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LeiceExplore
Великобритания
Добавлен 14 авг 2011
Welcome to LeiceExplore! My name is Steve, and i'm a lover of our out of use, buried, and reclaimed by nature industrial past, that is scattered across our beautiful countryside. We will mainly be exploring the county of Leicestershire where i live, and we will also be venturing further afield now and again to explore abandoned Railways, Canals, Tunnels, Old Buildings, Ruins and beautiful landscapes that pepper our rural land, and city scapes.
So if all this floats your boat, then please like, subscribe, and if there is anywhere in Leicestershire where you would like me to go and take a look at for future video's, you can find me on Facebook, where I have left a link below this description section...Cheers, Steve...xxx
So if all this floats your boat, then please like, subscribe, and if there is anywhere in Leicestershire where you would like me to go and take a look at for future video's, you can find me on Facebook, where I have left a link below this description section...Cheers, Steve...xxx
Exploring the incredible Jugholes mine.
Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video we are exploring the incredible Jugholes mine on the outskirts of Matlock in Derbyshire. Jugholes mine was worth the wait, as I’d been wanting to do it for some time. I wasn’t disappointed either! These places really are incredible, the fact that they were worked at all is astonishing. I really hope you enjoy the video. Cheers, Steve ❤️
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Exploring a world before the Industrial Revolution
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we go exploring a world before the Industrial Revolution! It has to be said, that I was in my element on this exploration. I couldn’t believe some of the things I was seeing, especially in the latter part of the video. We often explore industry that was part of that time period when the Industrial Revolution was taking off, so to be able t...
What remains of the Nottingham canal.
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we go and look at what remains of the Nottingham canal. The Nottingham canal was just under 15 miles long, and started at the river Trent, opposite the city ground, and ended at the Cromford, and Erewash canal junction at Langley mill. Big Phil, had been wanting me to have a Noseh at the Nottingham canal for a little while, and I reckon he...
One man and his shovel take on the great British outdoors
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, one man and his shovel take on the great British outdoors! Actually this man and his shovel had delusions of grandeur haha! I headed off to Derbyshire to see what remains I could uncover of a former mill site in Bradford dale near Bakewell, but it didn’t quite go as planned lol! But, it still made for a great exploration. I hope you enjoy ...
The abandoned Shakespeare county race strip
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin! In this weeks video, we go looking at what remains of the Shakespeare county race strip in Warwickshire. This was once home to R.A.F Long Marston, but drag racing started here sporadically in the 1970’s, then became more permanent in the 80’s. A bit different this week, but a Noseh all the same. I hope you enjoy the video, cheers, Steve ❤️
An industrial ghost of the past resting on a 17th century site waiting to be discovered
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we are hot on the trail of an industrial ghost of the past resting on a 17th century site waiting to be discovered. Glovers mill, on the outskirts of Hartshorne in south Derbyshire, is an intriguing ruin it has to be said. There isn’t much left, but what there is left of this ghost of the past, is fascinating. I hope you enjoy the video, c...
Tracing the much lost Derby canal.
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we’re tracing the much lost Derby canal, from where it joined the Trent and Mersey canal, up to the Little Eaton and Sandiacre junction. This video on the Derby canal was a lot of fun, because for the first time on the channel, we used bikes, and could cover so much more ground. I really hope you enjoy the video, cheers, Steve ❤️
One of the best preserved medieval sewers in Europe
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.3 месяца назад
Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we’re checking out one of the best preserved medieval sewers in Europe, that can be found near Barnsley in Yorkshire. Monk Bretton priory, now in ruins, claims to have one of the best preserved medieval sewers in Europe, so me and the Pissed Up Priest went to investigate! I hope you enjoy the video. Cheers, Steve ❤️
The forgotten Mercedes Benz lost and taken over by nature
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In today’s video, we’re going in search of the forgotten Mercedes Benz lost and taken over by nature. I’ve actually known about these Mercedes Benz for a few years now, but whilst on a beautiful summers evening walk, I thought I’d make a little video about them. Most people will see rotting metal deep in the English jungle. But I see two former prized possessi...
