Barnsley Town Centre Walk【4K】| Let's Walk 2021 

Sometimes I'd go to Barnsley to go to work at one of the outlying collieries. The number of people that moved around, oft at strange times in the night, and early hours, was truly quite remarkable, as most people worked shifts. There would be tens of thousands of them been ferried about Barnsley, as most of the nation slept, tucked up tight in bed. There's probably never been anything like it, ever, particularly in the Dearne Valley, which you mentioned. The Dearne Valley of course meets the Don Valley, which spreads out perpendicular to the Dearne, going from Doncaster, to nearby Rotherham, and then up to Sheffield. I would say the Dearne and parts of the Don, near the intersection of the two valleys, were the busiest and most industrial, not only in Europe, but maybe the world. Pits, railways sidings, coking plants, steelworks, engineering works, canals, and polluted rivers, all part of the industrial machine that drove the British Empire. I would say the people from near that inter-junction were generally the roughest, as some of those localities seemed to lack any natural habitats to soften the character of the people, as it was all industry, and suffocating to the open spirit. Think Wath, Mexborough, Swinton, Rawmarsh and near there. Near Wath was the busiest rail track in Europe, the biggest coking plant in Europe, and the biggest Coal Prep Plant in Europe, along with a mine, and regional science labs. Little wonder the people from there were very work-orientated, and very strong and disciplined. It's also an irony that many of the areas through which the canals passed, were very beautiful, particularly when you go towards Wentworth, and the riches at the Estate there. Thankfully, the National Trust have finally managed to obtain the premises of the Woodhouse. Then, you have Canon Hall and the beauty of the hills west of Barnsley and the Dearne Valley, literally over the M1, although going a little further afield to the west and south, you have Buxton and Bakewell, two stunning villages and surrounding valleys. It used to be like stepping out of hell, into Paradise. What a paradox, although Barnsley is much cleaner and greener these days. Thanks for the video. Oh, my sister worked at Woods glass factory in the late 70's, although it didn't sound such a nice place to work, which most industrial sites weren't. As the old uns would say to all the young uns these days... tha dunt know tha boorn lad!!!

Great video, I lived in Cudworth and Staincross until 89, now in Worcester.

Really enjoyed that thank-you. Next time venture further past the Town Hall and St Mary's onto Huddersfield Road, some great architecture there, 'King Arthur's Castle' the local name for the NUM building! being one. I think I am long overdue a trip back home after watching this.

Great jobs.Thank you for sharing.👍💯Regards from Hong Kong & UK🥰

So enlightening. Glad coal is no longer used in the UK and after watching how big and modern barnsley colleges is, I guess that learning has supplanted coalmining as the area's main income source. The town looks pretty prosperous to me, I would plant many trees in these streets though. Thx. Let's walk!

Amazing place. Very quiet with not many people around it looks it

Enjoyed watching that. I'm from Wombwell originally, just outside Barnsley, but now live in Cleveleys near Blackpool.

Superb video. Thank you for showing my town in such a positive light.

Great video.

Interesting. My ancestors were Quakers (*Friends) from Yorkshire who came to colonial Philadelphia. Now 300 years later I live in a small city, Pottsville, that was once a very prosperous coal town. (I moved here to get away from all the problems of my native Philadelphia - I used to ride the Elevated train every day into work over all of the drug addicts you can see on the Philly Kensington videos.) I would love to visit Yorkshire someday & will remember Barnsley.

Great tour of the town I enjoyed 😉the walk. Very historical and beautiful. Your walks are always wonderful and great. Hope to see more soon. Greetings from Canada 😀

Much enjoyed. Thanks for this. The city just south of me was built on coal as well. There's a marsh called Buttertubs, and an island just nearby called Newcastle Island. You can make the connection.

Honestly, I was expecting way worse. I had no idea it was an okay place

My late grandmothers ancestors were from Barnsley in the 18th century and held a legal practise in the town. Apparently had one of his houses near to St Marys. I have never been here myself and it looks a bit run down. Sadly a lot of these old Yorkshire towns in West/South Yorkshire were ruined by the collieries in the 19th century and the 1950-1980 architecture did them no favours.

I was born there and brought up in Smithies but I never knew about the crush in the early part of the 20th century that killed those children. It’s strange. How come there isn’t a memorial?

The last time I was in Barnsley people were using flip phones with 0.3MP cameras! I lived in Cudworth.

Great place to Waik

Barnsley, at last.

hmm - thanks for that. Never been to Barnsley, and seeing it here shows it doesn't have much in the way of beauty. My roots are a bit further east in another ugly town - Mexborough.

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Wish I lived in Barnsley instead I live in a dump called wakey

How are you meant to read the text and watch the video at the same time? Durr de durr. A commentary would have been far more useful.

Not really a true representation of Barnsley...no spice heads outside Gregg's

Great video.