ABANDONED VILLAGE | Parkwood Springs, Sheffield

ABANDONED VILLAGE | Parkwood Springs, Sheffield | Tour Obscure (Episode 7)

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Жыл бұрын

Join us as we explore the abandoned village of Parkwood Springs in Sheffield.
Although all the houses were cleared by the 1970s, there are many ghostly reminders of this once thriving community.
With thanks to Picture Sheffield and their contributors for pictures, and also Friends of Parkwood springs and former residents for their information and pictures.
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@tourobscure 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou all for the great response to this video, don’t forget to subscribe (it would help massively) and check out our other explores!

@naarahjanemorris3121 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video it's so sad to see homes etc demolished I think historic buildings should of been left alone the UK is good at destroying towns etc for money it's so wrong there's loads of abandoned places, buildings & homes left to rot in the UK & It's disgusting people lived there it was home to them it's sad for you that your grandads home etc is gone.

@airscrew46 9 ай бұрын

Only just found your video mate. We lived up Parkwood Springs from 1962 till 1974 at 68 Mount Road which was 2 doors down from the Douglas pub. My mum used to clean there in the morning and my dad would go for a drink in the evening. The "Springs" was a great place to grow up as a child. I was 4 when we arrived and 16 when we left. There are 3 videos from film and television about PS on my own channel by the way.

@airscrew46 8 ай бұрын

@@andrewashmore5466 I know what you mean.

@airscrew46 8 ай бұрын

@@andrewashmore5466 What's your brother's name Andrew and how old is he?

@airscrew46 8 ай бұрын

@@andrewashmore5466 6 years younger than me then so I probably wouldn't know him. He might know my brother though he's 61 and called Martin Linfitt.

@GT380man Ай бұрын

I watched your short films on Parkwood Springs. Does anyone know it’s early history, early history etc

@annjohnson9659 Жыл бұрын

I really like your videos. I’m an Aussie, married to a Yorkshireman ( from Barnsley) & we both enjoy your work. Yes, I’m a subscriber.

@tourobscure Жыл бұрын

Hello there from the other side of the world! glad you enjoy! Thanks for subscribing ❤️

@richardhindley4459 11 ай бұрын

Ey up from Barnsley! Tell thi husband that tahn's ed a makeover. Summat to look forward ter when tha's home. 😀

@WooWoo-co4jf 2 ай бұрын

Do you know there's a magazine called memories of Barnsley, you can get an online version too

@a6703 25 күн бұрын

Brilliant video. Fascinating information, history & presentation. Although no connection to the area I find this very sad and quite horrifying that a whole community was destroyed in such a way. The buildings and area looked beautiful to me!

@sisi2484 11 ай бұрын

It wasnt an "estate" ..(council estate) ..it was a village ..suburban village . Btw the steps you walked down at the end were at the former Neepsend Railway station. Which could be reopened in the future, and with such prime land near the hip up and coming areas of Neepsend and especially KelhamIsland and Shalesmoor... Parkwood Springs could be reborn. Nice youtube clip 👍

@Endominius 11 ай бұрын

Very like where I was raised in Attercliffe but on a larger scale. Ardmore Street is still there, no houses now. They were also deemed to be slum properties and demolished in the early 70s. The houses had cellars and I think they were just pushed into them, like they had been standing over their own graves. I lived there until I was 4 and it's weird going back there and seeing the ghost street.

@AngelasNoFrillsASMR 13 күн бұрын

I loved the look of the cobbled streets of the UK. Now our roads are awful, heavy traffic is the major cause. Everywhere you look there are potholes, lumps and bumps, when they tarmac the roads they never do it right, it's rushed and shabbily done. Bring back the cobbles!!

@ourdeano42 Жыл бұрын

Great video I'm local to their as born in Hillsborough what a great video of near by thank you so so much

@tourobscure Жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed!

