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I'm with it This is inside English most deprived town the truth this is Where's this again Jwick? You start off terrible Welcome to Jwick England's most deprived place Welcome back to Wendell's adventures around Britain on a very cold and windy February day here in Clacton on sea Now no mission around Britain would be complete without a visit to the S I'm not gonna lie. It looks depressing. This never this looks very depressing Six seaside and look at it in all its glory here. What a sight to behold But more importantly, I could imagine other than this decent like The two days of summer y'all got out there No mission to show the real Britain would be complete without a visit to the notoriously deprived Jwick, which is just a mile or so down the coast from Clacton Now Jwick's had a lot of bad press over years a lot of documentaries and videos Showing it as the most deprived place in England But my my backpacker Ben came and made a video here recently and he said Wendell The people are amazing. They're really warm and Friendly and pleased to talk to you So I thought I'd come down and show what Jwick really is like in 2024. First of all, let's have a wander around Clacton Let's see what the locals are like here Let's see what they think of Jwick just down the road and then we'll venture down to Jwick and Meet the locals there too Jwick, let's find out the truth. Let's go So what's life like in Clacton these days? At the winter, it's very quiet Obviously, some time you get all the visitors come down and everything else pretty safe place to live Blimey, that's a question to ask, isn't it? Yeah We have had a large number of staggings I'll do That is bad because that does bring the old area down That's the sort of thing that would bring down Clacton As I said in the summertime, it's busty. And what about Jwick? So after I film Clacton, I'm gonna go to Jwick Jwick is a different matter. Yeah In what way? Jwick has got a bad rep, but I'm not being funny. It's a community and I know people in Jwick And there's such lovely people She seems like such a like great woman Like a warm, spirited Like let me cook you something type of situation Like everything else, you'll always get a couple of bad apples in a barrel But with the people that I know from Jwick But I'll go and do anything for anybody. Yeah, they look out for one another It's just unfortunate the situation that they've got to live in You know, because originally them huts wasn't for homes Them huts was just for holiday homes They were built in the 20s for holiday homes and then the war That's it East London has moved over, yeah Yeah, and they've started renting them out Not fit for permanent habitation No, they're not, because they're just wooden shacks I live with one of them In Jwick, do you? Yeah And I'll tell you, think about these wooden houses These little rabbit hutches we live in down there You get a lot of rats, a lot of mice Yeah Oh yeah They're like North Reuven Now the werewolves come and huff and puff and blow them bitches down My bad, I haven't cursed yet, my bad Blaster boards and stuff to get into the food Yeah, well, I've been in my loft And they have a raven, you know it I'll bless you You need to get a cat I've got three kittens and they're running away from them I'll fin People can turn around and say You're a bar bird, something's all bad, don't Don't listen to gossip Don't see for yourself Don't have a look yet and talk to people You've got to try and see for yourself It's not the first day of collecting them, mate First day? What are your first impressions, first day? That's what I mean, it's lovely, lovely, not mean It's not really really wrong, not mean It's like arcades and everything That's bad He was talking fast in the morning Life-liking clatter This has to stop some downs, I mean it's It can be a pleasant place to live depending on where you, what region you're in So it's like, yeah, it can be rather hectic I mean the town centre, I've heard, gets a lot of trouble I haven't really experienced too much of it myself But, you know, you get it from time to time Are you dressed up like this for a reason or is this what you're dressed in every day? No, no, it's just a winter seasonal thing That's just the drip, huh? Well, got that, someone, hey Fantastic Yeah, thank you very much After this I'm heading to Jaywick What's Jaywick like? Well, I hear it's like one of the poorest places in the country So, I don't know, I think, you know, I think it'd be okay But, you know, I would say, you know, maybe be careful I don't know because there's probably not You know, people are more desperate there Like Jaywick and outwards, there's always problems in the area down there So what's Jaywick like, obviously? It's got a reputation of being incredibly poor? It is I mean, the other day, sad boat Grandma had lost her life You know, if we were two dogs And then my mum, she lives on the back of that road So, it was a shock We was out at the time And we come back to seeing all that going on One-man game How you doing? Fine, thank you Yeah Do you want someone to play football with you? Oh, I'm fine, thank you Okay, mate You said absolutely not Good guy, Wendell, though You tried Everybody don't want friends, though I get it I probably would have said no to it I was outside trying to clear my mind For some reason, I thought this video was 40 minutes It's only 23 minutes, okay So, Clackton might be a bit grim But I can So It literally looks like the best part of the video We've just seen that arcade Clackton might be a bit grim But I can say that it's got a hell of a peer You've got all the amusements inside that I just filmed And all this outside I know it's winter and it's dead But this must be absolutely heathen in summer It definitely beats painting, peer This is like above average This is one of the nicer peers that I've seen from out there This classic British seaside peer that I've visited On this journey I was in Painton most recently And that's nothing like this This must be cranking