Derby streets by Car pt 22 Spondon pt 4

Andy's Driving videos around Derby, Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derby, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derby or just want to show people your Derby Street. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the city of Derby's streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.

Derby Streets featured in this collection..

Starting in Spondon area of Derby...

00:00 Church Street
00:20 On left is Vernon Arms pub
00:28 Left onto Royal Hill Road
01:02 U-turn and back down Royal Hill Road
01:34 Right onto Locko Road
01:47 Becomes Church Road
02:12 Left onto Sitwell Street
02:25 Right at island onto Willowcroft Road
02:57 Right onto Nottingham Road
03:08 Left onto Station Road
03:35 The stairs on the left lead to Spondon Railway Station.
Straight ahead at this railway crossing is Celanese acetate (Previously known as Courtaulds and Acordis or just Celanese)
03:28 End

This journey continues in the next Spondon video :
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1kTC9OH5CPE

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If you have any fond memories of any of the locations featured please leave comments including time-code.

This is the Twenty Second video in this series. Why not start with the original video and watch them all one by one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIMdVNMVc4U

For more info on the City of Derby, please visit my Derby photographic website :
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/

My Spondon page :
http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/areas_p_z/spondon.htm

If you want more infomation on Spondon then there is a great website dedicated to the village : http://www.spondononline.co.uk/

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[SteffanLlwyd]

Lovely simple idea. Do you have any vid of where Leys Malleable Iron Co used to stand (next to the Baseball Ground) I did some research there in 1981-83. It was amazing inside. Tremendous noise in the grinding shops, beautiful melting plant, friendly workers, foundrymen with strong characters. Plus I liked the smell of it!

[comedyhunter]

Thanks, As it happens YES. See my video...

Derby streets by Car pt 26

In this I drive through that area aboout 6:36

It looks like what remains of the Leys factory (now Ewart Chain) is being demolished this very second.

[darknightsam47]

lol my house is on this

[xxxChrist]

I spent a fair bit of time in Spondon as a child during the 60's when my gran lived on Locko Rd. Locko park always seemed such a long way to walk to, and the barley fields were always great for exploring. I think there has been much development around there now. Great vids, lots of memories, thanks!