What a disgusting mess the streets are around here,, The residents should be ashamed of them selves, but thank you for the video of what was once a lovely area where proud home owners once lived.
I normally enjoy U-Tube for watching anything history, but this is such a sad watch. Every headstone and/or plot location is where someone was buried, each location has a story of a life with a start, middle and a end. Cemeteries no matter how old deserve more than what Leeds Road Cemetery is getting.
This is disgraceful. Do you know when the cemetery was closed and why isn't the Council maintaining this?? I looked this up online and part of the graveyard was incorporated into St Peter's school and only a few gravestones have survived. It's appalling when a burial ground is built over like this. It almost makes me wish some kind of horror story takes places where the ghosts of those buried wreak havoc on the people who disregarded their final resting place.
This was not overgrown at all in the mid 90's. All the remaining stones by the wall were visible from the school play ground. One or two kids would stand out in the grass to retrieve the ball when we played rounders in PE. The school looks more like a prison now. I also find it sad that the cemetery was never mentioned in the school itself, especially if you're telling me there's a former teacher and others connected to the school buried there. You would think they would tell the kids something of the history that is right outside of the window!
At Peters school actually integrated and closed access to the grave yard after 1995 from Leeds Road. Before this the council maintained the field and the grave yard. Once the access from the main road was closed it’s been abandoned. 😢very sad for the families whose ancestor are buried. I am surprised the men didn’t mention St Peters Primary School.
Oakworth had an overgrown cemetery. A local group was put together in an effort to tidy and restore it. Looks fantastic now. They did an adopt a grave campaign and people have taken on the cleaning and maintaining of there adopted plot. It really is lovley to walk through now.
Heart Breaking . Especially if they were our loved ones. Unfortunately, this is becoming abit of a theme for me at the moment. I intend to bring some Heart warming heritage videos of Bradford eventually.
I grew up on Gladstone Street. In the 60s this was our playground. I remember a number of the graves had openings where the ground had sunk. It's sad to see it in such a state.
I attended St Peter's in the late 70s/early 80s and remember the large headstones. We used to have our sports days where the Mosque now is 😂 I think the land was sold for it a couple of years before I left the school, and we had to walk down Leeds Road to a field to do it!
Thanks for the historically interesting video as per the norm! Excellent and insightful! Respect to yourself and Andy, hopefully those who have shown an interest to put themselves forward will do just that! I lived in Bradford for 4 years and it needs no comment from myself on why it has become the way it has! I have travelled all over the UK and I have never come across such neglect of the departed in this way.My home city of Portsmouth have very well kept and in fact beautiful cemeteries so that relatives of the departed can mourn in tranquil surroundings! Thanks again and regards.
I was a 90s child I used to play there my grandmother house was over looking it. It’s weird toknow that this was a Irish graveyard having family over in Ireland myself I remember when there was Irish travellers living on this site with there caravans it never used to be so overgrown as it is today Andy if you could please arrange something over the spring period I’m more than happy to travel back to my home town and help clean up the place I’m sure if we have a date in place we will get plenty of volunteers sad to see this in such a state 😢
Wow 😢😢 such a shame i grew up on amberly st from 1980 and played on these feilds before the mosque was there i used too go too st peters just at bottom we even used too play round these graves none of the trees where ther
Everyone is saying the same thing about not knowing of this cemetery's existence, and I also add my name to this list. I love this YT channel... it educates, enlightens and creates awareness of hidden aspects of our fantastic city's heritage!
Mark .. add my name to that list .. as a child in the early 70s .. i was a resident of Hazelhurst Kids home on Leeds rd .. and thought i'd explored every inch of leeds rd and surrounding areas .. Those headstones should be moved to another graveyard in Bradford .. it doesn't really matter which one so long as everything is documented .. so people of the future can look upon these headstones and read about people of Bradfords past .. and the ground most certainly could be put to good use ..
My father grew upon Thursby Street nearby and my parents first house after the 2nd World War was in Gladstone Street. It is such a shame to see a cemetery in such a state. The worst is people dumping things in the cemetery. It would be a shame to cut down the trees. It could a lovely area in what is a fairly built up part of Bradford. Some rewilding with wild flowers and a simple management of the cemetery.
Wow I remember playing there as a child in the late 60s and early 70s. Then the land was sold and the mosque was built. I remember the council people coming and taking away some remains from the graves as quite a few had collapsed and children were using them as dens. I really thought they had removed all the headstones. Didn't realise there was all this left. Such a shame its been left to this state. I hope it will get a make over and hopefully as you suggested turned into a family park or even a memorial park.
The Mosque was built during the 90s. The graveyard was near St Peter’s RC primary school. It wasn’t affected by the mosque as Muslims are not allowed to build on a graveyard. A religious building could not be built on a graveyard. There was another field next to the graveyard and then the field on which the mosque was built. The mosque wanted the field for car park but St Peter’s school objected saying that it was part of the graveyard therefore it shouldn’t be used as a car park. I know this as I was community governor on St Peter’s governing body and it was discussed during a meeting.
