I Went to SOUTHPORT to Prove The British Tabloids Wrong!
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- I went to the historic British seaside town of Southport. It seems to receive so much negative publicity but yet again I find that this is massively exaggerated. I had a great day and found a wonderful motorhome friendly park up.
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REMINDER: I made this vlog A MONTH before the tragic events where innocent young girls lost their lives, but I stand by my thoughts on Southport, It is a lovely town with great people. One depraved and evil lunatic does not ruin a place. I find the joke comments with laughing emojis sickening, how people can find humour in this is beyond me.
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Sure, one depraved and evil lunatic does not ruin a place, but many thousands of them imported over a period of decades can (and will) ruin a whole country if we are not very careful.
Thank you for coming back and joining those of us who love Southport and are now grieving for those lovely little girls . They could have been my daughters and NEVER in a million years couldI ever think such a thing could happen in my old town To say I am disgusted by the Governments reaction to it is an understatement .God bless those babies
@@jennybertenshaw7694 what would you want the government to do? It was a freak event, tragically nothing could have stopped it.
I saw a man recently, slumped over a lawnmower. I asked if he needed help and he replied " I'm ok, just going through a bit of a rough patch" !
😂😂 Love it
My pathetic contribution "What did one grass blade say to his neighbour at the Barbers? That's a nice cut ".. used to make loads of money clearing leaves from lawns. I was raking it in.
Pulling your bits out on camera James…. I used to live in Southport 20-years ago and like many seaside resorts it is what it is. Apart from a few of the major cities and towns in the UK, central government has starved them of funding. HS2 costs billions upon billions to save 20-minutes getting to London. I was so fed up with how unfair the UK was re London vs the rest of country, I moved to Spain. It’s no different here but the sun shines 300 days a year. Great vlog amigo.
i saw a man holding a Lawnmower above his head i said are you ok mate? he said i'm just cutting my hair
i saw a bloke with a Lawnmower over a tin i said what are you doing? he said i thought it was a Tinopener
Thank you for bigging up Southport. I was born in Ainsdale and grew up in Churchtown. Lots of lovely memories growing up in Southport.
Thank you for reviewing Southport … our home town. It has its issues but it’s a fab place to bring up a family and we love living here ❤❤❤
Unfortunately now very tainted!
Fab place to bring up family? Everywhere is at risk in this country, evidently. No matter how safe you think you are, some scumbag is about to snap and come attack your family.
I live in Greater Manchester, but Mum and Dad used to take us to Southport, Blackpool or Morecambe, if he wasn’t at work that weekend, when we were children.
Mum would take a picnic for us.
We’d run all over the beaches having the best fun and then get called back to the car for the picnic. It was great.
We were so lucky.
Happy memories.
Miss you Mum and Dad 💕
That guy who runs the museum really mows his stuff! Great vid as always James.
Great upload james very interesting tour, and honest review of Southport
Keep up the great content pal ,look forward to the next one.
Haha Brilliant :-)
He's definitely a cut above.
I think the article you read in the Express is totally incorrect. Southport is a lovely place with many historic buildings and the covered walk way on Lord Street is quite unique and means you can still shop even in inclement weather.
I visit Southport quite regular and always come away having had a good day. It seems to be quite a micro climate as they say in Lancashire, "it's an overcoat warmer".
Glad you enjoyed it and if you get a chance the go again there is a Weather Spoon called The Sir Henry Seagrave and quite a good chippy done the side of the Bold Hotel called the Swan, so maybe check is out next time.
I’m a Southport resident. I’d just like to say a big thank you. You’ve done a great job producing this visual promotion of this wonderful town.😊
Thank you 🙂
Had many a family holiday in Southport in the 80s , saw Ken Dodd live 3 years in a row...happy days.
Ross , Dundee. 🏴
Hi James , thanks for that , it's my home town & I was going to suggest you visit, but over the last couple of years there's been so much negativity around that I thought it's not a good place to go . So really glad you enjoyed it , however where you parked for the night , you were a short walk from what used to be ( 40 odd years ago ) a really good fish & chip shop , "The Swan "........ just checked & yes it's still rated the best. Thanks for taking me back "home" ............so many happy memories ......you're a star James ....cheers fella .
