The Lost CRYSTAL PALACE Stations - What Remains?

[@travis2333]

As a historian, I cannot begin to express how amazed I am at the level of work you put in your videos/research! Thank you so much for providing this level of dedication, effort, and quality work to this American who does not have the ability to visit London at the moment!!!

[@AdventureMe]

Wow, thank you!

[@STB-1]

What a brilliant series, love the now and then comparison pictures fading into each other, outstanding work👍

[@normansmithers4465]

i used to live in farguhar road as a child & a teenager & i remember 'puffer' trains waking me up early in the morning as the front engines were reversed onto a turntable in a siding which ran parallel to the road; i could see the trains from my house; the bridge was further up the road to my right where there was a bend in the road, which joined up with crystal palace parade, where many buses terminated; i used to play in crystal palace park & the woods which were on the other side of the station wall.

[@Dan23_7]

@@normansmithers4465 Eye witness then mate ? Fantastic 🥰

[@normansmithers4465]

@@Dan23_7 cheers! i lived in farquhar road from when i was born on november 7th 1945, until may 1977, when i was 31! crystal palace was my favourite park because it had so much to see, including in the mid 60's, an athletic track, swimming pool , a motor racing track + several soccer pitches! one of my neighbours was british athlete, alan pascoe, while my dad knew dual world motor car rider & motor cyclist, john surtees!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@robmtt9125]

@@AdventureMe See My Other Comment asI Cant Copy and Paste here for some Reason.

[@Go-go-super-guru]

You make me feel nostalgic towards an era that I've never even known. 🥰🥰🥰

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@nickd6874]

Thanks for creating this fantastic series. This is my favourite park and whilst I knew it had a large amount of history, this truly blew my mind. Thank you so much!

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheThorntonBrapper]

A fantastic series, brilliantly researched and executed, especially the overlay imagery! I predict big things for this channel :)

[@hoseinghasedi7254]

I admire how you align your perspective with the original old images before you start recording and how they blend into those images.

[@Aaron-be2pt]

I don't know why, but for years and years now I've been so obsessed and enamored by the Crystal Palace, even though I've never stepped foot on English soil. Amazing video, it really speaks to me. Hopefully I can one day make the trip to the palace grounds. I can't wait to watch the rest of the series. Brilliant job, thank you.

[@AdventureMe]

Me too. Thanks for watching

[@guvcfc]

Loved that, I lived in Crystal Palace as a kid in the late 70s to early 80s,me and my mates used to mess around in the old train tunnels opposite crystal Palace parade.Grew up just off Gypsy hill in plane tree walk this has brought back so many memories thank you.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@simonbarrall4773]

Thank you very much for a great series. I was lucky enough to live close to Penge Gate for over 20 years and spent many happy times in Crystal Palace Park. I would highly recommend a visit to Crystal Palace (Low Level) Station even if you are not intending to travel by train to see how a beautiful station can be restored and bought into the 21st century. Also if you ever get the chance to follow the disused railway from the High Level Station it is a great walk with loads to see. There are 2 tunnels (Paxton and Crescent Woods) which are not open but you can visit their portals. Upper Sydenham Station still exists as a private residence and in Sydenham Hill Woods as well as one of the portals to Crescent Wood tunnel there is a footbridge called Cox's Walk which used to cross the railway. In addition the old trackbed at Lordship Lane Station within the grounds of Horniman Museum has been turned into a nature reserve. Thanks once again for bringing back happy memories.

[@clivebroadhead4381]

Hi Darren, Another great video on a very interesting subject remote from your usual turf. Keep up the good work around the country.

[@keithcheeseman567]

An absolutely amazing trio of documentaries. There is a tunnel entrance I remember (1960's) that you have not shown that was near the bus terminal and public toilets that went underground. These 3 videos are msm broadcast quality.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@sfrancis1583]

Just discovered this video! I grew up in Woodland Rd Crystal Palace. As a kid (1960s-ish) I remember exploring the ruins of Crystal Palace. I remember walking along Farquar Rd with a friend & somehow finding the entrance to the underground tunnel which was not cordoned or blocked off at that time. Although the tunnel was dark, we could see what looked like an old train engine about 50 meters ahead. We didn’t venture into the tunnel because it looked too dark & scary. I would like to know if anyone else had this experience & if this engine is on display anywhere? Thanks Darren for a great video. Keep up the good work.

