Thanks Paul and Rebecca for showing me Felsted.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

A pleasure. An interesting site, which is hopefully in the process of some renovation.

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick An interesting point about Felsted station is that the sign was misspelt 'Felstead' until it was corrected in the 1950s to match the name of the village it served. Which is apt as the gentleman above also spells Felstead with an 'a'.

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick Unfortunately Felsted station is in a sorry state, (June 2020), as practically every window is smashed, the interior ransacked and anything of any value taken. The garden is massively overgrown and the fence panels and iron gates removed. There was already damage evident in this video. If you search 'felsted station' on Zoopla you will see that it was listed at £100k Jan 2013 and sold (at auction I believe) £135k. In April 2016 it was listed for sale at £700k and again in Feb 2017 but at £750k. Not having been up the flitch for the last couple of years, (until recently), I can't say if anyone ever lived there. However, the pictures on Zoopla show it complete. I was told by a local that the owner is a dentist that bought the house with his brother. He said that the building was (possibly!?) extended without full planning permission in breach of it's grade 2 listing. This property is a little way out of Felsted but it is a beautiful village full of £million homes and good schools including Felsted public (i.e. £private). With this restoration and an acre of land it seems odd that it wouldn't sell. Perhaps it was due to a lack of planning permission, (for the extension), or perhaps to the large traveller site 100m further up the road.

Something mystical about abandoned railways.

Being a local boy, I spent many a Sunday riding my bike along the flitch way from Braintree to Felsted. Brought back a few memories watching this, thanks!

Having watched large chunks of Geoff and Vicky's "All the Stations", I am happy to find that someone else is in the process of doing "All the Abandoned Stations".

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Most definitely Florence. Thanks for joining us. #EveryDisusedStation

hi Paul and Rebecca great video very interesting, we have lost so many beautiful lines thanks for braving the weather. xx

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Colin. 👍👍

Hi Paul & Rebecca. Even with some pretty dismal weather you guys also seem full of goodwill, I reckon you deserve to be nominated for a BAFTA Award. Well done keep the video's coming .

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh that's very kind of you to say. We shall indeed carry on!

Awesome video guys! Please come back to Essex and Hertfordshire again soon!

@smdhomeworkhelp

5 жыл бұрын

Also for future reference Hockerill has a silent 'e' - i.e. it is pronounced 'Hockrill'!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

@@smdhomeworkhelp cheers Simon. More planned here for Autumn. 👍

@smdhomeworkhelp

5 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick Great news!

Brilliant. Very professionally done. That looks like that Middlewood Way I was telling you about. These rural routes give you an evocative feeling of little country stations with a Station Master and a Porter (looks like Bernard Cribbins) and the cart fetching the milk churns for dropping off and taking the papers and fresh fish back to the village. By the way, Richard Falstead always leaves a comment on my videos - he’s a lovely chap. I’ve got tons of footage for editing so I can relate to that too. I know exactly how much effort you put in to plan, collect the footage, travelling and then sitting up half the night editing etc. It shows in your work and it’s really enjoyable.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Don. Very kind words. Yes I'm guessing it it the same chap. As you say very pleasent and always leaves a nice comment. We did enjoy this but felt with a slightly brighter day we would have explored a lot more. Patience towards the end was wearing thin. We will be up in your neck of the woods one day soon so will be sure to get in touch 👍👍

I really enjoy your videos. I can't believe the infrastructure you have there, so many bricks. It really is amazing craftmanship.

Nice channel and entertaining video. Love to watch it!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Marc. Welcome to the channel.

If this comment ever gets read (which I doubt) I can provide some current information about stations on the line having cycled down it recently: Rayne station is still very much in use as a cafe and heritage center. Bannister green halt has had a good amount of maintenance so looks more tidy and clean as well as new information plaques. Unfortunately Felsted station has been doomed to be demolished by the local council. There is an Essex county official travelers site next to it - as for the building it has since been destroyed, vandalized and it fell into disarray (The area around it has been reduced to a dumping ground for rubbish and waste and none of the wall remain). Takeley I believe is still occupied to this day. And Hockerhill, still nothing. It remains nothing. Congrats Mr and Mrs Whitewick!

@pwhitewick

Жыл бұрын

We do indeed read all the comments. (Rhat we see). Thanks for the info.

Always fun. Look forward to watching you both just having fun and teaching everyone something new.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thad, hopefully sums us up! 👍

Congratulations! An excellent and informative video. You work so very hard on your edits to give a fast pace. Most enjoyable!

