The Lost PUDSEY Stations - What Remains?

[@outfromtheshadows]

I’ve been doing my family tree and found several generations of ancestors who lived in Pudsey in the 1600’s and 1700’s. Thank you for this little tour, I really enjoyed it and hope to visit this ancestral home very soon. 😊

[@Khryptic]

Proper nostalgia for me, i used to deliver newspapers around the Crimbles, Longfields and all around that area. At the part where you said you saw the chavs, about 20 ish years ago in that same area near the park there used to be a kids home for wayward youths and one of the bastards beat up my granddad and broke his leg, bless him. Rough in places back in the day, we used to knock around all these streets. We used to skive school and smoke weed under the arches of that bridge ha. PS you know more about my home town that i do! Cool channel mate keep it up

[@clecklass]

Good lad. In 200 or 300 year's time on KZbin they'll be thanking you massively for recording this info for posterity. KZbinrs in 200 or 300 year's time - you don't know what you've missed living in this wonderful time where we had countryside that wasn't concreted over for housing.

[@pudseybob3682]

Home sweet home. Love you.

[@tramdiver]

Some 70 years ago when I was a child as a treat during school holidays we took a short walk from where we lived in Thornbury to Laisterdyke station traveled to Pudsey greenside again took a short walk to Pudsey park where we spent the day. Your video brought back such happy memories of times gone by. Thank you.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Me too.

[@cJ-cr8gp]

It’s heartbreaking to see Greenside station gone when in this age sustainable train travel is a great way to commute. From what I have seen though, Beeching closed the railways because people stopped using them and they were making a loss..great film thanks.

[@christelbraune4530]

Hab es gefunden nach Drei Jahren. Wie es einst war, wie es heute ist. Gut gemacht 👍 Thank you. Darren 👍👋👋👋

[@yorkie2789]

Many thanks, I've been looking forward to this being a Pudsey lad. I'm just old enough to remember steam trains travelling along that line. I used to live just off Radcliffe Lane and can remember playing in the derelict goods shed at Greenside and the station itself. How the place has changed.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes it has. Hard to picture now. Hence the photo comparisons.

[@grantbassett2048]

Hi, my Dad an his mates used to 'lake out' down by the goods yard, tunnel area in the 50'60's. (David Bassett) ring any bells ??? Cheers Grant.

[@tykehotep2865]

Nice one I live at Hammerton st on the Longfields near Pudsey Lowtown station I have Posted a comment above And i used to play about on the P. L. Station when it had closed

[@tykehotep2865]

@@AdventureMe yeah seriously different When I was a Kid I posted above but had to stop as I would have gone on and on and on some more

[@tykehotep2865]

@@grantbassett2048 hahahaha i said Lake about in my comment Obviously a Pudsey Lad My name is Mark Dacre I was a bit younger than you 55 now it closed a year before I was born But I do remember the derelict Pudsey Lowtown station as a play ground

[@Nockalates]

Love that first picture merge.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Andrew

[@lindseykaine-walley6339]

You have got me addicted to Railway tunnels! It's so fascinating learning with you.

[@TheCarlbrian]

i went to Craswhaw school in Pudsey (the school at 10.00) and our GCSE History was all about the railway line and the Greenside Tunnel (we could go in it back then!)

[@arthurthedane9204]

Amazing video. Your research is impeccable. Thank you for showing me my childhood home on Carlisle Road. I'm amazed that it is still there. I left Pudsey in the 1960s. I travelled on that line in the days of steam trains. It was always a nightmare line for the drivers in those days, because there is a steep incline from Lowtown to Greenside & heavily laden trains struggled to get up that incline on many occasions.

[@tonystack7375]

These were all great videos Darren.

[@volvos60bloke]

Really, really good stuff!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate.

[@alisonwilson8606]

Good weather and great video

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you Darren for another great video and guidance. Your the best! Cheers mate!

