I remember the second railway bridge on swinnow lane as I moved to Swinnow estate in 1967 on the right of the picture showing the second line with the Gordon’s advertising poster was a cricket field , On the left was a pond which in the late 70,s was filled in as a boy drowned in it . Next to the pond was a massive disused Brickworks factory, passed the 2 bridges was a iron foundry called Sloane & Davidson which is no longer there as fire station is in place of it
Born and raised in Bramley in the 50s/60s and spent the last 25 years living in S E Asia. I thoroughly enjoyed that mate....many thanks for the time and effort. You had me running every red light on memory lane!
Another cracking vlog. I suppose we should be thankful that the Great Northern "main" line from Leeds to Bradford via Bramley still survives as practically all of the Great Northern network has vanished.
Hey, I’m from Stanningley. 3:30 That’s my old high school. 5:37 And that’s the way I use to walk up to school, still take that route when I go up to Pudsey.
When you were stood in the car park looking at the blocked tunnel to Stanningley Station on your left there were a line of small cottages which , at some time I think , were railway workers cottages . One our group of friends and his wife started their married life in one of them . The car park then was a grassy area
Hi again , love the series on this area of railways. In 1955 &1957 all the schools in Pudsey were treated to train trips to The lakes and Morecambe first then Newcastle and Whitley bay on the second one. Both left from Stanningley station , can you imagine what a site that would be , all those kids being alkyd in crocodiles from half a dozen schools ! ! That would be about 400 of us all trooping down to the station.. The goods yard seemed to br enormous to me but as you know thing always seemed bigger when you are young.. Also the steps and bricked up tunnel at Stanningley station were accessed from the road via a PST which went past a row of cottages on their right hand side , one of my friends lived in one when he was first married. Watching your vids has brought a lot of memories back so thank you for that and keep it up
What an excellent video log. My wife lived just by Bramley station and used to commute to school by train from Bramley to Armley in the late 50s early 60s. Enjoyed this record of a bygone age. Well done.
Wonderful memories. Thank you. My mates and I used to train spot at Bramley station in the mid to late 1950s and well remember the old station, then still in full use. I remember a station mistress who knew us well and collected our tickets on our return from Leeds Central after a full Saturday's train spotting. Six old pence (2.1/2 new pence) funded a return ticket to Leeds, a platform ticket in Leeds and a packet of chewing gum. I only travelled on the Pudsey loop once, when we got on the wrong train from Bradford Exchange instead of the direct train via Stanningley. If only that line was still there. It could have been a vital link in what should now be an electrified commuter network.
Hi Darren. Love ya vids. Stanningley station still exists today. Believe it’s called wood nook joinery and it’s very close to curry car park you mention. Instead of turning left out of there you would go right and it’s top of little side street. Looks exactly how you would imaging a small station would look. Great lads in there they would deffo let you have a look if you asked them.
Wish i knew you was about. Would of come with you. I live just near leeds city centre and used to live in bramley and still use that station to this day. I was just following your leeds underground video yesterday looking for thar arch where the lock used to be under the station car Park. Love knowing our old history about our city
If you go onto Google maps and go from the canal side of where the lock was and follow it straight up across the station and the river. Once there stick a pin in and go to Street View you get a clear picture of the river entrance to the lock.
Informative videos as ever. The additional line at Bramley would have carried tracks to Wortley Curve where there used to be a station at Armley. That line currently just undergrowth with tracks still present. Closed in 1985 to consternation of Bradfordians and provided a link to East Coast mainline.
Great video. I never knew there was a station there. My dad worked for British Rail in the 70's and was based in Stanningley. I remember it being called 'Stanningley Yard'. I went there many times a a kid. Not sure if it's still there. It could well be that timber yard actually. My dad drove and operated lots of different railway plant machinery.
Great explore mate - the bit revealing that bricked up station entrance in particular. I have been on a former line before (Shipley via Idle and Thackley) that I think might connect with that one at some point and/or possibly the Tyseral bit.
Hi Darren , I have been following your videos with great interest for a while and I appreciate all the time and effort you put into your videos being a Leeds lad I find the local history very interesting the lost stations of Pudsey was amazing and informed me about the track beds I walk along with my dog daily if you ever get time there was a railway line from Arthington to Burley in Wharfedale I remember Otley station being demolished in the late 60's I was 10 and the line from from Guiesley to Yeadon station just off Henshaw lane there are still some bridges track beds and abutments remaining once again many thanks you make history interesting
I live in Bramley and really enjoyed that bit of history. I didn’t know that’s where stanningley station used to be. Thanks for the insight. Very interesting.
At 10.43 on the video, you will see an aisle at the side of the blue building. The bottom section has a different colour concrete. 17-18 years ago, the original concrete cracked and sank some 6-9 inches. When the builder came to repair it, he ended up pouring ton after ton of hardcore into it. If you look at the B&W image at 8.29, you can see the repair lines up with the tunnel entrance. Additionally, at the centre of the image, just out of sight at the top, there is a large circle track which was covered over with tarmac about 15 years ago. And, finally, the image at 10.57 is the rear of the big shed, the top right quarter of the image at 8.29.
Hi Darren, more great memories from yesteryear. Where the arches are at Stanningley Bottoms I recall is where the Bradford Trolley Buses used to turn round, all change for Leeds!!
