1 Day as a Tourist in Braintree, Essex, England | UK Travel Vlog
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- Welcome to Braintree!
In this brand new UK Travel Vlog I explore the historic market town of Braintree in Essex which began its life 4000 years ago as a village!
My trip begins at the Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens with some history on an extremely influential Courtauld family. From there I jumped back into my car and headed for the town center. Luckily I was given permission to film at the stunning Town Hall, which opened May 22nd 1928! From there I unearth some interesting history at an old drunkard lock up, before taking a walk on the stunning old Flitch Way Railway Route.
My next destination is the hustle and bustle of market day in the town center, and a catch up with a variety of brilliant characters plying their wares, followed by a tour of Bocking Arts theatre by a local comedian.
Finally I take in Braintree Museum for a vital history lesson, ending my trip at a crackin local place called Toast, with a proper tasty meatball toasted sarnie!
Bloody brilliant!
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as someone who has lived here my entire life this video is actually sooo good it makes this shithole look amazing.
YOU make Braintree amazing!
Come on. It's not a shithole. There are loads of lovely parks and the flitch is brilliant. It is what you make of it. Bradford Street is amazing if you have an interest in social history.
Someone got shot in Sainsburys car park... its a bit of a shithole
me too i love here too!
@@LukeSeeleygamertagisV3XChintzy lol! Well that has added to the colourful history of Braintree! :D
I am from the US and lived in Braintree for 14 years then moved to Halstead for 4 years. Braintree is truly a beautiful place if you step out of your normal day to day living and appreciate it for what it is. The history is absolutely amazing! It was pretty cool to see my friend Peter sitting outside of the Bull Pub and saying hi to you! That's his usual spot 😄
Braintree born and bred. My brother lived at Cutting Drive in Halstead. He passed in 2015.
What a great, positive promotion of Braintree, hope lots more people see it, appreciate it and support it. Well done Adam
Cheers Sue! Took a while to edit 😅 Glad you enjoyed it! Feel free to subscribe for new content 🤟🏼👌🏼
Unfortunately, I only have bad memories of Braintree, going to school there and being bullied completely ruined it for me. It's nice to see some improvement to the place. It used to look so run down before. Great video, and it's nice to see Braintree in a positive light. So thank you.
I share your sentiments. lived there in the 60s and 70s and my memories are also not so good. (and yes I was bullied too). It's great to see this video showing the good things and making the town look much better than I remember - though when I was there the Flitch Way didn't exist! I still remember the trains!
I will share this with my Relatives and friends in the US, some of whom live near Braintree MA. What a great vid.
Thanks very much Mark, yeah I think the great people of Braintree MA would be interested in their history. Appreciate the watch, glad you enjoyed it!
i live at braintree and i have been to all these places you went to and it makes me happy to see sombody recording there
That’s lovely. I’m glad you enjoyed it 🤟🏼
My home town! Braintree born and bred. Much respect. ❤
Very nicely done.... Great interviewing and great editing...
I lived in the area from 1975, when it was still a lovely slow old market town to 1980. The market was 90% fresh food.
When I moved there you could often come across true Essex rural locals who, if you could understand them, would tell you they had never travelled outside Braintree..
Thanks very much, that means a lot. I’ve worked on my editing to improve it and I often criticise myself before I put the vids out, so your comment is much appreciated! Cheers for the past insight of the town as well, very interesting 🤟🏼
@@ADayintheUK If you return to N.E.Essex... See if you can find a real local with a true Essex Country accent. The first two guys I met up there had such deep accents they were incomprehensible.
Waiting at the bus stop for the first time in January 1975 I asked a lady if she was a local. She had been there for 25 years and now been accepted as a resident, but if she was ever accepted as a local it would not be for at least another 25!
Man, things have changed lol..
@@SDD3204 haha I know what you mean! The older locals definitely have stronger accents, like farmer Giles 😆
Thanks for promoting Braintree, this must have been a special market day, I've not seen this many stalls for years.
Brilliant energy Jill. I was a great time to be in Braintree. Lets hope that market continues and develops!
We are from Braintree, Massachusetts. A large group of Braintree , UK rotarians came over for our 350th anniversary in the early 90s and we in turn were invited to Braintree UK for their 800th anniversary. We were treated royally, people there are wonderful. We had a fantastic time. I sincerely enjoyed your video. Did you do one from Hartlepool? My father was from there, came to US in 1925.
Thanks Carol, thats a lovely story. What a beautiful link from Braintree, Essex to Braintree MA! hartlepool is on my Radar for sure. Thanks again for the watch, much more to come!
I don't know how you made this dump look aesthetically pleasing?!