in summer I'd tell you what The investment that we've put into this green leaf But yeah, it attracts people Is this what you think of When you think of a great British seaside Look at this water Not exactly crystal clear It's a bit like chocolate milk I would not want to go for a swim in that A new report has just come out Highlighting something that we already know Millions of people in the UK are struggling financially People aren't choosing to live paycheck to paycheck The reality is that it's been over 20 years And six different prime ministers And the financial crisis in this country Is only getting worse on the government's watch Which is why I choose to take some control back By staying informed about what is really going on In today's politics And to do that, I'll use today's sponsor Ground News Salute to you I didn't know what was going on Salute for the sponsorship though I don't get hit up by sponsors I do but it doesn't really fit into my channel What they be asking me to do Like I gotta believe in it Like I gotta actually like I don't want to be looking at a sponsorship Y'all be like, that's cap Bro, don't use that You know what I'm saying? But salute though Rather than less than informed About what's going on In the political climate of the world I mean not the world but maybe the USA for sure He saw us And all, you can get Less than one As I wander up from Clacton So as I wander up from Clacton By the pier there All the way up the coast About two miles to Jaywick I thought I'd fill you in a little bit of history About Jaywick itself Built in between This is nice to graffiti Initially as a development For holiday chalets For working class people Mainly from the east of London Dwellings in Jaywick were never meant to be Habited full time They weren't meant to be lived in year round In the Second World War Property where people lived in east London Was destroyed through bombings They relocated to their holiday chalets In Jaywick And they lived their year round And then over the years Basically they've just become more and more Prepared and unfit for habitation And these days There's very little employment in the area And there's obviously, as many people know A lot of poverty And a lot of struggle in Jaywick How far is it up there to Jaywick? I would turn around and say about A mile, mile and a quarter Okay, yeah What's life like in Clacton? We're retired so we don't give a shit No, anywhere else You've got the demeanour of a man Who doesn't give a shit Jaywick's an acquired taste Basically it's where they moved all the rough So I've made it to Jaywick folks Let's see what life is really like In England's most deprived place Kevin, nice to meet you That's terrible, like what is going on? There's so much trash everywhere In England's most deprived place Kevin, nice to meet you mate How are you? Good to meet you Kevin here runs the Sunspot Cafe Which is a brand new development Just on the sea front at Jaywick My dad was in the army over I've actually travelled around the world But I came back to live here when I was 22 And I lived here for 28 years Fourth generation, great-grandparents Moved here after the war I've seen the place change And develop over many, many years And yeah, this is a real positive A positive building A positive thing for the community It was a holiday destination It was places that you came in the summer It was a place where you could actually Buy a cheap bit of land Build your own little bungalow if you like And a holiday here through the summer And in the winter it was closed Simple as that People started living here all year round Why wouldn't you? The beaches are fantastic, they're beautiful So Jaywick's had a bit of a bad rep It's fair to say over years From documentaries and videos What's life like? This is not the first time I've watched a Jaywick thing I don't believe And I've heard it was terrible I've seen that it had a fair share of Wow moments But I feel like to open up a cafe Is kind of a bit of a risky move Is it not? Because you've got to open up something So appealing to the locals That they have no choice but to frequent it Throughout the year, even in the slow season That's what you've got to do Or it's got to be a multi-purpose situation Where it's this in the winter And it's this in the summer A little bit of both You know, we could do both at a time But I don't know, I don't know if I could Living in Jaywick early 2024 Well, that's a very specific question But it's simply put It's no different to any other seaside town We're busy in the summer and we're quiet in the winter We've got a fantastic community spirit here Jaywick's an unusual place as in It's one of the only places where I've ever lived Or been to or visited And like I said, I've been around the world That you can walk down the street A complete stranger And everybody will say hello to you I've noticed that Walking down the seafront Everyone spoke to me And they're genuinely interested Like, how are you? Are you having a good day? Are you having a bad day? It's not just... Yes, it's got its problems But what place hasn't? But it's just that strong community feeling That you get here and that welcome That you get in no other place So walking in, I didn't really realise How bad it was It didn't seem that bad when I first walked in But this is now The sign of the deprivation Yeah, it's pretty ran down, man What is the local government doing like this? This is a great whole block of abandoned Door down places? These buildings that were only really designed To be holiday chalets Are just not fit for permanent habitation And you can see the state That some of these places are in I'm pretty sure the land that this is built on is cheap Somebody could come and rebuild on top of this It would take a company to come And we're going to build Affordable house or something That makes sense for the town It's the saddest palm tree I've ever seen In front of that house You see what I mean? I don't think I've seen another place Quite like this in the UK Anywhere near The mattress look clean Just