@@DaveinLeeds Would that be Leeds trams and Bradford Buses that met there. A long time ago and not my side of Leeds but remember visiting parental friends in Bradford and seeing the blue and cream BCT.
@@granvillefoster6719; I believe that the Leeds and Bradford trams ran on different gauges and that both ran to Stanningley, but the different gauges meant that through working was not possible, so a tram passenger would certainly have to change. I arrived in the area in the late 1960s and then, and for perhaps some time after, Bradford ran a no, 9 bus service to Stanningley, but the trolleybuses certainly didn't get any further than the big roundabout at Thornbury. Maybe someone else who reads this can clarify!
@@DaveinLeeds The Leeds and Bradford trams ran a through service between 1907 and 1918 using cars with sliding axles to change gauge from 4' (Bradford) to 4' 8.1/2" (Leeds). Leeds trams continued to run into Stanningley before turning up Richardshaw Lane as part of the Pudsey route which closed in 1939. Bradford trams continued to run to Stanningley until 1942, but trolleybuses never got beyond Thornbury roundabout
Hi! It’s me again, lol. Before Stanningley bypass the land the was a flooded lagoon, as kids we would visit it and play. In the water were three large aluminium doors filled with cork, and wood therefore they would float like a raft, sadly it was also used as a tipping point so there were hazardous materials such as broken glass and pottery. Still you could have fun pretending to be pirates, or castaways on a raft. Fond memories of playing around there. Frogs an tadpoles, wildlife too, it was a dump alright, but a venture park for us kids
Great stuff Darren, I can remember the bridge on Mount Pleasant Road as I went to the primary school just up the road. The railway was in a deep cutting here but it leveled out as it entered the farm fields beyond, this was before the bypass was built. I can remember the underpass at Stanningley Station, there was a long covered walkway that sloped down to it from the station. It was quite spooky at night!
@@AdventureMe I've not been back to Pudsey since the 1980's, your videos have given me the spur to go back there and revisit my youth. Many thanks for your work it means a lot.
Good evening Darren just watched your Pudsey to bramley loop very interesting i used to live in station terrace across the road from bramley station played round there in my younger days back then we signed a partisan to have bramley station re opened and as you said just a glorified bus stop really enjoyed the old look back to how it was now looking forward to the next installment best wishes kevin
Another very enjoyable exploration of Pudsey past and present , I have heard that the goods shed at Stanningley once contained a large map of the Great Northern rail network inside. Not sure if it is still there now.
I was a Child during WW2 and lived with my Grandma on Stanningley Town Street. Opposite Grandma's House was George Cohen's Munition Factory and they had a little Steam Engine, it used to cross the Road several times a day carrying stuff. we could hear it coming! I imagine it must have gone to the main Railway line. I went to Stanningley National School, but that's vanished! I can't find any history about that. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Darren... great vid... brought back memories from the early 80's. .. I used to travel every day from Bramley to the city for work. The station then was even less, and there were certainly no trees on the other side of the tracks. I can also remember that on a regular basis trucks used to get stuck under the first bridge as it is very low. Next summer if uou want a week away, walk the Scarborough to Whitby line... you'll love it. Andy. South Australia
Just to the right of bramley station was turner tanning ltd did my apprenticeship their they were sidings going into the sheds believe they were built for the war effort as the sheds were called gun shop etc. Excellent series of videos keep it up 👍
Leeds and the surrounding areas have amazing histories. It's great to see someone making videos about it, continue what you're doing! More in Leeds please! I hear Headingley and Woodhouse have a secret tunnel to Kirkstall Abbey!?
Yet another great video which I have shared with a school mate who lived in Farsley but now works in Florida. Really pleased to hear of plans to explore what is left of the branch lines from the East Ardsley to Pudsey line. My childhood home was in Tingley and I have maps of the branch onto the Beeston and Batley line dated 1908 and 1932. Also an old photograph showing a train passing the Tingley gas works. If they are any interest to you let me know.
I lived just off mount pleasant road and as a kid we would use the disused railway to get to Fulneck, complete with packed lunch of course. We also used to play on the station at Bramley but i probably shouldn't say that hehe. Great memories!
Thank you. I live in Pudsey. I used to live near the Greenside tunnel and walked through it regularly,usually for a dare, in my youth.I now live in Stanningley not far from the builders yard. The old goods building is,to my eyes, quite beautiful.
Hi mate I have the disused railway at the back of my house daleside road Pudsey we have the bridge filled in on Bradford road Pudsey either side it used to run through Pudsey park from greenside before lowtown pudsey
Look at the bottom of Gladstone terrace which is further towards Bramley Station direction from where the Stanningley station was. There is tunnel access. Which would take you to the rear of britvic.
I used to work for The British Transport police and covered all these stations in the early 90’s so know the areas you’re walking very well. I would have loved to have seen the grand old buildings that were there in times gone by, it’s so sad that they’re assigned to history now. I love your videos! Thank you! 😁🙌
Hi again....I used to explore around and old ..what I thought was a quarry it’s got a chute into the canal and some old buildings are still there in the woods it’s down newly lane in Bramley just before the canal there’s a passing place on your right ..hop over the wall there and your in...be interesting to see what you make of it .....be careful there are some steep drops in there !
