The Chernobyl of West Yorkshire. Blight and beauty, an urbex exploration adventure.

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @tom_burleigh
    @tom_burleigh  6 дней назад +5

    Hi everyone, I'd like opinions please.
    I have a new Patreon page, and a first few video posts are up there, free to watch and interact with by any member, including all free members.
    I've said in a community post, that this approach was because I feel uncomfortable with economically excluding anyone, and I really do.
    The issue with holding on to that discomfort going forward, and keeping all posts there freely accessible to all is that I economically hobble myself with my discomfort.
    A big part of starting a Patreon page, was the hope of building a more regular income that helps to motivate me, and eventually provides opportunity for making meaningful progress on some of my non-mudlarking creative projects.
    So, how should I go forward?
    Keep everything freely accessible to all?
    Or keep some posts freely accessible to all, like... the first 5 posts free, then one out of every 3, maybe?
    Or some other option I haven't thought of?
    I'd like to hear ideas and opinions and arguments for and against.
    Also, I have a new Instagram account, @seasonesandpebbles where I post a picture of a pebble, stone or fossil that I've picked up at the beach everyday. Rock hounding was one of my very first interests, and I'm having fun learning a lot more about geology with this new little side project. If you like rocks and geology too, then maybe you'll enjoy the page.
    www.patreon.com/c/TomBurleigh
    instagram.com/seastonesandpebbles/

  • @KatherinePoulin-x5c
    @KatherinePoulin-x5c 5 дней назад +8

    Thank you, Tom. That was interesting and different. It strikes me that the graffiti artists are part of nature, like the trees and vines and pigeons each with a role in reclaiming the site.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +2

      Thanks Katherine, that's a lovely thought, I live it very much.🙂

  • @Loribethy
    @Loribethy 5 дней назад +4

    That little weasel was SO CUTE!!! 💛💛💛 so glad u caught a glimpse on camara ❤

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Me too, it really made me smile 🙂.

  • @Hippiechick11
    @Hippiechick11 5 дней назад +4

    The comparison vetween the trees and the buildings was incredible. Thanks for sharing and have a great Christmas or any other holiday of your choice!

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Thanks Mary, I thought it would make a nice contrast 🙂. I wish you a merry Christmas or holiday of choice too.

  • @milliesimbeck7108
    @milliesimbeck7108 5 дней назад +5

    Thanks for another beautiful video! Love seeing all that creativity

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Millie, I love seeing it too. And I love seeing your creativity as well 🙂

  • @ksully6551
    @ksully6551 5 дней назад +3

    The cutest weasel in the world, thank you for making me smile.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Very happy to have caught a small sighting of it on camera. I saw it for longer, and clearer... my smile was very big. 🙂

  • @tombrooks3812
    @tombrooks3812 5 дней назад +4

    I could call this, A Walk Among The Bricks. I love your guitar work as you walk its perfect. This remind me when i was much younger an old building was demolished and they piled the bricks for whoever wanted them to come and get. I made many trips and ended up with 4000 bricks made a great retaning wall and it is still standing 40 yrs later. Great graffiti✌️😊❤️

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +2

      Crikey, that's quite awesome! Sad that no demolition nowerdays would or could do something so sensible, it's all fenced off, trucked away, and the bricks are broken up for hard core. And thanks Tom, I'm glad you enjoy the guitar work.I'm hoping to record some more pieces fairly soon. 🙂

  • @Loribethy
    @Loribethy 5 дней назад +3

    Buzzards actually only eat carrion, dead already, so all the live critters have nothing to fear from them :) really lovely as always. Thank you tom burleigh 😊😁☺️🌼👋🤗

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +3

      Sorry to have to contradict you... Buzzards do eat carrion, but they're oportunistic predators, and do hunt a wide range of live prey as well. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and hope you don't mind the contradiction 🙂.

    • @YvonneWilson312
      @YvonneWilson312 5 дней назад +2

      @@tom_burleigh I think you may both be correct, in the sense that what we know as a buzzard here in the UK is not the same as what our American friends would recognise as one. Theirs is a turkey vulture and, like all vultures, it eats dead meat.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +3

      @@YvonneWilson312 Ah yes! Thanks Yvonne. I hadn't thought of that. 🙂

    • @lindaahlgrim1331
      @lindaahlgrim1331 4 дня назад

      @@YvonneWilson312 Google buzzards.. They are scavengers; but they do eat animals that they kill if no dead ones are available.

