Is There Another Old Station Below Leeds Station?
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2020
- Exploring underground and the history of Leeds City Station, and what lies beneath in the dark arches. Was there another hidden station underneath Leeds Station? Where does the River Aire go underneath?
There are rumours floating around that there is another hidden and abandoned station underneath Leeds Station, is this true?
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I live in Meriden, Kansas have never been to England but love watching and what an education I'm getting.
The history all over Britain let Lone just England, is sublime, it's unfortunate you have to LOOK for it, scotland is by far better, history around every turn, and I say that as an Englishman... I would love to show many americans the REAL parts of british history, just to open there eyes. Our history predates your country!! And there are other countries who's history predates british history. The world is vast, and our history should be preserved as much as possible
@@johnycabs Scotland has more history by land but England has more history
I can't understand why I am watching this at 01.34 in morning, but this is captivating.. I been in Leeds 22 years, and often thought about its history, so I am fascinated...
Thanks. Hope it's not as addictive as the second part coming on Sunday.
I often watch weird and wonderful stuff in the early hours, so you're not on your own lol
@@fatabelly Dont worry, I'm exactly the same!
Don't worry Pure Joy, it's past 3am and I am still here and I don't live in Leeds or anywhere close lol.
The story that you've missed is that the Monks Pit Lock, connecting the canal through to the River Aire, was a bit of a con. It was constructed by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company only after they became aware of the proposed route of the railway. Its existence forced the railway company to pay a toll for every train that crossed the Monks Pit branch of the canal. (I used to have long conversations with Len Davies, who took on a long lease for the whole Dark Arches area from British Railways in the early 1980s, and who was responsible for its successful development.)
I never knew that, Great story.
Fascinating history and also goes to show how the Victorians built stuff to last as them foundations are strong. So many people are clueless as to how much epic victorian engineering is below our feet sometimes 👍
Another great video, and the production quality just gets better and better. Keep them coming! @2:37. The river has always turned at this point. When you say it used to go straight on, that was after 1086 when the Conqueror's Lord of the Manor built a goit to take the river water to his mill. To get extra pressure from the goit water, he raised the river height to encourage the water to go the easier route down the goit. He did this by building the Dam, or bondsman dam, reflecting that the men within the manor were bonded to the Lord for some days of work. The goit ran under the Queens Hotel. @4:48. The Queens we see today is the second version.@8:35. The canal basin (smaller) was a dry dock for the making and repair of boats. The larger one nearest the "Candle" tower block used to go through to the river so that coal barges could travel up to the power station. The link was filled with mass concrete. The arches were used for many types of activity and storage, including beers for the Queens Hotel, and car parts back in the day. Another use was for storing the ingredients of soap by Joseph Watson (who lived at Donisthorpe Hall, Moortown) and ran the Whitehall Soap Works, (which were behind you at the start of the video) later Elida Gibbs and eventually Unilever. See www.Leodis.net for the time when these soap ingredients caught fire and destroyed several platforms. Fire engines came from York and Derby and the fire raged for days. One fireman lost his life and a vast procession attended his funeral. The station was rebuilt in 6 days, working 24/7 by Leeds builder Nicholson using timbers brought on special trains from Hull. @10:00 Before the Wellington Station arrived there was a bridge across the river to Aire Street, which reverted to a footbridge once the station was built. Where the new station south entrance is was a ford called Sandford Street, well into the Victorian era, and a public baths. There was no station down under, having reviewed many plans of the Dark Arches over the years, some from Network Rail archives including drawings for the building of the Dark Arches.
Love how so much of the old buildings have been preserved, even when hidden. They have even put coloured lighting in those old tunnels, so people can still see them. Nice to see :)
Fascinating stuff, thank you for this. As a local it’s interesting to find out about the history of places you’ve known all your life.
Glad you enjoyed it. Plenty more to come.
im a local too
@@martinjones4529 "oooooh are you local?? This is a local shop for local people!... there's nothing for you here!!"
"Edward!... Edward!!... He tried to touch my petal" 😂
I live in pontefract but go to Leeds all the time and never knew this existed underneath
Leeds Town Centre is amazing round the station. Absolutly amazing video.
Looking at those arches the amount of labour used to build and the amount of bricks used is truly amazing.
I've lived in Leeds and I still do and I had no idea that there was two over stations, but I've been though the Wellington station where the car park is and I think it was just the hole station,
Leeds is a historic city and I didn't even know, and now I know the river that goes under the station (the one that was blocked off under Wellington) is sealed off. So thank you adventureMe for showing me a historic look under Leeds city train station
No problem. More to come this Sunday about the blocked off River underneath and where it goes.
