My husband and I went there in 2019 because of Louis Tomlinson’s video “Back To You”. We went to Keepmoat Stadium, and the skating rink at the Dome;-) Also, we stopped at the Yorkshire zoo after finding Louis’ old school at Hall Cross.He sings about Silver Street and it’s neon signs in his song “Change”…We all know that feeling when you go back home and things have changed…but also kind of stay the same. Louis and One Direction filmed “Gotta Be You” in MY hometown, so I get nostalgic every time I go back home . Louis knows how to write songs that one can relate to. He’s ace
Born in Doncaster in 1961 and grew up there, now living in Australia this has brought back so many memories, thank you for the tour around Donny, thoroughly enjoyed it !!
Thanks for sharing this. It was pure nostalgia for me. I lived in Doncaster for eight months in 2009/10 as a foreign language assistant. Best 8 month of my life so far :) and seeing the town all bright and sunny was very lovely.
Just walked through on my way home from work. Dead, full of down and outs freaks and weirdos. Looks like you caught this on a quiet Sunday morning maybe. Town centre is finished and certainly doesn't belong to the locals anymore. That's for sure.
At one time of day, the market place was thriving, fabulous place to shop for just about anything you could think of from fresh breads, cheeses, meats through to plants, flowers, clothes and everyday essentials. The many independent shops offered great choices too. It was a busy town with lots to offer. Now (in my opinion) it is full of cheap shops, empty shops, boarded up places, multitude of pubs and cheap drinking holes, fast foods, phone shops, vape shops and not much else...except the host of doorway huggers, people down on their luck, those with addictions and during non covid times, streets where vomit dodging becomes an art form. Such a tragic shame, another great British town lost forever.
You're right. I loved the market and all the characters, I especially remember the china stall where they'd put on an a great show to attract the punters, throwing the plates around and with a 'patter' better than most 'entertainers' on tv nowadays. Then there was the lovely smell of Armitage's sweet stall and the fruit and veg sellers pitching bargains and washing locally grown celery, not to mention Britain's best fish market - including the cow heal and tripe stalls. . . . . folks who don't like tripe have never tried it done right! The there was Leesings near the market for the most delicious hot roast pork sandwiches - mmm. A great town.
Lived in Donny all my childhood, I live in US now. This makes me want to come back. Still have my brother there, excuse to go back to visit, but i do love it, and miss the folks over there. Thank you for posting this my friend.
I was born in Doncaster and lived within walking distance of the town centre which was my playground as a kid. There are so many changes since I lived there. Some not always for the best.
WOW! thank you for that tour of Donny! it was nice to see how different it looks since I left in 1992. It sure does look a lot cleaner than it used to.
Lived here all my life, true it has seen better days and times, and we have lost too many old buildings but after regularly visiting other towns and cities around the country and comparing, Doncaster is still quite a nice town. Thank you for the video, there is a lot more to see, looking forward to part 2 :)
@@GimbalWalkTV Thank you for the video, you did a great job! I live on the outskirts of Doncaster. If you were to do a follow up video you may consider including the following: In the town centre, Doncaster Minster, the newly paved and landscaped train station, the new Danum Library, Museum & Art Gallery, Cast Theatre and the brand new Savoy Cinema. On the outskirts highlights are: Lakeside & The Dome Leisure Centre, The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel and the School for the Deaf (opposite the hotel), Cusworth Hall and, of course, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Hope that helps. Best wishes!
Great film again Gimbal! My home town and where i still live. Surprised you didn''t go to the Railway Station and its 1930's frontage. Doncaster is famous for its railways and locomotive building. Glad the music is back. The cherry on top of the cake for me!!
Loved this, memory lane, although so many places are boarded up / shut down. I use to visit 7th Heaven night club and Rotters, those were the best days, 1980's
It was good to see Doncaster somewhere I haven't been to for a long time, it's changed a lot what a shame about the decline of the market place I remember Doncaster having a good market many moons ago, thank you for showing 😎
You did well mate Doncaster’s changed a lot over the last 10 years not how I remember it has a child but hey ho you gotta move with the times still love my hometown
i live in doncaster now , it has lovey architecture , and a great history , the oldest classic horse race the st. leger dates back to 1776 , the mallard and flying scotsman steam engines were built here , all the surrounding villages had coal mines . another great video . thank you :) perhaps a future project for you is to film looking upwards at the architecture , york is full of little gems !
