The Building of the Leeds Infrastructure

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 18 Jan, 2012 11:43 am

Talking of walks in the Washburn valley one I used to do when I still had a car to get out there was a walk from Hey Slack to Harden Gill then back. In early March the were often lots of frogs and frogspawn in some small pools near Harden Gill. The numbers of frogs seen had though fallen a lot in recent years. I was last there on March 14 2008 when I saw no frogs and only a little frogspawn. It is a very nice short walk in good weather and particularly so when the heather is out.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Wed 18 Jan, 2012 11:20 pm

In a post on January 5 Blakey refers to the re-internments from the West End Church to "the specially prepared plot which adjoins the Pateley Bridge road - if you go past the Stonehouse Inn on your right, cross the Thruscross junction, and look then on the right you can see the new place". I thought this may therefore be of interest. In August 1981 I contacted the Yorkshire Evening Post (YEP) about the inscription on a headstone in the new cemetery. My query was subsequently published on August 22 1981 in the 'Problem Bureau conducted by Derek Naylor' section. In that I stated on the headstone it states Thomas Arthur Renton, 28, was killed "at the battle of Dabgai Hill on October 20, 1897". I asked "Where did this battle take place?".In Derek's section he said "Although we have been unable to find a reference to Dabgai Hill itself, we presume that it was part of a big battle between British troops and rebelling tribesmen in the Indian North West Frontier uprisings of 1897. There was a large-scale clash in the mountainous region of the Dargai Heights on October 20, 1897, in which several VCs were won. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were on the frontier at the time, so it could well have been that the man was serving with them at the time of his death. He would, of course, have been buried in India".In my letter to the YEP I stated that Thomas was the son of Christiana Renton of Blubberhouses who was born December 25 1835 and died March 29 1888 and of Joseph Renton born January 19 1833 who died August 21 1918. I presumably must have got that information from the headstone.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 21 Jan, 2012 8:53 pm

Pics and HD video of the Thruscross Reservoir spillway in full flow today: http://snipurl.com/21tlcwn

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Sat 21 Jan, 2012 9:00 pm

raveydavey wrote: Pics and HD video of the Thruscross Reservoir spillway in full flow today: http://snipurl.com/21tlcwn Hi raveydavey,Your pictures and videos are great. Thank you.Ian

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 21 Jan, 2012 10:57 pm

the canoe club have the dates for Washburn release.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 03 Feb, 2012 12:03 pm

BLAKEY wrote: Chrism wrote: Wow what a story Blakey, do you still have the video can you upload it to youtube or anywhere else? I'd love to see it. I do still have the video Chrism, on small VHS cassette, but have no idea how to publish it on here or on youtube - any hints to a simpleton would be appreciated though. If I may say so as shouldn't, its quite an interesting "never to be repeated" little film (about twenty minutes long), although of course there are no views of the muddy drama as I had other things on my mind for that minute or two BLAKEYDon't think we've forgotten. Looking forward to your footage, though I imagine the best bits (your floundering) may be missing.Chop Chop.Lets be seeing it. Pleeease.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 03 Feb, 2012 1:42 pm

iansmithofotley wrote: raveydavey wrote: Pics and HD video of the Thruscross Reservoir spillway in full flow today: http://snipurl.com/21tlcwn Hi raveydavey,Your pictures and videos are great. Thank you.Ian Cheers Ian, happy to share them with a wider audience.

iansmithofotley · Post by **iansmithofotley** » Fri 03 Feb, 2012 4:39 pm

Hi everyone,For the people who are interested in this thread, there is a dedicated website for the Washburn Valley and the Heritage Centre:http://www.washburnvalley.org/index.phpAlthough I say that I live in Otley, technically I live in Farnley, which spreads across the Washburn Valley and the Wharfe Valley, and I receive the local monthly church magazine from Farnley Church (although I am not religious in any way) which outlines events at the local Heritage Centre. In the current magazine, there is publicity about an event at the Heritage Centre entitled 'Talk on West End Pubs & the Peel Family' which might be of interest to some people:http://www.washburnvalley.org/index.php ... &i=1711Ian

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 19 Feb, 2012 6:16 pm

chameleon wrote: After much dicussion, this thread is reopened and renamed to allow it to develop, hopefully to include a wider range of projects which have played an important part in the formation of the city's basic infrastrucure and thus, development. Some good stuff could come from this - let's see what develops With hindsight, (and slice of humble pie), there sadly didn't seem to be much archive footage of the 60's build of the dam.Some useful info from Blakey about bussing the construction guys up there, the church. And his trouble up there.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 19 Feb, 2012 6:48 pm

Jogon wrote: chameleon wrote: After much dicussion, this thread is reopened and renamed to allow it to develop, hopefully to include a wider range of projects which have played an important part in the formation of the city's basic infrastrucure and thus, development. Some good stuff could come from this - let's see what develops With hindsight, (and slice of humble pie), there sadly didn't seem to be much archive footage of the 60's build of the dam.Some useful info from Blakey about bussing the construction guys up there, the church. And his trouble up there. So often the case Jogon - on the other hand, if everything was perfectly documented, alot of the fun of 'finding out would be lost!