Spot on James, try and talk him into coming back again, lol!
I’m so thrilled I came across your channel I really like theses kind of videos that give one an insight of towns and places as it gives one ideas of places to visit one’s self . I personally love Southport as a Sandgrown’n myself from just across the water, one might say, there are good and bad in every place across the UK but like you mentioned in your video, I hate to see people bring places down because of a boarded up shop as an example. This town has character without a doubt it’s not full of new stuff it’s full of nostalgia from the past and a Main Street ie Lord Street with lots of on street bars and great shops to browse round. It’s my first visit to your channel and look forward to watching many more…….Keep up the good work and I really like your van conversion.
Daily express and mail are both so negative. Continually slagging off British coastal resorts and then reporting horror stories of trying to check in at British airports… good god you can’t go anywhere
The mail sun & express, long past their time, garbage.
Well done ... That's the plan 🤯🤔🧂
Tabloids know BAD NEWS SELLS BETTER THAN GOOD
Far left rags.
@@Mounhasmirror fan?
I'm Catalan and went to Southport on 7th April 2000 in an old orange Wolksvagen Beetle driven by its owner, Ralph James from Bootle, a friend of Tony and Vicki Moore, much-loved animal advocates. Tony wasn't there at the time and there was a leaflet in the shop window announcing a memorial service for Vicki at Liverpool Cathedral. On the other hand, I like your honesty, simplicity, sense of humor and open and friendly nature.
Brilliant video, the music, the rants, just showing us out and about. "What time do Geese get up in the morning?" 🤣🤣
3.45 ish?
Thanks for showing the positive side of our town - if you come back have a look at the work of the hard working gardening volunteers in Rotten Row, Botanic gardens Churchtown and Birkdale Village . Some of the media just promote negativity and disregard how much work communities put into their towns and villages .
Thanks so much for doing such a good job in such a short time, i live in Ainsdale and love Southport so many places of interest and things to do, so much history to be had. next time come when the sun is out or sunny weekend you'll see Southport in a new light. enjoy
It is Ainsdale beach.
Formby beach is where we all go, it's only 3 mile down ftom that beach, Formby pine woods.
It has been declining a lot over 40 years but the local people are trying their best to improve the place.
Thanks for the exposure.
Southport exploded when Liverpool was booming with money from imports & exports.
The rich would buy houses in Southport, that's why you have massive houses all over.
Thanks for a lovely walk through Southport,it's as nice as Lytham St annes. On a side note i don't think that pub is the smallest.i think that is the signal box in cleethorpes which you and Helen went to last year .hate seeing piers left to rot like that too.
Another great video. Southport looks like a lovely place to visit and i think I would have really enjoyed the lawnmower museum😊. Never believe everything you read in the press!! Better to visit these places, see for yourself and make your own mind up.
I went to the lawn mower museum expecting it to be a bit of a joke but to be fair I quite enjoyed it. That chap had put his life and soul into it so I respect him for that.
I have lived in Southport and live near Southport all my life.
It had more character when I was young with the outdoor baths, zoo and shopping experience.
But then where has kept the top class it once had.
Going out in the town late at night at weekends round the bars is still great for the young at heart.
Southport still has a lot going for it.
The Marine lake, fairground and many parks can fill days for tourists.
Easy link by train to the centre of Liverpool.
The pier is a long walk and last time I walked it before Covid. It was like new, so surprised to find it closed.
Amazing stone in the columns of that Church. A long time since I have been to Southport, it's not looking too bad at all, bloody express not exactly a paper for telling the truth.
Me & my Wife used to visit Southport when the kids where little had some great times there , loved S P , used to go to the Air Shows every year , loved it , nice shops as well 😊 this video has brought back Happy memories of South port , used to go as a kid as well .❤😊
Had some lovely times in Ormskirk and southport good memories. Thank you ❤
I’m from southport, I really enjoyed your video. Glad you enjoyed your stroll about town, I think it’s a great place compared to a lot of other places about the uk.
Southport has so much potential. On it's day, it is still great in parts, especially when the sun is out.
The 2008 crash hit it badly and a lot of shop fronts haven't opened again since.
