What Remains of Once Wealthy Bradford?

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    BRADFORD
    This is a place I cannot believe i've not been too yet to make any videos. It is only 20 minutes away from where I live, and it has everything that interests me from cheap property to incredible industrial history.
    Bradford was once the wool capital of the world, and it is hard to imagine just how wealthy and prosperous this place was. A few signs remain and that is the purpose of this video, to explore the remants of its former glory.
    This was a really fun video to make. I hope you enjoy.
    Below is the full poem by C Richard Miles
    Black Dyke Mill Chimneys
    Tall, wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand
    At rest, wearisome work ended, like sentinels guarding the ground,
    Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land
    On Queensbury’s exalted height. You can still hear the Black Dyke Band
    But marvel that their namesake owners, where discount warehouses gather round
    Tall, wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand.
    Victorian values are now redundant as modern-day practice steers the hand
    To work in production-line factories while property developers are found
    Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land.
    Once in a fit of enterprise, the forward-looking town planners planned
    To erect in cheerless concrete twenty-storey tower blocks which sound
    Tall. Wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand
    Unsurrounded, since building tall, soulless structures seems to be banned
    And no rival, resplendent, replacement monarchs are waiting to be crowned
    Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land.
    So still these monuments can attract our vision and continue to command,
    Overlooking the town, now Dame Fortune has refused and frowned,
    Tall, wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand
    Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land.
    Until Next Time,
    W.T
    #abandoned #industry #bradford #industrial #decay #northern #city

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  • @reubs
    @reubs หลายเดือนก่อน +280

    Ladies get you a man that talks about you the way wandering turnip talks about chimneys
    Congrats on 100k mate

    • @cooolsimon282
      @cooolsimon282 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Bloke is just good vibes, here's to the next 100k

    • @andyparkes6515
      @andyparkes6515 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did not expect to see a comment from you on here @reubs! Hope the Lego island series is still in the backlog

    • @mikeinportland30
      @mikeinportland30 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Well, in Turnip's defense, chimneys might be easier to understand sometimes....fewer complications.😜

    • @christinerobin386
      @christinerobin386 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Especially when he said: "It's got a wonderful bottom as well."

    • @MadnessQuotient
      @MadnessQuotient หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@christinerobin386 he prefers them round, or with an ornate bottom. Chimneys that is.

  • @wurble
    @wurble หลายเดือนก่อน +188

    I've always said that no matter how "uninteresting" a topic is, listening to someone who's passionate and enthusiastic talk about it will always make it much more interesting. Thank you for making a video about Bradford that isn't just looking for the unpleasant aspects. And congrats on hitting 100k! Absolutely well deserved.

    • @wanderingturnip
      @wanderingturnip  หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I really appreciate that mate thanks 😃

    • @you-know-who.
      @you-know-who. หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There is no such thing as a uninteresting subject. There is only an uninterested person.

    • @amjidhuss1092
      @amjidhuss1092 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

  • @stevetheaker7286
    @stevetheaker7286 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    Look at the bottom on that, love it, best comment ever about a chimney. Fred Dibnah would be proud

    • @keithharrison3678
      @keithharrison3678 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I also thought that .Base would have been better choice of words but less comical !

  • @jonathanglanville5265
    @jonathanglanville5265 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Bless Fred,he knew chimneys.

  • @emmawilkinson9756
    @emmawilkinson9756 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    As a Bradfordian, Thank-you and well done on 100k

  • @jankarel6454
    @jankarel6454 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Whenever you show these enormous chimneys, I think about the people who built them, and how much courage it would take to do work like that, especially long before there were so many safety measures required. The chimneys aren't just monuments to the businesses that used them, they are monuments to the men who built them.

    • @amjidhuss1092
      @amjidhuss1092 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

    • @Lulu-ut9pv
      @Lulu-ut9pv 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Exactly, some mills could cost up to £10k to make (at the time) the chimneys had a vital role in the mill, if the chimneys failed it could spark disaster
      Working in the mill wasn't ideal, i worked with a lady who's great grandmother was deaf because she worked in the mills for decades and if you wanted to talk privately you had to cover your mouth as she could lip read very well haha

  • @MamaRebelle
    @MamaRebelle หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    My Grandad in Clitheroe pre WW1 had a bet to climb a chimney ( I think the cement works) it was the tallest. He did and won the bet. To prove it was him he had to wave his boater hat so his friends could see him. Sadly so could everyone else and his very religious aunt demanded he handed over the money to the church. He was a character my Grandad. James Dewhurst

    • @mrmartin2079
      @mrmartin2079 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Lovely story about you Grandad 😄

    • @tonyclough9844
      @tonyclough9844 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Fred Dibnah did it for ten Bob 50p to you youngsters.

