I used to walk from spinney Hill Park down to morsey tunnel when I was around 11 with a group of friends. Kids have no sense if danger. We've been through there when it was raining heavily and the water was gushing with no torches🤯.. it is an absolutely great place to adventure to. Thanks for the video many memories came flooding back to me excuse the pun 😊
My grandparents lived in Unity Avenue and Granny worked at the flour mill (Co-op in those days). Sadly nothing left there now but don't forget Willowbrook Road followed the brook. We lived next to the brook a little further out off Coleman Road in my childhood days (now some 70 years ago). It was a nice little country stream there until they built Rowletts Hill Estate and we began getting floods so now it's a concrete sewer!
Amazing Steve, who would've guessed that was in the centre of Leicester?! Dave's photos really caught the Victorian atmosphere. Very enjoyable! Tara m'duck :)
Been a few years since I went in, quite a bit of debris when I went, some strange stuff to. Can’t have been to bad the water though, plenty of fish in there!
Recognized the thumbnail picture straight away, had to watch. Walked through there many times, lived in Belgrave as a kid, that was over 50 years ago. Brought back some memories. Thanks KorkytheKat
Cheers Maddie and Luke! Dave is very talented, I enjoy his work, and more importantly his company! Next time we're all together, it'd be nice to meet Luke to!
@@LeiceExplore @LeiceExplore You all seemed Brill company! Definately I've already told luke there will be future outings so were hoping he's free to come aswell.. And hopefully Indiandy Jones too! 😊
Great vid as usual, I lived not far from there for a while. I seem to remember a large woodyard being to the right of the railway on Humberstone rd. Walkers crisps on Cobden St. The Culvert I knew nothing off.
Thank you Richard! This area, after looking at old maps, has changed so, so much, over the last 120 years! And not for the better by the looks of it! But this culvert, is immense, was not expecting that! Cheers.
My house on Cottesmore rd backed onto willow brook. We used to climb over the yard wall and straight down into the brook. Towards spinney hill park was witches tunnel, near the old bridge road school. Towards abbey park is this tunnel, we knew it as the morsey. You could also go over the top across the railway lines .......or so I'm told, obviously I never did it myself. We more or less lived in the brook or sparrow park as kids.
From spinney to abbey park through the merzy tunnel or over the train tracks right to the thin wall. The goriilla tunnel looks like its covered with all bushes.
I was born and bred Leicester now cross the road off of the Narbrough Road. Obviously is Foss Park and Asda. There is an open culvert that runs at the side of Asda and as you go further across it runs straight across all across the Meridian so maybe worth having a look one day see what you think thank you John it’s just that when we were kids well I was a 70s kid I can remember Asda being built and then all the fields in the woods. They knocked down in the early 80s very early 80s and that’s when a lot of Corvettes and the Oldbrook changed some people call it progress, but I didn’t. Anyway happy days. For me and my brothers. Thanks, John
Thank you John! Yes, I think I know the culvert you speak of, I went bowling at meridian, and seen a large inlet/outlet there. Maybe I will check that out properly at some point. Thanks for watching.
The willow brook used to run past the back of our house where I lived as a kid. Larch Street I think it was called ? Anyway, locally that tunnel was known as the moresey. Not sure on the spelling - more sea we would pronounce it. Anyway, we would use the brook as a more interesting route to spinney hill park in one direction and abbey park in the other. Fab to see this ☺️ So many memories. And also other things involving a girl called Louise that I won’t mention here. This was late 70s early 80s.
I've just happened across this video...I used to work for Severn trent water and we used to have to walk that culvert twice a year to check for debris...
I used to walk from spinney Hill Park down to morsey tunnel when I was around 11 with a group of friends. Kids have no sense if danger. We've been through there when it was raining heavily and the water was gushing with no torches🤯.. it is an absolutely great place to adventure to.
Thanks for the video many memories came flooding back to me excuse the pun 😊
Cheers! Thank you for watching.
Me too, Spinney Hill Park to Abbey Park
My grandparents lived in Unity Avenue and Granny worked at the flour mill (Co-op in those days). Sadly nothing left there now but don't forget Willowbrook Road followed the brook. We lived next to the brook a little further out off Coleman Road in my childhood days (now some 70 years ago). It was a nice little country stream there until they built Rowletts Hill Estate and we began getting floods so now it's a concrete sewer!
Thank you Rod. I know the mill you speak of buddy. I noticed it on the old maps when looking at this.
A red hot day with great company. Loved it
Cheers mate! What I love more than owt, is the fact that you've changed your name on here to Rare Rob! Brilliant!
Great video again and amazing photos from Dave 👍
Thank you mate! Delighted Dave doesn't disappoint!
Amazing Steve, who would've guessed that was in the centre of Leicester?!
Dave's photos really caught the Victorian atmosphere.
Very enjoyable!
Tara m'duck :)
Haha! Thanks Martin! Agreed, with your opinion on Dave's pics, their stunning
I do structure clearance on railway culverts and bridges. I cleared this one not that long ago. It’s under the SPC5 (St Pancras- chesterfield)
Been a few years since I went in, quite a bit of debris when I went, some strange stuff to. Can’t have been to bad the water though, plenty of fish in there!
