The Railway you weren't Supposed to use! Salisbury and Dorset Junction.

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
  • #EveryDisusedStation #Abandoned #Railway
    Hey folks, welcome to what we think is Episode 39 of Every Disused Station. We walk along these old abandoned and disused railways to see what is left for us to document and enjoy. There are quite a few stories in this weeks episode. We hope you enjoy it.
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  • @kristinajendesen7111
    @kristinajendesen7111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    'Bree-more' 😄 - Brem-muh. I only know because I used to work with the old boys at Salisbury who used to work over that road.

  • @HoxieDan5369
    @HoxieDan5369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice haircut Rebecca! Great video! Thank you for taking the time. Enjoyed much.

  • @RalphEllis
    @RalphEllis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun fact:
    Verwood to Bornemouth took 20 minutes at most in 1880.
    Verwood to Bornemouth takes 60 minutes at least in 2021.
    R.

  • @jovanweismiller7114
    @jovanweismiller7114 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I like Rebecca's new 'do'!

    • @phillipsmiley5930
      @phillipsmiley5930 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont she looks better Brunette

    • @GRHDA
      @GRHDA 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Needs a top stylist,

    • @damianquin5233
      @damianquin5233 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just like Rebecca. Any colour except the red

  • @hullhistorynerd
    @hullhistorynerd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ah man, that canopy at Breamore Station is beautiful!

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Was a real treat seeing that place

    • @hullhistorynerd
      @hullhistorynerd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pwhitewick It looked incredibly peaceful!

    • @BEB1996
      @BEB1996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s a beautiful rare station building that’s been wonderfully preserved 😍

  • @simonlove974
    @simonlove974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Another great video, and a local one for me. Rumour has is that occasionally squaddies got off the train at Alderholt Station asking for directions to the barracks, so it's alleged that it was renamed to Daggons Road Station to avoid some confusion with Aldershot.

    • @gardengirl380
      @gardengirl380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My great grand-aunt ran the Station Hotel in Verwood (now The Albion) at the time of WW1. My grandmother also worked there and rumour has it that she met my grandfather, who was stationed at Blandford, when he used to march his troops past the pub

  • @alantunbridge8919
    @alantunbridge8919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a lifelong railway enthusiast I find these explorations of yours fascinating ,particularly when they cover lines that I either travelled on or was aware of e.g. the S & D, the Waverley route plus others. I left the U.K in 1973 dismayed at the destruction of the railways & other things for South Africa which still had a highly functioning predominantly steam loco. worked system only to see the same pattern repeated here from the late 1980’s onward. Alantunbridge

  • @geoffbrookes1641
    @geoffbrookes1641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    most enjoyable......both from the old railway perspective and the lovely Rebecca.....ooohh those leggings. 😅 . Well done 👍 both.

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really enjoyed that thanks. Some lovely countryside. Enjoying the history. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

  • @colinnutley6428
    @colinnutley6428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Great video Paul & Rebecca, I know the line (what's left of it anyway) quite well and can give you a little more information on both the Railway Hotel in Fordingbridge, and the station at Breamore (actually pronounced Bremmer for accuracy).

  • @160384Stig
    @160384Stig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’m from Downton originally, nice to see you back there, currently living between Breamore & Fordingbridge stations you visited, would have been great to bump into you 2 if I’d known you were in the area, been binge watching your back catalogue of videos for a fair while now, thanks again, a few bits I don’t know about the history of the line in this one.

  • @NathanS2022
    @NathanS2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The next part you guys need to do is from Hamworthy to Wimborne on the Castleman Trailway , And from Poole to Blandford on North Dorset Trailway !

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Castleman is definitely getting closer....

    • @NathanS2022
      @NathanS2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😁 can’t wait,

    • @underwaterdick
      @underwaterdick 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pwhitewick well as you started this one at Verwood, you need to start the Castleman at Ringwood, onto West Moors, Wimborne, Broadstone and Hamworthy.

