsby between 77 & 93 - it was a rough town then but this video legit made me cry to see the level of decline in Grimsby. My heart goes out to all those seemingly abandoned by our government. Mariners for life!!

Great vid, I don't normally comment on things but had something I wanted to share. My nan was from Grimsby and lived there until about 5 years ago, I loved visiting when I was a kid. 5 years ago was when her dementia started to set in so we moved her closer to the rest of the family in the West Midlands. We lost my grandad in 2008, so she'd been living alone for about 10 years. In the months leading up to us moving her out of Grimsby, it was becoming clear that something was wrong. She told me she'd gone shopping and forgotten her purse (some kind folks then paid for her shopping for her) and on another occasion she'd tried to go to the shop in the middle of the night I believe, and fortunately a nice man found her and drove her home. It was scary at the time knowing she was far away from us while also being so vulnerable, but I'll never forget the kindness of those strangers who looked out for her back then. It's really sad to see what the town and potentially those people are going through now.

I live in Grimsby and know quite a few of the people you've interviewed, they're all great people and it just shows you can't judge someone by their situation

My father was a chief engineer on one of the trawlers. He was made redundant in 1978. We had to move abroad. Thankfully, my father's family had fishing vessels that he could then work on. It is so heartbreaking to see how this once thriving town has become now become so destitute 😢

Anyone who was a kid in the 90s will remember Fantasy World, which was a children's party venue situated above the arcade of the same name right next to the train station. It was a time when soft play ruled over screens, and the excitement was palpable for weeks if you knew you had been invited to a party there, or indeed if it was your own one coming up. From the moment you raced up the carpeted stairs to the reception to greet your guests, to the first dive in the ballpool, it was a time of pure childhood innocence.

You can rarely have it both ways. When it’s (poor) area people tend to be more welcoming and friendly. The more rich the less empathetic in my humble opinion.

I feel incredibly sad for all the people featured in this video. Particularly the first two guys. They were both incredibly articulate but have obviously not been given the same opportunities as some of the rest of us in the UK. Something has gone desperately wrong and the government should be ashamed.

At 13:09, what Anthony says makes you appreciate having a roof over your head, wash area. He has a smile on his face and a calm demeanor, I find his words about " I feel normal,"when describing what he deems attributes to that as very very touching. It's every day essentials for most of us that we don't even think about.

Thankyou for doing this in a respectful humanising way

this town is just the definition of depression. Even the sky is a dull, gray nothingness!

Sanctioned "Cos I missed an appointment '" .... all the time in the World and he missed an appointment with the organisation that is his source of income ? I am 63 and still walk 8 miles to work and back daily .... What is wrong with these people ??? "

This is a great video, thank you for putting the spotlight on this forgotten town. The Nunsthorpe and Grange estates have always been a bit run down, but the whole of Grimsby is now in a shocking state.

This is a difficult & painful watch but I thank you for making it.

My mum was born in Grimsby in 1939. She met My Farther here in the 50's. They both used to tell me fantastic heart warming stories about the towns wealth and community. They would leave their doors unlocked in the evening, fisher men would give the children sweets and there was never a shortage of work. I moved away in my teens but have now live where I was brought up, bought a house and one day hope to bring up some children here. What made Grimsby great was the fishing industry but now its greatness lye's in its people.

Your storytelling and articulation is incredible. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing and it's a shame to see. There's so much that could be done with those boarded up businesses/homes, im sure redeveloping one of those rows into government housing would do so much not only for the hopes of people but also the "image" of the town, which is what the people paying will more than likely only care for. With love and kindness from Australia, thankyou. Subbed

I lived down Tunnard Street just 2 minutes from where you interviewed the postal lady. We moved away in 1986 and I can assure you, that is when the decline began. This is why my parents decided to move away. It really does upset me when I see the desolation. The vast majority of my childhood memories are from Tunnard Street and I still have many friends who grew up on the East Marsh. We all say exactly the same thing and it’s sad.

I grew up in Grimsby. I left 10 years ago. The town is in a absolute state. Its sad. My family and friends are all there. Grinding to survive.

Very interesting, well put together. Well done. Also sad. Levelling up, down south.

