The mystery of the M62's Stott Hall Farm
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2017
- Mr H and the girls take a look at the legendary 18th century 'Stott Hall Farm' also known locally as 'The Little House on the Prairie' in Ripponden, West Yorkshire and bust some of the myths as to why the M62 motorway was built around it in the 1960's.
I think they wouldn't even notice the noise anymore. I remember years ago in the Army sleeping next to an old generator. I would only wake up if it was switched off. It looks like a really nice place in summer although I bet it's a bit grim in winter. Thanks for the film.
The guy who lives in the farm did an interview with granada tonight news about a year ago. He is a tenant not the actual owner and seems like a nice outgoing chap, not how I'd imagine him - some kind of loner.
Another great video by the way 👍
Cheers TezAllez, glad to hear that you enjoyed this video. If the farmer that you saw in the Granada interview is Paul Thorp then he used to work for Ken Wilde who was the farmer that owned Stott Hall Farm at the time the M62 was being built up until his death in the early 2000's. Apparently Paul Throp decided that rather than look for another job when Ken Wild died to run the farm himself, which I think is a nice touch and a bit of continuity and far better than it being sold to some 30 bob millionaire who'd turn the farm into a private house and then try to discourage walkers from using the public footpaths near the property.
Another informative video mr h I did no the rumours about him holding out weren’t true but you fleshed other details out very nicely. Keep em coming
great video well took i have been threw both tunnels under east and west M62 and climbed up the very steep hill having gone threw the last tunnel taking traffic west to Lancashire was bricking it though as you said it became very difficult to know if i was on private land or not the view on that side is amazing but the walk very very hard over peat up to the transmitter to the Yorkshire/Lancashire border
Great video. I've been on the Public Footpath many times on a long-distance walk. Following on the path you were on,it's "up and over" into the Scammonden Valley. Very interesting area,almost on my doorstep.
Another great video!
Cheers Clendennan, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. I would have liked to have got closer to the actual farmhouse but due to a number of thefts from his property over the years the owner seems to be wary of strangers which is why I didn't try approaching him.
Never knew about this farm. Thanks for the info.
Good video :) I've actually been inside that house as the farmer is my cousin! :) It's actually very homely, and the traffic noise isn't as bad as you might think. After all, plenty of people live near busy roads. My cousin is a very lovely man with a gentle nature, which he gets from our beloved grandmother who was the sweetest most wonderful Christian lady :)
What a load of bollocks
KYA Beloved just some random geezer spreading Christian propaganda. Look closer.
@James Crampton How sad that people are so hostile, accusatory and disrespectful. Paul's dad only has one sibling, and that is my mum. On the paternal side, Paul and I are the only two remaining grandchildren, since we tragically lost H, which shook the family.
As for the accusation that I'm "spreading Christian propaganda", what propaganda? I merely mentioned my family. The Lord Jesus instructed His disciples not to waste time preaching to cynics, snakes and hypocrites, who despise their fellow man. Salvation from God's wrath is _only_ for those who fear Him, humble themselves, and repent. The rest will be judged and sentenced according to their own deeds.
If you're a good person and do no wrong, you have nothing to fear. But should you find yourself a sinner, as I did, then salvation through Jesus is the best news you could ever hear. The proud and the arrogant will call this "Christian propaganda" because God has blinded their minds to the truth so that they will not be saved.
Your Right Roy the engineers altered the motorway because of the contours of the land, they also did some of the M6 in Cumbria in the same way.
It was Ted Moult who did the Everest double glazing advert and it was done in the highest pub in Britain the Tan Hill they they still had the feather they used in the advert behind the bar last time I was up, I made a video but cant find it now.
Thanks for jogging my memory Mick, regarding Ted Moult being the face of the Everest adverts in the 1980's. If I remember rightly he committed suicide by turning his own shotgun on himself due to depression over not being able to gather in his crops because of the wet weather that threatened to ruin them that particular year.