  • @debracubbedge587
    @debracubbedge587 5 дней назад +3

    I love your videos they are so relaxing to watch thank you Tom

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Thanks Debra, I'm glad you still think so with outliers from my usual mudlarking niche 🙂

  • @anniecorbin7998
    @anniecorbin7998 5 дней назад +3

    I like it! As I've said before I like old things.
    You imagine a place for artist; I image a place for homeless people. Of course money being no factor. Buildings for a school for adults, another for children. A non profit clinic and somewhere that has all the social services available to the residents. Ah, to dream of a world of helpers not haters.
    The art is fascinating.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +2

      Thanks Annie, and some good ideas in there. I think location might be an issue for some of those, (it's several miles outside the nearest town), though I think some accomodation would have to be included in my ideas too, and some for homeless people would be easy to include in that 🙂

    • @anniecorbin7998
      @anniecorbin7998 5 дней назад +1

      @tom_burleigh close enough to the stream to water a big garden. Perhaps a general store could raise money for the community as well as a handy place to pick up small grocery items.

  • @emilyjayne77
    @emilyjayne77 5 дней назад +3

    Hello Tom.
    I wish you and your loved ones a very merry Christmas 🎄 thank you for a long awaited explore

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Thanks Emily, I hope you and your loved ones have a very merry Christmas too 🙂

  • @lisam7454
    @lisam7454 5 дней назад +2

    Excellent video! Very interesting.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Lisa, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

  • @Simplycharlotte-s
    @Simplycharlotte-s 5 дней назад +2

    What a vast place it is! Thank you for the tour, the swirling art in the pigeons room was my favourite. I’m enjoying your rock hounding Instagram account🙂

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Thanks Charlotte, I'm glad you're getting enjoyment from the same things I enjoy 🙂

  • @G.L.McCarthy-vr1oe
    @G.L.McCarthy-vr1oe 5 дней назад +1

    Thank you for posting. A welcome addition to my very stressful life! Things will change, but for right now I am dealing with family health issues & your calm voice, beautiful music combined with the amazing graffiti is a balm to my soul. Not to mention the wildlife! Thanks again, stay safe in your rambles!💚

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Sorry things are stressful, I hope things get better for you soon. I'm glad my video provided a temporary respite.

  • @christinegreywolf
    @christinegreywolf 17 часов назад

    FYI Viewers - I too have Aphantasia and I feel like it needs a bit of an explanation. People with aphantasia are unable to create mental images of people, places, or objects. We are also unable to recall visual memories. For example if I close my eyes and think about a horse, I cannot see a horse. What I see is just black or solid dark. We still have good memories but we process information differently. It is fairly rare at only about 2% to 4% of people in the world. I personally never knew that people could imagine and see things in their mind's eye. I know it is just as hard for the other 98% of people to consider that we cannot visualize things. Obviously it does not limit us too much as I am a professional artist. I just approach things differently by researching photos of whatever I want to create. Thank you Tom for another fantastic video!

  • @michelegaccione9522
    @michelegaccione9522 5 дней назад +2

    Interesting,Tom I always look forward and enjoy your videos,Thank you❤

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Michele, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

  • @mirkatu3249
    @mirkatu3249 5 дней назад +1

    I didn't fall asleep, quite the opposite. This place gave off post-apocalyptic vibes that appeal to me. Thank you. 🙂

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      🙂 I did hope people would enjoy the post-apocalypticness of it all.

