We Went to MARGATE. It's Not What We Expected
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- We went to Margate, we still had the remnants of food poisoning and the weather was rubbish!
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When the sun is shining and the skies are blue Margate is a lot brighter and happier, the beach is jam packed and most people have a smile on their face. And the sunsets are beautiful.
Unfortunately though it’s litter problem is so bad, we moved from Westbrook in Margate, two minutes from the beach, two years ago, we are now in The beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds and up here it’s really noticeable the difference being virtually no litter or graffiti, we still own a house in central Margate that the local oxygen thieves keep on with the graffiti
Margate is a dump, sunny weather or not, take a walk up the high street!
Thanet poking out into the sea as it does, makes the light great for artists, and has done historically
Margate is lovely
@@vijayafernando1 depends on what your comparing it with!
So spot on about 'art" James, totally agree with you there!😂
Fantastic main sands, incredible views and skies, Old Town area vibrant (at times) but always pretty. Interesting bars (e.g. the Fez), and some good restaurants. What the hell do you want in a British seaside resort?
I’m a local and your comments about Turner Contemporary had me in stitches. The Old Town is fantastic, but when I was a child it was very rundown and squalid and one of the worst places to live in the town.
When you came out of the Grotto, if you’d continued up the hill to Northdown Road and turned left, a few minutes walk would have brought you to the Margate Caves.
It’s a shame, how much places have deteriorated.
My grandmother was from Kent ( Canterbury/ Felixstowe) and it was gorgeous in the 1800 hundreds until now!!
I boarded a ferry ( in the early 80’s ) from Ramsgate on a 21st birthday celebration! Couldn’t believe what a lovely area it was! Really sad?
Downward spiral is happening everywhere!!
Agree about the modern art ,,,,load of tosh!! Xx
Yes me and my ex went on the France and back ferry trip back in the 80s. Good times
Dreamland is now owned by Live Nation and regularly hosts concerts by major artists. Quirky venue but I have seen some good bands there.
Modern art is done by people who can't paint and admired by people who don't know.😆
Gaz Yorkshire.
Ha ha ha! You remind me of me dad! And that is a huge compliment! He were born in Scarborough. Raised in Halifax. Had absolutely no truck with pretentiousness!! I love Northerners!
25 44 Perhaps all the accommodation is taken by asylum seekers awaiting for their Kier Starmer amnesty😎
Gaz Yorkshire.
Margate is fine. The hot sunshine will bring hoards back. I agree The Shell Grotto is amazing.
I like how you have a rant,then say you’ve done with your rant ,and proceed to have another rant 😉👍🏼
I cant resist!! 😂
One of my colleagues at Sainsbury's was so gormless that he booked a holiday for himself and his parents in a hotel that had an hourly rate. It kept us amused for weeks.
Absolutely priceless!!!🤡🤮🥲👎
@@KateGreenhalgh-n5u no it wasn't priceless, they charged by the hour! 🤔
Please you two don't ever stop being you. Love you two. Your videos always make me laugh.
Your trip and tour around Margate was exactly the same as mine 40yrs ago, it has always been a run down place, enjoyed your banter, good luck!
Wow!! 😳😳😳 That shell grotto, what a stunning place, 4.6 million shells 😳😲😮 that must of taken years to do and someone truly talented to do that.... Now THAT'S art!! 😍😍😍😍💖 Stunning!
We went there last year as we used to
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As kids -it’s a shit
Hole we left days early
Discovered by someone while walking in his garden, inthe 1800s nobody knows how it got there
Well you’ve done a great job at promoting Margate. The shell grotto looked like an Arabic bath house. We are off to Bilbao soon and if the art inside the Guggenheim gallery is all modern we will admire the building from the outside. Thanks James and Helen.
Omg that shell house was one of the most amazing things ever. I would go to Margate just to see that. Thanks great video once again.
We visited yesterday and have posted a video of the beach. We were amazed by the crowds of people we saw enjoying themselves on the beach.