The amount of work that took place across the country in bygone days is mindblowing considering the lack of mech aids .Great view again Chap.
i started work in 1966 the electrical firm i worked for had a job refurbishing the station . the men that worked on it told me there were tunnels under the platforms and they worked in them . just around the corner from the station elida gibbs had a factory on whitehall road there was a substation under the substation in the yard one of the yeb employees took me and the forman down a ladder and at the bottom were large tunnels made of brick , he said he had been in them regular one went under the town hall another went off to armley and another went to lawnswood , but he didnt know what they were originally used for they were quite large tunnels , i know as a kid they used to have 3 wheeled vehicles going from the central station to the yard at the side of the queens hotel to take parcels between the stations .
Very Interesting, thanks Ann.
I had a boat building business under the dark arches (well just outside really). The building was a single story shed which was originally "Rider's Boatyard" next to the dry dock you showed on your video with car parking on the other side. My company was "Wharf Marine" and I was building the 'Fisherman 17'.
Wharf Marine went to the wall in the early 1980's when Margaret Thatcher's recession took a lot of small companies out of the picture.
I have a picture of that area in the 80's, it looks weird without all the tall buildings we see now.
I'd like to share a little story with you. i've got a friend who was a Fire Inspector and on occasion he would do inspections in Leeds City centre. Several times while in various cellars he saw bricked up doorways and locked doors to which nobody had a key or knew what was behind it.... Steps down to underground Mills ?? Who knows ...
I bet there's all sorts down there we don't know about.
My brother work on Leeds Market, and he said there were streets under the Market. not in use now, but they were other shops down there also,
@@sanctusgrey109 there are no shops under Leeds markets but the streets referenced are there in the form of cobbled roads where wagons, carts and barrows would have travelled. They have been paved over the years with yorkshire stone and more recently concrete and resin. There are some underground toilets and a well was discovered in 2015 which would have been in the Vicar's croft as it was.
Its like the old caves used as bomb shelters from ww2 and also used as a tannery under the Nottingham shopping centre. They built over it but preserved the history and its possible to visit them.
I just discovered your channel and I'm loving the videos. It's really nice to see lesser known and obscure bits of Leeds. It makes me love the city even more. Thanks for the content, I'll do some exploring of my own to see these places in person. Keep it up, fantastic work.
Thanks Pedro, much more to come.
Once again, an enjoyable video on the place's we all take for granted. Every video I watch I always keep an eye out for the things you've pointed out!
Thank you very much!
I’ve used Leeds station a lot and knew nothing about this. Very interesting, thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic video again, loving the history, I run round there all the time
Thanks Jason. Enjoy the running.
Very well done mate, excellent content, very well executed, informative, innovative and loads of hard work put into making this, keep it up as always.
Much appreciated!
Thank you for another fine video. Cheers Darren! Cheers mate.
Excellent video. Thanks for all your research and work that you put into these videos.
My pleasure!
Absolutely fascinating, looking forward to watching some of your other videos.
Awesome, thank you! Plenty more to come, and lots already on here if you fancy trawling through my channel.
Nice one. Thanks for this. It's nice to know more about good old Leeds.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love these vids, of Leeds history. Reminds me a bit of the London Joolz Guides. Keep them coming please!
Great vid,city planners making a mess of Leeds in early 1800 and still doing so today.
Darren yet again another excellent video a wealth of information. the hours you put into making your videos research filming and editing is greatly appreciated, slowly I will catch up with all your videos
Thanks mate. Take your time. I have plenty.
That was really interesting, brilliant. Walked round there so much and never thought to really look at what was there. Really enjoyed that!
Glad you enjoyed it Andrew. More to come.
Fascinating! Love all the history facts. Don’t know if you’ve done any video of other towns, but would definitely like see more. Thank you x
I certainly have. And more to come.
I have just come across your videos. Thank you so much for all your very hard work and keeping old Britain alive. Much appreciated.
You are very welcome
Thanks for the video. There's alot to learn about Leeds and historical changes. Keep going with the research.
Thanks Ronny. More to come.
My friends organised a large festival and several other events in 2006 in the dark arches. Me and my friend were in charge of decorating the place and we had the run of the site for a week and it's an absolute warren of tunnels, corridors and some huge rooms. One of which's vaulted brick ceiling is as you mentioned scorched from the fire.
