One of the best episodes. This is what Into The Hood should be about - cruising around with a local or two, having impromptu yarns along the way and lots of history.
As long as he's not promoting or encouraging delinquency then I'm cool with the rest of it. In his Hobart video I literally saw him stand with a bunch of minors wagging school and make them out to be victims.
Glebe is where the first Domestic violence women's shelter's were opened. They squated in two dilapidated terraces & In the 70's it was really mad. Redfern was mad too, i remember the riots where the actual cops came on horseback & the street opposite Redfern Stn was on fire. Crazy days
Probably your best episode yet bro.. Well broken down and presented ...no dramas .... And good man bro you called out the head stomping and set an example for those kids... for them .. to hear big bad Spanian say head stomping is too far will forever be embedded in their heads for life now and hopefully have a positive effect...💯🖤👊 Be proud of this episode cuzzy
@@michaelhorne8366 Deadset. Big difference between randomly assaulting someone and a bunch of people jumping in to stop someone else from being assaulted.
You show us the world, I love ya for that. While I'm in a wheelchair and can't go very far, you show me the lives of sisters and brothers. Thank you so much, dude
@@lucasgregory6375 well, well It seems like you’re expressing a sentiment about human nature, suggesting that people are often lazy and that we all grow and develop in similar ways, regardless of our surroundings. It would be more helpful to make statements that are motivating and not to accuse people of being responsible for poverty and a lack of schooling, housing etc. I doubt it so for you, everyone is the same and I shall stop, because we are all just lazy ... I grew up the same way, but in Germany. If you never had a change, called options you can't change anything. But you are the prof of wiseness and know what we shall change because we are our problem. Do you know that 1% of people hold as much as the rest of the people, the poor once? If you had a lack of education, you say it's your own fault? check your thoughts dude
@@lucasgregory6375Nice one Lucas, someone needed to say it. I thought for a minute that I was the only sane person in this thread. As for actually working a day …
@@simusocatIt is this attitude that is the problem. Most of these people have not worked a single day in their lives, and sit around all day complaining (despite the huge amount of taxpayer funded stuff they get).
I’m from England but i stayed in Glebe for a short time when I was in my early teens as my Dad had emigrated to Australia and I used to visit him….. I had 2 best friends while i was there. Rhett Mackey & Michael Hancock. The 2 names Spanian mentions that are painted on the memorial wall. I only found out a few years ago that they had both passed. When he mentioned their names a load of memories came flooding back!…..crazy how life goes! R.I.P Rhett & Michael! ❤
is that ryan mackeys brother remember mick and dave hancock RYAN MACKEY had lil brother to last seen him was just before him n kylie burnt that house with lil joey n sab
I lived in Glebe for 3 years and had barely any inkling that it was a hood. It was only after I left that I started to hear stories about the crime. Crazy how different life can be on different blocks of a small suburb.
@@chubletfletcher1462??? You ever been there mate? It’s one street with rich people across the road a street with poor people. I grew up around there. Nothing is overhyped. 15 years ago it was dangerous to walk down some streets alone. Still is but less.
@@goober479 i've been there, 20 years ago , didn't see anything dangerous, but i just imigrated from russia, so that is why it looked quiet for me , that huge building i was gonna rent a flat there
@@chubletfletcher1462 We lived in Bulwara Road Ultimo. Went to Ibrox Park, left school at 14 and10 months worked as a barrow boy in the Haymarket and the wool stores removing dags from fleeces. The hard men in the day were blokes like Doogsa Davis. The videos are interesting but so much jail time tells you everything, deadset losers. Couldn't work out to go interstate until the heat off.
It's obviously rough, but it looks like the kinda place where you at least have memories and know the neighbours. People don't realise how lucky they are to grow up in the same place
It's so crazy seeing this. Moved out of Glebe last year. I lived across the road from the housing commision where the bloke was shot by police. Lived next to a plastic surgeon on one side, and a housing commision on the other side - real mix of different people. I loved it, every day is different.
I remember the incident you’re talking about I can’t remember his name my sister was good friends with his sister. yeah thecops were looking for his dad and he stuck his head out to see what’s going on and a trigger happy cop shot him with a shotgun in the jaw
when I watch your hood walks you’ll sometimes bump in to someone on the off chance and that person hits my heart for some reason…in this episode, so far, it was Jimbo. We all have a story, I can tell he has lived through a lot since his childhood, and he just seems to have a no filter/transparent honesty at the core of his heart. I hope he only ever crosses paths with those who heal his heart and mind! I’m glad he ran in to you guys, I feel like you guys reassured him that he can now relax and chill, because he would have probably waited there or done his head in that he might look weak for eventually going back home. 🙏
Respect to your father in law ,my dad had nothing as a kid but is still head coach of our local boxing club at 77 been coach for over 50 years ,he gives everything mountains of charity work he breathes it✌️
Lived in Glebe for 7 years in my 20s, the craziest thing is the transition into Forest Lodge. Walk down St John’s road, you’ve got council housing and lads everywhere, then all of a sudden you hit Lodge Street and it’s all brand new 3-storey houses with young families.
Exactly what I tell people. I grew up in Mitchell St, Derwent and Westmoreland St. All housing commission. Best time riding my pushie around the area with mates. My parents finally bought a place in the 80’s down near Glebe Pt for close to $180k. It’s now worth close to $2m.
