this has to be one of the best kept places you have been. it must be either very hard to get to or to find or both which is good to stop most of the vandals. Nice one Ian and the team best explore you done in a while :) can't wait 4 next week
About 30 years ago a soldier told me he'd been down an underground labyrinth at Chatham, which housed huge WW2 stores including aircraft and tank engines? He remembered seeing thousands of boxed weapons too! I just thought he had been exaggerating, but now I'm not so sure?
mickeybill thanks for posting that useful info bud. I was a bit curious about that bag...... you can tell i obviously lead an adventurous and exciting life
That was one sweet intro. I have seen multi thousand dollar custom videos that don't open that well. I love seeing your progress as a filmmaker and vlogger. You rock as usual.
Thank you for posting this, I was born in Chatham (1972) and bred moved away now but do miss the place as had lovely memories, and it was lovely seeing the sky shots in video one, and i never knew we walked upon all this !! I know much of our military history, the barracks and our naval history through the docks. The Napoleonic forts were always fun as kids but never knew of this. Thank you again for posting.
Just what I needed after a hard day in work but going to be well knackered in work tomorrow on to part 2 excellent explore so many great things there great work lads 👏
Thanks for posting! By the way, the thing in the battery room is a blower not a generator. Lead-acid batteries produce hydrogen gas. This is the reason that the room is enclosed in brick and the lamp fixtures are explosion-proof. It's also likely that the filter assembly you replaced is a hydrogen scrubber.
thanks for another really cool piece of history and the drone footage at the beginning was fanominal loved it you make really great content dude see ya on the next video .. and you better be carefull on them crappy stairs there a nightmare man
this is cool.. every bunker like this has been destroyed by decay.. this one is by far the best one you have come across , on ya videos anyway:).. nice job :)
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That battery back up room looks like a later addition the bricks look like flettons and the render is put on over expanded metal sheets.it maybe a cold war upgrade.
great cliffhanger, lads. The lamp use to be lit by parrifin and the arched supports were used in british coal mines till they were all shut. How do you get into these places. Do you find them, then get permission or what?
Great video, did you notice a date of 1937 as you were filming all the scratched in dates, I think you said 1949. it was just scratched in with larger letters as you are passing with your camera, its all in great condition and great to see it as it almost was, your filming just gets better and better each trip, so looking forward to the next part, thanks for all your hard work chaps and I always look forward to watching your videos....... keep up the good work.
I just wonder if you had considered adding to the video record by using a 'cave' app and creating a map of the tunnels as you go. This would be useful, particularly when some of the bunkers/airraid shelters are as extensive as this one?
the metal can near that white crate looked a lot like an oxygen candle that we used to have in the mines. I also know that in Russian bunkers they used to paint the Lamp word in glow in the dark paint, Radium. Not sure if they did the same over your way but it might make sense as to why its written there.
Looking at that excuse for a staircase in your trailer, I was reminded of a favourite saying of my late father's: "Fuck that for a game of soldiers!" Yet another quality video. Cheers.
Asbestos springs to mind when exploring these places. Visco engineering googles as industrial air cleaners. Nice exploring though guys, very enjoyable videos.
That machine that is marked visco is whats a variac (probably spelled wrong) it is used to adjust the incoming voltage from the power source to the "load"...... makes a lot sense because of the battery banks
Those odd-looking Bakelite plugs in the office area reminded me of the plugs on an old Dictaphone machine - headphone out, and another socket for the foot control, so you could type what you heard.
"Hello IKS.. Some gen' for you regarding the Visco plate; seen on the metal box at 8:50. The Visco Engineering Co Ltd, Stafford Road, Croydon, principally manufactured Air Filter, Ventilation, Dust Collecting and Water Cooling Equipment to the aircraft industry, between 1932 and 1944; though this equipment was used elsewhere within the armed forces of the day, as and when required. All the best." :)
I stand corrected, those were bed frames, but that's the ventilation? Man, that's tiny, that's crazy tiny. So weird to see anything below head sized ventilation in an underground structure. I have to wonder if it was compressed air then, because there's not enough flow for something this big coming out of a pipe that small.