Very informative video, I've learnt some more about these lines despite living only 5-10 mins on foot from the current Bramley station and a few minutes from the Swinnow Lane bridges. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
4AM here near Seattle, Washington. Woke up with a cat dancing on my chest (which sounds naughtier than it is I assure you). Coffee is brewing, and I'm about to get stuck into this video.
Oh for those black and white days!!! Well done Darren for trying to find how it used to be, bit of a nightmare with all the level changes and new housing. 👍
At 10:20 in the video, you're at the old station entrance off Rickershaw Lane, opposite is the Great Northern Hotel, named after the railway company that built the line, a railway hotel near the station as you find at most railway stations, and it's still open, covid restrictions permitting.
Love all these videos. As a kid in the 70's (a'hem) I remember seeing the old railways being torn up and Leeds changing a lot. Good to see some of these hidden areas that I half remember from childhood. Any chance you can venture north one time to cover Harrogate and Ripon and maybe some of the old mines over near Pateley?
@@AdventureMe I live near to the goods shed, I didn't know it was there & is nice to see that some things are still standing. I grew up near Dudley Hill station (I never knew it existed). I do remember watching the trains on the line as a child on Tyersal Lane in Bradford back in the mid to late 1970s, the bridge is still there.
Nice video mate If you go on the bramley train in to Bradford and then in to Halifax you can see all the old track lines ect the train system was so much more back in the days. I love the history what was around us before I was born. Keep up the good work respect 💪
@@AdventureMe also in bramley at the bradford side of the track there is a old opening door with steps that you can no longer access on foot but you can see it clearly
Another point of interest, is at 10 minutes and 30 seconds. Walking up Richardshaw Lane just on the corner where you stopped to point down the road, you unwittingly passed by 2 concrete stubs protruding out of the pavement. In Victorian times these were stepping stones so that people could easily step down from stagecoaches, so that part of Stanningley has always been associated with transportation
Hello. So I have a lot of history with the Lowtown area of the 'banking' as we used to call it near the 3 arched bridge. Just where you started this video, behind you was were my family home was for the first 20 years of my life. Just a couple of points out of interest. The cutting was far deeper than it is now after it was partially filled in with the bridge on Mount Pleasant being filled in and the actual stone walls knocked down and dumped to one side of the road on either side. The one on the overgrown bit are still there but pretty well buried now. On the school fields at St. Josephs. The old line ran down what is now the rugby pitch which drops down a lot from where you were stood. You can just make out the top of the rugby posts :) The branch line on Swinnow lane. You must have missed the name of the road that Britvic is on, Intercity Way. I do believe it follows the old branch route hence the name.
@@AdventureMe Yes I did, was going to comment but got distracted :D Great videos though, interesting to see the old haunts as we live in North Yorkshire now. The original 3 arched bridge was for land access for the farmer apparently. There's actually a preservation order on the bridge hence it's never been knocked down and replaced with houses. It's a shame it's being left to fall down but I guess that's the only way the council can sell the land eventually.
Hi Darren - As expected, you certainley triggered some memories around the area. I spent all of my younger years there, and used Bramley & Stanningley stations as a kiddie with my parents. It was much grander in those days, and such a shame to see the new 'Bramley Bus Stop' as it is now. I also went through the Stanningley station underpass many times when I was young, and all the smells of railway grease came flooding back. I also remember how many rail lines there was in the goods yard at the back, and very surprised to see the goods shed still standing. A great recap of things past & present - Thank you. As an aside, the old bit of Pudsey loop you couldn't walk was of course dug out to make the Stanningley By-Pass as it is today. Blaster Bates was the one employed to use his explosive skills to remove the rock!
"Hi Darren, Another Fantastic Vid. Ive had a look my self around these bits. Have we really moved forwards getting rid of the Railways. Id love to travel back intime and see it! What a Great Railway ststem we had. Im going to tek my dog try find that brige over the mainline. I grew up on side of New Pudsey station as a teapot lid" haha. That was Great as kid in 80s. But nothing like What me Dad Saw at the other Stations. Cheers You vids are great. Really great! Pieceing up bits ive missed!!! Love it. Stay safe mate. Grant : ) "Have you ever been to Earlseaton tunnel" and Dewsbury Area???. Plenty to find and see up here. I moved up here 15years ago. Been hedge hopping and draggin dog everwhere!!! Haha. Bye Mate. "Your a Great Host aswel"
@@AdventureMe Hi forgot to mention Dewsbury "Central Station" to right of Dewsbury market and Station in pub. Building still there but Rail bed and station top platform and canopy has gone now. Now its all new Road layout and and the goods yard is a retail park..Matalan..Pound store....so on. If you want some info where bits are hidden. Give me a message. Id be glad to help you & put my clambering threw bushes over the last few years to some use..haha. ive linked Earlseaton threw to dewsbury Central on to Batley station then on to Batley park, and bits in Birstall. Batley Station up threw shawcross to chickenley .Theres so much great Brickwork , Archeres, Viaducts.. to be seen. There was a 3rd Dewsbury Station aswel. Let me know Anytime you get around to looking up here. Cheers Grant .
At 11.16, left bottom quarter, there are 2 walls - one with rounded top and another coming off it at angle. I believe this to be the remains of the signal box…and if you push your way through the undergrowth to the hidden part of the wall (going toward the shed), you will see the remains of the buildings’ original fireplace!
