Morecambe - What Does The Future Hold?
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- čas přidán 24. 01. 2024
- Once a thriving seaside gem, Morecambe in the UK has seen better days. Economic challenges and changing trends took a toll on the town, leaving behind a sense of nostalgia. However, a ray of hope is emerging-the Eden Project.
The renowned Eden Project, celebrated for its iconic biomes and commitment to education, is set to breathe new life into Morecambe. Imagine a transformed seafront adorned with lush greenery, interactive exhibits, and striking architecture. The biomes, housing diverse ecosystems, will not only provide a stunning backdrop but also serve as educational tools, inspiring environmental awareness.
The Eden Project's arrival promises more than just aesthetic enhancements. It's poised to revitalize local businesses, create job opportunities, and rekindle community spirit. Morecambe, once on the decline, has the chance to set an example for sustainable regeneration and inclusive growth.
In this collaboration between the Eden Project and the Morecambe community, a brighter future is within reach. The town stands at the threshold of a renaissance, ready to reclaim its status as a vibrant destination. With sustainability, education, and community at its core, Morecambe's journey towards revitalization is a beacon of hope in challenging times.
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Welcome to my Channel,
My name is James and I live full time in my tiny van, however this is not just a van life channel. I enjoy travel, food and drink and making videos 🙂
When I turned 50 I decided I’d had enough of the rat race and working long hours just to pay rent and bills, life was passing me by and I needed a drastic change.
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Where is Helen?
Helen has a responsible full time job and two children so unfortunately she can’t join me on every trip. I really wish she could.
What equipment do you use?
My vlogging camera is a GoPro Hero 9 but I also use my pixel 6a phone and Lumix G80 camera for other footage
For editing, I used Premiere Pro on an old laptop but I’m saving to buy a more powerful computer.
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Yes I have a 6yr old daughter who lives with her mum but I see her quite a lot. I don’t usually put her on the vlogs and if I do, I block out her face for privacy reasons. I also have a grown up son.
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Please contact me here: james@bythecurb.co.uk
I've watched your channel James pretty much from its beginning and have enjoyed watching it grow, and while your videos have never failed to entertain me, may I just say that it's plain to see how your filming and editing skills have both blossomed. The opening of this video, with the haunting melancholic tones of Morrissey would have graced any mainstream TV programme and you should be rightly proud of it.
Thank you so much, that means a lot and thank you for sticking with me 🙂
I totally agree, James has blossomed and doing great with his channel. I’m proud of him, I looked forward to his uploads 😃
Another of our seaside resorts dying. Only visitors are Asylum Seekers. LEVELLING UP!!! Don't think it will ever happen.
you mean the illegal immigrants.
It’s not dying. Morecambe died in the 90s - it’s actually
Slowly - very slowly - reviving! Really needs Eden to get built asap tbh
When I was a road cyclist around 12 years ago , I used to set off from Grange Over Sands and Morecambe Bay always used to be my first stop of the day ,,and I can’t ever recall a time there wasn’t a gale force wind on that sea front at Morecambe ,,it’s sad to see it in deep decline but the whole country’s heading that way at a astonishing rate.
James that intro without doubt the best intro I’ve seen in 6 years well done mate. How gorgeous is Helen and you both just bounce of each other …. Never change both of you I’ve been there from day 1 qualityxx
Helen your hair was lovely not a strand out of place and must have cost a fortune … then you went for a walk …. Love it xx
Thank you, I appreciate that 😊
Love the music James👍 such a pity about our decaying coastal towns though. 🙄
The best days in all these types of Seaside Towns / places are long long gone, I often wonder IF it was possible to bring back the dead what they would think 🤔
It's such a shame how Britain now looks, and it's crystal clear where it's heading.
Thanks again fella.
You are welcome 😊
Exactly I’m glad you see the truth not like these idiots on CZcams saying how great city’s are their absolutely blind to the truth how can people be so stupid
Wonderful opening cinematography, James, and the legend that is Morrissey adds to the feeling of loss and decay (coming from Wallasey I can appreciate it). Plus we get young Helen to cheer us up after a minute or two. Keep up the great work!