New line to me totally, so good fun to watch. Thanks, both of you

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

New to us too. Well we had heard of the Flitch way but that's about it.

Really enjoyed this weeks video, what a lovely line to walk, even in the rain. Nice to see the station buildings still standing.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hayley. It was an enjoyable day. I think the Friends of the Flitch Way have gone some excellent work along here which definitely helped.

So lovely to see a intact station! So many are just empty fields or forest now, it’s nice to see both a platform and a building!

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

All the buildings along the flitch are intact apart from Dunmow.

Thanks for the fun and interesting video as always. It’s not very warm at the moment in New Zealand so these videos brighten my day.

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry.

Hi, thanks to your video, I went to Rayne today, hot and sunny without rain. Really enjoyed a walk along part of the route. The train museum was open, which was great.

Fantastic as usual guys!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Hugh. 👍👍

I have to say that I am really enjoying your little video presentations. Old railways and tramways have always held a fascination for me - as soon as I could drive I spent my summer holidays, back in the early 1980s, exploring the old slate quarries and their lines in North Wales. Back then cine film was very expensive and rather temperamental and photography wasn't cheap either, with the cost of films and development, so I didn't take as many photos as I would have liked. What photos I did take are now of scenes and landscapes long since demolished or altered beyond all recognition. What you are creating is a wonderful historical archive for future generations to enjoy - keep up the great work - big tick!

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Martin, really pleased you are enjoying the channel. Yes we never expected it to be a "document" of the railways as they are now but as time goes on with our adventures it's certainly turning into that for us.

Nice presentation inspite of the beastly weather which I enjoyed all the more on this lovely Summer evening - somehow it's all very therapeutic..

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick. That's absolutely our goal. 👍👍

Another great video guys👍👏🏻👏🏻

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.

I’ve got the same view with heading east. We always go west. But travel times are often much shorter going east, especially during the “summer”! #BloodyStonehenge

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Yup more from the "east" this weekend.

Lol well at least you established the rain. Awesome vlog. I really enjoyed the humor and info. Great job.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Guys. When is your next video!?... The notification bell is firmly clicked.

Another great video you two !

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Saltley. 👍👍

I have just subscribed. Have been watching your videos for a few weeks now, your vlogs have become very addictive. The whole subject of disused lines can become additive. After learning a lot about the old pottery line at Parkstone (Dorset) I ended up building a model of it. It's amazing what you can find out with a bit of digging around. Keep up the good work. Isn't it nice to see a couple sharing in the same interests. A rare commodity these days.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Really pleased the channel is of interest to you. As you say the research is a big part of it for us and is sometimes as much of an enjoyment as the exploration.

Glad I walked when it was sunny and both the tea places were opening! Keep up the good work, I have just walked the Buntingford Branch great little station on that line in Herts.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent, yup that had best be on our "Sooner rather than later list"!

Above and beyond......great video despite the rain. :)

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gerry!

Great video,what a great walk or car ride lol,the weather's fault,nice to see so many stations still exist 😀

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Shaun a good mix of the two! Yup the Friends of the Flitch Way have done a great job along here.

Some lovely stations and scenery! Here's hoping the weather cooperates more on other explorations.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Spotty. Yup the weather has turned for the better that's for sure.

heya paul and rebecca loved the opening to this video lmao was so funny , great video as always , pitty it rained for you though , :)

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Davie. With the wet weather we needed to inject some humour

@RichardFelstead1949

5 жыл бұрын

It not only rains on the plains in Spain.

Good exploration guys another great video :-)

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Simon 👍

got big smile on my face thank you .

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Robert

Looks like your about to put your finger up Rebecca's nose at 12.54! Don't apologise for falling behind with editing. Whatever you upload is great and I appreciate your efforts. Subscriber numbers are creeping up. Well done both of you!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Russ. Wouldn't be the first time! (By accident of course...😬😬).

Nice one! This one's reasonably local to me but I've yet to explore it. Informative and entertaining as always!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ed. Up to Kelmarsh and Oxendon this weekend. Even more local!? Your video is on our saved to later list!

@RediscoveringLostRailways

5 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick Thanks Paul. Enjoy your trip and, hopefully, my film in due course.

That was a wet walk. So wet I even felt wet myself - and I'm indoors. Interesting - I had an Aunt and Uncle who lived in Braintree. I always enjoy your railway rambles - keep them coming!