High Royds Hospital, Menston (the former "mental asylum) had its own railway constructed during construction of the hospital to transport building materials. It ran through what is now an ambulance station on Buckle Lane. The bridge is still there which is sealed but can still be seen. There is also the bed of the track that runs by the graveyard that houses unmarked graves with a bit of track commemorated with a plaque still visible. Maybe of interest to you?
Another good detailed video! :) Ive said it before but br should have shut the stations until they could have affored to reopen them and today the uk would be so much easier to get about and most likely wouldnt have seen a car boom in the 80s/90s. It makes no sense why they didnt close the outer town of pudsey route instesd
That gate that you walked up to the lead out to the tracks it looks like a medieval gate 😯😯with spikes on the top I guess they don’t want you to jump that gate
They do regret closing the pudsey loop it would help today with all the traffic. they should reopen the line instead of plans ripping a road through blackcar wood's
I wonder if any other station in the UK has replaced three previous ones; New Pudsey replaced Lowtown, Greenside and Stanningley. Travelled to Stanningley on its last day, closed same day as Leeds Central.
Hi I've got a railway line runs down back of daleside road Pudsey the bridge is top of street either side Bradford road pudsey it went to horsforth then through to greenside
Another great video, Darren! It doesn't make sense for the idiot planners to permit buildings on the disued railway track, as it makes the new West Yorkshire rapid transit more expensive for current taxpayers.
@@AdventureMe a lot of places on your vids i passed & never knew were there simply because they have been destroyed & left for nature to take over also a lot of railway infrstructure got totally eradicated meaning miles of embankment dug up & used else where cuttings infilled, i live near an area where they did just that they removed an embankment that cut right thru a village & used it to fill in the cutting just north of it, the only thing that remains of this is a short wall of a road over bridge, now the area your following ive never been to & have very little knowledge on i have been north of leeds to wetherby & thorpe arch even that location i have limited info on, being originally a county durham lad i moved to south yorshire & gained a lot of info of the railway, mining, the powerstations & how they all tie in with each other but sadly i know very little about the villages they served
I remember the second railway bridge on swinnow lane as I moved to Swinnow estate in 1967 on the right of the picture showing the second line with the Gordon’s advertising poster was a cricket field ,
On the left was a pond which in the late 70,s was filled in as a boy drowned in it .
Next to the pond was a massive disused Brickworks factory, passed the 2 bridges was a iron foundry called Sloane & Davidson which is no longer there as fire station is in place of it
Born and raised in Bramley in the 50s/60s and spent the last 25 years living in S E Asia. I thoroughly enjoyed that mate....many thanks for the time and effort. You had me running every red light on memory lane!
Thanks David.
Likewise born and raised in Bramley now in Costa Rica via middle east and Triinidad. Thanks for posting very enjoyable.
Your welcome to come home to Bramley anytime brother
Another cracking vlog. I suppose we should be thankful that the Great Northern "main" line from Leeds to Bradford via Bramley still survives as practically all of the Great Northern network has vanished.
That's true William.
Hey, I’m from Stanningley.
3:30
That’s my old high school.
5:37
And that’s the way I use to walk up to school, still take that route when I go up to Pudsey.
When you were stood in the car park looking at the blocked tunnel to Stanningley Station on your left there were a line of small cottages which , at some time I think , were railway workers cottages . One our group of friends and his wife started their married life in one of them . The car park then was a grassy area
Hi again , love the series on this area of railways. In 1955 &1957 all the schools in Pudsey were treated to train trips to The lakes and Morecambe first then Newcastle and Whitley bay on the second one. Both left from Stanningley station , can you imagine what a site that would be , all those kids being alkyd in crocodiles from half a dozen schools ! ! That would be about 400 of us all trooping down to the station.. The goods yard seemed to br enormous to me but as you know thing always seemed bigger when you are young.. Also the steps and bricked up tunnel at Stanningley station were accessed from the road via a PST which went past a row of cottages on their right hand side , one of my friends lived in one when he was first married.
Watching your vids has brought a lot of memories back so thank you for that and keep it up
Thanks Gerald, I bet that was a sight to see in it's day.
What an excellent video log. My wife lived just by Bramley station and
used to commute to school by train from Bramley to Armley in the late 50s early 60s.
Enjoyed this record of a bygone age. Well done.
Thanks JR
Thank you Darren 👋🏻👋🏻
Wonderful memories. Thank you. My mates and I used to train spot at Bramley station in the mid to late 1950s and well remember the old station, then still in full use. I remember a station mistress who knew us well and collected our tickets on our return from Leeds Central after a full Saturday's train spotting. Six old pence (2.1/2 new pence) funded a return ticket to Leeds, a platform ticket in Leeds and a packet of chewing gum. I only travelled on the Pudsey loop once, when we got on the wrong train from Bradford Exchange instead of the direct train via Stanningley. If only that line was still there. It could have been a vital link in what should now be an electrified commuter network.
Yes I know. It would be much more useful. Especially pudsey. Thanks for the memories.
Hi Darren. Love ya vids. Stanningley station still exists today. Believe it’s called wood nook joinery and it’s very close to curry car park you mention. Instead of turning left out of there you would go right and it’s top of little side street. Looks exactly how you would imaging a small station would look. Great lads in there they would deffo let you have a look if you asked them.
Yes, I saw the joinery place. Nobody was in, or I would have asked.
