As a few have suggested there is a lot more locally than we had time to explore on this line. Hopefully we can come back and take a look at the Water tower and the rails that form part of the curb in Shrewton...
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this is ever so charming, I could so do with more of these, just willy-nilly, all over the place, and joyful. That you got everybody out and about on a day like this is a testament to your enthusiasm for history and presenting it to the supporters on this channel. Editing made it a cohesive whole, and bloopers in camera were histerically funny. Glad I joined, cause this is true content.
One advantage of the air-fields being near Stonehenge is that the trainees had a recognisable landmark in case their bearings were a bit out on their return when undertaking solo-flights! (Fortunately the Hun could only get there by zeppelins then, making sneak-attacks rather difficult!) The girl-next-door's grandfather, before he died, gave me his pocket-watch from his school-days along with his pocket-barometer. It was this barometer he used when flying as a pilot in one of the Royal Flying Corps during WWI, so it was highly likely he trained at Salisbury on his arrival from Australia!
I have a Great Western Railway enamelled metal tray displaying a network map dated 1902. It shows a proposed branch from Wilton to Durrington, presumably along the Avon Valley. It got no further than a proposal, but would have passed close by these routes. I assume the LSWR must have muscled in first to serve the camps.
The soakings you two get whilst making your films makes you heros in my eyes. Another fascinating video about history I knew nothing about. Watertower from Waterloo? WOW!.
Don't worry I was like your Abbs when I was a kid, now I drag my dad (the retired history teacher) round all the castles, abbeys and interesting historic places .. she'll come round LOL
As a youngster, i was told that a large wooden building in Market Lavington to the north was one of the old hangers from Stonehenge airfield, lasted until the 1970s but now demolished. And a local story: the first commandant of the flying school at Sonehenge, requested that Stonehenge be demolished as it was a hazard to his young pilots learning to fly. Well I believed it when I was a teenager.
When I was a teenager, this was in 83 I travelled to Taunton via the A303 in my trusty rusty Hillman Avenger, I got a bit lost and ended up on the A30 and I didn't know the road well so giving it some beans I went down through towards Henstridge and I hit that hump back bridge there and I swear blind I left the road by a couple of feet and put it into a power handbrake skid with me mates all screaming and we thought we was gonna die. I actually drove through Gillingham where I live now and never thought for a moment I would actually end up living down here, same when I used to service the ESD trains at Waterloo did I think I would be living next to one of the principle stations and I often travelled to Salisbury if we were over handed and the storesmen would draft one of us lampsmen in to deliver some top up stores to Salisbury or any of the ones in between.
It's encouraging to see that it's not just us suffering with wind (and rain). Nice film, by the way. I was really looking forward to seeing the water tower. You got me all invested in the water tower and yet No. No water tower. Water tower denial. I can only assume you will be heading back soon to get the water tower. 🙂
#watertowergate I can only apologise for the lack of water tower. Sadly I do not think it will make an appearance for some time. The denial will continue.
What possible reason could you have for not including it? What are you hiding? I suspect a conspiracy to get us all excited about the Water Tower and then deny us this pleasure as a distraction from something else. Are you planning? World domination or something? I will foil your evil plan. Look it's here: goo.gl/maps/No1uzb382Tm You didn't expect that now did you? I demand to see a video of the Druids Lodge Water Tower. 😆
@@IanandJo you have uncovered our plans! Damn. "Rebecca, we need to leave, and fast". The water tower is a thing of beauty. If we filmed it, you'd have just seen rain drops on a lense and let's face it, we could do that from the bathroom!
The water tower had nothing to do with the railway which ran to a hospital on the other side of the wood, people assume it a railway item because it looks like the Airfix Kit! There's absolutely no trace of it south of the A303. There is the remains of a platform alongside the horse stables in the Army Quarters, just before the line ran across the field south Larkhill main gate.
