Saturday, March 11, 2017

Where the railway went after Ilkley station


In January I posted two photographs of Ilkley station that I took back in 1980 - here and here to be precise.

They showed the hole in the back wall of the station where the line used to continue to Skipton.

Yesterday I came across a 1956 film of Wharfedale.

The still above is taken from it and shows the railway leaving Ilkley station on a bridge over The Grove to continue on its way.

If you click on it you can view the whole film on the British Film Institute site.

2 comments:

crewegwyn said...

The red buses will be West Yorkshire - but whose are the green ones in the distance?

John New said...

They look blue and cream to me not green. If that is the case might be (Samuel?) Ledgard's.