    • @amjidhuss1092
      @amjidhuss1092 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

  • @lotus6560
    @lotus6560 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    A visit to Bradford in the 1960s was a real treat for me as a child.The elegant architecture, upmarket department stores,trolley buses and the wonderful Alhambra theatre with first class entertainment. Happy days

  • @tonyxvx1966
    @tonyxvx1966 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    “Aren’t Chimney’s BRILLIANT!!!” Sorry couldn’t resist. 😂 love it!

    • @TheSadButMadLad
      @TheSadButMadLad หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Someone is a fan of the Fast Show

    • @JungleJeffarnold
      @JungleJeffarnold หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's like the character came to life 😅
      Was thinking that way back

    • @contactjd
      @contactjd 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@JungleJeffarnoldsame!

  • @bernardmeyre
    @bernardmeyre หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Hi from Paris
    Your reportage captures the poetry lying within industriel relics
    Nice
    Bravo

    • @amjidhuss1092
      @amjidhuss1092 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

  • @migueldsouza9695
    @migueldsouza9695 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

    I now commute 90 minutes to work in Bradford, having visited clients there for several years. Being a fan of Victorian industrial architecture, I really love the towns and villages of West Yorkshire. But there is something very special about Bradford.

    • @j2shoes288
      @j2shoes288 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      chicken tikka in naan bread?

    • @haveanotherpinacolada
      @haveanotherpinacolada หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@j2shoes288 The center is now being overran by Somalis

    • @amjidhuss1092
      @amjidhuss1092 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

    • @beakay.1834
      @beakay.1834 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Great Britain is not great anymore. Bradford past history and its wealth are results of British imperialism in foreign countries, pillaging the local wealth & bringing them to England. Where do you think the raw materials like cotton comes from?

  • @Wandering_Nowhere
    @Wandering_Nowhere หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    "I don't want to get all philosophical about chimneys..." a sentence opener I never thought could exist.
    Genuinely, finding your channel has raised awareness of the realities of towns and streets, but also that there's more to chimneys than just bricks.

  • @rosieHolliday5887
    @rosieHolliday5887 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I grew up in Sheffield & the only time I've ever been to Bradford was on a school trip in the late 80's to see the huge IMAX cinema. It was amazing. Biggest screen I've ever seen
    P.S - & talking about history. I do believe that my ancestors came to Bradford to work in the mills from somewhere like Suffolk (I think??) But anyway. They left their rural lives, worked as weavers & mill workers & then when the textile industry started to decline they moved to the Sheffield area to become minors & steel workers. I find this industrial history of my family really fascinating so I enjoy it when you talk about it x

    • @antonycharnock2993
      @antonycharnock2993 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I'm from Rotherham and went on a art college trip to Bradford in the late 80's to visit the National Media Museum then the now closed colour museum which was set up by the dyers society. It was a brilliant day out.

  • @gilly5959
    @gilly5959 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    As a bradfordian it's so nice seeing a positive video of our great city, i see so many videos on the negatives of bradford this makes a refreshing change. Bradford has it's problems but it also has wonderful historical stone architecture and welcoming friendly people its not perfect but its also not as bad as people make it out to be. Congratulations on hitting 100 k subs great achievement 👏

    • @BradfordReal
      @BradfordReal หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The outskirts are still decent but the centre is absolutely on its ar5e 😂 and no the people arnt welcoming, you get old men looking at your daughter who's under 10 you only get this is places like bradford and don't say I'm lieing I live smack bang in the centre and use foot as my mode of transport.

    • @waxmandr
      @waxmandr หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, the local paper comment section, particularly, is full of these naysayers (most of whom don't even live here).

    • @waxmandr
      @waxmandr หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Then you'd know that the city is being done up as we speak.

    • @jamesbarker5535
      @jamesbarker5535 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@BradfordRealI'm not sure you can say the city is on its arse when there is multiple millions of pounds of ongoing investment right now. Yes, it's going through change and yes it's disruptive but Bradford has way more to offer today than it did 10 years ago and will have even more to offer in the very near future. A very misrepresented city.

