A real memory jerker - I was there in 1970 when HMS Minerva anchored off Jamestown for a few days. Napoleon's house was then largely empty, and my main memory is of the continual drizzle, although the coastline only a few miles away was dry and barren. Presumably the green walls shown in the film are not the original wallpaper - the arsenic used to colour it green leeched out in the continual damp, and contributed to Bonaparte's death. The French later thought the Brits had poisoned him, but after a programme on BBC radio a listener came forward with a section of the actual paper, collected by an ancestor who had been one of Bonaparte's jailers, and analysis showed it was laced with arsenic. At one time my photo of Jamestown from the sea was the only picture of St Helena on Wikipedia, but long since replaced with a better pic. Truly a great place to visit - but I don't suppose I'll get there again. (NB Ascension Island was interesting, too)
Excellent film. Very interesting and inviting. I am 86 years old and St.Helena is now definitely on my bucket list.As we say here in New York,USA, “ you done good “
This is a place I have always had on my list to visit and that video, was the best one I have seen. I am British, born and bred and this is the place where my Father was born. He joined the Merchant Navy during the war were he served on the North Atlantic Convoys up to Murmansk and Archangel, in Russia. After the war, he stayed at sea, were he worked for Cable and Wireless. When I saw that, on the Map that was shown, it brought all sorts of memories back of my childhood. My father Died here in mainland Britain, never to return to his place of Birth. It looks like a true paradise and I hope to find out for myself one day,before it`s too late.
A wonderful place to go to escape from the chaos of so much of today's World. The ship is perfect, fairly small, unassuming yet providing nice amenities. Many perfect venues to spend time in prayer and reflection, one could easily converse with the Lord unencumbered by distractions. Interesting, informative narration without endless superlatives or boasting. A really pleasing account.
In the 80s, I had a work colleague from there. One year, he saved up all his holiday to visit his mother. He didn't show up at work when expected but we had a message to say he'd missed the boat back. He was known as an "expert" drinker. Needless to say he got the sack.
She used to come into Avonmouth and then Cardiff.. I worked for a small company who used to export stuff to St Helena and when we used to take the supplies over to Cardiff we always used to have dinner on the ship and end up in the cabin drinking Castle Larger if I remember correctly..I do remember one of the crews seconded name was Young but as I discovered later in Life the name is big within St Helena! In the film there’s a little old Green Land Rover which could have been one they exported and I serviced up ready!
I did two trips to St Helena - not Centalina, ha, ha - back in 1998 & 2002 (the 500th anniversary of the discovery in 1502 by a Portuguese ship heading for Brazil) Super old-fashioned service on board, top cuisine. My first visit I stayed with a local lady, Peggy, up on Red Hill, her sister drove me around, the 2nd visit I stayed in Jamestown, had a whole flat to myself, and explored the small town on foot. Also took a trip with Corker's Charabanc, plus a Land Rover trip into the wilder parts. It is called An Emerald in a ring of Bronze, as the outer areas are barren volcanic rock, while it is almost subtropical in the interior. Loved their accent, almost Caribbean, and all are so friendly, even the teenagers greet you - 'Hello, how are you?' even though they don't know you. I'm so hoping that the airport doesn't change this.
Vivienne hart Hi. so glad you liked my little island .I left in 1992 now live in new York city .my family still live in Longwood and half tree hollow area..
+Vivienne hart I think the airport is a necessary "evil" in order to sustain/bolster the limited economy. I too hope the island doesn't lose its old-world ways and charm, but I suspect with limited accommodations--and making sure no McDonald's-type cookie-cutter establishments ever get there--then I think the old-world charm will remain. It's on my bucket list of places I will visit, and as I'm from Boston/USA, it'll be a LONG trip...but hopefully worth it.
I have to say Ms.Vivienne Hart you are 1 lucky lady I would love to go there it is beautiful ! Do you live in america & then go there ? I live in america the state of tennessee.
Climbed Jacob's Ladder in 1953 (passenger aboard Braemar Castle, headed for Rhodesia). Local lads would, for a few pennies, lie across the two ladder rails and slide down its length. Imagine those poor little "hand"-brakes! Returned there aboard Warwick Castle 1958 back to London - while at anchor some large fish took my hook-line-sinker, nearly the whole rod. Back there again in '61/2 on HMS Jaguar. I'm wondering if a shoreline artist is still selling images of ships anchored in the Bay. Thanks for this pleasant video footage of the place and very decent commentary - I learned a lot more.
one of my ggg grandmothers,Maria Mittens was born on the Island ,into Slavery as were her parents and grandparents. William Wilberforce is to be thanked for his efforts in ending British Slavery. One of GGG grandfathers was stone mason on the island and i wonder how much of his work is in the Forttress and houses on the island.