  • @Lichfeldian--Suttonian
    @Lichfeldian--Suttonian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your videos help me, not only to know better about some of the dismantled railways that I have visited, you two bring a sense of me getting away from the stress humdrum of life for those valuable 15 minutes or so, to which I heartily thank you. Again a lovely video.

  • @jambarreturns9060
    @jambarreturns9060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Paul and the Lovely Rebecca, as ever, a great video from you both. Thank you 🙏

  • @janeashby7119
    @janeashby7119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have family members that live in Verwood near the Albion. I must take a look at that at some point!

  • @elliottjames8020
    @elliottjames8020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My Mother's family is from Breamore, there's a whole lot of them in the graveyard and on the war memorials, and the locals pronounce it Bremmer!

    • @BibtheBoulder
      @BibtheBoulder 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      People from Uttoxeter pronounce it "Utchutta"
      People from Wilnecote pronounce it "Wincut"
      People from Leicester pronounce it "less-tar"
      and so on and so on.....

  • @mileshigh1321
    @mileshigh1321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your getting on to almost 400 abandoned stations visited! Another lovely and interesting tour!

  • @nigelhall1961
    @nigelhall1961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video always makes my Monday morning coffee break better!

  • @simonwhiting4571
    @simonwhiting4571 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Been to Breamore several times but never walked as far north as you did. Awesome

  • @colinwilson3750
    @colinwilson3750 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that was some deep cutting just before the tunnel.

  • @TheEarthHistorysConfusing
    @TheEarthHistorysConfusing 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    loved this share thanks from Australia!.

  • @BenG1874
    @BenG1874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It’s Sunday! You guys and zero 🥰

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love the Mr Zero

  • @markblackford7271
    @markblackford7271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your new hair style suits you massively Rebecca

  • @christiancelticwarrior1222
    @christiancelticwarrior1222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a kid I helped restore Four Marks Station on the Watercress Line

  • @frankparsons1629
    @frankparsons1629 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah, "my" local railway, the Salisbury & Dorset Junc Rly! Opened 1866, closed 1964, surviving for only 98 years. At its southernmost point it had a junction with Castleman's Southampton & Dorchester Rly at West Moors, the northern end joined the Salisbury to Southampton Rly, trains then running on those metals to terminate at Salisbury station in a bay. Earlier in the mid-1840s a scheme to link the Dorset coast with Bristol and the Midlands was mooted. The first was the Salisbury & Dorsetshire Railway, announced in 1844 but never built. The Salisbury & Dorset Junc Rly (built 1866) was sadly just the stump of this first ambitious railway and linking the two LSWR main routes. A little story, the elderly couple still living, after the lines closure, at Daggons Road station (Alderholt), the lady used to catch the train to Fordingbridge of an evening to buy fish & chips then returning on the last train; she was often the only person on it! All the gas lamps were shut off after the last train had left but on a very rough night they would blow out and the station would be in darkness. Daggons Road stn was built after the opening of the railway, some 10 years later. By the way chaps - Breamore, a slightly odd name, which, by the locals (who know) is pronounced "Bremmer" - so there we are, mispronounce it at your peril.

  • @TIMMEH19991
    @TIMMEH19991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It doesn't seem like 3 years plus since you did Dowton tunnel vid! How time flies

  • @deansinger8285
    @deansinger8285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, what did I hear on the news today, train accident in Salisbury - hope the passengers in the carriages are OK plus staff ! Good video with the history .....

  • @navmantogo
    @navmantogo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video guys, so look forward to seeing the.

  • @petergrhill
    @petergrhill 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when the line was in use, and watched it get torn up. I use to live in Alderholt, was 6 years old when it closed

  • @dougmorgan3722
    @dougmorgan3722 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Railway Hotel at Fordingbridge has bedrooms named, and decorated, in the style of famous express trains such as Orient Express, etc. And the beer is good.

  • @Swindondruid2
    @Swindondruid2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, as always.