Great video, I didn’t know this place existed. I was born in that area and have many memories of walking up Gladstone Street with my grandma. Why don’t the council tidy up the cemeteries and look after the graves.❤️
The council maintained the field above the grave yard and the grave yard up until 1995 plus accessing from Leeds Road in front of St Peters Primary School RC. During this period St Peters Primary School extended their play ground and closed the road coming up to the graveyard. This stopped public access and council machinery to the graveyard and the field above the graveyard both of these have become hidden or secret garden. St Peters church and school governors should have kept an eye on the Grave yard at its their parishioners who are buried there .😢 As a local I would be more than happy to join in any effort to clean up.
I think that's st Peter's school down there if I'm right,I went to that school as a kid and would look up the hill at the cemetery and I'd wonder about the people buried there, I even had a very vivid nightmare about it. It's really sad it's been so forgotten all this time :(
My mums family were Irish Catholics so i presume some of her relatives maybe there, O'Gara McGill and Lynch and Tarpeys my Grandad bought a plot in Bowling for his family and we were told it was a unconsecrated plot, because they were Catholics and it was not a Catholic Cemetary don't know how true that was that was 1968 when my grandma died
it's shame how bradford has ended up. Its gone totally down pan in last 40 years. Just look how much investment leeds gets. It's like Bradford is just a turd were everything bad ends up.
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What a disgusting mess the streets are around here,, The residents should be ashamed of them selves, but thank you for the video of what was once a lovely area where proud home owners once lived.
dirty stanies
I normally enjoy U-Tube for watching anything history, but this is such a sad watch. Every headstone and/or plot location is where someone was buried, each location has a story of a life with a start, middle and a end. Cemeteries no matter how old deserve more than what Leeds Road Cemetery is getting.
This is disgraceful.
Do you know when the cemetery was closed and why isn't the Council maintaining this??
I looked this up online and part of the graveyard was incorporated into St Peter's school and only a few gravestones have survived.
It's appalling when a burial ground is built over like this.
It almost makes me wish some kind of horror story takes places where the ghosts of those buried wreak havoc on the people who disregarded their final resting place.
This was not overgrown at all in the mid 90's. All the remaining stones by the wall were visible from the school play ground. One or two kids would stand out in the grass to retrieve the ball when we played rounders in PE. The school looks more like a prison now.
I also find it sad that the cemetery was never mentioned in the school itself, especially if you're telling me there's a former teacher and others connected to the school buried there. You would think they would tell the kids something of the history that is right outside of the window!
At Peters school actually integrated and closed access to the grave yard after 1995 from Leeds Road. Before this the council maintained the field and the grave yard.
Once the access from the main road was closed it’s been abandoned. 😢very sad for the families whose ancestor are buried.
I am surprised the men didn’t mention St Peters Primary School.
Real Bradfordians don't forget about the culture of the past. Far, far, far from it.
Great video lads never knew that place was there
Here's an idea.....give everyone that's on the dole...a shovel, and a broom .....and tell them to get a shift on !!
Oakworth had an overgrown cemetery. A local group was put together in an effort to tidy and restore it. Looks fantastic now. They did an adopt a grave campaign and people have taken on the cleaning and maintaining of there adopted plot. It really is lovley to walk through now.
Thank you.
I will look it up.
I grew up not far from this cemetery and never knew it existed ! Another great video .
Heart Breaking . Especially if they were our loved ones.
Unfortunately, this is becoming abit of a theme for me at the moment.
I intend to bring some Heart warming heritage videos of Bradford eventually.
I grew up on Gladstone Street. In the 60s this was our playground. I remember a number of the graves had openings where the ground had sunk. It's sad to see it in such a state.
That's going back a while. Shame . Thanks for your comment 👍🏾
I attended St Peter's in the late 70s/early 80s and remember the large headstones. We used to have our sports days where the Mosque now is 😂 I think the land was sold for it a couple of years before I left the school, and we had to walk down Leeds Road to a field to do it!
Brilliant ! I bet it brought back some memories.
Really appreciate your comment and support.
Thanks for the historically interesting video as per the norm! Excellent and insightful! Respect to yourself and Andy, hopefully those who have shown an interest to put themselves forward will do just that! I lived in Bradford for 4 years and it needs no comment from myself on why it has become the way it has! I have travelled all over the UK and I have never come across such neglect of the departed in this way.My home city of Portsmouth have very well kept and in fact beautiful cemeteries so that relatives of the departed can mourn in tranquil surroundings! Thanks again and regards.
Thank you - for your genuine and honest comment on the situation highlighted in these videos.
Much appreciated.
I was a 90s child I used to play there my grandmother house was over looking it. It’s weird toknow that this was a Irish graveyard having family over in Ireland myself I remember when there was Irish travellers living on this site with there caravans it never used to be so overgrown as it is today Andy if you could please arrange something over the spring period I’m more than happy to travel back to my home town and help clean up the place I’m sure if we have a date in place we will get plenty of volunteers sad to see this in such a state 😢
Thanks for your comment.
