Chesil Beach Storms and Floods; waves, Isle of Portland. Sea defences on the Jurassic Coast
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2021
- The dramatic moods of Chesil Cove, from utter calm to ferocious storms. The story of the devasting floods of 1824, through the 19th and 20th centuries to 1978 and 1979, then frightening film of the 2014 storm almost obliterating the old Cove House Inn. See the huge changes brought about by the coast protection and sea defence schemes, protecting the old cottages of the ancient fishing village. This is my personalised account, with much unique and unpublished material.
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Later part of 1979 I was heavily pregnant. We lived on top of portland but was visiting family near wool. The weather was getting really bad and we set off home, as we neared portland the navy stopped us to say the road was impassable but they had erected a 'road' for emergency vehicles, we could use that 'at our own risk' as long as long as we were guided across. A sailor sat on the bonnet of the car shouting instructions as my husband slowly drove the car across the temporary 'bridge road'. It was dark, windy, very wet and the scariest thing ever but, hats off to that sailor who safely got us across to get home. The following day the waters had subsided but there was a huge clean up operation going on. That night will be etched in my memory forever just for fear of falling into the swells of water, the actual date? Who knows, I had my child since and childbirth does strange things to memorising dates!
What a brilliant piece of work. Thank you Mr Morris.
Superb video, very informative, thank you Stuart 🙏
What a fantastic documentary. Thank you for uploading 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is fascinating, thank you for sharing your unique perspective.
What a fantastic film 👍
My family have seemingly always lived on Portland, under hill as my Grandfather called it. We have records going back to 1641. It's fascinating to hear about these floods and what they went through.
Thank you for sharing this with us, I live in Suffolk and regularly come down fishing Chesil beach and especially the cove, amazing footage when you consider the difference between a flat calm sea and the storms. Having been there you can appreciate how BIG the waves were to overtop, I’ve been there in a force 7-8 SW but nowhere near those shown. Once again thank you 👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@StuartMorris7 I worked for our local authority on civil engineering for 30+ years but never had to deal with anything like that. Having fished there for several years I appreciate the scale of what you’ve shared
Well done Stuart a brilliant video which I’ve enjoyed watching lovely to hear the history of that lovely place
No mention of climate change or unnecessarily naming of storms in the paper in 1904. A well put together video
A very interesting and dramatic historical overview. A huge contrast between the calm sea and the devastating impact of huge waves. This tells us that humanity is a guest of nature and is highly dependent on it.
Excellent video Stuart! A very enjoyable watch.
Excellent video, great to understand how life was before the sea defences were completed.
Great video stuart
Great video Stuart, and what a very memorable place to grow up in Portland was for me. My friends and I were often swimming off Chesil beach there in the 60s.Happy memories. I also remember well the dramatic storms, bringing the floods of Chiswell.
Thanks Lyn. Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you Stuart for a superb video. I lived in West Bay Terrace Chiswell and was evacuated after the '79 storm. My Morris Minor went floating off into Victoria Square.
That's your car then we can see at 9:21?
@@StuartMorris7 Yes that's my moggy @19:21. It was parked in The Lord Clyde. It was removed to the scrap yard at Tophill where it stayed until it fell apart.
Great Video Stuart... good work , I came to Portland in 63.... (at 3 mths old) now still live there... and my house number....is 63 ive travelled all over the world as a musician , and this is still my favourite place, my 2nd favourite place is Tresco Island in the Scilly Isles, its even more laid back than Portland lol...
That's great. It's nice to know it's appreciated!
Thanks Stuart, brings back many memories
great job stuart... my nan would have loved to seen this.
Fantastic, many happy memories of Portland and Wyke
What a really informative and interesting video, wow so nicely put together, nice hearing about it all over the years and seeing the footage was amazing, very interesting to see the sea defences being built too. Thank you so much for a fab video Stuart, really loved it and the history wow.
Absolutely brilliant!
Thanks for info, I've been there many times and fished there with the kids, its one of my favourite places to go for the day, many thanks for sharing.
19:55 Skill matched with strength in them fisherman. Remember in the mid 80's asking the dinner lady why there was dry soup in a massive pot in the kitchen at Cliff School and she said it was left from the residents staying in the hall after being evacuated back in the 78-79 flood!.. It was a bit like a time warp.
I was an Airfield Firefighter 🧑🚒 at RNAS Portland in the 70s and would train every Monday morning in full firefighting gear running out hoses . It was always hard going 2 steps forward n 3 back on the pebbles. Getting the waters edge was always hard going as the sea seemed to know what we was trying to accomplish and come in very slowly . The only actual Crash Off The Airfield was a Wasp Helicopter close to the airfield. I was a Crash Driver and when we got to recorded Crash Site there was no helicopter. The wasp 🐝 managed to get limp back to the Airfield. This was in 1976.
That;s good, you;ll have to write your story about it all.
Really fascinating to watch..ty 💯
It’s sad to destroy such a good and evocative video about this wonderful place by forcing European measurement upon us that many do not want, Britain never officially adopted and that few actually understand. Many that I know will just avoid the video in disgust because we are supposed to have left the EU and they want their country back - in ENGLISH. Imperial is still the UK’s official measurement system yet Europhiles keep pushing the foreign influence we voted against. Surveys show that more than 80% of people reject metrication as over-complicated, unworkable and dangerous with a decimal point so easily lost at serious health risk. PLEASE - use imperial measurement that people want, understand and have fought for, for so long.
I'm pleased that you like the video, but you are way off the mark with metrication. The UK's support for SI units predates the EEC/EU, and going way back, for instance, British scientists, philosophers and engineers had been at the forefront of the development of metrication - in 1861 a committee of the British Association for Advancement of Science (BAAS) defined various electrical units in terms of metric rather than imperial units. As a civil engineer who started my career working in imperial units, the change to metric in the early 1970s was a huge advancement in efficiency and comprehension. You won't find many in industry, commerce or education who thinks going back to obscure imperial for misplaced nostalgic reasons, a sensible idea.
dont buy a car from portland ! salty rust ,but always driven to wide street car breakers !