Exploring the Decaying Heart of Bradford!
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- Explore Bradford City Centre's decay. Witness the stark contrast between its past glory and current neglect. Join me as i navigate the area, discover the struggle for revival amidst remnants of a once-vibrant hub.
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Back in the late 1970's Bradford was a great night out, good pubs,bars,clubs restaurants, take aways etc and lovely, friendly people 👍.
That's most city's in England mate, Nottingham, Derby, Brum. Go back and look at the 70's and 80's photos in every city, what's the one common denominator :') But I don't need to say, you were there.
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It was indeed. So many proper pubs. Unicorn was my favourite.
@@edwardmclaughlin7935 Not the Old Crown then?... Strippers on a Saturday afternoon🤓
Ruined.@provisionalhypothesis
I love living in Bradford home is what you make of it ❤
It's never the place it's self but the people with in it.
I used to live in Bradford and when ever I take people back to visit they always mention how friendly they are and they people don't beat round the bush, and say exactly what is on their mind.
But the one thing that sticks in their mind is no matter where I take them in Bradford they say the kettle is the first thing to go on. My reply to them is that the good people of Bradford might not have much but they'll share what they have.
Been living in Bradford for 3 months now and our family loves it here. Moved from London after living there for 17 years and couldn’t be happier! Thank you for your honest review. You get good and bad wherever you go. It’s always our choice what we focus on , what we appreciate, and what we do to change and positively influence what we don’t like.
Indeed, well put. Bradford is near so many places that are ace to go to also, lakes, yorkshire moors, it's locations is a great assest of living there.
37 years unfortunately its still my city and want better for it.
Welcome 🙏
Good and bad everywhere, Bradford city centre is good. try sunbridgewells if you return
Then I think the gulf countries are safest to live in the world cos I read a lot in the comments about crimes in uk. I lived in qatar it’s zero crime.
Bradford resident here, I think our shopping centre needs improvement and more activity centres, apart from that, I'm proud to call Bradford my home 🙂
It does need alot doing to it, but again so do other cities. Bradford needs to also address it's surrounding areas which is very deprived.
I'm a woolly back all my life and I don't like Bradford. I think it is shameful when it comes to remembrance day, on the centenary of the war, we put up a banner to cover town hall scaffolding(to a certain generation it will be town) whilst Leed's did a coloured cast iron least we forget with poppys, and a fancy bench and other's I probably don't know of. Halifax did a beautiful sculpture, more than can be said for Bradford. May I sugest Clayton for country side walk, better do it quick before they build on it all!
@@shelly-7236 That is new to me. If so yes that is quite poor from a City if they cannot make a big deal of such an important time of history. Very small towns even pull out all the stops with little funding so there is no exscuse really.
@@shelly-7236 Bradford has always done an excellent remembrance day commemoration. My family have been to the cenotaph in Bradford city centre on many many occasions. Of course like many Bradfordians we have unfortunately in the past had family members that never came home from their stay in the first ww trenches. Excellent video of the city centre.
@@honestplaces indeed it does. If you walk round Clayton, and Schoolmoore estate there have no improvement made to there house's or gardens. Back handing to polatitions & councillor's!
Bradford was good in the 60s and 70s with its cinema’s Odeon 1 & 2 and The Ritz, it had olde lovely style with Kirkgate Market and John Street Market, and a classic store Brown Muffs, then it went downhill!
A great honest review. Thank you for taking the time and effort to come and see for yourself. Down to earth people who still take pride in their city.
Cheers 👍
It's about time my city got the recognition it deserves
Intresting to see what happens with the award and hopfully brings some light to the city
@@honestplaces Absolutely, unfortunately when "Bradford" is searched on TH-cam, many crime videos appear, it makes the city look bad, but we have so much beauty here 🙂
It deserves to be condemned pal
Born and Bred Bradfordian and it is 'city hall' behind you Danny, we stopped being a town in 1897 and became a metropolitan district in 1974. I am proud to live and work in Bradford, having lived and worked in London, Switzerland, Netherlands and the USA. You missed an opportunity by not talking to a local on your tour because one thing you find in Bradford is how helpful people are, there is a lot of kindness and because the city centre is not very big they will tell you everything you need to know good and bad. Me, I would have told you about Jack the ghost in City hall, and the old lady ghost who haunts the men's room at the City Vaults Public House... allegedly. Others would show you where the homeless people sleep. We are after all Yorkshire folk. A lot of people have written Bradford off but they haven't been around lately and seen how we are pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps and working together to make Bradford a sanctuary city for all. So thank you for the highlights Danny much appreciated!! Hopefully we won't be robbed of City of Culture and you can come back to more Bradford surprises in 2025. BTW Bradford is like Marmite, if you see the good in people you will see that Bradford is a diamond in the rough, if you only see bling we are probably not the place for you. Also the reason the top of town is slowly closing down is because there is a new market to be opened on Darley Street which is currently being built and the old Odeon is undergoing a massive regeneration into a music venue. Thanks again.
