Derelict Express lifts (unusual tactics!!)

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Жыл бұрын

Not one of my most spectacular videos, but hopefully I'll make up for it with the "COMING SOON" videos shown here!
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1980s PICKERINGS TVC LIFT (blue motor/yellow sheave)
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A FEW UNUSUAL LIFTS IN BOURNEMOUTH (GAL buttons+nice lanterns!)
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@SmokeyBCN Жыл бұрын

Trenchard Street car park gives one of the best viewpoints of Bristol, ironically because the view doesn't contain Trenchard Street car park.

@spoop2111 Жыл бұрын

I don't have a remote interest in Lifts, but these videos are calming and interesting to watch. Love them!

@davidbelfalas7845 Жыл бұрын

I know that car park in Bristol, there are still quite a few original Express lifts in Bristol university which I have the pleasure of working on as a technician for Stannah ,I started my apprenticeship with Express in 1973

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

That's the reason why we were there :) You may recognise the lifts in the "coming soon" at the end of the video?

@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL Жыл бұрын

poor old express lifts being abandoned :(, shame they aren't working but looking forward for whats coming soon!

@dykodesigns Жыл бұрын

I love the gritty architecture of this building. It’s got an industrial type style to it with that very utilitarian calcium silicate masonry. The concrete lintel on the motor room window has signs of rebar corrosion. I guess the lifts where put out of service to reduce building maintenance costs. It appears that those lifts have not been in operation for a very long time.

@RODALCO2007 Жыл бұрын

Great video, regardless, your commentary is always very good.

@timpage3142 Жыл бұрын

Express Lifts. Made in Northampton I believe. Long gone now and the site has become yet another housing estate but the lift test tower, all 418 feet of it, still stands in the middle of this housing estate and is used to test lifts for other companies I believe. I was told that the windows on the lift tower were deliberately shaped like the call buttons on the Express Lifts themselves. You cannot miss the tower on a trip past Northampton on the M1.

@Lift.Tracker Жыл бұрын

It was very cool to find these lifts, as we had no idea they were there! A very nice added bonus to our trip to Bristol. It would be brilliant to be able to get a closer look at those lifts and see the car interiors, as well as the car tops. I bet they still have the original inspection controls in tact!

@Pyro.Technic.801 Жыл бұрын

Its so good to see you are still up loading videos. Last i watched the channel was about 8 years ago. Yay new content to binge.

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming back to watch - yup - we're still here, although 8 years ago Chay was 10 years old - he's 18 now!

@mr.struppi9903 Жыл бұрын

Oh god, I love your enthusiasm and also your ideas how you could film an elevator even when it is nearly unreachable!!! I watch you videos since I was 6 years old and I still love these fascinating machines! (I always annoy my friends and family with the technic that is needed to bring people up and down safely, when we ride an elevator.) A big Thanks to you for making me understand these machines! (I‘m now able to construct relay circuits on my own, which I already did when I was bored in school (but normally I love school really much)). It always gets better and better!!! Thank you so much Mr. Matt for so many years bringing up your time and effort for high quality (not quantity) videos that can be enjoyed by interested people (just like me)!!! Best wishes from Germany!

@djadventure Жыл бұрын

Aha Noch einer aus Deutschland Look Another Guy from Germany

@alex13902 8 ай бұрын

A trick you can use for reflections is to add a polarising filter on your camera. Hope this helps! Glad to see you have got down my neck of the woods :D

@mrmattandmrchay 8 ай бұрын

I never actually went to film this, just noticed it so we were completely unprepared for this one. But good idea, but I think just an extended piece of cardboard preventing the reflection from the glass would have been sufficient.

@gabrielhodon04 Жыл бұрын

Lovley video

@Petertronic Жыл бұрын

Enjoyable and atmospheric exploration despite not getting the access you would have liked. You gave us some good peeks with the extended gopro though. And Lift Tracker has a new subscriber!

