Great video as always. One random request/suggestion: you always mention that you don't reverse google image search the original image because it would be too easy. I think it'd be interesting if, after you find the location, you try reverse image searching just to see if it would have come up right away or not.
@GuestDGamingСағат бұрын
Ooh, I like this!
@taukakaoСағат бұрын
I tried it for this image and it actually does come up if you give it the correct snippet of the image.
@krisrutherford397558 минут бұрын
It was on your first search at 5:39 🤣
@CaraiCuebiyar2 сағат бұрын
AI search segment was gold 😂
@tokimeki87462 сағат бұрын
14:34 "guys, get your bunsen burners out" you had me rolling
@LiveTheDash2 сағат бұрын
quite honestly my fave YT series
@pitbullhab3 сағат бұрын
5:38 ? Yes, it was on the 1st search, Station Hotel, Ayr, 2nd from left.
@tokimeki87462 сағат бұрын
I actually paused the video to have a closer look at that one, but then I dismissed it lol
@woolenfeet2 сағат бұрын
I clocked that too.
@thexbigxgreen2 сағат бұрын
Hey Tom, in case you didn't know, you can use asterisks to search for words of a given length with whichever characters included
@Taliesin627 минут бұрын
that has never worked for me.
@JayanthRajakumar9 минут бұрын
Yeah a lot of the search tricks from the old days don't work anymore
@Emperor-e2x3 сағат бұрын
As a resident of the town I managed to recognise it straight away, very cool to see it on the channel.
@Puffball-ll1ly3 сағат бұрын
Ah nah you spoilt it 😂
@Emperor-e2x3 сағат бұрын
@@Puffball-ll1ly My bad lol, got too excited to see it featured 😆
@Emperor-e2x3 сағат бұрын
@@Puffball-ll1ly Took the location out of the comment so hopefully it doesn't get spoiled for anyone else 🤣
@danpreston22222 сағат бұрын
reading the comments before watching and not expecting spoilers is a rookie mistake!
@lanspectre34172 сағат бұрын
I'm not from there but have been a handful of times over my life and I just immediately recognised it then went on Google maps to find the exact spot. I'm also surprised with the recent history of the building that it didn't come up in his searches quicker
@celtlen2 сағат бұрын
I love how Tom pronounces Scottish towns with all the familiarity he has for US states. Oban is the Oregon of Scotland.
@TheDundeeBiscuitLuvUСағат бұрын
Glenrothes was also painful gold haha
@explorernateСағат бұрын
"er vine"
@lindakrukowski1128Сағат бұрын
Spoiler alert: I’m so excited! I found it within three minutes with the key words Scotland, Hotel and mansard roof! Then I just had to find which street they were on.
@kchastain32 сағат бұрын
“Lesbian Hotel” 😂
@findmeinthefuture.Сағат бұрын
Haven't watched the full video yet, but FYI, you can use an asterisk as a wildcard character in a google search. So if you search for "*an hotel," the * represents any sequence of characters and you'll get hotels that end with "an." A question mark symbol is the same thing but for just one character.
@PeterMoore662 сағат бұрын
@GeoWizard Tom - if you use the imagery from Oct 2015, you can get the camera on the EXACT spot the photo was taken.
@IsabelJones692 сағат бұрын
@PeterMoore66 I wanted to find the place, but I can't get the marker to go to 0ctober 2015.
@explorernateСағат бұрын
@@IsabelJones69 maps.app.goo.gl/X7LHHZkSACQfvcwj8
@brycedunlap10 минут бұрын
"It was s'posed to be so easy..." A great quote from another great lad from Birmingham, Mike Skinner of The Streets.
@jasonweir1989Сағат бұрын
I knew it was Ayr station straight away, I used to have to get the train there every day for work and college when I lived in Troon. Sadly the town has suffered like many from the death of high streets. We used to get into Club de Mar when we weren't old enough to be in clubs, we also used to sneak into the odeon cinema across the road from where this picture was taken, one of us would buy a ticket and open the fire escape door to let the rest of us in. Alot of good times in the town with the same people I call friends today.
@chinmay8954Сағат бұрын
sounds like a good time mate. thanks for sharing, cheers!