Glebe being the centre Sydney Crime Culture goes back to the 1920s with the establishment of Bidura Court and Remand Centre and local Government Housing historically for released prisoners
@@bdouble69 Before that though the Church ran the 'Glebe Estate' reserved for poor people many of whom were living in makeshift hpusing down near the waterside in Wentworth Park near the Fishmarkets, I think the Church still may own them but has rented the properties to the State on a hunfldred year leasee, also from memory the old heritage building at Bidura is the house that architect Edmund Blackett designed for himself Blackett being the guy who designed many of the old buoldimgs in Sydney especially Churches including those in Glebe, Newtown etc
I can hands down say that this lad has absolutely nailed this style of content. I can totally relate to him and its refreshing to watch. Great job lad, take care. All the best from London UK
Ya get the young blokes now saying, “back in the day “, but in actual fact, back in the day, was 30-40 years ago really. That’s what the old girl was meaning, not fucken 10 years ago.
I used to run the netGamer shop on Glebe Point Road between 2000 and 2004 - Red used to come in and play Counter-Strike in my shop all the time, always wondered if Spanian ever came into my shop in that time.
First time subscriber from Texas. Fam, I love the stories, the history...I WILL be watching every video in your catalog no matter how old it is. Glebe feels like home.
7 eleven oh my days, we had that back in the day in uk. Rah I'm so glad I was born in 79,. Its the same globally, knocking down council houses to build for the rich, libraries disappearing. we used to have this youth club and there was music, table tennis, activities, you could just chill. Kept us off the streets , man I do miss the days when everyone knew their neighbour's and u helped one another. Another gr8 vlog, fuk the negativity...do ur ting boi. Keep making those waves 4 change 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾💯💥💫
A lot of memories of the old Glebe Estate - used to be owned by the Anglican Church. Glebe means ‘church land’. Was taken over by the Housing Department. We used to come down from the country and stay in the church houses 84 to 106 Glebe Point Rd, with the back lane that you walked down. Had no murals back then, but they look great
Yo Spanian, that's me and my tour guests in the background around 10:50. And they are all international students now living in Sydney, I was teaching them about the history of Glebe. We reckon it's pretty important for new residents of Sydney to learn about places like Glebe, don't you agree?
It'll help em learn to avoid getting jumped by Ice Head's! 😂 but jokes aside it's good to teach people about the important historical information of where they now live. Good on you mate
I was born and raised in Waterloo and marrickville and I can admit alot can be made in between the 2 areas good to see u don't forget where u started lad good on ya spanian much love ❤ keep it up brother ur an inspiration and boys can learn alot from someone like you bro..
Love this video. Good to see the local elders coming to have a atchay. Spent some wild times down around the inner city. Mad 100%. Nearly 52 now but love this bruz. Keep up the good work.
Uh, I've lived in a terrace house in Glebe for the past 4 years and the worst crime I've seen here is someone throwing a plastic bottle of sparkling water at the 370 bus. Glebe is way too bougie now.
There’s still a few streets with issues if you know where to go but most crime only the housing residents will see, it’s kept under wraps. 15 years ago there were streets you couldn’t walk down lest you got bashed or at the very least heckled. It might be a rich place now but like Balmain you can see it’s roots if you know where to go. Also typical only the working class housos experience the crime…
@@equinox974yeah that’s true, there’s a much higher concentration of (violent) crime in a small area in those estates. But there’s something about those massive suburbs in Australia (like in Spanians other videos, this one less so) which seems so otherworldly, you don’t really get those in the UK afaik. It reminds me of those big hoods/projects in America like bronx, NY or the ones in Atlanta or Chicago…, then again those are also probably much worse… But I’m no expert 😅
Thanks for sharing the not so well known side of the city I am living in. Definitely gives me the insight of culture and stories that I never knew about.
I used to live in Glebe on Bridge St, back in the early 00's. Didn't see any crime and i used to walk to work at 3am. My mate lived in Ricketts Lane and never had a problem. He used to be Glebe Point Diners #1 customer!
Been waiting for this one being a Glebe boy. Top work Spanian. Those first houses around the 6 minute mark are actually Pyrmont. Glebe doesn’t start till you get to Wentworth Park
I went to primary school with Michael Hancock at Forest Lodge Public School and always wondered how he died, strange to finally know from a little off hand clip in your video which just snuck in to the final edit. Glad you did the Glebe one randomly and got the natural organic style of video going. Glebe is a special suburb, it has a unique vibe few other suburbs in all of Australia have, crime and all.
Michael is my cousin ❤ my aunty (michaels mum) is still an OG in Glebe! It's so touching to see how many people still remember Michael in the Glebe community all these years later. Rip my cuz!
The problem is the crime in Glebe is a deliberate result of housing policies. Housing deliberately put people they know are chaotic in these houses in Glebe. All the drug users, mental health and just released from prison people and expect the community to absorb this. The reason it is getting bad again is they are doing this again after a period of quiet. The people exercising these policies know full well these people will run the houses down, get locked up again, not cope with the responsibility of caring for themselves and simply give the area a bad reputation with their behaviours. So the houses get trashed, boarded up and sold off to investors.
Such a good episode! Love hearing history of these suburbs and what's makes them hood. Love the analogy of glass city. Awesome to see Humdinger neither doing well outside of jail also.
