Gosh, isn't it an odd coincidence that things people want to close down or demolish are always so inevitably flammable? Thanks for yet another great video! 👍
Happens here all the time. A local hotel the owners had closed down, and had been trying to get demolished for years so they could sell the land for flats, mysteriously caught fire twice within a month. It must just be a coincidence that there was a strong smell of petrol each time....
Mysterious fire outbreaks are a common occurrence when something is supposed to be being devloped, preserved, shut down, ...and although there are often strong indications of arson, nobody is ever caught and brought to justice. Funny that. Thanks Jon.
Well if you want to be serious, this is a dynamic you should expect even without arson. If a building is neglected it is more likely to end up naturally burning as fire risks won't be caught, assuming the power isn;t completely shut off (some times it is, some times it isn't) and abandoned buildings also draw people such as squatters who might end up causing a fire without it being intentional arson.
@@jimmydesouza4375 Yes. Those things too. I was thinking more of places like Brighton's West Pier where a boat was filmed leaving it in the early hours immediately before smoke was seen or perhaps one of the old blanket mills in Witney which had been given planning persmission to be turned into flats and fire investigation officers found evidence (accelerent) to suggest arson. But yes, dont rule out other causes.
I used to work at Sainsbury's in Nuneaton. One day we had a create of milk come in. They had computer printed tags with the branch name on. Next to 'Nuneaton' someone had written 'like my wife's cooking'. That's the most exciting thing that's ever happened in Nuneaton I think.
Thanks. This is exactly the joke I was looking for. Every time I hear the name it sounds like the work of a picky eater, an unpopular dish or a bad chef.
@@darrylstark9259 Would that be the pub on the A45 that eventually became unsafe and had to be demolished, despite the owners saying they wanted to restore it and open an Indian restaurant.
And old Farmer friend of mine, on seeing all the expensive 4x4s at a sheep sale we were attending, answered my comment about some farmers seeming not to have any financial troubled with a comment that has stuck with me. He said "it takes two fires and a bankruptcy to make that sort of farmer". I don't think he was joking either.
I once took an artic car transporter into Nuneaton, turned right at a junction by a pub, swung the peak perilously close to the hostelry and managed to hook several hanging baskets off the frontage in the process :)
Hi Glen are you related to Rod Jones? I worked with him at Carlson's a good while back. He was a smashing bloke who would always be regaling me with tales about his Father and Brothers all being involved in car transporter work out of the Midlands Car Factory's which i would lap up, I must confess i loved his tales and outlook on life . He had done the job much like yourself from a young guy cruising around with his Father. I have many happy memories running cars from Solihull down to Southampton and Portbury on nights even though its was flat to mat from start to finish. It was such a tight schedule loading cars still hot off the production line, then getting back and reloaded for day driver who was waiting to kick off asap.
@@simonhill2820 He's one of the lucky ones that can't count me as family :) I started back in the late 90's,I've done stints with STVA/Car and Commercial, quinns and Vehicle Movements but had to pack up after heart problems.
A suggestion for future productions as you mentioned Roman roads in this episode. How about following the modern routes of the principal Roman roads? The Fosse Way and Watling Street are obvious candidates.
Nuneaton railway station is also home to the coldest railway platform, any time of year, I have ever had to wait on. Thanks John wicked sweet awesome as always 👍
All I remember about Nuneaton station was having to change trains there and the platforms are (or were) dangerously thin for the ludicrously fast trains that come hurtling through. I was terrified.
I went to 6 form college in Nuneaton and spent a lot of time at the station. It is indeed very cold in winter but I agree with Andrew that the platform facing the fen at Ely is extremely bitter in February.
I thought the co-op just falling down one day would also have scooped a prize .... Cant blame the co-op , everyone gives up the will to live in nuneaton . Anyone saying different just say the word camp hill and they will say `` oh ... ok you have a point ``.
If you were travelling from Southam to Rugby, I can't believe you did not stop at Dunchurch to talk about where the gun powder plotters stayed (there used to be a big local history sign in the village centre celbrating it - I assume it is still there)
It's pronounced South am, and it's been a market town since 1227. Allegedly Ian Beale off EastEnders once hid in the phone box by the coop because some kids were throwing snow balls at him.
Contrary to you saying Nuneaton is the largest town in Warwickshire. We were at a pub quiz about 3 months ago, and this question popped up. Their answer was Rugby ! I’m not sure now, may have to reluctantly Google it. Another interesting video btw.
