Wonderful! I grew up near here as a kid and often wondered about the old railway in this area. This is very interesting, thanks for this. I lived on wainman street which was very close to an old railway road bridge and i went to the school there. I beleive its the same line that was next us that you have explored. Thanks again 😊
@wetdogFBK8 күн бұрын
@@tharkthax3960 You're very welcome. This was a great explore, some fantastic views and architecture
@user-wl7nb3np6i8 күн бұрын
Like the video i remember when mr marvels theme park opened back in 84 i was in my late teens . It was a great park in its day and the chairlifts were always great fun . Its a shame to the park closed in 2002 and been left abandoned for 22 years now
@wetdogFBK8 күн бұрын
@user-wl7nb3np6i Can't remember it myself Steve, didn't know of it until recently. Spending a lot of time up here now and learning a lot about the history
@user-wl7nb3np6i7 күн бұрын
In the seventies it was Scarborough zoo and marineland with dolphin shows I can just remember it I was very young. I do remember theme park it had its own rides and old ones including the live size dinosaurs statues from the earlier attraction .like the open air swimming pool down on the bottom road and tree walk wonderland at peasholm park and sadly Mr Marvels all sadly gone 😢
@user-zg4cz7hr6c9 күн бұрын
Great video - very interesting. Thank you for going out and making it - very much appreciated!!
@wetdogFBK9 күн бұрын
@user-zg4cz7hr6c You're very welcome Paul. Thanks for your kind words 👍
@a11csc9 күн бұрын
what a waste of a beautiful viaduct.great vid tho boys
@wetdogFBK9 күн бұрын
@a11csc Cheers Chris, got a few cuts and bruises getting to Stainland Viaduct
@a11csc10 күн бұрын
😊👍❤️
@leer79819 күн бұрын
I remember them lifting the tracks when I was a kid. We used to bmx on the old airfield at Broomhill on the small slag mounds that were on to stop vehicles, and when they lifted the tracks to the marshalling yard it was fantastic on there for the bikes too ! Vaguely remember cycling on Broomhill road too before they closed it
@a11csc19 күн бұрын
what a hell of a change in a few short years
@wetdogFBK19 күн бұрын
Incredible! I remember it from 1980s, can't believe how much it's changed.
@carl613119 күн бұрын
I wouldn't mind coming with ya one day. The National Lottery paid us to make a mini-series about the Dearne Valley which included Manvers then and now.
@exploringthepastandthepres979319 күн бұрын
Great video man ! Really enjoyed Lots of cuttings lost ! That mexborough Junction looks unbelievable and more like a river tunnel Amazing how much land has been reclaimed too 😵
@wetdogFBK19 күн бұрын
Thanks Ashton, was good to film this. I remember it back in t'day when trains were running here.
@chriswaring556526 күн бұрын
WALKED ACROSS THAT VIADUCT SHAME IN NEVER GOT USED FOR PASSENGERS & FREIGHT FROM LEEDS TO YORK GET A GREAT VIEW FROM THERE
@BradfordThroughTheLens27 күн бұрын
Love exploration type of content. Thank you.
@a11csc27 күн бұрын
nice one ,how near to the A64 is it
@wetdogFBK26 күн бұрын
About 5 mins drive, worth a visit if you're in the area.
@ernestbailey919427 күн бұрын
Lovely Video. I didn't know there was a lovely viaduct in Tadcaster, you learn something every day.
@exploringthepastandthepres979327 күн бұрын
Nice structure !
@Tanks_at_22Ай бұрын
Excellent detailed tour of that area, just a pity it all was passed off to history.
@Jacob-9dgАй бұрын
My friends forced me to walk through alone😢
@a11cscАй бұрын
great collab Jonny,but what a shame all these engineering masterpieces left to ruin
@crusherbarnyАй бұрын
What was the building with the 2 huge square intake/chimney things for?
@wetdogFBKАй бұрын
@@crusherbarny It was a fanhouse for Monckton Main Colliery. I've covered this in a separate vlog 👍
@crusherbarnyАй бұрын
@@wetdogFBK oh! Ill give it a watch, i walk next door quite alot, wonder if you can peek down the shaft its self!
@exploringthepastandthepres9793Ай бұрын
Great explore this! Thanks Jonny and Pete
@wetdogFBKАй бұрын
Yeah, enjoyed this one, thanks lads.
@railwaychristina3192Ай бұрын
Is this the line with Sledmere, Fimber, Wetwang? Gooorgeous tunnel, thank you for this video❤
@wetdogFBKАй бұрын
It is indeed the line you mention. This tunnel was a bit creepy TBF.
@Tanks_at_22Ай бұрын
Impressive and good bit of research .
@wetdogFBKАй бұрын
Cheers Alan.👍
@a11cscАй бұрын
i want to do that jonny
@wetdogFBKАй бұрын
It's a good explore. Take advantage while it's still open. Decent shoes and a good torch is all you'll need Chris.
@leedsunitedandyАй бұрын
Have you walked Darfield line
@wetdogFBKАй бұрын
Not yet but it's on my list. I remember when bridges were removed just before station.
@leedsunitedandyАй бұрын
@@wetdogFBK Me & brother went for a walk couple weeks back & he showed me where Station used to be I never new there was a station. I used to go in Station pub & worked at Houghton Main Colliery just assumed the train line was used for picking the Coal up we had produced from Washer
@connelly3684Ай бұрын
Have you got the coordinates or a nearby road name? I live in Stalybridge and would like to nip over for a look but I cannot for the life of me figure out where it is.
@wetdogFBKАй бұрын
If you were to walk up Ward Lane, cross the canal and follow track to the right alongside the current line, you reach the tunnel.
@connelly3684Ай бұрын
@@wetdogFBK Cheers!
