Handyside Bridge in Derby. A film about this 145 year old bridge built by Andrew Handyside & Co Ltd

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Description and Weblinks here...

GNR Friargate Line Route Map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie...

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...

Petition for the restoration of Friargate Bridge :
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/r...

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/wi...

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...

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/liste...
Used under creative commons license.

UPDATES :
I would like to thanks Peter Northridge who informed me...
I was at Derby School from 1954 to 1959 and regularly used the walkway to get to Parkers Piece playing field. During this time, a very high wooden fence separated the walkway from the railway lines so the only view of the steam trains was what you could see through the very small gaps in the fence.


Thanks
Andy