38:20 into the video was Bristol Pilot Tony Anderton now retired! 🦈⚓️
@ronaldbayne1431 Жыл бұрын
A well constructed film of an important event. Thank you. Rmb
@tomlee812 Жыл бұрын
A great record of our beloved Medway Queen, on which I travelled in the late 1950's and until she was withdrawn.
@ronaldbayne1431 Жыл бұрын
Lovely bit of history. Thank you. Rmb
@kennethwhitmarsh5676 Жыл бұрын
It's a dam shame that a vessel of her vintage and history is allowed to be neglected and to rot away
@stephenwilson5043 Жыл бұрын
She was completely rebuilt from the ground up the engine and funnels are original but not much else, hope she sails again someday but for the moment she is a static exhibit.
@markcolyer1989 Жыл бұрын
It's a copy Not the Real Ship
@stephenwilson5043 Жыл бұрын
Almost all ships that old are the Waverley was also practically rebuilt. Ships by there very nature are subject to wear and tear like everything else and large sections are regularly replaced etc.
@joyce-in-Outreach Жыл бұрын
1:19
@rolanddunk50542 жыл бұрын
A beautiful looking ship.
@robertjones-eb4xo2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable, what is She a ferry boat ?
@kashesan2 жыл бұрын
Holy S**t!! They are flying.
@karenpacker88622 жыл бұрын
Such a beauty!!!!
@romeo90172 жыл бұрын
Happy memories…
@petergibbs3 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see. She reminds me of the British Rail Isle of White ferries in the seventies from Portsmouth Harbour station to Ryde on the I.o.W. Thanks for posting.
@bt91243 жыл бұрын
Catch a bus and you have failed, said Thatcher. Buses are hell on earth. They are WAY too big. Bring back trams.
@Schlipperschlopper3 жыл бұрын
Wonderfull old steamer, one should fix it up and convert it to a hydrogen steam boiling system (Climate neutral) as they do in Germany with steam locomotives at Meiningen steam train workshop..
@OblivionGate3 жыл бұрын
My young life(1-38 years old) just flashed in front of my eyes... Clevedon, my home town. So many great memories.
@MrHoneybee21213 жыл бұрын
two and a half minutes, what took so long, more fun watching paint dry
@gasheadnz3 жыл бұрын
Nice video. I lived there from 1979 to 1982. What became of the Walton Hotel?
@dubaiturismoenegocios4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing this small cute little town, I've been there in 2018 and I love it!
@319metresMW4 жыл бұрын
What was the total voyage time?!?
@michaelb23884 жыл бұрын
I did the journey on my barge several years ago but locked in at Portishead to wait for the tide rather than Avonmouth docks. It was about an hour and a half from Bristol floating harbour to portishead. About a 6 hour wait for the tide and then about two and a bit hours to Sharpness. I suspect MV Balmoral does it a bit quicker!
@mercianwanderer59534 жыл бұрын
This is such a fantastic video of such a beautiful steamer about to embark on a brand new era in its lifetime for more generations to love and cherish its beauty for years to come. Thank you for capturing this moment.
@carlesq.4 жыл бұрын
interesting stuff thank you nice documentary
@hiwabapir17134 жыл бұрын
My favourite place. I wish see this live
@BloodnGutz435 жыл бұрын
Nice local pub guys singalong neat film ,
@waynetetley5845 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed my trip on the Solent on MV Balmoral in 2009 her 60th year
@Cheeseatingjunlista5 жыл бұрын
Did you get her running regularly then?
@dirtycontrytimelol93136 жыл бұрын
Who else wants titanic music in the background
@andymages55336 жыл бұрын
You missed loads but was a great film 👍
@meakinroy43416 жыл бұрын
Only just found this gem of a video and I'd like to thank all concerned in its production. So many people in this country, but most especially around the Medway towns area of Kent, have been following the sometimes sad and very disheartening saga of this historic vessel - will it won't it ever get enough support, financially or otherwise, to return it to revenue service. That day is now in sight, albeit still a long way off, but thanks only to the dedicated hard work and sheer tenacity of so few and the recognition by more empowered bodies of the significance of such a great "little ship" - One that will now live on as lasting memorial to all the little ships that failed to make it home.
@folkestender20255 жыл бұрын
A new old steamer, great. Nice that there are still people who love historical technology and preserve or reconstruct it. Greetings from a steamer friend from Germany. Most beautiful old ladies were scrapped in the 1950s to the 1970s, they have become so rare today. It's great to have one more historic steamer.
@lawxxxx98536 жыл бұрын
What a beauty...!
@shortribslongbow53126 жыл бұрын
Very interesting hope to see more.
@glennbonnell42416 жыл бұрын
BLOW HER GUTS OUT AND SINK HER U TEA BAG LIQOUR PIGS
@thameswater25617 жыл бұрын
well done great film. hope you all keep her going for many years, yo all are doing a great job.
@candisbrendel73967 жыл бұрын
zink ZINK We hope they can hold there breath for a long time that shit is nasty to human lungs!! Old One Legged Joseph T
@davidtwyford87557 жыл бұрын
I loved this video! The dry dock part was very informative. She has very pleasing lines and looks comfortable a speed. I wish her well.
@gabegoodman31027 жыл бұрын
Want past my house
@pinkyrinkydo7 жыл бұрын
This video is lovely to watch. Enjoyed the narrative too. Well Done!
@johndouglas74557 жыл бұрын
Amazing job to everyone involved. I went on board when she was in Hoo marina. I was making a delivery and expressed an interest in her as i build model ships. I was given a tour and told her history and the many men she saved on the beaches of Dunkirk. She had not long been dug out of the mud. This was around 1991 and I remembered being told her boiler would probably not work again and you had to pump out the water and was still patching the hull. We had a wonderful conversation about the her and was there for over an hour. I went home that night a made a donation to help. I thought i would research what ever happened to Medway queen, i was over joyed that you got to rebuild her a give her back her hart. Fantastic to see. John
@AminataYKanu7 жыл бұрын
What a lovely video!
@ivordavies29768 жыл бұрын
there is a big gap between new plate and hull to be filled by welding
@thameswater25617 жыл бұрын
Dont worry they can fill it will Polly filla, works a treat.
@russellmclean55808 жыл бұрын
A beautiful ship. Many happy memories sailing on her. Thevery best of good luck with keeping an ever rarer style of transport alive.
@tonyjones998 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. I hope she sails for many more years, a beautiful vessel.
@desmondcostello60558 жыл бұрын
Sorry the Service 126 from Cheddar to Wells does not serve Wookey Hole..
@greenwillow54048 жыл бұрын
Thank you so, so much for recording your Wells excursion. I enjoyed it so very much. What a lovely town. Just beautiful.
@SteamCrane8 жыл бұрын
Very well done video. Good to see this fine old vessel getting restored.
@meandmymouth8 жыл бұрын
What a jolly little ship !
@jasperedwards819 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thanks for posting.
@Adsy1259 жыл бұрын
Has this been sped up? At the beginning she is racing along!