A History of the M62 Dam and Scammonden Reservoir.

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@harry130747 8 ай бұрын

Along with hundreds of others, as a child, I watched this being built at weekends. It was the best entertainment for miles around!

@yorkshiredrone 8 ай бұрын

Oh wow that must have been so cool, wish someone had done a film of it, they probably thought it wouldn't have been of interest to the future.

@harryspeakup8452 2 күн бұрын

Yeah, me too!

@toucan221 Ай бұрын

wonderful, the amount of times I used to pass the Dam years ago, I always wanted to know more about it, and the bridge at the top between the two hill sides just fascinates me. thanks you so much for bringing this to us.✔✔😀😀

@yorkshiredrone Ай бұрын

@toucan221 thanks for watching, always nice to hear positive feedback, It does make you look again once you look into the history of the place🤯🫡

@simonwilson1237 7 ай бұрын

all the times I've been over the 62 never knew you could walk around it its the first time I've seen the valve tower from above great vid

@yorkshiredrone 7 ай бұрын

Thanks glad you enjoyed it, it does make you look at it very differently.

@bobharrison4711 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. This is "my patch", walked around it hundreds of times. Remember walking round the Valve Tower, years ago, before the fence went up. Nice to see it over-flowing again.

@yorkshiredrone 8 ай бұрын

Thank you I'm always pleased that people enjoy them, especially local folk. It's sad that we can't walk on that path above the water anymore, health and safety...

@fionadelahunty369 Ай бұрын

Me and my kids(now in their twenties) go picking Bilberrys around Scammonden dam every year they are so plentiful.Of course we make Scammonden Jam

@yorkshiredrone Ай бұрын

@fionadelahunty369 Scammonden Dam? Like it, must open my eyes to see them.

@Steve_G7RTA 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video! I’ve walked around some of the path a few times (& flown the drone) but never walked all the way around. I didn’t even know about the steep hill or 450 steps on the other side of the motorway! I must pay another visit! Cheers 👍 Steve

@yorkshiredrone 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve, yep it's certainly quite a varied walk, damn those steep bits. I'll look forward to see what you do with those steps and bridge! Steve👌

@geetee7154 Ай бұрын

Great video, must have walked here several hundred times over the last 50+ years, is only 3 miles my house, my dad was a tipper driver in the late 60's when the dam & the motorway was being constructed, I used to go with him in the school holidays, we'd drop material of on the dam wall, wasn't so nice in winter, it's quite bleak up there, but great for fresh air & exercise 😁👍

@yorkshiredrone Ай бұрын

@geetee7154 cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it, damn can only imagine what it was like all those years ago in the snow on the stormy moors, bleak and beautiful.

@azy78 Ай бұрын

Awesome video and it's a great bike ride there in the summer. Appreciate the tidbits of history blended in.

@yorkshiredrone Ай бұрын

@@azy78 cheers, always nice to hear😁

@rogerbarton1790 12 сағат бұрын

There's a video on here with Fred Dibnah driving his traction engine over the bridge. I lived on the A640 New Hey Rd at Mount when the motorway was being constructed, it was a continuous stream of wagons full of earth going up the road to the dam. We had a strip of garden taken away for subsequent widening of the road to form a dual carriageway.

@yorkshiredrone 13 минут бұрын

I must find that video of Fred, watta guy. Can't even imagine how much Peat they had to remove to get to the bedrock, lorra trucks.

@MoellerEngineeringCo. Ай бұрын

Greetings from Ohio, USA. I am fascinated with reservoirs.

@yorkshiredrone Ай бұрын

@MoellerEngineeringCo. Hello America! I can see the appeal, the history, the logistics, the beauty, never again will I look at one and just think it looks pretty.

@paulfisher1949 Ай бұрын

I live just down the road from the res .

@malcolmyoung7866 6 күн бұрын

Loved the ‘Brake Test’ although disappointed that the brakes worked perfectly.. was hoping for some foul language at that point.. thanks for showing the photos of the inauguration of the reservoir interesting photos of the crowds and sailing boats etc .Forgotten history no longer ‘forgotten’… not been over the M62 too many times so still get a kick out of seeing stuff and things and now have more info to bore my mate with(he will be bored/I shall be the ‘know it all’) he ‘fakes’ disinterest but once in a while is astounded by my knowledge of trivia.. this is ‘up there’ I can tell you. Keep up the good work.. (BTW I drive a 🚛💨💨💨💨 for my sins!!)

@yorkshiredrone 5 күн бұрын

@malcolmyoung7866 Thanks for watching, and learning! There was plenty of foul language every time a pedestrian got in my way ha ha. When I started making the video I was just going to get some pretty shots of the place, but looking in to the history further I realised it was pretty interesting, how many cups of yorkshire tea? Wish I'd added a few more old pics, ah well always nice to know people can educate their friends on these fascinating topics, I really should do more history stuff, this video is really popular(small scale). Happy trucking, I'll get back to my latest epic, Last of the Summer Wine: Then and Now.

@paulwoolley4957 5 ай бұрын

In the pearly 60s myself and Brian Oram(( R.I.P.) used to walk from Slawit through Wilberlee to Deans head during summer holidays from school. Dean head was a nice quiet place.

@yorkshiredrone 5 ай бұрын

@paulwoolley4957 oh wow, I can only imagine how massively different it was then, up there with no noisy motorway I can well imagine it was lovely.

@WhiteRoseYorkshire Ай бұрын

Slaithwaite, not 'Slawit'. Also, Wilberlee is a school in Slaithwaite, not a place.

@paulwoolley4957 Ай бұрын

@@yorkshiredrone Yes it was great to walk over the tops( as we called it) vastly different than today.👍

@paulwoolley4957 Ай бұрын

@@WhiteRoseYorkshire You don’t know what you’re talking about, locals have always referred to Slaithwaite as Slawit, and Wilberlee is a small hamlet above Hill top ( Slawit). You’re obviously a comer in who has no knowledge of the area.. If you go to Huddersfield you can catch a bus to Wilberlee . If you’re going to comment on posts please ensure you know what you’re talking about.

@yorkshiredrone Ай бұрын

@paulwoolley4957 Well that gentleman is clearly from foreign parts, I lived in Slawit and we all called the location Wilberlee, as you well know. Watched a YT BBC video that showed it up there during the building period, fascinating stuff😁

@guyroebuck8510 Ай бұрын

Great footage ❤Hope you weren't on a non legal vehicle on this path.. . Taught to sail here in early 80s by my dad. It's a wild beautiful place and has a place in my heart. The perimeter path wasnt complete then I believe.

@yorkshiredrone Ай бұрын

@guyroebuck8510 glad you enjoyed it, lovely place, I don't know when the path round it was complete. Ebike, a fully legal one👍