I can't believe I just sat and watched nearly 40 minutes about a reservoir and found it far more interesting than most of the rubbish coming out of Hollywood these days. Brilliant work by everyone involved. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to watching lots more.
So glad you found us and welcome to our community. We had some great people who have done some good things for Bradford in the past. We had to dedicate this piece for such people. Thanks for watching 👀
An epic effort from an elite team of historians... fascinating and enlightening from beginning to end. Andrew Bolt's archive and knowledge is second to none! Well done, guys.
Great video of a place I have been going to regularly for approx 50 years as my Grandad and Great Grandad both worked up there My Grandad used to be able to get a key for the bottom gate (locked in those days) from Bradford City Hall then at 9 years old he let me drive his car up the private road to the Dam and we would have a good look around while he told me about life up there, and how he rode his motorbike back to Greengates in Bradford to "Court" my Nana. I took him to many of the reunions that occurred up there of the workers and their families, and have been going up regularly since There is even a photo of my Grandad as a worker on one of the Yorkshire Water Information boards by the car park Andrew Bolt has also written a superb book on the history of Scar. Great job guys.
Thank you for taking the time out to give us an indepth comment about your experience of the place. Really does help us paint a picture together as a community. I have Andrews Book. Incredible work. Keep in touch and thanks again.
My Grandfather was the foreman in charge of the gangs that laid the pipework to Chellow Heights, Bradford. I understand that there are no pumping stations and the water simply flows under gravity.
My Great Grandfather Joseph Storey was a driver/fitter on the Nidd valley railway he work untill 1930 when the engines were sold off, one of engines is at Embey railway near Skipton, William & Arthur Storey were directors of quarrys nearby at time,
The old canteen is now in Darley Village, North Yorkshire. The Hall was originally the canteen at Scar House Reservoir and was transported down the Dale and re-built to become what was referred to as 'the Marriage Bureau of the Dale' as so many local people met their partners at the dances.
You should do the history on the building opposite Laural care home cant remember the street or the road name. Good vlog. And do the history on willow bank care home , wat was it build on coz its hunted.
Wow...amazing. What a wander through history. There's similar spots (not as big) around Widdop where buildings and bridges once stood whilst reservoirs were built. Will go and visit this spot. 😊
Very interesting, and nice to know that these places are connected to Bradford and its where some of the water essentially comes from, looks like a very clean part of the country aswell i.e. a nice countryside
I know this is off topic but the house in Emmerdale where Rishi s dad lived and now Amit and /sunni live there is that in Bradford area? it looks old has it any historical history before being used for Emmerdale?
@@BradfordThroughTheLens its a major feat of engineering. Architect, William Illingworth must have had a few sleepless nights … lol So if I am correct he did two firsts. He designed the Odeon, the first cinema in Britain to be purpose-built for ‘talkies’ and also the then highest reservoir at 71m in England at the time. He clearly liked to do things better than anyone else. Wouldn’t it be fascinating to go back in time and be a fly on the wall watching the day to day activities of his office. I wonder how much hands on he was and how much was delegated to his employees. Its truly astonishing what came out of that office. 😀
@@Janetgreen64 He never designed the reservoirs, he was deputy chairman of the water committee and turned on the water but all at the same time of the New Vic. He has done many other things for Bradford.
@@BradfordThroughTheLens are you sure ? I read that the design was based on others but that he was responsible for implementing the final adaptations to fit the requirements needed . Although I do get things wrong as you might have noticed 🤣
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I can't believe I just sat and watched nearly 40 minutes about a reservoir and found it far more interesting than most of the rubbish coming out of Hollywood these days. Brilliant work by everyone involved. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to watching lots more.
So glad you found us and welcome to our community.
We had some great people who have done some good things for Bradford in the past.
We had to dedicate this piece for such people.
Thanks for watching 👀
An epic effort from an elite team of historians... fascinating and enlightening from beginning to end. Andrew Bolt's archive and knowledge is second to none! Well done, guys.
What a video this one of your best ever so much history on our door steps,and not more than half an hour away 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching my friend.
Great video of a place I have been going to regularly for approx 50 years as my Grandad and Great Grandad both worked up there
My Grandad used to be able to get a key for the bottom gate (locked in those days) from Bradford City Hall
then at 9 years old he let me drive his car up the private road to the Dam and we would have a good look around while he told me about life up there,
and how he rode his motorbike back to Greengates in Bradford to "Court" my Nana.