The town is having a come back and some big projects are coming into fruition.
Hopefully it keep moving into the right direction and doesn't ever end up like Blackpool!
LOVED the mowing museum . . . And the fact that the floor was all grass ‼️‼️🤪🤪 I liked the manual ones the best - SCYTHE ‼️‼️
Southport was lovely, with wide streets and canopied shop and walk-ways 👍👍💯
Hi James you make me laugh ,the goose are like bloody seagulls they just don't sleep then they start laughing they all join in drives me mad at Scarborough lol loved the blog Ange
We watch the channel because you’re great pal.💥.
Loved this one!!
I go to Southport often with my son. We always seem to find a chippy or a cafe that we haven’t been before.
A lick of paint, better planning and infrastructure and it could be returned to its former glory. Sad to see so many seaside resorts neglected and struggling.
Keep them coming!!
🙏❤️.x
What wonderful potential Southport has - buildings, colonnades, trees, the lake, the beach. It just needs a good dollop of investment.
Thanks for showing my home town in a positive light. There is sooooo much there. Yes, the pair issue needs sorting pronto it's dragged on far too long!
You are quite right far to many content creators who find one bad street in a town, then they paint that dystopian picture off the place. Funny how they seem to come from the Southwest...
Keep up the good work!
8 children just got butchered there
This aged well.
Hi James first time commenting,your vlogs are getting better and better loads of info ,keep it going
This may be one of your best videos yet, James!
Very entertaining!
1. Ainsdale sand dunes and beach is where we used to go when I was studying Ecology for A level Biology!
It is a habitat for the rare Natterjack toad!
2. I have a pair of Russell sport leggings given to me as a gift. Never heard of them before! That was my mother’s maiden name!
3. Lord St. is where Cold Play did a video a few years ago!
Great stuff.
Thank you :-)
I have so many happy memories of Southport. Getting the train with my Mum and Dad, from Garston on 12th July for Orange Lodge day. Then, when I was in my teens, we'd go up there for the funfair. Still think it's a nice place and well worth a visit.
Awww loved this one James ♥️ I’ve been going there since I was a little sprog. I do hope the pier reopens soon. Next time you’re there check out the antique place on Lord street and a few doors away is the wonderful Westminster tea rooms. The food in there is amazing and it’s like stepping back in time.
James I think Bury st Edmunds has the smallest pub and in my opinion Bury could well be worth a visit.
Great review. I live 20 mins from Southport and we love going there. The pier closure is a big downer on the town. If camping for cheap money please spend some cash in local businesses
What a nice interesting video and felt like I was walking around the lovely streets of Southport by your side. Southport in decline ? Same as you, I stopped buying fake newspapers and watching MSM some time ago.
I only went to Southport as a child once I think I was about 8 in 2003 and I went back 6 years ago now and I actually liked it it's sad they could really improve the town and make it attractive and popular because its a lovely little town ❤
I was in Scarborough last week and it was really busy!
I did van life but it was 25 years ago travelling the east coast of Australia 🎉best time of my life in VW combi 76. Never went more than 90kms 😊❤
I have a vague recollection of Southport in the mid 70s. It was pissing it down. Mind you, apart from 1976, if pissed it down all the decade. I went out with a lass from Southport a few years ago. She had...erm...an unusual physical characteristic that haunts my dreams to this day.
I work in Southport. Great little place. Also, you're walking where the legend Red Rum trained :)
Great Vlog as always spent many happy hols in Southport when the kids were young mainly at Pontins when pontins was a good place to go shame about the pier they need to pull their fingers out and sort it ....Loved it 😁
The cafe on the pier was the setting for the final scene in Time,the prison drama starring Sean Bean,it looked amazing and when I discovered it was in Southport was the main reason I wanted to visit,and yet here it is still closed,putting my visit on hold.
I live in Blackpool….go to Southport all the time when good weather….really like it….