Hi both. I am from Stoke-on-Trent, so I found your Market Drayton to Stoke video, I lived in Essex, and you’ve done at least two videos there, and I lived for 8 years in Andover so lots of fun there. If you do Buckinghamshire again our paths may cross!

great stuff love it

Nice history video

Nice to see you let Rebecca have an umbrella sometimes!

Hi. Although you guys are a recent discovery I really enjoy your videos. I love anything to do with abandoned history, especially railways, as you can still follow a lot of the routes and tunnels as you do. It reminded me of exploring a tunnel near where i used to live, which i didn't know about for years and you would never know was there as it was well hidden. It was on the the old Oxford to Princess Risborough line, originally under Wycombe Railways, i think, then GWR. Another line closed in '63 under the Beeching report, but it carried freight until '68, running from the old Morris Works in Cowley i believe. I lived in Wheatley at the time and the remnants of the station was still there at the beginning, but that has now all dissapeared under a housing estate. There was a load of station memorabilia at the old Railway hotel, but even that is now closed too unfortunately and last i heard was earmarked for demolition. Anyway the tunnel was called the Shotover tunnel, between Horsepath and Littleworth, just around the corner from Wheatley. It was a sod to get to, as it was so overgrown, but although bricked up, the gates had been ripped off both ends, so you could walk through, but this was 20+ years ago. It was a popular for illegal raves in the 80's and 90's. There were a few other remnants of the line dotted about. A couple of intact arched bridges over roads in Wheatley and Horsepath, another where the road went over the railway in Wheatley, plus the parapets of two much bigger, but long dismantled bridges, that used to span the river Thame and the A40. And although you could follow a lot of the line it was very difficult in places and a lot has now been built over. Are you planning on doing this line at anytime soon. Thanks.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent Matthew. Thank you for sharing, we love comments like this. We have no immediate plans, but always happy to be pursued!

Thanks for braving the weather to bring us the Flitch Way. Interesting that the station buildings are still well-kept. Shame about Hockerill...!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard. Apparently Wikipedia has now been changed with us as a citation!

@RichardWells1

5 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick Spotted that Paul! You're an authority now!

They have put a lot of money into restoration and tarmacking the old line. When I was a kid the school held an annual sponsored walk from Braintree to Felstead and in the 70s it mostly mud and stones and Rayne station was run down and derelict.

I'm puzzled by the closure date being given as 1952. I used to watch trains on the line from the school playground in the early 1960s.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Roger. Closed to passengers in 1952 but remainded open to freight for another 20 years or so.

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

The eventual killer of this line was the closure of the viaduct, (sunsequently blown up in 1977), as it was deemed unsafe and the cost of the repair was such that it wasn't financially worth it: £135,000 iirc. The line carried on split. As for a passenger route apparently it was never well used and the more convenient bus service from Braintree to Bishop's Stortford made it redundant.

just a thought..in one video I think I recall you saying you had just arrived home from Cornwall, 300 miles drive, next day 400 miles to Scotland.! Just apart from the petrol money, the accommodation costs, food, time , effort, you two have got to be the most enthusiastic couple to do this.Think Im envious!

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tarquin. Yup we get around, but this is 100% what we love doing and our hobby. If one day it pays for itself that would be great, but above all its our hobby. Thanks as always.

Great story of The Flitch Way ex Stortford to Braintree line. In reality, the old railway went beyond Braintree and down to Witham on the Great Eastern main line. From there, the route continued to Maldon on the coast and into East Anglia. In the late 1960s, Woodham Ferrers to Maldon had closed, then Maldon to Witham was closed. Braintree to Bishops Stortford closed, although about 6 miles at the western end remained open for freight taking bananas to and from Fyffes depots at Canfield End, 2 miles east of Takeley. Witham to Braintree was supposed to close several times. I travelled on it several times from the late 60s until mid 70s to and from White Notley and it was always under threat of closure, until it was reprieved in the very late 70s. This 6 miles line saved is all that is left of a 26 miles route which today would be a busy rail link from East Anglia to Stansted Airport, Britain's 4th busiest airport.

Really like the chatty style. Think the Malton Driffield line might be interesting. Wharram is near THE deserted village and Sledmere tea rooms are to die for.

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Tea rooms to die for! That sounds right up my street.

A very enjoyable and entertaining video. Sorry about the weather though. Hope you didn't get too wet.

where was the ''singing'' in the rain....lol. great opening and interesting viewing

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Haha.... Now that would have been an interesting sketch!!

great video

Actually Paul/Rebecca I believe you'll find the "smallest disused" station is now a private house which was at one time the 'private' station of Lord Lovat (Fraser) and in the 1970's belonged to a schoolmaster friend of mine and his wife....Mind you that was some time ago, things may well have have changed.....