@ourdeano42 Жыл бұрын

@@tourobscure amazing how it's changed and your knowledge is awesome of the area well done

@lesgreen2447 29 күн бұрын

The community’s were powerful then,the government didn’t like it,so they played the slum clearance card and split the community,putting the people in tall flats,where no one knew each other .same with the local pubs ,that’s where everyone had their opinions on government actions

@TheIndibush 9 күн бұрын

Nice little video I just came across. I’m originally from Doncaster, if you know Donny well enough, I’m from Thorne. I did enjoy listening to a Yorkshire accent again. I took early retirement last year and moved to the Philippines last year, so it’s good to hear someone who talks proper 😉 I’ll check out some of your other videos. Thanks for posting.

@ousetunes Жыл бұрын

At the foot of the bridge was Neepsend railway station so the community had everything it needed. It still amazes me that the council deemed Parkwood Springs unfit for human habitation but they did the same in Attercliffe wiping away complete communities.

@tourobscure Жыл бұрын

Would be a popular place to live I’d imagine today if it was rebuilt/redeveloped properly. Great views over the city too.

@TheZimma 9 ай бұрын

Its situated in a valley it can't overlook anything

@anvilbrunner.2013 8 ай бұрын

Progress. I think not.

@MsRichycon Ай бұрын

There trying to hide something

@suzannehaigh4281 Ай бұрын

I lived at Parkwood just for a few months and found it must have changed considerably in the last 50 years, I wonder if the closing of the mines could be the reasons for Parkwood Springs changes? I found the people to be the most pleasant and helpful I have ever met, basically the remain families of the old Yorkshire miners, such a damn shame to have lost so much..

@PixiesChannel12345 4 ай бұрын

What an interesting video, I never knew there was an old village buried away in Sheffield, Cracking video young man.

@kmbewe1 Жыл бұрын

l watched your video to the end.. l felt sad as you recounted the story of an abandoned village. True, nature always wins. we pass on, another generation emerges

@zombienation68 2 күн бұрын

Havent seen those concrete lamposts for years...cool tour and history, off to watch the rest of series now, thx

@dalehorne9815 22 күн бұрын

This place needs funding for a nature reserve. Restore them old cobbles look amazing afterwards

@christopherbruchez8040 12 күн бұрын

Great film. Crazy that the City demolished this community in its entirety…..I’m thinking they had plans to build an estate on it but this was never realised. Sad to see, but very fascinating.

@rebeccalee264 3 ай бұрын

Sheffield girl here & just discovered your channel today! Really interesting content & your voice is really relaxing- I could just see you on something like The One Show doing a history segment! Keep it up 😊

@tourobscure 3 ай бұрын

Thankyou very much! Glad you enjoyed!

@waterhouse235 25 күн бұрын

This is crazy i walk past things like this all the time, great video 👍

@jonnorthall8526 Жыл бұрын

Your video popped up on my feed, I don't like near Sheffield but the video is fascinating. A great thing to watch. Informative and the information is well presented. It's good to have the back story as well. Thanks for posting it

@ivanchambers5670 11 ай бұрын

Great video brought back child memories thanks.

@TheBlueOwl21 11 ай бұрын

A very interesting video ! I am surprised the area has not been developed, it’s virtually in the middle of Sheffield and such a shame that it’s been left unused. Apparently there was recently a big new age/ travels camp near or on the old ski village. 👍🏻

@WgCdrLuddite 9 ай бұрын

The traveller's camp was there for years. They kept the area in much better nick than it is today. Their eviction by the council was so utterly pointless.

@steerd Жыл бұрын

Great to see Full Monty mentioned; twas another excellent video of yours from the History 0114 days

@someusername1 Ай бұрын

A fascinating exploration. Thank you.

@tonyelse1315 3 ай бұрын

Many Thanks for posting.

@pamelawright1369 Ай бұрын

Hi my grandma lived on Wallace Road, my Mom lived at the top of Vale Road which was boomed out in WW2. My Aunt lived in a house with the gas works behind, it always smelled bad. I remember standing on the bridge watching trains, thank you for sharing 😊

@toshishimura Ай бұрын

MOM?

@johngibson3837 Ай бұрын

@@toshishimuraSheffield way of spelling mum or mother

@johnfrancis2215 Жыл бұрын

I once helped someone with a huge bed out of a bedroom window at parkwood springs, and as a kid I played on the old anti aircraft gun emplacements

@tourobscure Жыл бұрын

The anti aircraft bases are still there I believe (as of last time I went up, 2020) Thanks for watching!

