The Rise & Fall Of The Tinsley Towers | Mini Documentary of Iconic Sheffield Landmarks

Join us for a look at the complete history of Sheffield’s iconic Tinsley towers. From their beginning as part of a wider complex to being isolated and surrounded by a modern Sheffield.
The towers were demolished in 2008 much to the upset of many residents of not just Sheffield, but the whole of Northern England.
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[@tourobscure]

Please note that this is an updated version of an old video I made for my former channel History 0114, please do not message History 0114 saying someone is using your videos, i am the same person! 😁 Thanks, Tour

[@janeabbott5379]

Absolutely Brilliant. What a sad day for Sheffield when these were demolished. So sad 😢😢😢

[@craigevison9070]

It was a sad day when the salt and pepper pot fell, a welcome home to Sheffield. Gone but not forgotten!

[@johncamp2567]

Nicely presented, documented, and edited. Very interesting.

[@nelakroyd532]

You've got a tender way of looking at industrial landscapes. Fascinating. Thanks.

[@tourobscure]

@@nelakroyd532 Thankyou my friend! Cheers for watching

[@mandywithell]

People should mourn, as these Cooling Towers are becoming a thing of the past. As a Truck Driver, until recently travelling the length and breadth of Britain, I have seen their gradual decline and removal to the point there are few left. Once hundreds now probably less than 30 and as redundant Power Stations are demolished these few will disappear also. I found the reasons for refusing listed status quite sad. What does it matter if the internals, and other associated structures, had been removed it was the Iconic nature of the Towers that made them worth saving. In reality I suspect it was Dollar Signs that spelt their death!

[@melthebell33]

another great show Joe, thankyou

[@tourobscure]

@@melthebell33 Thankyou 😁

[@MrMichaelmikeyb]

Great vid. Enjoyed. 👍🏻⚔️

[@jamielew]

Amazing mini documentary. I was one of the thousand on lookers watching it fall. Thanks for the vlog dude 😀

[@tourobscure]

@@jamielew thanks as always 👍

[@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway]

A professionally produced video that kept me watching. Thanks for the informative video.

[@tourobscure]

@@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway Thankyou very much my friend

[@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway]

@@tourobscure sub'd as I want to see more from you.

[@tourobscure]

@@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway Thankyou my friend! Theres plenty on the channel to keep you going until next weeks adventures!

[@michaelcowcill4936]

Brilliant thanks very much 👍

[@gillianstapleton7741]

They were my 'markers' when travelling up the M1 - sighting them meant that I was almost home.

[@tourobscure]

@@gillianstapleton7741 absolutely! Thankyou for watching

[@lordatkinson2046]

It was the was the same with me when passing Ferrybridge only 40 miles till home form that point on

[@charliea1751]

Amazing work on this my dude! I remember standing near the viaduct and watching it fall.

[@tourobscure]

@@charliea1751 Thankyou very much!

[@andyrad]

Fantastic mini documentary, i was there in M and S car park to see these come down. Sad day indeed 😢

[@deanoobg42]

Another top class video

[@tourobscure]

@@deanoobg42 Thankyou my friend!

[@drewlad3626]

Always remember them meaning we’re nearly home when coming back from holiday when I was a kid

[@robertasellers7290]

Remember as a kid in the 60’s travelling up to Bradford on the m1 and seeing into the steel works you could see the flames in furnace

[@tourobscure]

@@robertasellers7290 not old enough to remember that far back! But sure it was an amazing sight!

[@soldierssoldier.1503]

I still remember them, living in Tinsley, such a pity (to my memories) of them being knocked down, the towers sure did show out from a distance. I remember the motorway being built, cutting streets in half, shops closing, works closing and being demolished, ah well, I suppose they call it progress, I call it a shame.

[@pookleburger]

Excellent little doc👍

[@tourobscure]

@@pookleburger Thankyou my friend

[@Joey-Little]

Brill video!

[@tourobscure]

@@Joey-Little Thankyou 👍

[@kylekaye9147]

Gutted I missed these, would have been 19 at the time and only from Leeds, used to travel from Derby often

[@TheHalloweenmasks]

Traveling on the Tinsley Viaduct isn't the same without seeing the towers.

[@cynic-al]

I remember them coming down. My friend rang me up to ask if I wanted to go watch from meadowhall carpark. I was about 2 hours away and I'd had a drink so decided to pass. I always regretted not making the effort to get there. It was sad as it was another end in British manufacturing. Something that, with the labours of millions built the country and shaped the world. The uk really does seem like an empty shell in comparison to what it was.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

They should never have demolished them! They, along with the ones at Ferrybridge on the A1, were the signs that you were safely back in Yorkshire.

[@RichardRoberts-o3n]

Cooling tower are getting a rare site in the UK our once local landmark Didcot power station had 6

[@CarlHodkin]

You always knew you were in Wincobank when you saw the cooling towers

[@unclenolly3207]

So do you know what the plans are for the site now? I am presuming that the Blackburn Meadows water treatment plant is still there? I haven’t lived in Sheffield for 20 odd years, so I’m a little out of touch. Once again, a great video - excellently researched and narrated.

[@tourobscure]

The water treatment plant is still there. Believe it or not E.On actually built a power station on the site, albeit far more greener than its predecessor (I believe it burns wood chips?)

[@kylekaye9147]

​@@tourobscurea dreadful looking black and orange box

[@АлександрКотин-н5щ]

Wnen you see the tinsley towers you know you're home

[@АлександрКотин-н5щ]

Wen you see the tinsley towers. Know nerlee are home

[@Дмитро_Ісаєв1598]

E.ON, as always, are destroying British electricity. Because of them, High Margham was closed, which could have stood for a long time, and they have done many other things

[@MAXERNEST]

my nickname for them was Salt and Pepper :] they were great to see when coming up over the viaduct .

[@tourobscure]

@@MAXERNEST Great when viewed from top of Alma road road too! Thankyou for watching

[@MAXERNEST]

@@tourobscure thanks i was not there for the big bangs but heard it :} Alma road named from the Battle of the Alma in the Crimean war 1853 - 6 probably :}

[@stevedickson5853]

Was always amazed at their sheer size when passing in a vehicle on the viaduct, another piece of Sheffield history gone.

[@john8451]

Nobody gave a monkey’s back in 2008. Nobody kicked up a fuss or campaigned for them to stay They all stood in Meadowhall car park and cheered when they went! 😡

[@paulmitchell5349]

TINSLEY TOTTER Gravity telepaths. Rotund towers, dark swathed. Jelly babies, jellied. Static tramps. Rubber stamped. Jelly stomped. Watchers, jelly-bellied, distant. Time's rent to pay. The final day. Funeral for eyesore friends. Jelly men cool. jelly men rule. Like the death of your dad, pit pony sad.

[@paulmitchell5349]

Jelly meaning gelignite ex[plosive.