BOARDED UP HULL, City of Culture in 2024
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2024
- Exploring Hull's Post-City of Culture Challenges: A Walk Through Its Boarded-Up High Street
Join me on a poignant journey through Hull, a city that once shone as the UK's City of Culture from 2017 to 2020. Despite its moment in the spotlight, Hull now grapples with the harsh realities of a national retail crisis.
While the City of Culture accolade promised a brighter future, the struggles of Hull's high street mirror those of many working-class cities and towns across the nation. The vibrancy of its past cultural achievements contrasts starkly with the desolation of boarded-up shops and deserted streets.
Yet, amidst the challenges, there's hope. The legacy of being City of Culture continues to reverberate, particularly within the thriving arts sector. However, the question looms: How can Hull repurpose its vast retail spaces for greater community benefit?
Together, let's delve into the heart of Hull's urban landscape, reflecting on its past glories and contemplating the path forward in the wake of economic upheaval.
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Exploring Hull reveals its hidden treasures, and there's no denying that its recognition as the City of Culture has catapulted it onto the global stage, sparking investment and well-deserved acknowledgment. With thoughtful design, the remaining shops in Prospect Centre could rejuvenate the high street vibe. Moreover, envisioning the transformation of Prospect Centre, including the iconic landmarks like the old Debenhams, British Heart Foundation, and Circus Circus, could elevate it to stand alongside the thriving St Stephen’s Centre with the right infusion of investment. It's crucial to maintain the momentum of initiatives geared towards revitalizing the Old Town, while the plans to entice bars and eateries to Princess Quay hold promise for further enhancing Hull's charm and appeal.
all going to plan, they want everyone shopping online from the sites they control and control the food, dont do as you're told...no food for you then...its called communism
Everyone online shopping is Capitalism not communism.
@@Scottie444 selling is capitalism not buying
@@spudspuddy inextricably linked they are...amazing.
sacking 90% of the council would save the city a LOT of money.
Absolutely. Think that should be first thing on the agenda at every Council 👍
They force us to pay tax (or face jail), and what they do with it? What do they do with our money? F all
Thank you for showing Hull in a respectable way other than other channels who just rip Hull to bits. Great job 👍
ah thank you so much, have to be honest I found a lot more to love in Hull than not. I’m very excited to return and see the Museum, Art Gallery, Marina, Little Switzerland and sing the praises of the Princess Quay which must be a one stop shop for anyone from Hull. it can be very annoying making these videos sometimes and I’ve put the process on hold for now, boarded up shops are sadly everywhere, retail is changing completely and frankly I don’t think anywhere will be safe. I’m excited for my return to Hull and I promise you this, there won’t be one boarded up shop on my next video from there 👍
You completely missed the best part of Hull, Old Hull. The High Street with it's William Wilberforce, Hull & East Riding & Street Life Museums. Plus a number of great old pubs, The Old Black Boy & The Olde White Hart, just to name two. Also The Deep aquarium & a walk along the old docks seawall. And the freshly renovated area of Humber Dock Street & the other great arcade, Paragon Arcade. You need to come back !
Thank you John, 🙏 have to say we were really impressed with the place. Planning to do a “top things to do in hull” video as soon as the Maritime Museum reopens. That, of course, will only be one of a dozen things we highlight. Hull is great and sadly it’s no different to most towns and cities that are falling foul of the Conservatives 14 years of Austerity and cuts to services. Excited for our return and to be able to fully enjoy the place without looking at all the familiar boarded up places that are a blight on most places nowadays!
Nice tour in Hull, there are so many interesting historic and modern building to visit 👍61
👍 cheers
Honestly Princes Quay used to be utterly bustling
The Old Town is amazing
Hull is honestly a fantastic place with amazing people
I really loved the place
yeah its converted me Jimmy. Really think that Princess Quay is deliberately trying to kick out retail units to make way for bars and restaurants. what an incredible place that will be to visit at night time! 👍
Wow. Incredible 😍
Initially I felt like 360 degree views.
Captured so good
Glad you liked it! have fun 👍❤️
Hello Jill and Nick 👋. It’s really sad but all over the world struggling a lot. Hoping that everything will be on the track step by step 🙏🏻. Thank you 🙏🏻 for sharing. Have a great weekend 👍🙏🏻❤️.
Thanks Kenn let’s hope so 👍❤️
Hello Nick and Jill 👋
Thanks for showing 😊
Thanks for watching 👍
I was born & raised in Hull, unfortunately the mass closure of all these businesses is due to most people buying online, trying to compete with the likes of amazon & other big dogs a like is mission impossible, also these lockdowns didn't help, just made people more house bound & introverted forcing people to shop online, the best bet to get them retail units filled up again would be to just scrap the rates for the time been or at least offer a rate free period of at least 3 years, the trouble is most of these premises or owned by dinosaurs & there perspective is where still in the 70's, the prices of some those retail units are a £1000 per week minus the rates, its all greed mixed with narcissism, to support your local economy try to shop local instead of supporting people overseas who don't care for our country or city.
Hit the nail on the head there Raju and summarised the challenges facing the high street retail perfectly. These landlords that won’t negotiate lower rents in fear that it will devalue their properties value are the main problem. They are happy to wait it out and when the inevitable compulsory purchase lands on their desk they will get the full amount for their worthless empty units. Id like to see a system in place where Councils could revalue these properties based on the occupancy % of the surrounding area. So if only half of the units have business in them then there property value should be halved with the power to compulsory purchase it. Given that we are governed by MPs who also are mostly landlords it’s probably something that will never happen!
Hi Nick and Jill. So sad to see cities around the world, with shops closed and boarded up. It's exactly the same here in Australia, and it doesn't look like improving anytime soon. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks Paul yeah it’s sad but also interesting to see how different countries are dealing with it! hope you are having a nice weekend 👍❤️
Someone had suggested here that as long as the properties are still owned and property taxes being paid, local governments are shying away from stepping in and doing anything as it may mean a lose of income for them. Just seems like some sort of re-use of spaces would take priority though. But maybe in a couple of years things will begin a great turnaround all over...and maybe that is what is being held out and waiting for...better days ahead. Indeed, isn't it an amazing feeling walking in to a shop and seeing all those vinyl records...sure brings back a lot of memories!! Keep up the great explores!!
