Autumn Narrow Gauge Industrial Train Day 2022 at Amberley Museum (Sussex, UK)

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Amberley Museum is an open-air industrial heritage museum near Arundel in West Sussex, England. The museum was founded in 1978 by the Southern Industrial History Centre, it is located within historic chalk quarries where chalk was extracted and processed for lime on site for more than 100 years and the museum still houses a number of its original lime kilns. Exhibits and exhibitions at the museum cover a variety of local industrial, transport and craft activities, including narrow gauge railways, busses and woodland crafts.
Claim to fame - the museum was the scene for the climax of “A View to a Kill” Roger Moore’s 1985 swansong as 007, if you look carefully you will still see Zorin Industries painted on some of the tipper waggons.
To find more out about the museum or to plan your own visit, please click on this link - www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/
Filmed - 16/10/22

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@xenon53827 Жыл бұрын

53:33 WOW! They still have the tv's and stuff I donated to them 40 odd years ago! (When it was housed in the Milne museum, Tonbridge). Cathy's, grandfather's old TV which only received BBC1 because that was the only channel broadcasting at the time! it was made, YAY! Priceless vid Tim, cheers! I must go visit when back in the UK! Ah, I just spotted the 'Toaster', a small Koster Brandes radio which looked like a toaster. Brilliant to see that again, chuffed!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

It's nice to know the items you donated are still on show today. If you do get back to the UK, I'm sure you'll enjoy visiting the museum.

@amfamilycreations5312 Жыл бұрын

84👍🏼 YOUR VIDEOS ALL EXCELLENT WORKS THANKS FOR EFFORTS FRIEND BIG SALUTE 👋🏼~👋~👋🏻

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate your kind comment.

@amfamilycreations5312 Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Welcome Friend Thanks For Good Response 🤗 🙏

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@amfamilycreations5312 You are welcome. Best wishes to you and your family. Tim.

@georgepappas3790 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Enjoyable

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Cheers, it's nice to know you enjoyed it.

@robertcoleman4861 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful place for the railway & museum there's a lot of history right there thanks tim for another wonderful adventure cheers bob.👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏🚂🚃🚃🛤🫖🍩😇

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hello Bob, I'm lucky to have such a good museum on my doorstep, I used to go there a lot when my children were young, it was a good place for them to get rid of their excess energy, I think their favourite activity when they weren't using the hand operated water pumps to soak each other was to go into the telephone exhibition a phone each other up.

@jimmychoo918 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for upload this video😊

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊.

@JimNicholls Жыл бұрын

Totally brilliant, Tim. That place is a treasure, and there is an amazing amount of interesting stuff in what is not a particularly large area. On many of my trips "back home" after I left Sussex, it was one of my favourite places to visit. Now it has a lot more to offer than the last time I saw it, and the whole place is a lot greener too. I wish I could see it again.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, having visited it in person, you can visualise its layout. My children used to love the place and it was a nice place to take my Dad when he had difficulty walking, most of the museum is wheelchair friendly and with plenty of special events, there was always something new to see. This was my first visit in a while and I noticed how the museum has matured since those early days when it was a bit amateurish, although back then we were allowed to do things that would be frowned upon today by the man from Health and Safety. I'm glad it bought back good memories.

@hakengchia4490 Жыл бұрын

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@johnowen3891 Жыл бұрын

Hello Tim, an absolute gem of a video. Next time I'm visiting my daughter in Southsea I think I'm going to suggest we make a visit there. I've always had a passion for railways, small or large, steam even better and in more recent years, probably about 30 or so years, the history of what made this country Great Britain. I live in Shropshire, so not very far from home we have the Ironbridge Gorge Museums with fantastic items from the industrial revolution. Seeing that steam roller reminds me of, I think Montgomeryshire County Council who decided to pension off theirs and bought a new diesel road roller but found that it was unable climb a certain road because of the steepness. Apparently after several attempts of trying, they contacted the new owner to see if they could borrow it. Fortunately he had just completed a full restoration which then gave him the opportunity to test it out and some years later the council bought another diesel which then did the job. Right at the end of the video with the radios and TVs I noticed some real to real tape recorders and the very last one in particular looked very much like a Ferrograph which I have 2 of them, they were brilliant for the day when they were made. Keep them coming Tim, take care and stay safe.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hello Jim, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The museum is well worth a visit, although it might be a good idea to check their website first, because they have some excellent special event days. I used to stay around Bridgenorth regularly to visit both the Severn Valley Railway and the Ironbridge museum complex, I must visit again in the near future. That's an interesting tale about the replacement diesel road roller, as a kid I remember watching the West Sussex County Council steam roller, now at the museum rolling a new gravel surface on the road outside our house, I don't see gravel used any more. I still have my Akai 1721L reel to reel tape recorder, it still works today and it must be over 45 years old now. It's been around 7 years since I last visited the museum, I won't be waiting so long before I visit again, I'd forgotten how good it was. Cheers. Tim.

