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We suffered hard in horden (like all of the other pit villages up north) after the mines closed. Please don't rinse the area to hard. A lot of us still live here and are trying to survive. We were abandoned by our government when we needed them the most. It's actually very upsetting. A lot of us grew up on these streets and will never be able to let them go. On the positive side I'm hoping some of this sort of recognition gets the area the help it deserves.

Areas like Horden are the victims of over 50 years of abuse from successive governments, no investment and the closure of the traditional industry's often maliciously like Thatcher with the UK's profitable coal mining industry. Generations of kids that have grown up with no employment and no role models. Towns like Horden deserve better it's easy to forget how the UK's wealth was built on the back of these industrial towns and villages.

the fake doors made my jaw drop. crazy what lengths the council is willing to go to AVOID fixing a problem, rather then just fixing it.

I live in Horden in an aged miners bungalow which is in a court and is beautifully landscaped and although a lot of Horden is in need of a massive amount of help, most of the people who live here, are wonderful warm and friendly, they look after each other. I know that the people who go to the Tuesday afternoon club at the Victory club raise around £100 to £150 a month which goes to local charities, in this last year, they have given £300 each to Air Ambulance, Mcmillian nurses, kiddies football team and the local hospice . This afternoon club was started to help combat loneliness and to help support the club.

You know what?…The Victory Club was the most heartwarming thing I’ve seen all year. It shows why, even though this country has always been cold, grey and wet, and the majority of us have always been exploited by the few, you cannot crush the innate toughness and spirit of the people of the UK. However little they have, communities like this care for each other. Thanks Ben, I wasn’t expecting that.

“We’ve got an Aldi and a train station” life goals in the UK 2024 😂😂

The absolute legend of travel vloggers. Cheers Ben for the inspiration to create Drews Travels documenting life in rural Philippines.

The UK, one of the richest countries in the world but saddled with debt. There have been so many changes in every aspect, over the decades. It's no surprise to me.

If only I had known you were getting on the Train- I'm a Driver on that line, would have loved to have said hello!... Absolute legends, glad you enjoyed Horden.... It's great to see places like these being highlighted as they're in desperate need of investment, forgotten and abandoned by successive governments.

Birmingham is about to get a whole lot poorer now that the council has declared bankruptcy. They're planning to cut services by £367 million, about a third of it coming from children and family services.

Even a ghost would have some sense not to haunt one of these buildings

Horden has an Anglo-Saxon name that comes from an old word ‘horu’ meaning ‘dirty’ with the ‘den’ part of the name referring to the dene or valley. Horden is first mentioned in the eleventh century as ‘Horeden’, when there is also mention of a ‘Horetun’ (dirty farm). Its literally in the name

What a disgrace. The politicians that run this country should be ashamed of themselves.

As a person who has lived in horden all his life thank you for showing we are nice people 🙏

I love the videos you two make. Also love your spirit of adventure. Keep it up!

Absolute chaos in a pub at 2pm on a Tuesday afternoon, I love it!!!

Well done Ben for covering this.

New subscriber here. Good to see TFT food reviews. - RU-vid Royalty right there 💪. Horden makes good television but the social clubs and rugby clubs in these areas are absolutely pivotal to bringing the community together. Never give up Horden.

Big up for bringing this to light,miners families do matter,bring on the This is Horden TV documentary

that visit at the club was wholesome.

You can't judge how bad a city is based on the morning or mid afternoon in the middle of the week. Go back on a weekend during the night and see if you feel the same way. The encounter with the boys in Wales would have likely been much different if it was a Friday night.

soho road is a muslim area, muslim areas are always trashy

I actually cried when I saw this…where has all the pride gone in our country …and look who are flocking in now…..It is absolutely disgusting….

Great series mate. Dont stop

Always nice when you, bald and the rest does multi peligroso trips…

Ben our country is a absolute shit pit wtf has happened to it my grandparents died for this

I think these sad run-down towns are further proof what happens when your gov't sends $$ for wars overseas, vs, investing in local towns. So sad.

