What Remains of Once Wealthy Bradford? 

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Did not expect to see a comment from you on here @reubs! Hope the Lego island series is still in the backlog

Well, in Turnip's defense, chimneys might be easier to understand sometimes....fewer complications.😜

Especially when he said: "It's got a wonderful bottom as well."

@@christinerobin386 he prefers them round, or with an ornate bottom. Chimneys that is.

I really appreciate that mate thanks 😃

There is no such thing as a uninteresting subject. There is only an uninterested person.

thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

I also thought that .Base would have been better choice of words but less comical !

The outskirts are still decent but the centre is absolutely on its ar5e 😂 and no the people arnt welcoming, you get old men looking at your daughter who's under 10 you only get this is places like bradford and don't say I'm lieing I live smack bang in the centre and use foot as my mode of transport.

Yeah, the local paper comment section, particularly, is full of these naysayers (most of whom don't even live here).

Then you'd know that the city is being done up as we speak.

​@@BradfordRealI'm not sure you can say the city is on its arse when there is multiple millions of pounds of ongoing investment right now. Yes, it's going through change and yes it's disruptive but Bradford has way more to offer today than it did 10 years ago and will have even more to offer in the very near future. A very misrepresented city.

Be careful not to attract too much attention or you could Kiss that Victoria architecture goodbye. Property developpers love nothing more than bulldozing old historical buildings to build crappy blocks of "luxury" flats

Lovely story about you Grandad 😄

Fred Dibnah did it for ten Bob 50p to you youngsters.

thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

Exactly, some mills could cost up to £10k to make (at the time) the chimneys had a vital role in the mill, if the chimneys failed it could spark disaster Working in the mill wasn't ideal, i worked with a lady who's great grandmother was deaf because she worked in the mills for decades and if you wanted to talk privately you had to cover your mouth as she could lip read very well haha

thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

Someone is a fan of the Fast Show

It's like the character came to life 😅 Was thinking that way back

​@@JungleJeffarnoldsame!

chicken tikka in naan bread?

​@@j2shoes288 The center is now being overran by Somalis

thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

Great Britain is not great anymore. Bradford past history and its wealth are results of British imperialism in foreign countries, pillaging the local wealth & bringing them to England. Where do you think the raw materials like cotton comes from?

I'm from Rotherham and went on a art college trip to Bradford in the late 80's to visit the National Media Museum then the now closed colour museum which was set up by the dyers society. It was a brilliant day out.

thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

You're thinking of Manningham

Halifax too

Wow, still in production until the millemium?!

Thank you such interesting info

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Hello from Ireland. Yes, I love his material also

I am glad you love stories but I ask a question as to where cotton evolved and became so important that a little place in Manchester became important for you?

@@ALLISEEIS6Strump for prison

@@bid84 i think you missed EN from your name bro 🤣

As he was talking his work experiences at the time it means he was working as a barman

​@@mrmartin2079 I think they realise that 😊

Oh ace thanks for that. I’ll check out your channel 👍👍

Thank you really appreciate it just 3 weeks in but learning as I go

Came here to say this - burned down in 2016, just months after I visited the building to meet the company who were renting it as a warehouse. Stacked to the rafters with products sold on Amazon and eBay and sadly destroyed overnight. It was genuinely an impressive imposing building and such a shame it met its end that way. I gather the roof space was also rented out as a dance / film studio. I'm amazed it hasn't been turned into housing already. Glad they managed to save and retain the chimney!

thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

you must be a bit oblivious and naive

Hidden Pakistan?

@@Future-Classic-Comicswhy are you all over the comments making negative comments on Pakistanis, you seem quite racist. How sad can you be.

@@aman8086 Is it racist to feel a demographic should mostly be the originating one? I feel if you go to South Africa and everyone is mostly mostly white the same way Australia should be native but isn't, or America should be native but isn't. Would it be correct to go to Japan and 3 quarters of the population is Black, does that make me racists that each ethnicity should have the majoring majority of the population?

@@Future-Classic-Comics Firstly, the Uk is over 80% white so that is wildly incorrect, secondly certain places will always have communities, especially in areas where industrialisation happened and people came over to support with it and work in factories. Despite this Bradford still has a higher white population. Lastly you going around saying it’s Pakistan is not really going to change anything is it. People are sharing positive thoughts and comments on here and all you can think to do is be negative and sulk.

@@aman8086you’re literally pakistani lmao

Proper Yorkshire names! We have a rich cultural heritage and plenty of nature to see. I hope you enjoy your time here.

It’s funny you should mention canals. I was chatting to my friend recently who was telling me how they dug them with pick mattocks. I was so intrigued I went out and bought my own and dug me a ditch 😂 There will be a video coming soon on this very subject 👍 Thanks so much for watching my stuff. Very cool that I’ve ended up in the USA 😃

WOW…can’t wait for the episode. Thanks for listening. Cheers.

who needs a gym , when you dig a ditch

excellent suggetion on canals. Industrial heritage in general!

