The Abandoned Village near Manchester Airport

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Жыл бұрын

I went to find the forgotten town of Ringway, one of many tows annihilated by the placement of the huge Manchester Airport.
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@arnolduk123 Жыл бұрын

The village round there was named Heyhead where woodhouse lane that stretched from the original ringway road all the way through woodhouse park. I knew a few people who lived in those cottages and on the farms. Behind the old church that was once there with a graveyard, on this farm was an underground tomb but is now covered with a car park. The graveyard is also covered with a carpark and a war memorial is in it's place which is to honour those buried there. There was also a corner shop named "odd bottle" or "fullalove's" as we called it, at the junction of woodhouse lane and ringway road, along with rows of houses and many farms. I played in most of the abandoned farms as a kid in the 70's and 80's and lived in one of the cottages that were compulsory purchased are now all gone. Pretty sad that most of that area is now car parks and concrete for cheap holidays in spain.

@wythenshawegrimemedia4067 Жыл бұрын

May I also add that the church (ringway parish) right next to the romper (the lion) pub , it still has a graveyard.

@bazah3422 10 ай бұрын

That's correct but you're referring to the old Church and Sunday school in the Hamlet/village of Heyhead, Woodhouse Lane to Ringway Road near the Airport Pub. I too remember all of them Cottages, farms and fullaloves corner shop. As a kid my Nanna used to send us to the farm on a Sunday morning to get veg for the dinner. How times have changed and ruined by the Airport. However this guy in the video is walking down near the Romper Pub on Wilmslow Old Road in the hamlet/parish of Ringway (on the other side of the Airport near the cargo centre) The Farm in the video is Cloughbank Farm which is over 700 years old it was my Mum's best friend's house when they were younger. It's an absolute disgrace what the Airport have done to such lovely listed buildings. Then again it doesn't surprise me in the slightest, it's like when the Airport were trying to buy a 400 year old cottage called The Old Thatch on Ringway Road behind Fullaloves so they could expand a car park. English Heritage refused to sell it and strangely enough it got set on fire, deemed too dangerous to repair so it was bulldozed all for about six car parking spaces!

@arnolduk123 10 ай бұрын

@@bazah3422 Yes, I stand corrected and I know the places that you talk about very well. There are still a few cottages left around moss lane, used mainly by airport workers. I spent many a year picking tomatoes on frank matthews farm, sadly now also a car park.

@TonyTone196 5 ай бұрын

This guy is talking about the area where the Romper pub is. The place you’re referring to is nowhere near this. It’s about a mile or more away. Different place

@arnolduk123 5 ай бұрын

@@TonyTone196 Yeah, I know but the end of that road near the Romper, used to run all the way up runger lane before the bypass was introduced.

@scoombs3871 10 ай бұрын

My guess is those buildings have been bought up by the airport for future expansion or more carparks. My mother remembers when the airport was mostly fields and you could walk up to the planes. I remember when for 2p you could go through a turnstile and on to the airport roof, they called it the Spectator Terrace.

@melaniebaynes2730 5 ай бұрын

I remember that too

@vickiegottfreund5505 2 ай бұрын

I remember that too. Standing waving as relatives flew off on their holidays in the 70's.

@arnolduk123 2 ай бұрын

@@vickiegottfreund5505I always looked forward to a Sunday day out on those terraces. Many people don't know the hidden history of all those old farms. Demolition workers found a very expensive oil painting hiden in one of them. After the war alot of the spitfire propellers were used as fencing posts around the farms. You can still find in the undergrowth if you search for them.

@suesmith4366 17 күн бұрын

I remember going on the roof 😎

@davidthompson4662 2 ай бұрын

As a kids in the 1950s, we would ride our bikes, going passed this pub, it was called the Romper inn, there was a huge grinding stone outside the front of the pub, which you could still turn.There was also a brick works, it had a tall chimney.

@Simon_Nonymous Жыл бұрын

You sir, are no 'idiot with a phone', you are inspirational, and I wish I had your guts to actually get on and do this sort of thing.

@wythenshawegrimemedia4067 Жыл бұрын

I went inside these building yesterday, I will make a video today . Let me know if you're interested i will send it to you

@ruthbaird1646 8 ай бұрын

I’d like to see inside the buildings.

@johngarford2874 Жыл бұрын

the cottages were compulsory purchased a few years back the same thing they did on ringway road where there was two stunning thatched cottages

@arnolduk123 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I remember those thatched cottages. There was one on ringway road that was feet away facing the runway. Do you remember the "odd bottle" or "fullalove's" shop on woodhouse lane next to them ?

@georgepreston8173 11 ай бұрын

I find this sort of thing fascinating and enjoy doing this kinda thing myself. Thanks for sharing your passion, Steve! :-)

@58tommo 23 күн бұрын

Thank you. Enjoyed the video. Keep up the good work

@itscassette Жыл бұрын

Another great video man!

