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The Needles Forgotten & Abandoned Sea Level Battery Isle of Wight
A battery was proposed for this site in 1855, to mount six 68prs to cover Alum Bay to the north. The Needles battery, later referred to as Old Needles Battery to distinguish it from the new battery built nearby, was constructed as part of the Royal Commission defences of the Needles Passage. It is a barbette battery built on the projecting point of the chalk ridge above the Needles Rocks, at an elevation of 254 feet above sea level. It commanded the narrow channel between the Needles Rocks and the Shingles, the edge of that shoal being a little more than 2,000 yards distant so that passing ships would be subjected to plunging fire upon their decks. The height of the battery protected it f...
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St Catherine's Lighthouse Isle of Wight Fog Horn
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Built - 1838 Height of Tower - 27 m Height of light above Mean High Water - 41 m Automated - 1997 Optic - 2nd Order four panel catadioptric Character - Fl 5s Intensity - 821,000 candela Range of light - 25 NM Region - South The lighthouse is situated at Niton Undercliff, five miles from Ventnor on the Isle of Wight and comprises a white octagonal tower with 94 steps up to the lantern. A fixed r...
Derelict & Forgotten Abandoned House Isle of Wight
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This derelict and abandoned house hidden away in Ryde is called Mingairy Cottage. It seems to have suffered from a massive fire as there are signs of scorching, nothing organic from the house exists, and the metal is all twisted and bent. Nature is slowly reclaiming it.
WW2 Direction Finding (D/F) Tower Y-station Ventnor Isle of Wight
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The D/F tower’s octagonal red brick wall is in English bond capped with a soldier course with iron fixings. Set into the hill slope on Rew Down above Ventnor Bay, the wall is therefore of varying height but rises to a maximum of approximately 2m 25cm and is 36cm wide. The overall enclosure is circa 5m 40 in width. Seven sides contain holes, those on the upslope (north) side being higher up the ...
Abandoned Routemaster Bus Isle of Wight
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A video of an old abandoned Routemaster bus on the Isle of Wight. The AEC Routemaster is a front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The first prototype was completed in September 1954 and the last one was delivered in 1968. The layout of the vehicle was traditional for the time, with a half...
Needles Walk From Alum Bay Past The Sea Level Battery
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A video of a walk from Alum Bay to The Needles, on a very low tide, during the summer of 2017. The friends I went with, stopped to visit the sea level battery, under The Old Needles Battery, but I carried on, on my own to The Needles. Please do not attempt this walk if you are not tide aware, you can easily get cut off by the tide, as people have in the past.
Cine Film 4th Newport Sea Scout Group Summer Camp Wootton Bridge 1967
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Old cine film of the 4th Newport Sea Scout Group, Summer Camp at Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight in 1967. This film originally had no sound, but I have added some 60s era music.
Abandoned Underground Stables Isle of Wight
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Once used in victorian times as stables and vaults. it now lays abandoned and forgotten, underground.
Forgotten Underground WW2 Gas Tight Shelter in the Isle of Wight
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Exploring an old abandoned and forgotten underground gas tight air raid shelter from WW2.
WW2 Seagull Trench Isle of Wight
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An old Seagull Trench from WW2 lays forgotten in undergrowth on the Isle of Wight. Normally used for airfield defence, but this one looks to have been made to watch for German invaders.
Abandoned Underground Bowling Alley Isle of Wight
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An abandoned and forgotten underground bowling alley, in a converted Napoleonic fort on the Isle of Wight.
Who owns the RML. Let me know. I'll save it!
Arriva 2685
Since 1982 when I first sailed near the Needles I said to my wife that there was a mass of tunnels under that cliff . She never believed me . Thanks for sharing this .
That was like cave diving in Skyrim!
That rounding of the point, looking up at the chalk pinnacle with the wind blasting through was incredible. This video hit me on so many levels: the timing, low spring tide, the calm weather, the chaotic boulders, and looking up, the chalk cliffs towering. Then, the linear ribs of sandstone, much older, projecting vertically at the shoreline. The effect looks almost man- made. These ridges were once horizontal layers of aeons of sediment. What forces of the earth's crust contorted them to lie as they do?.. and on top of that, the chalk. Thank you for this, and well done. The music is sublime, I was whistling harmonies and drumming along on the kitchen sink. The Isle of Wight is a magical island for sure, and very surprising. Nick
This place must be hard to access. So much stuff down there still intact, and no rubbish or recent spraycan graffiti. Amazing! Thanks
Great walk. What a great view
Wierd fireplaces.
Like that. If its what I think it is allways wanted to get there. Dispells a myth anyway if its where I think it is
I amazed how good everything is, paints not flakey on walls, most of the light fittings are there and most of the doors, normally first thing that comes off. Love the wooden crates. What did it say on them? Even rubber round the doors. Still equipment there too. Damn that place needs saving. Must have been a faily large site? I allways think of the people who built these places , civies I guess who contributed so much.
Nice
Imagine havingbto crawl about with a .303 and back pack in there?
Toad Hall?
Very impressive
Amazed the switchgear is still there. Quite a set up. Amazing it was installed in the first place
Copyright of Nash point
Where is this? It looks like it was once a beautiful home. Incredible to think it has fallen into such a state of disrepair.
Taxed an on the road, just done a road tax check, taxed till 2023
Were is this
I love that Routemaster I can't believe it got withdrawn withdrawn in 2008 but here's the good news Routemaster is on Routemaster 4 Hire but I hope they come back soon
I didn't think they would do that to busses a they are needed so much how can they have been forgotten or just left or is it not wanted
What a beast
“You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.”