[@ericholmes8665]

There are also superb close up shots of Pudsey Greenside,same aerofilms site,EPW023818 and 023822 taken in 1928.Also of interest is a brilliant clear view of Stanningley st,and all the goods yards,and the triangle of lines for the Pudsey loop taken in1949,EAW025232,all the local people who have commented just key in Pudsey England and see your town has it was,in the past.

[@a11csc]

super trip round pudsey so good i will have to watch it twice

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Chris. Hope it's better second time round lol

[@grantbassett2048]

"Hi Darren. Ive Subscibed. Watched Pudsey loop. Very very impressed. Ive done that my self. Internet and plenty of looking like a weirdo 'not that you do' with my dog romeing threw bushes...haha. its Amazing whats hidden but still there and was there! Im a Pudsey/Farsley lad/Man 41.Child hood was around New Pudsey Station. We lived just over the fence. Plenty of Intercity 125s and blue diesels. Diesel smoke and sound. Cant belive what railways were in Pudsey. Great town. Youve done a great job matching them photos up. My Dad and his mates/Birds used to play and hang out in the station and goods yard back in 50s/60s. He saw it all working. Lucky bugger. Wont tell you what he used the tunnel for comeing of age....!! Ha ; ) Keep up the good work & keep filming and doing the homework. And matching the pictures. 10/10. Cheers Grant .

[@grantbassett2048]

"O me and my mate walked threw Greenside tunnel in the earlys 90s. It was open then great.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks again mate. Keep watching.

[@stationhouse5866]

👍👍👍😊 Excellent content. The picture matching up is great. You obviously put as much effort in as Martin does.👍👍👍😊

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@nixtax3526]

Great explore mate, plenty of infrastructure still in place and some great old picture. Cheers for sharing.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Nix.

[@numberonefan4699]

Thanks for another amazing video 👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Mark

[@dawnseary4065]

Brilliant video. Thank you for documenting this. I love how you superimpose the past onto the footage so we see how it looked.

[@AdventureMe]

Many thanks!

[@Seaweed209]

I actually live on New Street Grove roughly where the big train shed is. I have a picture in my house to show the history. I loved studying the history of the old railway at school, and as a kid would often go through the greenside tunnel playing. I'd even go as far as to say that the crushed up rubble from the station and shed have been used to level the ground. It is full of rubble. Thanks for the video

[@philstarkey5919]

I used to work for that logistics company and used old photos to try and stand where the people in the photos were. Amazing what you get up to after dark as a trucker 😁

[@ericholmes8665]

Very nice presentation.There is a superb panoramic view of the Pudsey loop from leaving to main line round to Pudsey Greenside in the foreground,which would add to this video, its on Britain from Above aerofilms archive image no EPW061321 taken in 1939,the site is free just log on to manipulate photo,its a great place for the historian with over 96,000 images of Great Britain,from the 1920s to the 50s

[@BdManus]

Top notch, very informative and through. Great video 👍.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. More to come.

[@kay110]

Well Darren, you really took me back with this one. I said previously I was born in the area and all these lines were active when I was a child. I left the area 40yrs ago after getting married, so to see it as it is today is astounding. You don't realise how much of the railway structure was lost when it all closed down, and I could never understand why New Pudsey railway station was built where it still is today - seems to be in the middle of nowhere really. Looking forward to your next bit around Stanningley as my grandparents lived just off Stanningley Bottom near where the station used to be. Still got fond memories of the railway grease smell (Is that a bit weird?). I watched them demolish the second bridge on Swinnow Lane which no doubt you will cover on your next video.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Kay. Yes my mates grandparents lived at Stanningley bottom too. I have filmed the swinnow Bridge and a very good photo comparison too.

[@hoppinonabronzeleg9477]

@@AdventureMe Your photo reconstruction/comparisons are excellent! Really loving this, I live in Shipley, I discovered this with the Milnerfield vids you did with Martin Zero

[@hoppinonabronzeleg9477]

It was Great Northern, Reckon they couldn't think of owt else, seeing as the next station was Stanningley, and both Pudsey stations had gone!