That was a good read. I just do short reviews and try not be bias. Glad you added this comment so people can see the other things around Bradford that bring or may bring people in the future!
Moved to the UK in 2020 from Namibia and visited Bradford for the first time last week. I was pleasantly surprised at how friendly and helpful people were. after having visited other places in the UK , Bradford was different in that way and I it felt like back home in Namibia where people are super friendly.
i moved from bradfords and to the US a decade ago, from the videos I've seen on TH-cam - the city looks much better than it did. There seems to be alot happening and going on there atm and lots of beautiful old architecture - the building that you see wrapped up next to the theatre is the old odeon and it is almost finished been renovated now.
I grew up in Bradford. My extended family lived in Manningham. After the demographics rapidly changed in the 1960s it became extremely dangerous in Manningham. My family all emigrated to Australia & none ever came back. I stayed in the UK but moved well away from Bradford. It was the best decision that I & my extended family ever made. Take my advice & stay well away if you value yor life.
I'm still debating the Aus move as it's unreal lifestyle out there. Where did you move to?
@@honestplaces uk will collapse if decent men sod off instead of tidying up .
You far reaching lads inherited a duty .
Coward.
@@Joeblogs111 Great comment from somone who has alot of years living in the area. Where did you move to?
@@Joeblogs111 Lol, love the racial undertones with this comment "the whole of the UK will be one big Bradford the decline is like a cancer spreading in my humble opinion"
Danny.....you're obviously not a Bradford lad or you'd have known that it was city hall. To give you some context, I was born in Bradford in the mid '60's. I had a great upbringing in a very nice suburb. All my school mates were second generation immigrants. Everyone got along just fine. Now Bradford in the '70's and '80's (this was when I started to spread my wings a little) was fine....if you ignore the recessions that affected the whole country........anyhow, things began to change.......slowly at first but then it accelerated and we experienced a phenomenum known as "white flight". I lived through the "turbulence" generated by Ray Hunniford, the "Yorkshire Ripper", the Bradford City fire, and the Bradford riots to name but a few. I've seen good and bad from all sections of the community.......I detest racism with all my heart but I've seen it perpetrated by whites, Asians and Afro Caribeann's. I've seen white family's driven out of Heaton and Manningham but I've never ever seen any Asian family's driven out of anywhere. Why exactly was Shariah law even allowed to get a foothold? What happened to the law of the land? So, racism is most certainly NOT the preserve of the white population. The police, the politicians and the City councillors all looked the other way while Bradford was being torn apart......all in the name of multiculturalism. I have to smile when I read the comments from Bradfordian's who've moved away but profess to love the place. Why didn't they stay if it's that good? Me, well I too left Bradford in the late '80's.......first out to the suburbs and then away altogether. I too loved Bradford......and then I grew to loathe it. "City of Culture".......really........what does that mean exactly? I lived there when it was a city of manufacturing excellence, two top notch grammar schools, two huge, quality department stores and a University that was a world leader. I admire your enthusiasm, I really do, but wild horses wouldn't bring this Bradford lad back. For a start, I'd be afraid of being caught up in a crash for cash scam (oh yeh, I foiled one of those just before I left altogether) or just the victim of a good old fashioned uninsured driver......check the statistics. This Bradford lad who spent his first 50 years there (24 years in Bd 9 and not just driving through) can tell you categorically that Bradford is what's called a "Lost City" (don't ask me how I know). I could weep for the city of my birth. Good bye Bradford and thanks for the mostly great memories.
You needed chapters in that essay! 🤣 Good read though, very informative with alot of insight!
