It's a shame that hall was demolished in the first place. It was a national tragedy that so many places like this were demolished after the war when no-one could afford their upkeep. You could do something Colin Furze style with those rooms - all you need to do is make a slightly domed concrete cap for a roof. It would make a cosy little snug where you could have a drinks cabinet and a sofa and have a memorial to the hall itself. 😊
@@Retro-Future-LandWhat happened was that Labour put up death taxes in a deliberate attempt to destroy families who had built up an estate. When they couldn't pay, many houses were 'nationalised' (stolen by the state).
That boiler was produced by the Beeston Boiler Company in Nottinghamshire , a C Pattern model made in the 1930s called a Robin Hood boiler for central heating and for warming green houses. A very clever design as its made from cast sections that can be added to if more heating capacity is needed.
was going to say robinhood boil had one at work for greenhouses if main boiler went down would fire the old girl up was converted to heating oil in the 60's or early 70's ..
Could the underfloor be a hypercourse for primitive central heating as the boilers could well cope I would use the sellers for storage and Deffo preserve
High respect sir - for knowing that - and letting us know in turn. I'm pondering the heat 'capacity' How much of the old hall/manor would it have managed to heat - - or was it just for warming horticulture in some adjacent conservatory? -- old git, UK
During the war, the War Office requisitioned country houses to billet troops because they had a large number of rooms and outbuildings. They also had parks or other land that could be used for training, so ideal. Problem was, the owners got no sort of rent or compensation and the army treated them appallingly. Basically anything of value that couldn't be removed by the owners (such as the lead on the roofs) was often 'liberated' by the soldiers or otherwise vandalised. Panelling and other wooden structures was ripped down and used for firewood. Old houses needed a lot of maintenance such as cleaning out gutters, repairing roofs etc which wasn't done so rot set in. Add in wartime shortages of everything from building materials to manpower and it was impossible to repair or maintain. It is likely that when the War Office handed it back after the war having no further use for it, the house would have been in a fairly terrible state of repair. Some country houses that had been in perfect condition in 1939 had been rendered literally uninhabitable by 1945. It is possible that this house suffered the same. Nobody wanted or could afford to live in these kind of properties especially as there were literally hundreds of them more or less abandoned. The only thing that could be done was to salvage anything of value like copper piping or lead from the roofs, sell off any ornaments and the like to the USA (who were a very ready market), and demolish what was left. Tragic. This house was remodelled by Edwin Lutyens and nowadays would be a national treasure.
Thank you for the historical context for this untold part of WWII history. A flight instructor of mine many years ago, was stationed in England flying P-51 photo recon flights from England. He shared many stories of that era, the people of England and the manors he stayed in from time to time. Intresting how there was no compensation to the owners during the war or after and indicative of the toll war has on everyone .
I'm sure Joe and the team can sort a fitting tribute to men who came from half a world away to help defeat Hitlers evil. I look forward to seeing future progress once the guys have a plan.
Rebuilding the boiler room and pond would be a amazing tribute to all those men the didn't return home. A place for families to reflect would be awesome. Love your channel guys much love
As a US Army veteran, I absolutely loved this little side sojourn into your family's past. As others have recommended, definitely restore the lily pond, I think it would be a fitting tribute to those that came before and those that followed. Cheers from across the pond!
If you make a little pub, "Ted's Tavern for Trolls and Tank Tinkerers" would be a fitting name. So much going on there. Memories for your Dad. The Spitfire flying over on the week of Battle of Britain celebrations. Learning the purpose this house served during the war. You really have a one in a million wonderland.
Guys, (and ladies)... One of your best ever videos. I'm just speechless. The final few minutes were fantastic. Pure video editing gold. I can't wait to show this to my wife. I know she will love it too. Respect to all of you. X
Mr Hewes: "We've got loads of work to do on these tanks." Also Mr Hewes: "Oooh look! A hole! Let's see where it goes!" 🤣 Love you guys and gals. Never change
This hit me a little hard, ya'll. First off, I live in a 110 year old house but it certainly wasn't a manor, with four coal burning fireplaces. Then it's revealed that Paratroopers were housed there, and I'm an old WW2 freak and the last five minutes almost made me cry. A well-done tribute. Sad waste of a fantastic edifice... you just never know what's underfoot and I'm glad there were photographs and God bless your dad. Now.... to business: all that scrap iron you're digging up, pipes, cast iron, everything ferrous, right down to the tricycle, is VERY valuable for an obscure reason: it can be refashioned into extremely sensitive radiation detectors since the iron and steel were forged and rolled decades before there was any sort of obscure isotopes and radioactive stuff floating around to contaminate it when it was manufactured. Being radiation free, you see, it makes a fantastic source of material for those kind of detectors. SAVE IT and do a little research on pre-nuclear iron. Might make a little beer money for the Tanker's Snug roof and bomb shelter!! Nice job all, and as usual I am impressed with you Joe and your mates and Tae and of course..... Ted.
pre atomic iron is also used in high tech medical scanners components and is the main reason a lot of pacific gravesites have been pillaged or destroyed for the scrap.
@@ceconk123 The stuff can be made into DETECTORS, like at airports, military bases, hospitals, shipping container import inspections, border crossings, anywhere even a smidgen of radiation needs to be sniffed out, like LOOKING for weapons. It's a valuable material and they dug up a LOT of it. Buy a lot a diesel and parts and that holiday in France.....
My mother was in the British royal navy. My father was in the US army air corps. He was a glider pilot/mechanic. They met in England. Thanks for the pictures, a small glimpse of what the war may have been like for them.
That was my favourite video you’ve ever done and I’ve been watching you for years. Seeing those soldiers at your house, knowing what we now know about the war, very moving.
Its incredible to think that men and women came thousands of miles from the USA to help defeat a common enemy. The 82nd USA airborne were stationed in Nottinham and in my own county, Leicestershire. They are remembered.
Thank you for this wonderful episode. My dad spent time in England waiting to go to Europe over the beaches learning how to build runways and defuse explosives. My son took an oral history from him just before he died. It was difficult getting from him anything other than humorous stories rather than the realities he lived with. I do not know where he stayed prior to the invasion but I would like to think that he stayed in a place as wonderful as one of these estates. Your handling of the dialog, the pictures and your reflections were sensitive, poignant and respectful. Thank you for that!! Best regards
You’re all clearly living the dream - fixing tanks, working with machines, having a blast with the vehicles, enjoying away days with the team, and digging and exploring just because you can. Surrounded by great friends and family who love to rib each other, all set in the beautiful English countryside, it seems like ADHD won't ever be an issue for any of you. I know we only get to see the edited highlights, but even so, it looks like you’re truly living the dream! Thanks for sharing all the fun with us!
