What Remains of Once Wealthy Bradford?
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BRADFORD
This is a place I cannot believe i've not been too yet to make any videos. It is only 20 minutes away from where I live, and it has everything that interests me from cheap property to incredible industrial history.
Bradford was once the wool capital of the world, and it is hard to imagine just how wealthy and prosperous this place was. A few signs remain and that is the purpose of this video, to explore the remants of its former glory.
This was a really fun video to make. I hope you enjoy.
Below is the full poem by C Richard Miles
Black Dyke Mill Chimneys
Tall, wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand
At rest, wearisome work ended, like sentinels guarding the ground,
Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land
On Queensbury’s exalted height. You can still hear the Black Dyke Band
But marvel that their namesake owners, where discount warehouses gather round
Tall, wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand.
Victorian values are now redundant as modern-day practice steers the hand
To work in production-line factories while property developers are found
Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land.
Once in a fit of enterprise, the forward-looking town planners planned
To erect in cheerless concrete twenty-storey tower blocks which sound
Tall. Wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand
Unsurrounded, since building tall, soulless structures seems to be banned
And no rival, resplendent, replacement monarchs are waiting to be crowned
Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land.
So still these monuments can attract our vision and continue to command,
Overlooking the town, now Dame Fortune has refused and frowned,
Tall, wagging, admonishing fingers, the smokeless mill-chimneys still stand
Surveying and sighing in chorus over once-productive, industrial land.
Until Next Time,
W.T
#abandoned #industry #bradford #industrial #decay #northern #city
Ladies get you a man that talks about you the way wandering turnip talks about chimneys
Congrats on 100k mate
Bloke is just good vibes, here's to the next 100k
Did not expect to see a comment from you on here @reubs! Hope the Lego island series is still in the backlog
Well, in Turnip's defense, chimneys might be easier to understand sometimes....fewer complications.😜
Especially when he said: "It's got a wonderful bottom as well."
@@christinerobin386 he prefers them round, or with an ornate bottom. Chimneys that is.
Look at the bottom on that, love it, best comment ever about a chimney. Fred Dibnah would be proud
I also thought that .Base would have been better choice of words but less comical !
I've always said that no matter how "uninteresting" a topic is, listening to someone who's passionate and enthusiastic talk about it will always make it much more interesting. Thank you for making a video about Bradford that isn't just looking for the unpleasant aspects. And congrats on hitting 100k! Absolutely well deserved.
I really appreciate that mate thanks 😃
There is no such thing as a uninteresting subject. There is only an uninterested person.
Bless Fred,he knew chimneys.
Whenever you show these enormous chimneys, I think about the people who built them, and how much courage it would take to do work like that, especially long before there were so many safety measures required. The chimneys aren't just monuments to the businesses that used them, they are monuments to the men who built them.
“Aren’t Chimney’s BRILLIANT!!!” Sorry couldn’t resist. 😂 love it!
Someone is a fan of the Fast Show
It's like the character came to life 😅
Was thinking that way back
@@JungleJeffarnoldsame!
As a Bradfordian, Thank-you and well done on 100k
As a bradfordian it's so nice seeing a positive video of our great city, i see so many videos on the negatives of bradford this makes a refreshing change. Bradford has it's problems but it also has wonderful historical stone architecture and welcoming friendly people its not perfect but its also not as bad as people make it out to be. Congratulations on hitting 100 k subs great achievement 👏
The outskirts are still decent but the centre is absolutely on its ar5e 😂 and no the people arnt welcoming, you get old men looking at your daughter who's under 10 you only get this is places like bradford and don't say I'm lieing I live smack bang in the centre and use foot as my mode of transport.
Yeah, the local paper comment section, particularly, is full of these naysayers (most of whom don't even live here).
Then you'd know that the city is being done up as we speak.
@@BradfordRealI'm not sure you can say the city is on its arse when there is multiple millions of pounds of ongoing investment right now. Yes, it's going through change and yes it's disruptive but Bradford has way more to offer today than it did 10 years ago and will have even more to offer in the very near future. A very misrepresented city.
