Why does it seem that every now photo seems depressing and uninteresting and every old photo seems full of life and interest....or is it my imagination?
A most interesting watch. So sad to see this wonderful architecture and line side buildings gone. And yet the brutalist excuse for these modern square boxes which have since been built, it’s heartbreaking. You videos take a peep into better times for most of us, many thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! In someways, it’s better these lines perished, because if they were still around today, they wouldn’t be in their former glory, but rather costs-cut, possibly single track form, and as demonstrated at Keyham, station buildings would’ve been demolished for plastic shelters.
Thanks for taking me back. Having lived in Alexandra Road just opposite Mannamead Signal box, then overlooking Friary yard in the days of the Drewery shunters (11227 sticks in the memory) it was sobering to see just how much has gone. Courtesy of the Plymouth Railway Circle I went on a brake van tour of many of the closed lines hauled by a couple of the Drewery locos (one broke down whilst we were in Milbay docks so the other was 'liberated' to take us on), that would have been about 1964 I think. We even went from Kings Road down to Ocean Quay.
My Gran used to live between the St. Levan (GWR) and Ford (LSWR) bridges. It was sad to see the latter be demolished but better than letting it decay and fall down. I lived in St. Budeaux and spent many an evening opposite the signal box until the new electronic MAS box was built in Plymouth. Thanks for this video - it brought back many, many memories and was good to see Kings Road which was still visible in parts when I attended DHS Boys. Plymouth has certainly changed since I left it full-time way back in 1973.
This made me quite sad to watch, maybe the melancholy music but I just yearned to go back in time when things were simpler. We think we have progressed.....but have we ?
You brought back some great trainspotting locations for me in the 1960's watching 1363 or a County with its straight nameplate at Laira Depot or a Spam Can at North Road Station or an N Class chugging off from Friary to Wadebridge on the Atlantic Coast Express. Happy memories. K
Ah...dear old 1363 in the 83D roundhouse...bittersweet memories triggered. Fascinating watch, beautifully put together..thanks for posting. Old Bonifacian !!
Thanks for a good vid & all the traipsing around u’ve done, to capture it. I grew up in Plymouth & from your now pics I hardly recognise where u’m too half the time. Tis changed a lot in last 15yrs not for the good by the looks!
Change is a good thing sum times but it's still bothersum to see how quick it can take place....it seems sum times we get sumthang put up were taking it down for sumthang else....👍👍👍👍 great video 👍👍👍👍
Thank you. My father served among other Battleships during W.W.2 aboard H.M.S. Rodney a Devonport ship, and traveled from there aboard a blacked-out train the route frequently delayed by Luftwaffe bombing some several hundred miles and many hours to Thurso prior to transferring to Scapa Flow.👍🏻🏴