This is so strange. Britain is heavily populated and dense. One would think ever piece of real estate be extremely valuable.

Born in Grimsby and still my home. Its difficult living here. It feels as if we are forgotten by government and businesses. Documentarians like yourself seems the only attention we get. We are an end of the road town, you need reason to come here, not just pass through. Job hunting is a nightmare even for people without criminal records. If you have a job, you stick to it like a limpet because there is no guarantee you'll find another in good time. I consider myself lucky that I've only been unemployed 4 days in the last 20 years but always remain fearful that my luck will finally give out at any time. I can't afford to leave Grimsby, those who can will, but I can't imagine living anywhere else. People of Grimsby and Cleethorpes have a strange comradery which is difficult to put into words. I wouldn't change it. The future looks bleak but we still carry each other and take it on the chin. I know many people in this town and many know me and everyone will tell you the same thing. There is a tribal essence here and all are welcome. You also got the name wrong: Its GREAT Grimsby.

You just made Look North with this video. There were people trying to defend the place and what little is left of the fishing industry, but you nailed it! Grimsby is a forgotten dump and Cleethorpes is only marginally better. It's sad, but the same in many costal areas that relied heavily on fishing and/or tourism. 😢

I was born there in the 60's but never returned. Thing is if you sail across the North Sea to Norway and Denmark, you will find similar size towns full of wealth and much better lifestyles. We suffer in this country from a political class and media that are only Londoncentric. Places like Grimsby are invisible to them. Some of it's downfall is due to a change in eating habits. When I was a lad..lol...we had kippers for breakfast, not full English. And I bet those kippers were landed in Grimsby. The Danes still catch and eat plenty of herring from the North Sea.

My parents and most of my family were born in Grimsby, I was born there too and never, has Grimsby been in "this" state. Even during WWII there was hope but not now. I can't help but feel that this is intentional .

Says a lot if people think of hull being a buzzing town.. there’s a lot of potential but the north is forgotten about.. even York is in decline

For what it’s worth .. I worked with a load of guys from Grimsby and they’ve gotta be the best bunch of lads I’ve ever met , but niceness doesn’t keep the wolves from the door . This is happening across Britain, the world is changing , you either move with the times or get left behind 😢

I used to live in cleethorpes when i was married way back in the late 80s early 90s. It definitely was the "posh end" then but I split with my husband when my daughter was a year old and I immediately went from "middle class" family to looked down on, broke and struggling single mum. We moved to a flat in grimsby just at the back of freeman street and i used to walk down freeman street on giro day and it was great. Every one of those shops was small independent businesses (well mostly) and as long as you took your time you could get everything you needed at a reasonable price. Also, i was welcomed immediately into the local community and despite the change of circumstances felt welcomed and cared for. It just breaks me to see all the homeless people. I believe that no matter your circumstances or choices, everyone deserves a safe place to call their own and be able to lock the door at night and sleep without worrying at least about that one thing. Before anyone jumps on me, yes I realise I'm an idealist but thats just the way i am. I dont see how anyone can change making bad choices etc when they know they are sleeping in a doorway that night. I am a staunch anti drugs person but realistically if you knew you were spending every night freezing and starving, scared for your safety and with no hope of being able to change that, wouldnt you want something that might temporarily stop that fear and hopelessness? I dont know the answer, I just know how it makes me feel 😢😢💔

I worked Grimsby recently. Yes it is desperately poor and has massive social issues. But! Having worked for 28 years as a Midwife I can honestly say they have the most outstanding world class Maternity unit and services they have. Amazing. No where else like it in the world.

first video of yours I have seen, enjoyed and heartbreaking in almost equal measures. I live around 50 miles away and almost another planet. So many homeless and so many boarded up premises, it seems a simple equation? Most of these people seem regular guys, why not get them off the streets and house them in the boarded up shops? So much for levelling up!!

I was born in Grimsby in 71, spent the 70s in Cleethorpes going to Thrunscoe School, and then moved to Grimsby going to Macaulay and Whitgift. My granddad was a docker. I really enjoyed it. Overall, it was a good place to grow up. You're right, the people were friendly. I'm glad to see you discovered they still are. Grimsby has a great leisure center, nice places to walk, some great cycling in the Wolds, and some good pubs. Funny to see the pier change into a massive fish and chippy. I remember it for being a nightclub. My friends and I used to stay out until one or 2 AM at the pier and then I have chips across the road. It's a shame to see all the shops boarded up, but online shopping has killed most local shops. They really should just get converted to residential.