5:21 That bulding just to the left of the lock up is somewhere I once lived.
The man, the myth, the legend of edition! The video is super dynamic reviewing every bit of this town! I moved here 1 year ago and haven’t discovered everything you just showed with such passion and energy filled with history as bonus! Already your fan man! Just keep going, you’re going to explode!!
Cheers João! Lots more to come!
João ? Vc tá morando aí em braintree?
Great video, Braintree’s a lovely place with lovely people. Looking forward to watching your other videos!
Thanks very much, chuffed you enjoyed it!
A perfect vlog of the town I have lived in for 43 years
Well done and thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it, lots more videos to come!
Another round of applause from another Braintree resident 👏
Cheers Rhodri, much appreciated! Loads more content to come so feel free to subscribe for new vids 🤟🏼
This video made me realise how nice Braintree actually is
I love Braintree lovely place to live. Wow didn’t know so many nice stalls at the market.
Ah glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah those stalls are epic 👌🏼 feel free to subscribe for new vids and thanks for the watch 🤟🏼
Thanks Adam, I live locally and I’m ashamed to say, I’ve never been in the museum 🤦🏼♀️
Cheers for the watch Lorraine, time to take a trip there haha! Also Feel free to subscribe for new content ;)
It used to be a primary school and I went there for a year or so when I was 5 (1982 ish).
Gosh, what a trip down memory lane! I was born in Braintree and spent my younger years there. My mother worked in the Town Hall in the 1970's and I'm pretty sure that the registry office was originally the office where my mother worked. So lovely to know more about the history of the area in general. Great video - thanks!
Hey Leah, thanks for the comment, glad the vid evoked great memories for you
Was born in Braintree in 2000 in Bocking, the cottage opposite the Church which is now the pub... I am 22 now but lived in Braintree all of my life, I have seen it change quite a bit growing up. I feel Braintree used to have more going for it back when I was growing up, you would have local events and competitions and a small festival that would happen in the park. There was more sense of a community I think back then and there was a lot more to do, maybe that's down to the invention of smart phones though probably... I remember sitting down the skate park when they had the small festival on and watching the skating competition that used to happen, still got loads of old negative photos of that day. Does anybody remember Riverside Swimming Baths and the berry picking allotment that was behind it?
Thanks for posting the video, currently in Surrey and cannot wait to go back to my home town, see so many local faces in this.
Glad you enjoyed it and it brought back memories Alfie
Beautiful, seeing Braintree again, lived there a couple of years ago, went to Alec Hunter High sch. Now in Ghana, West Africa. Will come again and pay a visit soon . Cheers!
Love your videos mate, live in Witham and didn’t know about the house with the bomb damage! We are off to Braintree market Saturday off the back of your video, keep up the great work! Looking forward to the next location! 👍🏻
Cheers Matt! yeah that was an awesome find...enjoy the market. An out-take video of Harlow will be released this week followed by a new Location next week. Thanks for the support!
I'm glad to see this. As a local, I'm glad braintree is becoming more mainstream
Glad you enjoyed it!
Also, there are open days of the town hall. I've been inside. Sometimes they do almost a mini market in there
Hello mate, I live in Braintree I dance in town. Great video lad!
Cheers Pal
Throughly enjoyed the tour thanks 👍🏴
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers for the watch Neil
As a person who lives in Braintree and grew up here, I can say it is decent for the most part.
Brilliant episode Adam. Thanks for the tip for cycling, we didn’t know about the Flitch way! Next trip for us :)
Cheers Petra, big love to you and Brad! Yeah I love the flitch way, and the sandwiches at that Railway Cafe are unreal!
From Braintree its possible to go all the way to the M11 roundabout at Bishop's Stortford. There is a gap at Dunmow you have to navigate.
makes this place look nice but trust it’s a proper shite place lived here all my life 🤣
Thank you.
You miss the Braintree Village shopping centre and lovely restaurants and Cinema and leisure centre at Braintree Village.
No I deliberately missed them as I chose to focus on the heart of the town. Hopefully you still enjoyed it 🤟🏼
Another fascinating video. Thanks. Really enjoy them.
I'm glad you're enjoying them!
Braintree used to be a lovely town, but sorry to say it no longer is, your making Braintree sound idyllic , but the council we now have are intent on ruining it and The Braintree heritage is fast being eroded. Those of us who have been here all their lives can see and understand what I'm saying. Yes we do have many lovely land sites but they are being over ridden by all the massive building of huge housing estates. I can remember Braintree when you could buy everything!! Loads of different shops, but now? Well what can we say, they have all gone.