Thanks for the info.
Hi, this is the first video I've seen from yourself and loved it! I go to a nail bar down in Granary Wharf and now know that I park in the old section of the arches, and have had several of my questions answered about the canal locks. Every time I walk through the dark arches I've always thought it was a bit sketchy so the suggestion about knocking shops is understandable! I've sent the video to my dad who is a bus driver in Leeds- he loves exploring hidden gems on his breaks so this will channel be ace for him. He always talks about the old bus stations too, particularly the old red bus station which is now a bar. Would love to hear more about the bus stations, and any weird incidents or fires that happened there!
Thanks Derry. Glad you enjoyed it. More to come. Did you see part 2?
Just loving your videos Darren. You're so natural in presenting and so informative. Maybe this could be your new career? Keep them coming. Hope lockdown doesn't stop your adventures
Thanks Aidan, not quite there yet. Well according to rishy washy, I need to retrain and find a new job. So here I am.
@@AdventureMe Ha ha. Rishy Washy is a good description.
Very interesting again Darren. I used to work part time in one the original three shops built into the dark arches on Bishopgate street in the early 1970's. In those days the rear arches were not really used for much and contained debris which is probably from the fire you mentioned. You could get access from the original car park that was there prior to the renovations. Someone has also mentioned a secret 'beach' - well I can confirm in the 70's that there was lots of sand under there, but not necessarily a beach as such! In those days it was very dark, spooky and dirty - very much different from today!
I can imagine, apparently much worse in the victorian period.
I remember it being dark and a smell of sewage hung in the air
@@richcampoverde Yes it was bad and did smell. Mind you, the whole area down there in the 70's was a dump and infested with wildlife! They certainly spent some money and turned it into the much nicer place it is now.
@@kay110 that end of leeds was prostitute central at one point but yes it looks far better now and long may it stay that way
I worked at Granary Wharf in the late 90's as a car park attendant (Weekend job) at the time it was a shopping centre and weekend market. I had access to pretty much everywhere under there. There is a network of long narrow tunnels not accessible or visible to the public, but there is definitely not any railway platforms. I do have a vague memory of being able to access the Queens Hotel from under there though.
I'd love to see it. And no platforms as I suspected.
Nice video Darren, they've certainly tidied up that area since I worked in and around Leeds back in the seventies. Those arches were seedy places and I bet there are some further hidden places under there.
Yes they are. Apparently worse in the victorian period.
@@AdventureMe someone said there was a news report from calendar or look north around 15 years ago where a guy fromnetwork rail took the reporter and camera crew into the dark arches i think past that gate with the spikes and there are corridors and tunnels you can't see. At one point you can just look over a opening in the brick wall and see the Aire going by but it's at our level not beneath us. If you could get permission to go down there and do a proper survey of the entire area that would be brilliant. Im subscribed.
Hi as child I used to go with my mum to the old Wellington station I was fascinated by the steam trains we didn't bother with the other station much I loved all the ironwork and bustle of it all she told me tales of when they caught trains to Fleetwood so as to connect to the Manx ferry there our family had Manx origins and relatives there back to the station you could walk thro Wellington vvia a small junction into the other station in the sixties we would go through the side entrance by the the then News Theatre to the right of Queens Hotel and as you got in maybe 5yds or so there were 2 staircases either side of the walkway one was for gentlemen the other was for ladies if you went down them in the ladies was a large rest room and just off it another area with pot slipper baths and changing area it cost then £ 1 I believe if you provided your own towels etc for a good bath after long journies by steam train the public were also allowed to use these facilities too the men's area sported a barbers and smoking room according to my uncles as well as bathing facilities I was told a tunnel linked the two separated by a locked iron gate halfway along
Thx. Very interested in this kinda stuff. Appreciate your presentation and posting. This happy bunny has subscribed :-)
Thanks for the sub!
I recall in the mid 1960's trainspotting there before the rebuild in the last years of Steam. The old wellington platforms seemed to be mainly used for parcel trains. In recent years the dark arches has been a must visit for fellow Photography enthusiasts with so much coloured lighting in and around the archways. Great video, awesome place then and now.
Yes, it's a fascinating place.
I'm a Leeds lass.. now living in South Yorkshire... but loved this nostalgic look at Leeds... my home town. Thanks for the memories!!! Great video and so knowledgable. I really enjoyed this.
No problem 👍
Brilliant coverage
Great video. Lovely bit of nicely researched local history. I've seen old maps of the stations on top of the canal and always wondered just what had been going on there.
