What an amazing film,I really enjoyed watching it,thank you very much for sharing it with us
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
You are very welcome, I am so pleased that you enjoyed the video- thank you for your lovely comment!
@rodericfindlay4147Ай бұрын
A wonderful story, beautifully told.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you very much, very glad you enjoyed the film👍
@philiphaley8970Ай бұрын
As an ex Boltonian and a train spotter to boot, this brought back many happy memories of much time spent at Bolton MPD (26C and later 9K) and Bolton Trinity St. Many of the locos shown later went on to be preserved, (45110, 45025, 44871, 48773 and others) and many more should have done, particularly 44781, 73069 and green liveried 73014 which were apparently particular pets of the Bolton enginemen.. Three of the four locos that powered the final "10 guinea special" in August 1968 had all spent some considerable time at Bolton MPD - 45110, 44871 and 44781. Many thanks for letting me ride this reminiscence train!!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment, good to hear from a Boltonian trainspotter! Yes, that green liveried standard five was special, it was a shock to see it on the scrap line on our second visit. It’s only to be expected, I suppose, that some locos were “pets”, I know Jim Markland also talks about one standard five that was never any good, “everything was too much trouble for it” he writes. Thanks again for your memories too… I was never a number taker, but I drank the atmosphere up like a fine wine👍
@jcmgtАй бұрын
Wonderful, precious memories and beautifully narrated .
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, so pleased you enjoyed the film, and that it brought back good memories!👍
@stevedellow4956Ай бұрын
A beautifully produced and narrated film. Love it!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you very much, Steve, I’m very pleased that you liked the film👍
@newobanproductions999Ай бұрын
This was quite the watch for me as my grandfather remembered Bolton shed when he was growing up as a kid until his family moved to Australia in 1967 when he was about 10. He wasn't actually a trainspotter as his older brother was but he does recall those days in the 1960s when steam was in its closing stages. As for the Crabs being known as "Dippers" there, I made a guess that it came from their running board's shape, high at the smokebox before "dipping" half-way along their length. Given they were all built nearby at Horwich (which my great grandfather worked at in 1956-7), wouldn't surprise me that Bolton locals came up with their nickname for them.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I’m really pleased that you enjoyed the film. I read the other day about the nickname that apparently was specific to Bolton- and you are exactly right! Wish I’d known that when I made the video, never mind. Fascinating to hear about your grandfather. 👍
@uphollandlaticАй бұрын
Another beautiful film. Your narration has a beautiful tone. It communicates exactly the right mix of nostalgia and longing.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, I’m so pleased you like the video. I’m never sure, I just try to be honest and hope my feelings come through. Thanks for your very kind words👍
@veryhappychappy12Ай бұрын
A magical bit of nostalgia. Excellent presentation, with no hype. Such a pleasure to watch and listen to. Thank you. Subscribed.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you so much, that means a lot. Thank you also for subscribing👍
@Guitar6tyАй бұрын
Grew up near to Edgehill sidings went to sleep to the sound of engines shunting and the tinkle of buffer kissed wagons.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
The sound of my childhood too. Something that was once such a commonplace sound, now only heard in old films. I love your “buffer kissed wagons”👍
@paulnolan1352Ай бұрын
Thanks Ian, pure unadulterated nostalgia. Nobody does it better than you. See you on the next one 🤙
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I do like to remember those days, luckily my memories are many, even if I can't remember where I put the shed key :-) You bet, there is another video in preparation! Thanks for your kind comment!
@ffrancrogowski2192Ай бұрын
Who remembers Bolton driver Bert Welsby? He eventually moved to Buxton, where I worked with him on freight as a guard in the late 70s/early to middle 80s. You never got a snatch off Bert when handling a loose-coupled train, perfect man with years of experience. Great video by the way!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I know that Jim Markland mentions a lot of Bolton Enginemen in his books on Bolton (Foxline) but they are about the sixties, while you are talking about the seventies. I hope somebody knows him on here. The hallmark of a driver indeed, how he handles loose coupled freight- must have been a skilled man. Thanks for your kind comment👍
@peterridyard78999 күн бұрын
Brilliant film evokes many memories of my own early teenage years at Springs Branch and patricroft shed wanderings
@iainrobinson65669 күн бұрын
Thank you very much. I'm glad it brought back some good memories of spotting days.