Yes I remember Braintree back in the 1950s , I think the shops have disappeared due to online shopping, these places like Amazon hold stock far in excess of any local store could …But you know I find it very convenient to sit in my armchair and browse through the products at leisure from a vast stock and then have it delivered to my door within 24 hrs , modern times I suppose, I like it in parts but not in others .
You should do a video on Silver End. Francis Crittall made the village for the workers. Only other village like that is Bournville
Brilliant idea! Thanks for this Tony!
Yes, definitely come to Silver End! Its a unique village with a lot of history. And has origional art deco houses
A very interesting visit to Braintree. Fantastic craft stalls in the market.
Cheers for the watch Derek
My understanding is that the earliest building in Bradford St. dates back to the 12thC. It really is a fascinating street. You can see from the houses how the street ebbed and flowed.
Thank you. This is great. And thanks for the shout out to Braintree, MA, USA, my home town.
Hey, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah fantastic link to Braintree MA, named by our very ancestors here in Braintree Essex!
Love this! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it Donna, lots more to come!
Great video, I really enjoyed that 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it Terry, lots more to come!
im so lucky to see this video ... im from Philippines ❤
Absolutely superb! Thanks.
You’re welcome Nik! Glad you enjoyed it 🤟🏼
We lived in this town many,many years ago but did not realise Rayne railway station still existed. Do you mean congregate rather than conjugate which is something you do to verbs. 😂
It exists as a cafe along Flitch Way which is the old railway line that went from here (Braintree) to Bishop's Stortford.
I loved it very much. 🥰
That's great to hear Erlinda! Lots more to come so look out for new vids soon!
My home town!!
Love this part of Essex, when it showed them candles made of Soy and you asked what is Soy you must of been joking surly?????
As some who lives here this is hilarious 😂
This was a great promotion of the market and Braintree, you had a lot of gems in this and filled it with a lot of content in such a short space of time!
Couple of other gems I would have liked to have seen featured (hopefully a round 2!)
- the chophouse which has won awards I believe and also the realised dream and effort of the same person who came up with 'Toast'
-someone else commented about the silk mill which has an upcoming event I believe
-the mill which would lead you to a nature reserve
-the back of Braintree Station which leads alongside the river and crosses a small waterfall of sorts a nice walk
-the library and registry office
-the local butchers who does a lot for the Braintree community plus how many places still have butchers?
-the BHF used to be a cinema and is now a second hand furniture store, they have quite a lot of charity shops which could have been a great feature!
-some more history on the schools from the past and some old photos of Braintree to compare to then and now
-the boars head is great too
-and family friendly and the host with the most Mem Has cafe
-There's a pie and mash shop too
-and a stationary shop run by Simon who also does print outs and that sort of thing!
Anyway that's just my thoughts as I love so much about this little town.
But this was such a good watch! Now sharing with others who I know will also love this Vlog!
Thanks for spending time on this, would be great to see more!
Thanks for this Jessica, great to know! And thanks for sharing. Feel free to subscribe if you haven’t already, lots to come! 🤟🏼
@@ADayintheUK already subscribed and on a side note my playlist is finding loads more past footage of Braintree etc which is just a bonus! Great work and no worries, it all helps hopefully 👍
Incidentally, I was born at William Julien Courtauld hospital in Braintree. It's no longer there.
I was just at the Bocking arts theatre for a Camra beer festival. I understand that the building replaced a previous building that had been there since the 1750s that had always been used for performing.
Great video! Really learnt a lot about the area 😁
Cheers Sonia, glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant video bud, Braintree is a lovely place to live. Definitely got a follow from me 😊
Thanks very much Charles, glad you enjoyed it mate 🤟🏼
Seeing myself in this video after 2 years is crazy 😭
Can’t believe you came to Braintree and not a single shot of shake express! Legit the highlight of Braintree that place...
Nothing about the video, accept the lack of shake express, haha glad you enjoyed it ;)
I subscribed …wish your channel well..this was really good…people are so creative ..your style is good ..
Thank you so much 😀
Any one else worried about he's car parking ticket from Tesco.
haha!
Great video, Adam! If I may, I’d like to recommend Winchester in Hampshire for an episode at some point, it is full of great history, being the former capital city, and is still thriving today :)
Great suggestion! Winchester is on the list for sure...Thanks for the watch, much more to come!
Another good video full of great intereactions Ad. If you are sticking to Essex you should go to Saffron Walden, plently of history there and the coffee bean stall on the market has a nice selection. Could probably fit Thaxted and Finchingfield into the same trip. Content!