Spike Milligan wrote a hilarious account of his time spent during his early training at the Larkhill Royal Artillery camp in early 1940 in his wonderful book, ‘Hitler, My Part In His Downfall’. I seem to remember they did most of their navigating around the area in Scammell lorries, either in the cab or falling off the rear, so thank heavens they didn’t have access to an actual train.😩
interesting - shame weather was against you - I have a copy of a 1933 Salisbury Plain map showing the military railway (stops at Fargo) and airfiled buildings near Stonehenge. Today you can see embankments through parts of Larkhill where the railway once was. I have seen photos of the railway as well but maybe subject to Crown Copyright.
Hey gang, something you didn't mention, (at 4:50 in your clip), at grid ref 099-429 is "Airman's Corner". Many years ago I was driving an Air Commodore & he pointed out that is the first site of an aviation crash in UK. After lock down you could take a gangers ;-)
I thought the first casualty of an air accident in UK was Charles Rolls ( of Rolls Royce) who was killed at Bournemouth in 1910. There’s a monument to him at St. Peter’s School, Southbourne which is on the site. Airman’s Corner may refer to an early military flying casualty.
@@mikepowell2776 perhaps mine refers to Military Aviation, by the Stone Henge visitors centre there is the Airman’s Cross & inscribed on it is....TO THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN LORAIN AND STAFF SERGEANT WILSON WHO WHILST FLYING ON DUTY MET WITH A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THIS SPOT JULY 5TH 1912 ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES (It’s on Google maps)
Blimey - you live and learn. I'd seen these lines on a map (just railways and towns; no topography etc) but never twigged exactly where they were. Have I been past here? Only about 500,000 times...
There is a great book in the local library about Stonehenge and the Majorville Medicine Wheel in S Alberta where I do a lot of birding. newagetravel.com/majorville-medicine-wheel/
Hahaha.... I'm definitely a "fair weather filmographer (is that a word)". As we were driving back down the A303 home there was a point that we and others were doing around 30mph owing to the considerable shower.
As a few have suggested there is a lot more locally than we had time to explore on this line. Hopefully we can come back and take a look at the Water tower and the rails that form part of the curb in Shrewton...
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I somehow forgot the account password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
@Clay Jesiah instablaster :)
this is ever so charming, I could so do with more of these, just willy-nilly, all over the place, and joyful. That you got everybody out and about on a day like this is a testament to your enthusiasm for history and presenting it to the supporters on this channel. Editing made it a cohesive whole, and bloopers in camera were histerically funny. Glad I joined, cause this is true content.
One advantage of the air-fields being near Stonehenge is that the trainees had a recognisable landmark in case their bearings were a bit out on their return when undertaking solo-flights! (Fortunately the Hun could only get there by zeppelins then, making sneak-attacks rather difficult!)
The girl-next-door's grandfather, before he died, gave me his pocket-watch from his school-days along with his pocket-barometer. It was this barometer he used when flying as a pilot in one of the Royal Flying Corps during WWI, so it was highly likely he trained at Salisbury on his arrival from Australia!
The drenchings you two get whilst making your films makes you heros in my eyes. Thanks to Abs for her input. Super video. Very interesting.
I have a Great Western Railway enamelled metal tray displaying a network map dated 1902. It shows a proposed branch from Wilton to Durrington, presumably along the Avon Valley. It got no further than a proposal, but would have passed close by these routes. I assume the LSWR must have muscled in first to serve the camps.
The soakings you two get whilst making your films makes you heros in my eyes. Another fascinating video about history I knew nothing about. Watertower from Waterloo? WOW!.
The tall extension on the gate latch is to enable the gate to be opened on horseback.
Don't worry I was like your Abbs when I was a kid, now I drag my dad (the retired history teacher) round all the castles, abbeys and interesting historic places .. she'll come round LOL
As a youngster, i was told that a large wooden building in Market Lavington to the north was one of the old hangers from Stonehenge airfield, lasted until the 1970s but now demolished. And a local story: the first commandant of the flying school at Sonehenge, requested that Stonehenge be demolished as it was a hazard to his young pilots learning to fly. Well I believed it when I was a teenager.
Ha, brilliant.
Wow. Questions answered about Stonehenge, Amesbury, the A303 and the railway 🛤. Thanks
The nasty wind and rain is actually why Britain is so green and rich.