Yeah Spanian walked past mine at the start in Ultimo and the median price is 2-3 million. To bad it's falling apart. I can't complete living right next to the city
Spanian! Melts my heart you mentioned the older syd boys . My step father was from bankstown . They were all bank robbers .. best man I ever knew .. much respect
Hey mate how great is this!. I always loved Glebe bad times and good times,I lived in Westmoreland st . I won’t mention names but my daughters father went to Glebe high,I went to the girls school down Glebe point road. But we loved Glebe I lived next door to a big family who became my good friends.Sadly the mother n her two kids died in a house fire there!.😢 It was a hard night as we could hear her screaming but no one could get into the house and she was in back room ,about 5ppl jumped out the windows n left her it broke my heart as we were really close. That was the worst thing to happen!. I mean there were always break ins n a lot of dr*g use but I always loved Glebe I was home sick for a good 6odd years when we came up the coast ,parents bought a home so we all followed lol one after another.Anyway just wanted to say hi n so good to see the old place!. Not much has changed really except the surrounding city,still looks like “home”. I’ll always miss it but it was getting rough n mum had enough. Still good to see though n to meet you(online anyway). Well stay safe n God Bless mate!. X😉
I used to have an office in Glebe. Spent lots of time at the Friend in Hand but it was more colloquially known as the Fist in Face. Great food at No Names. The pub was a sort of DMZ for cops and crims which, ironically, made it a very safe place to have a drink and a feed. Good times
Loveing the content brother its real non of this made up story line bs its raw and straight up how it is i love the way you do these videos keep em coming we need more inspirations like you around in life
@spanian you probably went to high school with my brothers, I was young but I remember when Rhett and Michael passed.. Glebe has changed so much in 24 years
It is it is but it’s all bulshit that’s all If you believe there’s hoods in Australia you need a chin check . As much as the arabs want to make Sydney Chicago it ain’t happening HAHAHA
This is what You do best ! Tell real stories.& I can tell your heart has a place in Glebe & Redfern / Wooloomooloo. This episode is Very Important & Your voice calms those whom inspire to Be Real ! Bring on more stories about yourself .
Been living in glebe for a while next to the first backyard he been showing, I used to jump over the fence every time when I forgot my key. Glebe is a good place to life. Love to see if keep doing what u do lad!
💯 percent about the Bank robbers , going back 20 years in the system, most of the older crews were from Tempe /Newtown and Glebe High Schools, and goes to figure most were from Glebe and nearby
As a 28 year proud veteran of Glebe 2037 and former resident of Bellevue Street, I can say that this video brings up a lot of memories of the late 80's, 90's and 00's. It was a rough then. Mitchell Street, Westmoreland Street, Mt Vernon, Derwent Street, house break-ins & house fires. My first childhood experience of indigenous Australians was very bad.
It’s crazy watching these videos and how my life could have been. My grand parents immigrated from England and settled in St Mary’s. My dad lived there until my grandfather died and later moved to Ermington. Mum was raised in Mount Druitt. Was raised in a violent home with a single mother, she left the home and left Mount Druitt at 16 to get away from her. Met my Dad, he joined the Army at 17 and retired as a Warrant Officer Class one. If Dad didn’t go into the army and was constantly moving around Australia for work I wonder if I would have lived in these areas and lived a life of crime.
Dont worry bro australlia isnt dangerous at all, tgeres way more chance ud of been at danger if your family stayed in england for sure especially if they were from one of the main cities
Started of as a TH-cam influencer that people look up to i hope your meet ups don't go sideways i like watching your channel a couple of them got out of control not your fault that they go sideways keep up the good work
I played tackle footy on Derwent st blind drunk! War stories about fighting and playing footy so we done the real talk on the road, gravel rash, nose bleeds and all hahah I had the best and craziest teenage years in Glebe
I’m from Blacktown. I full thought Eshays was a westie word. Like legit we were speaking like these guys 25 years ago. No one else from Sydney I encountered back then not from out west had a clue. I’m guessing the lingo spread through Juvie/ houso areas. So makes sense with the children’s court being there. Anyhow legit thanks for explaining this guys
You’re a good guy Anthony, and I respect how you’ve turned your life around my brother. I also respect the time you gave me when I saw you one day in Sydney too, as we went to primary school together and I called out to you. You could’ve ignored me but you gave me your time and attention. For that I’m forever grateful bro. But one comment (not intended as a criticism) is, to advise these kids coming up to stay away from trouble, thieving, assaults, drugs, etcetera. I see in this video little excerpts of kids running a muck in Glebe and you talking about it but it seems to end there. It doesn’t extend to anything like, for example, “this ain’t right my youngens, there’s only one route for you if you head down this path, and it ain’t a good one!” I know you say you’d never tell people not to do what you’d do because it would be hypocritical, in a sense. But you’ve got an extremely popular platform and highly listened to voice. If these kids are going to listen to anyone, it’s going to be you my bro. The impact that such advice would have would be extremely significant, and for the better of society. As a fellow Christian, if I/you could even save one soul out of these masses of kids coming up, that would make a world of difference, for them, us and the society in general. Stay blessed bro, and my God work through you my brother!
I'm from Albury and I remember I was about 14 and a Sydney lad couple years older was hanging with one of the older boys and it was the biggest culture shock, we were dressing like 'cholos' baggy Dickie shorts, DC shoes and unit t-shirts and here's this fella with air max shoes and Canterbury's and crazy lingo that none of us could interpret but here we are over 10 years later and everyone dresses and talks like that....fkn blows my mind how influential Sydney has been on the culture
@@useruseruseruseruser790 I think there are some pockets that are rough but not like it was the 60s 70s and eighties. But it is small scale petty crime.
@@theodoreconstantini2548 Yes it is like that now, and in the 90’s rougher with much more petty crime. But for people to say it set the tone and everyone took their lead for crime across the country is a bit of a stretch.
@@useruseruseruseruser790 Well it is . He is trying to sell an image talk things up as if it was some type of "gangster hood". But things were very different here in Australia to the US in the eighties and nineties when gang culture took off. Australia has never really had that type of gang culture until they started to import it from the USA and copy those trends. And even now Australian gang culture is much smaller than the US.
I lived off Glebe point Rd in the 90s and it was nothing like it is now lived in beautiful Terrace house privately rented sad to see what its become there was a bad element but nothing like how I see it today your a legend bro always loved in the inner city in the 90s how much has it changed you always have awesome content love it keep up the good work bro
@@useruseruseruseruser790 Shelley has no idea what they’re talking about. Glebe has cleaned up and was off its head in the 90s. User790 ggf mate you have no idea what you’re on about too.