Thank you, I thought the song was perfect for it 🙂
Absolutely brilliant loads of love from Morecambe
Sadly Morecambe, in my opinion, has suffered the same fate as many seaside towns up and down the country.....lack of investment and forward planning by property owners and numerous bad planning decisions by council leaders over the years.
The same people who quite happily took their bags of silver when times were good.
Loving the new opening footage Style 7 Music overlay , The Editing has gone up another level . superb.
Thank you :-)
Hi Both of you, love your vlogs, back in the early 80's I used to work on Heysham Power Station once every six months. I used to stay in the Famous Midland Hotel and it was fantastic. The town was buzzing, full of contractors working on the Power Station so there was plenty of money about. You couldn't go in a pub without hearing the song The Crystal Chandelier being blasted out. Happy memories of my youth. Thank you.
Thank you 😊
Great vlog. Loved the Morrissey playing over the opening titles. I totally agree with you regarding the gentrification of seaside towns ( I'm a Scarborian). Keep up the good work 👏👏
Thank you, will do
Visited just over a week ago from NZ🇳🇿Did the bracing walk along the prom and also the carvery.Had a great couple of days.Very fond memories of Morecambe and Heysham,enjoyed a couple 🍻in the old railway station.Midland was looking a bit tired even after the recent makeover.Would love to see the town get back on its feet.Get back to Lancaster,had a great day sightseeing too.
You’re right about rich second home owners buying up the houses and the locals suffering but…… it was the locals in the first place that sold out cos someone dangled a big fat cheque book in front of them . They can’t really complain that these places are ghost towns in the winter when it was them that’s the root of the problem!!!. Sadly money talks …. Great vlog you two!
Thank you
Greed Can't Be Satisfied
No rich person is buying second homes in Morecambe. Trust me, I live there and nobody in their right mind would buy a holiday home. It's full of drug addicts and nonces.
your 💯 % right, look at the moaners in Cornwall, they need to look at their own who chose to stuff their bank accounts and then found they'd have to pay double to get another local home ..rich Londoners are the ones that won there !
@@kathchandler4919 yep. 100 percent
Getting bloody arty 😂, what a fantastic opening , at least Helen was standing next to a slippery surface sign , I got Jean standing next to a “ no dogs on the beach “ obviously went on Facebook 😂great video
I think the plans for the Eden Project in Morecambe actually look like they could be really good. As for the small shops, yes it's a bit sad that they'll have to move premises, but I suspect they'll have more custom once more people start coming to Morecambe and there's higher footfall in general.
Also....great intro 👌
Heysham, Morecambe, Lancaster like many other Towns and City's are struggling with the economic down turn after COVID. They are all nice in their own way and feel better in the warmer weather. Glad the footage came out, considering the wind and pending storm. I agree the Eden Project will encourage more tourism but unfortunately and likely to the detriment of local businesses. James, nice to see you and Helen in my neck of the woods and I hope to see more of you in the area perhaps in the summer months. 😎👍
Thank you, we can't wait to come back. We want to visit Lancaster and Lytham st Annes
@@bythecurb Both are very nice. LSA is in the top 5 for the most wealthy people in the country!!!
Thanks for getting back to me, and take it easy. 👍😎😊
Coming from Bolton morecambe and Lancaster are like a dream. So glad I moved up this way
Another fabulous video from yourself & Helen. Used to go Morecambe years ago, you’ve brought back so many lovely childhood memories. Luckily the buildings on the front are still the same
Miss you two . The blog is great 🎉don’t worry, love a mention guys x
Loved the opening of this video, you've out done yourself with this one James. Keep doing what you're doing, you're an amazing work in progress. Sad to see these cities losing their small businesses and I think a lot of people would agree, it's such a shame. I've been in the desert traveling around for 16 days now in the van, I love it. It was an awesome full moon rise over the mountain range tonight. So glad I am doing this kind of life, it suits me.
Thank you. That sounds amazing. Id love to come over sometime
Thank you for the upload guys 👍
Ive been a silent watcher for a while, but had to comment about the seagulls and the music you put with them.. absolutely brilliant, made me laugh out loud … 😂
Thank you, glad you liked it
Eden will be a game changer 🎉 fab prom for cycling to Heysham when the sun shines x
Thanks you both for braving the wind in Morecambe ❤
Keep the show on the road!