@nigelbarker41352 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Very informative
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
Cheers Nigel 👍
@chapelhousemodelrailway17002 ай бұрын
As a little boy I lived in Pye Avenue at the Spark Lane end from 1947-51. Mother used to let me run to the level crossing to watch the engines go by when I heard them coming.
@a11csc2 ай бұрын
mother nature sure holds nothing back
@martinmarsola64772 ай бұрын
Another brilliant video this day. Always enjoy your walk along. Cheers John! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
Cheers Martin 👍
@a11csc2 ай бұрын
used the dvparkway or 8 years and never knew that .just think what the value of these lines would be worth today
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
I'm of an age to remember trains running along here from the mines into Wath yard, if only we had digital cameras then!
@a11csc2 ай бұрын
@@wetdogFBK you would have been the Ivo Peters of Barnsley lol
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
@a11csc Yeah, missed my vocation there Chris 😄
@davidbutterworth96092 ай бұрын
Brilliant video John. Remember much of the route from the 70s/80s and have cycled on it loads of times since. But your video is still bringing out new and interesting stuff. Always struck by the power of nature to reclaim her own. No one would ever know, looking at today’s scene, the scale of industry that used to be there. Keep up the good work.
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
I remember MGR trains running through here from mines into Wath yard. There's still a lot of infrastructure left slowly been hidden by undergrowth
@martinmarsola64772 ай бұрын
Thank you for the walking tour this day. Informative and very helpful to me. See you on the next, John. 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
Cheers Martin, another coming soon.
@tonystack73752 ай бұрын
I think it is the only tunnel on the line that doesn’t have a gradient,well done lads now go and get yourselves dry.
@GHExploration2 ай бұрын
Love it here, was only there at bank holiday weekend
@JessJR19832 ай бұрын
Thank you as always, guys!
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
You're very welcome
@a11csc2 ай бұрын
another gem boys
@mickd69422 ай бұрын
You are correct , the canal bridge had a metal span and a stone section with a horse tunnel on the tow path , the viaduct over the dove was a mini swaith but built from stone with three stone piers , and near the junction was a stone bridge identical to convicts tunnel but without the concrete bridge on top , it was a low stone bridge with the embankment going over the top as convicts would have been originally , it crossed the aldam mill goyt ( South Yorkshire railway cost cutting ) they were notoriously tight with money and wouldn’t pay for a full height stone bridge .
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
Thanks Mick 👍🚂
@mickd69422 ай бұрын
I used to play on the disused aldam curve as a kid , a class 47 with HAA’s derailed just after ash inn bridge , it was heading for wombwell main junction , the track was the old type with wooden noggins in the chairs which locals took for fire wood so the rails spread under the 47 , it hadn’t been used for years before that ,the track was lifted in 76 and the bridges cut up at the same time , my bedroom window overlooked the junction of aldam curve and worsboro branch so could watch the 76 electrics to as far as swaith viaduct and 20 31 37 45 47 56 diesels going up to Barrow pit .
@mickd69422 ай бұрын
The Brick cut out that New oaks box sat in is still there , it is adjacent to the TPT on the edge of the concreted area , it has been extended by the brick works at some point , never saw new oaks box as it was just a pile of ashes and metal in the cut out when I first saw the area In about 75 .
@exploringthepastandthepres97932 ай бұрын
Brill vid Jonny ! Loved that Aldham curve part. Nice to see it ! And the viaduct remains Are good to see after seeing it on OS maps a lot when we did worsborough incline Good to see now and understand how all those lines operated !
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
Cheers Ashton, that prickly bush got me up on viaduct!. The things we do for the channel 😄
@dieselbushcraft12992 ай бұрын
Interesting video,not even noticed the bridge over the M62 before and passed below it hundreds of times.
@JessJR19833 ай бұрын
It’s surreal seeing it 2 years ago from what me and Ashton saw on Sat, remnants of the buildings are lost for ever in the undergrowth now, but on your video you can make them out. Top job, you’re an absolute fountain of knowledge!
@wetdogFBK2 ай бұрын
Cheers Jess, it's important to me to record this stuff, as they say once it's gone it's gone 😢
@sphughes013 ай бұрын
If you had told me in the mid 1970s that Butlins at Filey would soon be closed and Primrose Valley caravan site would replace it I would have thought you were mad. It's incredible the pace of change. Butlins as late as the mid 1970s was seen as the more selective type of holiday yet it was to die out completely with the arrival of cheap flights to foreign destinations.
@peterwelch55823 ай бұрын
Should have kept the railway station at filey and could served the new holiday camps on the East Coast now
@wetdogFBK3 ай бұрын
You're quite right, could have removed one platform and had a park and ride
@richardhutton35953 ай бұрын
We used to run through these tunnels, all the way to the oil terminal, back in the fifties!
@Paul-md8de3 ай бұрын
There's quite a few very similar old pillboxes etc on the beach between Barmston and Bridlington , and i think at the Brid end an old gun emplacement has been turned into a ice cream place it's been painted white , it's just down a few steps from the park and ride , i'v walked from Barmston to Brid along that beach a couple of times , lovely place .
@wetdogFBK3 ай бұрын
Thanks Paul, need to get back up there for a rummage around.
@jamesdavis93443 ай бұрын
Local to Barnsley ❤
@wetdogFBK3 ай бұрын
I've covered a load of stuff around Barnsley on my channel 👍🚂
@martinmarsola64773 ай бұрын
Thank you for this day’s video. Walking along the shoreline is very relaxing to watch. See you on the next. Cheers John! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
@wetdogFBK3 ай бұрын
Cheers Martin, see you next time 👍
@leer7983 ай бұрын
Think the brickwork on the beach john was from the pumping station