My Grandad in Clitheroe pre WW1 had a bet to climb a chimney ( I think the cement works) it was the tallest. He did and won the bet. To prove it was him he had to wave his boater hat so his friends could see him. Sadly so could everyone else and his very religious aunt demanded he handed over the money to the church. He was a character my Grandad. James Dewhurst
Lovely story about you Grandad 😄
Fred Dibnah did it for ten Bob 50p to you youngsters.
I now commute 90 minutes to work in Bradford, having visited clients there for several years. Being a fan of Victorian industrial architecture, I really love the towns and villages of West Yorkshire. But there is something very special about Bradford.
chicken tikka in naan bread?
@@j2shoes288 The center is now being overran by Somalis
Not only can you call it work, but this just proves you dont have to exploit people or yourself to make great video content that pays. Happy to see creators like this making money! Congrats🎉
I think as soon as you’ve lived somewhere for a long time rough or not, you call it home. I love Bradford from the bottom of my heart ♥️
Hi from Paris
Your reportage captures the poetry lying within industriel relics
Nice
Bravo
"A lovely bit of chimney" Yorkshire legend
"I don't want to get all philosophical about chimneys..." a sentence opener I never thought could exist.
Genuinely, finding your channel has raised awareness of the realities of towns and streets, but also that there's more to chimneys than just bricks.
You absolutely deserve 100k David. Your channel is a highlight on my subs list. Even my old mum knows your Wandering Turnip name.
Keep going, it’s a success! 🎉
I'm a Bristolian but lived and worked in Bradford in the late sixties and early seventies. I actually liked Bradford a lot.
It was a friendly place, and the surrounding countryside was quite spectacular.
As a distance… very distant (USA) admirer of your channel, it’s an absolute pleasure to finally reach out to you. Love your channel because you genuinely find wonder in everything - a rare trait these days. I truly look forward to your content no matter the subject. If you’re continuing the “Made In England” series, can you present a feature on canals? It’s fascinating that you live near a canal and have not mentioned the importance of canals regarding mill, iron/steel and lumber transport to and from the plants. If the subject matter is of importance to you and other 100k subscribers (I personally think it is), it’ll great to learn the history regarding the planning, construction and craftsmanship required to enable water in the advancement industry and wealth.
It’s funny you should mention canals. I was chatting to my friend recently who was telling me how they dug them with pick mattocks. I was so intrigued I went out and bought my own and dug me a ditch 😂
There will be a video coming soon on this very subject 👍
Thanks so much for watching my stuff. Very cool that I’ve ended up in the USA 😃
WOW…can’t wait for the episode. Thanks for listening. Cheers.
who needs a gym , when you dig a ditch
excellent suggetion on canals. Industrial heritage in general!
@@wanderingturnip Look up "puddling" its linng of cannals or ponds with clay to make waterproof
This brought back memories of when i was 10 me and my dad spent a day riding round Blackburn finding old mills, for my school project. There were so many. That was the mid 70's so i bet there a lot less now.
That tennis court was epic. Bradford is stunningly beautiful and horrifying in equal measure.
"look at the bottom on that" I've said that a few times but not looking at chimneys. 😂😂 keep up the good work pal
“Unknown help me” 😂, your love of chimneys and their “lovely bottoms” is infectious! You’re right they’re so beautiful. Behind bars sounds like you’ve spent some time in the slammer. Happy 100,000, it’s so well deserved! I look forward to all your future videos and your new channel, yeah love that!
P.s poem was beautiful x
As he was talking his work experiences at the time it means he was working as a barman
@@mrmartin2079 I think they realise that 😊
Just had my partners daughter watching this and you walked up our street. She’s losing her mind looking for you now 😅 she also now wants to go to salts which she’s never wanted to see so that’s our Saturday sorted!
bradford, huddersfield big towns and cities in west yorkshire are full of chimneys. congrats on 100k
Halifax too
A visit to Bradford in the 1960s was a real treat for me as a child.The elegant architecture, upmarket department stores,trolley buses and the wonderful Alhambra theatre with first class entertainment. Happy days
Salts Mill is a lovely place to visit. David Hockney’s exhibition was great to see. I lived in Bradford for a while. Kashmir curry house makes my favourite curry in the world. Great video. Thank you.
