Its the people who live there to have some pride in the area they live in, im part of a volunteer litter picking group, i live bottom of Aikman ave, i just picked 4 full bags today. Its time people stopped waiting for someone else to make the changes.
Congratulations on a fascinating video. I was a barman at the Newfoundpool WMC from 1989 to 1993, although I lived in Highfields. (Two buses each way on split shifts!) I have read about the demise of the area, but I was shocked, as you filmed along Beatrice Road and its side streets, to see furniture dumped outside the houses from which it was presumably removed. This was inconceivable when I worked in the area! In 2004 - 2005 I used to visit a friend with a bungalow on Comet Close. We could see the dogs on the flat roof of the Rocket, coming to the edge to look down at any passers-by. I was stunned to read of the incident with the baby in the Mercury.
Finally!!!! The Saff not being called the worst or most violent/cime ridden place in the city! As soon as saw the title, the wife said it will be New Parks. When I moved to the city in 2010, I was told that should not move to the Saffron Estate or Thurnby Lodge, yet lived in both & had no hassle in either area! Have to admit I almost did believe what was being said about the Saff when in the first 6 months after moving to the estate, there was a murder essentially opposite the house & a few months later another stabbing on the same road! Neighbours blamed me for them & bringing back luck with me! Everywhere that I have been told are bad places in the city, have turned out to be completely over-reacted about. My wife worked in Highfields for over 25 years & never had a problem being a white female. Everyone was friendly towards her & those that tried causing issues around the workplace, soon stopped when confronted. Same with the Saffron Estate. We have been here 4 years now & everyone has been friendly & not had any issues even though I am in a wheelchair now. even the local youths have been respectful & if seen wife struggling in front garden with something, they have come over & helped her out refusing to take the fiver she has tried to give them for doing so. The main problems today is nobody really makes the effort to know their neighbours like previous generations. Regardless of skin colour, religion, social status, etc, we have always made the effort to speak to the neighbours & get to know them. When we moved into this property, the first thing we done was put a letter through each of the neighbours doors letting them know we were moving in & if they could leave us room outside the property for the van we used to move. When we moved in, they all popped round to ask if needed a hand unloading. Can honestly say that now we are settled, we cannot see ourselves moving unless something unexpected happens. Wife has friends in New Parks & St Matthew’s as well, and they tell her that they don’t have any problems in the areas. Every estate in the country that you visit, has litter problems. More bins are needed tbh- both domestic and public, but the City Council are more concerned about vanity projects that don’t get used such as the cycle lanes (which are always empty yet they want to widen them!) and bus lanes. The local councillors are more concerned about what happens in other countries than the city ward they are supposed to be representing. Our local MP now got the seat because he made his campaign about Palestine rather than the actual local issues. Since the elections, nobody has seen hide nor hair of them (just like Vaz & his predecessor from Leicester East when we lived on the Lodge) unless they could get in the Mercury for opening a sweet shop on the Golden Mile! Most of your video, I cannot disagree with & the questions placed are all extremely valid. Tourist ares like Bournemouth will always try to make themselves look better for the tourism money, but Leicester has never really been a tourist city - even after the football club success back in 2016. I agree with you on the street litter pickers, but the City Council are struggling with funding (because of their vanity projects like the aforementioned & the new market place), so they would have to put Council Tax up by the maximum amount every year to cover it because they outsource the refuse collections etc to Biffa. Thinking about it as I continue to write a new bestseller paperback here (😂), you are right about the litter etc. Even local residents could spend an hour a week picking up any litter that they may come across on their street. A litter picker grip costs a couple of quid & a roll of bin bags, another £1. For less than £5 they could get those & have some respect for their local area they live in and clean it up. My wife has asked the local youths that congregate on a raised wall flower bed (that the council ignore) to clear up after themselves, and to give them their dues, they done so without any back chat etc, but that is a huge minority in todays environment. If once a week, the council van that does the large/bulky items collections could go round and collect the bags of rubbish picked up by the residents, it would make a huge difference & if the residents got together when doing this, the community would be strengthened & actually make everyone’s lives better in the local area (along with making new friends!). I wish my health was up to being able to do it myself as I would do it without a second thought. Used to do it on the public park in Peterborough that I used to fish at a few years back as hated the sight of rubbish, and it took next to no time at all. Worst bit is that most of the rubbish dumped is that they are generally within a few seconds walk to a bin! Some may blow out of the bin if it fills up, but still not an excuse. I would just hate to see the state of their houses if they just throw litter in the street (but then again seems to be less caring about the state of their own homes compared to previous generations). Everything said in the video is fair tbh & completely honest. Thank you for taking the time to return to the City 🙏🏼
look at the money they are trying to waste on London Rd Station too, child services cut, they gave themselves a payrise last year, will it be repeated, increasing their own pension pots at ratepayers expense, blessings to all from a NPE adoptee.
Why should the council have to pick up everyones rubbish.. Kids are shown no sense of responsibility by " Parents" it is their job to educate their kids not the council.. Sorry mate I just don't understand your way of thinking! You should be appalled at the adults that throw their rubbish down in front of their kids .
It's 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other. Councils and their communities should be working together but it's just not happening these days. Most communities have lost their community centres and/or the places where local people could meet with local councillors to discuss issues. The local shopkeepers who used to have the ear of the councillors have all been replaced by a Tesco Metro or suchlike whose only goal is to make money with no real care for their customers. Most people no longer feel part of a community, there's no leaders and the streets, parks etc just end up getting neglected. Places that should be leading the way, like the local school, obviously couldn't care less either. Back in my day the teachers would find any excuse to have us picking up 10 pieces of litter as a punishment.
Firstly the councils are paid to look after the areas, our council tax and all the other taxes we have to pay are for exactly this. Secondly, yes parents should take responsibility but most of these parents are uneducated/on the poverty line/poor health(mentally and physically)/ have zero self confidence or self worth due to their situation, and have been living in these conditions for a long time, there will be no pride in the area they live or in themselves, its been that way for at least 35/40 years, as far as i can remember. Thirdly, the government have made it their responsibility to educate our children, they continuously absolve bad parenting and put it on the education system, instead of offering better support for these kind of areas and families. The government wastes money had over fist, the first step should be holding them accountable and getting the areas clean and respectable so people can start to have pride in what they have. Then long term projects to educate and give pride to the parents so they can teach/educate their own children better.
Dublin,Ireland. Parents do not pass on values like they once did. I see adults and Kids coming out from shops after buying food opening the food outside the shop and throw the food rappers on the ground and walk away, bins are provided outside all shops. Most of our shops are run by foreign nationals who don't care what happens outside the shop. Our homegrown shop keepers use to scrub outside the shop space they are all gone.✌️☘️
It’s not just new parks, it’s Narborough road too , all streets around there too ! Mattresses scattered on the street, constant rubbish it drives me nuts
I enjoyed your tour and you narration. I am from New parks myself ,seeing it from a different perspective is a good ' eye- opener'. Thank you and well done .