Wish i knew you was about. Would of come with you. I live just near leeds city centre and used to live in bramley and still use that station to this day. I was just following your leeds underground video yesterday looking for thar arch where the lock used to be under the station car Park.
Love knowing our old history about our city
Thanks mate. Did you find the arch?
If you go onto Google maps and go from the canal side of where the lock was and follow it straight up across the station and the river. Once there stick a pin in and go to Street View you get a clear picture of the river entrance to the lock.
Informative videos as ever. The additional line at Bramley would have carried tracks to Wortley Curve where there used to be a station at Armley. That line currently just undergrowth with tracks still present. Closed in 1985 to consternation of Bradfordians and provided a link to East Coast mainline.
Yes, I hope they get it back in use.
Another excellent video. Thank you.
Great video. I never knew there was a station there. My dad worked for British Rail in the 70's and was based in Stanningley. I remember it being called 'Stanningley Yard'. I went there many times a a kid. Not sure if it's still there. It could well be that timber yard actually. My dad drove and operated lots of different railway plant machinery.
Great explore mate - the bit revealing that bricked up station entrance in particular. I have been on a former line before (Shipley via Idle and Thackley) that I think might connect with that one at some point and/or possibly the Tyseral bit.
Thank you for another great video. Cheers Darren.
Hi Darren , I have been following your videos with great interest for a while and I appreciate all the time and effort you put into your videos being a Leeds lad I find the local history very interesting the lost stations of Pudsey was amazing and informed me about the track beds I walk along with my dog daily if you ever get time there was a railway line from Arthington to Burley in Wharfedale I remember Otley station being demolished in the late 60's I was 10 and the line from from Guiesley to Yeadon station just off Henshaw lane there are still some bridges track beds and abutments remaining once again many thanks you make history interesting
I live in Bramley and really enjoyed that bit of history. I didn’t know that’s where stanningley station used to be. Thanks for the insight. Very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching.
At 10.43 on the video, you will see an aisle at the side of the blue building. The bottom section has a different colour concrete. 17-18 years ago, the original concrete cracked and sank some 6-9 inches. When the builder came to repair it, he ended up pouring ton after ton of hardcore into it. If you look at the B&W image at 8.29, you can see the repair lines up with the tunnel entrance.
Additionally, at the centre of the image, just out of sight at the top, there is a large circle track which was covered over with tarmac about 15 years ago.
And, finally, the image at 10.57 is the rear of the big shed, the top right quarter of the image at 8.29.
Again, thanks Keith. It could possibly be the subway.
Hi Darren, more great memories from yesteryear. Where the arches are at Stanningley Bottoms I recall is where the Bradford Trolley Buses used to turn round, all change for Leeds!!
Granville, you must mean the trams. The trolleybuses never made it any further east than Thornbury.
@@DaveinLeeds Would that be Leeds trams and Bradford Buses that met there. A long time ago and not my side of Leeds but remember visiting parental friends in Bradford and seeing the blue and cream BCT.
@@granvillefoster6719; I believe that the Leeds and Bradford trams ran on different gauges and that both ran to Stanningley, but the different gauges meant that through working was not possible, so a tram passenger would certainly have to change. I arrived in the area in the late 1960s and then, and for perhaps some time after, Bradford ran a no, 9 bus service to Stanningley, but the trolleybuses certainly didn't get any further than the big roundabout at Thornbury. Maybe someone else who reads this can clarify!
@@DaveinLeeds The Leeds and Bradford trams ran a through service between 1907 and 1918 using cars with sliding axles to change gauge from 4' (Bradford) to 4' 8.1/2" (Leeds). Leeds trams continued to run into Stanningley before turning up Richardshaw Lane as part of the Pudsey route which closed in 1939. Bradford trams continued to run to Stanningley until 1942, but trolleybuses never got beyond Thornbury roundabout
Leeds trams terminated at fleece hotel stanningley road
Great 3 videos
Hi! It’s me again, lol. Before Stanningley bypass the land the was a flooded lagoon, as kids we would visit it and play. In the water were three large aluminium doors filled with cork, and wood therefore they would float like a raft, sadly it was also used as a tipping point so there were hazardous materials such as broken glass and pottery.
Still you could have fun pretending to be pirates, or castaways on a raft. Fond memories of playing around there. Frogs an tadpoles, wildlife too, it was a dump alright, but a venture park for us kids
Thanks for the memories
Great stuff Darren, I can remember the bridge on Mount Pleasant Road as I went to the primary school just up the road. The railway was in a deep cutting here but it leveled out as it entered the farm fields beyond, this was before the bypass was built. I can remember the underpass at Stanningley Station, there was a long covered walkway that sloped down to it from the station. It was quite spooky at night!
Thanks yorkie. As I suspected.
@@AdventureMe I've not been back to Pudsey since the 1980's, your videos have given me the spur to go back there and revisit my youth. Many thanks for your work it means a lot.
Good evening Darren just watched your Pudsey to bramley loop very interesting i used to live in station terrace across the road from bramley station played round there in my younger days back then we signed a partisan to have bramley station re opened and as you said just a glorified bus stop really enjoyed the old look back to how it was now looking forward to the next installment best wishes kevin
Thanks Kevin. Glad it's still open at least.
That was just lovely thanks what a shame those stations were destroyed looked gorgeous. Thanks for taking me along and stay safe
Thanks Linda. Hope you are keeping well.