@@wanderingturnip Look up "puddling" its linng of cannals or ponds with clay to make waterproof

Don’t go to bradford unless you are pakistani with a spiky hairstyle and three eyebrow slits

This is Pakistani culture bruhh

It was mostly woollen mills?

My family owned that mill, another side sold them silk waste to make house hold fabrics; I still have some as good as they were in the 1920s

Chim chim cheree!

@@lucydawson1344 As Dick Van Dyke so eloquently put it.. "Cor blimey Guv'nor!"

Heres how it works. talent goes to leeds- > only idiots left in bradford > idiots don’t do big business > government stops caring about bradford.

Thanks so much 😃😃

Strange that.

Yeah love Dibnah currently reading his book 👍

Hahaha you're in Bradford mate.

@@Future-Classic-ComicsStop being rude, we know what you meant.

lol what a coper It looks the same and even better than most english cities. Only difference is people are maniacs

@@maalikserebryakov "Maalik Serebryakov" I wonder why with a name like that you're mad at him for saying something that's true? "Only difference is people are maniacs" huh, I wonder why they're maniacs?

Shut up!

Oh no way when was that?

You'll be happy to know though they have preserved the massive chimney of the factory

@@wanderingturnip They shut down over 5 years ago now as there's no need for picture film production anymore, if you go on google maps from road view you can see it still standing tall between the new builds!

@@AnonAtry There is now increasing demand forfilm, and for the past few years Kodak have been unable to meet the demand with their scaled down production facilities. Pentax have just released a new film camera.

@@srfurley That's a great shame, Kodak used to be one of the biggest employers in Harrow and was iconic to drive past, now all you get is rows of new builds and stuck in traffic on a road that can't cope with the number of vehicles.

How is "woeful neglect" a sign of anyone having their bootmark on the town? It's Tory neglect that has ruined the country, not govt interference. You just need a govt that cares, and the masses of people willing to lead that govt by involvement in democracy.

@@jimbob-robob So where are the trillions the workers have paid the socialist welfare state? Why does the state make a 30% gross profit on its services? How does 'care' solve anything?

Asia you mean.

@@Future-Classic-Comicsasian food is superior to european food so your comment is redundant. Bradford has one of the best food places in Eurasia.

I actually like Bradford, great food and amazing history

@@wanderingturnip I think it does get overshadowed being right next to Leeds, your video definitely does it justice. I will reassess my opinion on the area

The indoor market, the food - the museums

​@@wanderingturnip Have you been to Mezza restaurant? (Legrams Mill BD7 1NH) They serve food from the Lebanese, Syrian and Turkish regions. It's gorgeous and you should def go 😘👌

@@wanderingturnipI grew up in Italy, but I’ve had the best Calzone ever in Bradford when I used to visit with my children to see family ( early 2000)

I’ve just been watching your video about the chimney disaster. Super interesting stuff. I’ve subscribed 👍👍

@@wanderingturnip likewise. Thank you 👍🏾

Pakistan is a beautiful country.

Can you say more about the work you did or the people you worked with in general terms? What do you mean by self-destructive?

@@lydiamahoney177 I wont say what my job was because it is a small team and I'm pretty sure most of the people I worked with are still there, but I'll give a few examples of stuff I saw while I was at that job. And yes I know that these people were struggling, but a lot of the time it just seems like they made their lives more difficult by doing the things they did. Quite a few times people would admit that they spent their money on luxuries because they knew they could always go to a food bank (the food banks actually later clamped down on that so it didn't happen much after that), but there was a surprising amount of people who deprived themselves of food so that they can buy a new TV, then they'd go to a food bank. And yes some of them did have kids as well... A lot of people would try to commit some type of fraud, that would often result in the bank closing their account, which would mean they essentially cut themselves off of accrss to any money until they were sorted out with some type of temporary bank account. So not only did they fail at the fraud, but they also lost access to their bank accounts. There was one guy who decided it would be a good idea to deal drugs at the entrance to a jobcentre. This same guy was well known at my job because everyone had run ins with him. He did all sorts. He called 999 as a joke like 30 times in a single day, which got him arrested and then let go a day later - he got a restraining order from his wife, so he pretended to be a support worker to get near the house, not realising he'd obviously be recognised. Pretty sure that guy later went to prison. Saw a few parents that had taken their kids out of school, but didn't bother enrolling them into a different school, and as a result they'd get hefty fines, one of the parents wasnt happy about the fine and they tried to report this to the news, which obviously did nothing. Just overall a completely ovoidable problem that these parents put on themselves for no reason A lot of people would get paid their benefit money, withdraw it, and then contact us and tell us that they were robbed, which we would then need to contact the police and ask the person a bunch of questions, knowing full well that they're most likely lying. At one point this happened at several times per week. This was unrelated to my job, but I heard this from people there - there were a few cases where small businesses managed to get details of people (like national insurance numbers etc) and then faked hiring those people so that they could get some sort of tax break or reimbursement from the government. They would always get found out and fined. A lot of them had to close their business, and apparently the tax breaks wouldn't have even been much compared to the income coming in from their actual business..

@@lydiamahoney177shit stirrer