That whole estate was my playground as a child. I moved to Irthlingborough as a Babe in arms on the same day as Radio 1 first ever Broadcast and we moved to Allen Road, so as a kid I hopped over the back fence onto fields and mines and Kally Banks as they were known. Many, many happy years down there as a child until sadly one day the Bulldozers and Diggers moved in, all the old buildings were still in situ until the end of the 70's and we'd use them for shelter when it rained, even the lakes weren't there then, it used to be just the Ring Res. A great place for games of Hide & Seek and building Camps. Great days sadly gone forever.
Wow these places I bet where amazing. As a child in the late 90's I had wellingborough railway sheds on mill road to play and explore, so I too feel the pain of lost play areas
In the early 80s there was still the ruin of a lot of those buildings, and the mine entrances were still visible and one you could even enter albeit for a couple of meters only
@@PurpleVision23 it was a bit of a hazard though. About 4 feet deep and covered with brambles. I think they filled them in to stop kids playing in them. One was just to the left of that oak you mention in the video
I remember this place very well in the early 90s just before the lower part of Pinetrees was developed. It appears a lot of groundwork has now changed the layout near the old Adit Entrance. My grandparents back garden backed onto the area where the Adit entrance was. To this day I can still remember the deep cut out, and flat ground which went all the way down to the Gravel Pits and beyond. Strange to see how much this place has changed over the years.
The connection between Northants & South Wales goes all they back to the Hanbury family who started a tin mine which is now a park about 5 miles from where I live now in a place called Pontypool. Great videos, love the history.
Great video, brought back a lot of memories, summer time in the lakes, then winter riding motorbikes along the old railway line down to Stanwick lakes.
There is a plaque on a tree along one of the walks between Rushden and Irthlingborough dedicated to the many motorcycles that met there end down them parts. Thanks for watching
@@PurpleVision23 Looks like part of my comment is missing. I'm getting to know more about the area through your channel and my own meanderings. We moved down here from Derbyshire a few years ago now. I love local history. I was looking into the old building behind the Irthlingborough Aldi and it's got quite a history, as I'm sure you know. There is an old film made that shows the entrance to the mine at about 1m 30s. It looks very similar to the pic in your video? ruclips.net/video/YdPcWyoEkIM/видео.html
I’m pretty certain that the entrance was part way along the open, mainly grassed over area, if you compare Google maps with the old ordnance survey maps, and not the more wooded areas, even though they look more promising! I remember back in the mid eighties, that I walked the same areas as you did on this walk, before all the redevelopment took place. There was a steep drop where the ore used to be dropped from mine wagons into BR wagons on the standard gauge wagons below, off the LNWR branch shown on your map, there were also old dilapidated surface buildings, and if my memory serves me correctly, the cutting leading to the mine entrance was still there, but the brickwork was already buried, so wasn’t visible. Although not in the same location, I’ve read that the steps entrance was still open many years after the mine was blocked, I wonder if anyone knows when it was finally filled in? Would be interesting to know, especially if anyone has any old photos. I’ve always done a lot of exploring, but didn’t explore the steps entrance area or the Thingdon/Glebe mine areas until recent years, mores the pity! Obviously I’m talking quite a bit further north than today’s video! Would be good to see some old photos that are not normally found on a general internet search, maybe you’re the man to find out Purple, what with your great connections! 😀😁👍
The actual underground mines begin just NW of Irthlingborough and according to Alan Pack no houses are built on actual mines but there was planning permission granted to build 700 on minefields between Irthlingborough and Finedon about 6 years ago. Whether anyone one is stupid enough to do it remains to be seen.
@@robertcaves3797 no buddy, no houses been built on it and i believe it is Alan pack who has stopped the 700 homes developement site. We owe Alan soo much
are their informational people at these towns library's or museums with knowledge aND exact locations of old quarries and works ? of course prob not right now with covid lingering around still
That whole estate was my playground as a child. I moved to Irthlingborough as a Babe in arms on the same day as Radio 1 first ever Broadcast and we moved to Allen Road, so as a kid I hopped over the back fence onto fields and mines and Kally Banks as they were known. Many, many happy years down there as a child until sadly one day the Bulldozers and Diggers moved in, all the old buildings were still in situ until the end of the 70's and we'd use them for shelter when it rained, even the lakes weren't there then, it used to be just the Ring Res. A great place for games of Hide & Seek and building Camps. Great days sadly gone forever.
