As always, quality production and highly informative content. I'm not able to get out due to health problems so it's quality content like this that puts me in touch with my local history and wildlife. Well done and thank you! Keep up the stirling work!
13:27 My dad painted the lighthouse in the 1970's. I have two pictures of him at the lighthouse working as a contractor for Bagnalls Painters, of Shipley West Yorkshire. Sad to hear it was demolished! Thanks for video.
I visited Orford Ness back in 2011, an amazing site with a fascinating history, its a shame the lighthouse has now been demolished. Departing from the quayside, it was interesting to note the high level of water that occurred in 1953 as a result of high tides and low pressure storms that affected the east coast. Lovely video Liam, well produced and edited. 👌
Cheers Steve, didn't realise you'd been nice one! Yeah certainly sad to see the lighthouse went, personally I'd have rather it was left to fall to the sea naturally and the area cordoned off.
Hi, found your channel first by coming across your video on the old Runwell hospital. This was also really well put together and really enjoyed it. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Such an interesting documentary. I was glued to my seat and learnt so much about this fascinating place that I’d really like to visit it myself. Thank you 🥰
Wow! Thank you so much for putting this feature length together. What an amazing place. You guys honestly smash it with every video. Keep doing your thing!
Amazing work guys, really capture the magic of the site and the music you use is amazing by the way... Fantastic work you really are doing something special
Really interesting documentary .I had the great pleasure of working on the Ness for nearly three years in the eighties and your documentary explained some of the thing we only new as rumours whilst i was there. Most of the buildings don't look much different even some of the scrap lying around, including the old fuel pump looked familiar. There used to be a hangar on the street near what was our office and rest area in what i think you said was the electrical room.
Do you know how long it served as an airfield? My Dad used to tell me he was stationed there in WW2 as a fitter/armourer with the Fleet Air Arm,but I have't been able to find out anything else about this?
Not entirely sure but I think it was still functioning to some degree in WW2, I think it was more of an aircraft experimentation place than strictly an airfield.
You definitely can't drive there! We went via the boat trip, people have walked it but it's not official and a serious hike I've heard many fail. A good bit of the country to visit nonetheless though.
Excellent! Very informative. I'm planning on going on the Orford Ness Half Day Trailer Tour with the National Trust as my walking is pretty weak at the moment. I have a drone as well and wondered if you asked for permission first or just took a chance? I imagine Spirit of Suffolk would have sought it. Do you have any form of contacting them or are they quite 'searchable' on the Internet?
I never knew about any of this. I find it interesting that Britain is allowing the site to return largely to its natural state. In America, we tend to preserve these in-country sites as sacred ground. For example, the Trinity Test Site in New Mexico is in pristine condition. I'll let someone else debate which approach is better, but I DO find the disparity interesting, considering the obvious similarities between our two cultures. I feel sad about the lighthouse. In America, the huge Cape Hatteras (North Carolina) lighthouse, one of the largest ever built, was moved a few hundred yards at great expense to save it from the encroaching Atlantic Ocean. Thanks for sharing this fascinating information.
Thanks for this comment, makes for an interesting comparison between the nuclear powers. I suppose the atomic weapons research at Orford Ness has still been memorialised to some extent, I think the buildings are allowed to decay simply due to the difficult logistics of the place and how exposed it is to the elements. I think they'll survive for a good while longer given how sturdy they were built.
Before I watched this video I read "Most Secret-The hidden history of Orford ness" Paddy Heazell, and it was interesting to see all the history unfold in video form....give it a read!
mmm whats the current for that around the coastal region ? you have been to canvey is - i wondered about the freaky fish etc we used to get washed up and i blamed it on london and the experiments from labs on the way down - had no idea that our nation actually tested bombs on our soil ..........
explains if there was any kind of break through there - when the germanic ufos came a visiting to stop, whatever they were trying to pull off - the extreme cold tests could have been aimed for their base at the south pole?
