Suddenly, everything turns industrial as we enter Knottingley. Here we find, alongside the Aire & Calder Canal, the Steampacket Inn. It's a Marston's house today, but it used to brew its own beer.
Now for a couple of old postcard views of the Aire & Calder Canal, alongside the glassworks for which Knottngley is famed.
Gregg & Co. used to make glass bottles in Knottngley.
Let's take a look around the town. Here's Aire Street.
The Rope Walk.
Two towers.
The War Memorial in 1921.
West Riding buses used to serve Knottngley. This Olympian is near England Lane level crosing.
56048 is seen at England Lane in January 1999 (Photo taken for me by Peter Foster).
In the triangle between England Lane and Knottingley station is the diesel depot. Here it is in 1972 (Alan Walker).
More modern locos in 1983.
Knottingley station is a shadow of its former self. It once had five platforms and an overall roof. Here, a DMU stops in 1983 - just two bare platforms.
National Power 59204 passes through.
At Knottingley West Junction, a spur branches off to the Swinton & Knottingley Joint Line. EWS 59203 (ex National Power) passes by in January 1999 (Photo taken for me by Peter Foster).
There was once a station on the Swinton & Knottingley Joint Line called Ferrybridge for Knottingley.
The Aire & Calder Canal passes through Ferrybridge. The lock is under reconstruction here.
The old A1 bridge at Ferrybridge, with the former power station.
The CEGB had this RSH 0-4-0ST (7795-1954) for shunting at the newer power station.
To the southwest, along the S&K, the next station was Pontefract Baghill.
Here's the station on a snowy day in 1980.
From Baghill, there are views across the valley to Pontefract town centre......
.....and that's where we're going in the next post.