everywhere I go Everyone's just dumping mattresses Bed sofas Just like a crazy amount of fly tipping goes on here Like no one's there to enforce any rules Because everybody has given up care For the aesthetic of the place So what's the inspiration behind This amazing decoration? When my wife is into Halloween big time It just stays up all year round What's life like in Jaywee? What's the community like? Brilliant Absolutely brilliant I know for a fact My boy is bigger than his house What is happening? Bless this house With a skeleton and a mummy That's crazy Halloween, the devil's holiday, what do you need? Bless this house, that's tough Any blessings that come up, turn around Before, if I was to knock a door at two in the morning If they're not going to answer If I knock a door here at two o'clock in the morning If I've got a problem, they're going to answer So what do you think about the reputation of Jaywee Being the most deprived place in England? Overrated, very overrated Over here you've got a few bad roads Bad reputations But on the whole, no They didn't say crime really, they said deprived From what I've seen, I don't I feel like it's a good sense of community here But like, it is pretty run down They've got fresh rain, water on tap out of here That's tough I think the whole of Jaywee, the community spirit Is absolutely 100% When something happens on the estate Everyone comes together A good old fashioned sense of community spirit When we got to take the other day We got killed in two roads up There was loads of people trying to get in the house To rescue us Yeah, I heard that, yeah That's what it's like around here Yeah, the community spirit is good It's, you have your bad eggs, of course you do But on the whole, I feel far safer Than I did in my old road So I think what done Jaywee with a lot of harm Was that bloody documentary series a few years ago Yeah Because when we told our neighbours we was moving to Jaywee They just took the piece constantly When they laughed, they laughed Said I'm stupid It has a nationwide stigma But I've heard nothing but good things Before I came about the people I feel like if you tool yourself And you don't really care about having fun Move to Jaywee That's the vibe I'm getting If it's you and your girl and y'all All to y'all self to y'all introverts And y'all just want somewhere peaceful Quiet, not too much going on For sure Not too much money being spent For sure, we can live here Poverty, it's quite obvious You know, looking at some of the properties But also, wandering around You know, anybody that I've said hello to They smile, they greet you like the old days And then like I've just come up to your house And I've shouted through the door Hello, will you come and talk to me And you come out and spoke to me That wouldn't happen anywhere else What's the situation with Are most of them rented or are they owned Or is it a mix? It's a mix It's quite a mix actually There's quite a few rented, yes We are out and we own ours Obviously Was never a dam in my mind And there's quite a few owned in this street Does that help or change the demographic Of the street or does it not really Everyone mixes together It doesn't really matter with you To a degree, I think it does Whereas you may get You're rotten eggs more than two streets Than you would this street It's very quiet And that's a good thing Because the minute you hear something You're alerted So when I was in Clapton I was speaking to people And they said that A lot of councils like East London They tend to send some of their Like their troublesome people To Jaywick, like out of sight Out of mind, it's Jaywick's problem now Is there any truth in that? Yes, there is You will find a lot of people That have come down from London Are unwanted in the area So they tend to What I call pigeonhole It's kind of like what Chicago does To Iowa Anybody that Y'all need housing Y'all need low-income Y'all need big houses for a lot of kids All right, sending you to Iowa Get on up out of here Or y'all you You're a troublesome person All right Let me see your paperwork You ain't got no crib Oh, you're going to Iowa Get the body here See ya Where they feel Where they're going to fit in Yeah Nine times out of ten they don't But honestly, like I make these videos Like all around the UK And this is one of the friendliest places I've been Honestly, I'm comfortable saying that And often I go to places And like the poorer places The more down-to-earth and welcoming people are I love this place anyway Because my mum and dad used to I got to be toddlers When we was toddlers on holiday So I know this place Like the back of my hand Anyway, before we moved here We were tired here Because literally I got the beach At the end of my road What more do you want? How do you feel about Obviously there's a lot of dumped rubbish There's like dumped sofas, dumped mattresses It's not nice to see How do you feel about that? Because you, in your own very unique way You really look after your property So how do you feel about Someone's even This is where again, rotten egg Is dumped around On your property? There is a lot of rubbish People do tend to It's just laziness They're inconsiderate They're inconsiderate It's total inconsideration And irresponsibility On their part The silly thing is There's dumped not half a mile away We're trying to get rid of that ice So there is no name Like caravan That caravan down there I was going to go That's why I was walking down the street Initially I saw the caravan I thought I'd have a look at that Skip The caravans are skipped Yeah, basically It has become a skip For people that are just Dumping rubbish in it So apparently this caravan At the end of the road Has been left there And has now become the skip For the street Let's take a look Why doesn't the city Just lay skits around Like So people could just dump them And then just pick them up That would provide Like it would help clean up The neighborhood And it would provide some jobs Easier said than done Obviously But Look at that So the caravan Which is Completely