That building at about 25:50 was used in the Sam Mendes film called Empire of Light with Olivia Coleman. It is set in the early 1980s and the building was renamed "The Empire" for it. I think it was only used for external shots though.
I think the skip wagon had just dropped the latest exhibition off !
🤣😂 Yellow dungarees and funny shaped glasses. I hope you two are feeling better after the oyster colonic irrigation, I had a similar thing in France, thankfully the bidet was right next to the WC for synchronised evacuation.🤕😷😏
I still can't believe that British people think that bidets are for weirdos, they are an amazing invention and so useful. I have only ever seen one bidet in an English home and that was my aunt.
I’m not sure we were ready for the bedroom scene😂 we were in Margate on Monday it’s definitely a different place when the sun is out and 25 degrees, but your right it is run down, but the old town is worth a visit. The old Dreamland has some good music events on
“I’ve got me underpants on don’t worry”😂😂 Holiday inn express, what does the express bit mean? “It just means it’s gonna be crap” 😂😂. And the painting named Beige 😂 Brilliant ⭐️
Glad you took a look at Margate drove through there about 14 years ago and didn't stop. Did enjoy Broadstairs though and visiting Dungeness was very interesting.Hope you are both better soon I sympathise as we once got food poisoning on a flight into San Fran 3 days in a motel room.Arrowroot biscuits and cream soda was our diet. Enjoy your videos as well as Gary Eats.Thanks for talking so kindly about him
Hi i live in margate. The top four council workers are earning about £200,000 a year each . While most of the drains are full to the top with rubbish and soil. In some places the weeds in the curb and on the pavements are well over a foot high. COUNCIL NEEDS A SHAKE UP . Think I'll do a shaming video .
The roads in Thanet seriously need sorting! I've sold 2 of my previous cars mainly because low profile cars and Thanet roads are INSANE!!!!!!
Disgusting that these councillors are hogging so much money from the trough , yet watching places deteriorate. I spent many a great days and nights in Margate , as lived in Ramsgate from 17 old years until I had my first son in 89. I am now 58. Some brilliant memories. Margate used to be heaving in the summer months
"Load of old shite" My thoughts exactly on that so called art. loving the banter as usual. Never been Margate but remember it was the place visited in the only fools and horses special Jolly boy's outing .
Its a shame you didn't get to see the best of margate. Dreamland brings many folks to margate for concerts. A grest venue. Please give it another try on a busy sunny day.
Wow very rough like most costal places now .. too expensive compared to trips abroad and that’s killed it. Sad but true. And I can’t see them ever recovering.
Most abroad places are not cheap, it's a lot of greedy UK resorts cost more, so makes abroad look more affordable, also with almost guaranteed warm and sunny weather.
I moved from Scotland to Margate in 1986 worked in the Pizza Hut and a couple of pubs best summer of my life still go back nearly 40 years later just love the place
I lived there in the late 80s early nineties and it’s changed beyond belief like you said it no longer feels like a seaside town at all anymore and since Bembom brothers was shut down even when it reopened as dreamland it was never the same it’s so sad that our seaside towns have mostly all gone downhill. Love the channel👍
The amusement park opened in the 1880s and was first called Dreamland in the 1920s. The Bembom Brothers name was a short-lived blip. I lived in Margate as a child and live close by now. I never stopped calling it Dreamland; I suspect I wasn’t alone.
By the look of this video, I won't be planning a trip to Margate any time soon. Poor Helen looked so exhausted. I hope you both feel better soon ❤
I think I will be giving this place a huge swerve...shame.
Get well soon ❤
Please don't let this video sway your decision
Thanet inspires Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in all of us.
Well thanks for the Heads Up! I will give that place a miss. Thanks for taking one for us😂
It’s totally different on a sunny day, the beach will be packed, stick to the old town area, the rest of the high street is pretty barren.
margate was fun, enjoyable, exciting in the 70's and 80's i loved it, now i hate it and avoid it, such a shame that the young generation like my son will not see the margate i used to love years back , the fantastic fun we had every saturday of the crazy amounts of arcades, delicious fish&chips, a fab high street, and the popular thrilling dreamland, i used to cry when we had to go home, all gone such a shame,x
U tube “the day trip” (1974) a MAN ALiVE ,it’s fantastic snapshot of what we once had..