@daystatesniper01Ай бұрын
Superb video ,happy and simpler times
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, very pleased you enjoyed it. Yes, simpler, happier times :-)
@stuartbroome1258Ай бұрын
It brings back my trainspotting memory. Never got to Bolton, but did cycle to Patricroft from Hazel Grove where I lived! Unbelievable how much everything has changed now, and how lucky we were. Happy memories.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
That’s quite a ride from Hazel Grove to Patricroft- respect! Yes, it’s so shocking how things have changed. You are so right, we were lucky, weren’t we! Thanks for your great comment👍
@sidneydawe9937Ай бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you. I remember hanging around Tebay sheds near Kendal. We used to make notes of the engine numbers. It was a wonderful time when nobody was glued to smart (dumb) phones.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment- I would have liked to have visited Tebay shed, furthest north we got was Lostock Hall. Yes, no mobile phones to make everybody stupid… good times👍
@philipwall6407Ай бұрын
Wonderful memories, thanks so much for showing us all of a certain age what our young lives with a love of steam engines were like.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! I feel so lucky to have seen the last days of real steam railways. Thanks for the comment👍
@stephensmith799Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 me too.
@eliotreader8220Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 do you think old Grumpy might have been a engine man
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@eliotreader8220 some local lads told us he had been an engine man, but his eyes weren’t good anymore, so he was in charge of the sandfurnace. Obviously bitter!
@0740WoodsideАй бұрын
Wonderful nostalgia! Many years ago a Bolton chap called Dennis Armitage told me that "Crabs" were known as "Dippers" because of the pronounced dip in the running plate. Many of us from the Wirral loved Birkenhead's Crabs and nearly saved our star loco 42942 but couldn't raise the cash. Thanks for the memories though.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Aah, thankyou! It’s that “dip” in the running plate that endears them to me.I wish you had been able to save that Birkenhead “Crab” though. Glad you enjoyed the film👍
@user-oo8xp2rf1kАй бұрын
Thank you for a beautifully told story .
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for your comment👍
@stuartallen8684Ай бұрын
Lovely video. Many thanks. 👍🙂
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
You are most welcome, thank you👍
@user-uz6ny3dj3kАй бұрын
What an excellent production... a wonderful trip down memory lane. Being born and brought up in Bolton, I remember the sight and sound of almost every image... even the smell of Walker's Tannery. Great stuff!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Bolton was a great place, so fascinating, I regret only going twice in my teens. Oh, those tanneries though! You did sort of get used to it after a few hours, but I’ll never forget that smell. Our school was next to a dye works in Hyde, which was bad because you never got used to that. Thanks for your comment👍
@itsonlyme9938Ай бұрын
Love the photos and your presentation is very well done.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you! I’m very pleased that you enjoyed the video👍
@itsonlyme9938Ай бұрын
I born in the 1950's and my parents would go on holiday and taken to Blackpool and I remember the steam trains at Victoria station. Victoria station had 14 platforms and today it has changed dramatically compared to its former glory. Found on Manchester City council web sight archive photos of the station some from the 1920's and including exchange station showing bomb damage from WW2.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks, good to hear of your memories👍 Have you seen my Manchester Victoria video, it’s on my channel? Thanks very much for your comment😊
@berniehayes9397Ай бұрын
Now this is a happy memory, I lived a couple of streets away from the shed, as did Paul Salvesen, if memory serves me he had an engine chimney in his front garden, this was my playground oh the bollockings I’ve had for being on the shed, worth it though, thank you for posting 👍
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you Bernie, good to hear that it reminded you of those days! That old guy that threw us off was terrifying… I pity you if he was the one giving out the bollockings! Thanks for the comment👍
@berniehayes9397Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 no the bollockings were from mum and dad
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@berniehayes9397 Yes, I got a few of those for trainspotting when I should have been in school! They didn't understand, did they?😂
@Geo46115Ай бұрын