There actually used to be a railway line from Leamington to Rugby. Part of it is now a bridleway and part of the National Cycle Network, known as the Offchurch Greenway.
On my first job there was a retired BTH turbine fitter who was part, amongst a whole career, of the commissioning team for the IronBridge 'A' powerstation (now long gone..) . He told me of this strange screetching that eminated out of one of the sheds from time to time. Turns out he was hearing one of the first ever jet engines.
I will be in that area again for my annual short stay from November to January. Over the years I've stayed at hotels in Crick, Solihull, Coventry (twice) and Daventry, all kindly paid for by the company! Shame I wasn't around to show you a few interesting things in the area!
Rugby did have the HMP prison services museum, my dad used to threaten to take us there if we were bad! Nuneaton and Bedworth are infamous for drug use! Also did you know Bermuda is actually in Nuneaton! It's also constant bane for motorists using Sat-Nav as the many of the names of towns and villages have an uncanny resemblance to placenames in Leicestershire just up the road and other places. Whitestone/Whetstone, Wigston Parva/Wigston Magna, Stokingford. Stoking Farm, Mancetter. Manchester. Less so Attleborough/Attleborough (Norfolk).
BTH magnetos are still sought after and can be reconditioned and are used on classic motorbikes from the period pre-points and ignition coils. I see them on old bikes regularly. The sell for several hundred pounds a unit.
Ahhh Daw Mill ... my old place of work... Underground at the age of 16 .. Job for life they said ... No regrets about Pit Life ... Looked after me and my family to this very day ....
It's a shame the guidebook didn't reference the Elephants and "Elephant Ramp" in Leamington Spa, albeit they had long departed when the guidebook was printed.
The coldest I have ever felt was at Southam Tesco. I went for a motorcycle ride in late November 2017 a 230-mile loop through Buckinghamshire and Warwickshire, and stopped at the Tesco for petrol and buy something to wipe down the bike and my helmet from all the road spray. But standing in the car park with my wipes and a sandwich I felt like I was made of ice. Now any mention of Southam reminds me of that feeling.
I can easily better that A34 oxford to ... well home ..... riding a cbr6 my eyes froze open . I couldnt blink . The lids had welded themselves to my skull !
In a strange twist, the last journey came very close (as in a few hundred metres) of my house at Saxon Mill. This time my old house at Daw Mill. Given the size of the county this is quite a coincidence. I'm surprised you didn't call in at Wappenbury Hall, former home of Sir William Lyons off of Jaguar, then Godfrey Hall (a large chain of car dealers) and now home to an Australian racing driver who loves Jaguars. Finally Jon, a few pronunciation notes, its South-ham (well, I guess more South-um???) Than suthum. Also Rugby actually is a rare word with an unwritten but pronounced letter (rather than a silent letter) as is pronounced Drugby. Thanks again for a fascinating journey.
Fascinating John, particularly as i visited Leamington Spa for it's 'Art in the Park' for the first time yesterday ( i can recommend this event it was very enjoyable) .
I can tell that Jon is a gentleman by the way he manages to tour the country without smashing glass shop windows, burning down libraries or beating up policemen. My selected fellow Englishmen, this weekends behaviour has been shameful. (Obviously not you, with the intelligence and good taste to watch and subscribe to Jon.)
Avoiding Coventry also means avoiding The Standard Sweet Company and some of the best Indian sweets and savouries around. I spent a couple of years working at the University of Warwick and managed to avoid actually going into Coventry (apart from Samosa runs to The Standard) for pretty much all of that time.
Hi Jon, anther great video and I am sure the town of Rugby is the birth of the game of Rugby the best ball sport in the world ( that is my opinion ) As always a great Sunday video until Wednesday, Take care
"After some driving enjoyment through the back roads that I definitely couldn't film..." 🤣 Ah, the magnificent Saab, being shy, likes to take its pleasures in private.
A consequence of the Daw Mill fire was that it caused the M6 carriageways to the south of the site to sink and need frequent remedial repairs. It appears to be OK at present but they thought that all the other times it was done.
