Saying Goodbye To My Oldest Friend

A sad week for the Calder Valley. The wonderful Mytholm Works Mill Chimney which has stood since 1871, is to be demolished starting very soon.
It is Incredibly sad to see these important pieces of history, which stand so beautifully, being stripped away.
I have a great fondness of this perticular chiimney, as not only could I see it from my primary school playground, but it was also the first thing I ever filmed on my Wandering Turnip KZbin. So I am really sad to see it go.
If anyone has ever visited Hebden, you will know just how important these are, and I feel that something needs to be done to protect the ones we have remaining.
Work is due to begin on the 7th of October, so if you do want to go see it before it gets knocked down, now is your chance.
As always,
Thanks for watching
Until Next Time,
W.T
#chimney #abandoned #industrial #decay #mill

[@PomEllie0806]

Truly devastating when we erase history, it’s something we should preserve and not destroy for profit. Thank you for appreciating our history Turnip xxx

[@DawnCooper-t7p]

This is in my Grandads garden! There’s nothing wrong with it! And he’s 94 and this is really gonna disturb his living. Really not impressed with how they’ve gone about it.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Ihear they built it around your grandads huge member

[@DawnCooper-t7p]

@@audie-cashstack-uk4881 as if that’s the best you came up with. 2/10. Try harder.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

​​@@audie-cashstack-uk4881the biggest prick around here is you mate.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

​@@audie-cashstack-uk4881you're the biggest prick around here.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

You are the biggest tool here.

[@TamsinSimmons]

Dark period bollocks.This is part of our heritage.I'm so sorry,it should be saved!

[@tedjohnson64]

That chimney looks like it’s in great shape: no cracks or missing mortar. It’s ridiculous to remove such an engineering and historic masterpiece.

[@mkdavo]

Future generations will ask why these iconic time capsules of our industrial revolution were demolished, they will conclude we were stupid 😢

[@user-s1o3nr532]

We already lament the smashing up of our heritage - yet we continue to do it. Crazy.

[@Preeno]

Future generations will know nothing about them :(

[@curtismaize]

"We" sure mate, put yourself in their little group if it makes you feel betterm

[@bluelivesmatter8502]

We becoming just a bunch of spineless snowflakes. I am guilty as well, all by design.

[@emy923]

Anything we enjoy, they take it away! That chimney is a part of our heritage, the history of the area and part of the skyline people see every day. So sad really

[@user-s1o3nr532]

I will never understand how we continue to undervalue our own history and heritage. We make the same mistakes over and over again.

[@lovetodaylisa3967]

I felt the same way when 2 of my beloved trees were cut down. Everyone thought i was anti logging but I just loved those trees. i admired their beauty daily. Broke my heart when i watched them being chopped. LIfe is about life and loss. Loss can be hard.

[@RichardCJohnson]

This is insanity! Not only is it part of our heritage, but it’s a beautifully built chimney in its own right.

[@maverick808b]

What a shame, especially as it still looks like it is in great condition.

[@comedyhunter]

it looks in very good condition to me, all the pointing looks fine

[@Roy-gi5ul]

Mate, I feel your pain! Not just chimneys; I mourned when they tore down the old depot where the corporation steam and then diesel rollers spent their nights, and I mourned the loss of the gas works and coke ovens! I've visited ancient monuments in many countries, but industrial relics are just as important! RIP, CHIMNEY!

[@donfranktv]

They shouln't be knocking these down, its history and a reminder to the new generation what life was like - enjoying the video

[@gillianstapleton7741]

I'm completely with you on the needless destruction of our communal history. Warts and all, it's the history we all share.

[@laciepyu255]

If ruins is all what you have...

[@laciepyu255]

@@artofsam Keep your chatGPT answer for yourself, nobody cares.

[@ChadrickBasedman-1]

These should have been listed buildings, especially smaller and more beautiful ones like this!

[@mikerodent3164]

The local HB politicians could have done something about this. Or "Historic England", the organisation supposedly responsible for grading of historic buildings. If this chimney were in the South it would have been classed Grade 2.

[@YorkshireD1]

Well the mill wasn't because there's a brand new house next to the chimney. Shame

[@jfro5867]

It is a shame, these landmarks make our countryside and old towns and villages special. Contrast this with ANY modern housing development, bland, boxy, no tress, no wildlife, barren.