I grew up around there too and there's one huge detail that's missed out, lots of people who now live there are newcomers and are not from developed countries. The councillors at the end are telling, a young liberal, an old liberal and a diversity selection. Just like the councillors make decisions for us there's people above them telling them what and where they can take action and spend, those councillors are base level in the grand scheme but they are all that most people can see or understand. The bottom line is that the majority of the electorate have voted for this and you get the government you ask for, at a national level and locally.
It's not financial poverty the main issue, it's poverty of aspiration. No one forces parents to buy expensive junk food, conduct chaotic and/or transient relationships, or not value education, or keep a dirty home and chuck rubbish. If it were just about money, how do you explain Asian and African kids who flourish, even when their parents are poor and don't speak English and who achieve academic results above those of even privately educated English kids?
The garbage found in these streets resembles the driveway of Buckingham Palace in comparison to the dump-filled neighbourhood I've observed in the Midlands. Most of this seems on garbage day, the bin men allow debris to fly throughout the area while emptying bins, cans, and other waste that falls from the truck, but it is pretty bad though and the council is slack in tidying up the area, really quite shameful
I’ve lived on the “Saff” all my life & know New Parks estate quite well, old school pals used to live there. If they’re looking worse than they did in the 1950’s & ‘60s then it’s down to the economic crash of 2008-9 & the governments since 2010 who decided to make ordinary working folks foot the bill started by the banking crash in America. Whilst the bankers still wanted to pocket their million pound bonuses, the government cut funding to the city councils, including Leicester. I know what I’m talking about, I worked for the council for a total of over 30 years, but was made redundant along with quite a few colleagues 1 year after Cameron came to power. If rubbish isn’t cleaned up, grass verges uncut, repairs not made then it’s down to that, not as some are trying to blame immigrants say. Most of the local corner shops original occupants were put out of business by the growth of supermarkets from America after the 2nd World war, but were saved by mainly Asian immigrants from Uganda & the Indian sub-continent who had a work ethic of opening their shops up at the crack of dawn & open till late which many of the original owners weren’t prepared to do. Blaming of immigrants is a scapegoat & a distraction, the enemy don’t come across in rubber boats risking death by drowning but in executive jets, limousines & mult-million pound yachts!
I was brought up to pick up my rubbish I pick up rubbish on my walks on country walks and from outside my house .nowadays people think someone else will do it.coalville
This is a blast from the past we (family )lived in new parks till the 2000s i went to school there all my family lived there .all the nieghbours knew each other i have happy memories alkman ave caledine rd birdsnest ave pinder rd . nursry j.nr and secondry school. It was a very nice area .grsss verges community's policeman knew everyones names and parents and the park
I live in Leicester and the litter gets me down, this video really reminded me how much it all angers me. I try to go out and litter pick every few days but more and more appears. Council are rubbish and don’t listen.
Familiar stuff. I lived in nearby Braunstone in a Blaby council house, so perhaps a bit quieter than on North Braunstone but it had its moments. My Grandparents lived for many decades on the Eyres Monsell which is similar to New Parks and built around the same time. Had happy memories there through, it seemed a friendlier place at the time. We moved to Braunstone when I was 9 and I lived there for nearly 20 years. In my teens my Mum had a long terrm illness and my Dad had been made redundant. So in 80's Britain I well remember us living on weekly Giro's posted to us. When they were late things were very lean and we went without until the next one arrived. Oh, and of course we had the gas/electric meters. Having to go up to the local shop for 50p's. I don't remember there beng as much litter though and people spent more time outside than they do now I guess. Last year I went for a wander around my old area, which I hadn't done in 20 years. It was more runned down than I remember. Have been living in France for 27 years now, so a lot different. But thanks for puitting up a video telling how it actually is. We need more of this sort of thing on here. A bit of reality to make people sit up and notice.
I agree the litter situation is bad but why don't the householders clean up the rubbish from infront of their house and garden. The council can't be held wholly responsible
This area is clean compared to the streets off of Narborough Road. The amount of shit left out by neighbours and tenants who will dump their crap outside someone else's property. The dog shit is unreal! If you want to make a video to shock people then you're in the wrong area.😂 I've put up CCTV just to deter scumbags from leaving their shit outside mine. Council have a lot to answer for. Never respond to complaints.🤷🏽
Lived on Ashleigh Road for twenty years. The transformation has been shocking. Finally escaped from my flat September last year. Last thing I had to do was clean human feaces from the stairwell. The past five years have been the worse. Druggies/dealers, prostitutes, rough sleepers, people pissing and shitting in the stairwells. And the neighbouring streets are grim as well. To think Braunstone Gate was once an in-place to hang out but then that was twenty years ago.
I live here and my children were brought up here on Pickwell Close which is a bit of an oasis. Every thing you say is correct. I can't remember the last time I saw a road sweeper and without them rubbish doe's build up, much of which is spillage from bin collections and damaged recycle bags as well as what comes out of car windows. Litter attracts more litter and how many litter bins did you encounter? I'm 70 and grew up on Tailby Ave west Humberstone but I played and grew up with my mates in the Northfield est (white Harlem) Violent! if you had two ears you were considered to be a pussy. Back then dog shit on the pavement was rife with all the stray dogs. Like all politicians at every level and in every party they are only in it for them selves. Councillors should be living in the area they serve. It was a good video and hard hitting, have you had any flack from the new parks tourist board!!! Please let me know what the three area's of new parks are in your opinion. I know my bit is one being the new parks club side and all west of the New Parks Way, but I do wonder about the other two. Thanks for your effort and hard work making the video.
The community needs to come together and attend tenant participation groups at the council start to rebuild community spìrit i did on my council estate for years and organised funding by accessing all the free training available. Its up to the people to improve their community
fair play, but it's difficult now as we have a toxic culture nowadays, lots of drink and drug problems that you have to deal with also. We have to start somewhere, but blimey, what a mess the country is in.
Good Video and appreciated that you took the time to highlight it. I moved from Netherhall/Humberstone to Northfields and Highfield's and then on to Beaumont leys and then finally ended up in Braunstone Town. I am of the opinion that society on a whole has significantly gone down hill since the late 70's/early 80's. Lack of resources from the council/government or diverted resources, including the lack of police presence and a bit of woke culture, has unfortunately lead to exactly how your video shows the New Parks Estate. Great Video and please keep doing them.