@@marianneharris-ux9pq Kids can play better quality video games in their bedrooms these days than Pac-Man/ Tetris etc, so pointless having 99% of those, then the gambling machines, the law changed so you had to be 16, then 18 to play them, now I think it’s 21 so they’re treated like casino’s, then token jackpot machines were banned, the 1p /2p machines also fell under stricter gambling laws, which were hardly ever played or earned any money, so the amount of slot machines has been reduced to the ones that earn/are played the most by the suppliers and then made more space for the family friendly, games, so basketball, win an i phone on the grab machines (no chance! Barring if you put in £1500+ and maybe the claw will grab it properly once)
I hear you, I lived through that era. Hard to recreate, but so is it in many UK towns, especially the seaside ones.
Honestly Helen, how do you put up with such a grouch? You are always so positive.
Whitchurch is the oldest town in Shropshire - you could camp at Hadley park (breakfast cabin), visit Raven antiques, eat at Moo and Boom and investigate the cancel festival or dagfields. Fridays is market day.
Went to Margate on holiday in the late 80's when I was in my 20's. It was in decay then & the only attraction to speak of was the shell grotty, all the shells are ruined because of the lighting they used before electricity, I nearly got beaten up in pubs on several occasions because I'm Northern, and I discovered I was allergic to cats as the couple me and my girlfriend stayed with had three and my airwaves closed up and I couldn't breathe. It was great (to get home), had to leave after a few days because of the cat allergy. Happy days.
Welcome to Margate. I love living here and when the weather is nice it's extra special. There's loads to offer visitors and yes its under funded by TDC and we have a litter, that aside the beach is beautiful but the best part are the sunsets. Totally agree with the chap about the Turner Gallery. ☀️🕉
1:18 😂😂😂😂 straight to the point
To say something is "crap" because you don't like it or understand it is only displaying your own limitations. There is room in the world of art for all forms of expression and creativity and that can only be a good thing. There were probably many visitors who had a different take on the work on display than yourselves and that does not make them pretentious. Also, from my understanding, the Turner Contemporary is a free entry attraction so, rather than running it down, it would be more productive to find something positive to say. If you were unable to do this, then why say anything? The bottom line is, if you don't understand or appreciate the diversity of the art world, then don't demean it just to find content for your channel.
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A lot of word but still crap
Yeah, it was crap
Best thing in the turner centre was the lift..it was huge.Have to say 95% of the 'art' displayed around Margate and cliftonville has me pondering could I achieve this by covering my cat in paint and shutting it in the bathroom with a canvas.... probably.
Yet another great vlog i love helen so much i could watch her all day her comments are so funny , james you are getting better and better your none ranting ranting vlogs are so funny.
On a serious note we would like to send our most heartfelt condolences, and deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who have so tragically lost their lives in southport lynn and john❤❤❤❤
You will like broadstairs better, its the more upmarket area of thanet (Margate, broadstairs, and Ramsgate) Dreamland is mainly a music venue these days, i saw Bryan Adams there a couple of weeks ago, the beach gets packed solid on a sunny day on weekend this time of year.
Its amazing how differently we all see things. I really enjoyed the Ed Clark exhibition the beautiful colours and his experementation with pigment, shapes and texture. I didnt like everything but I came away seeing the world a bit differently and feeling that I experienced somethig quite special and out of the ordinary I also enjoyed learning a little more about cultural history it felt exciting that this artist was breaking new ground. ❤ Margate
Look at you two sitting in the van at the end desperately trying not to say Margate was crap 😂
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Another great video, keep the good informative work up.
Thanks ever so much for the tour of Margate, it saves me going there😉
lol….fantastic truthful video. I was brought up in Kent and in the early 80s it was a beautiful family resort but now it is a bit of a druggie dump. It used to have easy train access from most of Kent but the last time I went I was frightened to leave my car in the car park lol lol
In fairness, access from other parts of Kent by rail is probably better now than it’s ever been since the opening of HS1 and the introduction of the Javelin services.