[@Exile_G]

It always amazes me when you do the fade in pictures, how much places have changed but more so how it hasn't. hard to believe that some places remain exactly the same after so much time passing. great vid as always! :)

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@bridgetroll9]

As the saying goes, the more things change the more they stay the same.

[@COASTER1921]

I'm consistently amazed that they never reconstructed the crystal palace. It's known of around the world and has such a rich history. Excellent video.

[@marklloyd3536]

There was a proposal in the late naughties from a Chinese developer to do so but it never materialised as so many schemes from Boris’s regime.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@michaeljohncooper]

Just a fantastic series, thank you! I’ve long been fascinated by the Crystal Palace. What a shame they did not preserve the site better and simply bulldozed the remains away. To this day when you visit the site it feels quite ghostly as if there was something much more important there before. I have friends who remember their parents seeing the blaze in 1936 and keeping lumps of melted glass as souvenirs.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bobsrailrelics]

I really admire the way you research these and manage to shoot and overlay images so accurately. This was fascinating.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@S.J7777]

Incredible series better than mainstream programs on the BBC

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@KashLatif]

Great video! You’ve captured some great details and shown the old with the new very clearly, allowing the viewer to make sense of locations. Love it!

[@poulmh]

Even that I have never seen any of the locations you are visiting, it's very exiting to see. So much history. I love the fadings from past to present, thinking it must take a lot of effort making them.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@CR-fz2kl]

Just stumbled across your videos can I just say amazing work well done! Give this man a series on TV

[@simontolfree4036]

Absolutely loved this series Darren. As mentioned the fading in and out of old and new images is excellent and love the sad haunting music attached to them. Such a shame I wasn't around to see such an amazing building, but your videos have inspired me to go and see what remains for myself. Thank you

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@mariaandwill563]

A brilliantly fascinating series about Crystal Palace. When Will was at senior school in the early 80’s he had a teacher telling his class that he was a historian and he and a group of fellow historians were looking for the lost train carriage which they believed to be underground in Crystal Palace Park but as far as he is aware, they never found it and he’d heard no reference to it until your video which brought back some amazing memories of things he’d long since forgotten 😀👍🏼

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@kennethstill5945]

Fantastic series once again Darren ! Wouldn’t it be marvellous to see this palace in the flesh.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@robertb7918]

Well done for putting together so much information about the pneumatic railway. It is rumoured that the coach is still inside the tunnel and a local legend grew up that the bodies of trapped passengers are still inside. This was late augmented with stories of the passengers' hands reaching out through the ground and grabbing people's ankles. Fascinating about the proposed high speed railway. Plans were drawn up to build an underground railway from Crystal Palace into central London which needless to say came to naught. I must say the gradient shown in the photo of the model is rather steep, more like a roller coaster!

[@johnogsii7976]

Great series,absolutely fascinating! The Palace was an amazing structure. Really enjoyed the series, thanks for putting it together so well. John

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@paulfisher3181]

Excellent. A real class production. As mentioned previously the overlays really add to the then and now aspect. Very professional. Ive been waiting for something like this on the Palace so thanks. Couldn’t have wished for anything better.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@shirleylynch7529]

You just can’t imagine that beautiful place no longer there. So interesting to learn all about this fascinating piece of history. What a work and research Darren. Thank you for excellent work and filming. I would never have known about this place if not for you.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@chrisrodbarker6272]

Loved every minute. I lived 5 mins from the Thicket Road entrance and this park was our playground. Such an amazing series we’ll done. Your research was so good, we loved the images especially. We always visit when we are in the UK.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@Mishkacat123]

Thanks for the fantastic series on the Crystal palace. I grew up in West Dulwich and in the 60s these underground cellars by the railway station were available to us kids (if you knew how to get in) and these were our playgrounds (until we were thrown out!) The whole of the Crystal Palace site was an amazing place but I didn't appreciate this at the time and I wish they had kept more of the original. I used to see the motor racing on the old track - very loud! Thanks for bringing back these memories.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@brianfretwell3886]

There is some footage of the High Level Station in the Ken Russel amateur film Amelia and the Angel which is included as an extra on the BFI release of his film The Devils taken after it closed. That station was built by the company that financed the re-build of the Palace and the shareholders were upset that the Low Level Station on a rival railway was finished first.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Brian

[@tjfSIM]

I love the overlay of old photos, it really helps to get a sense of the sheer scale of the palace. It looks like it was absolutely enormous, almost like some sort of steampunk alien mothership had landed. Such a shame it was never rebuilt.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate.