Kids & adults just a quick message if you want a clean home then you should want a clean street so it’s simple I have a clean home but I do help the street sweeper to clear the street because it helps keep your mind clean so why not help the street sweeper & give the a help he needs I hope this helps some people
Unfortunately people no longer have pride in where they live , i came to Leicester in 1967 and it was never as dirty as it is now , even as youngsters we had pride in where we lived even though we had very little to be proud of , respect and pride are now words with no meaning.
I know new parks well childhood memories for me was Braunstone playing as a kid later on in life brought my first house in Beaumont leys Thanks for sharing 👍 was great to see
Many parts of Leicester now look like this, no one takes any pride in where they live, i pick up litter outside of my house daily casually discarded by schoolchildren who are not taught to take their litter home or place it in a bin, the city council no longer cleans most of the streets, only the main routes get litter picked, they never sweep the gutters or clear the drains, there is filth and litter all around the city, graffiti is rife, it feels like an absolute cess pit now and you are right to call it out for what it is, councillors and city council don't care about these issues, Mayor Peter Soulsby only cares about the city centre which is also a shit hole, i no longer recognise my home city and would love to leave it for somewhere where the local council and residents still take pride in their local neighbourhoods.
Closing Community Police Stations has been the problem. And political correctness were the bad people get more rights than the law abiding people is also problem. Thirdly yes some parents went overboard but in the old days get into trouble and dad or mommy could thrash your arse without fear.
m8 i agree with you about the council doing something about new parks as its were i'm from too m8 my name is cameron hart and i wondered if we knew each other ? i was from glazebrook rd ..i did wonder why you missed out birds nest avenue bonny rd glazebrook rd they defo need sorting m8 ....your defo right tho about time they spent some money up there m8 ...great vid big respect
Sadly the councillors don't actually care about the little people, its all about looking like you care and saying you will do something, rather than actually getting your hands dirty and helping people. I do wish more people like yourself stood up and tried to be councillors or MPs. It makes me feel very sick to think about the divide in people that are supposed to helping us and the people they are supposed to be helping, the lack of compassion or just human decency is shocking within our leaders.
I'm Beaumont leys Born and Bred and the reason there is a lot of litter is because the disgusting adult and kid tramps have no regard for bins and throw their trash everywhere. Its been like this for ages, he council couldn't keep up if they wanted too.
I lived in crayburn house flats very breifly for a short time. Those flats were vile. Big lovely flats but vile. Doors all kicked in , burnt out cars daily on the green at the back. And a strong smell of piss in the stairwells. Drunks and drug needles everwhere. I remember no modernization of bathrooms. Where u was staying the toilet was original from around 1950 ish. High level twist pipe leaking toilet and the drains smelt so bad. Very depressing place to live. My car got its front window smashed as had to park on the front on aikman avenue. The copper came straight to the flat and asked me to come to the station as he knew who had done this. Basically the mother wanted to pay for repairs to keep her son out of jail. You can work out the rest. Did i make it official or take the money????? 🤔🤔🤔
I lived opposite the working mens club about 20 years ago. We werent there long at all. Some things havent changed in all those years. Other things have disappeared. I have to say that whilst we lived there, i never noticed the litter. But whilst watching the video i certainly did. So sorry about your dad. That was sad to listen to.
People everyday people have lost their zap. Their ethic, their value. It ceases to exist today. It disappeared if I’m going by my own research around about the late 90’s. Social deterioration. People have sold out. And others have come across to milk the economy. Then many from all across the different social classes have exploited every corporate, every political, legislative loopholes. It’s called no one wants to take accountability for their own actions, their own decisions, their own mistakes. For either self warped principles, values morales agendas or lack of. In way of being conscious. You have two to four generations of desensitization. Now everyone pointing their fingers. Their idle fingers. The UK sold out. Every callosity. Every individual. Then the cherry on top Illegal immigration. Or asylum seekers invading for refuge. That energy of people that vast condense energy infiltrating the veins of a failing state. That energy is perpetuated by fear and cowardice, weakness, ignorance, hate, pain. These folk are running from fighting for their country. They’re running from taking accountability. They are running against the fight. They aren’t immigrating at their own accord, so they will not have the adaptability to simulate. So pockets of little communities, amongst other communities. A mergence of negative highly weak toxic environments of energy. Now you have the beginning of the end.
What I never understand is every year our council tax goes up in price. More homes are built some more money coming in yet the areas get worse and more run down? Something doesn’t add up? Also you should do the city it’s wild last few years brother
I walked through Netherhall council estate, east of Leicester, recently and it was just as filthy as this. I am a regular litter picker but there was no way I was going to pick up there where obviously hardly anyone who lives there cares if they live in filth. If they can’t look after where they live then they have to live amongst it, as the council are broke. I think it’s generational, I wonder if their houses and gardens are just as filthy.
Why ? His view is clearly biased and his comment about lack of community and going hungry isn't true. I suspect I'm older then him and that just didn't happen like that. The one thing was and is the community and we take care of our own
That is true. But the residents also need to take responsibility for their own disrespect of the area. Its 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. Both sides are doing nothing.
I'm Leicester born and bred I have never lived in these areas I was born in Northfields and at 14 moved to castle word and lived here since by the was for some reason castle word is being called south saffron lane don't know why. I believe everyone from any estate in Leicester is OK apart from the trouble maker's
Lack of Police is the problem all over. I came to Leicester in 2018 from Hull. And was gobsmacked at the lack of policing compared to Hull. And Hull is bigger city than Leicester.
@darren253 The police are bad throughout the UK. Looking at many accounts from the mainstream media, the police are carrying out more crimes than the general public! I would suggest look at the demographics of Leicester and the Census, that tells you a deeper truth!
@@justinengland9814100% it’s immigration after 1997. Nobody likes to address the elephant in the room for fear of being called racist or far right. In the 90’s it was never like this, everyone knows that.
@@afflulifestyle1784I live in Leicester and I've seen it change massively..and most areas now are a right disgusting sight..and yes a big reason is because of the cultures and demographics that have set up home here..I've personally walked through areas where I was only white person around and been asked why am I here..by groups of lads hanging around...and no you can't bring up the elephant in the room because you will be called racist or a bigot and destroyed socially..and most people dont want to risk losing everything...
Most of Leicester is nice , Blaby I grew up then Kibworth , stunning area and costs a fortune to buy a home , council estates have always been poo and full of scumbags
I have lived in leicester all my life (now 52) and although it has some beautiful places, I wouldn't agree leicester is "lovely". I have lived in new parks, Braunstone Frith, rowlatts hill, Wigston, Coalville, and was even lucky to live in stoneygate for a while. So I've been around a bit I'd say. But I do agree some places are lovely, but I have to agree with Scott that new parks is a mess ( in some areas)
I grew up in the Belgrave area, went back a few years ago, it used to be a lovely area, it's a complete shit hole now. Glad I moved away from Leicester.
