The Walk - EP 28 - What Remains Of The GNR? - Derby Racecourse To Kingsway - Derby, Derbyshire

[@volvos60bloke]

Wow, such brilliant content. My local area too. Thanks for making and sharing, enjoyed it.

[@jamierennie817]

WoW the fryers gate bridge is absolutely beautiful. 🙏❤

[@tinajones5641]

Enjoyed that, thank you, Gaz. All those tantalizing clues hidden amongst the undergrowth. They really should clear them, tidy them up and make them more visible.

[@IckeWalks]

I know! Not sure the council are interested though!

[@tinajones5641]

@@IckeWalks Indeed. Or in anything else. Potholes are a nightmare around here!

[@TwinkleToes2day]

Ahh, good job getting in closer to that listed building. It could be so beautiful again. Nice aerial footage complimenting the story and showing more than we could see from below. Great job Gareth. Another cracking stomp, but stop wearing bloody shorts, lmao!

[@IckeWalks]

Haha. I know! Must have a mental block when getting dressed. Was nice to get back up into the station, even if it was massively overgrown.

[@juliesneap2288]

The steel arched bridge over the river was built by Handysides of Derby. 15:23

[@V-Bug]

I grew up very close to Friar Gate, I lived around there for 29 years, it will always be home to me! I have explored the bridge, the platforms, the cellars of the warehouse countless times. This was before the vandals and the "spontaneous" fires ruined it. Some of the arches were used as businesses, one was a car spraying business where my granddad worked and my great uncle worked on the railway, my great uncle lived on Arthur Street which backed onto the railway. My mum used to tell stories of how the houses used to shake when the trains went by & how my G-uncle used to know which train it was just by the time they went by, I believe she also told me she used to play on the tracks after the line closed to collect the coal that had fell from the trains. I also recall the cutting below where the Severn Stars pub is and that new road. This would have been sometime between 1995 - 2000, I would have been around 5 - 10 at the time. It was a solid painted grey metal wall that you could see over if you were tall enough. I was only little so my dad picked me up so I could see over, I recall the cutting and seeing trees and bushes but don't remember seeing any tracks at that point in time. The cob shop has been there for as long as I can remember. My dad also worked at the Ryknelds mill that you pointed out as did my mum and this is where they met and the reason I am here and able to share these fond memories :)

[@neilsheldrake2688]

I can recall the 'old' metal wall by the Seven Stars too - found it on Google Street View: www.google.com/maps/place/Seven+Stars/@52.9294802,-1.4814296,336a,35y,72.42h,44.89t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4879f13f092de7d1:0xeda0b5290deb4616!8m2!3d52.927533!4d-1.4810768!16s%2Fg%2F1tgz03c7!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D If you go back to 2008, it's still there.

[@angelajackson-smith3067]

Following on from your comment about Signal Boxes on your show, I walked part of The Primrose Line into Loddiswell, Devon last week - beautiful walk. The Station Building is now a private home and still has the wooden platform canopy and it’s wonderful how they’ve kept the feel of the station and track in their garden. If you look up The Signal Box, Loddiswell it has some great photos. Over my budget to stay there, but beautiful. Apologies if you already know about it. Angela x

[@IckeWalks]

Thats my dream. To own an old station and do it up. Out my price range too!!

[@gussief]

The GNR bonded warehouse has been acquired by wavensmere homes who are currently redeveloping the Derbyshire royal infirmary site, so they've got a good track record of doing this kind of thing. The redevelopment was held up for a long time due to completion of the Lara croft way bit of the ring road. There's actually a subterranean network of warehouses under the site, you past the bricked up entrance at the great northern road junction. North parade dates from the mid 1830's, so predates the railway.

[@ianmorral870]

Great video Gaz I lived and worked in Derby for many years and a lot of this is a revelation to me. I did know about the origins of Underneath the arches but I didn't realise which arches the song referred to.

[@IckeWalks]

Great story isn't it?

[@railwaychristina3192]

I'd spend a few hours cleaning the platform 😊

[@IckeWalks]

Would be great as an outside restaurant.

[@odinsbreath2267]

A Philess walk! And then you spoil it at the end.

[@gilesestram]

Oi, whats going on here then ! I was having a rest .And in any case I know Derby is his baby !

[@twsuzu]

Hi Gareth, enjoying your videos, but I don't often comment. However, regarding the homeless people you came across; considering the topics you cover with your father, ( in which you both do a good job) maybe you should have asked permission and asked for their point of view. This sort of thing needs exposing. I get that you are maybe going on the walks to get a break from all the negativity that has took over much of the world, but you could highlight now and again about these things. For example, you did mention, when looking at an old mill, about the slaves in America were producing cotton that was processed by child slaves in the mills. Maybe some people never connected the two until they heard how you explained it. But that was a long time ago but sadly these kinds of things never go away. People keep giving their power to the lying manipulative sociapathic "elites". Sorry for the long comment but perhaps it's because of my Aspergers. I used to live in the UK, but because of discrimination, (Yes, the "woke inclusive society" ideology is a joke!) eventually left. I was involved in the arts, dance to be precise, and I was campaigning and fighting for more access to education. All the discrimination laws turned out to be useless. Luckily I met an amazing Japanese girl ( oh sorry "wokers" should that be gender neutral "person" lol) and decided I was just banging my head against a brick wall and left, and now I have been living in Japan for about the last 7 years and have been happy here. Bye for now, sorry for my small "book"!

[@IckeWalks]

See what you're saying. I think it would be good to go there with a team and make an actual documentary about the situation if they were willing.