PS Congratulations on the 100K! ;-)
My goodness, time flies when we're all having fun and we're at 100k! Been here since it was only 4 digits!
I grew up in Sheffield & the only time I've ever been to Bradford was on a school trip in the late 80's to see the huge IMAX cinema. It was amazing. Biggest screen I've ever seen
P.S - & talking about history. I do believe that my ancestors came to Bradford to work in the mills from somewhere like Suffolk (I think??) But anyway. They left their rural lives, worked as weavers & mill workers & then when the textile industry started to decline they moved to the Sheffield area to become minors & steel workers. I find this industrial history of my family really fascinating so I enjoy it when you talk about it x
I'm from Rotherham and went on a art college trip to Bradford in the late 80's to visit the National Media Museum then the now closed colour museum which was set up by the dyers society. It was a brilliant day out.
Love it when the factories get converted into apartments - they look so cool. Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers, well deserved 🎉😊
Very interesting. Chim chiminy , chim chim cheree . Congratulations on 100k. I look forward to your videos. One of a kind ♥️✨🙏🏻
Hi turnip , where you jumped over the wall was Drummond mill , my birthplace Bradford and used to work in the wool trade before it died. I just started my own channel inspired by others including you.
Thank you Neil
Oh ace thanks for that. I’ll check out your channel 👍👍
Thank you really appreciate it just 3 weeks in but learning as I go
Came here to say this - burned down in 2016, just months after I visited the building to meet the company who were renting it as a warehouse. Stacked to the rafters with products sold on Amazon and eBay and sadly destroyed overnight. It was genuinely an impressive imposing building and such a shame it met its end that way. I gather the roof space was also rented out as a dance / film studio. I'm amazed it hasn't been turned into housing already. Glad they managed to save and retain the chimney!
Congrats on the 100k subs, mate! Yorkshire has won my heart over many other places I've lived in the UK. What attracted me to this part of the country was its industrial villages, heritage, nature, and the warmth of its people. I've thoroughly enjoyed the architecture of Bradford, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden, Halifax, Leeds, Huddersfield, and its neighbour, Manchester (though not WY).
I'm looking forward to seeing how Bradford will transform as it nears the City of Culture award next year. It could become a powerhouse again if done right.
Thanks so much for your work. Keep flying the flag of the Northern Soul and all the best.
@10:17 Drummond Mill, located on Lumb Lane in Bradford, was a significant industrial complex built in 1885 for James Drummond & Son. Designed by architects Henry Francis Lockwood and William Mawson, the mill originally contained a spinning mill, a warehouse, a spinning shed, and an engine house. The mill ceased production in 2001 and was later used for storage and other purposes. Tragically, the mill was destroyed by a fire on January 28, 2016, leading to its demolition later that year. The site remains available for redevelopment
Wow, still in production until the millemium?!
Thank you such interesting info
Absolutely brilliant, i'm Bradford born and bred.
Fred Dibnah would make a killing in Bradford! Awesome video Turnip!
Hello wandering turn up awesome video. We love you here in northern California. Thank you for all your hard work.🙏💯🇺🇸🇬🇧
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Hello from Ireland. Yes, I love his material also
I am glad you love stories but I ask a question as to where cotton evolved and became so important that a little place in Manchester became important for you?
@@ALLISEEIS6Strump for prison
@@bid84 i think you missed EN from your name bro 🤣
Beautiful seeing Shipley. My grandmother’s family immigrated to South Africa in the 1910s, all Whittaker’s and Murgatroyd’s - not sure what they were leaving behind. Will definitely be making a trip this summer! Thanks for the video
Proper Yorkshire names! We have a rich cultural heritage and plenty of nature to see. I hope you enjoy your time here.
I like your positive enthusiasm in your videos. It’s so much more inspiring than slating places. You’re inspiring me for my channel as I get started. Well done on your 100k, well deserved! 🎉
You're on my turf. Salts mill and saltaire in general is a lovely place to be.
You must get beyond the door on that chimney!
Congratulations David, myself and the other half love your channel, been watching since the first one. 😊
Love the drone chimney footage.