Roll on the airpoert and then... It'll be cheaper than post brexit Europe. The Canaries will be out of financial reach, so lots of British pubs and chippies along the front. They'll make a mint.
What an exellent video, & narrator, loved the tropical scenery and the absolute concocaphy of birds. Looks a wonderful place to not just visit but stay, .... far from the maddening crowd
xyz abc it's a north western English accent... I'd say just north of Manchester... Bury, Oldham, Rochdale way perhaps... could be a little further north maybe... just in case you didn't know and wondered ;)
Gavin Lamborghini how wonderful that you use to live there , yeah now that I'm older and always live in the crazy, busy city, and so many people in my life time , I prefer quite life in smaller town for sure when I retired some day lol, it's different from NYC for sure for you, do you still have families there, and if so, you can always visit the island when ever you missed it. how it would be wonderful to escape sometimes from big city. thank you for sharing your video it was so beautiful .
you can fly here now , but it is one of the hardest airports in the world to land , 15 knot tailwinds . the first commercial flight to land was a british airways , 3 attempts
Except that Tristan da Cunha is not open for visitors. Zero encouragement for 'tourism'. Good: let them preserve their very own culture. The islanders are however open to sending their small boats to passing passenger ships, to interact in a small way with 'outsiders'. That's how I remember it (1999).
@@perthsaint66 But without visitor amenities, especially lodging and dining. And it is tiny, hardly any room for such. And the sea wave action makes it often unreachable. I was there.... (offshore).
Its small with nothing much to do. If you blink you miss the pub, which is also the post office and every thing else. They get their supplies from South Africa just like St Helena.
Very good Atlantic Ocean Climate, much, much better than usual in London, Paris or Berlin, New York City! Quiet, Birds and Atlantic Ocean are my best Music, no people!!!
Beautiful and peaceful place in 2012. I wonder if the airport was completed and what affect it has had on the island .Usually when access to a place is improved too many people come there and ruin the place by their presence.
They should call it Napoleony and then watch the tourists flock. After all St Helena's strongest claim to fame is the memory of its former guest.If you love peace and natural beauty than St Helena is certainly a good choice .
I came across St Helena island when looking into the history of the Cape Lemon, which was brought to the Cape of Good Hope by Jan van Riebeeck for his gardens which supplied sailors with fresh fruit. It is so exquisitely beautiful and serene and the islanders are so welcoming and charming
Thank you much for fantastic and amazing information about St.Helena. One question: Where can I find this music, it fits good to your island documentation, it inspires me to go for a visit to St. Helena. Thank you much in advance for music information.
On another video, mostly about St Helena, there were only 2 tourist on board. This is a much better video giving one almost a full view of this island. Maybe the other video didn’t want people to feel jealous (there appeared to be nothing on the island).
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I love the narration and the soft background music. I love the music of the stone. Outstanding documentary.
A real memory jerker - I was there in 1970 when HMS Minerva anchored off Jamestown for a few days. Napoleon's house was then largely empty, and my main memory is of the continual drizzle, although the coastline only a few miles away was dry and barren. Presumably the green walls shown in the film are not the original wallpaper - the arsenic used to colour it green leeched out in the continual damp, and contributed to Bonaparte's death. The French later thought the Brits had poisoned him, but after a programme on BBC radio a listener came forward with a section of the actual paper, collected by an ancestor who had been one of Bonaparte's jailers, and analysis showed it was laced with arsenic.
At one time my photo of Jamestown from the sea was the only picture of St Helena on Wikipedia, but long since replaced with a better pic. Truly a great place to visit - but I don't suppose I'll get there again. (NB Ascension Island was interesting, too)
Excellent film. Very interesting and inviting. I am 86 years old and St.Helena is now definitely on my bucket list.As we say here in New York,USA, “ you done good “
My mother was born in St.Helena I certainly hope to visit 1 day..my mother lived in Half tree hallow 😊
Love these videos of the different islands. Makes me want to live there.
