Always been terrified of these. The creepy little window, the sound of it, the smell of disinfectant or something you used to get in them and waiting in silence hoping it doesn't stop on another floor to pick up a serial killer or break down leaving you trapped.
Since this will probably the last of your videos I will see this year (even if you upload another one, I won't be watching it before next year as I will be leaving for Christmas and New Year soon) I want to take the opportunity to say THANK YOU for all your great videos. I really appreaciate you spending so much of your time without expecting anything in return but maybe a nice word in the comments. A merry Christmas to you and your familiy and of course all the best wishes for 2019 from one of your German viewers!
Thank you very much for your comment! I've had a cold over the last 2 weeks and was hoping to push a few more videos out, but when you're not well your motivation goes - and life/family should always come first (or 'lemsips and rest' in my case!!). I have about 30 videos to edit at the moment (10 epic ones) so loads to do and I may be recording a couple more 'what I call epic videos' in January as well! TOO MUCH EDITING to catch up on!! I think you must be the first person for me to wish a Happy Christmas to, so have a good one and thanks once again :) Matt and Chay
The floor indicator in the lift has the same shape as the original buttons. Maybe they paid attention to this detail, which is nice. Thanks for your videos ! It's very interesting to see how things work, and the "art" behind the designing and building of older lifts !
I couldn't hear any inductors clicking so I assume the control circuits have been modified and the standard selector removed. Shame as that was one of those lovely sounds when riding on the top of the lift car and hearing the selector clicking as you got closer to the top. EDIT: Just as an after thought, the keys to those locks on the car panel were just the same as the ones for most British produced cars at the time. My dad had a massive bunch and if I think about it he could probably opened any car at the time! The other thing is that this is either a deep lift or they didn't specify coffin doors at the back. Unusual for council blocks. Thank you for your videos sir, they bring back such memories of happy times. Have a great Christmas and New Year.
I could hear the brake release in the motor room, thought I'd hear the selector. The sequencing of the lamps seems to indicate that the MH selector is still present. Not sure why a modern day controller would be programmed to sequence the lamps in that way.
MH selector has probably been replaced by electronic selector, looking at the levelling curve i would think that an EXPRESS VACO drive was fitted in the early 90s and the selector replaced at the same time.
Looking at the levelling curve i would say that an EXPRESS VACO drive was fitted to this installation in the early 90s and the MH selector was replaced by the electronic model at the same time . This was a common solution to erratic floor levelling problems at the time, an awful lot of 2 speed council lifts were fitted with VACO'S as it gave much smoother ride characteristics and saved on brake lining wear.
@@peterlomas984 If you couldn't hear the the ping when they flicked then you must be deaf. :) Seriously I could hear all inducters from the car as a kid. The selector was noisy . :)
Its cool how the Call panel has the floor indicator on it, A tower block near me used to have this but it then got modded by Orona. The Emergency Rescue sign is also very interesting and I've never ever seen that.
@@mrmattandmrchay If it gets modded can you do a video of it after the mod so we can compare it? Even know I am sure it will be less Efficient and will not meet all your cheakboxes,
I noticed something with the floor indicator light panel at each floor. I think they use incandescent bulbs as when the direction arrow lights up, the floor number lamp briefly dims as would be the case when incandescent bulbs are first switched on. I think they must be 24v or so as looks like the supply voltage sags when more than one lamp is on. Great to see they are not too modernised and still have some character. Thanks for the video.
Love those vintage Express fixtures! I've never seen that type of landing call panel with a floor indicator - seems rare don't you think? Most other Express Lifts of this age only had the "Lift Coming" lamp.
Actually that type of call panel was pretty common up here in the North East of England.If nothing else you had to make sure you carried a good supply of spare lamps with you when the monthly maintenance visit was done.
3:39 Anybody noticed the light turning off and on ? now thats creepy the door with the window dont really bother me much but the fact that the light did what it did is what scares me
My grandmother lived in a block with lifts a lot like this. Same shape of buttons and the finish on the metalwork. Her block was built in the early 60's and they kept the lifts as they were up into the late 80's, so I'm wondering, could that lift be older than 70's? That aside, great video as usual. Merry Christmas to you and the family.
Hi Noah. I wish I could remember!! It's in Edinburgh somewhere, I was going to revisit it a few months ago but I failed to find it. And, I walked in with a delivery-man is how I got in :)
I remember those... sort of. I remember them taking ages to get from the car park into the shopping centre, and loads of time waiting for them as well.