Russian name of the city. Don - River. Caster is coal, fire. (Namely they did charcoal). That is, we have a complete compliance of the name and the mining region. In fact, Doncaster is Don-Bass (Donetskaya Pool) The second question is when they were the Russian language. Thames of the river also translates as dark)))
thank you for featuring my town of Doncaster ,it is vastly improving all the time ,we have a lovely waterfront with barges ,Silver street is the place to be on a friday ,saturday night ,a lot of the pubs and clubs have boarded up their windows during lockdown to safe guard the premises ,moving on there is the beautiful minster just off the waterfront ,and as you say the racecourse where the famous St LEGER is run and the KEEPMOAT stadium home to Doncaster rovers ,also up town is the civic quater where we have the cast theatre ,and a new cinema and eateries as well as the dancing waters well worth a look next time .
Hi, I'm from the Caribbean, Trinidad 🇹🇹, I love the work, music and subtitles you did . Good work clean video .continue the good work ..Now I want to visit but didn't see the train stations 🤝
Fantastic day...can you tell me about the famous works in this area? Which is job skills? And how much far this area for factory's sides for jobs purpose?
Hi just discovered the malta walk and have very fond memories of living there in 1974 in tigne barracks my dad was in the royal marines . I also remember swimming across from tigne point too valletta and in my reflection of this i realise how i took a huge risk doing this but what a memory . Steven Bruce
Yeah it was i also remember swimming in front of the barracks with my brother i was trying to catch an octopus because the maltese paid us 50 cents and the granetas were amazing ,but i had an encounter with a shark swimming right next to me so i took off like an exocet missile to safety when back on dry land mummy shark came looking for its young one thank god i was out of the water 🙏 . Steven Bruce
Silver Street is more than busy on a night out, its absolute carnage in every sense of the word 😂 thanks for showing off Donny in such a lovely light, can't wait to see it open up again
Barely recognized it. The last time I lived there was 1961, but I have been back on several occasions to visit family. It was always a bustling town, but it what appears to have happened since my last visit about ten years ago has shocked me.
I spent the first 20 years of my life in Doncaster, born and raised in Hatfield. Spent the last 20 years living in the Midlands and even though I fond memories of my 80s n 90s childhood and youth in Doncaster, I can't ever see me going back. We used to twag school sometimes and hang around the arndale centre and the market. We'd always be buying goofy things from the old joke shop inside the market, and then buy some vhs tapes from the stall opposite, because they were only 50p. And then it was off to buy a few records from our price. Everyone remember our price upstairs in the arndale? Then it was off back to the market place and JD to check out the latest Reebok pumps and Jordan shoes. Good times.
@@GimbalWalkTV bought my first record in our price. It was def leppards animal, and I'd bought it out of my pocket money. Had to have been around summer of 88 if memory serves me correctly, and I'd have been 7 years old. Do you remember the old Britannia stores aswell? I would go to town back then with my aunt and grandmother ever Saturday, and our price, Britannia, Woolworths, and Marks and Spencer were always on the list of places we'd shop in. And to finish off we would stop in at a cafe opposite what is now frechgate centre, and it was called poppin at pippens. I bet that cafe vanished 25-30 years ago now. Everything had changed on your video, and the only two places that looked the same were rothwells chippy, and the black bull pub. And even rothwells had had a facelift. Makes me quite sad to see the place as it is today.
Was born in Donny, schooled in Danum Grammar, left when I was 21. Ocassionally go back, and always saddened by its decline. But nonetheless I will always have a certain attachment. Was good to see all the places that I remember from " my youth " . But am also very glad I live far away in always sunny Philippines.
Yet again another surprise in that Doncaster is lovely, I will never slag off South Yorkshire again. Please can you go to Halifax, there are so many places of interest and many beautiful Victorian buildings. x
@@stubuchanan5129 got to agree with you on that one. I've lived in doncaster my whole life, 48yrs to be exact and its turn into a rate sh%t hole. Never used to be.
Well done. I would have liked to see you walk up Hallgate though and possibly onto South Parade. Not been back in 40 odd years so somewhat unrecognisable, but I was born in Donny, so brought back a few memories! Thanks :)
Really enjoyed this excellent walking tour of Doncaster which looks a very modern town centre and not what I expected at all. People must appreciate that most places have their grot spots. The junkies, chavs and drop out's who congregate are not really the fault of the town planners but a sub-culture which has developed in society that is blighting all towns and cities right across the country. I bet there are equally as many weirdo's per square foot in the town where I live. Great video though!