@rupanjanСағат бұрын
Shame that the hotel is gone now, Daniel missed his chance to properly reenact that photo
@timothy80092 сағат бұрын
I was playing along and found the Ayr Station Hotel really early, but dismissed it as it was 4 stories. Doubted you when you started zeroing in on it, but I was wrong. You really are the GOAT 🐐
@iamjeramy2 сағат бұрын
Hey Tom, wanted to let you know that Great Aunt's painting was from Pont Neuf and was surprisingly accurate! Hope to see you update your spreadsheet or perhaps cover it in a video! Cheers!
@ShhhhhNowСағат бұрын
Yesssss. Haven't watched this yet and can't wait to set aside the time to do so!
@felixdombek60522 сағат бұрын
"I'll look up the term for this roof but first some low-hanging fruit 😏" -- scours through hundreds of names 😵
@bradpoole39433 сағат бұрын
Just watched Threads, (if you know, you know)… this is exactly what I need right now. Thanks Tom.
@henry_cameron2 сағат бұрын
I had an english teacher show this film right before term break. nightmares i tell you
@werdlederdleСағат бұрын
We had to watch it at school too.
@jockepett148 минут бұрын
Well done sir! Again. It shows that pesistance and stuborness pays back. Keep up the good work, Cheers!
@Sympanet3 сағат бұрын
Here so early I don’t even know if he was recording yet
@EddyspeederСағат бұрын
Had been craving for a Geo Detective. Thank you so much!
@viche12 сағат бұрын
The paraffin would most likely be used to heat mobile heaters. We used to use them when I was a student in the early eighties - I can still remember the smell...
@reggiedixon2Сағат бұрын
I will always associate pink paraffin with a "Tliiey Lamp"we had when we built our own house when I was a kid, this was before LED lights and working in the dark with no electricity supply meant this was the only reliable light to work with.
@rainbowkeykaraoke9 минут бұрын
paraffin is an older and British word for what we usually call kerosene today. A thicker liquid petroleum product used in lamps and heaters.
@reggiedixon25 минут бұрын
@@rainbowkeykaraoke It's still paraffin for anyone I speak to (should the subject come up which admittedly it is not an everyday conversation)
@lisajohnson1528Сағат бұрын
I love these videos the most than anything else you do thanks for posting!
@dominicshayler5323Сағат бұрын
'Four Gordons' is a perfect name for any future music projects Tom!
@bcgrote2 сағат бұрын
Gothic Revival mansard roof with widow's walk.
@joelhoeveСағат бұрын
Actually laughed out loud when you started counting Gordons at 26:23
@sarahdebeau24812 сағат бұрын
Pink paraffin was used in floor standing paraffin heaters in homes.
@chrisstaniforth562936 минут бұрын
Enjoyed this dudey!! Hope you and the team are well!!
@mytube0012 сағат бұрын
The wall isn't too high. The highest visible point in the old picture is below the top of the straight section of the archway. There are five stones of equal height counting from the ground up, and then a sixth that is a bit taller, and a seventh that is the same height as the bottom five, and on top of that an eighth that is even shorter, which is the last before the arch begins. The top of the visible wall in the old picture ends at the eighth stone, as far as I can tell.
@PhatInAHatСағат бұрын
I see a Mansard Roof through the trees, I see a salty message written in the eaves.
@kristjanveski34 минут бұрын
Some say.. those hotel reviews were written by Jeremy Clarkson
@SirMoribundСағат бұрын
I love these old photo hunts.
@falconfotographic2 сағат бұрын
Oh-Bahn 😮 my lugs!
@grapesodatravelsСағат бұрын
The bus stop is just visible over 'grandad's' head! Still in the same place after all this time!
@cassie70109 минут бұрын
Same the hotel that's behind then isn't there any more. It went on first last year and this year and now they are knocking it down. Was a gorgeous big hotel in it's day xx
@cornishcactus37 минут бұрын
I spent ages looking for the B115 on the sign behind his grandfathers head feeling very smug with myself for seeing the easy clue Tom missed, then realised it said BUS
2 сағат бұрын
Proud of myself for getting this in about 10 minutes. So exciting to see you get so close without even realizing it.