*All by design this deprivation - You will own nothing and be happy! Birmingham city council (The BIGGEST in Europe) has gone bankrupt... it shows by the state of the streets and not ONE road sweeper to be seen for miles!! Lack of investment is not the biggest problem - it is that people accept the STATUS QUO THROUGH IGNORANCE*

There are quite a few channels on YT that now report on the appalling state of towns and cities across the UK. We've had economic downturns in the past but this feels different, almost as if it's paving the way for some sort of reset.

I have juet discovered you and bald and bankrupt. Excellent coverage of serious matters in our country ❤

It was lovely to meet a fellow Plymothian with a desire to wander. This was quite the enjoyable watch! ❤

This is why there is a housing shortage. It’s because councils are not maintaining housing supplies.

Brilliant YouTubing between you, Mr Bald, Snoring Simon, etc. It's as if the journey starts with Bald's channel with a video from Plymouth, Weston, Birmingham, Horden. Then packer Ben's channel sort of continues their journey on from Horden to Middlesbrough, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (in Wales), Birmingham. Great team work on delivering really fascinating and shocking content about parts of the UK!

American here. My grandfather was born in Birmingham, so I had to visit while I was in England. While the city center was great, I was shocked to see neighborhoods like the ones you show. I thought it was an American thing. I’ve come to the assumption that people are people, no matter where they are.

Some of the most deprived areas have the nicest people living in them xx Good luck to all the residents of Horden

Great footage 👍

Hi Ben. Great video of an area in Birmingham I used to live near. At around the 21-minute mark, you show a building called Bill House, which is actually on Soho Hill, but only locals may notice that minor difference. At the far end of the building from where you were, in December 2023 there was a serious fire, in which one homeless person is said to have died. The part of the adjoining building that had the fire has since been demolished and the site cleared, now just surrounded with fencing. Had that building still been there when did this filming, you would not have been able to see the partially red office block you can now see. It seems ironic that you later mentioned and featured the fire service vehicles being in the area,.

I have to go to work In Birmingham 3 days a week. My mothers side of the family were from the city. Suffice to to say, it breaks my heart to see what Birmgham has become. Bits of it were always rough, it was an old honest working class industrial city, the beating heart of the Midlands. not now. I hate what Birmingham has become. Its awful. And its only getting worse.

yes, what a video indeed.... me and my boy friend and little cat ruru have virtually nothing but watching this video ( and the other ones of cities) makes me feel privileged....thank you for showing you tubers the harsh reality of how some people live....the comment about the bingo/ club was inspiring to me and everyone happy bless them xxx its sad that their councillors and local council don't move their asses ...get the abandoned houses sorted, help with job's as well ( just a thought) the tenants, when appropriate to be livable, i recon the neighbourhood would ( maybe slowly) flourish..yeah, its its okay for me to talk.i don't live there but God willing..it could work instead of people being negative ( understandably)God bless you all 🤘🤘🤘🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤

It is strange how different it can look within the same city, have been to Birmingham and found it clean, beautiful canals amazing architecture! But that was the center.

Nice to see you guys in Caernarfon 💕

As a kid I had a couple of friends who lived in those streets in Horden. 1980s - lovely old place back then, full of people who'd have given you the shirt off their back. Tragic to see the way it has fallen.

Come to Grimsby buddy. Lots of areas like that. Massive difference between the haves and have nots. Happy to show you around.

Its heart-breaking seeing my native land like this.

How many billion we given Ukraine? And look how we live, i used to debt collect on Soho Road, mile down the road is jewelry quarter which is actually really nice... Mad really the difference.

Just want to say that i'm really diggin your UK videos. You rock Ben-jammin.

Great video though sad !!! Thanks very much !

One of the wealthiest countries in the world, but look at their wealth distribution.

I recollect the Birmingham has had quite a few Binmen strikes and there was one late last year. It may explain the awful state of rubbish around the area you visited? Plus the city was bankrupted last year. An eye opening vlog Ben. Very sad what this country has become.