Going by the state of this one, if they'd pump fresh air inside to deal with some of the condensation, these bunkers would last a lot of time. True, the materials would have some structural issues past 40 50 years, but most of the decay we see is from water damage, not structural weakness, not design flaws. Nicely built.
Looking at the arrangement of ducting, they are walking towards a large intake fan to force air into the bunker, and they are close to the fan at the end of the vid. The small fan at the telephone exchange would have been for controlling the air in that room and probably removing gasses from the glass cased lead acid cells that were emergency back-up power for the telephone lines. Cheers, J.
as they are not at every light position, I would imagine the LAMP stencils are to denote where the oil lamps would hang, to ensure enough illumination should the electric lighting fail
The electric motor looks like it's driving a filtration system possibly to stop fumes from the batteries. The white crumbling panel material is likely to have asbestos content, hope you didn't breath in any dust.
This bunker is quite well preserved. Of all the bunkers you've explored, I wonder if any of them are secretly connected to a train that leads from 10 Downing street or there abouts to spirit Churchill and his cabinet away during the bombing.
That is a very old chestnut. I have been researching bunkers and similar since1984 and have yet to find any evidence of any rail connected bunkers. Rail connected storage depots are another story.
Great vid as per usual.. I could not help but notice as you walked into the lower level from the stairs, on the right just before you turn right, there was a line up of what looked like recent cans of cider or beer - is it being used to other groups or something? Keeps the vids coming sir.
in lamberhurst there is a national trust property called scotney castle, in the gardens there is a quarry , called the quarry gardens, rumour has it that the quarry was converted in to a bunker for thatcher as she once had a flat there
i c cris in this but u have 3 new people i havent seen with you 2 hope cris is ok and i noticed all those fuse boxes have all them missing amd i think i no y back in the day old fuses where full of pure silver and r worth a nice penny dam people need to leave stuff as they see it for the next gen. to apr.
Hello guys ,do u ever come to Norfolk for exploring ,if you do and I am a builder who works in restoration of all types of barns ,very old property's ,so basically I am used to this sort of thing and with the dangers of rotten materials of where you have to put your feet , anyway if and when you come to Norfolk could I tag along because very people are interested in doing this ,many thanks Mark.
I thought the video was excellent and the bunker was in good condition. How many Marines was stationed here and where is this bunker.Keep up all your hard work and effort..
so , am I getting this right ? During WWII the common people of Chatham were all crapping their pants waiting and hoping bombs don't get droped on their heads, meanwhile all the brave soldiers meant to defend us were hiding in safety underground ?
Fallout shelter. Must remember this is during the uncertain times after WWII. Never knew what would happen. Bunks for military and civilian use in times of need.
absolutely great video I think one of the best kept places.thak you guys so much for sharing and documenting the history of England war time past.wish we had things like this here in the states.love to get to England and see these in person.you guys ever think about shirts or hats I would be wanting one if you did thanks again.be safe and keep filming best part of Fridays besides payday
8.49 is an old electrical generator, called a dynamo. You would wind and arm up and it would generate volts via spinning magnetic coils. I found one in a train station in malta from 1910.. free energy was being used. My video is on my channel, the video is floriana station please click on my profile watch and subscribe folks one love
That cliff hanger at the end, I genuinely hope Chris is ok. That whole complex is outstanding, thanks for taking us along
He's still around and I think he's watching his footing a bit more!😱🤣
this has to be one of the best kept places you have been. it must be either very hard to get to or to find or both which is good to stop most of the vandals. Nice one Ian and the team best explore you done in a while :) can't wait 4 next week
About 30 years ago a soldier told me he'd been down an underground labyrinth at Chatham, which housed huge WW2 stores including aircraft and tank engines? He remembered seeing thousands of boxed weapons too! I just thought he had been exaggerating, but now I'm not so sure?
That packet of crisps has been there since at least the seventies. Bar codes came into use here in 1979.
Stephen M smiths salt n shake
mickeybill thanks for posting that useful info bud. I was a bit curious about that bag...... you can tell i obviously lead an adventurous and exciting life
LOL. I assure you, mine's not exactly a thrill a minute.