[@shaunt7175]

Glad I found your channel even 1 year after video release. That last transition showed true scale of it and had no idea of the innovations it held. Would have been a beautiful place to visit in its glory days.

[@SteveAttwood]

Brilliant Series... Even as a life long resident I've learnt so much.. Again, the overlays of the old Palace oevr present day are the best realisations I've seen and could be made into brilliant pieces of art!!!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@biggstavros5876]

Excellent work. You truly deserve a TV show. Fred Dibnah would have loved this.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@petercurtis3984]

Darren, I have to say that I’m most impressed with your 3 part series on the magnificent Crystal Palace exhibition formerly at Upper Sydenham/ Penge Wood, I grew up on Gipsy Hill back in the 60’s and have many vivid memories of exploring the different parts of what remains of the old exhibition building, the grounds and old high level railway, the railway tunnels (Paxton and Crescent Wood just below Upper Sydenham station), also the old track bed leading to Lordship Lane station (now a housing estate) and still in place is the footbridge over the line at Cox’s Walk. However, I did spot a slight error in your video where you said that the bridge where the high level station entrance was is the original bridge, unfortunately that is a modern replacement, I seem to remember them replacing it back in the 1980’s as the original was deemed unsafe, but everything else you have shown I believe is correct, I also remember that there was a coal merchants office that was on the corner next to the main entrance to the station which survived until about 1970. Anyway, I would like to congratulate you on a truly professional quality video series, it’s always a pleasure to hear about the old Crystal Palace exhibition and the incredible park as it was in its heyday, thank you for rekindling such wonderful memories growing up so close in such an historic area of London.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Peter. And thanks for the memories.

[@ACELog]

As someone who's lived in the area since 1983, this is absolutely fascinating! So well produced; the super-imposition photos are perfect!

[@Petecope]

Darren, though I’m a fan of your channel anyway, these three episodes are exceptional. So much so I’m planning to head there later this year. Well done!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@darahdoyle3176]

Fantastic series, as good as anything on TV. The Crystal Palace was something I heard about as a boy, and thought it was a work of fiction. But then seeing photos of its grandeur, wow, what a thing it must have been to go and see. Brilliant work fella.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching darah

[@darahdoyle3176]

@@AdventureMe It was a pleasure!

[@sbarncar]

the quality and accuracy of your century spanning comparative dissolves is beyond compare. Well done.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you

[@lizzieburton5276]

Wow what an sbsolutely AMAZING video Darren. Thank you so much. Your attention to detail, level of research, music & fading in & out with the old pictures, sends shivers down my spine!. I didn't know about the Crystal Palace history & what surrounded the park, so your mini series has taught me lots of very interesting facts. Thank you so much for your time & efforts in making these. Truly outstanding!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching Lizzie. More to come.

[@leilabennett1366]

Thank you for making and posting these videos. I lived at various locatios in that area as a child and teenager and we often went to the park. My mum remembered going to the palace as a young child and often told me about the fireworks. As a teenager i found out about the myth of the buried carriage. It has been going on for years in various forms. It has also involved the two tunnels on the route from the old station. It was said dead bodies from the London blitz supposedly put in the paxton tunnel on an old train and children dissappearing and being found in the tunnel. All myths because the railway tunnels weren't sealed in the 60s, i have spoken to somone who walked through both as a boy. The platforms were still there. I used to look over the wall and asked if we could go down but my mum said NO.

[@williammorrison5678]

Excellent job very professional.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you very much!