@@paulanderson79 Where is this lift exactly? Is it the set of 2 lifts that go to the car park? The only lifts to the car park in Queensmere that I can think of have no windows in the doors.
darn! was hoping you could have gotten into the motor room on the roof. But anyway do you suppose that the floor indicators in the hall, were actually LED or just incandescent lamps behind plastic inserts to make it look so? and boy those cabs were really bare bones, it looked like you were inside of a walk in freezer at a fast food restaurant. [ minus the shelves and food in there...HA HA at least the one at Taco Bell, where I worked back in the 90's, used to look like that . . . .
Good point, but I think this is for access purposes. Some of these blocks had a section that came away so that coffins could be placed in the lift (presumably vertically). Well spotted.
Really? I thought these had been upgraded many years ago. I think I know the ones you mean that go from the shopping centre up to the car park, but they've long since been upgraded. Are there any more?
@@mrmattandmrchay They were upgraded 2014. They are quite scary to ride though, so maybe that's confusing him? I should have showed you them when we met up, damn...
Most lifts from this time (1970s) in the UK had a window. I'm not sure that it is anything other than, so people inside the lift can see out, and people on the landings can see in. Perhaps comforting, rather than not being able to see in or out.
@@mrmattandmrchay Couldn’t they also be dangerous in some circumstances? Say if they window was broken by vandals. Then they could reach through and unlatch the door if they knew what they were doing, or if they’re drunk or daft they could get their arm crushed by the lift going by. Is that why there’s a metal cage between the glass?
The building has some dodgy looking balconies. It’s an odd building architecturally. It wants to be partially modern by having concrete facades but has some very tradionalistic architectural features. It’s like it has a split personality.
Mr mat have you thought about getting discord. It would be awesome all of our fans can all to each other live it's like making your own live community. And if you really want you could talk to your fans would you like me to show you sir my hero :)
Don't have the time for that I'm afraid. It's not that easy either. Getting messages ping up when I'm working, driving or even asleep is the reason why I uninstalled hangouts. The only free time I get after work and family goes to editing rather than having to manage people in a chat room. Also I find "talking about lifts" a little uninteresting. I know what you mean but far too many negatives for me rather than positives. If people want to leave me a message then I normally reply to everyone but RUclips is a hobby not a lifestyle in my world. Thanks for the idea anyway.
Your welcome mr mat I understand. BTW I love your videos I'm now a big fan of you I know it might sound weird but yeah I like your videos. I use to like heno but he treated me so bad and I think he treat all of his fans Badley so that's why I'm now a fan of you. Anyways I will stay tuned to your newest videos
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Oh these are one of those buttlinda elevators that DON’T EVEN WORK. They’re a fire hazard. Nobody is gonna get on these things. This is *stomp stomp* STUPID!!
Always been terrified of these. The creepy little window, the sound of it, the smell of disinfectant or something you used to get in them and waiting in silence hoping it doesn't stop on another floor to pick up a serial killer or break down leaving you trapped.
An absolute classic. Buttons, indicators, motor, controller, and all.
Since this will probably the last of your videos I will see this year (even if you upload another one, I won't be watching it before next year as I will be leaving for Christmas and New Year soon) I want to take the opportunity to say THANK YOU for all your great videos. I really appreaciate you spending so much of your time without expecting anything in return but maybe a nice word in the comments.
A merry Christmas to you and your familiy and of course all the best wishes for 2019 from one of your German viewers!
Thank you very much for your comment! I've had a cold over the last 2 weeks and was hoping to push a few more videos out, but when you're not well your motivation goes - and life/family should always come first (or 'lemsips and rest' in my case!!).
I have about 30 videos to edit at the moment (10 epic ones) so loads to do and I may be recording a couple more 'what I call epic videos' in January as well! TOO MUCH EDITING to catch up on!!
I think you must be the first person for me to wish a Happy Christmas to, so have a good one and thanks once again :) Matt and Chay
This has to be one of my favorite videos from your channel! Wonder if this beauty still exists.
The floor indicator in the lift has the same shape as the original buttons. Maybe they paid attention to this detail, which is nice.
Thanks for your videos ! It's very interesting to see how things work, and the "art" behind the designing and building of older lifts !
Thanks for your kind comment! Express use lots of Oval shapes, but never seen the floor position display like this.
@@mrmattandmrchay Yes, that's right !
I couldn't hear any inductors clicking so I assume the control circuits have been modified and the standard selector removed. Shame as that was one of those lovely sounds when riding on the top of the lift car and hearing the selector clicking as you got closer to the top.
EDIT: Just as an after thought, the keys to those locks on the car panel were just the same as the ones for most British produced cars at the time. My dad had a massive bunch and if I think about it he could probably opened any car at the time! The other thing is that this is either a deep lift or they didn't specify coffin doors at the back. Unusual for council blocks.