Hopefully, if and when there is movement to this case , we will update the viewers.:-)
There’s also another famous Scruton he did pen and pencil drawings of Bradford and I’m lucky enough to have two copies of his book.
I remember in the 80s and 90s some of those gravestones being quite big and grand. The mosque wasnt there back then though.
Wow 😢😢 such a shame i grew up on amberly st from 1980 and played on these feilds before the mosque was there i used too go too st peters just at bottom we even used too play round these graves none of the trees where ther
Everyone is saying the same thing about not knowing of this cemetery's existence, and I also add my name to this list.
I love this YT channel... it educates, enlightens and creates awareness of hidden aspects of our fantastic city's heritage!
Thank you.
Can't wait to collaborate with you soon.
Mark .. add my name to that list .. as a child in the early 70s .. i was a resident of Hazelhurst Kids home on Leeds rd .. and thought i'd explored every inch of leeds rd and surrounding areas .. Those headstones should be moved to another graveyard in Bradford .. it doesn't really matter which one so long as everything is documented .. so people of the future can look upon these headstones and read about people of Bradfords past .. and the ground most certainly could be put to good use ..
My father grew upon Thursby Street nearby and my parents first house after the 2nd World War was in Gladstone Street. It is such a shame to see a cemetery in such a state. The worst is people dumping things in the cemetery. It would be a shame to cut down the trees. It could a lovely area in what is a fairly built up part of Bradford. Some rewilding with wild flowers and a simple management of the cemetery.
Thank you
Wow I remember playing there as a child in the late 60s and early 70s. Then the land was sold and the mosque was built. I remember the council people coming and taking away some remains from the graves as quite a few had collapsed and children were using them as dens. I really thought they had removed all the headstones. Didn't realise there was all this left.
Such a shame its been left to this state.
I hope it will get a make over and hopefully as you suggested turned into a family park or even a memorial park.
Thank you for sharing your memories on this.
It really puts things into perspective.
The Mosque was built during the 90s. The graveyard was near St Peter’s RC primary school. It wasn’t affected by the mosque as Muslims are not allowed to build on a graveyard. A religious building could not be built on a graveyard. There was another field next to the graveyard and then the field on which the mosque was built. The mosque wanted the field for car park but St Peter’s school objected saying that it was part of the graveyard therefore it shouldn’t be used as a car park. I know this as I was community governor on St Peter’s governing body and it was discussed during a meeting.
Great video, I didn’t know this place existed. I was born in that area and have many memories of walking up Gladstone Street with my grandma. Why don’t the council tidy up the cemeteries and look after the graves.❤️
Hope it brought back good memories.
It is baffling why this is a common scene in Bradford.
Thanks for watching 👀
The council maintained the field above the grave yard and the grave yard up until 1995 plus accessing from Leeds Road in front of St Peters Primary School RC.
During this period St Peters Primary School extended their play ground and closed the road coming up to the graveyard. This stopped public access and council machinery to the graveyard and the field above the graveyard both of these have become hidden or secret garden.
St Peters church and school governors should have kept an eye on the Grave yard at its their parishioners who are buried there .😢
As a local I would be more than happy to join in any effort to clean up.
Thank you for the information and for watching the video.
I have not been up there for a while, so I'm not sure what the situation is.
I think that's st Peter's school down there if I'm right,I went to that school as a kid and would look up the hill at the cemetery and I'd wonder about the people buried there, I even had a very vivid nightmare about it. It's really sad it's been so forgotten all this time :(
Excellent content!
Thank you 😊
My mums family were Irish Catholics so i presume some of her relatives maybe there, O'Gara McGill and Lynch and Tarpeys my Grandad bought a plot in Bowling for his family and we were told it was a unconsecrated plot, because they were Catholics and it was not a Catholic Cemetary don't know how true that was that was 1968 when my grandma died
it's shame how bradford has ended up. Its gone totally down pan in last 40 years. Just look how much investment leeds gets. It's like Bradford is just a turd were everything bad ends up.
Great video, really interesting
Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂
thanks for sharing this, i never knew this graveyard existed
I know.
Out of sight.
It's steep
Why do people let any area get into that filthy state,no pride in their surroundings at all.
I always thought about this land who was buried in this plot of land.
sagu motors of shearbridge would make an intresting video,apparently the premises used to be a dairy originally...
Interesting idea. Sad to see them go. Thank you.
@@BradfordThroughTheLens I agree,I walk past there every week...
is this the graveyard what got its head stones and monument nicked buy a stone man and made into fancy stone.
Sad
I never knew this existed is it anything to do with St Peters Church
Who fly tips in a cemetery. Some people have no respect and deserve to rot in hell
Imagine it there at night (scary)
Don't temp us. Lol
hi guys is there any kellets buried there please
Sorry mate, I don't.
All forgot why didn’t the church look after it ? The councils are useless