I was brought up in Up Holland 5 miles west of Wigan. If we could see the transmitter then it was going to rain. If we couldn’t see it then it was raining.
Was really interesting, my father worked at Crystal Palace on transmitters. He visited Ally Pally & Sutton Coldfield for work too I believe. Great piece of history 👏
Birmingham was the first city outside of London to get television in 1949, and then came the north west with Holme Moss. Took a while for the rest of the country to be covered, really until the mid 50s.
I bet a quid the canteen hasn't been in use for years and the BBC have sold the whole thing off to a private company and lease the use back at a vastly increased cost!
Because the equipment which used to need several people to operate round the clock now would fit in that canteen and can be operated remotely, only needing onsite visits to repair and maintain it a few times a year.
It’s closer to the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, than Yorkshire and Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) as well. Woodhead is in Derbyshire and as you head north up the A6024 towards the summit of Holme Moss you cross the border into Yorkshire just before. It’s very very close to straddling the border - not sure if you are aware of this.
Holme Moss as a television transmitter was taken over by Winter Hill transmitter, the ITV transmitter, for when UHF 625 line began, Winter Hill location was best suited than Holme Moss.
Good job these main stations (along with other critical infrastructure like the national grid and railways) were built before the days of NIMBYs and environmental activists. Try anything like this now and it wouldn't get passed the first public enquiry.
... " I Say Old Fruit Would you mind Awfully Doing This Blasted Survey as Old Moany Cuthbert Cuthbertson is Having A Tizzy & a Right Ol' Hissy Fit... " 0.24... 🏴🏰🥃
Little did the public know that many years later the whole country would be held ransom, extorted, by the BBC to buying an expensive TV licence, even though we now have over 150 channels to choose from.
@@ewanbaxter9199 I pay it. Some of my friends and family members don't pay it. That's absolutely fine. It's their choice. But they don't bang on about it boringly at every opportunity.
Wish the BBC would scan in all the old films and upload them all in full instead of clips, would be one hell of a big job but so worth it.
An amazing piece of BBC Television history.
I was brought up in Up Holland 5 miles west of Wigan. If we could see the transmitter then it was going to rain. If we couldn’t see it then it was raining.
.... Whimsical At Best. 😂
😂
Winter Hill?
I can Winter Hill Transmitter from my house - well if I walk to the end of the drive.
Was really interesting, my father worked at Crystal Palace on transmitters. He visited Ally Pally & Sutton Coldfield for work too I believe. Great piece of history 👏
Birmingham was the first city outside of London to get television in 1949, and then came the north west with Holme Moss. Took a while for the rest of the country to be covered, really until the mid 50s.
Still faster than the fibre internet roll out…
Wonderful. Although I did expect Harry Enfield's Mr. Cholmondley-Warner and his friend Grayson to pop up at some point. 🙂
They sort of did pop up! One can see how Harry Enfield got inspired to invent the characters.
Back when Britain was great and proud. Now look at it. Often wish I was around in those times working on such installations..
Great to see Mr Cholmondley-Warner getting some work.
And the television viewing public of the 1950s found that most pleasant
Such a relief - to see Mr.Rowden and his crinkly map.
That jack hammer going right next to his head at 5:05. I wonder what his hearing was like when he retired.
What?
@@mollyfilmsBeat me to it .
And it still stands there today
Not the same mast, unfortunately. The one in this video was taken down in the 80s due to rust.
Fascinating! Thankyou!
Pete and Heather - lovely couple.
pointing at maps with a pipe can it get any more british than this
Todays Britain would be a crack head pointing at a mosque
Just don't set the map alight!
Very cool.
No gloves, no hardhats, no safety harness, cable operated machines without hydraulic forks..Long before PPE laws came into effect..
Wow!! @@silvertip185
I bet a quid the canteen hasn't been in use for years and the BBC have sold the whole thing off to a private company and lease the use back at a vastly increased cost!
Because the equipment which used to need several people to operate round the clock now would fit in that canteen and can be operated remotely, only needing onsite visits to repair and maintain it a few times a year.
Ha. I spent the new year period walking above Marsden. It was rarely out of sight!
Mr Cholmondley Warner was real
By gum isn't it bracing.
Indeed mr greyson
Women: Know your limits!
A short informal but informative filim Grayson
A most illiustrative presentation indeed!
(5:04) Mind your fingers!
Drive past it at night it feel very scary !
And thus, the North of England was introduced to television!
Well, Lancashire and parts of Yorkshire anyway.
It's not 'between' Yorkshire and Lancashire at all, it's in Yorkshire.
Yes, and since then Lancashire has been moved several miles up the road.
It’s closer to the border of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, than Yorkshire and Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) as well.
Woodhead is in Derbyshire and as you head north up the A6024 towards the summit of Holme Moss you cross the border into Yorkshire just before.
It’s very very close to straddling the border - not sure if you are aware of this.
Holme Moss as a television transmitter was taken over by Winter Hill transmitter, the ITV transmitter, for when UHF 625 line began, Winter Hill location was best suited than Holme Moss.
And Emley Moor later.
Oh the dialogue!
Great video, before 'health & safety' was invented.
Good job these main stations (along with other critical infrastructure like the national grid and railways) were built before the days of NIMBYs and environmental activists. Try anything like this now and it wouldn't get passed the first public enquiry.
... " I Say Old Fruit Would you mind Awfully Doing This Blasted Survey as Old Moany Cuthbert Cuthbertson is Having A Tizzy & a Right Ol' Hissy Fit... " 0.24... 🏴🏰🥃
commentator uses 'them' for the transvestite - very woken up in the icy winds
Little did the public know that many years later the whole country would be held ransom, extorted, by the BBC to buying an expensive TV licence, even though we now have over 150 channels to choose from.
While brainwashing the masses with their woke, anti-indigenous British agenda. By the way why do you pay the licence? I haven't paid it for years.
Every channel gets this plus also it was/is used by Radio.
Yawn
@@arlosmith9504I guess you willingly pay £150 soon to increase. BBC should finance themselves like other channels
@@ewanbaxter9199 I pay it. Some of my friends and family members don't pay it. That's absolutely fine. It's their choice. But they don't bang on about it boringly at every opportunity.