They are Thames lighters, a Thames barge was a sailing barge.
@thelatemickb692717 сағат бұрын
Mighty
@GLF-Video4 күн бұрын
No gloves. No rain gear. No life vests. No radios. Hard work.
@MarshalTriumph-p1h8 күн бұрын
Absolutely brilliant film...How I wish I could go back in time, back to a better country than what the UK has now become.
@redheadedstepchild23809 күн бұрын
When I grow up I want to be a lighterman, like these lads !! I would be a good crew man.
@Afc198712 күн бұрын
woolwich ferry shite service in 2024
@dash114112 күн бұрын
Slice of life
@JackKlumpass14 күн бұрын
Surprising the amount of negative comments about a bastion of SE London history and WWC culture. To all the snider is say this - go back to reading the guardian and celebrating 20mph zones and ticket exclusion and double parking outside mosques
@JackKlumpass14 күн бұрын
Prefer the old ferry to the new one.
@ianjones411615 күн бұрын
Shame it's gone. Think of the Ulez charges for the 3 ferries 😂👍
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne16 күн бұрын
As a former lorry driver I used to use the Woolwich ferry regularly. Until it stopped mid-river (I never found out why) and we sat there for ages bobbing around. I got seasick. I never used it again.
@JackKlumpass14 күн бұрын
Never heard of that happening
@richardnoyon187516 күн бұрын
Still running and still free.... 🤗🤗🤗
@sianwarwick63317 күн бұрын
That's some clever editing. Someone had fun. I cant imagine a bridge replacing the Woolwich ferry, the Ben Woollacott and the Dame Vera Lynn. And Galleon's Reach was developed in 2022
@Rhr11817 күн бұрын
Great little video!
@nomdeplume79817 күн бұрын
My Grandmother was born in Woolwich in 1910, but after 4 years the family moved to Silvertown. She was the eldest of eight siblings and while living in Silvertown their house was at the end of a street, next to a high wall, the other side of which the fruit ships would dock and it wasn't unusual to see huge spiders on the wall of the bedrooms in Summer when the windows were open. While their father was serving with the Royal Artillery in France the eldest four siblings were sent to a Catholic orphanage near one of the "Commons" from where she saw German Gotha bombers attacking Eventually, my parents met, married and moved to Manchester. I used to go down to London on the coach or train with my Nan quite often and the period 1964 - 1968 was a great time to visit the Smoke and I saw The Beatles and The Sheriff of Nottingham as well as other celebrities in Marylebone near where my grandparents lived. One day she, along with her sister, decided to take me on the Woolwich ferry. She was really disappointed that the big brass components and valves were no longer there as they were then powered by diesel
@mikepowell277617 күн бұрын
So, travellers want an extra boat for a three-boat service together with extended operating hours. What did they actually get, subsequent to this film? An unreliable, one-boat service over reduced operating hours . An effective service emasculation of over 66%. So much for attending to the needs of the electorate - because we all know who controls the purse-strings.
@mallettdw17 күн бұрын
Reduced as an alternative to Blackwall because it can't be charged for.
@mozdickson16 күн бұрын
Who?
@keith80017 күн бұрын
Lovely video, used it many a time when delivering bread, a couple of malt loafs for the crew always garrenteed me a quick passage. This video thankfully records another part of traditional London life we remember with fondness,
@tomhami17 күн бұрын
Went on the last few crossings of these ferries, the last one did pirouettes in the middle of the river. The retiring engineer took me on a tour below decks including the engine room, impressive and characterful!
@PillSharks17 күн бұрын
Really shows how our country and capital has been changed beyond recognition within 25 years! All the crew were real Londoners, engineers and electricians, Londoners and all the wagon drivers British! Our bent leaders really have a lot to answer for.
@markmoran91617 күн бұрын
You’re I’m assuming like many millions of English people completely ignorant of history and struggle to understanding 🙄
@robhines453717 күн бұрын
You sound very racist.
@PillSharks17 күн бұрын
@ enlighten me?
@markmoran91616 күн бұрын
@@PillSharks oh bless…..the fact you need to ask just further proves my initial thoughts about you…..I bet you voted brexshit and think farage is a Straight honest bloke 😂😂🤡
@PibrochPonder16 күн бұрын
Yep the country has absolutely been colonised. More immigrants to the country in the past 25 years than from 1066 till 1997!!! All that without the consent of the English. Makes an absolute joke of the alleged democratic system.
@EricOconnell-j5r17 күн бұрын
Great times is still going ...
@jimlepeu57718 күн бұрын
I used to cross on the Woolwich ferry back in the 1950s when they were the old steam power boats. Happy days.
@ramseybarber831218 күн бұрын
Hi I used to travel on them as well and stand there watching the steam engines thumping away .
@jimlepeu57717 күн бұрын
@ Through the widows on the lower side decks, I think they were put there for that specific purpose.
@jimlepeu57717 күн бұрын
@ 🤠👍✔️
@adrianbanks208918 күн бұрын
Thanks 4 The Update ! Have a safe Christmas ! ( I Will have a Few Beers ) Longfield Kent U.K😊
@adrianbanks208918 күн бұрын
PPS The New Ferrys are not British ?
@liquidhighway18 күн бұрын
Built Gdańsk, Poland
@applecounty16 күн бұрын
We do not build anything anymore, unfortunately.
