Secrets of The Motorway - M1 Part 2
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Curve ball... We're back on the M1 this week, that was unexpected. But I need the views so we'll be milking the M1 motorway for everything it's got. Also, I missed out a massive chunk the first time around and it's annoyed me (and some viewers) ever since.
So I'm revisiting the M1 which was the first episode of Secret of the Motorway to pick up more or less where we left off... North of Sheffield. There's lots to see such as some 18th century ruins and the tallest structure in the UK. Of course with a garnish of failed motorways and cancelled projects. The usual.
In this series we aim to explore what our motorway network is hiding. As we drive along at 70mph..ish...we simply just wouldn't be aware of what we're missing. This series aims to uncover some of the hidden secrets our motorways have to offer.
*Outro Music*
'Emmerdale' by Matthew Anniss Music
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This show continues to be the best thing about Sundays
Agreed. Added to both Martin Zero's and the Prague Honest Guide's weekly Sunday uploads, and they make for a very happy Sunday indeed.
Along with UK Dashcams...
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Completely agree! 😂
True dat, highlight of my week😊
Here Jon, you've been producing some great videos this year and we all enjoy them. Use this to buy yourself and Ringway a beer when you next meet up! Or just buy yourself two beers if no meet-up is imminent!
@@andymerrett I believe that the evaporation rate is high when these two meet, so liquid replacements may be needed! I find it interesting how many people are interested in both the technology around radio and the background to motorways and watch both channels. I can't think of any good reason why this should be the case....
@@Mike-H_UK I think it is because Jon receives the messages from the numbers stations operated by shadow secret NGO's ... ha, ha. Cheers.
@@andymerrett Aye 😢
@ringwaymanchester already owes me a beer so he can do one :D Thanks a lot mate, very kind indeed.
@@AutoShenanigans are you doing a,
"Dirty Secrets of the Motorway,
Johnny Pisshands, Christmas Special",
in June ???????????????????????
as THAT is the sort of high brow, vulgar, insanity,
I expect, from your bespoke You Tube channel.
Would've been nice to mention that the abandoned section of A656 at the end is actually on the course of an old Roman road - the original inter-city highway displaced after nearly 2,000 years by its modern equivalent.
The ridge running from Castleford to the ‘Great north road’.
Most of it is still in use
There's a thought for when the motorways run out. Discovering remnant ancient roads or routes and probing their secrets.
During construction of a housing development on the fringes of Garforth closest to J47 of the M1 they found evidence of an old Roman settlement and more recently whilst undertaking archaeological surveys on the site of a proposed industrial estate beside this junction they found Roman and Anglo Saxon graves which is one of the first times in the country that they have found humans from both backgrounds buried alongside each other. Apparently they were buried in different orientations and one of the bodies was found in a lead coffin
Your car at the start monologue is in need of some work Jon.
It could do with a respray
Bit of WD40 and some flex tape and it'll be good to go 👌
It will buff out, be fine!!
Rotate the tyres and change the spark plugs, and it'll be a guid 'un
I've taxed worse
Couple of extra tit bits of local info...
The original Emley moor mast fell due to the weight of ice built up on the supporting cables, and not due to high winds. This fell down without causing any injuries, despite falling through the roof of the nearby chapel which was occupied at the time. Interestingly (or not) part of the old tower was subsequently repurposed as the control tower at Huddersfield rowing club... In Holmfirth.
With respect to the last cancellation of the Flockton M1 / M62 link road, the final nail in the coffin for that was the "successful" 'Sink the Link" campaign which encouraged local residents to petition against the proposed road... Due to the noise of vehicles using it would have on nearby residents of Flockton....
...so instead that traffic continues to use the A road through Flockton, causing frequent accidents and eventually leading to installation of single flow traffic lights in a narrow section due to the inability of HGVs to pass each other... Not sure that was the cleverest move ever...🤔
I have to agree, driving through Flockton is not the safest of joinreys!
