Just watched this one nearly 18 months after I saw it first time. I still think this is an amazing video. Great photography, music and the incredibly insightful script delivered perfectly. Brilliant
Wonderful walk Richard! I so appreciated all of the history you shared of Little Hampton's waterfront. I was quite impressed that some architect decided to save the old frontage walls to include into the design of those new flats! Good for them in recognizing that history of an old river port town was worth preserving & respecting in some way. As you mentioned (& as several others already said) I also found the opening scenes of misty river harbor quite atmospheric! Not only made for some great videography, but was just very beautiful!😍 Reminded me a of the many harbors along the Oregon Coast.😊
I hope you continue your walks. They are to me the favorite of all the things you do. I’d miss them so. You have a lot of things going on and these and your My Story are my favorites. I haven’t gotten into your Vobes Show much yet. I guess I mainly like the quiet more intimate videos. I hope all your work gets to be noticed. Have a great evening.
The most and fog at the start, what a great shot, so much in this one Richard I love it, I remember watching a clip of that blue peter appeal about the lifeboats, great big mansion houses that you can still look at and imagine what life was like many many years ago. Great to see that building is still there where the horses were looked after, so much information you gave Richard I do love it because now whenever I decide to go I can say yes I remember mr vobes saying about that. And the facades so historic great it's still there. The bridge the pubs and the old customs house I would never had known any of this without your videos. 3 miles of rope for the victory too.
Amazing to think how busy Littlehampton once was as a port - I guess everything comes across in containers and goes to the big container ports in the Thames and Essex now. I think there is some minimal amount of commercial port activity at Littlehampton; I do remember Mr Suggett sharing a video of that swing bridge opening on the group page.
The old green swing bridge brings back so many memories. As a young boy being driven over it in my fathers MK 3 Ford Cortina back in the 70s. As you went over you could feel the bump where the two parts met. I even remember one time my brother and I were allowed to stand on the swing part as it opened (wouldn’t get away with that nowadays!!) Happy days.....
Very interesting Littlehampton harbour good interested the Steam packet went from. Ilse of man to Liverpool and Llandudno and Fleetwood and back enjoy watching it
My parents met in Little Hampton when on a camping holiday in 1933, and when my father died in 1996 my mother and I scattered his ashes into the Arun just south of the foot bridge. So thank you Richard for taking us around that area.
Lovely shots of Littlehampton Harbour, especially through the winter mist. The South East Development Agency did a fantastic job redeveloping the harbour area of the town that had sadly fallen in economic decline.Their architects and the town council planning committee worked together to kept the best of the old and make the new buildings look within keeping of the area. It is now a very popular place to live, work and visit. That development, and the modernisation of Butlins, helped save the town from near economic ruin. Lovely film Richard 👍
I've lived in Littlehampton for about 15 years and have learnt more about the area from your videos than I have during the whole time I've been here. Thank you.
I just remember seeing timber stacked at the Wharf. My uncle used to get timber from there. He said it was absolutely amazing, there were ships coming from all over the world with every type of wood. Apparently it was quite common to see huge butch man running around screaming like girls because of snakes and spiders that had hitched a ride in the timber and weren't very happy about being disturbed.
I thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you. I never knew there was an old cinema 🎥 in littlehampton, I'm from Angmering on Sea! A pleasure to watch and listen to. This is on par with Michael Portillos journey's through the UK, and I suspect he enjoyed a much larger filming budget with a film crew! My old friend was a producer of Blue Peter in the 1990s. Watching from Thailand.
QF (quite fascinating!) video with some interesting nuggets of historical information. I enjoyed the ostlers office particularly and did not know there had been a chain ferry by footbridge. Great stuff!!
What an opening shot - so atmospheric. Great video. ( there is a Rope Walk in Shoreham- by - Sea which you might see when you're almost back in Worthing !
Excellent videos BE! I remember the swing bridge in the 70s, I think we used to drive over the wooden one in Shoreham on the way to Climping. I thought there was a pub there called the Labour in Vain with a very un-PC sign! although that appears to be on the A29 near Bognor so it must have been on the way to Butlins for the day Looking forward to the rest of this series especially up near the NW corner! well done for a bit of local history
Richard, If you visit the Rope Walk in Chatham Historic Dockyard, they do use bicycles on the ropewalk, well worth a visit if you are ever down in Chatham. The rope walk at the museum is a fully working ropewalk, and it is open to visitors
Beautiful shots. You're doing so much. Patrons don't expect any more.. I wasn't aware of the podcast, so it was an unexpected bonus! Very interesting and sad video. So much life lost..real life I believe
Such synchronicity! As I've mentioned before I like to find and follow your travels in Google Earth, I was previously following another's vlog over in Australia and they were at a something harbor so I quickly replaced the "something" in the GE search bar with "little hampton" when you mentioned your location. (Hadn't noticed yet in the title it being one word) The first thing that came up in the search results was the Harbour Lights Cafe so after selecting that GE spun around from Australia to England and then zoomed in to Littlehampton and there you were, vlogging in front of the Harbour Lights Cafe!