@@honestplaces Ha ha........fair comment Danny! I was on a roll!! 👍👍
Couldn't have put it better myself. Also grew up in bd9 and pass through occasionally to reminisce. Devastating.
Yep totally agree. Diversity my arse!
I moved into an area bout 10 years ago not an Asian family in sight 10 years on every where. 4 family's on my street, kids Everywhere and a family next to me who are bloody noisy. They've probably knocked 10-20 grand off the value off of my house. Now don't get me wrong I have no problem with Asians (most anyway) like white folk some can be arseholes. I just don't want to get stuck in a area full of them.
Having lived in Liverpool I can vouch that Bradford is fine.
Going Liverpool soon. Any places you recommend? 🤣
@@honestplaces Liverpool city centre is great, but a lot of the suburbs are not.
@@danieladams9950 any worth visting to gift the world of youtube some great Livepool suburbs!?
@@honestplaces I'd recommend Sefton Park which is huge and Woolton, which has many Beatles connections and is a nice area.
Sure...
Bradford won the City of Culture 2025 as announced this evening on BBC The One Show. Well Done Bradford!!! ❤️🧡🖤
My review made the difference 🤣 Good on Bradford. Needs all the attention it can get 👍
@@honestplaces LOL but no. You need money to force more people in is all I can think is happening.
It's an absolute shit hole and the city of culture award is a joke, a sympathy vote.
Bradford is filled with some beautiful architecture and history, it's just a shame it's an absolute dump. And the driving standards are beyond horrific.
I grew up there. There's definitely some shitty places about, but there's also some really cool places. The city centre has definitely improved. I really liked living there. You have shown Bradford in a good light, thank you.
Found you via ‘the algorithm’.... Bradford certainly has beautiful architectural buildings and history. Like your commentary, it has a certain ‘Idiot Abroad’ style, just missing Ricky Gervais infectious laughter and mad lad instructions. Keep up the fast paced step count 👍
Hope my head isn't as round as Karl's 🤣
DID NOT LOOK TOO BAD, YOU POSSIBLY DID IT A FAVOUR.
4 years in Bradford after living in London, Singapore, Portland Oregon, Persian Gulf. Good side - Lovely people - so friendly, super cheap to rent a large apartment or house, lots of money being invested in the city center (side effect of govt money from Covid) Very close to multiple beautiful areas (Saltaire, Peak District, Yorkshire dales) Amazing listed buildings all over the city, some great bars, especially up by North Parade. Downsides - drug addicts - lots of skinny women down alleys waiting to pick up drugs from Asian dealers, all look like they smoke crack. Many closed shops (even worse after the pandemic) Lots of rich Asian mommys boys driving souped-up Cars and sometimes even dune buggys... Am not racist at all, I think most law-abiding Asians would agree with the last few points.
Regular Chicken Tikka Pathia from Cafe Punjab 1999. Since then though forget about it.
Ive watched many short videos on TH-cam of reviewers in Bradford, not leaving a pleasant feeling and the comments are just appalling. Ive lived in London and Birmingham for almost 17 years, but id describe myself as a Proud Yorkshire, Bradford Lad. This was a brilliant watch and the comments are from a genuine place of love. Thankyou for doing this 👏💯
Appreciate that. How did you find Birmingham?
You're a proud H*mas supporter more like.
Your right the buildings are really nice in the city center
Went to Bradford for a night , stayed in Birmingham for a week . Wish I had stayed longer in Bradford . The restaurants around there are nice and also the scenery is gorgeous if u go to the right places
I was attacked with hammer and phone robbed on this Sunday 5th June and the next Sunday new phone smashed up and black eye in Bradford. Live stream is on my channel - Lord Clyde Family Fun For Everyone. Sorry for plug just peeved off cos attacked 2 Sundays on trot, maybe its just my fault. City's not big they just ram everyone in.
That's shocking! Where about was this in Bradford?
Bradford, DUBAI of the NORTH, more car accidents than Grand Theft Auto.
But in terms of City center is not a Leeds but much better than a lot of other towns or cities, nice architecture, good places to walk around, so its not GRIM like many say!!
It was like GTA just getting there, my dashcam has never seen such madness! But yeh the center is not too bad.
@@honestplaces The Computer Game Mid Town Madness started in Bradford
I personally disagree. Obviously I don’t know if you lived or driven in London before. I lived there for 17 years, and I lost count of the dented cars I saw on the roads. Crazy, aggressive, impatient drivers.