    • @SabrinaN-ht2nn
      @SabrinaN-ht2nn 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Be careful not to attract too much attention or you could Kiss that Victoria architecture goodbye. Property developpers love nothing more than bulldozing old historical buildings to build crappy blocks of "luxury" flats

  • @neilsmith3768
    @neilsmith3768 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    "look at the bottom on that" I've said that a few times but not looking at chimneys. 😂😂 keep up the good work pal

  • @klik64
    @klik64 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    This brought back memories of when i was 10 me and my dad spent a day riding round Blackburn finding old mills, for my school project. There were so many. That was the mid 70's so i bet there a lot less now.

  • @juliebarrett1636
    @juliebarrett1636 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Salts Mill is a lovely place to visit. David Hockney’s exhibition was great to see. I lived in Bradford for a while. Kashmir curry house makes my favourite curry in the world. Great video. Thank you.

    • @phylicia595
      @phylicia595 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You're thinking of Manningham

  • @staycasual7203
    @staycasual7203 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    That tennis court was epic. Bradford is stunningly beautiful and horrifying in equal measure.

  • @TheAdamneal
    @TheAdamneal หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    "A lovely bit of chimney" Yorkshire legend

  • @thomasmacias5032
    @thomasmacias5032 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    Hello wandering turn up awesome video. We love you here in northern California. Thank you for all your hard work.🙏💯🇺🇸🇬🇧

    • @ALLISEEIS6S
      @ALLISEEIS6S หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🇬🇧🇺🇲🤜🏻🤛🏻 Trump 2nd term 😂🫡🤙🏻

    • @christianmorris8065
      @christianmorris8065 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello from Ireland. Yes, I love his material also

    • @indibhart5731
      @indibhart5731 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am glad you love stories but I ask a question as to where cotton evolved and became so important that a little place in Manchester became important for you?

    • @bid84
      @bid84 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ALLISEEIS6Strump for prison

    • @ALLISEEIS6S
      @ALLISEEIS6S หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bid84 i think you missed EN from your name bro 🤣

  • @davenport11
    @davenport11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    bradford, huddersfield big towns and cities in west yorkshire are full of chimneys. congrats on 100k

    • @MrCazjd
      @MrCazjd หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Halifax too

  • @consolechips
    @consolechips หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    @10:17 Drummond Mill, located on Lumb Lane in Bradford, was a significant industrial complex built in 1885 for James Drummond & Son. Designed by architects Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson, the mill originally contained a spinning mill, a warehouse, a spinning shed, and an engine house. The mill ceased production in 2001 and was later used for storage and other purposes. Tragically, the mill was destroyed by a fire on January 28, 2016, leading to its demolition later that year. The site remains available for redevelopment

    • @sapps851
      @sapps851 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow, still in production until the millemium?!

    • @nonibbs
      @nonibbs หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you such interesting info

  • @richlordtravels
    @richlordtravels หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I like your positive enthusiasm in your videos. It’s so much more inspiring than slating places. You’re inspiring me for my channel as I get started. Well done on your 100k, well deserved! 🎉

  • @ishabrown
    @ishabrown หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Love it when the factories get converted into apartments - they look so cool. Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers, well deserved 🎉😊

  • @lisaodd3196
    @lisaodd3196 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You must get beyond the door on that chimney!
    Congratulations David, myself and the other half love your channel, been watching since the first one. 😊

  • @JoeTW67
    @JoeTW67 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I think as soon as you’ve lived somewhere for a long time rough or not, you call it home. I love Bradford from the bottom of my heart ♥️

  • @blackmirror5601
    @blackmirror5601 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Congrats on the 100k subs, mate! Yorkshire has won my heart over many other places I've lived in the UK. What attracted me to this part of the country was its industrial villages, heritage, nature, and the warmth of its people. I've thoroughly enjoyed the architecture of Bradford, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Halifax, Leeds, Huddersfield, and its neighbour, Manchester (though not WY).
    I'm looking forward to seeing how Bradford will transform as it nears the City of Culture award next year. It could become a powerhouse again if done right.
    Thanks so much for your work. Keep flying the flag of the Northern Soul and all the best.