There is a lovely park at the opposite end of Lord Street which holds loads of events too. I think it's called Victoria Park. Enjoyed the video. Thanks
What an absolute treat. My best mate lives in a monster house in Southport. Alot of ex top football players live there. It’s a great town, I’ve spend many days there. No hassle from people, beautiful front. It didn’t look like Jet Boat was on that day - my little lad was 5 and he needed to be 7 - he forced me on it - I frankly cacked my pants. He loved it. I’m a little disappointed my mate has never taken me to that pub!
Another great video keep them coming especially you and Helen on a pub crawl 😂😂😂
We have some coming up 😊
Where Queen Victoria statue is walk down the hill and over the road is JACKSONS chippy..............BEST CHIPS IN THE NORTH WEST. Eat in or get a take out superb.
Southport is fantastic - Great beach great town and great boutique shops and restaurants . Love it there -Visit it plenty of times
This is my first time on your channel and I very much enjoyed it. Your presentation is excellent and Southport is Lovely.
Thank you 🙂
Another quality vlog Thanks James
Excellent upload James.
Great to hear you sing Southports praises James. Did you manage to pop to Formby? If not bring Helen Bob's next time and we can meet you and treat you to a drink or two. Show you the squirrel reserve as well which is a great walk.
I didn't go unfortunately, but I've heard it's nice
Well there you go mate another trip for you then. One beach from Ainsdale. Freshfield pub got great Ales which you will love but drop me a message and I'll get the rounds in.
If you go to Southport, the Atkinson museum and art gallery are well worth a visit.
Thankyou James, Lovely video, lovely day for you. Only ever seen the sea in ONCE all the way to the curb, and an eflux of Ladybirds every where. Thankyou Janet Kelly North Wales.
Another absolute belting video mate. I really enjoyed the Lawn Museum like yourself from what I saw! 😀 keep um coming pal, hope the geese kept it quiet in the end! ….Smithy
Good video Southport is nice it's just slightly faded like a lot of seaside towns .You make it interesting wherever you go .Hope the geese went to sleep so hopefully you had a goodnights sleep 😴 💤. Looking forward to next video .😊😊
Bloody hilarious vlog jimbo.👍🤓
My parents live in Southport and they love it. I lived there from the age of 19 to 23 and it was full of live back in 1999 to about 2005 then it slowly died of death in terms of it’s night life. There’s lots of nice daytime bars, restaurants and coffee shops. Lord Street is lovely to be honest and looks beautiful at night when it’s all lit up. They big bikers meet at the carousel on the front near the arcades. The issue with Southport I find is that the majority of people that live there are retired and money just isn’t spent there by multi generations sadly and most of the decent shops have struggled. You could blame Amazon I guess. Most high streets are dying of death now as you know. If the weather is nice Southport can get busy as the weekends and summer holidays. But nowhere near as busy as it used to be. That Bold Hotel used to do £1 a pint back in 2001. How times have changed as your lucky to get a pint now for under £4. Thanks for visiting the town and being positive about the area.
Well James i thought it was lovely there. What are they talking about. I love your silly jokes by the way you get me every time...i loved the buildings too and the little cafe you went in..
Debbie Brid
First time watch for me and made the whole vlog. Very entertaining and amusing too. Glad, you being a Yorkshireman, you tried the Lancashire crisps. 🏴👏👏👏
Thank you 🙂
you missed the best Chippy in Southport it's called The Swan also there is an even better Chippy best one I've ever been to near Ainsdale station called Fish loves Chips
As always James great video really enjoyed it can’t wait for the next one. 👍👍🍺
I take my boy there almost weekly to play amusements and visit the botanic gardens etc. Southport in summer is the best.
Great vid pal,those Tory papers always knock working class towns or cities,I've always liked Southport their was a hidden gem of a pub called the Windmill down the side street not far from the Lakeside pub,I did say a couple of vids back would you try Southport so thanks,take care till the next one.
Keep being you James, took a while for me to 'get you' I'm also an Yorkshire lass. F.. k the haters, keep being you, it's nice to see
Brings back memories when I lived in Liverpool and would visit Southport, the Wirrel ect. Loved the old fashioned shopping arcade and the beach. Great times and missed. You could see Blackpool Tower from the front.
1st time viewer.
Attracted because I live in southport.
I'm amazed at your van, did you convert it yourself?