Thank you for your videos sir, they bring back such memories of happy times. Have a great Christmas and New Year.
Replace the damper pads inside the inductor if you can hear it operating.
I could hear the brake release in the motor room, thought I'd hear the selector. The sequencing of the lamps seems to indicate that the MH selector is still present. Not sure why a modern day controller would be programmed to sequence the lamps in that way.
MH selector has probably been replaced by electronic selector, looking at the levelling curve i would think that an EXPRESS VACO drive was fitted in the early 90s and the selector replaced at the same time.
Looking at the levelling curve i would say that an EXPRESS VACO drive was fitted to this installation in the early 90s and the MH selector was replaced by the electronic model at the same time . This was a common solution to erratic floor levelling problems at the time, an awful lot of 2 speed council lifts were fitted with VACO'S as it gave much smoother ride characteristics and saved on brake lining wear.
@@peterlomas984 If you couldn't hear the the ping when they flicked then you must be deaf. :) Seriously I could hear all inducters from the car as a kid. The selector was noisy . :)
The lifts from the 1970s were the best ever!
Happy christmas Mr Matt and Mr chay thanks for all the videos they gave me a real lift
Thanks for the Christmas wishes (not necessarily the joke haha!). Hope you have a happy new year.
Its cool how the Call panel has the floor indicator on it, A tower block near me used to have this but it then got modded by Orona. The Emergency Rescue sign is also very interesting and I've never ever seen that.
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Also interesting how every level has a position lamp on it. Normally it would just be a CALL button and a LIFT COMING indicator.
@@mrmattandmrchay Yes, that is a very rare lift but it will probably get modded by some generic company soon,
@@mrmattandmrchay If it gets modded can you do a video of it after the mod so we can compare it? Even know I am sure it will be less Efficient and will not meet all your cheakboxes,
Perhaps, if I'm near. There are some others that I want to see near where these are.
I noticed something with the floor indicator light panel at each floor. I think they use incandescent bulbs as when the direction arrow lights up, the floor number lamp briefly dims as would be the case when incandescent bulbs are first switched on. I think they must be 24v or so as looks like the supply voltage sags when more than one lamp is on. Great to see they are not too modernised and still have some character. Thanks for the video.
Love those vintage Express fixtures! I've never seen that type of landing call panel with a floor indicator - seems rare don't you think? Most other Express Lifts of this age only had the "Lift Coming" lamp.
Actually that type of call panel was pretty common up here in the North East of England.If nothing else you had to make sure you carried a good supply of spare lamps with you when the monthly maintenance visit was done.
Quite unusual that they are on every floor! Sometimes you're lucky if one is fitted on the ground floor!
Jeez! I thought I recognised that block! It's in my home town! One of the best-kept council blocks in the city.
Keith Scott where is it?
Judging by the 0131 phone code I spotted that is Edinburgh.
John Dufton Well done mate 👍
No thanks I'd rather take the stairs...lol
Nice Lift :) and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you also!
4:34-4:40
Gives me the chills
3:39 Anybody noticed the light turning off and on ? now thats creepy the door with the window dont really bother me much but the fact that the light did what it did is what scares me
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My grandmother lived in a block with lifts a lot like this. Same shape of buttons and the finish on the metalwork. Her block was built in the early 60's and they kept the lifts as they were up into the late 80's, so I'm wondering, could that lift be older than 70's?
That aside, great video as usual. Merry Christmas to you and the family.
This block was designed in 1950 and constructed shortly thereafter,
Thanks for the info
Bit worrying that the lift will only let you use the call function if *it* determines that there is a fault!
Typical old style lift, loads of instructions and warnings!
0:34 That is some zoom!!!
X30, yep, wish I had it was I was filming my original Siren videos!
awesome!
Where is this lift i would like to see it too, And what is the code
Hi Noah. I wish I could remember!! It's in Edinburgh somewhere, I was going to revisit it a few months ago but I failed to find it. And, I walked in with a delivery-man is how I got in :)
Been in quite a few of these. Kinda miss it now.
Reminds me of the car park lifts at The Queensmere Centre, Slough.
I remember those... sort of. I remember them taking ages to get from the car park into the shopping centre, and loads of time waiting for them as well.
Ooh interesting, do you remember if the lifts there had a window in the door?
@@MichalM They did, a tiny little window about 20cm x 10cm. All this did for me was add to the sense of claustrophobia. Horrible lifts.
@@paulanderson79 Where is this lift exactly? Is it the set of 2 lifts that go to the car park? The only lifts to the car park in Queensmere that I can think of have no windows in the doors.
