This video demonstrates how personal nostalgia and community memory serve as powerful lenses for understanding urban transformation in post-industrial towns. The creator, a local YouTuber, documents his hometown of Keighley, West Yorkshire, revealing how physical spaces like the Worth Valley Railway Pub, the old police station, and childhood estates have changed over decades. Through conversations with local residents, the video illustrates how communities adapt to urban renewal, with buildings being repurposed (such as the Victoria pub becoming Airbnbs and a former shop converting to a special needs facility). The content highlights how personal narratives and collective memory help residents navigate and make sense of rapid urban change, while also documenting community resilience through local businesses, memorials, and ongoing social connections.
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Back to My Hometown… But I Walk Into a Crime Scene!
Added:[music] [music] >> Yes guys, what is going on? Welcome back to the channel. It's Audit in Yorkshire, so I'll follow through with the commands from the um general public who wanted me back in Keighley town.
So, I'm back in Keighley town today, guys. I'm in Keighley, West Yorkshire. This is my hometown. Yes, I might live in Bradford, but this is where it all began uh for me.
This is where Audit in Yorkshire was created.
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It's absolutely boiling today.
Uh I think we're on another like 30° or something.
Now, I've just done North Street at minute, and but I've just bumped into someone I know, and they've said that there's loads of coppers or black Mariahs or something up one of these side streets. So, what we're going to do is we're going to go we're going to go have a quick look.
Uh forgot my um I've got me body cam today, guys, me action cam, my DJI Action 5 Pro, but I forgot the freaking batteries.
So, I I know that last week I went out with it and forgot the SD card, which ain't too bad, um because you've got your internal memory, aren't you?
Uh but it that's no good when you can't turn the blasted thing on. So, I'm having to um film on me phone today, guys. Luckily, I've got me gimbal, uh so footage is not going to be all over the place.
But yeah, we're going to see what we can see. We're going to have a walk around.
See who we bump into.
Uh there was a serious incident this morning.
Guys, as soon as soon as I rocked up in Keighley today there were serious incident um outside the Worth Valley uh railway pub.
So, I'm going to put that on screen now.
And then when I get a bit more information I'll probably bring it bring it back to you in a community notice on Facebook and YouTube just let you guys all know what went down.
But yeah, check this out.
Hello love.
What's happened?
>> Accident.
>> Oh, come on.
>> Yeah, I'm not allowed I'm not allowed to say. They just let me use the main road.
There is incident.
>> Um yeah, I'm I'm in a report.
>> Are you? Uh-huh, right.
>> Yeah, well, yeah.
In my own right.
>> All right. Sorry, what's your name?
>> Kev.
>> Kev.
>> What's your name?
>> Sam.
>> Sam, nice to >> Nice to meet you. All right.
>> Uh yeah, no no, I'm just an independent um journalist.
>> I've not seen you before. That's all.
>> Yeah.
What, you never heard of me?
>> Kev Kev what?
>> Oh, in Yorkshire.
>> No.
>> No?
>> No, I haven't.
>> I'll tell you my name. It's on my t-shirt.
>> All right. Okay.
>> Where you based? Keighley?
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> You've not heard of me?
>> No, no, no.
>> I've not heard of you. No. That's it.
I've seen you before anyway.
I don't really >> I've been here a while, for years.
>> I don't come I don't come to Keighley town much to be honest.
No.
>> Yeah, I'm not I'm not allowed to say.
You already know that though.
>> Yeah.
I I don't I don't know. I don't know. They they always tell you to go through the um media office and stuff, don't they?
Like if you want information, go through the media office. So, like if you actually told me, would you get into trouble?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
Yeah.
>> The sergeant's kicking your ass, yeah?
>> [laughter] >> Yeah, we're not allowed to say anything because it's private confidential information.
>> Right, okay.
>> Uh yeah, like I say, you can you can go through uh you go through and I'm sure you know where to seek information from and I'm sure later on there'll be some sort of thing from us water. They usually have to give you an update, don't >> Yeah, it'll probably be on um Keighley news or something. What Have you have Have you got news around here yet?
>> Not that I'm aware of.
>> No No Keighley news?
They're slacking.
How long have you been here?
>> Uh since 9:00.
>> Since 9:00 what?
>> Yeah, there's been other officers on this morning, but yeah.
>> When did it happen, then?
So, you can tell me when it happened?
No, 6:00, 5:00?
>> [laughter] >> You're You're cheeky, you are, you?
Oh god.
So, you're local as well, then?
>> Yeah.
>> You live You live in >> No, I don't.
>> No, I wasn't saying Have you ever lived in Keighley?
>> Yeah.
>> What do you reckon to it?
>> Town full of culture, to be fair.
Different uh >> That's That's Bradford, isn't it?
So, what's the best thing about Keighley then, in your opinion?
>> I don't really know, to be honest.
>> You can't answer that question, surely.
Well, >> No, probably Haworth.
>> Yeah.
It's got some beautiful countryside, hasn't it?
>> Yeah.
>> And then you go into town center >> Yeah.
>> and it kind of spoils Oh, dear.
>> Yeah, that's my that's my town, that's my area.
So, it's town center, Highfield, Lawkholme.
>> Did you ever see it Do you go on YouTube much?
>> Not really, no.
