Out of Town Shopping Centres Have Ruined Rotherham

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Welcome to my Channel,
My name is James and I live full time in my tiny van, however this is not just a van life channel. I enjoy travel, food and drink and making videos 🙂
When I turned 50 I decided I’d had enough of the rat race and working long hours just to pay rent and bills, life was passing me by and I needed a drastic change.
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Helen has a responsible full time job and two children so unfortunately she can’t join me on every trip. I really wish she could.
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My vlogging camera is a GoPro Hero 9 but I also use my pixel 6a phone and Lumix G80 camera for other footage
For editing, I used Premiere Pro on an old laptop but I’m saving to buy a more powerful computer.
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Yes I have a 6yr old daughter who lives with her mum but I see her quite a lot. I don’t usually put her on the vlogs and if I do, I block out her face for privacy reasons. I also have a grown up son.
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@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

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@traceys8065 2 месяца назад

I'm Scottish but it breaks my heart to see these beautiful places in England going downhill drastically, its the same up here. So heartbreaking to see the UK like this, hopefully we can recover 🙏 🇬🇧

@BarryBulsara576 2 месяца назад

Unless we get a government who are willing to cose down the out of town shopping centres and start mass deportations, the UK will sadly never recover.

@tonymcvann4504 2 месяца назад

I've lived in Rotherham for 66 years back in the 1960's and early 70s Rotherham was lovely the town centre had some really nice shops and it was a great place to live. Unfortunately now its a terrible neglected town centre and this is most likely due to Parkgate and Meadowhall shopping centres and mass immigration sorry for the last remarks but its a true statement. Love your channel my friend ❤

@PurplePerinaise 2 месяца назад

How has mass immigration changed shopping habits? Surely more people would imply that more money was being spent in local shops?... Make it make sense

@atykestales7260 2 месяца назад

@PurplePerinaise you heard of grooming gangs ,believe me it's looking like the 3rd world.

@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

It's a bit soul destroying visiting run down towns so I'm going to take a break from it for a while. nice places only for the foreseeable 😀

@DavePaints. 2 месяца назад

this yes!!! doom and gloom dead pit towns are depressing :P

@sueterry7300 2 месяца назад

Lots of lovely country side n amazing sights out there is what we need to see to cheer us up plz xx

@xyxox2229 2 месяца назад

Hi James bring Helli bobs to Mirfield and try Ravellos cafe I work weds Friday's and Saturdays will give you a great deal. Sue

@lisalewis8989 2 месяца назад

I can imagine. I like watching whatever you post x

@kathyhayden2499 2 месяца назад

Like lots of places,James some good some not so good ❤

@jasonsyers3948 2 месяца назад

You shouldn’t get disheartened your filming these places is a measure of our social history at a point in time & truth to tell in the north almost everywhere is struggling like Rotherham. Your films & commentary aren’t depressing but honest & inciteful RTC has some beautiful & elegant historic buildings and the park is beautiful great little film keep them coming!

@dlwracer 2 месяца назад

Don't be bullied, it's ok to show your emotions and pick the places you want to visit!

@cythadeus 2 месяца назад

Hi! by the curb, it was great to meet you in Rotherham, I was the cobbler we met in the market. Great channel! Keep the good work up, all the best Paul.

@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

Hi Paul, lovely to meet you mate

@GordonVansey 2 месяца назад

You have actually made rovrum look brighter and cleaner than it is Shame over the years our lovely town has been turned into a well I shall not say it on your channel James but we all know what

@shellvlogs132 24 дня назад

We’ve just got back from the Lake District, filmed a shopping centre there that was virtually empty, so sad to see so many ending up like this 😢

@bridiewright1519 2 месяца назад

It's lovely you go out to different places and gr8 for you mentally 😊

@debhulks 2 месяца назад

Great tour. Some very interesting areas to explore.

@betdisciple2477 2 месяца назад

Nice nostaligic look at Rotherham - enjoyed it, thanks

@davidmonkman1767 2 месяца назад

Yet another interesting video james. You make my day when I see you talking about places you vist. As I said all your videos are well worth watching.