@curtisducati my grandparents as well lived on gresham street, my dad was a mechanic, had his own business on what was Abbey Park Road near the old school, my grandfather ran the shop on the corner of Ross walk, opposite the old wolsey factory.
Bin men need to be doing their jobs better. My street is clean until bin day after they've been, then there's litter spilled all over the place and left there
St Matthews or Highfields are more violent than new parks.. I did use to buy my gear from the house at 2:09 back in the 90s lol been clean 20 years now..
Political Correctness of giving bad people more rights than the innocent is the problem. We care more about Human Rights of the bad than the good. Look at London gone downhill since we said Police say be more sensitive
100% of your video resonates with me, I grew up there for a time. I’ve worked in the area for the last 20 years. Its so depressing- standards in society are dropping continuously. The council workers used to sleep in there vans behind the flats - I did complain to the council about this. I love Bournemouth I go there most years to escape this.
Yep, quite a few around, according to one clown my town is the poorest in the UK. He doesn’t even know the town, just concentrates on the rougher element.
Every where a shit hole even pool road .yes its because people dont take pride in their house and gardens. But it is also because of the cuts to services by yhe council.
i use to live on that estate as a kid..... boy...it was poverty...i was so poor i had to paint my feet black so they would look like shoes.....yeah... i knew poverty... everytime i went to the park the ducks would throw bread at me..... the arse of my pants were so thin i could sit on a penny and know if it was heads or tails.
Ah. I am not sure it is the best idea to publicise where the place is that people get taken after rape for police interview :( Very interesting video. When I worked up there the houses on Birds nest avenue were apparently going to be knocked down as they were deemed not fit for use but as far as I know they are still there. All the litter around the school that would never have happened when the old New Parks school was there, the caretaker would have sorted it. I often wonder about the young people I used to work with and what has become of them. There was a 'fagins den' on Aikman, 'alegedly' where people could get stuff robbed to order for Christmas. There's a lot of rubbish everywhere but I have noticed not a lot of bins if any, but last time I was up in new parks, and this was daytime, some lads were burning a wheelie bin, maybe that is why there are no bins because they would just get burned.
I do agree that councils have a commitment to improving the area. However the decline is not just down to them sorry! People who live there have a responsibility too. To look after there neighbouthood. To control there children and teach them right from wrong. I think the council are wrong for so many things though. Just putting all problem families together in one estate is going to have a long term and devastating effect to an area. Unfortunately this is generational decline handed down from family to family. It can be very hard to change the mindset of these people. So it continues.......its sad but whats the solution? I loved the walk around new parks vid. Please do another one of sone other rundown council estates. Maybe this will catch the attentions of the powers that be?? Who knows. Would be great to see new parks regenerated into something great ❤❤
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For 1 might have one of the highest crime in lc but thts cuz ym r nerds and no ones shook of ur area clealry and no were near roughter as st mathews thurnby lodge nether hall braunstone high feilds and saffron lane
It's down to people to make it nice .In the first place. Maybe the council doesn't want to waste.hard working people. Tax money.on lazy people most of them don't work and sale drugs.just look at there cars.like you said Thailand is poor. But the people make it nice. So why can't we as a country do the same. Always expecting handouts. People need to get out of their shell suits and get a job..
Enjoyed your walk showing your memories of new'parks Scott i have very my own as a Stevo lad 1960s to 1980s all i can say is you can take the lad out ov new'parks but yer cant take new'parks out the lad me'duck lol
Its the people who live there to have some pride in the area they live in, im part of a volunteer litter picking group, i live bottom of Aikman ave, i just picked 4 full bags today. Its time people stopped waiting for someone else to make the changes.
Thanks Judy, I appreciate people like you. I'd join ya x
Congratulations on a fascinating video.
I was a barman at the Newfoundpool WMC from 1989 to 1993, although I lived in Highfields. (Two buses each way on split shifts!)
I have read about the demise of the area, but I was shocked, as you filmed along Beatrice Road and its side streets, to see furniture dumped outside the houses from which it was presumably removed. This was inconceivable when I worked in the area!
In 2004 - 2005 I used to visit a friend with a bungalow on Comet Close. We could see the dogs on the flat roof of the Rocket, coming to the edge to look down at any passers-by.
I was stunned to read of the incident with the baby in the Mercury.
Well Newfoundland is not.New parks, hence the newfouumdpool wmc. So I don't even know why he included that area in a video about.New parks
Finally!!!! The Saff not being called the worst or most violent/cime ridden place in the city! As soon as saw the title, the wife said it will be New Parks. When I moved to the city in 2010, I was told that should not move to the Saffron Estate or Thurnby Lodge, yet lived in both & had no hassle in either area! Have to admit I almost did believe what was being said about the Saff when in the first 6 months after moving to the estate, there was a murder essentially opposite the house & a few months later another stabbing on the same road! Neighbours blamed me for them & bringing back luck with me!
Everywhere that I have been told are bad places in the city, have turned out to be completely over-reacted about. My wife worked in Highfields for over 25 years & never had a problem being a white female. Everyone was friendly towards her & those that tried causing issues around the workplace, soon stopped when confronted. Same with the Saffron Estate. We have been here 4 years now & everyone has been friendly & not had any issues even though I am in a wheelchair now. even the local youths have been respectful & if seen wife struggling in front garden with something, they have come over & helped her out refusing to take the fiver she has tried to give them for doing so.
The main problems today is nobody really makes the effort to know their neighbours like previous generations. Regardless of skin colour, religion, social status, etc, we have always made the effort to speak to the neighbours & get to know them. When we moved into this property, the first thing we done was put a letter through each of the neighbours doors letting them know we were moving in & if they could leave us room outside the property for the van we used to move. When we moved in, they all popped round to ask if needed a hand unloading. Can honestly say that now we are settled, we cannot see ourselves moving unless something unexpected happens.
Wife has friends in New Parks & St Matthew’s as well, and they tell her that they don’t have any problems in the areas. Every estate in the country that you visit, has litter problems. More bins are needed tbh- both domestic and public, but the City Council are more concerned about vanity projects that don’t get used such as the cycle lanes (which are always empty yet they want to widen them!) and bus lanes. The local councillors are more concerned about what happens in other countries than the city ward they are supposed to be representing. Our local MP now got the seat because he made his campaign about Palestine rather than the actual local issues. Since the elections, nobody has seen hide nor hair of them (just like Vaz & his predecessor from Leicester East when we lived on the Lodge) unless they could get in the Mercury for opening a sweet shop on the Golden Mile! Most of your video, I cannot disagree with & the questions placed are all extremely valid. Tourist ares like Bournemouth will always try to make themselves look better for the tourism money, but Leicester has never really been a tourist city - even after the football club success back in 2016.
