brilliant vid would have never known formby beach was a dumping ground for tabacco great history from years gone by was interesting to watch superb vid
Hi George and Eric great and very informative video,every time I watch your video's l always l always learn something l never knew,very much enjoyed your video and wishing Eric all the best ,thanks again for sharing 👍
Great video as always, great to see Eric is out and about, get well soon mate, those pocket cameras are great I just bought one, stay safe, fellow scouser ( ex Kirkby) living in Nova Scotia, Canada
Hello mike great to see him out he's a brave man I'd have given up i think at this point The dji pocket is such a brilliant camera i plan on getting the second one soon as I'm due an upgrade ha ha Thanks for watching all the way from canada
@@g2emedia1977 yes he is a trooper, if you ever get to Canada I can show you some great explores, have you ever done the underground at St. george's Hall in LIverpool, the old cells, war offices in tunnels etc are still there, amazing, I think its open to the public too
This has just brought memories flooding back - I remember being a toddler of about 5 or 6 walking from the beach with my dad and being greeted with an overwhelming smell of tobacco and seeing a caterpillar bull dozer machine covering stuff up. Possibly what that track was from. This would have been about '71 or '72 so outside the date scope you said so maybe nothing to do with the original dumping. Thanks for the video.
The Tobacco residue was dumped by BAT Ltd (British Associated Tobacco though their name changed over the years) they had a plant that extracted Nicotine by soaking Tobacco leaves in Water Alcohol mix and what you have there is the end result of the process.
This is really Freshfield not Formby. Pinetree Cafe and Caravan Park, owned by Mr and Mrs Hutchinson and Annie was where my family spent caravan holidays from 1959 and had our own caravan when the site moved inland a bit to the asparagus fields, where it is now. The picture of the men repairing the machine on your way out shows where the small original car park was and the sandy path to the left of the machine is where the wagons used to drive on a road made of railway sleepers. We used to ride our bikes to the tobacco dump along this ‘road’ trying to keep from riding into the gaps between them and then we would walk in the tobacco a bit. It smelt alright to us then. The whole area was magical then before the erosion and so much was lost.
I had a quick search after watching your video & found an old factory picture near the beach with a telegraph pole in the sand with those GPO things on it. Picture on a search but when I clicked the link it took you to Formby Historical society & was just all writing. If you was near formby point when you spotted the wood coming out the sand it may have been the boardwalk that my dad told me about a cafe at formby point that went out into the sea. I think Coast did a peice on it & they actually used a boat & GPS to take you out to where the cafe used to be. Can't find much on it online tho. The small red bricks may be from the old victorian Lifeboat building that got swallowed moons ago by the dunes, that you can find plenty of pics online about. And the tiled floor may be from the original caravan & shallet park that once used to be there. You've put one thing to bed for me, me & my daughter found a strange rock, that was squashy when you stood on it & stunk of tar, I didn't know about the tobacco tip. Assume that's waste from possibly Liverpools old tobacco factory that's near the dockers clock? My nan once worked there.
Metal object is actually pierced steel planking used for ww2 satellite aerodromes as they were grass it is a high nickel and chromium steel very high quality as it don't rust and made in the usa great wee channel greetings from Dumfries
Did you go to Aintree McDonalds after filming this by any chance, when I was in there I said to my misses that look like George from UA-cam over at the counter, apologies if it wasn't?
Most of that stuff you are going through on the beach near the end. That is remnants from Crosby fort, bomb damage from the surrounding area and the city centre. If you would like to know more please contact me.