Cheers Bruce we’ll see 🤞 have a great weekend ❤️
Hi Nick another interesting one about town and city centres closing bit by bit. Shame to hear of how Hull was the city of culture and now its sad to hear that shops are closing. Good that the museum is open though a and that there are art galleries to visit and a good price to Park . 🙂
Loved the chattering ducks 🦆😃 ~ Anna 👍
Cheers Anna! It is a shame what’s happening in our towns and cities but we will be covering things to do in hill as we were surprised and had a great day 👍❤️
Hi Nick and Jill! I'm glad to hear that the city's arts and culture scene is thriving. The arts are so important. However, it was very sad to see the devastating impact on the retail sector. The High Street looked like a ghost town. I really miss Debenhams, in particular. Nice to see that St. Stephens was doing well. Great to see good old HMV has managed to survive thanks to a takeover. The Arcade looked like a very attractive area to shop. Cool street art. Thanks for this interesting and well-researched video. Best wishes to you both ~ Julie & Lucy 😊😊
Hi Julie and Lucy yes we were blown away with the architecture and free museums and galleries and you could really see why it was a city of culture but like all the towns or most towns in the UK something needs to be done with all these empty spaces! Thanks for your great comment have a super weekend 👍❤️
The city is beautiful with its unique architecture. I hope things will get better in the future.
Thankyou 🙏 it’s definitely a place of historical importance and interest, it deserves further funding beyond the 200 million it received during its time as City of Culture.
I visited Hull back in 1990 for a Uni interview. It was a pretty grim place back then. From watching this video and Steve's visit (A tramp in the hills) I can see there is plenty to see and do in Hull. What happens to the high street is something that needs to be addressed at a national level with some legislation for government/councils to take back properties and repurpose areas. Another good video Nick.
thank you Andy. I think the concern with Hull is that after gaining 200 million of investment during its reign as the City of Culture it may now be overlooked for further investment. I hope not. but the problem with our working class towns and cities is real and I wonder is anyone in Parliament even talking about it? when they go back to their homes in their affluent little market towns or cosy villages are they concerned what life is like for the rest of us?
@GENerationXplorers The home counties will always be favoured with the Tories in power. The failure of truely decent investment in the North since the fall of the 'red wall' has shown their promises to be as non-existent as their morals.
@OutandaboutwithAndy very true and whilst we always examine the economic, social and technological reasons for our high street failing what about the Political? This has all happened under the 14 years of Tory rule, interestingly 1 in 3 Tory MPs are also landlords and its landlords that refuse to sell or rent their properties out at anything less than what they perceive to be Market value.
Not half as bad as it looks here, there's more happening now than ever before, quite literally.
there definitely seems to be some positive pockets in Hull. really hope it continues to get funding now the City of Culture has come and gone.
You can never change the people though. They look sad, deprived and hopeless. If you’ve lived in other big standard places in the country, you’d know.
Happening all over the US too, Nick and Jill. Only a few cities have avoided it. The Kingston Tavern looked beautiful and it seems someone should be able to give it a go. Some nice museums and venues. With some right ideas and not heavy regulation and tax burden working against it, it should be able to rebound! Loved the street art and the 🦆🦆🦆too! Thought provoking video.
I wish I'd seen some of the places you showed. Last time I was in Hull I only saw the railway station, two pubs and Primark. Hope I see more wonderful stuff like this soon ❤️
Hi Mr Brilltastic yeah other than all the closed shops there is a lot to see and do hope you are having a great weekend 👍❤️
Royal hotel hosts all the immigrants while the council leaves the English homeless on the streets
That’s disgusting isnt it? It is something I really want to touch on, thank you for rightfully naming and shaming the hotel here 👍
I absolutely love going into Hull, the Transport Museum is one of my favourite places to go which is in the Old Town, and then the Museum with the Woolley Mammoth is amazing, and as you said Mark, ALL FREE. You also have The Deep, just so much to see and do to be honest.👍🏼Having the train station also gives you access to places like York, Scarborough Pickering, Whitby all within a short train journey. So many positive things about Hull but unfortunately it seems as though only the negative side gets promoted .
it really impressed me Jules. you could easily go, stick to the St Stephen’s if you wanted retail and be perfectly happy with that. beyond that Hull has culture, arts, museums, galleries, a LOT to love there, I bet most towns and cities want to be like Hull.
Hi guys anothergreat hard hitting vlog .iv always liked hull stayed there alot on a away day watching brighton playing hull i always made a weekend of it
thank you Simon, we really enjoyed our visit, we’ll be going back to film a touristy video of the place soon! hope your having an amazing week 👍
There's a park in Hull that has a small memorial to Mick Ronson, great guitarist, pianist and Arranger from the early 70s to his untimely death in 1993. Check him out.
Will definitely check him out next time we are about cheers for letting us know 👍
Such a shame the city centre is so forgotten 😢
Agree time to repurpose these place Nick ( the arcade was most impressive)
Interesting watch
ATB Simon
was a lovely arcade that Simon, really hidden away too, from the street you could easily walk by it. I do plan on returning to film a touristy video of the place and that arcade will get top billing! 👍
Excellent video, Nick! 👍👍
thank you Dara. Rishi we are coming for you…..
(hint, he lives nearby, very affluent spot)
Great exploration of Hull's urban landscape! Nick & Jill, you not only highlights the closed shops and vacant units but also celebrates the vibrancy and potential of this city. It's inspiring to see initiatives like the art initiatives utilizing abandoned spaces. This is the same story for the trendy neighborhoods of New York. The economy changes and industry falls, over time artists can afford to move in and then it becomes trendy... and the artist can't afford to be there anymore but the area lives on thanks to them. Let's hope for continued efforts and innovative solutions to breathe new life into Hull's High Street. Kudos to you guys for shedding light on both the challenges and the promise of the area. Keep up the great work! 🌟
wow that’s interesting re New York! Another great comment! Thanks for your kindness have a lovely weekend 👍❤️
The streets are the same in every town/city up and down the country...we love a visit to Hull, it's a fantastic place for a day out...when you go back , go in summer and visit the Queens Gardens, it will blow you away.
absolutely Steven, we fell in love with Hull, pretty sure it’s my new favourite place. we are itching to go back and enjoy it and also do a “top things to do in Hull” video. the sorry state of affairs with every high street is down to the Government and their “not caring” attitude about working class towns and cities. I’m getting to them, i’ll be delving into their very affluent middle class hearts very very soon..