I lived there for a few years. It's an incredible place, i recall feeling very down after a while living there - i saw people have seizures from drugs on my breaks, saw petty crime regularly, couldn't afford to even give the numerous homeless any change so used to often carry a few pre-rolled cigs to give them instead, helped basically mediate a homeless couples' domestic argument in order to prevent nearby lads intervening and giving the guy a beating to leave her alone... so much more, i could write a book about it. Yet nothing bad ever happened to me... sure, foxes occasionally made me jump walking home late at night from work, but never people. Honestly, i could write a whole book about my short time there... There was always an urgency to escape while there in that bleak enviornment yet all 8 have looking back are fond memories of the people. They had a lot of pride in their dying town, an unusual yet strong concept of community. Lots of people without much at all, yet always willing to help each other.

I grew up in one of the surrounding villages in the 80s. We used to enjoy Mum & Dad taking us to Grimsby for the shops - I remember there was an amazing toy shop on Freeman Street that was heaven as a kid! It's so sad to see the state it's now in

One million views! Well done mate. Been following since the start

born and bred , living in GY for 58 years and all my adult life its been a shithole glad i got out two years ago

I am impressed how eloquent these men are, their speech is fluid...few fillers, very few ahs, ums or unnecessary words. I think they really would take a chance and make the most it....they just need the chance.

I have been living in the nearby town of Cleethorpes for the last 10 years. Despite the poverty, it is a friendly town and the people are generally good. However, the main problem lies with the parasitic council and lack of sensible investments to rebuild the place. Grimsby & Cleethorpes has the potential to become a better place to live, but the current economic situation doesn't help.

I nearly went to Cleethorpes on New Year’s Day when we played Grimsby this season ⚽️Unfortunately I had to get into work quickly the next day but I wanted to do the Match and get some overnight accommodation as Grimsby has been a town that has always made be curious. Top video mate …. Smithy

Really sad!😔 Listen to Morrisseys EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY! Times change! Wish it would go better for these nice seaside towns!✊🏼🍀

Being from Scunthorpe, a stone's throw away, a lot of this translates to my town too. No investment in the high street, not many job opportunities. As Grimsby has declined with the loss of the fishing industry, Scunthorpe has declined with the uncertainty over the steel industry, I can sympathise a lot.

In 1998 I had an awakening and saw the grim future the UK was heading towards. The awakening was that the UK was on the verge of embracing capitalism as the new religion. The seeds of this awakening began in 1987 when I watched the movie "Wall St" with my brother. In that movie the main character "Gordon Gekko" gives a speech about greed being "good." After the movie I said to my brother; "That speech chilled me to the bone and I have a strong feeling that it may well be taken up as a new form of belief system." My brother laughed and mocked me saying that I had a tendency to: "think too much." As the years went by I began to notice signs that I was right. One day I phoned my bank and they asked; "What is your account number?" Instead of; what is your name? - So now I am a number and not a person. The privatised railway companies started using inferior materials to save money which lead to crashes. The same happened in the aeroplane industry. Why, to try to increase profits. And so I started going around my local town holding a poster that read "Don't put profit over people"" - I also wrote letters to the newspaper and the Govt telling of my fear for the future if we copy America down the "profit" is God path. For 5 years I did everything I could t wake people up to the future the UK was heading towards but all that happened was that I was laughed at and ridiculed. I was ridiculed so much that it lead to the end of my marriage. Finally in 2003, the local 200 year old church was demolished to make way for an Sainsbury's supermarket. When that happened I saw that as a sign that the masses had consciously and subconsciously abandoned belief in a higher power and embraced capitalism as the new ideology to live by. When money is religion and profit is God the first thing that happens is that people become an object that can be bought, sold or thrown away. You become a number in a system. You are either an asset or a liability to that system. Therefore the rich are assets and the poor, the sick, the elderly, the criminals and the handicapped are liabilities - a burden on the system. Money does not have a soul, it does not have a heart. It is ruthless and it does not care if you live or die. In such a system honour, morals and integrity doe not exist. All that matter is that you make a profit no matter the cost, no matter who gets hurt or who dies. And yet this was the system the masses chose. In 2004, after 6 years of trying, I gave up my mission to awaken people and decided to emigrate to the one country I felt treated its citizens as people with souls rather than soulless objects. Before I left I wrote one last letter to my local newspaper and they published it: "I believe the UK is heading for a cold and brutal future in which there will come a two-tier society. The rich and the poor. At the moment the churches are being torn down and banks and supermarkets are being built in their place. The people of the uK have abandoned Christianity and embraced capitalism. That was their free will choice. But I predict a day will come when the people of the UK will wonder where christian values have gone" In the last few years I have had many of my old friends in the UK write to me, phone me, many are those who laughed and ridiculed me, telling me that my prediction is coming true. It does not please me to see towns turning into places only fit for ghosts. It does not please me to see that my prediction was right. But that is what happens when you tell the horse where the water is but the horse chooses to head in the direction of the desert instead. The consequence of that decision is that the horse will die of thirst.

