A Journey to the Top of Wainhouse Tower. King Cross. Halifax

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  • @ladsonthetrails
    @ladsonthetrails 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video 👍 we are hoping to go in a few weeks and do some filming ourselves there. Those stairs go on and on I'm not best with heights so will have to see about going to top although the views are amazing.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You'll love it! Have a good time and thanks for the comment and for watching.

  • @elainehalliwell6791
    @elainehalliwell6791 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Oh wow that's blòody high 😂 . The abandoned terraces are cool I've not seen those before, maybe Calderdale might be cleaning them up after cutting brambles away .. cool video 👍

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They're great aren't they. They're very unique. Yeah....it took a while to get to the top 😊. Cheers

  • @Dave1975-n2o
    @Dave1975-n2o 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nearly see my old house in Hebden bridge from the top, on a clear day you probably could 😀

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aye, I reckon Hebden can be seen on a good day 😊

  • @stevenwade7466
    @stevenwade7466 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A magnificent chimney a work of art really. I hope the chimney is listed . Great video too.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks....and. yes. It's Grade 2 listed 🙂

  • @LaurentheHermit
    @LaurentheHermit 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I used to live in Hebden and always wondered about those terraces. You also went past my old house in one of your videos (opposite the old Walkleys clogs). I’m in Ireland now but I’m actually coming back and visiting Hebden tomorrow for a week. Maybe I’ll spot you on one of your adventures!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have a lovely return visit. Yeah...shout if you see me 😊. Is that the row next to the canal where you lived. My mums relations lived on the next row towards Mytholmroyd around the 60s. Have fun 😁

    • @LaurentheHermit
      @LaurentheHermit 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@matparks08 yes, the ones sat right into the canal bank.

  • @CoralieFrankland
    @CoralieFrankland 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mum lived in Washer Lane as a child. She said her Grandfather was a mason here. She got the keys and took my brother sister and up there in the late 1960`s I have photos of us standing on that first viewing terrace. Climbed all those step Now living in Dorset. Would have loved to have seen Wainhouse terrace restored

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's good, to have a key to visit when you like 😊. Yeah, I hope what remains of the terrace is saved soon.

  • @davidfitzgerald4003
    @davidfitzgerald4003 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My Dad's in that cemetery. Great views.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its a nice little cemetery. Thanks for watching 😊

    • @davidfitzgerald4003
      @davidfitzgerald4003 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matparks08 🍻👍

  • @amp1
    @amp1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video. Last time I went up there was in the early nineties. Wouldn’t be able to do it now.❤

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks 😊. Yeah, i think late 80s for me as It was pre-high school. 😊

    • @DownhillAllTheWay
      @DownhillAllTheWay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It would be a bad place to lose your footing and fall down the stairs!

  • @TheBaldricksPlan
    @TheBaldricksPlan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the video, Matt. Just a couple of observations. There looks to be a lot of Nov. 5th bonfire material with those brambles. Secondly, I bet you were praying not to have to pass anyone going up and down those stairs.😊

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers. Yeah, it's good they tidied up a bit....but why leave it lying about?? And, yes,....half way down down and someone running up to the top. Extraordinary 😉

  • @theparadoxclub1326
    @theparadoxclub1326 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well done Matt…pity there wasn’t a coffee shop at the top…fantastic views once your up there

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Haha....just about room to breathe. Was surprisingly tight on that viewing platform. 😳 cheers....if you spot me on Friday in Salford, give us a wave 👋

    • @theparadoxclub1326
      @theparadoxclub1326 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@matparks08 will do Matt 👋👋

  • @ClaireVause
    @ClaireVause 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd never have known it looked like that at wainhouse terrace, very interesting

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. Yeah, it would have looked stunning in the past. 😊

  • @DownhillAllTheWay
    @DownhillAllTheWay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is said that Gustave Eiffel came over on holiday, and when he saw this tower, he exclaimed : "Zut alors - I sink I am starting to 'ave a leetle idea!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You may be on to something there....

  • @happyuk06
    @happyuk06 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Good lord that is a tall structure. It would be good if the community could restore those terraces. I hate seeing old buildings go to ruin unnecessarily.

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It certainly is....I didn't stay up there too long 😅. Yeah, I agree, surely they can be restored 🤔

  • @alanbeaumont6997
    @alanbeaumont6997 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I climbed the tower on the 6th of March!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same day as me 😊

  • @Meryt4973
    @Meryt4973 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ahh the Tower of Spite!

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed 😁

  • @DownhillAllTheWay
    @DownhillAllTheWay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gosh! Aren't we great at taking something elegant and turning it into a slum?! (the terraces)

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, it needs a bit of TLC 😊

  • @Jay77G
    @Jay77G 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Spidey is that you?

    • @matparks08
      @matparks08  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A different Parker 😉

    • @Jay77G
      @Jay77G 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @matparks08 😁👍