@@newdays0 I was heroin addict for 20 years, and I was down in Eveleigh Lane every day from 1995 until the market died in early 2000. I have a little bit of an idea.
Lime shares just dropped 50 percent.
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that hack has been going on for ages, should see in London everyone does it 🤣
I do it everyday in the goldcoast cops don't even care they think it's funny actually 😅
I’ll probably try it and the front wheel will lock and I’ll go arse over tit 😂😂
@@damotennant5849 does the motor go or just use it as a regular pushy?
One of the best episodes. This is what Into The Hood should be about - cruising around with a local or two, having impromptu yarns along the way and lots of history.
As long as he's not promoting or encouraging delinquency then I'm cool with the rest of it. In his Hobart video I literally saw him stand with a bunch of minors wagging school and make them out to be victims.
Glebe is where the first Domestic violence women's shelter's were opened. They squated in two dilapidated terraces & In the 70's it was really mad. Redfern was mad too, i remember the riots where the actual cops came on horseback & the street opposite Redfern Stn was on fire.
Crazy days
that old lady is incredible, she is such a true blue sydney gal
So true and she's looking great for a 79 year smoker.
Yeah, it was good span let her have a little chat. I’m sure she has a lot more stories with 38 years in Glebe
do old aussies all talk like that? sounds fresh out of london
She's an English immigrant.
She’s English
For 79 she's really in tune, fairplay
and shes smoking a durry 😂
I wanna make the trip down to syd from newy just to build her a fence 🥺
@@lauraray1946 if u do ill help
She's nearly 79 ? wow
I think she was English, as an English person she talks exactly like us, but with a very slight Aussie accent.
“Chatting up a good looking sort mate , when my age this is what you do” 😂
😂 HAHA, so good!
I thought 💭 it was a bloke..
@@Bgtesvyur5 You got half a chubb. ADMIT IT! Haha. cheers.
True Aussie right here
She is from England she would of arrived after the war
25:17
"Jim boss lad"
"I'm terrible"
"your going on youtube adlay!"
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"brah..."
This part killed me
cooked
He was waiting on that street for 3 days
Lad coming down from a 4 day bender thinking everyone turning against him 😂
@THELEGENDUFEAR fucking oath 3 years is more accurate 🤣
The more times you watch it the funnier it gets😆
Probably your best episode yet bro..
Well broken down and presented ...no dramas ....
And good man bro you called out the head stomping and set an example for those kids... for them .. to hear big bad Spanian say head stomping is too far will forever be embedded in their heads for life now and hopefully have a positive effect...💯🖤👊
Be proud of this episode cuzzy
How about calling out assault in general? Apparently assault is still okay, and it's chivalrous not to stomp heads.
He was nt impressed and changed the tone of the video, stupid kids.
@@Unbearable.Unbearable Tell that to that uber driver gronk who started throwing hands at the girls.
@@michaelhorne8366 Deadset. Big difference between randomly assaulting someone and a bunch of people jumping in to stop someone else from being assaulted.
He showed people how to smash car windows and praised them for stealin those bikes what ya on about..
Young kid in red : just lift the wheel at the back and go for it.
Spanian : teach me
absolute gold :D
You show us the world, I love ya for that.
While I'm in a wheelchair and can't go very far, you show me the lives of sisters and brothers.
Thank you so much, dude
He shows you thie lives of gronks who have no intention of making their shitty existence better. This ain't real life
@@lucasgregory6375 well, well It seems like you’re expressing a sentiment about human nature, suggesting that people are often lazy and that we all grow and develop in similar ways, regardless of our surroundings. It would be more helpful to make statements that are motivating and not to accuse people of being responsible for poverty and a lack of schooling, housing etc.
I doubt it
so for you, everyone is the same and I shall stop, because we are all just lazy ... I grew up the same way, but in Germany. If you never had a change, called options you can't change anything. But you are the prof of wiseness and know what we shall change because we are our problem. Do you know that 1% of people hold as much as the rest of the people, the poor once? If you had a lack of education, you say it's your own fault? check your thoughts dude
@@lucasgregory6375Nice one Lucas, someone needed to say it. I thought for a minute that I was the only sane person in this thread. As for actually working a day …
@@simusocatIt is this attitude that is the problem. Most of these people have not worked a single day in their lives, and sit around all day complaining (despite the huge amount of taxpayer funded stuff they get).
@@lucasgregory6375 When I grow up, I was a streetkid at Berlin; had nothing, sleeped in cellars; what do you think wich oportunitys I got?
I’m from England but i stayed in Glebe for a short time when I was in my early teens as my Dad had emigrated to Australia and I used to visit him….. I had 2 best friends while i was there. Rhett Mackey & Michael Hancock. The 2 names Spanian mentions that are painted on the memorial wall. I only found out a few years ago that they had both passed. When he mentioned their names a load of memories came flooding back!…..crazy how life goes!
R.I.P Rhett & Michael! ❤
is that ryan mackeys brother remember mick and dave hancock RYAN MACKEY had lil brother to last seen him was just before him n kylie burnt that house with lil joey n sab
Yeah Rhett had a 2 Big bro’s Ryan was in prison when I was there so I never met him but there was another one called Rheese
@@dgsw yeah must of been the house fire dam long time ago bro
I lived in Glebe for 3 years and had barely any inkling that it was a hood. It was only after I left that I started to hear stories about the crime. Crazy how different life can be on different blocks of a small suburb.
its just because people overhype things for attention
@@chubletfletcher1462??? You ever been there mate? It’s one street with rich people across the road a street with poor people. I grew up around there. Nothing is overhyped. 15 years ago it was dangerous to walk down some streets alone. Still is but less.