To you and the team Dear, Mr Hews This was 45 minutes, if your TV gold In fact everything you produce via your RUclips channel, it’s TV gold. The team you have with you are simply the best and to produce such interesting material on a weekly basis is frankly outstanding. To sit inside, those tanks were men have celebrated victories lost battles looked at photos of love ones, for the last time entering into battle is a very special moment If you can preserve the old boiler room, then I think you should, Please keep up the good work. This channel is the best on RUclips Please thank all the team involved in all the videos, but the boiler room one was TV gold
Tears, yes, tears this brought to my eyes. In 1961 we moved from the US to Newton Harcourt and lived in an 1813 built structure with stables, coal chutes, boilers and pipes everywhere. Originally it was an inn and the ledger of guests was still intact out in the stable. I’ve always wondered what else existed on site that had disappeared from sight over the years of occupancy. Thanks for the memories. Excellent adventure.
The intact millstone is a real one and what is known as a ‘French Burr Stone’ which was specifically used to grind wheat into flour for human consumption. Yes, I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to (water)mills and I can also tell you that it is rather valuable for a lump of old stone.
The kiln in the corner is a "retort"... For producing coal gas for the lighting... The pulley would've operated a "creel"........for hanging and dying clothes on....
Oh my! Those last pictures had me in tears! I grew up on an estate like that in Sussex ( Grandad was head gardener) it was used by the Canadian Army prior to DDay and as a hospital afterwards. The boiler room was very similar. Luckily it's still in private ownership and wasn't demolished like your place. What an adventure! I'm so glad you want to preserve it. ❤
So glad you found this and plan to reincorporate it into your project. I'm sure you could get additional funding for such an endeavor if you ask the internet.
So much owed by so many, because of the few brave souls who sought out freedom for all and paid the ultimate price to ensure our freedom, God Bless them one and all, in a time when many nations stood together against tyranny and oppression, thank you for posting this little slice of British History
You should make it your life’s ambition to rebuild the house as it was 100 years ago , what a beautiful family home it would be , and what a legacy you would leave behind
It's one of the worst parts of being young and not knowing. Not knowing to pay attention or talk with those that when you are older, you would give nearly anything to speak with again even if only or a day.
I feel this so very hard. Both in historical terms but also personal terms -- if anyone cares to read, cherish your elders, your parents and grand parents, while you have them. Mine were all gone by the age of 34.
Hits hard, I got some incredible snippets of stories from my great grandfather as a small child, he was a tank commander in the 8th army, 9th lancers, but I don't have the full picture. What I'd do for a chat with him!
@bishopcorva my Grandad flew in the FAA during WW2, sadly died when I was 11, before I was old enough to ask interesting questions and remember the answers. He did come to my primary school and give a lesson on the principles of flight. RIP.
Відео дуже душевне. Ви оживили той двір, бо піч - це серце і душа будинку. Хай Бог благословить стару Англію! Це останнє місце у Європі, де цінують честь, гідність, справедливість, самопожертву та дружбу. Англія - це і є та стара Європа, якої вже немає і не буде. Дякую, що зараз допомагаєте нам боротися із загарбниками так, як ті американські солдати допомагали побороти зло 80 років тому. Хай більше ваша країна ніколи не знає війни! God save the King!
Nearly 30 years ago when i was a youngling I discovered a brick tunnel on our farm. It was hidden under meters of thick undergrowth and brambles. Armed with a stick to knock down the thick cobwebs which were every few centimetres I inched down it bit by bit. About 50meters in there was another smaller tunnel to my right and i followed it where it appeared to go back on itself. At the end was rubble and curved iron with no way to progress. I turned back to go back to the main tunnel to follow that one to the end where it emerged into water and undergrowth. What I'd found was the overflow tunnel for a mill pond and the smaller tunnel was the exit from the mills waterwheel into the main stream. A couple of years later we dug it up where we found the old mill wheel smashed up (this was the curved metal i had seen underground). Where the mill wheel was situated meant there was a gear pit on the inside of the mill wall. In there we found the old gears and milling stones. One of the best adventures i ever had as a youth😊
Sounds like your childhood was as great as mine and my brother, we were into everything and never got into trouble because we never broke anything 👍🏻🏴
In the late 80's or early 90's, I can't remember exactly I worked at my cousin's gas station in my hometown of Gettysburg, PA and one of our regular customers was a WWII glider pilot. Being an amateurish military buff I was in awe of him and his exploits. Glider pilots must have had balls of steel to fly those things into combat. I went on to serve as a scout in the US Army which allowed me to drive a Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as drive our company commanders M-1A1 Abrams tank. I was fortunate enough to get stationed in Bad Kissigen and Wildflecken Germany. Both locations were rich in military history from WWII. This has been one of my favorite episodes so far.
Glider troops, I have read, had an extremely low survival rate. Loads shifting, landings being basically a controlled (or not) crash, and minimal flight training.
I can imagine after a proper cleaning, you can turn this into an indoor/outdoor recreational bar and grill. It's got me thinking a transparent roof would be cool, I just love all the light in what was once a dark basement.
Joe. You have to rebuild that house. What an incredible manor. You're in the best of all positions to work towards it. Able to document the entire journey on RUclips like so many other channels have done but with absolutely unique one and hugely relevant connection to you and your channel. The story telling of it and sharing the process would be RUclips gold and will massively help with the build. That heritage and story of bringing it back to life would be incredible let alone to see it done. A must do! Loved the video and the channel.Cheers from NI
It also struck me the number of vaulted rooms, arches, and domed roofs of various types dotted around, I wonder would that have been a carry through from the original, “old “ stone building that we got a sight of briefly? a study of those arial photos might give a clue to the type of roof the boiler room might have had ( a domed roof would not need any RSJ,s for example. I love looking at stuff like this
Power archeology at its finest…a la Time team. You don’t suppose the the gate statues are still around in some salvage yard? Have a good day from Northwestern Montana, USA.
The boiler looks like it was a Sectional Boiler, so would be newer than the original building as he sections could be brought in down the stairs. The vaulted cells could have been for spirits - gin, whiskey etc
@@1701enter It looks like some of the cellars were added for the Steam heating, the two pressure vessels one a clorifier and the other a condensing plant part of the hot water, the bricks are not as old as the original house as the are faced and engineers size. Inheritance tax in 1950 was 65% and many houses rendered inhabitable by removing the roof or demolition.
What a wonderful Tribute to a generation of people who were absolutely amazing and what I consider the greatest generation to have lived. It’s truly sad that the site was destroyed as it would have been a wonderful place to preserve for its history.
@mrhewes one thing I do know about all of this, is that you are the right people to have inherited it. What a beautiful back story, and for those of us that value history and its effect on modernity, you are the team. Please restore it to a useable space and get the walls adorned with the images the film ended in. Thanks for the film.
Absolutely the best video you've done so far; love the photos of the old manor house, what a tragedy it was demolished. Very thought provoking and a fitting tribute to those young men and women who gave their lives to allow us the freedom 80 plus years later of watching you unearth the past in this way. Keep up the fantastic work, thankyou. x
This is very appreciated, please please put a roof on the boiler room. keep the memory alive. It is the only way that us young folk learn about the past.