@marcomommsen1971 4 ай бұрын

Wow ! Great Video. Thanks

@jordanwilkey932 Жыл бұрын

What a lovely car park in Bristol you have chosen , wondered what was left hidden behind those roller shutters on the one side

@brunoais Жыл бұрын

I see really good videos coming! It was really nice to receive the share of this adventure and see how a boarded up lift ends up looking like inside. Given there's a similar-enough elevator already in your repertoire, it's already nice to see how it could have looked like

@daviddunbar5754 Жыл бұрын

Sadly Arnold Weinstock's son was more interested on liquidating the GEC assets for his personal gains than running companies. RIP Express lifts, a fantastic manufacturing structure within the UK.

@CableWrestler Жыл бұрын

Nice to see your confidence has grown Infront of people.

@jix177 Жыл бұрын

Great job!

@Misyta37 Жыл бұрын

It’s a little sad how these lifts got completely forgotten since these lift engineer’s have put tremendous amount of work and effort, RIP. EDIT: This probably means a lot for them too since how elevators came along.

@leethomas84 Жыл бұрын

This place takes me back, student nights at “The Rock” next door (think it’s the Bristol o2 now)

@6g854 Жыл бұрын

i sure do love loving elevators

@CableWrestler Жыл бұрын

To remove the reflections on the glass, use a circular polarising filter over the lens.

@adammoorby99 Жыл бұрын

A brick works too 😅 just don’t let CCTV see 😂😂

@gatomatias1 Жыл бұрын

You should get an urban explorer to sort this snags. Nice video!

@hariranormal5584 Жыл бұрын

5:39 you can definitely see three faces here... spooky liminal

@idl3k_elev Жыл бұрын

Sad to see these lifts have been left derelict but at least they are still original. Wonder what is the reason for that, too expensive to maintain and/or keep them running?

@Lift.Tracker Жыл бұрын

There’s a second set of lifts at the other side of the car park which were fully replaced about 20 years ago, so that’s probably how long these ones have been derelict for! You’re right, it was probably a cost cutting thing. Didn’t want to pay to have these ones modernised, and they also didn’t want to pay to maintain them.

@mrunixman1579 Жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff about lifts, not been in any lifts for few years now.

@sw6188 Жыл бұрын

I see the little kiddies have been busy doing their toddler-scribble all over the building. Most kids grow out of drawing on the walls. Some obviously never learned that it's not acceptable.

@thedjer9190 Жыл бұрын

*Grabs popcorn*

@fr33dyfazb3ar Жыл бұрын

I’m unsure if you can access these lifts, but you could try asking a professional lift engineer to probably try unlocking the motor room, or powering on the lifts!

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

The doors are boarded up to start with, you'd have to pull down the boarding (then refit and paint it to the way it was before afterwards). An engineer would charge for that service, and I am not the owner of the building. Before anything gets powered up, would have to pay for electrical safety certificates, any parts that need replacing, etc. Conclusion - forget it! :)

@MichalM Жыл бұрын

Poor Express lifts. I wonder what the inside looked like. Did anybody film these before they became derelict?

@Lift.Tracker Жыл бұрын

I highly doubt it. These were made derelict at least 15 years ago I’d bet!

@user-fRqZBkIo Жыл бұрын

Unusual Elevator

@lukedavis436 Жыл бұрын

a sorry sight to see....i do wish manufacturers could make "retro edition" lifts

@SamSitar Жыл бұрын

some lifts are made to look old when they are not.

@stephenhunter70 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the real reason for shutting them down and boarding up the entrances had more to do with cost cutting than safety.

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 Жыл бұрын

Probably due massive service that owners didn't want to pay for

@davethetallguy Жыл бұрын

My cat woke up at the French pigeon coo 😂

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

lol! I'm surprised no-one has commented on my pigeon joke!! 'coo' and merci beaucoup!