Glebe was very bad, and although it isn't what it used to be, it still can be dangerous, highly respected area @@chubletfletcher1462
@@goober479 i've been there, 20 years ago , didn't see anything dangerous, but i just imigrated from russia, so that is why it looked quiet for me , that huge building i was gonna rent a flat there
@@chubletfletcher1462 We lived in Bulwara Road Ultimo. Went to Ibrox Park, left school at 14 and10 months worked as a barrow boy in the Haymarket and the wool stores removing dags from fleeces. The hard men in the day were blokes like Doogsa Davis. The videos are interesting but so much jail time tells you everything, deadset losers. Couldn't work out to go interstate until the heat off.
It's obviously rough, but it looks like the kinda place where you at least have memories and know the neighbours.
People don't realise how lucky they are to grow up in the same place
I grew up in Glebe / Erko and my Dad still lives there. It was rough but you’re right, my memories are forever
Pretty much exactly that 😂
It's so crazy seeing this. Moved out of Glebe last year. I lived across the road from the housing commision where the bloke was shot by police. Lived next to a plastic surgeon on one side, and a housing commision on the other side - real mix of different people. I loved it, every day is different.
I remember the incident you’re talking about I can’t remember his name my sister was good friends with his sister. yeah thecops were looking for his dad and he stuck his head out to see what’s going on and a trigger happy cop shot him with a shotgun in the jaw
One of the realest statements iv ever heard, "i know that sounds wierd to you, but thats because you lived your life"
Can you go back and interview her on how the area has changed over the years and capture her stories. It would make a beautiful time capsule
I rekon what your lookin for was all edited out for at least 10 different reasons 😅
You like old meat ?
@@tw5977lol facts, thats exactly what i was thinking 😂
when I watch your hood walks you’ll sometimes bump in to someone on the off chance and that person hits my heart for some reason…in this episode, so far, it was Jimbo. We all have a story, I can tell he has lived through a lot since his childhood, and he just seems to have a no filter/transparent honesty at the core of his heart. I hope he only ever crosses paths with those who heal his heart and mind! I’m glad he ran in to you guys, I feel like you guys reassured him that he can now relax and chill, because he would have probably waited there or done his head in that he might look weak for eventually going back home. 🙏
Spanian May not be pregnant but he never fails to deliver
LOL killa call lad
Gaeeee!
Cringe
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WAT A FUKN RETARDED COMMENT
Jimbos lad, the digital dodger!!!
I mean , at least the kids in Glebe are playing outside.
Respect to your father in law ,my dad had nothing as a kid but is still head coach of our local boxing club at 77 been coach for over 50 years ,he gives everything mountains of charity work he breathes it✌️
Lived in Glebe for 7 years in my 20s, the craziest thing is the transition into Forest Lodge. Walk down St John’s road, you’ve got council housing and lads everywhere, then all of a sudden you hit Lodge Street and it’s all brand new 3-storey houses with young families.
Exactly what I tell people. I grew up in Mitchell St, Derwent and Westmoreland St. All housing commission. Best time riding my pushie around the area with mates. My parents finally bought a place in the 80’s down near Glebe Pt for close to $180k. It’s now worth close to $2m.
Minogue Crescent and Wigram road.
@@dunny614278 cuz U cried when wen we stole Ur dot 💵
Mitchell st was mad but you didn’t piss the burger off what a great place to grow up
@@OnlyMyOpinionMatters again, in English this time
Glebe being the centre Sydney Crime Culture goes back to the 1920s with the establishment of Bidura Court and Remand Centre and local Government Housing historically for released prisoners
What is now government housing was in those 1920s owned by the Church of England. Only became Housing Commission in the late 70s.
@@bdouble69 Before that though the Church ran the 'Glebe Estate' reserved for poor people many of whom were living in makeshift hpusing down near the waterside in Wentworth Park near the Fishmarkets, I think the Church still may own them but has rented the properties to the State on a hunfldred year leasee, also from memory the old heritage building at Bidura is the house that architect Edmund Blackett designed for himself Blackett being the guy who designed many of the old buoldimgs in Sydney especially Churches including those in Glebe, Newtown etc
@@justinarnold7725 nah the Church of England sold em to the government in the 70s. I lived there then we moved when the housos moved in.
@@justinarnold7725yeah I lived in Woolloomooloo and our building on Dowling St was a 99yr lease to the government
I can hands down say that this lad has absolutely nailed this style of content.
I can totally relate to him and its refreshing to watch.
Great job lad, take care.
All the best from London UK
One of your best hood vids Spanian. No distractions just stories of the hood. Loved it.
Ya get the young blokes now saying, “back in the day “, but in actual fact, back in the day, was 30-40 years ago really. That’s what the old girl was meaning, not fucken 10 years ago.
Incorrect. Back in the day was like 50-60 years ago
True
Glebe used to be beautiful
@@Flanklin. incorrect back in the day is 70-90 years ago
@@braydnnash3640 Incorrect back in the day is 100-120 years ago
Thanx for the Tour Spanian your a Legend keep up the good work in the community bra Adelaide
That was so effing good! Super nostalgic ✨ been living in the area since 1991 you did it justice 😊 blessings to your success guys
Love the woman you interviewed. Insane that she's 79, she looks badass with the purple hair, the nose ring, and the cigarette, more power to her!