You were literally yards from my house in Rugby and could've popped round for tea. That footbridge at 4:16 is my route to work. Re Dormill I worked with some ex miners who said the fire could have been put out early on but due to "circumstances" the fire control doors were set to cause massive air flow resulting in all the coal going up in smoke. Hence afterwards it was " no longer viable" . Also in the background of the jet engine are some models of W wing Harriers. Taken at FAST in Farnborough possibly. Thanks for a great video.
@6:30 Interesting the see that they've demolished all the old buildings at Daw Mill. I took some drone footage there about 5 years ago, and there were the lots of shells of buildings at that time. I'd heard they'd been trying for years to get permission to build a massive supermarket complex there, although I never understood why as it's a relatively long way from both Coventry and Nuneaton, and almost everywhere except a couple of villages would find it easier to travel to the shopping centre Ricoh arena.
Nuneaton has only been the largest town in Warwickshire since 1974. Before that it had been Birmingham from the 17th century onwards, and Coventry before that. Originally, Warwick was indeed the biggest town in the county, but Coventry quickly surpassed it in population.
@@damiendye6623 It definitely is, or at least was. Since 1974, Birmingham has administratively and politically been separate from Warwickshire, along with Solihull and Coventry, but they still remain part of Warwickshire in pretty much every other sense, hence why Warwickshire County Cricket Club play at Edgbaston.
I had a cousin who worked at Daw Mill, apparently fires in that type of coal are far from uncommon, so it was more than a little odd that most of the liqiud nitrogen dewars used to tackle underground fires were sold to a mine in South America / South Africa (I can't remember which) the year before...hmmmmmmm.
Yea, finally places of my childhood, grew up down the road from Daw Mill, used to go to Nuneaton for shopping and dating girls and used to take my kids to Draycote water for picnics. There was rumours that Daw Mill used to be linked to Keresley Colliery with Keresley where I went to school.
When I was growing up, the Royal Pump Rooms contained a swimming pool, where they attempted to teach me to swim. That part is now the town's library, which I'm surprised you didn't notice, with it being right next to the tourist information and art gallery and museum (or perhaps you just.didn't think it worth mentioning). The Swimming Pool moved to the newly constructed Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, and the old library and museum and art gallery building has now become luxury flats, since they moved to the pump rooms.
The "Welcome to Southam" sign on that road from Leamington had to be replaced about 10 years ago, after my friend rolled his car into it. He still has a scar on his cheek from it.
I do remember Leamington Spa and Warwick but I haven’t been to Nuneaton before. With Leamington Spa and Warwick they are right next door to each other. Have you been to Stratford-upon-Avon which is just down the road from Leamington Spa and Warwick on the A46.
Ah..my home town. Great day to get the drone up on top of Newbold Commyn! In the clip of the HS2 works at Dallas Burston (a polo field), the brown buildings on the left is home to Codemasters. And well done on dodging the shit hole that is Bedworth (or Bed-uff as the locals call it).
Bedworth Civic Hall was always a good place to play a concert. That's my enduring positive memory of the town from the days when the Warwickshire County Youth Orchestra and Wind Band both played there regularly.
My sons bomb about Newbold Comyn skate park on their little scooters! Weird to see the boating lake to the south of the leisure centre in those aerial shots too. It's so well hidden I've never actually seen it in person myself and I've lived here 18 years! Glad you enjoyed your pootle around this lovely county.
I used to live in Nuneaton (the good bit by the Golf course) when I worked in Coventry (the bad bit by the football stadium). That’s 3 out of the 4 places I’ve lived you’ve visited now.
Great video thanks. I used to work for UK Coal, that last owner of Daw Mill, at one of their other deep mines. I had freinds who worked at Daw Mill. There was never any suggestion of the fire being deliberate. Also knowing miners, it is just not something they would do. Fires in a mine are terrifying, to a similar extent as those on-board a ship. I'm convinced this was an accident.
Another excellent episode from my home patch. I've never seen the extent of the site at Daw Mill, i just get to drive past the old gates. One word to the wise, so as not to confuse locals when talking to them, is the pronunciation of the *town* of Southam, which is SOW-thum (with a "hard" th, like in "this" rather than "thumb" - there is no easy way to write this phonetically, so my wicked, great, awesome apologies for writing it like i think you're an idiot!). You tended to pronounce it like Southwell, Notts. This must be confusing the heck out of foreign viewers!!
You missed a great abandoned industrial sight when you were last in Swindon. Right next to the disastrous Bruce street bridges roundabout. Its a massive patch of waste ground that most locals don't even know exist.