Britain is not a rich country. It is a poor country with some rich people. Without London, the UK would be poorer than Mississippi, the poorest American state.

I'm Romanian and i live in Grimsby town and I really like it, the people are ok and they will help you if you need anything ❤to everyone

Yeap great video my friend. Very sad to see these places go to decline. But yet all the rest are in hotels. Bloody shocking.

Not from Grimsby but it is reminiscent ( on a much smaller scale) of Detroit , where basically everything revolved around one industry and once that went into decline , everything else did as well ...very sad to see and I genuinely hope things get better for the people who live in Grimsby.

Blame the government giving our fishing waters to foreigners

I've travelled through Grimsby 10 years ago and it seemed like every shop was boarded up, then you go over the bridge to Hull and the industrial investment is huge Why hasn't it expanded to Grimsby? , its only a stones throw away?

150 years ago these guys would’ve been navvies building the railways, working 10 hour days, and having a purpose. Now the jobs available probably don’t match their skills, so it leaves them out in the cold - literally. Very sad situation.

I feel for them. I grew up in Lincolnshire and this seems a world apart from the pleasant, rural backwater I remember. The political problem with Grimsby and investment is that it's not on the way to or from anywhere, with the demise of fishing and the docks there is, in the view of the government, almost no reason for a town of that size in that location to exist. It's in managed decline. There are glimmers of hope: up-to-date food processing has always been a local employer, and, with a boost, it could become a hub for green energy and offshore wind farms with apprenticeships and good quality jobs. Again, I wish everyone well.

This is essentially like Gary Indiana in the us, you go down the street and you see 8/10 places shut down and anything thing still open has guards in place for crimes, poverty is worldwide and there’s levels to it but what remains the same is it sucks for everyone and even middle class you pay for all the bills and things which I’m grateful for but you’re left with nothing to save for the future. I pray one day we’ll all be able to live a “normal” life without the struggle of dying without a meal or without a home at least.

It's such a pity to see people at the edge of poverty blaming other poor people. The rich have really worked on that mind control.

Having spent a LOT of time in Grimsby and Cleethorpes (including the docks) I can say that the vast majority of the people are lovely, but yes, the decline is sad to see.

Being from north Lincolnshire I have watched most of the major towns go downhill , its a sad time.

Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Grimsby 🎶🎶

Lived in Grimsby until 1992, loved the place I used to sing in a folk club there on a paddle steamer. Puzzles me that the people who have got no money always appear to have money for tattoos, ear rings etc. I used to go onto the docks and into the pubs and occasionally treat people with no money to a pint and listen to their stories of better times. Some of them were out of work trawlermen - they use to be at sea for all the month apart from a couple of days and their wives looked after the kids. I used to sit in and listen to what they had to say. When the Fishing Industry in Great Grimsby died the Trawler owners got a lot of compensation money, but the Fishermen who were considered casual workers got no redundancy pay. I have been to Jaywick in Essex as well it is poorer than Grimsby. Hopefully the North Sea Oil Boom will bring back the money to the Northeast and Humber.

It's very sad and eye opening to see this. I hope things change. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Great video, mate. All the best.

