It was a wonderful building and it was replaced by a complete abomination of a building.
@Limitedclearance22 сағат бұрын
@@Faluzeer I couldn't agree more
@user-wl7nb3np6iКүн бұрын
Enjoyed the review very interesting information . Ive visited marvels funfair many times when it was opened and it was great fun and the iconic chairlifts were always a pleasure. Shame it closed in 2002
@FaluzeerКүн бұрын
It was a spectacular building, i used to pass it on my way to valley parade in the 1970's. The fire was very suspicious, from memory planning permission had previously been declined.
@cheezeits73002 күн бұрын
Don't forget jollys in shipley in the 80s had some great nights out there😊
@petercricket3 күн бұрын
Odsal Stadium????
@Limitedclearance3 күн бұрын
No it's Bradford City Stadium that was located behind where Grattan is now on Legrams Lane 👍
@slartibartfast63655 күн бұрын
You forgot Bibi's 😁
@alecporter17847 күн бұрын
Great history, I have never seen that photograph before, I think I saw Stardust their late 74 early 75.
@b00ts4ndc4ts8 күн бұрын
I saw superman 2 and 3 there as well as the first back to the future. I preferred it to the Odeon.
@mariaazzan862511 күн бұрын
Sync on tape needs some work , 🎉
@HB-bf6dl13 күн бұрын
There are many horrendous spelling errors for local.place names, they must be computer generated.
@Limitedclearance13 күн бұрын
@@HB-bf6dl a combination of disused railways and Functional Neurological Disorder 🤪
@shahedmc965613 күн бұрын
Thanks Andy!
@AnimalMagic114 күн бұрын
The video and audio are out of synchronisation..
@Limitedclearance14 күн бұрын
@@AnimalMagic1 this has been highlighted and was one of my early video attempts 👍
@uha647715 күн бұрын
Shouldn't have scrapped these lines. They could've served as metro/light rail lines today.
@craigryan306915 күн бұрын
Good to see something about this virtually forgotten station & railway line. Thanks
@seany84uk15 күн бұрын
The line to skipton badly needs to be opened to aid capacity in surrounding routes
@Limitedclearance15 күн бұрын
@@seany84uk couldn't agree more
@seany84uk15 күн бұрын
@@Limitedclearance the main issue is funds and where to build new stations that will help pay for the line
@Limitedclearance15 күн бұрын
I think alot of the money would come from DRAX Power Station given that it would substantially cut journey times for thier biomass freight trains
@seany84uk15 күн бұрын
@@Limitedclearance i didnt know about that. For passenger services it needs to be a 30 min service
@davidbond151915 күн бұрын
I remember it well, my grandma lived just up from the station in Town End. It was a short walk down Toby Lane to the station. Excellent video.
@TheBradfordDistrictChannel18 күн бұрын
Lovely to see his and its great content! Keep up the great work.
@Limitedclearance18 күн бұрын
@@TheBradfordDistrictChannel thankyou
@b00ts4ndc4ts22 күн бұрын
All these fantastic events once held in Bradford, and now it's like night and day. What happened Bradford?
@Chucklea923 күн бұрын
Nice one Andy, another great video. I look forward to your video on the Windhill Shipley Branch. I hope you have access to some old timetables again as there is very little on the internet regarding actual usage of the line and details of train numbers/destinations etc. Cheers
@Limitedclearance23 күн бұрын
@@Chucklea9 thanks and I've already done the Windhill Line, check my playlist 👍
@pershaankhan166223 күн бұрын
1:32 For the bradfordians, this is the train yard which used to be near canon mills. The road on the above bankment, on the left is beckside road
@quadthingcopter598425 күн бұрын
It used to be a good night out now all pubs and night clubs shut, wonder why? Like a ghost town on an evening now with a few zombies walking around, your photos dont match your commentary.
@Limitedclearance25 күн бұрын
@@quadthingcopter5984 yes one of my earlier videos so abit naff 🙂
@eugenemclemmont404525 күн бұрын
Steelers, Thornton in the 80`s. I`m not even from Bradford. Palm Cove, the Jamaican club in Girlington, forgotten the street name. Sugar Cane at Whetley junction just to name a few. Then there`s the underground places like Ali`s Mill ,Preston street/ Thornton Road for all nighters. The infamous but obviously not that infamous 1 in 12 club just off Sunbridge road. Queens Hall held special events and bands once upon a time in town.
@martinburke36225 күн бұрын
When they demolished the exchange station Bradford ceased to be a proper city how can a proper city have a glorified bus shed for a Railway station
@chrisglover213326 күн бұрын
My great grandfather was a night watchman there. My gran lived nearby; I only remember it as CD Bramall truck dealership.
@darleytransportandtravel635329 күн бұрын
How very, very sad. The early 1960s. What a terrible time to be living if one was aware and sensitive to all that was beautiful. Unfortunately, most would say progress is progress! Away with the past and forward to the space age. Most of England's cities were wrecked. Not by WW2 bombing, but by the modernist.