@adrianbanks208918 күн бұрын
I Went to Sea 60 Years Ago This Dec The M.N Then With The R.N Happy Days !😊
@thomaskeenan57418 күн бұрын
Brings back many memories, I sailed on a little coaster which sailed to Paris we docked at Woolwich
@justindownes7396Ай бұрын
What a fantastic lady and brilliant video
@jgraddy8955Ай бұрын
Not one workvest or life jacket 😂
@SpookiehamАй бұрын
Unfortunately in less than 10 years containerisation was going to sweep the docks traffic away to Felixstowe
@ChristopherBoon-z6iАй бұрын
Came across your excellent video about Mrs Fisher / W J Woodward Fisher . My father , Walter ( Wally ) Boon was a senior foreman and later general manager at Fishers - he's the balding man wearing spectacles sitting at the dining room table and later taking over the microphone from Mrs Fisher ! Not sure that Ken Fisher , Mrs Fishers son , made an appearance in the film - if he did , I didn't spot him . Mrs Fisher's home at 30 Belmont Hill was in fact the head office ; the riverside premises at Limehouse was known as the "barge yard" where maintenance and repairs were carried out to various craft . Dad was apprenticed in 1934 and became a Freeman in 1946 ( delay due to WW2 ) He passed away in 1986. Mrs Fisher was a good kind but unusual person ; still have her wedding present when I married ! Keep up the good work !
@liquidhighwayАй бұрын
@ChristopherBoon-z6i oh wow thats amazing to have someone directly involved with her see the video. I have heard many tales of mrs fisher over the years, but admire her courage to do what was considered a mans role in those days and earn the respect of many lightermen
@GregCocks_kiwi2 ай бұрын
The time of hemp ropes, like it... and another craft in and of itself...
@GregCocks_kiwi2 ай бұрын
Sportscoats, ties, street shoes, trim pants - perfect accidentally 'taking a swim in the Thames' attire ~wink~
@jameskemp64392 ай бұрын
Fascinating old film. I did not know what a responsible job it is to be a waterman. I tough job in the winter I dare say.
@snowflakemelter11722 ай бұрын
I used to work in Bermondsey amoug the warehouses by the river , if you wanted anyhing and knew the right people a case of it would be accidentally dropped and written off just on time for Christmas.
@vandalsavage61522 ай бұрын
Christ, one wrong step on a rainy day and it's over, not a life jacket in sight.. But it all worked, those were the days...
@MileneMartines-e1d2 ай бұрын
I am finding it hard to believe that this was filmed in 1984, surely it would have been in colour. As the man says 'history' is still repeating itself.
@liquidhighway2 ай бұрын
@@MileneMartines-e1d it was filmed in 1984. But chosen to be filmed in black and white.
@MileneMartines-e1d2 ай бұрын
Watching this reminds me of my childhood, all based on respect, well dressed proud men not afraid of a days work and wearing a Peckham. At 76 i doubt that l have long left to have memories of my past and my family that all lived and worked around this area and served the country.
@johnbull19862 күн бұрын
76 my arse. You're a 40 something weirdo making generic "what happened to my country" bollocks comments.
@simonf89022 ай бұрын
Wearing ties !!
@andysedgley2 ай бұрын
They all look like gangsters 😂
@PDZ11222 ай бұрын
I can only imagine how nasty this job must have been in the middle of winter. No Goretex and Thinsulate then. Everything wet and cold and slippery, no safety gear other than a life ring hanging somewhere... ah, the good old days!
@cdnsk122 ай бұрын
Bizarre to see the crew wearing white shirts with ties.
@corvavw64472 ай бұрын
A was a lichterman works was hard,was a boy 16 years. Sleap standing was normal.😂
@andrewsundell25022 ай бұрын
That were the days when men were men & women were grateful.
@Jon-es-i6o2 ай бұрын
These jobs (which most people could do) were technical and held a great amount of responsibility. I imagine when asked by strangers, “What do you do for a living?” A certain amount of pride could be had from explaining you’re a, “Lighterman.”
@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6tsАй бұрын
Something that's definitely missing in a lot of modern jobs. Telling someone that you work in a call centre or delivery van, however poorly paid and stressful, doesn't carry the same sense of achievement.
@judithfs2 ай бұрын
What a great film! Stuff like this is so important for us to have access to. What struck me particularly was the absence of health and safety gear and facilities, but the clear ability, training and expertise among the men that allowed them to be safe. It does make me realise more than ever how skilled workmen of all types were in the past, compared to today. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for posting.
@MileneMartines-e1d2 ай бұрын
It is important for 'us' only because the filth that are walking the streets today have no inclination to do anything.
@PSI-qf8bq2 ай бұрын
@MileneMartines-e1d Plenty of "filth," in 1963 and prior. Criminals or crime is nothing new. Thames Marine Police was founded in 1798 due to crime and theft. The original marine police carried a cutlass for protection. Plenty of young people work on the River Thames today, albeit in different roles.
@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6tsАй бұрын
'filth' is rather a strong, unpleasant term to describe anyone as! I genuinely feel concern for your wellbeing if that is how you see others. What on earth is inside you to cause such rage and supremacy towards other people?
@DavidFennessy-yj7du2 ай бұрын
Did you have to play that confounded racket all through though?
@peterbamforth64532 ай бұрын
A fascinating watch and some wonderfull history unfortunatly after beecham nobbled the rural railways trucks took over and the good old days on the rivers started to decline.
@mikeandtattyrose65602 ай бұрын
I joined the MV Rakaia of the New Zealand Shipping Co. in the Royal Albert Dock in the winter of 1963. My first voyage as a navigation cadet after a year at Warsash, Southampton, and the tall ships race at Dartmouth.😂 I remember water, frozen into a huge columns of ice from the ship's scuppers and other places of discharge onto the decks of the unfortunate lighters. Some ice full of frozen rubbish and turds. A memorable way to join a cadet ship !!
@davidantill69492 ай бұрын
That old steel jetty they went under just near Canvey is still there 40 years later and is still not being used