I've never been but its a lot bigger than I thought, I see locals saying its rougher than it appears in your walk round , it's people that make or break a place .
Was a student at Donny Tech in the late 70s and I’m struggling to recognise anything of the town now. Spent a bit of study time in the ‘Staff of Life’ pub and Allports Cafe. Are they still there? On balance I prefer Adelaide, nothing’s boarded up here.
i saw this movie about Doncaster and compared it to another about the same town in the 60'. Absolutely unrecognizable. Where have gone all that activity, the people , the transport activities, the many shops, instead of children you see pesioners and strangers. the old traditional building repaced by mega-boxes. modern towns and cities are dying, like in all of UK and western countries.
Used to live in Doncaster for a short time this will be interesting to watch 👍👍 may I also suggest 2 smaller towns to visit when lockdown ends Morley my home and Otley close to the Yorkshire Dales think you will really enjoy both places lots of pubs shops river walks and history
A long time since I was last in Doncaster. An old friend's settled there, it'll be good to meet up again - once we're over this Covid business. - The sign/slogan on the wall? There's an important word linking the others. Go see, if you missed it.
I used to live just down the road in Scunthorpe. During the 60's I had a girlfriend in Donny, she lived in Balby. No idea what ever happened to her... Her name was Janet World. Hello from the United States, and Florida.
Hi. Where are the people? Population of Doncaster 300000 and there are so few peimpression,.. abandoned town, with a lot of low sociality people in town centre. Like I said, I have been there just few times and would be more then happy if you could change my impression about Doncaster. Thank you for a video.
When the southern bus station closed it effectively killed that area of the town centre, waterdale died and any business around the area also. It was such a shame to see
You missed out more of waterdale if you walk up wood street then you will see more beautiful views and the trains station. There is also lakeside and belle Vue. Honestly Doncaster are making so many new big changes
Doncaster has a very mixed town centre. Some of it, especially around Cleveland Street and the Waterdale Centre is ugly, but equally a lot of it is lovely. Frenchgate since it was extended is very nice. Further out, there is the lovely little town of Bawtry, and Tickhill is also nice. What's sad though is the empty shops, and big voids like Debenhams that will be hard to fill.
Ahh my best friend is moving to Doncaster which is like hours away from where I live and I feel bad she’s gotta move there by the reviews of people saying it’s not the best place to live in ?
Doncaster is a shit hole with drugs gangs all over more shootings 8n last year that there's been in over ten years its crazy. Only this moring there's bene a dead body found in town centre of an 18 year old. Very toguht place to grow up n not alot of money about very poor ppl
O/ hi im 22 born and raised here in doncaster :) there are a lot of "secret" hideaway places that arent remembered anymore... its a shame really doncaster doesnt get the respect it deserves because of the local kids but ah well i suppose all areas have people like that
@@GimbalWalkTV Apologies for not getting back to you earlier. I have footage that covers the areas like the High Street, Hall Gate.... look at the material on here and see if we could swap material. Ignore the Listed building panels. th-cam.com/channels/WWhTh7Iz58qnLeP_mjpUEA.html
@@GimbalWalkTV Problem is when I was a kid/teenager most of those bits you showed were the nice bits lol! But I do look forward to it; for me your taking the tour so I never have to go back lol. I'll stick to Brid being my home town from now on :)
Also watch this walk through ROTHERHAM 👉 th-cam.com/video/JkrM9K_tzpI/w-d-xo.html
My husband and I went there in 2019 because of Louis Tomlinson’s video “Back To You”. We went to Keepmoat Stadium, and the skating rink at the Dome;-) Also, we stopped at the Yorkshire zoo after finding Louis’ old school at Hall Cross.He sings about Silver Street and it’s neon signs in his song “Change”…We all know that feeling when you go back home and things have changed…but also kind of stay the same. Louis and One Direction filmed “Gotta Be You” in MY hometown, so I get nostalgic every time I go back home . Louis knows how to write songs that one can relate to. He’s ace
Born in Doncaster in 1961 and grew up there, now living in Australia this has brought back so many memories, thank you for the tour around Donny, thoroughly enjoyed it !!
ha ha you sound like me ,born here in 1969 and came to Australia in 83 lived in Edenthorpe
Thanks for sharing this. It was pure nostalgia for me. I lived in Doncaster for eight months in 2009/10 as a foreign language assistant. Best 8 month of my life so far :) and seeing the town all bright and sunny was very lovely.