>> No? Did you never see a video Did you never see a video about the security guards at Meadowhall?
I think it was called The Four Fairies of Keighley on YouTube.
No?
It went viral, didn't it?
I I shot it.
Well, filmed it.
>> [laughter] >> I won't spoil it for you.
I won't spoil it for you.
You just type in The Four Fairies of Keighley and I'm sure you'll find it.
Yeah.
No, it's all right.
No, I don't want to get you into trouble.
We're not allowed to cross this line.
Oh, shit the bed. Look at that.
I'm going to take some pictures. Is that all right?
Obviously, I'm I'm a decent guy and you're a love you're you're lovely, you.
You know, you've got a beautiful smile.
Um I don't want to annoy you, but I'm going to take I'm going to take some pictures. All right?
I can do that, can't I? I'm in a public Yeah. Well, you should as well. Come on.
But obviously, I'll I'll stay outside.
Yeah, I will do.
Shit the bed.
That work out what that is, is it?
Could be a squashed plum.
Fucking full of blood, guys. Full of blood is that.
Um But yeah, we can't go in.
>> Excuse me, goodbye. There you go, I didn't know as well.
Fucking hell, it looks like someone's tried to break in and uh Yeah, that's what it looks like.
Shit.
Look at all these people slowing down.
There's some right proper nosey people about, you know.
Yeah.
Yeah, so um So, people will recognize this worth while in serious incident this morning in Keighley.
Uh it's currently 25 to 10.
Uh police are on scene.
Obviously, we can't tell me what's going on, but I can't work out if that's blood. I think it is blood. That's definitely blood.
Um Obviously, we don't hide in a public place on the footpath.
Uh police officer's been nice and reasonable.
Uh I've been speaking to her. Introduced myself.
Um It's just independent reporting is this, guys.
You know, it's not antagonizing. It's not instigating. It's just independent reporting.
Uh if it's not me, it'll be someone else.
Probably Keighley News or something like that or Yorkshire Live or however many other news agencies there is.
Yeah.
If it ain't me, it'll be someone else.
Looks like they've boarded up there as well.
So, I'll have to come back with a full update when I find out what's going on.
Yeah, don't worry. I'm one of them guys that I I I don't like to get on the people's feet and they always they always respect um obviously the job you're doing and stuff like that.
Obviously, a lot of times people show me the same courtesy, you know what I mean?
Sometimes we do get buggered off, you know what I mean? But that's when tensions rise and backs get up and stuff. But, like I said, if it ain't me, it'll be someone else and it probably will be someone else. You probably got other people coming as well. I'm not going to put out out out yet.
I'm going to wait till I find out what's going on.
I'll wait until it's public knowledge cuz the thing is with incidents like this, and I'm sure you're aware, people will stick them online straight away and stuff like that, you know what I mean? Which To be To be honest, I don't think it's fair because then with you not knowing what's going on, someone might find out who you really might not want knowing right now at this material time, you know what I mean?
So, wait till it's out there. Wait till the papers have put it out. And then I'll I'll I'll put it out.
So, yeah.
Um this has been in a previous vlog, but I always seem I always feel fit.
I always seems fitting to to put it in any vlog I do really in Keighley because anyone who's from Keighley, you'll know what this building is, guys.
How are you doing, bro? You all right?
Yeah, man. Uh it's the old police station.
And this was part of it as well.
That's where vehicles used to come in and out. That's the old custom this week door.
Not sure if you can uh see out in there anymore.
I don't think you can.
But, we'll go around front and we'll see if the door still open.
This is side of building.
I think it will later.
Oh, look at that.
Keynsham Town Council.
What good security that is, isn't it?
Pretty sure you're not meant to prop fire doors open like that, guys.
I know it's warm.
But, yeah, you're not meant to really uh This is some kind of civic building now.
Post box.
Is that an actual post box?
Hey, for further information, contact the town clerk.
GDPR's all in. Look at that.
Keynsham Town Council are in here.
Eating Community Association and lads West Georgia.
Supported by the National Lottery.
Yeah, we've got the uh memorial garden here, guys.
Remember on one of last vlogs I here there were some stuff about Oh, look, Captain Sir Tom Moore in recognition of his outstanding fundraising for the NHS and his lifetime of service to our country and as a mark of high esteem uh which he is held by his fellow citizens. This plaque was on unveiled by the town mayor on Friday, July 3rd July 31st, 2020. Why have I never seen this before?
Big up to that guy, man.
True British hero.
That's different, isn't it?
Yeah, sometimes the old events are here, guys.
Uh but it's good to see a memorial garden with Union Jack bunting going around it as well.
>> [clears throat] >> Cuz it looks absolutely beautiful.
This is the kind of place you'd want to come and just sit and chill and relax.
Enjoy the peace and quiet.
PC 506 with red hat.
That's what one of them fellas has just said. Sat down.
It was good old town hall there. People think I'm a copper.
It's probably because I've got this body cam on me uh t-shirt as well.
Doesn't look a bit sus.
Right.
Let's have a walk up here.
It's very quiet today in Keighley. I don't know what's going on with place.
It seems to have mellowed down since I was last here.
Maybe I've just caught it on a good day.
What's in there? I wonder if I can see what's in there. Let me put this, um, swivel stick on.
See if we can see what's in here.
I wouldn't have wanted to jump.