@None-zc5vg 2 ай бұрын

I knew that area from the late '50s/early '60s. The modest airport with its DC-3s, its Viscounts, Herons and Fokker Friendships, was surrounded by farmland and narrow lanes, all to be wiped out by the monster growth of the airport. I doubt that anyone would want to live near the place now, given the noise, the traffic and the mess.

@sharonwashington8150 6 күн бұрын

Looks like a sign under TORY times!!

@Paul-eb4jp 3 ай бұрын

I found it interesting, I'm fairly local to the area and must have passed it a thousand times thanks for posting.

@30ramsfan Ай бұрын

Thank you very much.Intersting.When a lot of people cannot fond anywhere to live!

@mrkangaroo83 Ай бұрын

If i remember correctly, Cloughbank Farm has been previously used for airport construction traffic/storage with it being gated off as such.

@ManicXD Жыл бұрын

Interesting to see places that seem to have been abandoned fairly recently, going by how new those bins look. Maybe worth getting a selfie stick for getting higher/further viewpoints in future?

@midnightroadstudios 4 ай бұрын

Lovely stuff!

@user-vq6yv3ok3z 28 күн бұрын

Hi steve thanks i always wondered what had happened to those houses and farm

@lucyduffyllovelytown2619 25 күн бұрын

watching your video from dublin ireland loved the church hope its still in use

@mrsmossymouse2997 19 күн бұрын

What's the name of your song on this video please? I would love to listen to the full version. 😊

@Abandont 19 күн бұрын

The full versions of these tracks need to be released. I may do that soon 🙂

@mrsmossymouse2997 19 күн бұрын

@@Abandont Oooh....please do! No wonder I couldn't find it over on your music channel then! 😅 I do love this tune in particular (Araf is my other personal fave from you). Keep up the interesting work! 😊

@christophervanniekerk2933 Ай бұрын

The house next to the road were still occupied in 2016.

@caroletraynor8763 Ай бұрын

Please don't call yourself an idiot. It will stick.

@musicgarryj Жыл бұрын

Hardly a town. Ringway was a village at best, some people might even call it a hamlet. Stockport is a town, Bolton is a town, Macclesfield is a town, but certainly not Ringway!

@jeffreybail353 Ай бұрын

WELL DONE RESEARCH TARTARIA BECAUSE THAT IS ALOT OF EVIDENCE ALSO MUDFLOODS STRUCTURES

@JotHaGie Жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Someone needs to get over the fence and go do some proper exploring :)

@Abandont Жыл бұрын

The key thing about Abandon't is I do not trespass unless I get express permission.

@JotHaGie Жыл бұрын

Don’t think I would to be fair. Keep ‘em coming!

@wythenshawegrimemedia4067 Жыл бұрын

@@JotHaGie hi, last week I entered the Houses shown in this video. Let me know if you'd like some footage. Once we finally got inside the house, it looked rather modern on the inside littered with kids toys from the early 2000s. Kind of freaked us out on the top floor where some dolls was just placed stood upright. Never the less, it was a very enjoyable explore.

@terryheathcote7007 11 ай бұрын

@@wythenshawegrimemedia4067 do you think you'll put the video up? It seems quite interesting!

@renners4367 Жыл бұрын

I work at the airport and never knew this

@Rail_Focus Жыл бұрын

Ohh dude, if you're doing abandoned buildings I may have an idea. I'll see if I can throw a video together for you

@fraserm803 7 ай бұрын

I worked right there in cargo dept in The 70s 80s and 90s In that pub daily and tbh did not even notice the church. Also no idea it had been a village.

@people_are_sheep 18 күн бұрын

Video seems highly compressed and grainy.

@Abandont 17 күн бұрын

Probably because it is? Idk this was made for an audience of about 60

@natsabuannam1725 2 ай бұрын

Shame on Manchester Airport Group . Pakistani cab drivers throwing bottles of piss in residential areas whilst they wait for their pickups.

@tomfinney3416 Ай бұрын

who do you blame for the lack of public toilets ?

@missmuffet3874 7 күн бұрын

So you think English people don’t do that? Disgusting behaviour but I don’t think we should been race into it.

@mobarnes0802 2 ай бұрын

It's because of Hs2

@user-yf9wr5wu6p 5 күн бұрын

That was as interesting as reading a phone book ! You should do a thorough research of an area BEFORE you take your viewers on a tour of an abandoned village .. I put this very poor video down to your inexperience and youth. I am sure , with practice and improved research skills you will improve..

@Abandont 5 күн бұрын

I'm glad my video was entertaining enough for you to give engagement in the comments. This will promote the video to a wider audience, maybe someone will actually make a productive comment instead of whatever that utter mess of a comment was.