8:35 not sure if you missed it or noticed it but there is chinese vases (I'm guessing repros) but also coming from an antiques background, knowing how the chinese market is hot for old pieces, there looks to be a bronze vase 3rd one on the top shelf. I would of taken a look at. But as they sell chinese inlaid boxes it could quite possibly of been bronze. 😳
I remember about forty five years ago aged about 17 I went to an open day at Manchester Polytechnic where my brother was studying art, there was one student whose entire portfolio was ladies foo foos in various mediums, never got modern art since then
Ladies foo foos...I love it!! LOL
Hope you soon get your mo Jo back, enjoyed being with you, but agree the place was dismal,
Lots of love, Lyn 💕
Yep. lots of naked ladies in art galleries.
Hope you both feel better soon xx
I remember being taken to Margate when I lived in London by the local vicar and his family and it was run down even then and that was 1980s. There is a photo of me and his 3 their 3 kids trying to have ice cream in the wind and rain.
Hope your both feeling better xxx ❤
I spent a weekend in Margate two years ago for a music event. I hadn't been properly since childhood in the 1970s when we had a family holiday there (cheap holiday option for less than wealthy Kent families!). And early 1980s many times for the former Dreamland, then called Bembom Brothers, with its Looping Star ride. And briefly in the 1990s.
I was pleasantly surprised. It certainly took a bad turn in the 1990s, and there's still run down streets and deprivation. But it was a vast improvement on the '90s. Many nice streets off the high street with friendly, trendy little bars, microbreweries, coffee shops, bakeries, and restaurants. And traditional older pubs.
We had good coffee, food and drinks, not too expensive. Great curry!
The beach is nice, there's a music scene (am not into art so didn't explore that side of the town), and fish&chips on the seafront is still good!
The beach was the place for staging a weekend of motorcycle races, and there were bikes, scooters and nice cars coming in from all over the country.
We stayed in an old fashioned B&B that had been modernised and was close to the beach. Communal breakfast room, took me back to my childhood!
I just had a feeling that it was a place on the up, accepting it had problems, but was trying to overcome them.
I'd certainly visit again.
A while back they exhibited quite a lot of Tracey Emin's work, a few of her with legs akimbo flashing her lady garden. Not a pretty sight!
You should have booked in for a colonoscopy while your colon was so empty. Besides, it would probably have been more fun than wandering around Margate.
Haha , wish I’d thought of that 😂
Dedication - carrying on through it all! HIE pretty good.
I agree, that shell cave gave off weird vibes and I could feel it from the interwebz.
Haha after seeing the only fools and horses flyer I was half expecting chas n dave down to margate another cracking show guys 😎
when tony blaire and labour got into power margate got no money and the town went to ruins and all the seaside shops closed down the arcades barely survived and basally is now just keeping it's head above water.
The old Kent market is fantastic,well worth a visit ❤
Totally agree with you about the modern art, it's just not art and then they will charge thousands for it, really is taking the mick! Appreciate the effort you both must have made bringing us another great vlog after you were both so ill x
Pint of Guinness and a packet of crisps, should be a safe bet, no poo,
It’s 200% better than it was when I moved down 20yrs ago. Like all sea side town away from the front it’s run down but there is lot of investment from the DFL’s (down from Londoners) and the arts side. I proffer margate to Brighton give it a couple more years it will be up there again as a top place to visit. Next time try and time it for the soul festival.
