I lived in Barnsley from birth to 28 years old. Spent 4 years in Scotland and the next 34 years in South Africa .I come back to Barnsley twice a year to visit family and friends and each time I visit I could cry. From being a vibrant market town with jobs aplenty and the best pubs in Yorkshire, it is now a town of charity shops and money lenders. It is a ghost town...a shadow of its former self
I left over 30 years ago. Last time I went back, the multi storey car park on Jumble Lane was in a half demolished state, with bits of metal and masonry dangling dangerously over the side of the structure. Okay, it’s probably gone now but it was left half in a half demolished state for yonks and it looked really unsightly. Eldon Street looked a gaudy mess, with many of the buildings having been painted in colours that don’t match and the May Day Green area was full of smack heads, crack heads and spice monkeys, hand tapping and harassing people for money. Even most of the buildings look horrible with there being no over all style and everything clashing. Half the shops were closed and at night the drunks just pissed in the streets openly, no one daring to challenge the culprits for fear of abuse or violence. Meanwhile, the ruling Labour local authorities, who have held power uninterrupted since the 1930’s can’t seem to attract investment and are content to drape banners all over the town, telling everyone that “Barnsley welcomes LGBTQ pride.” And for all that, if you stuck a Labour rosette upon a monkey and put it up as a Labour candidate, people would still vote for it, just because their mum, dad, grandma and granddad all voted Labour. I’m so glad that I left. I haven’t been back in seven years. You can feel the apathy as you walk through the place. It’s just so sad to let the town die like that, but what can you do?
I lived in this lovely town from 1978 till 1980 and loved it , used to visit yearly for 10 after that but did not visit since but still have a lot of memories and i mad a lot of friends from all nationalities as I was studying at Barnsley college of tech. still have some dudes living their and really was a a great period of my life ,mind the city changed a lot since as I see in the video but still it touch my soul when it is mentioned or meet some one from there . Isam
Absolutely love Barnsley and its people...have a lot of happy memories of the 'tarn' and of the Hutchinson family from Princess Street. Also, I've followed Barnsley F.C. since watching them at Oakwell in 1982...hoping to get to a game or two this season. Taff
Nice town! Visited in autumn 2017. Interesting to see a real English town with not too many foreigners. (Yes! When I am travelling I don't want "international, world open" places, as these places are evreywhere the same). I want typical, traditional places according to the countries history.
thanks for this, i left Barnsley in 1980 and only come back occasionally. great to see the old place, still has a big soft spot in my heart. Is there anywhere left in Barnsley to go for a drink if you are over 18? My last visit to the town centre on a Saturday night left me running for my car.
I lived in Barnsley between 2002 and 2004! I have to say that those were 2 of worse years of my life. Racism and ignorance are two perfect words to describe Barnsley.
It fluctuates I reckon; reactionary crap from frustrated, downtrodden working class people. To dismiss the entire area as a hotbed for racism and ignorance without even remotely addressing the reasons as to why it came about is pretty disingenuous to be honest...
That’s exactly how it was the last time I went; it was full of smack heads, crack heads and spice monkeys, all sat down outside shop doorways or else roaming up and down, hand tapping people for money around May Day Green, Peel Square and Eldon Street. You can feel the apathy, just walking around. Now that my mum and dad are gone I haven’t been back in years.
I live in Barnsley and have always liked it. I want to move out now, it looks a dump on this video. The people it showed are not the people that I see when I am walking around town, but I suppose the whole country is changing, not due to the europeans, who have always been in Barnsley but due to the drug culture and poorly educated scum walking the streets and stealing to feed there habit.
@@whatamalike kind of miss old town though ngl cas it’s different seeing it now and how different it is. These old videos are the only memories of OG town from when I was a kid.
and now its crap thanks to the council spending millions on a new market that has half the stalls it was back then more expensive rents less folk going in
i think any decrepit japanese city full of highways, pollution and crap apartment blocks is far more depressing that aby of our towns and cities after all you have astronomical suicide rates over there
I lived in Barnsley from birth to 28 years old. Spent 4 years in Scotland and the next 34 years in South Africa .I come back to Barnsley twice a year to visit family and friends and each time I visit I could cry. From being a vibrant market town with jobs aplenty and the best pubs in Yorkshire, it is now a town of charity shops and money lenders. It is a ghost town...a shadow of its former self
sonia barrett it's oreyt, We've got a new greggs (open on night out) now and at least it's not as bad as rotherham!
I left over 30 years ago. Last time I went back, the multi storey car park on Jumble Lane was in a half demolished state, with bits of metal and masonry dangling dangerously over the side of the structure. Okay, it’s probably gone now but it was left half in a half demolished state for yonks and it looked really unsightly.
Eldon Street looked a gaudy mess, with many of the buildings having been painted in colours that don’t match and the May Day Green area was full of smack heads, crack heads and spice monkeys, hand tapping and harassing people for money. Even most of the buildings look horrible with there being no over all style and everything clashing.
Half the shops were closed and at night the drunks just pissed in the streets openly, no one daring to challenge the culprits for fear of abuse or violence.
