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  • I take you on a very early walk around Blackpool town centre and promenade.
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  • @carbonsiliconnn
    @carbonsiliconnn Před 3 lety +26

    Those red phone boxes are iconic. Been there since at least the 70's, probably well before. I remember standing with my parents, queuing up for ages, waiting for the person already in there for their pips to go so you could call relatives back home, 2 hrs away to report on the weather. Great days.

    • @G4RY1159
      @G4RY1159 Před 3 lety +1

      It was a good sized big PO too - been in it many times.

  • @garygray4640
    @garygray4640 Před 3 lety +17

    Looks total different early in the morning no traffic no crowds.good video .keep up the good work .👍👍

  • @brianhiggins3090
    @brianhiggins3090 Před 3 lety +14

    Another great video Stephen, that photo of the moon is awesome you really are a talented man with a camera. Thanks.👍

  • @twinkle3026
    @twinkle3026 Před 2 lety +1

    I love the feelin i get, when i leave a hot and stuffy niteclub, at around 5am in the mornin and i am welcomed by a loverly blast of cold air! Bliss! In contrast, i also love lookin out of my 14th story flat's window at the sea, here where i live in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear! My beautiful view is priceless, especially when there is a mist waftin in from the North sea! However, i still have many happy memories of the 19 years i lived in Blackpool,with my late hubby, Tony! .... Thank you for another geat vlog, Stephen! xxxx

  • @ericanderson9664
    @ericanderson9664 Před 3 lety +2

    Brings back lots of memories. Early 1970's I was an electrician working nights at British Home Stores Blackpool and we finished about 6.00am. I sometimes walked around the town, it was a little surreal. You could still get a cup of tea and a bacon butty from a number of places, even at that hour. Nice to see it 50 years later. Good video.

  • @simoncole5564
    @simoncole5564 Před 3 lety +7

    So many memories from blacky always in my heart

  • @cyberleaderandy1
    @cyberleaderandy1 Před 3 lety +16

    I did this myself once when in holiday and unable to sleep. There were a few council guys around, a postie and me. Really quiet and lovely walking along the front in the early sunshine. So many empty shop now, really sad.

    • @G4RY1159
      @G4RY1159 Před 3 lety

      Years ago lots of the back streets etc all had wee corner newsagents and my old man would be up early and out a good bit before our B&B breakfast for his paper, I still mind some of those same newsagents would have cigarette machines on the walls, you'd never have seen a single empty shop back in those days.

    • @cyberleaderandy1
      @cyberleaderandy1 Před 3 lety +1

      @@G4RY1159 Very true. Near High Street (mostly removed to make the new North Station approach) there was a cafe that for years had a Vimto add on the window. Even when it closed it was there for ages. I remember it from our stays at a B and B there (Highcliffe House) :)

  • @Discoretrox
    @Discoretrox Před 2 lety +2

    Lovely shot of the tower with the sun....miss the old entrance to the Tower Lounge...Happy days 👍

  • @stratfan
    @stratfan Před 3 lety +4

    Love this video - some great memories from living there back in the 70's. Abingdon Street general Post Office where my Dad did his Postmaster training, Sacred Heart church where we went for Midnight Mass - so many changes but still very much as it was all those years ago!

  • @patparry389
    @patparry389 Před 3 lety +4

    What a lovely sight the moon .Great vid Stephen thank you.😊

  • @Sr19769p
    @Sr19769p Před 3 lety +3

    A beautiful shot of the moon, dude. Dawn and dusk: the best times to take a photo, the light is just right. Wish I was in Blackpool now; I've so many wonderful childhood memories of it. Great post: cheers 👍

  • @user-pw3tr1xg2x
    @user-pw3tr1xg2x Před 3 lety +3

    Interesting seeing early morning footage and liked your picture of the moom at the beginning. Thank you Stephen.

  • @videodjsweetuk
    @videodjsweetuk Před 3 lety +2

    Clean. Well done Council & very well played locals & tourists. Remarkable. ⚙🛠✨👍😎🍺🎁😍

  • @dawnmurphy472
    @dawnmurphy472 Před 3 lety +3

    Hi Steven, great video gorgeous photography, i love the old fashioned seating area shelters just lovely 🤗

  • @ricshmitz83
    @ricshmitz83 Před 3 lety +6

    Beautiful opening imagery. I'd love to see you look at the moon more often, and your methods for capturing its beauty.

