Thank you Ben for this. I was five when we moved into Glenalvon Way and ten when we sadly left to move to Eltham Avery Hill. My childhood is in this video. And I'm heartbroken that it's being flattened.
How on earth did I land on this video? Old council blocks ... okay ... you're actually loving them ... oookay ... oh you like lifts too ... Oh wait ... you've climbed onto a lift and you're driving it while sat on top of it ... oooookaayyyyy! hahah this is hilarious. Well you've made me sympathise with those old concrete blocks, never thought I'd see that ... yeah alright you've got a subscribe.
I lived here for 7 years in Denmark house top floor loved it so big in side . Lived on top floor the lifts stopped on the 8th and I lived on the 9th carried my pushchair/prams up and down for years, the flats were so out dated but i loved it esp living right next to maryon park.
I walk past the estate basically every day, passing through the foot tunnel under the rail on Maryon Road. Can confirm that most of the estate has been demolished in the past couple weeks. I live quite close to the estate and am able to look out to parts of it. One of the taller flats is in the process of being demolished as I'm saying this.
Yess! I waited so long for another episode and here you come with such a beautiful estate! It's a shame they're pulling it down but at least it will stay forever on your channel. Thank you for this video!
I lived in Viking House and moved in 1977 as a child. I liked the first floor flat as it was spacious and we had a large bedroom each and lots of space and green places outside and plenty of parking. I don't have fond memories of it and I decided at that time that the most important thing was to own your own property so you could choose who you lived next door to! But as a family of four we were all living on one floor of a Victorian house with only one bedroom so this was a privilege to live here at the time, despite the usual 'council estate' issues - broken lift and the smell of stale urine on the stair well! Great to learn there was asbestosis in the flats as this is what my father died of! This estate has been under 'demolition' threat for over 20 years or more!
I lived in Frederick house on that estate up to a month ago !! I lived there from 1997 !!! Never any trouble there and no noise apart from the police cars that went by ever bloody day 🤨
I also lived in Frederick House with my Parents in 1967 . My parents and I moved out when the council decided to strengthen the blocks . They decided to move permanently to tooting sw London.
So my grandparents live in a soviet 70s flat in georgia and I remember getting stuck in the lift as a child. It has sadly been replaced now but I managed to get a look at the logic and it's nothing like any soviet lift logic I've ever seen
Torning down and replacing buildings? Madness! It has been done in stockholm, replacing lovely old 19th century buildings with brutalist ones in the 60's. taht was even more madness!
Gravel texture😇! My favorite kind of precast concrete design. One actually good feature of this, is the that handles rainy weather quite well. With smooth concrete you often see the effects of weather stains over time causing it to look a bit unclean. The gravel finish kind of hides this and it ages more gracefully. If you look closely, those walls still look reasonbly clean. A good example of actually getting quite good performance quality with cheap materials. I wonder if these flats where built with the same structural defects as Ronan Point. Nowerdays large panel systems are much better designed (by building code requirements) and high rise applications of them have various safety mechanisms to prevent the kind of failure mode that Ronan Point had. Modern high rise large panel buildings have in-situ rebar joins to tie everything together. Low rise applications have very simple joins that can be undone like meccano which allows for potential re-use.
I've heard that lots of the Dowlings/bolts on these builds were simply and disturbingly cut off because they didn't fit the hole during construction :| Its kind of sad this system got a bad name because of poor execution in the factory where the panel's got made and the careless construction worker's who cared more about their pay. They should have sent the defective panals back.
Well in Singapore modern flats are built like these. They pre-fabricate certain wall panels in a factory then when the time comes to build the flats, they stack them on top of one another.
The tower blocks here remind me of the 4 on the Ledbury Estate, Peckham. I believe these are presently unoccupied because of the Grenfell disaster- concerns that a fire in one flat would not stay contained in one flat, due to the construction method. On each of these, the 2 lifts serve odd or even floors, and do not serve the topmost floor. The lift equipment in the tower blocks here would be worth preserving.
The pulsing drive appears to be made up of many thyristors, maybe this is some form of phase angle triggered controller? This could possibly explain the audible 300 Hz hum from the motor, as the three phases with their respective timing offsets would add up to 150 Hz i guess, and then again multiplied by two because of an inversion or something? I am not entirely sure about this though, would love to just have a go at examining this circuit with an oscilloscope...
Lifts are 100% original? The door sensors seem to be replaced. Moreover sources online claim the estate was constructed in the 1960s so it’s very likely that the express lifts are mod from older lifts if they’re using 2nd gen express Also I really hope you will find time to film the 1972 2nd gen express fireman’s lift with the original plastic buttons and lamps at Hilton London metropole before it gets killed. Lift Tracker and LiftyGamez has a video of those lifts
These buildings look like they were designed like Ronan Point which was a tower block built in 1960s but had a partial collapse due to a gas leak only a few months after being built. Most buildings of the same design were strengthened but since the Grenfell Tower Fire these buildings are being pulled down in droves
@Baron Will I didn't say that they're pulling them all down although its more likely that they're only pulling down the ones that wern't strengthened in the 1970s and 1980s.