Meanwhile, the ruling Labour local authorities, who have held power uninterrupted since the 1930’s can’t seem to attract investment and are content to drape banners all over the town, telling everyone that “Barnsley welcomes LGBTQ pride.”
And for all that, if you stuck a Labour rosette upon a monkey and put it up as a Labour candidate, people would still vote for it, just because their mum, dad, grandma and granddad all voted Labour.
I’m so glad that I left. I haven’t been back in seven years. You can feel the apathy as you walk through the place. It’s just so sad to let the town die like that, but what can you do?
It's a great town and love the accent. Half of my family were from Barnsley as well and i'm proud to be an honorary Yorkshireman.
I lived in this lovely town from 1978 till 1980 and loved it , used to visit yearly for 10 after that but did not visit since but still have a lot of memories and i mad a lot of friends from all nationalities as I was studying at Barnsley college of tech. still have some dudes living their and really was a a great period of my life ,mind the city changed a lot since as I see in the video but still it touch my soul when it is mentioned or meet some one from there . Isam
Isam…. Did you know Zaher, Bassam, Jalal, Maher, Elias….?
Absolutely love Barnsley and its people...have a lot of happy memories of the 'tarn' and of the Hutchinson family from Princess Street. Also, I've followed Barnsley F.C. since watching them at Oakwell in 1982...hoping to get to a game or two this season. Taff
2004 - now
watching this is like a time-machine 🥲
Spent my first 11 years in Barnsley. The family moved in 1964 to Blackpool. Recognise a few of the old buildings.
Nice town! Visited in autumn 2017. Interesting to see a real English town with not too many foreigners. (Yes! When I am travelling I don't want "international, world open" places, as these places are evreywhere the same). I want typical, traditional places according to the countries history.
Hassan Ali Husseini weird thing for a bloke called Hassan to say
@@alfierollin9673 yeah man very wierd obviously taking piss because it's full to brim nar lol
i was there last weekend completely changed since video i think its gonna look good when finished
thanks for this, i left Barnsley in 1980 and only come back occasionally. great to see the old place, still has a big soft spot in my heart. Is there anywhere left in Barnsley to go for a drink if you are over 18? My last visit to the town centre on a Saturday night left me running for my car.
where are you living now?
@@JamaicanToast hi x
@@alexpusey6732 hi al
I miss it when town was like this :(
They have took the heart out of Barnsley and tried to make it like other towns
Wow, we got Greggs, a Heart Foundation charity shop 'and' a his and hers barbers; think i might cancel my trip to New York.
150% better in 2022
Looking at this !! I don't think they've had there
Dinghy invasion yet !!??
3:55 Why is there a credit union building in this video?
Why not?
who wever was filming this is stood right outside alambra
It's not little it's huge I go there all the time
2bed rooms apartment in uk barnslay fully furnished for rent june to august
Pink jeans had some bounce in the bra
i can remember when i used to love going to the underground toilets at 1:42
hi x
I lived in Barnsley between 2002 and 2004! I have to say that those were 2 of worse years of my life. Racism and ignorance are two perfect words to describe Barnsley.
really damm that sucks
It fluctuates I reckon; reactionary crap from frustrated, downtrodden working class people. To dismiss the entire area as a hotbed for racism and ignorance without even remotely addressing the reasons as to why it came about is pretty disingenuous to be honest...
Wanker, is a perfect word to describe you.
3:08 lol no manners
born in barnsley but never lived there All My family live there though.. if anyone knows the jones ☺
Barnsley twinned with Shitole!
nolson twinned with asholeson
its a shame barnsley has changed so much since this vid was done .not a spicehead in sight now theres one in everydoorway and underpass sad sad town
That’s exactly how it was the last time I went; it was full of smack heads, crack heads and spice monkeys, all sat down outside shop doorways or else roaming up and down, hand tapping people for money around May Day Green, Peel Square and Eldon Street.
You can feel the apathy, just walking around. Now that my mum and dad are gone I haven’t been back in years.
I live in Barnsley and have always liked it. I want to move out now, it looks a dump on this video. The people it showed are not the people that I see when I am walking around town, but I suppose the whole country is changing, not due to the europeans, who have always been in Barnsley but due to the drug culture and poorly educated scum walking the streets and stealing to feed there habit.
joe powell have u left barnsley yet
haha jenny
hi x
Barnsley’s worse na than back when this video was made.
true, and even when this video was made (2012) it had already been a bit dire for at least 10 years!
@@whatamalike Mamba necks and smack heads passed out on fuckin benches.
@@MCPsychoNatural Yep. Lots of social problems in Barnsley. All of which are not going to be solved with a new shopping center!
@@whatamalike kind of miss old town though ngl cas it’s different seeing it now and how different it is. These old videos are the only memories of OG town from when I was a kid.
and now its crap thanks to the council spending millions on a new market that has half the stalls it was back then more expensive rents less folk going in
wellcome to the most depresing place on this planet..
i think any decrepit japanese city full of highways, pollution and crap apartment blocks is far more depressing that aby of our towns and cities after all you have astronomical suicide rates over there
Wow, we got Greggs, a Heart Foundation charity shop 'and' a his and hers barbers; think i might cancel my trip to New York.