[@fatlad5090]

Brilliant love it.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate

[@fuoco13]

The air shaft (we called it the peppercorn) from the tunnel came out on Greentop Farm, once owned by my father in law. I remember walking to school down the path by Greenside station. And train journeys by DMUs to Leeds for that special day out. Your video certainly brought back a lot of memories.

[@AdventureMe]

Now under someones garage. Thanks for watching.

[@johntebbet673]

Great video! We walk this walk most days so it was lovely to see your journey along our walking route. We live just above the old railway track just to the left of the three arches so we often imagine the trains running below our house! We have preserved the old railway walls that border our garden. Great stuff, great channel!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks John. I had the same thing at my house, but not anymore. It's all gone now.

[@tykehotep2865]

@@AdventureMe you know why this is better than television Docu's it's because 1 it's stuff that the people can actually relate too 2 you do place we actually lived in Pudsey Lad born n bred me and thirdly you are pretty bloody good at it Nice one

[@simonrichardson5077]

Thanks for the memories being a Farsley/Pudsey lad who remembers steam on these lines

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@davidcockayne4502]

Once again brilliant. Thank you. These will be watched by many generations to come. The effort that people went to in creating the bridges, apparently not serving many people, is incredible.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks David. Typical Victorian foresight.

[@elisabayliss8867]

Thank you Darren, this took me back! I am a Pudsey lass and grew up there in the 70s I remember playing there as a kid. There was one funny incident I remember, in the early 80s I think. Someone robbed a bank in Pudsey and drove a car trying to escape down the tunnel at The Crimbles from Robin lane, obviously couldn't get far so ran away on foot. Dropping loads of money!!! A few kids found the money, and handed it in to police! I remember it been in the Pudsey times!

[@AdventureMe]

Great story. Thanks Elisa.

[@netmarketingdirect6910]

As a child I lived in Bramley, Saturday morning ride on a train to Pudsey Lowtown station cost 6d. Six old pennies also called a Tanner, (see the connection my name is Tanner lol) it was a treat to come to Pudsey. I would walk up the hill to Pudsey baths have a swim, then play on Pudsey park where there was an old steamroller for us to climb on. (There are only pictures of it in the park now) perhaps you might want to do a podcast about that because it was a main attraction for kids at the time. Price for a swim, yes you’ve guessed; a Tanner. On the way back down Lowtown there was a toy shop where I bought a plastic delta winged airplanes that you flicked into the air via a powerful elastic band. Guess how much? Tanner. Catching the train at Lowtown back to Bramley there was a news agent at the bottom of Hough Lane where I would buy an Airfix kit 2 shillings. I would then go to Bramley park to fly my airplane from top of the reservoir. It would fly all the way down to Bramley Town Street. That’s a fair way and I had to run all the way keeping an eye on it because they were easy to loose. Then I would go home and build my Airfix. Today? I live in the Crimbles at Pudsey Lowtown Station

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for the memories

[@bustermustaffa6594]

Another amazing video keep up the great work :)

[@paulharmson297]

amazing !! i live 10 mins from pudsey thanks for taking me back to my youth

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@richardayrton2697]

Very enjoyable, Darren. Your videos are so much better when you fade in historical photos with current locations. Really helps with context. Great stuff. Love your channel.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes I love doing that. Plenty more on the next episode.

[@Slacky2k13]

Addicted to this content mate, keep up the good work!

[@robertwiddasart6947]

Very enjoyable, I walk the old track bed two or three times a week weather permitting. Shame rails couldn’t be relaid along some of the route.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes it is. Too costly these days.

[@robertwiddasart6947]

Not much evidence left as you progress on from lowtown. Will look forward to the next instalment.

[@paulweeks2006]

Another superb video Darren, I love the superimposed old photographs that just make all the difference in my opinion ! Please keep these videos coming of lost Railways - they are brilliant and very very informative ..... thank you

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Paul.

[@andybbeck2043]

Great content really like your channel

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Andy.