Thanks Iain for yet another absolute reminiscent gem! That's just how IT was in those halcyon days. Such memories will never fade from my memory, and so from my many visits to 9A Longsight MPD, escorted by a late uncle from depot, whom at that time was a passed fireman, 'steam entered my blood' and I joined BR in 1965. Keep them coming good friend.👌
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@Geo46115 Thanks so much, mate! I'm so glad you enjoyed this, I hoped you would. I am working on another just now! Hope all goes well for you, thanks for the comment!👍
@ragarse3Ай бұрын
What a wonderful film, smoke, grime and coaldust included. And here's me thinking shed spotting, shed bunking in, the whole train/steam immersion....not to mention the added attraction of women, beer and motorbikes was a figment of my imagination. Thanks, totally revitaised now!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks, oh, it was all real, mate! Thanks for the great comment👍
@eliotreader8220Ай бұрын
lovely story keep them coming
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you , I am working on another right now👍
@pauldoggett7801Ай бұрын
Excellent thank you for sharing
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
My pleasure, so glad that you enjoyed the film👍
@WarwickPeteАй бұрын
Wonderful!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!👍
@Saxon1947Ай бұрын
Every second of that video brought happy memories of my days living in Bolton as a child,from sneaking into the shed on a Saturday, to the buses,loved the buses in Bolton! Now here in York all the buses are electric, the images of burden park many happy memories the world's best football team still! A million thanks for a wonderful video ❤😊
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you! I’m so pleased that my film gave you pleasure… yes, my memories of Bolton are good ones, it’s good to know that locals too are still very fond of the place. The buses, though- they were great, weren’t they! Thanks for your lovely comment👍
@roberthiorns75849 күн бұрын
Thanks for the memories 👍
@iainrobinson65667 күн бұрын
You're very welcome!
@sarahwinfield3989Ай бұрын
I remember travelling up in a coach (bus type)from Peterborough with a local enthusiasts group. I wish I could remember more about the trip. I do recall one locomotive where the driving wheels had locked up but the locomotive carried on moving.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I know what you mean about memories, there are some big gaps in mine, while other sequences are in great detail. Yes, I saw a few instances at Edgehill where light engines would skid down into the shed… it was a bit of an incline😂 Thanks for your comment👍
@gwaithwyrАй бұрын
Great stuff! Voice and narration perfect. It takes me back to myy spotting days in the 50s and 60s. Mainly Derby, with trips all over.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
So pleased that you enjoyed the video, and I’m glad it brought back some good memories. Thanks for the comment👍
@neilcharlton456Ай бұрын
Great to see back into my family's birth place. Grandad a driver on the L and Y based at Bolton, auntie lived off Green Lane, near the junction with Crescent Road, my Dad worked at the ( very smelly) tannery ( Walkers) and grew up on the 'flower estate" in Farnworth. Lived on Primrose Avenue ! The film was well-researched and edited and MUCH appreciated by me. Thank you.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you very much, I’m really pleased that someone like you with very strong local roots enjoyed the video. It must be very fine to have had a Grandad who was a driver on the L&Y, I would dine out on that! Thanks for your lovely comment👍
@colinthomasson3948Ай бұрын
that world was so much better than this one, so beautiful to see it brought back to life this way, thank you
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I'm really pleased that the video evoked some good memories, thank you for your comment :-)
@mikeowen1192Ай бұрын
Thanks for this really enjoyable video great the laid back relaxed way you present it,
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, I’m really pleased that you enjoyed it and thank you for your kind words👍
@raythomason3Ай бұрын
As a lad I climbed onto the footplate of a saddle tank at 26c where I was educated into the operation of the regulator by a more experienced young man. I lived on Green Lane near Bolton Cricket Club
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
A great experience, there can’t be many who can say that!👍
@cedarcamАй бұрын
Great memories of shed bashing, I never got to do that in steam days So much has changed around there. I have The Love Match on VHS not watched it in years, I think I will have to root it out.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the film. Sorry you didn’t have the shedbashing adventures, I hope my little film has given you some of the atmosphere though. Thanks for your comment👍
@cedarcamАй бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 It certainly does.
