Did a couple of stints in here in the 90s and early 2000s. Shit food bully screws who were mostly ex army types. Decent bunch of lads in there many who I knew from living in Leeds.
I use to live across the road from Hare motors at Ovenden so use to pass there everyday in the 2009-2015 on one drunk night had my picture taken in those stocks can’t believe for historical value there not looked after
watching this makes me fill with sadness, Halifax the town of my birth and many of my family are still there. Heartbreaking to see such a wonderful town with a lot of genuine history for the world be broken apart for what we call progress. Hope to visit there again some day.
I was born in Halifax 1972, my first house was in Mixenden. I still have a huge family in Mixenden. I moved to Ireland when I was ten and have been back to Mixenden a few times since then. Miss the beautiful views and I used to swim in the reservoir.
My dad & his mate were just coming past, returning from night school, when they heard the bomb dropping. There was a fire engine nearby - local volunteers - & likely old solders from ww1. They shouted to him to get down & they dived under the engine. After the bang, dad & Sam ( his mate) both ran for home in case there were any more bombs.
Are there papers relating to Carr having made alterations? The house is not Carr. As you say it, was Bradley, he copied Pye Nest , which was built by Carr for the Edwards family. I know of know reference to Carr having a hand in 'extending' the house. You've excited my curiosity, thanks.
@@TheYorkshireExplorer Hi, thanks for your quick reply. I would like information about the cricket photo - is it ISMCC or Illingworth Meths CC? Any date? Also there are a number of images of the two cricket grounds over time for Illingworth St Mary's CC dating back from 1884. How would I get high res images of them? Thanks for your interest and help. ISMCC Vice-Chairman
@@dorianbrooksby7957 To be honest I am not sure on the cricket photos but I can tell you some of the images have been posted on a Facebook group called ...Old Halifax Photos by people who seem to know the people in the images so if you have access to Facebook just go on the group and search Illingworth cricket and it will show you the images with comments if people who could help you with the information you seek.
When I first met my wife she owned a flat in Dodge Home Court, one of the towers and we would sometimes drink in The Jumples. It was "interesting". A huge shame I didn't know any of this stuff in that brief period, as I have great interest in archaeology and medieval history...
You need to be a speed reader, to view all the information written. Slow it down abut so we can see where and what ,you’re trying to show. Very interesting though.
When it was an approved school it was a very good school with good staff. My late wife was an assistant matron. It was a happy place and the boys profited from their time their
Great vlog. Memoirs of Friends, Branigan, Miles o Conner, Peter Firth, Mick Tag, Jeff Kidd, Darrel. we all went to JH Whitley School. first girl friends, my dreams of going to the Lake District camping on our motor bikes, Now i live in New Zealand and own a house in the Lakes. Such good memories
I say bring the Gibbet back. The USA needs it badly. it was way better than that awful electric chair which (I believe) was developed by Edison and Westinghouse. the men fought for control and development of the thing. the horrors of electrocuting people were sickening.
Execution for petty theft was more than a little excessive. Happily the folk of Halifax realized this...albeit after 400 years of gravity fueled fatalities.
Absolutely rivetting! Thank you! As a huge fan of the Brontes, and Wuthering Heights in particular, I find everything about this incredible house utterly compelling. I wonder if there are more documents about the house's history to be found locally?
Short sightedness once again at it's finest.. we continue to make a mess of the foundations made by our ancestors. This being a prime example of infrastructure removed only for 50 years to pass for it to be wanted once more. This would cost tax payer millions to build nowadays should we attempt to rebuild it 😢
its madness closing all these lines down all before beeching axe. It would be great If all these railways were still here. This was the start of the south destroying the North
There were similar Barracks built in various parts of the country in the latter part of the 19th and very early part of 20th century. Ostensibly to house troops of a local regiment I think there was very little hiding their true purpose. That was to subdue the local population if ever there was civil disorder and industrial strife. Those rifle slits and custodial keeps were not for embellishment. After the first world war, when dynasties were falling as well as governments and the rise of marxism there was a very real fear of 'contamination'.