  • @bonnerdebbie
    @bonnerdebbie 5 дней назад +2

    Thanks Tom, I would not have thought I would enjoy that as much as I did. Of course your voice and music always helps and loved the tree lined walk at the end. Thank you. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Debbie, that seems to be quite a common preconception/inhibition, it's not really doing very well so far. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and Happy Holidays to you and yours 🙂

  • @lexieslarksandcrafts
    @lexieslarksandcrafts 5 дней назад +3

    Great video Tom.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Lexie, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

  • @dreesexton4269
    @dreesexton4269 5 дней назад +1

    Thanks for another great video! I agree, there is something mesmerizing and beautiful about man-made structures decaying. Captured well in black and white 35 mm photography... when that was a thing. 😊

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      I've invited a friend to come with me on my next visit, he's a good photographer, much better than me, and does work in black and white quite often. 🙂

  • @Christinacocci-yu6rv
    @Christinacocci-yu6rv 5 дней назад +2

    Tom, Congraulations on your patron page! Your moving in the right direction for your creative dreams to happen! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
    Year bring Good health ,prosperity ! Blessings!

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Christina.I hope you're right, and I hope you have A Merry Christmas and Happy New year too. 🙂

  • @kaylinfrancis8751
    @kaylinfrancis8751 15 часов назад

    What a wonderful Christmas season gift to see one of your videos pop up Tom. Thank you. I can just imagine this place being a huge artist colony. How wonderful that would be. The graffiti certainly adds a colorful touch. That's the tiniest weasel I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing Tom, and Happy Christmas!

  • @erinmcgrathejm4985
    @erinmcgrathejm4985 5 дней назад +1

    That was great, sharing that place with The Johnsons. The graffiti artist you ran into seemed a pretty chill lot. I imagine that this place would look gorgeous in autumn.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Erin. They were indeed chill, there were a few of them there on that day, and those two were quite happy to be filmed. I might just have to go again next autumn 🙂

  • @artieash6671
    @artieash6671 5 дней назад +3

    "Last words of the Buddha: "Subject to decay are all conditioned phenomena; awaken to mindfulness."

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thanks Artie, I kinda wish I'd remembered this quote, and put it in the video. 🙂

  • @holliswood6631
    @holliswood6631 День назад

    Fascinating... My niece lives in New York state and loves poking around old ruined brickworks. She has quite a nice collection of bricks with cool names and logos. And some of that graffiti is not half bad. Like the devil head.

  • @bryanstonall16
    @bryanstonall16 5 дней назад +1

    my aweful day was just brightened by your video thank you

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      I'm sorry you had an awful day Bryan, and hope today is better.

  • @leilanidewitt7442
    @leilanidewitt7442 5 дней назад +1

    Wonderful old buildings that place is so cool very cool urban art

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Thanks Leilani, I'm glad you think so too 🙂

  • @tomlord8814
    @tomlord8814 3 дня назад

    Thank you! That was an excellent, knowledgeable tour! The place is impressive, even in decay. It's a thousand pities about all that asbestos, though. Terrifying to think how many kids have been playing around with that stuff!

  • @judymarkel8029
    @judymarkel8029 5 дней назад +1

    Very interesting place. It was fun walking thru with you

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Thanks Judy, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

  • @teresabealey7049
    @teresabealey7049 5 дней назад +1

    great video Tom and im sure Phil will be in brick heaven

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      He kind of was, though I think he was a bit too tired to fully appreciate his visit; we went in the last afternoon of a 3 day visit, and they'd already filmed 7 videos by the time we got there. I ended up carrying some of Phil's brick choices back to their car. Maybe we'll go again sometime with a wheelbarrow. 🙂

  • @Robinski000
    @Robinski000 5 дней назад +1

    Such a lovely appreciation for a relatively local area I've yet to get myself to ❤ Your observations are lovely. Your artist haeven is a project I often catch myself thinking of, especially after visiting Sunnybank Mills in Leeds, which is basically just that!

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  4 дня назад

      Thank you for your kind comments. I haven't been to Sunnybank Mills yet, I wasn't really aware of it, so now I want to visit🙂. Their website reminds me of Salts mill in Saltaire, Shipley, and to some extent, Dean Clough mill in Halifax, both of which I quite like. I think Dean Clough once had potential to be quite close to what I imagine when looking round the brickworks; when Henry Moore had a studio there, it did have some big kilns, and metal working facilities... but it's still mostly office spaces and corporate conference spaces.