@dessysmith2514 2 месяца назад

Oh no! no! I don't find you visiting these towns depressing ...thoroughly enjoyable infact....you have shown beautiful architecture and people in each and everyone and you can't put icing on a cake with no base so you have them as it is and I think the towns still have their charms❤

@NatalieSmith-dz3ee 2 месяца назад

Really enjoyed your vlog as per usual 😊 me and my man also love graveyards and churches for the history and architecture. Keep up the good work James ❤

@elizabethdunn2992 2 месяца назад

Very good video James. And wow that place at the end, I’ve never heard of it.

@sarahdavies7851 2 месяца назад

Really enjoyed the video thank you.

@paulinewoods6177 2 месяца назад

Hooked on your vlogs and channel, enjoy every minute xx

@thelmabrindley2369 2 месяца назад

Great video of somewhere that you can tell you hold close to your heart. You could fell your emotion when you were showing us your Grandma's and Dad's shops. Lovely to see you reminiscing. The downfall of a lot of these towns are due to the newer retail parks, so sad really as there are some beautiful places in these towns

@andrewmaurer6267 2 месяца назад

Quality as always top man 👍👍👍👍👍

@cass8492 2 месяца назад

I love this. Thank you for your honest and emotional travels. Good guy. I always look forward to the next mooch. See Thi soonies 😉

@richardkell4888 2 месяца назад

Thankyou so much, this is close to your heart, seeing the incredible indoor market and your family associations at 13:00 was most touching, thanks fr sharing. On a sombre note, building use will have to change, retail space is vastly over-supplied but its not all negative, after all space is desperately needed for housing, for the best I think.

@michaelventola5020 2 месяца назад

I love all the places you visit. Good or bad. I have enjoyed them all. Probably because I am in the US. I love em all. Thank you. Hello to Helen and you.❤

@deltaman1804 2 месяца назад

Hi James, I took the grandkids to clifton park after watching your previous video with you and Helen, the kids loved it. The Lion in the museum was used as the model for the lions in Trafalger square.

@brianwalsh2419 2 месяца назад

Really enjoyed that video, James. Has long been on my list to visit Rotherham to see the abandoned Millmoor football ground and take in a game at the new ground. Looks like there would be plenty to see and some nice bars to enjoy before a game so will get to it soon for sure....

@stevescet 2 месяца назад

Wow , not been to Rotherham for 20 years, spent 2 years day release at college. Remember the town centre fountain, kids used to empty a bottle of washing up liquid in , foam everywhere. Keep up the good work 👍

@KevUTM1925 2 месяца назад

Great vlog 👏👏👏👏 hope the Wentworth Woodhouse tour happens 🤞

@leeyoung9469 2 месяца назад

Excellent James.

@user-ob4be1xm4d 2 месяца назад

I love all your video genres. Seeing a place during the day midweek will always give a different vibe from seeing it in the evening or on a weekend night. Might be nice to see the contrast, (if there is one) for those who think it's too depressing.

@nicolatowers7571 2 месяца назад

Hi glad u showed some positives

@Amiguru 2 месяца назад

I enjoyed the punning double- entendre remarks about the clock James. 😜

@hammerite6479 2 месяца назад

Thankyou for the matlock video and I do go to Rotherham and you're right it is down to Parkgate and meadowhall that's permanently changed town for the worse such a shame ,Saturday nights round there was brilliant

@claireleamy3168 Месяц назад

I love your gritty potrayals of Northern towns which are past their hey day, particularly when you have some personal history there. But don't you think that there is a wider question as to what role have town centres will play in the age of out of town shopping centres and online shopping? Adapt or die maybe? So I can understand you wanting to take a break from them James, but please don't abandon them altogether. We missed a pub or cafe visit in this video!😊

@Sashalouise111 2 месяца назад

Good vid this. I haven’t been to Rotherham but it’s nicer than expected. Your family shops are lovely. I hope they can invest in Rotherham. Nice and upbeat.

