Great British Railway Journeys
Batley to Sheffield
TV-G
S2 • E14 Jan 20, 2011 30mNewcastle to Melton Mowbray - Ep 14. Batley to Sheffield.
Michael finds out about shoddy, a successful 19th-century recycling industry in the textile town of Batley, discovers how the railways boosted Yorkshire's forced rhubarb trade, and meets the great-great-granddaughter of George Bradshaw himself.
Michael finds out about shoddy, a successful 19th-century recycling industry in the textile town of Batley, discovers how the railways boosted Yorkshire's forced rhubarb trade, and meets the great-great-granddaughter of George Bradshaw himself.