  • @martinholmes1493
    @martinholmes1493 Před 3 lety +12

    Blackpool looks even more derelict than normal at this time of day.

  • @dougslad7
    @dougslad7 Před 3 lety +4

    Wow - what a photo of the " full flower moon & pier " - absolutely awesome - another gem for the collection mate - keep up the good work Stephen - great video of early morning Blackpool which was different and a great bonus - excellent work.

  • @pearlblakeley5496
    @pearlblakeley5496 Před 3 lety +2

    Pearl blakeley
    I really enjoyed the early morning Walk the weather was lovely and the scenery was great especially the moon going down 🙏👍😆☀️🤗 stay safe

  • @susanburbuy3453
    @susanburbuy3453 Před 3 lety +2

    thankyou for a very early morning walk i love getting up early when we come to blackpool and go down to the beach with no one around love that moon

  • @davidjones4456
    @davidjones4456 Před 3 lety +5

    Early start but worth it with you getting that snap.

  • @stephenmcarthur1714
    @stephenmcarthur1714 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice quiet video of Blackpool beautiful picture of moon at north pier

  • @barbh0
    @barbh0 Před 3 lety +2

    I grew up in Blackpool and worked on the trams as a conductor in the Summer holidays when I was home from university. Thanks so much for this tour of my old home town.

    • @michelles2299
      @michelles2299 Před 2 lety

      Where did you end up?

    • @barbh0
      @barbh0 Před 2 lety

      @@michelles2299 Hampshire but not on the coast

  • @adrianoclincho1852
    @adrianoclincho1852 Před 3 lety +3

    Great photo my man pity about all the border up shops same here in Ireland alas Blackpool is still a great town hope you have a good summer ✌️💚🇮🇪😎

  • @blackpoolhornet
    @blackpoolhornet Před 3 lety +6

    Hi Steve,
    Do you remember that opposite the tower was Bins department store that I think shut down in the 90’s.
    Up from the rock shop was one of the 4 exits from the old hounds hill centre that I used to go roller booting in back in 1984, used to have Beaties the toy shop on the opposite side.
    Wow how the town centre has changed over the years.
    Cracking video as always mate and what a picture of the moon and the pier.
    Best Wishes
    Paul and Sarah

  • @terrymills6777
    @terrymills6777 Před 3 lety +2

    Brilliant shot of the moon to many large shops closing. Time to go home and get 40 winks. Stay safe and well

  • @crazypuglady4897
    @crazypuglady4897 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing picture once again of the moon

  • @paulsurelynotsmith8179
    @paulsurelynotsmith8179 Před 3 lety +1

    Wowzers early bird 🐦 Stephen some amazing views cor great video mr c

  • @andyk1k1
    @andyk1k1 Před 3 lety +11

    Ooooh and the new Premier Inn, that used to be Yates'

    • @buddauk65
      @buddauk65 Před 2 lety

      It burnt down didn’t it

    • @andyk1k1
      @andyk1k1 Před 2 lety

      @@buddauk65 No idea xx many many years have passed since I lived in Blackpool x

  • @ukdaddydave6526
    @ukdaddydave6526 Před 3 lety +1

    Love Blackpool took my daughter to the nickelodeon slime fest the first time and spent the second time in the pleasure beach. I've stayed at a couple of bed and breakfast places, the Carlton and the Henson hotel. Best holiday destination in the UK 🇬🇧. Can't wait to visit again very soon I hope. Thanks for sharing your videos

  • @andyk1k1
    @andyk1k1 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant xx really takes me back to my 20's xx walked those streets (not in that sense!!!) many times early in the mornings because I worked in hospitality. Been in that post office countless times, I think there used to be a roast chicken kind of shop close by too. Thank you for the memories.

  • @sarahloureynolds9425
    @sarahloureynolds9425 Před 3 lety +2

    Moon looks beautiful x

  • @JOHNRGRAY
    @JOHNRGRAY Před 3 lety +3

    Cracking early morning video, more please

  • @helenharrigan86
    @helenharrigan86 Před 3 lety +3

    Great video yet again, you seem to capture brilliant images

  • @nevdoidge7987
    @nevdoidge7987 Před 3 lety +2

    What a beautiful sky line so early

  • @joannaallsop5926
    @joannaallsop5926 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice walk round 👌 have you lived there all your life 👍 love 💘 your voice ❤

  • @James-zv2ho
    @James-zv2ho Před 3 lety +2

    Wow this is definitely a different side of Blackpool! 👍

  • @Gianluca46rossi
    @Gianluca46rossi Před 3 lety

    The town is truly beautiful at this time of day, it's the mix of eery and beautiful that I can't put a name on.