@slendermanRblx Жыл бұрын

Those bolts might come off on the shutters. Try a can of WD40 and an adjustable spanner or if you measure the bolts get the exact spanner or for quicker action a ratchet or for a even faster (abeit more destructive and kinda illegal since it would be considered damage) take a battery powered angle grinder. for getting through the open window. Bring a long extendable ladder, Try and find somebody who can do parkour to jump through or see if you could send a small drone through.

@sandippatel2472 Жыл бұрын

Great video sir, please upload fast as you can

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

Filming, editing, uploading, titling, etc - all takes time, especially the editing part. Family, job, friends all come first though :)

@alpan2000 Жыл бұрын

In the building a live in there is a shindler lift i believe from 1960, Would you happen to have the electrical diagram or know where to find it? thanks

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

Hi, sorry, I have nothing here.

@ottorose832 Жыл бұрын

YOOOO trenchard street :))))) did you see my duck?

@liamemmaairraidsiren9046 Жыл бұрын

Hi Matt it's me Liam

@TerryClarkAccordioncrazy Жыл бұрын

Can't fault you for lack of effort.

@PurityVendetta Жыл бұрын

As I'm not a lift expert I find these videos fascinating but the dereliction and abandonment of what seems like a perfectly serviceable piece of useful machinery is a metaphor for the decaying little britain we have to live in. I do wonder how disabled people manage to use the car park with no lift.

@Lift.Tracker Жыл бұрын

There’s a second set of lifts round the other side of the carpark which were replaced about 15 years ago, so that’s probably how long these have been derelict for!

@rodev93 Жыл бұрын

Dam I wish you could get in but you have to put safety first

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

Quite a difficult one that! The motor room - you've have quite a job of undoing the boarding and then the original doors (plus there is a camera outside!)

@rodev93 Жыл бұрын

@@mrmattandmrchay ofc there have to be a camera 😂

@nikolai1317 Жыл бұрын

There would have been a way to get to the doors at the least but that ment having to climb and trespass

@sandippatel2472 Жыл бұрын

Its been 2 months you have uploaded any videos please upload as soon as possible we are waiting

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

Ill post an update in the community page later today hopefully

@Tassiedevil127 6 ай бұрын

Someone needs to get these Elevators running Because Handicaps can’t risk themselves being plowed in the car ramps

@simontay4851 Жыл бұрын

Come back again at night when no one is there. Bring a socket set to open the shutters.

@Lift.Tracker Жыл бұрын

Would be pretty cool, but there is a security office at the car park unfortunately. And at night is probably when they’re going to be most ‘on guard’!

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

I did think of that, but bet those bolts would be a nightmare to remove. Then they'll probably be a lock of some kind that I've not seen! Not worth it though just for a lift lobby, if it had been the motor room, then it would have been worth it!

@aklifts Жыл бұрын

Bad ideas but, maybe put a plank and climb in the window, other idea is to take off the bolts.

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

I bet those bolts would be a nightmare to remove. Then they'll probably be a lock of some kind that I've not seen! Not worth it though just for a lift lobby, if it had been the motor room, then it would have been worth it!

@tmastersat Жыл бұрын

You do know those videos are not clickable right. You have to add a link to them in the description otherwise we have to search for them

@mrmattandmrchay Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the info. I've just gone through them all, they all work ok. KZfaq automatically shortens the link in the description, but I cannot find anything wrong with them - all working here

@psirvent8 Жыл бұрын

Why haven't you tried flying the drone through the window ? Also what about disability rights (Or whatever law about building accessibility in the UK) when they decommission lifts in car parks that are still in business like this one or the one in Purley for example ?

@Lift.Tracker Жыл бұрын

There’s a second set of lifts at the other side of the car park which were fully replaced about 20 years ago, so that’s probably how long these ones have been derelict for!

@M4RC90 Жыл бұрын

Not a good idea, if you actually make it through the window and crash in there you're not getting it back any time soon, if at all. Probably not allowed either.