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Thanks for the sub, no I was lucky enough to have it done for me... th-cam.com/video/49ZE0IutFSA/w-d-xo.html
@@bythecurb It popped-up after watching thiscvideo...i'm watching it now 👌
Those conversion guys are something else. 👍
Southport Tourism owe you as you showed what a nice place it is to visit! I want to go visit now. Re tidying your van it's the same as most tidying their house before visitors come! Try to ignore the morons who are critical. People can be horrible but they are in the minority thank god! Looking forward to next vlog!!! Deb n Dave
For anyone who is thinking of visiting southport there is a park and ride carpark which is cheaper (near pleasure land).
Dave I do it all time replying to work emails texts chat whatever write a massive god knows paragraph then re read it back and think no.
Then it goes to drafts and hit delete.
But originally it came from the heart.
The only reason why we delete it is because we thought it became across the wrong way or might offend someone.
That's being too nice.
When originally someone really has peed ya off.
Its mad. ❤
Lovely video thanks for sharing 😊
I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Southport at the end of May 2024...spent a couple of days there.
Lovely wide streets looks like one of the better seaside towns shame about the pier .I dont believe what you read in the press
Turning in at 8:30 with that cracking pub next door. Better will power than me . Did you sneak out after???😁
Pushing 70 and spent most of my childhood summers at Southport in the 50’s 60’s Glorious in its heyday. Sad to see the pier is closed. Yup, cheap overseas holidays did our seaside towns in. ☹️
The smallest pub in Britain is actually on the station of the Cleethorpes Miniature Railway.
Yep. I've been there and can confirm it is much smaller
When I visited Southport last year thought it was not that rundown compared to other seaside towns was a nice town Southport idiots from the papers most likely never visited Southport in person
I live in Southport and love it ❤ great place 🙌🏻
Another great video. I am from skelmersdale in Lancashire and Southport was always a place to visit as a treat. The lido is renkowned. Such rich history in the North West .... Visit Skem for an experience
I think the newspaper has got it wrong it looks a lovely place. It just needs a bit of TLC.
It looks a really nice place to go when I travel up north next time I will visit we all now towns are in decline but that's due to extortionate rents and rates that the council's set enjoy your content keep up the good work best wishes
I remember going to Southport when I was a kid and there was an aeroplane on the beach. I still like visiting the place.
Interesting town, living in Liverpool we used to go to Pleasure Island a lot with the kids, went on the last day when it shut spent entire day riding the Traumatizer gravity coaster with 12 yr old daughter - could ride as much as you wanted for free & she wanted it a lot
nice one James love southport .....don't knock yourself mate your a natural .
Beautiful church.❤❤❤
yes so sad what done to souport beach, £10 per car for day,most famlies can not afford this
Lived here all my life, it's a beautiful place with a chequered history.
I'm finding the little towns are doing better and they're more lively than many of the big towns, Southport isn't that bad though, quite clean and tidy. People just need to care more and get a paint brush out
In the sixties I worked in Southport and lived just outside. Lord st had great ladies and gents shops with a number of department stores as well. It went down when Liverpool took over running it.
i passed my driving test in southport loved the place,
Really enjoyed that mate new subscription ❤
Thank you mate 😊
Scarisbrick is pronounced “Skaysbrick” and referred to as “The Brick”
Does anyone else remember the Eulah Cream shop (where Santander is now), or the only other in !
Manchester?
in the seventies, there was a british war drama called "family at war"....because of its budget...the north african desert campaign, was filmed on this very beach....the giveaway of course...was the gloomy, overcast dark gray skies!!
Incredible beach,buildings looked mostly great,but like so many of our seaside towns a bit rundown.This looks a lovely place.Mystery was where the hell were all the People? .Maybe they they have all been bought out by the Sultan of Vinegar.
Yesterdays scones, yesterdays scones.
A delightful, informative video, it proves how careless councils bow to banks. Repetitive store fronts, 'amusements', benches, lamps - all identical through Britain. Boring! Where are the flowers? My great grandfather planted many trees and the gardens on the prom., with a floral clock. No bots on the Marine Lake. No buckets & spades, paper windmills, sun hats. Of course it's boring beyond belief, but the grand architecture is still there - and the sea.