Wow these places I bet where amazing. As a child in the late 90's I had wellingborough railway sheds on mill road to play and explore, so I too feel the pain of lost play areas
In the early 80s there was still the ruin of a lot of those buildings, and the mine entrances were still visible and one you could even enter albeit for a couple of meters only
@@seancrowe3353 that's the same story most have told me. I wish got to see it 😭
@@PurpleVision23 it was a bit of a hazard though. About 4 feet deep and covered with brambles. I think they filled them in to stop kids playing in them. One was just to the left of that oak you mention in the video
Remember all to well👍🏻
I remember this place very well in the early 90s just before the lower part of Pinetrees was developed. It appears a lot of groundwork has now changed the layout near the old Adit Entrance. My grandparents back garden backed onto the area where the Adit entrance was. To this day I can still remember the deep cut out, and flat ground which went all the way down to the Gravel Pits and beyond.
Strange to see how much this place has changed over the years.
The connection between Northants & South Wales goes all they back to the Hanbury family who started a tin mine which is now a park about 5 miles from where I live now in a place called Pontypool. Great videos, love the history.
Very cool
Great walkabout and commentary, terrific!!
Great video, brought back a lot of memories, summer time in the lakes, then winter riding motorbikes along the old railway line down to Stanwick lakes.
There is a plaque on a tree along one of the walks between Rushden and Irthlingborough dedicated to the many motorcycles that met there end down them parts. Thanks for watching
Remember the yellow brick road....
Found your channel by chance, love what you do we’re local from Higham. Love the cally banks in Finedon!
Love the Alan Watts by the way.
Thank you, so do I
@@PurpleVision23 Looks like part of my comment is missing. I'm getting to know more about the area through your channel and my own meanderings. We moved down here from Derbyshire a few years ago now. I love local history. I was looking into the old building behind the Irthlingborough Aldi and it's got quite a history, as I'm sure you know. There is an old film made that shows the entrance to the mine at about 1m 30s. It looks very similar to the pic in your video? ruclips.net/video/YdPcWyoEkIM/видео.html
I’m pretty certain that the entrance was part way along the open, mainly grassed over area, if you compare Google maps with the old ordnance survey maps, and not the more wooded areas, even though they look more promising!
I remember back in the mid eighties, that I walked the same areas as you did on this walk, before all the redevelopment took place. There was a steep drop where the ore used to be dropped from mine wagons into BR wagons on the standard gauge wagons below, off the LNWR branch shown on your map, there were also old dilapidated surface buildings, and if my memory serves me correctly, the cutting leading to the mine entrance was still there, but the brickwork was already buried, so wasn’t visible.
Although not in the same location, I’ve read that the steps entrance was still open many years after the mine was blocked, I wonder if anyone knows when it was finally filled in? Would be interesting to know, especially if anyone has any old photos.
I’ve always done a lot of exploring, but didn’t explore the steps entrance area or the Thingdon/Glebe mine areas until recent years, mores the pity!
Obviously I’m talking quite a bit further north than today’s video!
Would be good to see some old photos that are not normally found on a general internet search, maybe you’re the man to find out Purple, what with your great connections! 😀😁👍
You could even see the tiled mosaic floor of what was perhaps the station back in the eighties and even early nineties
If you had crossed Wellingborough road towards the pits, you would have seen a gate made out of old drill bits they used in the mines. 👍
yep the Kotch video is Irthlingborough cement works
Fantastic video,thanks for sharing.
My pleasure
Wow!!!! Lets get the diggers out and find the entrance, Just thinking have they put the houses on top of the mine??.Will they fall in one day.
The actual underground mines begin just NW of Irthlingborough and according to Alan Pack no houses are built on actual mines but there was planning permission granted to build 700 on minefields between Irthlingborough and Finedon about 6 years ago. Whether anyone one is stupid enough to do it remains to be seen.
@@crowhillian58 I am sure they will ,still its very interesting to think that there are ironstone mines under irthlingborough .
@@robertcaves3797 no buddy, no houses been built on it and i believe it is Alan pack who has stopped the 700 homes developement site. We owe Alan soo much
Great video you be
Did you go to Huxlow? If so which years? You look familiar
No bud, I went school in borough
next thing on your shopping list,ground penetrating radar
I have LiDAR on NLS maps but I have no internet at the time.. a better investment would be a unlimited data internet sim
ever thought of getting a metal detector for these sort of areas to see if u find anything old ?
are their informational people at these towns library's or museums with knowledge aND exact locations of old quarries and works ? of course prob not right now with covid lingering around still
Where ya bin mate. I haven't seen you comment for a while. Yh Eric Tonks book explains it all