@trailwayt9H337 Жыл бұрын

Very amazing with very enjoyfull video. It is a different experience by traditional views to me.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed visiting this wonderful working museum.

@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS Жыл бұрын

fantastic production Tim. Brought back a lot of memories for me even at my young age. They certainly have a great following of enthusiasts working there, all for the love of it. I really enjoyed the whole presentation. Thank you .

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hello Keith, my children used to love going to this museum because they could pump the hand water pumps, ring each other on the telephones in the telecoms exhibition, they saw how electricity is made and used, it goes without saying they loved to ride the trains. The museum is relaxed and friendly, with the added bonus of being able to watch some of the old crafts being practised. My children have flown the nest now, but I still enjoy visiting the museum. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. All the best. Tim.

@ADMIRALSCORNER Жыл бұрын

A place well worth visiting. Thanks Tim!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hello Mike, there is plenty to see and do at this museum, I think you'd love some of the special event days.

@usmale49 Жыл бұрын

What an absolutely beautiful video you've created, Tim. Looks so good on my lap-top's 15 inch screen. Just great...thank you for creating, uploading and sharing!! 😊❤🚅

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hi, it's a lovely place and very relaxing. I saw some of the exhibits operating in their original locations, before they moved to the museum and that reminds me of my age. I'm glad it looked good on your laptop. Cheers. Tim.

@panikrystyna1 Жыл бұрын

Witaj, Tim .Twój film to prawdziwa uczta, piękny i pasjonujący. Muzeum daje prawdziwy obraz w interesujący sposób. Wiem co piszę. W dzieciństwie jeździłam kolejką do wapienników w Sulejowie. Dziękuję i pozdrawiam.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Cześć, cieszę się, że ci się podobało. Przejazd kolejką do wapienników w Sulejowie musiał być ciekawym przeżyciem. Kiedyś zabierałem moje dzieci do muzeum, bardzo im się podobało. Wszystkiego najlepszego. Tim.

@neilforbes416 Жыл бұрын

30:17 I knew of a broom maker, but he got "swept away! LOL

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Groan 🤣.

@johannperaus6890 Жыл бұрын

Hi Tim! This video is fun for young and old. It's great fun to listen to the little diesel locomotives. The sound is unique and everyone sounds different. But in any case, they sound strict and aggravated 👍. The vintage autobus surpasses everything anyway. Those are really horny vehicles. Best regards from Hans and Cheers 🍻🇦🇹.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hello Hans, I think you would love this place, there is a lot to see and do. I remember some of the locomotives operating on systems around the county, moving materials for making “Midhurst White” bricks, temporary railways used for construction projects such as the channel tunnel and the one I used to see when walking the family dog was the Chichester sewage works railway where the trains were used to dump sludge removed from the settlement tanks. Narrow gauge railways were once a common site, not any-more. The bus collection is well worth seeing, I hope to visit next year on Bus Day when there will be a lot of visiting buses as well as their own collection in action around the museum complex. Cheers. Tim.

@olivvapor4873 Жыл бұрын

Amazing footage ! 😊👍🏻

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

I'm pleased you enjoyed it 🙂.

@VlakynaSlovensku Жыл бұрын

Amazing video!!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@alanlake5220 Жыл бұрын

That looks like a good day out .

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

It was an excellent day out.

@likklej8 Жыл бұрын

What a lovely steam locomotive. Remember in early eighties some Nottingham coal mines still had industrial locos

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

It's nice to the old locomotives looked after and returned to working order as we remember them. If I remember correctly most of the engines still at work in the early eighties were 0-6-0 Austerity saddle tank locomotives, nearly all of them lasted long enough to be preserved at various heritage railways.

