I'm working on recreating the Leeds to Manchester line on Train Simulator, as it was in the late fifties/early sixties, when I was a small child. I remember both Milnsbridge and Golcar stations (got turfed out of the former with my mate, when we tried to do a bit of spotting on numerous occasions, though the station master at Golcar used to turn a blind eye.) Your video - especially the view of Deighton, with the branch to Kirkburton - is really helpful. It's refreshing to see someone relatively young with an interest in the railways as they were. Many thanks 👍
That would be brilliant to see ( the simulator) Thanks for the extra memories and glad it does bring back some good times from your childhood 😃😃 I’ve also done a video in the kirkburton btanch if you havnt seen it 😄 thanks again !
There is a place between mirf and ravensthorpe where you can see the original railway between Leeds and Manchester next to the current one, it's crazy how fast the railways developed in the 1800s
From my birth to going to university (1962 to 1980) my family lived on Bradley Road and went to the Primary School on the Bradley estate. The Anglican church was still in its old location on the other side of Leeds Road from most of the people (only later moving its operations to off Bradley Road) My very faulty memory is that the old church was near the former station and their were "station cottages" near the site. The station cottages were a Victorian row of cottages But my memory might be wrong on that. Cooper Bridge we went passed every Saturday to go to the market in Dewsbury or the library in Mirfield. So the bricked up arches were clear even then that there had been a station there. The Dumb Steeple was even in the middle of a roundabout too. This was before the M62 was built and opened when access roads were improved. I suspect that the Mirfield station which was a bridge based station would be similar to Cooper Bridge - if you want a comparison.
" Great " idea to survey passenger numbers at the quietest time of the day Beeching..the less said about him the better. Nonetheless, very interesting video. I live in Golcar and was devastated when they closed the station. We used to come back from Hudds for 6d (old pence) and it cost 7d for the bus, so for us as kids it was a no-brainer (and another penny chew).
All that Beeching did was to write a report with recommendations - he didn’t close any lines or stations because he never had the authority. That was the responsibility of the Transport Minister. History has repeated itself this week with this government getting rid of land earmarked for the Manchester leg of HS2. I think there was a case for retaining the trackbed of many closed lines in the Huddersfield area - but there was a lot of duplication because they were built by different railway companies.
@@exploringthepastandthepres9793and many villages never had railway stations in the first place. There is nothing to stop brand new lines being built to serve these areas though it would not be cheap. The solution could also be trams as well as trains. You build the line because it’s needed not to right a wrong from 60+ years ago.
@andrewlong6438 I totally agree with you I feel sorry for the people especially the elderly that had to up sticks and leave there homes for this HS2 now all for nothing
@@andrewlong6438Nah Beeching was well in on it, he'd been coordinating the political move with Marples since the mid fifties so that Marples' family company could secure some road building contracts in return for career advancement. They copied the arguments that the road lobby in the US had successfully used against US railroad companies for profit. They ripped up the railways quickly and sold off parts of the land to help secure the business case for the roads before the British public realised that they had been screwed and got angry (though we never really did sadly). Other Transport ministers tried to blow the whistle on this but the media ignored it. Typical corrupt bullshit as ever. Tories and Labour operatives and politicians have been doing exactly the same strategy with every other sector too. "It's all one big club, and we ain't in it" George Carlin.
No mention of Longwood & Milnsbridge unfortunately - albeit a fleeting glimpse of the name on the map you displayed. Very few residents of Milnsbridge would have used Golcar Station, except those at the "top" of Scar Lane, most would have opted for L&M. Unfortunately, I've only ever seen 1 photo of it - and that's on Wikipedia - and not a good one at that. There's also a few short film clips of it on a video called "Pennine Steam" which is also on UA-cam (narrated by Roger Greenwood of Yorkshire TV Calendar fame, for those of a certain age!😂). If anyone knows different or has links to other photos, please share.
My Auntie and Uncle lived above old Liversedge Central station. I even remember the occasional 08. Guess that was late 70s. Not sure if there’s much still there.
I remember my father taking me down to the remains of Bradley station must be over 65 years ago ,round about 1956 I seem to remember just a bit of rubble and old brick but you would not know there had been a station there.
You are bang on about the beechings axe too, the village my family are from had a station an trains ran to London on that line, nowadays I'd have to travel to Leeds or Bradford for a London train it's crazy
Bradley station was closed in 1950 so it pre-dated the Beeching report by 13 years. I would simply refer to them as station and line closures and not link them back to him as loads of stations and lines were closed before him. Indeed the railway network was slowly shrinking from WW1 onwards.