@lozziel9662Ай бұрын
Brilliant work! By the time I went round Bolton shed, it was run down with only a couple of locos, much of the tracks out of use
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
That’s a shame😕 we were lucky I think, it was quite tidy and workmanlike in the mid sixties. Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for your comment👍
@alantunbridge8919Ай бұрын
Brings back poignant memories for me. My grandmother lived in Ainsworth & in the early 1960’s I visited a few times,however being an avid’gricer’ shed visits were a given. I recall 26C being full of WD 2-8-0’s,LYR 3F 0-60’s, ‘Crabs’, LMS 2-6-4T’s,the odd BR 2-6-2T for the Horwich push-pull plus miscellaneous other locos. ,some ex Horwich Works. My home town was Luton,I would travel to Manchester Central on the ‘Palatine’ across to Victoria & a local to Bolton. I,also, used to travel around the area ‘bunking’ all the sheds. Magic moments,great days!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
My goodness, that is quite a trek! I would have loved to have travelled on the "Palatine", Jubilee hauled no doubt. I didn't see the ex-L&Y class 25's, would have loved that. My partner comes from Luton... there was quite a bit of loco action down there too in the early sixties, wasn't there. Those WD 2-8-0's were quite impressive! Thanks for your comment :-)
@alantunbridge8919Ай бұрын
The ‘Palatine’ in those days was mostly Britannia hauled,sometimes a Royal Scot. This was as a result of the West Coast electification & consequent speeding up of the Midland line Manchester expresses. I recall one time 70017 failed at Flitwick with a broken mechanical lubricator & we had 45137 replacement,exciting run only 15 minute late arrival
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@alantunbridge8919 A Britannia, eh? Now I’m doubly envious! That run with 45137 must have been .. er… interesting! The crew were obviously on their mettle. 👍
@alantunbridge8919Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 Maybe to make you even more envious I had a run from Blackpool Central to Bolton behind Clan 72004 on 21.07.1960,unexpected but interesting. Polmadie Britannias, Scots& obviously Clans on occasion used to regularly work to Manchester Victoria on the daily Glasgow & Edinburgh to Manchester & Liverpool express, combining at Carstairs & splitting at Preston the loco. going forward to Manchester,saw them at Newton Heath. Newton Heath were not beyond borrowing these locos. as I saw firsthand. During the West Coast electrification there was a Manchester Victoria to St.Pancras Sundays only express, I used to go to Luton Midland Road to see it as it would have a 26A ‘Jubilee’ or something similar as the engine,imagine my surprise when 70054 of 66A turned up one time.
@barryliptrot3338Ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, brought back some nice memories. Barry
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks very much, Barry, I'm really pleased that it reminded you of some good things!
@RoyKethroАй бұрын
Simply brilliant! Stuff mainstream TV. Let's have more of this for entertainment.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
That is very kind, thank you! Very pleased that you enjoyed the film, I'm trying to do one a month, so there will be another coming along! Thanks for the lovely comment :-)
@davehodson8870Ай бұрын
Absolute superb, so full of memories. I was born and bred in Bolton but now live in Perth Australia. The clean locos were actually cleaned by a group of boys which I think included Steve Leyland and Harvey Scowcroft.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video!👍
@GrandadTinkererАй бұрын
I have lived in Bolton for nearly forty years. Most of what you showed in the video had gone by the time I came here. I still remember the 'Beehive' mill though. I also remember the railway station being rebuilt 'across the road', never understood why that happened! Over the years, I've developed an interest in looking at old maps of areas that I am curious about. A lot of the online sites that host such maps want to charge an arm and a leg for just looking at them. However, I have found that the National Library of Scotland online, has a great selection of British maps for free! Thank you for the video Sir. You have a new subscriber.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
That makes me feel very old, but then, I am😂 I feel very lucky to have seen the last of old Bolton, even if I was probably too young to appreciate it. I never understood the idea behind the railway re-jig either. Like you, I love old maps, they’re essential exploring old mines and industrial sites, which I love to do. The NLoS are so good, glad you have discovered them too. Thanks for your comment👍
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
And the subscribe👍👍
@alanhart9976Ай бұрын
Very well produced Iain, took me back in time.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
That’s my aim, thank you for saying that, I’m so glad you enjoyed the video👍
@noeldunford4955Ай бұрын
Golden days big time
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Golden days, indeed! Thanks for your comment👍
@volklf1Ай бұрын
What a great video reminds me of shed bashing in Manchester in 1968 and wish I could have done more. Only so much I could do at 14 from Blackpool/ Simply a superb production once of the best in the steam age. Thankyou
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you! Oh, yes, the frustration of being 14 and having no money to get to sheds was a real problem. Dave and I resorted to skipping school and saving up our dinner money… tough times, I’m sure you resorted to similar measures! Thank you for your kind comments about the video, much appreciated! 👍
@ChapelEndJunctionUKАй бұрын
Reminds me of the days we used to sneak into Lower Darwen sheds in the early 60's .