@NeilBlenkiron Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Awesome. Brilliant even! Saved me a trip from here in Melbourne, Australia to Old Blighty -- not really ;-p If anything it has made me want to start saving to come visit. well done and thank you!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm glad you enjoyed the video, I stop off in Melbourne sometimes on my way to see my son in New Zealand, I love the Puffing Billy Railway and the cities tram network. The UK is home to some of the best museum complexes and heritage railways in the world, you'll find plenty to see and do. Take care. Tim.

@1044fan Жыл бұрын

A very interesting museum👍🏻

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

It's a reminder of the past, preserved for our children to see 🙂. A living museum is so much better than a static one.

@johnsovcom Жыл бұрын

Love this place, they had a perfect WW2 weekend a while a Go, so much m8re to see in real life

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

It had been a while since I last visited this museum, I'd forgotten how good it was. I used to take my Dad there to see some of the special event days because it wasn't too big or crowded, which made it easier for him to get around in his later years. I'll join next year and cover some of the themed weekends such as the WW2 event you mention in your comment. You're right, there is a lot more there to see.

@Han-wh5ie 8 ай бұрын

Wat doen die Tommies het toch goed. In het groot en in het klein. Prachtig vermaak.

@Timsvideochannel1 8 ай бұрын

Hallo, ik ben blij dat je van de video hebt genoten.

@neilforbes416 Жыл бұрын

21:24 A driver's-eye view ride.... you beauty!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

An opportunity, too good to miss.

@dietmarwiller4522 Жыл бұрын

Sehr interessant!!!!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

🙂

@neilforbes416 Жыл бұрын

32:16 I remember a line uttered by Derek Fowlds in an episode of "Yes Minister" where he described something as nonsense by saying it's *a consignment of geriatric bootmakers, a load of old cobblers!* that line cracked me up when I heard it.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

It's still in common use today, mostly to describe what our politicians say.

@sellier-bellot22 Жыл бұрын

You have to watch this with a smile on your face ! LOL😉😉😉

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

It takes me back to my childhood, when some of these exhibits weren't in a museum, they were everyday life !

@lakesguitars4080 Жыл бұрын

I remember visiting Amberley when it was a working chalk pit. Amazing place then.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to have seen it when it was still in use, must have been fascinating to watch all the goings on. It's an ideal location for a museum and its nice to see see it used as such.

@lakesguitars4080 Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 I’m showing my age but my brother and I went when the weird and wonderful Aveling Porter geared loco was still there but lying out of use. What a shame it couldn’t have been preserved. There were some great little industrial lines around at that time.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@lakesguitars4080 Hi Steve, I copied and pasted part of an article published on the Railway Hub website that indicates the locomotive was scraped in 1958 confirming that you are indeed the wrong side of 21 - “The location was once the chalk quarry and lime kilns of Pepper & Son Ltd, a concern which had its own private standard gauge railway with a connection to the LB&SCR system. This is known to have possessed three locomotives: two 0-4-0 geared steam locos (an 1878 Marshall of Gainsborough product and Aveling & Porter (No. 4371 of 1899), which were scrapped in 1958, plus a 1953 vintage Hibberd four-wheel diesel, which survived until the closure of the internal railway system, c1962.” The museum has done well to preserve items of rolling stock that were once a common site on industrial railways around the county, although the only one I saw operating was the Chichester Sewage works railway.

@lakesguitars4080 Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Hi Tim. 1958? Wow I was young… Used to go on school holidays to Chichester and remember the sewage works. There were gravel pits somewhere north of the town that had a 2ft gauge system that rattled through a large concrete pipe under the road to get to the works. Probably the best one was the Thakeham Brick and Tile Company with a charming little 2ft gauge line operated by home made diesels if I remember correctly. My older brother was allowed to drive one - forget health and safety and illegal practices …… Getting too nostalgic for the seemingly uncomplicated days! All the fascinating places now wiped off the map..Really enjoy your channel by the way.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@lakesguitars4080 Hello Steve, I grew up in Chichester and Fishbourne, I used to walk the family dog along the seawall around Fishbourne creek from which I could see the Sewage works railway and on several occasions the train was in use. I went to school next to the old Midhurst Railway at Chichester, by then cut back to Lavant. I thought I'd seen the last trains on the line carrying sugar beat from a loading point at the old Lavant station. The line was given a new lease of life carrying gravel from Lavant to Drayton where it was washed, the trains were heavy and our house used to shake when they passed by. I wish I'd seen more of the narrow gauge railways around the county, the museum is the next best thing, I'm grateful to people who made it happen and keep it running today. There is nothing wrong with nostalgia, the days before mobile phones when our entertainment was a Meccano set and an old leather football. I'm pleased you enjoy the videos. Seasons Greetings. Tim.

