Handyside Bridge in Derby. A film about this 134 year old bridge built by Andrew Handyside & Co Ltd

Description and Weblinks here...

GNR Friargate Line Route Map:
http://tinyurl.com/handysidebridge

Blog dedicated to the work of Andrew Handyside and Co Ltd:
http://friargatebridge.blogspot.com/

Web feature about Friargate bridge in Derby :http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/features/friargatebridge/

Petition for the restoration of Friargate Bridge :
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/restoration-of-friar-gate-railway-bridge....

Andrew Handyside were a very well known company in the Victorian Era, their high quality castings were very much sort after around the world and they were all made in Derby, England. I have been researching this company for a couple of years and tracking down all of their work around the globe.

The Beeching Axe:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/march/27/newsid_4339000/4339761.stm

Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage :
http://www.derwentvalleymills.org/


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Video Description:
The GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension route or Derby Friar Gate Line as its often referred to locally was a "back line"that opened in 1878 and ran from Nottingham through Derby (over Handyside bridge and Friar Gate Bridge) and to Egginton where it joined the North Staffordshire Railway.
This line closed in 1964 and slowly taken apart but there are still plenty of reminders where the Friargate line once ran such as Handyside bridge.
If you would like to know more about the GNR Derby Friargate Line then you can follow the entire route of it on my map here

The Derby Friargate Line Route Map (aka GNR Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension):
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/features/friargatebridge/maps/

If you would like a map centred over this bridge the click here:
http://tinyurl.com/handysidebridge

The next bridge downstream to cross over the River Derwent is Saint Mary's Bridge which is 448 meters downstream.

The next bridge upstream to cross the river is Haslam's Lane Toll bridge which is 1541 metres upstream

Hope you found my video of interest. Next time you walk over Handyside bridge take some time to have a look at how its constructed and imagine what it must have been like to see trains thundering across it.

Music used in my video:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/283375
Used under creative commons license.


Thanks
Andy

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Andrew
• Handyside
• Derby
• Bridge
• GNR
• Friargate
• Line
• abandoned
• disused
• railway
• stations
• listed
• trains
• 1877
• Beeching
• axe
• old

[OMGTESCO]

Are there any pictures/videos of where the railway ran under king st and handyside street? would be intresting!

[comedyhunter]

@OMGTESCO Never seen anything of that section, real shame. Got lots of books but between Willow Row and Breadsall does not seem to be anything recorded on photos or video.

[TheAmericanSpice]

Great video about the Handyside Bridge and I loved the history about it too!! A friend of mine lives in Derby and has shared some of the history with me!! Thank You, Andy, for sharing the wonderful video, history of the bridge and of Derby too!! =]

[comedyhunter]

@TheAmericanSpice Glad you enjoyed it. Andy

[spencera47]

Absolutley wonderfull, since I moved to Derby in 2005 (Chester Green), I have walked overthe bridge many times, now I have more information on it. Today I wondered around the old Bonded Warehouse site and was amaazed at what I found, in the area to the east, some of the original platforms are still viewable.

[comedyhunter]

@spencera47 Thanks, glad you learned something from my video and my map in the video description. Yes platforms are still there at Friargate, See my then and now of Friargate station.

[Rosemary128]

A real treat as usual Andy, Thank you

Rosemary



[slotter127]

Thanks Andy, more great memories from my childhood especially this one as my Dad was a fireman on the old BR.

[comedyhunter]

@davemahenus Thanks.

[davemahenus]

brilliant really enjoyed that andy