Loving this video! I'm originally from Clowne, I moved to a neighbouring village 27 years ago but I'm a Clowne lad at heart. There's a lot of history in the village and it's changed massively since I was a lad. The Friday nights in the 80s and 90s were something else...it's a pity we lost the social element and three good boozers (White Hart, Welfare and the Cons club) while not forgetting the Bowden arms and the Coach & Horses (closed in the 70s I believe). As well as the mentioned places of worship, there were two other chapels, demolished in the 80s (one at what is now the entrance to the Council building and the other as Rectory rd meets Church st.). If you wanted to drink and pray, Clowne was where it was at! Great video, you've done cracking job!
My grandad was born in Clowne. They called him the clown from Clowne. My great grandfather Arthur Taylor was a builder there and built quite a few of the buildings there apparently. My great great grandfather Henry Russell was also quite a character who lived there. I went there a few months ago to do the family tree. My ancestors were there for over a hundred years and Barlborough. I've still got some distant cousins living there.
Thank you for that great video. My ancestors (Bamford and Storey) lived and worked in Clowne until about 1950 (including my mother) . I'm writing about them and you gave me great overview. (I'm in Australia now) .
Another great video, loved to see my old home although it reminds me that i must be getting old, i can remember catching a train form Clowne to go to the seaside in the 60's .
@@TheVillageIdiot Not sure Andy?, I would have been around 3-4 at the time so not sure which platform, it would have been going to the east coast on a day trip i think. Don't remember the start of the trip but the train didn't slow down in time and hit the end bumpers at the station very hard causing every one to fall over and i got a black eye that is why it sticks in my mind so much after all these years.
A most interesting video and good to see the former railway preserved as a walking/cycle track to be enjoyed today. It's also good to see the effort put into the information boards.
I lived in Clowne over 20 years ago for about a year due to work and it stuck in my mind for the wrong reasons. If you went in the pubs there were quite alot of aggressive arrogant bullies there , if you were an outsider like me people would just stare at you. I remember one particular occasion i was sat with two freinds and this burly character came over asked who we were told us his name then said " im him ere " " any trouble and youll be answering to me" he then went and sat back down with his cronies who nodded in approval that i had been told. On another occasion a few weeks later i saw a young lad sat with his girlfreind get kicked full in the head for absolutely no reason in a well lit pub so i stopped going out after that. No idea what its like now it might be totally different but there were certainley alot of unsavoury unfreindly bullying characters that seemed to have something to prove back then and all wanted to be known as hard men. Quite sad actually as there are some lovely fields and woods places to walk in that area just spoiled by the people i encountered.
It didn't seem bad on this visit if I'm honest, but I think everywhere has its "hard men" as you put it. These former mining areas tend to be a little more rough and ready because they were hit hard by the pit closures
Clun means place of springs. The E was added to Clown around 1950/51 when the sign was repainted and was spelt wrong. You were pronouncing Harlesthorpe wrong for most of the video, although you did get it right near the end. It is also known as Bumpmill Pond Locally I moved away from Clowne over 10 years ago, I was shocked you managed to find enough there to make a 30 minute video and you made me giggle when you said it seemed like a nice place to live. By the end of your video, I’ve decided to go back to visit (definitely wouldn’t move back), given you a like and subscribe. Been watching your videos about the rest of the parish for about 5 hours now. Keep up the great videos, I lived in that area for 29 years and I learnt so much I didn’t know! I’ve genuinely never heard of Belph… like what?
30 minutes wasn't all that generous. Probably could've gone on for an hour or more haha. Thanks Fliss! And yeah Belph, is one of those out the way places nobody really knows. Nice though!
I rode on The Monnies for years in its spoil heap years, from Woodside Stables on Barlborough Road (now moved to Whitwell to make way for housing). I always thought the Monnies' name was kind of an urban legend, so it's nice to know it wasn't.
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Loving this video! I'm originally from Clowne, I moved to a neighbouring village 27 years ago but I'm a Clowne lad at heart. There's a lot of history in the village and it's changed massively since I was a lad. The Friday nights in the 80s and 90s were something else...it's a pity we lost the social element and three good boozers (White Hart, Welfare and the Cons club) while not forgetting the Bowden arms and the Coach & Horses (closed in the 70s I believe). As well as the mentioned places of worship, there were two other chapels, demolished in the 80s (one at what is now the entrance to the Council building and the other as Rectory rd meets Church st.). If you wanted to drink and pray, Clowne was where it was at! Great video, you've done cracking job!
