Jericho

[Onelife]

Anyone watching the new drama series 'Jericho' ?

They say it is the replacement for Downton Abbey which makes me think l should have tuned in to Downton as I'm really enjoying this new drama.

[GillD46]

Yes. I am enjoying it, but it isn't a patch on Downton.

[Onelife]

Hi Gill.....you might find this article of some interest

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-01- ... nd-jericho

Regards

Keith

[GillD46]

That was very interesting, thank you for the link. I agree with the article that the shanty town does have a very Wild West American "feel" to it. It's amazing how things were so well organised they were considering the primitive conditions, and with Diptheria, many must have been wiped out.

[oldbluefox]

We have walked in that area with its viaduct and neighbouring tunnel through Blea Moor many times and know it and its history well so although understandably dramatised we are enjoying this series. It's hard to understand nowadays how dangerous the work was nor how dangerous. Many of the inns are still in existence where the navvies used to go in their spare time, have a few beers and a fight before returning to their shanty town.

[Romig1]

I love it too. Much of it was actually filmed in the wider Huddersfield area, so that adds to the interest for us. The stream where the villagers wash their clothes is a place we used to visit for picnics when we were kids - I can actually recognise individual pools that we used to dam up in order to deepen the water in able for us to swim in!

[Onelife]

Hi OBF/Romig

What lovely recollections... having been there done it kind of thing ..I'm definitely going to put it down as one of the places to visit when next up that way.

Regards

Keith

[Onelife]

Amazing feat of engineering when you consider most of the work was done using picks, shovels and wheelbarrows, not to mention a lot of blood sweat and tears.

[oldbluefox]

Don't get me started OL! It took seven years of manual labour using wooden scaffolding to build this incredible structure but it will be taking until March to reinstate a short stretch of road between Grasmere and Keswick after the floods despite having sophisticated machinery and heavy equipment to carry the work out. It just reinforces in my mind how incredible these Victorian workers actually were.

[Onelife]

Yes OBF....The likes of Brunel and Stephenson would be turning in their graves at the protracted way in which we go about building things today.

[Mervyn and Trish]

If 'Uddersfield featrures has anyone spotted Towny?