UPTON: Wakefield Parish #13 of 30
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Time for the second of the SESKU parishes today, and this one begins where the last one left off! You see, the previous Wakefield video covered North Elmsall, which will forever be inextricably linked to this parish, owing to the fact that part of that one is technically IN this village. It's funny how boundaries work.
There can be no disputing the extent of the former colliery though here, which is long gone, since 1966 no less, but the former site has been turned into a country park (which does get a bit of a bashing from the locals and visitors alike - it needs a good clean in places as you'll see in the video), complete with three walking trails through it to burn off a few calories.
Mining is the village's biggest thing, and has been for a long time. A lot of the village wouldn't exist now without it, and the shops and amenities this place has have dwindled ever since the closure of the pit. That said, the hotel in the centre still retains business, despite also being Wakefield's very first pub to adopt the no smoking policy. There are some interesting buildings here too, check out the Young People's Centre, which is dated 1946 and now stands abandoned on the main road through the village.
At the very far end of the walk around here you'll be introduced to something called The Beacon, and you'll also see a rugby ground...well, we are in West Yorkshire after all. Perhaps the one thing this place has that's unique though would be the lovely memorial garden, dedicated to Luke Farmer, a rifleman who was killed in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan in 2010. The community have pulled together to make a garden to remember the local hero.
This is "U" in SESKU. This is UPTON.
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UPTON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Where the Co-op is used to be the Green Hat pub,
- Locals have always said the village was in two parts, Upton, and Old Upton, hence the middle being just over the railway bridge, where the old Coal Board Repairs office used to be
- The Youth Centre is part of the old what was Upton Hall estate. It was either the stables or some other outbuilding that was extended and renovated.
- There was a rather gruesome murder that happened close to there involving a gun, and as a result locals believe it to be haunted, which seem apt.
- To the South side of the lake in Upton Country Park there is a disused railway line which is now a walking path. It takes you towards Wrangbrook where you will find a very spooky tunnel, locally known as the ‘Tunnies’, that stretches a few hundred yards towards the A1.
- Famous comedian and footballer Charlie Williams resided in Upton
ada was my great great grandmother i never got to meet her but i always get told story’s about her she died a year before i was born great video and thank you for mentioning her ❤
No worries!
Thanks for this. I've lived in the village all my life. I lived in " cardboard city " SHINWELL ESTATE as a child for a few years. It got its name from the fact that several actually blew down or lost their roofs in bad wind. I can remember the radio mast ( mid 60s ) and the water tower ( early 70s ) being constructed. There is a disused railway tunnel at the very entrance to the village that leads to the A1. It is now boarded up but as children we would walk through it many times. I attended both schools ( school street and common lane ) both are housing estates now. The Upton country park was the upton colliery site. I remember it being landscaped in the 70s.
I lived at the bottom of Hill Estate at number 9, my dad had the motorbikes.. I spent a lot of time with a tennis racket and ball at the back of old Upton Youth Club. I remember in the early 80s (my mum) Lesley Reed and the caretaker Lorraine Wilson running the youth club for us kids.
Going to Upton Middle school up common lane with the best headmaster in the world, Mr Street.
Happy days ☺️
I remember you :) Both Harewood Lane Primary School and Upton Middle School were amazing schools that I loved dearly. I agree with you about Mr.Street what a truly terrific man. He did so much and gave so much, they don't make em like him anymore.
Upton - yes the old building at the crossroads was a shop. Also an off licence selling drinks. Halfway up Field lane on the left between the flats and new developments is a semidetached house. The lower one was a shop. A general store run by my Uncle And Aunty Burgess in the 60s and 70s. Turn left at the Upton arms and you get to the main Wakefield road which before the upgrade had a bridge where the old railway from the pit to south Elmsall ran. Turned into a footpath. Turn Left there you can go to the Hamlet of North Elmsall where there is a lovely church. So much has changed over the last 30 years
I have completed Wakefield Philip. Given you mention the church, you might like my North Elmsall video!
The plaque to Terry Clarke! He was the barber on high street. I can remember a haircut ( short back and sides ! ) Going up to 20p. I once ran away without paying ( I was 10 yes old ) and spent the money on sweets ) he got his own back though as many times later I would pick him up at bus stops as he was going from one club to the other. We always laughed that he's got that 20p back many times over. A
village character was Terry R.I.P
I lived on Richmond Road when I was 14 and left when I was 23. The place where I came of age. Always was a bit rough around the edges like most ex mining areas but I'll always have fond memories of it.
3:14 THAT'S MY SCHOOL!!!!!
If you ever come back I can give you a tour of things you missed
Great video. Just to the bottom side of the lake in Upton Country Park there is a disused railway line (now a walking path), it takes you towards Wrangbrook where you will find a very spooky tunnel (locally known as the ‘Tunnies’) that stretches a few hundred yards towards the A1. Worth researching as it was thought to be haunted. Famous comedian and footballer Charlie Williams resided in Upton
Thanks for the info!
Yes my Uncle Fred worked at Upton Pit and Knew Charlie Williams.
Charlie Williams had an auntie ( Mrs Bedford ) lived in harewood lane. At the very end house on harewood lane lived Leonard parkin who was the resident news reader on " news at ten " for several years. The train tunnel is actually 3/4 of a mile. It was part of the Barnsley to hull ( via Goole ) line. It mainly transported coal. During the miners strike of 1984 many of us went out on to the old pit area to dig and forage for coal. It was a hot summer but a cold winter. I'm 61 now. Lived in the village all my life.
1:07 on the left is my friends house
I live in upton
A lot of peoe say Upton is in North emsall howether it is not
I am certain that the Youth Centre is actually part of the old what was Upton Hall estate, it’s been years since I wrote a research paper on it but off the top of my head it was either the stables or some other outbuilding that was extended and renovated. One thing I do remember is a news item I came across from a rather gruesome murder that happened locally to there involving a gun, and me telling someone local and them informing me it’s haunted, which seem apt. If you remind me I’ll try to dig out the research.
On that note, a totally separate event involving a gun, my relative was shot to death in a pub in the village, thought I’ve never lived there I researched his death and found evidence of an ongoing feud f between families that, from all reports, a blind eye was turned in the investigation but those were different times. The shooting was put down to an accident when, with the power of modern research tools, it’s obvious now it was murder and an ongoing feud.
Luke was a local lad that was sadly killed when in the military. Serving in Afghanistan.
Loved his garden, it was such a brilliant thing to find. Good on Upton's locals for doing that
in the late 70s I lived in Cardboard City UPTON
Which bit of Upton would that have been Robert?
@@TheVillageIdiot It used to be where Woodland way is now, Our house was on the news program calendar because one day our back bedroom window blow out into back garden, They brought camera's and filmed it, it was Quite bad up there.
I think they called it windy city too.