1974 barcodes began was for a wrigleys packet of gum
love it, so nice to see a WWII fortification in such great condition and not vandalised....cant wait for the next instalment
Amazing just how many of these complexes were built..and still exist, in some shape or form. Can't wait till next week. Cracking stuff.
fantastic find ,very rare to find the beds still intact in these places well done
Another brilliant video with cliffhanger, nice touch. Those stairs look bloody lethal!
That was one sweet intro. I have seen multi thousand dollar custom videos that don't open that well. I love seeing your progress as a filmmaker and vlogger. You rock as usual.
Loved this type of intro, felt very official! Keep it up!
boski professional isn't it
It was indeed!
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I loved the video! I was quite worried about the part at 19:32 though...
*DANGER*
*Area Contains*
*Asbestos*
*KEEP OUT*
Well done Ian your videos are going from strength to strength. Love how you do the intro. This is an epic explore.
Loving the videos, lads, keep it up! I was a bootneck myself and knew nothing about this place, so thanks for the insight.
wow the preservation of this bunker is phenomenal
Thank you for posting this, I was born in Chatham (1972) and bred moved away now but do miss the place as had lovely memories, and it was lovely seeing the sky shots in video one, and i never knew we walked upon all this !! I know much of our military history, the barracks and our naval history through the docks. The Napoleonic forts were always fun as kids but never knew of this. Thank you again for posting.
+Eazy T glad you enjoyed :)
Excellent video chaps. I can't wait for the next instalment.
One of your best, Ian! Needless to say, I'm anxious for Part 2.
awesome work hosting this explore...am amazed the wood plank bunks are not all rotted out by fungus
Just what I needed after a hard day in work but going to be well knackered in work tomorrow on to part 2 excellent explore so many great things there great work lads 👏
Thanks for posting! By the way, the thing in the battery room is a blower not a generator. Lead-acid batteries produce hydrogen gas. This is the reason that the room is enclosed in brick and the lamp fixtures are explosion-proof. It's also likely that the filter assembly you replaced is a hydrogen scrubber.
Another great video IKS. Keep it up!
Best one yet, can't wait to see the rest, well done boys
thanks for another really cool piece of history and the drone footage at the beginning was fanominal loved it you make really great content dude see ya on the next video .. and you better be carefull on them crappy stairs there a nightmare man
this is cool.. every bunker like this has been destroyed by decay.. this one is by far the best one you have come across , on ya videos anyway:).. nice job :)
Excellent production value, mate! It really set the mood!
Excellent video. I see a lot of black mold down there. You gents really should have dust masks on.
thanks for watching :) we need to get masks :)
Great video guys love watching your videos great presavation with no graffiti from kids keep it up guys looking forward to the instalment
You should end up on the History Channel. :) Great work and keep doing videos.
Stephen M You're right, too many! They should name it adds channel. 😂😂😂
Very crazy place folks, crazy walls, crazy beds, just crazy folks; crazy toilets, even crazy light switches. Only crazy lads go down there folks.
+DannO IslandCop it's all so crazy down there folks :D thanks for watching:)
Thanks for documenting this place before it was closed guys!
cant wait for the next instalment. Very interesting stuff. Keep it up.
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OMG how awesome was that ! can't wait to watch next weeks 👍
That battery back up room looks like a later addition the bricks look like flettons and the render is put on over expanded metal sheets.it maybe a cold war upgrade.
Great video thanks I will share your video on my FB page.
Very nice video.......and big respect from Zagreb/Croatia
what a fantastic vid. I can't wait for next week
Wow this brings it back! I explored these tunnels as a kid. They're very long and damp!
SUper explore mate keep up the great work
Amazing amazing amazing.. thanks for the uploads !
Have watched all of your videos ,and love them all 👊
Wow imagine all the work tunneling & assembling all that Amrco. Amazing.
the amount of work gone into these places is amazing
great cliffhanger, lads. The lamp use to be lit by parrifin and the arched supports were used in british coal mines till they were all shut. How do you get into these places. Do you find them, then get permission or what?
