The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway - Part 5, Alton Park to Alton

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  • Опубліковано 4 гру 2024

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  • @andrewmiller9654
    @andrewmiller9654 Рік тому +1

    Super Video Bob. I was in hospital at Treloars hospital in the early 1980s for a few weeks with a bone condition. So I recognised that name straight away ❤

  • @steveharwood5824
    @steveharwood5824 Рік тому +3

    Well done Bob. Thoroughly enjoyed watching the series 👍🏻

  • @anthonymoore6009
    @anthonymoore6009 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely enchanting series. What a fabulous journey. I have enjoyed immensely every minute. Good job Bob.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому +1

      Thanks, Glad you were able to come along for the experience. Onwards to adventures new.

  • @joeweston3252
    @joeweston3252 Рік тому +5

    fantastic thank you bob for making such an interesting and in depth history of are local lost railway it really has been great to watch well done.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому +1

      Thank you Joe. I thoroughly enjoyed doing it and I'm quite sad it's over.

  • @cefnonn
    @cefnonn 10 днів тому +1

    I'd never heard of this line but I know about it, now. Lovely video, thanks for taking the time and trouble to make it.

  • @davebinsweden
    @davebinsweden 9 місяців тому +1

    Finally discovered this! We moved to Alton in 1969 just off Whitedown Lane. We used to explore the old station at Alton Park. At that time the track was still in place, and the bridge over Chawton Park Road was still there, as were the bridges carrying the Meon Valley railway. While were there the Alton to Winchester line was closed, and those bridges were all demolished. This video was a real nostalgia trip for me!

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you David. Lots of memories for you. Alas as time goes by more and more of the old line is lost.

  • @Tina-nw9ro
    @Tina-nw9ro Рік тому +2

    How grateful I am that I found your channel. Born in Chester, raised just over the border in NE Wales and now having lived in Basingstoke for 10 years I have enjoyed every single video.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому +1

      Hi there, Great stuff. I've lived in Basingstoke most of my life but now in Chester, although, as you've probably worked out I spend a lot of time in each town.

  • @benjaminlee422
    @benjaminlee422 Рік тому +4

    What a wonderful conclusion to an enthralling expedition. It is errie seeing ruins of things that only decades ago were still in use but now are nearly lost and forgotten.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому

      Thanks Benjamin, so glad you enjoyed it. You're right, our landscape is littered with things which were once so useful but now lie rusting and rotting, waiting to be rediscovered.

  • @lionelmarytravels6003
    @lionelmarytravels6003 Рік тому +1

    A truly wonderful series of films, with so much detail discovered. Thank goodness for the few pictures taken at the time. Obviously, I'm not old enough to remember this line, although I was very aware of its existence. I do however recall the Meon Valley line, having travelled its length several times as a child with my grandmother. Happy memories.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому

      Thank you, I think the two movies made on the line very much captured so much as well. Particularly 'Oh Mister Porter' lots of traceable relics.

  • @petersilvester1315
    @petersilvester1315 Рік тому +3

    Thoroughly enjoyable series, thank you.

  • @michaelpaul457
    @michaelpaul457 Рік тому +2

    What a fantastic series in 5 parts. I enjoyed every minute
    Very informative throughout. Thank you

  • @davidberlanny3308
    @davidberlanny3308 Рік тому +2

    Hi Bob, Very much enjoyed this video, I shall have to start at the beginning now!!
    I'm glad you were able to get some video from Will Stratton he does some excellent videos on the watercress line.
    As a very young boy my Dad took me to the inaugural meeting of the Mid Hants railway, in Alresford I think.
    Good luck from Spain!!

  • @StuartPoore
    @StuartPoore Рік тому +2

    Thanks for a great video - but you make me feel old !!! I remember walking under the Chalton Park Road bridge ( 8:34 ) every morning on the way to the Trelaws Hospital Nursery which (unbeknownst to me) must have been right next to those sidings.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому

      Thank you Stuart. So much changes doesn't it. Sometimes for the better, others not.

  • @watching64
    @watching64 5 місяців тому +1

    A great series - Thanks

  • @studebaker4217
    @studebaker4217 Рік тому +1

    Great film, thanks. Now just need to find Parts 1-4!

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому

      Hi there, thanks for watching. Parts 1-4 are on the channel. You can find them on the link below.
      ua-cam.com/video/Gq71i-5MOTQ/v-deo.html

  • @StaffsTransport
    @StaffsTransport Рік тому +2

    All parts of the series are fascinating. A great effort appreciated by this railway nut.
    If only they could run a special down the remains of the branch at Basingstoke! Even such a short trip, it would be sold out I am sure.
    So many of our railways have been largely eradicated: we have a colliery line nearby I've made a few films on, to keep it alive albeit only temporarily (When Blurton Had A Railway parts 1-3).
    Thanks for taking the time to make this and others in the series.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому

      Thank you for your comments, very much appreciated. As a railway employee I did manage to walk all the way to the blocks on that short branch at Basingstoke. That alas was before I was making these films. It's largely unreachable now due to a jungle in the way. The track work is very deteriorated so unlikely to support weight of train, but nice idea though.

  • @thebagfather4633
    @thebagfather4633 Рік тому +1

    amazing. i lived in Alton and remember the line shame it closed . not a lot of it left now. i remember the bridge across Chawton pk road . i have a book on the old railway as well. now to sit back and watch the rest your vids

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому

      Thank you, hope you enjoy the rest of my vids. Your interest is very much appreciated.

  • @bobsrailrelics
    @bobsrailrelics Рік тому +2

    Finally got around to seeing this! It's amazing how a line can just be eradicated with no thoughts of possible reinstalling it. It was great to see cab views and footage of the Mid Grants. I first visited there in 1979 when it only went to Ropley. Thanks for the memories as they say

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому +1

      Thanks Bob, been a lot of work gone on since then. There is often a call to reopen any closed line but in this case, it was doomed to failure before it even opened and should probably never have been built. The fact that it was, however provides a fascinating explore.

  • @fhwolthuis
    @fhwolthuis Рік тому +1

    Great video, Bob. Thank you 👍🏻😃

  • @dumpman1
    @dumpman1 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant, I've loved all of these.

  • @FlyingForFunTrecanair
    @FlyingForFunTrecanair Рік тому +2

    Wonderful, I've enjoyed this series very much!

  • @nwae8812
    @nwae8812 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful series. Just a quickie, how do you get access too the old map’s online? If I recall Butts Jcn had the base of the old Signal box for Basing line , Winchester Jcn and the Meon Valley.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  Рік тому +1

      Thank you. Yes the box base used to be there until the Butts Bridge rebuild. It's included in the film.

  • @john_atco
    @john_atco 4 місяці тому +1

    With more investment by the LSWR & SR, Alton could have been an important junction serving the vast area of Hampshire,,,,There was no need to build, , at a considerable cost the Portsmouth direct line from Guilford to Portsmouth as the LBSC ran a direct line from London Victoria to Portsmouth at that time with many links to other towns in Sussex and Kent.

    • @PASTFINDERexploring
      @PASTFINDERexploring  4 місяці тому

      @@john_atco Hi John, thanks for watching. Alton was an important junction. Problem is many lines were built to block other companies routes. Lines which even when new were poorly served.