@stumccabe3 сағат бұрын
The correct indefinite article for the word "hotel" was, and still is by many, considered to be "an" rather than "a". When I was at school in the 1960s we were taught to say and write "an hotel". I believe both are considered correct today.
@ThelolipopCreeper3 сағат бұрын
Sounds fr*nch to me
@larryfoulke15962 сағат бұрын
There a word in your comment that get highlighted with blue color ,the one that like in TikTok The "indefinite articles" one
@nate90652 сағат бұрын
I feel like it depends on how you pronounce hotel, if you say it with a soft enough h then an hotel would be better
@motelghost477Сағат бұрын
21:59 The moment I saw that hotel sign I was thinking "What the hell is Tom on about, that's clearly an O." You also miscounted the number of floors, you said the hotel in the photo only had three floors but it had four. Not quite on yer game today.
@stonefactionСағат бұрын
Yeah, could not see an A either. Straight away I read it as an O.
@LouisEW1985 минут бұрын
Made my day seeing this pop up and I haven’t even watched it yet 😂
@sshender37732 сағат бұрын
Simply incredible.
@ViniterСағат бұрын
It couldn't have been Lesbian Hotel, not with straight mansard roof.
@f3lipe1353 сағат бұрын
PERFECT FRIDAY EVENING ENTERTAINTMENT. CHEERS TOM
@lucidmoses59 минут бұрын
Nicely done.
@crashbox713040 минут бұрын
You can move Pegman into the archway to get a closer match. You can also just about make out the remains of the painted sign under the board signs beneath the archway.
@merlinthewizard24 минут бұрын
Always love your videos! Here's a comment for the algorithm.
@J4NTOСағат бұрын
I've never been there but knew the name of the hotel immediately, just because its an incredibly common name for hotels in the UK and there's no chance that was an A not an O!
@fragilemaileagle18 минут бұрын
I found an advert for when the paraffin delivery service was rolled out in east Lancashire in 1956. So my guess that this picture is taken sometime in the 50´s and most likely at the latter part of the 50´s.
@reecechambers346735 минут бұрын
amazing series
@tallesttreeintheforest27 минут бұрын
rip that hotel, fallen victim to a classic case of insurance fraud
@guyanaboy7Сағат бұрын
I paused to like the video as soon as I heard "there has to be at least 4 Gordons" 😂
@bcgroteСағат бұрын
So many weddings were held in that hotel. Dances, parties, meetings... 😢
@thitherwordСағат бұрын
Strange to click on this video and it slowly morphs into not only a Scottish Geodetective but also features East Lothian, where I grew up.
@KKing650Сағат бұрын
An Hotel is the correct grammar. It is shortened in English to An 'Otel, same with a lot of H words in Englandshire. In case you were not already aware of this. Which you are of course.
@mileschalker2226Сағат бұрын
14:15 I don't think that AI will be taking our jobs anytime soon!
@petemitchell9996Сағат бұрын
He didn't ask nicely that's why
@MackerdaymiaСағат бұрын
Not gonna lie, my brain instantly filled it in as "Station Hotel" as soon as I saw the image 😅
@MikefizzledСағат бұрын
I think the focal length of their photograph compared to the Google imagery is what threw you.
@dungbetelСағат бұрын
Not watched this through yet, but if it was Scotland, then a punt on "Caledonian Hotel" might have been worth it...
@WefoundlovePolska3 сағат бұрын
I tapped so quick! My favourite series
@CameronM472 сағат бұрын
So it had the crooked house treatment.
@MagnetonJjungle3 сағат бұрын
Grandpa looks like James Hoffmann 😮
@lhesitante2 сағат бұрын
The word "hotel" is of french origin, and so the 'h' originally wasn't pronounced (neither in French or (posh) English), so the "an hotel" search gives a lot of false friends.
@ukdnbmarsh3 сағат бұрын
love this series , more please Boss
@marialachica1639 минут бұрын
There was a road sign just above the man's head - surprised you didn't see it / use it!
@stine7144Сағат бұрын
Tom is gonna get personalized adds for scottish hotels for years to come after this.
