I have lived near the cement works all my life and went on a tour as a child. I remember the immense heat when walking down the walkway at the side of the kilns. It was great to see inside again albeit that it’s in a sorry state of repair. Thank you
Yes - we went there on a school trip! A whole class of us walked the gantries alongside the kilns, shielding our faces from the heat (I thought my glasses were going to melt...) . We also got up close to all the other heavy equipment, all of it operating at the time, I can't imagine what the risk assessment would look like for that today!
This is a great video, my dad worked there in the late 70's to early 80's along with my grandad I wish they were alive to see your video, they would have loved it. My grandad actually died in the building you were on the roof off, dropped dead of a heart attack! Blue circle were a really family orientated company, I have great memories of Christmas parties in the building on the other side of the road.
It's great to see some one so young (no offence intended) caring enough about where they explore to provide background information in the site they visit, you make very interesting videos keep up to good work.
That was awesome. Hopefully one day you can visit Denbigh Asylum in North Wales. A huge town sized Gothic style Asylum. Well worth a visit, but you do have to sneak inside. But it's not too difficult.
We would visit Denbigh in passing but probably wouldn't film a video there as it is just a shell. Still, a very historical place and a stunning structure!
Brilliant video - quite the best of this site - and great to see boys having fun. I had the unusual honour of photographing the insides and outsides of the buildings 3 days before it closed in 1991. I had pestered Blue Circle for years to get in, and they relented finally, so I managed to see it all in full operation. Amazing to see those kilns all stone cold, they were incredibly hot when operating. Coal dust was blown in at the lower end of the kilns as they rotated, bring the entire structure up to an incredible heat. The infra red radiation was awesome inside. Its extraordinary to see entropy in action, and how nature starts to claim everything. Imagine in another 30 years if its still all there..(I suspect it will be!). As the structure rusts it will get more dangerous to explore. Terrific video lads and well produced.. keep up the good work. Jake Purches
I watch all of these videos when they are released and yours was the best I have seen. I lost a bus in the fire you mentioned which I stored there. The former engine shed was gutted also. I took a lot of videos and photos that night which no one has seen, so maybe one day I will upload it. The buildings on that side are condemned and not used.
Vickers and Armstrong (Whitworth) were the biggest firms in Newcastle (right next door to each other on the river tyne) for decades, producing the 15" guns for the Royal Navy's battle ships to tanks and composite armour for tanks and ships. It was said that every other week in the1940's Vickers would make a press release regarding an impenetrable armour they had produced, and the next day Armstrong's would state that they had produced a new shell that would penetrate any armour. These days the Tyne is a sad place, with all of the heavy industry long gone, and the infrastructure removed.
Me and my two mates went in the other day got in and out. Amazing but as we were trying to leave part of the roof fell in and we were a room away from it but overall a sick experience
A good exploration, a decaying abandoned cement works set in the South Downs, quite a contrast. A sense of achievement I think to explore and record all this knowing there is activity and people below yet they were oblivious you were watching them, I wonder if they’ll see this.
Maybe they will, but for a lot of the workers, it's not really their job to hunt us down and they seemed quite oblivious to the huge abandoned building next to them.
Great video. I love that you give some background and history too. You have obviously researched it well. I lived in Shoreham as a kid and we often went past the cement works
Great video. I hope you were wearing masks to protect yourself from the Asbestos that you mentioned in the film. The dust that you highlighted everywhere is not just chalk or cement.
Really enjoyed this one fellas, right up my street. Reminded me of a limestone quarry we used to 'explore' as kids back in the day what with all the white dust etc. Loved it!
I assume it was attached to the building over the road at one point. Those cliffs are quite nice to look at and should be retained if they ever build a housing estate where the factory is. Great video, I watch a lot of abandoned/urban exploration and your videos are some of the best - proper research really enhances them 👍
would love to see an explore of the Lyceum Cinema in glasgow scotland. apparently it used to seat 2600 people. currently building looks very abandoned like no one has been in it in a long time.
I would like to see more of the industrial kitchens and more of the infrastructure that runs some of these establishments such as hospitals schools retirement homesand pools etc
Looks incredible, enjoyed going up on the roof as well as the seeing the massive kilns. Walking on them was cool, glad everyone has a sense of adventure. Apparently there was an attempt to turn this into an 'Eco Resort' in 2015 with 'Lord of the Rings' Hobbit style chalets!!! I'll stick with your video record of it as it is thanks!
That was something to see, the vastness of the site was a lot to take in.I thought the machinery was ghostly in some scenes. I would of loved to have been able to have had a tour of this place when it was functional..and the way that nature is finding it's way inside is great..I really like the photos you used to reflect the history of the place I would like to see more explores that show a before and after image I would never research this otherwise, so for me the start of the video is what gets me interested, the tour of the building is what I watch for and the history of the place makes it all the more interesting and worthwhile watching, and appreciative of your time and effort, great start to the new year.. looking forward to seeing your videos in 2021.
Have a look at RAF Yatesbury near devises. It’s one of the Royal Air Forces oldest airfields, loads of old buildings, hangars and bunkers that I think would make an excellent video. Keep the good work up lads
You should visit the science museum in irvine. It has quite a good bit of natural lighting although it has a few sensors around the outer walls and security tend to arrive after about 30 minutes. Still worth visiting
A public consultation has just finished, hopefully something better will be made of the side (not housing). The ground section in the middle between the exposed chalk at the rear of the site & the main buildings at the front is heavily contaminated which makes any residential development highly problematic not to mention they would have to build their own onsite water waste treatment plant (as per the consultation documents). I recently read about a new development called a "Sand Battery" in Finland, it is a more efficient way of storing power than conventional battery technology, this site would be perfect for it as the power cables that run from the off shore windfarm (The Rampion Wind Farm) into the national grid pass under the main road just a few hundred yards from the site, they could also lay a large amount of solar panels as well.
From the area and explored in here shortly after closure (before urbex was a thing). No security at that time and much of the controls and locker rooms were intact, with the odd paperwork etc. The kilns really have to be seen in person to get an idea of their scale.
I think it'd be good too find buildings and not been touched really by vandals with stuff being left behind they are a very good hidden location like a castle that would be good good and mental asylums.
You know if u go to unexplained Mysteries channel he just don a video about China being very advanced with there technology . They have robot people and driverless cars . So we follow right behind them . So who knows what we devices we will invent to put on the abandoned places . Maybe like robo cop type of stuff who knows . Just be careful when u go in there . Love your channel ❤️❤️❤️
I live almost next to this quarry, its as far as I know its built with asbestos hence why locals have struggled with ideas on how to utilise it, from dry ski slopes to pod site for homeless, but its heavy build is too poisonous to dismantle ....but there's a little knowledge of a local....its ugly and shame we can't take it off our beautiful downs, its ugly compared to nature....and asbestos is lethal if broken. Cheers guys the house next to it were the workers homes. God bless
Being a local to the site - I think what you did in this video was very irresponsible. All the old buildings are contaminated with Asbestos not to mention in various stages of collapse making them very unsafe.
@Robert Jones I totally agree, I live just a few miles down the road from the site (I can see the chimney) and I dread the day it all comes crashing down dropping god knows how much asbestos into the air.
Cilnker ????? You man CLINKER and the two smaller Kilns were not kilns but rotary ball mills, you really should check your details before posting on a public forum. YOU are misleading people who want to learn and young children learning.