[@wesmariner]

Sounds like Turnip’s gonna have a lovely rockery and Yorkshire’s biggest brick bbq in his garden, ha

[@kristenmary4957]

This chimney and the fire at Walkley Clogs a couple of years ago. Devastating to see the history of Yorkshire being lost 😞

[@garysimmons4323]

I am so pleased to see you so passionate about our wonderful history, it's what made this country such a wonderful place, not all of its good..but its history and it should not be destroyed.

[@MidasTouch2022]

Wandering turnip it’s sad situation when stuff like this happens. I absolute adore your channel and your energy. Much love from Liverpool.

[@juzkiddin]

You should definitely be there when they drop it and take a brick or two home with ya. It's such a beautiful piece of history, sad to see it go.

[@fencingsculptor]

💯% part of our industrial and regional heritage! That's why the chimneys at Battersea Power station were saved, why not others?...

[@lifesunsnow]

Recently visited Hebden with wife and 4 kids from BC Canada, the chimneys are all part of the ambience, the reminders of the industrial revolution and the stories that we can show in real life to our children. As you say Turnip a sad day, British history is slowly eroding when the rest of Europe are preserving it. I recently posted a short walk through Hebden Bridge on my channel, its not quite as captivating as your videos.

[@johnryan116]

I'm feeling your pain. I'm sat in my room toasting the chimney and Indeed your good self for immortalising this magnificent piece of history. You are a star.

[@stephenclark9917]

In Bradford there is a spate of derelict mills spontaneously combusting, especially those that have had planning permission refused on them. I don't know what flammable materials the Victorians used to build them.

[@wanderingturnip]

Strange that, same thing happened to the old clog factory here…

[@TheErador]

In the case of the mill behind the university that burnt in 2009 or so - had become a upvc window factory iirc - years and years of oil and grease from mill equipment was soaked into all the floors and took days to put out. Stank to high heaven too all across the city. But I do agree it's definitely purposeful where planning permission has been denied. Skipton properties did seem to have a lot of bad luck at one time....

[@teejayy2130]

It will always be known as the Turnip chimney😢

[@limelightvinty]

Aw, it's very sad. You've done a great job of documenting though, so it's memory will live on.

[@njpringle]

It's the equivalent of Netherlands pulling down their windmills. Victorian mill chimneys like that one makes your part of Britain have a unique landscape, not found in other parts of the country. Like how places like Devon has thatched cottages you don't see in northern England or Scotland.

[@sueg2658]

I am so very sorry you losing her. Hopefully you can get one of the beautiful stones to remember her by.

[@adoptednuyorka]

Brassingtons shoe shop in Hanley STOKE ON TRENT closed its doors last saturday after 123 years, i felt exactly how you are feeling in ur video, the shoe shop my nan used to buy me shoes when i was 8, im now 49 and its gone forever

[@Heligany]

Im liking the fact they are taking it down stone by stone though- hope they treated the stone with respect

[@petermc2wheels188]

When you wipe away history in the march of (so called) progress you lose the ability to learn from that history. Maybe that's why they do it 🙁 Great video Turnip👍🙂🚴

[@Leeham03]

Its the great reset mate. Remove all of our history and everything that makes us British, then replace us with more diverse people who couldn't give less of a sh1t about where we came from.

[@jonhigginson4096]

It’s another part of the area’s character being nicked…😢

[@BizarreBazaar_YT]

Tragic but great video as always!

[@Pogmothoin17]

Nice homage to the chimney man. This is the type of stuff why people like you, your authenticity

[@wanderingturnip]

I appreciate that thank you 👍

[@puddinggeek4623]

Excellent video as always. Keep up the good work.

[@carlric]

Your hair is looking great like this. Congrats.

[@michaelkelly2708]

Hi great video so sad the destruction of amazing structures, we just had some beautiful old structures Demolished in North Wales ❤😊

[@PiousMoltar]

What a beautiful chimney. Such a shame.

[@Chudsix]

Just got back to Harrogate with my wife after going and visiting it, David. It’s a lovely built chimney, it is. Such a shame it’s been ruled it has to go, mate. If you ask em for the stones they take down, I’ll rebuild it in your back garden if you like! 😊 Shame, buddy, it is.

