The Lost Great Northern Railway - Pleasley, Skegby & Sutton-in-Ashfield

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@clivegilbert7165 10 ай бұрын

My Dad used to be the local Plate-laying track Inspector for a good few years..Sutton, Skegby, Teversal tracks. Great video.

@FrancoDX 11 ай бұрын

Going into Sutton where the trail is now levelled was once a deep cutaway that went under Stoneyford Rd, Priestsic Rd, Northern Bridge and station road etc to Kirkby. We used to play down there when we were kids in the 80’s, remember the Northern Bridge building in the 70’s as well. The Station Masters house wasn’t in bad condition late 90’s then the guy passed away and it got vandalised and caught fire IIRC. The council should have secured it and created a little heritage centre or something but they seem determined to destroy the town so obviously it’s still rotting to this day. The sound of the coal trains in the night used to send me to sleep when I was a nipper as there were several pits within five miles of each other. Nice video, thanks for sharing 👍🏼

@WobblyRunner 11 ай бұрын

Great memories. Enjoyed reading that. It never ceases to amaze me the difference in the once busy railway locations these days.

@FrancoDX 11 ай бұрын

It’s a huge shame all of this is just drifting into the past other than folk lore and people like yourself doing great research. My wife is a teacher and none of this is covered in the local schools, kids are growing up in an area that they have no idea how it evolved. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

@alanpriest8016 5 күн бұрын

The remains of Pleasley East station are still visible on the embankment to the left of the Phoenix Greenway sign off Pit Lane, the platform is easily spotted and so are the foundations and abutments of the waiting room and toilets, there are lots of brick on top of this embankment, some are white glaze from the toilet block, and i have found some old chair bolts up there.

@PhilipBallGarry 2 жыл бұрын

Nice little explore. I was born near there. The portacabin to the left of the Robin Hood line was Kirkby Summit Signal box. It replaced an earlier brick and concrete "Art Deco" style building when the Robin Hood line was reopened to passengers. I used to be a signalman there until 2008 when I moved to Derby. Control of the line transferred to the East Midlands Control Centre at Derby a few years ago. If you'd walked down the MR line from Pleasley instead of the GN, at Teversal you'd have found an strange little arch built into the left hand retaining wall which leads into a little area which I called the "secret garden". I never found out what it was or why it was built. The railway which ran at right angles to the line at Sutton (near the retail park) was a little branch line which linked the town with Sutton Junction where you could catch main line trains. It was colloquially known as the "Penny Emma"

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Enjoyed reading that. Lot's of history around there. What year did you start working in the signal box at Kirkby?

@PhilipBallGarry 2 жыл бұрын

@@WobblyRunner I started at Pinxton in 2004. Moved to Kirkby Summit in 2006 then onto Derby PSB in 2008. Thanks for your comment 👍

@cratecarter5845 Жыл бұрын

My Brother used to work Kirkby Summit Signal Box until he too was transferred to Derby.

@r1273m 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Skegby until 1970 when I got married and moved away. At the 15:00 mark you show the junction of Buttery Lane and Mansfield Road. There used to be a bridge over Mansfield Road, the railway then went through a cutting on its way to Sutton, there was a footbridge over the cutting which we sometimes walked over on our way home from Skegby school, a few hundred yards up Anchor Hill to the left. Just around the corner under the old bridge was Dawgates (Road, Lane?) and Mrs Dodsley's Cottage. She was murdered in the 1950's and a local guy hanged for it. My father worked at Teversal Colliery (Butcher's Wood) and other family members worked at Silver Hill and Brierley colliery. An explosion at Brierley in 1957 killed several miners including our next door neighbours. Interesting to watch your video, brings back many memories.

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Cheers for stories and local perspective. Always nice to hear people's experiences and history.

@ffrancrogowski2192 2 жыл бұрын

This is an interesting video. It's great to see where there are still some remains of bridges and some lines, even though the railway closed decades ago. How that old station master's house got left into a ruin, is just crazy. Some of the bridges in what looks like as if there'd never been a railway in those locations, is mind blowing. The actual sections of railway that are still there - the rails are known as 'flat-bottom rails', held to the chair by either those spikes or the curved 'pandrol clips', knocked in with a sledge hammer. Many thanks for this production.

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

👍thanks very much. I believe the old station house was badly damaged by fire recently and is to be fully flattened. Such a shame

@glynscothern5569 Жыл бұрын

At 20.00 if you look a bit feether on towards the ABACUS FACTORY There was a Hump back bridge going over the Penny Emma line that went over a twin track from the left that Also went over a second twin track .So there was 4 leavals.