Ah great stuff - hope you are well and thank you so much for watching too!
I lived there for 6 years. Best 6 years of my life. I'm from Estonia. Love 🇪🇪
Just walked through on my way home from work. Dead, full of down and outs freaks and weirdos. Looks like you caught this on a quiet Sunday morning maybe. Town centre is finished and certainly doesn't belong to the locals anymore. That's for sure.
Dont' think it was a Sunday - think it was a mid morning one on a midweek from what I can remember
I agree. I’m from Doncaster and town centres usually full of junkies and chavs. Most of the shops in frenchgate are closed now
Too right
Very true its horrided to walk round
Locals? Who are moving in?
At one time of day, the market place was thriving, fabulous place to shop for just about anything you could think of from fresh breads, cheeses, meats through to plants, flowers, clothes and everyday essentials. The many independent shops offered great choices too. It was a busy town with lots to offer. Now (in my opinion) it is full of cheap shops, empty shops, boarded up places, multitude of pubs and cheap drinking holes, fast foods, phone shops, vape shops and not much else...except the host of doorway huggers, people down on their luck, those with addictions and during non covid times, streets where vomit dodging becomes an art form. Such a tragic shame, another great British town lost forever.
You're right. I loved the market and all the characters, I especially remember the china stall where they'd put on an a great show to attract the punters, throwing the plates around and with a 'patter' better than most 'entertainers' on tv nowadays. Then there was the lovely smell of Armitage's sweet stall and the fruit and veg sellers pitching bargains and washing locally grown celery, not to mention Britain's best fish market - including the cow heal and tripe stalls. . . . . folks who don't like tripe have never tried it done right! The there was Leesings near the market for the most delicious hot roast pork sandwiches - mmm. A great town.
The corrupt idiotic Council pedestrianised the town and it fell apart.
Town centre has changed so much since I was a child. Dad used to look up at the buildings and tell the history of them from when he was little
Lived in Donny all my childhood, I live in US now. This makes me want to come back. Still have my brother there, excuse to go back to visit, but i do love it, and miss the folks over there. Thank you for posting this my friend.
Thanks for the video! I lived in Doncaster for 6 years. Best time in my life! Cheers!
You’re welcome !
I was born in Doncaster and lived within walking distance of the town centre which was my playground as a kid. There are so many changes since I lived there. Some not always for the best.
Louis…is this you:-)
WOW! thank you for that tour of Donny! it was nice to see how different it looks since I left in 1992. It sure does look a lot cleaner than it used to.
Great vid!...Love the music...Funky!
Thank you!
So...Who IS the artiste?
@@tobytwirl04 Mixture of bands - Shazam should tell you (I can't remember which ones I used)
Lived here all my life, true it has seen better days and times, and we have lost too many old buildings but after regularly visiting other towns and cities around the country and comparing, Doncaster is still quite a nice town. Thank you for the video, there is a lot more to see, looking forward to part 2 :)
Looking forward to filming the next part of this one
@@GimbalWalkTV Thank you for the video, you did a great job! I live on the outskirts of Doncaster. If you were to do a follow up video you may consider including the following: In the town centre, Doncaster Minster, the newly paved and landscaped train station, the new Danum Library, Museum & Art Gallery, Cast Theatre and the brand new Savoy Cinema. On the outskirts highlights are: Lakeside & The Dome Leisure Centre, The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel and the School for the Deaf (opposite the hotel), Cusworth Hall and, of course, the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Hope that helps. Best wishes!
Thank you for the video. I live in Doncaster
Hi, please would you suggest the best place to live as an Immigrant?
it always amazes me that high st was part of the great north road a1 before the 60s bypass .could you imagine the traffic
Corrr I never knew that! That’s crazy. The traffic would have been horrific!
I remember it well. It used to take longer to get through Donny than it did to drive there from London. It all had to get over North Bridge!!
Lovely vlog, really enjoyed your walk around Sunny Donny. Thank you.🥰👍🏾
My pleasure 😊 Have a look on my channel there's so many more!
Love my town ❤️ can’t wait for Christmas
A pleasure to watch this walk. Doncaster looking lovely in the sunshine.