I agree with you on the street litter pickers, but the City Council are struggling with funding (because of their vanity projects like the aforementioned & the new market place), so they would have to put Council Tax up by the maximum amount every year to cover it because they outsource the refuse collections etc to Biffa.
Thinking about it as I continue to write a new bestseller paperback here (😂), you are right about the litter etc. Even local residents could spend an hour a week picking up any litter that they may come across on their street. A litter picker grip costs a couple of quid & a roll of bin bags, another £1. For less than £5 they could get those & have some respect for their local area they live in and clean it up. My wife has asked the local youths that congregate on a raised wall flower bed (that the council ignore) to clear up after themselves, and to give them their dues, they done so without any back chat etc, but that is a huge minority in todays environment. If once a week, the council van that does the large/bulky items collections could go round and collect the bags of rubbish picked up by the residents, it would make a huge difference & if the residents got together when doing this, the community would be strengthened & actually make everyone’s lives better in the local area (along with making new friends!). I wish my health was up to being able to do it myself as I would do it without a second thought. Used to do it on the public park in Peterborough that I used to fish at a few years back as hated the sight of rubbish, and it took next to no time at all. Worst bit is that most of the rubbish dumped is that they are generally within a few seconds walk to a bin! Some may blow out of the bin if it fills up, but still not an excuse.
I would just hate to see the state of their houses if they just throw litter in the street (but then again seems to be less caring about the state of their own homes compared to previous generations).
Everything said in the video is fair tbh & completely honest. Thank you for taking the time to return to the City 🙏🏼
look at the money they are trying to waste on London Rd Station too, child services cut, they gave themselves a payrise last year, will it be repeated, increasing their own pension pots at ratepayers expense, blessings to all from a NPE adoptee.
Wow the algorithms quite the thing...what a blast from the past Glad you're doing well Scott keep up the good work man.
Why should the council have to pick up everyones rubbish.. Kids are shown no sense of responsibility by " Parents" it is their job to educate their kids not the council.. Sorry mate I just don't understand your way of thinking! You should be appalled at the adults that throw their rubbish down in front of their kids .
It's 6 of 1 and half a dozen of the other. Councils and their communities should be working together but it's just not happening these days. Most communities have lost their community centres and/or the places where local people could meet with local councillors to discuss issues. The local shopkeepers who used to have the ear of the councillors have all been replaced by a Tesco Metro or suchlike whose only goal is to make money with no real care for their customers. Most people no longer feel part of a community, there's no leaders and the streets, parks etc just end up getting neglected. Places that should be leading the way, like the local school, obviously couldn't care less either. Back in my day the teachers would find any excuse to have us picking up 10 pieces of litter as a punishment.
Firstly the councils are paid to look after the areas, our council tax and all the other taxes we have to pay are for exactly this. Secondly, yes parents should take responsibility but most of these parents are uneducated/on the poverty line/poor health(mentally and physically)/ have zero self confidence or self worth due to their situation, and have been living in these conditions for a long time, there will be no pride in the area they live or in themselves, its been that way for at least 35/40 years, as far as i can remember. Thirdly, the government have made it their responsibility to educate our children, they continuously absolve bad parenting and put it on the education system, instead of offering better support for these kind of areas and families. The government wastes money had over fist, the first step should be holding them accountable and getting the areas clean and respectable so people can start to have pride in what they have. Then long term projects to educate and give pride to the parents so they can teach/educate their own children better.
Dublin,Ireland. Parents do not pass on values like they once did. I see adults and Kids coming out from shops after buying food opening the food outside the shop and throw the food rappers on the ground and walk away, bins are provided outside all shops. Most of our shops are run by foreign nationals who don't care what happens outside the shop. Our homegrown shop keepers use to scrub outside the shop space they are all gone.✌️☘️
It was drummed into our heads by the parents not to drop litter i still have that in my head 50 years on
He is but the council does bear some responsibility
It’s not just new parks, it’s Narborough road too , all streets around there too ! Mattresses scattered on the street, constant rubbish it drives me nuts
I enjoyed your tour and you narration. I am from New parks myself ,seeing it from a different perspective is a good ' eye- opener'. Thank you and well done .
I grew up around there too and there's one huge detail that's missed out, lots of people who now live there are newcomers and are not from developed countries.
The councillors at the end are telling, a young liberal, an old liberal and a diversity selection.
Just like the councillors make decisions for us there's people above them telling them what and where they can take action and spend, those councillors are base level in the grand scheme but they are all that most people can see or understand.
The bottom line is that the majority of the electorate have voted for this and you get the government you ask for, at a national level and locally.
It's not financial poverty the main issue, it's poverty of aspiration. No one forces parents to buy expensive junk food, conduct chaotic and/or transient relationships, or not value education, or keep a dirty home and chuck rubbish. If it were just about money, how do you explain Asian and African kids who flourish, even when their parents are poor and don't speak English and who achieve academic results above those of even privately educated English kids?
The garbage found in these streets resembles the driveway of Buckingham Palace in comparison to the dump-filled neighbourhood I've observed in the Midlands. Most of this seems on garbage day, the bin men allow debris to fly throughout the area while emptying bins, cans, and other waste that falls from the truck, but it is pretty bad though and the council is slack in tidying up the area, really quite shameful
The residents shouldn’t throw their rubbish on the floor in the first place. Why should the council pick it up?!
I’ve lived on the “Saff” all my life & know New Parks estate quite well, old school pals used to live there. If they’re looking worse than they did in the 1950’s & ‘60s then it’s down to the economic crash of 2008-9 & the governments since 2010 who decided to make ordinary working folks foot the bill started by the banking crash in America. Whilst the bankers still wanted to pocket their million pound bonuses, the government cut funding to the city councils, including Leicester. I know what I’m talking about, I worked for the council for a total of over 30 years, but was made redundant along with quite a few colleagues 1 year after Cameron came to power. If rubbish isn’t cleaned up, grass verges uncut, repairs not made then it’s down to that, not as some are trying to blame immigrants say. Most of the local corner shops original occupants were put out of business by the growth of supermarkets from America after the 2nd World war, but were saved by mainly Asian immigrants from Uganda & the Indian sub-continent who had a work ethic of opening their shops up at the crack of dawn & open till late which many of the original owners weren’t prepared to do. Blaming of immigrants is a scapegoat & a distraction, the enemy don’t come across in rubber boats risking death by drowning but in executive jets, limousines & mult-million pound yachts!