"Sigarets" kill 😂 Sigaret sounds like a Mortal Kombat character's name! "Sigaret wins, flawless victory Fatality"
I used to run the netGamer shop on Glebe Point Road between 2000 and 2004 - Red used to come in and play Counter-Strike in my shop all the time, always wondered if Spanian ever came into my shop in that time.
loved that shop, me and mates would come in after school and play battlefield after going to Broadway
@@asperjay right on! In those days my gamer tag was "Aeon", I had the red R33
I was a regular at NetGamer in 2001/2, came in every Saturday for the 5 hour for ($10?) special to play counter strike.
@@newdays0 yup! it was normally $3 per hour or 5 hours for $10. Man what can you get for that money these days?
Agreed. Thanks for your service
even though I have never had experience with any of his lifestyle choices ....I still really enjoy learning about the hood life in these series.
First time subscriber from Texas. Fam, I love the stories, the history...I WILL be watching every video in your catalog no matter how old it is. Glebe feels like home.
All of Spanian's videos I watch from start to finish. There never boring always entertaining. Keep doing it Lad. God bless
brah was legit just thinking whens spanian gonna upload again another banger lad!
7 eleven oh my days, we had that back in the day in uk. Rah I'm so glad I was born in 79,. Its the same globally, knocking down council houses to build for the rich, libraries disappearing. we used to have this youth club and there was music, table tennis, activities, you could just chill. Kept us off the streets , man I do miss the days when everyone knew their neighbour's and u helped one another. Another gr8 vlog, fuk the negativity...do ur ting boi. Keep making those waves 4 change 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾💯💥💫
I love the fact that you’re slowing down time Spanian. Going back while time speeds ahead.
The intro with the drone footage of the area hes about to walk thru and Spanians voice over is such a sick intro! always mad hearing it
Loved this spanian. The street art is unreal 😍 so beautiful. Every city should have it. So bright and eye-catching. Look forward to your next stop 😊
grandma spittin some heavy facts
A lot of memories of the old Glebe Estate - used to be owned by the Anglican Church. Glebe means ‘church land’. Was taken over by the Housing Department. We used to come down from the country and stay in the church houses 84 to 106 Glebe Point Rd, with the back lane that you walked down. Had no murals back then, but they look great
Yo Spanian, that's me and my tour guests in the background around 10:50. And they are all international students now living in Sydney, I was teaching them about the history of Glebe. We reckon it's pretty important for new residents of Sydney to learn about places like Glebe, don't you agree?
It'll help em learn to avoid getting jumped by Ice Head's! 😂 but jokes aside it's good to teach people about the important historical information of where they now live. Good on you mate
No
I was born and raised in Waterloo and marrickville and I can admit alot can be made in between the 2 areas good to see u don't forget where u started lad good on ya spanian much love ❤ keep it up brother ur an inspiration and boys can learn alot from someone like you bro..
Fuark 1 hour long banger at dinner time, lets fucking go lad
Love it ay lol
won't lie, I had my dinner watching this too
TGB reppin
Hood oos illchay lad let's oggg
Love this video. Good to see the local elders coming to have a atchay. Spent some wild times down around the inner city. Mad 100%. Nearly 52 now but love this bruz. Keep up the good work.
Uh, I've lived in a terrace house in Glebe for the past 4 years and the worst crime I've seen here is someone throwing a plastic bottle of sparkling water at the 370 bus. Glebe is way too bougie now.
Glebe about 15 yrs ago there was more cops then criminals
That’s why they are talking about late 90’s early 2000’s you pole smoker. Not 4 years ago 😂
@@chillinglikeavillian1000 nah the real shit happens out west
Oi leave that 370 alone cunt I use to catch that all the time. Or the 470 to Lilyfield
There’s still a few streets with issues if you know where to go but most crime only the housing residents will see, it’s kept under wraps. 15 years ago there were streets you couldn’t walk down lest you got bashed or at the very least heckled. It might be a rich place now but like Balmain you can see it’s roots if you know where to go.
Also typical only the working class housos experience the crime…
As a middle class kid from London outskirts your videos are so eye opening… keep uncovering the truth and spreading positivity mate ❤
The estates in London are way worst than anywhere in Australia.
@@equinox974yeah that’s true, there’s a much higher concentration of (violent) crime in a small area in those estates. But there’s something about those massive suburbs in Australia (like in Spanians other videos, this one less so) which seems so otherworldly, you don’t really get those in the UK afaik. It reminds me of those big hoods/projects in America like bronx, NY or the ones in Atlanta or Chicago…, then again those are also probably much worse… But I’m no expert 😅
Love the vid spanian….very entertaining viewing keep it up bro 🇦🇺🥊
THANK YOU SPANIAN for covering Glebe 🙏
Thanks for sharing the not so well known side of the city I am living in.
Definitely gives me the insight of culture and stories that I never knew about.
My favourite part of the video was when Spanian said let’s og and started oging everywhere! 😂❤
#1 comment 🏆😂
Let's ogg!
i just ogged all over my screen 😩😩
@@blackpinkmedia this comment made me og on my belly.. eww
@@YaMumWasHere go ogg to the sink
what the lady with the purple hair said, about the perpetrators case being heard over the victims is so true...Frank from West Syd
It’s the same in SA . System is a joke
This was insane , another awesome upload, never fails to show how things really are
I used to live in Glebe on Bridge St, back in the early 00's. Didn't see any crime and i used to walk to work at 3am.
My mate lived in Ricketts Lane and never had a problem. He used to be Glebe Point Diners #1 customer!
In the 90s it was different
Been waiting for this one being a Glebe boy. Top work Spanian. Those first houses around the 6 minute mark are actually Pyrmont. Glebe doesn’t start till you get to Wentworth Park
They're actually Ultimo
@@ChiralityPracticality haha you are right. I have a mate living in Jones St, you’d think I would know. Cut me some slack I’m getting old
I went to primary school with Michael Hancock at Forest Lodge Public School and always wondered how he died, strange to finally know from a little off hand clip in your video which just snuck in to the final edit. Glad you did the Glebe one randomly and got the natural organic style of video going. Glebe is a special suburb, it has a unique vibe few other suburbs in all of Australia have, crime and all.