@G0RXA Жыл бұрын

Lovely video Tim, a place one day I’d like to visit. I’m a radio ham so seeing the Radio and TV section at the end was a bonus. There is a permanent amateur radio station there which I think you captured. Once again, we’ll done. Another really entertaining video

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hi, it's good to know you enjoyed the video, its a fascinating museum, especially on special event days. I realise I'm getting on a bit now when I see exhibits in the radio and TV hall that my parents and grandparents used to have in their homes.

@G0RXA Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Thanks Tim. I understand and emphasise with what you mean!! I’m in the northwest and there’s the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port where there’s a similar setup, but not on the same scale. Like the “Drivers Eye” videos too. Take care, have fun!!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@G0RXAI've visited the Ellesmere Port museum, its nice to see these places preserved for future generations to enjoy, my mother hailed from Birkenhead and I still have family on the Wirral Peninsula. My Grandfather used to take me down to the docks at Birkenhead and tell me about Cammell Laird's and Rank Hovis on the opposite bank where the Dockers umbrella once transported works. Almost nothing is left of the things I saw as a child, no Great Western steam locomotives speeding through Birkenhead station any more, although the last generation of Liverpool underground electric trains now operate out of my local station having been refurbished by Southern and Cammel Lairds were the parent company of Automotive Patterns (Bognor Regis) where I served my apprenticeship, when Cammel Lairds went to the wall, they took Automotive Patterns with them although a management buyout saw them continue for another twenty or so years, it was the Chinese who eventually put the company out of business. The last BR steam locomotive I saw in action was a 9F running light engine through Chester station. I have fond memories of holidays spent with grandparents at their home in Birkenhead or in their holiday caravan at Penmaenmawr - Happy Days.

@G0RXA Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Thanks Tim. I just remember the steamers being a child of the 60’s!! Had a few depots around me (Stockport) with the Midland and Cheshire lines passing close by. Also a member down at the Talyllyn so get my fix of steam there as well as the odd steamer passing through Stockport on a special. It’s really good how the preservation sector is keeping things from the past. Into aeroplanes myself and pleased to see so many preserved especially Concorde!!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@G0RXA I was just a child the first time I visited the Talyllyn Railway, I love to visit whenever I get the opportunity, the staff are friendly and visitors are guaranteed a warm welcome. My memories of mainline steam are vague because I was too young to take it all in, I imagine it was the same for you, I wish I'd had a camera back then, so that I could confirm what I think I remember, fortunately my father did record the 9F steam train at Chester and the Flying Scotsman passing our house on cine film. My brother is into aeroplanes, he owns the local airfield where he runs a flying school and from time to time we go up for flight around the local area, he tries to persuade me to become a pilot, but I'm happy just looking at the scenery, everything looks so different from above. I used to see Concorde flying out of Gatwick, it was a magnificent sight.

@neilforbes416 Жыл бұрын

Right at the end there, something that fascinates me as a one-time electronics tinkerer. I hope to see more.

@top40researcher31 Жыл бұрын

@Neil Forbes tinker

@neilforbes416 Жыл бұрын

@@top40researcher31 You never heard that word before? It means someone who just does something at a base level. Not totally serious but just enough to understand a little of the subject.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

I guess those radios were still in regular use back in the days when you worked in radio.

@neilforbes416 Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Errrrrrrrrrr......... Hmmmmmmmmm!🤔

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@neilforbes416 You're not denying it then 🙂.