From the Monsll myself
I lived in Ingle St between 1970-1983, can see my old house on your video. Very nostalgic
I was brought up to pick up my rubbish I pick up rubbish on my walks on country walks and from outside my house .nowadays people think someone else will do it.coalville
"Poverty" as he walks past BMW's, 4x4's and jags !!😅😅😅
This is a blast from the past we (family )lived in new parks till the 2000s i went to school there all my family lived there .all the nieghbours knew each other i have happy memories alkman ave caledine rd birdsnest ave pinder rd . nursry j.nr and secondry school. It was a very nice area .grsss verges community's policeman knew everyones names and parents and the park
I live in Leicester and the litter gets me down, this video really reminded me how much it all angers me. I try to go out and litter pick every few days but more and more appears. Council are rubbish and don’t listen.
This estate is almost exactly like Airedale’s Queen’s Park drive area of Castleford in West Yorkshire, classic post war prefabs, good vid mate. 👍
Familiar stuff. I lived in nearby Braunstone in a Blaby council house, so perhaps a bit quieter than on North Braunstone but it had its moments. My Grandparents lived for many decades on the Eyres Monsell which is similar to New Parks and built around the same time. Had happy memories there through, it seemed a friendlier place at the time.
We moved to Braunstone when I was 9 and I lived there for nearly 20 years. In my teens my Mum had a long terrm illness and my Dad had been made redundant. So in 80's Britain I well remember us living on weekly Giro's posted to us. When they were late things were very lean and we went without until the next one arrived. Oh, and of course we had the gas/electric meters. Having to go up to the local shop for 50p's.
I don't remember there beng as much litter though and people spent more time outside than they do now I guess.
Last year I went for a wander around my old area, which I hadn't done in 20 years. It was more runned down than I remember.
Have been living in France for 27 years now, so a lot different. But thanks for puitting up a video telling how it actually is. We need more of this sort of thing on here. A bit of reality to make people sit up and notice.
Im 54 and Leicester born and bred so were my grest great grandparents and every generation since. Breaks my hesrt whst has happened to Leicester 😢
I agree the litter situation is bad but why don't the householders clean up the rubbish from infront of their house and garden. The council can't be held wholly responsible
This area is clean compared to the streets off of Narborough Road. The amount of shit left out by neighbours and tenants who will dump their crap outside someone else's property. The dog shit is unreal! If you want to make a video to shock people then you're in the wrong area.😂 I've put up CCTV just to deter scumbags from leaving their shit outside mine. Council have a lot to answer for. Never respond to complaints.🤷🏽
Lived on Ashleigh Road for twenty years. The transformation has been shocking. Finally escaped from my flat September last year. Last thing I had to do was clean human feaces from the stairwell. The past five years have been the worse. Druggies/dealers, prostitutes, rough sleepers, people pissing and shitting in the stairwells. And the neighbouring streets are grim as well. To think Braunstone Gate was once an in-place to hang out but then that was twenty years ago.
I live here and my children were brought up here on Pickwell Close which is a bit of an oasis. Every thing you say is correct. I can't remember the last time I saw a road sweeper and without them rubbish doe's build up, much of which is spillage from bin collections and damaged recycle bags as well as what comes out of car windows. Litter attracts more litter and how many litter bins did you encounter? I'm 70 and grew up on Tailby Ave west Humberstone but I played and grew up with my mates in the Northfield est (white Harlem) Violent! if you had two ears you were considered to be a pussy. Back then dog shit on the pavement was rife with all the stray dogs. Like all politicians at every level and in every party they are only in it for them selves. Councillors should be living in the area they serve. It was a good video and hard hitting, have you had any flack from the new parks tourist board!!! Please let me know what the three area's of new parks are in your opinion. I know my bit is one being the new parks club side and all west of the New Parks Way, but I do wonder about the other two. Thanks for your effort and hard work making the video.
You need to move up to the saffron Lane Estate
The community needs to come together and attend tenant participation groups at the council start to rebuild community spìrit i did on my council estate for years and organised funding by accessing all the free training available. Its up to the people to improve their community
fair play, but it's difficult now as we have a toxic culture nowadays, lots of drink and drug problems that you have to deal with also. We have to start somewhere, but blimey, what a mess the country is in.
Good Video and appreciated that you took the time to highlight it. I moved from Netherhall/Humberstone to Northfields and Highfield's and then on to Beaumont leys and then finally ended up in Braunstone Town. I am of the opinion that society on a whole has significantly gone down hill since the late 70's/early 80's. Lack of resources from the council/government or diverted resources, including the lack of police presence and a bit of woke culture, has unfortunately lead to exactly how your video shows the New Parks Estate. Great Video and please keep doing them.
I live I'm netherhall..it used to be pretty bad around here but it's not as bad as it used to be..but its not nice to look at..
People need to take pride in their area. Why should the council have to clear up after people who are too lazy to dispose of their rubbish?
Kids & adults just a quick message if you want a clean home then you should want a clean street so it’s simple I have a clean home but I do help the street sweeper to clear the street because it helps keep your mind clean so why not help the street sweeper & give the a help he needs I hope this helps some people
Dirty council estate not really violent though...Northfield's or braunstone probably the most violent
I'm sure the children recently hospitalised & knifed to death would disagree but imo all the three areas are one in the same.
Matthews & Highfields has the highest crime rate
I lived in glenfield, I used to get bangers from pandoras box. Drove past there a couple of weeks ago and was sad to see it all changed.
I’m from Glenfield too, and you just reminded me that I went to Pandoras Box to buy segs for our shoes.
The litter isn't that bad. Head over to Loughborough. Ling Ave Shelly . back in the day , Manor rd , colditz
It's because the the Council has got rid of the cleaners
At least they know how to throw a party 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Unfortunately people no longer have pride in where they live , i came to Leicester in 1967 and it was never as dirty as it is now , even as youngsters we had pride in where we lived even though we had very little to be proud of , respect and pride are now words with no meaning.
The year I was born
I know new parks well childhood memories for me was Braunstone playing as a kid later on in life brought my first house in Beaumont leys
Thanks for sharing 👍 was great to see
Many parts of Leicester now look like this, no one takes any pride in where they live, i pick up litter outside of my house daily casually discarded by schoolchildren who are not taught to take their litter home or place it in a bin, the city council no longer cleans most of the streets, only the main routes get litter picked, they never sweep the gutters or clear the drains, there is filth and litter all around the city, graffiti is rife, it feels like an absolute cess pit now and you are right to call it out for what it is, councillors and city council don't care about these issues, Mayor Peter Soulsby only cares about the city centre which is also a shit hole, i no longer recognise my home city and would love to leave it for somewhere where the local council and residents still take pride in their local neighbourhoods.