  • @christinashirey1178
    @christinashirey1178 5 дней назад +1

    Wha a fascinating place! I wish it could be restored and repurposed, too❤.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      I'm glad I'm not alone in being a dreamer 🙂

  • @margaretcarter2296
    @margaretcarter2296 5 дней назад +1

    Not what I was expecting but very interesting what an amazing place. Thank you

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Thank you, I'm glad it surpasses expectations 🙂

  • @shannahenk1655
    @shannahenk1655 День назад

    What a gorgeous space!

  • @andreacrashe9894
    @andreacrashe9894 3 дня назад

    *Kia ora (hello) Tom, that was a fabulous and very interesting and also different type of video from you. I thoroughly enjoyed it too 🙂 But in saying that I actually enjoy & love all your videos 🙂 I want to wish you & your family a Meri Kirihimete me te tau hou (Merry Christmas and a happy new year) 🙂 Kia kaha (stay Strong) and keep well and stay safe out there on the roads over the holidays, and I shall see you in 2025 with many more fabulous videos. 🙂NZ*

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 2 дня назад

    Merry Christmas Tom. Thank you for taking us along.

  • @neilbethell2299
    @neilbethell2299 5 дней назад +1

    Been a while Tom
    Watching with headphones on so calming 👍

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  4 дня назад

      Thanks Neil, I hope the rest of your evening is relaxing too. 🙂

  • @anniecorbin7998
    @anniecorbin7998 5 дней назад +3

    Hello Tom. Hope you are well.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +2

      Thanks Annie, I'm doing pretty well. I hope you're well too. 🙂

    • @anniecorbin7998
      @anniecorbin7998 5 дней назад

      @@tom_burleigh better I think.

  • @kokoboo2654
    @kokoboo2654 5 дней назад +1

    The art of graffiti is amazing, remenance of businesses or workshops in dismay and crumbling does tell stories of history, an abundance of bricks could build a small structure for sure, the walk on the trail and the wild ferns and moss a prehistoric scene...lovely nonetheless.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Thank you, I'm glad you found so much to appreciate in the video. 🙂

  • @iansuehooper7542
    @iansuehooper7542 4 дня назад

    Hi Tom, a nice surprise video and just before Christmas Thank you. The brick works tour was interesting but not a big fan of the graffitti. The walk into the woods after the brick works was beautiful.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  4 дня назад

      Hi Ian and Sue, I'm glad that even though you're not really fans of graffiti, you gave the video a go. I knew graffiti isn't to everyone's taste, most of it isn't to mine either... but I do enjoy exploring derelict places, and this one has a special ambience and enough rapid change to make every visit there different and interesting for me. 🙂

  • @bernardetebueno7081
    @bernardetebueno7081 5 дней назад +1

    Hello from Brazil bom ver você novamente ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @colleenlinke4208
    @colleenlinke4208 День назад

    Merry Christmas Tom!!!!!!!!!!

  • @evangelineadams4885
    @evangelineadams4885 5 дней назад +1

    I could visualize this Chernobyl remade into a rustic village of many brick cottages....

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Yes, I can see that as a possibility too. 🙂

  • @cad68m_m
    @cad68m_m 5 дней назад +1

    I do like your river walks, but enjoyed the graffiti in this one.

  • @marydegenkolb9603
    @marydegenkolb9603 5 дней назад +1

    We have an old gas works here in Savannah Georgia, along the river. There is an old iron works just down the river from the gas works. The building is a beautiful Victorian designed structure. I think the name is Keoho Iron works. So there are folks with big bucks to save sites.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      I do hope that someone with the money and vision does do something amazing with that site, especially if they can do so without disenfranchising the graffiti artists completely. It's got great potential, the only real downside for it is that it's an out of town site. Oh, and the asbestos contamination.

  • @andrewhodgson9750
    @andrewhodgson9750 4 дня назад

    you mention the pleasure grounds and led me to think of all the similar places just round the area i live in , seems it was a popular thing to do with a piece of land a couple of hundred years ago , most of the ones i know of are overgrown and tho i like nature natural as ornamental gardens i think they would have been worth seeing

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  4 дня назад

      I agree, there's one site I know that's quite similar to how the Sunny Vale pleasure gardens might have been, in a neighbouring valley... and it's one of my favorite parks to go and feed the birds, walk around the lake, get something from the cafe. It does have rides and attractions at different times of the year, and a miniature railway and playground... so a lot of similarities really. I'd still very much have liked to see Sunny vale in it's prime, the automated coffee shop sounds very cool. I still generally prefer nature to wild and natural too. 🙂

    • @andrewhodgson9750
      @andrewhodgson9750 3 дня назад

      @tom_burleigh thanks tom

  • @angelamillard6418
    @angelamillard6418 5 дней назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @JJ-qu2xg
    @JJ-qu2xg 5 дней назад +1

    Hi Tom .

