Born in Scunthorpe and just moved back, breaks my heart to see the town centre now, it used to be a thriving shopping area, greedy councils and the decline of the steelworks hasn’t helped, but there’s also a lot of local apathy towards the area. The museum is a nice surprise though especially given its size.
@user-ev6eg3hv6i 10 years ago s Nunthorpe had an exciting town centre with shops for all tastes people a tally came there and enjoyed it. Now it's just become a centre for vape shops barbers and .mobile pho e repairs utter desolation
Live about a minute from where you parked in Central Park. Not a lot going on in the town anymore, used to be alright 15- 20 years ago, the foundry etc was great when it first opened but the council has kept the rent for shops pretty high so over time more and more businesses have closed down. The town does have some half decent areas but unless you're from there, not really worth the visit!
@@SamandCatsAdventures it still has some charm but yeah, shame really. We visit your end quite a lot though, still a stones throw away from plenty of thriving places!
I have lived across the railway from the town centre for 30 years, and aside from a trip to Specsavers every two years, I never go into town anymore. It's a filthy disgusting shadow of it's former self.
Normally locals get quite defensive of their home town but this seems to be a common theme with Scunthorpe. So sad to hear the Town is heading this way. What do you think are the issues and what can be done to sort it out?
Very high rents, very high council charges, no incentives. The council are more interested in vanity projects than actually doing something for the town. If you walked down Frodingham road you would see some other problems but if I said them I would get banned from RU-vid.