@@Foxhunter359 I can understand people being unwilling to celebrate those who were allied with the Germans to take half of Europe each until they got backstabbed.
@@Foxhunter359 True, but they couldn't have done what they did without the material support of the UK and US. Such a shame the people of Russia always end up with cruel incompetent dynastic leadership
That's a great find. Nice break from the norm. Food for thought....every brick was laid by hand, the amount of work to build that foundation is amazing in it self.
@@NickKirbyNicksnaturephotos back when work was actually work..lol. I look at some of the new construction and it's so boring compared to the old brick homes. Much respect for what you and your father do.
You guys never cease to amaze me. What an amazing deviation to you usual brilliant programs. The all new time team dig with a difference, history in the making.. Thanks for the memories at the end beautifully edited.
Regarding your little thing at the end about wanting to be able to meet and talk to the vets now that you didn't "get" as a child, it's always like that. I lost my Grandad when I was an early teen and I'd kill to be able to sit and talk to him as an adult. From what I understand and have learnt of him in recent years, he was a proper gent and had some brilliant stories to tell.
Big boiler would’ve served the mansion heating system, the small one with the header would maybe have served either heated greenhouses or possibly a separate running hot water system for the mansion? Great find! It’s a shame that the brick barrel-vaulted ceilings were knocked in when the mansion was pulled down, but it would’ve made getting rid of the spoil a lot easier. I really hope you’ll be able to make something out of it, nice feature piece to have.
Builds pressure for the water feature as well? Maybe the the tank is the fountain and the boiler is the house radiators? And the bread oven thing is greenhouse?
Thank you guys for always being very real. I always feel like there is no filter between you guys and the camera as so many channels are. Keep up the good work and can't wait for the next, I'm all caught up and out of my favorite channel!!
Those poor servicemen would turn in their graves along with my grandad if they could see the jumped up state of Great Britain as it is today. Why ??? they would say did we sacrifice so much. Great video boys. Makes me proud to be British just for a few moments to see the history.
My father was stationed in England as a bomber pilot,B 24. I talk to him every day (he passed in 1981), to apologize to him. Because he too must be screaming about thier sacrifice in WW 2, only to see the state of the world that they fought so hard and long for, to be in such chaos and shambles. Dad, to you and all your comrades, I' m sorry. We're trying to save it😢😢😢
What a lovely place. Such a shame it was demolished with its history. It would be nice if you could somehow preserve what you’ve found and possibly make use of it. Very interesting watch.
Your tom foolery was worth watching, you are all the genuine article.The pictures at the end of the film brought a tear to my eye, just brilliant thank you
So this has fascinated me more than I can say. I have been digging for a few days and there is surprising amount of information and pictures of the Hall. Based on the floor plan, it seems the boiler room you found was beneath the area marked as the Butlers quarters. This would have been built when the house was expanded in the early 1900's. Immediately to the south of the staircase was the "Basin Court", a large open roof room of all stone. There is a good chance the stone floor , or at a minimum, the foundations for it, are still there under the dirt. The other room you found with the arched brick, appears to be underneath what was the original building, from the 17th century. I found in one paper online that there was a natural spring somewhere on the property close to the house. It would be worth looking for this. It may have been diverted underground when the house was demolished. This is probably where the water for the lily pond and the basin would have flowed from. It most assuredly was used for the boiler as well.. PLEASE be careful with that boiler. No telling if it will hold pressure, and if it does, don't fire it again until you can get an expert in there to take a look at it. Wouldn't want you to blow yourselves up. Make a few calls, there are probably a plethora of experts out there that would LOVE to come take a look at what you have, and maybe even help you uncover more. Based on what you found, there is a very good chance the entire foundation of the Hall is still there, filled in with dirt and bricks. It would also be interesting to take the pictures of the building that are available, and do a "scavenger hunt" in the local villages. The windows, doors, fireplaces, etc are probably being used in other buildings that were built around the 1950's, as a lot of the house appears to have been sold off before demolition. There are records of pieces of furniture from the hall being sold at auction over the last 60 years. (Thank goodness the British are such good record keepers!) I could watch this kind of history all day. Start a second channel that covers just the house, its past, and what you are doing to save it. Thank you to Joe, his family, and all his friends for sharing this with us.
Wow, what a piece of history that should never be forgotten. You have got to clean this place up, reserve everything you've found as well as put an authentic roof on the boiler room and cellar areas. Imagine the amount of people that would love to visit this place. Amazing work Joe 👏
You guys and girls, are not idiots may i say! This was absolutely amazing to watch and I would have loved to have been a part of this journey of yours. Imagine the folk that built that boiler all those years ago, now high five each other while looking down at you guys relighting the old thing. Well done
I love your videos on tanks and military vehicles but this offering was an absolute joy. Who would have thought that all these years all that history was just beneath your feet. Fantastic.
From what started as a wheel going down a hole to quite a heart felt ending. You guys never seem to take life too seriously and yet you do take it seriously and you make damn good videos. Carry on the good work chaps and look forward to the next video. Thanks you
I have become quite emotional watching the video to the end and seeing the photos. My maternal family owned a grand house in Lincolnshire which was probably bulldozed around the same time or a couple of years before. Much of the interior was sold in auction and went to America including fireplaces, marble stone which were either hearths or had been steps into the main door, the staircases and more leaving nothing behind. My mother remembered the grand house and she was born in 1940. My great grandfather who was a farmer/landowner wanted the land to shoot game as that and riding motorcycles were the passions of him and his adult sons and so Cadwell Park racing circuit was created. Many people into motorsport,especially motorcycles and small engined single seaters, will know of Cadwell. My grandad snd his brothers sold the circuit in the early 1980's. I would have been 10-12 yrs old.
Much of our history is unvalued. My town is full of hidden relics of the past including an underground WW2 hospital that is accessible only by the brave along with many other bits of our recent past that is either locked, hidden, boarded up or otherwise destroyed. I have to agree that the only part of the old house and its grounds that is worth restoring is going to be that pond. Doing that with a commemorative stone or plaque would be doing the right thing. Great video again guys. Many thanks.
Thank you for sharing. I started crying at the end tribute. I'm quite old, and most of my grandfathers & step grandfathers died saving europeans or returned home destroyed inside. There are so many things about America I'm ashamed of, except for WW2. I hope there are some folks left where you live who still see the best of us. I'm so glad we helped the british. I visited there once & it is truly lovely.
You have there a 'Robin Hood' coal fired boiler, made by Beeston Boilers, (as the names suggest) from Beeston in Nottinghamshire. Beeston remained in business until 1985. Amazing story and pictures, thanks for sharing. And yes, you do need to preserve what is left please!
This is probably the best RUclips video I have ever seen . When you guys found the boiler, I thought to myself “ that would be so cool to see it burn again” 5 mins later I see flames lol . Great job guys.