@@GENerationXplorers You must mean Harrogate !!
💯 Very interesting. I've been to Hull a couple of times but never spent long exploring. All the best 😃👍
Cheers Jaune have a great weekend 👍❤️
How blooming depressing 🥺
Hull has such beautiful buildings, yet is like a ghost town. Shame that tavern has been closed for 20 years 😳.
On a positive note that Victorian arcade was a bonus.
Loved it once again 👍❤️
it’s crazy how long these places have been empty for. we are all trying to find answers, who is responsible? Why? but a tudor style pub closed for twenty years i cant even blame the Conservatives Austerity Policy on that one!
Hello Nick and Jill, it is so sad that all of these shops are closing. Loved Wilko"s and Debenhams. Nice that St Stephens full of the shops that werre closed on the high street. The Kingston Tavern looked as if it had been a lovely pub. Loved the ceiling in the vintage arcade. Ha ha loved the ducks ha ha x have you been talking to Adzey ? Thank you for sharing, have a lovely weekend x Julie and Tony x
🤣😂 we couldn’t believe it when we saw Adzey talking to the ducks knowing we were doing the same in our video we have clearly known each other for quite some time so must be in sink 😂 it is sad but seems it is happening the world over so will be interesting learning how other countries are dealing with it! hope you are having a nice weekend 👍❤️
Amazing museums/art galleries and amazing they are free as well, shame you were not allowed to film inside but what a depressing contrast the shopping was in the city centre. The world is changing and (imo) not for the better but fair play to Saint Stephens they must be doing something right. You could not be robbed for a cinema seat mind, something we enjoy doing, especially on am afternoon when it is nice and quiet. I remember being so excited when I was a kid, getting on the bus to Darlington with my pay burning a hole in my pocket, shopping for records, books and clothes but just like most other people I do all my shopping on Amazon now, guess I am part of the problem. Wow £8 to park all week in the city centre, you cannot say fairer than that and the Humber Bridge is worth a visit just to dive over and back, it looks amazing, cheers Alan
so much has changed hasnt it? and not for the better. ive not heard of £4.99 seats in a cinema, for over three decades, i will be back to that Vue cinema soon. ive always been on the fence about Hull, but as sorry as its high street was I found a lot to love. the museums, the art gallery, St Stephen’s (a success story) and £2 for 24 hours parking slap bang in the city centre. it might very well be my new favourite place!
ah the record shops, my favourite haunt as a child, teenager and young adult. it was really nice to see HMV again and learn that the latest buyer has managed to save 120 stores worldwide.
apparently the crazy GEN Zs like records! 😱 who would ever guess that!
I visited Hull a few years ago and found it a bit of a mixed bag, as you highlighted, a lot of boarded up/empty areas but also lots of historic buildings and nice waterfront. £2 parking and free attractions is a winner! Great place for the outro with the Humber Bridge in the background! If you go back to vlog there I'd recommend checking out the Lord Line Building which has been derelict for decades. Great content guys and I see this video getting lots of views! ❤
thank you so much Matt. really didn’t know what to expect with Hull as I’ve only ever visited a half dozen times decades ago long before the current retail crisis. I remember seeing it on the telly every day though during 2017, they had so much going on to celebrate the City of Culture award, was impressive to see. think they spent the 200 million wisely but they need at least that again to completely reimagine vast empty retail spaces.
Nice presentation of the city of Culture in 2024. I also like the narration. 👍
Thank you very much! 👍
wow excellent sharing.
❤️💚💙👌👍👌👍👌💚💙
thank you so much 🙏
It's so sad. Wow even charities are unable to keep units open and they lag a fraction of the price of retail. So many of these spaces could be repurposed. I saw a few units there that would have made good dance studios, but no small business would ever be able to afford the rental or business rates. I thought if you guys at the weekend. I went to Ellsmere Port!! I'll say no more, but there's material there for you! That old arcade is gorgeous. Great street art - There's a lot in Hull! Great job of showing that. Cheers 🍻
ooo thanks guys will ‘Check it out’ 👍🤣 we see so much potential with what can be done with these empty units but you are right the prices and charges are all out of whack ! At one point Jill said this all needs flooring and making into a lovely green space for people to enjoy 👍 have a lovely weekend guys ❤️
Great work on the presenting Nick .. I have only ever been to Hull once and that was just to visit the Deep aquarium 🐠 which I thought was very good they showcased a lot of great conservation projects they have been involved with around the world 🐢 🦈
Yeah other than all the closed unit’s Hull impressed us so we will be returning for a different kind of video! cheers Andy hope you are having a great weekend 👍❤️
Great views , great energy
really appreciate that Thankyou 🙏
Interesting your video presentation! Congratulations for your work! Have a beautiful weekend! ❤
Thank you! You too Dac 👍
I been to Hull many times, as my sister, brother in law and my niece live up there. we also went with school years ago to see the Humber Bridge
Hi there we too remember going on school trips to the Humber bridge there is still plenty to see and do! have a great weekend 👍
Online shopping, smart phones and retail apps, are available for every single store that exists.
You can sit watching the television at home and spend an hour browsing hundreds of items from dozens of retailers, what would have taken two full weekends to shop for in the high street. No city in the UK can compete with that.
I think it needs niche or specialist shops that don't sell online.
your absolutely right. there is no competing with the convenience of shopping online from your armchair and having the benefit of shopping for the very best price too. Id like to think that every town and city could fill up a lot of those empty units if they filled them with niche/specialist shops. some of these retail units are just way too big for independents to fill. the likes of the banks and shops leaving the high street are leaving massive retail units empty that nobody will ever fill. even the smallest of units come with some of the highest rents and rates in all of Europe. unless your shop is a front for something, like many of the “cash only” type of shops that are appearing it seems those units will remain empty.