[@seanhince5627]

Wow, such an interesting watch! I moved to Greenside this year and your videos are really informative - I love learning about all the local railway history and I'll be doing some of these walks soon :-) Haha, yeah know what you mean about the hoodied riff-raff... Don't make eye contact!! I'm looking forward to catching up on your back catalogue of videos. Keep 'em coming :-D

[@RichardBrooke1971]

Brilliant video. I always look forward to these old railway explorations.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Richard.

[@basslegend29]

Another brilliant video, can't wait for the next one, well done and continue your great work......

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Mark. The next one is good too.

[@basslegend29]

@@AdventureMe can't wait, I miss Yorkshire, all those lovely urban walkways and footpaths.....

[@xander3148]

used to go around and explore lowtown bridge with mates

[@AdventureMe]

Me too

[@Wedgedoow]

Excellent presentation Darren. Keep them comming

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Pete.

[@oldmanvlogger9259]

Excellent

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@buzzardexploration]

Great video, the Arched Bridge was a great find ! Looking forward to the next one 👍

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tilidie5272]

spent my childhood messing about in these spots, you used to be able to walk all way through greenside tunnel down to fox and grapes pub, it scared the shit out of you like but we did it a few times haha we used to call the pond bucket heads, there used to be some stable type things at the end and a couple of homeless people lived there back in day.

[@kevinparkin5438]

Hi Darren just watched the second part of the Pudsey loop and it was brilliant looking forward to the next one i know the bridge you went over just before the mill pond where the three arched bridge was and I didn't know it was there now I'll have to check it out well take care kevi

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Kevin, enjoy your explore.

[@marknorris5269]

Are you going to do Horbury and Crigglestone viaducts and the Horbury curve? Lots of relics still to see and at least 3 vlogs. Plenty of info on line but not enough. You may be able to dig up something really good. Love the series btw. Im Mark, and hello Darren, my son is called Darren too. :)

[@AdventureMe]

Hi to Darren. Yes hopefully one day.

[@andrewwilliams6936]

Great work, I enjoyed this and i'm from Morley !!

[@AdventureMe]

I've done Morley. Did you see them?

[@andrewwilliams6936]

@@AdventureMe No!, missed that, will look tommorow, cheers Andy.

[@WmDavidHarrison]

Another excellent and informative video. There's still lots to see in many places if only you care to look. The fade-ins are excellent. Keep up the good work!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks William.

[@NJBamforth67]

Watching it now on my big TV. Been looking forward watching this Darren xx 😊amazing how much as Changed on your old photos before and After xx😳Shared to my Facebook page xx

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Natalie. Hope you enjoyed in 4K.

[@NJBamforth67]

@@AdventureMe 4k is Brilliant thank you xx

[@tykehotep2865]

that bridge as bowed out like that for years I doubt it will fall down any time soon. I lived on the Longfield's just above Where you called it the underpass we just called it the tunnel when I was a kid We even camped out under it a couple of times. I actually lived at 15 Hammerton St. And the stations full name was Pudsey Lowtown Station. I'm 55 now and the station closed just as my family moved there from Fartown which isn't that far from Greenside tunnel the railway line you walked down was so much fun as well there were huge Puddles we used to collect Tadpoles from and we could walk under all the bridges. And the pond you saw we called bucketheads pond because it was owned by the local rag and bone man who wore a hat that looked like a Bucket. Honestly I could go on and on but my last comment is I do remember playing on the old station platforms after it had close and in the yard there were also a few old wrecks of cars from the forties and Fifties that we used to lake about in By the way my real name is Mark Dacre. Pudsey Born and bred Here's to Luke Dacre my younger brother who sadly died the 5th of December last year wish I could have shown him this before he went as he died in Sheffield. Oh Dr Beeching you really buggered it up

[@AdventureMe]

Tha ks for sharing the memories Mark. Sorry to hear about your brother.

[@stuartsimmons3470]

brill vid ..i do virtually the same walk every night with my 45 kilo malamute ,dont get much bother off smokiin chav's .and you got lucky with the weather it's lashed it down since

[@AdventureMe]

Yes it was a lovely day. 45 Kilo's, it was bad enough with my light backpack.

