The loudest lift in Berkshire! Slough town centre lifts - Part 2, M&S and BHS

[@juoig7799]

These lifts and the walkway are now abandoned. The lifts have been trashed and the walkway has been boarded up. The Tesco is still open.

[@anpexroblox3371]

I wasn't even born when you uploaded this video

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It's a horribly filmed video with an old camera. I hate watching my old videos as it makes me think "ugghhh, could have filmed that better...!"

[@MichalM]

@@mrmattandmrchay LOL you're lucky! I keep getting bugged about the fact that I went in that lift almost EVERY WEEK (lol) when I was little, yet I never recorded it! DAMN I wish I was interested in lifts before 2015! That poor thing is probably still in pristine condition, and if the company in Jersey who own the place don't reply to me then I'm going to be SO mad!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

As you may see from my other videos, I'm into lifts/elevators (some people like trains, I like lifts!!). Whenever I film, I never make it known - else I'm sure the manager of the shop would have something to say if he realised. I always film descretely with my camera phone.

[@stephand4017]

Well, these lifts are switched off or not working currently. 0:00

[@MichalM]

Indeed, the whole walkway has been boarded up!

[@neaelevator]

Quentinmovie means rear door OPEN. Wonderful video.

[@myotismon767]

Whoa, that's one loud lift!

[@LiamWalsheliamskitchen]

I wonder if they've touched the M&S lift since I was there a few years ago... I'm coming back in February and am eager to see if they've modernized it...

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Cool, would be interesting to see! This is not far from where I live, but I will leave it to you to do a revisit video for your channel when you next visit Slough.

[@LiamWalsheliamskitchen]

mrmattandmrchay I wonder if Mr. Jackson or Miss Stannah has replaced it yet...

[@LiamWalsheliamskitchen]

Sadly it seems that most of these don't work anymore or are inaccessible, as observed back in February. The UK Lift ones didn't work at all The loud one was not accessible anymore since they've now closed the second floor of M&S Didn't visit BHS so I can't comment on this one.

[@MichalM]

@@LiamWalsheliamskitchen UK lifts seem derelict now - tried to get into M&S but refused permission, and trying to get into BHS as we speak.

[@gabrielcoyle3067]

Well the motor definitely sounds old and original

[@KIRBZVIDS]

When lift where propuly made I love it has basicly pre door haha rdo means rear door open

[@mrmattandmrchay]

hate watching my old videos like this one, 480p, no stabilisation, etc!

[@RediffusionMusic]

If you like this, you'll like what I found in Glasgow a few weeks ago... Chiefly 80s Hammond and Champness lifts with Dewhurst US89's, VERY audible relays and motor (outside the motor room!) in a car park. I think they might actually be louder than this Furse lift here! My face when I pressed that button for the first time was a picture. lol!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Cool!! I'm near Glasgow in December, do you remember where this was?

[@RediffusionMusic]

@@mrmattandmrchay sorry man, I commented on this before you watched my video, it's the lifts I filmed. They're at the Concert Square car park in Glasgow Centre. :) sound much nicer in real life haha

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Cool, are we going to see it on youtube?

[@Roblilley999]

They have recently closed this store in slough so loud lift no more. Always used to use it when visiting

[@babysnoops14]

Robert Lilley that isn't the store! It outside of tesco lol

[@MichalM]

@@babysnoops14 no it's in M&S - It has closed down and no - one has opened the shop yet, however, I have been told that the place is under new management.

[@MichalM]

@@babysnoops14 Update: M&S do still own the store - the lights are on but no activity.

[@gabrielcoyle9049]

What are the lifts now

[@MichalM]

@@gabrielcoyle9049 The M&S and BHS units are abandoned. The UK lifts have been switched off and the walkway they serve has been boarded up.

[@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL]

Would be even louder in the motor room!

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

2:55 When I was little I was afraid of lifts if they were loud or not. I was so lucky I didn't know they could break down! Luckily I wasn't stuck in one when I was little.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

My nan used to take me around the lifts in a local town called Bracknell. Back in the late 70s/80s all the lifts were noisy. Used to ask her "why do they make that noise" and she said "it's just they way they are designed". Had she explained about the STAR-DELTA motor start up sequence that creates this WHOOPing noise then it would have made better sense haha!!

[@babysnoops14]

Joshua's Transport Videos when I was little I got the doors close on me when I was about to go in. I was only 3 years old at the time

[@urgentkestrel7990]

Does the Furse still exist ?

[@MichalM]

This brings back memories.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Store is still there, but shut unfortunately, which probably does mean the lift is still there untouched.