Hi guys an interesting video. Certainly makes you think. At least St Stephens was a success. We have only been to Hull once for a gig which was great but didn't have chance to look around the city. The vintage arcade was amazing reminds us of the one in Cardiff. Thanks for sharing. Hope you have a great weekend Best wishes Dave and Dawn ❤️
Cheers guys hope you have had a lovely Saturday, enjoy the rest of your weekend 👍❤️
I LOVE vintage arcades!❤
love that place, what a prime example of an original arcade. I’m dying to return when not filming
It’s makes me sad to see how things are closed. Once a thriving place full of memories are vacant and boarded up. It’s a lovely looking town! Thanks for putting such a effort to make people aware. 👍😊🇨🇦
Thanks Christine we will be returning to hull for a different type of video! have a good week 👍❤️
Princess Quay used to be vibrant in the 90's. It was a place to meet up with your friends with a mixture of high Street shops and independent shops. it didn't matter what your tastes were you could get trendy, vintage and grunge clothes all in the one building. Loved that you got to visit Hepworth Arcade
Just visited on Friday evening; Symptomatic of decaying infrastructure across UK. Mass immigration. ganja smells; crackheads; spice boys spasming about on benches. Great old town and pubs where the locals were hanging on to the remains of their culture. Very sad to see... RIP Hull
its a real shame isn’t it Nigel? Sadly it could be any working class town or city across the entire UK now including mine.
@@GENerationXplorersgreat point
Makes me a little sad!
I lived in Hull in the 90’s, culturally it was amazing.
It was riddled with amazing night clubs
Room
The Welly
Spiders
Various live music venues
Hull truck cinema
Art and culture was valued
I loved the spirt of the place
Regarding retail I couldn’t believe what had become of The Princes Quay shopping centre
I think the last time I visited was 2010 and there was no hint of retail struggling and like you say come tea time the bars and clubs were all ramping up for what would be a rammed night. it was a very exciting place to be. I hope they can recapture some of that. that being said I’d say out of all the places I’ve covered Hull is faring the best plus it’s made me a huge fan. already planning an overnight stay there to take in all the sights at leisure and I’ll be back to film a more “touristy” top things to do in Hull video as there is just so much choice there. Well done Hull 👍
So sad to see Hull all boarded up. So many empty shops. I am seeing this also in some of the big cities in the US. Such a beautiful historic city. Queen Victoria square looked amazing. Thanks for showing us around and all the information.
So sad isn’t it! cheers Gasper 👍❤️
Absolutely wonderful town. Amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Lot’s of love from Switzerland ❤❤
It is a great city just a shame like everywhere there are so many empty units! Have a good day 👍
You're right. Hull is a shit hole. A few pockets OK like the marina..with over priced bars and restaurants.
But now overall plenty of homeless in doorways. Ubereats on bikes. Groups of illegals. Big brand shops closing down. Even the roads all congested.
I believe it's all by design to make it a 'smart' city. Whatever that means.
Local councils all across UK are being bribed by central government. And plenty of towns across UK are being left with derelict buildings.
The pandemic and the lock downs that were being implemented was just the start of the killing spree of society.
There will be a new reset.
The WHO and WEF are the ones controlling the central governments of the world. Then they control the local governments and councils. The rabbit hole is deep.
Great video BTW xxx
thank you so much Sarah. it really does feel like it’s by design doesn't it? that Central Government are pushing this on us to then usher in the next phase..
Calling Hull a shithole is a bit strong considering other towns and cities up and down the country is in a much worse state. It has its dowsides and negatives but so does everywhere else🤷♂️
@shaunsowter3329 your right Shaun. Id swap my declining high street for Hull any day. Sadly we have been given 20 million as a failing high street whilst Hull, which still deserves a LOT of attention is getting ignored by central government. What I truly hope is Hull is recognised as, like us all “TRULY FAILING” and we get more grants awarded to Hull. An amazing place, a place we can’t wait to revisit and a place just as needing of further investment as most..
@@GENerationXplorers thank you. Compared to places like Middlesborough and Luton, Hull is a paradise. People look down thier nose at the city because of its high crime rates, young pregnancys and poverty and i cant defend that been from Hull but i will defend the fact that if you read between the lines and you will see the city has a lot to offer in terms of tourism and history
@@Fullmoonhowl101
It's still a shit hole. But I do agree. There are plenty worse. And plenty better.
'Moved, as if by design'. I think you hit the nail on the head. Are these high rates designed to squeeze shops into designated areas. I think you are right. Either make them residential or demolish and make green spaces. Sad to see. Thanks for sharing.
thank you Chris, I really hope it’s by design, it shows a method in the madness and a foresight that a lot of other Councils should adopt. Genuinely hope they get further investment for those massive empty blocks! hope your having a great weekend. Nick
Love this video ,as I do all of these ,don’t think people realise amount work you both put in .
Here is my take ,sorry it’s long.
First it started with the rise of the supermarket,then covid ,then Putin .
But what alot are forgetting is human nature ,I used to live in a small village ,had lovely local shop and bus 🚌 to town ,all gone why?because nobody bothered 😕 to use them!! Like communism it would never work ,because someone would always want more than the other !.I used to hate Margret thatcher,and go help the miners ,and the fact she sold all the council house 🏡 stock,is the reason of many of londons decline.but the biggest reason is mp s now days in this cancel culture we live in aka like my fav author ✍️ George Orwell,our society is Orwellian now =1984 . I never thought I say this ,we need people like thatcher Who actually care with a passion about this country .but anyone with a backbone is cancelled,you just have to look 👀 at the scenes in parliament we’re MPs too scared 😱 to vote 🗳️. When I am well if I can ,I be selling my house 🏡 and moving to France 🇫🇷,as sadly with people like kier starmer who went against the public vote ,are leader of labour ??. Brexit the MPs lied 🤥,show me one mp that tells the truth ??