In my 3 months living in Bradford so far I only came across a handful of speeding cars, and that’s it. Everyone is very patient, don’t honk at you for every tiny thing, and very courteous. So personally I feel more relaxed driving here than in London!
Bradford is awesome the people are ruined. Naff jobs, big corporation no money for the citizens apart from the refugees.
Never been to Bradford, tbh looks definitely descent, nice buildings, even got church bells ringing.
Just not the outskirts!
I live in Bradford, we won the City of Culture award, woop woop
Lets hope it's a sign of better things to come!
You ought to have checked out some of the sink estates such as Buttershaw, Holme Wood, Thorpe Edge The inner city areas such as Little Horton, Maningham and Lumb Lane to see what Bradford is really like. I was born there in St Lukes and left there 45 yrs ago now living in Belfast
Thorpe edge is so bad. It's like shameless
@@honestplaces Was not so bad back in the late 60s when I was a little kid living there
Ahh Maningham, guy said to me sharia law is the law there
@@JoeKingAudits Not only Maningham, but most of Bradford goes by sharia law
@ꫝarry K Funny I thought the British Government made the laws. Alcohol has been banned in the places you mention?
Nice place but wrong people!
It's the same with alot of places unfortunatly
My mum was born in Bradford, she lived the first 15 years of her life there, she left to move to Lancashire in 1972
Sounded better back in the day Bradford. Hopfully gets back to good old days soon!
Haha - The other Sunbridge Wells entrance is actually near the little Tesco express opposite the barber shop. If you go down them steps it is literally all under that main road - sunbridge road. It is open everyday.
I'm due to go back. Someone at the main enterance told me it aint open on a Monday! Dunno why 🤣 although it was all locked at the main gates at 2pm.
i was born and bred in bradford,i feel so unsafe when i go shopping in town center ,you have drugies and drunks begging for money and stalking you
Yeah the sad truth, even after dark, I wouldn't step near some parts of the main city centre never mind the outskirts.
It's my neighbouring city (Leeds lad) and it's utterly ghastly. You don't stop there for anything. It's culturally dead.
If you live in Leeds yeh i suppose there is nothing much in Bradford that Leeds lacks on
Good Curries back in the day..not sure now though.
Have you seen Armley and Holbeck? Two of the worst places in the UK. There's not a single place in all of Bradford as bad as some areas of Leeds.
@@ACAIDC i've walked every part of Bradford. Just because you are an ignorant clown, it doesn't mean we all are. There are no parts of Bradford as bad as the worst parts of Leeds, Liverpool, or Manchester. This is a fact from someone who as actually seen and collected the data. Try harder, dumbarse.
@@ACAIDC have you ever walked the moor from Bingley to Ilkley? No? Visited the apostles stone circle? No? What about the length of the great north railway line from Queensbury to Keighley? No? Visited every Victorian park? No? What about walked the rout of the Bradford canal? No? What about Wilsden waterfall trail? No? Shut up then, clown. You experienced 1% of Bradford, like most other clowns.
PLEASE DO MORE OF BRADFORD! Areas like Allerton, Thornton, Haworth, Shipley, thank you
You were lucky you escaped with a phone and your backpack intact. 😮
I live in bradford and used to DJ in lingard/ascention (about 10+ years ago..) the past few weekends there had been a stabbing or machete attack on a night out.. the night life is basically none exsisting anymore, no clubs open all dead and shut down...
Yeh i think there is not even a late bar anymore. I'm quite open to visting rough places for beers but that place seems abit too much!
the outside of that hotel is brilliant one of a kind
The saying was when I was in yorkshire and you were entering Bradford a sign said have your passport ready. 🙄
I used to visit my mates who lived in Bradford most weeks when they lived there, it's a nice little city I think, it's certainly a decent place to shop.
Yeh it's deffo not as bad as people make out
As a loiner of a certain vintage I have concluded finally about the truth of much in the world ..one is that Bradford was a notable city which outshone Leeds ..more famous,more character more Yorkshire,more illustrious generally..or so it seemed,anyway.