Great video, did you notice a date of 1937 as you were filming all the scratched in dates, I think you said 1949. it was just scratched in with larger letters as you are passing with your camera, its all in great condition and great to see it as it almost was, your filming just gets better and better each trip, so looking forward to the next part, thanks for all your hard work chaps and I always look forward to watching your videos....... keep up the good work.
I just wonder if you had considered adding to the video record by using a 'cave' app and creating a map of the tunnels as you go. This would be useful, particularly when some of the bunkers/airraid shelters are as extensive as this one?
the metal can near that white crate looked a lot like an oxygen candle that we used to have in the mines. I also know that in Russian bunkers they used to paint the Lamp word in glow in the dark paint, Radium. Not sure if they did the same over your way but it might make sense as to why its written there.
+fhhsvnggbh interesting thanks for sharing :)
brilliant love this chanel look forward to fridays video
+driving with harness thanks for your support :)
Looking at that excuse for a staircase in your trailer, I was reminded of a favourite saying of my late father's: "Fuck that for a game of soldiers!" Yet another quality video. Cheers.
Asbestos springs to mind when exploring these places.
Visco engineering googles as industrial air cleaners.
Nice exploring though guys, very enjoyable videos.
+Paul Aston thanks for your support :)
IKS Exploration youre welcome mate. Keep up the good work 👍.
That machine that is marked visco is whats a variac (probably spelled wrong) it is used to adjust the incoming voltage from the power source to the "load"...... makes a lot sense because of the battery banks
Those odd-looking Bakelite plugs in the office area reminded me of the plugs on an old Dictaphone machine - headphone out, and another socket for the foot control, so you could type what you heard.
Excellent Video guys :)
Great video as usual.
"Hello IKS.. Some gen' for you regarding the Visco plate; seen on the metal box at 8:50.
The Visco Engineering Co Ltd, Stafford Road, Croydon, principally manufactured Air Filter, Ventilation, Dust Collecting and Water Cooling Equipment to the aircraft industry, between 1932 and 1944; though this equipment was used elsewhere within the armed forces of the day, as and when required. All the best." :)
New subscribers like the vids brother. Video recommendations your should do a equipment vid what you use on your trips. ATB Johnny
The silver 4" cable tray run along the roof is a lot newer than WW2. Like the ending, very cryptic.
Omg! Can't wait for part 2 :D great video mate ;)
Amazing place!! Thanks for sharing this Ian :)
Nice Intro, excellent vid, can't wait to see part 2
I stand corrected, those were bed frames, but that's the ventilation? Man, that's tiny, that's crazy tiny. So weird to see anything below head sized ventilation in an underground structure. I have to wonder if it was compressed air then, because there's not enough flow for something this big coming out of a pipe that small.
Going by the state of this one, if they'd pump fresh air inside to deal with some of the condensation, these bunkers would last a lot of time. True, the materials would have some structural issues past 40 50 years, but most of the decay we see is from water damage, not structural weakness, not design flaws. Nicely built.
Looking at the arrangement of ducting, they are walking towards a large intake fan to force air into the bunker, and they are close to the fan at the end of the vid.
The small fan at the telephone exchange would have been for controlling the air in that room and probably removing gasses from the glass cased lead acid cells that were emergency back-up power for the telephone lines.
Cheers, J.
as they are not at every light position, I would imagine the LAMP stencils are to denote where the oil lamps would hang, to ensure enough illumination should the electric lighting fail
The electric motor looks like it's driving a filtration system possibly to stop fumes from the batteries. The white crumbling panel material is likely to have asbestos content, hope you didn't breath in any dust.
great video mate :D
This bunker is quite well preserved. Of all the bunkers you've explored, I wonder if any of them are secretly connected to a train that leads from 10 Downing street or there abouts to spirit Churchill and his cabinet away during the bombing.
That is a very old chestnut. I have been researching bunkers and similar since1984 and have yet to find any evidence of any rail connected bunkers. Rail connected storage depots are another story.
I checked it out, quite interesting. It never ceases to amaze me what clandestine sights and underground hides remain hidden.
Great vid as per usual.. I could not help but notice as you walked into the lower level from the stairs, on the right just before you turn right, there was a line up of what looked like recent cans of cider or beer - is it being used to other groups or something?