Sorry for long comment,love the fact you do these videos,always a fan phil ps forgot to add plus the rise of Amazon.
me and you both Phil. growing up under Thatchers regime was a nightmare but have we had anyone better since? sadly not. France is a great place to retreat to. when the energy crisis started with the War in Ukraine Macron wasted no time and re nationalised French Power saving millions of businesses from going bust in the mean time. it’s that sort of forward and decisive thinking we need here in the UK. not a chance. I think it’s time we all moved to France. much love to you and Debs xx
You both will always be welcome at my house in France 🇫🇷,that’s if I’m not brown bread before then . Your both diamonds phil
@ThePhilpunk ah Phil, thank you so much 🙏 long life, love and happiness, let’s enjoy every second xx
5:14 The prospect shopping centre had an upstairs accessible via escalator and a lift, there were several eateries, all of which seemed to close during the peak of covid, but even before then it was desolate up there.
thanks for that Joshua, I was wondering if there was an upstairs to that shopping centre. out of the three shopping centres that one was very depressing, hopefully they can move those remaining shops onto the high street and close it down for good.
Great video guys there are 3 other museums which are free and the William Wilberforce has had a big refit.
Got a soft spot for Hull
Hi there yeah we were actually really impressed and will be revisiting for a different kind of video! hope you are all well have a great weekend 👍❤️
HMV sound 👍😎✌️ , that takes me back.
It was so good going in and having a mooch! flash from the past! on googling it, it appears there are a lot open in Yorkshire, when you scroll down the list Scarborough is at the bottom with ‘permanently closed’ 😂
@@GENerationXplorers LOL 🤣 ,,, ohh well welcome 🤗 to Scarborough everybody LOL 🤣
The city at it center has some beautiful buildings! What a shame to see so many places closed. I am someone who enjoys shopping in person, so it's sad to see it.
It really is but yes we were impressed with hull some gorgeous buildings 👍❤️
Sad to see all those places that have been closed. So I hope it will change in future.
I just hope enough people make these type of videos that eventually it embarrasses the MPs and instead of focusing on spending billions overseas they spend some here to save our towns and cities.
I was a student at Hull University late 70s early 80s and l now live in Singapore. In Singapore nearly all our shops are in giant malls. We also have huge food courts that you rarely see in Europe. Perhaps this is something that could work in Hull.
Well done on your move to Singapore Paul, it must be an amazing place to live. the indoor malls should be hugely popular in the UK, especially given the amount of rainfall we have!
@GENerationXplorers yes but the climate is horrid. Humid. Miss the British climate and Hull.
She's taken a battering this island of ours... something has to change and soon.😢
So true Rachel it’s so sad 🙁 hope you are having a nice weekend ❤️
Hull City Centre, City of Culture. We must wake up to the fact that the city centre is evolving, changing and morphing into decline. People buy on line, Amazon delivers on the same day, no need to mix with annoying JBP. I predict in 30 years time (I’ll be 105), that there will be very few shopping centres around. Companies can’t afford the huge rents and financial outlay to pay staff etc. The massive building once occupied by Debenhams in my city centre is now a Range store (can’t see them lasting here). God bless St Stephen’s, the patron St of the shopping mail. Great under cover filming. Night time economy? JBP simply want to stay indoors on a cold wet rainy night, not head out to a bloody shopping centre. Great graffiti on the walls and I was so glad to see a large Costa outlet, what more do you need?
thank you Mike, your absolutely right, we’ve lost our cultural identity, we’ve lost the need to visit a place and socialise. what you have going on with the CCC is amazing, it’s what we desperately need to hold onto. our high streets are meeting places, but they are vanishing before our very eyes. I might be wrong but this feels a very American and British Phenomenon, either mainland Europe is twenty years behind us or they have swerved this retail decline completely.
it really irks me that we spend billions on far off countries when a fraction of that could save our working class towns and cities.
my end goal here will be to shame our MPs and our PM and out them from there “safe” affluent middle class market towns and villages. here on in starts a series that will leave the argument at the PMs and the MPs doorstep. “they don’t care” what happens in our towns and cities and each of the coming weeks i will lead clearly up to that…
spend the money here and look after the constituencies you are supposed to be caring for.
@@GENerationXplorers You’ve certainly got my vote and support. 👍
A fair review, alot you didn't see or show so maybe a next time , welcome to Hull 😊
Thankyou so much Steve. Had a fantastic day I have to say, im sorry we showed all the closed buildings and I’m so excited to return. plan on staying over soon and enjoying the many great things Hull has to offer and beyond that we will be making a tourism video for Hull and I can promise you this the place will be shining!
One of the main problems that retail industry in Hull is everyone shops online cos it's cheaper at times and convenient delivered to your door. It doesn't mean Hull is a bad place to live, I've lived here for 56 years and still love our little shit hole corner of the UK.
Coming very soon.. top things to do in Hull. no boarded up shops and so many great places to visit. I sometimes get so tired of seeing “to let” signs (they are everywhere arent they?) my next video on Hull will be entirely different and will showcase some of the amazing things your great city has to offer 👍
Very nice video my friends Nick and Jill , beautiful place, how sad it is abandoned have a great week 😃
Thank you! You too! ❤️
amazing, well done and thumbs up 👍💥🎈
Thank you! Cheers! 👍
Interesting that St Stephens mall is doing so well. Good for them 👍
was really happy in there. Jill filming undercover got collared not me. I was waving the camera around and Jill was pretending to not be with me grabbing footage. out of the two of us, she got stopped! doh
@@GENerationXplorers that's fascinating! What was she filming on?
Wow it's amazing how malls have done this. Amazing city of culture.
People move on from those experiences But we need to keep some old world charm.
Thanks for the tour. Have a great week .
Yes, you are right cheers guys 👍❤️
I can't believe how many years some of these places have been empty!
And Debenhams is sad to see go 😩
I don’t think anything would be better under Labour and as a pre party-gate conservative I’m done with both of those parties. all of this has happened under Conservative Austerity Rule where we spend billions abroad and not a penny here, the same would be true or worse of Labour. its time for real change and real investment otherwise we will become a third world laughing stock.
The Kingston cavern , wow 😮
Such a great looking pub but been empty soooo long such a shame 😳
It's so sad and it happen everytime and everywhere. Since Covid, war in Ukraine and more, many places turn to ghost place cause of all high costs. And bigger bussinesses are only intrested gaining money for share holders.
I wish we at least could turn those to mybe better places for everyone and mybe even living places for people with not much money.
Wow... That's cheap watch a movie! Here it costs 4 times that prize!