  • @theabandonedhunter3604
    @theabandonedhunter3604 Před 3 lety +7

    Was that guy praying he didn’t get Married!! 😂 thank you for the video sir and for your early commitment. The music sounded like something out of Terminator!

    • @skapunkno1
      @skapunkno1 Před 3 lety +2

      ha ha spot on, made me think of The Equaliser.

  • @paulinefraser4097
    @paulinefraser4097 Před 3 lety +3

    Great video as always, loved it and walking round so early in the morning and that beautiful shot of the moon! amazing 👍 Thanks again Stephen😁 Pauline from Blackpool living in Canada 🍁

    • @AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool
      @AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool  Před 3 lety

      Thank you Pauline. Hopefully you will get chance to see some of the solar eclipse next month on June 10th. Canada is well placed.

  • @macrook1961
    @macrook1961 Před 3 lety +2

    Absolutely stunning effect of the full pink moon 🌙 in the centre of the huts.

  • @michellegerrie6435
    @michellegerrie6435 Před 3 lety +1

    Husband use to go a lot to Blackpool as a child in 70s and 80s his nan grandad lived in chorley , sad to see back streets gone down hill use to be busy

  • @junemckenzie3380
    @junemckenzie3380 Před 2 lety

    Loved your shot of moon at North pier. Thank you again. 🙋

  • @robandtiina
    @robandtiina Před 3 lety

    Enjoyed that! Thank you for sharing, I never went there when I lived in the UK. Hello from Orlando, Florida USA. :)

  • @lynnst1993
    @lynnst1993 Před 3 lety +1

    Moon beautiful as well great capture

  • @blondieman63
    @blondieman63 Před 3 lety +2

    Nice Video Steve. Love earlie mornings myself, think its the silence apart from the birds twittering ..👍

  • @wendyjones2351
    @wendyjones2351 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always wow you was up early good time to capture things though good to see Blackpools quite times as well as its busy times take care xx

  • @supernova046
    @supernova046 Před 3 lety +1

    belting pic and video,many thanks.

  • @tsr207
    @tsr207 Před 3 lety +2

    What is noticeable about this channel is that the videos have a structure- (Start, middle, and end)
    Coupled with the music selection (atmospheric in this case ), makes them very watchable.

  • @joymaxfield7589
    @joymaxfield7589 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for sharing I stayed at cocker st in the 70 s

  • @timboswell5130
    @timboswell5130 Před 3 lety +4

    5am in Blackpool is always beautiful. I must admit though, my Blackpool 5am's are usually just before bed, rather than just after getting up.

    • @mark-s
      @mark-s Před 3 lety

      Very late nights 🌙

    • @siatic8604
      @siatic8604 Před 3 lety

      Blackpools a shit hole 24/7

  • @fancymcclean6210
    @fancymcclean6210 Před 3 lety +2

    So sad to see so many shops closed down- a sign of the times, I suppose. I last visited 40 years ago. I suspect I'll never visit again as I'm an exiled Englishman living in New Zealand. Flaxen Saxon.

  • @imranzazai7404
    @imranzazai7404 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful.

  • @mandycoulbeck8692
    @mandycoulbeck8692 Před 3 lety +2

    great video stephen

  • @LS-ot7td
    @LS-ot7td Před 3 lety +4

    I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Blackpool at the crack of dawn. The moon was a great bonus too. Thank you.

  • @johndillon5767
    @johndillon5767 Před 3 lety

    Nice one thanks for the memories - cheers

  • @bigalf5173
    @bigalf5173 Před 3 lety

    another great video stephen👍👍

  • @mickd6942
    @mickd6942 Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent moon photo

  • @ladytron1724
    @ladytron1724 Před 3 lety +2

    Haven’t seen one of those sun screens for years.They were always on the windows of a “posher shop😂”

  • @bhwib5503
    @bhwib5503 Před 3 lety +15

    The old KFC was once the American Pancake House in the 80s

    • @uk-martin4905
      @uk-martin4905 Před 3 lety

      Their 'Cowboy Grill' was magnificent!