😂😂 James waiting on his six pack.🎉
First of all, congratulations on putting together such a good video together when you were both obviously feeling way below par...As someone who has been to Margate almost every year this century for the Soul Festival, I've got to know the seafront / old town area pretty well and thought you might find it interesting if I filled in a few gaps for you - not that I suspect you will ever return !! ;-) ... The festival takes place on the first weekend in August every year and coincides with the town's annual carnival so this weekend will be a total contrast to what you experienced, it WILL be rammed down there ! The Soul thing all started when a couple of DJ mates of mine from the town set up a pair of decks on a table right outside where the Old Kent Market where you went, and played tunes for the carnival crowd in the area - I actually stood for an hour in the doorway, chatting, taking photos and even dancing (a little!) back in 2022 to mark what I think was the 20th anniversary and the first one back after c***d. When you stood looking at the information office on the edge of the harbour, there are cafes and bars along the harbour arm there, the best one being The Lighthouse Bar and on a hot summer's day it is just the best place to be, an oasis of calm away from the crowds with the DJs always playing some great 70s & 80s soul tracks. As for the Turner gallery, the best thing about that is it is free to get in and an easy place to use a nice clean toilet over the weekend!!! There are at least three open air stages in the area, one is set up under the trees outside the Wig & Pen in what is the Old Town Market Square and when you showed Helen standing there, rght behind her was the Town Hall and Margate Museum, but as you found out being 5-6pm on a rainy Thursday, most things were closed. The main stage used to be on the plaza on the seafront where there are loads of tables and chairs for the cafes & bars there now. I can't believe you missed Peter's Fish Factory it was just on your right as you walked round the corner hunting suitable food and always seems to be the must go to place for fish n chips in between the afternoon & evening gigs. It must have been closed or I am sure you would have smelt it !! The Harbour Bar Cafe just along from there does really nice homemade burgers and last time I went we had a very reasonably priced and generously portioned pub meal in Charlies Bar wich you walked past too. Right at the start of the video you showed the remains of the famous old Lido which this weekend will be magically transformed into the new Sunset Stage where Heatwave and Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes (neither with many surviving original members alas!) will be headlining on the Saturday & Sunday. This replaces the old site, also right on the seafront behind the famous Winter Gardens, just down the road which has now sadly closed down - I can't wait to see how the guys have achieved this. I saw excellent performances by Deniece Williams and Gwen Dickey of Rose Royce on the old Sunset Stage, really special atmosphere. I am glad you liked the Old Town generally, also known as the Arts Quarter, and found the Shell Grotto which I went in myself for the first time last year - totally unique and mysterious ! The Margate Caves are nearby , but I haven't visited them yet and they are on the list for my next trip. As for Dreamland, well, you eventually found the pedestrian main entrance leading to the music venue, roller disco and other indoor attractions, but these are just the modern extension of the vintage theme park behind, which is best accessed from the huge car park the other side from where you glimpsed in from Arlington House flats. As well as bumper cars, waltzers, etc and The Big Wheel (which you can't miss) from the car park you get a great view of the amazing restored WOODEN rollercoaster ride. Margate is certainly full of character and seaside history, and admittedly parts off the beaten track are very depressing, but my weekends there in the sun amongst fellow Old Gits with great old soul music songs pouring out of every bar & venue are some of my facourite memories in the last 20/25 years. PS : I was amazed you hadn't stayed at a Holiday Inn (Express) -generally speaking you've got Travelodge (lovely bed but virtually nothing else) Premier Inn (also lovely bed but with a pub across the car park for breakfast or evening meals) and the Holiday Inn with it all on site - and the reason me and my son often used to stay there on our road trips, the all you can eat unlimited breakfast included in the cost of the room. I think it's changed now, I haven't stayed in one since he started senior school, but it was great being able to go down in your trackies & slippers and stocking up before the next day on our adventures ! Hope you got to read all this ... sorry, I suffer from Diarrhea too - VERBAL Diarrhea !! Good luck with your van issue - what a nightmare !!
Get something healthy to eat . No Oysters . Remember what happened recently . 😳🤢🌷
Love it J&H so true. Your introduction music James topped the vid. 👍 more please ❤
Not kidding, I was crying with laughter , watching you n Hellybobs strolling round Margate!! What a wet weekend of a resort- loved your modern art description!!! Hope all was well at the Holiday Inn Express! 🤡👍⭐️❤️
Totally agree with on modern "art" shite!!!! 😂
James helen,im surprised you didn't play everybody's talkin,song by neillson to margate,jolly boys outing,from the movie midnight cowboy,or would that of occurred a copyright strike.