  • @urbexingwithshaun
    @urbexingwithshaun 10 часов назад

    to say i was brought up all my in lightcliffe next to hipperholme where the brickworks is located iv never once heard it called or refered to as west yorshires chernobyl its always been called allen brickworks which started off as a glazed bricks factory then became a plastics factory also its funny how everyone doesnt know that at the top of the hill opposite the travellers inn there used to be railway sidings linked to the brickworks where the bricks were brought up and stored then loaded onto trains to be shipped all across the uk and remnents of the rails can still be found to this day

  • @OriginalMudSlinger
    @OriginalMudSlinger 5 дней назад +1

    It looks like one of the Flumps.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      The painting on the back of the dumpster? You could be right. 🙂

  • @lineballo8087
    @lineballo8087 5 дней назад

    Thank you😂❤how did they pay fore all the paint?

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Certainly a costly hobby, I think I'd want to get good on paper with pencils and pens before attempting something on the scale of some of those pieces 🙂

    • @lineballo8087
      @lineballo8087 3 дня назад

      @tom_burleigh but you also have a spesial way to tell storys🥰asbestos fire place visdom😅

  • @maryhyphenkay
    @maryhyphenkay 5 дней назад

    to me, that looks more like a bulbasaur at 36:00 😅

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      Yes! I think you're probably right 😃

  • @Suebee1988
    @Suebee1988 5 дней назад

    Is this site or portions of it for sale for repurposing or is it considered "historic" and therefore off-limits?

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад +1

      It has been on sale in the past, but I can't find a listing anywhere for it now. I don't think it's got a historic lable restricting things, so theoretically it's restorable or has potential for a development... but the asbestos is probably a big impediment for most developers, and it's not in a very desirable location from a developer perspective either.

  • @mercycunningham2813
    @mercycunningham2813 5 дней назад

    Hi Tom, I clicked on your video awaiting your lovely voice and was greeted by an AI talking in my language. My sleep deprived brain thought for a moment someone pirated your video and replaced the audio. Please switch that new RUclips Auto-Translate feature thing off - if you have it on it's the default setting. I'm quite sure you have no idea how bad that AI Voice and it's translation sounds to a native speaker. There is such a crass disconnect between the aesthetic views, your original voice and the AI voice.
    Since I know there is a feature to switch it off I did exactly that for this video. (The viewers have to do it atm for every video that hast the auto translate activated.) I'm not sure how many viewers will bother to watch or if they even realize what happened when not familiar with your videos/that feature.
    That said your video in it's intended form is beautiful.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  5 дней назад

      Oh dear, I'm sorry that's the case. I've spent the last half hour, trying to figure out in settings how I can keep the option of dubbing, without it being automatically on in non-english language majority countries... and failed. It's not an option currently built in.
      I admit, I don't think AI auto-dubbing will be very appealing to most people, and I haven't yet seen any benefit from having it on; no discernable increase in non-english speaker viewing, but it's only been enabled for 2 days, and the only video I've released with it enabled, hasn't performed at all well so far... so I don't have a lot of data to go on, and I don't think I'd like to cancel the option on all videos, in all countries, for all people just yet. That's how blunt the options are. I'd like more data before doing something that affects every potential non-english speaking viewer. I hope you can understand my reticence.

  • @andrewhaines3259
    @andrewhaines3259 4 дня назад

    This is a site that should be part of the house building plans, not greenfield sites.

    • @tom_burleigh
      @tom_burleigh  4 дня назад

      True, I think there's a lot of brown field sites that with sufficient decontamination would be ideal for new developments, and though I had wild flights of fancy as to what I might do with the site if I had vast funds, I think sooner or later a developer will aquire it and build a new housing estate.