  • @marccarter1350
    @marccarter1350 ปีที่แล้ว

    How funny, i live in Salisbury, have road on my bike down that path, accessing via Oddstock. Now it makes sense what it was :-)

  • @pugthesecond
    @pugthesecond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Really enjoyed this one. When I was a nipper [I'm old now], our family got the train from Andover to Weymouth [for a very wet week in a little caravan] and here's the itinerary. Andover>Salisbury / Salisbury>Poole / Poole>Weymouth. Salisbury>Poole can only be the route you are featuring today.

  • @paulwilliams5713
    @paulwilliams5713 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the humour in the vids, make me giggle everytime

  • @michaelmiller641
    @michaelmiller641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Beautifully restored stations on that line, it appears! Lovely video, Paul and Rebecca!

  • @paulwheeler4283
    @paulwheeler4283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I honestly do love every single one of your videos you guys are truly inspiring

  • @armstrongleworthy5420
    @armstrongleworthy5420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thanks for all the interesting and informative stuff on your channel. As someone else has pointed out, the locals call it “Bremmer”.
    Have you found any remains of the tunnel between Alderbury and Downton? I believe it was used for landfill over 40 years ago.

  • @NOWThatsRichy
    @NOWThatsRichy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great little video, I know your first stop very well, the Albion pub at Verwood, with the old bridge next to it, some years ago, we often stayed at the nearby campsite, just a few yards to the west, you might even have walked by it!

  • @DeeLayy87
    @DeeLayy87 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh no! You missed the wonderful bridge just a bit further north!! If you’re local then it is worth going back to see it!

  • @nilo70
    @nilo70 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you both for making this happen. I particularly liked the old station, beautiful!

  • @barrythedieselelectricstea5217
    @barrythedieselelectricstea5217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    excellent video 👍love the done up station shame this railway come to an end was it because of lack of use that it closed 🤔

  • @Jimyjames73
    @Jimyjames73 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting - Thank you & have a nice trip at the end 😉🚂🚂🚂

  • @nigelh3253
    @nigelh3253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another high quality and informative video from you guys. Also well researched, with the filled in cutting, etc. Keep up the high class productions.

  • @robertwedd1111
    @robertwedd1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video - looking forward to the next one 👍

  • @EandEFC
    @EandEFC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Walked the line last year good to see it all again, Pub with a bridge is always good!

  • @Tbass17
    @Tbass17 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super local one for me! Living near the junction you mentioned between both disused lines 😅

  • @lapiswake6583
    @lapiswake6583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sad to hear of the accident last night in that area, glad it wasn't a head on collision or it would've been much worse.
    The token. A staff or tablet, maybe?

    • @LeoStarrenburg
      @LeoStarrenburg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The widowmaker ?

    • @NOWThatsRichy
      @NOWThatsRichy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A bit of a coincidence, since it mentioned an historic train crash at a junction in the Salisbury area, in a similar situation where one train hits the side of another one.

    • @brianfretwell3886
      @brianfretwell3886 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NOWThatsRichyNow they are blaming it on low adhesion and the train skidding. Leaves on the line?- I bet the Downton line had its trees kept pruned to stop that sort of thing.

  • @biggles50405
    @biggles50405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video again guys, wonderfully put five as usual..

  • @shirleylynch7529
    @shirleylynch7529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful day And great vlog. Very interesting. Most enjoyable.. Sad about the drownings though. Thank you for all your research

  • @bostonrailfan2427
    @bostonrailfan2427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the comedy bit at the start has me thinking that you could do a blooper reel in case you’re in need of a holiday or have to reupload a video due to something happening like this weekend’s train accident. surely blown takes, funny trips and stumbles, and other things happen.

  • @dustpanandthebrush5293
    @dustpanandthebrush5293 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic bean's guys fantastic watch

  • @keithingram44
    @keithingram44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Paul and Rebecca I work in Verwood I’m actually pick up one of my schoolchildren from Albion Way brilliant video just waiting for you two to do the Ringwood Ashley Heath Westmoors branch Line

  • @robw9994
    @robw9994 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this video. Keep 'em coming!!

  • @bobparsons77
    @bobparsons77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video - looking forward to the next one..keep em coming.

  • @IcenI_Koi
    @IcenI_Koi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing, fascinating.