Where your standing looking down on the Bradley Station Site there were four tracks in situ to Heaton Lodge, back in the mid sixties when as a small boy I would train spot from the bridge, at least reinstating four tracks will only require ground work.
Hi pal, this is a great film ,the Cooper Bridge part was fascinating, I'm from Huddersfield and live Brighouse, not sure if it's just 'Trains ' you fo but if you want to a nice trio out find the 'lost village of Highfields ' near green head Park some of the finest architecture in our town
@@exploringthepastandthepres9793 if you want to meet up i can show you , oh and there the ruined church in Birkby cemetery has TWO separate vaults , one for Christian burial's and one for non Christians , 200 years ago the vicar insisted on separate services , one of the last examples of this church still standing
Are the railway cottages still there at bottom of Station Road, I also think the entrance to Bradley st was at the very end of station rd. I was there for the opening of Deighton station in 1982. We got some free travel tickets.
I don’t think they were there unless I didn’t see them in a local so might go back and have a look I’m from Deighton but wasn’t born But would loved to have been their on open day 😀
There are plans to demolish the current Deighton station. To fit the proposed 4 track railway through here the whole station will need to be remodeled. I heard conflicting reports, one keeping in its current location and one moving it slightly east and calling it Bradley!
My mate and I used to spend hours on Golcar station platform, watching the trains (not actual 'train spotters' though - we just liked the railway environment.) The station master said to us once that 'spotters' weren't allowed, but he turned a blind eye whenever we walked past the booking office, which was at street level, on our way down to the far platform, which was on the up 'fast' line ... (which was always used by 'aussies' hauling long coal trains at about five miles an hour...😂)
I didn’t know they had a station at Bradley…thanks for showing the location
I'm working on recreating the Leeds to Manchester line on Train Simulator, as it was in the late fifties/early sixties, when I was a small child. I remember both Milnsbridge and Golcar stations (got turfed out of the former with my mate, when we tried to do a bit of spotting on numerous occasions, though the station master at Golcar used to turn a blind eye.) Your video - especially the view of Deighton, with the branch to Kirkburton - is really helpful. It's refreshing to see someone relatively young with an interest in the railways as they were. Many thanks 👍
That would be brilliant to see ( the simulator)
Thanks for the extra memories and glad it does bring back some good times from your childhood 😃😃
I’ve also done a video in the kirkburton btanch if you havnt seen it 😄 thanks again !
There is a place between mirf and ravensthorpe where you can see the original railway between Leeds and Manchester next to the current one, it's crazy how fast the railways developed in the 1800s
From my birth to going to university (1962 to 1980)
my family lived on Bradley Road
and went to the Primary School on the Bradley estate.
The Anglican church was still in its old location
on the other side of Leeds Road from most of the people
(only later moving its operations to off Bradley Road)
My very faulty memory is that the old church was near
the former station and their were "station cottages" near the site.
The station cottages were a Victorian row of cottages
But my memory might be wrong on that.
Cooper Bridge we went passed every Saturday to go to
the market in Dewsbury or the library in Mirfield.
So the bricked up arches were clear even then that there had been a station there.
The Dumb Steeple was even in the middle of a roundabout too.
This was before the M62 was built and opened
when access roads were improved.
I suspect that the Mirfield station which was a bridge based station
would be similar to Cooper Bridge - if you want a comparison.
" Great " idea to survey passenger numbers at the quietest time of the day Beeching..the less said about him the better. Nonetheless, very interesting video. I live in Golcar and was devastated when they closed the station. We used to come back from Hudds for 6d (old pence) and it cost 7d for the bus, so for us as kids it was a no-brainer (and another penny chew).
Another great video mate!
That Richard beeching killed a lot of the railways he could have left them in situe so they could be reopened if and when needed
Your right yeah ! Tbh a lot of villages lack stations nowadays
The roads are congested
It would be nicer and a lot easier and a lot more social
All that Beeching did was to write a report with recommendations - he didn’t close any lines or stations because he never had the authority. That was the responsibility of the Transport Minister. History has repeated itself this week with this government getting rid of land earmarked for the Manchester leg of HS2. I think there was a case for retaining the trackbed of many closed lines in the Huddersfield area - but there was a lot of duplication because they were built by different railway companies.
@@exploringthepastandthepres9793and many villages never had railway stations in the first place. There is nothing to stop brand new lines being built to serve these areas though it would not be cheap. The solution could also be trams as well as trains. You build the line because it’s needed not to right a wrong from 60+ years ago.
