Amazing GDSF WW1 Steam Convoy - 'Gigantic' bounces around the roundabout!
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The Great Dorset Steam Fair WW1 commemorative convoy from Bovington Camp to Tarrant Hinton, on 16th August 2014, arrives at the roundabout in front of the Bryanston School Gates - just before Blandford Bridge. A vintage (Ford?) staff car forms the escort at the front. McLaren road locomotive 1332, Gigantic, then appears hauling the 72 ton Pickfords trailer bearing the 1914 WWI Holt 75 HP gun tractor, 'Ben'. The strain of turning the Pickfords trailer through ninety degrees gives Gigantic cause to slow down and then bounce forward with accompanying chuffs as the driver expertly brings the trailer around. McLaren road locomotive 1652, Boadicea, pushes from the rear making up the 80 foot train. Burrell road locomotive 3257, Clinker, follows bringing troops. Roger, son of the late Fred Dibnah, is (I believe) at the controls of the 1917 Foden steam lorry that follows. Roger is co-owner of the Holt tractor. Show co-founder, Ronald Harris is with his 1915 Daimler lorry which was army owned in the war. The rear is brought up by the 1918 GMC water bowser owned by Rowley Moors of Bridport. After a stop for sandwiches at the Crown Hotel you will see the lead driver check that all are ready, a blast of the whistles to signal the start and then the convoy setting off for the final leg of the journey. Please comment with any further information / corrections and don't forget to tick 'Like' and share this with your friends if you enjoyed this video. I was lucky with the shots/light and think that I caught the vehicles at their active best - especially the early sequence showing Gigantic being turned around the roundabout. All credit to those who have restored these vehicles and who handled them so well. It was a truly spectacular and memorable event.
en Francaise:
La Grande Dorset vapeur Foire WW1 convoi commémorative de Bovington Camp à Tarrant Hinton, le 16 Août 2014, arrive au rond-point en face de la Bryanston School Gates - juste avant Blandford Bridge. Un millésime (Ford?) Voiture du personnel constitue l'escorte à l'avant. McLaren route locomotive 1332, Gigantic, apparaît alors transporter 72 tonnes Pickfords remorque portant la Première Guerre mondiale 1914 Holt 75 HP arme tracteur, 'Ben'. La souche de transformer la remorque Pickfords travers quatre vingt dix degrés suscite 'Gigantic' à ralentir puis rebondir avant avec accompagnement aspiration que le conducteur amène habilement la remorque autour. McLaren route locomotive 1652, Boadicea, pousse à l'arrière qui composent le train de 80 pieds. Burrell route locomotive 3257, clinker, suit amener des troupes. Roger, fils de feu Fred Dibnah, est (je crois) aux commandes du camion 1917 Foden à vapeur qui suit. Roger est co-propriétaire du tracteur Holt. Afficher co-fondateur, Ronald Harris est avec son 1915 Daimler camion qui a été détenue armée dans la guerre. L'arrière est amené par le 1918 porte d'eau GMC détenue par Rowley Maures de Bridport. Après un arrêt pour les sandwichs à The Crown Hotel vous verrez le contrôle de pilote de pointe que tous sont prêts, une explosion des sifflets pour signaler le début et ensuite le départ pour la dernière étape du voyage convoi. Se il vous plaît commenter toute information complémentaire / corrections et ne oubliez pas de cocher sur «Je aime» si vous avez aimé cette vidéo. Je ai été chanceux avec des photos / lumière et pense que je ai attrapé les véhicules à leur actif mieux - en particulier la séquence montrant début Gigantic étant tourné autour du rond-point. Tout le crédit à ceux qui ont restauré ces véhicules et qui les a traité si bien. Ce fut un événement vraiment spectaculaire et mémorable.
Crazy Brits! I’m really really really hugely impressed as to what they’ve managed to preserve AND keep operable! :D
Great to see this. Incredible that these machines are still running today,100 years after they were built. Huge thank you to the people that run,rally, maintain and display these mechanical wonders.Thanks very much for posting.
Thanks for posting this. It is incredible to see. When I was a yungster I would hang around the train yard where my father worked and loved the old steam trains. The noise,power and smell will always remain with me. I would luv to see some close up photos of how these machine parts look. The way the wheels are made in itself are quite interesting.
Thank God there are passionate and talented people who restore protect and preserve our history and heritage
Thank you for the post
Phillip Laird Gold Coast Australia
I must give this a High Five. Great to see these old machines. Even if they were a bit before my time.
Very interesting. Very loud and in excellent condition. Notice the nice paved roads today... bet back in the day the medal wheels were needed to drive on the bare ground.