  • @raytylicki9001
    @raytylicki9001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Boston has a dirt rail trail called reformatory branch that runs between Boston and Concord on former B&M RR. It is on MBTA oldest commuter system in USA

  • @rjking7800
    @rjking7800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. My childhood (90's) was spent in Moot Lane, Downton. I grew up with stories of the line from elderly neighbours. It had always captivated my imagination and in adulthood researched it heavily. In fact the reason I found your channel was the old Tunnel video. Thank you for the great content and hard work. Stay safe.

  • @simonbell2578
    @simonbell2578 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had no idea there was a railway from Salisbury to Downton, very interesting.

  • @lilchris26
    @lilchris26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos, keep them coming I look forward to your content.

  • @Randomstuffs261
    @Randomstuffs261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    10:10 Thinking about that tunnel, buried for 60 years... really captures my imagination

    • @160384Stig
      @160384Stig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The line closed 57 years ago, so would have been buried a bit more recently than 80 years ago 👍🏼

    • @Randomstuffs261
      @Randomstuffs261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@160384Stig My math bad, unless they buried it while it was still in use

  • @mkendallpk4321
    @mkendallpk4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Both very informative and interesting. Paul, you need to add that no graphics were harmed in the making of this video!

  • @robinnicholson4009
    @robinnicholson4009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid. I worked near Blandford so it's reasonably familiar. Sort of recognized the hedgerows!

  • @bellyruffian
    @bellyruffian 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and you were in my area which of course is the centre of the universe. I like the intro sequence and use of music, great work as always.

  • @ReubenAshwell
    @ReubenAshwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another brilliant video. :) Some very interesting stories as well.

  • @Trish1
    @Trish1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great local video of the abandoned line to Salisbury.
    Love that one of the stations has been restored.
    Breamore is definitely pronounced ‘Bremmer’ 👍

  • @patthewoodboy
    @patthewoodboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks , another great You tube channel

  • @wamgoc
    @wamgoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another superb video Guy’s! Always interesting and always informative!
    Love watching!👏👏👏👏

  • @brianwillson9567
    @brianwillson9567 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos are quite addictive. Full of information and delivered with a good sprinkling of humour. Well done.

  • @HenrysAdventures
    @HenrysAdventures 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video! Always enjoy it when you do an Every Disused Station video!

  • @davie941
    @davie941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    hi again paul and rebecca , another super cool video , really nice places again as always , well done and thank you so much for all you do on these videos 😃

  • @RobertSmith-zv1xo
    @RobertSmith-zv1xo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoyed this vlog! And so much to discover yet, so looking forward to the next one!

  • @bobsrailrelics
    @bobsrailrelics 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Another packed video. Be good to have a geo physical survey on that tunnel in true Time Team style.

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's a deeeeeeep dig Bob

  • @christinecrockford1654
    @christinecrockford1654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video your getting very close to West dorset lol Rebecca love the blonde suits u. I went blond to hide going grey and now could not be another colour lol if you ever get to do lyme or bridport disused railways, let me know and I'll give u both a ride in my Audi r8 v10 spyder if ud like? Lol x

  • @sawdoctor0
    @sawdoctor0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rebecca. We LOVE your new hairdo!!!

    • @sawyerhja
      @sawyerhja 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very smart indeed!

  • @SteveInskip
    @SteveInskip 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent vid! Looked like a very nice walk!

  • @TrevsTravelsByNarrowboat
    @TrevsTravelsByNarrowboat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the walks you do, local to where I was brought up.

  • @cliveburt2638
    @cliveburt2638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely part of the country.
    Wasn’t Salisbury in the news due a train crash at that junction.

  • @janetpowell4571
    @janetpowell4571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the video excellent

  • @Sim0nTrains
    @Sim0nTrains 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video, really enjoyed another Every Disused Station, Breamore station looked amazing

  • @valmentajat8267
    @valmentajat8267 ปีที่แล้ว

    The old line into Barmouth is a nice trek if your ever in North Wales

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, that really was sneaky. That old station really is lovely. That's great with that recent date, and the fact they've done that.