[@jameshennighan8193]

OUTSTANDING Wonderfully put together, with the historical progress and development covered in detail. The merged in photos of the past structure are terrific.. Thank you for your work... Well done...... James Hennighan Yorkshire, England

[@enochpowell27]

Watched parts 1,2,3 and was truly impressed So much effort went into this production and particularly impressive was the transformation from original to now. This channel should be available on mainstream TV or at least on Amazon Prime. Many thanks. 👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Glad you appreciated it.

[@mrlister2000]

Congrats on 20k subscribers! Yet again, a superb set of videos. What makes these stand out is the accuracy of the overlays. The attention to detail is absolutely spot on.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. I tried my best with this one.

[@mrlister2000]

@@AdventureMe Well your best was perfect mate!

[@georgepitchley3946]

As a south London boy I have found this series fascinating, in the 60s I and mates from school would venture there by either train to Sydenham or no 3 bus to Chrystal Palace Parade, happy memories. The way you have morphed the then and now photographs together is amazing, very well done!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks George.

[@mal_752]

I remember the No 3 Bus to Crystal Palace Parade

[@mikepowell2776]

Brilliant. Lots of very little-known information saved from oblivion. The montage photos were exceptional. What a loss CP was. Thanks for an outstanding job.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Mike.

[@eimdeima]

Moved away from the area 2yrs ago now, always loved a sunny afternoon at Crystal Palace park. Thanks for video, had me reminiscing...👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@hopi5]

Thanks for these three videos on the Crystal Palace. It is only very recently that I first visited this park, even though I have known about it for years. This has now provided me with a much better understanding of what the original site looked like and how it was laid out. Also hadn't really appreciated just how big the exhibition actually was in terms of the overall layout and extent.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. Yes it was massive.

[@clericpreston5701]

Really enjoyed this video, first of yours I have watched, but looking forward to watching more. I never knew the Crystal Palace was so big, the blended images show this off superbly (I have used this method myself in my home town). The atmosphere railway was super interesting to me as I have investigated the South Devon Railway built by Brunel in 1844 which ran on an atmosphere pipe line from Exeter and the one he took insperation from in Ireland.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulaburrows8660]

I'm a big fan of abandoned videos but I haven't seen the fantastic post production of mixing past and present you did in this series. Wonderful.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Paul. Something I do a lot of.

[@wellardsmith3629]

Great work. Well done. Loved this 3 part series.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@eddywells5689]

Didn't realise it was so extensive !!!!! Major eye opener !!

[@darrenwales2819]

Another fascinating video. Really glad to have found your channel. Keep up the great work.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching Daz.

[@markwilliamson2864]

Like some of your other commentators I remember being taken to see the Crystal Palace dinosaurs when I was a kid back in the 1970s. I really enjoyed this series of videos on the Crystal Palace, the surrounding grounds and transport infrastructure, it is the most comprehensive survey of the site today that I have seen. Thank you very much.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Mark. I noticed there wasn't much around on KZbin, so I decided to put that right.

[@Nellyontheland]

We used to live in West Norwood. My elder sister came back many times explaining that they have been in the tunnel and walked it's length. This was around 45 years ago, but the excitement of those evenings is still in my head.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@daveanderson6248]

You, sir, are a brilliant videographer. The fades of the Crystal Palace were masterfully done, with the new and old images seeming to register perfectly. I also applaud your obviously extensive research, and I was amazed to learn of the "Victorian Hyperloop", 150 years ahead of its time. Excellent video!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Dave. Much appreciated

[@rontanser9369]

Thank you I really enjoyed the three videos of the Crystal Palace you are such a good orator and explain it all very well

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you so much!

[@robinfryer479]

Thankyou so much for taking an enthusiastic interest in all these types of affairs, and sharing them with the rest of us. They are fascinating, yes, but also very important…

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you like them!

[@douglasfleetney5031]

What a wonderful series, really enjoyed. Thank you so much for coming way down South (from Leeds anyway) to make this. So much information so well put. Thanks again.

[@ericlackford6718]

So many have commented on this series, which is absolutely excellent, reminding me of my childhood. As an ex Kingsdale ( 61-67) kid, we must have met at such places as the racing circuit, fishing lake, going through the upper level tunnel etc, etc. These videos have brought back so many fond memories and a wonder what life has been like now were are old?