@rgarlinyc Жыл бұрын

What an eclectic collection - must be fun to "drive" ('m not sure of the correct railroad term) each of those individual, quirky engines!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

"Drive" is fine. The locomotives were made to do the job, aesthetics was not on the list of requirements, many of them have more in common with a tractor than they have with a mainline locomotive. The result is this wonderful collection of odd looking contraptions. As for driving them, they are all basically the same, with some peculiarities, although the battery electric locomotives are a different beast.

@rgarlinyc Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Yes indeed - I was reminded of 'tractors' with some of them! Thanks for the extra clarification!e

@neilforbes416 Жыл бұрын

44:01 I noticed this earlier, old standard-gauge lines that look like they've fallen out of use.

@top40researcher31 Жыл бұрын

@Neil Forbes some heritage parks are like that

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

There are some sections of standard gauge track on which I have seen a rather odd looking diesel locomotive operating, you can see it in this old video I shot at around the 15 minute 15 seconds mark - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftx5n9uknZyVdKc.html

@jdhinckley1954 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful place. On my bucket list for my next visit to the UK. There was a portal that looked like the mouth of a tunnel in several scenes at Brockham Station. Do you know what that was for?

@arch9enius Жыл бұрын

It was used to get to a second chalkpit across the road ,and for blowing up Grace Jones .

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hi John, R Sutherland's reply looks about right. I did look it up on Google to see if there was anything I could add, I have copied and pasted the best answer here - Within Amberley Museum is a tunnel now used to store 2ft gauge railway rolling stock. According to the date it was built in 1948 and never had any railway track. In fact it led from Amberley chalk pits to a smaller chalk pit. The far end is sealed up and has a few ventilation bricks. The tunnel is not open to members of the public and few volunteers have seen inside. It is better known as "Mainstrike Mine" in the James Bond film "A View to a Kill". I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers. Tim.

@arch9enius Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 I believe it is sealed because of rare bats or something . It contains old mining manriders amoung other things, but ironically the atmosphere in there is not good for them. When they are able to do guided tours again you might be able to find out more.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@arch9enius I'm intrigued now, I will try to visit the tunnel on my next trip to the museum.

@arch9enius Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 Be warned, one of 'em thinks he's a comedian. I wonder if the battery locos were running? They were always paired with somet hing noisy.

@xr6lad Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes the mine that was meant to be in San Francisco at the end and where Mayday was killed (Grace Jones) and the blimp took off from.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

James Bond helped to put the museum on the tourist map, even today Zoran Industries can still be found written on the side of some tipper waggons.

@marcosantonio1006 Жыл бұрын

Ainda assistindo a este vídeo do timsvideochanneI1 em:25/11/2022, ás 19:56 minutos. Quero informar, que o lugar é sensacional, um verdadeiro sonho para crianças e adultos. Gostaria muito, um dia, conhecer estes tipos de lugares que o Tim sempre esta filmando. Pois, para quem gosta deste tipos de conteúdo , sempre fica sonhando em visitar lugares igual a este.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Olá, este é um museu que mostra muitas das coisas que vi quando era criança. A maioria das exposições é de Sussex, meu condado natal. Adoro ir lá e relembrar os bons velhos tempos. Muitas felicidades. Tim.

@stevenlester2606 Жыл бұрын

It sure was a noisy place, wasn't it? Great rustic museum.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

There were plenty of noisy engines chugging around and "Yes" it is a great place to visit, I hope you enjoyed it.

@Fan652w Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tim for an interesting video. However you in my view did spend rather too much time with the trains, which were not particularity interesting. By contrast the two vintage buses which were operating looked absolutely stunning. I was hoping that you would show the interiors of these vehicles. In the early 20th century, British people rarely (if ever) travelled on narrow guage trains similar to those you depict in this video. But they certainly travelled on BUSES like the Worthing Double Deck and the Southdown Leyland Cub single deck.

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed it, this was a special event for trains, they have similar events for the buses with plenty of visiting buses and caoches. I'll try to cover next years Bus Day.

@usmale49 Жыл бұрын

@@Timsvideochannel1 I most certainly would enjoy a video of "Bus Day"! That would be just great! Thanks Tim!!

@Timsvideochannel1 Жыл бұрын

@@usmale49 I will try to get there this year for the Bus Rally and hopefully I'll cover some of the other special Days at the Museum.