  • @johnmcdermott9516
    @johnmcdermott9516 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That should be a great cycle path to the New Forest.

  • @robinhayhurst5943
    @robinhayhurst5943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always a good watch!

  • @davidking9707
    @davidking9707 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Exploring old railways is a hobby of mine. The Didcot to Newbury is an interesting old railway to explore.

  • @BillySugger1965
    @BillySugger1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was born in Fordingbridge less than a year after the station closed. I remember the A338 Salisbury road crossing over the railway at Burgate but there’s no trace of the bridge or even the track bed there now.
    Oh and Breamore is pronounced Bremmer, like the impressionist Rory Bremner without the N.

    • @BillySugger1965
      @BillySugger1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And a sad coincidence that you released this video, describing these rail accidents, on the very day of the Salisbury rail crash in the Fisherton Tunnel, beneath St Marks.

  • @highpath4776
    @highpath4776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I must have driven under at least one of those road bridges on holidays etc to the west country in pre motorway days or exploring the area generally. fordingbridge and verwood could find a rail connection useful, especially those housing estates that have been built

  • @christinaburton9297
    @christinaburton9297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the blonde bob! Oh and Braemore!
    By the way , talking of dirty tricks, tried to get time table for Birmingham GWR Broad St. No time available. Same company which owned rail enquiries ran the Franchise to New Street .. Is Hurn still an hotel?

  • @quirkrail
    @quirkrail 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video.

  • @denniseldridge2936
    @denniseldridge2936 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, saw my surname atop the Railway Hotel - very cool :-) (Eldridge, that is hehe)

  • @rockerjim8045
    @rockerjim8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My cousin lived yards from the old track bed at Alderbury

  • @austin12ascot
    @austin12ascot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi. Nice to find out that you are locals. There are disused sidings that used to serve the chalk? pits at Wilton Road Salisbury. The Royal Train parked there overnight when the Queen visited a few years back.

  • @MrJimbaloid
    @MrJimbaloid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi you two I loved this vid very well filmed (By two lovely presenters) and very informative as always. Id love you two to come to Chesterfield and do what's left of the old GCR Chesterfield loop as there is loads of it and nearly (not all) of it and it's walkable as far as Rother Valley country park. I would love to do the walk as a guest.

    • @WardyLion
      @WardyLion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You and me both.

  • @alanwhite1458
    @alanwhite1458 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great classy video.

  • @ExploringWithEmAndStu
    @ExploringWithEmAndStu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting as always.. Would love to get down that way in the future to explore all these old railway 😊👍

    • @pwhitewick
      @pwhitewick  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quite a selection!... let us know if you want us to join you for a walk.

    • @ExploringWithEmAndStu
      @ExploringWithEmAndStu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pwhitewick Thanks that would be really great! Next time we are down that way we'll drop you a message 😊

  • @alanwhite1458
    @alanwhite1458 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A great video guys. Not seen one this good in a while. Thanks!

  • @sapiotone
    @sapiotone 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coincidentally, Alderbury is what they used to fill the Downton cuttings

  • @manmeetsinghmahajan6183
    @manmeetsinghmahajan6183 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one.

  • @robh9079
    @robh9079 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this! Yes 'brem' not 'breem'. Railway Hotel Fordingbridge is recently restored to it's original by a local businessman. Opposite F/B station, houses have been built over where the track was though beyond them is a section of path and a bridge. This section was quite a cutting and has been filled in - you can see the level difference either side of the main drag. F/B station building and the cutting was still there when I moved to the area mid 70s. I walked the section downton-alderbury some decades ago - have photos though don't suppose its changed much.

  • @stevefionda775
    @stevefionda775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video which brings back a lot of memories. I lived in Downton in the 70's and I remember walking through the Downton Tunnel with my mates it may have only been 90yds but it seemed to take ages. In those days the station at Downton was still there. oh and I also lived in Breamore which is actually pronounced Bremmer.

  • @truebrit3578
    @truebrit3578 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video. On your walks I often wonder how many miles you travel. This one looked quite lengthy.