Yet another great effort guys. So fascinating to see modern Bradford historically linked to its past. Bradford Industrial Museum well worth a day out visiting.
Same on Thornton Road a bit further down from Morrisons where they are doing the road work, you can see all the beautiful cobblestones and tram lines under the tarmac.
Mad how the council got rid of the trams and are now wanting to waste millions to bring them back.... Bradford was beautiful in it's day now it's an impossible place to visit....sad really....... great work guys keep it up
When I first moved to Leeds in the early 90s I lived opposite a whole area of streets which still had setts, Yorkshire stone flags and stone kerbs. It looked amazing, as good as Saltaire. Then Leeds Council 'black top kings' arrived and tarmac appeared on all the streets. About ten years ago Leeds then decided to make it a Conservation area, but within a few months all the Yorkshire stone pavers and stone edgings were replaced with concrete and black tarmac. It was an act of vandalsim which took about 20 years. Had it been in the leafy suburbs of Roundhay it would never have been allowed, but in the cheaper areas it is quite acceptable.
I have a hunch some track might have been lifted and reused from earlier mineral tram lines. There were quite a few of such lines for low moor iron works... i got a look at 1852 os map. It's before st enochs was built... there was a tram line running down from wibsey along down along line of ridge, past a pit, then doing a sharp 90deg turn across what would now be sports fields for grange accademy, crosses haycliffe lane and ends at some coal staithes very close to where st enochs road now ends. 90 deg bend on line suggests to me it might have been an inclined plane/use stationary winding engines I wonder if the bridge for st enochs across haycliffe lane is older than st enochs and used carry mineral line to coal staithes
Oh how I love the old stuff. Honestly the rubbish that Councils imposed upon towns in the 1960s makes my blood boil. Buildings in the past were works of art. Cobbles to be seen around the corner from me due to the potholes being ignored. When Dad drove us to Shipley and Saltaire from Altham it was great going over the cobbles. And it slowed cars down naturally. Dad was 16 years old when he was in the army for WW2 and his younger siblings were evacuated from Bradford to Altham. Their mother never went to pick them up after the war. Hence part of the family were removed from Bradford. Oh how I love the corner shops. Thanks once again for your enthusiasm on the History of Bradford. 👍🙏🏼
@@BradfordThroughTheLens Oh believe me it is just lovely to hear your voice and sense your passion for Bradford and surrounding towns. So thank you. 🙏🏼👍
My auntie used to live on Rose Street in the 70’s ( Manningham area) before it was demolished and rebuilt , I remember the whole back street was cobbles.
I would encase sections of track in resin to preserve and leave the sections visible within the new works being carried out, for future generations to view.
The houses at the front of the museum are actually not victorian. They were built in the late 80's & early 90's to look like the old victorian terraced houses that Bradford has so many of.
Every year we lose more n more of our history.Im from Chesterfield and the council is currently ripping up the old market place,cobbles and everything for a new project which looks crap.Wasting money when all the shops are empty ,pot holes all over it's terrible.
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Thanks so much for video. Good job done
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Yet another great effort guys. So fascinating to see modern Bradford historically linked to its past. Bradford Industrial Museum well worth a day out visiting.
It's amazing to see. Thank you .
Absolutely amazing i use to work with the horses at the industrial museum back in the early 2000s
You're right.
Seen a few images of them on the tracks. Thanks.
Oh what a cool job u had ❤😊 bet that wa interesting 😊
As a kid it remember the cobbled streets in parts of Bradford. One thing I don't recall is pot holes.
Thank you for showing the older photos of the roads as they were when the trams were running. Puts it into perspective.
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Same on Thornton Road a bit further down from Morrisons where they are doing the road work, you can see all the beautiful cobblestones and tram lines under the tarmac.
Oh yes , I know where you mean. Thanks.
Mad how the council got rid of the trams and are now wanting to waste millions to bring them back.... Bradford was beautiful in it's day now it's an impossible place to visit....sad really....... great work guys keep it up
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nice relaxing sunday afternoon. Great video to watch. cheers
When I first moved to Leeds in the early 90s I lived opposite a whole area of streets which still had setts, Yorkshire stone flags and stone kerbs. It looked amazing, as good as Saltaire. Then Leeds Council 'black top kings' arrived and tarmac appeared on all the streets.
About ten years ago Leeds then decided to make it a Conservation area, but within a few months all the Yorkshire stone pavers and stone edgings were replaced with concrete and black tarmac. It was an act of vandalsim which took about 20 years. Had it been in the leafy suburbs of Roundhay it would never have been allowed, but in the cheaper areas it is quite acceptable.
I hate black tarmac :-( There's patches all over the place 😒
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Great work guys love it keep it up
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I have a hunch some track might have been lifted and reused from earlier mineral tram lines. There were quite a few of such lines for low moor iron works... i got a look at 1852 os map. It's before st enochs was built... there was a tram line running down from wibsey along down along line of ridge, past a pit, then doing a sharp 90deg turn across what would now be sports fields for grange accademy, crosses haycliffe lane and ends at some coal staithes very close to where st enochs road now ends. 90 deg bend on line suggests to me it might have been an inclined plane/use stationary winding engines
I wonder if the bridge for st enochs across haycliffe lane is older than st enochs and used carry mineral line to coal staithes
Thank you for this.
brilliant video. Like always
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when i went to town of Bradford my brother told me the story about the tracks, im such a big fan of your videos
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Brilliant Video. Please, please cover the story of Little Johnny Gill. His grave is in Windhill Cemetery. Paul in Shipley
I noticed a channel called "The Dark side of the Moor" covered it last week.
I remember the double tram tracks in Leeds, also trolley buses in Halifax, Yorkshire.
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Some great history right there.
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Oh how I love the old stuff. Honestly the rubbish that Councils imposed upon towns in the 1960s makes my blood boil. Buildings in the past were works of art. Cobbles to be seen around the corner from me due to the potholes being ignored. When Dad drove us to Shipley and Saltaire from Altham it was great going over the cobbles. And it slowed cars down naturally. Dad was 16 years old when he was in the army for WW2 and his younger siblings were evacuated from Bradford to Altham. Their mother never went to pick them up after the war. Hence part of the family were removed from Bradford. Oh how I love the corner shops. Thanks once again for your enthusiasm on the History of Bradford. 👍🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing some amazing memories and connecting with us.
@@BradfordThroughTheLens Oh believe me it is just lovely to hear your voice and sense your passion for Bradford and surrounding towns. So thank you. 🙏🏼👍
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Further to my last post, the road from Halifax to Kings Cross was done in sets, which were laid in a kind of fan shape.
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My auntie used to live on Rose Street in the 70’s ( Manningham area) before it was demolished and rebuilt , I remember the whole back street was cobbles.
devastated
I would encase sections of track in resin to preserve and leave the sections visible within the new works being carried out, for future generations to view.
My thoughts, too.
I have been told these will be preserved. Finger's crossed! Thanks.
They should keep some of it on show like the top of netherlands
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The cobbles look beautiful, it’s a shame they were covered over, they’d also be a good speed management help nowadays
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The houses at the front of the museum are actually not victorian. They were built in the late 80's & early 90's to look like the old victorian terraced houses that Bradford has so many of.
Thank you
Every year we lose more n more of our history.Im from Chesterfield and the council is currently ripping up the old market place,cobbles and everything for a new project which looks crap.Wasting money when all the shops are empty ,pot holes all over it's terrible.
I can imagine.
Hence, that's why we try our best on this channel to capture history while we can. Thanks for commenting.
NO.
Should display the old tracks somehow, Bradford has bee too good to get rid of the heritage.