@b00ts4ndc4ts29 күн бұрын
Bradford council have always known how to make the wrong decision and have always been quick to destroy our heritage.
@b00ts4ndc4ts29 күн бұрын
Fantastic, as young lad my friends and I would walk round the old track way and imagine what it uses to be like. My Gran lived on Bridge gate way snd you can still see parts of the infrastructure on park rd and the bank.
@clivebroadhead438129 күн бұрын
It's difficult to understand why the adjacent areas didn't expand after the line was constructed?
@alansharp1528Ай бұрын
Another great vid thanks. I like both style and content, so please keep going with more.
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@@alansharp1528 Thankyou
@DamnDealDoneАй бұрын
Trying to post a normal comment and your comment settings keep blocking it. Sort it out.
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@@DamnDealDone I take it that it's the comment you have now managed to post? All comments enabled my end.
@DamnDealDoneАй бұрын
@@Limitedclearance I removed the word m 0 s q u e. As in what replaced a lot of the buildings shown in the overhead shot. KZbin auto censorship is becoming really extreme.
Buildings burning at the top of town seemed to be quite a frequent thing. 100% done on purpose. Just think that entire area was still Bradford centre. From up Manchester Road to up Manningham Lane, Bradford centre was massive. Now reduced in size and next year will be reduced even further when the final nail is put in to the top of town coffin. Look at that over head view of the area. Majority of the buildings demolished.
@b00ts4ndc4tsАй бұрын
Do you know anything about the line that run passed eccleshill ravenscliffe?
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@@b00ts4ndc4ts I can only think of the line through pudsey and Stanningley and the pudsey loop?
@b00ts4ndc4tsАй бұрын
@@Limitedclearance it went down the back of Harrogate rd, along summer bridge crescent, through Thorpe edge.
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@b00ts4ndc4ts it's was the great northern line, I've done a video on it titled the Shipley Windhill Line. Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6OZipuhgZmcj8Usi=J-kTcYYbue0HRIUc
@b00ts4ndc4ts29 күн бұрын
@@Limitedclearance spot on thank you very much.
@stevedinsdale773Ай бұрын
Do you remember the Dinosaurs ?
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@@stevedinsdale773 The last time I visited was the late eighties, I think I vaguely remember them and obviously remember the chairlifts
@clivebroadhead4381Ай бұрын
Nice explanation. It would be nice if a an historical map was included to illustrate the route of the liine.
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@@clivebroadhead4381 I've tried to paste onto here but it won't let me, maps are rather crap tbh, ie not very detailed 🙂
@seany84ukАй бұрын
I always liked the original brown and orange liveries with the original bench style seating. They were much more comfortable than the newer seats.
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@@seany84uk good air conditioning in summer too 🙂
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@kevintravis5123Ай бұрын
wow those pesky victorians were so advanced in their thinking, some countries still dont have power stations, yet we had one in the 1800s
@DaimlerSleeveValveАй бұрын
Unfortunately there seems to be quite a bit of stumbling over the name of the resort. It's BLACKPOOL, not BRADFORD. 😀
@LimitedclearanceАй бұрын
@@DaimlerSleeveValve that's Functional Neurological Disorder for you 🙂
@22whizzo56Ай бұрын
Not a chance of it ever happening - its a railway remember . If it was a ring road or a bypass, it would have been built 40 - 50 years ago. This country is so Anti rail.
@22whizzo56Ай бұрын
The British governments are fond of closing railway stations that are in the centre of towns/cities. They pinch the railway land for offices / car parks / supermarkets / roads, etc etc. Its criminal, but they always get away with it.
@carolkitching1116Ай бұрын
They could do a train tunnel from somewhere off the main line around Layton right through and a station (low level) where Central was and come out on the old track bed towards South Station
@seany84ukАй бұрын
I still cant understand why this station was closed. Im sure today it would be more convenient than north station. They should relocate the south station closer to the centre i think
@uha6477Ай бұрын
This was a good rollercoaster. I remember visiting in about '97.
@tonystack7375Ай бұрын
Good information about the Queensbury lines thank you.
@chrisjackson9978Ай бұрын
Before the Beeching pruning of the railway, there was a regular service between Bradford Forster Square and Morcambe, via Settle Junction, Wennington Junction and Lancaster Green Ayre. Morcambe was known locally as Bradford on Sea. Seems Beeching had a thing about closing down Midland Railway main lines. Pruning the lines linking to and from the Settle & Carlisle was a deliberate ploy to shut that line. The Somerset & Dorset was another Midland line that was axed. The Waverley Route, the Stainmore Route were other cross country routes which were axed. Short sighted transport policy, but Marples had road transport interests.
@22whizzo56Ай бұрын
Yes - Beeching was just carrying out Marples instructions so his company could turn the railways into roads
@anthonywarrener1881Ай бұрын
Great video ! I have seen many photos of Great Northern (LNER) locos on the line between Keighley and Halifax, but none of any Midland types. I wonder if Midland locos worked any regular freight or passenger trains over to Queensbury and Halifax ?