It's amazing haw a tinny little flame can cause so much destruction and its not all ways the flames that kill

Crossing keepers cottages were not uncommon. The keeper was often a woman who was paid an annual sum and had to open the crossing to traffic when needed = at any time of the day. Ome of the railway's problems was providing relief if the keeper was absent and this often had to be done by relief staff on a weekly wage, with two needed to cover the hours for which the crossing had to be open.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks David. Never knew that!

@librarian16

5 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick Lots of these women were often the wives, or widows, of railway men.

Just wanted to tell you a story of my early railway appreciation, though it wasn't abandoned. The Princeton - Princeton Junction run was recognized by the Guinness folks as the shortest regularly scheduled train route in the world. I used to ride on it ($0.28 as I recall) just for the hell of it. This is in New Jersey, USA. [Edit] 4 mile run, if you care.

@mkendallpk4321

3 жыл бұрын

You mean the Dinky! The station has been moved at the Princeton end and the bridge over Route 1 replaced. I had a ride on the Dinky back in the mid sixes as a child. Loved it!

@milowadlin

3 жыл бұрын

@@mkendallpk4321 Quite so. The Dinky. I hosted a philosophy discussion group one year, and we rode the Dinky back and forth. The conductor kept an eye on us as potentially trouble-making teens. Then when we just stayed on for the return trip, he realized it was just good clean fun, and refunded our previous fare!

I asked a local about the Takely station cafe. Apparently it was only ever open 2 days a week. I think she said Fri/Sat. I have passed it many a time and not seen a sign or any evidence that it was a cafe. I had assumed it was a private residence seeing as it's now part of a housing estate. Then I heard it was used for offices. The lady then said the owner of the cafe had moved.

If you head back to Essex I recommend checking out the disused Witham to Maldon and Maldon to Woodham Ferrers lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witham_to_Maldon_branch_line

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

That's definitely on our list and probably sooner rather than later. 👍

I think that a longer video on the station at Easton Lodge would not be short of material, as I believe you will find that the station and crossing house was financed by Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick in order to get high society guests down to Easton Lodge. Perhaps Rebecca could research this; the Countesses entry in Wikipedia misses a lot out that must be covered in other biographies on this extraordinary wealthy socialite. The number of wealthy aristocrats that alighted from trains from London at Easton Lodge station for weekend parties is unbelievable. The loss of the Easton Lodge due to fire and the subsequent destruction of the parkland to build a bomber base during WWII with a bomb depot at the station would provide enough content for several videos.

I know of a smaller Abandoned Station - all it has is 2 Platforms & a old Navies Hut!!!

@Jimyjames73

4 жыл бұрын

On the Monsal Trail

Shame you could not get get inside the grounds of Felsted Station. When I went inside around the time when you were there the platform is still there, it was such a surprise and so good to see, but a lot of smashed glass everywhere. shame no one with a passion can buy up and redo to former glory.

Great video again Paul, pity about the rain though. The world's smallest station was on the Muirkirk to Lanark line, it's name gives it away. It was Inches Station. Trust me it's true.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Alistair. I need to go to this place!!

Carr Mill railway station was on the Lancashire Union Railway Carr Lane railway station served Carr Lane, near Pilling, in Lancashire, England. there's two stations named after me

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

This definitely needs to become a thing right?

Crossing keepers cottages on the spalding -kings lynn line too

Another great vid. Would love a closer look at the station buildings but appreciate some are occupied and you have rubbish weather sometimes

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes? Most of the time it seems Brian... 😅.

Back to your regular weather again!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Oooooh yes. Began to get worried for a moment.

Thanks for the memory. I grew up in Bishop's Stortford in the 50s and 60s and regularly cycled to Takely via Start Hill - when it was a real hill - and also spent many hours playing in the fields beside Parsonage lane. At 11:18 in the video you can see that the line has a very sharp curve where it crosses Stansted Road (at that time the main A11) at the bottom of Parsonage Lane. This can be seen better on this map www.archiuk.com/cgi-bin/build_nls_historic_map.pl?search_location=,%20Bishop%27s%20Stortford,%20Hertfordshire&latitude=51.867948&longitude=0.148177 Bishop's Stortford station and goods yard is at 60m and the line was fairly flat until the start of the curve as it rose out of the river valley. After the bridge it's about 75m continuing to rise to around 90m where Hockerill Halt would have been. This gradient, made worse by the curve, was a struggle for the steam engines especially when the line was greasy. Many times the train would stall and another engine would have to come and help. In dry weather there were regular lineside fires from the cinders spat out as the engines struggled and we put a number of the smaller ones out. With the larger fires we had the added excitment of the fire engine coming to put them out. The bridge across Stansted Road - now demolished - was quite low, and that provided excitment for us as well!