I don't want to climb up there cuz I don't want to get accused of doing it.
And I think someone was in there cuz there was lights up.
>> [screaming] >> Right, guys. So, someone said there were a lot of police cars up near mosque, which is back around there.
But I've not seen any.
This is one of the Transdev Transdev Transdev, uh, bus stations.
What I am going to do as well in a bit is I am going to take a walk up to my old stomping ground.
Uh, to the place I the place I lived when I were when I were, uh, about three or four year old.
And I spent some of the best times of life up there.
It's on a little uh little estate called Braithwaite.
Coronation way.
Check this out.
Fuck my life.
Wow.
That is diabolical.
I would look at that.
Oh, shit the bed. No fly tipping.
No fly tipping.
That's got a bit the biggest no fly tipping joke I've ever heard in my life.
Lemon squeezer.
There used to be a little St. John Ambulance depot around here as well.
I don't think it's this. I think it were a little bit further up just on that next one.
We'll go see if it's still there.
You're all right, lads?
>> Yeah, you?
>> Not too bad, mate. Not too bad.
Yeah, it must be uh just one of the St. John Ambulance depots.
But yeah, if we just go literally a couple of yards that way right here.
There.
It used to be Central Ambulance. I don't know if it still is.
I used to do a bit of work in here when I was a kid. I used to come and clean the caravan.
There.
I think it was this building here.
Yeah.
I think it was that building.
Which by the looks of it has been kicked out inside.
Been bricked up.
All right, guys. So, I just had a chat with the guy you just saw on screen as I walked past.
Um Central Ambulance is it's no longer there.
In fact, the place has got no roof.
Been knocked through.
And what we're looking at here now, guys, is um a courtyard with no roof.
It's a manual lessons, 50 quid.
The Gate House. Bloody hell, I remember this pub back in the days, The Gate House.
I have had many a good nights in here.
Now, I think it's I actually think it's someone's house now.
Maybe bedsits or flats.
Shit.
There's a lot of run-down places in there.
And carefully, guys.
In fact, there's a little I'm sure there was a little tunnel as well on this island.
Uh now, I could be wrong.
Dude, mate, I could be wrong, but I'm I'm pretty sure there's a tunnel down here.
Oh, you can get underneath.
I ain't got a torch, but I don't know if it's still open, but we'll have a look.
Ah, yes. Yes, so if you go down here, yeah, there's an hole in wall.
Woo! Shit the bed.
So, you can climb through where now?
Although, I don't think there's much in there to be honest with you.
Uh I'm not going in because I ain't got me uh me urban exploring boots on and I ain't got a torch.
But, yeah.
I might make that another video. I might come back and do it another time cuz it doesn't look like it's going to be getting sealed up anytime soon.
Don't I don't advise anyone to come in uh come down here and go in there, by the way. Disclaimer.
Do not go in. It looks dangerous.
But, yeah, we're just in the middle of a traffic island at the minute.
The Albert Hotel, I've had many drunk nights out in there as well.
Let's have a look around back of it.
Yeah, it gets very, very busy does this pub at night.
Uh hour is happy hour apparently.
Timothy Taylor's we've got St. Andrew's Church.
Postcards from the past.
It's a memory garden, guys.
Good as well around here. CCTV cameras looking over here.
I don't know if it's following me or just generally.
Um I don't know if it if if that place is a hot spot. Could be a hot spot for um drinkers and people doing drugs and stuff from what I've been told anyway.
Big shout out to Skill Base as always.
They got all sorts in there, guys. All sorts.
Uh we just stopped on a little strip, guys.
One of the little strips.
Subway new look Arndale Centre.
I'm not bothered about filming inside the Arndale Centre to be honest. You don't There's not much what goes on in there anyway.
G4S.
But it's sweltering in there, isn't it?
Convictions that stick. Smart water 100% conviction rate.
And then the boxes are armed with glue and a destruction system.
So, yeah.
No point robbing one of these vans, guys.
These vans are also fitted with a data track, an automatic vehicle tracking system.
Vehicle was stolen, remote truck precise movements and all of that.
The information will be passed to the police.
Yeah.
For any yeah, for any people watching watching abroad, the driver of this vehicle is only able to exit.
Uh the driver doors and the doors are alarmed. Please contact G4S National Control Centre.
Have a little camera up. So, yeah, for any of our overseas people, uh that's our version of a cash-in-transit van.
So, them guys go around to shops and banks.
Uh they collect all your lovely money and then they take it to a storage facility.
Uh Normally, they get a bit iffy them drivers when you film them, but he's just sat on his phone.
>> Wild tobacconist Halifax bank that's been there for as long as I can remember so is that Greg's.
So is Superdrug.
A BrightHouse of being just at bottom of the street that's not there anymore.
Does anybody remember BrightHouse?
Do you remember back in the day You keeping cool?
Remember back in the day when you basically you had a either poor or non credit rating and uh you were on benefits where you could come to a place called BrightHouse and get things on finance.
Uh fridge freezers, washers, beds uh phones, computers PCs all sorts of shit.
PS4s, PS3s Not there anymore.
Shit the bed look at that little bike.
That's a new Aldi down road opened down here so we're going to go check this out as well guys.
Right what we'll do quickly before we go to Aldi.