Love your videos love the way you describe things Backpacker Ben!

The litter in this country is heart breaking. The litter in Birmingham was horrific.

Your camera picked up the sounds of the wind so very good, that I had to rewatch that scene a couple of times because I thought I had sounds coming from my ceiling lol I thought the sounds were from inside my home.

A friend who once lived up the road in Easington would call that place Beruit. Peterlee is rough too, a new town but pretty grim.

@ 22,58 a man diede just as you filmed he was uinloading sheets of glass from a truck when it slipped and killed him RIP that bloke

No visits from the Royal Family? Shocking

Looks like Camden Nj or North Philly. Keep it up - great job.

Well, now I know the UK is not much different from the US.

This video is mental. I used to work with a lad who lived there & he always said how bad it actually was but I never knew it was really that bad. He even mentioned a person running from police went in his garden & he invited him in while the police were looking around the streets😂! The place is absolutely horrendous 😂

I used to live near Horden and I remember my girlfriend was like "Nah it can't possibly be that bad" So I went and showed it to her and we didn't even get into the numbered streets properly before she wanted to leave Was at a house party at a friend's house in Horden and a brick just comes barreling through the window and everyone was like "Wtf?! :o" And the guy who's house it was just stood there like "Awh man third time this week" lmaooo

Despite all filming on the same trips together, Simon, Ben, and somewhat better known Ben all make unique videos, individually interesting.

Ben, I´ve followed you around the world for some time now. Always interesting views from peoples daily lifes, in far away places. But I had no idea places like THIS exists, in that amount, in England! So close to my home, here in Sweden. It gives some perspective, when adressing problems here in my country... it´s just not bad in that way, here. This makes med sad, I want the UK to be so much better, than this! Pleace recover!! :)

Awww , that’s sad , it looks like it could be a nice place !

Very interesting video. I've never heard of Horden before, but the pub/club was buzzing on a Tuesday afternoon. I've not seen a pub that busy on an early weekday afternoon for a few years now where I live. It looked great there and I'd be a regular if I lived there.

Eye opening video Ben no ahhh ha for Holden

I've been all over the UK with my work and I have to say Birmingham is the absolute pits. It's not just Soho road, everywhere other than the centre has the sight of rubbish strewn over the place - dumped mattresses, sofas, beer cans, smashed bottles, condoms, needles, picket apart and abandoned cars, dog mess everywhere. I could go on. The people have zero respect for their surroundings, any public space they treat like a toilet. You see people dumping rubbish everywhere, I moved into a pretty nice new build apartment block and inside a month it turned into a hole, with crap literally dumped right in the hallways. And people park wherever the heck they want, in front of the access garage, why not. Left within a year. Never again.

Another great video. - I'm flying over from the US next month for a whirlwind weekend to go to a football match... spending most of my time in Birmingham. Looks like a great time!🙃

Sticky bingo at 1pm what a community , love that. Shortage of housing hotels filled seriously how can they just leave poor Horden like that so sad

That pub was great, people lovely!

Pronounced, rill. Rhyle is a dive. It used to be a gorgeous place, a place well worth visiting and tourists flocked there. The streets have been narrowed, building falling apart, and the weekend you just do not touch the city centre. It is a crying shame what has happened to the north Wales seaside resort.

Good to see these places and meet the people who live there - it would be good to hear a bit more about the history of these places. Perhaps tell us a bit more about them to give it a bit more context. I did a quick google on Soho road and saw that it is in Handsworth - which had big riots in the 80s. There's even an album by the band Steel Pulse called 'Handsworth Revolution'. Would be interesting to hear from some of the people living there - you could've asked those ladies at the bus stop for example - bet they would've been great to talk to!

Pissed up in Horden at 2pm. Legend.

Just subbed to TFT, nice work guys

I know it's perhaps a bit obvious, but I would like to see you two do London. The outskirts, the outer zones, the paths less travelled. I live here, and have for years, but it would still be interesting to see how it appears to two people who have seen the globe a couple of times over.