We tried to sneak in but its was a looong walk so we turned back And I think we took the signs very lightly… i guess we could have died if we continued 😅 lovely view though
May I correct you (and your viewers) IT DID NOT TEST atomic weapons like you state at the start, it tested the triggers for them! CLICK BAIT! I worked on the building in the 90s as a roofing contractor ( I had a portable Geiger counter with me, and signed the OSA to work on there (Official Secrets Act)) and at NO TIME did I detect anything above background radiation levels. So I suggest that you do not mislead the public into thinking that nuclear weapons were ever tested on this site!
Your view on click bait I can't fault since I'm sick of it myself. Not wanting to be pedantic, and from a "neutral" point of view, but does confirming or denying Geiger readings/radiation levels (negative or not) still not conflict with any disclosure you may or may not have signed?
We considered this stuff very carefully when writing it. Just because atomic bombs didn't undergo fissile detonation here doesn't distract from the fact that atomic weapons were developed and tested in a non-fissile capacity. It's as much the testing of nuclear weapons as it could ever have gotten within the UK and I think that's a pretty bold reality without needing to label it clickbait.
Nuclear weapons tests usually means detonation. Research service equality policy is the finesse. It is not acceptable to handle moral dilemma and safety concerns with extreme secrecy and a lack of patience for the current era and its overbearing clandestine oversight. We the public are considered to be a threat to power, with our tacit agreement to be ruled over like children as the prize. The above top secret accessories are an unfair advantage without doubt. Nuclear technology is not just powerful explosions.
Great video. We're slowly going through our archive as well which includes more info on the Ness. We'll be posting videos soon
Great to hear, sounds interesting and glad you liked it!
As always, quality production and highly informative content. I'm not able to get out due to health problems so it's quality content like this that puts me in touch with my local history and wildlife. Well done and thank you! Keep up the stirling work!
Thanks very kind :)
13:27 My dad painted the lighthouse in the 1970's. I have two pictures of him at the lighthouse working as a contractor for Bagnalls Painters, of Shipley West Yorkshire. Sad to hear it was demolished! Thanks for video.
I visited Orford Ness back in 2011, an amazing site with a fascinating history, its a shame the lighthouse has now been demolished. Departing from the quayside, it was interesting to note the high level of water that occurred in 1953 as a result of high tides and low pressure storms that affected the east coast. Lovely video Liam, well produced and edited. 👌
Cheers Steve, didn't realise you'd been nice one! Yeah certainly sad to see the lighthouse went, personally I'd have rather it was left to fall to the sea naturally and the area cordoned off.
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Hi, found your channel first by coming across your video on the old Runwell hospital. This was also really well put together and really enjoyed it. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Cheers!
Such an interesting documentary. I was glued to my seat and learnt so much about this fascinating place that I’d really like to visit it myself. Thank you 🥰
Thanks Melanie, good to hear you found it engaging!
Absolutely fantastic work by you guys spot on with your work and history well done keep it up 👍
Thank you :)
Awesome Liam! To say the least, mind blowing.👍
Cheers!!
Thanks for sharing your visit, really interesting!
Thank you for making this presentation of Orford Ness.
Wow! Thank you so much for putting this feature length together. What an amazing place. You guys honestly smash it with every video. Keep doing your thing!
Cheers very kind of you!
Amazing work guys, really capture the magic of the site and the music you use is amazing by the way... Fantastic work you really are doing something special
Cheers really appreciate this, that's our aim so glad to know it's working 😁
Really interesting documentary .I had the great pleasure of working on the Ness for nearly three years in the eighties and your documentary explained some of the thing we only new as rumours whilst i was there. Most of the buildings don't look much different even some of the scrap lying around, including the old fuel pump looked familiar. There used to be a hangar on the street near what was our office and rest area in what i think you said was the electrical room.
Fantastic video. I must get myself to Orford Ness!
I learnt so much from this video. Well done guys, your best video to date.
Thank you sir!
Very informative video, I was on the fence about going definitely will now :) Subscribed
Really good video Liam 👍👍✔ Well done guys
This was awesome thankyou
Do you know how long it served as an airfield? My Dad used to tell me he was stationed there in WW2 as a fitter/armourer with the Fleet Air Arm,but I have't been able to find out anything else about this?
Not entirely sure but I think it was still functioning to some degree in WW2, I think it was more of an aircraft experimentation place than strictly an airfield.
@@BeyondthePoint Ok thanks for the answer.