  • @BeccaAl
    @BeccaAl หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    You absolutely deserve 100k David. Your channel is a highlight on my subs list. Even my old mum knows your Wandering Turnip name.
    Keep going, it’s a success! 🎉

  • @IttyBittyKnittyJessa
    @IttyBittyKnittyJessa หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Not only can you call it work, but this just proves you dont have to exploit people or yourself to make great video content that pays. Happy to see creators like this making money! Congrats🎉

    • @amjidhuss1092
      @amjidhuss1092 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

  • @MaiRaven3
    @MaiRaven3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Very interesting. Chim chiminy , chim chim cheree . Congratulations on 100k. I look forward to your videos. One of a kind ♥️✨🙏🏻

  • @Mayking-Da-Vidyo
    @Mayking-Da-Vidyo หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Hi turnip , where you jumped over the wall was Drummond mill , my birthplace Bradford and used to work in the wool trade before it died. I just started my own channel inspired by others including you.
    Thank you Neil

    • @wanderingturnip
      @wanderingturnip  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh ace thanks for that. I’ll check out your channel 👍👍

    • @Mayking-Da-Vidyo
      @Mayking-Da-Vidyo หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you really appreciate it just 3 weeks in but learning as I go

    • @AntonyStevenson
      @AntonyStevenson หลายเดือนก่อน

      Came here to say this - burned down in 2016, just months after I visited the building to meet the company who were renting it as a warehouse. Stacked to the rafters with products sold on Amazon and eBay and sadly destroyed overnight. It was genuinely an impressive imposing building and such a shame it met its end that way. I gather the roof space was also rented out as a dance / film studio. I'm amazed it hasn't been turned into housing already. Glad they managed to save and retain the chimney!

  • @andyjohnson8852
    @andyjohnson8852 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video on our industrial heritage, lets have some more before it is all lost, really enjoyed that, well done.

  • @ManokJanik
    @ManokJanik หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My goodness, time flies when we're all having fun and we're at 100k! Been here since it was only 4 digits!

  • @Belfreyite
    @Belfreyite หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I'm a Bristolian but lived and worked in Bradford in the late sixties and early seventies. I actually liked Bradford a lot.
    It was a friendly place, and the surrounding countryside was quite spectacular.

    • @amjidhuss1092
      @amjidhuss1092 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      thanks Farage Brexit campaign made brook and put in recession and put everything up buying everything Europe

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      you must be a bit oblivious and naive

  • @treyquattro
    @treyquattro หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    congrats on 100K David. You're doing sterling work highlighting modern Britain. More power to your elbow, and continued success in the future!

  • @sandraoldfield481
    @sandraoldfield481 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yet again another great video.... excellent, well done, you do a fantastic job... don't think we've missed any of the videos ❤ x

  • @eleanorsteventon7534
    @eleanorsteventon7534 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    “Unknown help me” 😂, your love of chimneys and their “lovely bottoms” is infectious! You’re right they’re so beautiful. Behind bars sounds like you’ve spent some time in the slammer. Happy 100,000, it’s so well deserved! I look forward to all your future videos and your new channel, yeah love that!
    P.s poem was beautiful x

    • @mrmartin2079
      @mrmartin2079 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As he was talking his work experiences at the time it means he was working as a barman

    • @JackSmith-hx8zh
      @JackSmith-hx8zh หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@mrmartin2079 I think they realise that 😊

  • @threethymes
    @threethymes หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is a wonderful video celebrating your love of chimneys. Your final poetry reading brought me to tears. Good luck on your future journeys and congrats on the 100k subscribers.

  • @JC-bh6gu
    @JC-bh6gu 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    you do something that the big TV studios don't do. the informal nature of your documentaries makes the experience feel like you're hanging around with your friend, visiting cool/interesting places (or even mundane places made interesting by you and your buddies passion for life and all the things there are to explore in it) and it comes off as positive and laid back. now I want to get out there myself and do some exploring. thank you for the great content and all the best for the future of your channel.

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Don’t go to bradford unless you are pakistani with a spiky hairstyle and three eyebrow slits

  • @carluxx77b
    @carluxx77b 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bloody hell, just discovered your channel and I'm hooked. Got my next few empty evenings filled watching your backlog of vids. Love how they have kept so many chimneys in't north when so many have been demolished elsewhere.

  • @martinnorth2680
    @martinnorth2680 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Love the drone chimney footage.

  • @PAL33109
    @PAL33109 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Top man, top content. All the best for the next year.

