There is a spot downstream of Gilroyd and Stainborough which is known locally as the Yellow Waters. Do you know anything about it?
The name may have come from the stream at that point being contaminated with 'ochre water', in turn that may have come from mine workings - possibly at the Strafford Colliery or Rob Royd Colliery- would you know about these things?
The footpath that goes across the Yellow Waters appears to be very old - would you know anything that?
Would you like to share what you know?
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As kids we used to walk from Old Gilroyd down to the Yellow Waters, to enjoy a splash and lark about in the waters there.Some time in my early youth I remember my dad taking me there, on this occasion outcropping was in progress and the extraction of coal was taking place ,this would have been in the early 50's. After the outcropping had been completed the area was restructured and a more substantial concrete water coarse constructed along with a new bridge crossing point.The concrete water coarse started just below the sewerage works and at this point a small water fall had been formed to much delight. Remember many a summers days there.
ReplyDeleteHi Dave,
ReplyDeleteIt’s evident that we share similar memories of the Yellow Waters.
I wonder if you have any recollection of what that area was like before the open-casting? Or anything to say about other things in the area, such as Gilroyd Bridge, Old Gilroyd, the raising of the railway bridge on Gilroyd Lane when the railway line was electrified, the Alma Hotel, structures in Needlewood towards the bottom of Keresforth Hill?