Possibly the first video mashup I ever watch and it was brilliant
Haha... Thanks Simon. 👍👍
When I was a teenager, this was in 83 I travelled to Taunton via the A303 in my trusty rusty Hillman Avenger, I got a bit lost and ended up on the A30 and I didn't know the road well so giving it some beans I went down through towards Henstridge and I hit that hump back bridge there and I swear blind I left the road by a couple of feet and put it into a power handbrake skid with me mates all screaming and we thought we was gonna die. I actually drove through Gillingham where I live now and never thought for a moment I would actually end up living down here, same when I used to service the ESD trains at Waterloo did I think I would be living next to one of the principle stations and I often travelled to Salisbury if we were over handed and the storesmen would draft one of us lampsmen in to deliver some top up stores to Salisbury or any of the ones in between.
Ian Watson Must be similar age to me then. I lived in Gillingham in ‘83, I had a Mini Clubman. Know that bridge outside Henstridge well.
The tall handles on gates are to save you getting off your horse.(bloody townies)lol.cheers
great presentaion. liked the music and a little family chat. more for me to see.. thank you
Thoroughly enjoyed that.
Glad to hear it!
You do try, no matter what the weather, where most people would give up.... Good on you.. As informative as ever 😁😁
Cheers Darren. I think 4:03 ish highlighted that!
Fascinating...time to start planning a post-lockdown visit I think...
The Dynamic Duo (+1) . As usual , another great video.Railway Rebecca & Puffing Paul.lol
I do puff!.... I think it's the weight of the camera, gimble and mic 😲😉
"Puffing" as in a railway context ; puffingbilly.com.au/
@@RichardFelstead1949 haha... Yes, But... I really must get fit!
Comes with age.lol
Great ad Abbs the apple has not fallen far from the tree x
It's encouraging to see that it's not just us suffering with wind (and rain). Nice film, by the way. I was really looking forward to seeing the water tower. You got me all invested in the water tower and yet No. No water tower. Water tower denial. I can only assume you will be heading back soon to get the water tower. 🙂
#watertowergate I can only apologise for the lack of water tower. Sadly I do not think it will make an appearance for some time. The denial will continue.
What possible reason could you have for not including it? What are you hiding? I suspect a conspiracy to get us all excited about the Water Tower and then deny us this pleasure as a distraction from something else. Are you planning? World domination or something? I will foil your evil plan. Look it's here: goo.gl/maps/No1uzb382Tm You didn't expect that now did you? I demand to see a video of the Druids Lodge Water Tower. 😆
@@IanandJo you have uncovered our plans! Damn. "Rebecca, we need to leave, and fast". The water tower is a thing of beauty. If we filmed it, you'd have just seen rain drops on a lense and let's face it, we could do that from the bathroom!
@@pwhitewick i think filming a tower from your bathroom is wrong on many levels
@@Roblilley999 Do they have a split level bathroom?
The water tower had nothing to do with the railway which ran to a hospital on the other side of the wood, people assume it a railway item because it looks like the Airfix Kit! There's absolutely no trace of it south of the A303. There is the remains of a platform alongside the horse stables in the Army Quarters, just before the line ran across the field south Larkhill main gate.
Brilliant video! I never knew about this railway!
Spike Milligan wrote a hilarious account of his time spent during his early training at the Larkhill Royal Artillery camp in early 1940 in his wonderful book, ‘Hitler, My Part In His Downfall’. I seem to remember they did most of their navigating around the area in Scammell lorries, either in the cab or falling off the rear, so thank heavens they didn’t have access to an actual train.😩
these vids are brilliant ,love them.
Thanks Peter. Stayed tuned and make sure you're subbed. 👍
The extended height of the gate latch allows you to open the gate whilst still on horseback:-)
I'd have been there for weeks trying to work that out!
lol i did not know Stonhenge where build by Navvies!! haha just Joking!! Great video!!
The massive handle on the gate latch - for horse riders ;)
Of course there was a railway there. How else do you think the Stones got to Stonehenge? Doh!