Great video,good narration and informative... we are clowne people and enjoyed it all.👍
Thank you kindly!
My grandad was born in Clowne. They called him the clown from Clowne. My great grandfather Arthur Taylor was a builder there and built quite a few of the buildings there apparently. My great great grandfather Henry Russell was also quite a character who lived there. I went there a few months ago to do the family tree. My ancestors were there for over a hundred years and Barlborough. I've still got some distant cousins living there.
Thank you for that great video. My ancestors (Bamford and Storey) lived and worked in Clowne until about 1950 (including my mother) . I'm writing about them and you gave me great overview. (I'm in Australia now) .
Thanks for sharing!
Another great video, loved to see my old home although it reminds me that i must be getting old, i can remember catching a train form Clowne to go to the seaside in the 60's .
Glad you enjoyed it! From which station Stephen? I imagine Clowne South
@@TheVillageIdiot Not sure Andy?,
I would have been around 3-4 at the time so not sure which platform, it would have been going to the east coast on a day trip i think. Don't remember the start of the trip but the train didn't slow down in time and hit the end bumpers at the station very hard causing every one to fall over and i got a black eye that is why it sticks in my mind so much after all these years.
Excellent narration with a wide breadth of information. Thank you.
Thank you 😁
What a great job you have done on the presentation of Clowne Town .
Thank you!
Very interesting
The prospect of a 'Clowne College' in Clowne always amused me!
I went there for a year in the 80s.
It’s not funny though when people ask where you went to college 🤦🏻♀️ especially if you are at a job interview! My friends proper take the pee!
@@nikkia9506 so did I.
A most interesting video and good to see the former railway preserved as a walking/cycle track to be enjoyed today. It's also good to see the effort put into the information boards.
Isn't it just! I love it when I find boards like that, they are SO helpful for making these!
I lived in Clowne over 20 years ago for about a year due to work and it stuck in my mind for the wrong reasons. If you went in the pubs there were quite alot of aggressive arrogant bullies there , if you were an outsider like me people would just stare at you. I remember one particular occasion i was sat with two freinds and this burly character came over asked who we were told us his name then said " im him ere " " any trouble and youll be answering to me" he then went and sat back down with his cronies who nodded in approval that i had been told.
On another occasion a few weeks later i saw a young lad sat with his girlfreind get kicked full in the head for absolutely no reason in a well lit pub so i stopped going out after that. No idea what its like now it might be totally different but there were certainley alot of unsavoury unfreindly bullying characters that seemed to have something to prove back then and all wanted to be known as hard men. Quite sad actually as there are some lovely fields and woods places to walk in that area just spoiled by the people i encountered.
It didn't seem bad on this visit if I'm honest, but I think everywhere has its "hard men" as you put it.
These former mining areas tend to be a little more rough and ready because they were hit hard by the pit closures
Clun means place of springs.
The E was added to Clown around 1950/51 when the sign was repainted and was spelt wrong.
You were pronouncing Harlesthorpe wrong for most of the video, although you did get it right near the end. It is also known as Bumpmill Pond Locally
I moved away from Clowne over 10 years ago, I was shocked you managed to find enough there to make a 30 minute video and you made me giggle when you said it seemed like a nice place to live.
By the end of your video, I’ve decided to go back to visit (definitely wouldn’t move back), given you a like and subscribe. Been watching your videos about the rest of the parish for about 5 hours now. Keep up the great videos, I lived in that area for 29 years and I learnt so much I didn’t know! I’ve genuinely never heard of Belph… like what?
30 minutes wasn't all that generous. Probably could've gone on for an hour or more haha.
Thanks Fliss! And yeah Belph, is one of those out the way places nobody really knows. Nice though!
I rode on The Monnies for years in its spoil heap years, from Woodside Stables on Barlborough Road (now moved to Whitwell to make way for housing). I always thought the Monnies' name was kind of an urban legend, so it's nice to know it wasn't.
U missed out the part of Clowne where I live, its around ridgeway w
If I could cover every street going physically, I would. Alas, it's impossible