As a resident of Flockton, i would’ve preferred a motorway or bypass
I don’t know what it is but I am against it!😂
On absolutely fine form this week.
'realised I could milk another episode out of it' 😂
And I don't think there's a better explanation of the Shard out there. Bravo!
Or the dig at redoing junctions V NHS funding ( see switch island Merseyside M57/58 25million X 3 times re-done )
The Secrets Of Motorways is always worth watching for sure.
Your sense of humour and comedy really makes these videos !
I'd love a video on whoever designed the barriers on the bridges. I've got strong memories of the ones over the M62 looking like the ones from today's video. Boring I know, but they look made for purpose and pretty standardised too.
I'm also a massive fan of the silent protest in the way that some shots are filmed in utter shithole locations. It's only when you start to work in infrastructure that you realise how much litter, flytipping and all-round arseholery goes on in the UK.
Keep up the great work!
Travelled that today.... Chilled at Skelton Lake services. M5,M6,M62,M57,M62,M60,M1 and A1M all done in a day!!
Blimey Jon my memory is going. I saw that tthis was part 2 and immediately thought, "wait what? I'm sure you didn't do the M1 last week..." and then you reminded me of something I had forgotten, which I am now going back to re-watch.
Those cable cars were also used to carry Churchill tanks manufactured at Newton & Chanbers during the war, also the area round J36 was used extensively in Ken Loach's film Kes.
Its a shame that the Churchill tank disappeared that was on display at Thorncliffe.
I used to live next to the M1 near to the Rothwell interchange.
That's as exciting as this post gets.
I continue to use the M1 regularly and the bit where you have to come off to go back on is a real pain. Satnavs just can't cope with the confusion. 😂
Cor, not heard that version of the Emmerdalé theme for a _long_ time. Brings back memories!
Our Sunday dose of A S S 👍🏼
I like the lofthouse interchange when leaving the M1 S for the 62. It reminds me of The Nemesis at Alton towers 🤷🏽😂.
That’s John for warming our hearts with more FACTS 👍🏼
Funny thing about the M1-A1 link road that although you have to leave the M1 to stay on the M1 at Junction 43, when you get past Junction 47 you stay on the M1 to join the A1(M) and when you're coming south, you have to leave the A1(M) to stay on the A1(M) because if you stay on the A1(M) you actually join the M1.
Can we all just appreciate that Jon just doesn’t drive around the country on our road network, but spends time researching all these interesting facts and figures. I doff my cap to him.
Thanks mate!
This series is obviously influenced by Geoff Marshalls Secrets of the Underground (including a nod or two to Geoff in the past). One thing is for sure though, Johns sense of humour shines through much more. Gotta love it, keep it up.
There were 4 optional routes to link the M1 Kirkhamgate and A1 in Yorkshire. The purple and blue routes were strongly objected to by the residents of Arthington in the Wharfe valley and would have used a possible corridor between Leeds and Bradford. This left the red and brown routes that would go through 'cheaper' areas to the south and east of Leeds. I can't remember where the exact joining points were to be but I believe it was the red route that won. The A1 through Yorkshire was then progressively upgraded past Wetherby ending today as a 3+3 lane motorway.
Good point about redoing roads and junctions affording the NHS. A current example of this is the M4 M5 interchange which is being dug up again this year!
Tell you what else is wicked, sweet, awesome; watching the subscribers tick up ever closer to that 100K target.
Well done John and team for continuing to put out such quality content, I'm enjoying the little studio based uploads too.
John its good see you have finally made it up my neck of the woods here in Wakefield, if I had known you could have popped in for a cup coffee!. You might not be aware that when the M1 extension to the A1 was built it was closed again for some parts of it had to be resurfaced due the noise levels coming from the concrete road surface. Local residents complained and the surface was replaced.
That concrete section is a *****! What?