I am thanks so much
Another very enjoyable exploration of Pudsey past and present , I have heard that the goods shed at Stanningley once contained a large map of the Great Northern rail network inside. Not sure if it is still there now.
Would love to know.
I was a Child during WW2 and lived with my Grandma on Stanningley Town Street. Opposite Grandma's House was George Cohen's Munition Factory and they had a little Steam Engine, it used to cross the Road several times a day carrying stuff. we could hear it coming! I imagine it must have gone to the main Railway line. I went to Stanningley National School, but that's vanished! I can't find any history about that. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it Kathleen. Thanks.
I live just off swinnow lane ❤❤ been here 50 years now 😊
Hi Darren... great vid... brought back memories from the early 80's. .. I used to travel every day from Bramley to the city for work. The station then was even less, and there were certainly no trees on the other side of the tracks. I can also remember that on a regular basis trucks used to get stuck under the first bridge as it is very low. Next summer if uou want a week away, walk the Scarborough to Whitby line... you'll love it.
Andy. South Australia
Thanks Andy. Yes I will check it out soon.
Just to the right of bramley station was turner tanning ltd did my apprenticeship their they were sidings going into the sheds believe they were built for the war effort as the sheds were called gun shop etc.
Excellent series of videos keep it up 👍
Leeds and the surrounding areas have amazing histories. It's great to see someone making videos about it, continue what you're doing! More in Leeds please! I hear Headingley and Woodhouse have a secret tunnel to Kirkstall Abbey!?
Thanks, will do!
Yet another great video which I have shared with a school mate who lived in Farsley but now works in Florida. Really pleased to hear of plans to explore what is left of the branch lines from the East Ardsley to Pudsey line. My childhood home was in Tingley and I have maps of the branch onto the Beeston and Batley line dated 1908 and 1932. Also an old photograph showing a train passing the Tingley gas works. If they are any interest to you let me know.
Thanks Chris, yes please send them to adventuremee@gmail.com
Wow. This is so interesting. I live down the road from Bramley and seeing these old pictures are so cool..thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
I lived just off mount pleasant road and as a kid we would use the disused railway to get to Fulneck, complete with packed lunch of course. We also used to play on the station at Bramley but i probably shouldn't say that hehe. Great memories!
Thanks for the memories John. I used to play in the greenside tunnel.
7 am here in Florida and brewing a fresh pot of coffee. Let’s go on with today’s video before my children wake up. Ha ha
Thanks Patrick. Greetings to Florida.
Thank you. I live in Pudsey. I used to live near the Greenside tunnel and walked through it regularly,usually for a dare, in my youth.I now live in Stanningley not far from the builders yard. The old goods building is,to my eyes, quite beautiful.
Hi mate I have the disused railway at the back of my house daleside road Pudsey we have the bridge filled in on Bradford road Pudsey either side it used to run through Pudsey park from greenside before lowtown pudsey
Thanks for sharing! I used to walk the tunnel too.
Look at the bottom of Gladstone terrace which is further towards Bramley Station direction from where the Stanningley station was.
There is tunnel access. Which would take you to the rear of britvic.
I used to work for The British Transport police and covered all these stations in the early 90’s so know the areas you’re walking very well. I would have loved to have seen the grand old buildings that were there in times gone by, it’s so sad that they’re assigned to history now. I love your videos! Thank you! 😁🙌
Thanks Michaela. Glad they are of some use to people. I enjoy doing them.
Wait we only got rid of them in the 90s ffs
Great piece, I was a conductor on the route for many years and didn't know a lot of that stuff existed. Great series thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it. More to come.
Great video Darren and fantastic stitching together of the old and new photo's.
Many thanks!
Hi Darren, another extremely fascinating video! Especially the old pictures of how some of the locations looked.
Steve
Many thanks!
Lots of memories for me there, thank you. I never knew about Stanningley station and I have been past it hundreds of times!
Glad you enjoyed it. Glad to help.
Thanks
No problem. Thanks 👍
Hi again....I used to explore around and old ..what I thought was a quarry it’s got a chute into the canal and some old buildings are still there in the woods it’s down newly lane in Bramley just before the canal there’s a passing place on your right ..hop over the wall there and your in...be interesting to see what you make of it .....be careful there are some steep drops in there !
Sounds good Marc, I'll have a look into it soon.
Very informative video, I've learnt some more about these lines despite living only 5-10 mins on foot from the current Bramley station and a few minutes from the Swinnow Lane bridges. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Love this I have tryed to follow it on Google earth years back as you can see the land scaring, so cool to see it been followed on paths I walk!
Yes and a lot of it is still accessible, which is good.
I'm hooked amazing stuff
I helped build that Gibbs and dandy building and there was a subway under there with the white rectangular tiles on the walls
Brilliant Martyn. Was it filled in?
@@AdventureMe yes that building is on top ov it
4AM here near Seattle, Washington. Woke up with a cat dancing on my chest (which sounds naughtier than it is I assure you). Coffee is brewing, and I'm about to get stuck into this video.
Few things are better than sitting down early in the morning with a fresh cup of coffee and watching these videos.
Thanks Lionel. Greetings to Seattle.
its truly amazing just how much infrastructure we have lost.
It sure is, and I get to discover it again hopefully.