🌍😀👍
This is a place I have always had on my list to visit and that video, was the best one I have seen. I am British, born and bred and this is the place where my Father was born. He joined the Merchant Navy during the war were he served on the North Atlantic Convoys up to Murmansk and Archangel, in Russia. After the war, he stayed at sea, were he worked for Cable and Wireless. When I saw that, on the Map that was shown, it brought all sorts of memories back of my childhood. My father Died here in mainland Britain, never to return to his place of Birth. It looks like a true paradise and I hope to find out for myself one day,before it`s too late.
Im from Namibia, and have always been amazed by the beauty of St. Helena, I am Planning to visit St. Helena in the start o 2018...
Bryan N A Anderson Did you make it there?
I am a Namibian as, now living in Canada and I would like visit too xx
I'm borned im Angola, exactly in Porto Alexandre, until the time of the Colonization, 1975! I was twice in Walvis Bay in the year 1967.
Now 2020. Did you manage to get there
@@kaizepatjondu8709 why leave Nam? I would love yo stay there.
Excellent film. Seems a beautiful place to visit!
A wonderful place to go to escape from the chaos of so much of today's World. The ship is perfect, fairly small, unassuming yet providing nice amenities. Many perfect venues to spend time in prayer and reflection, one could easily converse with the Lord unencumbered by distractions. Interesting, informative narration without endless superlatives or boasting. A really pleasing account.
Great film of a lovely place with wonderful people too
watching this was so mind easing for me, thanks........and that "singing stone" was amazing!
Wasn't it called bellstone
That turtle remembers Napoleon.
hahaahahah...lol
Probably not - they reckon he arrived in the 1880s but nobody's sure
@Thomas Boushier Bloody Turtle
It's a totuotu
A toituse
In the 80s, I had a work colleague from there. One year, he saved up all his holiday to visit his mother. He didn't show up at work when expected but we had a message to say he'd missed the boat back. He was known as an "expert" drinker. Needless to say he got the sack.
Great video - an enchanting island and so peaceful
Very nice! Thank you for helping us explore this rather unknown island! There is so much more than I anticipated!
This is superior to all other videos I have seen about St. Helena on RUclips! I feel I have virtually toured the island!
very well narrated. Thank you. now St helena is on my list of places to visit before i die
Beautiful video
Is a very beautifull and interesting place, thanks for share this informacion
I don't know why, but I very interest in visiting St Helena some day...and even living and retiring there
Very informative work. Thanks.
wow....amazing, fantastic, superb, breathtaking. ...any more words???
I love this. Wish I could visit there.
spoilt fat twats living of the backs of English tax payers , let them starve,
The Adventure Biker the police are peados.
19331937100 I agree
The Adventure Biker thanks
She used to come into Avonmouth and then Cardiff.. I worked for a small company who used to export stuff to St Helena and when we used to take the supplies over to Cardiff we always used to have dinner on the ship and end up in the cabin drinking Castle Larger if I remember correctly..I do remember one of the crews seconded name was Young but as I discovered later in Life the name is big within St Helena!
In the film there’s a little old Green Land Rover which could have been one they exported and I serviced up ready!
Great video. Thanks.
My grandmother is from St Helena, she is the sister of ex Bishop James Johnson.
I did two trips to St Helena - not Centalina, ha, ha - back in 1998 & 2002 (the 500th anniversary of the discovery in 1502 by a Portuguese ship heading for Brazil) Super old-fashioned service on board, top cuisine. My first visit I stayed with a local lady, Peggy, up on Red Hill, her sister drove me around, the 2nd visit I stayed in Jamestown, had a whole flat to myself, and explored the small town on foot. Also took a trip with Corker's Charabanc, plus a Land Rover trip into the wilder parts. It is called An Emerald in a ring of Bronze, as the outer areas are barren volcanic rock, while it is almost subtropical in the interior. Loved their accent, almost Caribbean, and all are so friendly, even the teenagers greet you - 'Hello, how are you?' even though they don't know you. I'm so hoping that the airport doesn't change this.
Vivienne hart Hi. so glad you liked my little island .I left in 1992 now live in new York city .my family still live in Longwood and half tree hollow area..
+Vivienne hart I think the airport is a necessary "evil" in order to sustain/bolster the limited economy. I too hope the island doesn't lose its old-world ways and charm, but I suspect with limited accommodations--and making sure no McDonald's-type cookie-cutter establishments ever get there--then I think the old-world charm will remain. It's on my bucket list of places I will visit, and as I'm from Boston/USA, it'll be a LONG trip...but hopefully worth it.