That's got to be the best intro yet I've seen on the tube youbi plus love the long shorts or short longs do they help the cooling due to the trademark beenie hat 😎
@@duncanbhomeI thought it was more Sow'vum ....Sow (like the female pig rhymes with cow) Not south ham it certainly doesn't sound the hard h of ham. Maybe south'am
0:00 RUclips usually starts videos before I've set the resolution and expanded them to fit the screen and I had a bit of a "Did I just see what I thought I saw?" moment at the start of the video and had to rewind it.
interesting video particularly as it focuses on my area of the world, I live in the next village from Harborough Magna so the services would have been close to my house
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Gosh, isn't it an odd coincidence that things people want to close down or demolish are always so inevitably flammable?
Thanks for yet another great video! 👍
That happened with a Burger King around here about 20 years ago. Two fires in a month and a half or two months.
Old pubs seem to be a favourite in the west midlands.
Empty hotels on the Isle of Wight
Hmmm😂
Happens here all the time. A local hotel the owners had closed down, and had been trying to get demolished for years so they could sell the land for flats, mysteriously caught fire twice within a month. It must just be a coincidence that there was a strong smell of petrol each time....
Mysterious fire outbreaks are a common occurrence when something is supposed to be being devloped, preserved, shut down, ...and although there are often strong indications of arson, nobody is ever caught and brought to justice. Funny that.
Thanks Jon.
Nice insurance payout too, no doubt.
I used to do fraud investigations, and you'd be surprised at how many failing businesses catch fire.
Unless there's a massive outcry like the Crooked House Pub.
Accidentally on Purpose is a phrase I use regarding these type of Fires 😂😅
Well if you want to be serious, this is a dynamic you should expect even without arson. If a building is neglected it is more likely to end up naturally burning as fire risks won't be caught, assuming the power isn;t completely shut off (some times it is, some times it isn't) and abandoned buildings also draw people such as squatters who might end up causing a fire without it being intentional arson.
@@jimmydesouza4375 Yes. Those things too. I was thinking more of places like Brighton's West Pier where a boat was filmed leaving it in the early hours immediately before smoke was seen or perhaps one of the old blanket mills in Witney which had been given planning persmission to be turned into flats and fire investigation officers found evidence (accelerent) to suggest arson. But yes, dont rule out other causes.
I want to see a series of British "Large leftover industrial sites". Seriously, it would be great.
Look anywhere, it is the whole COUNTRY!
@@jenniferpatton5108 Yeah, but that´s because you guys were so early to the whole industrialisation-party than everybody else :P
Best get them filmed as soon as possible as they will be classified as "grey belt" and covered with housing and "new towns".
@@jenniferpatton5108 You haven't flown over this country have you?
@@SuperNevile I've flown OUT of the country since my parents decided to DESTROY Britain with neoliberalism and now the rise of FASCISM!
I used to work at Sainsbury's in Nuneaton. One day we had a create of milk come in. They had computer printed tags with the branch name on. Next to 'Nuneaton' someone had written 'like my wife's cooking'.
That's the most exciting thing that's ever happened in Nuneaton I think.
Thanks. This is exactly the joke I was looking for. Every time I hear the name it sounds like the work of a picky eater, an unpopular dish or a bad chef.
A local pub that had been on the market for a few years also had a mysterious fire. Funny how these things happen.
@@darrylstark9259 Would that be the pub on the A45 that eventually became unsafe and had to be demolished, despite the owners saying they wanted to restore it and open an Indian restaurant.
Seems like common thing
@@terrybarnhurst7119 Particularly with listed buildings.
And old Farmer friend of mine, on seeing all the expensive 4x4s at a sheep sale we were attending, answered my comment about some farmers seeming not to have any financial troubled with a comment that has stuck with me. He said "it takes two fires and a bankruptcy to make that sort of farmer". I don't think he was joking either.
@@Sarge084 And now has a few houses built on it?
I once took an artic car transporter into Nuneaton, turned right at a junction by a pub, swung the peak perilously close to the hostelry and managed to hook several hanging baskets off the frontage in the process :)
Hi Glen are you related to Rod Jones? I worked with him at Carlson's a good while back. He was a smashing bloke who would always be regaling me with tales about his Father and Brothers all being involved in car transporter work out of the Midlands Car Factory's which i would lap up, I must confess i loved his tales and outlook on life . He had done the job much like yourself from a young guy cruising around with his Father. I have many happy memories running cars from Solihull down to Southampton and Portbury on nights even though its was flat to mat from start to finish. It was such a tight schedule loading cars still hot off the production line, then getting back and reloaded for day driver who was waiting to kick off asap.