[@MichalM]

7:01 Rear door open?

[@skipkid]

Yes It Is

[@mrmattandmrchay]

awww wouldn't it be good if you could follow them and see the LMR which probably can only be seen from the staff offices

[@MichalM]

And here we are in 2019 trying to get into it!

[@MelbourneLifts]

Don't want to think about how those first lifts would be now!

[@georgef551]

That's loud?! I barely heard anything! :D LOL!!! Maybe there is an amplifier/mic next to the machine, to make it loud. It's got Classic Leveling to boot. I rode some badly modded 1910's Otis Elevators that were deafening. My camera didn't pick up the intensity, but it was ear-piercing. If you search "1910's otis", it's the top 2 videos, those display the noise, but not the loudness.

[@MichalM]

It's had a lot of use if I'm honest - it was never waiting for me when I came almost every week! Motor is probably worn out.

[@MichalM]

I wish I had the authority to take over a building. I would turn the M&S lift back on and open up a supermarket in there :)

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Ohhh I'd love to explore that place. I'm assuming you live near to there? If you can get me any details (like a sign that says "building managed by..." then I could try and arrange a visit for you and me? I very much doubt they would allow it, but possibly worth asking?

[@MichalM]

@@mrmattandmrchay Me too - I live in Langley but the problem is I'm 15 years old and it's about half an hour walk from my house to M&S and I have to somehow convince my parents to let me go, or they might have to come with me!!! Regarding the store, the windows are blacked out and all the lights are off. On all the units that are closed in the shopping centre there is a to let sign - however M&S doesn't have one - I have been told that someone owns the place (He doesn't know the name of the person unfortunately). I would like to but as you said it's unlikely that they would say yes :( No signs at all saying who the building is managed by, and if you could contact anyone it would be the shopping centre itself! I used to be scared of the lift, however, I would love to see the motor room :/ Do you think it has relay logic??? Michal

[@MichalM]

Just remembered about the BHS lift - that could be interesting, and the passenger lifts in the Observatory seem to have their original motors - not sure about the Queensmere ones. Debenhams lifts have been modernised but they don't have the ecodisc motor so they probably are original from when the shop was Allders and when the lift was a Maryatt Scott.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

You have a point, maybe a little unfair. My influence comes knowing the area quite well as worked on the town centre cctv system there for 6 years,also slough estates, so I have a fair bit of knowledge and experience. Britwell&common rd estates became areas to avoid if on call at night(cherrypicker was targeted many times), but I'm in Wycombe which also has bad areas. The trading est. is an excellent point with loads of bluechip companies. Maybe also I watch too much Road Wars on tv!

[@MichalM]

Did you ever film the passenger lifts in the shopping centre? I've always wanted to know the company that made them. If you have some photos/videos please upload them. Any ideas anyone? They were modernised a few years ago to Ecodiscs. Unfortunately no way of identification now except the display above the door inside the lift and on the ground floor. I miss that voice :(

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I did have a good look for the videos you mention. I DID actually film them, but didn't think they were interesting enough to upload. That was A LONG TIME ago and cannot find them now. I believe they had the old RED/WHITE Express arrows on the outside, but crappy 7-segment LEDs on the inside for the floor display. This means they were modernised I guess in the 2000s at some stage.

[@MichalM]

mrmattandmrchay Shame - if you find the footage, can you send it to me please? I just really liked the voice!

[@MichalM]

mrmattandmrchay Sorry if I confused you - which shopping centre did you film - Queensmere or Observatory?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It was Queensmere (the older of the two shopping centres) - concrete style car park

[@MichalM]

mrmattandmrchay Oh OK - That's interesting - I never actually rode those lifts - I always used the observatory ones with the awesome voice - they were actually quite reliable!

[@FM60260]

There's an old evans that sounds similar in Bolton but without the Otis hum

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Cool where is that?

[@FM60260]

It's in Poundstretcher, I used to volunteer in the Barnardo's store next door so I'd be the first to put myself forward to make the supply run to get stuff for the staff room.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Yes, you're right. I realised this after I had left the lift!

[@LiamWalsheliamskitchen]

I figured it would break down one of these days... When I was over there in January it was shaking like crazy, and boy was it SCARY! I won't be in Europe again anytime soon, but I wonder that if and when I do go back something tells me that it will be modernized at that time...

[@MichalM]

Doubt it - the shop is closed down but it still belongs to M&S - which means that the lift is probably still there! The lights are on as well!