Nice to see the mention of Emley Moor. Ice on the cable stays was the root cause of the Emley Moor tv mast collapse in 1969. If you look at the mast as half of a vertical suspension bridge, ice build-up stretched the cable stays allowing the wind to then twist the mast ultimately causing its demise. One of the flaying stays (cables several inches in diameter) cut the chapel over the road clean in half. Belmont has since had many tons of chain hung inside to dampen this twisting. The total height of Emley Moor tower was in fact reduced due to antenna redesign caused by Ofcom mandated frequency changes.
The link between the M25 from the M4 to the M1 south is always fun !! m25 then via Watford , via crazy roundabouts that force you to back into Watford, then the m1 ... link road from the m25 direct to the m1 , thats what they need... lol
Terrific video John,liking your commentary is becoming more brutally honest with each new episode
Thanks John, appreciate the dry humour as I'm sure many others do while learning how our Motorways accidentally happened
Nice to see Barnsley or part of Barnsley on secrets of the motorway. Been hoping to see my home town for sometime.
Another great and informative video Jon and loving the Emmerdale music at the end....
Thanks, Jon. Getting my "Motorway fix," I am now ready for doing whatever I'll be doing this week. Oh, right: I turn 74 years old! Amazing. Have a great week, yourself. Bye.
Good on you mate and Happy Birthday. A Gentlemen of your vintage must have seen many changes on the roads over the years?
@@AutoShenanigans In the 1950's I still remember construction of the first segment of Interstate 8 through San Diego's Mission Valley. Went from old U.S. 80 2 lane road through farm lands to a limited access freeway (motorway) through hotels & offices. Actually, the worst change are the incompetent and self-centered drivers, now.
Brilliant video but you missed out J40 Ossett and more importantly Gawthorpe, with it's famous Water Tower and where the annual World Coal Carrying Championship is held.
4:42 - how did that tyre get on to that lamp post? You find the most interesting places to do your voiceovers and the background details are amazing. The Newcomen tower, the furnace, a pedestrian tunnel under the motorway. We mere drivers never see these details, except on your videos. Love it.
We need that motorway from Manchester to Sheffield now. You have traffic from Liverpool, Manchestrer, Bradford and Leeds, all using the same single motorway to get to Sheffield.
Great video John.
Junction 45, which took forever to open was used for filming of a police car crash scene on Emmerdale prior to it opening.
The bumpy nature of the M1 south of Garforth j46 (A63 Colton junction) is due to subsidence from the old mine tunnels.
Finally, why on earth did they not create a free-flowing slip road to travel south bound onto the A1 from the north bound M1 and vica-versa from North bound A1M to south bound M1. Traffic has to travel through Garforth using j46 or j47 and queues back. NUTS!
4:48 Just to the left of the superimposed arrow is an area known as the Fairy Fields. It was here that teenage friends and I built a dugout, and the construction of the M1 provided many materials and supplies for our den. The M1 in those days went on into Leeds. My memory is that the stretch through Hunslet Carr was built at the same time as the stretch between Belle Isle (named after the bell-pit mines of the area) and Robin Hood/Rothwell (Hi to AdventureMe!). I can't remember a termination at Stourton. Are there are any other Leeds old gits out there who could clarify?
Hi to you too!
Again, excellent with some justified rants about the competency of this country’s successive governments!
Is that the theme to Crossroads at the end? Hahahaha wicked.
Lovely to see. Shame you missed out the ridiculous routing of the J46 sliproads
J46 wasn't originally so ridiculous, they got changed a fair while ago (10 years?) but I'm not sure why - It could be the new access roads to the business park to the west of the motorway. You can see ghost slip roads just to the southwest of where the A6120 dumbell roundabout goes under the M1
You're SO right about our ability to waste money in this country.
But if you've ever worked in the NHS, you'd know that's exactly where the most profligate waste happens.
Like £280,000 for new fire doors in an old hospital- at the same as the new, replacement hospital down the road was less than a year away from being finished.