Then the 60's happened and the ridiculous phenomenon of Leeds United which changed everything .Leeds transformed and bradford nosedived. Leeds was numerically sufficient to harness and integrate foreign arrivals and had a road network already in place very extensive and around its perimeter. It had the money and/the drive to build an inner ring road and benefitted from the motorways also from its central geographical position at the centre of Yorkshire and England..like Bradford it preserved much of its beautiful Victorian buildings and /or benefitted from the luftwaffe' poor eye sight. Once you have reached critical momentum point it's self fulfilling .don't blame us for your demise , we're your best asset with your native nouse ,individual brilliance and intellect we can be the light of the north
Sure i said that in my video. Good insight that on reasons Bradford has swung from it's hisorical aspects that attracted people to live and work in the once thriving city. The sad fact is i cannot see a way out for Bradford as it seems too far behind on infastructure to pave a way out and come back into the limelight!
There is a good book called “Who moved my cheese?” It’s simple but contains truth.
That is what should have been done when changes started to happen. They should have been proactive to respond to the changes. But I believe that it’s never too late to change direction! Better later than never.
We all hate Leeds Scum!
now go to top of bradford, you'll see a totally different shopping center full of chavs and pound shops.
You're joking!? Quite annoyed i missed that, could of squared up to some chavs for better video content!
Not on Piccadilly, the vibe at the “top of town” with the bars and food is amazing
@@honestplaces North Parade is fantastic, quite a few quirky bars. Maybe if you visit Sunbridgewells you can also visit North Parade. Good bars and on one side of the street some really good architecture. Great video. Thanks for giving true account rather than the usual cr*p that is put out there about Bradford.
I was pleasantly surprised also. I took the train there from Leeds . I assumed there would be lots of Pakistanis yet there is an area in Bradford with a large Asian community nice restaurants-- Just further up I found Queensbury also and further nice cottages and houses. Countryside 😇
Yeh the centre is somewhat nice. There are afew grim bits but same with any other city. Deffo not the place people make it out to be.
The bus from Halifax runs there every 15 minutes.
What a blatant stereotypical reply, verging on the brink of racism! I suppose you live in a posh upper class society which still has no touch with the 21st century?
@@asadshah446 far from racist living down south I’ve always assumed Bradford was a predominantly Asian community as a whole only until I visited and travelled I saw everything
@@asadshah446 It's not racism. Bradford literally does have a huge Asian population.
People write Bradford off as being full of drugs, bad drivers and poverty. However, I feel that the low price of property in Bradford is because of racism, as many natives who can or could afford to are leaving because they don't want to live near minorities. Of course they will never admit this. I found Bradford centre to be quirky, charming, cosmopolitan and friendly, if a little neglected. The stone buildings are wonderful. The city centre has loads of potential.
Yeh i agree with that. Most people who said Bradford is grim have never really been to the center and just jump on the bandwagon
"I feel that the low price of property in Bradford is because of racism, as many natives who can or could afford to are leaving because they don't want to live near minorities."
Your complete lack of understanding of the situation and smearing of natives as "racist" made me so angry to read. Natives who lived in the areas that are now homogeneously muslim were literally terrorised and driven out of their homes. It happened to my family when I was toddler in the early 80's. One of my first memories as a child is my mother screaming at me to call the police as our neighbour was attacking her and trying to drag her into his house. It's a memory that forever haunts me. The reason the property prices are so low in certain parts of Bradford is because they're truly terrible places to live, with high crime, vandalism, filthy litter strewn streets and the roads being plagued by reckless driving. It's nothing to do with "racism" as you seem to think.
Not minorities. There's a Korean community in New Malden and they are fine, Certain groups,..
Bradfords problem is its too near leeds and it just can't compete with its big brother
That is 100% true. 2 cities next to each other. Only one will become more popular.
True, but perhaps Bradford could simply be what it is…Bradford. And be the best at it. No other city is like Bradford. Each city is unique. So I wonder if we (and the local government, the businesses, etc. )would focus on the strengths of our city and work on highlighting them, rather then moaning about the weaknesses we could create our own identity.
@@martalibs You are only as slow as the slowest member though. Bradford's not the problem its the lack of integration and ramming all the people in like rats.
I'm going to be honest, I have visited Bradford many times because I have relatives there and it isn't nice. I think the countryside surrounding the city is very beautiful though. Leeds city centre is much nicer IMO
If you compare it to Leeds you are right. I am visiting the outskirts to get a better understanding of living in the area. The country section is very nice
Of course the countryside which comes under Bradford council features Ilkley which is possibly the nicest little town to live in England.
