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Whitby Lighthouse and 'Hawsker Mad Bull'
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Күн бұрынThe lighthouse at Ling Hill, Whitby, filmed on the evening of 22 April 2007. The fog horn (known as the Hawsker Mad Bull) gave 4 blasts every 90 seconds. Although it was switched off in 1987, I have dubbed on a sound effect of it. The sound is not good quality as it was recorded some way from and behind the fog horn. If you have a better one- pleaes get in touch! It was well known by the residents of Whitby a few miles away.
@johnnyrox464 3 жыл бұрын
As a young lad from Scotland I'd be taken on holiday to Whitby in the 70's. I remember listening to this in the dead of night in thick fog. I'll never forget that sound.
@peterjames8509 3 ай бұрын
I remember this sound from approximately 1982, in a caravan with a fake copper chimney nearby, I was about 3 years old and it scared the shit out of me lol!
@hellooldchap 3 ай бұрын
Was in a caravan very early one morning when I was about 6 when I first heard it. It fell silent a year later. Some sounds you remember.
@PacoOtis 2 жыл бұрын
Best of luck and thanks for the video! We, from the States, were there in 1987 and have always bragged about what a wonderful area you have with such wonderful people.
@lio2367 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know why this video from 2007 was recommended to me but I am glad it is
@Speedline1958 16 жыл бұрын
I remember both this horn and the one at Flamborough as a child growing up... the noise up close was deafening, you could feel your lungs resonate. From a distance when really thick fog it was a haunting yet comforting sound and yes every 90 seconds. It was a big shame when the Flamborough Horn (Known as "Big Bertha" locally) was changed into a high pitched signal... that changed the whole feeling of a foggy day for me.
@jezcolborne6329 4 жыл бұрын
Its a fog siren not a horn. a horn doesn't sound like this siren as a horn has a diaphragm like a diaphone not a rotor stator with ports. The only similarity is it runs by air but may have been steam driven
@Hammerman48 Жыл бұрын
I can well remember being kept awake all night when staying at a guest house in Whitney in 1981....
@halpmeamcringe1538 4 жыл бұрын
Nash point also has that but higher pitch
@visionist7 3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this one. Used to be on a static picture video called "scary fog horn"
@scottroberge9537 10 ай бұрын
Danse Macabre
@benclark3513 4 жыл бұрын
it sounds like a dying cow
@lsudan2670 3 жыл бұрын
0:59 sounds more like a cow than a horn 🐄📣🤣
@loveplane737 2 жыл бұрын
dutch lady..
@jane1975 18 күн бұрын
@lusudan2670: That's its defining characteristic, the Siren sounds like a mooing cow.
@dontmissthelittlethings 3 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@5toesonthenose 4 жыл бұрын
Not even in the top 200 foghorns sadly.
@e.j.thomas9994 4 жыл бұрын
This sound tastes of Beef Borginion, and smells like wet dog (musty), to me!
@Cherry-bq4oh 3 жыл бұрын
Synesthesia?
@jezcolborne6329 3 жыл бұрын
It's a siren not a horn
@jezcolborne6329 3 жыл бұрын
@@skumuk3876 no it's a siren as it ramps up like an air raid siren but instead of it ramping down it stays on the same high note then abruptly stops because of air pressure in the rotating drums ports then douse another blast ramping up. Long higher note then off again
@jezcolborne6329 3 жыл бұрын
@@skumuk3876 if you listen to the vid it is a fog siren. It has horns too let the sound out but the thing that makes the noise is a rotating chopper with very high pressure air passing through the holes
@southwesternpasirens Жыл бұрын
Grrrrrr
@XSHADOWTHELEGENDARYHEDGEHOGxX 5 ай бұрын
Its pretty annoying
@gcookdrum 13 жыл бұрын
I remember walking from Robin Hood's bay to Whitby with my scout troop when I was a kid (early 80's). It was a foggy day and the fog horn was running. We got as close as we could and sat therefor a while while it did it's stuff. Good memory ! Scary though.
@Speedline1958 16 жыл бұрын
As I recall exactly the same, twice every 90 seconds - it changed in the early eighties to the high pitched version as heard along the south coast currently. Happy memories of growing up.
@Speedline1958 14 жыл бұрын
@LighthousesUK It did in the early days, but this was replaced by a horn similar to Mad Bull - the Flamborough Horn was two blasts every 90 seconds.... I believe the gun was fired up until the very early 70's although I am searching the history books to confirm this....
@BrianFlocaBooks 17 жыл бұрын
Very nice! Very interesting design around the lantern.
@AndrewFarrarfaz1964 17 жыл бұрын
The foghorn and it's buildings (Indoor swimming pool & sauna!)are now for sale
@bogalusa5 13 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thanks so much!
@DaniaDenise 13 жыл бұрын
@Taojac -I agree. Portland Bill Lighthouse foghorn ROCKS!!! Coming in at a close second-Low Head Lighthouse. Now that's a seroius foghorn!
@matty406 13 жыл бұрын
That actually sounds quite foreboding.
@LighthousesUK 15 жыл бұрын
i found a picture of rayleighs trumpet, but i can not post the link on youtube...it wont let me!
@concorde1350mph 15 жыл бұрын
when your in a certain place out at sea it shines red to indicate DANGER LOL
@WorldWideLighthouses 12 жыл бұрын
@hellooldchap A cow actually died as a result of the fog horn sounding?
@peugteobike 16 жыл бұрын
sounds like a mad bull
@Taojac 15 жыл бұрын
sorry guys and gals but portland bill lighthouse is by far the best sounding lighthouse
@ymanganelli 15 жыл бұрын
Thats interesting. do they fuel those horns with steam, or compressed air..
@jezcolborne6329 3 жыл бұрын
No. Its compressed air and it's not a horn it's a siren just like nash point
@Minifig666 13 жыл бұрын
Where is the fog horn that serves Whitby now? I haven't herd it running much over the winter.
@jezcolborne6329 4 жыл бұрын
Its a fog SIREN not a horn
@NJPurling 11 жыл бұрын
If those horns still have the diaphragms............... All you need is a powerful compressor, air reservoir & a valve. You could get the specs from Trinity House. It would make an excellent doorbell substitute as well as making callers involuntarily manure your flower beds. Even if you were in Scarborough for the day you'd know you'd had callers.........
@jezcolborne6329 4 жыл бұрын
This is a fog siren which ramps up like the modern civil defense sirens but is 100 times larger with a big air powered stator rotor so it doesn't have diaphragm's in the Horns its just a huge siren that was used to warn of fog
@bungle6668 Жыл бұрын
diaphragms will still be installed, i would think they would be brass or copper disks, so will last forever! getting enough compressed air would be the biggest problem, even a modest horn CHEWS through the stuff, so these beasts would be mighty hungry for the stuff!
@jezcolborne6329 Жыл бұрын
@@bungle6668 no. Its a siren
@LighthousesUK 15 жыл бұрын
Flamborough had a fog gun didnt it?
@Jaket2000 12 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the gattlin gun sound effect from gundam.
@NJPurling 11 жыл бұрын
Is the foghorn still intact?
@GeraldFlFl-bw4ek 8 күн бұрын
Yes
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