I don't There wasn't Aldi down there so I don't know why they built another one here. Don't know if it's moved.
Sorry. Give that other Aldi a shout down.
>> Yes. Yes.
>> So is this one or is this one?
Ah so do you know what it's been turned into?
>> No.
>> Nothing.
All right now I I just wondered. Thank you.
>> All right.
>> Uh so the last time we were in here guys with uh West Allotment Report where we did a paranormal um underground there is a 1800s super old shopping center downstairs.
Straight through that door there.
Yeah, that's how you get to it.
Yeah, got all these old newspaper clippings as well.
Look at that.
The Daily Mirror, April 16th, 1912, page four.
Wow.
Uh disaster to the Titanic, world's largest ship collides with an iceberg in the Atlantic during her maiden voyage.
Obviously, it's not the original, but it's a photocopy of the uh the actual Titanic storyline.
Wow.
Right, guys, I'm going to go grab a drink, and then I'll show you this new Aldi, and then I'll pick it back up.
Right, just before we take a break, guys, if you have not lived in Parkwood Flats at some point or another in your life, then you are not from Keighley.
And yeah, this is the new Aldi.
So, apparently, where the other one used to be down near Iceland.
Not there anymore.
Oh, it's there, but it's no not getting used for no So, this is what we're all working on.
The last time I did a vlog in Keighley and it was shut up.
This is what we're all working on. All of this used to be land, just fields, grass.
No man's land. There's some more units there.
And obviously it's Aldi and they're just a big massive giant car park.
Right guys, so I've just come out of Aldi.
So, yeah, that Sainsbury's petrol station. Literally all of this was just wasteland at one point. Everything what you can see were wasteland.
Aldi's new, them units are new.
All of this footpath here, all of this is new. And I don't know what they're doing in there.
That path weren't ever there before.
I don't think, which led down to Iceland.
And I don't think this path were here before either. I could be wrong.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong cuz I honestly can't remember.
I'm pretty sure behind Sainsbury's there used to be nothing.
And what we're going to do is we're going to walk up Cavendish Street.
You've seen the train station before.
That's down near the college.
Can't be bothered walking down there.
I'm just too warm.
This used to be open to the public.
Used to be able to get in here, guys.
Now, it's all it's all shut up.
Pay at the pump only.
Which is a bit weird, really.
Is it to cut costs?
>> I presume work on the pub.
Or is that on something else?
This place has been shut for a long time, as well, guys.
Years this has been like this.
Does anybody know what they're doing with this old pub on Cavendish Street?
Oh, shit. It's open.
Hey up, lads. Still working here?
>> Yeah, yeah, mate.
>> Uh I'm making a vlog in Halton Keighley.
>> All right.
>> What?
Anyway, yeah, obviously this has been like this for years, hasn't it? And I've never caught it open. I just wondered what you were doing, mate.
Just so I can let people know.
I have a lot of followers from Keighley.
>> They're changing it into Airbnbs.
They're opening one half of the pub as a obviously as a pub.
And then over all the rest of it they're opening up as Airbnbs.
>> Same owner?
>> Yeah. No, no, it's a different owner.
It's from down south.
>> All right, okay. So, part of it's going to be a pub, rest of it's going to be like Airbnbs.
>> Airbnbs, yeah.
>> Do we need them in Keighley? There's not a great lot to see here.
No, exactly, mate. Exactly.
>> They're planning to add.
>> Yeah, so literally I'm not spying on you. I'm not from health and safety. I'm literally just making a vlog. It's just so people know what's going on, you know, local community. Yeah, I'm from Keighley. And I have a lot of Bradford.
Uh and I have a I'm not I have a lot of followers from Keighley. Coronation what? That's where I grew up, yeah.
Yeah. Don't live >> I'm not Would you rather do it without getting people involved in it?
>> Eh?
>> Would you rather do it Can you I'm happy for you to do it, but without people >> Oh, yeah. Well, he didn't If you just said he didn't want to >> Who?
>> If you'd have just said >> Oh, you've got him in the picture already. you?
>> Yeah, yeah, he didn't tell me. If he just said don't film me, I wouldn't have filmed him. Yeah, yeah, well.
Everybody, yeah. Everybody.
>> Well, fine, you do it.
>> Yeah. No, I'm not going to go in, mate.
>> No.
>> Yeah.
No, no, I'm a decent guy. If he just said, "Oh, look, don't film me." I wouldn't have filmed him, mate. But he just generally just cuz I walk I'm walking around the streets so I just film everything, yeah. Yeah, it's no problem.
>> No, that's fine. Like I said, I'm from cycle mania.
>> Yeah.
>> So, I'm not trying to deal with all that.
>> subscribers you got?
>> About 43,000.
>> Oh, dude, you get over 10K mark, you'll be getting paid for it then, won't you?
>> Yeah, well, I don't do so bad.
I don't do so bad.
>> That's social media, mate.
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, this is it, mate. You get a lot of people who who try and get a rise out of people and wind people up on purpose. You know, so it makes the video juicier, so it goes viral and you get more viewers and more money.
>> Should have come in earlier, mate.
>> But I'm not I'm not bothered about that, mate. I'd rather just have a nice conversation, mate.
>> Well, if you check the picture of all the windows now, they're all in keeping how it used to be.