[@bearchoirfan]

The OTIS in the video seems to utilized the same propulsion motor as the one in the following video of mine, judging from the motor sound on stopping at and starting from the top floor: v=Yb3KRMpVfrA

[@LiftFan]

BHS seems to be the best big shop if you're looking for old lifts, as M&S usually slap on some dewhurst, and others just turn them generic

[@stillnessintime]

:( :( :( so sad what happened to BHS.

[@LiftFan]

***** I wish more people knew that an old lift = a piece of history rather than junk to be replaced

[@MichalM]

@@LiftFan And the M&S lifts that survive the generic mod get abandoned :(

[@ajs2120]

Is is a Schindler lift?

[@MichalM]

Which one?

[@bearchoirfan]

Personally I think it's just a loud version of the very typical AC/2 slow mode motor whine when slowing down preparing to level off.

[@OctoSwift]

wow !

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It was no big deal, he just didn't want to go back in that one! He is five now and doesn't mind so much. The lift from the walkway (0:16) was a "UK Lifts" lift. I though these lifts would be something special, but they're horrible! The motor room is on the ground.

[@olivereltoro]

that is the loudest lift ever but there is one like this at the m&s at the metro centre gateshead

[@juoig7799]

And 15 years later, the Tesco footbridge in Slough no longer exists. It's been torn down.

[@VintageLiftLad]

I rode a furse today i na shopping centre near me, it got stuck with kids inside last time i was there so i was a bit cautious about going in there, all was well and the motor sounds liek that but nowhere near as bad as that, also the whole car shakes between 3 and 4 :/ its an alright lift though, considering the usage it gets

[@MichalM]

This one - as you can see - was always busy!

[@MichalM]

It got a lot of use yet I only saw it once when it wasn't working :) It got stuck on the top floor.

[@OctoSwift]

2 elevators for 2 floors?

[@MichalM]

I think they're quite unreliable but not sure though :/

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Was it one like this one... watch?v=mdzUHifpf28 This one is from the 60s ...an original Evans!

[@olivereltoro]

what make was the last lift

[@MichalM]

Otis

[@MichalM]

2:35 The noise!

[@M72_Transit_And_More]

The elevator at M&S has very noisy motor.

[@MichalM]

It's a very busy lift - It has had plenty of use!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

@drwadde Hey, thanks for that description. I know what you mean and very interesting :)

[@skipkid]

I Will Call That Furce Lift Deafening Noise Box Lift Because It's So Loud 100 Times Louder Than What Iv'e Been In Today :::Continued::: Scroll Down I Went In A Very Small Evans Lift Today The Lift Is So Small You Can Only Fit 2 Persons In The Thing Even Though The Capacity Is 6 Persons Or 930 kg

[@blueauraretriever]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@flynny42]

It sounds quite cool though! Cool but scary.... Ahah

[@skipkid]

Well I Can Try And Get A video Of It

[@MichalM]

You won't be able to any more, it's derelict! :(

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

I think the motor is designed to be in a motor room when it’s an MRL Edit: if it does have a motor room i wander what’s it’s like lol

[@MichalM]

It most certainly does have a motor room! I wish I could see this again, I rode it so many times as a child, as I live in Slough, but I only got interested in lifts after the store closed down, meaning that I never recorded it :(

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

@@MichalM Oh no! That lift is gone?

[@MichalM]

@@LondonAndSouthEastTransport No it's still there, however it's been sitting there, abandoned since 2015. The store closed down, and numerous attempts by me and Matt from mrmattandmrchay to ask to see the motor room have been denied due to "health and safety". At the moment, I can't even get a picture of the lift from the outside, as the lift is positioned away from any windows :(

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

People would like the lift better if the motors volume was at least half the volume it currently is.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I went here last week, but unfortunately Marks and Spencer in Slough has closed down :( :( Its perhaps in a different location, but it's not in this building anymore.

[@UzumakiNarutoX3]

Hope they never modernise that lift. Really like lifts where you can hear the power of the motor.

[@MichalM]

@@UzumakiNarutoX3 It was actually very reliable - It only broke down once when I was there - stuck on the top floor! I went there about a week ago and peeped through the doors on the outside but I couldn't see the lift because it was round the corner :/

[@MichalM]

@@mrmattandmrchay No-one has moved in yet unfortunately :(

[@ag6371]

woulnd't it be scary when you go to the machine room

[@MichalM]

We're trying but it's complicated

[@00crashtest]

MORE LIKE THE LOUDEST LIFT IN THE WORLD. LOL!!!!!

[@DDR_Aufzuege]

Oh yes. This elevator works! I like this sound. MfG Jan

[@daviessa91]

bit sad lol out life is crap where i work.