@petergarthwaite6805 Месяц назад

Richard great vid very interesting for me bloody rain 😅

@liammcnulty7112 2 месяца назад

Another great video James, with your family connections, towns were great in the 70's, 80's, bypassing meters causes fires apparently🤔

@lynnescaddan8919 2 месяца назад

Thankyou for the video There's a lot of adults around for a work day. Then again a lot are on shifts or work from home.

@mum-0217 2 месяца назад

Wentworth looks nice and the big house reminds me a bit of Chatsworth House. Rotherham, has some low points but it seems alot of towns are like this these days. On the good side it has some very nice architecture from the past and this needs to be preserved and retained. Thanks for the tour James.

@jacqueline970 2 месяца назад

Excellent video 😊

@iandeeley5035 2 месяца назад

Thank you James, another good video. Could I suggest a "driving" video around the Garstang, Cockerham, Pilling and Cleveleys area taking in the countryside for the benefit of the housebound and those who aren't aware of the beauty surrounding towns, sheep and cows etc.

@angeroper6839 2 месяца назад

Hi James you are looking well ,it would be nice to visit that big house and the church thank you for showing us ,keep up the good work looking forward to your next vlog Ange

@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

Thank you Ange :-)

@Borg1983 2 месяца назад

Were lucky our generation have these memories of great shops gone by sadly our kids won’t 😢

@tyrednexhausted9274 2 месяца назад

Who knew a gaff like that would be in rotherham Dave. Beautiful ❤

@janw1746 2 месяца назад

Blimey James..when you were inside near your grandma's shop..the sound sounded like eery weeping .😯x

@yorkshireteaahhhnice1417 Месяц назад

I live in an ex mining village close to the big house ,it’s great to see a Barnsley lad doing us all proud

@philgreen-electrics-and-motors 2 месяца назад

Great walk round James some really nice buildings there.. especially the Huge Hall just outside ,it’s the same tho as every nice big city centre I’m afraid but doesn’t look too bad 😊Roche abbey now that’s a beautiful place been there great one in summer we’re English Heritage members so visited most abbeys in the area 😊 Temporarily closed at the moment 😮😮

@garypowers6991 2 месяца назад

You should do Barnsley town, all the improvements over the last 5 to 10 years the town in particular has never been better, a great place with one of the most prominent town halls in the north of England

@johnr4066 2 месяца назад

Wow James your are really knocking these things out 😊 I'm from Isle of Bute, have you been to any Scottish Islands?

@timick8281 2 месяца назад

Hundreds of towns look like this , I think it's a combination of poverty, Internet shopping , and retail parks. Towns need to become more leisure based because I can't see shops returning. Enjoyed the video .

@williamfence566 2 месяца назад

I was interviewed in 1995 in the wilko's ( now demolished ) on corporation street next to the bingo hall . First time I've seen Rotherham town center since then. Remember it being really busy, and the people were great .

@frederickwilson7284 2 месяца назад

hello james what about a visit to beamish open air museum next time your in the tyneside area ,think Helen would also like the place. about a mile from the museum is a pub/restaurant called the black horse where overnight parking for campervans etc is free if you buy a meal in restaurant.

@andrewrobinson2565 2 месяца назад

Excellent idea. We went there when it first opened before we left the country, but massive work has been done in creating a fitting monument to the North ⬆️ and its people, when there was work. ❤🤗 (+1) Not REALLY in the Tyneside area, but good call 🤙😎.

@laurentaylor4933 2 месяца назад

Thats a great call. Beamish is a great day out, very evocative.

@pam164 2 месяца назад

Beautiful countryside all around it too.

@suewilkinson910 2 месяца назад

I love these town trips. I like seeing the nice bits and the run down depressing bits because that is what this country has become. Depressing but the beautiful architecture and parks and plentiful public spaces make this town quite appealing. So many round sided or ended buildings. It costs a lot to build like that. I feel as if we are at a tipping point for broken town centres now. Like it’s taken a couple of decades to observe the devastation caused by generic out of town shopping parks and to try a few ideas of how to make them functional again. They will never be thriving retail spaces again, or not in full. But hopefully soon they will be reborn as places for community education and social enterprise.