@andrewlong6438 I totally agree with you I feel sorry for the people especially the elderly that had to up sticks and leave there homes for this HS2 now all for nothing
@@andrewlong6438Nah Beeching was well in on it, he'd been coordinating the political move with Marples since the mid fifties so that Marples' family company could secure some road building contracts in return for career advancement. They copied the arguments that the road lobby in the US had successfully used against US railroad companies for profit. They ripped up the railways quickly and sold off parts of the land to help secure the business case for the roads before the British public realised that they had been screwed and got angry (though we never really did sadly).
Other Transport ministers tried to blow the whistle on this but the media ignored it.
Typical corrupt bullshit as ever.
Tories and Labour operatives and politicians have been doing exactly the same strategy with every other sector too.
"It's all one big club, and we ain't in it" George Carlin.
No mention of Longwood & Milnsbridge unfortunately - albeit a fleeting glimpse of the name on the map you displayed. Very few residents of Milnsbridge would have used Golcar Station, except those at the "top" of Scar Lane, most would have opted for L&M. Unfortunately, I've only ever seen 1 photo of it - and that's on Wikipedia - and not a good one at that. There's also a few short film clips of it on a video called "Pennine Steam" which is also on UA-cam (narrated by Roger Greenwood of Yorkshire TV Calendar fame, for those of a certain age!😂). If anyone knows different or has links to other photos, please share.
My Auntie and Uncle lived above old Liversedge Central station. I even remember the occasional 08. Guess that was late 70s. Not sure if there’s much still there.
I remember my father taking me down to the remains of Bradley station must be over 65 years ago ,round about 1956 I seem to remember just a bit of rubble and old brick but you would not know there had been a station there.
I'm working on the TRU project and I have done a lot of work around Bradly Junction.
You are bang on about the beechings axe too, the village my family are from had a station an trains ran to London on that line, nowadays I'd have to travel to Leeds or Bradford for a London train it's crazy
Bradley station was closed in 1950 so it pre-dated the Beeching report by 13 years. I would simply refer to them as station and line closures and not link them back to him as loads of stations and lines were closed before him. Indeed the railway network was slowly shrinking from WW1 onwards.
Where your standing looking down on the Bradley Station Site there were four tracks in situ to Heaton Lodge, back in the mid sixties when as a small boy I would train spot from the bridge, at least reinstating four tracks will only require ground work.
Aww I think I read that thank you for sharing that ! It’s a shame they got rid of it them !
The branch to Brighouse was re instated about 30yrs ago
there are some images of the stations on Google.
Hi pal, this is a great film ,the Cooper Bridge part was fascinating, I'm from Huddersfield and live Brighouse, not sure if it's just 'Trains ' you fo but if you want to a nice trio out find the 'lost village of Highfields ' near green head Park some of the finest architecture in our town
Hi pal
Anything historical !
I’m firm Huddersfield too not far from you near Asda !
I’ll deffo check that one out
Thank you
@@exploringthepastandthepres9793 if you want to meet up i can show you , oh and there the ruined church in Birkby cemetery has TWO separate vaults , one for Christian burial's and one for non Christians , 200 years ago the vicar insisted on separate services , one of the last examples of this church still standing
Oh if only we could turn back the clock and reopen all these lines and abolish for good cars!
Agreed ! 😀
If we could turn the clock back, just for a few days, I'd be taking my digital SLR camera back with me, for sure.
Are the railway cottages still there at bottom of Station Road, I also think the entrance to Bradley st was at the very end of station rd.
I was there for the opening of Deighton station in 1982. We got some free travel tickets.
I don’t think they were there unless I didn’t see them in a local so might go back and have a look
I’m from Deighton but wasn’t born
But would loved to have been their on open day 😀
See you in Hecky soon :)
Getting there ! 😁😁😀😀
I pass the Cooper Bridge one many times and i would love to see the steps behind that wall.
I would aswell ! 😃 unfortunately it’s just totally shut and on a live line 😳
There are plans to demolish the current Deighton station. To fit the proposed 4 track railway through here the whole station will need to be remodeled. I heard conflicting reports, one keeping in its current location and one moving it slightly east and calling it Bradley!
Yh I know a guy who lives next to the station he told me there are plans to demolish it but make a 3rd Deighton station I think
never knew about golcar
Oh yeah a forgotten station !😢
My mate and I used to spend hours on Golcar station platform, watching the trains (not actual 'train spotters' though - we just liked the railway environment.) The station master said to us once that 'spotters' weren't allowed, but he turned a blind eye whenever we walked past the booking office, which was at street level, on our way down to the far platform, which was on the up 'fast' line ... (which was always used by 'aussies' hauling long coal trains at about five miles an hour...😂)