A little explore around Leeds!

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 4:33 pm

Phill_d wrote: Yes Y.C.L does resemble a disaster zone these days. I've just had a quick look at that link. I like the illustrations there. Especially the engine house. I'll have a good look when I get more time later. I'm just off out for a little night time sortie somewhere in Yorkshire. Now were did I put that Balaclava & torch lol I'll set my dog on you if you come round here!

stevief · Post by **stevief** » Sun 23 Mar, 2008 6:57 pm

I've lived in the Kirkstall valley most of my life and we could hear the forge hammer from a couple of miles away if the wind was in the right direction.Nice shots phill,it looks like you've caught the Aurora in one of the excavator pictures.

compton · Post by **compton** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 12:22 am

fevlad wrote: Phill_d wrote: I thought you guys might like to take as look at a few places around our great city you might not normally see. There's a nice little collection of my stuff here.http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... t=3870Hope you enjoy!! beautifully evocative photographssome of the ones of the forge would make superb paintings.I hope the artefacts such as the name plate and the drop hammers are preserved.

compton · Post by **compton** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 12:24 am

fevlad wrote: Phill_d wrote: I thought you guys might like to take as look at a few places around our great city you might not normally see. There's a nice little collection of my stuff here.http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... t=3870Hope you enjoy!! beautifully evocative photographssome of the ones of the forge would make superb paintings.I hope the artefacts such as the name plate and the drop hammers are preserved. I love the pics of the castle, I,ve been wondering about that place for donkeys.

Bramley4woods · Post by **Bramley4woods** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 1:21 am

stevief wrote: I've lived in the Kirkstall valley most of my life and we could hear the forge hammer from a couple of miles away if the wind was in the right direction.Nice shots phill,it looks like you've caught the Aurora in one of the excavator pictures. I also grew up within earshot of Kirkstall Forge usually, as a kid, waking up to the sound of the big hammer.Strange thing was I (and mates at school) had lessons in Metalwork & EWTP but none of us had the slightest inkling of what the place was like, how big etc. They never showed us, we never visited a forge never got to see as much as a film. Ditto a blast furnace, electric arc furnace etc.Now we know, and it's a bit late.One sad story from the late 1960's. I had left home to go to College and came back one weekend to find the atmosphere in the house (on the Bramley side of the Valley) a bit subdued.Apparently there had been an accident at the Forge on Friday afternoon, the big hammer had stuck and an operator had taken the ultimate risk and put his head under the hammer which immediately freed itself and descended upon his head.Everybody was so shocked the whole shift had to be sent home, stories abounded of grizzled foremen paralysed with shock sat just repeating to themselves "Fancy putting your [mild expletive] head under there, fancy ...Some other details are too horrendous to publish.I've looked, but have not been able to find any record of this occurence so far.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 10:42 pm

Phill_d wrote: I thought you guys might like to take as look at a few places around our great city you might not normally see. There's a nice little collection of my stuff here.http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... t=3870Hope you enjoy!! Enjpoyed thoroughly, well done and thank you.

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 10:45 pm

The Parksider wrote: Phill_d wrote: I thought you guys might like to take as look at a few places around our great city you might not normally see. There's a nice little collection of my stuff here.http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... t=3870Hope you enjoy!! Enjpoyed thoroughly, well done and thank you. Whoo whoo Cheers! Glad you enjoyed lol I've another recent explore here if you'd like a nostalgia blast too!http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... =369914900

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 11:19 pm

Brilliant, its like its been in suspended animation for 8 yearsCarry on the good work Phil

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 25 Mar, 2008 11:26 pm

Thanks there Buffalo. Despite how the exterior looks it's suprisingly HUGE in there. One of the biggest in the U.K when it was built. We ran out of power for the lamps and cameras after 4 hours. There's still LOTS of hidden gems to see and I know were it all is. Visit no2 is on the cards lol

Si · Post by Si » Wed 26 Mar, 2008 10:13 am

fevlad wrote: Phill_d wrote: I thought you guys might like to take as look at a few places around our great city you might not normally see. There's a nice little collection of my stuff here.http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/sh ... t=3870Hope you enjoy!! beautifully evocative photographssome of the ones of the forge would make superb paintings.I hope the artefacts such as the name plate and the drop hammers are preserved. I agree. Even the hand tools should be preserved in a museum. My grandfather was a master cooper and, to my regret, over the years his old tools have dissappeared. All we have left is a type of hammer. Superb shots, Phill.