  • @dodgeyboy1
    @dodgeyboy1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations David on 100k subscribers! Loved your chimney video (and the Nottingham revisited video too.) Your passion for chimneys really shines through. Also your unfiltered comments about bottoms, bars, and how you've never wanted to get behind something more in your life appealed to my very British sense of humour and made me chuckle! Keep up the great work.

  • @HelenaMikas
    @HelenaMikas หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fabulous and brought back years spent in Leeds and Bradford .The drone shots are terrific . Thanks , for bringing bak memories ..

  • @haveanotherpinacolada
    @haveanotherpinacolada หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    You're on my turf. Salts mill and saltaire in general is a lovely place to be.

  • @ameliethewlis4325
    @ameliethewlis4325 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Just had my partners daughter watching this and you walked up our street. She’s losing her mind looking for you now 😅 she also now wants to go to salts which she’s never wanted to see so that’s our Saturday sorted!

  • @lucydawson1344
    @lucydawson1344 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your videos and your enthusiasm David! 100k subscribers can’t be wrong. You’re fantastic and deserve every success

  • @jongoth
    @jongoth หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    cracking video! I live at Victoria Mills too, so thanks for covering it. There are some epic chimneys in Skipton. The town is well worth a video in itself.

  • @DaleClaassen
    @DaleClaassen หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Beautiful seeing Shipley. My grandmother’s family immigrated to South Africa in the 1910s, all Whittaker’s and Murgatroyd’s - not sure what they were leaving behind. Will definitely be making a trip this summer! Thanks for the video

    • @JackSmith-hx8zh
      @JackSmith-hx8zh หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Proper Yorkshire names! We have a rich cultural heritage and plenty of nature to see. I hope you enjoy your time here.

  • @AS-ds6fh
    @AS-ds6fh หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bradford is an upcoming city a hidden gem 💎, love the vibes and hospitality as well as the atmosphere, cheap living.

    • @Future-Classic-Comics
      @Future-Classic-Comics หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hidden Pakistan?

    • @aman8086
      @aman8086 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Future-Classic-Comicswhy are you all over the comments making negative comments on Pakistanis, you seem quite racist. How sad can you be.

    • @Future-Classic-Comics
      @Future-Classic-Comics 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@aman8086 Is it racist to feel a demographic should mostly be the originating one? I feel if you go to South Africa and everyone is mostly mostly white the same way Australia should be native but isn't, or America should be native but isn't.
      Would it be correct to go to Japan and 3 quarters of the population is Black, does that make me racists that each ethnicity should have the majoring majority of the population?

    • @aman8086
      @aman8086 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@Future-Classic-Comics Firstly, the Uk is over 80% white so that is wildly incorrect, secondly certain places will always have communities, especially in areas where industrialisation happened and people came over to support with it and work in factories. Despite this Bradford still has a higher white population. Lastly you going around saying it’s Pakistan is not really going to change anything is it. People are sharing positive thoughts and comments on here and all you can think to do is be negative and sulk.

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@aman8086you’re literally pakistani lmao

  • @elizabetht308
    @elizabetht308 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hi from washington dc. as an appreciator of old things, i am absolutely loving these videos! need more like this

  • @monkimusic4813
    @monkimusic4813 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i only mentioned to my missus the other night that i should give you a tour round Bradford and your face pop's up with a Video of it!!!! That's MAD!!!
    Love your vids... i'll be watching with interest at this one....

  • @sallygriffiths245
    @sallygriffiths245 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was at Armley Mill Wool Festival the other week and thought of you when I saw the chimney there, definitley something special about old chimneys

  • @adenwellsmith6908
    @adenwellsmith6908 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    PS Congratulations on the 100K! ;-)

  • @LL-sw7qj
    @LL-sw7qj หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congratulations, David on 100k subscribers!! You’ve taught us so much!!

  • @starbritea.sparkles75
    @starbritea.sparkles75 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your enthusiasm, it is catching, about the chimneys. I can feel your excitement when I watch the video.

  • @Calicrimefiles
    @Calicrimefiles หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Fred Dibnah would make a killing in Bradford! Awesome video Turnip!

  • @OpaqueDragon4
    @OpaqueDragon4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Such a lovely lad; I admire the fact you try to respect all British culture and prop up the importance of Britain's work culture via the old chimneys. Also liked the video you made on the pub co-op: excellent stuff! Good luck to you sweetie, I hope you do well in life x

  • @susanrickards7702
    @susanrickards7702 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful video...what great heritage we have...these chimneys played an important part of our history...brilliant...loved it.