Thank you for sharing this fantastic video. My hubby only got the engine 'finished' a few hours before this Road trip! A day we will never forget.
So glad that you enjoyed it.
Mark Thomasm
Wow! great vid! Loved the trip to the past and it could not be better with the streets of the UK as a back drop. Thanx Mark.
How can you not enjoy these amazing picture s.
Naprosto fantastická přehlídka!
Tak to je vskutku zážitek :-o) Super podívaná :-o)
Hezký Pepiku.Hoďte na toho ptáka něco,nebo ho zabiju.
Luboš Dědauštvánlety Dostal jsem to z Londýna.
The awesome power of steam! Great video!!!
Thank you!
Mark
Magnificent! Thank you Mark for putting your vid up. The background really added atmosphere.
Blandford Forum, Dorset is where my ancestor (Charles Hicks Wheeler) came from before departing to Maryborough, in the new Colony of Queensland, Australia. Before leaving the UK, he resided in a house in West Street, Blandford near the Crown Hotel where the steam vehicles in the video stopped for "sandwiches". When I was there a few years ago I noted a sign on the bridge that warned anyone found damaging the bridge would be transported. Luckily Charles and his family were remittance passengers. Thank you for the great video of the town from where my G-Grandfather Charles and his family resided before they departed to Australia.
cheers Grahame Wheeler, Hervey Bay Queensland Australia
Possibly related to Hicks, the outfitter, which used to be in West Street? You can see an entry in Kelly's Directory of 1895 (Google brings it up).
Just bloody lovely. Thank you for putting this up!
What a treat! Must have been such a kick to see. Thanks so very much.
Loved every bit of it. Wish we could see more. To see more is to allow us to compare now with decades in the past. Thanks for the good show.
Thank you for your comment. Glad to hear that you enjoyed it. You can see the convoy at various stages in other people's videos. There is one, 'WW1 Convoy at town bridge' by DorsetOffroader that shows the vehicles crossing the river Stour. If you look to the left of the bridge you can just about see me filming.
Simply stunning, thanks so much for uploading this video of such amazing vehicles :0)
That was well worth seeing, enjoyed seeing those old vehicles still going strong..thank you
For all of you audiophiles (sound lovers) out there, correct me if I am wrong but I think that there is a particular depth of sound to this recording for which you may enjoy some background, literally, and for which we need to thank Edward Portman, who in 1778, had James Wyatt build the Lodge that is now known as the Bryanston School Gates (source, A Short History of Bryanston, John Tory, 2012). As you can see from the Wikipedia page on Bryanston School, the lodge houses forming the gate entrance are each flanked by stone walls that together form a semi-circle around the north side of the roundabout. It is therefore possible that this structure forms an acoustic lens that would have brought the sound of the engines back to the filming position with some intensity i.e. not just as an echo but as a focused echo.
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Great restorations there and its wonderful how these artifacts are being given new life. Did I see Tony Gosling driving the Dennis truck he and son Steve restored?
Nice. Good to see the crews in period uniform too.
C'était de fabuleuses machines, dommage que cela polluant beaucoup.
Merci pour ces belles images
Stf
Last year I visited the Tank Museum at Bovington and thoroughly enjoyed it. Its a great day out but plan ahead so as to be there for the demonstration days in the Arena where the put the tanks through their paces.
Following on from your comment I've just put up a couple Bovington Tank Museum Arena videos. One of a Sherman doing a circuit. Not just any Sherman tank but the M4 that played the lead in Fury with Brad Pitt! A quick check of Wikipedia has revealed that filming started in September 2013 and that the tank used was T-224875 'Ron' - the same one that I filmed. The other video is of a mock battle between an M60 and a Leopard 1. Yes, the museum makes a good visit and the displays are impressive.
awe inspiring mechanics of the powerful machinery for the time -- never saw anything like this before -- definitely built to last a lifetime with no short cuts ! i.e. planned obsolescence !!! ~ William
Thank you Mark
Stirring stuff. Just loved that scene leaving the pub !
Thanks! Catching that really was a complete fluke - I had just given up waiting in front of them and was heading home when I saw them walking towards the engines.
Cheers Mark, one of the Wheelers married a Hicks and then two direct ancestors, namely George Hicks Wheeler and Charles Hicks Wheeler adopted Hicks as a middle name. I have traced the ancestry back to the 1700's, Blandford Forum and Pimperne and back further. Charles went onto fathering 18 surviving children from two wives and at one time had the largest family in Queensland. Not many Wheelers left in the Blandford area but hundreds in the Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Maryborough areas today. I will check the Kelly's Directory..
Now THAT'S what I call porpoising!
Beautifulllllll!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍
That's really an epic scene!