An incredible achievement in Railway construction and one of the biggest of its kind in the UK
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we’re looking at an incredible achievement in Railway construction and one of the biggest of its kind in the UK. I’m talking of course about the incredible embankment that forms part of the Pudsey loop railway. This was truly a feat. And where anything built in masonry usually gets the tongues wagging, this also deserves to be looked at. I...
The breathtaking engineered remains of an 18th century industrial masterpiece
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we’re going in search of the the breathtaking engineered remains of an 18th century industrial masterpiece, on the Derbyshire/Cheshire border, not to far from Stockport. This industrial masterpiece known as Mellor Mill, or Oldknows Mill, is a breathtaking example of late 18th century engineering. This site is incredible! It truly is. Me an...
The once much loved railway station and engine shed abandoned to nature
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we go in search of the once much loved railway station and engine shed abandoned to nature in North Derbyshire. Dinting junction, near Glossop, was improved in the 1890’s, a station, and engine shed was built. Then in 1968, it became a bit of a railway heritage centre, that saw lots of famous engines visit this little area. Fast forward to...
Finding the remains of an English mansion in the woods
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we go finding the remains of an English mansion in the woods. Bramcote hall, near Nottingham to be precise. The hall is long gone, but there are some fantastic remains of its former terraced gardens. I hope you enjoy the video, cheers, Steve ❤️
The rediscovery of a lost industrial railway engine shed last used in 1890
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Hello! Eh Up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we’re off to Northamptonshire for the rediscovery of a lost industrial railway engine shed last used in 1890. This structure once served an Ironore quarry near Lamport, and was connected to the Northampton and Market Harborough railway, at Lamport station. Not a big video this week, but we do find the remains of an industrial railway relic...
An epic railway exploration adventure
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Hello! Eh up! And how ya Diddlin!? In this weeks video, we’re going on an epic railway exploration adventure! And this one certainly was an adventure! Great epic fun near Stoke of all places lol! This was another impromptu video to be honest, a kind of last minute affair, but The Pissed Up Priest A.K.A Mr Steve Follows had been to this place multiple times before, so knew his way around. Anyway...
The fascinating story behind this waterside pathway that may surprise you
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The fascinating story behind this waterside pathway that may surprise you
The oldest and last of its kind in the world!
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The oldest and last of its kind in the world!
The incredible industrial railway infrastructure abandoned and taken over by nature
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The incredible industrial railway infrastructure abandoned and taken over by nature
The buried canal marvel you’ve probably never heard of and two beautiful tunnels #buriedrelics
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The buried canal marvel you’ve probably never heard of and two beautiful tunnels #buriedrelics
What lies beneath Bakewell? @IckeWalks #bakewell
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What lies beneath Bakewell? @IckeWalks #bakewell
Searching the English countryside for forgotten industry from a bygone era #forgotten
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Searching the English countryside for forgotten industry from a bygone era #forgotten
Discovering Burdale Station on the Malton and Driffield Railway
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Discovering Burdale Station on the Malton and Driffield Railway
The amazing history of Robin Hoods Bay #quirkyhistory
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The amazing history of Robin Hoods Bay #quirkyhistory
Exploring the amazing architecture of our railways and canals #exploringheritage
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Exploring the amazing architecture of our railways and canals #exploringheritage
The captivating historic 18th century ruin lost deep in the English countryside #losthistory
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The captivating historic 18th century ruin lost deep in the English countryside #losthistory
Searching for the lost Boathouse of Donington Park #exploringthepast
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Searching for the lost Boathouse of Donington Park #exploringthepast
Three fascinating structures each with their own fascinating stories to tell
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Three fascinating structures each with their own fascinating stories to tell
Beneath the streets of old world Nottingham #oldworldnottingham
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Beneath the streets of old world Nottingham #oldworldnottingham
What terrific photos!!!
Thank you very much! Dave takes great photos.
Awesome video 🤩 I visited there today! Not confident enough to explore too far but the large cavern was a very cool place to eat my lunch 😅 There were tiny mushrooms growing down there too!