I hope time change soon, so we don't get that much empty places wasted.
Thanks for showing.
Have a fabulous weekend 🦇🖤🖤🖤🖤🦇
Thanks Sanniz hope you are having a gooden 🖤🖤
Thanks for sharing this - really interesting! The situation is not unlike my hometown of Newport South Wales which was once thriving. Strangely enough Cwmbran just up the road is doing really well. It looks like one one the problems in Hull is too many shopping centres. Really enjoyed it thank you for sharing. Mike, Elaine, Samuel and Thomas 😎😍👬
Thanks guys yeah it appears it’s happening in most places but some still thriving we may get to the bottom of this in a future video have a great week ahead 👍❤️
Watching now 👍
Cheers Adzey 👍
@GENerationXplorers No worries mate 👍
Nick, thanks for the tour. It's sad to see so many places boarded up and forgotten. What a waste.
It is but appears to be happing in a lot of places around the world! 👍
Like 160, Awesome footage capturing the beautiful alluring scenery, thanks for sharing and bringing us to this wonderful relaxing place and stay safe always.
Thanks you too! 👍
You mentioned 3 museums near the start but one is City hall not a museum
oh I messed up there, realised after I came out of the lovely Art Gallery my mistake but sadly some teens playing loud copyrighted music outside the town hall had moved in and I couldn’t re-record the line. An extra museum is pretty cool though right!?
Hull needs to tap into its rich fishing heritage and expand ‘The Deep’s design aesthetic across the city!! Make it a place to visit 👍 and…. it needs a huge retro arcade like the Arcade Club in Leeds!! 🍻
I’m huge on retro arcades, I haven’t visited the one in Leeds. I do have two full size cabinets of my own. I did notice a retro arcade in the basement of Princes Quay but it wasn’t open on the day of my visit. the idea to expand on the heritage is top notch 👍
Brilliant guys , thanks for doing the content...loved it ,,, and I am also hopeful for Hull at some point in the future , but I'm not holding my breath ,,, not with these saps called politicians LOL 🤣. , or basically local authority LOL 🤣. Stay safe and stay sound 👍😎✌️🦈.
your right David, these Politicians don’t give two hoots about our towns and cities. when they are not lording it up in Parliament they are kicking back in their cosy villages or affluent market towns. its one UK for them and another for the rest of us.
awesome & well done 👍💥🎈
Thank you 👍
This was really interesting to see. I've never been to Hull. Sad to see so many places abandoned. 😊👍
yeah it’s sad but other than these hill is a lovely city ❤️👍
There are a few closed shops in the town, that I live in, but that's nothing compared to the amount of closed shops in your video. Even though I'm watching the video, it's still hard to believe, that this is real. It's so sad to see, that so many shops have been closed and some of them for a very long time. Wow, the street art looks amazing, it's so colourful. I hope you'll have a great weekend.
Hi Thomas yeah it’s a shame seems to be happening the world over! 🙁👍
Beautiful place my friend ❤️
Thanks for visiting 👍
"Your government hates you" felt so depressingly apt after watching this video. What struck me about this video in particular having been very interested in all of your videos on this topic, is the way you drew out how long some of these spaces have actually been vacant for. Many you spotlighted were 2018, 2019 or even earlier (the pub left vacant for 20 years!). That so clearly demonstrates this isn't an issue that our current powers that be can put in the 'COVID caused it' bucket. It also demonstrates just how unattractive it is to investors to put money into these high street spaces or how the costs are so prohibitive many cannot afford to invest even with a huge chunk of the high street at their disposal. I was curious what time you were visiting too as it just felt so quiet. It will be interesting to see how this topic features in the upcoming election whenever that may be, or if it just gets lots in the noise of tactical political panics designed to distract us all from the very stark economic reality that is literally under our noses. UGH. Thank you both for another very thought-provoking and well researched video. Nick and Jill for PM!
Hi Emily another fabulous comment and thank you for picking up on these important points and you are so right with everything you say! Maybe Nick for PM (although he has some radical ideas 😂) but I don’t do politics hence why Nick takes the forefront in these videos and has to take most of the comments coz half the time I have no idea what people mean and have to get Nick to explain so I am happy playing camera guy and research helper 😂 have a lovely weekend 👍❤️
I lived in hull 2014 2017 still connected daughters dad lives there born and bred taxi driver
I’m from Leeds
I found when I lived there
It’s so flat no views
I would go out for a bus and not know which side of road to be on or direction I was going in
Streets seem so so long compared to Leeds
But I felt safe there the city
McDonald’s in the city knew me and my regular order that would never happen in Leeds
I enjoyed the closeness community and history
Also coming from Leeds if I can say this and I’ve visited recently
It’s still a very Yorkshire place as in Mostly white British people if I’m allowed to say that that’s what I find it’s nice because it’s close to the coast I like hull very different from Leeds which is just an hour away a city but yet feels more country
that’s pretty amazing about McDonalds, love that Debra! your absolutely right about the demographics of Hull and of course it all contributes, 93.9% people are white, 2.2% people are asian, 1.4% people are mixed. looking forward to revisiting Hull and just enjoying what it has to offer. feel like there is lot to enjoy there beyond the boarded up shops that are blighting most towns and cities. 👍
Humber estuary, little Switzerland and Hull marina have very good views 🫣
@Kris_1708 ah thank you so much. It’s a super high priority for us to return now in a very positive light and show off just how great Hull is. We are going out to cover York tomorrow (in a positive light) also boarded up like the rest of us, but I think we will be back filming in the lovely Hull next week. Excited for our revisit!
The city of culture ruined the city for a lot of people. We had way to much construction they basically closed all the footpaths in the city centre except for really tight walkways, and this was the full city centre. They tore up all the pavements and then they had a about 4 people working doing block paving across the whole town. It went on for about 2 years and loads of places went out of business, then as the city of culture year was upon us in descended all the crack heads and spice heads from around the country to beg and steal what they can. Loads never left and now the city centre is a proper dive, it ruined the city never again...
oh gosh that’s a real shame, badly timed “improvements”, thats just terrible planning. then to top it all the darn pandemic stole your final year of culture. couldn’t make it up. Hull needs more funding, still so much potential there.