With all the “doom and gloom” going on around the world its easy to feel like nothing good is gonna happen. Mr Hewes and your team make the world a little bit brighter, don’t change a thing mate 🙂 🇦🇺
Wow, what an amazing discovery. You and the team do some great content on RUclips but this is one of your best. And the pictures at the end, very emotional. Such a shame it was knocked down.
low background iron and steel is uniquely valuable. Especially in something like this where it's been buried or otherwise isolated for decades. I see it commented elsewhere but I would wager a wholesaler would buy that old time material off of you for good money. What a find!!!!
We used to have boilers like that in our house. The big one is heating and small one is hot water. Were replaced with an oil boiler in the 1960's and that is now replaced by a biomass boiler burning woodchip from the farm. We still use all the pipework which is massive - 3 1/2" at boiler end gradually reducing to 1" and the incredible thing is it only needs the tiniest circulation pump just to get things moving and then the whole network thermosyphons by itself with the result that even the radiators at the extremities are hot. BIG WARNING: These kinds of boilers and pipes were often covered with asbestos insulation of the most poisonous kind so keep everything wet while you're digging but really I think you should re-bury the lot ASAP with your D9
It's great isn't it, digging with Time team over at the Langtons we saw the Lancaster with Spitfires and Hurricanes flying to and from airshows. We could see them wave so we waved back, fun 👍.
Guys cracking video as usual, my partners grandad remembers the war and served just at the end of it.. so seeing a little bit of history come to light after all these years is amazing too see. I hope you make something cool out of that room, the ghosts of the past could tell a tale or two about that place no doubt.
That is an incredible find, and what a thing with such interesting history to have literally under your feet. I think setting up some sort of memorial to the 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion would be a very appropriate thing to do, given that this was possibly the last place of comfort that many of them experienced. As for the spaces, they are all that remain of that wonderful house, and I think cleaning them up, making them safe and utilising them in some way is a fitting way to ensure that some part of that building remains loved and enjoyed as it was intended. Thank you for making and sharing the video, it was thoroughly enjoyable to watch.
It's hard for me to look at those old photos knowing this was something that was built beautiful to last a very long time and it was torn down simply due to lack of maintenance and affordability..... Knowing nobody will ever build anything like this again the detail the craftsmanship even the wood high grain count lumber just can't be found anymore... Thanks for sharing with us
Mr. Hewes, DOCTOR of Snarkeology!! You should check with your Defense Ministry; it's probable they have arial photographs which might show the working areas of the original manor house. As for a roof, you might look into finding a company that makes farm silos. They could fab you a silo roof for the diameter of the room. You could build a raised wall with windows from the ground up 2 or 3 feet, then install the roof above that. Now you have lots of natural lighting and a HUGE domed roof. Thank you for a great non-tanky video. You should invite Sir Tony and Phil down to check the dig out; just be prepared for Phil to continue trenching! Is there any chance you might fab up a tshirt with a silhouette of the firebox? That thing is a work of art!
Wonderful video...members of my family went to Normandy...My father trained many of the young men to fight and die in the Normandy Invasion...Thank you for this video...The best ever...
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Restoring the lily pond would be a nice tribute to the old house
And to the troops stationed in it during the war
Agreed. That would really be a fitting memorial.
Nah, not worth it. Sure a loose Centurion will run through it soon.
@@lawrencetrow6394there were WW2 troops in the lily pond?
Was this part under the butlers quarters?
Still speechless after the ending tribute. Thank you Mr Hewes. Very moving.
I've watched all your videos from the beginning. You have really blossomed as great storyteller. Thank you.
Well said sir.
It's a shame that hall was demolished in the first place. It was a national tragedy that so many places like this were demolished after the war when no-one could afford their upkeep. You could do something Colin Furze style with those rooms - all you need to do is make a slightly domed concrete cap for a roof. It would make a cosy little snug where you could have a drinks cabinet and a sofa and have a memorial to the hall itself. 😊
Demolished because no one could afford to run it.
@@Rover200Power Demolished because the powers-that-be jacked up the taxes.
@@Retro-Future-Land yup inheritance tax was the thing then
@@Retro-Future-LandWhat happened was that Labour put up death taxes in a deliberate attempt to destroy families who had built up an estate. When they couldn't pay, many houses were 'nationalised' (stolen by the state).
@@Retro-Future-Land well there was a war that needed paying for . . .
That boiler was produced by the Beeston Boiler Company in Nottinghamshire , a C Pattern model made in the 1930s called a Robin Hood boiler for central heating and for warming green houses.
A very clever design as its made from cast sections that can be added to if more heating capacity is needed.
was going to say robinhood boil had one at work for greenhouses if main boiler went down would fire the old girl up was converted to heating oil in the 60's or early 70's ..
Everyday is a School day as they say. Looked them up very. clever design Women can even use them, presumably so long as "Women know your limits". 😂
Could the underfloor be a hypercourse for primitive central heating as the boilers could well cope I would use the sellers for storage and Deffo preserve
High respect sir - for knowing that - and letting us know in turn. I'm pondering the heat 'capacity' How much of the old hall/manor would it have managed to heat - - or was it just for warming horticulture in some adjacent conservatory? -- old git, UK
Terrific video. The tribute at the end is very moving. A great way to round it off.
During the war, the War Office requisitioned country houses to billet troops because they had a large number of rooms and outbuildings. They also had parks or other land that could be used for training, so ideal. Problem was, the owners got no sort of rent or compensation and the army treated them appallingly. Basically anything of value that couldn't be removed by the owners (such as the lead on the roofs) was often 'liberated' by the soldiers or otherwise vandalised. Panelling and other wooden structures was ripped down and used for firewood. Old houses needed a lot of maintenance such as cleaning out gutters, repairing roofs etc which wasn't done so rot set in. Add in wartime shortages of everything from building materials to manpower and it was impossible to repair or maintain. It is likely that when the War Office handed it back after the war having no further use for it, the house would have been in a fairly terrible state of repair. Some country houses that had been in perfect condition in 1939 had been rendered literally uninhabitable by 1945. It is possible that this house suffered the same. Nobody wanted or could afford to live in these kind of properties especially as there were literally hundreds of them more or less abandoned. The only thing that could be done was to salvage anything of value like copper piping or lead from the roofs, sell off any ornaments and the like to the USA (who were a very ready market), and demolish what was left. Tragic. This house was remodelled by Edwin Lutyens and nowadays would be a national treasure.
thanks for the insight and history
Thank you for the historical context for this untold part of WWII history. A flight instructor of mine many years ago, was stationed in England flying P-51 photo recon flights from England. He shared many stories of that era, the people of England and the manors he stayed in from time to time. Intresting how there was no compensation to the owners during the war or after and indicative of the toll war has on everyone .
The range of emotions between Can I come in your trench and The tribute at the end was unbelievable.
Don't know why but this was definitely one of my favourite videos you've done!
Would be a nice touch to have a small memorial to the 319th somewhere.
i second this
Thirded
I fourth this, brilliant suggestion
I'm sure Joe and the team can sort a fitting tribute to men who came from half a world away to help defeat Hitlers evil. I look forward to seeing future progress once the guys have a plan.
