Great video about the Handyside Bridge and I loved the history about it too!! A friend of mine lives in Derby and has shared some of the history with me!! Thank You, Andy, for sharing the wonderful video, history of the bridge and of Derby too!! =]
Thanks Mr 'comedyhunter' another memory is of meeting my dad ON Handyside Bridge at about midnight some time in summer 1968 when I cycled home to St Albans Rd Derby 'from Newcastle upon Tyne Dental Hospital where I studied. 185 miles via Tyne Bridge, A1 to Ripon and then A61 to Chester Green with punctures in Harewood, Leeds and Barnsley.
Andy. Stunning. I need to spend some quality time going through all the information on Derby that you have created over the years. Well done indeed. Cheers Malcolm
I recall cycling and walking along the narrow foot bridge which ran alongside the railway line during the early 1960's. Thanks Andy for helping me to recall those memories.
I went to school not far from Handyside Bridge in the 1940s and remember seeing the remains of a headshunt for the Duke Street freight Branch on Darley Park. The branch left the main railway just before the bridge on the Friargate side and ran north onto Darley Park for a few hundred yards. Then the trains would reverse down under the bridge seen at 0-31 on your video and into the works. I think the branch had closed by the 1940s but I clearly remember seeing soot on the underside of the bridge where engines had passed underneath and this was still there when I visited Derby in the 1990s as were the remains of the earthworks for the headshunt on Darly Park. I would love to know if the soot and earthworks are still there!
oh wow what great memories, pity you didnt have a digital camera back then to capture that. Hope you enjoyed my video. Have you seen my Friagate line series of videos ?
Digital cameras weren`t around then unfortunately! Yes I`m enjoying your Friargate videos! We lived on Greenland Avenue Mackworth in the 1940s, the main Mackworth estate was still fields then and we had a clear view of the railway. Since 1939 only freight trains were running west of Friargate station. I wanted to explore Mickleover tunnel but was forbidden to by my parents and thank goodness they did as it was still in use!
@@reggiesmith3866 Glad your enjoying my videos. Pity we didnt have digital cameras back then, I would love to time travel back with one. I guess you have seen my video on Kingsway Bridge then... th-cam.com/video/N6QHFxb1stE/w-d-xo.html
@spencera47 Thanks, glad you learned something from my video and my map in the video description. Yes platforms are still there at Friargate, See my then and now of Friargate station.
Used to cross the bridge by steam train travelling to and from Lincolnshire/ Norfolk starting at Derby Friargate Station [LNER]mainly in the 50's before the motorcar revolution. In the 60's this was on the way to 'Parker's Piece' sports field from Derby School [Boy's Grammar] in Kings Street for football, cricket, athletics and annual sports day. All cross country running routes crossed this bridge with some eg 'Senior long' nearly reaching Breadsall and returning via Darley Abbey Br and through Darley Park. I don't recall the bridge being called 'Handyside' though it was a favourite spot for letting off fireworks into [and under] the Derwent !! See Derby School - the Sixties Revisited
Not that much really, so don't expect modern HD standard......Still worth watching though as the bits at Friargate are OK....For some reason footage of the line is quite rare....unilke the GC & Nottingham Victoria....have collected as much archive material (books, photos & DVD) of the line as possible over the years as I grew up in West Hallam during the 70's after the line was shut......always fascinated by the line though..let us know if you want to see the archive stuff sometime.
@OMGTESCO Never seen anything of that section, real shame. Got lots of books but between Willow Row and Breadsall does not seem to be anything recorded on photos or video.
There is some video footage on "East Midlands Steam" DVD by Richard Swales..Think it is the first one released 4-5 years ago (Nottingham Victoria on cover)....not brilliant quality & cine film without sound, but shows the cutting just past the bridge upto the A6 bridge filmed from a Nottingham Victoria - Friargate working....also has some footage at Friargate station itself along with West Hallam....Any footage of the line is quite rare....so has to be appreciated for what it is.....
Your script on screen needs to be left on a tad longer, so people can read it. Not everybody is a speed reader. Zoom in on plaques a smidge longer too, so folks can read them. Cam. work is great though.
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its speacil to me because:andrew handyside is one of my ancestor and im glad and amazed to find out a bit of info about one of my ancestors
A real treat as usual Andy, Thank you
Rosemary
Great video about the Handyside Bridge and I loved the history about it too!! A friend of mine lives in Derby and has shared some of the history with me!! Thank You, Andy, for sharing the wonderful video, history of the bridge and of Derby too!! =]
Very nicely done.
Thanks Mr 'comedyhunter' another memory is of meeting my dad ON Handyside Bridge at about midnight some time in summer 1968 when I cycled home to St Albans Rd Derby 'from Newcastle upon Tyne Dental Hospital where I studied. 185 miles via Tyne Bridge, A1 to Ripon and then A61 to Chester Green with punctures in Harewood, Leeds and Barnsley.
