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The shit tip of the east midlands

The hotel that never was

We all thought it was haunted when we were kids, happy memories never to forget

Heartbreaking walked round there on varied loco works open days,so many 25,s, 45,s and other locos in various states of repair. Now gone for what is part of supposedly pride park! 😢

Remember doing similar I think the stream was Cotton brook and the old graveyard was always a challenge! Newt pond also on the other side of Ascot Drive. Good childhood memories

Spent a lot of my childhood playing we used to go over the wooden bridge play around the graveyard and the prefabs built just after the war there was a stream we used to fish in and a reservoir where we shouldn't have been playing in but what happy memories lovely days cheers Mo

What a dive. With the exception of some beautiful historic buildings that have been preserved and will stand the test of time for years to come,its dreary and dull. The city is better now, but society is poorer. One of rhe biggest acts of criminality was when the government decided to use our splendid Midland Hotel as lodgings for asylum seekers. johnson and Sunak a national disgrace

Thing is if Derby was left like this people would complain about it looking like an eyesore. Yes character has gone for some areas, it costs money to build. It's about economising what we hsce, retro fitting old buildings with modern eco methods is more expensive than pulling down and starting again with some structures. It is a shame but leaving areas derelict rather than being redeveloped and out into use generating money opening business or homes is better than doing nothing. Some areas of the country looked run down we should be glad they did anything from what I've seen elsewhere.

It sounds daft but I get a tad emotional seeing this sort of footage of our fantastic city. I grew up on slack Lane in the 90s but my nan lived there years and years before and she showed me all the railway infustructure on slack Lane up towards Morley estate rec and Mackworth. Even in the early 90s there was still bits you could see behind the old Hazelwood factory. Derby was amazing at railways then that pig Dr beeching carved it all up. Lovely footage sorry to yap on.👍

Never got to visit Derby Works. Thanks for the vid!

its to sad 2 WATCH sorry.....

Crap music

wow I used to run over as a young one bit spooky at night is it still there

I think that the withdrawal of the Class 151s was a factor in these substitutions, but not the only one. There was also the late delivery of the Class 158s, a batch of 156s intended for Midlands routes were temporarily deployed in place of the Class 155s on the Cardiff - Manchester / Portsmouth trains due to problems with the 155s and a 156 involved in an accident. By the time the Class 155s were converted to single car Class 153s, the 158s were already entering traffic and the 155s had been displaced from the express routes by the 158s. By 1991 the DMU shortage seemed less acute as the Pacers had been fitted with replacement gearboxes and their return and the arrival of the Class 158s released some Class 101, 117 & 150 units for refurbishment.

Bleeding out rage those in charge should be made ro be punished for what the.ve done. Out to do the same to there houses all of them every work shop every house every factory building every house. ⁸

Absolutely stupid gearing rid of desant buildings the whole works should have been listed and used as a museum and shopping food out let.

good god. this is great. be nice to have that cutaway peak there. suppose it got binned though. tragic destruction, you can feel the history through the screen. thanks pal.

Over a century to build and develop. So many memories. So few weeks to destroy what the Luftwaffe couldn't touch in two world wars!

I remember going to Derby works open day think it was 1972 . Then caught the bus to Stapleford sandiacre Visit to Toton Depot for the 1- 10 peaks ...got 8 of them on the day.

Interesting, although the music is dire, and intrusive.

In the 60's our little Clay Cross trainspotting gang would catch the train from Chesterfield for their Works' yearly Ooen Day.

Great film of the closed works and the music was alright I thought, despite some of the comments ( music/sound of the time). I was in a lot of these shops as an apprentice, it was a good place to work and there were some great people and characters at the loco works. It's hard to believe that a works that size and important is not there anymore, the roundhouse, offices and part of the maintenance buildings being the exception and only surviving part of the works.

The employees used to call the open day the Derby Loco Flower Show, as I recall. The workers used to grow either dahlias or Chrysanthemums and put them on display. A shame that we've destroyed so much, in the name of progress and now import virtually everything (mainly from China!)

Should also add that it is Sainsburys supermarket now, in Hazel Grove. Sad hoe engineering went.

I worked in engineering for 17 years, before the yanks bought it out. Filmed my old shop and office through broken windows, as I could not gain access. It was Slumberland

Far too much camera movement.

My dad used to put me on the push bikes handlebars and take me to watch the trains ,im now 60 and live in Australia, its definitely a sad sight in many ways...

Fantastic music....

I wish i was still there ....

My mum and dad and my sisters used to go the social club bottom of the bridge

Used to walk over it to see my grandparents

Sacrilege,,, what a waste. Now we buy trains in. Bloody Criminal. 😡😡😡

Good old days, British Empire in thechnology

I've still got the EP to this recording Ken..

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

Quite a few things that have gone there although it still feels quite familiar

You would know my dad then he spent 45 yrs there in 8 shop with Len Smith , Brian Migo , Erne Eirath , and Ruppert the fitter great place in its day fond memory's of it RIP to all those now gone 👍👍

Nice to see some of my old country Ken. Very well done, it's made me more homesick..

Wait. Was Derby massively regenerated in the 1990s? I am shocked by how different this city looks to the place that I visited as a kid in the late 1990s. The images in this video look like they are from a postwar society.

Shame about the infestation in the years since.

would love to see a video of the place in its hey days

incongorous, why the oriental music?

Island Rock Club! 😎🙌🙋🙆😎00:11

Hi I was wondering if I could use h This for a derby page I have on facebook

As a 4th generation apprentice served Crewe railway man I [we] share the sadness of all that has happened at Dreby.

Memories served my time there 1960 to1968 . Finishing 25 shop test beds ,to move to the North East.Thankyou..

Excellent lads! So great to hear this Nice classic performed live with an original & imaginative arrangement, thank you all!

Derby has become Grey

Wow, that brings back memories. Worked in 4 Shop for about 6 years, 1979-85. I mainly worked on the milling machine in the far corner where the meter lab was in the Commutator Section. Clive Ford was the Chargehand, along with Dave Cox, John Mandeville, Stan Wright, Dave Holland, Big Tony, Ian Wright, and Foreman Pete Gresham, etc.

Really sad that Derby, Crewe, & Swindon Works are now just a thing of the past. As a Midland Railway Enthusiast this 😭😭😭😭😭😭 but thanks for recording this and sharing it for future generations so they see what they missed!