Have you got did you get pictures of the old gates and stuff like that that used to be over there?
>> No, mate, no. No.
>> So, are you on Facebook at all?
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> I'll get your mate to send you some old pictures.
And if you want to do like a proper podcast So, in the '70s, my brother was in a group called the Yankees.
>> Yeah.
>> Some old old gang that uh uh I met a couple who used to hang around in the railways.
>> Yeah.
>> And had all the American Jeeps with the army people on them.
>> Right.
>> And that was part of the the film.
So, a bit famous for everyone in the area.
So, I worked on this in the last development when it went bust.
>> Oh, did you?
>> Yeah.
>> What, are you from people as well? All right, I know as well.
Local London?
>> Yeah, so I grew up in this block.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> I used to work for Woolworths.
>> Well, I used to come drinking in here, mate.
But I'm 40 now, what when was 18 18 from 18 19 upwards, yeah?
>> 59 >> Always coming here drinking, yeah.
>> All of us knew all of us used to finish it.
>> Right, mate.
>> Come straight here.
>> Yeah.
>> And actually I'm still actually owner now.
He Well, he's not the owner. He's part of the family.
He We're all interested in it.
>> Yeah.
>> That's talking about how long it's going to be a pub.
>> Oh, nice one. Oh, yeah, Victoria, yeah.
Well, like I say, mate, I'm a good guy.
I'm I'm not casing joint out. We're all >> No, no, it's fine. It's all good.
>> Can I get a quick look on there what going? Can I just >> One one thing I would like to >> Can I just get a quick look?
Can I come in? Is it Can I leave the camera on? Is that all right?
Got it. I I've changed, mate. I remember it when it were open.
>> As long as you don't get me on video.
>> Shit the bed.
>> Yeah, if you want to see them steels in here. Oh, wow.
>> Sorry, mate.
Oh, yeah, they are the the originals out there. Let me get out of your way, fellas. Sorry about that.
There you go.
Yeah, they are the originals out there.
>> Wow.
>> That's lovely, is that, mate. It's lovely.
>> This is going to be the pub.
This is going to be the This is going to be the entrance.
>> Wow.
>> All these original glasses staying.
>> I thought it were abandoned, mate. I didn't know I didn't know what were going on in here, obviously. As you're doing a good job.
Right, guys. So, I'm back outside now.
Um Kind of like wind a little bit took up when I got outside, so I I got part of the conversation. Shit the bed.
Look how big them melons are.
Wow.
They are huge.
Anyway, back to what we were talking about. So, I got a bit of a conversation on my spy glasses, but one of the lads who were talking to me all right started getting a bit shirty, going on about filming and it being illegal and me not getting permission to film inside that building. I said, "But I've literally just been invited in."
Literally just been invited in.
I thought it were going to go a bit a bit south, then.
But obviously just said, "Fair enough."
and drove off.
It might be worth mentioning that in Keighley vlogging is not it's not massive, guys. It's not something you see every day.
So, some people may get a bit touchy about it, but it's a case of tough shit.
Right.
Wilson's fish shop.
This place has a lot of memories as well.
This used to be open even when I was coming here back in the day, but we come here for uh fish and chips.
But yeah, back in the day I mean it burned down about 16 years ago, I think it were or 14 years ago.
It were shut for a while. I remember it opened.
Um since then it has shut down permanently.
I'm not sure why.
I just took it off the uh Yeah, I'll just take it off the um What is it?
Gimbal a minute.
Does anybody know why this shop has shut down?
Special and chips £7.30.
Fish fillet and chips six somewhat.
Pie and chips, sausage, bloody hell.
It's quite cheap, isn't it? So, it's obviously been shut down for a while.
Um Looks like the store got drinks in the fridge as well. They have.
Still got mayonnaise on side.
Ketchup.
What is going on with this place? Does anyone know what has happened to it?
Still got plates in there.
I'm going to I need to try and find out why it's shut.
Right, so I've just been in the H Brook the paint shop.
Which is that building there. They used to own about three fish and chip shops in Keighley at one point, including this one.
Uh the original owners, I think it were Brooks's.
Uh but yeah, had a big kitchen fire in it was 2012.
And then uh It's something to do with health health health issues in families, which is why it shut down.
So, I've logged this building as well.
If you remember, I've logged it a couple of years ago, just before it shut down.
I actually I actually thought they might have started doing some work on this by now.
Uh but they haven't.
Uh this is the open door to it.
Cavendish Court.
Yeah.
Looks like the workers have actually put a proper guard on there just to cover it up.
I'm not sure if this car park round back belongs to them.
I don't know if it did.
But yeah, it's all closed, all sealed, all locked up.
Oh shit, there's a door open.
You all right, buddy?
>> Yeah, mate.
>> You okay?
>> Yeah.
>> What are they turning it into?
>> It's a >> I won't I won't film you if you don't want to be filmed, but I'm making a vlog.
Um and I came in just before it shut down. I was talking to all the shop owners.
And then they closed it down. That were a couple of year ago.
And obviously I don't to my knowledge they've not done owt with it. And when I've just seen the door open, I thought, "Oh shit, someone's in there."
>> Then you going on in here.
>> Is there?
>> Yeah, it's going to open. It's going to be like the sensory rooms, you know, people with special needs.
>> Oh, that's good.