@@simonhill2820 He's one of the lucky ones that can't count me as family :)
I started back in the late 90's,I've done stints with STVA/Car and Commercial, quinns and Vehicle Movements but had to pack up after heart problems.
@@glenjones6980Great to hear back from you.
Hope your health keeps you moving in the right direction.
Pass on my regards Rod.
Si
It is especially pleasing to wave goodbye to John at the end of an episode.
A suggestion for future productions as you mentioned Roman roads in this episode. How about following the modern routes of the principal Roman roads? The Fosse Way and Watling Street are obvious candidates.
Not a mention of the elephant wash at Leamington Spa.
Its pronounced "Sowth-um"/“Sowth-ham” but good video!
What about Wells-bourne in the last one.
Indeed, he's been struggling with names
The thing every local is thinking
Exactly, it's not like Southwark or Southwell
I pronounce it South Ham.😊
Nuneaton railway station is also home to the coldest railway platform, any time of year, I have ever had to wait on. Thanks John wicked sweet awesome as always 👍
Nah, Ely is colder!!
Some very old track in the bay platforms too. Similar for Leamington Spa. From the 1870's.
was there last week in the sunshine
i was the spot on the domino
All I remember about Nuneaton station was having to change trains there and the platforms are (or were) dangerously thin for the ludicrously fast trains that come hurtling through. I was terrified.
I went to 6 form college in Nuneaton and spent a lot of time at the station. It is indeed very cold in winter but I agree with Andrew that the platform facing the fen at Ely is extremely bitter in February.
amazed to see sunny nunny on this series😂 given our most famous landmark is a giant heap of landfill called mount judd
Your not wrong there 😂
Aka the Nuneaton Nipple!
I thought the co-op just falling down one day would also have scooped a prize ....
Cant blame the co-op , everyone gives up the will to live in nuneaton . Anyone saying different just say the word camp hill and they will say `` oh ... ok you have a point ``.
And George Eliot. The only person from Nuneaton who was able to write - I say this as a fellow Nuneatoner.
Best seen from the railway line
This really does sound like Michael Portillo's train journey's just with a car, keep em coming John.
Yes, I thought that. Except that Jon never lost an electon to Steven Twigg, but nobody's perfect.
John hinted at that in one of the early episodes
If you were travelling from Southam to Rugby, I can't believe you did not stop at Dunchurch to talk about where the gun powder plotters stayed (there used to be a big local history sign in the village centre celbrating it - I assume it is still there)
I'd like to see a re-enactment of the Gunpowder Plot as shown in the film V for Vendetta. Using a small tactical nuke perhaps???
It's pronounced South am, and it's been a market town since 1227. Allegedly Ian Beale off EastEnders once hid in the phone box by the coop because some kids were throwing snow balls at him.
I have cycled past the Daw mill colliery probably 100 times without realising it was there!
Contrary to you saying Nuneaton is the largest town in Warwickshire. We were at a pub quiz about 3 months ago, and this question popped up. Their answer was Rugby !
I’m not sure now, may have to reluctantly Google it.
Another interesting video btw.
There actually used to be a railway line from Leamington to Rugby. Part of it is now a bridleway and part of the National Cycle Network, known as the Offchurch Greenway.
Sunday night just isn't Sunday night without Auto Shenanigans, my week is now complete 😁👍
Sunday morning isn’t either for us westerners.
All that space at the coal site... That would make one heck of a parking lot...
now that's a classic intro line delivery
Ah, Draycote water, which I only walked around a few days ago. Nice place.
On my first job there was a retired BTH turbine fitter who was part, amongst a whole career, of the commissioning team for the IronBridge 'A' powerstation (now long gone..) .
He told me of this strange screetching that eminated out of one of the sheds from time to time. Turns out he was hearing one of the first ever jet engines.
I will be in that area again for my annual short stay from November to January. Over the years I've stayed at hotels in Crick, Solihull, Coventry (twice) and Daventry, all kindly paid for by the company!
Shame I wasn't around to show you a few interesting things in the area!