@@stephenduncan3605 Even the surrounding countryside around Halifax is stunning but the town isn't nice. I'll say the countryside north of Bradford is beautiful but the city isn't nice at all
My birth place (thankfully never lived there..parents moved us to a quaint village in Leeds once I was born). Surprisingly there are some nice "pretty" surrounding areas of Bradford - such as Baildon Moor - Salts Mill - but generally and overall, Bradford is the dumps, especially areas like Manningham and Buttershaw Estate etc.
What nice village you get to?
There are no villages in Leeds. It's endless estates and motorways outside of the centre.
Buttershaw is nicer than Armley and Holbeck.
@@DamnDealDone there are MANY villages in Leeds...Pudsey, Farsley, Calverley, Rodley to name a few (just google that). etc.
I live in Bradford, politely it's Grime and I call it Gotham
A city center so bad you didn't dare come out at night to show the lights and all ;)
I can see that mid day sun too XD
Night filming is awful for sights....unless you're in New York
very informative indeed
Toilet of the north
That's an insult to toilets
You seen Blackpool?
What words come to mind when you hear the word Bradford? The Yorkshire Ripper and The Black Panther.
Legends
Lister Park is beautiful! It holds a wonderful collection of David Hockney art. Englands greatest living artist. Born and bred in Bradford
@@honestplacesSutcliffe a legend for butchering women?
Bradford resident. If you give me a million pounds a week to live in certain parts of the city I would turn it down.
Oh really!? What places around the City?
@@honestplaces Leeds Road/Barkerend and Manningam area's with a few more .
Try taking a walk around BD3 pal. You'd soon change your mind..
I am in the process of visiting the outskirts.
@@honestplaces - Good luck.. 🤞
I remember the city centre thronging with people when I was a kid. Visited in recent years, and even pre pandemic it was like a ghost town. Very upsetting.
It is quiet, shopping seems average and pubs seem just ok. Still not as bad as people make out i think
Anyone any info on that castaway building?? 1:48
Old night club maybe??
A great insight into a key player in the Industrial Revolution, all too often overlooked by the neighbouring cities of Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester. A refreshing insight into a forgotten working class city build on its rich industries.
Once home to great mills spinning Cotton and Wool, great Engineering works such as Jowett Motor Co. and Scott Motorcycles with a manufacturing heritage in Bradford dating back to the 1900's.
Unfortunately, another victim of cheaper manufacturing from the Far East. Great to see Bradford getting some much needed attention.
;)
£150,000,000 city of culture award 2025 so we can pack more immigration in. Bradford is not the problem. You know the rest.
@@JoeKingAudits
Immigrants the problem yet our grandparents were asked to work in the mills. Right now in Bradford, the demographic is still mostly white and most compose of Chavs and so forth who are far happier not holding a job. I think there’s other issues
I live in Leeds, but, as a musician, I got a lot of work in Bradford. Leeds doesn't have that amount of culture. Yes, Bradford is considered to be the poor neighbour, but I like the place.
When people talk about Bradford being a hole (and they're not on about the literal giant hole in the ground where the Broadway is now, which sat for a decade or so), they're not talking about the bottom of town lol. You didn't even go up the top of town where the drunks shout at pigeons between throwing up on themselves at 9am right outside the council funded AA service, or further up towards Manningham Lane and one of many surrounding slums. Bradford is about 140 square miles. You didn't even brush the surface, let alone scratch it.
Was a newbeee. Still got more exploring to do. Need to film thise drunks though!
@@honestplaces you'll need to wade through all the crack heads to get to them. Seriously. Bradford's reputation is very accurate.
The report was about high crime levels in Bradford, this is unrelated to the good points which has no bearing on the issue.
One of the greatest artists of all time comes from Bradford. A creative giant. Allan Holdsworth.
Go up Leeds Road or Manningham Lane Bradford and 7pm at night I would love to see that
Might draw the line at that 🤣
You must visit Glastonbury Town! 🤘🙏✨
Any city is safe during the day. You gotta go at night.
Can get beers in then!
Agreed I went to Seattle in the evening and a prostitute peed on my shoes... There are herds of them now..
Great vid, you missed out the entrance for the underground bar , it was open but in the other side
Will return!