>> Two rooms, hydro baths, gyms.
>> Yeah.
>> And stuff like that.
>> Oh.
>> Arts and crafts, life skills.
>> That's brilliant.
>> That's the one this one's kids keep doing care. It's a care for people.
>> Yeah.
>> It's making this for that.
>> So keep Is it going to Is it going to be open to the public?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
I don't It's not like for public. I don't >> Uh just for >> public, yeah. It's for people with special needs, sensory Do you get what I mean?
>> Yeah.
>> Autistic.
Like that.
>> Yeah, well, I've >> Yeah, sensory, yeah.
>> I've got autism in my family.
>> but you can walk You can come in and come down. Yeah, yeah, it's open to people like that.
>> Oh, fantastic.
Yeah.
>> Cuz there's not nothing like this around.
>> No, there's not, mate. Like I said, I'm I'm not spying on you.
>> No, no, no, no.
>> Uh my name's Old in Yorkshire. I've got a YouTube channel.
>> I think I might have seen you though.
>> Yeah. That's all it is, bro.
>> Yeah, I've seen you in Yorkshire, yeah.
>> That's all it is.
No, no, I've The camera's that way. Yeah, so it's not looking at you. It's looking over there.
>> Hopefully it should be looking at August.
>> August.
>> there, yeah. It's just decorating going on.
>> All right, cool. Cool.
>> Yeah, so it should be a hot spot, a really good spot.
>> That's absolutely fantastic. When it's open, would would I be able to come down and have a look?
>> Yeah, of course, man. Normally the geezer that owns it will come >> Yeah.
Yeah.
No problem.
>> But yeah, I don't see why not, yeah. It is, like I said, public it is.
>> Yeah.
Thank you very much.
I thought we were knocking it down, but obviously not.
>> No, no, it's I didn't know they were knocking it down. You want to make use of things, innit?
>> Exactly, bro.
Exactly.
Yeah, too much shit about, innit?
Exactly.
Well, exactly. You know the old Victoria pub?
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> So they're re-opening one side of it as a bar.
>> Oh, that's good.
>> And then the rest of it's going to be Airbnb's. I've just been inside it now.
>> The one on the corner.
>> Yeah, he took me in and showed me.
So.
>> Cuz that's been like that for years.
>> Yeah, I so I've got some I've captured some good content today. You'll see this video probably next week.
Yeah.
Right, I'm back. So, yeah, what a nice guy he was.
Um So, yeah, obviously they're not they're not knocking building down, guys.
Um I remember some of people who worked on here before said it were getting demolished.
It's not getting demolished.
It's It's going to be um a place for special needs.
So, apparently he said it's going to be around August time when it opens.
So, I'm going to come down and uh see if I can make arrangements to film inside when it's open to show you guys what's been done.
Check this out, guys, what I've just seen.
The Officers' Club.
Uh Officers' Club.
Shit the bed, I remember going here to buy me clothes 20 years ago, man.
And it's still there. Obviously it's still let.
But yeah, still there.
What I'm going to do is uh I'm going to walk through the bus station, and then I'm going to go up to the top deck of the car park in Airedale Shopping Centre.
Have a look from the roof top of roof.
But yeah, um Done quite a few bus stations, to be honest. Barnsley, Dewsbury, Bradford, Keighley.
Generally speaking, not a lot of people really sell them to me.
Tiny bus station though, isn't it, guys?
Tiny.
>> [clears throat] >> Right, this is going to be um So, I'm going to go check this car park out, guys. See what I can see from roof, and then I'm going to walk up my old stomping ground, Coronation Way, and then I'm going to end the vlog.
So, I'll pick it back up.
So, here we are, guys. We are on the eighth floor of um the Airedale Shopping Centre.
I'm assuming up there is where the lift stuff is.
But, yeah, we're on the eighth floor.
So, let's go Oh, no, we're on level seven. Eighth floor, level seven.
Excellent.
But, yeah. Wow.
I think that's where management suite is, you know.
Oh, shit the bed. You can actually see the management suite from here, look.
Right over there, in that building, that's where management suite is.
Aerial perspective, guys. I've not got me drone so this is the aerial perspective of Keighley town center.
We've got top of the Airedale Centre, top of the bus station.
We'll have a look how many footballs are up there.
It's a long Shit, man. You can park all the way on top of here.
Got a lot of security cameras up here, by the way, so BNM Cavendish Street.
Just look at the view up here, guys.
Look at the view.
Look at that view.
Uh, we've walked to the other side.
That's the Cavendish pub.
That's where we walk around.
Wow.
Hold on to that gimbal nice and tight, Kev.
Bloody hellfire.
Now for someone who don't like heights, I'm doing quite well.
Think that's a wrap for town, guys.
Why would a kid be riding around with a balaclava in this weather?
It's like 29 30°, guys.
And he's going around with a balaclava on in this weather. I've just got myself a bottle of water from Greggs.
Um make sure you keep hydrated in this weather, folks.
Um fortunately for me, I'm going to be taking the weekend off work.
So, I won't be going anywhere. I'm just going to be chilling.
But yeah, let's get up to Brearley Way, guys.
Right, guys. So, welcome back.
Uh I've left the town center momentarily.
Uh and now I am up Brearley Way. So, this is where I uh grew up, basically.