@jonjon9047 Ай бұрын

The larger door sealed in stone was a pedestrian entrance to the now demolished engine shed.

@billywhizz1656 9 күн бұрын

nice video, it a shame they pulled down whole communities only to leave the land empty. when i walk round Trafford general hospital, it hits me my grandad was born there over 123 years ago. I remember Eddie the eagle being on tv using the ski village in 90s

@laurainelindley9190 2 ай бұрын

I was born on Reginald St,1957 no 13, sadly got demolished nearly 2 yrs after I was born, you talked about the railway and my parents said Reginald St was very near to the railway line and a tiny pub, all the houses were back to back houses I believe,

@peterhealey7964 4 ай бұрын

Just discovered your channel. I love this sort of thing and looking forward to watching more of your work.

@tourobscure 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou! 👍

@jamielew 2 ай бұрын

One of the best videos. Had to watch again 👍

@tourobscure 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou very much ❤️

@martindavies8326 Ай бұрын

Very interesting cheers for the video 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

@user-xs1yx9tc9m Ай бұрын

Fascinating ! I like collecting maps and street plans. Sometimes when a 'new' street map comes out, just a few new changes are published, and things that have gone on the ground may still be on the map.

@_KnuXles 2 ай бұрын

I've lived in Sheffield for almost 10 years now, moved here from the north west, and I find this sort of content incredibly amazing. Our local history is so wonderful, and every day we're walking over a patch of ground with so many stories to tell. I just wish more people around here still cared to hear them. I like to point out where the old cricket ground/dog racing track was to my daughter whenever I'm dropping her off If you were to ever do an in-person tour of Sheffield, I would pay good money to be given a bit more insight to this lovely city! I've always wanted to go round and see all the old sewer gas destructor lamps we have, see if I can find any that are celebrating their 100th birthday this year!

@tourobscure 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! In person tours was a thing I was considering when I was doing my History 0114 channel, but I just didn’t think the interest would be there. maybe one day…who knows!

@_KnuXles 2 ай бұрын

@@tourobscure If you ever do start doing them, I'll be first in line! And thank you for mentioning that channel, I now have lots more content to watch! Have you ever done a video on Park Hill? I moved in here the other year and fell in love with it! I've got a book that one of the residents made with a collection of photos he took of the original buildings and the surrounding areas in the 60s, for a brief spell last summer I was heading down to the same spots they were taken at and recreating them just to see how much has changed. Got some friends who were raised here too, they get very sentimental when they come round. If you ever needed to get some footage of the buildings I'd happily buzz you in!

@tonyelse1315 3 ай бұрын

I lived on Douglas road from birth until my family relocated to a new estate on Manor park centre round about 1952.Remember our neighbour Mr Castile taking me round the train shed at the bottom of the road.

@JohnBeeblebrox 11 ай бұрын

And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away...

@GT380man Ай бұрын

Why is this site barred to vehicular access? Why really was the village destroyed? I don’t buy the reason given. Politicians don’t care a flying ***k about their constituents.

@CATS57CATS 2 ай бұрын

Love your videos, you have inspired me to start my own, been thinking about it for some years.

@CATS57CATS 2 ай бұрын

been looking at other channel 0114 didn't realise you had this as well!

@janetplant1204 3 ай бұрын

This video brings back so many memories I with my friends used to go up there to play on the wreck , it's a shame it had to come to this ,but things change and not always for the better.

@tourobscure 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed

@Raf-zu5le Ай бұрын

Subscribed, really interesting video. When did the last occupants leave? Amazing how nature reclaims but sad in a way considering how much housing is needed now, and green fields are disappearing under concrete. Sheffield City Council finished off the Luftwaffe's job then with the Church. Really interesting. That low blocked up arch would suggest there is a basement maybe?

@andrewpeacock7223 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Interesting to see where my family came from.

@DaysofHorror 8 ай бұрын

Amazing location! Kind of reminds me of Centralia in Pennsylvania and what they call the 'real Silent Hill' town. Whilst there are no underground coal mines burning where you are, it does have that same vibe (how it looks etc). Keep up the good work :-) As a new subscriber, I'm just going through your videos this weekend.