Fifthed fifithied fiffed, 1/5ed, Fifth, FFS.
A wonderful idea that should be done 👍🏼
Rebuilding the boiler room and pond would be a amazing tribute to all those men the didn't return home. A place for families to reflect would be awesome.
Love your channel guys much love
As a US Army veteran, I absolutely loved this little side sojourn into your family's past. As others have recommended, definitely restore the lily pond, I think it would be a fitting tribute to those that came before and those that followed. Cheers from across the pond!
israel thanks you for your service
If you make a little pub, "Ted's Tavern for Trolls and Tank Tinkerers" would be a fitting name. So much going on there. Memories for your Dad. The Spitfire flying over on the week of Battle of Britain celebrations. Learning the purpose this house served during the war. You really have a one in a million wonderland.
Guys, (and ladies)... One of your best ever videos. I'm just speechless. The final few minutes were fantastic. Pure video editing gold. I can't wait to show this to my wife. I know she will love it too. Respect to all of you. X
Mr Hewes: "We've got loads of work to do on these tanks."
Also Mr Hewes: "Oooh look! A hole! Let's see where it goes!" 🤣
Love you guys and gals. Never change
Squirrel!
In his defense, there is a tank down there...
@@alexb.1320 lets just hope that tank doesn't go BANG 💥
@@alexb.13202 tanks!
It would be a shame if those rooms couldn't be repurposed for something.
This hit me a little hard, ya'll. First off, I live in a 110 year old house but it certainly wasn't a manor, with four coal burning fireplaces. Then it's revealed that Paratroopers were housed there, and I'm an old WW2 freak and the last five minutes almost made me cry. A well-done tribute. Sad waste of a fantastic edifice... you just never know what's underfoot and I'm glad there were photographs and God bless your dad. Now.... to business: all that scrap iron you're digging up, pipes, cast iron, everything ferrous, right down to the tricycle, is VERY valuable for an obscure reason: it can be refashioned into extremely sensitive radiation detectors since the iron and steel were forged and rolled decades before there was any sort of obscure isotopes and radioactive stuff floating around to contaminate it when it was manufactured. Being radiation free, you see, it makes a fantastic source of material for those kind of detectors. SAVE IT and do a little research on pre-nuclear iron. Might make a little beer money for the Tanker's Snug roof and bomb shelter!! Nice job all, and as usual I am impressed with you Joe and your mates and Tae and of course..... Ted.
Radiation from bomb tests is pretty much a non issue these days, I'd keep that old stuff for myself
pre atomic iron is also used in high tech medical scanners components and is the main reason a lot of pacific gravesites have been pillaged or destroyed for the scrap.
@@ceconk123 The stuff can be made into DETECTORS, like at airports, military bases, hospitals, shipping container import inspections, border crossings, anywhere even a smidgen of radiation needs to be sniffed out, like LOOKING for weapons. It's a valuable material and they dug up a LOT of it. Buy a lot a diesel and parts and that holiday in France.....
@@soltempest7599 Exactly, entire sunken ships stolen, desecrated for it. Imagine the effort. Stuff's valuable.
One can calibrate a baseline using any old iron. Like a tare function on a balance.
My mother was in the British royal navy. My father was in the US army air corps. He was a glider pilot/mechanic. They met in England. Thanks for the pictures, a small glimpse of what the war may have been like for them.
That was my favourite video you’ve ever done and I’ve been watching you for years. Seeing those soldiers at your house, knowing what we now know about the war, very moving.
Indeed. I must admit I had to reach for a tissue there at the end.
As an American, we appreciate the nice tribute at the end of the video to our soldiers and that glorious home.
Its incredible to think that men and women came thousands of miles from the USA to help defeat a common enemy. The 82nd USA airborne were stationed in Nottinham
and in my own county, Leicestershire. They are remembered.
Thank you for this wonderful episode. My dad spent time in England waiting to go to Europe over the beaches learning how to build runways and defuse explosives. My son took an oral history from him just before he died. It was difficult getting from him anything other than humorous stories rather than the realities he lived with. I do not know where he stayed prior to the invasion but I would like to think that he stayed in a place as wonderful as one of these estates. Your handling of the dialog, the pictures and your reflections were sensitive, poignant and respectful. Thank you for that!! Best regards
To a man those who lived the horrors of that war preferred to only remember the good and forget the terrors.
You’re all clearly living the dream - fixing tanks, working with machines, having a blast with the vehicles, enjoying away days with the team, and digging and exploring just because you can. Surrounded by great friends and family who love to rib each other, all set in the beautiful English countryside, it seems like ADHD won't ever be an issue for any of you. I know we only get to see the edited highlights, but even so, it looks like you’re truly living the dream! Thanks for sharing all the fun with us!
The ending to that video was superb 👏. The whole thing was class. Keep it going Mr Hewes 👍
To you and the team
Dear, Mr Hews
This was 45 minutes, if your TV gold
In fact everything you produce via your RUclips channel, it’s TV gold. The team you have with you are simply the best and to produce such interesting material on a weekly basis is frankly outstanding.
To sit inside, those tanks were men have celebrated victories lost battles looked at photos of love ones, for the last time entering into battle is a very special moment
If you can preserve the old boiler room, then I think you should,
Please keep up the good work. This channel is the best on RUclips
Please thank all the team involved in all the videos, but the boiler room one was TV gold
You could call in a guy with a ground penertrating radar and survey the site. That might be a good idea to avoid equipment from falling into holes.
So, using deductive reasoning..... The boiler was maintained by a child (with a tricycle) .... Who had a huge drink problem...
😂😅😂😅😂😅
Good lord Holmes!
...fell off the bike, hurt themself, followed by a tantrum and then proceeded on to destroy the place.
Exactly!
😂😂😂😂👍
You should rebuild the whole Manor House, that would be the best show on RUclips!
i really would love for that to happen
Tears, yes, tears this brought to my eyes. In 1961 we moved from the US to Newton Harcourt and lived in an 1813 built structure with stables, coal chutes, boilers and pipes everywhere. Originally it was an inn and the ledger of guests was still intact out in the stable. I’ve always wondered what else existed on site that had disappeared from sight over the years of occupancy. Thanks for the memories. Excellent adventure.
The intact millstone is a real one and what is known as a ‘French Burr Stone’ which was specifically used to grind wheat into flour for human consumption. Yes, I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to (water)mills and I can also tell you that it is rather valuable for a lump of old stone.
Looks like there are at least 10 from a ground floor plan.
The kiln in the corner is a "retort"...
For producing coal gas for the lighting...
The pulley would've operated a "creel"........for hanging and dying clothes on....
What a nice tribute honoring The Greatest Generation and their equally great ancestors. I laughed, i cried. Brilliant video. ❤🇬🇧🇺🇲❤
Oh my! Those last pictures had me in tears! I grew up on an estate like that in Sussex ( Grandad was head gardener) it was used by the Canadian Army prior to DDay and as a hospital afterwards. The boiler room was very similar. Luckily it's still in private ownership and wasn't demolished like your place. What an adventure! I'm so glad you want to preserve it. ❤
Might be a good place to get some reference pics and videos. Likely the same setup.