Mostly, it still looks the same. We've still got the ring. It's what we used to used to always call the ring.
Um probably cuz there's a roundabout there.
But yeah, anyone from Keighley who watches this will know exactly where they are. We've got the old Maid Marion food stores, Brearley Way Avenue. Look.
Check that out.
Maid Marion.
You know what? Well, to a lot of people this is not going to probably mean a right lot, but for me this is this is me reminiscing, guys.
This is This is memories coming flooding back.
Uh and for anyone who's from Keighley who either lives here or used to live here who doesn't anymore uh you'll know what I mean by that.
Uh we've got the new Keith Thomas Centre. Actually says the ring on it.
Community notice board.
So, yeah, I am not uh an estate vlogger.
But I just wanted to bring you up here and show you guys.
So, yeah, as a kid this is where I uh I used to knock about. Small stomping ground.
So, I didn't live down at the ring. I lived up here.
So, this is this is the start of Coronation Way.
And I'm not going to bore you too much cuz it goes on, but I'll pick it back up when I get to where I used to live.
Right.
What is wrong with this fucking camera?
Yeah.
Right, guys, let's get moving.
So, I'm already getting some dodgy ass looks.
But I'm not bothered.
I grew up around here.
I'm going to film around here.
>> [sighs] >> Oh, bloody hell.
This is the one thing I've been dreading walking up this hill.
So, one of my uh fond memories I've already showed you.
Down at the ring, and then we'll go further up.
And then it was to be fair, it won't it wasn't this dirty when I lived here.
It was not this bad at all.
Shit the bed.
It's like a second-hand fucking furniture shop, isn't it?
Got a free It's not bad.
Got any free sofas?
Get yourself up Coronation Way.
Ooh.
Westbank Close.
It's where my auntie used to live.
We'll take a trip on there on the way back down.
>> [snorts] >> I used to sit and play there as a as a kid.
I used to sit and play with all the spiders and wood louse.
But, all this fencing never used to be here.
There used to be flats right there.
But, there was now nothing.
All this fencing never to be here.
This is how I got the scar on me arm.
I broke me arm.
I was 4 years old, guys.
I broke me arm. I fell off this wall.
This wall here.
When I was 4 years old.
And I'm pretty sure that was my house there, number 49.
Now, I'm not going to sit and just stand and point the camera at people's houses.
Cuz that's a bit They might think it's too intrusive or what are you up to.
But yeah, we used to come out of our door there. That was definitely my house what I pointed out to you.
So, walk up these steps.
And then, literally, from there, up to around here.
It's where me nan and granddad used to live.
Can't remember their house number, number of it, to be honest.
God, sweltering. Absolutely sweltering.
Wow.
Stinks on here.
For our people watching my video from Keighley, let me just reiterate, this is a walk down memory lane, guys.
Oh, and I think me nan used to live up there.
Up that bit.
Yeah, this is a walk down memory lane.
You all right, bud?
You all right.
Yeah, I used to live around here, mate.
I'm just making a little vlog.
Yeah.
Kiveton Uh second house at bottom there.
Yeah, on this road, second house at bottom.
That's where I grew up.
Uh I've done a vlog in Kiveton today.
So, all I'm doing today is I'm starting from Ring and I'm walking up Coronation Way up to top and back down the lane uh West Bank.
But, it's hard in Yorkshire.
On YouTube, if you want to check it out there.
Yeah, but that's all I'm doing. I'm just reminiscing.
Take it easy, bro. See you later.
Like I said, we used to be flats over there.
Uh not not anymore.
Yeah, night we're on here where me nan and grandad lived. I'm sure it was 75.
75 75 or 77. Yeah, one of them two.
But, >> [clears throat] >> I can only Excuse me.
Obviously, >> [clears throat] >> I can kind of understand why people are going to ask a question, "Why are you filming?" cuz you know, it's not often you see vloggers on the council estates.
Um some vloggers do film them.
Uh but, it ain't my thing.
But, it is today.
And then go up there, we've got Black Hill.
Uh over here, we've got the town.
And uh Tinker and all that stuff. Like I said, if you're from around here, you'll know what I'm talking about.
I mean, basically, it just goes down and back round the main road.
So, we'll walk back down we're going Westbank Avenue.
And then we'll go to a little shop I used to call the mix-up shop.
And then we'll wrap it up.
But yeah, I'll pause it till I get back down there.
I have some great and wonderful memories on here guys as a kid.
Great and wonderful memories. I lived here till I was about 7 or 8.
And then I moved to Lower Grange in Allerton.
Um just down the road's where I've done an Allerton vlog before with West Allerton report.
And I always said I'd go back and do the bottom end.
Like Lady O'Park and where I used to live down uh Lower Grange.
Um so, yeah that that vlog will be coming soon guys.
Um but yeah, till about 8 years old this is where I lived.
So, yeah we've just walked back down guys. I'm trying not to obviously [clears throat] make this video so long.
Cuz obviously I've done me vlogging town and stuff. So, I kind of don't want it to be like over an hour. But I'll I'll do me best and see what I can cut down.
But yeah, Westbank close.
A lot of fun on here back in day as well.
Look guys.
I just spoke to you.
No, well what it is is I went to the top.
I mean, just walk back down cuz I lived on that first row.
>> Yeah.