Over 50 years ago, I remember the beach at Climping was sometimes used as a set for Australia for film and TV production (Monty Python?). The old swing bridge they said was sinking and something about the military had worked on it during WW2. The Arun View Pub I went to maybe once a week, I could only afford one drink and one or two tunes on the jukebox (Heros and Villains by the Beach Boys). I had a crush on the barmaid so I made one beer last a long time. Caught the train to Arundel and then on to London every day and night after I got a job in the City. I cannot remember how long I lived there, it was a very short time. The old train commute to London was a great memory and used to be packed, sometimes had to stand. If I missed the train home I had to sleep at the Station. (London Bridge I think) but sleeping at Victoria Station was more luxurious, They better quality of empty trains. I think I sometimes made my way back to Littlehampton using Victoria but cannot remember where I changed trains. Wish I had pictures but so short of money back then, my next meal was a struggle. I moved to London and then Australia after a couple years. I was self-supporting and so sorry that cameras were out of my reach as was food and shoes at times. So much devastation of our towns and cities has been done in the name of development and progress. It looks like Sussex has a heart in it.
Hi Michael I am using closed captions as I do not wear my hearing aides at night ,clomping (I am not up to fighting spell check) was spelled with a K and the river was spelled Aaron. Awsum ! My device allowed me to select my 7 year old granddaughter’s spelling no fight needed! My inner editor often cringes after I hit the send button she often spots bloopers. Have a great day,
Hi Michael I always appreciate receiving a heart for a comment congratulations 🥳 recognition is a wonderful thing to receive 👍 Inner editor found a comma used for a full stop and we are having an argument about that and about the aides , so many words need an “es” others only require an s. She also says that I should leave a few marks for readers to insert as they see fit. !?,,,.. I have limited sight in one eye but the brain is a wonderful thing as it compensates...oh oh she’s telling me I am wasting your time!
The packets were a form of (ship) mostly used for delivery of mail. They could be steam or sail or both. Hence the falmouth steam packet company, there were many of these all round britain. If you are ever in hmnb portsmouth try and go i the ropeloft its quite amasing. There is also one at chatham in kent.
From the Turneresque opening shot to the final sequence at Climping an illuminating guide to Littlehampton's mercantile heritage. I have visited Littlehampton a few times ,mainly as a holidaymaker, but knew nothing of the port area, still less the magnificent swing bridge. On a slightly diversionary note Richard (and bearing in mind your already vast schedule), have you ever considered a walk following the course of the Arun from source to sea?
Another fascinating and enjoyable video. Informative and interesting. Well made too. Must be hard to make that quality on your own with the various shots recorded by walking towards or away from a fixed Camera. It looks highly professional and it is, also hard work I reckon because the quality shines through. Well Done. It was a cold day, yet someone (two people I believe) were standing by an open picture window on the 3rd? floor of a block that you passed. Smoking no doubt and breaking rules to do it, I suspect. Filthy Habit! ^-) Just pondering that nobody builds a house with walls made of Cement, yet a cement wall filled with something like Flint between lots of cement or mortar makes a strong wall that lasts and lasts.
That was interesting, I know something of ropemaking, Hailsham was known as string town, had several rope walks around town and the only remnant now is some of the road names - string walk, rope walk etc.
Hobart in Tasmania has suburbs built at the same time. The similarities in Architecture are striking. Have a look around Battery Point using Google Street View 36 Hampden Rd maps.app.goo.gl/TLrNcDA7tT9sLkhr9 Remember, these two places are on opposite sides of the planet. They must have been very homesick. Runnymede St maps.app.goo.gl/KXFu5skWXYTwkudR8
Very Interesting as usual. I never visited Littlehampton when I lived in Sussex. I don't think those fascades work in front of the modern buliding. It must drive them nuts.
There is a working Ropewalk at Chatham Historic Boatyard which I visited a couple of years ago, It has been making rope for over 400 yaers and made the ropes for the Victory which was laid down at Chatham and they do daily demonstrations as its still used to make ropes today. I dont know its opening times now due to the Covid 19 restrictions but its a fascinating place to visit when open. thedockyard.co.uk/explore/the-victorian-ropery/
ON THE BORDER (verse 13 of ???) Lost net from distant trawlers with cuttlefish entwined And remnants of a milkman's crate serve to perplex the mind Our careless contribution by wind and water worn For but a passing moment will the timeless sea adorn. JB20
@@RichardVobes Unfortunately true matey, when I used to live in Worthing near to where I worked in the hospital there are some stunning Victorian villas and slowly they were either demolished to make way for horrible modern flat with no soul or turned into multi occupied properties where the residents did not care about the property or the area. I was born in the wrong century the modern world is not a nice time to live.