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Great stuff! I never got to Lower Darwen, it was on the list, but August '68 came around far too soon. Thanks for your comment :-)
@ruskinyruskiny1611Ай бұрын
Great stuff
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you very much👍
@reach90002c5Ай бұрын
brilliant thank you very much
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I'm really glad you enjoyed the film, thanks for your comment! :-)
@TheDaf95xfАй бұрын
Being born in Urmston Manchester vic was a favourite spotting station but unfortunately I missed steam as I was 11 in 68 😢 Thanks for sharing this and narrating it so well lain sad as it may be but the memories are there for us 👍🏻
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Yes, Vicc was a great place. Some of my mates got to know the banker drivers, but I was too shy to speak to them. It still had a great atmosphere in the seventies, too. Thanks for your kind words- I’m so glad that we both have the memories of those days👍
@tomtdАй бұрын
Thanks
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you so much❤️
@FredWilburyАй бұрын
Happy days lucky boys😮
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you! Yes, we were lucky lads, and we knew it. but so frustrating not to be out there every day spotting and bashing :-)
@48firefoxАй бұрын
I was a trainspotter at Bolton in the late 50s and early 60s, used to trainspot on the footbridge from Trinity Street to Great Moor street, it was always full of spotters on a Saturday morning, the attraction being the 0930 Manchester to Glasgow train which had a restaurant car included, it always had a named loco hauling it, Britannias, Clans, Royal Scots, were quite common. Regarding the shed me and my mate Bob Collinston have been slung out of there many times!.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Wow, that sounds so good. We were a bit later, 65 onwards… so we caught the tail end of the Scots and the Patriots although did see Brits at Man Vic. I envy you your experiences, thanks for your comment👍
@davidaspinall496Ай бұрын
Yes, I was one of them. Remember the pies from the cafe?
@48firefoxАй бұрын
yes I do, I think they sold pasties as well!@@davidaspinall496
@Scoope1964Ай бұрын
Brilliant Iain, loved every second of it
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, thank you for commenting!
@pn112upfastАй бұрын
Brilliant 👍👍
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@PhilPage2279 күн бұрын
Brilliant film. I grew up accross the valley from Horwich loco works where all my Mother`s family worked. I well remember all the steamers lined up there for scrapping. Loco works rec ently gone to build hundreds of houses.
@iainrobinson65669 күн бұрын
Thank you! Horwich works was so important to the community back then... how times change. That must have been a sad sight, seeing all the steam locos waiting for the cutters torch. I'm glad I brought back some memories, thanks for your comment.
@stephendavies6949Ай бұрын
It's interesting to see in your video many locos still sporting the early BR emblem, even as late as 1966.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Blimey, yes, you are right! Very observant of you. I wonder if in the sixties, full repaints and transfers were not going to happen... I saw lots of locos with freshly painted smokeboxes, or patch painting on the cabs, but no overall refreshes, at least I can't remember any. What a good point you make, thank you.