Back in Victorian times the Soho Road was second only to Londons Oxford Street as a shopping destination. Not anymore !

Love ❤️ the pub!

🙂Great Video, really lots of places like this around the world, I just visited Kensington in the US and was quite shocked to see the state of the place, will post a video of that place soon. Much respect and Yo to The Bald I will run into you guys sooner or later, thumb up keep exploring 😊 Thanks for Sharing

You pair should do the Wild Atlantic way in Ireland, would be very entertaining and meet a lot of characters!!

It's actually quite sad to see these forgotten towns!

Hey Ben, I'm new to your Channel, I was obsessed with the UK ever since I was a little girl but at the same some of these different parts I thought the States was bad .you know we have certain areas over here that's like crazy ,but 'm really shocked to see this, in the UK. It's so sad. I mean we have a lot of rough spots over here in the states like I said but it just hurt my heart to see that whole town fake windows and doors and it's like a ghost town. Thank you for showing us the realness❤

This is sad to see. Glad there are still people who care.

That first street is so typical of parts of the uk. Abandoned run down houses, yet newish Mercedes SUV parked outside probably worth more than the house.

Why do I watch these sorts of videos…it really depresses me to see what our country is becoming.

As an American, watching this is pretty surreal, I don’t live in the city but the closest one to me looks way worse and there’s so much more sketchy activity, I hope things get better worldwide

Most of them shops you walked past on soho road are still running you wouldn't believe it untill you come on a hot day 😂😂

I live in Washington state, USA. There is a town called Hoquiam here (the place Kurt Cobain is from) that has particularly horrible weather that so reminds me of what you are showing about England. They seem to be one in the same. :)

YOU SHOULD DO TORONTO MOST DANGEROUS HOODS THE MURDER RATE IS CRAZY OUT HERE😮

Good god mate you really took your life in your own hands being there, Stay safe.

Soho Road, I went shopping with my mom here in the 70s when I was a little kid and took the 70 bus up Grove Lane to Antrobus Road where we lived. Moved out after nearly 20 years. Really sad to see how much of a dump it is now but it wasnt much better back then to be honest. Childhood memories destroyed by the people that live there now.........

Sad to see this over and over again all around England yet we have so many homeless and struggling people. Corruption at its finest starting with the government n councils.... And throughout our society sadly.

Canada calling here...great channel pal.Here,Vancouver B.C is bad..a much larger version of Soho Rd in Birmingham.We have THOUSANDS of young men n women dying on Hastings St.in Vancouver hooked on meth,heroin,pcp etc...major problems Our gov't thought if they legalized the cocaine people would stop doing the crystal meth in B.C . Now in 2024 the streets are overflowing with garbage,tents pitched in all public parks, and dead teens everywhere.😢 You tube has loads of videos of our problems in the downtown Vancouver😢

2:00 I am keep hearing about small number of residential buildings... and now I see your video. That's surprising :o

Imagine visiting a seaside town like Rhyl at this time of year. Try again in the summer and pop to Prestatyn the next town up.

The singer Sue at the Victory Club sounded like Petula Clark!

I worked close to Birmingham for 6 months. When I came back I felt like I needed treating for deep depression. It is a dire place. Depressing. Went for a night out in the centre and got a total beating for absolutely nothing. Just a bunch of equally depressed blokes wanting to deal out beatings to innocents. The only place where every chip shop serves yellow chips

All these towns like this get abandoned but they are still building new houses its mental

Thanks again Margaret and Ronald....

I find it very sad .These places where once held together by strong communities. Now they look like some back street in Beirut. Shame on these politicians. Who are voted in to improve lifes.Not ruin them.

Send this video to the government and hopefully they'll stop building on green belt and refurb these places. Liverpool is the same and to be fair most council estates are similar. Easier for the local government to keep them running down. It's probably cheaper to buy a street then a house in the UK

Why didnt you show one of the best bits of horden just next to the pub you where in where they fix the tanks and military vehicles?? Best part about it haha

I was just in Hordon in Google Earth, and there are some absolutely beautiful little communities there!