Thank you! Agreed!
Great film again Gimbal! My home town and where i still live. Surprised you didn''t go to the Railway Station and its 1930's frontage. Doncaster is famous for its railways and locomotive building. Glad the music is back. The cherry on top of the cake for me!!
I'm going back to film another one I think Anthony as I got a bit lost in this one!
Loved this, memory lane, although so many places are boarded up / shut down. I use to visit 7th Heaven night club and Rotters, those were the best days, 1980's
Agreed!
You made it look so lovely 😍, I've lived in donny all my life and it never looks this good 😂😂 good job
Ah thanks!
Alisha are you from hallcross
@@dambork1238 no don valley 😂
i live in doncaster too
It was good to see Doncaster somewhere I haven't been to for a long time, it's changed a lot what a shame about the decline of the market place I remember Doncaster having a good market many moons ago, thank you for showing 😎
Thanks Alex - the market might be better when things get back to normal - I'll film an updated one when it does
I was born in Doncaster. 1965 Auckley. I have a flat and job here. Glad to live in my birthplace.
You did well mate Doncaster’s changed a lot over the last 10 years not how I remember it has a child but hey ho you gotta move with the times still love my hometown
Well said Kevin
i live in doncaster now , it has lovey architecture , and a great history , the oldest classic horse race the st. leger dates back to 1776 , the mallard and flying scotsman steam engines were built here , all the surrounding villages had coal mines . another great video . thank you :) perhaps a future project for you is to film looking upwards at the architecture , york is full of little gems !
Oh yes York is definitely another one I will do more on (just did a couple - habe a look on the channel)
Will do more Doncaster ones too soon 👍
Russian name of the city.
Don - River. Caster is coal, fire. (Namely they did charcoal). That is, we have a complete compliance of the name and the mining region.
In fact, Doncaster is Don-Bass (Donetskaya Pool)
The second question is when they were the Russian language. Thames of the river also translates as dark)))
I miss sunny Donay.
thank you for featuring my town of Doncaster ,it is vastly improving all the time ,we have a lovely waterfront with barges ,Silver street is the place to be on a friday ,saturday night ,a lot of the pubs and clubs have boarded up their windows during lockdown to safe guard the premises ,moving on there is the beautiful minster just off the waterfront ,and as you say the racecourse where the famous St LEGER is run and the KEEPMOAT stadium home to Doncaster rovers ,also up town is the civic quater where we have the cast theatre ,and a new cinema and eateries as well as the dancing waters well worth a look next time .
Well said Dawn - I’m back soon to film more so will look at the places you mentioned - thank you! 👍👍❤️
@@GimbalWalkTV Wouldnt bother mate better places to visit like Bournemouth or poole
Ah you missed Hallgate, Waterdale, High Street, Priory Walk, Priory Place, Printing Office Street and Scot Lane out unfortunately
I'm back for part 2 in a week or so ❤️
@@GimbalWalkTV I'll keep an eye out for that then ^_^
Better off missing waterdale lol
Hi, I'm from the Caribbean, Trinidad 🇹🇹, I love the work, music and subtitles you did . Good work clean video .continue the good work ..Now I want to visit but didn't see the train stations 🤝
Thank you so much!
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Fantastic day...can you tell me about the famous works in this area? Which is job skills? And how much far this area for factory's sides for jobs purpose?
I’m not sure
Hi just discovered the malta walk and have very fond memories of living there in 1974 in tigne barracks my dad was in the royal marines .
I also remember swimming across from tigne point too valletta and in my reflection of this i realise how i took a huge risk doing this but what a memory . Steven Bruce
Crikey you’re a brave one! That’s one heck of a swim!!
Yeah it was i also remember swimming in front of the barracks with my brother i was trying to catch an octopus because the maltese paid us 50 cents and the granetas were amazing ,but i had an encounter with a shark swimming right next to me so i took off like an exocet missile to safety when back on dry land mummy shark came looking for its young one thank god i was out of the water 🙏 . Steven Bruce
I live in Milton walk in 131 house
Silver Street is more than busy on a night out, its absolute carnage in every sense of the word 😂 thanks for showing off Donny in such a lovely light, can't wait to see it open up again
Thanks for watching - I'll be back soon to film an updated one once things are up and running!