    • @AnonAnonAnon
      @AnonAnonAnon Před 3 lety

      Wow, that's a long forgotten memory! The American Pancake House!

    • @sarakirk9542
      @sarakirk9542 Před 3 lety

      Yes my mum would only let me eat in there once! I love pancakes

    • @G4RY1159
      @G4RY1159 Před 3 lety

      Spot On

  • @catherinegreen7879
    @catherinegreen7879 Před 3 lety +1

    Stunning photo Stephen.

  • @G4RY1159
    @G4RY1159 Před 3 lety

    Seen a few shops in Blackpool that have stock but not once have I ever seen open, Highfield Road has a few, possibly just a timing thing.
    Thanks again.

  • @seangotts6470
    @seangotts6470 Před 3 lety +1

    personally i find dawn the best time for this kind of filming you have a good 30 mins really and it look stunning on a good day

  • @gambitgirlpsychic810
    @gambitgirlpsychic810 Před 3 lety

    The moon is beautiful I went up ro the beach to see it better, oh I love blackpool, I being here 27years and this is my home, sad so many shops are empty, and the council should be making people who own the property to sort ot out enjoy your day take care💜

  • @jakkislater6101
    @jakkislater6101 Před 3 lety

    Stunning picture of the moon...

  • @1harryrobert
    @1harryrobert Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the information about Lewis's. I didn't know it was just reduced in size, I thought the whole building was demolished. I remember the front all lit up in green lighting

    • @AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool
      @AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool  Před 3 lety

      Yeah I wish they'd left it as it was because this carbuncle they reduced it to is about as bland as Gary Lineker.

  • @mickd6942
    @mickd6942 Před 3 lety +5

    The wedding chapel doubles as a spice rack lol

    • @AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool
      @AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool  Před 3 lety +5

      It certainly did here lol

    • @mickd6942
      @mickd6942 Před 3 lety +1

      @Tzeite'l Pearlmann it’s the leaning tower of Blackpool, all the spice heads lean on it

    • @Sr19769p
      @Sr19769p Před 3 lety

      @@mickd6942 🤣🤣 Hilarious! 👍

  • @keithbeckett6571
    @keithbeckett6571 Před 3 lety +1

    great video 👍

  • @scott2824
    @scott2824 Před 3 lety +2

    I remember it being like that the last time I was there I went out at 5am trying to find milk for my bad stomach and couldn’t find anywhere open not even the McDonald’s were open

  • @realsuperdoctor5260
    @realsuperdoctor5260 Před 2 lety

    Blackpool looks really spooky in the early hours of the mornings, great for filming locations for a Sci Fi TV series during this time.

  • @bobbobby9798
    @bobbobby9798 Před 3 lety +1

    Brilliant idea to film at this time, Blackpool at its best.

  • @allanbroderick1923
    @allanbroderick1923 Před 3 lety

    Nice one Stephen Blackpool is certainly changing with all the tram work anyway keep safe Allan

  • @dct1
    @dct1 Před 3 lety +1

    Looks like the maintenance to the trams overhead electricity lines? Great video, almost post apocalyptic.

  • @chrisdavies73
    @chrisdavies73 Před 3 lety +2

    That lad with his head on the wall? First pint? Great vid mate :-)

  • @G4RY1159
    @G4RY1159 Před 3 lety

    Can you remember a small snooker hall near the tower, from what I remember it was really near the tobacconists shop ''smokers choice'' - Pretty sure also you went down stair to it, I was only ever in it once around 1988/89 ish, nobody ever remembers it.

  • @dawnoakley1776
    @dawnoakley1776 Před 3 lety +2

    All the great shops have closed now due to covid and online shopping.
    Used to love to have a browse in the shops . I hate online shopping!!

  • @thedigitalemotion
    @thedigitalemotion Před 3 lety

    Can’t believe WHSmiths is gone, it was there since I was a kid and now it’s gone, same as KFC. I remember Lewis’s as a kid, it was amazing. Some memorable places such as FineFare, remember that? Remember Binns? Tons of amazing places.

  • @AlanWinter
    @AlanWinter Před 3 lety

    5:47 Ful flower moon. Oh well done! Worth getting up at half four, for!