0:04 - we need to know, how many takes did that take, how many times did you get thrown off?
Well we didn't get Harborough Magna services, but we did get the lovely new Rugby Services, complete with its "scrum on in" slogan!
Rugby did have the HMP prison services museum, my dad used to threaten to take us there if we were bad! Nuneaton and Bedworth are infamous for drug use!
Also did you know Bermuda is actually in Nuneaton!
It's also constant bane for motorists using Sat-Nav as the many of the names of towns and villages have an uncanny resemblance to placenames in Leicestershire just up the road and other places. Whitestone/Whetstone, Wigston Parva/Wigston Magna, Stokingford. Stoking Farm, Mancetter. Manchester. Less so Attleborough/Attleborough (Norfolk).
BTH magnetos are still sought after and can be reconditioned and are used on classic motorbikes from the period pre-points and ignition coils. I see them on old bikes regularly. The sell for several hundred pounds a unit.
Ahhh Daw Mill ... my old place of work... Underground at the age of 16 .. Job for life they said ... No regrets about Pit Life ... Looked after me and my family to this very day ....
It's a shame the guidebook didn't reference the Elephants and "Elephant Ramp" in Leamington Spa, albeit they had long departed when the guidebook was printed.
You crossed a roman road between Leamington and Southam. The Fosse Way. That's actually normally the road I take to Nuneaton.
The coldest I have ever felt was at Southam Tesco. I went for a motorcycle ride in late November 2017 a 230-mile loop through Buckinghamshire and Warwickshire, and stopped at the Tesco for petrol and buy something to wipe down the bike and my helmet from all the road spray. But standing in the car park with my wipes and a sandwich I felt like I was made of ice. Now any mention of Southam reminds me of that feeling.
I was on a long winters commute on my motorcycle and was absolutely frozen passed a car on fire almost stopped to warm up
I can easily better that
A34 oxford to ... well home ..... riding a cbr6 my eyes froze open . I couldnt blink . The lids had welded themselves to my skull !
That's the second "coldest" comment I've seen on this video. I didn't know our county was so cold haha
In Nuneaton there is a massive slag heap (well I was always told it was) and I have always called it the Nuneaton Pyramid for some reason.
locally its Known as Mount Judd, after the local quarry, Judkins. And yes, its a slag heap
Southam pronounced S'utham? No! It's pronounced Sowtham.
Thanks!
Another great episode and well presented. Don’t ever change Jon 👍🏾👍🏾
In a strange twist, the last journey came very close (as in a few hundred metres) of my house at Saxon Mill. This time my old house at Daw Mill. Given the size of the county this is quite a coincidence.
I'm surprised you didn't call in at Wappenbury Hall, former home of Sir William Lyons off of Jaguar, then Godfrey Hall (a large chain of car dealers) and now home to an Australian racing driver who loves Jaguars.
Finally Jon, a few pronunciation notes, its South-ham (well, I guess more South-um???) Than suthum.
Also Rugby actually is a rare word with an unwritten but pronounced letter (rather than a silent letter) as is pronounced Drugby.
Thanks again for a fascinating journey.
Fascinating John, particularly as i visited Leamington Spa for it's 'Art in the Park' for the first time yesterday ( i can recommend this event it was very enjoyable) .
I've been in past years, but didn't make it this weekend.
I can tell that Jon is a gentleman by the way he manages to tour the country without smashing glass shop windows, burning down libraries or beating up policemen. My selected fellow Englishmen, this weekends behaviour has been shameful. (Obviously not you, with the intelligence and good taste to watch and subscribe to Jon.)
Avoiding Coventry also means avoiding The Standard Sweet Company and some of the best Indian sweets and savouries around. I spent a couple of years working at the University of Warwick and managed to avoid actually going into Coventry (apart from Samosa runs to The Standard) for pretty much all of that time.
Wooo Rugby my grandparents live nearby
Draycote! I'm a member there. You didn't see me sailing as there was no wind that day...apparantly
Im surprised you got out of nuneaton safely
Can just about see my flat in the Leamington drone shot (well a small part of it at least)!
Hi Jon how the devil are you have you had a good week and also I liked the video and used the button specifically for that
And it seems that if you like a comment there is also a button specifically for that!
@@martineyles so there is!
And if you don't like it double click the thumbs down
@@peterthebricky That took a few hours to process. Nice one 😆
6:45 - that would make a great Autocross venue!
