Can I find this Forgotten Railway Carriage I Discovered as a Child? | Railway Relics

[@metrotechguru5863]

Scruffy?? My dear boy, you don't look the least bit scruffy. Some might even find you to be quite handsome. The video was superb and very enjoyable to watch. Thank you for sharing your quest.

[@WightWanderer]

@@metrotechguru5863 What can I say ... I'm flattered. Thank you for watching 🙂👍

[@robtownsend3317]

Very well produced video. You are a pro.

[@WightWanderer]

@@robtownsend3317 thank you! Very kind of you to say 🙂👍

[@davidwhite9159]

I remember visiting Bembridge whilst on holiday in the 1960s and being told / or reading it that the there were beach huts, I think on the St Helen’s side of the harbour, which were made from old converted railway carriages. Maybe these were some of the bodies that are now back in service?

[@WightWanderer]

Hello David. Thanks for your comment. There are indeed multiple coach bodies down the duver near Bembridge/St Helens ... these are ex-metropolitan stock used as beach huts and are still there ... hopefully in the future 1 or 2 will be moved to the Steam Railway. We visited them during this video ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4XdknWYha5prbcsi=avs-jLl5T_n46hDn

[@unclenolly3207]

Shame they were lost, but at least it was confirmed that they existed. Happy hunting for more information. Oh! and scruffy is not a word I would use to describe you!

[@WightWanderer]

@@unclenolly3207 yes it is a shame, hoping I can find out more about them. How about dishevelled? 😅 Thank you for watching 👍

[@unclenolly3207]

Hang around Newport bus station on a Friday/Saturday night- that’s disheveled 😳 How about ‘lived in’?

[@WightWanderer]

@@unclenolly3207 I like it. I'll use that next time someone asks how I am doing. "I feel ... lived in" 👍

[@afroengineer9488]

Good stuff! Shame about the loss.

[@WightWanderer]

@@afroengineer9488 thank you ... yes it is a shame 👐

[@darleytransportandtravel6353]

Well done for your perseverance, even though you didn't see the carriages in the end. Just like myself, you had to get to the bottom of something remembered from years ago.

[@WightWanderer]

@@darleytransportandtravel6353 thank you and absolutely. Otherwise it always niggles on your mind. Mission is not over though I still need find out what carriage these were. Thanks for your comment 😊

[@sueweston502]

Really interesting video. Shame that the carriages werent still there though

[@WightWanderer]

@@sueweston502 thank you Sue. Certainly is unfortunately 👍

[@NathanEllisBodi]

My family used to holiday in Hampshire at a place called Nash Farm by Highcliffe. Before they converted to modern holiday huts many of the cottages for summer let were built around railway carriages. This would have been the early 60s.

[@WightWanderer]

@@NathanEllisBodi fond memories I'm sure, hopefully some were saved 🙂

[@andrewrawlance6651]

Hello Jack, do you have on the I O W a central place that keeps all the photographs of all the towns and villages. We have in Hampshire, I asked for pictures of Winchester and they found a picture with a horse and cart coming down the road. You choose what pictures you want and they download them to a disc, there is a small charge. Just a thought. Good video. Regards. Andrew.

[@WightWanderer]

@@andrewrawlance6651 Thank you Andrew. Yes there are a few places, I will be continuing on the quest to try and find the origins of these coaches. Hopefully next time I'm in Newport the records office will be open 🙂👍

[@PhyzzFizz]

gurnard marsh was another spot where old rail carriages were used as dwellings, back in the early 80's my dad lived down there in an old chalet, on the main road there were about 5 or 6 old rail carriages that were used as homes, long gone now, mostly replaced by more up to date chalets and small homes, i dont know where the carriages had come from, but some thought they were old london underground stock, they were quite run down, kind of a joke to the locals, but i liked them

[@WightWanderer]

@@PhyzzFizz absolutely. I have been talking to some members of the steam railway about them and hoping to pay a visit to Gurnard next month. Do you happen to know what road they are located on? Many thanks 🙂

[@PhyzzFizz]

@@WightWanderer hi, they were located on marsh road gurnard, just put that into google maps and you will see a bunch houses at the bottom of solent view road on the land side of marsh road, i had a look on street view and they all seem to be recent-ish new builds now and couldn't see any sign of the old carriages, i spent a few summers down there in the early 80's so a lot of time has passed now, good luck on your search, steam on

[@johnrob6132]

Interesting video. You don`t seem to have a lot of luck with the weather when you film. I admire your tenacity when doing your research. It`s a shame that there are not even any photos left to see these carriages. If you are going to do further investigations into this I wish you luck and will look forward to seeing the outcome.

[@WightWanderer]

@@johnrob6132 thank you! Yes I think the weather wizard must have it in for us ... it is a shame but there is still much research to do on what these carriages were. Will post anything that comes up. All the best to you 🙂👍

[@michaelhibbert4393]

There’s 2 properties at Sutton on Sea……built out of railway carriages

[@WightWanderer]

@@michaelhibbert4393 sounds interesting, will have to pay a visit sometime if and when I'm on the mainland 🙂

[@wallsknob]

Scruffy? If you're "Scruffy" then i should update my Profile on the dating app to indicate that I consider it a desired attribute.