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Kimmy-pw8tm]

I love hidden history with layover images of the same spot back then and now, today. You have made a very interesting subject come fully alive again.❤

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Kimmy-pw8tm]

@@AdventureMe There is another English bloke who does something similar, but I'm sure you might know who. Part-**** Expl****.1922 train disaster.....you need to watch it.... Your show is an in depth masterclass, with history,( I'm Australian, and I watch a lot of old hidden stories about London, but I had never heard about the hidden Crystal Palace trains/ stations) You have calculated measurements, dates, peoples names and its exciting watching how you fit old photos, and replace missing jigsaw pieces and drop them back into today's 'space' that used to belong to their space. About that rumour; a carriage and its occupants were covered and left as it was is still down there right now? Ask me, how did I trip over and into your channel? I saw a big photo of coloured architecture that claimed it was some old hidden underground train network in 1854. I googled the only words and date on the photo, and your channel came up. Bingo! I can't wait to look at everything Darren. Kim

[@Rose-pt4xb]

This has been a fantastic series. I attended college at the sports ground in 2012 and always knew there was a history to the park, but never realised just how much! Thank you so much for sharing this, it's been a real pleasure to watch and such a well planned out set of videos.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Rose. I really enjoyed this one.

[@ZeroSixFour]

Great trilogy of vids. Brings back a lot of memories from when i was a kid playing in the park.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MyCharlie2000]

Fantastic old and new picture coronation, so well produced, the presentation keeps my attention and wanting more, keep up the great work.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@Mark-xh6qc]

Fabulously presented!! Love the 'then and now' visuals. Totally impressive. 👍👍

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Glad you enjoyed

[@Azimuth8687]

Thanks for posting such an informative and interesting video. Absolutely love the slow blending of past and present with the appropriate music. Well done Sir.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Well done! Expertly researched and edited to make a vivid, historically-informed series of video's.

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@waightkl]

The quality of the research, camera work, editing and presentation of this series is astounding. My parent's families were from this area and trips to visit grandparents, aunties and uncles often included a walk around the palace grounds and seeing the dinosaurs. You have provided such a rich context to some of my treasured childhood memories. Thank you so much Darren.

[@AdventureMe]

My pleasure Keith. Thanks for your kind words.

[@MarkusGeheim]

Well done, Sir! The timetravel scene-transitions are amazing 🤯keep up that good work!

[@AdventureMe]

Glad you like them!

[@IanOS-UK]

This has been such an interesting series! Thank you! The then and now edits bring the sheer scale of the palace and the excitement of the exhibition to life. So much so, that I would love the opportunity to go back in time and feel the electric atmosphere as people witnessed all of these amazing new proposals for rail travel and novelty rides, in the midst of truly massive architecture! Amazing 😎

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@stebro2738]

Fascinating!! Any part restored would be a wonder! Thanks from North Carolina in the US, for your well researched, beautifully graphiced work!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. Yes it would

[@christinaburton9297]

Camille Pisarro painted Lordship Lane Station in the snow. My favourite picture. Sydenham station is still there. Thank you so much!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@aA-ye1cf]

Loved the bit about the rumour of the coach with last passengers still inside the hyperloop!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@RobbieHall1984]

Amazing video Darren, thank you, I adore the old Crystal Palace, such a shame what happened to it, always hoped one day it would be rebuilt

[@petersingh354]

I lived near this area for many decades and have done a lot of research about the past. Your 3 part video was absolute class beyond belief. You should have your own TV series you are that good! FA Cup finals were also played at the Crystal Palace between 1895-1914.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@johndufton9686]

Amazing series of videos. This beats anything the BBC does.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@jaymibutler8724]

Excellent series very well put together keep up the good work :)

[@tommyvercetti7]

You absolutely smashed this mini series; well done matey!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching paul.

[@robertphillips6296]

Wow, that was some place! Thank you for posting this and the others.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate. Yes it really is something

[@fatbox100]

Fantastic series, very interesting, informative and fascinating. I loved the editing also. Thank you.

[@AdventureMe]

Thank you very much!