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers for the support! Saffron Walden is on the radar for sure. Already filmed finchingfield…although I’ll likely return. Thaxted would be a corker 🤟🏼
Saffron Walden is lovely
Great Dunmow is not far either if you want to go there as well
My home town ❤
Wow , awesome
Another great video. (Why haven't Anglia TV snapped you up to make half hour TV slots??) A couple of little points. The "U" is silent, It is "Cor - TOLDS" (They actually made the Queen's Corrnation gown. My Aunt worked there ... until they discovered she was 14!!) If you'd have gone a liitle further down from the lockup, there is a big white wood building which is the Cortaulds silk mill museum - again, open to the Public. You caught the market on a good day; it used to be a thiving market, but then fell into decline with about 4 stalls. Seems now they've pedestrianised the area - news to me! - it has grown significantly. I get the feeling it was filmed a while ago as now - opposite the school, and behind the town hall is a HUGE hotel complex being buillt. It is actually as tall as the town hall clock tower, extends out the length of the school, and all the way down to the next street (where the Embassy cinema is now Weatherspoons) where the 1930's bus station used to be. You also missed one of the "highlights" of Braintree - Braintree Freeport shopping a village about a mile out of town. About 50 shops - and as many customers on a good day - and is a place you'd visit once ... and wouldn't want to go back to a second time !! Oh, and in Great Square in front of town hall, in the area where Tescos now stands, it used to be a cattle market.
Thanks for you feedback as always Chris, and for the praise! This was filmed roughly 2/3 weeks ago. I was lucky as the town was buzzing when I turned up to film. I really like Braintree, it doesn't deserve some of stuff said about it!
You are right Chris, last count on market stalls I counted 10. This was a surprise ,I've lived here 48years and watched how the market has sadly dwindled away.
…not known is that I made a couple of items for Princess Di back in the day. Also made for The Generation Game et al. In South Street, just across the road from the mill.
i live here and it’s a nice place but sometimes it can be a bit weird lolz
Stunning toast 🤣 guy need to wake up and he never seen good food in his life.
Finally, a hot vlogger!
Thanks!
Is Adam from Essex?
Really enjoyed your video. Super interesting. Please come to Brentwood
Cheers Ashley, Brentwood is on my Radar, for sure. Thanks for the watch!
From the museum I found out that a Braintree company designed and manufactured the Acro Prop. Can you imagine the building industry without it.
Exactly! So much to Braintree...more than I imagined tbh
Great job.
Thank you! Cheers!
Yo my home town
Likewise. I was born at WJC maternity unit. That's no longer there.
Cool vid I live here it's alright 👍
I had a right laugh there Ryan. Thanks for the watch! Loads more to come!
We have Freeport and the Braintree carnival aswell
Cheers Holly, yeah I purposely left out Freeport as I believe the town center desperately needs more attention. Cheers for the watch 🤟🏼
Crab mouth pincer tree
Braintree home of the single mother 😂
I live in braintree
Can you go to coggeshall please
absolutely!
@@ADayintheUK look forward to watching
Does this city need manpower?
i live here
Hi
Yes it used to be a lovely old market town but now there are so many foreigners walking the streets that it’s just lost it’s old world charm..But I suppose that goes for most towns today , just progress they say , well give me back the old Braintree of the 1950/60s any day to the modern one, we are about to get 2000 more foreigners to be based at a nearby ex RAF airfield….Should be great fun , but yes I still love the old town ..It’s probably just me , an old man out of touch with modern times but I preferred the old town as it was years ago ..I went to school in that museum in the 1940s with my gas mask over my shoulder.
It’s pronounced ‘Cor-told’
So I’ve been told….did you enjoy it Sarah?
@@ADayintheUK Firstly I am shocked that despite living in the area all my life (46 years) and having walked past the lockup many many times - I never knew it existed - how weird is that!? I’m only on 11 mins, I’ll get back to you when I’m done... so far, so good :-)
@@ADayintheUK Finished it! I really learnt a lot! It was really well done. The only issue I had was that one guy saying about there’s loads of shops. No. That’s one thing the town is lacking, especially after the ‘virus’ issue ... so much has closed down. Braintree town has really declined over the years ... but you sir, you did an amazing job of pointing out what it has got to offer - so kudos to you x
Thanks very much Sarah, I enjoyed it. But as always I get my buzz from local residents reactions, when they're positive!
@@ADayintheUK No worries xxx
Lol! As someone who recently moved to Braintree (from Grays), the town seems to me to be full of shoplifters, drug addicts and drunks in the town centre
WOW! That's quite a statement. Quite sad, really.
@@humbletxn5102 It has plenty of pleasant seeming people too, but I think you’d agree