I would have loved to its one of my favourite songs but unfortunately its unavailable to licence
Can you get away from the beach and do villages in the Cotswolds I’m in the north east and am intrigued by the place.
Beautiful in the Cotswolds. Especially if, like me, you love Antique shops and cream teas
Another great video. Shame these seaside towns are becoming like this, I hope you and Helen are feeling better ❤❤ description of the painting it was beige and it was called 'beige'😂😂😂
Imagine the view before that eye sore was built. It was beautiful, now we have a shed full of trash
♫Down to Margate Don't forget your buckets and spades and...and....♫...GULP....maybe not? 😮
Feel better soon 😘😊
Thanks for showing us Margate so we don't have to go, but amazed you could stand visiting a sea shell temple after the oyster troubles. Oh dear, it takes a while to get over seafood poisoning - our clapped out old labrador looks perkier than you both in the final scene.
Doesn’t look to be the most exciting place in the world but each to their own. Hour you are feeling better
Modern art? That young policeman, John Constable, had the right idea. Proper picture of an 'orse and cart. But why did he call it "Hey, Wayne!"? Do you think that was the name of the fella in the piccie?
This is the Seaside town , that they forgot to close down ....
Should of visited Mrs Creswell at the Villa Bella lol
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It's the jolly boys outing ....
Hello Margate and Lock up your daughters 😂
Margate is crap! It's got the rich side where it's all gentrified and expensive which prices a lot of us out. The rest of it is run down and derelict. It's a boring place to go if your not into art. I only go to Margate if I have to (I live local)
Lived in Margate for over 50 years and watched it go from a great place down to a ghost town and now thanks to the Turner slowly going back up again. Agree with you about the Art every exhibition they put on is not very clever. The local council have a lot to answer for closing down local theatres and museums including the Tudor House which has been shut for about 2years. Still the sun has been out for the last few days and the place has been rammed, you came a few days to soon.
Ive lived in Margate my whole life..still here..and can confirm that the Turner Centre is a load of shite. The locals agree... it's mostly aimed at trendy londoners... the whole 'art' scene here is just embarrassing 😂😂😂
The best thing about margate is they filmed the jollys boys outing there for the 1989 only fools christmas special. 😁👍🏻
I totally agree it’s the same in supermarkets you’ve seen em the people who study peanuts for 10 minutes or ponder at the cheese counter for ever and you can’t get what you want drives me mad ,you’re doing great guys despite the bacteria 😂
It makes you think what other people think when they come from overseas.
Went to Tate Modern London some years ago and saw nothing I'd wish to see on my living room wall or anywhere in my home.
Sorry you were still feeling a bit off. The Shell Grotto was interesting, and the Tudor house will be nice if it ever gets finished. ❤🇦🇺
You should do the ceiling of the van in shells from all the places you visit
I wonder who took the time to count all those shells? 4.6 million of them, at one shell per second, I'm guessing, it would have taken about 10 years LOL
Your food poisoning should of been notified and tests done to see what pathogen caused it, it can be fatal for some people in some cases.
You were both quite ill.
Gaz Yorkshire
That big building is diabolical
Yourself and Helen on a Jolly Boys Outing. Thanks for showing us how Margate is today, it would have been lovely to visit over 30 years ago, but not now. Dave
The shell place was so intricately interesting but I agree w Helen about the creepy vibe. You poor kids convalescing so nicely. Pick up some Activated Charcoal capsules just in case there is ever a next time. They really help when you are about to die~ they take about 20 minutes to absorb the toxin & then you feel better right away. hugs! missy
U both looked exhausted. Bless. Hope u rested up. 🫶🏻xx
The Weather was rubbish ??? .................. LMAO
that dreamland building was a cinema....down the small road next to the building is the dreamland park.
Great vlog,,,I agree with you regarding the so called art and yes Helen crystals are a myth and I definitely think a load of old rubbish like feng shui❤