HS2 Waste Goes Here!

[@michaelkettell1057]

Hi Dave i met you at the 2023 Rushden Station Model show, i had a battle of Britain display, Rugby is my home town, the large round tank contains slurry pumped from Dunstable to Rugby to make the cement now that the quarry has finished. Excellent video's Dave,

[@PurpleVision23]

Ah yh I remember. Thanks for watching

[@vicmiller4854]

That pipeline was put in around about 1960 I remember seeing it when I used to go to Brafield Stadium, they have to take the flint out of the chalk to stop it from wearing the pipe away before they pump it

[@MoiraJohnson-sj4yu]

Had some fun times messing around the quarry and the railway tunnels when I was a kid Loads of stuff to see in Rugby. Didn't know about HS2 spoil being dumped will drag the family down there. Cement works is called Cape Canaveral. We don't see it as being huge as it's just something that's always there. Keep it up 😀

[@PurpleVision23]

Thank you and i'll do my best

[@davecooper3238]

I used that footpath near the start of the video to cycle to work up until 1964. I think I would also have used to two tunnels at the start of the video to get to and from Newbold Road. The two quarries had been worked out by then. I think the circular tank at about seven minutes is was the tank with a central mounted stirring arm. It received slurry through a pipe big enough to crawl through. Which I remember being installed. It came from workings the other side of the A5.

[@PurpleVision23]

Yes Jamie Brady tells me the pipeline is very long. He also tells me that a pump station for it is at Gayton near Northampton

[@jonb3311]

The cement factory is much cleaner than those in Kent. The whole area around the factories had a coating of chalk dust, a permanent winter scene.

[@PurpleVision23]

My mother tells me similar stories about her birth town of St Blazey. The clay works caused a similar problem

[@paulnolan1352]

Cheers Purple, yes great scenes from Rugby Cement, remember their Lorries, orange weren’t they? The Station used to be busy and the Test House just still in use as I remember. All the best for now and thank Jamie for the soundz.

[@PurpleVision23]

That's the one. Orange ones. I'm sure Jamie will see this comment

[@Si_Vert]

I'm moving from Irthlingborough to Rugby this week, it was nice to get a video in Rugby! :D

[@PurpleVision23]

I'll put all the drone footage together just for you.

[@StevenBoyd-yy6rw]

Nice to see HS2 returning the quarry back to nature

[@PurpleVision23]

Indeed!

[@marybradley7791]

Interesting to see where they are dumping the spoil, you can see why they chose that site, its a massive hole to fill, i hope they do landscape it and not just leave it, we will see.

[@PurpleVision23]

Yh only time will tell

[@headboy2011]

Didnt know they were doing that.. and i grew up in newbold

[@PurpleVision23]

Well there you go. I'm glad I've managed to pass a little knowledge on forward

[@raymondharper1532]

Hi Dave, Your drone footage was great, Shame they could not reopen the Rugby to Leamington line.

[@PurpleVision23]

Yh it is a shame.

[@andrewjmullin8185]

The Blue Lias Quarry, which is now called Southam Quarry, is 12 miles away from your location, and it’s just outside the village of Long Itchington just off the A423

[@PurpleVision23]

I'm glad i made that little mistake or you wouldn't have come through with that awesome info. Thank you

[@milehighclassics]

Why was the Land Rover discovery fenced off I need the windscreen, the music reminds me of jean Michel jah from the early 1980s, his China album was cool, fantastic job your skills are much appreciated

[@PurpleVision23]

There is quite a few down there and I think they belong to the little log cabin at the bottom of the road

[@wattsydog1]

That's pats,the man has everything you would want for a old range rover. He was watching you walk down there that's for sure !

[@davidstringer4474]

They are also dumping the waste in the old Barrington cement works, another quarry owned by rugby cement.🤔

[@PurpleVision23]

Sorry to sound stupid but where is Old Barrington Cement Works

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

Hi Dave. Southam cement works used to be just as good. I think its closed now. caroline.

[@PurpleVision23]

I wonder if it's any good to walk around. I'll have a look at the maps

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

the local railway tracks are being turned into walking and cycle routes. caroline. We walked to the works from the canal about a mile away. caroline.

[@grahamparker4749]

⁠@@PurpleVision23 Would be interesting if you do come to Southam they have opened up a new quarry on the Rugby Road opposite the old cement works where they transport by road to Rugby. Would be interesting to meet you. We also have HS2 works going on the other side of town you might be interested in 🤔

[@peterbradbury1592]

I wonder how many years it will take to fill that quarry ?

[@PurpleVision23]

Many i suspect

[@pedromorgan99]

Are they gonna convert it into a golf Course ??

[@PurpleVision23]

Urghh I hope not. 😉

[@johncamp2567]

A “muck depot”.

[@PurpleVision23]

Yh proper full of s*** 😄 🤣

[@fredaewalker2665]

Does that also include all of OUR money they have wasted on this white elephant just to move the high and might between London and Birmingham 35 mins quicker.

[@paulhill1665]

Its a white Elephant because it has been cut back and cut back to the point of almost being pointless. Much of the reason for the huge cost is to reduce the environmental impact. For example, at one point the new line passes close to an area of old woodland. 12 species of bats have been identified as living in this wood, including some of the rarest in the UK. To protect the bats the line is going to run through a shelter for just on 1km, next to the wood, the shelter will consist of concrete hoops with the gaps filled in with a metal mesh, too small for the bats to fly through. It was designed, then the Government, changed the design, and added a further two railway lines, for local traffic, the design had to be done again, the current total cost, to protect some bats? £100 million

[@PurpleVision23]

Truth there and some

[@PurpleVision23]

Indeed

[@PhilJonesIII]

@@paulhill1665 In a country that has an ideal climate for forest and yet only 13% forest cover. Europe averages 39% and growing (planting) at a pace. Still, WWII saw the decimation of British woodland (to 5%) but you would have thought a little more effort since 1945 would have seen ore achieved.