😅😅
Whitewick's Abandoned Railways Hey guys - I love your videos.
@@Coltnz1 thanks Colt 👍
Whitewick's Abandoned Railways Blimey, you're up early!
@@Coltnz1 always!
Stonehenge is now served by a bus,,, from the visitor centre. Which when I went there was a circus!
As in.... It wasn't that good?
been to stonehenge did not know about the railway
Hi have you by any chance done a video on the former Taunton to Chard branch line in Somerset. By the way your research is very interesting.
Not as yet, we've looked at it and noted locations, so it won't be too long.
Were you cold? Coat... Fleece jumper...shirt... and a t-shirt!!!!
interesting - shame weather was against you - I have a copy of a 1933 Salisbury Plain map showing the military railway (stops at Fargo) and airfiled buildings near Stonehenge. Today you can see embankments through parts of Larkhill where the railway once was. I have seen photos of the railway as well but maybe subject to Crown Copyright.
Hey gang, something you didn't mention, (at 4:50 in your clip), at grid ref 099-429 is "Airman's Corner". Many years ago I was driving an Air Commodore & he pointed out that is the first site of an aviation crash in UK. After lock down you could take a gangers ;-)
Sounds good to me Glenn!
I thought the first casualty of an air accident in UK was Charles Rolls ( of Rolls Royce) who was killed at Bournemouth in 1910. There’s a monument to him at St. Peter’s School, Southbourne which is on the site.
Airman’s Corner may refer to an early military flying casualty.
@@mikepowell2776 perhaps mine refers to Military Aviation, by the Stone Henge visitors centre there is the Airman’s Cross & inscribed on it is....TO THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN LORAIN
AND STAFF SERGEANT WILSON
WHO WHILST FLYING ON DUTY MET WITH
A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR THIS SPOT
JULY 5TH 1912
ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES
(It’s on Google maps)
In WW1 the commander of the local airfield wanted the 'pile if stones' we call Stonehenge removed as a danger to his aircraft.
Blimey - you live and learn. I'd seen these lines on a map (just railways and towns; no topography etc) but never twigged exactly where they were. Have I been past here? Only about 500,000 times...
😂😂😂.... It was news to us too before we started researching the Amesbury Line.
Nice video, Why did you not try it in 2019 when we had very dry weather?
Have you explored the Longparish branch?
Yup last weeks video!
Paul, can I say something??
You need to add you're lovely wife to the credit's of you're channel she's you're rock 😁😁😁
She is indeed my rock Darren. I think she is in the end credits if that's what you mean?
Good also to hear Anna at about 9:00. Maybe you should all have a family discussion about your walks around a camp fire?@@pwhitewick
I don't mean your walks around a camp fire though!! Ha-Ha!
The weather was the same when the Beatles filmed part of their movie 'Help!' In the army ground next to Stone Henge in 1964.
I was wondering how they had a railway when they didn’t yet have wheels.
Now I know.
The used barrows to make railways.
There was once a railway on top of Stonehenge but they put it away because the Romans were coming.
There is a great book in the local library about Stonehenge and the Majorville Medicine Wheel in S Alberta where I do a lot of birding.
newagetravel.com/majorville-medicine-wheel/
You need a bigger brolly!
Little Rebecca.. (Abs)
Always enjoy your video's Paul, but come on it's only a little drop of rain, you lightweight, get out there, we need more videos
Hahaha.... I'm definitely a "fair weather filmographer (is that a word)".
As we were driving back down the A303 home there was a point that we and others were doing around 30mph owing to the considerable shower.
If it ain't raining, it ain't training
Tuck your shirt in Paul... Standards!!!!
They did consider moving Stonehenge as it was a risk to air safety, had they done so we wouldn't have our current problems lol
I see you suffer for your art!!!!
y not use elo then i 4t copyright
????
Time you either stopped mumbling or got a microphone
Feel free to not watch any more videos Peter. We'd prefer that option. 🙂
@@pwhitewick Stand strong Paul, your vocals are perfect for this content. Was it on this one, you said 't'aint'? Just love it!! More power to you.