I've stopped off many times too- usually cycling from York.
Interesting night life too. I was in Manchester and a mate was in Nottingham so we met in Leeds of an evening.
Many thanks!
@John Byars Leeds leads lead us here :)
Brilliant video, watching a second time on the big tv 📺. Really interesting to think that the lock is buried under the station and the bars and restaurants that used to be underneath.
I know, i'd love to get inside there.
A cracking video, really enjoyed this one. You really look into the history of what you are discovering which makes it even more interesting. 👌
Thank you. Glad you noticed the effort I put it lol
A big improvement on the old Dark Arches.
Was a good beat to patrol on cold wet nights when I was stationed at Millgarrh nick.
Always dry and warm.
Dark arches used to be awesome when it had the little market thing going on. Fond memories of going down there on a Saturday or Sunday morning
Excellent video to watch on a lazy and early Sunday morning. So much interesting information relayed in a very clear and entertaining manner. Thank you!
Thanks for watching, more to come.
Thank you really enjoyed that very interesting
Please keep them coming 🙂
Fascinating history. You have just got another subscriber!!
Thanks mate.
I quite enjoy visiting Leeds and walking around all this area in particular. In fact I was up there at the start of September 2020, probably 4 weeks or so before this was released, so its nice to see it again on whats aclearly a lovely sunny day pre second lockdown. Great video
This was filmed weeks before. Probably early September.
Brilliant and very interesting video 😀 Thanks 😊
Nice to see Mr Stead in your video… he taught me drama at Norton College in the mid 90s and he was the favourite local radio DJ back then… known as Mr Ready Steady Go! lol
Thanks mate. More to come
Great informative video. I go through this station regularly so it's nice to hear a bit of its history. Tnx 👍
Glad you enjoyed it.
I found your Tour of Leeds station very interesting
Thanks Ron.
Bloody great video mate! Cheers, Newcastle
Thanks mate.
Fantastic video, thank you!
Thanks David. Glad you enjoyed. Part 2 this Sunday.
I certainly remember the arches by Leeds City station but I never ventured anywhere close. However I do remember Leeds Central station as it was the place you went to get a local train to East Ardsley/Thorpe and then Wakefield before Beaching closed everything. There were buses from East Ardsley/Thorpe to Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell but up till the early 60s you got to Leeds on the train. It wasn't till the 70s that buses started to go to Leeds from East Ardsley/Thorpe. In the meantime you had to walk to Robin Hood to get a bus to Leeds from Thorpe.
Beeching didn't close rail through Garforth/East Garforth and beyond .. .. don't think that we were on his map. Pushing for the building of roads (his friend was a road builder) viable or not viable rails were pulled up and stations closed.
Thanks for the info.
It's quicker to walk to Outwood and get a train than it is to get the 118 into Leeds. Progress.
Wonderful as always. You should have a TV series and go round the country doing this as it's not only brilliant and really well researched but its fascinating to boot.
Thank you very much.
Thanks mate
Nice one Darren..... Top Notch content....Very interesting...... Like the soap factory story ....
Thanks Robert, our video is out Halloween week. It's a good one.
Brilliant video! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks mate
We used to go to a wicked club night down there in the early 2000's. Walk'd though those tunnels completely off me tits many a time. Oh what memories 😎
Federation!! Run by Terry George, who own Fibre on Lower Briggate.
@@paultidd9332Yer the Gay club fed, is That the gay guy who bought and ownes the Viaduct in 2006 and ownes Club Mission when it had a refit and all that row leading up to the station were the big steps are behind the cockpit club, And the other bars at the other side of the road near were the vintage clothes shop was run by Heidi who also worked at the old warehouse club night vauge and speed queen back in late 90's and early 2000's !
If there was ever a second station under there I can say that there isn’t one now. I work in the station, there’s just a basement that a load of storage is kept in
Great video. I used to go in the 90s on a sat/sun . The arches were open and lots of stalls. Hippy market and other stuff. It had a strange atmosphere down there but being a psychic I loved it. It’s a shame they blocker them up.
Sounds great!
I remember going to the shops in the arches about 30 years ago. Various craft shops and restaurants. There was even a water bed shop. Great memories. It's a shame all the independent shops disappeared.
Long after that i saw a few bands there too. Think the venue (one of the disused arches) was called The Blank Canvas.
Yes I remember that one.
