1983: MODEL MAKER's models have TAKEN OVER his flat | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

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"This Englishman's home isn't so much his castle, as his dry dock."
Luke Casey meets model-maker extraordinaire Bill Wilkinson in his one bedroom flat in Leyland, which he shares with his wonderful replicas of famous boats. A large steam paddle boat takes pride of place in his bedroom, while his bathroom and living room are home to his latest creation - a 25-foot scale model of the luxury steam yacht, J.P. Morgan Corsair.
Originally broadcast 1 August, 1983.
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@jedthehumanoid9953 2 года назад

I love these type of characters. He may be out of work and on benefits but at least he’s doing something skilled and productive with his time. He also seems happy and content. I’d hope these models are still being looked after somewhere and weren’t scrapped.

@atmywitsend1984 2 года назад

They will be worth a fortune now I would expect. More so as the environment that they were built in was a tad bizarre to say the least. What an eccentric and likeable guy.

@Jesse__H 2 года назад

@Uncle Gilbert Oh no, they definitely would be. It'd be categorized as Folk Art, or perhaps even Outsider Art, and this man's story, the provenance, would help increase the valuation. I'm not saying they'd be worth a _fortune,_ but they'd definitely be valuable, if they ever came to auction.

@Anthony_Stockton09 Год назад

Exactly

@Anthony_Stockton09 Год назад

How did he get it out?😂

@hellooohowareudoing 2 года назад

I searched this guy and sadly he passed away in 2004. He used to sell his model boats and he also used to sail them on the local lake.

@timwebster8122 2 года назад

I remember seeing him at the model engineering exhibitions in the late 90s it was pretty legendary where he lived and how he worked. Later models were bigger but could be dismantled for transport

@billgriffiths1685 2 года назад

@@timwebster8122 Do you know if we can still see these models, and if so where?

@BillOweninOttawa 2 года назад

@@billgriffiths1685 Great question, I hope you get an answer.

@jdchester7 6 месяцев назад

@billgriffiths1685 You can't still see them. Unfortunately, I can send you pictures and videos of some if you'd like

@richardsawyer5428 2 года назад

He should have been recruited as a cabinet maker. What craftsmanship.

@robertyboberty7495 Год назад

The close ups of the deck show the fine detail and when they both climb over it that demonstrates the strength. A lovely character, god bless Bill.

@Jason-wm5qe 2 года назад

So many subtle puns. This is great television

@stepheng8779 2 года назад

The talent that Thatcher put on the scrapheap

@kamandi1362 Год назад

He was a bus driver. Being made redundant gave him the time to do this.

@Larry 2 года назад

it's more amazing this man could have a flat, pay bills, food and have an expensive hobby on £26 a week!

@ZacabebOTG 2 года назад

Hello you!

@KingofPotatoPeople 2 года назад

So join us as we look at these skint shipwrights, these bankrupt boaters, and moneyless modellers……

@skinlesswalnut6259 2 года назад

Literally about £65 in today's money, pretty much the same as today's dole money, and nice to see ya Larry I'm a subscriber lol

@turboslag 2 года назад

Bl00dy 'eck, I thought my collecting hobbies were excessive, at least I can walk through my house, just!

@johnroddy8756 2 года назад

Gifted craftsman

@neogeo1670 Год назад

what a wonderful original character

@srl6018 4 месяца назад

You're right. He also comes across as calm, contented, and very intelligent.

@MrGnjecko 2 года назад

The large Corsair is still alive, it was sold to a collector in the UK. All the boats were built out of cardboard, and this large one was powered by car engine.

@liamholcroft7212 2 года назад

the one in the bath probably.

@doloresmyatt9737 2 года назад

could cardboard hold the weight of a car engine and would not go to pulp in water.

@musicandbooklover-p2o Год назад

Don't think card would take the weight of the men standing on it somehow.