So did I, we were mates. He was one grade above me. heard on the grapevine how he died.
Michael's mum gets supset sometimes when hearing posts but she's still around Glebe bless her. R.I.P Michael & Rhett
Michael is my cousin ❤ my aunty (michaels mum) is still an OG in Glebe! It's so touching to see how many people still remember Michael in the Glebe community all these years later. Rip my cuz!
Great episode! The history of the area & community vibe needs to be preserved.
Spanian, New sub here. I’m convinced that your IQ is off the charts! You’re insightful, well-spoken and entertaining! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The problem is the crime in Glebe is a deliberate result of housing policies. Housing deliberately put people they know are chaotic in these houses in Glebe. All the drug users, mental health and just released from prison people and expect the community to absorb this. The reason it is getting bad again is they are doing this again after a period of quiet. The people exercising these policies know full well these people will run the houses down, get locked up again, not cope with the responsibility of caring for themselves and simply give the area a bad reputation with their behaviours. So the houses get trashed, boarded up and sold off to investors.
Or... Glebe is the only place accepting this demographic category you speak of..
Your absolutely right.
Hence the new police box outside the school.
This is mint! Love it when ya joking laughing with ya mates! Keep em coming mate
Such a good episode! Love hearing history of these suburbs and what's makes them hood. Love the analogy of glass city. Awesome to see Humdinger neither doing well outside of jail also.
You did us an honour by representing Glebe lad. Appreciate you 🙏🏾
THIS LADY NEEDS HER OWN SHOW
Median price for a house in Glebe now is close to $3M AUD
$3mill !....sheeesh
Yeah Spanian walked past mine at the start in Ultimo and the median price is 2-3 million. To bad it's falling apart. I can't complete living right next to the city
That's why they want the land.....
Imagine how much more social housing they can build outside the city if they sell this land.
@@BSenta yeah and then winge on a current affair when certain tenants don't upkeep the premises
your videos are doing amazing, big inspiration, keep up the good content!
Spanian! Melts my heart you mentioned the older syd boys . My step father was from bankstown . They were all bank robbers .. best man I ever knew .. much respect
49:27 it’s amazing how small of a world it is the kid is in your son’s footy team fucking brilliant
love this dudes content big love form Austin tx
You’re the best. Fav TH-camr. I binge watch you
Hey mate how great is this!.
I always loved Glebe bad times and good times,I lived in Westmoreland st .
I won’t mention names but my daughters father went to Glebe high,I went to the girls school down Glebe point road.
But we loved Glebe I lived next door to a big family who became my good friends.Sadly the mother n her two kids died in a house fire there!.😢
It was a hard night as we could hear her screaming but no one could get into the house and she was in back room ,about 5ppl jumped out the windows n left her it broke my heart as we were really close.
That was the worst thing to happen!.
I mean there were always break ins n a lot of dr*g use but I always loved Glebe I was home sick for a good 6odd years when we came up the coast ,parents bought a home so we all followed lol one after another.Anyway just wanted to say hi n so good to see the old place!.
Not much has changed really except the surrounding city,still looks like “home”.
I’ll always miss it but it was getting rough n mum had enough.
Still good to see though n to meet you(online anyway).
Well stay safe n God Bless mate!. X😉
Always a legend keep ur awesome work up spanian
Keep being a light in this world God bless you Spanian!!❤
Best one yet my bro. Felt the real in this one. Back to the roots. Mch love Nz.
I used to have an office in Glebe. Spent lots of time at the Friend in Hand but it was more colloquially known as the Fist in Face. Great food at No Names. The pub was a sort of DMZ for cops and crims which, ironically, made it a very safe place to have a drink and a feed. Good times
Love it had the same thing in Melbourne,have an open mind and it makes your life happier ❤😂
Absolute belter episode, best of the best into the hood.
Loveing the content brother its real non of this made up story line bs its raw and straight up how it is i love the way you do these videos keep em coming we need more inspirations like you around in life
@spanian you probably went to high school with my brothers, I was young but I remember when Rhett and Michael passed..
Glebe has changed so much in 24 years
best thing to watch while eating and chilling
Facts brother
It is it is but it’s all bulshit that’s all
If you believe there’s hoods in Australia you need a chin check .
As much as the arabs want to make Sydney Chicago it ain’t happening HAHAHA
Doing just that haha
Yes !
This is what You do best ! Tell real stories.& I can tell your heart has a place in Glebe & Redfern / Wooloomooloo. This episode is Very Important & Your voice calms those whom inspire to Be Real ! Bring on more stories about yourself .
Been living in glebe for a while next to the first backyard he been showing, I used to jump over the fence every time when I forgot my key. Glebe is a good place to life. Love to see if keep doing what u do lad!
I’d love to see a Maroubra and surrounding areas into the hood. Enjoy your stuff Spanian 💪🏽
💯 percent about the
Bank robbers , going back 20 years in the system, most of the older crews were from Tempe /Newtown and Glebe High Schools, and goes to figure most were from Glebe and nearby
I got to see you film in glebe didnt wanna bother you. You’re a legend. I just wanna tell you
As a 28 year proud veteran of Glebe 2037 and former resident of Bellevue Street, I can say that this video brings up a lot of memories of the late 80's, 90's and 00's. It was a rough then. Mitchell Street, Westmoreland Street, Mt Vernon, Derwent Street, house break-ins & house fires. My first childhood experience of indigenous Australians was very bad.