Keeps the vids coming sir.
When you got to the communications area, I really thought, for a second, that Adam and Jamie would saunter out. 😄👍
Great stuff gents I'm looking forward to the next one :))
in lamberhurst there is a national trust property called scotney castle, in the gardens there is a quarry , called the quarry gardens, rumour has it that the quarry was converted in to a bunker for thatcher as she once had a flat there
i c cris in this but u have 3 new people i havent seen with you 2 hope cris is ok and i noticed all those fuse boxes have all them missing amd i think i no y back in the day old fuses where full of pure silver and r worth a nice penny dam people need to leave stuff as they see it for the next gen. to apr.
Amazing how dry it is, roll on next friday.
Nice one guys look forward to the next. These are interesting because we got nothing like this in NZ. atb
Like the video before i start watching because i already know i'm going to love it :D
Prohit marker This was the single most non sorta retaryed comment ive ever seen
Nice vid, amazing place.
Great stuff as usall. carry on.
Hello guys ,do u ever come to Norfolk for exploring ,if you do and I am a builder who works in restoration of all types of barns ,very old property's ,so basically I am used to this sort of thing and with the dangers of rotten materials of where you have to put your feet , anyway if and when you come to Norfolk could I tag along because very people are interested in doing this ,many thanks Mark.
@ikws what lighting equipment were u using ?
booooi, you stepped your production game up, kudos!
+no name lol yeah got some good ones coming soon :)
Were the frequent "LAMP" stenciled signs instructions to the original electricians telling them where to place lamps as they wired up?
Surprised the tunnels are not full of water ! Wonder how the drainage was handed ?
Those bottom shelves are not bunks. This would be a shelf for the Marine to keep his rifle/uniform/boots whilst he slept above on the bunk.
I thought the video was excellent and the bunker was in good condition. How many Marines was stationed here and where is this bunker.Keep up all your hard work and effort..
Sway are there spots where u blank out the sound for a second or two?
blocking the names of entrance locations
Great stuf lads!
Dorman Long written on the steel at 17:35 ua-cam.com/video/CP__-QaWJSs/v-deo.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorman_Long at 17:35 in
That's got to be a golden gem. Amazing place.
The Visco Engineering LTD device was an air filter, they apparently were in business between 1934 and 1944 according to the archives
You could be smooth filmmakers
Nice Bunker
Is this at the side a new wall ?
I would think that there was some sort of kitchen in those tunnels somewhere to feed the people?
+BUDDY LIGHT yeah would have been somewhere, good question:)
I've been down there, it's an amazing place.
Those wooden bunks don't appear. Rotten ?i wonder if they are as old as other parts
so , am I getting this right ? During WWII the common people of Chatham were all crapping their pants waiting and hoping bombs don't get droped on their heads, meanwhile all the brave soldiers meant to defend us were hiding in safety underground ?
Fallout shelter. Must remember this is during the uncertain times after WWII. Never knew what would happen. Bunks for military and civilian use in times of need.
absolutely great video I think one of the best kept places.thak you guys so much for sharing and documenting the history of England war time past.wish we had things like this here in the states.love to get to England and see these in person.you guys ever think about shirts or hats I would be wanting one if you did thanks again.be safe and keep filming best part of Fridays besides payday
hi where are the royal marines ww2 deep bunker complex to in dover how do you get to them
+Micheal Newbury located in Chatham Kent:) we don't give out locations. Thanks for the comment :)
great channel
at 16.07 with the round and square shape. if you look at it, it was a swastikka (or however its spelt) but someones covered it over.
Have you ever thought about exploring the tunnels of the Maginot Line?
+Jack Hydrazine hope to one day :)
very cool. great bit of history thats not destroyed by graffiti yet
Rust is the original graffiti and it is doing a pretty good job at destroying that piece of history.. lol
love these videos
thanks for your support :)
8.49 is an old electrical generator, called a dynamo. You would wind and arm up and it would generate volts via spinning magnetic coils. I found one in a train station in malta from 1910.. free energy was being used. My video is on my channel, the video is floriana station please click on my profile watch and subscribe folks one love