I think ill take a look down there in a few weeks. Can i drive there on the north side..
You definitely can't drive there! We went via the boat trip, people have walked it but it's not official and a serious hike I've heard many fail. A good bit of the country to visit nonetheless though.
Excellent! Very informative. I'm planning on going on the Orford Ness Half Day Trailer Tour with the National Trust as my walking is pretty weak at the moment. I have a drone as well and wondered if you asked for permission first or just took a chance? I imagine Spirit of Suffolk would have sought it. Do you have any form of contacting them or are they quite 'searchable' on the Internet?
how much was the trip, and how long do you get there
I never knew about any of this. I find it interesting that Britain is allowing the site to return largely to its natural state. In America, we tend to preserve these in-country sites as sacred ground. For example, the Trinity Test Site in New Mexico is in pristine condition. I'll let someone else debate which approach is better, but I DO find the disparity interesting, considering the obvious similarities between our two cultures. I feel sad about the lighthouse. In America, the huge Cape Hatteras (North Carolina) lighthouse, one of the largest ever built, was moved a few hundred yards at great expense to save it from the encroaching Atlantic Ocean. Thanks for sharing this fascinating information.
Thanks for this comment, makes for an interesting comparison between the nuclear powers. I suppose the atomic weapons research at Orford Ness has still been memorialised to some extent, I think the buildings are allowed to decay simply due to the difficult logistics of the place and how exposed it is to the elements. I think they'll survive for a good while longer given how sturdy they were built.
Excellent video, we would love to pay a visit sometime
Would be interesting to know what a Geiger counter might show at the various buildings, if anything.
pretty sure theres an underground facility there as well that used to heat the ground so much a mist used to be formed
Interesting part of the coast. Seems to be a magnet for nuclear activity with sizewell & bradwell fairly close by.
Before I watched this video I read "Most Secret-The hidden history of Orford ness" Paddy Heazell, and it was interesting to see all the history unfold in video form....give it a read!
mmm whats the current for that around the coastal region ? you have been to canvey is - i wondered about the freaky fish etc we used to get washed up and i blamed it on london and the experiments from labs on the way down - had no idea that our nation actually tested bombs on our soil ..........
explains if there was any kind of break through there - when the germanic ufos came a visiting to stop, whatever they were trying to pull off - the extreme cold tests could have been aimed for their base at the south pole?
Good place
Did encounter any issues flying a drone on a National Trust property? planning going next year
You can't fly from the island so the shots were from inland
We tried to sneak in but its was a looong walk so we turned back And I think we took the signs very lightly… i guess we could have died if we continued 😅 lovely view though
It was not tested here it was developed here.
We simply aren't on a globe..........you wouldn't be able to see 8 miles along-simples.Despite that.....it is a good Vid. though.
May I correct you (and your viewers) IT DID NOT TEST atomic weapons like you state at the start, it tested the triggers for them! CLICK BAIT! I worked on the building in the 90s as a roofing contractor ( I had a portable Geiger counter with me, and signed the OSA to work on there (Official Secrets Act)) and at NO TIME did I detect anything above background radiation levels. So I suggest that you do not mislead the public into thinking that nuclear weapons were ever tested on this site!
Your view on click bait I can't fault since I'm sick of it myself. Not wanting to be pedantic, and from a "neutral" point of view, but does confirming or denying Geiger readings/radiation levels (negative or not) still not conflict with any disclosure you may or may not have signed?
We considered this stuff very carefully when writing it. Just because atomic bombs didn't undergo fissile detonation here doesn't distract from the fact that atomic weapons were developed and tested in a non-fissile capacity. It's as much the testing of nuclear weapons as it could ever have gotten within the UK and I think that's a pretty bold reality without needing to label it clickbait.
Nuclear weapons tests usually means detonation.
Research service equality policy is the finesse. It is not acceptable to handle moral dilemma and safety concerns with extreme secrecy and a lack of patience for the current era and its overbearing clandestine oversight. We the public are considered to be a threat to power, with our tacit agreement to be ruled over like children as the prize. The above top secret accessories are an unfair advantage without doubt. Nuclear technology is not just powerful explosions.