First, thanks for the tour mate, I haven't been in Batley town centre for a LONG time, but I can tell from the video it's unrecognisable from when I was thre 40 years ago. Favourite memories: the magnificent Library; hustle & bustle of the Market; dropping off film for developing at the chemist near the market or next to Woolies; Woolies for the Top 40 records and the PickNMix; Hillards; Howden's newsagents for my custom car and bodybuilding mags (still got most of them!); Whaley's optician's (I can still smell the nice cleaning fluids), and of course eating ice cream in the memorial park after a hard day's shopping.😊
Had my left ear pierced there about 1980!.. And my Mum bought me a lovely watch from there a few years later for my 19th birthday but sadly lost it in a fight outside the Exclusiv nightclub. It was mental back then - Lots of fights when the pubs were throwing out! But also happy, memorable days too!
I had a Saturday job at that Woolworths in 1983... Just before I left school. Such a shame Woolworths went out of business and equally such a shame Batley and Dewsbury have totally gone to the dogs... Half the shops boarded up now. Tragic... I haven't lived there since mid 90's but a shadow of its former self.... Also Skippers Jewellers... Had my left ear pierced there about 1980!.. And my Mum bought me a lovely watch from there a few years later for my 19th birthday but sadly lost it in a fight outside the Xclusiv nightclub. It was mental back then - Lots of fights when the pubs were throwing out! But also happy, memorable days too!
Hillards was were tescos click and collect is now sadly batley is a sh_t hole now all the great shops have gone all Asian shops take aways and betting shops now its a shame great explore mate keep up the good work I love all your videos merry Christmas to you and yours 👍🍺
The bloody big building opposite the post office was the tow hall !. For someone that calls there channel , history, clearly you haven’t a clue and done no homework at all !!
WERE THE SAVERS SHOP ENDS NEXT TO IT WAS HILLARDS THEY WERE GREAT TO WOK FOR I STARTED WORKING THERE IN 1984 WAS STILL THERE WHEN TESCOS TOOK OVER THEN MOVED TO THE EXTRA STORE
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First, thanks for the tour mate, I haven't been in Batley town centre for a LONG time, but I can tell from the video it's unrecognisable from when I was thre 40 years ago. Favourite memories: the magnificent Library; hustle & bustle of the Market; dropping off film for developing at the chemist near the market or next to Woolies; Woolies for the Top 40 records and the PickNMix; Hillards; Howden's newsagents for my custom car and bodybuilding mags (still got most of them!); Whaley's optician's (I can still smell the nice cleaning fluids), and of course eating ice cream in the memorial park after a hard day's shopping.😊
Wow brilliant memories. I'm glad I jogged some of them for you 👍🏻
Think you might be a bit older than me, but I do remember most of what you mentioned. I’m as old as decimal money!
Oh my word! Skippers Jewellers has gone. I remember that being there when I was a kid.
A lot of it has gone unfortunately
Had my left ear pierced there about 1980!.. And my Mum bought me a lovely watch from there a few years later for my 19th birthday but sadly lost it in a fight outside the Exclusiv nightclub. It was mental back then - Lots of fights when the pubs were throwing out! But also happy, memorable days too!
I had a Saturday job at that Woolworths in 1983... Just before I left school. Such a shame Woolworths went out of business and equally such a shame Batley and Dewsbury have totally gone to the dogs... Half the shops boarded up now. Tragic... I haven't lived there since mid 90's but a shadow of its former self.... Also Skippers Jewellers... Had my left ear pierced there about 1980!.. And my Mum bought me a lovely watch from there a few years later for my 19th birthday but sadly lost it in a fight outside the Xclusiv nightclub. It was mental back then - Lots of fights when the pubs were throwing out! But also happy, memorable days too!
The old x 😆 good times
Hillards was were tescos click and collect is now sadly batley is a sh_t hole now all the great shops have gone all Asian shops take aways and betting shops now its a shame great explore mate keep up the good work I love all your videos merry Christmas to you and yours 👍🍺
Cheers mate 👍🏻
The bloody big building opposite the post office was the tow hall !. For someone that calls there channel , history, clearly you haven’t a clue and done no homework at all !!
Yes I did say that in a later video. I haven't done homework since 1985 but at least my grammar was correct...
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@bigdude8470 👊🏻
WERE THE SAVERS SHOP ENDS NEXT TO IT WAS HILLARDS THEY WERE GREAT TO WOK FOR I STARTED WORKING THERE IN 1984 WAS STILL THERE WHEN TESCOS TOOK OVER THEN MOVED TO THE EXTRA STORE
Remember Hillards well. Weekly shop there and the Star Wars models bought there. 👍🏻