@markallan3842 2 года назад

He had great skills 👏

@BillOweninOttawa 2 года назад

How can this man not have a job? Any restoring company or shipbuilder would take him in a second.

@ilovegot7754 Год назад

Because he's lazy

@hanone-fs4yb Год назад

You have no idea what work is in that craftsmanship. Not lazy . He was a creator of art. Not a 9 to 5 hack. His work lives long after the money from your job has been spent and forgotten.@@ilovegot7754

@musicandbooklover-p2o Год назад

Heavy unemployment in those days, more so in some parts of the country than others and definitely in his neck of the woods.

@althe9140 2 года назад

I live Leyland and drive past here every day. I never knew about this😀

@Flanneryshanedward 2 года назад

Talented man. A talent sadly not appreciated nowadays. My wife wouldn't have a 1:43 scale model of a boat on a shelf without kicking off.

@thecaveofthedead 2 года назад

He wasn't appreciated then.

@Adam-wl8wn 2 года назад

My dad had to build an extension on their house for his models 😂

@steven-vn9ui 2 года назад

You need a more tolerant wife. Life is too short my friend

@xr6lad 2 года назад

Build her a 1.43 scale model of her coffin for demo purposes. See how she reacts then.

@musicandbooklover-p2o Год назад

@@Adam-wl8wn Dad built a model room just to house his model trains and later model aircraft.

@CycolacFan 10 месяцев назад

“Shivers for his timbers…” 😂

@porkscratchings5428 2 года назад

53 years old! Holy moly I though he was about 70 ish. Wonderful skill building those ships, glad he had time on his hands, shame it wasn’t through lockdown and he could have got more money to live on. The models consumed his living conditions to the extent, I guess he didn’t bathe at all lol.

@liamholcroft7212 2 года назад

I'd imagine he has a stand up wash to keep him going.

@xr6lad 2 года назад

Keep eating those pork scratchings mate and you 2 can look like that!

@thedave7760 9 месяцев назад

Probably a local bath house nearby back then,

@tjdacatlady1920 Год назад

Absolutely amazing and beautiful. ❤

@AlanAttack 10 месяцев назад

What a legend

@bradjones1977 2 года назад

Had to look up the address on Google Earth. Now a hair salon.

@gorillachilla 2 года назад

Legend rip

@AndysLife27 10 месяцев назад

I'm a diecast collecter but this is just amazing i wonder were they are now ?

@grant78uk 2 года назад

I wonder what happened to these models

@flaminicemediagroup 2 года назад

Fire

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

@@flaminicemediagroup there was a fire? Really? Or have you made it up? What’s with the one word sentence? Can you expand much? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

@unnamedchannel1237 2 года назад

@@handsoffmycactus2958 yes

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

@@unnamedchannel1237 if you aren’t going to comment more than one word, don’t bother

@hellooohowareudoing 2 года назад

I googled this guys name and he used to sell the models, he also used to sail them on the local lake - also he passed away in 2004.

@Anthony_Stockton09 Год назад

He reminds me of quint from Jaws 😂😎

@radioqso 9 месяцев назад

Where is the yacht today?

@needleontherecord 2 года назад

I can see why he was a bachelor

@myalfie 2 года назад

Wonder 💭 if it’s still there?

@bryanhurd9955 2 года назад

This story appears to be old,when did this happen

@simonrussell4986 2 года назад

According to the description, 1983

@bryanhurd9955 2 года назад

@@simonrussell4986 Thank you ,I wonder how this turned out,a lot has changed in that area.

@cmac2069 2 года назад

I didn’t take him to be an inches man. He seems more of a metric fella

@xr6lad 2 года назад

Nah he was an inches man. Probably about 4”.

@chrispbacon3042 2 года назад

Bill wakes up in the morning with all hands on deck and seamen running everywhere.

@deanstanley5799 2 года назад

Wonder what happened to him?

@mayitriggeryou 2 года назад

@1:08 "It growed and growed." Growed?