I know this is weird but why does the door have a window??
why do you think?
Thanks for revealing the next video! I don't have to ask you on Messenger this time LOL!!!
Nothing is certain. I get bored editing "long edit time" videos and swap and change to other videos sometimes
@@mrmattandmrchay Oh OK
awesome
darn! was hoping you could have gotten into the motor room on the roof.
But anyway do you suppose that the floor indicators in the hall, were actually LED or just incandescent lamps behind plastic inserts to make it look so?
and boy those cabs were really bare bones, it looked like you were inside of a walk in freezer at a fast food restaurant. [ minus the shelves and food in there...HA HA
at least the one at Taco Bell, where I worked back in the 90's, used to look like that . . . .
The indicators are incandescents :-)
Was that a hatch in the roof of that lift.
Good point, but I think this is for access purposes. Some of these blocks had a section that came away so that coffins could be placed in the lift (presumably vertically). Well spotted.
where is this, I really want to see an express lift that works (I live in Northampton so I would love to see it)
Hi Jack, I've sent you an email. Matt
They were well built lifts tending to last longer than other makes of lift.
17:55 When I was about 7 my Dad worked in a building that was a wire cage. Even the shaft was a wire cage
I never realises there was this many lift enthusiasists
Queensmere car park, Slough, is still operating a couple of lifts similar to these. Very very unnerving things.
Really? I thought these had been upgraded many years ago. I think I know the ones you mean that go from the shopping centre up to the car park, but they've long since been upgraded. Are there any more?
@@mrmattandmrchay They were upgraded 2014. They are quite scary to ride though, so maybe that's confusing him? I should have showed you them when we met up, damn...
Does it still exist?
3:17 It's been modernised!!! GRRRRR
That indicator they added looks larger than they usually are. Or is it just Matt’s camera making it look bigger?
4:35-4:39 OMG MY WORST NIGHTMARE😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😨😨😨😨😨😨
old lifts? Used to be my worst nightmare, but now it's my passion :)
mrmattandmrchay do you know why the door of the elevator has a glass window?
Most lifts from this time (1970s) in the UK had a window. I'm not sure that it is anything other than, so people inside the lift can see out, and people on the landings can see in. Perhaps comforting, rather than not being able to see in or out.
mrmattandmrchay thank you so much for telling me I’ve always wondered why lifts had windows
@@mrmattandmrchay Couldn’t they also be dangerous in some circumstances? Say if they window was broken by vandals. Then they could reach through and unlatch the door if they knew what they were doing, or if they’re drunk or daft they could get their arm crushed by the lift going by. Is that why there’s a metal cage between the glass?
The building has some dodgy looking balconies. It’s an odd building architecturally. It wants to be partially modern by having concrete facades but has some very tradionalistic architectural features. It’s like it has a split personality.
love buildings like this, but I had to follow a delivery driver into the building to get in! I bet the security intercom didn't exist in the 1970s!
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Alexander Deal loves elevators
4:24 curved window
Mr mat have you thought about getting discord. It would be awesome all of our fans can all to each other live it's like making your own live community. And if you really want you could talk to your fans would you like me to show you sir my hero :)
Don't have the time for that I'm afraid. It's not that easy either. Getting messages ping up when I'm working, driving or even asleep is the reason why I uninstalled hangouts. The only free time I get after work and family goes to editing rather than having to manage people in a chat room. Also I find "talking about lifts" a little uninteresting.
I know what you mean but far too many negatives for me rather than positives.
If people want to leave me a message then I normally reply to everyone but RUclips is a hobby not a lifestyle in my world.
Thanks for the idea anyway.
Your welcome mr mat I understand. BTW I love your videos I'm now a big fan of you I know it might sound weird but yeah I like your videos. I use to like heno but he treated me so bad and I think he treat all of his fans Badley so that's why I'm now a fan of you. Anyways I will stay tuned to your newest videos
Oh and sorry to message you again sir but with discord you can mute messages. And it's much different than handouts anyway I understand sir.
@@netgamesofficial Hiya, got your previous message. Please send me an email to mattw.youtube@virginmedia.com, thanks :) Impossible to PM on youtube these days!
1970s I Think
No indicator (number) shown like ( )
I just hate these old relay controlled lifts they always look scary
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are you sure take the stairs take the stairs huub stapel de lift
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Oh these are one of those buttlinda elevators that DON’T EVEN WORK. They’re a fire hazard. Nobody is gonna get on these things. This is *stomp stomp* STUPID!!
Huh?? What stupid about, hm?
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