[@amberroberts9625]

This is brilliant, I love a few minutes walk from 'New Street Grove' I walked most of the track bed today. There is a wall just at the back of 'New Street grove' with some big steel covers in the wall with GNR on them. The wall is lower than the bridges.. I took several photos today. I'd be happy to send them if you like. I've never been able to work out what this particular stretch of wall was for.

[@AdventureMe]

Yes please Amber, I didn't see them. [e-mail]

[@YorkyOne]

The 'watermain' running parallel to the bridge at 22.15 is actually a freshwater feed that runs into the old mill pond known as Slater's Dam (but may have been called Salter's Dam as it fed Messrs Salter and Salter's Allanbrigg Mill on Lane End - dating from 1830 portions of the mill still survive). The source of the water is lost in the mists of time but fortunately continues to flow into what today is a fishing pond.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for the info.

[@trainsinkansas576]

Your videos are so enjoyable to watch. I have learned a lot . Meriden, Kansas

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Jerry. Hope my accent is understandable over there.

[@RobFiles]

Great vid! It's lovely to walk through with you. 7:51 Btw, what's a smoking "chav" (???)

[@bustermustaffa6594]

Smoking cigs, joints or tapering and "Chav" , also "charver" and "scally" in parts of Northern England, is a British pejorative term used to describe an anti-social lower-class youth dressed in sportswear

[@bustermustaffa6594]

Vaping not tapering lol :)

[@AdventureMe]

A tracksuit wearing teen, upto no good. Although, they were quite pleasant really.

[@kevinwalton4538]

Thanks Darren. Love your vids, especially when you are walking about wearing Claret and Amber. Chavs in the Leeds area, who knew?

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Kevin. Yes claret & amber was a sheer coincidence.

[@chrissimpson5708]

Great video can’t understand why that line closed seems more convenient than new Pudsey station

[@AdventureMe]

I agree. I think it's down to the maintenance with the tunnel and embankment etc.

[@gandalf2439]

My first wife lived almost opposite Lowtown Station and caught the train to where job in Bradford until the line closed .

[@AdventureMe]

Wish I had seen it running.

[@rnichol22]

Back in the 80s the bridges were unfilled so you could walk the entire root under the bridges. They were filled in and a nature walk created. Never knew the two half filled arches existed

[@MyEgoRules]

Omg I remember doing that too ❤

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

So kool area what a country 😀 👍🏼🖖🏼✌️

[@AdventureMe]

U.K.

[@angelsone-five7912]

Another good vid Darren. Re the 3 arch bridge - the 2 lines would both have gone through the centre arch, standard practice.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Hazel.

[@judithlowe5873]

Fascinating stuff what a shame the stations aren't all still there much needed nowadays.

[@AdventureMe]

I know. Just one would have been good for pudsey.

[@bobingram6912]

I vote we go back to B & W days - far more interesting!! Love your photo merges👍🏻👍🏻

[@AdventureMe]

Awesome! Thank you Bob! I love doing them, more in the next episode.

[@paulchadwick374]

Was New Pudsey Station the first 'Parkway' station in the country based around a large car park? This was before the days when such stations had the Parkway suffix. It also had through trains to King's Cross before these were diverted to to Bradford Forster Square from Bradford Interchange.

[@AdventureMe]

Quite possibly so. It's been around a long time.

[@randomroveruk6715]

@@AdventureMe New Pudsey opened in 1967 according to Wikipedia. The Bradford Executive, with Deltic and then HST, departed Bradford Exchange (rebuilt and later renamed Bradford Interchange) at 0720 (or was it 0740?) and called at New Pudsey then next stop Wakefield Westgate. New Pudsey was one of the first "Park and Ride" stations, and was very busy with First Class travel on this train, then commuter travel to Leeds and Bradford, and very quiet most of the day until the passengers returned to their cars. With no shops at the station, the booking office sold newspapers along with the tickets, the papers being collected from nearby by a member of staff on his way to work, either the booking office clerk or the Railman (or Leading Railman).