I was born and bred in Hull..when I turned 50 enough was enough I got out ..
its a shame when you have to turn your back on your home town or city. I did the same thing with Blackpool.
Same iam glad to have left in 2002 left for Scotland and never looked back came back to England in 08 but North Yorkshire and like it up here espily places like York and the Dales
I'm not sure what your point is. Hull has dozens of empty shops and the city centre is a dead duck but so is every city centre in the country. You are not coming up with any incisive revelations here. You would have been better off taking a look at the Levelling-Up Fund that is being massively misused in Hull City Centre. Basically , rich investors are buying up the best properties at a low price then drawing up schemes to enhance or re-develop them with the aid of immense cash grants from the fund. All they have to do is produce quotes for the work and the council chips in half the dough. When you analyse the costings it starts to look very dodgy to say the least. Besides, is that what the Levelling-Up Fund is really supposed to be for? We were under the impression it was going to bring us better transport and infrastructure in line with more prosperous parts of the country. Silly us.
now thats a great comment, thankyou. 🙏 and its exactly the kind of way to conversation I was hoping for, that only someone with local knowledge could provide. Sadly the levelling up fund is in the decision making hands of the Councillors and they are not given any clear indications on how it should be spent, so instead of being spent on transport and infrastructure which would be of huge importance it will get misappropriated to something that will either indirectly help a Councillors interests or a vanity project to keep locals quiet, “look at this shiny new thing over here but don’t look at the city centre..”. the real worry is that if an accolade like “the city of culture” cannot slow down the rate of decline then what is the hope for the rest of us?
How sad to see so many shops empty. Where are people shopping? Are they purchasing things on line? How do they get more retailers to open up new stores? HMV great news helping the community out! 15:03 stunning Victorian shopping arcade. I think the Ducks got it right, "we are buying everything online!". Great Vlog Nicholas. Thank you for taking us along. Have a great week.
cheers Joseph and Peter it’s sad but other than these closed unit Hull is a great city and we hope to return to do a different kind of video 👍❤️
Look forward to them Nicholas@@GENerationXplorers
Great video GENeration Xplores! I support the high street and make nearly all of my purchases in stores, whilst many people predominantly shop online.
People have to accept that city centres are changing, however I do accept the premise that the council could do more to improve the centre, as well as other things that have attributed to its decline.
We need to be more optimistic about our high streets, whilst highlighting its challenges like realised within this video! It’s a fantastic city, especially when you realise what amazing sights it has in comparison to places like Leeds (where I currently live).
The city council, the public, developers, and landlords need to work together to make our city centres more attractive, rather than pointing fingers at each other (like half of these comments).
thank you so much Josh, we did enjoy our time in Hull, it certainly has a lot to offer a visitor and barely looked at any of the great things you can do there. genuinely looking forward to a revisit when I’m not charting the death of retail. I really try to shop and support local shops, they are fighting so hard to stay afloat in what must be insurmountable odds. hopefully a change in Government will help slow the decline or even meet it head on and do something about it. there is a high street regeneration fund available but what scares me most is that most towns and cities don’t want to admit they have a problem and as a result will miss out on funding that could make a difference. it really is utterly depressing to see how our towns and cities have changed over the last decade. whilst a lot of these changes might have happened with an alternative Government certainly not all of them would. the years of austerity and public cuts has really hurt policing the bars and clubs we used to have in our towns and cities. a healthy night time economy is always good to lure in visitors that will stay and go out at the night and shop during the day. we have all but lost that under Tory rule.
It really is so sad what is happening to our big cities. Such a shame but does sound like Hull has a few interesting ideas. Hopefully they are more than ideas and they do infact do something.
Yeah lots hope so! it’s such a shame watching our towns and cities die! something needs to be done! hope you are having a nice weekend 👍❤️
Hi Nick and Jill
Thank you for being an advocate to express the issues this city holds.
I am not aware of the economy situation in the UK.
It is not only this city, but there is a global problem.
Malls in the US are failing and so far are turning into Outlet shopping mall(discounted)
A question is where are the consumers are.... we cannot deny online shopping grows and retailers started stunk.
I am absolutely favor of the idea of repurpose. I am not sure about building codes, but hopefully....there will be silver lining.
How the city make such museum attractive to visitors??? Maybe hotels? I don't think bringing back a few shops into mall is realistic as a solution. It has to be a complete project subjected for the entire area, I reckon.
You, two Rock!! You nailed it! HAPPY NATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.
Hi Ms Kayak we did not know it was National Womens Day! It is Mothers Day here in 🇬🇧 today! Great comment as always with some very good points! We will be revisiting Hull for a different kind of video in the future! Enjoy the rest of your weekend 👍❤️
Another excellent Boarded up video Nick. Always so sad to see towns and cities like this in such a bad state. Unfortunately it's now happening across the country and every city is like this. Would be more useful to have the shops used for good instead of laying their derelict and destroyed, it paints an awful picture for those wanting to spend their hard earned money there and why would they? Thank you though Nick, for sharing and educating us! xx
Thanks Alessa it appears it’s happening all over the world so it must be part of how our habits as a human race change as we evolve but it’s interesting that there are still towns that are thriving so think we need to look into why that is (something we may cover in the future 😉) Nick takes these topics coz I don’t do politics and can’t keep it serious 🤣 I play role of research team and camera guy) hope your week is off to a good star ❤️ Jill x
Well Hull centre has certainly seen better days that's for sure. It looks like way too many shuttered shops. The councils have some of this to answer for with having increased business rates in the centre and cheaper for those biggies on the retail park. The Kingston Tavern looked in good nick considering it's been shut for 20 years. The Princess centre looked a bit tired to me, especially outisde, so hope if they do get those evening activity places it's gets a bit of face lift too. The retro arcade looked as though it wouldn't be out of place in London. Some cool street art...The Government Hates You! I hope these high streets see a revival of some kind soon 👍
Hi Paul great comment with some good points! yeah we didn’t believe how long the pub had been closed considering how well it looked but we went as far back as 2008 on Google earth and it was shut and up to let back then! We will be returning to Hull to do a different kind of video and would love ago in that retro arcade and a movie cinema style for £4.99 it does have a lot to offer but so sad all the empty spaces! Have a great week 👍
Bro you should gone to the old town and marina, its nicest place, humberstreet is beaut. :)
Really nice to hear from you Charlie and it’s really refreshing to get feedback from positive locals. We have another series “top five budget things to do in a place”, we were genuinely so in love with Hull and everyone mentions the Marina we are coming back to film Hull in all its rightful glory. Marina and Humber street will get top billing..