Respect 👍
Saw 2011 Road Fund License
Last time I did this I stayed too long and nearly died on the miles long trip back along the cliff edge. If you do this go a hour before a 0.5m tide
Richard Trenoweth Grenfell was my 2nd cousin 3x removed. I only found out about him whilst recently researching my family tree. Co-incidentally, my Dad was also a lighthouse keeper back in the late 60's early 70's and served on most of the same lights as Richard. My Dad had no idea about his relative until I told him last year (2020).
This isn’t how it sounds
Very poor state of neglect and vandalism I hope such an iconic vehicle was saved......
Where is entrance at thuo
Last I heard years back that its up in the west Wight area
Large Canadian Garrison at Norris Castle training for Dieppe Raid.@@jewlanjooness6898
Lucky you did not get lost
Very sad to see this, however these buses can take time and a great deal of money. I worked on RMLs in 1973 as a newly made up bus mechanic at Bow garage. We were fortunate that we had the pit facilities, skilled staff and all the spare parts required to keep these running to PSV standard. I will say though that ive seen a number of restored buses in my time, and i'm sure that many of my old colleagues would be astounded at the level of workmanship that has been achieved. Good luck to you one and all.
I remember them at Fairfield Road, before withdrawal, used them a lot on the 8’s, Stagecoach RML’s, these days they are boxes on wheels with no styling, even the new Routemasters are failure, bodywork in a bad way, it was nice to ride them in that condition on the 36’s around Paddington Sussex Gardens, by then, they were in a hell of a state, as the operator knew of their withdrawal.
@@jacksugden8190 Hi Jack, I worked for ' Stagecoach' from 1994, till my resignation in 2004. I was extremely glad to leave, but sorry too. As for the buses, the times were changing, and buses Like our old Routemaster didn't really fit the bill. I do agree that modern vehicles, were not a patch on the old types we knew. The modern types, were certainly here to stay, but unfortunately for us engineers they were not 'mechanic friendly' in anyway. Perhaps we had the good times, when we think back to it. I don't know what many of my old trolleybus workmates would think these days. Many of those blokes are long gone, now and so has all their old knowledge and experience. Shame when I think back. Kind regards.
@@jonniejam-shovel6405 Hi Jonnie, I never worked for Stagecoach or any other operators, although I remember trolleybuses At Aldgate in the late 50’ early 60’s.
@@jacksugden8190 those were the days eh!!! 👍
@@jonniejam-shovel6405 Mary Hopkins “Those Were The Days” indeed.
That must be the power supply for the lighthouse
I think it's a lift shaft for when it's cut off by the tide.
Interesting video, glad you found your way out ok.
Lived here for years never found any of this stuff. Would love to go explore these places. If that place had land above instead of buildings I could happily live down there. I'd assume its under a town though?
I love the Routemaster. The standard 27' is my favourite. This is sad to know it's heyday has long since passed and now rotting to pieces. Could be ripe for preservation back to it's original LT livery. This one heavily refurbished in the latter part of it's life. RML 2685 new in Aug. '67 at Hanwell garage. Re-engined with Cummins in 1990. Final service 2005.
Looked fit for scrap or preservation
Cool...
Nice, thanks for sharing.
PLEASE SAVE THIS ROUTEMASTER BUS
What for, they are useless in the modern world good for nothing in London
I'm sure the Routemasters come back to London
This is not St Catherine's lighthouse fog horn. It sounded nothing like that. The sound in this clip is of a diaphone foghorn. St Catherine's was not of this type
Ithat is the nash point siren iin this recording. St cathrins lighthouse had 2 sets of horns facing left and right where the old diaphone was but they did test fog sirens there aswell in the 1800s but then stuck to a diaphone then the super typhon horns with diaphrams
It's now at the former iow chilli farm godshill alongside another rm of the same batch.
Like below, that is a siren sound. St Catherines used a diaphone (as shown on the picture) later changed to a supertyfon.
It's very sad that I see this again as I see our UK Buses goes to places like the Isle of Wight and there's no respect for our vehicles and the transport Government is to blame and its disgusting
Just an old bus to me, the love and romance was long gone, loved them in 1962 on the Green Line service at Brentwood, and in 1967 on the Country Area 339’s, read that the 15 Heritage Route was to loose the class, a sign of the times in the modern age.
That is definitely not a recording of St Catherine’s which had a double note Supertyphon type foghorn like the one that used to sound at Lundy South prior to the 800 emitter beside it. This sounds more like Lizard or Nash Point. St Catherine’s point sounded 1 blast every 45 seconds not Morse code N. Good photo, wrong horn.
I know where this is but never had the time to go an explore the place, , it was built in 1940s by the Americans for there recreational activities but was never used by the Americans as it was the first Canadians infantry who were stationed there, . Good vid.
Could you help me navigate this ally? I've heard for many years about it. I've only just started looking properly into exploring deeper on the Isle of Wight
That is not st Catherine's fog horn. That is nash point fog siren
Very sad to see this I really hope it is now saved and preserved. My dad now owns rm 2037
Not really as it’s had its day
The majority of the 2760 Routemasters were scrapped after general withdrawals from 1982. They all can't be saved.
Sounds like a mad bull
its nash point actually
Whats the blue stuff in the jar?
Sorry for the delay but after reading your comment I conducted a full sprectrgical analysis of it using state of the art equipment held at University College London and then followed it up with a biophysikal shake-em-up test as devised my Max Plank at the Heidelberg Institute of Uncertainty. Finally I have a result - and can categorically say that it is... Blue Stuff in a jar.
Where in the iow is it??
Unfortunately this has been removed, its fate is unknown.
Wight Mole the most recent thing says it's I Ventnor but that was 2010
Alfie, the above video was filmed on 04/12/2016, but only uploaded this year. It may have been moved for restoration, but it hasn't been sighted on the island since the filming.
Wight Mole ok that's true thanks :)
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