  • @azizttt
    @azizttt 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for making this video. I am from Bradford but been in London for a few years now - visit back home regularly though. Its amazing how you can just become so unaware and take for granted this kind of beauty. Every time i come back now - i love looking at the big green hills in the distance. I'll certainly being paying more attention to the chimneys now! lol

  • @andyhill6398
    @andyhill6398 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Absolutely brilliant, i'm Bradford born and bred.

  • @shroomjak200
    @shroomjak200 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love your sense of wonder for otherwise mundane things

  • @SizzWaz
    @SizzWaz หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your passion and enthusiasm make chimneys a seventh wonder of the world! I also think you're onto something with the poem at the end. It was a beautiful marriage of the past expressed through the footage of now. More, please.

  • @donfranktv
    @donfranktv หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Really cool video, i don't live too far from Bradford and its something that i've overlooked - next time i'm there i will be looking out for all those chimneys - some really interesting history on the place - thanks for sharing

  • @BuckMason-ty2wq
    @BuckMason-ty2wq หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    As a distance… very distant (USA) admirer of your channel, it’s an absolute pleasure to finally reach out to you. Love your channel because you genuinely find wonder in everything - a rare trait these days. I truly look forward to your content no matter the subject. If you’re continuing the “Made In England” series, can you present a feature on canals? It’s fascinating that you live near a canal and have not mentioned the importance of canals regarding mill, iron/steel and lumber transport to and from the plants. If the subject matter is of importance to you and other 100k subscribers (I personally think it is), it’ll great to learn the history regarding the planning, construction and craftsmanship required to enable water in the advancement industry and wealth.

    • @wanderingturnip
      @wanderingturnip  หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It’s funny you should mention canals. I was chatting to my friend recently who was telling me how they dug them with pick mattocks. I was so intrigued I went out and bought my own and dug me a ditch 😂
      There will be a video coming soon on this very subject 👍
      Thanks so much for watching my stuff. Very cool that I’ve ended up in the USA 😃

    • @BuckMason-ty2wq
      @BuckMason-ty2wq หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      WOW…can’t wait for the episode. Thanks for listening. Cheers.

    • @mr.13zn83
      @mr.13zn83 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      who needs a gym , when you dig a ditch

    • @TheBrick2
      @TheBrick2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      excellent suggetion on canals. Industrial heritage in general!

    • @TheBrick2
      @TheBrick2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wanderingturnip Look up "puddling" its linng of cannals or ponds with clay to make waterproof

  • @ameliethewlis4325
    @ameliethewlis4325 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    100k congratulations 🎉 live in Bradford, the centre and then areas around to the boarders are so varied in their culture, demographic, property, business and so much more. It’s the city of culture atm and they are doing a lot to get ready for that

  • @garypointer7494
    @garypointer7494 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your enthusiasm is infectious. I hang onto every word in your videos. Educating me on things ive had no interest in. Congrats on 100k 🎉

  • @dazgarratt
    @dazgarratt หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congratulation on your 1st 100,000. Loving the content as usual. I’m sure your next milestone will be with you very soon. Well done! 🎉

  • @semajdis
    @semajdis หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I thought this would be a trick and you go to the Manchester City grounds (another Bradford). Those old mills and factories are amazing. Congratulations on 100K subs, well deserved.

  • @dazsly
    @dazsly หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Salts Mill has a lot of history! Great vid

  • @rhiannan22ad
    @rhiannan22ad หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations on the 100k!!!
    Been here since the beginning! Love your enthusiasm, passion and you really deserve this success! ❤️

  • @Wilibear1
    @Wilibear1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As I’ve said to you many times before i can imagine you on a documentary talking about all manner of different things, your interest and enthusiasm is really infectious, always look forward to your videos,im not even intrested in chimneys but love your love of them
    My joint favourite TH-cam channel, my other 2 favourites are camp out west and on the curb
    I joined the other channel.

  • @billybanter4330
    @billybanter4330 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I was born in Bradford and lived there until I was 30. The architecture really is something else, and being so close to the wonderful countryside made it a great place to grow up. Sadly like many towns and cities across the North it's fallen victim to massive underfunding. I miss home and get back whenever I can, thanks for reminding me of the beauty of my home city. First time viewer, now also a subscriber.