It must have been pre 2010 that you visited Tan Hill Inn if you can remember the feather that he used in the advert as it was famously stolen by some customers along with a photo of Ted Moult that year and never returned.
That Bernard Manning joke about the farmer that lives there always cracks me up.
I'm not sure anyone appreciates the problems in the building of that dam. It was within 24 hours of collapse due to a misunderstanding of capillary pressures (my father set up a simple experiment to show Mr hunter et al that the water level was effectively ABOVE the level of the dam). He was then sent to source a certain type of clay that would strengthen the dam and a few local farmers were made very happy with emergency payments for access to their land. One particular farmer, he recalls, actually LIVED with his cows and afterwards could finally afford to move out :)
Ive wondered about that place so many times when Ive passed! The traffic noise must be horrible. I couldn't stay there half an hour never mind live there. Although I lived by a railway line once and there was a train about every 20 minutes - after a week you only noticed if the trains actually stopped passing.
You would get used to all the passing cars eventually
Ok folks the farm was never owned by Mr Wild it belongs to the water board. How do i know this My Mum (Mrs Wild) my brother and sister lived there while it was being built xx
WHAT A DEPRESSING PLACE IT IS . I WOULD SOONER LIVE IN MY VAN. TFS GUYS ;)
Hi Al, I'm a bit torn with this as one on one hand I admire the owner of the farm at the time Ken Wild for having the attitude of refusing to uproot his life and livelihood just because someone in Whitehall had decided to build the M62 near his land. On the other hand though you do have to question if it was a hollow victory in the end and just sheer Yorkshire stubbornness that kept him there.
Whilst it may look idylic to some from the motorway on a sunny day I'll agree that it is quite a depressing place to visit once you get inbetween the carriageways as the noise from the constant moving traffic from either side is horrendous as you can hear in the video. I can only imagine it's not very pleasant living here in the depth of winter on those dark winter evenings with the wind blasting across the moors..
I think that there was a stand off at a farm near Warrington where a farmer refused to vacate a building condemned by the m62
I lived on the Side of the A1 many years ago at pick hill it was closer to the road than the one ya at … we had triple glazing and u could still here it .. but u got totally use to it and never bothered us at all use to give the people stuck in accidents yea coffee bathroom breaks etc … all gone now under the words progress and stuff
I wonder which reservoir that was, what was the name of it lol
2:11
@@MrHsHotPot oh yea 🤦
No worries Keith, it was easily missed. 😉
There is a massive motorbike track at the top of their
On Ilkley moor bah't hat!!!!
That carriage way in running West
As far as i'm aware Mr H, nobody in Britain actually owns their land, it can be taken back at any time
Stop waffling punk my uncles owns it
The farm was actually rented from Yorkshire Water at the time. The story about a stubborn yorkshire farmer is a total myth, Ken Wild didnt even own the farm..
They had to build the motorway around the farm because the farm is on a geological fault.
I flew past it yeatserday on the way to suicide bridge.
I hereby claim ownership...wink wink
There's some weight behind that damn!😊
Indeed there is Noseyb'sard,, the road below at 1:14 would be well knackered if it ever bursts.
What happened to your father's land in the 80s?
Hi Rick, in the 80's my Father's house was literally bought from under him via a 'Compulsory Purchase Order' which is a court issued order and as the name implies means that the owner has no choice but to sell. Usually these orders are issued by a local authority to property owners because their property is standing in the way of some important scheme or other. The sting in the tail for property owners was that back in the 80's the law stated that unless you had already placed your property on the market before you received the Compulsory Purchase Order, then the local authority did not have to offer you the market value of your property and would usually offer people way below the market value or however little they could get away with. This also happened to my Father who received just over half of what his property that he didn't want to sell was worth.
it was nothing to do with it being a hill the real truth is the ground running where the farm was was too soft to put the motorway on and the ground too unstable so they built further away
Doesn't sound right described by a Lancastrian.