@anthonke 2 месяца назад

I remember Hillards. There was a Hillards in Ilkley - Friday night shop

@maxinew4703 2 месяца назад

keep doing what you want to do, I find all your vlogs interesting and entertaining. you could visit any city in the UK and you will always find a part of it that's run down xx

@hikingthehills1335 2 месяца назад

James these videos of towns that are in decline are still very interesting and informative, sad too I suppose. The town I'm from is in a very similar situation.

@mandycoulbeck8692 2 месяца назад

your doing great love your videos

@Jennifer-ep1sr 2 месяца назад

Some really nice buildings and arcades. ❤🇦🇺

@user-mu7pl1op9f 2 месяца назад

Interesting to see how you are developing your channel. One of the great entertainment outlets for Northerners was bingo. Back in the day it was so popular that it became known as the 'national game'. It would be nice to see you visit a club and report on how bingo has changed over the years.

@samandjennysambrook 2 месяца назад

Ayup Jamsey Boy...I worked in Rotherham fitting all the new windows in the interchange...not a bad little town...try Retford, that's small compact and a vibrant place on Saturdays..great vlog mate, informative as per usual.✅👍

@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

Thanks mate

@SophieGibson-tg2yx 2 месяца назад

The indoor market really took me back to my childhood, I've not been there for years but recognised so much of it! On another note, any scope for you/you and Helen to start doing live streams? I'm sure lots of us would love to watch them!

@user-rl5nm6hz4w 2 месяца назад

Awe James what a lovely Vlog for me personally now I live in Keswick, I remember going to Hillards with my Mum on the bus with the pram and a dozen carrier bags for the big shop, Muntus on a Saturday with my Nan and the Ringobells cafe with my Mum. I used to go into Coopers toy shop upstairs for the Subuteo and I can smell it now when I close my eyes. I worked on the markets in 88/89 on a slipper stall before and after school setting it up, I was paid £5 each shift (I would start at 5.30am and then run up to Oakwood school for 8.30) and then run down after school to take it all down. The clock was moved a few years ago but it has been there my 50 years. There is so much to be proud of but like you say, Parkgate and Meadowhell killed it off. I can smell inside the shop at Danny Williams as well, we used to love going in there. I remember your Nans place, what a stunning beautful building that needs life and love pumping back into it. Great to see you going back to Wentworth Woodhouse, there is a great book called Black Diamonds telling you all about the history of the mining and the house, well worth a read. You can pay daily for a tour, it is definitely worth a visit and the gardens allow you to see the baroc rear property.

@Sheffsteve86 2 месяца назад

Some flashbacks to great childhood memories for me too in this vlog. I don't know if it's because of my dodgy health that my feelings are exaggerated when thinking about the past but I found myself getting quite emotional watching this. That said, you seemed to be the same when reminiscing about your family. Maybe us blokes just all get a bit soft as we get older. 🤔 Wentworth is a great place. Like yourself, I'm not keen on the garden center but the little farm and play area is great for the kids. I thought the follies such as Kepple's column may have got a mention but I get you can't cover everything. Great content James. Cheers mate. 👍

@user-bx8nz4zy4w 2 месяца назад

Love it when you show how the shops looked years ago.. another fab vlog... Debbie brid

@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

Thanks Debbie :-)

@johnwelsh8737 2 месяца назад

Don't forget, to have a look at Matlock and Matlock bath. The cable car to the heights of Abraham is a good trip.

@JimmyCall 2 месяца назад

Someone was just telling me today that the miner's strike was really orchestrated by the mine's owners, to rise the coal price. Once the coal price rose with the conflict, they got all the workers back on and continued as normal.

@Remonyyork 2 месяца назад

So many towns and cities are like that now. The out of town shopping parks have decimated town centres. I live in York and I couldn’t tell you the last time I was in the city centre. That’s for tourists and for that reason I avoid it. Locals go to the shopping parks - Monks Cross, Clifton Moor. It’s a shame but that’s how it is.