Oh for those black and white days!!! Well done Darren for trying to find how it used to be, bit of a nightmare with all the level changes and new housing. 👍
Thanks Bob. It is, so hard to picture it now.
That was very interesting. Thank you for posting. I grew up in Bramley in the 60s so the peripherals of your video were the most interesting to me.
My pleasure!
At 10:20 in the video, you're at the old station entrance off Rickershaw Lane, opposite is the Great Northern Hotel, named after the railway company that built the line, a railway hotel near the station as you find at most railway stations, and it's still open, covid restrictions permitting.
Thanks David. Never noticed the hotel.
My Mum lived in an apartment in an old Wool Baron's mansion called Stanningley Hall. Her tree swing was dangerously close to the tracks 😆
Love all these videos. As a kid in the 70's (a'hem) I remember seeing the old railways being torn up and Leeds changing a lot. Good to see some of these hidden areas that I half remember from childhood. Any chance you can venture north one time to cover Harrogate and Ripon and maybe some of the old mines over near Pateley?
Hi Samantha, I will be heading up north at some point. My aim is to get all railways and stations in Yorkshire eventually.
@@AdventureMe Excellent :)
Really nice history again and using my imagination to see how you talk about the History how things used to be. Thank you Darren xx
My pleasure!
Interesting vlog mate , great to see the goods shed is still standing.
Sure is, it was a nice surprise.
@@AdventureMe I live near to the goods shed, I didn't know it was there & is nice to see that some things are still standing. I grew up near Dudley Hill station (I never knew it existed). I do remember watching the trains on the line as a child on Tyersal Lane in Bradford back in the mid to late 1970s, the bridge is still there.
Nice video mate If you go on the bramley train in to Bradford and then in to Halifax you can see all the old track lines ect the train system was so much more back in the days. I love the history what was around us before I was born. Keep up the good work respect 💪
Thanks for the info
@@AdventureMe also in bramley at the bradford side of the track there is a old opening door with steps that you can no longer access on foot but you can see it clearly
Your videos are great and so interesting. Glad I found your channel. Obviously I've subscribed. 👍
Another point of interest, is at 10 minutes and 30 seconds. Walking up Richardshaw Lane just on the corner where you stopped to point down the road, you unwittingly passed by 2 concrete stubs protruding out of the pavement. In Victorian times these were stepping stones so that people could easily step down from stagecoaches, so that part of Stanningley has always been associated with transportation
Thanks Tony.
Really enjoyed this, very interesting explore. 😎
Thanks 👍
Another brilliant video mush
Thanks again mush!
Very interesting Video as always.
Thanks Jonathan
Thanks for the shout out. Made me smile. Take care and keep going. Really enjoying these vids.
I couldn't resist when I saw it.
Hello. So I have a lot of history with the Lowtown area of the 'banking' as we used to call it near the 3 arched bridge. Just where you started this video, behind you was were my family home was for the first 20 years of my life. Just a couple of points out of interest. The cutting was far deeper than it is now after it was partially filled in with the bridge on Mount Pleasant being filled in and the actual stone walls knocked down and dumped to one side of the road on either side. The one on the overgrown bit are still there but pretty well buried now.
On the school fields at St. Josephs. The old line ran down what is now the rugby pitch which drops down a lot from where you were stood. You can just make out the top of the rugby posts :)
The branch line on Swinnow lane. You must have missed the name of the road that Britvic is on, Intercity Way. I do believe it follows the old branch route hence the name.
I didn't notice the road name, thanks for that. Did you watch the previous episode to this?
@@AdventureMe Yes I did, was going to comment but got distracted :D Great videos though, interesting to see the old haunts as we live in North Yorkshire now. The original 3 arched bridge was for land access for the farmer apparently. There's actually a preservation order on the bridge hence it's never been knocked down and replaced with houses. It's a shame it's being left to fall down but I guess that's the only way the council can sell the land eventually.
Lovely video keep up the awesome work also love your car :)
Thanks a ton!
Another good one Darren😀
Thanks again!
I’m not familiar with the area but this is a fascinating video.
Hi Darren - As expected, you certainley triggered some memories around the area. I spent all of my younger years there, and used Bramley & Stanningley stations as a kiddie with my parents. It was much grander in those days, and such a shame to see the new 'Bramley Bus Stop' as it is now. I also went through the Stanningley station underpass many times when I was young, and all the smells of railway grease came flooding back. I also remember how many rail lines there was in the goods yard at the back, and very surprised to see the goods shed still standing. A great recap of things past & present - Thank you.
As an aside, the old bit of Pudsey loop you couldn't walk was of course dug out to make the Stanningley By-Pass as it is today. Blaster Bates was the one employed to use his explosive skills to remove the rock!
Thanks Kay. Enjoyed the memories.
"Hi Darren, Another Fantastic Vid. Ive had a look my self around these bits. Have we really moved forwards getting rid of the Railways. Id love to travel back intime and see it! What a Great Railway ststem we had. Im going to tek my dog try find that brige over the mainline. I grew up on side of New Pudsey station as a teapot lid" haha. That was Great as kid in 80s. But nothing like What me Dad Saw at the other Stations.