I have to say Ms.Vivienne Hart you are 1 lucky lady I would love to go there it is beautiful ! Do you live in america & then go there ? I live in america the state of tennessee.
I am soooooo jealous. I wish, one day, I could visit St. Helena and Falklands Islands. Oh well, dreams come true. I know.
Vivienne hart
ottimo video grazie,
My dad is from st Helena and a lot of our family still live there he used to climb Jacobs ladder as a young boy
My family live here too
Most beautiful island thanks for video.i used to collect postage stamp as aPhylatelist before 75 years.
What an amazing place. I would love to go there!
What a lovely video. That is a place I would love to visit.
Nice video, thanks for sharing...Mike
beatiful island! Greetings from Greece!
Climbed Jacob's Ladder in 1953 (passenger aboard Braemar Castle, headed for Rhodesia). Local lads would, for a few pennies, lie across the two ladder rails and slide down its length. Imagine those poor little "hand"-brakes! Returned there aboard Warwick Castle 1958 back to London - while at anchor some large fish took my hook-line-sinker, nearly the whole rod. Back there again in '61/2 on HMS Jaguar. I'm wondering if a shoreline artist is still selling images of ships anchored in the Bay. Thanks for this pleasant video footage of the place and very decent commentary - I learned a lot more.
Nice life you've had . . . to look back on.
Outstanding - Many Thanks,
Philip
BEAUTIFUL , THANKS FOR SHARING
one of my ggg grandmothers,Maria Mittens was born on the Island ,into Slavery as were her parents and grandparents. William Wilberforce is to be thanked for his efforts in ending British Slavery. One of GGG grandfathers was stone mason on the island and i wonder how much of his work is in the Forttress and houses on the island.
You have convinced me to make a trip to the island. !
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make it! Would love to go there sometime in the future.
very nice film, well done
RMS St Helena was last ship built in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Gordon Stalker checkers
Play checker game
Play checkers now
Now
And I worked on her in 1990 at Hall Russell shipyard.
very cool insight and well produced film,thankyou
Lovely video. Very interesting. Well done. Thanks.
Looks so good, St. helena island,, peaceful and close to nature..
Roll on the airpoert and then... It'll be cheaper than post brexit Europe. The Canaries will be out of financial reach, so lots of British pubs and chippies along the front. They'll make a mint.
Sorry for my inadequate English. Thank you so much that you mute the music while someone is speaking.
Your English is literally perfect
Du skriver uten feil min gode venn !
Your English is fine 👍😊
............oh what a short film ..................wish it was 30 mins long..
beautiful, I would love to visit some day. I would certainly do some fishing and share my catch 🙂
I wish I could visit and even live there.
Hope the oldest animal is doing well.
Nice work, thanks
I visited ST Helena onboard HMS Campbeltown in the 90s fantastic place wonderful people
Very good video, thanks.
Most interesting video, thoroughly enjoyed viewing.
Fantastic!
St Helena South Africa and Tristan Da Cunha is where my ancestors are from. I'd love to visit but i think I'd end up wanting to stay lol.
My birth mother was from St Helena. Her name was Coral Stevens
Nice video. Thank you
Cool video, thanks for making it.
I've got some vivid Helena memories mate. Thats all I've got.
What an exellent video, & narrator, loved the tropical scenery and the absolute concocaphy of birds.
Looks a wonderful place to not just visit
but stay, .... far from the maddening crowd
Excellent !
Would love to hike there !
loved the narration 😊
beautiful voice and accent
xyz abc it's a north western English accent... I'd say just north of Manchester... Bury, Oldham, Rochdale way perhaps... could be a little further north maybe... just in case you didn't know and wondered ;)
Actually it's Huddersfield area... and, yes lovely accent!
I would love to take this cruise. Thank you.
wow I would like to visit this before I die ,added to the bucket list
ladybug Vue you will love it out there .so peaceful.i live in nyc now but i was born there and left 22 yrs ago. miss the simple life.
Gavin Lamborghini how wonderful that you use to live there , yeah now that I'm older and always live in the crazy, busy city, and so many people in my life time , I prefer quite life in smaller town for sure when I retired some day lol, it's different from NYC for sure for you, do you still have families there, and if so, you can always visit the island when ever you missed it. how it would be wonderful to escape sometimes from big city.
thank you for sharing your video it was so beautiful .