I took him to many of the reunions that occurred up there of the workers and their families, and have been going up regularly since
There is even a photo of my Grandad as a worker on one of the Yorkshire Water Information boards by the car park
Andrew Bolt has also written a superb book on the history of Scar. Great job guys.
Thank you for taking the time out to give us an indepth comment about your experience of the place.
Really does help us paint a picture together as a community.
I have Andrews Book. Incredible work.
Keep in touch and thanks again.
Another brilliant story about our history thankyou
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Absolutely fascinating so much history ,thank you
Thank you 👍🏾
My Grandfather was the foreman in charge of the gangs that laid the pipework to Chellow Heights, Bradford. I understand that there are no pumping stations and the water simply flows under gravity.
That's amazing.
Yes , amazing engineering.
Thanks for your comment.
Absolutely fascinating Riaz, l never knew all that history was right on our doorstep.
I must have a trip up there soon.
Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you.
It's absolutely beautiful up there.
Enjoy :-)
My Great Grandfather Joseph Storey was a driver/fitter on the Nidd valley railway he work untill 1930 when the engines were sold off, one of engines is at Embey railway near Skipton, William & Arthur Storey were directors of quarrys nearby at time,
Excellent background information.
Appreciate your input, and thanks for watching 👀
The old canteen is now in Darley Village, North Yorkshire. The Hall was originally the canteen at Scar House Reservoir and was transported down the Dale and re-built to become what was referred to as 'the Marriage Bureau of the Dale' as so many local people met their partners at the dances.
Interesting information, and thanks for watching 👀 👍🏻
Love the history and the content, so fascinating I love channels like this 😎😎
Thank you.
Glad you found us. 👍
Thanks guys another fascinating video!
Superb,documentary..
Thank you
A fantastic watch - we need a part 2 following the aqueduct to Chellow Heights 👍
You should do the history on the building opposite Laural care home cant remember the street or the road name.
Good vlog.
And do the history on willow bank care home , wat was it build on coz its hunted.
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Wow...amazing. What a wander through history. There's similar spots (not as big) around Widdop where buildings and bridges once stood whilst reservoirs were built. Will go and visit this spot. 😊
Thank you.
I hope to see you upload your video soon.
Thanks for posting, lovely area for walking. The old tech & gravity feed so advanced it’s ahead of us now
@@jogon7950 Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you.
Very interesting, and nice to know that these places are connected to Bradford and its where some of the water essentially comes from, looks like a very clean part of the country aswell i.e. a nice countryside
Thankyou for sharing, very nice video
@@Cus2omBuilds Thank you. We really appreciate your input.
It's a beautiful place indeed.
I’ve read Andrew’s book , fascinating
I know this is off topic but the house in Emmerdale where Rishi s dad lived and now Amit and /sunni live there is that in Bradford area? it looks old has it any historical history before being used for Emmerdale?
Really interesting video. That dam wall is a thing of pure beauty. Absolutely fascinating 😃
It's beautiful. Even amazing that it was built at that time.
@@BradfordThroughTheLens its a major feat of engineering. Architect, William Illingworth must have had a few sleepless nights … lol So if I am correct he did two firsts. He designed the Odeon, the first cinema in Britain to be purpose-built for ‘talkies’ and also the then highest reservoir at 71m in England at the time. He clearly liked to do things better than anyone else. Wouldn’t it be fascinating to go back in time and be a fly on the wall watching the day to day activities of his office. I wonder how much hands on he was and how much was delegated to his employees. Its truly astonishing what came out of that office. 😀
@@Janetgreen64 He never designed the reservoirs, he was deputy chairman of the water committee and turned on the water but all at the same time of the New Vic.
He has done many other things for Bradford.
@@BradfordThroughTheLens are you sure ? I read that the design was based on others but that he was responsible for implementing the final adaptations to fit the requirements needed . Although I do get things wrong as you might have noticed 🤣
@@Janetgreen64 ha ha.
I will try find out for sure.
Thanks for asking...
Just one question, where did the waste go from the toilets?
Yes it had its own sewage works just down the hill from the old village, two round settling tanks…..
What a fascinating account, thank you for posting, you could have called into my house for a cuppa. Im just down Scar road.
Thank you for invite 😀
Really enjoy watching these sort of videos more its historical, can't say much more about half the garbage content found on youtube.
Thank you 👍🏾
In a 1000yrs time they will be claiming this was a temple site built by a long gone civilisation
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🤣 That's 👍🏽 True