Thanks, wow thats one hell of a cycling trip !
Andy. Stunning. I need to spend some quality time going through all the information on Derby that you have created over the years. Well done indeed. Cheers Malcolm
+Malcolm Holden Thanks, yes have a look at the wide selection of videos I've uploaded over the last 10 years. thanks Andy
wonderful video thank you sir
I recall cycling and walking along the narrow foot bridge which ran alongside the railway line during the early 1960's. Thanks Andy for helping me to recall those memories.
I went to school not far from Handyside Bridge in the 1940s and remember seeing the remains of a headshunt for the Duke Street freight Branch on Darley Park. The branch left the main railway just before the bridge on the Friargate side and ran north onto Darley Park for a few hundred yards. Then the trains would reverse down under the bridge seen at 0-31 on your video and into the works. I think the branch had closed by the 1940s but I clearly remember seeing soot on the underside of the bridge where engines had passed underneath and this was still there when I visited Derby in the 1990s as were the remains of the earthworks for the headshunt on Darly Park. I would love to know if the soot and earthworks are still there!
oh wow what great memories, pity you didnt have a digital camera back then to capture that. Hope you enjoyed my video. Have you seen my Friagate line series of videos ?
Digital cameras weren`t around then unfortunately! Yes I`m enjoying your Friargate videos! We lived on Greenland Avenue Mackworth in the 1940s, the main Mackworth estate was still fields then and we had a clear view of the railway. Since 1939 only freight trains were running west of Friargate station. I wanted to explore Mickleover tunnel but was forbidden to by my parents and thank goodness they did as it was still in use!
@@reggiesmith3866 Glad your enjoying my videos. Pity we didnt have digital cameras back then, I would love to time travel back with one.
I guess you have seen my video on Kingsway Bridge then...
th-cam.com/video/N6QHFxb1stE/w-d-xo.html
brilliant really enjoyed that andy
@TheAmericanSpice Glad you enjoyed it. Andy
oh wow ! Will have to look out for that.
How much footage?
@spencera47 Thanks, glad you learned something from my video and my map in the video description. Yes platforms are still there at Friargate, See my then and now of Friargate station.
Used to cross the bridge by steam train travelling to and from Lincolnshire/ Norfolk starting at Derby Friargate Station [LNER]mainly in the 50's before the motorcar revolution. In the 60's this was on the way to 'Parker's Piece' sports field from Derby School [Boy's Grammar] in Kings Street for football, cricket, athletics and annual sports day. All cross country running routes crossed this bridge with some eg 'Senior long' nearly reaching Breadsall and returning via Darley Abbey Br and through Darley Park. I don't recall the bridge being called 'Handyside' though it was a favourite spot for letting off fireworks into [and under] the Derwent !! See Derby School - the Sixties Revisited
+David Goodwin You seem to have great memories of this area. It was renamed Handyside bridge in the 80's I believe.
Not that much really, so don't expect modern HD standard......Still worth watching though as the bits at Friargate are OK....For some reason footage of the line is quite rare....unilke the GC & Nottingham Victoria....have collected as much archive material (books, photos & DVD) of the line as possible over the years as I grew up in West Hallam during the 70's after the line was shut......always fascinated by the line though..let us know if you want to see the archive stuff sometime.
@OMGTESCO Never seen anything of that section, real shame. Got lots of books but between Willow Row and Breadsall does not seem to be anything recorded on photos or video.
Are there any pictures/videos of where the railway ran under king st and handyside street? would be intresting!
wow this is speacil to me and i cant tell why
Do you have a copy of the picture shown at 0:50 ? I'm doing a project and would love to compare it to this photo.
What's the music that's played in the background?
Its called Lullabye by joshhunsaker. the original one not on the website any more, maybe its in his collection : soundcloud.com/joshhunsaker
There is some video footage on "East Midlands Steam" DVD by Richard Swales..Think it is the first one released 4-5 years ago (Nottingham Victoria on cover)....not brilliant quality & cine film without sound, but shows the cutting just past the bridge upto the A6 bridge filmed from a Nottingham Victoria - Friargate working....also has some footage at Friargate station itself along with West Hallam....Any footage of the line is quite rare....so has to be appreciated for what it is.....
It's a pity that Andrew Handyside didn't get the chance to build the famous Titanic.
It might still be around today.
LOL, True
@davemahenus Thanks.
Your script on screen needs to be left on a tad longer, so people can read it. Not everybody is a speed reader. Zoom in on plaques a smidge longer too, so folks can read them. Cam. work is great though.
ok I will bare that in mind for future videos. Gald you liked my cam work
Why is it special to you?