You and Helen - So Cheerful - Loved The Video - Thanks to You Both
Back in the late 70's i played in a band..did a season in Morecambe....it was really posh..tea dances...jackets and ties at dinner...what a shame...but great to see you two cheering up the town...great quote from the Yorkshireman..."flat cap on tightest setting".....
Good video. Thanks for taking us with you ❤
If you’d gone along the seafront in the other direction there is a lovely little park/gardens with a nice cafe of season, too busy on season. We go there as my husband’s mums boyfriend is in a care home near it. I love seaside resorts off season. I just want the sea and a quiet cafe.
We love the seaside in the winter 😊
There is no weather British people will not endure for a nice pint! Great entertainment!😊 Thank you James and Helen❤
great video james spent many happy days ,the open air baths ,heysham for the nettle beer ,afraid morecambe lost its way when the hotels closed and they became dhss and it was famous ,beautiful sunsets but happy memories
Love the video man keep up the great work
Great film, the intro was very good.
Morecambe is a great place to chill out in better weather!
From watching you vlogs I think it’s the way you are both s natural. I imagine you would speak to me face to face the way you speak to the camera. Well done for vlogging in the worst storm of the year (so far!). Your editing skills are getting pretty flash James!
Great vlog , enjoyed it very much.
That introduction was amazingly good James! It wasn’t just the music.
They don't like to do up small businesses, because they don't care about the general public having money. It's all about shuffling money upwards.
Another top vid. Watching a few older ones.....great to see your 'local' as I often recognise places and shops. Aldi Handsworth, Whitby chippy at Catcliffe, driving through Gleadless to Derbyshire (my own route) etc. Keep up the top work love the vids
Thank you 😊
Opening sequence fab. I was there in my Motorhome a couple of years ago and there were hundreds of Vans and Motorhomes right the whole length of the beach. Many many people about.
Hola from sunny Spain 24 degrees and full sunshine today. Many years since I visited Morecambe and it was sad then. Wrap up well amigos xx
Thank you, enjoy the sunshine
Cool vid dude, your editing is very good these days.
Hi James and Helen ,that was sad to see that with all those places boarded up ,it looked a nice pub and the cafe looked lovely thank you for the vlog you had to suffer the weather fir us thank you so much ang
Thanks Ange
Great video as always
Now THAT is bracing!! Lovely cafe food, local colour, charity shops and a Guinness - class day out. 🙂❤️
Need to find some easide towns that are turning this decline around and how they are doing it.
Coastal towns and cities in the UK. Historically, many coastal towns in the UK relied heavily on industries such as fishing, shipping, and manufacturing, which have experienced decline in recent decades. This economic shift may have contributed to the decline of these areas.
The shift in holidays in the sun over decades has a massive impacct , its so sad to see all this decline everywphere.
Luckily we have you to loveley people who can brighten up the dullest of days wherever you are.❤❤❤❤
Great blog as usual, keep up the good work, it’s very much appreciated. 😊
Thank you! Will do!
Another cracking intro with a great choice of music. Some great editing.
Thank you
James - good cinematography and b-roll, that was a very evocative intro, well done.
10/10 for staying power. Glad you gave Eric a visit. There is a fantastic music shop on the promenade. Every visit we bring home another guitar. Its getting to be an expensive hobby.
Loved the cinematic intro with nostalgic music...
Thank you
I enjoyed youre video especially siting here with my glass of wine nice and warm . Thanks a lot keep going !
Oh I just absolutely love the seagull's tap dance & the music you put to it... what a laugh 😅😅😅
Loved the opening James .We have watched you from the beginning love you both, ten out of ten for perseverance in that weather. Another sad deprived town .
Thank you for sticking with me 😊
Great Vlog you two and I love your posh respectful voice James when you were talking to Brian, I do that apparently lol. That cafe was a credit to Morecombe, it would sit happily in any posh suburb in the country, hopefully it will encourage similar business to invest in the town. So sad to see a once jewel in the crown so neglected, it is criminal that we have allowed our seaside towns to fall into such states. Your editing is getting much better James, I loved the opening scenes, you really nailed it and the Vlog was an honest reflection, not in any way disrespecting, I loved it.