It's across the entire public sector unfortunately not just the NHS. There is a general attitude of "it's not my money" when making decisions leading to huge waste and many failed projects.
@@Dan-Athema You're right, of course. But it's not only the "not my money" attitude- it's also downright stupidity. How could a 22 year-old, fresh out of university with a 2-2 in women's studies, possibly know how much a pair of fire doors is supposed to cost??
don't forget rainbow painting
Excellent outro music for this episode 😉 another great episode! 👍
Nothing seems more frustrating, than there being roadworks on a Motorway for a couple if years... the seemingly not that long after the works have finished they are back doing more work on the same section!
Terrific and superbly presented episode, helped by the fact that you've now covered our local stretch of the M1.
These videos are cool can't stop watching them 👍👍
A bit of the original Emley Moor mast is now used as a part of a building at a sailing club at Hade Edge near Holmfirth.
The game at the end is to keep waving until John stops waving. My arm aches.
Another fantastic video! So much information, I live a few miles from Jnc 37 and had no idea there were so many points of interest nearby. Cheers!!
As always excellent research and presentation.
Thanks for the Durkar reference, and yes we say the same thing.
With the Shard go to the bar that is two floors below the exceedingly expensive viewing area, it’s free (although drinks are not what you’d call spoons prices) and you get the same view. Just make sure you look like you know where you’re going when you enter the building so Security don’t pounce and kick you out….
My guilty pleasure every Sunday (and during the week)
Cheers mate!
I lived in the area when the " new" M1 was under consultation and there were concerns that Temple Newsam house would be affected by the initial works and the traffic vibrations afterwards. Went ahead eventually.
Cool video, glad you finally got around to part 2!
These videos are my Sunday highlight! Love what you do and your humour with it. Excellent and informative as always fella!
The Tinsley viaduct is an interesting structure. So is the Smithy Wood concrete footbridge
Covered Tinsley Viaduct in Part 1, but missed the original road heating to counter the ice from condensation fallout of the cooling towers.
Hi Jon , how the Devil 👹are you? Your episodes are always worth watching and one of my highlights on a Sunday.Loving your commentary👍 Your wicked sense of humour 🤣🤣, it’s always very much appreciated. Take care, I hope you have a good week Jon 🥃🥃🌟
All good here ta. Thanks for watching!
This is the best video I've ever seen about anything
Another awesome episode John, I loved the closing shot on Ilkley Moor.
My old stomping grounds. My sister lives near Rothwell. We grew up at Garforth. The link road was great for cycling and running before it opened, many times I rode from Aberford to Colton and back along the new road.
I don't even own a car and probably never will but I can't stop watching these episodes.
Another interesting video, and great presentation. Thanks Bob
Brilliant vid as always. Thank you 👍
Jon, re: Intro.
Have to break something to you.
Car behind you: Don't think it's gonna get through MOT.
Not a problem, I know a "guy"
Another interesting video thanks Jon emerdale farm ? Greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I’ve never understood our love with roundabouts on motorway junctions, free flowing junctions in the majority of cases is always the answer
I've a friend near Durkar, every time I visit him I always go "durka durka durka" without fail!
Not just me then 😆
wow that 18th century infrastructure air cable wagon's looked amazing john the old furnace site was interesting to l recall hearing about the ariel mask collapsing in high winds,nice tribute to the coal colliery at rothwell.
It's a shame all traces of the cable cars have gone. Mind you, didn't Tom Scott do a video on the last working cable car system that's similar??
@3:19 There looks to be a mast now that's almost as tall as the tower.
Fantastic episode
Thank you
Nice one, thanks for watching!
If anyone wants to see a Newcomen Engine in action, there is a replica one that is run regularly at the Black Country museum in Dudley, West Midlands, a few Miles from j1 or j2 of the m5. Just check firing days before you travel.
Just after i'd moved away from Almondbury...down fell the original Emley Moor mast.
Great content thank you John
I have no interest in motorways I cannot drive. I still f****** love your videos
Very cool! I was wondering if there was perhaps more to see with this one!