Bradford has some nice buildings and what not but that's not what the issue is. The issue is the people, and a certain multiculturalism which just ruins it.
I am from the US. I visited Bradford in the spring of 1995. I loved it so much, that I was looking into moving there at one point.
Where you living now?
@@honestplaces I live in the Cincinnati, Ohio area of the US. I learned a long time ago that no matter where I go, thinking it would be better there where I am, I always end up coming back here.
@@lyricaltraveller I'm a fan of Ohio. But yeh it's weird thinking alot of other places maybe better but alot of the times it isn't, it's just different place but your life is still the same.....that is unless you move to maybe Aus, or somewhere tropical where you lifestyle completly changes!
Just for't novelty you should check out the '1 in 12 Club'.
Last i could be arsed with it , it was very Backstreet. I don't think it's moved.
Bradford is a brilliant place
Not as bad as people make out
Cool video dude and thanks for showing the ol' BFD in a good light. Would love to see a video in the Bradford country side, in particular Haworth is very pretty! :D
The whole country side around Bradford is ace, you don't even have to venture far to feel like you're far from civilization and at one with nature!
Night life for the younger generation has died a bit, now a lot of the older popular night clubs went years ago. Still has a lot of pubs and gin and ale places. All in all it’s slowly looking a bit better just need some old shops reopening.
Yeh deffo needs old shops and buildings to be brought back. Alot of old nightclubs are going from cities, which to be fair old night clubs are so dated and run down. Think even younger kids prefer bars now which is a win.
The younger ones used to love the nightlife when I was there..they said there were 2 awesome Baseline venues..The pubs were pretty average back then though..hate to see it now.
Born in Bradford. Studied in Bradford and now work in Bradford. It's given me everything I need including an affordable house.
Make good money as a pharmacist....what more could I expect from my City?
A place is what you make of it init!
Midland Hotel is okay until you step outside, turn right and find yourself on Skid Row.
The cracky arches.
so you have not met the drunks and drugies and homeless yet then yet,visit on a night then
Outskirts are beautiful. Unfortunately the immediate surrounding areas are dire and no go areas. The City centre is nice but unfortunately is spoilt by the inhabitants and decent people won't shop or drink there. This shows in your video, not many people around. There could be if the council dealt with the obvious issues but unfortunately they just encourage degradation rather than muscling in on the idiots. Ironicly the poster about 'passion and compassion' says it all and that is why decent people won't go there, despite it being their City that they used to love. Very sad.
Well said, outskirts are great, ourskirts of centre not to much
The biggest surprise to me is that you have walked around Bradford openly carrying a moderately priced camera and not been mugged
Went early....had too 🤣
If he went to Holmwood he definitely would have been mugged
the first thing that comes to mind about bradford is i think it’s chavy
I'm a Londoner and Bradford looks pucka mate 🇬🇧🍀👍
Current Ukraine probs looks pukka to London! 🤣 I wouldn't say it's worth coming all the way up for just Bradford! Get to the lakes to make it worth while!
I was born in that city. As an 80s kid, it seemed bigger than life, then in the 90s it became as eyesore sh*thole of a mess. In the 2000s i was embarrassed to call it my place of birth. Beyond that i relocated to Canada, US, South America and other places and never looked back. After seeing your video it seems like its improved a little, thats good to see. At the peak of industry in the 18 /19th Century Bradford was a booming place, maybe one day it will get some of that back. Thanks for the video.
Yeh it was booming. Just won the culture award so interesting to see what happens to it after that.
It looks quite nice to be honest. Any plans to do Nottingham?
Never been. Worth a punt?
I drove a coach to Bradford a while ago and I never saw any English people amongst the thousands of folk that I did see, horrible place, as bad as Birmingstan.
How did you find the actual area of Bradford?
@@honestplaces Bradford Met is 75% British White and 25% British Asian, no idea where this guy was driving but I'm actually from Bradford and those are roughly the percentages of the Bradford Met. Some of the stuff put on this thread is just perceptions. Great video, nice to see a truthful account instead of the usual crap like the post above yours.
@@benbeck1 Most likely he drove down Leeds Rd where for miles down this road you will not see any British Whites
With people like you it is all about there clouler code shame
@@JohnMitch Leeds Road and Manningham has a population of asian majority that is true. The comment from the 'bus driver' is complete nonsense however.
why are there so many mobile phone shops in bradford?????????? you can go down a street and there's half a dozen or more of them
is it money laundering??