@stephendavies6949Ай бұрын
@iainrobinson6566 I don't remember mainline steam, but the lack of maintenance and general care was a feature, especially after it was decided to get rid of it by 1968. I guess the top flight passenger locos had the lion's share of whatever care & attention was available, but everything else - as you say - was patched up in a make-do-and-mend approach. It's easy to see why trainspotting was such a popular pastime: all that variety, plus the drama, noise and motion steam engines provide!
@davehodson8870Ай бұрын
Harvey Scowcroft was1 year above me at school and he used to arrange outings for train spotters to Barry, Crewe, Carlisle and others, all without teacher or parent supervision and about 20 kids. Brilliant! Wouldn’t be allowed now though!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
That doesn’t surprise me, he was quite a character as well as being a brilliant photographer. No, trips like that wouldn’t go down well these days😂👍
@davehodson8870Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 Hi Iain, I have a photo of Harvey on the buffer beam on the last train from Horwich. If you wish I can email it to you
@paulwallis9334Ай бұрын
Just wonderful !!!! Thanks
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I’m so glad that you enjoyed it, thank you👍
@ChrisLawtonorganistАй бұрын
superb and I am glad I was able to assist with this
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Chris, the clips of yours were so perfect! That L&Y class 25 is so fine and the inside motion going round as well! Thanks again, you are a star :-)
@1951GLАй бұрын
Bolton shed interior was quite clean in the 60s. It rarely had named locos and was a predominantly freight depot. The staff were pleasant but plain plain speaking e.g. "If tha'rt cowd tha mon change thi' butcher." The station was interesting for a spotter, Manchester Victoria straight on, Bury and Rochdale left and Blackburn almost due north and very busy. Went back to Bolton, briefly, in 2004 and barely recognized anything - the town centre was attractive in the past, now very run down.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Apart from that old gowk that threw us out, Bolton felt very friendly. The local lads were happy to share intel about locos and we didn't have any bother, unlike at Lostock Hall when someone chased us with an axe or a shovel, I can't remember which.The shed seemed clean and tidy in '66 and the fitters were very busy. I wouldn't like to go back, all the modern jimcrack buildings and so many of the mills knocked down... at least that's how it seems from google street view. Thanks for your comment :-)
@macky4074Ай бұрын
I had to look on Google maps to see if Bee Hive mill had been demolished. I had no idea, my mum used to take us to the catalogue returns shop inside there. It was occupied by Gus catalogue/white arrow. I still live fairly local and had no idea it had been demolished.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
That must have been a blow! It was a listed building, but they demolished it anyway. It would have made great apartments, too. Thanks very much for your comment👍
@Shadypiez336Ай бұрын
Fantastic Iain , brings memories flooding back ,you're a very good story teller , I look forward to your next video with anticipation
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your kind words, and yes, I’ve got a couple of similar films in preparation. 👍
@Shadypiez336Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 I've watched your other videos ,ie Patricroft and Manchester Victoria , it's not just the wonderful steam images but your story telling really brings them to life and makes them a cut above
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@Shadypiez336 that’s made my day, thank you! 👍🙏
@Shadypiez336Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 You're very welcome Iain and very well deserved 🙂
@Dewiart16Ай бұрын
That 'pong from the tanneries' was from our family business - Walker and Martin, Dri-Ped Ltd. Just after the war it was the biggest tannery in the world, employing around 1,500 people. You mention Arthur Askey in the Love March. In his earlier film 'Band Waggon', Arthur sings one of his 'silly songs' called 'A pretty little bird am I'. One of the lines goes "My liver's like a Dri-Ped sole". Sadly, like everything else highlighted in your nostalgic video, the tannery is no more.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Very interesting, thanks for your comment👍
@BJHolloway1Ай бұрын
Excellent as usual
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks very much, mate👍
@Maelli535Ай бұрын
Loved the video, I grew up in the Smoke, we were spoiled for choice - all regions except the Scottish to choose from - but it always seemed that only a small selection actually reached London, and we dreamed of Edge Hill, Longsight, Polmadie and all the others in the North. And I, too, loved industry as such, even some that really stank - there were surely some wreckers around to ruin British industry.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, yes, I’m on the same page as you. I grew up in Tameside, with all its canals and mills, what a fascinating place to a ten year old, and became more so as I grew older. Now it’s all featureless tin sheds. Glad you enjoyed the video👍
@icdgyixifyinstereo6 күн бұрын
My aunt lived in Crescent Road opposite the mill. I used to walk in and out of the shed without any fuss. I recall that the freight locos were used mainly to bring coal from the Wigan collieries to Spa Road gasworks in Bolton.