@CaledonianCoins2 сағат бұрын
For once I got this very early on. (Before the search had even started). Me and my love of the choo choos!
@renerpho2 сағат бұрын
Never bothered to google "Sutherland Brothers Ltd." Established in 1892, and still around today. I'm sure Tom has come across their SB logo.
@JamesTundra3 сағат бұрын
7:39 "weird" 😂😂
@JMThoughtСағат бұрын
It’s quite a comment on the social history of the country that those local businesses are now a William Hill and a Ladbrokes.
@SympanetСағат бұрын
22:52 did he forget that the email said it was taken in Scotland? Lmao
@viktorgames27373 сағат бұрын
OMG IT'S HERE!!
@Rocco-kr7mr3 сағат бұрын
nope
@dav1dbone2 сағат бұрын
Recognised it instantly, sadly destroyed in a fire last year, had lain abandoned for decades. Interesting history, believe it was at one a point Stakis Casino, plenty of urbex photos online showing the interior, - Ayr Station Hotel
@patavinity126247 минут бұрын
Actually 'an hotel' is the original way to say it in English. The 'h' was silent.
@Schlups2 сағат бұрын
good work Mr Geo Detective
@aldhousСағат бұрын
16:46 "I'm OBANdoning the list".
@BattlesDiplomacyСағат бұрын
5:30 independent, c'mon Tom
@TalesinaFlash13 сағат бұрын
I absolutely love these
@edwhal06Сағат бұрын
Cornwall intro in the to do list 👀 19:13 is this a mission??
@marshallmoller1771Сағат бұрын
Whoooo!
@MartinAhlman2 сағат бұрын
Amazing work! And also, "an hotel" is perfectly ok if your dialect skip the "h" in "hotel" :-)
@subduedATTITUDE2 сағат бұрын
Anyone know how I submit a photograph for this series? Have one of my Granddad in the middle of the English countryside where I’d love to find.
@greyguessrfm56202 сағат бұрын
Saw the notification, finally the one that'll break the internet, oh no :( Love it either way!
@red.aries1444Сағат бұрын
At least, even if you could name the architecture of this building as "French renaissance revival style" from the beginning - it would have been no help to find this former hotel.
@maccoretti512 сағат бұрын
The title implies Daniel's grandparents are hiding from him and taunting him with photographs.
@michaels.58782 сағат бұрын
I really thought the Bank of Scotland angle would have been good. But even knowing its in Ayr didn't help.😢
@28cap12 минут бұрын
Got to the 22:23 mark and a Hilton hotel advert pops up 🤔🤔🤔 now to see if it’s a spoiler
@Kingzzxepic3 сағат бұрын
I thought that was it the first time he looked lol
@TheDeadmanTT3 сағат бұрын
99+ unread emails give me anxiety.
@MuscarV23 сағат бұрын
Here's some more anxiety: I've got over 10k unread emails.
@NamilPeaksProductions3 сағат бұрын
I mean if you miss something important im sure they would contact you through something else😂
@charlielindores2 сағат бұрын
Just commenting to say that this is very obviously Ayr from just looking at the picture and also on the tourism point it's still fairly popular due to it's proximity to Glasgow and being the birthplace of Robert Burns :)
@gmbO4855 минут бұрын
The signs in the archway in the more recent photo also mentioned 'Burns Statue', which could only really mean one person and a significance to him in that area.
@cassie701010 минут бұрын
This is where I stay haha xx
@Sam-pw6viСағат бұрын
'an hotel' is actually perfectly acceptable - in a lot of accents, 'a otel' would sound worse.
@angelavonhalle514426 минут бұрын
0Oh, no, the image of the right hotel came up on the first image search but you skipped it!! It was on the left of the page, probably in your peripheral vision...
@XxMrDudexX2 сағат бұрын
15:57 You're crossing Cornwall? 🕵
@gwts117148 минут бұрын
Great video, but it could use a bit of a volume boost.
@Marcel-W3Сағат бұрын
That's not an A, it's an O..... finally, he got there.
@dor18473 сағат бұрын
This guy's grandpa looks a lot like the barista/youtuber James Hoffman