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Heres how it works.
      talent goes to leeds- > only idiots left in bradford > idiots don’t do big business > government stops caring about bradford.

  • @Treehuntor
    @Treehuntor หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Most mills in Bradford were silk factories. . Lister Mill Patent St was the largest silk factory in the world. It is located in the Manningham district of Bradford, my grandmother was born Heidelburg Road, and worked at Listers Mill Sir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, who is best known for having built Salt's Mill, a large textile mill, together with the attached village of Saltaire, West Yorkshire , I was born in Shipley and lived George Street, Did you visit SALT beer factory the old bus station at top of Albert Road ?

    • @nicolad8822
      @nicolad8822 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was mostly woollen mills?

    • @PhilippaBeale
      @PhilippaBeale หลายเดือนก่อน

      My family owned that mill, another side sold them silk waste to make house hold fabrics; I still have some as good as they were in the 1920s

  • @ChelseaNutbrown
    @ChelseaNutbrown หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been waiting for you to get to Bradford, great video as always. Congrats on 100k, one of my favourite channels to watch 🤩🥳

  • @nathanjones6501
    @nathanjones6501 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well deserved for your 100k subscribers loved the chimneys video the sheer beauty on the craftsmanship that built them some of them were amazing and wonderful to see after all these years still standing proud also your drone footage is amazing to see gives a Birds Eye view below absolutely stunning 💯👍

  • @independentpuppy7520
    @independentpuppy7520 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yes indeed. It would be a culture shock for me to go up north.

  • @carlmayne3519
    @carlmayne3519 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dry stone walls, ancient chimneys, decaying highstreets! .. You sure have a way of making these usually mundane things really exciting! :D Been watching your channel since your first cheap house hunt and have yet to be bored with anything you've put out ... Really great youtuber!! .. Thanks for all you're doing and congrats on the 100k! ... You'll be double that before you know it

  • @easytime7434
    @easytime7434 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your videos. I am now 76 and a ex bricklayer who build chimneys and refractory brickwork. Keep up the good work, I’ll be watching from Australia. 👍

  • @snnystarscout
    @snnystarscout หลายเดือนก่อน

    HELL YEAH! A chimneys video. thank you for showing them, they are cool.

  • @inaminute9643
    @inaminute9643 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You should look into Undercliffe cemetery. The mill owners have their tombs there. They are even more ornate. Cartright was the big one

  • @waynerhodes360
    @waynerhodes360 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nice one lad 🎉 I have been waiting ✋️ for this episode for so long 👍 moved away in 2006 , it really is as rough and dangerous as people say ! Remember to keep moving and don't stare at people. 😊😊😊

  • @patriciataylor7887
    @patriciataylor7887 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love your enthusiasm, Congratulations

  • @lorrainebennett7528
    @lorrainebennett7528 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Lister chimney is beautiful, almost Italianate in design. I love your enthusiasm for these symbols of days gone by! Congrats on 100k subs 😊

  • @tommonik
    @tommonik หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The one with the ‘pond’ was Drummond Mill. Had a huge fire in 2016 I think. Sadly like a lot of mills in Bradford find themselves catching fire.

    • @nicolad8822
      @nicolad8822 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Strange that.

  • @Dan-TheOracle
    @Dan-TheOracle หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    do you know about fred dibnah [sp?]? and i love the ornate chimneys better than the plain ones, imagine living in a time where they just make something beautiful for the sake of it being beautiful?

    • @wanderingturnip
      @wanderingturnip  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah love Dibnah currently reading his book 👍

  • @luken9263
    @luken9263 หลายเดือนก่อน

    100k! Nice work mate, very well deserved. Thanks for the great content.

  • @DavidMorley
    @DavidMorley หลายเดือนก่อน

    You had a few thousand when I started following. Now I'm celebrating 100k with a beer or two. Great video..and a well deserved 100k

  • @asifminhas5855
    @asifminhas5855 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    hi from Pakistan
    love your content, congrats on the 100k

    • @Future-Classic-Comics
      @Future-Classic-Comics หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahaha you're in Bradford mate.

    • @aman8086
      @aman8086 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Future-Classic-ComicsStop being rude, we know what you meant.

  • @7an7rum
    @7an7rum หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    100 000! Well Done Turnip. Well deserved!