Barely recognized it. The last time I lived there was 1961, but I have been back on several occasions to visit family. It was always a bustling town, but it what appears to have happened since my last visit about ten years ago has shocked me.
what happened was your generation spent all your money instead of investing it so now the youth have no money to spend
also shopping moved online :D
you are an astonishing optimist mate i have to hand it to you
I can only go on what I see really Kurt!
lived in Doncaster late 80's and 90's, live in Canada now , brings back memories, thanks.
Our pleasure!
Your blessed and lucky. I still live in doncaster and believe me you aint missing anything now!!!!
How did you remove all the spiceheads and all the decay of humanity?? You have made doncaster look good again!! Well dun nice vidio..
@@stevejohnson1797 Thank you Steve!
I spent the first 20 years of my life in Doncaster, born and raised in Hatfield. Spent the last 20 years living in the Midlands and even though I fond memories of my 80s n 90s childhood and youth in Doncaster, I can't ever see me going back. We used to twag school sometimes and hang around the arndale centre and the market. We'd always be buying goofy things from the old joke shop inside the market, and then buy some vhs tapes from the stall opposite, because they were only 50p. And then it was off to buy a few records from our price. Everyone remember our price upstairs in the arndale?
Then it was off back to the market place and JD to check out the latest Reebok pumps and Jordan shoes. Good times.
Those days things were so much different weren't they Liam. Our Price records was one place I was spending all of my spare money!
@@GimbalWalkTV bought my first record in our price. It was def leppards animal, and I'd bought it out of my pocket money. Had to have been around summer of 88 if memory serves me correctly, and I'd have been 7 years old.
Do you remember the old Britannia stores aswell? I would go to town back then with my aunt and grandmother ever Saturday, and our price, Britannia, Woolworths, and Marks and Spencer were always on the list of places we'd shop in. And to finish off we would stop in at a cafe opposite what is now frechgate centre, and it was called poppin at pippens. I bet that cafe vanished 25-30 years ago now.
Everything had changed on your video, and the only two places that looked the same were rothwells chippy, and the black bull pub. And even rothwells had had a facelift. Makes me quite sad to see the place as it is today.
My hometown
You should let me know if I did ok - I went a strange route and almost got lost!
I let you know 👍
Was born in Donny, schooled in Danum Grammar, left when I was 21. Ocassionally go back, and always saddened by its decline. But nonetheless I will always have a certain attachment. Was good to see all the places that I remember from " my youth " . But am also very glad I live far away in always sunny Philippines.
高清拍攝，很好看。頓卡斯特非常好👍
Great video this, my hometown where I still live 👍 love watching your videos they're fantastic 😀
Thank you Conan - I have another Doncaster video coming soon too!
@@GimbalWalkTV Sounds great, I'll look out for that one 👍
Yet again another surprise in that Doncaster is lovely, I will never slag off South Yorkshire again. Please can you go to Halifax, there are so many places of interest and many beautiful Victorian buildings. x
I can! Watch this space - I'm looking forward to filming that one!
Doncaster is a shit hole it’s crap !
Doncaster shit hole one one the worst places iv ever lived
@@stubuchanan5129 got to agree with you on that one. I've lived in doncaster my whole life, 48yrs to be exact and its turn into a rate sh%t hole. Never used to be.
@@stubuchanan5129 it's amazing what a nice day and selective vidioing can do isn't it.
Wow I wouldn’t recognise the centre. Well filmed
Very nice ok place lovely are living there
Thank you
Well done. I would have liked to see you walk up Hallgate though and possibly onto South Parade. Not been back in 40 odd years so somewhat unrecognisable, but I was born in Donny, so brought back a few memories! Thanks :)
You’re welcome / will definitely cover those in part two!
@@GimbalWalkTV
Doncaster dn2 3rp
All my in laws live there been lots of times
Really enjoyed this excellent walking tour of Doncaster which looks a very modern town centre and not what I expected at all. People must appreciate that most places have their grot spots. The junkies, chavs and drop out's who congregate are not really the fault of the town planners but a sub-culture which has developed in society that is blighting all towns and cities right across the country. I bet there are equally as many weirdo's per square foot in the town where I live. Great video though!
Thank you. Agree with your analysis 100%
@John Cliff Bit extreme that John 😮
full of nostalgia for me bc i lived here as a kid
I love what I’m seeing, it’s quite and peaceful I believe
It was when I was there!
I am thinking of moving to Doncaster, however I am a bit hesitant because I saw it has a high criminality rate.