Recognized the thumbnail picture straight away, had to watch. Walked through there many times, lived in Belgrave as a kid, that was over 50 years ago. Brought back some memories.
Thanks KorkytheKat
Thank you. It’s an incredible structure
Another Brill video again 😊.. And daves photography is just brilliant! 👌
Cheers Maddie and Luke! Dave is very talented, I enjoy his work, and more importantly his company! Next time we're all together, it'd be nice to meet Luke to!
@@LeiceExplore @LeiceExplore You all seemed Brill company!
Definately I've already told luke there will be future outings so were hoping he's free to come aswell.. And hopefully Indiandy Jones too! 😊
@@venturingofflimits absolutely! IndiAndy Jones...the man with the golden grapple hook lol
Thank you so much Maddie it was great to meet up with you & Steve.
@@LeiceExplore Thank you buddy we all work as a team fantastic video work.
Great vid as usual, I lived not far from there for a while.
I seem to remember a large woodyard being to the right of the railway on Humberstone rd.
Walkers crisps on Cobden St.
The Culvert I knew nothing off.
Thank you Richard! This area, after looking at old maps, has changed so, so much, over the last 120 years! And not for the better by the looks of it! But this culvert, is immense, was not expecting that! Cheers.
Walkers Wood yard
My family lived in wharf Street area my uncle found a little boys body in the morsey years ago
Cracking video Steve. Brill.
Cheers mate
My house on Cottesmore rd backed onto willow brook. We used to climb over the yard wall and straight down into the brook. Towards spinney hill park was witches tunnel, near the old bridge road school. Towards abbey park is this tunnel, we knew it as the morsey. You could also go over the top across the railway lines .......or so I'm told, obviously I never did it myself.
We more or less lived in the brook or sparrow park as kids.
Cheers. Yeah not enough kids go out exploring these days. Unfortunately, the XBOX and PlayStation seemingly saw to that! Thanks for watching.
From spinney to abbey park through the merzy tunnel or over the train tracks right to the thin wall. The goriilla tunnel looks like its covered with all bushes.
I was born and bred Leicester now cross the road off of the Narbrough Road. Obviously is Foss Park and Asda. There is an open culvert that runs at the side of Asda and as you go further across it runs straight across all across the Meridian so maybe worth having a look one day see what you think thank you John it’s just that when we were kids well I was a 70s kid I can remember Asda being built and then all the fields in the woods. They knocked down in the early 80s very early 80s and that’s when a lot of Corvettes and the Oldbrook changed some people call it progress, but I didn’t. Anyway happy days. For me and my brothers. Thanks, John
Thank you John! Yes, I think I know the culvert you speak of, I went bowling at meridian, and seen a large inlet/outlet there. Maybe I will check that out properly at some point. Thanks for watching.
@@LeiceExplore thank you safe and happy exploring. Thanks again John
The willow brook used to run past the back of our house where I lived as a kid. Larch Street I think it was called ? Anyway, locally that tunnel was known as the moresey. Not sure on the spelling - more sea we would pronounce it.
Anyway, we would use the brook as a more interesting route to spinney hill park in one direction and abbey park in the other.
Fab to see this ☺️ So many memories. And also other things involving a girl called Louise that I won’t mention here.
This was late 70s early 80s.
I've had a few comments similar to this where people used it as a bit of a path back in the day. The culvert itself is and incredible structure
I really enjoyed this video. It’s good to hear a real Leicester accent doing Leicester documentary. I’ve subscribed to watch more x
Thank you for watching, and thank you very much for subscribing. I stick my nose into not only Leicestershire, but beyond as well.
We used to follow from spinney hill park to Abbey park. Under bridge road tunnel. which we called witches tunnel.
Cheers. It’s a marvellous culvert, great railway architecture.
I've just happened across this video...I used to work for Severn trent water and we used to have to walk that culvert twice a year to check for debris...
It’s an incredible structure, built to last certainly
Fantastic. Video buddy
Cheers Dave! Your photos make them much better!
Played down Willow Brook as a youth ……fell in every time ….I grew up 10
Mins away
Nice one, great playground for a young un! Or young uns our age!
Incredible find ! Qualiteh
Thank you. This is one of the finest culverts I’ve ever seen
Have you been to glenfield tunnel as well off groby road
Yes, I have been in Glenfield tunnel, but haven’t made a video
I lived next to the brook on havencrest drive.
Late comment but is that brooke just off of larch street that leads to witches tunnel
Without looking at maps I don’t actually know. I know the area to drive around in, but don’t really know street names.
Where's this
This is close to where the belgrave flyover used to be. Quite close to where the willowbrook joined the river soar
Very good, you could of showed ya cap I got ya lol
I was going to wear the T shirt but I didn't want soaked pits lol
Bit to hot for t. Shirt
@@lorrainepicker6079 you didn't want my new t shirt to have proper sweaty pits on camera did ya!
No, no sweaty t. Shirt x
Haha he forgot to give us ours Thank you Lorraine.
Me and my mates use to mess about down “The Morsey”.
We called the Culvert “The Witches Tunnel) lol
Great memories.
Cheers. It’s an epic cully this one. Took my breath away when I first seen it!