Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Hope you enjoyed my nostalgic look back at Friar Gate Bridge, Friar Gate Station & the Goods yard through the years brought back to life using A.I.
I have used a wide range of source photographs ranging from 1878 to the 1970's showing how life could have looked through the years.

Every small video clip in my video was generated from a single low quality Black and White photograph or postcard. Everything you see has been created from it and my description given to the A.I. tool. I would say its 90% accurate with things but of course as the original source images were B&W then its not going to get the colours correct all the time.

Friargate bridge was built in Derby by Andrew Handyside Ltd, join my Andrew Handyside Facebook group to learn more :
facebook.com/groups/andrewhandyside

and my dedicated blog to their work :
friargatebridge.blogspot.com

If you enjoyed this video then you will probably like then Derby then and now playlist :
youtube.com/watch?v=FNrvnYazNmc&list=PLuKLds5ZWSI2Lj2zWWPp-C_r0f4g-DsoL

Best viewed on a large computer screen or smart TV as this is recorded in 4K resolution with great music so a real waste watching it on a small phone screen. Did you know you can cast it to your smart tv from the YouTube app?

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Music Credits :
'The Restoration' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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Thanks
Andy