Love your videos. I am now 76 and a ex bricklayer who build chimneys and refractory brickwork. Keep up the good work, I’ll be watching from Australia. 👍
I was born in Bradford and lived there until I was 30. The architecture really is something else, and being so close to the wonderful countryside made it a great place to grow up. Sadly like many towns and cities across the North it's fallen victim to massive underfunding. I miss home and get back whenever I can, thanks for reminding me of the beauty of my home city. First time viewer, now also a subscriber.
Very interesting video. It's nice to see someone talking about British cities, but in a positive way.
Great video on our industrial heritage, lets have some more before it is all lost, really enjoyed that, well done.
Finally, a positive video about Bradford. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve just been watching your video about the chimney disaster. Super interesting stuff. I’ve subscribed 👍👍
@@wanderingturnip likewise. Thank you 👍🏾
Pakistan is a beautiful country.
The "Beast" called Lister’s Pride, was built for the Manningham works of Lister & Co. The architects of the chimney, along with the vast mill it served, were the Bradford firm of Andrews & Pepper. The design was based on the Campanile in Venice.
Construction took two years. The completed chimney was 249 feet high and, externally, 22 feet square at the base. The internal width was 10-11 feet. The design is notable for the presence of two elaborate cornices, one at 190 feet and one at the top.
A story concerns a lunch party held at the top of the shaft on the day the chimney was officially completed. This sounds highly improbable but was reported in the Bradford Observer (19 November 1873). A group consisting of: Samuel Cunliffe Lister, Messrs. Andrews & Pepper, William Beanland and Francis Lepper (Lister’s project manager and agent) ascended. At the top a bottle of champagne was broken as a baptismal ritual. After this speeches were given and a ‘champagne luncheon’ served.
There are occasions when it is hard not to admire the energy of the Victorians.
Never knew Bradford was even nicer than Nice in Southern France! 😄😄😄
Such a lovely lad; I admire the fact you try to respect all British culture and prop up the importance of Britain's work culture via the old chimneys. Also liked the video you made on the pub co-op: excellent stuff! Good luck to you sweetie, I hope you do well in life x
This is Pakistani culture bruhh
Bradford has one of the best food places in Europe.
Asia you mean.
Bradford is an upcoming city a hidden gem 💎, love the vibes and hospitality as well as the atmosphere, cheap living.
Hidden Pakistan?
@@Future-Classic-Comicswhy are you all over the comments making negative comments on Pakistanis, you seem quite racist. How sad can you be.
@@aman8086 Is it racist to feel a demographic should mostly be the originating one? I feel if you go to South Africa and everyone is mostly mostly white the same way Australia should be native but isn't, or America should be native but isn't.
Would it be correct to go to Japan and 3 quarters of the population is Black, does that make me racists that each ethnicity should have the majoring majority of the population?
@@Future-Classic-Comics Firstly, the Uk is over 80% white so that is wildly incorrect, secondly certain places will always have communities, especially in areas where industrialisation happened and people came over to support with it and work in factories. Despite this Bradford still has a higher white population. Lastly you going around saying it’s Pakistan is not really going to change anything is it. People are sharing positive thoughts and comments on here and all you can think to do is be negative and sulk.
Congratulations, David on 100k subscribers!! You’ve taught us so much!!
congrats on 100K David. You're doing sterling work highlighting modern Britain. More power to your elbow, and continued success in the future!
This is a wonderful video celebrating your love of chimneys. Your final poetry reading brought me to tears. Good luck on your future journeys and congrats on the 100k subscribers.
Love your videos and your enthusiasm David! 100k subscribers can’t be wrong. You’re fantastic and deserve every success
Congratulations on the 100k!!!
Been here since the beginning! Love your enthusiasm, passion and you really deserve this success! ❤️
Love it a true Yorkshire man. Its a change from all the negative videos on how downtrodden are cities and towns are. We need more pôssitive vids showing the Heritage of our fabulous Nation.
Yes indeed. It would be a culture shock for me to go up north.
Salts Mill has a lot of history! Great vid
You carry on doing what you love, because we love what you do.