@@MostlyInteresting I'm already on it....we all moved out in the 1980's when it was sold, but I'm still in the area.
I had a similsr up bringing in sussex near cuckfield . great childhood. Big
house I think it was a maternity hospital after the war.
@@grahamfoster9404was it Clock House? On the 272?
So glad you found this and plan to reincorporate it into your project. I'm sure you could get additional funding for such an endeavor if you ask the internet.
I’m not crying… just got some smoke in my eyes…. Jokes aside, that tribute at the end was beautiful. Well done lads.
So much owed by so many, because of the few brave souls who sought out freedom for all and paid the ultimate price to ensure our freedom, God Bless them one and all, in a time when many nations stood together against tyranny and oppression, thank you for posting this little slice of British History
You should make it your life’s ambition to rebuild the house as it was 100 years ago , what a beautiful family home it would be , and what a legacy you would leave behind
Are you gonna pay for the construction? xD
@@p529.looks like all the bricks are there just need to reassemble the jigsaw
@@olivermulliss7114 💀
It's one of the worst parts of being young and not knowing. Not knowing to pay attention or talk with those that when you are older, you would give nearly anything to speak with again even if only or a day.
Never a truer word
I feel this so very hard. Both in historical terms but also personal terms -- if anyone cares to read, cherish your elders, your parents and grand parents, while you have them. Mine were all gone by the age of 34.
Hits hard, I got some incredible snippets of stories from my great grandfather as a small child, he was a tank commander in the 8th army, 9th lancers, but I don't have the full picture.
What I'd do for a chat with him!
@bishopcorva my Grandad flew in the FAA during WW2, sadly died when I was 11, before I was old enough to ask interesting questions and remember the answers. He did come to my primary school and give a lesson on the principles of flight. RIP.
@@ScandinavianHeretic
Tell that to my kids. They don't like their feelings hurt. I don't think feelings went too far in a fox hole in France in 1944.
Відео дуже душевне. Ви оживили той двір, бо піч - це серце і душа будинку. Хай Бог благословить стару Англію! Це останнє місце у Європі, де цінують честь, гідність, справедливість, самопожертву та дружбу. Англія - це і є та стара Європа, якої вже немає і не буде. Дякую, що зараз допомагаєте нам боротися із загарбниками так, як ті американські солдати допомагали побороти зло 80 років тому. Хай більше ваша країна ніколи не знає війни! God save the King!
God luck to you and your people remember we are there with you however we can help in your hour of need.
Slava Ukraine! Stay safe!
My Uncle "Bill York" was a gardener at the Hall & was born in Scoborough Cottage he lived in Theddingworth all the time I knew him.
Nearly 30 years ago when i was a youngling I discovered a brick tunnel on our farm. It was hidden under meters of thick undergrowth and brambles. Armed with a stick to knock down the thick cobwebs which were every few centimetres I inched down it bit by bit. About 50meters in there was another smaller tunnel to my right and i followed it where it appeared to go back on itself. At the end was rubble and curved iron with no way to progress. I turned back to go back to the main tunnel to follow that one to the end where it emerged into water and undergrowth.
What I'd found was the overflow tunnel for a mill pond and the smaller tunnel was the exit from the mills waterwheel into the main stream.
A couple of years later we dug it up where we found the old mill wheel smashed up (this was the curved metal i had seen underground). Where the mill wheel was situated meant there was a gear pit on the inside of the mill wall. In there we found the old gears and milling stones.
One of the best adventures i ever had as a youth😊
Sounds like your childhood was as great as mine and my brother, we were into everything and never got into trouble because we never broke anything 👍🏻🏴
Ooh, I thought for a minute you were going to say it led to a magical wardrobe! But I actually like your ending better.
In the late 80's or early 90's, I can't remember exactly I worked at my cousin's gas station in my hometown of Gettysburg, PA and one of our regular customers was a WWII glider pilot. Being an amateurish military buff I was in awe of him and his exploits. Glider pilots must have had balls of steel to fly those things into combat. I went on to serve as a scout in the US Army which allowed me to drive a Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as drive our company commanders M-1A1 Abrams tank. I was fortunate enough to get stationed in Bad Kissigen and Wildflecken Germany. Both locations were rich in military history from WWII. This has been one of my favorite episodes so far.
Those Bradleys are doing very well in Ukraine....excellent bit of kit! Well done to the USA for providing them.
Glider troops, I have read, had an extremely low survival rate. Loads shifting, landings being basically a controlled (or not) crash, and minimal flight training.
The ending made me a little emotional. Beautiful tribute to both the veterans and the estate. Glad you found it buried after all these years!
I can imagine after a proper cleaning, you can turn this into an indoor/outdoor recreational bar and grill.
It's got me thinking a transparent roof would be cool, I just love all the light in what was once a dark basement.
they fought for freedom, they fought for the future , they fought for YOU and ME , never forget , thank you
Joe. You have to rebuild that house. What an incredible manor. You're in the best of all positions to work towards it. Able to document the entire journey on RUclips like so many other channels have done but with absolutely unique one and hugely relevant connection to you and your channel. The story telling of it and sharing the process would be RUclips gold and will massively help with the build. That heritage and story of bringing it back to life would be incredible let alone to see it done. A must do! Loved the video and the channel.Cheers from NI
As an archeologist the bricks have no 'frogs', so it's pre 1800 construction before the boilers went in! Gordon
It also struck me the number of vaulted rooms, arches, and domed roofs of various types dotted around, I wonder would that have been a carry through from the original, “old “ stone building that we got a sight of briefly? a study of those arial photos might give a clue to the type of roof the boiler room might have had ( a domed roof would not need any RSJ,s for example. I love looking at stuff like this
Power archeology at its finest…a la Time team. You don’t suppose the the gate statues are still around in some salvage yard? Have a good day from Northwestern Montana, USA.
The boiler looks like it was a Sectional Boiler, so would be newer than the original building as he sections could be brought in down the stairs.
The vaulted cells could have been for spirits - gin, whiskey etc
@@1701enter It looks like some of the cellars were added for the Steam heating, the two pressure vessels one a clorifier and the other a condensing plant part of the hot water, the bricks are not as old as the original house as the are faced and engineers size. Inheritance tax in 1950 was 65% and many houses rendered inhabitable by removing the roof or demolition.
Victorian bricks are worth quite a bit to salvage yards
Very well done Joe, nice to pay homage to those who went to war on D-Day and on the anniversary of Arnhem as well.
What a wonderful Tribute to a generation of people who were absolutely amazing and what I consider the greatest generation to have lived. It’s truly sad that the site was destroyed as it would have been a wonderful place to preserve for its history.
I never write comments but your video, especially the last historical photos and music choice was really moving. Thanks. Keep doing what you're doing.
