Have We Got Time For A Selfie? - Episode 39, Day 70 - Leeds to Carnforth 

Love the Brief Encounter bit.

The Canal under Leeds is actually the River Aire however if you followed the river about 100 yards down stream you'd come across the end of the Leeds Liverpool Canal.

Vicki's announcement sounded so much like the official automated system I'm now thinking she moonlights as the announcements lady for Network Rail!

Brief Encounter was a brilliant film, particularly the ending where Richard Dreyfuss goes into the mothership.

Probably my favourite episode to date. Loved it when Vicki said "thank you awfully" in the movie segment. And she was very good at the announcement. And finally... Vicki is always chirpie.

Possibly the best episode yet. Vicki: great announcing, skipping in Skipton and the freeze frame Eric and Ernie moment. The Brief Encounter remake was also superb.

Though some will tell you RP stands for 'Received Pronunciation', we know it really stands for 'Reet Proper', Keith Lee told me that

That was just hilarious! Geoff's ridiculous gurning for the camera had me in stitches. Noel Coward would be so proud!

Well done Vicki for the station announcement; it sounded appropriately professional. We spent a week on the Isle of Man; It's got lots of railways and everso nearly did All The IoM stations - managed the Steam Railway, Electric Tram, Mountain Railway, Horse Tram, Laxey Mines Railway & Groudle Glen Railway. Sadly we couldn't get to the Crogga Valley or the Curraghs Wildlife Park, both minature. You'll have to go.

Vicki's Received Pronounciation was absolutely spiffing. :-)

That brief encounter sketch IS the most charming, romantic, nostalgic bit of video on RU-vid. Love it! Your a true gent Geoff! :D

You're quite right. I live in Leeds and I had no idea that entrance was there.

Gosh the Dark Arches in Leeds has gone up in the world a bit! When I was a lad, those tunnels under the station, with the River Aire running underneath, were not the place you'd want to venture even during the day, let alone at night. When I was last there, last year, they didn't have the multi-coloured lighting, and the south entrance hadn't quite opened.

Enjoyed the "Brief Encounter" tribute!! Those Pendolinos rushing around in the black and white footage made me really laugh as well!! I've been to the Isle of Man a few times, most recently last year. Well worth a visit, especially if you haven't been before. Yes, they have their own money, but UK English and Scottish notes and coins are also accepted everywhere on the island. Just don't bring any island notes or coinage back with you (other than as a souvenir) as you won't be able to spend them here!!

You have to go to the Isle of Man. Get the Manx Electric Railway up to Snaefell mountain and to Dhoon Glen. Probably the quaintest walk in Europe

I have been to the Isle Of Man from Liverpool on the catamaran, way faster, but expensive (and been on the fab railways/tramways). As far as reasons, Big Clive lives there, that is reason enough!

as far as quaint goes, the Isle of Man railways are off the charts

All so terribly, terribly touching dear boy - Mad dogs and Englishmen and all that sort of rot, wot! I see a great future for Ms Celia Pipe on that new-fangled Interweb film service thingy (we've seen the acting and dancing - can she sing?), but not sure about the Chap - bit wooden, perhaps? Tootle-Pip! ;-)

There's now refurbished pacers on the keighley worth valley railway 😊

The new entrance is locally known as 'Dark Arches' and both canal (Leed/Liverpool) and River Aire. Was concepted back in the station rebuild of 1999 but kicked into long grass it finally only came to fruition in recent years opening in 2015. And ohhh Vickey did the 'tourist' mistake with Keighley saying 'Keeley' instead of 'Keith-ley' - there's a lot more of them abound in this West Yorkshire when you return Fact about the Heysham service from Leeds - it's only since 2004 that Leeds gained a direct service to Heysham, when Northern did a network retime and resource combination. Previous a separate Heysham service followed the service from Leeds into Morecambe etc and the rest is history..Mind It took a while to get Heysham in to the auto announce!

Wonderful platform announcement Vicki! Is there no end to your talents? And the Skipton skip too! Plus Brief Encounter - definitely one of the best videos so far.

I love these two, always seem to encounter nice people wherever they go. If there’s at least one nice person on or near each of the 2,563 stations, think I may tag along!!

Can I please have some of whatever Vicky is taking!!!

Carnforth isn't quite the same now the West Coast Mainline trains go through without stopping and their platforms have been largely removed. My favorite fact about the film: It was supposedly set in London, but someone forgot to change the destination boards in the background of the shots, so the next train was leaving for Barrow-In-Furness; not likely from London!