@kevinmulligan6858 2 месяца назад

It don`t matter in the least James how many of these types of video you do because they are all so interesting . Yes they may be depressing at times but remember this, if you and other blogger`s do not show them for what they are now then they will not be shown at all and in fact, you are doing them a favour by letting folk see how different these places are today compared to how they used to be. Your editing is first class and you are going from strength to strength in my opinion because if you showed us all the great and modern things that are around, we would never get to see the rest .. Many thanks again!

@bripicsuk 2 месяца назад

Very interesting I was going to suggest Rotherham but i thought it might be too close to home. I remember sitting by the big church and eating cakes from the bakery on the curve of the shops there before we walked round to the bus station but you showed a lot we have never seen, as you know our youngest daughter lives in Kimberworth and we used to go to the park with the granddaughter and we remembered the rides so we really enjoyed this video. Cheers mate and seethee soon.

@philjtephenson41 2 месяца назад

The most important thing for me is that light is shed on just how forgotten and run down the North has become, lack of investment, wasted money by incompetents in charge, vanity projects that give little value to the vast majority but appease the shouty minority.....the Government care nothing for us up North, they're far to busy ploughing cash into the South where they all live....Change is coming, fingers crossed we get our pride back soon. Great content, honest and without any agenda clouding the issues we all live with.

@johnrigby9594 2 месяца назад

James if you like markets take Helen round Bury market and treat her to a famous Bury black pudding ....it's a great day out.

@user-ce9lf2sj1k 2 месяца назад

Great video sadly all towns across Britain are struggling out of town shopping is one reason but free parking is a bonus to many councils charging to park everywhere and traffic wardens dishing out tickets is also not helpful we’re doomed 👍

@sarahstorey8492 2 месяца назад

It’s worth reading Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey. Is a fantastic history of Wentworth house.

@gateshead_angel 2 месяца назад

Sad looking at Mexborough, Rotherham now, heartbreaking.

@gingerali 2 месяца назад

Another Great watch , some serious money must have gone into building the last mansion you showed. It’s a crying shame as to what’s happening to our beautiful country today. I don’t need to go any further. Keep I the good work mate .

@spinynorman8217 2 месяца назад

Very interesting video James, I had no idea what Rotherham looked like, seeing the picture from the 30s really shows the malaise that has inflicted so many of our great towns and cities, whether from Planners, internet or Meadowhall, Rotherham has taken a huge hit in footfall and sadly this is all to evident. Government seem to have given up and look for quick fixes too.

@PaulO-mv6ku 2 месяца назад

Never been to Rotherham but very interesting.

@user-cx1un9qq6p 2 месяца назад

It was still a grate vlog James it a pity most towns are going the same way.

@agee7777 2 месяца назад

We might have crossed paths in coopers toy store. I used to get my He Man figures from there in the eighties.

@garysides636 2 месяца назад

Hi James ....this is more like the "old James" mate we've come to know and love 😊......the world / UK/ news / media is full of doom and gloom pal so it's good to see and listen to some positivity. Although some places may have gone "downhill" there are still gems to be seen .. memories to be remembered and even made ... Wentworth looks amazing...a star of architecture. Somewhere I definitely would visit and not a million miles from North Wales. I've always enjoyed your channel but I have to admit for me and Jane it's gone into more of a "slight moan" over your previous articulate humour and Northern spin on things. Like you , we love watching "bald and bankrupt" and some of the places he has visited , people he speaks to and it's still done with an educational vibe over .... Both yourself and Helen are great people and a pleasure to watch. Keep up the great "positive" vlogs. 🙏🙏🙏 Gary and Jane 🦉🦉

@theabandonedhunter3604 2 месяца назад

Top Video as always James! It looks like so many towns now… was once thriving and now nothing. It’s such a shame… is Millmoor football ground still standing?? …. Smithy

@Brazola1872 2 месяца назад

No need to overthink the content or how it will be taken by the viewers. Just show the good and the bad sides with honesty like you always do and people will continue to enjoy. The history and changes to the areas you visit and highlight is very interesting. Keep up the good work mate