In the first few seconds I thought blimey, he’s parked his motor in a dodgy area and someone’s torched it….
Hope your continuing up north lad!
I think that where the A616 would of been where part of the M67 motorway should of extended to and that should of gone from north of Sheffield at M1 Junction 35a at Chapletown to Manchester via Huddersfield.
Such a shame that the M67 motorway only ends at Hattersley near to the county border with Derbyshire. Still you get such stunning views of the Peak District and possibly the Derbyshire dales.
Fun fact: If you want to travel between the southern and northern parts of the A1(M) without leaving the motorway network, you have to use the M25 and the M1.
Sounds like a challenge.
Talking of the M1, I believe its original route was to the west of Milton Keynes and link up with the south of Birmingham, and the A1 was supposed to be upgraded to motorway between Mill Hill and Walls End. This would mean no M40! The only reason I mention is they're doing major construction besides the M1 between junction 13 and 15, and it mentioned in some of the literature that the M1 is in the wrong place! I don't know if this is true? Sorry to rabble on
Going over the hills in Barnsley to the bus scrapyards I’ve always wondered what those 2 towers of Emley Moor are!
They're doing some work on the mast, but couldn't just switch it off so a temporary one was built alongside until they've finished whatever shenanigans they're up to!
Extra sassy episode 😁👌
Scrofulous underpasses, the detritus of ages, peeling railings and conifer-capped slag heaps. It must be the M1.
I was expecting Luke to cameo and talk about the Emley Moor mast!
7:39 - Ilkley Moor with hat.
Take that society.
The original Emley moor transmitter mast is now on the Binn hill overlooking Burntisland, Fife
Excellent bedtime viewing. I think that there is a course that a ll road planners do. We have a road that has been shown on road maps since the 60's a lot of the land has been set aside.Still not been built and they have now started a tunnel to take the traffic!!. I think you pal on Building Beautiful did a vid on it.
It's Poulson's Law. The more delays councils can create the bigger the brown paper packets become.
Thanks for another cracking vlog very interesting 🧐
John waving -and thinking -and when is this dam weather gonna get warmer .grim up north lol😅
Great video. I live two minutes away from Rockley. Was nice to see it on one of your videos
Excellent, Jon!
Great channel Jon, thanks for all the info on the Motorways it’s an awesome series!
Cheers mate, appreciate that many thanks :)
Hey Jon
Are you a bit of an Urbexer (like me) as well as auto geek? 🙂
Asking coz you do talk with passion about the hidden history bit so made me wonder.
Love the videos for the tarmac and the time capsules (archeology bits 🙂).
I'm waiting for your DVD😁
Nice one 👍🏻🙂
Used to do a lot of urbex type stuff but not so much these days. Unless it's hunting an abandoned road :D
@@AutoShenanigans Same here. Used to do a lot. Quite serious stuff too. South London mostly. Even had a balaclava for those ones where you know you really shouldn't 😁
Morning Jon, coffee scones and SoTM - must be Sunday morning.
Thanks John - as informative and entertaining as ever but, 'do it right the first time' - when did that ever happen?
Great video . The Lofthouse improvement proposals have 3 options - a different shaped roundabout ( wow how long did that take to dream up? ), one free flow sliproad from M1 northbound to M62 eastbound or the scheme shown in your video . Any bets on which scheme will be picked ? ( if at all )
Description of The Shard in London. 🤣🤣
Hello John, I was wondering in the future if you've done Secrets of the UK's Host Motorway, the *M60,* yet! Very informative video as always! :)
What's a "Host Motorway"?
@@nemo6686 🤷♂️suppose we will have to watch the M60 video to find out 😂
There was going to be a part 3, but it was... cancelled!
Loved the bit in the outro where you were caught between a rock and....well......er..........nothing....
Well done John 👍
Great vid man
shrugs shoulders, "I don't know" ;)