They've knocked down half of St. Helier (Part 2)  

Hi Raymond. I think I know it.......I'll catch it on video sometime! Thanks for your comments! 👍

Thanks for watching and especially for taking the time to comment! Paddy and I have had some practice ........we've nearly completed filming us walking around the coast - in both directions! 👍🏻😁

Hi John, yes a total mess at the moment but maybe it will look smart when it's all finished! You are right about millions being spent........obviously that is a good thing rather than let the place slip into gradual decline! AND we need housing 🏘️🏚️🏠🏡badly on the island! Oh and yes, the subscribers are creeping up! ⬆️👍🥳 Cheers mate!

😁😁Maybe not, huh? 😉

Hi Nic, I was shocked myself as I hadn't realized the extent of it. We moved out of town about 5 years ago. Housing is a real problem on the island, so flats are I suppose the only way to go.......look at my old stomping ground (Hong Kong) you can count the number of houses there on one hand! Mind you....the cost of flats on the island is pretty steep....................nothing like Hong Kong prices though. When I used to still work and colleagues complained about housing prices in Jersey I used to delight in pulling up flats for sale in Kowloon and getting them to guess the price. They were normally out by about £2,000,000!!!!!! There are another couple of large areas in town that have been completely demolished - an area between Broad street and Commercial Street and the Gas Place / Co-op Grande Marche sites. I have never seen change before on the island at this pace! But I suppose that's life. Thanks so much for your continued support!

Hi Russell, I don't blame you at all and thanks for the feedback! 😁 Don't worry, as soon as we get some decent weather I am going to be back out in the countryside or on the coast! The St. Helier videos seem to get more views overall though.....so I'm afraid they'll keep popping up from time to time! Thanks for your support of the channel though.......it is much appreciated! 👍

Hi June, yes it is very different from a few years back. I think the going out culture has changed massively. I don't think young people party in the same way we did 40 years ago! For a start........who had heard of pre's or pre-loading, where people drink at home and only go out when they are tanked up? This is what younger people do in Jersey now, because they can't afford to drink out all night like we used to do! This has obviously killed a lot of bars and clubs profitability. Year after year of increased taxes on alcohol have now reached the stage where the entertainment industry is shrinking on the island. I heard on Jersey radio a club manager say that Jersey has the worst nightlife in Europe! I'm not sure he was right.....you try walking around some towns in France at night and try to find somewhere open for a drink........you may be disappointed (but again, their drinking culture is different!). When you think back to what Jersey was like.....it was a real party island. I think that ship has sailed!

@@thereluctantoutdoorsman ohh yes we had a great time didn't we, young & foolish, but I'd do it all again best 2yrs of my life, 25 when I left, used to have a nip of whisky in my morning coffee to bring me round lol, think I was on the verge of becoming an alcoholic, the booze was half price to mainland & the cigs too. Good times I often remanisce, & laugh.... Till next time.

Most definitely.

Hi Lloyd, yeh I think the drop in tourist numbers would definitely have had something to do with it. There has been a massive list of hotel closures.......although some new ones have opened as well. Thanks for continuing to support the channel Lloyd! 👍😊

Hi Mary, It has been a while since I've walked down Hilary Street. Next time I'm in town I'll take a look. I think it may have just escaped the construction area! 👍

Yes, we do indeed!

That is not the first time I've heard that! Oh, and it is funny, I will always think of that building as the old BHS......... with the old Woolworths just up the street!

@@thereluctantoutdoorsman and the building making the corner covered in scaffolding as Burtons.

For real! 👍🏻I used to love the 2nd. floor!