Walking Britain's Lost Railways

[artful splodger]

There was two stations at ryhope. One on the coast line, and one on the line to seaton.

Used to venture up to Burdon Village from Doxy when I was a kid, if you headed down the lane towards Ryhope Dene past the farm there used to be a sign for Seaton Station, we never got that far, Wheatman from the farm always used to give us a chase if we crossed his path

 

[Dave Herbal]

Class this
Haswell to Hart on now. It's a cracking walk that
Castle Eden to Thornley line mentioned. Goes past my house.

It’s a cracking bike ride spoiled by all the bloody walkers

 

[becs]

Me n me da used to ride our bikes along that one that gans round the back of Pelton with the Old King Coal sculpture on it. Class.

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I run past that sometimes! There's also the metal cows further up the line near Beamish.

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[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

It’s a cracking bike ride spoiled by all the bloody walkers

or the bike riders who have no bells who think they are the bike riding version of lewis hamilton

 

[chriswallace85]

I run past that sometimes! There's also the metal cows further up the line near Beamish.

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Yep I remember those too. There's bits and pieces dotted all along that stretch IIRC.

 

[Dave Herbal]

or the bike riders who have no bells who think they are the bike riding version of lewis hamilton

Blame Strava for that.

 

[Bob Fleming]

Watched 2/3rds of it on my lunch earlier. Class that like.

And the 1st TV program featuring the line at Warden Law since that early Youtube documentary 'Magical bike ride'.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Blame Strava for that.

Yup, its the same on the track from Station Town down to Thorpe Thewles via Hurworth Burn. Do that walk regular from mine (either to Wynyard Bridge or to Thorpe Thewles return) and the amount of speeding cyclists are ridiculous, very inconsiderate.

 

[safcrob]

Is there a path that goes from the three horse shoes to warden Law?

 

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[muggboots]

Watched 2/3rds of it on my lunch earlier. Class that like.

And the 1st TV program featuring the line at Warden Law since that early Youtube documentary 'Magical bike ride'.

 

[Bob Fleming]

I had to watch it again after posting. Will never get old.

Pull ya best cowie face!

 

[muggboots]

I had to watch it again after posting. Will never get old.

Pull ya best cowie face!

Radged.

 

[Amnorrageordie]

I had to watch it again after posting. Will never get old.

Pull ya best cowie face!

Radged.

I googled it and remember it, but im in hospital so couldn't watch it. She's brought my earphones in.

 

[Botchie]

I had to watch it again after posting. Will never get old.

Pull ya best cowie face!

Radged.

"Riding along singing a song next to a great big pylon"

 

[artful splodger]

If you are talking about the tunnels at Lambton staithes they were blocked up in the late 60s. One went to Wellington Lane behind Simpson Street school and the other went to the riverside opposite Wearmouth Colliery.The last train from Pallion to the staithes was in 1967

The tunnels on the programme didn't used to be blocked off by gates, you could go in maybe 50ft then the tunnels were blocked with earth & rubble, was back in the early 90's when I had a rake about whilst out with the dog down there.

 

[Forty]

The darkie. Scary.

While since ive heard that, tunnel comes up behind Hylton Road.

 

[Billy Fish]

Was a good watch. It’s crazy that nothing is made of the fact that Hetton built the worlds first railway. There should at least be some sort of statue or replica locomotive set up.

Haven’t seen the programme yet but is that the same Harold Watson who went on to be under-manager at Eppleton? If so he worked with my Dad at both Dawdon & Eppleton. They lived in our street in Hetton, we knocked around with his kids.

Watched it tonight and it definitely looked like Harold Watson but he said he used to live at the bottom of The Downs ( which he may have done) and also that he worked at Elemore ( again he may have done as it closed in 74) but he never mentioned Eppleton

 

[Kevj]

The tunnels on the programme didn't used to be blocked off by gates, you could go in maybe 50ft then the tunnels were blocked with earth & rubble, was back in the early 90's when I had a rake about whilst out with the dog down there.

I knocked about down there as a kid in the ‘90s. You could see daylight at the end of the right hand tunnel which brought you out at the back of a scrap yard or builders yard.
The left tunnel went much deeper and we never found out how far it went. Always too scared of lads boffing gas.

 

[Billy Fish]

This is a canny read, marra.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1169899571729666048

That’s a decent read. I thought a recognised the name of the tweeter and looked at his pic. I used to go to school with him and it’s a photo taken when they brought the FA cup to St Micks