My nan lived in donny in the 90s and early 2000s and apart from rebranding of shops and no market its exactly the same as I remember it.
One thing missing in this tour video is the stadium of Doncaster.. otherwise thanks for your time and effort for this beautiful video
Thank you - I will add the stadium in the next one for sure!
Great walk around Doncaster! 👍 and I love the music! 🎶 it gives your videos such a nice vibe!! I'd also love to see Leeds or Durham 😁 it'd be great!
No problem - both are now on the filming list 👍
I really enjoyed tnat thank you
My pleasure!
Some nice Architecture. Looks nice and clean
Yes very!
I live there looks so much better without that many people. Wait till you see it when its full
Is it mad busy?
@@GimbalWalkTV just not nice not the same ive grown up here and its changed dont feel safe in some parts
@@JC-nu2ed I'm from Balby and it's ever madder here, people stabbing eatchother up for no reason everyday.
It is my birthplace and I love it to bits!
Well said - wish more people were positive like that!
Live in Doncaster now from Sheffield
Get thi sen to Sheffield down wicker and castle gate that will be a eye opener
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Wicker 👉 th-cam.com/video/rWHqkaItnjU/w-d-xo.html
I used to go to Doncaster quite often years ago, so sad to see so many places boarded up and closed.
Yeah - same in many towns and cities I film currently - sad times
I live in Doncaster I love 💘 ❤ 💕 💗 ♥ 💓 💘 ❤
Yes!!! Well said!
Omgg love this
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what a lovely town. i lived in Donny years ago and im now planning to move back to Donny. still can recognize some places though it had changed abit
Yes a lot of change in some parts!
I wouldn't bother Donny absolute shit hole now looks nice on this vid but that's it looks
Doncaster, the country i HAVE only BEEN and lived
I've never been but its a lot bigger than I thought, I see locals saying its rougher than it appears in your walk round , it's people that make or break a place .
Well said - it definitely is
Would love to visit. It’s the birth place of Diana Rigg one of the greatest actresses
Was a student at Donny Tech in the late 70s and I’m struggling to recognise anything of the town now. Spent a bit of study time in the ‘Staff of Life’ pub and Allports Cafe. Are they still there? On balance I prefer Adelaide, nothing’s boarded up here.
Yeah the Staff is still there, it hasn't changed
On your travels...How about Hartlepool in Cleveland? With some more Brill muzak... Ta muchly...
Nice and Clean City, 👆🏼
It is
I live in doncaster and theres a stayium
True
I am hoping to go up in two weeks time.My birthplace!
Awesome - enjoy!
Great videos of my home town Donny but I moved to Swansea recently and it would be great great to show beautiful Wales 😌
Oh definitely
there’s a few Wales places on my channel! 👍👍
Them song should be Ghost Town from the Specials filmed during the Covid lockdown
ha ha true!
i saw this movie about Doncaster and compared it to another about the same town in the 60'. Absolutely unrecognizable. Where have gone all that activity, the people , the transport activities, the many shops, instead of children you see pesioners and strangers. the old traditional building repaced by mega-boxes. modern towns and cities are dying, like in all of UK and western countries.
Great music
Used to live in Doncaster for a short time this will be interesting to watch 👍👍 may I also suggest 2 smaller towns to visit when lockdown ends Morley my home and Otley close to the Yorkshire Dales think you will really enjoy both places lots of pubs shops river walks and history
Great suggestions - Hadn't thought of those. Will have a look now and see if I can plan a route!
Thanks Aiden - that really is appreciated
A long time since I was last in Doncaster. An old friend's settled there, it'll be good to meet up again - once we're over this Covid business. - The sign/slogan on the wall? There's an important word linking the others. Go see, if you missed it.
I think I missed it - going to look again now
Live, Cope, Give, Hope & LOVE
@@mortxiii There's also HIPE which can throw you! Good word for quizzes, or scrabble.
唐卡斯特就是好，有大型商場，有火車站，有動物園，有售賣新鮮貨品的市場
非常真實。感謝您觀看我的影片
Hey mate great walk round again .... Any chance please can you do chesterfield please thanku 😊
Definitely Andy - it's on the way ❤️
Hope you are safe and well and thank you for the ongoing support I really appreciate it a lot!