@mrhewes one thing I do know about all of this, is that you are the right people to have inherited it. What a beautiful back story, and for those of us that value history and its effect on modernity, you are the team. Please restore it to a useable space and get the walls adorned with the images the film ended in. Thanks for the film.
Such a Grand and Beautiful place. A terrible loss. Thank You for Sharing this place with us. God Bless You and Keep You Safe.🙏🇺🇲👍 From Ohio, USA.
Absolutely the best video you've done so far; love the photos of the old manor house, what a tragedy it was demolished. Very thought provoking and a fitting tribute to those young men and women who gave their lives to allow us the freedom 80 plus years later of watching you unearth the past in this way. Keep up the fantastic work, thankyou. x
This is very appreciated, please please put a roof on the boiler room. keep the memory alive. It is the only way that us young folk learn about the past.
a cleat geo-dome would be epic if you are using it as a bar
unironically the tribute at the end was one of my favorite pieces of video you have done.
God Bless all the American servicemen who helped UK in our hour of Need. THANKYOU 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
Not enough likes for this comment I think .
On behalf of my grandfather your welcome. We love Great Britain and this channel. 🤘🇺🇸🤘🤘🇬🇧🤘
Missing the Russians that did more...
@@Foxhunter359 I can understand people being unwilling to celebrate those who were allied with the Germans to take half of Europe each until they got backstabbed.
@@Foxhunter359 True, but they couldn't have done what they did without the material support of the UK and US. Such a shame the people of Russia always end up with cruel incompetent dynastic leadership
That's a great find. Nice break from the norm. Food for thought....every brick was laid by hand, the amount of work to build that foundation is amazing in it self.
No Barratt homes here, probably built in a fortnight too
My father was a brick and stone mason and I used to make mortar with a pan and hoe. I really appreciate the work that went into these historic homes.
@@NickKirbyNicksnaturephotos back when work was actually work..lol. I look at some of the new construction and it's so boring compared to the old brick homes. Much respect for what you and your father do.
Not to mention that circular room!!
You guys never cease to amaze me. What an amazing deviation to you usual brilliant programs. The all new time team dig with a difference, history in the making.. Thanks for the memories at the end beautifully edited.
Regarding your little thing at the end about wanting to be able to meet and talk to the vets now that you didn't "get" as a child, it's always like that.
I lost my Grandad when I was an early teen and I'd kill to be able to sit and talk to him as an adult. From what I understand and have learnt of him in recent years, he was a proper gent and had some brilliant stories to tell.
I feel the same about my dad, there’s so much I wish I’d asked him when he was alive.
I found those last minutes very moving while watching the pictures of the US soldiers bilitted there. As you say, many never returned from Normandy.
ISTR the odds of survival for the glider troops were particularly grim.
Love all the tank videos, but this one was something special. Well done Ted's team!
Big boiler would’ve served the mansion heating system, the small one with the header would maybe have served either heated greenhouses or possibly a separate running hot water system for the mansion?
Great find! It’s a shame that the brick barrel-vaulted ceilings were knocked in when the mansion was pulled down, but it would’ve made getting rid of the spoil a lot easier.
I really hope you’ll be able to make something out of it, nice feature piece to have.
The boiler room and steam heating system would have been a add on around the turn of the century I bet. Before that, fireplaces.
Builds pressure for the water feature as well? Maybe the the tank is the fountain and the boiler is the house radiators? And the bread oven thing is greenhouse?
I think you have a heat exchanger to heat water there also
came here for tanks, stayed for the archeology. Great video keep up the awesome work :D
Thank you guys for always being very real. I always feel like there is no filter between you guys and the camera as so many channels are. Keep up the good work and can't wait for the next, I'm all caught up and out of my favorite channel!!
One of the best non tank videos you've ever made Joe. Respectful and poignant
Those poor servicemen would turn in their graves along with my grandad if they could see the jumped up state of Great Britain as it is today. Why ??? they would say did we sacrifice so much. Great video boys. Makes me proud to be British just for a few moments to see the history.
My father was stationed in England as a bomber pilot,B 24. I talk to him every day (he passed in 1981), to apologize to him. Because he too must be screaming about thier sacrifice in WW 2, only to see the state of the world that they fought so hard and long for, to be in such chaos and shambles. Dad, to you and all your comrades, I' m sorry. We're trying to save it😢😢😢
What a lovely place. Such a shame it was demolished with its history. It would be nice if you could somehow preserve what you’ve found and possibly make use of it. Very interesting watch.
You never know what you are going to get on this channel and I absolutely love it! Tony Robinson wouldn’t have looked to out of place on this episode!
Death duties would have been the demise of the hall , a lot of old landed families gave up trying to keep estates like this running.
Your tom foolery was worth watching, you are all the genuine article.The pictures at the end of the film brought a tear to my eye, just brilliant thank you
So this has fascinated me more than I can say. I have been digging for a few days and there is surprising amount of information and pictures of the Hall. Based on the floor plan, it seems the boiler room you found was beneath the area marked as the Butlers quarters. This would have been built when the house was expanded in the early 1900's. Immediately to the south of the staircase was the "Basin Court", a large open roof room of all stone. There is a good chance the stone floor , or at a minimum, the foundations for it, are still there under the dirt.
The other room you found with the arched brick, appears to be underneath what was the original building, from the 17th century. I found in one paper online that there was a natural spring somewhere on the property close to the house. It would be worth looking for this. It may have been diverted underground when the house was demolished. This is probably where the water for the lily pond and the basin would have flowed from. It most assuredly was used for the boiler as well..
PLEASE be careful with that boiler. No telling if it will hold pressure, and if it does, don't fire it again until you can get an expert in there to take a look at it. Wouldn't want you to blow yourselves up.
Make a few calls, there are probably a plethora of experts out there that would LOVE to come take a look at what you have, and maybe even help you uncover more.
Based on what you found, there is a very good chance the entire foundation of the Hall is still there, filled in with dirt and bricks.
It would also be interesting to take the pictures of the building that are available, and do a "scavenger hunt" in the local villages. The windows, doors, fireplaces, etc are probably being used in other buildings that were built around the 1950's, as a lot of the house appears to have been sold off before demolition. There are records of pieces of furniture from the hall being sold at auction over the last 60 years. (Thank goodness the British are such good record keepers!)
I could watch this kind of history all day. Start a second channel that covers just the house, its past, and what you are doing to save it.
Thank you to Joe, his family, and all his friends for sharing this with us.
As much as I love watching your restoration videos on equipment...this has got my full attention. I wish i gould give yo a million likes for this.
Same here.
Wow, what a piece of history that should never be forgotten. You have got to clean this place up, reserve everything you've found as well as put an authentic roof on the boiler room and cellar areas. Imagine the amount of people that would love to visit this place. Amazing work Joe 👏
You guys and girls, are not idiots may i say! This was absolutely amazing to watch and I would have loved to have been a part of this journey of yours. Imagine the folk that built that boiler all those years ago, now high five each other while looking down at you guys relighting the old thing. Well done
I love your videos on tanks and military vehicles but this offering was an absolute joy. Who would have thought that all these years all that history was just beneath your feet. Fantastic.