There is one smaller at Hayburn Wyke on the Scarborough to Whitby line.

Just caught up with this video. I have walked the Flitch Way. Looks like you missed the wonderful Dunmow Cutting.? I did see it in good weather which helps

Lovely video, did enjoy the Flitch Way, sadly there is a station called Poole in Dorset... but it not a disused station 😂

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Haha... I know it well. Cheers Simon.

@florencegomer7937

5 жыл бұрын

From Poole, there are multiple abandoned railways. There are the Somerset and Dorset Railway to Bath and the old Southampton and Dorset Railway through Wimborne and Ringwood which also led to the Salisbury District branch line. These would be busy routes nowadays if they had been kept open. There is also the old line to the Port of Poole from near Hamworthy, a long disappeared line to the quay and further away there is the now restored Corfe Castle and Swanage Railway from Wareham.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

@@florencegomer7937 thanks. Yup we've done the Somerset and Dorset, bit certainly a few more to do in that neck of the woods.

Nice place

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

I think a little sunshine would have gone a long way to making it even nicer.

Got a couple of pictures of Stane Street if still of interest.

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Always. Drop me an email if you don't mind. 👍

Lord Simon Fitz Walter de Clare of Little Dunmow was one of the Council of 25 Barons appointed under clause 61 of the Magna Carta Libettatum to monitor the actions of King John.

I explored Takely many years ago when was still there complete but derelict... looked so sad nice to see it back in use...at least as the buildings are often good quality and attractive in many case.. How about Tollesbury Pier Raikway or Southwold both even further east (!!!)

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

As you wish Chris...... kzread.info/dash/bejne/fp-D16yoaZnFnJs.html

I really enjoy all of your videos. What is the railway atlas you use?

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

The main resource is "railmaponline" absolutely brilliant website which rarely misses a beat.

@MattGoshert

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I thought you had a physical book you used as well but maybe I'm mistaken. I'll check out the site.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

@@MattGoshert actually we do use a couple. Jewett's Atlas is an amazing piece of art bit sadly missed quite a few.

@florencegomer7937

5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the pointer to "railmaponline". An amazing resource.

Been meaning to do the flitch way for years, but it's on my doorstep (live about an hour from Braintree) so never get round to it like you do, looks like it would be nice except for Rayne 😉

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely recommended Misty. I know what you mean. We are 20 mins from Stonehenge... Ask me how many times I've been....😬😬

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

I would recommend it. Bring a bike and do the return trip to make a day of it.

Me and my brother cycled that line when i was 13 which is 46 years ago

Thanks for the interesting video. You'll have to come back and check out Stane Street Halt near Hatfield Forest which we renovated in 2011.

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We certainly will! Loved the line and what you guys and girls have done, and not wish we had better weather on the day!

@friendsoftheflitchway6608

4 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick Are you ok if we load the video on our website www.friends-of-the-flitch-way.org.uk/ which has maps and useful info for anyone wanting to explore the route?

@peterbuckley265

4 жыл бұрын

UNFORTUNATELY NO LISTS OF STATION RENOVATIONS AND PRESERVATION , SO AND RENOVATION ARE NOT IS EASY TO FIND WITH NO LISTING OF THEM. BUT THERE ARE SEPARATE WIKOPEDIA ENTRIES OF STATIONS OPEN AND CLOSED; BUT NO GOOD WITHOUT RAIL ATLAS BOOKS W ITH A LIST OF STATION NAMES, THAT ONLY RAILWAY HISTORIAANS KNOW ABOUT, OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT KNOW STATION NAMES TO LOOK UP ON WIKOPEDIA.YOU HAVE TO BE IN HE KNOW TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET IN THE KNOW !!!!,

Only recently found your site and find it fascinating. Have you covered yet Clare railway station in Suffolk on the Colchester to Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern Railway.

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Geoff. Glad you are enjoying it. As yet no.

Another great video! I like it went there is an item of rolling stock at a disused station. If you liked Rayne Station, you'll love Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire when you do the Welwyn Garden City to Dunstable Line. Any idea what's inside the mark 2 at Rayne, is it a cafe or anything publicly accessible?