[@wanderingturnip]

Oh so buzzing you came over to see it. It really is a shame, but at least people are getting say bye. Hopefully can try and stop this happening to any of the others in the valley 👍

[@TheNoutchie]

Somewhere up above Fred Dibnah will be cry goodbye you big beautiful chimney an absolute shame to see it go

[@RyanDiBart]

Fighting back the tears here. RIP chimney.

[@ZZar3396]

I tired to fight mine too, but alas, I tap this through a steady stream of dripping tears …. Makes me so sad it’s unreal …

[@nickymoore1182]

From Tod and when i grew up here in the early 90s we had so many chimneys, I remember seeing your first vid when it came out, its so sad that these landmarks are still being demolished in the name of 'progress'. It's OUR History built by skilled craftsmen not some property developers numbers to erase on a spreadsheet.

[@Arctic_Fox_NFFC]

Oh my God that rant about deleting history in the middle of the video was just perfect. Agreed the hell out of that.

[@markandjanice6234]

Brilliant video from a wonderful channel, I look forward to all your videos but this one particularly resonated because I know the area well 👍

[@michaelkelly2708]

Take all the stones and build if somewhere else ❤😊

[@kaiserphoenix01]

Cool hair dude. 👍

[@dcallan812]

Ah such a shame, these things should be kept aa part of our heritage, so many have already gone. Great update 2x👍

[@mandyinabudhabi]

I feel your pain, so sad. And in an age where money can be found for all these irrelevant causes, or just wasted, why can't this be made safe for future generations. You are so right, we cannot change, or erase the past, we learn from it and move on.

[@davidbail944]

Best chimney and the tallest chimney in England from the Victorian times is vale mill in darwen Lancashire what a beauty

[@andrewcolley2460]

The Victorians were a fascinating people. Their sheer ingenuity, engineering ability and wilfulness to build amazing machines and edifices with little more than hand tools; the kind of structures which we struggle to build these days even with our level of technology. How they conceived and built the Underground in London just astounds me. It is, in my opinion, a travesty that these last remaining monuments to those people are being taken down with little regard to the history we'll lose as a result. That said, most people these days stand on the shoulders of giants but give little regard to anything other than the latest happenings on their social media feeds. I really enjoy your videos, David and at least we have those to remind us of what was there once. Keep up the good work!

[@missmagicmoore]

Gutted for ya mate. I’ve watched every single one of your videos so keep it up and I’ll keep supporting. 👏🏾

[@Bloke-in-Stoke]

Love your passion mate, a true understanding and appreciation of our industrial past. These monuments to man's ingenuity need to be preserved so that future generations understand just how much we owe to our forefathers.... and foremothers of course. Keep up the fight and cheers once again from Old Stoke. 🍺

[@OpaqueDragon4]

I admire how much you love your chimneys, but you're so right in liking them - these chimneys are a sign of how Britain became the power it was due to the industrial revolution. Thanks for showing your niche interest, wholesome stuff :)

[@nikwood-jones1825]

Big fan of your videos, they’re always hugely watchable & love your passion, you’re a great presenter.. Feel your loss for this wonderful beast.

[@jonny15365]

Mr Turnip! Love your videos mate! Youve got me a bit emotional over a chimney here! All the best pal!

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

Appreciate the rant. My father was from Scotland and know a little bit about coal. As nasty as the history of fossil fuels are/were masons craftspeople, guilds all kinds of trades and unions brought us here today. Chimneys are beautiful human made things, engineered without computers and AI, without gas and diesel , but coal and steam The industrial revolution created the most delicate of things like mechanical watches, all kinds of surgical instruments, brilliant musical instruments and so forth. The spin-off effect is still with us Coal still makes nearly everything we still benefit from. I hope one day we will find other cleaner ways.

[@ASBO_LUTELY]

Oh the powers that be are pushing for that, don't you worry... To the detriment of our people.

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

​@@ASBO_LUTELY I have respect for the past, whatever way we go, as far as cleaner energy simply leave some history behind. Its not a tall order. The 'powers that be' are usually smarmy realtors and developers and grifters on the municipal level

[@SussexMatt]

Actually made me a little choked up, I hate seeing things like this happen, our heritage is important to the soul of the people who live around it, whether its chimneys or historic woodland, it all seems to have its importance and its place in grounding the people around who live with it forgotten or disregarded.

[@thestirlingadventures]

I remember your first video. I particularly love that chimney because you just stumble upon it unexpectedly. Totally agree, don’t buy the land with heritage on it if you’re not prepared to maintain it! Grrr I’m really surprised the council have allowed it!