Your enthusiasm is infectious. I hang onto every word in your videos. Educating me on things ive had no interest in. Congrats on 100k 🎉
Fabulous and brought back years spent in Leeds and Bradford .The drone shots are terrific . Thanks , for bringing bak memories ..
Simply great, thank you.
I love your sense of wonder for otherwise mundane things
100k! Nice work mate, very well deserved. Thanks for the great content.
Yet again another great video.... excellent, well done, you do a fantastic job... don't think we've missed any of the videos ❤ x
I love your enthusiasm, it is catching, about the chimneys. I can feel your excitement when I watch the video.
Love your enthusiasm, Congratulations
Cheers for showing Bradford. Big up!
Congrats on the 100k! Great heartwarming vid!
Congratulations David on 100k subscribers! Loved your chimney video (and the Nottingham revisited video too.) Your passion for chimneys really shines through. Also your unfiltered comments about bottoms, bars, and how you've never wanted to get behind something more in your life appealed to my very British sense of humour and made me chuckle! Keep up the great work.
Congratulation on your 1st 100,000. Loving the content as usual. I’m sure your next milestone will be with you very soon. Well done! 🎉
cracking video! I live at Victoria Mills too, so thanks for covering it. There are some epic chimneys in Skipton. The town is well worth a video in itself.
Top man, top content. All the best for the next year.
Congratulations on 101 K subscribers you deserve a huge THANK YOU!!!! 👏🏻👍🏻♥️
Been waiting for you to get to Bradford, great video as always. Congrats on 100k, one of my favourite channels to watch 🤩🥳
Hardest drinking game on the planet, take a shot every time you say chimney! 😊 cracking video, champ, congrats on the 100k.
i only mentioned to my missus the other night that i should give you a tour round Bradford and your face pop's up with a Video of it!!!! That's MAD!!!
Love your vids... i'll be watching with interest at this one....
Best yet! Drone footage is an amazing addition that takes it to another level. I'm 69 and originally from Heywood when it was in Lancashire. I can remember being held up on the front room window ledge and learning to count using the mill chimneys I could see, which in those days was about 30. Sadly, no longer. Perhaps a couple left standing. BTW. I think they used to call the mill pond a "lodge", at least in the cotton mills on this side of the Pennines
Great video. I was brought up in a northern town surrounded by working chimneys, and often wondered what went on at the base of them. My wish was granted one night when I was looking after a generator powering a boiler house. The old boilerman gave me a guided tour, showing me the ducting from the back of four boilers with a large in line fan drawing the hot air and smoke up the chimney. I agree about the square fancy ones. There's one in Darwen, lancs. Ornate but somehow sterile.
You had a few thousand when I started following. Now I'm celebrating 100k with a beer or two. Great video..and a well deserved 100k
Cheers on 100k mate the chimneys are lovely
HELL YEAH! A chimneys video. thank you for showing them, they are cool.
100k well deserved. It's a great channel you have here
Good luck with the new channel! And congratulations on the 100k subs on this one too 😊
The architecture of these chimleys is amazing, glad you are documenting this.
Absolute brilliant video
Quite an adventure to discover all these chimneys and spots. What a shame there are so many deserted areas even if they do keep a certain charm. Thank you David... You are a born rambler spreading so much enthusiasm! We ❤ your channel.
I was at Armley Mill Wool Festival the other week and thought of you when I saw the chimney there, definitley something special about old chimneys
Cheers, mate -- on your 100,000 subs! Good stuff!
Congratulations.
Love your show.
Your passion and enthusiasm make chimneys a seventh wonder of the world! I also think you're onto something with the poem at the end. It was a beautiful marriage of the past expressed through the footage of now. More, please.
Shipley born and bred......a lovely video, thank you, was lucky enough to see the mills run. Nuff Love and Respect, Roy
Great video as ever! Salts Mill is one of my favourite places!
Abbracadabra let the channel flourish 💥
wish you reach 200k this year! congrats with 100k!
Wonderful. Love your enthusiasm in these depressing times.
Loooove it, quality as per 😮👌
Yet another fantastic video, nowt like a great chimney 😁 keep them coming…