| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) 22:34 - Feb 27 with 2840 views | dale1968 |
http://player.bfi.org.uk/player/watch-rochdale-tram-ride-1905-150620438/5uazIzaT
See how many places you can name.
The appearance of a cameraman at the front of a tram car creates quite a stir among passersby - especially the young boys of the town, who run excitedly in front of the tram as it climbs a hill. In one possibly staged sequence two youths struggle with their bicycle; in another a lad driving a horse and cart releases the reins and jumps up to draw attention to himself as the tram draws past |  |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 23:09 - Feb 27 with 2797 views | mikehunt |
Amazing; to think how long ago that was
The only thing that looks the same, then as now, is the women's attire. |  |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 23:20 - Feb 27 with 2783 views | TTNYear |
Near the start - Norden
Half way though - Spotland road and the old Victoria pub
Then going down to Spotland bridge near the now pavillion curry house. Ends at the rooley moor road and Edenfield road roundabout.
Excellent find
Right at the start the rise past st Clements at the bottom of Wilbutts lane and after denehurst park corner and the now old peoples home
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 23:28 - Feb 27 with 2768 views | D_Alien |
Bloody hell, that's amazing!
The section at the end is obviously coming down Spotland Rd towards Spotland Bridge; other than that not sure. One section looked like the tram turning left at the end of Cheetham St into Yorkshire St, where the White Lion is now.
Anyone else recognise anywhere
Edit: beat me to it, TTNY [Post edited 27 Feb 2014 23:30]
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 00:00 - Feb 28 with 2736 views | TVOS1907 |
That's not THE tram, is it? |  |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 08:49 - Feb 28 with 2651 views | SuddenLad |
Even then.....................they weren't advertising the next home game. Still showing the Nelson match from 3 weeks ago.  |  |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 10:27 - Feb 28 with 2593 views | CamdenDale |
Bloke at the end at Spotty Bridge walking backwards - mashed off his pipes! Also bloke on bike on Spotty Road - no licensing laws in 1905. |  | | |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 10:39 - Feb 28 with 2587 views | maybee |
That really is a good find.
I didn't realise that the old tram network was so extensive throughout town.
Some funny moments in the film as well.
Excellent stuff. |  | | |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:04 - Feb 28 with 2556 views | judd |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 10:39 - Feb 28 by maybee |
That really is a good find.
I didn't realise that the old tram network was so extensive throughout town.
Some funny moments in the film as well.
Excellent stuff. |
Did we have an Abacus World back in them days? |  |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:15 - Feb 28 with 2545 views | deeplishblue |
How come none of the kids flicked the V sign at the camera? |  |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:22 - Feb 28 with 2540 views | CamdenDale |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:15 - Feb 28 by deeplishblue |
How come none of the kids flicked the V sign at the camera? |
No V signs - not 'invented' by then - plus too smacked out on laudunum. | | | |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:25 - Feb 28 with 2540 views | SuddenLad |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 23:28 - Feb 27 by D_Alien |
Bloody hell, that's amazing!
The section at the end is obviously coming down Spotland Rd towards Spotland Bridge; other than that not sure. One section looked like the tram turning left at the end of Cheetham St into Yorkshire St, where the White Lion is now.
Anyone else recognise anywhere
Edit: beat me to it, TTNY [Post edited 27 Feb 2014 23:30]
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I think the Yorkshire St/Cheetham Street bit you refer to is actually the top of Blackwater Street turning into St Mary's Gate at the end of Spotland Road. (Long since demolished)
I also saw one clip of BigKIndo having a cycling proficiency lesson but he clearly needed more intense instruction.
Fascinating stuff.................. | |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:53 - Feb 28 with 2525 views | D_Dale |
Fascinating. Rochdale in the age of the horse-drawn vehicle (and plenty of dung on the roads as a result). The electric trams shown can't have been in operation for more than a few years (late 1890s?).
Quite a bit of Spotland Road survives, especially on the right-hand side. At 3min 16secs where the boy is on a pony it's possible to see the name Emma St. Hoyle's butchers is at the top of Blackwater (2.49) - still a family business until at least the 1960s I think. |  | | |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 16:06 - Feb 28 with 2423 views | buckbyname |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:22 - Feb 28 by CamdenDale |
No V signs - not 'invented' by then - plus too smacked out on laudunum. |
There is evidence of a V sign on film from 1901 and common legend suggests it was used as a gesture by English (mainly Welsh) bowmen at the the Battle of Crecy in 1346 [Post edited 28 Feb 2014 17:19]
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 16:51 - Feb 28 with 2378 views | SuddenLad |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 11:53 - Feb 28 by D_Dale |
Fascinating. Rochdale in the age of the horse-drawn vehicle (and plenty of dung on the roads as a result). The electric trams shown can't have been in operation for more than a few years (late 1890s?).
Quite a bit of Spotland Road survives, especially on the right-hand side. At 3min 16secs where the boy is on a pony it's possible to see the name Emma St. Hoyle's butchers is at the top of Blackwater (2.49) - still a family business until at least the 1960s I think. |
Sam Hoyle was a long established butcher and he had several shops. One of them was on the old market, at the side of the steps as accessed from Toad Lane. All that was demolished in the 1970's to make way for what we now laughably pass off as our market. | |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 17:12 - Feb 28 with 2372 views | Huddersdale1 |
There was a series on the telly a few years ago about these Mitchell and Kenyon films which were shot mainly in the North West. I remember thinking at the time that it was a pity none appeared to have been filmed in Rochdale. | | | |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 22:24 - Feb 28 with 2273 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
Notice how everyone appears to be slim?
No lard arses around in those days...........! | | | |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 04:40 - Mar 1 with 2210 views | mikehunt |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 17:12 - Feb 28 by Huddersdale1 |
There was a series on the telly a few years ago about these Mitchell and Kenyon films which were shot mainly in the North West. I remember thinking at the time that it was a pity none appeared to have been filmed in Rochdale. |
Weren't all these films about to be thrown out during someone's clear out before they realised what they had? Stuff like Whit Walks in Bolton and the like . Incredible that they survived | |
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| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 08:04 - Mar 1 with 2175 views | Huddersdale1 |
| None Football But Fascinating..Rochdale Tram Ride (1905) on 04:40 - Mar 1 by mikehunt |
Weren't all these films about to be thrown out during someone's clear out before they realised what they had? Stuff like Whit Walks in Bolton and the like . Incredible that they survived |
Yes, the films were found in a shop basement in Preston during a re-fit. There was some footage found of football matches at the time -Burnley v Utd, Preston v Wolves and also Sheff Utd v Bury, with some great shots of the Blades keeper Billy 'Fatty' Foulkes who was indeed pretty corpulent.. Also some Rugby League and local cricket as well. Fantastic stuff! | | | |
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