[@helenvjames]

Tragic, it really is, so sad to hear about your chimney. Wonderful brickwork too, and I hope you manage to secure a brick for yourself, particularly a curved one, good luck! I was born and raised in Bolton, Lancashire, which was the home for many mill chimneys (and of course the famous steeplejack, the wonderful Fred Dibnah) Sadly, there are very few, if any, of the chimneys remaining there now 😞

[@neilgodwin6531]

I remember when they demolished the chimney of the old Lint Mill not far from my home. Two years later my sister attended the school built on the site. Now that school has gone. Along with the mill pond. Also the Victorian water tower of the hospital, visible for miles and a local landmark. Gone. People on Facebook still mourn its loss

[@neilgodwin6531]

It occurs to me that if your chimney really was dangerous, it would have gone by now, as an emergency demolition. It's extremely close to the road. Doesn't look unsafe to me

[@ariescustom]

Very sad news. Condolences, my man.

[@TheWeeManC]

Farewell old Friend, you helped Humans rise up and grow an industry but now the Humans will make you fall. Thanks to the Turnip tho you will live on a little longer here on KZbin. R.I.P History

[@ladygaileify]

Greetings from Spain. Fortunately, in my hometown we’ve got to preserve two chimneys from being demolished. One of them stands alone in the middle of a park and I’m so happy they didn’t bring them down. It’s a pity to loose those examples of the old good industrial architecture and engineering.

[@JamesGoetzke]

I'm 63 and in Butler Pennsylvania. You might have heard of my town lately. Anyway I'm 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.Steel city and coal mining county. The jobs are all good now. The old Bantam factory is here and they're chimney. Where the WW2 Jeep and trailer was made and designed in 1940. You blokes got a few during the war. Lol. I see that chimney everyday. And another is by Butler Memorial Hospital. I see it out my window every day from my highrise. I'll send you some pictures coming up. I have my coffee in the morning and the sun rises out my window over a chimney. Or I sometimes have some Earl Grey tea with an English tea pot. Obviously I think of you brother. No decent scones here bro but we have a mean fish sandwich and chips. It's a Pittsburgh speciality. Most of or Cod and Haddock comes via Denmark. Seriously Hot dogs and fish sandwich at the local food shack. So at sunrise 🌅 I have my coffee and look out the window and see the sunrise 🌅 over the chimney by Butler Memorial Hospital.

[@SlurpyDave254]

I know that chimney, it's a belter. It's a thing of beauty. Saw Fred (Dibnah) demolish a couple of chimney back in the day..he was always gutted when they had to come down..cheers DAVE

[@MargaretUK]

That was a very good point about the Coliseum, I'd not thought of it that way. I'm so sorry to see that this chimney is being destroyed, it's a crying shame 😞 I hope you can have a brick or two, it's only right and proper that the bricks should be given to those that care about it.

[@mintyprojects]

Well said Mr Turnip. We should not ignore, nor deny our history. The good parts, as well as the bad. Also, you mentioned visiting Pompeii. As someone who has also been to see Pompeii, can I recommend you go back and see Herculaneum? It was also swamped by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and is less touristy. It is more natural and gives a different perspective into Roman life in the first century. Thank you for your videos. 👍

[@brettwalters-n4u]

And in the heyday of the industrial revolution there where 10's of thousands of these chimneys all over the UK, billowing out soot over the workers homes and into the sky... I can still remember the one that functioned in the 60s at the Blidworth Colliery where I spent many a wonderful time as a child. Go Turnip!

[@binflynn1]

This is so sad at least people will look back at your video to see we’re it stood

[@felicityscarth3153]

Really sad. Destroying grace and history for profit and economy. Please keep these beautiful monuments in the eye of the public, Mr T. And thank you for your excellent and very pertinent work x

[@kimbenson2920]

I love spires. I love towers. I love clock towers. And I looooove chimneys. Commiserations on your impending loss. I really think it is a monstrous shame that it is being destroyed. The brickwork looks pretty solid on your vid. Maybe it's the steep incline and possible instabilities inherent there? Cheers to your old friend.

[@argopunk]

Sorry about your loss. We all have things to which we get attached and it's a drag when they go. Will they re-purpose the bricks?