I'm not sure if they were all strengthened. Some had all gas removed and were converted to all electric heating and cookers. There was a fear that this type of tower block could collapse if a vehicle smashed into them, so they had bollards put up around them.
I lived on this estate from birth in 1985 until we moved out in December 1991. 23 Elsinore House. I loved that flat. So much space. Sad how that flat you're in looks now. I see the only things that are the same from my time are the huge windows inside and outside, that lift and the stairs. Obviously the stairs will have had some work on them since me and my parents moved out. Will miss it but glad it's getting pulled down. It's in a terrible state by the looks of it. Quite sad actually
One song, I have but one song One song, only for you One heart, tenderly beating Ever entreating, constant and true One love, that has possessed me One love, thrilling me through One song, my heart keeps singing Of one love, only for you
I expect the people who lived there are glad to see the back of them as often these estates are a social disaster, they also become an expensive money pit as they get older and the very fabric of them deteriats and water leaks and damp becomes more of a problem apart from the cost of lift maintenance and repair that becomes a big chunk of costs.
Oh, come on. Yes, they shouldn't be knocked down, but to call the existing buildings "absolutely epic", "amazing", and "so nice" is hyperbole if ever it slapped me in the face.
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Thank you Ben for this. I was five when we moved into Glenalvon Way and ten when we sadly left to move to Eltham Avery Hill. My childhood is in this video. And I'm heartbroken that it's being flattened.
That old washing machine really needs restoring and preserving! awesome machine
How on earth did I land on this video? Old council blocks ... okay ... you're actually loving them ... oookay ... oh you like lifts too ... Oh wait ... you've climbed onto a lift and you're driving it while sat on top of it ... oooookaayyyyy! hahah this is hilarious. Well you've made me sympathise with those old concrete blocks, never thought I'd see that ... yeah alright you've got a subscribe.
so many memories here… i wanna cry.
Fredrick house!
I lived here for 7 years in Denmark house top floor loved it so big in side . Lived on top floor the lifts stopped on the 8th and I lived on the 9th carried my pushchair/prams up and down for years, the flats were so out dated but i loved it esp living right next to maryon park.
I remember Maryon Park well and was it Maryon Wilson Park that had the small animal park?
demolished now rip
Hi - I lived in Zealand House
I walk past the estate basically every day, passing through the foot tunnel under the rail on Maryon Road. Can confirm that most of the estate has been demolished in the past couple weeks.
I live quite close to the estate and am able to look out to parts of it. One of the taller flats is in the process of being demolished as I'm saying this.
Gonna miss Morris walk new zealand block good times there
I was in Elsinore House. Loved it in there. Very sad its all gone now but the memories can't be taken away from us
Yess! I waited so long for another episode and here you come with such a beautiful estate! It's a shame they're pulling it down but at least it will stay forever on your channel. Thank you for this video!
I lived in Viking House and moved in 1977 as a child. I liked the first floor flat as it was spacious and we had a large bedroom each and lots of space and green places outside and plenty of parking. I don't have fond memories of it and I decided at that time that the most important thing was to own your own property so you could choose who you lived next door to! But as a family of four we were all living on one floor of a Victorian house with only one bedroom so this was a privilege to live here at the time, despite the usual 'council estate' issues - broken lift and the smell of stale urine on the stair well! Great to learn there was asbestosis in the flats as this is what my father died of! This estate has been under 'demolition' threat for over 20 years or more!
i live in jutland
love these older buildings. ones like these where I live are all gone now but I'm not 100% sure
Rennes House in Exeter looks slightly similar.
I lived in Frederick house on that estate up to a month ago !! I lived there from 1997 !!! Never any trouble there and no noise apart from the police cars that went by ever bloody day 🤨
I lived on the Fredrick house too
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I also lived in Frederick House with my Parents in 1967 . My parents and I moved out when the council decided to strengthen the blocks . They decided to move permanently to tooting sw London.
I love tower block archive!!!!
So my grandparents live in a soviet 70s flat in georgia and I remember getting stuck in the lift as a child. It has sadly been replaced now but I managed to get a look at the logic and it's nothing like any soviet lift logic I've ever seen
Very enjoyable adventure.
Torning down and replacing buildings? Madness! It has been done in stockholm, replacing lovely old 19th century buildings with brutalist ones in the 60's. taht was even more madness!
Except this is not lovely old building.
Gravel texture😇! My favorite kind of precast concrete design. One actually good feature of this, is the that handles rainy weather quite well. With smooth concrete you often see the effects of weather stains over time causing it to look a bit unclean. The gravel finish kind of hides this and it ages more gracefully. If you look closely, those walls still look reasonbly clean. A good example of actually getting quite good performance quality with cheap materials. I wonder if these flats where built with the same structural defects as Ronan Point. Nowerdays large panel systems are much better designed (by building code requirements) and high rise applications of them have various safety mechanisms to prevent the kind of failure mode that Ronan Point had. Modern high rise large panel buildings have in-situ rebar joins to tie everything together. Low rise applications have very simple joins that can be undone like meccano which allows for potential re-use.