Most of my friends from new parks are either dead or in prison. im 49 now
Closing Community Police Stations has been the problem. And political correctness were the bad people get more rights than the law abiding people is also problem. Thirdly yes some parents went overboard but in the old days get into trouble and dad or mommy could thrash your arse without fear.
m8 i agree with you about the council doing something about new parks as its were i'm from too m8 my name is cameron hart and i wondered if we knew each other ? i was from glazebrook rd ..i did wonder why you missed out birds nest avenue bonny rd glazebrook rd they defo need sorting m8 ....your defo right tho about time they spent some money up there m8 ...great vid big respect
Sadly the councillors don't actually care about the little people, its all about looking like you care and saying you will do something, rather than actually getting your hands dirty and helping people. I do wish more people like yourself stood up and tried to be councillors or MPs. It makes me feel very sick to think about the divide in people that are supposed to helping us and the people they are supposed to be helping, the lack of compassion or just human decency is shocking within our leaders.
Majority native white English area?!!! What’s happened to my countereh🏴 jokes aside great video pal
I'm Beaumont leys Born and Bred and the reason there is a lot of litter is because the disgusting adult and kid tramps have no regard for bins and throw their trash everywhere. Its been like this for ages, he council couldn't keep up if they wanted too.
People are just lazy scumbags. It's embarrassing isn't it.
I lived in crayburn house flats very breifly for a short time. Those flats were vile. Big lovely flats but vile. Doors all kicked in , burnt out cars daily on the green at the back. And a strong smell of piss in the stairwells. Drunks and drug needles everwhere. I remember no modernization of bathrooms. Where u was staying the toilet was original from around 1950 ish. High level twist pipe leaking toilet and the drains smelt so bad. Very depressing place to live. My car got its front window smashed as had to park on the front on aikman avenue. The copper came straight to the flat and asked me to come to the station as he knew who had done this. Basically the mother wanted to pay for repairs to keep her son out of jail. You can work out the rest. Did i make it official or take the money????? 🤔🤔🤔
I lived opposite the working mens club about 20 years ago. We werent there long at all. Some things havent changed in all those years. Other things have disappeared. I have to say that whilst we lived there, i never noticed the litter. But whilst watching the video i certainly did. So sorry about your dad. That was sad to listen to.
Looks lovey mate you should try living where I live
People everyday people have lost their zap. Their ethic, their value. It ceases to exist today. It disappeared if I’m going by my own research around about the late 90’s. Social deterioration. People have sold out. And others have come across to milk the economy. Then many from all across the different social classes have exploited every corporate, every political, legislative loopholes. It’s called no one wants to take accountability for their own actions, their own decisions, their own mistakes. For either self warped principles, values morales agendas or lack of. In way of being conscious. You have two to four generations of desensitization. Now everyone pointing their fingers. Their idle fingers. The UK sold out. Every callosity. Every individual. Then the cherry on top Illegal immigration. Or asylum seekers invading for refuge. That energy of people that vast condense energy infiltrating the veins of a failing state. That energy is perpetuated by fear and cowardice, weakness, ignorance, hate, pain. These folk are running from fighting for their country. They’re running from taking accountability. They are running against the fight. They aren’t immigrating at their own accord, so they will not have the adaptability to simulate. So pockets of little communities, amongst other communities. A mergence of negative highly weak toxic environments of energy. Now you have the beginning of the end.
Dont seem to bad tbh maybe you got it on a quiet day but try Rowlatts Hill, Highfields or St Mathew's
You will be shocked
Also Belgrave is Dirty AF.
My partner is from newparks ?but I'm from braunstone
What I never understand is every year our council tax goes up in price. More homes are built some more money coming in yet the areas get worse and more run down? Something doesn’t add up? Also you should do the city it’s wild last few years brother
Someone has to pay for the new illegal arrivals.
Areas like that every where
Sane as hartlepool mate they only care bout filling hotels hmos and they own pocket why youth clubs lot gone but highest concil tax in uk aswell
Bit of a housing crisis , after WW2 .
You could say that considering we got bombed quite severely.
Nice upload 👌
I used to work at new parks school 1995 to 1997. A lot of memories.
From what you have shown it looks like Beverly hills that's nothing compared to Nottingham
I walked through Netherhall council estate, east of Leicester, recently and it was just as filthy as this. I am a regular litter picker but there was no way I was going to pick up there where obviously hardly anyone who lives there cares if they live in filth. If they can’t look after where they live then they have to live amongst it, as the council are broke. I think it’s generational, I wonder if their houses and gardens are just as filthy.
Good man makes a great doc
Listen to him!
Why ? His view is clearly biased and his comment about lack of community and going hungry isn't true. I suspect I'm older then him and that just didn't happen like that. The one thing was and is the community and we take care of our own
they line there pocket with council tax money and do nothing
That is true. But the residents also need to take responsibility for their own disrespect of the area. Its 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. Both sides are doing nothing.
Im from Braunstone and had a mate who lived new parks glazebrook road its shocking how its declined this way
I'm Leicester born and bred I have never lived in these areas I was born in Northfields and at 14 moved to castle word and lived here since by the was for some reason castle word is being called south saffron lane don't know why. I believe everyone from any estate in Leicester is OK apart from the trouble maker's
Kids are making the mess along with the parents
They should be clearing up their own mess. It's not hard to take your rubbish home with you.
@EgoChip they should be taught to respect nature .But schools don't teach anything practical they just want meat for the grinder
I think there is a blinding obvious reason Leicester has changed!
Lack of Police is the problem all over. I came to Leicester in 2018 from Hull. And was gobsmacked at the lack of policing compared to Hull. And Hull is bigger city than Leicester.
@darren253 The police are bad throughout the UK. Looking at many accounts from the mainstream media, the police are carrying out more crimes than the general public! I would suggest look at the demographics of Leicester and the Census, that tells you a deeper truth!
You can’t be a 90’s kid from New Parks and not know the Monkey Trees, i had a walk around there during Covid and the place has changed so much.
@@justinengland9814100% it’s immigration after 1997. Nobody likes to address the elephant in the room for fear of being called racist or far right. In the 90’s it was never like this, everyone knows that.
@@afflulifestyle1784I live in Leicester and I've seen it change massively..and most areas now are a right disgusting sight..and yes a big reason is because of the cultures and demographics that have set up home here..I've personally walked through areas where I was only white person around and been asked why am I here..by groups of lads hanging around...and no you can't bring up the elephant in the room because you will be called racist or a bigot and destroyed socially..and most people dont want to risk losing everything...