[@vickiebower6031]

I used to live in Pudsey from 1980 until 1998/99 and I never knew there was a bridge that 3 arches hidden . Greenside tunnel would have been ideal as a cycle or walking path but it was sad to see it in it's current state.

[@nem3172]

the mill pond is a fishing lake now :)

[@tykehotep2865]

bucketheads pond it was called when I was a kid after the Rag and bone man who owned it

[@tonytanner8203]

As a kid living in Bramley, Pudsey Baths, and Park was desirable to me, why? Because even though I could , for sixpence, catch the 72 bus, which would have left me right outside of the park. Catching the steam train at Bramley station, as a child, was a more adventurous journey. Walking up the 1/4 mile up hill to Pudsey baths, for me, was worth it. Afterwards, I would play in Pudsey Park on the Steam Roller that was placed therefore, children to play on. Even today, 2023; the steam roller has gone. Pudsey Baths, and Park, is a local attraction for children

[@granvillefoster6719]

As good as ever.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate.

[@ALWResearchTeam]

Smookin Chavs lol 😂 Nice video, enjoying this series 😎

[@AdventureMe]

I used to be one of them, so I am allowed to say that now.

[@ALWResearchTeam]

@@AdventureMe Me too lol

[@christopherhermann3034]

The green side line runs through Pudsey park on way down to lowtown

[@AdventureMe]

Not quite Christopher. It's a few hundred yards further down the hill. Not unless the park was much bigger back in the day.

[@simonfletcher5935]

Hi, great video, just wondering if you have ever walked the old Garforth to Castleford line, parts still exist.?

[@AdventureMe]

Yes I have. Still to film it when I get a chance.

[@simonfletcher5935]

Great stuff, I film using a drone, your welcome to use aerial footage if you would like use any, keep up the good work.

[@AdventureMe]

@@simonfletcher5935 Cheers mate. I'll have a look.

[@seany84uk]

Another great video again! Dont let the chavs bother you!

[@AdventureMe]

I won't. I know how to handle them.

[@seany84uk]

@@AdventureMe they need educating! :)

[@KARLHOLDZ]

Use to knock about round that area about 10 year ago haha

[@trevormegson7583]

Brilliant. just what the lockdown doctor ordered. Thanks.

[@AdventureMe]

Certainly is what KZbin was made for.

[@basslegend29]

Can I just ask what kind of camera and tripod do you use, it's very good quality, also love the way the tripod swings around from selfie etc, are they expensive??

[@AdventureMe]

It's just a gopro 9 lol. Still getting to grips with it. And no tripod. Just good stabilisation.

[@basslegend29]

@@AdventureMe do you not have a like stick attached to it then, or does the go pro already have one?

[@basslegend29]

just found it hero 9 model, think it's time to ditch the panasonic camcorder...

[@AdventureMe]

Yes it's on a stick. A power stick that charges the camera too.

[@basslegend29]

@@AdventureMe is that one of the go pro sticks then as I def want one of them too, can get some great accessories, better lens etc, I have a Rode omni directional mic for my camera with a good windshield so would look to invest in that too...

[@johntyjp]

Pay tribute to the stonemasons , those bridges could've been just brick fascia !!

[@AdventureMe]

Yes. And a well made one too.

[@Yorkshire2024]

It is a shame that those magnificent station were pulled down all those years ago.This was all because BR didn’t have enough money to electrify the line and because of the beeching closures.

[@bustermustaffa6594]

Don't worry Darren I'd feel uncomfortable walking past chavs if I had expensive recording equipment

[@AdventureMe]

They were OK really. You just never know.

[@tilidie5272]

i cant speak about kids these days but i were the older generation of chavs that hung about round there and i can tell you we were harmless. i can see why it might be scary but we would just talk to you like a friend if you spoke to us

[@bike_fails_8545]

The jump I built is in this vid

[@89ykraps]

Chavs? what's that? haha! I'm from Canada. Must be a local Brit thing?

[@AdventureMe]

Teenagers up to no good in groups basically. They normally adorn tracksuits. There's different names for them in different regions. You might say "redneck".