Love this series of videos, but this one is a particular gem. I don't think I've heard a satire of Brief Encounter before! Wonderful stuff.

the episode where Vicki shows just how awesome she is

Vicki, if you ever do an "All the Castles", Skipton Castle is well worth a visit. They give visitors an A3 sheet of paper with diagrams of each room and the exit by which you should leave to get to the next room. This is to enforce a sort of one-way system. And there's an ancient yew tree with very gnarled bark in the centre of the courtyard where you can pretend to be Anneka Rice searching for the final clue on Treasure Hunt, which IIRC was hidden in that tree. And Geoff gets to play Graham the Cameraman, following you and getting sneaky shots of your bottom :-)

Good Morning all the stations from a Freight railroader in Canada!

You should go to the isle of man it's a really nice place.. they have a transport museum too

love your take on brief encounter and a Virgin Pendolino train goes rushing through Carnforth station when you think back to the time of the film that type of train didn't exist neither was it in the pipeline to be built but it was a great take on the film

Your right about Leeds it is very functional but not very glamorous, could never understand why they use a pacer to Morecambe, they use a 2 or 3 carriage train to Carlisle, they used to use, what I call a compartment train, 6 seats to a compartment, its such a shame that these trains are no longer running, As always guys another great video Ps Ian (also my name 😁) is a legend

Kudos to Will in his editing for not just switching to black and white for the Brief Encounter segment, but also switching to 4:3 aspect ratio. Nice!

Great modern adaptation of the film scene, very funny

I've had about 8 family holidays in the I.O.M it's awesome! The national rail system is steam hauled in the south and electric tramway in the north. There's also a mountain tram and a horse tram!

Looking forward to the 12th August trip out now to the station(s) ive never visited before... Lancaster AND Morecambe. Great episode. Get the kick starter going for "All the heritage lines" - would be a great series and welcome promotion for all the fantastic heritage lines around the country.

Wow, does Vicky have the near perfect announcement voice! Impressive and extremely pleasant to listen to.

The Isle of Man is gorgeous! The trains the are awesome.

Fab video! One of the best, I'd say top 3! Could almost pip "Some might say"....almost!

Brief Encounter what a great film. Yes ALL the stations LOL

Brillant! A lovely mix of humour, fact and good old Yorkshire weather 🌧🌤🌦

Thank you Geoff and Vicki for starting this video in Leeds it's where I was originally born and raised I now reside in another beautiful part of Yorkshire York, a shame Vicki couldn't explore Leeds as there is much to see and another football stadium to see is The Old Peacock Ground, Elland Road the home of Leeds United

Bravo (!!) Very Witty beyond Clever (!!) I’m seeing really good Improve- your timing and play-off masterful

Imagine if all the points at Clapham Junction were manually operated

I used to go to Leeds station a lot when I was a teenager because I went to college on the train. Definitely checking out that South Entrance

All the Pronunciations!

A mancunian by birth but❤️Yorkshire .....lovely folk there😀👍brief encounter😂😜loving it!

the canal is actually a river(I think it's the river aire) that was completely open but when the Leeds station was built the river was in the way so they put the station above the river.

Vickie, that was a fantastic station announcement! Very well done.

6:40 The “points”, “RP”: the *switches, Queen’s English* for us in Canada and the US. Vicki has perfect tone and diction to make announcements. ⭐️❤️ Her and Rebecca Smethurst.

Lancashire vs Yorkshire comes from the War of the Roses, or at least that’s what we’re told!

Having referenced Morecambe and Wise in Skipton, I'm surprised you didn't mention them again when you were actually in Morecambe. Eric Morecambe was born John Eric Bartholomew and chose the state surname Morecambe from his family's childhood holidays in said town.

"I just realised, it's 2 hours on a Pacer" #fail 😂

My dad once took my family to Carnforth in search of Steam World. We were told we were twelve years late! He had a really old flyer. He then attempted to entertain me and my brother with the Brief Encounter waiting room, we were about 7 and had no idea what he was talking about. And Heysham is quite nice. Just don't swim in the sea. It's all nuclear! You didn't give Heysham village a chance, it is the most quaint village ever see. But it is nuclear!

You two are quite silly...and I like you all the more for it!

Lovely, best video so far; Brief Encounter with Vicki the star, very funny

The Manx Pound isn't Sterling, but is tied to Sterling on a 1:1 basis. So £1 Manx =£1 Sterling. That's slightly different to Scottish and NI notes, which are in fact Sterling.

Selfies. That is brilliant!

Watched A Brief Encounter with my wife Michelle after your suggestion and we both enjoyed it. Thank you for that, Rob

You guys don't understand how much I am enjoying this series! You've inspired me to do my own soon so I thank you so much (Geoff and Vicki) for your inspiration

I like how it stays in black and white to the end after the Brief Encounter sketch

Outstanding well done you two cheerful ,funny and a delight to watch thank you 💕

Hellifield station looks lovely now, but a few years ago it looked a right dump!! They've done a superb restoration job!!