ITS 100% Imperial Tobacco, I worked in a nursing Home years ago, looked after a lady who was high up in that business, she used to tell storys about the ships full of Tobacco
brilliant vid would have never known formby beach was a dumping ground for tabacco great history from years gone by was interesting to watch superb vid
Hi George and Eric great and very informative video,every time I watch your video's l always l always learn something l never knew,very much enjoyed your video and wishing Eric all the best ,thanks again for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching martin got some crackers coming soon on this channel
Great video as always, great to see Eric is out and about, get well soon mate, those pocket cameras are great I just bought one, stay safe, fellow scouser ( ex Kirkby) living in Nova Scotia, Canada
Hello mike great to see him out he's a brave man I'd have given up i think at this point
The dji pocket is such a brilliant camera i plan on getting the second one soon as I'm due an upgrade ha ha
Thanks for watching all the way from canada
@@g2emedia1977 yes he is a trooper, if you ever get to Canada I can show you some great explores, have you ever done the underground at St. george's Hall in LIverpool, the old cells, war offices in tunnels etc are still there, amazing, I think its open to the public too
This has just brought memories flooding back - I remember being a toddler of about 5 or 6 walking from the beach with my dad and being greeted with an overwhelming smell of tobacco and seeing a caterpillar bull dozer machine covering stuff up. Possibly what that track was from. This would have been about '71 or '72 so outside the date scope you said so maybe nothing to do with the original dumping. Thanks for the video.
Get well soon Eric. Top man respect
Cheers was good to see him out and about
Thanks for watching also
Brilliant content on this channel lads you never know whats coming next with you its amazing keep up the good work
Thanks bill always a pleasure mate
Cheers for watching
The Tobacco residue was dumped by BAT Ltd (British Associated Tobacco though their name changed over the years) they had a plant that extracted Nicotine by soaking Tobacco leaves in Water Alcohol mix and what you have there is the end result of the process.
This is really Freshfield not Formby. Pinetree Cafe and Caravan Park, owned by Mr and Mrs Hutchinson and Annie was where my family spent caravan holidays from 1959 and had our own caravan when the site moved inland a bit to the asparagus fields, where it is now. The picture of the men repairing the machine on your way out shows where the small original car park was and the sandy path to the left of the machine is where the wagons used to drive on a road made of railway sleepers. We used to ride our bikes to the tobacco dump along this ‘road’ trying to keep from riding into the gaps between them and then we would walk in the tobacco a bit. It smelt alright to us then. The whole area was magical then before the erosion and so much was lost.
The metal strip you found with the holes in is used to allow vehicles to travel on or out of deep soft sand. Great vid.
Ahh cool cheers i knew it was off something it looked odd and out of place
Thanks for watching s north
Looks like a piece of transportable runway (marston mat).
I had a quick search after watching your video & found an old factory picture near the beach with a telegraph pole in the sand with those GPO things on it. Picture on a search but when I clicked the link it took you to Formby Historical society & was just all writing.
If you was near formby point when you spotted the wood coming out the sand it may have been the boardwalk that my dad told me about a cafe at formby point that went out into the sea. I think Coast did a peice on it & they actually used a boat & GPS to take you out to where the cafe used to be. Can't find much on it online tho.
The small red bricks may be from the old victorian Lifeboat building that got swallowed moons ago by the dunes, that you can find plenty of pics online about.
And the tiled floor may be from the original caravan & shallet park that once used to be there.
You've put one thing to bed for me, me & my daughter found a strange rock, that was squashy when you stood on it & stunk of tar, I didn't know about the tobacco tip.
Assume that's waste from possibly Liverpools old tobacco factory that's near the dockers clock? My nan once worked there.
Awesome cheers for the info and taking the time out to comment brilliant
Metal object is actually pierced steel planking used for ww2 satellite aerodromes as they were grass it is a high nickel and chromium steel very high quality as it don't rust and made in the usa great wee channel greetings from Dumfries
Also a lot historic tobacco waste dumping up until the 70s by BAT off St Luke’s Church Road.
Choon!! 🤠
Did you go to Aintree McDonalds after filming this by any chance, when I was in there I said to my misses that look like George from UA-cam over at the counter, apologies if it wasn't?
Hello mate nah deffo not me i went straight home after this mooch
Most of that stuff you are going through on the beach near the end. That is remnants from Crosby fort, bomb damage from the surrounding area and the city centre. If you would like to know more please contact me.
I've done 2 vids on the bomb damage i was told this wasn't part of it as it stopped im hightown unless the person who told me was wrong
ITS 100% Imperial Tobacco, I worked in a nursing Home years ago, looked after a lady who was high up in that business, she used to tell storys about the ships full of Tobacco