Thank you, apparently I have a posh voice on the phone too 😂
In peak season Morecambe is busy and buzzing, of course it looks dead in winter, in a storm 🙄
If you're not made of money, Morecambe is affordable, and in this cost of living crisis that's got to be welcome for less well off families ❤
Your videos are always worth watching 👍👍
Thank you 😊
Tuff times for lots of ppl still but you and Helen make life bearable as always ty both 😊😊😊
Thank you 😊❤️
The intro was art, I tip my hat to you fine sir
Thank you so much 😊
Quality as usual
Despite morecambe being a hole now, you will see some of the best sunsets in the country across the bay behind the hills of the lake district.
Found your channel last week and binged a lot of your videos. As an expat living in Melbourne love seeing England. Cheers.
Thank you 😊
Hi James and Helen, only recently subscribed to your channel and loving the content, trips and travels.
Crazy really I have been to the majority of the places you have been.
I am hooked on north wales, south wales at the moment. Llandudno, Conwy north tenby saundersfoot south. Llandudno has Victorian charm, the great orme tram to the top with the cable car down. Won’t go on and on but I’m pretty sure the best place to park the van would be the car park past the grand hotel overlooking the pier, Irish Sea.
Keep up the brilliant content
Shaun +Pammy
Great intro the good the bad & the Morecambe, would a wise man come in a winters gale.
Love Morecambe ... just found your channel ...
Thank you 😊
You two are ace 😄
Keep up the great work.
Love & peace from Liverpool. 👍👏👍
Wow. Beginning & middle scenery w/music very evocative. Love the interview with the local man (Brian?). Poirot was filmed there!- what a great piece of trivia. Food shots looked lovely - next level. 😊
Morecambe used to be brilliant when i was growing up in the 80s and 90s.There's not as much for kids as there once was though my niece who's from london loves the arcades 😂 I agree with the fella you met about the view!
Your shows get better and better especially when featuring your lovely Helen ! Looks great today, apart from those boots !!!!!!!! Looking forward to ALL your next shows, keep up the good work !!!
I really enjoy your cut outs, where you show some of the area along with Morrisey, etc, playing. I really enjoy that. I've only watched about 10, at the moment. I'll get through them all,.or keep up with you.
I think they're bloody brilliant 😊 keep them coming, James & Hellen ❤
Thank you mate
My brothers just moved to Morecambe and I like it. Been there a few times before. I think it can be cheery and with them hopefully bringing the Eden project there should help it a lot. It's a bit more connected than Blackpool which is another run down town :c
Doing a great job both of you martin tracy x
Thank you
Rant away James you are so right, it rips my knitting big time lol. Feel so sorry for allthose small business. Weather was terrible. Great vlog 😊
Thank you Sandra
Loved the vlog guys! Utmost respect for the way you spoke of Morecambe. I did comment on your instagram when you mentioned going there and I basically said dont bother its so run down. Its so sad that these once bustling seaside towns have been allowed to decline. Lytham and St Annes are lovely you should take a trip there.
Thank you, we're planning a trip there
@bythecurb it's one of our favourite places to go, as well as Chester and Skipton. 👌
Both fantastic places.@@bythecurb
James and Helen, I just discovered your channel and must say how refreshing it is. I find you do a very professional job, James, the videography and editing is great and from what I've seen, the choice of topics diverse. Helen is a delight. And the incidental music you choose strikes me as very tasteful. There's a lot more depth to you both than you put on camera and i love that you're so natural. I like how you've shown some really attractive features of your region - all new to me.
I've been living abroad for the last 35 years but my family is originally from near Barnsley and near Doncaster. Because of my Dad's work we lived abroad and in the Midlands and the Southwest.
My memories of visiting family in Sheffield and Rotherham are of the rare warm days and the frequent cold ones! Hearing you both speak makes me feel you're distant family.