[@Geoffreytomlinson24]

Fascinating stuff again Chap. Travelling back in time is so relaxing and shows how great we once were. Keep up the excellent videos.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Geoffrey

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

The New York Pneumatic railway flopped too. I suppose it was one of those, "It seemed like a good idea at the time." ideas. And as others have commented, superimposing the original photos over the modern landscape was brilliantly done and a wonderful insight.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching.

[@elvishards8161]

The overlaying is superb,really helps get a good idea of how it was then and fading to how it is nos

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks mate.

[@Catbells21]

This is a wonderful piece of filming and presentation. I am from Northern England but spent many hours around The Palace years ago. Thankyou it brings back great memories

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Charles. I'm a northerner too, just hopped down to London for this one.

[@tim50stroud1]

Brilliant! I visited the park some years ago, and spotted a few of the things you mentioned and explained so beautifully

[@AdventureMe]

Many thanks!

[@RichardWells1]

Great video with bags of historical background and supeb then/now image overlays. Excellent!

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Richard

[@dangibson2048]

Such a shame we have lost so much of our history to make way for new developments. Really enjoyed the series, great visual and very informative. Keep up the good work, you have a new subscriber after watching these videos.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Daniel. Welcome aboard.

[@mkendallpk4321]

As others here have said, "what a brilliant series." Your showing how it was in pictures superimposed on the modern landscape truly gives us an appreciation of how it looked.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks. More to come

[@lordfrazerirwin990]

During the late fifties we lived on the outskirts of the Bethlem Royal Hospital. The view from our back window took us directly to the radio mast. I remember going round the park and, no doubt, the boating lake. Never did we think there was so much hidden or lost.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@davidsturmer3646]

Great video, lived two minutes from there as a kid from 1969 until 1980. I was present in 1971/72? when a dig was organized to find this underground railway. There was great excitement when a brick tunnel was found but it later turned out to probably be a drain. We also got into the tunnel near Crystal Palace Parade. So much history around that area. You covered it very well. ATB from Buenos Aires, Argentina where I live now. There is a great amount of British railway history hear too.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks David. Greetings to Argentina.

[@davewright4380]

Wonderful drone work, I visited Crystal Palace a few years ago, it's a fascinating place and your film a great reminder. The old photo overlays are magical !😊

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Dave. I enjoyed making this one.

[@stuartkiy3170]

Have always lived near to Crystal Palace and been fascinated by the history . This was a very informative film and I enjoyed the over lay transitions, showed me answers to a lot of my long thought questions. Thank you.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks Stuart. Did you see the other two episodes.

[@stuartkiy3170]

I have and I'm starting to watch more of your work 👍

[@certuv]

I spent my boyhood and teenage years playing in these grounds and watched the TV tower being built when walking to school I am 82 next birthday. Thank you for bringing memories back. ? You did not mention motor racing in the early 1960 great days,

[@AdventureMe]

It did get a brief mention in text when I was stood on it.

[@Dave1976.]

Another fascinating 3 part series. All your hard work and effort you put into this shows. You are very dedicated to every vlog you do. You deserve an award for this. It's about time and effort you go through, and source as much history as you can. We can see before & after when you fade to what life was like beforehand . Keeps us gripped & pulls us in. Definitely worth watching. Keep up the great work Darren.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. Glad you appreciate it.

[@vjary8142]

Just love the super imposing of old images onto the current sites. If you compare the interior of the high level station with that of the low level station there are distinct similarities between the two.

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching. More to come.

[@lindamccaughey6669]

That was fantastic thanks. What a crying shame that burned. Such a beautiful piece of architecture that was. Really enjoyed the history to. A wonderful video. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching linda

[@vernonhowe4997]

thankyou so much for the three videos , i used to live in penge and had a view of the park from my flat on the 8th floor . i have learned so much that i didnt know about the park , i also love the way you superimpose the old pics over modern day to give us a sense of what it was like , my partners dad remembers the fire that sadly destroyed the palace . thanks again

[@AdventureMe]

Thanks for watching

[@The12236]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! Thank you so much for all your vlogs , the information is amazing 👏👏👏 x

[@AdventureMe]

You are so welcome!

[@dianeshepherd7913]

Love the video as always, and all the interesting detail you.put into them, thanks for sharing.