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Henry. I think it was a local visitor center of sorts.

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

It is a visitors centre run by volunteers and hence not frequently open: I've never managed to catch it on the right day in all the times I've passed it.

@HenrysAdventures

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-jt1jv8vl9r Thanks for the info!

Oh look, it's raining!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Ooooh yes

I’ve walked the line from takeley to bishop Stortford lots of times. I don’t know if you will find anything with the line down to Thaxted as I haven’t walked it yet. I do wish this line was still running but it’s a good walk though. You missed a stop next to Hatfield Forest it’s not far from takeley station.

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

What's the stop called Scott? Can't see any passenger stops that we have missed.

@thebananacraft7298

4 жыл бұрын

Whitewick's Abandoned Railways stane street halt its on the maps you had in the video so I don’t see how you missed it lol. But it’s the same as the stop bannister green halt. I just looked at your video again you did say about it i just probably didn’t hear it because I was doing something and just listening to your video.

A great video. Shame about the wet weather. We are in England though. 👍💦

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Yup no guarantee whatever the time of year.

I'd love to see London in one big fire ball

You so got Warwick in his Masonic Regalia !

Rain in Rayne 🌧

Let us know when you come to Norfolk would like to say hello 😀

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Sure. Plenty of plans that way

Another entertaining video, despite rain and annoying music! Keep up the good work

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Lol.

@damieneverett7053

5 жыл бұрын

Whitewick's Abandoned Railways visiting Highgate high level station on Thursday on a #HiddenLondon tour. Looking forward to it. Fingers crossed for drier weather!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

@@damieneverett7053 excellent stuff. Get some good pictures.

Have you been to Cefn Onn station in Cardiff, disused in recent times though

Unlucky with weather dry ever since..

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, we weren't expecting it to rain ALL day. Onwards!

The crossing keeper would be on duty all day every day and if he was ill his wife would be expected to do the duty hence he had a cottage which he would have paid a rent on.

Edited Wikipedia accordingly - you are now a citation!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Erm.... Any particular page!?

@jbuller

5 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockerill_Halt_railway_station Can change again if you wish.

@TimGrose

4 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick I wonder if they actually meant Stane Street which was restored in 2011 according to www.friends-of-the-flitch-way.org.uk/fw-history.html along with Bannister Green Halt.

Tintern station is a lot smaller than this, lovely place you should check it out, between Monmouth and Chepstow..

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure Tintern is smaller than Bannister Green. Check out our video when we went to Tintern. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJOTxctmp7XAY7g.html

Check his gauntlets and all the symbolism

Requests - Do you do "I will Survive"?

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Are you 100% sure thats what you want!?

@Roblilley999

5 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick I once saw Gloria Gaynors Ghost... First I was afraid, I was petrified

Don't worry the sun is on its way, and it's HOT!!

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, as you can probably tell we are a tad behind on the edits!

Go and have dinner at Brampton halt in Northamptonshire

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Pitsford and Brampton?

Is this the alternative Geoff and Vicky?

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

You may consider this a 'bonus' channel.

@edwilson5416

5 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick Duly subscribed.

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

@@edwilson5416 excellent. Now proceed to work your way through the back catalogue. 👍👍

can you do maidenhead to high wycombe

@pwhitewick

4 жыл бұрын

Yup not too far from us as well.

@LEGENDGAMING99

4 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick im not sure but is there an abanadoned station beyond high wycombe like west wycombe thame etc

Shame it closed as now commuter belt and would make divert round London and stop A10 and M11 chaos

@pwhitewick

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, often the case. We aren't local so not 100% of the logistics here so didn't really want to comment this time.

@stephenhunter70

5 жыл бұрын

The last one looks like someone may have decided to just absorb the "abandoned land" into their "garden".

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenhunter70 The golf course at Bishop's Stortford sold off part of their land for this housing development in order to fund a new clubhouse. On the other side of the bridge is an industrial estate. The land that belonged to the railway was no doubt bought as part of the development. A friend of mine has a house further toward BS with 3 deeds as when the railway closed a parcel of land at the bottom of the garden was acquired followed by the remainder.

@user-jt1jv8vl9r

4 жыл бұрын

The Flitch could have been a useful way to connect rail passengers from East Anglia and workers to the ever expanding London Stansted Airport. Now you have the Dunmow bypass and A120 to negotiate. If you wanted to reinstate the route you would have to go under or over the M11 motorway and buy up a lot of garden/industrial buildings.

Funny how the station is called rain. Typical British weather

Rayne