A hop skip and jump away out front used to be one of my favourite places to browse. M&B Radio used to have all kinds of surplus equipment from reel to reel video machines to radar displays. Used to buy all kinds of armature and CB radio parts there. Happy days.
Brilliant content. Subscribed
Welcome aboard! Thank you.
Another great video .Thank you ..
Thanks again!
I was taken down under the station, into the arches, by my father in the early 1960s ( he worked there) and saw the canal lock. It was a dark and sinister place then with most of the arches empty and dark. It is interesting to see how it has now all been opened up.
Glad you saw it Noel, not many have.
Fascinating stuff .I remember between 1981 and 83 the arches being used for rough sleeping the police would turn a blind eye at least it would gave been a bit warmer and dryer there during the winter months . Knocking shops 🤔 Allways thought fascinating how the newly refurbished office block is actually built on a railway bridge over the main road , some real engineering all around the station .Look forward to the next video .🚂
Thanks Ian. Yes knocking shops galore!
Very nice video. It's nice to now history. I live in Leeds so like to now more thank you.
Thanks for watching.
Brilliant. Been to that station many times and never knew any of this.
I used to work at the old Whitehall Rd power station. There was loads of underground tunnels throughout the city that carried electrical services to surrounding substations. We walked through them regularly
Thanks John
the station you are looking for is under city square, it was an underground rail system like the london tube but was abandoned, apparently they built the booking hall and platform but got no further. the rooms under the dark arches and all that are just that -rooms underneath for various services/businesses etc, however there is rumoured a tunnel that runs from under the arches to city square and or the town hall. we will never know tho cos we are all mushrooms - kept in the dark and fed crap
Wonder if a lot of the rumours of the station being on two levels are because of confusion with the old Central station that was on two levels with a freight yard underneath the passenger level. The remains of the truck lift that moved trucks between the two levels still stands in Wellington Place as well as the viaduct across the river that brought the trains into the station. Great videos with lots of history
Someone needs to go into the old subway that was there until they did built the bridge to the platforms in the 90s. I remember going through it once or twice as a kid in the very late 90s. Like 99/2000 and would love to see a video or pics of it. As far as I can tell the subway is still there just entrances are covered.
I work at Leeds station and have been in the stairs are there and everything plus lots of crazy scary stuff down there things moving on own
I'd love to go in there. Been many years since I saw it.
Me too, I went to school in Leeds in the 90s while they were doing the building work and that subway wasn't the nicest place to be for a teen travelling alone!
@@davidfotherby9862 you need to film it down there and upload it for us!
@@rosemarywarner6759 all I can remember was it was dark and it felt and smelled like a sewer! Haha
Brilliantly informative video.. loved it. I also enjoyed the video of saltaire, near were I live.
Thanks mate
What an Amazing area! Seems bizarre to have built generations of stations in such a challenging spot. Is it right in the CBD?
It's surprising what's hidden beneath our feet, when you start to look around, interesting explore.
From Sheffield very interesting video but a leeds fan
Legend!
My dad worked down in the dark arches there used to be were you clocked in the units is were the joiners and plumbers used to work and bricklayers used work for the main station above
I used to go fishing there in 1967.
I remember walking under the arches to the old lock before they were bricked up.
Fishing was free then and I said to my mates at the time “we should buy this land” (it was derelict at the time). I meant to sell fishing tickets never realising what it would become.
Opportunity missed there!
brilliant video!
Thank you! Cheers!
Brilliant video 👍
Thanks mate.
Interesting video good work
Thank you!
Great still photographs to add to the video 📸
Thanks 👍
There was a pedestrian subway tunnel under the platforms up until the early 2000’s. As far as I’m aware that was all closed off prior to the completion of the station return in 2002
Yes I remember using that subway, it's still there but blocked off now.
fascinating 2nd time round roll on the next one darren
I had music copyright issues, second time lucky.
@@AdventureMe then what happens
@@a11csc It's fine, I just removed the song. But had to upload as a different video.
The subway that was constructed in the 60s under the platforms is still visible on the right in one of the 'dark arches' before the new entrance. It's mostly sealed up apart from access via manhole covers on the platforms.
Yeah I remember those
The Queens hotel is built on top of brick built vaults. I asked if I could see the underground car park. Was amazed at the height and length of the vaults, you could park lorries down there never mind cars.