What you've taught me is that it's definitely worth making the effort to come to the area both sides of the Pennines when I'm visiting the UK. Thank you again for your hard work and genuineness. All the best, Rob in Switzerland
Hi Rob, thank you for the message. We really appreciate it :-)
Best intro ever. I’ve got hope for Morcambe.
Thank you
Well done guys for soldiering on ,,,sterling job in those conditions ,,,the Eden project is one of cornwalls biggest attractions housing flora & fauna from all over the world set in 5 massive bio domes including a tropical rainforest,in the summer it also hosts concerts Robbie Williams being one of many who have performed there,,,unfortunately the season for holidaymakers in the uk is not on par with the sunnier parts of Europe where people tend to take their winter breaks as it’s often cheaper than staying at home ( switch the heating off for a fortnight lol ) 👍🏽
Another grand blog owd lad, it’s great how you and Helen bounce off each other, a smashing couple 😊
Wow, Wow, what an intro.....talent,u are so skilled. Massive. 😮
Thank you 😊❤️
Love your choice of tune xx Morrissey ❤
I love mozzer
Same I do , all my life ❤️
Great show again James and Helen, 10/10 on that opening, I can see why you like 'Socks with Sandals' video style...me too!
OMG you certainly make sacrifices for your art, poor Helen I bet it took a while to get the tangles out after that. Still you found a coffe shop and a pub, Helen even found a charity shop that was open. So well done for salvaging a very credible video out of what was a weather catastrophe. Let’s hope the next video is made in tamer times. Take care and stay warm and dry, don’t want either of you going down with anything.
Thank you, it was touch and go whether we should pack up and leave!
brilliant love morcambe my son has a caravan near the bolton le sands love yor vids makes me happy xxx
Damn. That’s a hell of an intro. 👏 👊👍
Two brave souls tackling what looks like bracing, freezing cold winds in Morecambe. You do suffer for your Art James. However,
nice to see you & Helen again telling it like it is. Always look forward to whatever you post with your honest, down to earth
commentating. Love you both 💕💕💕🐳🐳🐳
Thank you :-)
Love the way Helens hair merges in with her coat ,super cute ❤ and you are too ❤🎉🎉
Haha like a lions mane 😂
Great video, was good to see the place as ive never been, keep up the good work.
Hi ya im a southener but ive visited morcombe many many times and enjoyed my stay there love your vlogs you two are the best❤❤
Nice to see you both have ventured over the hill to the good side of the hill.
Just to let you and Helen know we watch all your videos ! Both me and nik think you are both great ! Keep em coming ! Keeps me going ( don’t get out much these days ) lovely to see you Helen ! You are such an amazing person !! Miss our work chats x
Awwwwww thank you Loraine. I miss you too. Hope you and Nik are well 😘 xxx
Love the statue tribute to the great eric morecambe it looks very cold down there im not far off retirement may end up there lol another great show 👍
Wow ! What an intro James….upping the game 😜 very pro 👍
Thank you mate
The Morecambe hotel was massively refurbished in the nineties to a high standard.
Another great vlog. Shame to see the coastal towns of Britain struggling so much hopefully they can bounce back but it will need a lot of investment especially in small businesses.
We spent a few days in Heysham, just down't road a few years ago and went in to Morecambe every day. We passed The Station a few times and I didn't realise it's a pub! Booger. Looks nice, too. But we did visit the Wetherspoons Eric Bartholomew a lot.
Omg that was haunting
Nigel Watson brought me here.
Many of the small bed and breakfasts I believe have long term residents!
Morecambe as gone down a massive hill over the years, in the 80's it was the place to go for your holiday's no more 😢😢
Love the dancing birds.😅
Grate vlog James & Helen you dun well to record any thing in that whether.
Hi James &Helen Nice chap in the coffee house, so cold and windy,it's 27deg today in finestrat enjoying video as usual take care 👍
OK rub it in why don't you!? 😂😂
Keep those videos coming love watching them while sunbathing in Spain .makes 🇪🇸 my day adios xx
The opening to your videos are getting better each time, best wishes to you both, me and my partner Michelle always look forward to new content from your channel x
Thank you, glad you like the videos