Thanku mate
I used to live just down the road in Scunthorpe. During the 60's I had a girlfriend in Donny, she lived in Balby. No idea what ever happened to her... Her name was Janet World. Hello from the United States, and Florida.
Hi. Where are the people? Population of Doncaster 300000 and there are so few peimpression,.. abandoned town, with a lot of low sociality people in town centre. Like I said, I have been there just few times and would be more then happy if you could change my impression about Doncaster. Thank you for a video.
I enjoyed your travel vedio in the UK so much! Will you show the southwest of England as well?
Definitely! I've filmed lots and am about to release them 👍 Thank you so much for watching my channel too it really means a lot
Was there exactly a year before, at primark and the french gate as lockdown started. was so teaming with life. wtf have we done?
This was filmed during lockdown
When the southern bus station closed it effectively killed that area of the town centre, waterdale died and any business around the area also. It was such a shame to see
Ah no - that's not good
Are there any plans to redevelop and grow the centre?
Very busy traffic wise
Very!
Looks nice and big
Definitely
You missed out more of waterdale if you walk up wood street then you will see more beautiful views and the trains station. There is also lakeside and belle Vue. Honestly Doncaster are making so many new big changes
Definitely! I'm back shortly to film a more indepth one
I’ve been there ,it was beautifull place From Moldova with love!
Hi Moldova!
Hope you are safe and well my friend
Can i ask something?? Is that place are safe?? Beause base of my re search , its many crime and dangerous placed? Is that true??
My home town its changed a lot.
Definitely!
Are u sure you didnt catch your reflection in a mirror.....im i proud Doncastrian...up the Rovers!!!
I often do!
You missed all the spice heads injecting near Macds
There weren’t any
Doncaster has a very mixed town centre. Some of it, especially around Cleveland Street and the Waterdale Centre is ugly, but equally a lot of it is lovely. Frenchgate since it was extended is very nice.
Further out, there is the lovely little town of Bawtry, and Tickhill is also nice.
What's sad though is the empty shops, and big voids like Debenhams that will be hard to fill.
Yes so true
I wonder what will replace them
Nice video, but you missed Waterdale,'Culteral quarter',and The Girls on Thorne road on the Beat.
Aye 👍
What's the song called 9:23
can't remember - try the Shazam app (it's free) which will tell you any songs you hear on TH-cam or the TV or when you're out and about ❤️
I live there now and it’s not that nice 😅😂
Doncaster people dont' seem to be very postive about their town centre Moad.Is it that bad?
@@GimbalWalkTV yes. It's crowded, smell like weed, pee and smoke in some areas
@@lilly.kaitlyn oh no!!
Ahh my best friend is moving to Doncaster which is like hours away from where I live and I feel bad she’s gotta move there by the reviews of people saying it’s not the best place to live in ?
Doncaster is a shit hole with drugs gangs all over more shootings 8n last year that there's been in over ten years its crazy. Only this moring there's bene a dead body found in town centre of an 18 year old. Very toguht place to grow up n not alot of money about very poor ppl
I would like to know about schools and colleges here
Looks great, love the fact that there are plenty of beautiful trees in the main shopping area. THX
You're welcome!
O/ hi im 22 born and raised here in doncaster :) there are a lot of "secret" hideaway places that arent remembered anymore... its a shame really doncaster doesnt get the respect it deserves because of the local kids but ah well i suppose all areas have people like that
They do - every place I visit and film all have their good places and not so good parts
Nice place.Bet it's friendly!
It was!
Do you licence your material?
I havent' so far but would be open to it! 👍
@@GimbalWalkTV Apologies for not getting back to you earlier. I have footage that covers the areas like the High Street, Hall Gate.... look at the material on here and see if we could swap material. Ignore the Listed building panels.
th-cam.com/channels/WWhTh7Iz58qnLeP_mjpUEA.html
Well, that was my hometown walk... huh... well it's full of Barbers, Pound/Discount Shops, Bars, Pubs, fastfood and a few nightclubs... huh...
Part two coming soon - editing it as we speak - includes lots more and nicer areas
@@GimbalWalkTV Problem is when I was a kid/teenager most of those bits you showed were the nice bits lol! But I do look forward to it; for me your taking the tour so I never have to go back lol. I'll stick to Brid being my home town from now on :)
@@MrMightymind I can't blame you there Paul!
Lots of sterling board in Doncaster Town centre.
What does that mean
@@GimbalWalkTV Its the lumber they use to board up shop windows.