Amazing
for so isolated incredible roads and other areas
Visited there in 93, on the MV Kareliya. Left Nosy Be in Namibia then on to Cape Town. Good memories. Remember climbing Jacobs ladder.
I visited there on the way back to England on the Castle line. The local kids were sliding down Jacobs Ladder on a piece of carpet.
Is that the royal mail ship?
you can fly here now , but it is one of the hardest airports in the world to land , 15 knot tailwinds . the first commercial flight to land was a british airways , 3 attempts
I really like the a compliment music. .
Magnificent roaming!
Wow if i were rich i would travel to places like this and Tristan da Cunha-
Except that Tristan da Cunha is not open for visitors. Zero encouragement for 'tourism'. Good: let them preserve their very own culture. The islanders are however open to sending their small boats to passing passenger ships, to interact in a small way with 'outsiders'. That's how I remember it (1999).
@@smvanwers6300 yes it is open to visitors
@@perthsaint66 But without visitor amenities, especially lodging and dining.
And it is tiny, hardly any room for such. And the sea wave action makes it often unreachable. I was there.... (offshore).
Me too!
Its small with nothing much to do. If you blink you miss the pub, which is also the post office and every thing else. They get their supplies from South Africa just like St Helena.
The RMS St. Helena is like a mullet haircut: all business up front, party in the back.
Very interesting place
Very good Atlantic Ocean Climate, much, much better than usual in London, Paris or
Berlin, New York City! Quiet, Birds and Atlantic Ocean are my best Music, no people!!!
Try Kerguelen.
I have the same opinion and taste too! «I love Peacefull.»
Beautiful. Greetings from Brazil
Saint Helena looks so British!
because it is...
Even more so than Shetland.
ANY ISLAND THE WORLD IS VERY NICE, WITH FEW PEOPLE, AND NO TRASH!!!
I am the richer for watching this video clip.
What is UK using this place for? This keeping it as her overseas territory. Better give it to Namibia the nearest land.
@@Jamal_dont_mess lol
@@Jamal_dont_mess why would Namibia want this island?
They got better standard of living than in Namibia..
beautiful thank you
Beautiful and peaceful place in 2012. I wonder if the airport was completed and what affect it has had on the island .Usually when access to a place is improved too many people come there and ruin the place by their presence.
Remember being hoisted ashore on the derrick of the old St Helena ( subsequently the “St Helena Island”)
First class travel video.
Thank you _ enormously enjoyable
How can anyone put a thumbs down to this.
My family live here ;)
Beautiful island oh how I'd love to be able to visit an stay with thee
Nice....
The airport is now completed and you can now fly there easily !
Wish I could go there 1 day as soon as I win that lottery lol.
St Helena is finally getting a connection to the Internet via a undersea cable - think I will retire there one day.
Very well
They should call it Napoleony and then watch the tourists flock. After all St Helena's strongest claim to fame is the memory of its former guest.If you love peace and natural beauty than St Helena is certainly a good choice .
No mention of the Boer POW camp from the Anglo-Boer or South African War (1899-1902)
There is nothing left to see I am afraid. Only a reference to where it was
There are two granite gravestones commemorating those who passed away in the camp, in Deadwood Plain.
As I understand it, some of the Boers survived and made St Helena their home and are still represented there.
I came across St Helena island when looking into the history of the Cape Lemon, which was brought to the Cape of Good Hope by Jan van Riebeeck for his gardens which supplied sailors with fresh fruit.
It is so exquisitely beautiful and serene and the islanders are so welcoming and charming
Would love to live there.
Thank you much for fantastic and amazing information about St.Helena. One question: Where can I find this music, it fits good to your island documentation, it inspires me to go for a visit to St. Helena. Thank you much in advance for music information.
THE ISLAND ST HELENA IS MY BIGGEST DREAM OF LIFE!!!
But a Life on Island, I Think, is very, very expensive, because is UK-Terotory!!!
I had an opportunity to travel London to Capetown with a stop in St. Helen in 1983. Didn't take it, sorry to say . . .
On another video, mostly about St Helena, there were only 2 tourist on board. This is a much better video giving one almost a full view of this island. Maybe the other video didn’t want people to feel jealous (there appeared to be nothing on the island).
Jonathon: man i miss Napoleon..