Abandoned Has now become the skip For everything That people don't want In this street in Jowick Only in Jowick It's such a shame Because the people are so warm And welcoming But there's so many Infrastructure It's just been forgotten Hasn't it Like the people That should be sorting These things out In 2024 It's been missed Yeah Definitely Where's the window from? Is it from Manchester? Whose fault is it? Who can we point the finger at For The lack of infrastructure He sounds like he's from The exact same place Where a beard meets food The same place from now Councils It is a good place to live Tell the truth We love it down here It is underrated We'll go back to where we was Oh God, no But I feel so much safer here There seems to be A trend For a Lot of abandoned caravans in Jowick A lot of them Okay man I come Start a caravan Rental business I come grab all of these And fix them up There's no bodies Alright Mine now Thank you People bought the caravans here They've just been left To be overgrown Boarded up Or just full of Over crap that no one wants You genuinely say I wouldn't feel threatened To go grab one of these Like wildlife And snakes and things of that Because there's none out there Definitely Oh yeah, 100% 100% I'd come and grab all of these And redo them For the low and random Sell them, whatever All these abandoned caravans Are just becoming municipal skips For these streets Sell them however I need to sell them So you've been here A couple of weeks Just moved to Jowick What do you say If any person enters Without my permission Without is one Without my permission It could have Oh wow Okay So you've been here A couple of weeks Just moved to Jowick What's life like In Jowick so far It's been alright for me As long as you treat people Respect you Respect you treat them It's just been alright Oh that's the fast talker So what's life like In Jowick Well it's pretty good It's a bit of fun It's relaxing We've got The seaside over there Of course yeah They'll Frown me then Possibly could be better For the poverty Strict and weird So of course The true way to find out About any community in Britain Is to go into the local pub And the local pub in Jowick Is called the Never Say Die Which is quite An apt name For a town like Jowick Which has definitely been Left for dead By the local authorities But is refusing To let go So what's life like In Jowick This is the local pub Hub in a community This is the hub of the community Good people Good people Good people I've come across really good people so far Anyone needs anything Anyone's in trouble You only have to ask We all look out for each other Everybody helps everybody else And what do you think about All the negative press in the past Well I never wanted to come here Not gonna lie Been here seven years And it took me a year But I started working in the pub And that did it for me I've let the community And I've never looked back Won't live anywhere else So Jowick's quite a deprived place There's no way of really Avoiding that There's a good bit of investment That's what I was leading to What can the local authorities do To improve some of the infrastructure Around here There's a lot of things That seem neglected Decent housing Replay I wonder what would happen To the local community If I moved into J-Wick Like I just feel like If I moved to J-Wick We're gonna turn out It's gonna be lit I believe it's coming I've seen some plans And I believe it's coming So what's the pub like What's the atmosphere in the pub like This is fantastic There's two pubs There's one up the top end Three J's I worked there as well Great pub This pub is the hub Of our community And then they have their own Sort of community And the two sort of intertwine With their entertainment But this is just We have an open fire going We sit round It's people's front rooms The open fire was the drawer Okay, I get it Like it's like a homey thing Order people that come out That are on their own She does Christmas dinner You know, she feeds them And this is where they sit And it's like Being in their front room Do you know what I'd like to say I'd like to say that I go all around Britain Making these videos And J. Wick does have poverty And it does have some of the issues That have been highlighted But it's like stepping back in time With the community Like even these pubs They're shutting left, right and centre All around the country And then you come here It's almost like going back 20, 30 years Yes, my old hometown Has barely a pub left in it now And now here I've come And there are pubs still here And we don't want this one to shut Up So we all support it I'm going to spend the money in there Yeah Clack them pier Hello What'd you like to have? Magic City Did he do this home before? He's done clack them before But not J. Wick Come on J. Wick's a shithole Why'd you say that? Okay, mate Yeah Have a good day I wonder what that was it J. Wick Essex In conclusion Is it the most deprived place in England? Look, I haven't been anywhere Any worse than J. Wick It's right up there with Grimsby In terms of the places I've visited But it's different to Grimsby Because it's small It's condensed into a small village size area It's shocking in 2024 That people live in those conditions In the UK And it's not okay And whoever's responsible For sorting out these problems They need to get their act together Because some of the dwellings And the conditions And the poverty that people Are living in It's not okay But at the same time The people are really warm Welcoming And just They're quite cheerful Considering the surroundings That they're living So, yeah J. Wick It gets a bad rep People have a lot of negative Stereotypes about it It does have a lot of problems But the people are wonderful My whole wrap-up Just from watching this, man It looked terrible The conditions are terrible But like he said The people look Like they support each other And they got each other back And at the end of the day, man The people make the town So, till I leave a like Comment, subscribe, turn on your post I'm gone