@iainrobinson65665 күн бұрын
Thanks for your comment. I wish I’d have been nearer to the shed… did you have a strategy for getting in … we were not lucky! 👍
@icdgyixifyinstereo4 күн бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 No strategy. We just walked in through the entrance. It was always on a Sunday so the place was usually deserted.
@iainrobinson65664 күн бұрын
@@icdgyixifyinstereo ah, yes… I guess our friend from the sand furnace would be having his beef and yorkshire pudding 😀 glad you got round without bother👍
@davidaspinall496Ай бұрын
Brilliant - thanks ...
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
You're welcome! So pleased that you enjoyed the video👍
@user-ej4wu9bw5h25 күн бұрын
That was superb
@iainrobinson656625 күн бұрын
Thank you so much👍
@dizzy2020Ай бұрын
Something we've mostly forgotten now is the idea you'd not know where something was/how to get to it and having a map was unheard of! Before Google Maps and detailed local atlases, the world was a mystery - you has to ask people and trust they weren't making-it-up (no-one likes to say "I don't know"!) I delivered stuff in the early 00s and there wasn't an up-to-date map of my own town - let alone satellite pictures of most of the Earth! Modern trainspotting revolves around the Realtimetrains website and social media - you don't go out to see what you can find, you go-out knowing what you'll see and surprises are rare - there's a bit of magic been lost - the world is less of an adventure (and has WAY too many fences) Thanks for sharing!
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
You're absolutely right. Back then we had to ask folk where a depot was, and if you were skipping school, that could spell trouble. That's a very good point you make about the loss of surprise and happenstance. Oh, the fences, I hate those. They look so ugly apart from anything else. In another life, I had a summer job delivering stuff around Manchester in the seventies... the A to Z wasn't very accurate and it was a problem reading it while dodging bollards and old ladies :-) Bad times. But there was something exciting about wondering what was coming down the line, and what was round the next bend! Thanks for your super comment!
@kennethsewell4245Ай бұрын
Went in there umpteen times even und ermeath one mine you that was when i was around 12yr old now 82
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Some great times and super memories, I’ll bet! Our age is our badge of admission to those great times, eh? 👍
@bahooniesАй бұрын
Wonderful trip down nostalgia lane. The 1963 photo of the little boys on the bridge at 1:12 brought back very happy memories. I'm 71 now but the little boy in shorts near the middle could easily have been me. I was 11 in September that year and loved hanging over the footbridge near my home watching the trains and waving at the locomotive crew. They always waved back. Wasn’t it a great time to be a boy? I've subscribed.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, so glad this struck a chord with you! I know what you mean, locomen were usually friendly, especially to us boys. It was a brilliant time to be young, we were so lucky. Thank you for your subscription, there’s usually a new video every month.👍
@bahooniesАй бұрын
@iainrobinson6566 Like you, I grew up in the twilight of steam and I've loved steam locomotives ever since. When I was small, my dad took me open day at a locomotive works. One loco had its smoke box door open and had a set of steps so you could climb up and look inside - which I did. Unfortunately in my haste, I tripped and tumbled head first into the smoke box. I came out black from head to toe. When dad reached me a kindly railway man was vainly trying to clean me up. I've never forgotten that episode or the scrubbing I got in the bath when we got home. It gives me a laugh everytime I think of it. Your mention of your pal Dave getting covered in coal dust, and the reception you received from all but the grouchy rail worker reminded me of it.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@bahoonies That’s a lovely story, and I’m so glad that the trip into the smokebox didn’t put you off steam locos! I agree, the locomen were generally kindly, and tried not to see us, unless you were doing something dangerous. They had a certain nobility, probably because of the many years learning their craft, and the best ones had a respect for each other. Nothing like that these days. Thanks for your memories, and for your kind comment👍
@bahoonies26 күн бұрын
@iainrobinson6566 Put me off? Ha, not a chance. l mean it's not every boy who gets the chance fall into a smoke box?