@tourobscure 8 ай бұрын

Thankyou very much!

@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587 Жыл бұрын

12:22 not as useless as you might think! There was a traveller's site the other side of the gate for about 12 years until about 3-4 years ago and that lamp-post at one time was wired up to provide electricity for about thirty vehicles🤣🤣 I lived on Wallace Rd 2003-5 in a caravan.

@tourobscure Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Don’t mind being proven wrong when there’s an interesting story behind it! thanks for the info and thanks for watching! 👍

@suebailey9358 7 ай бұрын

I lived at 203 douglas and my great grandad use to be the landlord of the douglas pub .it was very interesting see what happened todouglas rd and the surounding area 17:23 😊

@tourobscure 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for watching!

@chrisw1090 Ай бұрын

If this was where I lived the reason for the mounds of earth and stones would be to prevent the traveller community getting their caravans through and setting up a camp.

@thefloatingapothecaryroman16 Ай бұрын

Yes, because we can't have anyone living nomadic and free in the UK

@markholroyde9412 18 күн бұрын

@@thefloatingapothecaryroman16 Sure, as long as you pay for YOUR own shit moving in some way when you GTFO......hmm....

@toshishimura Ай бұрын

Nostalgia's not what it used to be

@WideBoyLambrettaClub Жыл бұрын

George Orwell stayed in a house on Wallace Rd and Slade filmed some of Slade in Flames on Vaie Rd I think.

@tourobscure Жыл бұрын

Indeed he did. Infact he stayed at parkwood springs when he was writing the road to Wigan pier. This was originally in the video, however yours truly completely messed up the take and it wasn’t good enough to end up in the video!

@pauljenkinson1452 3 ай бұрын

The ski village was amazing.

@TheZimma 9 ай бұрын

Douglass rd went from parkwood springs across where shirecliffe tip is now it came out on longley ave. west .me and my mates used to walk to parkwood along douglass rd but it was only a dirt track till it got to parkwood

@nickholmes6376 24 күн бұрын

We used to ride motorbikes at parkwood in the early nineties, i remember driving through the tunnel and up the steep hill to the bottom of the ski village, had no idea it was once a suburban area

@trevordixon1427 28 күн бұрын

Great

@iangeorgewhatton7541 21 күн бұрын

The small entrance looks like a culvert the bigger entrance of the Railway bridge might be the Station Entrance. I think there is plans to redevelop back into a Ski Village.

@weerama 11 ай бұрын

The wall to the left side of the bridge was to the Engine sheds the door was access for workmen, opposite side to the right of the bridge the corner shop was Charles Watson's, and the Chapel was on the opposite corner.

@joannedewsnap6150 2 күн бұрын

The small arched doorway that is bricked up is possibly entrance to a coal cellar in this case for railway n trains as its near the railway bridge

@ArronCrofts_89 11 ай бұрын

New sub from Worksop 😘

@tourobscure 11 ай бұрын

Thankyou!

@blueskyes071 10 күн бұрын

I imagine someone has already told you this, but the old doorway bricked up near the beginning of the building was a foot access to Neepsend locomotive shed. I have seen an icon on old maps where that small bricked up arch is - it's three lines coming together as an arrow - but I don't know what that icon means.

@blueskyes071 10 күн бұрын

I feel like I need to clarify that; Neepsend yard was parallel to Wallace Road, whilst Neepsend locomotive shed had its rear wall against Douglas Road and locomotives entered/exited at the Rutland Road end.