I lived in Woolloomooloo all the way through the 80's and 90's then Glebe till now, and it still is! I'm a Koori so I'm not biased
Womp womp
25:17 Just the way that dude talked sounded like the hardest bars bro
It’s crazy watching these videos and how my life could have been. My grand parents immigrated from England and settled in St Mary’s. My dad lived there until my grandfather died and later moved to Ermington. Mum was raised in Mount Druitt. Was raised in a violent home with a single mother, she left the home and left Mount Druitt at 16 to get away from her. Met my Dad, he joined the Army at 17 and retired as a Warrant Officer Class one. If Dad didn’t go into the army and was constantly moving around Australia for work I wonder if I would have lived in these areas and lived a life of crime.
I wonder if my Aunty had knackers would she be my uncle?
Dont worry bro australlia isnt dangerous at all, tgeres way more chance ud of been at danger if your family stayed in england for sure especially if they were from one of the main cities
Grew up in mount Druitt mate absolute breeze never had an issue
@Spanian you’re spot on 100% about other states following on from Sydney crims from early days absolutely you see it everywhere
Started of as a TH-cam influencer that people look up to i hope your meet ups don't go sideways i like watching your channel a couple of them got out of control not your fault that they go sideways keep up the good work
The townhouses are Victorian Terraces and are common in and around Sydney and Newcastle cities.
I love the energy of these vids.
Mad one bro! Love getting to know what went down back in the days.
I played tackle footy on Derwent st blind drunk!
War stories about fighting and playing footy so we done the real talk on the road, gravel rash, nose bleeds and all hahah I had the best and craziest teenage years in Glebe
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everyone knows that adlays in sydney originated in glebe and Leichardt also
When I went to Glebe high in 91' pig Latin was the way we spoke
Balmain if you go back far enough. Old mate Lenny be from there.
I’m from Blacktown. I full thought Eshays was a westie word. Like legit we were speaking like these guys 25 years ago. No one else from Sydney I encountered back then not from out west had a clue. I’m guessing the lingo spread through Juvie/ houso areas. So makes sense with the children’s court being there. Anyhow legit thanks for explaining this guys
You’re a good guy Anthony, and I respect how you’ve turned your life around my brother. I also respect the time you gave me when I saw you one day in Sydney too, as we went to primary school together and I called out to you. You could’ve ignored me but you gave me your time and attention. For that I’m forever grateful bro. But one comment (not intended as a criticism) is, to advise these kids coming up to stay away from trouble, thieving, assaults, drugs, etcetera. I see in this video little excerpts of kids running a muck in Glebe and you talking about it but it seems to end there. It doesn’t extend to anything like, for example, “this ain’t right my youngens, there’s only one route for you if you head down this path, and it ain’t a good one!”
I know you say you’d never tell people not to do what you’d do because it would be hypocritical, in a sense. But you’ve got an extremely popular platform and highly listened to voice. If these kids are going to listen to anyone, it’s going to be you my bro.
The impact that such advice would have would be extremely significant, and for the better of society.
As a fellow Christian, if I/you could even save one soul out of these masses of kids coming up, that would make a world of difference, for them, us and the society in general.
Stay blessed bro, and my God work through you my brother!
I'm from Albury and I remember I was about 14 and a Sydney lad couple years older was hanging with one of the older boys and it was the biggest culture shock, we were dressing like 'cholos' baggy Dickie shorts, DC shoes and unit t-shirts and here's this fella with air max shoes and Canterbury's and crazy lingo that none of us could interpret but here we are over 10 years later and everyone dresses and talks like that....fkn blows my mind how influential Sydney has been on the culture
Hard to take a Glebe ‘hood’ seriously when a narrow terrace sets you back 3 mil 😂
& the 10m town house lol
My sister lived in a unit right behind Broadway shopping centre for like 19 years and I still didn’t know Glebe was this wild lol
It wasn’t. These guys are clowns.
@@useruseruseruseruser790 I think there are some pockets that are rough but not like it was the 60s 70s and eighties. But it is small scale petty crime.
@@theodoreconstantini2548 Yes it is like that now, and in the 90’s rougher with much more petty crime. But for people to say it set the tone and everyone took their lead for crime across the country is a bit of a stretch.
@@useruseruseruseruser790 Well it is . He is trying to sell an image talk things up as if it was some type of "gangster hood". But things were very different here in Australia to the US in the eighties and nineties when gang culture took off. Australia has never really had that type of gang culture until they started to import it from the USA and copy those trends. And even now Australian gang culture is much smaller than the US.
@@theodoreconstantini2548 Yeah, and they can keep it. Kids running around with uzi’s and assault rifles.
Loved it and lived it a bit . Anything was available with a quick trip to Glebe 😵💫 51:44
Spanian's hood walks are getting better and better ✌🏼
Clutching on that bag
nice one ladz, respect from New Zealand boyz
I lived off Glebe point Rd in the 90s and it was nothing like it is now lived in beautiful Terrace house privately rented sad to see what its become there was a bad element but nothing like how I see it today your a legend bro always loved in the inner city in the 90s how much has it changed you always have awesome content love it keep up the good work bro
The narrative is that it’s fine now, but back in the 90’s it was out of control. They are full of it.
@@useruseruseruseruser790 Shelley has no idea what they’re talking about. Glebe has cleaned up and was off its head in the 90s. User790 ggf mate you have no idea what you’re on about too.
@@newdays0 I was heroin addict for 20 years, and I was down in Eveleigh Lane every day from 1995 until the market died in early 2000. I have a little bit of an idea.
And you ggf too.
@@newdays0 F’ing keyboard warriors. This generation have no idea.
Back to your good stuff. Entertaining with good insights. Congrats on a top episode.
Glebe is one of sydneys first suburbs, the history is a lot deeper and full on then the last 30years..