Cheers You vids are great. Really great! Pieceing up bits ive missed!!! Love it. Stay safe mate. Grant : )
"Have you ever been to Earlseaton tunnel" and Dewsbury Area???. Plenty to find and see up here. I moved up here 15years ago. Been hedge hopping and draggin dog everwhere!!! Haha. Bye Mate. "Your a Great Host aswel"
Thanks mate. Much appreciated. I will check out the earlseaton tunnel.
@@AdventureMe Hi forgot to mention Dewsbury "Central Station" to right of Dewsbury market and Station in pub. Building still there but Rail bed and station top platform and canopy has gone now. Now its all new Road layout and and the goods yard is a retail park..Matalan..Pound store....so on. If you want some info where bits are hidden. Give me a message. Id be glad to help you & put my clambering threw bushes over the last few years to some use..haha. ive linked Earlseaton threw to dewsbury Central on to Batley station then on to Batley park, and bits in Birstall. Batley Station up threw shawcross to chickenley .Theres so much great Brickwork , Archeres, Viaducts.. to be seen. There was a 3rd Dewsbury Station aswel. Let me know Anytime you get around to looking up here. Cheers Grant .
Lived in Bramley before moving to Robin Hood. Great video
Thanks Gavin.
Great video ...
You wanna do methley station, but I did hear there are going to reopen methley station again.
Thanks. I have already covered all the Methley stations. Check out my uploads on the channel and search for "Methley Joint Railway".
At 11.16, left bottom quarter, there are 2 walls - one with rounded top and another coming off it at angle. I believe this to be the remains of the signal box…and if you push your way through the undergrowth to the hidden part of the wall (going toward the shed), you will see the remains of the buildings’ original fireplace!
Fascinating, thanks Keith.
Very good. Meriden, Kansas
Thank you.
Ha it’s a small world I saw you filming on the bridge when I was on the way back to pickups business park on Grangefield road
Haha, you should have said Hi.
High Royds Hospital, Menston (the former "mental asylum) had its own railway constructed during construction of the hospital to transport building materials. It ran through what is now an ambulance station on Buckle Lane. The bridge is still there which is sealed but can still be seen. There is also the bed of the track that runs by the graveyard that houses unmarked graves with a bit of track commemorated with a plaque still visible. Maybe of interest to you?
Cheers Ross. I'll look into that.
Another good detailed video! :) Ive said it before but br should have shut the stations until they could have affored to reopen them and today the uk would be so much easier to get about and most likely wouldnt have seen a car boom in the 80s/90s. It makes no sense why they didnt close the outer town of pudsey route instesd
I agree Sean, must be down to money.
That gate that you walked up to the lead out to the tracks it looks like a medieval gate 😯😯with spikes on the top I guess they don’t want you to jump that gate
Probably not, I wouldn't fancy my chances.
@@AdventureMe 😯👍🏼
They do regret closing the pudsey loop it would help today with all the traffic. they should reopen the line instead of plans ripping a road through blackcar wood's
I agree.
I wonder if any other station in the UK has replaced three previous ones; New Pudsey replaced Lowtown, Greenside and Stanningley. Travelled to Stanningley on its last day, closed same day as Leeds Central.
Probably not. Methley has lost all three stations but no replacement.
i am not in the usa but enjoying in dewsbury darren
Thanks Chris. Good old Dewsbury.
Your videos are very good but what do you know about cider annies down Gibraltar Pudsey ?
Only the stories I have read online. I don't have any personal connection with that part of the story even though I'm from the area.
Rodley/ Calverley lost station could make an interesting video mate 👍
On my list mate. Looking forward to that one. Thanks
@@AdventureMe Brilliant
Hi I've got a railway line runs down back of daleside road Pudsey the bridge is top of street either side Bradford road pudsey it went to horsforth then through to greenside
Quality, I am a west leeds lad,I know these areas, have you looked at evidence for mud floods in the area?.
Thanks Kevin. Mud Floods??
It's a shame they tore down all that history. Great series.
Thank you.
They replaced some beautiful buildings with a bus shelter! I hope they had a good reason for it.
Just typical cost cutting
Please investigate the wetherby tunnel i live in Wetherby
I will get there eventually. Not far from me.
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Thank you.
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11:20 thats my dads van😂😂😂
Sssshh, he was sleeping on the job. lol
Another great video, Darren!
It doesn't make sense for the idiot planners to permit buildings on the disued railway track, as it makes the new West Yorkshire rapid transit more expensive for current taxpayers.
a lots changed in time old replaced with new & a lot gone for good
True Jason.
@@AdventureMe a lot of places on your vids i passed & never knew were there simply because they have been destroyed & left for nature to take over also a lot of railway infrstructure got totally eradicated meaning miles of embankment dug up & used else where cuttings infilled, i live near an area where they did just that they removed an embankment that cut right thru a village & used it to fill in the cutting just north of it, the only thing that remains of this is a short wall of a road over bridge, now the area your following ive never been to & have very little knowledge on i have been north of leeds to wetherby & thorpe arch even that location i have limited info on, being originally a county durham lad i moved to south yorshire & gained a lot of info of the railway, mining, the powerstations & how they all tie in with each other but sadly i know very little about the villages they served
Your infinitely better value broadcaster than Gary Linaker🤔👍💷💷💷
Wish I got paid 1/500th what he did, I'd be a happy man.
Swinnow is pronounced Swinn-ow.
I was close enough lol. I have lost my accent so it doesn't help my pronunciation these days.
@@AdventureMe careful, you'll end up a southerner!