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The roads are a fuckin disgrace

"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see! One chants out between two worlds, fire walk with me!" Cheers!

Disgusting Whts bn let happen to ayr ovr the last 15/20yr as a resident of ayr it’s sad to see

Aleister Crowley didn't achieve self mastery due to his ego and coping mechanisms to repress his shadow.

It's certainly a lot better looking than Cumnuck!😆

Cool video. Watching from Oregon USA.. wow, what an incredible place to camp and explore.

I honestly can't think what the common denominator has been since 2015, or did it all start a little before then? Business rates increases, hikes in taxes, ridiculous parking charges, bus station a no go area, no investment in the area, no pride in the area by the local authority, drastically reduced police numbers, junkies, beggars, neds, etc etc. It all adds up to an extremely non desirable place to live or visit. Why visit Killie when you can shop in Silverburn or Braehead ned and junkie free?

Beautiful, I would love to live there😍

Wasn't allowed to go due to catholic teachers

Thankfully there are plenty of small businesses still SURVIVING some even thriving but not down the desolate lanes and alleys shown here 😅

First time viewing

Such a sad state the town is in , how this place thrived in the 80s and 90s and a shadow now of what it was.

Who gives a shit

SHITHOLE

Back in 1978 we had people working to create jobs Cadet in Cumnock who were instrumental in my start up but now we don't seem to have the drive and have given up A lex Neil was the man who gave me advice and pointed me in the right direction.

When will any government or council realize that online reduces the need and profitability of High Street shops reduce the rates and allow cheap or free parking stores will come back don't wait until M&S or Next announce they are leaving by then it is too late also we need jobs not more cheap imports but no one seems to see this also with all the new houses being built in Kilmarnock and area business rates could easily be halved and maybe get our young into jobs and have some pride in earning their own money .

Full of Turkish barbers, vape shops and bookies. Really surprised M&S hasn't left.

Maybe the truth is that the high street has had its day. We cant buy everything online and then expect streets to be full of shoppers. Unless habits change town centres will become used less and less. Councils cant change that but they can look at other uses for these shared urban spaces and what they could be instead of a mass of empty buildings

Such a pretty town centre and so sad to see the decline - everywhere is closing and people are becoming lonelier by the day…. Watching peoole living on tv will soon be our only company a lot

Can still smell videoscene

Parking charges for me was the real point that started Kilmarnock to what it is today... And now the enforced parking restrictions around the football club will see spectator numbers fall there too

This is literally the same with every town. The pandemic and escalating prices has forced many businesses to go out of business. Just full of more and more disgusting parasitic takeaways that bleed the money out of the towns.

Has anything in Scotland or the Uk for that matter got any better? Year on year decline it’s utterly depressing.

I remember girvan in the 70s lived at 41 motehill road the harbour was always busy Glasgow fair girvan was always busy sutch a shame to see it now a revisit a few years ago the vouge was still standing the beach pavilion had gone fishing boats were virtually none existing the Davidson hospital boarded up kings arms no longer the hotel it was so much changed spent my final school days at girvan academy happy days .

I am Kilmarnock born and bred and the main street is reminiscent of Beirut. There is decay vandalism and neglect everywhere you turn and sadly this is not just peculiar to Kilmarnock it is happening all over. Kilmarnock destroyed itself in the late 60s and early70s when they demolished most of the town which had many splendid buildings and replaced them with ugly concrete and brick monstrosities which have not stood the test of time and in many cases require demolishing..There are fortunately many good things still in Kilmarnock, the Dean Country Park and some nice new housing by the council and private builders. Kilmarnock hopefully like other parts of Ayrshire will surmount many of the problems that exist but that will need government funding and good research into what it takes to make town centres vibrant again and teem with life.There is hope and the people of Kilmarnock deserve better.But, massive investment is needed ,we can however live in hope.

Unfortunately Ayr is just the same our local towns are just full of rubbish junkie's alkies and immigrants what a shame 😢😢😢😢

Its a lovely wee village, never seen so many rabbits in my life, they are everywhere!

Remember seeing the cable guy in that cinema, such a shame to see the town like this.

46000 population about 10 years ago it's about 54000 now

Excellent incitfully correct. The decline of western civilisations

Used to love GIRVAN ❤

What a depressing mess of a place😥.

Sorry. It looks so sad.

Killy’s bad, but it’s nothing compared to the towns surrounding it. I live up the valley. There’s nothing, no shops, no post office, even the pubs, the library & the churches have closed down. The whole of East Ayrshire is dying.

And with AI it is only going to get worse.

We've all killed the high steeet by lining the pockets of Jeff Bezos

My town. I was born in 78. It was thriving at one point. In the 90s you could have got fed up with your job, left on a Wednesday and had a new job by Monday. Every building had a shop, business or bar in it. So day or night, the town centre was mobbed. Saturdays were always shoulder to shoulder busy. Me and my family are looking to leave Scotland/UK altogether.

Don't believe everything you see however. A balance of decay with depressing music Vs shots of beauty spots with upbeat music. Mmmmmm?! Yes you might have to dig deep but there are still some gems and life in this town. Anyway, admittedly there is recognisable decline in the town of the tallest order but it is a carbon copy of all Ayrshire towns, Glasgow included. It's a sign of the times throughout due to central Governments, almost bankrupt local Councils, globalisation and online shopping to blame. However, like most industrial towns, Kilmarnock has had its glory days and nothing in life remains the same. To make a shift and have a major change we need private investment, belief and reimagination.

A lot of small independent stores and Coffee shops, such as Mamita’s have closed on a Monday since the disaster that was Covid. Personally I think there’s a growing number of new shops adding to the centre. There’s still some very poor and degraded areas in the film, which definitely need to be looked at, but it’s not all bad. Work to be done.

All went doonhill when bullet the dug ran away.

Are you local to girvan??

Embarrassing 😢

Its a Town very much On the Slide, Killie Town Centre is a very VERY Depressing place. Unless You need a Vape shop or Turkish Barbers.

You should do one on Irvine as its town centre is not far behind it shocking that they have let this happen to the town centres in Ayrshire a plus for Irvine is the harbour area along with Ayr .

I enjoyed that, sad to see so much decay and impoverishment of a town centre, but thanks for posting this.

I was born in Kilmarnock, and still live in Kilmarnock, and it is sad to see my home town decaying.

YEA VERY SAD I CAME FROM DARVEL BUT MOVED AWAY A LONG TIME AGO .I REMEMBER THIS PLACE ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH MY WIFE IT WAS BUSY VIBRANT WITH WOOLLIES BHS ALL THE PUBS OPEN .HOUSE OF FRASER WITH THE LIFT .VERY SAD

The Neo-liberal economic and political theories of Milton Friedman, Thatcher, and Reagan, imposed on us for the last 45 years, are totally discredited! Look around Scotland! Towns that were thriving industrial communities are like Kilmarnock - ie. Decimated. 'Trickle Down Economics' is what Kilmarnock got!

Used to go out with a girl from Kilmarnock years ago, she lived on Witchill Road, see that's all gone now, often wonder how she's doing. Shocked at the state of the town centre now, Fanny by Gaslight closed and the train station clock no more, what a shame 😢

I like Kilmarnock, it's a superb place. Great people and fun times. No unpleasantness. Don't believe these bloody journalists and morons. Iain w in Sheffield