  • @Grid56
    @Grid56 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I can't believe that it's 2 years later, 2024, and the trams are only just now going to start down Talbot Road (June /July ).

  • @seagypsiesbellydancers3047

    Very sad to Blackpool going down hill. Used to be my home town, all the shops, houses and hotels are falling to pieces ! What has happened to Bond Street? Just awful to see.😢

  • @juliejackson8167
    @juliejackson8167 Před rokem +1

    You need to go to the top of the tower ❤️❤️

  • @JamesSmith-iz4mv
    @JamesSmith-iz4mv Před 3 lety

    Great video mate

  • @DisneyMarkUK
    @DisneyMarkUK Před 3 lety +2

    Great video thanks. Do you have another on the way about the darker side of Blackpool still?

  • @davidscott6879
    @davidscott6879 Před 3 lety +2

    I think we can call this video A Walk On The Quiet Side...ps i also remember the building at the side of the Tower being Wooworths😊

  • @KIM-bt7my
    @KIM-bt7my Před 3 lety

    Been there many a time growing up, thanks dad!

  • @joeapplemac08
    @joeapplemac08 Před 3 lety

    Those pod-track vehicles were there when I was last in Blackpool in mid 2019 😂.

  • @sharonburrows2330
    @sharonburrows2330 Před 3 lety +2

    U was up early I was in bed that time lol

  • @paulmc612
    @paulmc612 Před 3 lety +7

    I remember the days I wouldn't get into 5 in the morning😂😂😂😂

    • @MrAlphadog2012
      @MrAlphadog2012 Před 3 lety +2

      from the 24hr bars that used to be around

    • @G4RY1159
      @G4RY1159 Před 3 lety +1

      In just before breakfast lol

  • @jackdaw6873
    @jackdaw6873 Před 3 lety +1

    The pod tracs cherry pickers at the bottom of Talbot road are for putting the wires up to Blackpool North.

  • @tcollingscollings9299
    @tcollingscollings9299 Před 2 lety +1

    There always seems to be an extra sense of desolation about seaside towns at early morning....one gratifying thing is not much rubbish on the streets.....

  • @jamesyoung1078
    @jamesyoung1078 Před 3 lety +1

    Wonder if she was a jilted bride, great moon shot however.

  • @mikkdc
    @mikkdc Před 3 lety +2

    I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure I once saw a TV programme about Fred Dibnah going to Blackpool and I think it featured him climbing that steeple you mentioned. By the way, did you find out what that thing was in the sea, next to the buoy?

  • @bittabivvy
    @bittabivvy Před 3 lety +2

    Was there previously a Yates on the site of that Premier Inn? Also, down that alleyway @ 04:40, I seem to recall a Chinese restaurant, where you had to walk up a wheelchair ramp to get in?

    • @rogueplanet13
      @rogueplanet13 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes there was a yates, too hot to handle strip club and a subway lol . I used to work there it was mental 😅

    • @bittabivvy
      @bittabivvy Před 3 lety

      @@rogueplanet13 Thank you :) I bet lol

  • @ellismeah5127
    @ellismeah5127 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice sea front walk would be good

  • @johnmolloy7177
    @johnmolloy7177 Před 3 lety +1

    again steve fab shot of moon...john south shore...

  • @anthonyfeeney1210
    @anthonyfeeney1210 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Have a Beer on Anthony 😮

  • @garydavid1788
    @garydavid1788 Před 3 lety +1

    I glanced at the title of this video and thought it said Sam in Blackpool ....
    Wasted 2 minutes waiting for Sam to turn up ! .....

  • @texasthepsychichorse5096
    @texasthepsychichorse5096 Před 3 lety +3

    Shaun of the dead time in Blackpool keep your hands in your pockets Steven! 😂

    • @texasthepsychichorse5096
      @texasthepsychichorse5096 Před 3 lety

      @Tzeite'l Pearlmann Its a UK British comedy zombie film, reminds me of some of the residents in Blackpool! 🤣

  • @lynnst1993
    @lynnst1993 Před 3 lety +1

    Brilliant opening to the morning thank you just can't wait to get back there.

  • @glynncooke5653
    @glynncooke5653 Před 3 lety +1

    Brill video Steve 😎👍

  • @goddam9925
    @goddam9925 Před 3 lety +2

    Hello from dorset !