Stoke, The City With NO HOPE: Broken Britain

Get your special deal of NordVPN here: If ever a city deserves the title 'post-industrial wasteland', Stoke-on-Trent is that place. Once a thriving conurbation that grew upon the pottery industry, this union of six towns is now a depressing ramble of dilapidated terraced housing and high streets of boarded up shops. The pottery industry is all but gone. Many buildings are crumbling beyond repair, there are few employment prospects and the locals mostly seem downtrodden and lacking hope. On my visit to the so called 'city centre', Hanley, it seemed that the only plausible pastime was to get pissed in the pubs. Stoke, The City With NO HOPE. #britain #uk #England #Stoke #stokeontrent #poverty #crime #streetinterview * If you appreciate what I do, and you would like to support the channel, you can do so at *