  • @briwire138
    @briwire138 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video. I was brought up in a northern town surrounded by working chimneys, and often wondered what went on at the base of them. My wish was granted one night when I was looking after a generator powering a boiler house. The old boilerman gave me a guided tour, showing me the ducting from the back of four boilers with a large in line fan drawing the hot air and smoke up the chimney. I agree about the square fancy ones. There's one in Darwen, lancs. Ornate but somehow sterile.

  • @sueg2658
    @sueg2658 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations on 101 K subscribers you deserve a huge THANK YOU!!!! 👏🏻👍🏻♥️

  • @brucster99b2
    @brucster99b2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    🎶Chim-chimney, chim-chimney...🎶

    • @lucydawson1344
      @lucydawson1344 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Chim chim cheree!

    • @brucster99b2
      @brucster99b2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lucydawson1344 As Dick Van Dyke so eloquently put it.. "Cor blimey Guv'nor!"

  • @Future-Classic-Comics
    @Future-Classic-Comics หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I visited Bradford recently for the first time ever, I thought I was in Pakistan.

    • @maalikserebryakov
      @maalikserebryakov 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      lol what a coper
      It looks the same and even better than most english cities. Only difference is people are maniacs

    • @permanentlybotulated
      @permanentlybotulated 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@maalikserebryakov "Maalik Serebryakov" I wonder why with a name like that you're mad at him for saying something that's true?
      "Only difference is people are maniacs" huh, I wonder why they're maniacs?

    • @danielcunningham6727
      @danielcunningham6727 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@permanentlybotulated difference is people like you and the op will cry about it but then like a true brit will do absolutely nothing about it other than rage behind a computer screen 😂

    • @Future-Classic-Comics
      @Future-Classic-Comics 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@danielcunningham6727 That's true but what am I supposed to do- deport everyone That's born here.
      I tell you what let's flood Japan with Latin Americans.
      Every country imo should be demographically correct to it's culture.
      Like it or not That's the truth.
      😏

    • @permanentlybotulated
      @permanentlybotulated 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@danielcunningham6727you’re not very smart are you?

  • @Simob174
    @Simob174 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a cracking lad. Fantastic video, really enjoyed it.
    We need more people in the world like yourself. Driven, passionate, engaged and purposeful.
    Subbed and looking forward to following your content!

  • @Roatanlova68fmp71lliiiak
    @Roatanlova68fmp71lliiiak หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They're amazing feats of engineering, good to see them in more detail. Thanks!

  • @AnonAtry
    @AnonAtry หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'll always remember the massive chimneys billowing out smoke from the Kodak factory growing up in Harrow, iconic factory which unfortunately has now been knocked down to make way for a massive development which is crippling already stretched local infrastructure.

    • @wanderingturnip
      @wanderingturnip  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh no way when was that?

    • @AnonAtry
      @AnonAtry หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'll be happy to know though they have preserved the massive chimney of the factory

    • @AnonAtry
      @AnonAtry หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@wanderingturnip They shut down over 5 years ago now as there's no need for picture film production anymore, if you go on google maps from road view you can see it still standing tall between the new builds!

    • @srfurley
      @srfurley หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AnonAtry
      There is now increasing demand forfilm, and for the past few years Kodak have been unable to meet the demand with their scaled down production facilities. Pentax have just released a new film camera.

    • @AnonAtry
      @AnonAtry หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@srfurley That's a great shame, Kodak used to be one of the biggest employers in Harrow and was iconic to drive past, now all you get is rows of new builds and stuck in traffic on a road that can't cope with the number of vehicles.

  • @adenwellsmith6908
    @adenwellsmith6908 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Not left behind. It's got the boot of the state on its neck.

    • @jimbob-robob
      @jimbob-robob หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How is "woeful neglect" a sign of anyone having their bootmark on the town? It's Tory neglect that has ruined the country, not govt interference.
      You just need a govt that cares, and the masses of people willing to lead that govt by involvement in democracy.

    • @adenwellsmith6908
      @adenwellsmith6908 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jimbob-robob So where are the trillions the workers have paid the socialist welfare state?
      Why does the state make a 30% gross profit on its services?
      How does 'care' solve anything?

  • @andrewc948
    @andrewc948 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful. Love your enthusiasm in these depressing times.

  • @anthonydowling3356
    @anthonydowling3356 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Watching from Dublin .You do great videos .Always interesting .