@terencerevill7217 5 ай бұрын

I was born in 1964 and lived in Sheffield all my life, until now I never realised there was a village here. This video prompted me to do some research and I discovered that there is a book about this village and also the bricked up stone doorway I believe (after research) was the entrance to a railway locomotive shed

@tourobscure 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant, glad it sparked your interest! My grandfather is in the book you mentioned. I have two copies! 😋

@thefloatingapothecaryroman16 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing working class history. Another fine example of how the working class are constantly being moved on. Just a bleak view of what memories (and money) was lost. All for progress. There seems to be a long history of workingclass communties being destroyed. Its odd to think that its not covered in lego houses

@lporquai9048 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this , I'm a big local history fan Packwood springs fascinates me ... I did have a walk up but didn't know what to look for or where to look. Attercliffe, neepsend, woodburn Road area is of interest have you done any videos on them ?or plan to do so ? Cheers

@tourobscure Ай бұрын

I have done some other areas local to this on my other channel - History 0114 Thanks for watching! 😊

@stephenscragg8562 22 күн бұрын

Great film, just wondering if small arch was a coal Shute?

@jimherbert007 8 ай бұрын

Watching this I only just discovered that the ski village was derelict! 😢

@tourobscure 5 ай бұрын

Very sad isn’t it. Thanks for watching!

@roo450 9 ай бұрын

👌🏼

@jasinere35 Ай бұрын

this is also where the well known ski village once stood too

@raymondfleet701 7 ай бұрын

I used to Have a mate who lived there in the 60’s such a shame it’s all gone

@tourobscure 5 ай бұрын

Such a shame I agree. Thanks for watching!

@harmonizedigital. Ай бұрын

A lot of UK cities will go this route because it is better to demolish than leave the empty building up.

@harmonizedigital. Ай бұрын

I can't imagine skiing being fun in the UK.

@markymarcus5752 Ай бұрын

It was very popular, people came from everywhere.

@suecharnock9369 5 күн бұрын

but we are desperate for housing, and we are forced to build on farm land so we will never be able to feed ourselves!

@moogdome2562 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful tour. What's the nearest place please Hillsborough?. Thank you.

@tourobscure 7 ай бұрын

Yes Hillsborough is not far, around a 15 minute walk

@moogdome2562 7 ай бұрын

Than you. Yes I know now, you can see it from Burton Street Hillsborough, and if I remember, The Bolhills Crookes. Love the video, ,@@tourobscure

@roomullan3050 2 ай бұрын

How bizarre

@AngelasNoFrillsASMR 13 күн бұрын

If only we could go back in time permanently. Yeh wouldn't have been Internet and things we have of today in 2024, but kids weren't cheeky brats on street corners, no graffiti, could leave your doors open, safe to walk out without fear of being stabbed or mugged, people were friendly. Absolutely dislike change.

@philiphowell1505 7 ай бұрын

The cast iron object at 8 32 is an old street gully for rainwater.

@tourobscure 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Phillip! Great knowledge!

@philiphowell1505 7 ай бұрын

@@tourobscure Hi, just a few words too about Parkwood Springs. I was born in Sheffield, In Walkley in 1953 on the other side of the valley. I well remember asking my parents what the clump of street lamps were in the dark as I used to watch them from my attic bedroom window. The streets were still lit by gas in those days and the lights seemed like tiny stars when it wasnt foggy. They told me that it was Parkwood Springs A village all on its own. Many years later, my grandmothers neighbour told me about her friend that lived there and how there were facilities for everyone. I was always asking questions like kids do in those days. I seem to remember her telling me that there was a cinema there too. I never managed to get there before it was demolished but it sounded like a real community now unfortunately left to waste, I think a rebuilding programme re creating the houses as they were but with bathrooms etc would have been far more preferable to projects like Kelvin Flats and other soon to vanish places. I do remember being taken to see the Flying Scotsman pounding up the bank, not long after I think it was Alan Peglar had bought it, our vantage point was a concrete bridge near Wardsend Cemetery, that too now demolished. Thank you for your video mate it was very interesting and well done.

@tourobscure 7 ай бұрын

@@philiphowell1505 great memories Phillip! Thanks for your kind words and thanks for watching! be sure to check out our other videos!

@user-it5qo5ku7y Ай бұрын

Crazy how councils come in close hole housing estates an demolish totally fuk stuff up. there's not enough houses going..if all them was still up revitalised there would of bin a few thousand houses 🙄

@philsooty61 11 ай бұрын

I used to walk this place in the 60's and the cemetary (Wardsend) was very intersting also the war monument, Parkwood Spring shouses where demolished in the 70's they where rat infested!