I use to work at the Royal Mail, before they knock it down, and there was a separate train track that no other trains would travel on, we called it the Queens train, only ever one train was on that track, that use to take mail underground straight to London, some said it went straight to the palace, but I'm not sure about that, it just travelled once a day early hours in the morning, always at the same time, It was a long time ago, but the train didn't look like the other trains, I don't remember much, but I always remember that, only a few people were allowed down to that part, one of the guys showed me, I just remember it being so very dark, and secret. You had to get a separate lift from the other lifts, to go way down to the platform, past the basement, and I was told not to talk about it, but the Royal Mail isn't there anymore, so I guess it ok.
Thanks for sharing, shared.
Thanks Gary. More to come.
It's like a little piece of secret knowledge 11:27 having seen your recent (May 2023) video and remembering the soot-blackened stonework arches that you allude to here.
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
I always understood there were some platforms underneath which haven't been used in a long time and are shut off now. I'm sure I have seen photos of them.
Maybe that is what people refer to
I think it is, but nobody has ever seen them. I don't think it's possible, as the lines are much higher and always have been. It can't be any lower or it would hit the river.
There’s still a bricked up archway on Whitehall road that was once an entrance to Leeds Central station just before you turn left onto wellington street as your heading towards the back side of the new station. Also one of the new buildings is brilliantly named “hoist house” which I think is a pointer to the wagon hoist that still stands grade II listed today
Cheers Ashley. I'll be back to do a central station video.
Back in the 90’s I worked for a concrete pumping company, one of the jobs we did went over two separate Saturday nights 2 machines pumping 1000 cubic meters of foam concrete into a void under the tracks, the pumps were sat in the Carpark to the right of the grey multi-story Carpark to the right of Witherspoon's, the contractors were AMCO Construction a company who specialises in mining work
I wonder if this was to fill the old goit tunnels from the river aire and under the old wellington station. Which coincidently is my next video.
The most I’d seen of all this in the past is when I’ve gotten on the water taxi which takes you from the Royal Armouries to the back of Leeds Station and that’s with me having lived in Leeds my whole life
Great vid. An old boatman told me that there’s an old barge sunk beneath the arches. Probably in Monk’sPit.
Could well be, it's all filled in now. So we will never know, unless you fancy helping me with a shovel lol.
The side opposite the dark arches goes much much deeper down under ground for some reason. Almost as if it was excavated. I saw the big door open once at the end of mill hill and it was easily 30-40' lower than street level. Theres also a view online of the old rooms under the station where the water and electric still works.
Bits I can add; Kings Mill Goit is more than a rumour, it definitely existed. However, it was bricked up c1890.
Prior to this time, for a while at least, where the weir is as the river drops under the station, was a dam, which I believe was called Bondsman Dam. This allowed that section of river to feed the goit, but also at least two mills which were opposite the point where the river drops down.
Have a look on my channel at Hidden Secrets of Leeds Station. I finally got inside the kings mill goit and the tunnels under station. This is quite old now.
Interesting a lovely station worked on the roof a few times and always impressed by it never knew it was 2 stations in 1
Glad you enjoyed it
Early in 1983, when I was 15/16, I followed the canal from Kirkstall right under the Dark Arches. Back then it really was dark; pitch black, in places! My little adventure ended when, stumbling blindly along a tunnel, I fell down a hole. To this day, I don't know what the hole was, what purpose it served (if any), or even where it was. Sensible me would have turned round and traced my way back to the light of the outside world. The sound of water was all around me, thanks I suppose to the acoustics of the tunnels. That was very disorienting! As it was, I landed fairly well, completely by accident, and managed to climb out, although I was bruised from the experience. I don't know how far I fell, because obviously I couldn't see, but it took ages to climb out again. Even now, aged 53, I wonder if I'd have been found if I'd fallen less fortuitously than I did... Anyway, thank you for this video. Leeds is a beautiful city, and the development on the waterfront creates a wonderful contrast of the old and new in harmony. Your video shows this to great effect.
Thanks Raphael, that sounds like a scary experience. Any idea where that was?
@@AdventureMe None at all. It was almost 40 years ago! I was lost, if I'm being honest... went in thinking it would be fun to explore (don't get me wrong, exploring IS fun... just not alone in pitch darkness), and somewhere along the way had the encounter with the hole. It was so dark, the only reason I know it was hole was because I felt the walls all around me, otherwise I might think I fell off the edge into the river. With the dark arches now being lit up and inhabited, I expect the actual part I was in has changed (at least the hole being filled in!). And yes... very scary!
There are definitely bricked up offices and subways at the station. Some from 60s and some from most recent redesign.
Yes there are, but still used for access and for station use only.
Wow didn’t know that thank u m8