The Battle of Bamber Bridge
Added 2025-07-02 06:00:06 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/3xCksW4Hj78?si=fvhTXx7_9s02xQvT
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NOBODY tells an Englishman who he can or can't have a pint with
buster
2025-07-18 17:54:49 +0000 UTCThe countries you mention and their descendents also have their 'racist/religiously intolerant' portions to this day so to continue to lump just the UK into the 'guilty' pile when we've bent over backwards for the last 40+ years to accomodate immigrants is not true. Should have used 'was' and not 'is' before 'a paragon'.
Fordy7169
2025-07-07 16:03:30 +0000 UTCSad isn't it? So much opportunity for learning and yet somehow humans still find a way to turn it to hatred
Emily
2025-07-07 13:42:08 +0000 UTCI think there was a fight in Australia between US Military Police and Australian Army too; they seem to think they are the boss everywhere, haha.
Danny Heywood
2025-07-03 22:01:32 +0000 UTCIv lived in the north west all my life not too far from bamber bridge and this is the first Iv heard of this
Corey
2025-07-03 06:59:00 +0000 UTCBigots tend to twist the ideal of 'national pride' into some inane concept about ethnic purity (which is of course bollocks, as every country and person has a wide range of diverse DNA). But events that showed Brits defending those soldiers in the Bamber Bridge incident, are what we should be taking pride in. Never understood the concept of bigotry or racism, and I never will. I'm sure a lot of people would be shouting "snowflake lefty" at me for having that sentiment, but I really like not being a racist. Edit: Just to add, it's worth pointing out that the UK has also had problems with racial equality. Especially after the war, when there was mass immigration of Jamaicans, Indians and Pakistanis to the UK. It's well known that many of our shops and hotels during that time placed signs saying "No Blacks, no Irish, no dogs" in their windows. So please don't fall for any romanticised notion that the UK is a paragon of virtue, when it comes to that subject.
Jay
2025-07-02 21:39:36 +0000 UTCOne of the acknowledged causes of the boom in the civil rights movement after the war was because of the experiences of black American troops in the UK, seeing that a different reality in a white majority country was possible (of course the UK had its own issues too so we can’t pretend it was perfect, but at the time the difference that existed was enough to be a catalyst).
Kieran B
2025-07-02 18:13:07 +0000 UTCMy grandad came to the UK from Jamaica to join the Royal Air Force in 1943 so this event has always been quite an impactful one to me, what this doesn’t quite make as clear as some other videos is that British civilians and service personnel joined the fight against the MPs in the pub at least. Sadly this wasn’t the only instance like this but is the most famous of them
Kieran B
2025-07-02 18:04:53 +0000 UTCThere were a few similar events but this was certainly the most famous
Kieran B
2025-07-02 17:58:30 +0000 UTCFound this really interesting; i'd actually never heard of this myself.
Daz Parker
2025-07-02 11:00:03 +0000 UTCThats why I always call him Kanthe West
Daz Parker
2025-07-02 10:58:30 +0000 UTCLove this reaction it’s a story that needs to be more well known. Also on an unrelated note, I really think you should do a reaction to a Scottish baby box opening. Something given to every baby born in Scotland. It’s something we are very proud of :)
Frizz
2025-07-02 10:50:01 +0000 UTCFor everyone's information: when you see a pub name written as 'Ye Olde' it is pronounced 'The Old' not 'Yeee Oldee'. The 'letter' Y in these cases is the old English symbol for the modern letter 'T'. The 'e' in 'olde' is silent. I only found this out a few years ago. It may have been another YouTube video
Fordy7169
2025-07-02 10:34:39 +0000 UTC...Whereas now is the epitome of reasoned calm.
Static CentreHalf
2025-07-02 08:40:30 +0000 UTCI get what Mike was saying about the internet exposing people to the wider world, but it can also drive them into rabbit holes which fuel things like racism. It’s like people who say they ‘get their news’ from YouTube or podcasts. They get opinions or propaganda, not news. Sadly, proper news outlets which present both sides of a debate are rare and getting rarer, which is worrying. There really is nothing better than travel for learning, though.
Thomas
2025-07-02 08:13:10 +0000 UTCCrazy world way back then.
Mark. R.
2025-07-02 08:11:00 +0000 UTCThis was great! The Hob is only around the corner from me. It still exists as a gastropub and recently held an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle. it has an homage outside too. Only 3 or 4 minutes down the road is one of the most haunted pubs in England, 'Euxton Mills', where the Graey Lady is said to haunt the cellar and washrooms. Lots of American soldiers were stationed in the North-West throughout the war. My Great Grandfather, Son Webb (of Swain Co. NC), was stationed in Billinge, Wigan where he met my Great Grandmother, Alice. Alice gave birth to my Grandad, John 'Stuart' Cooper, in 1946 after the war was over and, like many war babies, found their father later in life. When he eventually did gain this knowledge in the early 80s, he sold the family home and moved to North Carolina with my Nana, my Mum and my Uncles. It is crazy to think of the vast amount of stories like this, some never told. Note: Billinge is the birthplace of the term "Derby" as in 'local derby'. Lord Derby owned the land between Wigan and St. Helen's (the two biggest names in rugby league) and held a match every year on Good Friday between the two sides to bring the two towns together. This match is the only UK sporting fixture to be played on the same day every year due to its history in the sport. I'll post a couple of pictures in the main chat of Ye Olde Hob Inn and its homage to the battle.
Daniel Cooper-O'Reilly
2025-07-02 07:25:35 +0000 UTCThis is in my town, literally about 500 yards from my house, if you guys would like to see the memorial garden and places mentioned in the video as they are today let me know
Dec
2025-07-02 07:14:02 +0000 UTCThere is a memorial garden in Bamber Bridge now too across from the inn that the soldiers were at. They opened it a few years ago to mark the 80th anniversary
Danny
2025-07-02 06:55:27 +0000 UTCYou see these matters and differences in attitudes towards race discussed in the A Welcome to Britain documentary that is in the playlist. Ridiculous that society was at a point then that they had to have a training film reminding people not to be racist 🤦♂️ and even then it was still done in a way of "just don't be racist whilst in the UK as its frowned upon there"
Danny
2025-07-02 06:45:45 +0000 UTCI’m from Preston so this is only 5 minutes down the road from me. I look forward to learning about it
Toby Lewis
2025-07-02 06:04:39 +0000 UTC