That is an issue. Alot of them never open too which is odd. There are alot of shops like that in town in the country side
Only 1 street has a lot of phone shops and that's Ivegate. It was all charity and phone shops at one point, But this is being taken back. Loads of new pubs have opened on this street and once more come the phone shops and the dregs that hang outside them will be forced to move. We took back North Parade. One street at a time.
@@DamnDealDone Need to keep going. There vape shops and phone shops are killers for unique businesses. I get people want them but no need for so many
I'm pretty sure its money laundering, there's literally rows of them next to each other which makes NO sense...
@@michellew4637 Maybe go in with a broken phone and if they say they can't fix it then you kinda know what they're upto 🤣
I live in Bradford, it’s shit
Maybe culture award makes it less so. But alot more needs to be done to make people want to visit!
@@honestplaces Nice video man
Maybe if you went at night you’d see what people mean ,not sure I’ve never been but I know the areas around where I live with bad reputations usually prove that at night
The old kirkgate needs doing up and modernising but otherwise a lot going on in bfd. Plenty choices for food entertainment.
I lived in Bradford until I was 18 - Tong School, Holmewood estate the Wyke. Loved it and always will.
Tong area is very nice!
Thank you for covering my city ❤️
Quite enjoyed my little trip. Need to go back for the underground bars video!
Pretty good! Just needs sunshine ☀
That aint gonna happen 🤣
and we had a crispy cream Doughnut today,
Can't beat a Krispy Kreme
Bradford City Centre is pretty sickkk.
Its weird you showed Bradford at the time when most of the residents are asleep lol
Or inside praying?
The problem with Bradford is like alot of other places. The feckin people with chips on the shoulders and the younger ones who just can't behave. If people would behave the world would be a better place never mind Bradford. BTW there are some bloody lovely people in Bradford aswell.
It's just the chavs that's the problem. The place is rundown like a lot of smaller places but Bradfords notorious for Chavs over most other cities
Yeh people do ruin places, i have never been there in the evening which i'm guessing is a whole different story
Most people who talk negatively about bradford are those who can’t afford a decent accommodation, they go from one council flat to another an havnt got a pot to piss in along with there very poor social circle, the city is not to blame for there failings, they never get to see or enter the areas where there’s multi million pound houses in Bradford so they think it doesn’t exist but it does, Bradford is about 200 square miles an tramps Judge Bradford on only what they seen which isn’t much when they havnt got more than a pound for bus fair
Exactly. I'd rather live in the nice areas of Bradford than anywhere in Leeds. Rolling green hills, trees, victorian cottages, and miles of beautiful moor land with views to die for. There's nothing like that in Leeds. It's easy to get a bus to Leeds to shop. But as you get older, the centre of a place loses its appeal.
David Hockney birthplace.
My son did better paintings at middle school.
You missed North Parade. Its worth another visit just for North Parade.
What happens at north parade?
@@honestplaces North Parade has a selection of small bars. It's quite popular and the whole street is rammed before and after Bradford City home games. Check Saltaire, Ilkley and Haworth out next time you are filming in the district. Sunbridgewells is worth a visit.
You pretty much stuck to the centre. Lived here years. It's terrible mate, simple as that. Have a wander up to Manningham or Heaton but i'd take a stab proof vest.
You coming with? 2 set of fists are better than one! 🤣
@@honestplaces can do. To be fair, some top take aways up there. Next to Alhambra where the old cinema was is gonna be a live music venue and with 2025 coming up hopefully more improvement can be made. Not the worst place in England by far but I do hate living here right now I have to say.
@@Unfinishe It's Leeds not being too far that also kills Bradford. Thers is no reason to choose Bradford over Leeds for any reason at thr mo!
Compared to the east end of London and Bryson in South london, Bradford looks great, that is croydon South london.
One thing not that many people around in this video in a city centre,it's a dead city I believe,no old Bradfordians around any more.
I live in Bradford, born and bred
How do you find the centre?
@@honestplaces It's ok I guess, just average
@@JacobLincolnMartin100 yeh that's how i saw it. Just average. Deffo not as bad as everyone says. But nothing too amazing also.
You missed spec savers you missed all crap bits out. Ie go through arndale centre.