I've heard that lots of the Dowlings/bolts on these builds were simply and disturbingly cut off because they didn't fit the hole during construction :|
Its kind of sad this system got a bad name because of poor execution in the factory where the panel's got made and the careless construction worker's who cared more about their pay. They should have sent the defective panals back.
Great video Beno.
Well in Singapore modern flats are built like these. They pre-fabricate certain wall panels in a factory then when the time comes to build the flats, they stack them on top of one another.
4:19 is that a smashed LCD monitor
Yes
Please do a lift tour of eastbourne (shopping centre and parking areas around it)
My mum lived on the ground floor and next to her flat,the tall block was viking house
You should come to Bedford and look around fenlake Estate built in the 1930s and also I really want to know history of the area
The tower blocks here remind me of the 4 on the Ledbury Estate, Peckham. I believe these are presently unoccupied because of the Grenfell disaster- concerns that a fire in one flat would not stay contained in one flat, due to the construction method. On each of these, the 2 lifts serve odd or even floors, and do not serve the topmost floor. The lift equipment in the tower blocks here would be worth preserving.
I bought a train shunt signal for £30 but one bulb is broken and I don't know where to get 3 prong 110 volt bulbs
I went in one of those tower blocks 20 years ago when it was just FB2, still got the same lifts. I couldn't work out how to get on the roof.
Eh paano ba naman ang nakakasama si beno :)
Its here-new video
The pulsing drive appears to be made up of many thyristors, maybe this is some form of phase angle triggered controller? This could possibly explain the audible 300 Hz hum from the motor, as the three phases with their respective timing offsets would add up to 150 Hz i guess, and then again multiplied by two because of an inversion or something? I am not entirely sure about this though, would love to just have a go at examining this circuit with an oscilloscope...
Lifts are 100% original? The door sensors seem to be replaced. Moreover sources online claim the estate was constructed in the 1960s so it’s very likely that the express lifts are mod from older lifts if they’re using 2nd gen express
Also I really hope you will find time to film the 1972 2nd gen express fireman’s lift with the original plastic buttons and lamps at Hilton London metropole before it gets killed. Lift Tracker and LiftyGamez has a video of those lifts
Nice vid!!
Can you do Newport House, Lanfranc Estate, E3 5BS, Antill road then?
Beno do a cheap flight adventure to Katowice and Ostrava
Should go to Doncaster and do them
Can You Go To The John Radcliffe Hospital Because There is A Load Of Express Lifts There
I swear I recognise that voice 11:57. Is his sir name Erkul -lives in Kent?
Second Backwater Divide. hello can I please come to a council block again or next time you come to Brighton we could go inside theobald house
These buildings look like they were designed like Ronan Point which was a tower block built in 1960s but had a partial collapse due to a gas leak only a few months after being built. Most buildings of the same design were strengthened but since the Grenfell Tower Fire these buildings are being pulled down in droves
@Baron Will I didn't say that they're pulling them all down although its more likely that they're only pulling down the ones that wern't strengthened in the 1970s and 1980s.
I'm not sure if they were all strengthened. Some had all gas removed and were converted to all electric heating and cookers. There was a fear that this type of tower block could collapse if a vehicle smashed into them, so they had bollards put up around them.
These blocks were built by TWA, the same firm responsible for constructing Ronan Point and it's sister blocks in Newham.
I saw you on trail extrem
Do Strongbow Crescent or Sowerby close, Eltham SE9
I have been to that one but didn't find it interesting enough to film
Beno ok 😔
I lived on this estate from birth in 1985 until we moved out in December 1991. 23 Elsinore House. I loved that flat. So much space. Sad how that flat you're in looks now. I see the only things that are the same from my time are the huge windows inside and outside, that lift and the stairs. Obviously the stairs will have had some work on them since me and my parents moved out. Will miss it but glad it's getting pulled down. It's in a terrible state by the looks of it. Quite sad actually
Holy shit! I used to buy my drugs from there...
One of the most random comments I have had!
One song, I have but one song
One song, only for you
One heart, tenderly beating
Ever entreating, constant and true
One love, that has possessed me
One love, thrilling me through
One song, my heart keeps singing
Of one love, only for you
It's all gone now
I expect the people who lived there are glad to see the back of them as often these estates are a social disaster, they also become an expensive money pit as they get older and the very fabric of them deteriats and water leaks and damp becomes more of a problem apart from the cost of lift maintenance and repair that becomes a big chunk of costs.
A real shame about these id love to urbex here
Oh, come on. Yes, they shouldn't be knocked down, but to call the existing buildings "absolutely epic", "amazing", and "so nice" is hyperbole if ever it slapped me in the face.
can i please have a link to your discord oliidp#1091
They r building new flats here now