Hi glad you enjoyed this video! That is a fantastic walk, my favourite bit is Combe Hay flight, its amazing! May I ask what book you purchased? Cheers!
@@stevesindustrialadventures799 The coal canal way - a walkers guide. Each page includes a map, description of all the points of interest, history and directions.
It's hard to believe that coal was once mined within the boundaries of the City of Bath! The first of the "Ealing Comedies" to be filmed in glorious Technicolour - the "Titfield Thunderbolt" - was set in the Cam Valley just after the coal mine at Camerton had closed down in 1950 after a working life of 170 years.
During my student days at Bath University I took the Hiking Club on a pub crawl - correction, route march - entitled "The Lost Canals and Railways of the Somerset Coalfield" which started at Green Park Station in Bath and ended up (via the "Hope and Anchor" at Midford and "The Wheatsheaf" at Coombe Hay) in the bar of the "Waldegrave Arms" at Radstock!
Have you ever watched the first of the "Ealing Comedy" cinema films to be made in glorious Technicolour, called "The Titfield Thunderbolt" (1952)? It was set in the Cam Valley, just outside Bath, shortly after the coal mine at Camerton had closed down.
What's the difference between vandalism and abandonment, dereliction? Ultimately none. British Railways Board, British Waterways Board and industry (chemicals, coal, steel) all contributed to large swathes of land becoming unusable and unused, poisoned, overgrown with weeds, trees, sometimes inundated with water and potentially lethal to those who accidentally fall foul of unseen hazards. Few local authorities challenge previous owners or bother to find out who owns the sites. We know what kids are like, full of adventure and wonder. They're usually the ones that come a cropper, lightly wounded at best, poisoned or killed at worst. Wire fences are abused by uninsured and unauthorised scrap dealers who leave and don't care who's next on the sites. Canals have been cleared up by enthusiasts, but old railway lines or half-demolished factories, mills aren't 'fashionable' and remain hazardous. Nobody's got the money to clear up, so there'll be more casualties yet... They make for scenery alongside model railway lines, but does anyone model the skeletons of the lost or murdered in ruins, half drained quarry pools or marshes?
What a lovely video. Thank for making it.
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Great video. I got a book on this yesterday and am going to try and walk the whole canal route.
Hi glad you enjoyed this video!
That is a fantastic walk, my favourite bit is Combe Hay flight, its amazing! May I ask what book you purchased?
Cheers!
@@stevesindustrialadventures799 The coal canal way - a walkers guide. Each page includes a map, description of all the points of interest, history and directions.
@@poshingtonno1157 I will look out for this book sounds very good. Thank you.
Good to watch plenty of history 👍
It's hard to believe that coal was once mined within the boundaries of the City of Bath! The first of the "Ealing Comedies" to be filmed in glorious Technicolour - the "Titfield Thunderbolt" - was set in the Cam Valley just after the coal mine at Camerton had closed down in 1950 after a working life of 170 years.
During my student days at Bath University I took the Hiking Club on a pub crawl - correction, route march - entitled "The Lost Canals and Railways of the Somerset Coalfield" which started at Green Park Station in Bath and ended up (via the "Hope and Anchor" at Midford and "The Wheatsheaf" at Coombe Hay) in the bar of the "Waldegrave Arms" at Radstock!
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Nice video 👍
Have you ever watched the first of the "Ealing Comedy" cinema films to be made in glorious Technicolour, called "The Titfield Thunderbolt" (1952)? It was set in the Cam Valley, just outside Bath, shortly after the coal mine at Camerton had closed down.
Hi Simon , l’ don’t Know this film, but l’ JUST watched the story on Google ´have à Nice day 👍👋
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@@KempSimon Many thanks 👍
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What's the difference between vandalism and abandonment, dereliction? Ultimately none. British Railways Board, British Waterways Board and industry (chemicals, coal, steel) all contributed to large swathes of land becoming unusable and unused, poisoned, overgrown with weeds, trees, sometimes inundated with water and potentially lethal to those who accidentally fall foul of unseen hazards. Few local authorities challenge previous owners or bother to find out who owns the sites. We know what kids are like, full of adventure and wonder. They're usually the ones that come a cropper, lightly wounded at best, poisoned or killed at worst. Wire fences are abused by uninsured and unauthorised scrap dealers who leave and don't care who's next on the sites. Canals have been cleared up by enthusiasts, but old railway lines or half-demolished factories, mills aren't 'fashionable' and remain hazardous. Nobody's got the money to clear up, so there'll be more casualties yet... They make for scenery alongside model railway lines, but does anyone model the skeletons of the lost or murdered in ruins, half drained quarry pools or marshes?