This was probably the best video I think I’ve ever watched on RUclips. Please continue with the updates etc on this
The end of this video made me cry, the things we bury and forget, the hole video was beautiful, just such a great vibe, Thank you.
Just spat my tea out 'can I come in ur trench' .....😂😂
Have you never seen "Time Team" a standard Tony Robinson remark.
😁
Best comment ever
Said Tony Robinson to Phil Spencer...LOL
At least Joe said trench and not hole 😂
From what started as a wheel going down a hole to quite a heart felt ending. You guys never seem to take life too seriously and yet you do take it seriously and you make damn good videos.
Carry on the good work chaps and look forward to the next video. Thanks you
I have become quite emotional watching the video to the end and seeing the photos. My maternal family owned a grand house in Lincolnshire which was probably bulldozed around the same time or a couple of years before. Much of the interior was sold in auction and went to America including fireplaces, marble stone which were either hearths or had been steps into the main door, the staircases and more leaving nothing behind. My mother remembered the grand house and she was born in 1940. My great grandfather who was a farmer/landowner wanted the land to shoot game as that and riding motorcycles were the passions of him and his adult sons and so Cadwell Park racing circuit was created. Many people into motorsport,especially motorcycles and small engined single seaters, will know of Cadwell. My grandad snd his brothers sold the circuit in the early 1980's. I would have been 10-12 yrs old.
Much of our history is unvalued. My town is full of hidden relics of the past including an underground WW2 hospital that is accessible only by the brave along with many other bits of our recent past that is either locked, hidden, boarded up or otherwise destroyed. I have to agree that the only part of the old house and its grounds that is worth restoring is going to be that pond. Doing that with a commemorative stone or plaque would be doing the right thing. Great video again guys. Many thanks.
As a kid we were told "begins with horseplay ends in tragedy". Watching all of you I feel young again! Thanks
Thank you for sharing. I started crying at the end tribute. I'm quite old, and most of my grandfathers & step grandfathers died saving europeans or returned home destroyed inside. There are so many things about America I'm ashamed of, except for WW2. I hope there are some folks left where you live who still see the best of us. I'm so glad we helped the british. I visited there once & it is truly lovely.
You have there a 'Robin Hood' coal fired boiler, made by Beeston Boilers, (as the names suggest) from Beeston in Nottinghamshire. Beeston remained in business until 1985.
Amazing story and pictures, thanks for sharing. And yes, you do need to preserve what is left please!
I’ve got a Beeston Boilers advertising sign from the 1940s. Would be good to somehow get a copy of it to Mr Hewes!
Restoring the pond would be a nice touch and a man cave for the boiler house. Love the tribute at the end.
This is probably the best RUclips video I have ever seen . When you guys found the boiler, I thought to myself “ that would be so cool to see it burn again” 5 mins later I see flames lol . Great job guys.
With all the “doom and gloom” going on around the world its easy to feel like nothing good is gonna happen. Mr Hewes and your team make the world a little bit brighter, don’t change a thing mate 🙂 🇦🇺
That outtro was fascinating. Makes you really appreciate what that generation was capable of. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Wow, what an amazing discovery. You and the team do some great content on RUclips but this is one of your best. And the pictures at the end, very emotional. Such a shame it was knocked down.
low background iron and steel is uniquely valuable. Especially in something like this where it's been buried or otherwise isolated for decades. I see it commented elsewhere but I would wager a wholesaler would buy that old time material off of you for good money.
What a find!!!!
Never before has a Hewes video brought tears to my eyes. The outro was very fitting 👍🏼
It's heartwarming to see the photos of past time. Part of life that is frozen, never to be forgotten.❤❤❤
A great underground bar I think. Roof with a sky light. Even maybe get the boiler going. Or start and rebuild a house above it... what a find.
We used to have boilers like that in our house. The big one is heating and small one is hot water. Were replaced with an oil boiler in the 1960's and that is now replaced by a biomass boiler burning woodchip from the farm. We still use all the pipework which is massive - 3 1/2" at boiler end gradually reducing to 1" and the incredible thing is it only needs the tiniest circulation pump just to get things moving and then the whole network thermosyphons by itself with the result that even the radiators at the extremities are hot. BIG WARNING: These kinds of boilers and pipes were often covered with asbestos insulation of the most poisonous kind so keep everything wet while you're digging but really I think you should re-bury the lot ASAP with your D9
The ending made me cry, respect to all those who served and in a lot of cases never went home. R.I.P.
Bloody brilliant..and at that moment a Spitty does a flypast. The God's are looking down..excellent
It's great isn't it, digging with Time team over at the Langtons we saw the Lancaster with Spitfires and Hurricanes flying to and from airshows. We could see them wave so we waved back, fun 👍.
I would love to see more about the history of this underground place
Guys cracking video as usual, my partners grandad remembers the war and served just at the end of it.. so seeing a little bit of history come to light after all these years is amazing too see. I hope you make something cool out of that room, the ghosts of the past could tell a tale or two about that place no doubt.
I would say, you clean everything, redo the Boilers and Pipes. Restore the pond and then you have a wood powered hot pond in the winter
That is an incredible find, and what a thing with such interesting history to have literally under your feet. I think setting up some sort of memorial to the 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion would be a very appropriate thing to do, given that this was possibly the last place of comfort that many of them experienced. As for the spaces, they are all that remain of that wonderful house, and I think cleaning them up, making them safe and utilising them in some way is a fitting way to ensure that some part of that building remains loved and enjoyed as it was intended. Thank you for making and sharing the video, it was thoroughly enjoyable to watch.
It's hard for me to look at those old photos knowing this was something that was built beautiful to last a very long time and it was torn down simply due to lack of maintenance and affordability..... Knowing nobody will ever build anything like this again the detail the craftsmanship even the wood high grain count lumber just can't be found anymore... Thanks for sharing with us
I think you have one of if not the best channels on you tube.
Mr. Hewes, DOCTOR of Snarkeology!! You should check with your Defense Ministry; it's probable they have arial photographs which might show the working areas of the original manor house. As for a roof, you might look into finding a company that makes farm silos. They could fab you a silo roof for the diameter of the room. You could build a raised wall with windows from the ground up 2 or 3 feet, then install the roof above that. Now you have lots of natural lighting and a HUGE domed roof.
Thank you for a great non-tanky video. You should invite Sir Tony and Phil down to check the dig out; just be prepared for Phil to continue trenching! Is there any chance you might fab up a tshirt with a silhouette of the firebox? That thing is a work of art!
I watch ur tank repair and resto vids BUT I LOVE VIDEOS LIKE THIS!!!! HISTORY often times gets buried and lost... This was a treat that for sure!!!!
Wonderful video...members of my family went to Normandy...My father trained many of the young men to fight and die in the Normandy Invasion...Thank you for this video...The best ever...