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, HISTORY.
Thanks great video of yesteryear technology.
Brilliant video, very well shot, wonderful exposure control - well done.
Thank you. I can put some of it down to experience - holding still, framing, taking low shots to add height etc., some to the excellent Panasonic Lumix camera - and the rest to sheer good luck. I didn't know what was coming but was in the right place for it. The light was also perfect. The second shot was largely luck - I had got bored waiting in front of the convoy, with my 6 year old, among the crowd and so had decided to go home, back along the convoy. As I was half-way down the convoy the drivers started to mount-up and so I stopped. I found myself free from the crowd with a clear shot and so I took it - just catching the thumbs-up and the whistles as they left. For this one perfect set of events I can recall many missed opportunities! The Lancaster flying over my village, just above the roof-tops that I couldn't frame etc. So, it was very much the product of always being ready to give it a go.
Fantastic Video, Thank You
A great piece of video. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic, what a sight...
Back then, state of the art military equipment in a war where everything self propelled was new among the footman and horses.
People forget that the steampunk era was real.
love the ww1 veterans , the machines them selves .
Dobry den to all viewers from the Czech republic.
what a great bit of video footage!
Great video Mark, thanks for sharing!
I am honoured by your kind comment and wish you the best of weather this year - I am sure you don't need any other kind of luck as everything looks well planned.
Bottler clip. thank You.
Toot ❗ Toot ❗Are you ready ❓
Toot❗Toot ❗ Let's go 🚜💨
Greetings from the USA awesome video
Awesome! Thank you so much.
verlaine tuieta letter for you...
To je naprosto úžasné! Mockrát děkuji!
Antonín Bouda h
Just loved it. Thanks so much for taking the video .
The guy in the pilot car recording it on his phone...hilarious.
Nádherný dokument , moc se nám líbí ...)
Excelent video ! Thank you ! :-)
Magnifico!!!!!
Thanks Edson.
lovely to see
Qué chulada de transporte de equipo pesado.
I Say, Brilliant; Really Brilliant !!!
VMA225 Thank you.
Fabulous
Merci. JM
Super !
Bonjour a vous tous les amateurs de machines a vapeur en France! J'espere que vous aimez ce film.
non
Surprised scrapers didn't get in WW2
fantastisch
yes it IS a Ford A Model T to be precise
Respekt!!!
beautifull
Can you immagine today's car running one century later ?
Alexis Balcerzak ha not a chance
Maravilha!
Its me Ibrahim!
Hi Ibrahim
I hope you enjoyed the video! I filmed it in the town I come from.
it passed smog,with the new Star system in El monte ca
I pomyśleć ze swego czasu te pojazdy były szczytem techniki w swoim czasie obecnie te szacowne zabytki zobaczyć w ruchu chwała ludziom którzy poświęcają im swij czas i dbają abyśmy mogli je podziwiać
Great show. I remember seeing some of these Traction Engines back it the late fifties. Just wondering, what does the "W D" stand for ?
War Department (when we used to have one!)
Ian Price Ian what the flag up symbol between W & D signifies, I kept looking for definition couldn't find one, the closest guesstimate I came to was alritilary !? So my guess it would be something like war department artillery div.!?
Thank you pal!
That was unreal I hope one day to see something like this display in person!
being re-enacted this coming Saturday - same route
I wish the Brits would learn to drive on the right side of the road like the rest of Europe!
Our country, our laws. We drive on the correct side anyway.
Before Lucas Electric entered the scene.
Gary Gordon I love how they have a platform truck following them around for when that police Discovery breaks down.
J aimé baoup!
Today,....steam engines can give petrol engines a run for their money. It's too bad that most people stopped developing them.
Just Ducky I tell you!!!!!
can someone tell me the name of the car that appeared first?
model t ford
Это контингент из 600 человек направляющихся на Украину?
What fuel is used in the steam vehicles, Mr. Thomas?
Traditionally they burn coal! I am not an expert but they have a fire burning coal that heats up water to turn it into steam. The steam is then used to move a piston which then moves the wheels. I would suspect that the two bins on either side of the footplate/driver/fireman have coal in them that is fed into the fire.
Mark Thomas
Thanks for the information. I thought they had been converted to a liquid fuel.
hansel221 You could be right - I have a colleague who drives one of these, I will ask him and get back to you.
OK thanks.
hansel221 My colleague says that they run on coal, Welsh steam coal, and that it is stored in the boxes.
they're driving on the wrong side of the road
+Average Joe it's the correct side of the road
Our country our laws.
can tell me someone the meaning oft the markings on the tractor W↑D? THX
+antias123 War Department I think
+antias123 War Department.
thank you!! :-D
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