Is that near the eyres monsell ? My friend lived there and I visited from Scotland
No it's the other end of the city near Beaumont Leys
Monsell is worse than this place by a mile
The place I call home ❤
55:36 my real dad and his then wife used to manage the rocket pub
Big up mate grew up in New parks my whole life, less gang related round my area for the past decade it's nothing special n it's miserable tbh
Is the adventure playground still open
yes it is
Only till April council are not giving them grants this year
Yes but always threatening closure due to no funding. It's so sad
12:27 I see what you did there. "It is litter-ally everywhere".
Leicester is lovely its not got a bad reputation in the east midlands its nottingham and in the west midlands its Birmingham
Most of Leicester is nice , Blaby I grew up then Kibworth , stunning area and costs a fortune to buy a home , council estates have always been poo and full of scumbags
I have lived in leicester all my life (now 52) and although it has some beautiful places, I wouldn't agree leicester is "lovely". I have lived in new parks, Braunstone Frith, rowlatts hill, Wigston, Coalville, and was even lucky to live in stoneygate for a while. So I've been around a bit I'd say. But I do agree some places are lovely, but I have to agree with Scott that new parks is a mess ( in some areas)
Daily stabbings check the statistics Leicester is worse than Nottingham
Great video I got brought up there
that place is violent? it looks quite calm to me, just a bit of litter
Hes being dramatic
A bit of litter, it is everywhere !
@ it might be a dump but it hardly looks violent lol. the title makes it sound like some rough ghetto in the states
It was violent in the 90s early 2004. Its not half as bad now.
The whole of Leicester is violent them small villages and small estates are worse than the big estates daily stabbings all over the map
I grew up in the Belgrave area, went back a few years ago, it used to be a lovely area, it's a complete shit hole now.
Glad I moved away from Leicester.
My Grandparents from Belgrave , was a very posh area before low lifes moved in
@curtisducati my grandparents as well lived on gresham street, my dad was a mechanic, had his own business on what was Abbey Park Road near the old school, my grandfather ran the shop on the corner of Ross walk, opposite the old wolsey factory.
If you think that's dirty, I'd recommend more travel.
Exactly he wants views
That was something i really noticed was how much crap there was lying about all over the place in liecster
Leicester
You should of took a walk through brauny 🤣
Never once been the most violent estate.
Bin men need to be doing their jobs better. My street is clean until bin day after they've been, then there's litter spilled all over the place and left there
St Matthews or Highfields are more violent than new parks.. I did use to buy my gear from the house at 2:09 back in the 90s lol been clean 20 years now..
Political Correctness of giving bad people more rights than the innocent is the problem. We care more about Human Rights of the bad than the good. Look at London gone downhill since we said Police say be more sensitive
Leicesters most violent council estate?? Your just showing rubbish??
A lot of areas like this nowadays councils dont care only about money let the places go downhill
100% of your video resonates with me, I grew up there for a time. I’ve worked in the area for the last 20 years. Its so depressing- standards in society are dropping continuously. The council workers used to sleep in there vans behind the flats - I did complain to the council about this. I love Bournemouth I go there most years to escape this.
Love all these bûllshit clickbate videos.. all accusations, yet no evidence 😅
Yep, quite a few around, according to one clown my town is the poorest in the UK. He doesn’t even know the town, just concentrates on the rougher element.
Init for one aint even top 3 most violent in leicester and porvery wise its not even top 5 he clearly dont know st matthews in leicester
I must say it looks rather nice right now. But I’m sure childhood was hard.
Yeah it was rough in the 90s early 2000, problematic families and places are mostly gone.
Majority of its white. nuff said
Every where a shit hole even pool road .yes its because people dont take pride in their house and gardens. But it is also because of the cuts to services by yhe council.
i use to live on that estate as a kid..... boy...it was poverty...i was so poor i had to paint my feet black so they would look like shoes.....yeah... i knew poverty... everytime i went to the park the ducks would throw bread at me..... the arse of my pants were so thin i could sit on a penny and know if it was heads or tails.
Hahahah your funny , that place is skint , not as bad as ST Mathews omg lol
I diddnt see him putting his graft in to litter pik
You look famliar i went new parks school...my last year was the 1st year it changed to new colkege
Ah. I am not sure it is the best idea to publicise where the place is that people get taken after rape for police interview :( Very interesting video. When I worked up there the houses on Birds nest avenue were apparently going to be knocked down as they were deemed not fit for use but as far as I know they are still there. All the litter around the school that would never have happened when the old New Parks school was there, the caretaker would have sorted it. I often wonder about the young people I used to work with and what has become of them. There was a 'fagins den' on Aikman, 'alegedly' where people could get stuff robbed to order for Christmas. There's a lot of rubbish everywhere but I have noticed not a lot of bins if any, but last time I was up in new parks, and this was daytime, some lads were burning a wheelie bin, maybe that is why there are no bins because they would just get burned.
Brah this looks clean compared to reality in the UK
I do agree that councils have a commitment to improving the area. However the decline is not just down to them sorry! People who live there have a responsibility too. To look after there neighbouthood. To control there children and teach them right from wrong. I think the council are wrong for so many things though. Just putting all problem families together in one estate is going to have a long term and devastating effect to an area. Unfortunately this is generational decline handed down from family to family. It can be very hard to change the mindset of these people. So it continues.......its sad but whats the solution? I loved the walk around new parks vid. Please do another one of sone other rundown council estates. Maybe this will catch the attentions of the powers that be?? Who knows. Would be great to see new parks regenerated into something great ❤❤
Im from Leicester 🤣 ya right its a dump sticking farm b,leys it getting worse
mate do you know how to set your channel up properly if not i can help you free of course you have no channel tags of any use for being found and no video tags at all
Yes, he can take a YT course it’s free…
For 1 might have one of the highest crime in lc but thts cuz ym r nerds and no ones shook of ur area clealry and no were near roughter as st mathews thurnby lodge nether hall braunstone high feilds and saffron lane
can you not speak english not some rap crap lingo 🥱
It's down to people to make it nice .In the first place. Maybe the council doesn't want to waste.hard working people. Tax money.on lazy people most of them don't work and sale drugs.just look at there cars.like you said Thailand is poor. But the people make it nice. So why can't we as a country do the same. Always expecting handouts. People need to get out of their shell suits and get a job..
Do melton road lol
We have no councils
25:00 They look like
Goid neighbours 🤣🤣🤣
Can't wait to move out of New parks mate it's shit
Keir starmers cans 😂😂
Ya know the ingrams🎉
There from Leeds not leicester
Enjoyed your walk showing your memories of new'parks Scott
i have very my own as a Stevo lad 1960s to 1980s
all i can say is you can take the lad out ov new'parks but yer cant take new'parks out the lad
me'duck lol