@amandabarrett3752 2 месяца назад

James you still manage to keep me watching from beginning to end ❤

@countmurcielago9802 2 месяца назад

Very interesting video James these once vibrant shopping towns with shops, disappearing is has to be with internet shopping and before that shopping malls being introduced The visit to Wentworth was stunning you could just imagine the horses and coaches arriving all them years ago for big dinners and functions back then. Imagine living there now with your fleet of Ferraris and Lamborghinis parked up 😂😂

@Stanly-Stud 2 месяца назад

Watching now 😅

@michaelbbb2271 2 месяца назад

Lovely memories for you . Must be sadness ans happiness going there . As that was part of your life

@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

It did make me a little bit sad

@mrtiabrown 2 месяца назад

At least the council seems to be knocking the buildings that are an eyesore down(some councils just leave them)

@julieryan1616 Месяц назад

Hi James love you guys I was just wondering have you paid a visit to Glossop ❤

@paulfisher7911 2 месяца назад

i never new there was another hillardes as we had one in peterborough yrs ago and looking at your picture of it i thought look at all those classic cars

@user-gn7pd5ok1r 2 месяца назад

Loved the video felt sorry for you with going back to where your family worked but I just wanted to say thank you for doing it love kim xxx

@robinacjohnston 2 месяца назад

My take on a lot of British towns that are struggling is that you cannot park anywhere near the centre for free. My local towns are Watford, Hemel and St Albans and find that I never bother going to any of them now because the chance of getting fleeced for parking gets worse every trip. For instance went to the IMAX cinema in Watford recently and came away with a parking fine because I overstayed a 3 hour limit by 5 minutes in the car park. Last time I do that! Obviously a lot of other contributing reasons besides parking...

@JimBob-iz2by 2 месяца назад

That Fire bug is very prevalent in Bradford.

@neilmorley7022 2 месяца назад

Janes another entertaining video, put some juice in the van or get u two drink 👍👍

@JoanneWhite-yk2so 2 месяца назад

I think because Parkgate is so close it has affected Rotherham town centre .I agree James x

@blackbob3358 2 месяца назад

Every one knows what affected Rotherham, ms White. I do'nt need to spell it out.

@angelamass8405 2 месяца назад

It's hard for you because your coming on the back of these types of vlogs. I think you can only do what your doing 😊

@susaneaton5608 2 месяца назад

Another good video, but a bit hard not to be negative when the town is so depressing , Only beautiful happy towns from now on please James, but I love how informative you are, so thank you 😊

@christopherdoran2212 2 месяца назад

Hi James, don't know if you have ever visited Clitheroe, not too far from you and its very different than it sounds , lots to do there and nothing like the old mill town it was always referred to , thamks Chris ( birkenhead )

@shaunsmith690 2 месяца назад

I live in between Rotherham and Wentworth and i know what you mean Rotherham town centre as seen better days but they are spending some money on it , they are nearly finished on the Forge island what used to be the old Tesco .Then like you say 5 mins away from the town is Wentworth a nice little place and the big house as been used in a lot of films ,Gentleman Jack and i think the one about Churchill as well ,so there is a few positives. lol.

@andrewrobinson2565 2 месяца назад

23:11 "I'M ON THE PHONE (in the nod)!" 😮😂🎉

@bythecurb 2 месяца назад

😂😂

@andrewrobinson2565 2 месяца назад

@@bythecurb You see that a lot where we moved to 🤫🤭. 🇨🇵🇪🇺

@stuartmcivor2276 Месяц назад

My home town. Don't go there much now except to visit my parents.

@jaynedrayton9511 2 месяца назад

That skate park was spotless! Never seen one that wasn't covered in graffiti. Lots of interesting stuff on this one. Most city centres are much the same nowadays I reckon. Nottingham is a shadow of it's former self. Half demolished a shopping centre then not had the ££ to finish it. Its an eyesore. Your vlogs are varied. Can't fault them 😊