[@iitzfizz]

Sad to see. I saw online they are bringing down a chimney in Prestolee today that's been there over 120 years. The mill has already been demolished.

[@theblurredcrusade.2557]

Ha ha ha ha ha, I enjoyed that rant 😅 I hope the use that stone for another building, it's quality 😘

[@hannes8835]

I am sorry for your loss. I was sad too, when they demolished an old hotel, which was a very popular place in our town.

[@jeohist]

In Utrecht when they did renovations on the Dom Church tower you could buy a lottery ticket which went towards funding the restoration and gave you a chance to get a piece of the tower. Or you could donate a bit more and get a specific piece. Probably too late and too much trouble for these property developer vultures, but I hope it inspires others.

[@katemayfair-taylor7493]

Such passion and interesting info! So sorry. You are amazing. You make sure you tell your grand kids about it mate. ❤

[@DuPz0r]

Sad times. 😫

[@melmmel]

You may not be climbing chimneys but you remind me of the great Fred Dibnah in your enthusiasm and love. Sad to lose such a wonderful chimney.

[@wanderingturnip]

Thanks so much, I’m a huge Dibnah fan so that means a lot

[@batwood]

Wow. It doesn't seem unstable at all.

[@MartinWolfenden]

Well said lad.

[@Croi_Fiain]

RIP Turnip's favourite chimney (well, one of)

[@ArtJourneyUK]

I found your channel when you were looking for a type of chimney. Sad times.

[@rosshart8624]

Hi David first time I have commented on your channel - have been following for some time. It is unbelievable the Vandals (developers) are going to demolish this icon. This is all so frequent an occurrence where I live in South Auckland NZ, indeed in the whole of New Zealand. Admittedly our European History only is less than 200 years old. However when this happens it is unbelievable. We must have progress etc etc - what a crock. Keep doing what you do it is amazing to see. At my age with health issue's I have will never be able to visit The UK where all of my Grandparents came from 1920-1924. Regards Ross

[@tobyjackman3212]

Absolutely terrible industrial vandalism

[@shroomjak200]

I said it in the bradford vid and I'll say it again, I love your wonder for these kinds of things

[@iaina3251]

I love the passion you have for industrial heritage. I'm glad you're angry for this as it's a crying shame that we're erasing things like this that are so important to keep.

[@rhiannan22ad]

Oh no, I'm sad for you 😮😢

[@dannybowden5296]

This is your best video yet pal! Your anger, upset and complete incomprehension of the decision makers who decided the tower needs to be brought down, comes across so clearly and it's obviously heartfelt. Our councils are all PLCs! The Police are a PLC! The government is a PLC! And there in lays the reason why all our heritage is being slowly but surely erased; greed. Meanwhile, all the grand building the councils (we) owned are being sold off for Chinese students and shops, when the high street has more vacancies than Skegness in winter. We are being led by wilful donkeys!

[@garyfreeman896]

Im sorry your losing your old friend, whoever decided to knock that down is just wiping out a piece of history.. Madri is a plant. And that is a really nice second hand jacket.

[@andygrayson7485]

Brickwork ? Its stunning, such a shame if it goes, doesn't look in to bad condition ??? Keep up your good work Turnip ✌

[@jonathanglanville5265]

Thats a Landmark,to the Town,never to be replaced. The stone work is beautiful. I think think the over grown trees are causing more of a hazard. Know wonder,your pissed off!!❤

[@sean5811]

I was told by a brewer that Madri is brewed to an old Carling black label recipe. When Carling was stronger and better

[@syrus3k]

Yup there's very few left now. There's one near me in Otley and it's a real reminder of our history.

[@user-eg8pv2om7j]

If you need a little comfort, please look at the Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod south Wales where there's a lovely chimney and a whole load of history.

[@wrichard11]

There's a lonely chimney at Copley in Co Durham. Very interesting area. Completely rural now but once industrial. RIP mythom chimney

[@DefaultAdam82]

4:33 Carling mate... Its their old/stronger 80s recipe as they were caught lying about ABVs... Marketing overload and it worked... God bless the chimney though.. Should be protected 😭

[@itsmewayne428]

MADRI is how the spanish say MADRID the capital 😅...love to the chimney

[@kirstenwulff387]

And the posh ones from madreid pronounce Madrizzz.

[@Rockythefishman]

More of our industrial heritage gone, very sad to see.