stone bridge rodley

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 1:43 pm

Uno Hoo wrote: Our first family car was a 1956 Morris 1000, reg'd 1530 NW. Funny that I can't remember any of the other numbers over the years. Sorry to stray slightly off-topic, but strange that I can remember those of the first significant cars in my life. Being a vehicle and transport afficianado - sounds far better than "anorak" and less offensive to we serious students of the subject - you won't be surprised to know that I have records of every vehicle I've ever owned. The first was a Raleigh standard bicycle with the famous "clip on" Trojan MiniMotor on the back wheel. "On the road" (and "previously owned" in pompous modern parlance where "used" was meant) it cost £10 from a friend who handed over a ten shilling note as a "good luck" gesture. Registered in Northallerton, HPY 923 carried me at alarming speeds for many thousands of miles - only drawback was it was rather heavy on fuel at around 250 miles per gallon of two stroke "petroil" - and I jest and exaggerate not !!

LS13 · Post by **LS13** » Wed 05 Sep, 2012 8:22 pm

Really interesting thread. I cross the bridge a lot on foot or bike and never realised it carried road traffic at one time. Once across the bridge going towards Rodley/Calverley, where did the road/lane go? ie. did it turn left towards the Railway pub then run parallel to the canal until the swing bridge or did it follow the small cobbled lane between the houses? If the latter then the coal trucks must have been pretty narrow as its no more than a path really...

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Thu 06 Sep, 2012 1:53 am

Uno Hoo wrote: I would guess so, as it's the only stone bridge in the area. Underneath it are the remains of another bridge which probably served an old grinding mill, as there used to be old millwheels discarded around. My kids used to be fascinated by the "sunken bridge". Last time I went and had a look there was hardly any evidence left due to silting and general detritus. Regarding the older bridge you refer to Uno Hoo, would that be what is visible in Chrism's photo running at an angle under the current bridge ?

trophy · Post by **trophy** » Sun 09 Sep, 2012 6:02 pm

LS13 wrote: Really interesting thread. I cross the bridge a lot on foot or bike and never realised it carried road traffic at one time. Once across the bridge going towards Rodley/Calverley, where did the road/lane go? ie. did it turn left towards the Railway pub then run parallel to the canal until the swing bridge or did it follow the small cobbled lane between the houses? If the latter then the coal trucks must have been pretty narrow as its no more than a path really... the coal lorrys were normal width short wheelbase tippers.the cobbled lane was just wide enough. if they were the same width as buses of the time they would be 7foot 6inch wide. if you have seen the film hell drivers the dodge trucks were the same as the ones in the film.

whitecoatboy · Post by **whitecoatboy** » Tue 22 Jan, 2013 5:17 pm

i know this is an old post but i just wanted to add one more thing as im new to this site and local to the area. i like metal detecting and researching it and found that someone had found an old trumpet from 1800's near the swing bridge in the station fields whic is quite interesting plus just north of the old stone bridge is an older ford which is visible. there also used to be a toll booth/house at the horsforth side of the bridge and theres a picture in the leiodis pics. any more imput on this would be great, thanks guys

Derculees · Post by **Derculees** » Wed 23 Jan, 2013 9:32 pm

As kids, we used to open the canal swing bridge at the top of the cobbled road and used it as a diving platform, hours of summer fun and unusually no one from the houses ever told us to clear off, in fact I think we entertained them.

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Wed 23 Jan, 2013 10:35 pm

BIG N wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: I would guess so, as it's the only stone bridge in the area. Underneath it are the remains of another bridge which probably served an old grinding mill, as there used to be old millwheels discarded around. My kids used to be fascinated by the "sunken bridge". Last time I went and had a look there was hardly any evidence left due to silting and general detritus. Regarding the older bridge you refer to Uno Hoo, would that be what is visible in Chrism's photo running at an angle under the current bridge ? Sorry to have left it so long to reply, Big N. I've only just seen your post since this thread was resurrected today.No, I don't think the photo shows any trace of the old bridge to which I refer. My memory of it is fading now, and there's been so much silting over the years that a visit back to the site doesn't help.

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Wed 23 Jan, 2013 10:38 pm

Cheers U H - better late than never as they say lol

trophy · Post by **trophy** » Mon 21 Jul, 2014 1:02 pm

a dry stone wall and a sign post on a plinth has been erected at the end of the bridge .