>> I went >> one you lived on?
>> See that row of houses?
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> Right beginning.
>> Yeah.
>> I lived in the second one up.
>> All right.
>> I mean, not the middle one, but the next one. Me and me granddad lived there.
>> All right. Nothing to call.
>> Uh Yeah, so.
Westbank close, uh 12 Westbank close is where my auntie lived. So, I've just been talking uh to the guy we were just talking to is um knows someone who lives in this house now, and he actually knows me family.
So.
But, yeah.
12 Westbank close.
It's where my auntie used to live.
Right, let's go to the mix-up shop, guys, and then I am going to wrap this video up.
Oh.
>> [sighs] >> Winfield Drive, I used to know people who lived up there as well.
Better than Better than flats from what we saw earlier, look.
Partwell flats.
God, it's got a good zoom on it, this phone.
There's so much rubbish up on this estate, though. I mean, we were having a conversation and he told me that Billy Moore came up here a while ago, a couple of weeks ago, um filming up rubbish and stuff and just generally having a look around me, you see.
So, I just explained to him some people obviously do that.
Some people set out and choose to do that. Whereas, I mean, if I see it, I'll film it.
I'm not going to go out purposely looking for it, but if I see it, I'll film it.
Uh but yeah, all this is about, guys, he's just reminiscing.
You all right?
>> Morning, Kev.
>> Right, guys. So, uh that was someone else who we were just talking to.
Uh didn't We don't want to be on camera.
Uh which is not a problem, anyway.
I don't really care. I'm not here to film people.
So, yeah, what we're going to do is Well, we need to get out of here, don't we?
Now, this shop has never ever been called the mix-up shop, by the way. I don't Not what Not from what I can remember, but we used to refer to it as a mix-up shop.
You all right?
>> Yeah, feel you there.
>> How you doing?
>> You doing all right?
>> I'm all right.
>> Good, man. Good, man.
They're doing a bit of wrong people up there.
>> Yeah, all right, in Yorkshire.
Yeah, you know who I am, don't you?
>> Yeah, yeah, I've seen you a few times, man.
>> Yeah, yeah, I Me, I I I grew up around here.
>> Did you?
>> So, what I've done is today, I've done a cuz people keep saying to me, "Come back to Keighley. Come back to Keighley."
>> You've been around wrong places, though.
Like, this is all children here.
>> No, I've got some good content today.
>> Have you?
>> I have, yeah.
>> Around here?
>> No, in Keighley town.
>> Oh, yeah, you can.
>> I've got some good stuff today. So, this is This is the end of the vlog. I just wanted to show people where I grew up and where I used to live. So, this is the end of it. I've walked Coronation Way back down.
Been along West Bank and down here.
>> trekking, then, haven't you?
>> loads of people who have even off camera, you know, I've had shit loads of people coming up to me saying, "You all right, Kev? You all right, Kev?" Well, you know they all know who I am.
>> Yeah.
>> Um >> As soon as I seen you walking up there, I was just like, I've seen that guy there.
>> [laughter] >> And then I seen camera, and I thought, what's going on here? I thought it was some next shit. But, no, I'm I'm around here. It's all right. Like Bradford, it's body. As long as you're from around these ends.
>> Cushdy body, yeah?
>> Yeah, you're body. Cushdy.
>> Pause this a minute.
There we go, guys. I'm just picking it back up. Um I've just been talking to another subscriber.
Uh I've had so many people come up to me today.
Uh and talk to me and say, I know who you are, and I recognize you. As soon as I saw you, I recognized you. I know who you are. And it's great. I mean, I'm I'm literally literally, it's like someone said, I'm a public figure. You all right, kiddo?
I'm a public figure. I'm a local celebrity in Keighley.
>> Hey, yeah?
>> Yeah. How What have you got a balaclava on for in this weather?
>> So, people can't see my face, man.
>> Oh, what?
>> Please don't tell the police.
>> Oh, coppers. Yeah, yeah. No, I'm I'm not like police around, mate. I'm just a YouTuber. Just doing a vlog. Yeah, yeah.
All day in Yorkshire.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. Is it fast for you, yeah?
>> What?
>> Is it fast?
>> 50 mile an hour.
>> Fucking hell. Well, you'll get away from them, won't you?
See you later, my lad. Take it easy.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah.
West Lane Express it's called now, guys, but it used to be what I called it, uh the mix-up shop. And I think that was the same kid I saw earlier on in uh in town with balaclava But, yeah, it's all coppers, though, um take his bike off him.
So, like I said, guys, everyone loves me around here.
Say what you Say what you like. Say what you will. Say what you wish.
But, this is my town. It's our town.
And this is where I grew up.
So, I'll tell you what, guys.
It's been an absolutely amazing vlog today.
We've We've Nothing's been too spectacular.
Um We haven't We haven't caught people fighting and getting arrested and stuff.
It's It's just generally been an absolutely bloody brilliant day.
The sun is shining.
Uh I've bumped into loads of people I know.
Uh loads of people watch me.
And I've reminisced somewhere where I've grown up.
Um So, please smash the like button, guys.
Comment and subscribe and hype the video. It's good for the algorithm.
Share it as well.
Uh it'll be on Facebook and YouTube.
And uh until the next time, as always, I'll catch you in the next one. Bye for now.
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