@GENerationXplorers it was a great well informed video, look forward to your next visit:) keep up the good work 👏
@Charlie.93 ah thank you Charlie, im glad you recognised that. We are dying to go back and show off all the positive things Hull has to offer, the museum reopens in May, we will be there and we will cover all the amazing things Hull has to offer, its all about drawing attention to great places and securing additional funding for me. There is no fame, no toothless estate idiots, no illiterate locals. hull is first class and will always be so.
@@Charlie.93 ah thank you Charlie, that is really reassuring, had a run in (in a very tiny minority) with a local that hit me with a tirade of bad comments which was a bit off-putting. You’ve come at the exact moment to re energise us with how magnificent Hull and its people truly are. Excited about returning, we would love our town to have so much going for it as Hull. But of course there is plenty more that needs to be done. If this, or other videos highlights this then my one and only true hope is that you get more funding from Government to expedite change.
@GENerationXplorers unfortunately you can't please everyone, haters gonna hate, I feel sorry for people with such negative emotions, life's too short, all the best
Nice museum & Art Gallery in Victoria Square Shame the town is left behind sad state of affairs nowadays. So many nice buildings left to decay and empty shops & Shopping center's , nightclubs, etc. It's happening all over the UK, sadly. Oops told off for filming 🤣 Cinema was cheap. Shocked too see so many empty. Some here are already getting made into residential. Cool street art graffiti cute duck 😂😂 Thanks for showing us around Hull Generation Xplorers Good video 👍
£4.99 for any seat? I’m definitely going back. I’m all for a cheap date! graffiti and ducks? great minds indeed mate. 👍
@@GENerationXplorers 🤣🤣🤣👍
Hi Nick and Jill
Hope you are both well 😊
Hull is our nearest city so know it well.
It's such a shame about Hull, we've lost all the major department stores from the city centre.
Whitefrigate was once so busy, such a loss losing M&S
Looking forward to the Maritime museum re opening
It's good that all the museums are free to visit.
Plenty of places to eat in St Stephens too.
Princes Quay shopping centre doesn't have hardly any shops now. In the 90' it was so popular.
Thanks for such a great video, we really enjoyed it. 😊
Next time you visit, have a walk around Humber Street and the marina, some great places to eat and drink.
Hope you are having a good weekend 😊
Hi guys thanks for this we are returning at some point to do a different kind of video so some great tips there! Hope you are having a nice weekend and Boo has given you lots of fur baby cuddles Jo for this special day ❤️
@GENerationXplorers yeah any tips on Hull just ask xxxxx Hope you've had a good weekend
Think it's Boo who's been spoilt more this weekend, she was 10 yesterday 🙈🤣❤️
@morgsjoboo2247 Oorr happy birthday boo 🐶🎉🎁
Another brilliant vid Nick.
So thought provoking.
Goodness knows how places like Hull can ever recover the High Street.
Planning failures across the country have caused this. The Retail Parks rule (unfortunately).
Central Funding is being reduced so Council Tax and rates go up
Public Services dying
No idea what the answer is mate. Feels like it’s all too late whatever they try and do. 🤷🏻♂️
Yeah you are probably right 🙁👍
This is sad that outskirts shopping malls sucked life from city centers. I wonder if it will be possible to reverse this trend.
Would be nice to think so but probably not and how long before the malls are stood empty? 👍
Hull definitely was vibrant in the past. It's such a shame seeing all these shops closed and still closed after the pandemic has loosened its reins. Hopefully things get revitalized.
Let’s hope 🤞👍❤️
Next time you visit Hull.. Come to Wilberforce House and the Transport Museum...think its still free also. Lovely old part of the city as well.
Oh I forgot to mention "the Deep" as well..
Thank you Andrew. I’m actually very much looking forward to our revisit to the place. Lots more positives than negatives.
I remember when me and my parents went to Cancun, Mexico in 2009 to a shopping centre had a number of shops, 2011 we went back to Cancun for a holiday same shopping centre a lot of close shops . I remember when Princes Quay, Hull had a number of shops in. I like visiting Hull minster, but have never been to the Deep, school never took us
Hi there Pagrant, that’s super interesting re cancun in Mexico we are finding out that it is happening the world over some countries seem to be dealing with it better than others but it has to be down to how we are changing our patterns and evolving as a human race! Hopefully someone will come up with a good idea and eventually we will all follow suit! We will be revisiting Hull to do a different kind of video and show what attractions there are! Thanks for your ongoing support of our channel 👍 stay awesome and enjoy the rest of the weekend ❤️
this gives a lot to think about. we have a lot of empty retail here too and there's a bit of grant money too. good to see there's some spots still doing well. there are some beautiful buildings, and there seem to be a lot of shopping centers still. and you know i love street art!
is "high street" what is often named "main street" in small towns here in the us? or is it the city center? as it didn't seem like a single street, but an area. did hull stop being the city of culture because of the pandemic? why is it coventry now? or am i completely misunderstanding "city of culture?" apparently i'm a curious lady today. 😬 have a great weekend jill & nick! 🛴❤
Hi Anne yes Coventry is currently our city of culture and Bradford is next in line as of 2025! it’s a 3 yearly thing which gets voted on, usually areas that need help! yes a high street is referred to as Main Street in 🇺🇸 thank you for another fabulous comment! hope you are having a nice weekend 👍❤️
Did you get chance to go down Paragon Arcade during your visit? It is just off the high street. Its thriving with local restaurants and the odd shop
gosh we missed Paragon Arcade, it looks lovely. that’s going to the top of my list for our next visit 👍
I agree with trying to re-use the empty retail spaces - but residential?
We all know what that means. One word - ghetto.
I was thinking ultra modern quay/theatre quarter style dwellings but you’re probably right, it would more likely be ghetto!