Thank you Oli for a fair report on my hometown, Grimsby. I'm GY born and bred but moved to North Yorkshire almost a decade ago. I'm now living pretty close to Scarborough, and in my view Scarbados is absolute paradise in comparison. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the old dump again 😂. It once was a fine town with rich history and thriving industry. The town planners began a series of catastrophic modernisation plans in the 59's and 60's, a lot of fine buildings sadly lost.. Whitby and Robins Hood Bay would be a good one for you, no locals because of second home owners, just like in Kernow.

This is how journalism was when panorama and world in action 1st started ...this is what youtube should be used for ...well done

Classic "charity starts at home" line. If only they released that Britain's decline isn't due to all our foreign aid (most of which is spent on British interests abroad anyway), but due to the endless greed of the wealthiest in our society, siphoning more and more off from the rest of us, never to be reinvested or redistributed as they have the political class in their pockets.

I live in Grimsby and the main problem we have is a uncaring,corrupt council.

If the money was so important to that guy---! How on earth does he miss an appointment!? I would be there waiting for hours ahead of the appointment!

Universal love and helping everyone you can has never been so important

Felt really sorry for these guys they seem look good people and want to do the right thing just haven't been given any opportunity to do so... I wish you guys all the best don't lose hope

Last time I was in Grimsby, the urge to weep never felt greater, I couldn't get back to Hull quickly enough, I know Hull has poverty issues too, but Hull seems like Grimsby's richer brother. Even my dog which we got from a family in Grimsby hates the place being mentioned.

Really good of you to actually speak to the locals and the homeless. They’re not all druggies and criminals

It looks like Coney Island here in Brooklyn, NYC! There’s good folks there but the poverty is extensive and visible. Rather sad…

Any town in Northern England, really. The decline is horrendous. So sad.

My Mum grew up in Grimsby when it was at its peak ,my uncle and his brother had trawlers and the place was thriving I remember a Docks full of activity and a brilliant high street It’s CRIMINAL the neglect it has endured On the flip side after all that neglect the locals are overall great people I was a member of a boxing club in Tunnard st east marsh for 20years Never saw any trouble ,kids playing football in the street and you could park any car down there it would not be touched They are overall good people that deserve a hell of a lot better

After watching your program and having grown up in North East Lincs, I checked out charities in that area that help homeless people and have just sent a fairly large donation from my CAF charity account to Harbour Place. I was shocked at how much Grimsby has gone downhill. So sad. This Gov doesn't give a dam about anywhere north of London and anyone except their greedy selves. Got to go, blood boiling now!

As a Scandinavian your description of the Cod wars is a bit strange. Iceland back then relied on fishing and it was not near England the fishing was done. It was around Iceland. Iceland was so poor the US had to bankroll it's independece after WW2. They had no navy it was their own fishermen and four (4) coast guard ships. Fishing was everything for Iceland back then. If losing fishing hit Grimsby imagine if it was the whole country relying on it... Iceland today is bigger on tourism than fishing and the standard of living is way higher than in the 1970s. Iceland and Norway are outside the EU but we still have full co-operation Iceland/Noway-Denmark/Sweden/Finland. I wish we could get it with the UK too.

Sorry for shifting the topic, I really love your storytelling and interviews. I just feel an urge to share a ridiculous fact: Grimsby is a name that stems from the Danish Vikings. Litterally translated, it means "ugly's city". I can't believe that the name hasn't been changed at some point.

Thats pretty sad but not much worse than the city I live in, in Canada. I have never seen so many homeless everywhere you go in Canada.

Thank you for the virtual tour. A real eye opener and shocking how the towns have just been left to rot and the government not giving these lovely people any hope.

Great video. Sad to see the decline of industrial cities.

I used to work on a Grimsby fishing vessel in 1991 -92 , I cannot believe the state of the place nowadays , it’s unbelievably sad , an absolute state . It was quite busy back in the early 90s now it’s completely dead

I love your videos… you really paint a picture of these once thriving places. It’s so sad to see the slow downfall.

Great video, hope it gets the exposure it deserves and highlights the issues there. I too remember as a kid going to Grimsby market and amusements. Didn’t realise the rate of decline. So sad 😢