Thank you very much, and what a great place to have lunch. Thanks for watching
Very interesting! It does have ancient vibes about it.
Thank you Clair. My old playground that little area is.
Thank you Steve. I live in Barwell and travel through Stoney Stanton frequently. I know of all the old quarries, but to see pictures of them in their hayday is amazing, I didn't know about the railway either. Fantasic work and very professional, I love all your videos.
Thank you very much for watching, I’m really pleased you enjoyed it
Late comment but is that brooke just off of larch street that leads to witches tunnel
Without looking at maps I don’t actually know. I know the area to drive around in, but don’t really know street names.
Fabulous. It would be incredible to have the whole mill regenerated into a working one again.
It would be great if they did it. But sadly I can’t see it happening.
My grandparents lived in Unity Avenue and Granny worked at the flour mill (Co-op in those days). Sadly nothing left there now but don't forget Willowbrook Road followed the brook. We lived next to the brook a little further out off Coleman Road in my childhood days (now some 70 years ago). It was a nice little country stream there until they built Rowletts Hill Estate and we began getting floods so now it's a concrete sewer!
Thank you Rod. I know the mill you speak of buddy. I noticed it on the old maps when looking at this.
Have you been to glenfield tunnel as well off groby road
Yes, I have been in Glenfield tunnel, but haven’t made a video
Where's this
This is close to where the belgrave flyover used to be. Quite close to where the willowbrook joined the river soar
Fabulous, and fabulous photos! Tragic story.
Thank you Clair, it’s very tragic. There will be a video about Navvies at some point.
@@LeiceExplore I'll look forward to that, it's what makes it all very interesting. I've just started reading a little bit about the tin miners in Cornwall, what these men had to deal with, and the lives they led. I will one day check out the book you reference of the railway workers. It's been fun working my way through the catalog of your videos!
Did you return?!
Hi Clair. I have walked through there since, but haven’t made a video yet
@@LeiceExplore The water is beautiful!
@@clairharwood some of the purist in the uk. Stunning
Brought up walking this area loads as a kid. Still live nearby now. Bennerley Viaduct along the way for the views
Yeah that viaduct is rather spectacular!
@@LeiceExplore agreed 💯 amazing place for sunrise/sunset shots as well
Hmmm, I think you may have just solved a mystery! On the sides of some new build houses near me there are bricks in the walls with an arrow shaped brick underneath. I've tried finding out what they are but, no luck. Is this a modern day bench mark for new houses?
As far as I know, we don’t do that now, I maybe wrong. Often benchmarks can be found in the pavement, like a small nail, nailed in to the tarmac
@@LeiceExplore Ahh okay, thanks!
A random, unrelated, old maps question... have you in your searches ever come across a 'Dragon Pit'. Not too far from where I live in Bodmin, there's a Dragon Pit on some of the old maps. I can't find anything on the internet about what that would have been (other than folklore, D&D and Game of Thrones related bits and pieces.) Cornwall and Isle of Wight have been associated with giants and dragons in the past... so I do find it intriguing!
I haven’t come across a dragon pit, although I’ll be scouring Bodmin moor on the maps for a look. I wish Cornwall was a bit closer to home! I love it there.
@@LeiceExplore I'm very lucky, I see the steam trains go by my kitchen window several times a day, and never tire of them!
Fantastic tirbute. It would be lovely to clear it all. Love the ghostbusting nosies!
Thank you Clair! Maybe it’s morbid curiosity, but I love old grave stones
Night-time noseh! Love it!
You really are getting through these! Few years old this now, one of the earliest this!
Bro your doing good work my son,, only just started watching this video and I am impressed when it comes to Nottingham and history ! And AM looking forward to seeing some more videos
Thank you very much! And thanks for watching
Tart mines?
Tart?
Pissed up priest, PMSL, classic, awesome name. 👍
The story as to why I call him that is even funnier!
Brilliant! Great photos from Dave too.
Thank you very much! Your getting through these vids now aincha!