@glynscothern4073 Жыл бұрын

From the trafic lights looking toward Mansfield after the metal factory .The old train embackment is still there an old underbridge takes you to Sutton Lawn A bit ferther there is a secound bridge that i did not know about till 3 days ago..

@steveradford5460 11 ай бұрын

Another great video Paul. Somehow missed this one, only appeared in my YT feed Dec 23. Dare I say this is another regular bike route for me but I mostly use the MR route from Pleasley to Teversal Visitor centre (great stop for bacon roll), then cycle on the 'MR-GN Link' to GN. As you found GN route can get rather muddy. I've got distant memory of using Skegby station (as I recall platforms were wood / sleepers?) and also Sutton Town (Northern Bridge) but this would be early1960s for special excursions to seaside (Sunday school etc). Also, at Skegby, other side of road from station a footpath to another bridge (for footpath or farmer). I would spend hours on that bridge with my Grandmother watching steam trains pass beneath. My great Uncle Bernard Watts in1940s or 50s station master (or other role) at Skegby, later became station master Peterborough in the 1960s.

@WobblyRunner 11 ай бұрын

Nice one Steve. You don't half get around 🙂

@AranBurton Жыл бұрын

From the section on Penny Emma Way, you were in Kirkby, close to the confusingly named Sutton Parkway station, which isn't in Sutton at all. The station was opened in 1996 as part of the Robin Hood Line (as correctly identified in the video)

@jonmatthews7040 2 жыл бұрын

Good walk mate, the track near summit junction was still being used in the early 80s to access the metal box factory.

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jon.

@catherineborrill2148 Жыл бұрын

Saw a photo recently of a diesel loco with a few van type wagons at Langwith Junction. It said the train was the Saturdays only working from Bachelor's factory at Wadsley, Sheffield, to Oddicroft Metal Box, S in A.

@tyroneenglish5248 2 жыл бұрын

I've walked most of them old line's, great to see a video in them top job lads, look forward to more of your videos.

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tyrone 👍🙂

@Djpedroperez_esom 10 ай бұрын

Another Great Video 📹

@WobblyRunner 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@DennisWright-mb8wq Жыл бұрын

The Skegby Station was Next to the Bridge over Mansfield Road at the sign saying Station Yard , Station Masters House is/was in that yard , The Platform was a Raised Wooden one on the Slope Down to Road , I caught Trains from there while at Healdswood Junior School , the platform was only long enough to take Two Carriages and had to stop on the Bridge and move up Two Carriages at a time to enable access , Trip trains were organised by Healdswood School to Seaside and were very Popular , hence the need to shunt a little for passengers . Dennis I Was born not half a mile away from that station in the Late 40,s .

@WobblyRunner Жыл бұрын

Nice one Dennis. Cheers for the info. Great to have seen the line and stations in use.

@lostpilgrimmedia_uk 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video I'm new in that area. Can't wait to explore myself

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

👍 excellent. So much to explore around every corner.

@seamusmcevoy2011 2 жыл бұрын

A video of real contrasts, open countryside, urban sites, wide cuttings (but not as wide as the one I saw yesterday!!!)and old station houses. The amount of stuff lying around was astounding, you could build a housing estate with the amount of stone and bricks you found!!!! It's funny that you should mention the eye protectors, because yesterday when I was exploring at Helmdon, which was very overgrown, I got poked around the eye quite a bit, so it's a sensible piece of kit to have.

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

😁 cheers Seamus. You know the eye protection makes sense. And it looks great too. Keep exploring!!!!

@glynscothern4073 Жыл бұрын

At sutton at 20 minuets. YOU HAVE MISSED THE BEST BIT. IF YOU GO TO ABACUS FACTORY AND LOOK AT THE CAR PARK .IT USES THE TRACK BED OF THE BRANCH LINE ...( PENNY EMMA LINE. ) IT WENT IN TO SUTTON OVER THE 2 LINES SO IT WAS 3 TRACKS GOING OVER EACH OTHER .,Better still there was a HUMP BACK BRIDGE OVER THE 3 LINES TO GET TO THE LAML POST FACTORY That i workd for .

@glynscothern4073 Жыл бұрын

Look at the old map where 3 lines crossed plus the bridge .

@kevinthompson1202 2 жыл бұрын

The metal box trains were running in the late eighties

@jonmatthews7040 2 жыл бұрын

Also you missed an old points lever on the other side of the bridge when you was checking out the old masonry at skegby-teversal junction

@WobblyRunner 2 жыл бұрын

Bugger. I'll keep my eye open next time I'm down there. 👍

@DennisWright-mb8wq Жыл бұрын

Yes there is a Points Lever just near the bridge , and other side of Bridge towards Pleasley there were Sidings for the Coal Train Carriages that came from Teversal Pits . Silverhill & Butcher Wood .