Hi Jon, anther great video and I am sure the town of Rugby is the birth of the game of Rugby the best ball sport in the world ( that is my opinion ) As always a great Sunday video until Wednesday, Take care
"After some driving enjoyment through the back roads that I definitely couldn't film..." 🤣 Ah, the magnificent Saab, being shy, likes to take its pleasures in private.
Most interesting fact about Southam is the actor who plays Ian Beale from EastEnders lives there
Another fantastic and informative video Jon.
A consequence of the Daw Mill fire was that it caused the M6 carriageways to the south of the site to sink and need frequent remedial repairs. It appears to be OK at present but they thought that all the other times it was done.
You were literally yards from my house in Rugby and could've popped round for tea. That footbridge at 4:16 is my route to work.
Re Dormill I worked with some ex miners who said the fire could have been put out early on but due to "circumstances" the fire control doors were set to cause massive air flow resulting in all the coal going up in smoke. Hence afterwards it was " no longer viable" . Also in the background of the jet engine are some models of W wing Harriers. Taken at FAST in Farnborough possibly. Thanks for a great video.
I drive past that bridge most days, pretty cool seeing it in a video!
You went to Nuneaton but didn't visit Mount Judd, Britain's number one tourist attraction? Good heavens man!
@6:30 Interesting the see that they've demolished all the old buildings at Daw Mill. I took some drone footage there about 5 years ago, and there were the lots of shells of buildings at that time. I'd heard they'd been trying for years to get permission to build a massive supermarket complex there, although I never understood why as it's a relatively long way from both Coventry and Nuneaton, and almost everywhere except a couple of villages would find it easier to travel to the shopping centre Ricoh arena.
And that's my Sunday complete. Thanks Jon 👍
Nuneaton has only been the largest town in Warwickshire since 1974. Before that it had been Birmingham from the 17th century onwards, and Coventry before that.
Originally, Warwick was indeed the biggest town in the county, but Coventry quickly surpassed it in population.
But Birmingham isn't in Warwickshire
@@damiendye6623 It definitely is, or at least was.
Since 1974, Birmingham has administratively and politically been separate from Warwickshire, along with Solihull and Coventry, but they still remain part of Warwickshire in pretty much every other sense, hence why Warwickshire County Cricket Club play at Edgbaston.
@@kajafreur527 Edgbaston's T20 cricket team call themselves "The Birmingham Bears" because the bear and ragged staff is the logo for Warwickshire.
Birmingham & Coventry are cities & have been for many years, not towns
@@TheRip72 Correct. In which case, Solihull would be the biggest town.
Cheers Jon….as always, informative, interesting , funny….and above all else , ultimately just a bit quirky, a joy to watch.👍👌🤘🇮🇲
30 years ago I used to stay at the Royal Showground in Stoneleigh quite often, and Leamington was a great place to go and get a takeaway curry.
I had a cousin who worked at Daw Mill, apparently fires in that type of coal are far from uncommon, so it was more than a little odd that most of the liqiud nitrogen dewars used to tackle underground fires were sold to a mine in South America / South Africa (I can't remember which) the year before...hmmmmmmm.
Yea, finally places of my childhood, grew up down the road from Daw Mill, used to go to Nuneaton for shopping and dating girls and used to take my kids to Draycote water for picnics.
There was rumours that Daw Mill used to be linked to Keresley Colliery with Keresley where I went to school.
When I was growing up, the Royal Pump Rooms contained a swimming pool, where they attempted to teach me to swim. That part is now the town's library, which I'm surprised you didn't notice, with it being right next to the tourist information and art gallery and museum (or perhaps you just.didn't think it worth mentioning). The Swimming Pool moved to the newly constructed Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, and the old library and museum and art gallery building has now become luxury flats, since they moved to the pump rooms.
Why end with the Codders when you’ll find the Tin Hatters a short hop over the A5. 🤔
The ou in Southam is like the vowel in Southampton, though you pronounced the second half of the word correctly.
The "Welcome to Southam" sign on that road from Leamington had to be replaced about 10 years ago, after my friend rolled his car into it. He still has a scar on his cheek from it.
The first syllable of southam is pronounced with an “ow” sound.