@@LeiceExplore Haha! Yes indeed! I discovered your channel over a year ago, and now I'm working my way back through the archives!
@@clairharwood well there is plenty for you to go at that’s for sure!
Fabulous! I love checking the old maps and hunting for bubbling springs. It would be great to see some more spring or holy well noseys!
Thank you Clair! There will be more videos like this, not in the too distant future.
@@LeiceExplore Hooray!! 🎉
Lovely nosey! Thank you!
Thank you! Yeah this is an oldie!
Good to see this as I stopped off at Stoney Cove for brekky on my walk starting & finishing at Sapcote. I used to live in Sapcote & returned just before turning 50, recently. Great to see your enthusiasm! 👍😉
Thanks mate! It’s amazing what went off here, and when you see those old photos, it puts it into perspective
I went down a lot of tunnels when I was a kid, my dad showed me around them.. I don't remember too much about them, it was over 50 years ago, but we walked under from the graveyard on Mansfield road under victoria center and out somewhere near the castle.
Thank you. It’s like a great big ant nest under Nottingham that’s for sure!
Really enjoyed this and learnt a lot
Thank you very much!
me and my m8s got to the bottom of that about 5 years ago once you get deeper it opens up even more
Cheers it’s a fantastic place. The cart on the tracks is so haunting in a good way
Great video! Making two amazingly interesting videos one after the other. As soon as the video started, I thought I recognised the area. (watching it back I've realised that a great chunk of the start didn't play for some reason) Gut feel. But then you showed the millstone and my brother, and I also found one just off the path in the area I was thinking of in 2017. Between Grindleford and Froggatt Edge. Then at the end you mention Grindleford! I've just found the photo. The smelt mill would be there because of the woods to make the charcoal used as fuel. (pre-extensive coal production) There is the same history in the south Lake District, Lancashire North of the Sands/ Furness where early iron smelting was carried out. Remember the charcoal burners in Swallows and Amazons? (Though they were probably producing it for gun powder by then). If the place you found is the place I've just found on the internet, then it had a sophisticated wood drying facility as well. I would guess that the waterpower was for bellows in the furnace(s).
Thank you so much! I’m very pleased that you enjoyed it. This area is full of historic wonderments, expect more in the future mate.
Good video
Thank you
Brilliant video, Crich is my place of birth and family still live in the village. You guys need to return as you have missed lots, especially the old mines down Wakebridge (Phil L knows lots, he had a good teacher 😏).
Thank you! Yes, the plan has been to return, because I know there is a lot more there, from looking at old maps.
"It's been raining since October"... and it kept raining for the best part of the year 😔
Yes, and here we go again lol
Fascinating! Wouldn't it be great if local history was on the school curriculum. 👍
Thank you. Yes, I may have listened a bit more!
Brilliant video, loved it. I know where out weekend will take us!! Thanks 😁
Thank you very much, pleased to be of service!
"Who cast that rivet?" My thoughts exactly. When you think Steve, there's a load of mine workings right underneath our feet where we live (my house is over the pit bottom), it would be great to access these Great video
Me n you need a flux capacitor!
Nice one fellas 👍
Cheers me ode beauteh!
Great video Steve, a very easy 28 mins on the x-Trainer with this, some gorgeous colours in that stone. Honestly there is more history, heritage and life lessons in this than a young person will get in a week's worth a schooling, excellent noseh!
Thank you very much Lord Beers, Earl of JOOP, Archbishop poney tail, gavin peacock lol
❤professional. Very well presented. Perfect.
Thank you very much. I still can’t believe that winding drum is still there. Thanks for watching.
Tha wants to get tha sen a decent torch with an high CRI emitter for this sort of video, it would show the colours in the rocks tons better.
We actually do have good torches, I think on this occasion the settings on my camera weren’t the best they could be.