@Grahame59 Год назад

Yes, I spotted that too. 'Grew and grew' surely.

@devorahfriedman7502 4 месяца назад

From a childrens' story about a character named Topsy who "growed and growed".

@madmaxmckinnes5862 Год назад

Er, "It GROWED AND GROWED"????????? You mean it 'GREW AND GREW'!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@xr6lad 2 года назад

It’s Barney Miller!!!!

@jellybaby7 2 года назад

Some say his body's still up there, no visitors, no one knows

@JustMyFish 2 года назад

He only has £26 a week how could he afford to do this and also eat. Although he’s very skilled and his models are amazing I think he’s quite nuts. You would have to take the roof off to take them anywhere perhaps they belong in a museum.

@musicandbooklover-p2o Год назад

As he said, out through the window.

@thecaveofthedead 2 года назад

A refugee from Thatcherism, doing what he could to stay sane. That millionaire didn't build the original yacht. Working people like him built that too.

@Jesse__H 2 года назад

True facts.

@xr6lad 2 года назад

Let me know how much manufacturing Labour returned to Britain during their tenure? Or renationalised anything?

@musicandbooklover-p2o Год назад

@@xr6lad Either way it wasn't Thatcher or Labour but the UNIONS who ensured people lost their jobs.

@unnamedchannel1237 2 года назад

Growed And growed? Try grew and grew

@1969Kismet 2 года назад

Try Uncle Tom's Cabin. "Topsy growed and growed" is from that book.

@Tee_Leaf 2 года назад

This is a quote

@Jesse__H 2 года назад

Try context. Attribution to a work you don't recognize? HMMM Maybe It's A Quotation.

@davehill584 2 года назад

Anybody spot the hastily covered Nazi flag at 0:19?

@nickharvey7233 2 года назад

Noticed it straight away. Might be entirely innocent, but seems like a mock up of a WW2 Kreigsmarine (navy) flag

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

It does look like one; however the stripes should be black, white, black, white. There’s only black, white and black there. After googling, it does look similar but it could be innocent

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

@@davehill584 probably is let’s be real. Why else would it be there, it’s a flag surrounding a wooden block isn’t it

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

The guy was probably a NF supporter too.

@davehill584 2 года назад

With detective hat on, I'd say that's a simplified version of the flag. He is a skilled painter etc and the red of the flag/box matches the hull of the ship above. I think he dunnit and the film crew turned up in a hurry to film the segment. BBC didnt want to talk about other tricky subjects either in the 70s, such as celebrity perverts.

@unscentednapalm8547 2 года назад

First.

@matthewpayne42 2 года назад

Well done, give yourself a pat on the back.

@TheGrader600 2 года назад

No one cares.

@unscentednapalm8547 2 года назад

@@TheGrader600 seems you cared enough to comment...

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

@@unscentednapalm8547 get a grip you nonce

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

What is the point of posting comments like this? What are you? 12? Weirdo

@RobCCTV 2 года назад

Not impressed. I have known people to become obsessed with a hobby, to the detrement of themselves. I hope this gentleman eventually got a life and job.

@handsoffmycactus2958 2 года назад

I highly doubt it. The flat he was living in has changed a lot, so doubt he lives there anymore. I just wonder how the hell they removed all that junk when he moved out

@Jason-wm5qe 2 года назад

Why do you think this is detrimental? He seems to have got a lot of meaning from the endeavour

@liamholcroft7212 2 года назад

Who are you to judge him? he does what he enjoys and spends his time as he sees fit. Is that not everyone's goal in life? if £26 a week is enough to bring you happiness then so be it, If you need more then you should earn more.

@timwebster8122 2 года назад

He had a life. His model making. He was much respected and admired for his work.

@doloresmyatt9737 2 года назад

ah much better to spend all your waking hours sitting in front of a tv and slowly becoming brain dead as per the population of the UK the answer is variety and exercise.