6:05 Missed Helter-skelter opportunity! 😮 😉
Jon having fun using the playground, thats new, awesome video as always
That intro was great and exactly why I keep watching these videos
I do remember Leamington Spa and Warwick but I haven’t been to Nuneaton before. With Leamington Spa and Warwick they are right next door to each other. Have you been to Stratford-upon-Avon which is just down the road from Leamington Spa and Warwick on the A46.
Southam, pronounced as 'South hum' Great vid of my local haunts.
Close but it’s more Sow thum - that’s sow as in a female pig
Ah..my home town. Great day to get the drone up on top of Newbold Commyn! In the clip of the HS2 works at Dallas Burston (a polo field), the brown buildings on the left is home to Codemasters. And well done on dodging the shit hole that is Bedworth (or Bed-uff as the locals call it).
Bedworth Civic Hall was always a good place to play a concert. That's my enduring positive memory of the town from the days when the Warwickshire County Youth Orchestra and Wind Band both played there regularly.
My sons bomb about Newbold Comyn skate park on their little scooters! Weird to see the boating lake to the south of the leisure centre in those aerial shots too. It's so well hidden I've never actually seen it in person myself and I've lived here 18 years! Glad you enjoyed your pootle around this lovely county.
I used to live in Nuneaton (the good bit by the Golf course) when I worked in Coventry (the bad bit by the football stadium). That’s 3 out of the 4 places I’ve lived you’ve visited now.
Thanks
A great episode of Great British Road Journeys
Have I had a good week?Yes!Just come back from Vienna,...roads a bit dull but apart from that....
Always wave madly at the end of each video.
Another awesome sunday, its not sunday without some wicked sweet awesome
fwicked
Great video. Just moved into the area myself so always good to see what I can find nearby
I can't believe you went to Leamington Spa and didn't mention the elephant wash!
Absolutely love your take on this crowded run down island
Great video thanks. I used to work for UK Coal, that last owner of Daw Mill, at one of their other deep mines. I had freinds who worked at Daw Mill. There was never any suggestion of the fire being deliberate. Also knowing miners, it is just not something they would do. Fires in a mine are terrifying, to a similar extent as those on-board a ship. I'm convinced this was an accident.
Brilliant work John, thank you. Fwicking quite close to me as well. 👋
Another excellent episode from my home patch. I've never seen the extent of the site at Daw Mill, i just get to drive past the old gates.
One word to the wise, so as not to confuse locals when talking to them, is the pronunciation of the *town* of Southam, which is SOW-thum (with a "hard" th, like in "this" rather than "thumb" - there is no easy way to write this phonetically, so my wicked, great, awesome apologies for writing it like i think you're an idiot!). You tended to pronounce it like Southwell, Notts. This must be confusing the heck out of foreign viewers!!
Great video John,a joy to watch as always,loved the amount of times you said rugby 🤣👌👍
Great video, thanks very much.
Next to Nuneaton is Meriden, and thats the exact middle of England, thats a monument for that :-)
Love these road journeys series.
Have a look at jct of A303 and A34, Bryan Hirst Recycling right in the middle of the junction.
You missed a great abandoned industrial sight when you were last in Swindon.
Right next to the disastrous Bruce street bridges roundabout.
Its a massive patch of waste ground that most locals don't even know exist.
Great drone shot at the end!
rural is sometimes the best roads x
great video appreciate all your efforts x
Hi , another great video, just to let you know that just outside rugby was one earlier biggest radio station for bbc etc but now closed . Regards mark
That's got to be the best intro yet I've seen on the tube youbi plus love the long shorts or short longs do they help the cooling due to the trademark beenie hat 😎
Starter(dinner)main( pudding) and now dessert! Safe travels Jon atvb.
Another good effort John!
That intro! 😁🥂👌🏻
Used to drink the spa water in Leamington as a kid and I can confirm it’s saltier than a Reddit mod.
The town that you mention Southham pronounce South ham
Definitely pronounced South ham but spelt Southam. Was born and grew up there.
@@duncanbhomeI thought it was more Sow'vum ....Sow (like the female pig rhymes with cow)
Not south ham it certainly doesn't sound the hard h of ham. Maybe south'am
0:00 RUclips usually starts videos before I've set the resolution and expanded them to fit the screen and I had a bit of a "Did I just see what I thought I saw?" moment at the start of the video and had to rewind it.
interesting video particularly as it focuses on my area of the world, I live in the next village from Harborough Magna so the services would have been close to my house