That one was close to home - I grew up in a former mining town, gold mining between about 1894 and abrupt end in 1929. The Depression hit and they just shut the doors and left, all the gear and everything left in there. Open adits, stopes and even main shafts scattered around town. Those very narrow sometimes slanted passages like the one near the end of the video were created by miners following a vein of ore. Horribly dangerous conditions, which led in part to the birth of the union movement in British Columbia, in my hometown..There used to be tours given of the main entrance and blacksmiths shop in one of the biggest of the mines, just fantastic - but then lawyers got involved and that ended as well. Anyway, another great one, well done!
Thank you very much. You know what, I’d love to go stateside for a noseh! Because there is so much in the U.S.A, that is properly in the middle of nowhere, I’d love to do that.
If you want to visit a few more mines, I live here in Matlock and know loads of them, let me know if you’re up for it me ewd 👍
Thank you. They are all over the place ain’t they! Wapping mine is one we will visit in the future.
What other ones do you know mate?
Nice little explore Steve...😃👍🏻
Cheers our Eddie! I’m very pleased you enjoyed it.
Should have had some pasties with you Steve, very brave well done.
Cheers buddy. It was alright in there to be honest. We only do the parts we are happy with. You wouldn’t get me doing owt extreme, or the lads for that matter. Yeah a nice Cornish pasty down a mine, gonna have to try that one day!
Nimble fingers getting this out so quick. Nice intro too. When the rain forces us underground, it does have its advantages !
Cheers Lord Langham! Thank you for your great guidance, you will be doing plenty more mate. Yeah this took me about 6 hours to do. Incredibly the video only took 5 minutes to upload to RUclips, a record for me for a video over 20 minutes long.
Nah then, ey up me duck. Hope you're well fella. Really enjoyed this one, very interesting. Ay a good'un me owd 🙂👍
Eh up buddy! Thank you for watching Sog! I’m very pleased you enjoyed it, and I hope you are very well m’lad.
Absolutely brilliant video
Thank you very much! I’m very pleased that you enjoyed it.
Those scratch marks look like loads removed marks. A tally of rock or ore removed.
Cheers! They could well be actually. Nice one.
Thanks Steve 👍 It is humbling when you see the conditions miners worked in. . incredible people 👌
@@h.bsfaithfulservant4136 thank you. I know, deeply humbling, some of those spaces in those mines are terrifying
You have to remember that back in those times it was the poor who worked in god awful conditions to earn a pittance , the stature of the average working man was small and more often than not malnourished and thin little more than skeletal. This is also the reason the shafts and access are dug so low in height and width.
Heyup there Picker! Tha’s gettin’ a bit cocky these days when folks offer you an explanation! I love your videos mate but please, please, please don’t become one of THEM RUclipsrs who make content about a certain subject and get to believing they know the lot without any real learning. Aside from that mate, your videos bring a good bit of a smile to mine and lots of other’s faces of a Sunday evening! Keep up the great work! Not just to Steve but to the whole gang, you all make it special.
Cocky when offered an explanation, where? But thanks for watching these videos. And eh, I don’t know the lot! Not at all!
I love me a bit of toad in the hole! My Grampa was from mining stock. Was an engineer for the RAF. Moved all over the place for work (as military do), even around Leicestershire.
Thank you very much! Yeah I love Toads, very inoffensive creatures.
Just watched this for a second time, and it was even better! Incredible finds and historical memory.
Thank you Clair! It must’ve made a good impression on you then to watch it twice!
My favourite bit here was the photo of the tramway with the woods you were tramping around in in the background - it fit perfectly with your finger pointing from the top of that hill, and both things went together to make great sense. I liked that.
Thank you! This particular explore I enjoyed very much, then again I like all of them lol
Dug by hand. Can't imagine it I can't. Proper men. My Granddad and Mum are from Melton I'm from Nottingham born in Leicester. Dunno how I stumbled on your videos but I'm loving them. There is a council golf course in Melton I think the area is called Sysonby. Apparently it was a Norman settlement, the church is still there dunno if that's of any interest to you but I've been trying to find out about it myself.
Thank you. Yes I think it was a Norman settlement, I did a bit of reading about it sometime back whilst looking something else up. Thanks for watching.