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Didnt know they were doing that.. and i grew up in newbold

Thorpe Park or Alton Towers in the background maybe as i can hear the rollercoaster 😅

Occasionally, my parents would travel to Finedon to buy us kids' shoes. Finedon is synonymous with shoe manufacturing, and around 1086, it was called Tingdene.

My mum's parents moved from Islington, London, to 19 Valley Road, Wellingborough, in the early '60s. My grandfather moved with his company to Wellingborough instead of searching for a new job in Islington when his company relocated. Mum used to take my sister and me with her to see her parents once a week. I still have a few family members on my mum's side living there. I visited Valley Road about two years ago for the memories. Valley Road and adjacent areas have mostly stayed the same. It was like going back in time.

Had some fun times messing around the quarry and the railway tunnels when I was a kid Loads of stuff to see in Rugby. Didn't know about HS2 spoil being dumped will drag the family down there. Cement works is called Cape Canaveral. We don't see it as being huge as it's just something that's always there. Keep it up 😀

The Blue Lias Quarry, which is now called Southam Quarry, is 12 miles away from your location, and it’s just outside the village of Long Itchington just off the A423

I wonder how many years it will take to fill that quarry ?

Hi Dave, Your drone footage was great, Shame they could not reopen the Rugby to Leamington line.

Does that also include all of OUR money they have wasted on this white elephant just to move the high and might between London and Birmingham 35 mins quicker.

Nice to see HS2 returning the quarry back to nature

Absolutely brilliant mate. You moved us on April 5th . Rushden .. can’t fault ya

Must visit again soon, visit long overdue.

Hi Dave i met you at the 2023 Rushden Station Model show, i had a battle of Britain display, Rugby is my home town, the large round tank contains slurry pumped from Dunstable to Rugby to make the cement now that the quarry has finished. Excellent video's Dave,

I'm moving from Irthlingborough to Rugby this week, it was nice to get a video in Rugby! :D

They are also dumping the waste in the old Barrington cement works, another quarry owned by rugby cement.🤔

A “muck depot”.

Also POTTERIC CARR nature reserve in Doncaster used to be railway siding and i believe that there is still some evidence of it, there is an old railway walk for the old Rossington Colliery. Also there is still evidence of old railway siding in ST JAMES CHURCH CAR PARK which is not far from Doncaster Station.

If you like train spotting you should come to Doncaster, we have 9 platforms 0 to 8 but there are loads of different train operating companies and fraight trains that operate through Doncaster as a lot of lines converge at Doncaster. Also a few miles out of Doncaster is Connisbrough Castle and a massive old railway viaduct which you can get to by catching a local train from Doncaster. You can climb to the top of Connisbrough Castle Keep and get views of the viaduct from there. The viaduct crosses the river Donn and consists of 14 arches built from brick and a steel central area, the viaduct is owned by Sustans and you can walk or cycle accross it. There is also Cadeby tunnel which is not far away which is from a different railway, but i dont know how you get to it, you would have to look it up.

Wow amazing how much of the station is left, very interesting to see, i havnt seen this on utube before.

Interesting to see where they are dumping the spoil, you can see why they chose that site, its a massive hole to fill, i hope they do landscape it and not just leave it, we will see.

Are they gonna convert it into a golf Course ??

Cheers Purple, that time of year again?, crickey. All the best.

Hi purple from Dan

Looks like great fun for you guys we had somthimg a little differnt for us but it was still good hope to see you soon purple and the family love Maddie

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I used that footpath near the start of the video to cycle to work up until 1964. I think I would also have used to two tunnels at the start of the video to get to and from Newbold Road. The two quarries had been worked out by then. I think the circular tank at about seven minutes is was the tank with a central mounted stirring arm. It received slurry through a pipe big enough to crawl through. Which I remember being installed. It came from workings the other side of the A5.

Hi Dave. Southam cement works used to be just as good. I think its closed now. caroline.

Why was the Land Rover discovery fenced off I need the windscreen, the music reminds me of jean Michel jah from the early 1980s, his China album was cool, fantastic job your skills are much appreciated

Cheers Purple, yes great scenes from Rugby Cement, remember their Lorries, orange weren’t they? The Station used to be busy and the Test House just still in use as I remember. All the best for now and thank Jamie for the soundz.

Hey, I feel I know you, but I totally don't, I grew up in earls barton and went to John Lea school, I'm 45! Love your videos! How old are ypu? What school did you go too. Keep up the good work 😊

Great memories for me aswell.Mum used to take me and my brothers over to northampton to shop.Nice work Purple.Any chance of a video on Wollaston,a great village with lots of history.👍

FLEA CIRCUS 🪰🎪

Why the hell would somebody do this? Sad. I'm afraid security cameras are necessary.

I didn't realise you worked with ABBUTT'S, I pass the fleet every day going to Leyland Trading Estate...Brilliant aerial shots....What drone do you use?...All the best...

Ooh artle nock Higher ferrets Findersdom Addington bears Ringpeice Gedding there Rantz where the dugz dance Uuuurrrzden Stan wick

Liking the music very much!!

Thanks

It’s amazing to see how the churches still dominate the villages even though they’re seldom used. I look forward to seeing more in the series.

Noticed in the description the failed dual-carriage - was the A4500 originally intended to be a dual-carriage way and any idea how comes it was never completed?

Lovely video, looking forward to seeing Rushden

Cheers Purple, when you get away from the development theirs some lovely areas about still. Keep going and all the best.🤙

She probably wouldn't recognise ya anyway now ya had ya haircut 😂😂😂

Hi purple 😊 Really enjoyed looking down on these views 👍If you get a chance could ya soar above Irchester and country park including the rail line?BTW was ya with Abbotts at Chippenham close,Mary saw the vans while walking dog but couldn't see ya about 😊

Looks like W’boro has changed a bit since I lived down there in the early 2000’s. The embankment park down by Hovis next to the Nene always flooded and at Billing, the sewerage works flooded and run over the aquadrome camping fields. 🤢🤢

How Long was the Journey Purple

Excellent video Purple! I always enjoy your videos - informative and your tremendous passion and enthusiasm for disused railways always comes across. I’ve enjoyed your videos around Rugby. Do you think you’ll make a video of the Rugby New Bilton freight line that’s recently come back into use to put HS2 spoil into the old Cemex/Rugby cement quarry? Keep up the good work and best regards.

Takes me back to when i used to drive them, Northampton-Wellingboro'-Kettering-Corby-Oundle- Peterboro' I was based in Kettering Depot

I did not expect this mega sound track! I love to ride my bike from my daughter’s house taking this route. Hope you and yours are keeping well.

Journey time?

Free bus journey 😃