@iainrobinson656626 күн бұрын
@@bahoonies 🤣🤣👍
@eliotreader8220Ай бұрын
I believe Fred visited Bolton Loco shed on the way from school in the 1950s
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Ah, I wouldn’t be surprised, he was a true steam man. Thanks for the info👍
@johntyjpАй бұрын
Good Ole Dave, hope you're still in touch ?!😄
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Sadly, no :-( When we went to university, he studied maths at Oxford whilst I went to Manchester to study Art and English. Last I heard he was a lecturer, but I've never been able to find him on the web. A shame because we were good mates, although I was always the intellectual lightweight :-)
@barrytipton1179Ай бұрын
I can confirm it was a number 8bus you would have got
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thanks, good to know my memory was OK! 👍
@christhorp8410Ай бұрын
Why did you take the bus to Bolton rather than the train? cheaper? A fabulous presentation. Thanks so much.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
We also had a thing for buses and wanted to ride a Bolton bus, you didn’t see them that often in our part of Manchester. When we saw it was a new Atlantean, it was a no-brainer! I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video, and thanks for your kind words👍
@christhorp8410Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 I see! Best of both worlds then.
@albertcross4275Ай бұрын
Did you know Fred.
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Sadly, no… my brother met him a few times at steam rallies and said he was very charismatic and knew so much. Would have loved to have known him.👍
@albertcross4275Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 l wish l met him, he was obsessed about steam, etc. He was a great man, Bolton Council should be ashamed for not turning Fred's workshops into a museum..... 🤔🇬🇧🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@albertcross4275 you’re absolutely right. He was a real renaissance man, Bolton Council missed a trick.👍
@stephensmith799Ай бұрын
Wonderful images and narrative. My fav is the second photograph👍. Do you sell prints?
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Thank you, I’m really pleased that you enjoyed the video. I’m sorry, I don’t sell prints, but the second photo of the 7F is a creative commons image by Ben Brooksbank, and you will probably be able to get an image from his Geograph link.👍
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
Sorry, I just realised that the second shot is one of mine. I’m afraid I’m not in a position to sell prints but thanks anyway👍
@stephensmith799Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 It is a wonderful study of crew and locomotive👍👍👍
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@stephensmith799 Thank you🙏 I was only fifteen, so it’s a bit of a miracle, really! And my Mum destroyed many of my negs later because she didn’t like the girl I went out with… 🥴
@stephensmith799Ай бұрын
@@iainrobinson6566 Ah.. my mother gave my gf and the wife a lot of trouble too😏🤨
@RichardAndewSwayneАй бұрын
NOTLOB
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
😀
@LindsayFlintoff-hc2cmАй бұрын
A wonderful showing. So real. So accurate. Beautiful narration. I was there the last week June 1968 watching 45073 going up and down for us. 45318.my number plate, all legal for £2. Loved the bus too no.8. It is all still there in my head. A lovelly story, brilliant absolutely, production. Captures the truth of it all so well. Loved every moment. It took me back where I was. My driver father took us when he went to collect his wage. Saw an austin 7.At 6yrs old I was, so it was all very normal. Beautiful memories. Thankyou so much. Lindsay Flintoff.1950
@iainrobinson6566Ай бұрын
@@LindsayFlintoff-hc2cm thank you for your lovely comment and the very kind words❤️🙏 Your memories of the shed are fascinating … to have had a father who was a driver, and to have a memory of the loco being paraded back and forth for you, wonderful! Bolton buses were very special, not just because of the lovely livery either. They seemed exotic to us Tameside lads. Fancy getting that loco number for a couple of quid! Thanks again for such a wonderful comment👍