Welcome to all the boats

I love the Pendolino at 10:36, especially with the clock in the foreground. Admittedly, it took 60 years rather than 40, and it's Italian, but it _does_ show graphically that our rail system _has_ improved since the war...

An excellent episode. I liked the Brief Encounter ending. It just gets better and better.

Heysham port possibilities: To the trains To the boats To the lorries To the buses To the isle of man To the motorbikes To hell (pacers)

You had me quite in stitches with the encounter. Brilliant!

What a beautiful movie. We should start a kick starter for your acting career!

I quite enjoyed this episode. Very well done.

Lovely Carnforth moment. Brief. Great RP, though.

2 hours on a pacer !! Good luck 😂

Well done avoiding photographing what must have been a very photogenic nuclear power station. Keep up the great work guys :)

When you come back up North and travel through Lancaster, as you have to of course, please take a moment to look at Lancaster Castle frontage. It is only two minutes from the station.

Vicki you are fast becoming a utube legend!

"Faux-friendly rivalry"? I think you mean "battle to the death"! After all, Lancashire had to import its textile raw material (cotton) from distant places like India and the USA, whereas Yorkshire grew its raw material (wool) on the backs of sheep in the neighbourhood. Not many people know that different towns in the West Riding produced different types of woollen cloth: Huddersfield has the carpets, many towns have woollen mills, Leeds has the worsted mills, spinning the fine yarn and weaving it into cloth for suits. And Batley, Morley, Dewsbury and Ossett have the shoddy and mungo mills, ripping up old cloth and making new wool from the fibres; my grandparents' house in Ossett backed onto a shoddy mill and I can remember when I used to stay there was a distant moaning noise from the machinery, all night long. Sadly about the only place to see the machinery in action nowadays is in the Armley Mills (Leeds) and the Bradford industrial museums.

Flights from London to IOM are fairly cheap... like around £80 return. Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar all have their own banknotes (1:1 to GBP). Gibraltar even has a £100 note (recently changed from paper to polymer)

Leeds Station's interiors looks like Hamburg Hbf's! And yeah most German railway stations will look like these, especially the newer ones. VERY functional.

I never expected to see Geoff Marshall starring as Myrtle Bagot in his own remake of 'Brief Encounter'!

2 hours on a pacer? That's heaven for Vicki

Magnificent! You just keep raising the bar (or the baa when you were in Wales). The Brief Encounter bit was tremendous entertainment.

Superb episode - They are all good - but this is one of the best. Love the Brief Encounter Encounter. Keep them coming..

Well done with the Morecambe & Wise skip Vicky👍🏻😃💜

Well I must say that this episode might be hard to top. I have high hopes for more unique vignettes. Good job !

Vicki's a genius at heel clicking. Just as good as Moe Howard who was brilliant.

The Manx Pounds aren't actually Sterling. Retailers on the mainland (UK) don't accept them.

Absolutely brilliant!

So loved this... At the same time funny, warm, moving and romantic. 👍

I nearly thought you'd turned my screen black and white. Charming though...

Can't wait for Day 71, Preston, Leyland and Euxton Balshaw Lane

I never knew that exits exists. I'm gonna explore it on Wednesday.

Dark Neville Street! Know of the station entrance but never been through it!

The best "Celia Johnson" voice that I've ever heard. Chars!

I felt I was in the room with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson!

Just revisiting, I never completed this series, but as a Leeds dweller and ex-Keighleyen who's travelled the Settle/Carlisle line many times, I thought I'd give this a watch. The subtitles on this are mad! Trying to watch with the sound off and it's nearly impossible! What I assume is Vicki saying you can change from the mainline to Keighley Worth Valley Railway was transformed to "direct click of the purple sky with the worth money." ?!? Bonkers.

That was very funny today well done on a great series.

I'm watching this in Lancaster Station on the way to Preston!!!

Geoff/Vicki: If you're passing through Shipley again (eg to do the line to Bradford Forster Square) you might like to mention that it's one of only two stations in the UK (the other is Earlsfield in Merseyside) that is triangular, with trains calling at all three sides. Ambergate in Derbyshire used to be like this but only one side is still used, and Queensbury west of Bradford used to be a magnificent example but it was closed (and most traces demolished) in the 1950s. Shipley used to be V-shaped (no platforms on the Leeds-Skipton side of the triangle) until the 1990s when platforms were built on that side. The only thing that prevents it being a "perfect triangle" (like Queensbury was) is that the Bradford-Skipton side has only one platform rather than two; the line on that side was singled at some stage in the past. You could indulge in the Shipley Sprint from the Leeds-Skipton platforms, across the car park, through the subway and up to the Leeds-Bradford or Bradford-Skipton platforms - been there, done that! It's a longer way than it looks!

Aww, that Brief Encounter skit! :D

Vicki is adorable.

So so good! What a wonderful episode!