Is Rotherham a Seaport Town?

[steelaway]

It's a great video but I don't think it matches the associated description or the title which refers to Barnby Dun and Thorne.

 

I don't recognise anything in the video that looks like either of those locations even allowing for the passage of time.

 

Being Sheffield born and bred I know all those bridges from the basin. I had to walk over the one at 3.06 minutes everyday on my way to work as an apprentice electrician in 1964. All the bridges are still there including our famous 'acaduct' over Darnall Main Road.

Great memories

Thanks for posting

 

Alex

[Naughty Cal]

A few pictures from the Bygone Conisbrough Facebook page.

 

 

 

 

[Athy]

Wow!

I want that Conisborough lock cottage!

[Naughty Cal]

Wow!

I want that Conisborough lock cottage!

Said no one ever in history

 

Why?

[Athy]

Said no one ever in history

Eh? What dat mean?

It looks full of character and its location besidethe canal and surrounded by hills (unless they are slag heaps) is idyllic.

I suppose by now it's either been knocked down of done up into a half-million pound des. res.

[Naughty Cal]

Eh? What dat mean?

It looks full of character and its location besidethe canal and surrounded by hills (unless they are slag heaps) is idyllic.

I suppose by now it's either been knocked down of done up into a half-million pound des. res.

By full of character do you mean in a rubbish village on a functional flood plain?

[Guest]

Eh? What dat mean?

It looks full of character and its location besidethe canal and surrounded by hills (unless they are slag heaps) is idyllic.

I suppose by now it's either been knocked down of done up into a half-million pound des. res.

 

No sign of it as far as I can see

 

Picture and caption taken from Martin's excellent Pennine Waterways website.

 

http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/sheffield/sy41.htm

 

 

 

"The remains of the former Conisbrough Lock. The old course of the river ran behind. The lock was opened out in the modernisation of the navigation."

[Athy]

By full of character do you mean in a rubbish village on a functional flood plain?

Oddly enough, no! I don't think I have ever been to Conisbrough (though my parents may have taken me to the castle when I was a small boy) but that view of the lock cottage is very inviting - maybe the photographer would have made a good estate agent, as he has carefully avoided including anything unpleasant in his picture.

So Conisbrough in real life is less attractive?

[Naughty Cal]

Oddly enough, no! I don't think I have ever been to Conisbrough (though my parents may have taken me to the castle when I was a small boy) but that view of the lock cottage is very inviting - maybe the photographer would have made a good estate agent, as he has carefully avoided including anything unpleasant in his picture.

So Conisbrough in real life is less attractive?

Yes

 

I had the displeasure of living there and Denaby and Mexborough just for good measure.

 

Cant make my mind up which was worse

Edited November 26, 2013 by Naughty Cal

[Athy]

Now Denaby I have heard of - it was a mining village. I recall seeing "NCB Denaby" on the side of railway wagons, or coal lorries, or both.

Of Mexborough I know nothing except that the name conjures up images of people walking around wearing sombreros and ponchos. I assume that the once-neighbouring settlement of Texborough is now deserted.

[Guest]

Yes

 

I had the displeasure of living there and Denaby and Mexborough just for good measure.

 

Cant make my mind up which was worse

 

Yet Spotbrough which is close by is a very pleasant place and not just down by the navigation either (though I admit I have never lived there).

 

Mexborough though does look a bit grim, even from the water as you move away from the botton lock.

[Naughty Cal]

All three villages are full of Neanderthals dragging their knuckles across the ground

[Athy]

Careful Rachel - you have already admitted to having lived in them all!

[Guest]

All three villages are full of Neanderthals dragging their knuckles across the ground

 

as I say it seemed nice enough to me and the locals were friendly, there is also some very expensive looking housing in the village so some of the locals must be wealthy 'knuckle draggers'

[Naughty Cal]

 

as I say it seemed nice enough to me and the locals were friendly, there is also some very expensive looking housing in the village so some of the locals must be wealthy 'knuckle draggers'

Check out right move. They may look expensive but they ain't.

 

It really is the land that time forgot.

 

as I say it seemed nice enough to me and the locals were friendly, there is also some very expensive looking housing in the village so some of the locals must be wealthy 'knuckle draggers'

They were only friendly because they were looking to expand the gene pool

[Guest]

Check out right move. They may look expensive but they ain't.

 

It really is the land that time forgot.

 

They were only friendly because they were looking to expand the gene pool

 

Well the first five that come up are over and just under half a mill....

 

In my book that is expensive.

[Naughty Cal]

Terrace for £25k however really isn't!

 

Brand new house for £80k?

 

And for that price you get the authentic Neanderthal experience thrown in!

[Guest]

Terrace for £25k however really isn't!

 

Brand new house for £80k?

 

And for that price you get the authentic Neanderthal experience thrown in!

 

I can't actually find those on RM but looking at the house types generally and the prices they look quite comparable to where I live, if not a little better in fact.

 

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?searchType=SALE&locationIdentifier=REGION%5E22236&insId=7&radius=0.0&displayPropertyType=&minBedrooms=&maxBedrooms=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&retirement=&partBuyPartRent=&maxDaysSinceAdded=&_includeSSTC=on&sortByPriceDescending=&primaryDisplayPropertyType=&secondaryDisplayPropertyType=&oldDisplayPropertyType=&oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType=&newHome=&auction=false

 

So gawd knows what that makes me.....

[carlt]

Terrace for £25k however really isn't!

 

Brand new house for £80k?

 

And for that price you get the authentic Neanderthal experience thrown in!

You have to bear in mind that terraces come free in a lucky bag round Martin's way.

 

I almost bought the Conisborough Viaduct many years ago but was talked out of it by a very sensible friend.

[Guest]

You have to bear in mind that terraces come free in a lucky bag round Martin's way.

 

I almost bought the Conisborough Viaduct many years ago but was talked out of it by a very sensible friend.

 

Oi....

 

 

What the hell were you planning on doing with that BTW.

[Naughty Cal]

Knocking it down to stop the locals jumping off it?

[Guest]

It is worth reminding ourselves that from a navigation perspective the run from South of Doncaster through Spotbrough and on under Conisbrough viaduct is actually one of the nicest bits of the system.

 

Sprotbrough

Conisbrough

 

 

 

 

 

[carlt]

 

Oi....

 

 

What the hell were you planning on doing with that BTW.

Buy first plan later.

 

I had no idea but, at the time, BR were threatening to demolish it if someone didn't take it off their hands.

[Athy]

Very scenic.

Are those towpaths, or has the grass been worn away by the constant dragging of the locals' knuckles?

[Naughty Cal]

It's the knuckles.

 

Actually Sprotborough is rather nice to be fair and more upmarket than Mexbrough, Conisbrough and Denaby,