The Penistone Railway Archive Films by Dave Cherry and John Irwin

The Barnsley singer and film documentarian Dave Cherry and John Irwin, a computer graphic designer and film maker, visit the old busy railway hub of Penistone in South Yorkshire.
With the help of archive film and computer graphic imagery they bring to life the bygone age of railways. They visit the longest tunnel, at the time, in the world Woodhead, and explore the history of the terrible loss of life of the navvies who built it.
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[@philwhelan3761]

Another fantastic dive into local history by Dave and his team . First class as always . my Grandad was one of the poor paddys who blasted their way under the pennines in 1952

[@nigelduckworth4419]

Brilliant film containing much footage I have not seen before. I lived and worked in Sheffield for 25 years after living in Manchester for 28 and I know both ends of the line very well, having often travelled on my bike to Ashburys near Manchester to see the electrics. This was before the 25 kv lines were operational on the London route via Crewe. There was some thing magical, and I don't know why, about both the line and the EM2s and 1s. I also used to watch the passenger trains from Crowden across the valley snaking their way up to Woodhead and once walked the line from Penistone to Sheffield long after it had become disused. My overriding memory of that day is very sore feet.

[@thisisbob1001]

Great video thanks

[@owenmccarthy6935]

I really enjoyed that. Thanks for making it. My Dad was Irish and worked in David Brown in the 40's when a student and used talk with great fondness of Penistone and the people he met and worked with while there. It's a real short sighted shame the Wood head line was closed. We regretfully had a lot of lines closed here in Ireland too.

[@DaveCherry]

Thanks for your interest Owen really appreciate it cheers Dave

[@Miss_Toots]

He worked in David Brown? What's that?

[@andykintheuk]

Great film Dave well done to you and John

[@darrenbutcher6684]

Great video its a pitty the woodhead raiilway cloasd it could have been a good intercity route today they could have converted it from dc to ac what a shame it cloased

[@hiimpolar]

i loved this railway

[@Miss_Toots]

Pity* railway* closed* 😂

[@jimboBFC1]

Really enjoyed watching that. Thank you 👍

[@a11csc]

pure nostalgic heaven

[@JamesBrown-wf2qk]

I really appreciate what you have done , I myself worked on this line on the Sheffield Victoria side having worked at deepcar in the early 79s and again I the 1980s covering the signalboxes between Sheffield Victoria and Deepcar and seeing the overhead wires being taken down it should never have closed as it was the best route across the Pennines from Sheffield

[@DaveCherry]

Thanks for your kind comments James-it's really appreciated-Dave Cherry

[@rodericstanley2258]

I went to Penistone grammar school from 1952-59, and saw the conversion from steam to electric. It a pity we didnt get the stations from Sheffield Victoria to Penistone mentioned. (Wadsley Bridge, Oughtibridge spelt "Oughty Bridge" on the signs in the station, Deepcar, and Wortley). Our train at 8.25 a.m. in Oughty Bridge station was pulled by a C13, generally shunting backwards, and the return was at 4.25 pm. We could also catch the 5.10 p.m. from Penistone station if he had stayed in school to finish some woodwork project. Dr. Beeching shut passenger service down in 1959 (I was doing my "S" levels at PGS at the time, and we then had to get a Sheffield bus from OB to Deepcar, then a Yorkshire Traction bus that picked up students in Stocksbridge and took us via the Flouch to PGS. That was not so much fun as the train.)

[@DaveCherry]

You may be interested to know we are making a new film about the accidents on the line starting with the 1884 Bullhouse Bridge accident when 24 people died. Cheers for your interest Dave.

[@rodericstanley2258]

@@DaveCherry I never knew anything about the line, as I was 12-18 at the time. I used to watch the trains, as we all did, and had the Ian Allen books. I could watch them across the Don valley from Oughtibridge with a pair of binoculars. BIs were about as exciting as it got, then the electrics, until Beeching stopped passenger trains. I only went to PGS because of the train; all my friends went to Ecclesfield on the bus. I was back in OB last week for a last look. I left for Africa in 1963 after that horrible winter, and went on the US. Been an Owl since I was born. Looking forward to the film.

[@conyecannon-extraordinarye2]

4:32-5:14 Who sung Poor Paddy Works on the Railway?

[@DaveCherry]

It was Luke Kelly

[@deanmoy4540]

Who sang the Song, it’s lovely

[@conyecannon-extraordinarye2]

Poor paddy on the railway by Luke Kelly