The official Broadmoor Hospital SIREN {{NOISY VIDEO!!}}

[@punkinmonk]

1:31 that is music to my ears

[@kbye8s]

Its not music to us. Its music to tornado sirens. Its not music to ur ears

[@Rainbowgamer1]

Same

[@sirensoftheunitedkingdom]

Escape sirens ​@@kbye8s

[@rotaryrevor4756]

One of my favorite things about the trl siren is that because it is so far away you hear the faint sound of the siren and I love it.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

yeah it's different and echo'y! Sounds good!

[@mineolabolt4928]

@@mrmattandmrchay rest them in peace sadly because they got removed

[@TheTechnologymachinery]

after the TRL siren stops after escape and all clear if you listen closely you can hear another siren going in the background

[@rotaryrevor4756]

also while the trl siren is running down for all clear, I can hear other sirens doing escape

[@rockyfish3115]

I grew up on Broadmoor estate not 100 feet from the wall, years ago in the 90s we had a sleep over at a friend's house and we snuk out as you do as kids, and the siren went off, we were on the back field at the time, and we all legged it back, true story..

[@mrmattandmrchay]

omg! I bet that was a bit of a scare haha. I mean, the noise from those old sirens is not pleasant!

[@rockyfish3115]

mrmattandmrchay growing up with it was just normal, when the wolfman escaped other parents wouldn't let there kids out, my dad worked up there for 30 yrs and he said it was ok for me to go out as there would be no way he would still be on the close, he was found couple days later near Devon I think it was with a fishing rod,

[@Godzilla20191]

1:32 the klaxon cs8: I’m trapped in a cage, a cage IN HELL

[@ATK_J.Y.S_I.N.D_Offical]

Lol good one!

[@TheTechnologymachinery]

The TRL siren is doing pulse tone :)

[@passacaglia28]

I almost forgot you have siren videos! I love these types of warning sirens, and I hope to one day capture the nearby disaster warning sirens where I live! THAT will be a bit tricky as they do not regularly sound off as a series of tests as do the ones in your video.

[@ATK_J.Y.S_I.N.D_Offical]

2:42 Sounds cute and awesome! 😊

[@TheTechnologymachinery]

in all clear mode the TRL siren sounds like a HOR Super Sirex siren

[@seanjuth]

The TRL siren is still there to this day, possibly because the tower is being used to house antennas and systems not related to the siren

[@rhysmodica2892]

It's kinda scary to realise that the same Hi-Lo-Hi tone could have potentially been used as a fallout warning during nuclear attack at one time

[@al66class59]

hence why, initially, Broadmoor used Pulse - when fallout warning was discontinued, the hospital nabbed hi-lo.

[@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798]

Would’ve been unnerving hearing the CS8’s doing pulse

[@rotaryrevor4756]

It's funny how loud the dampers are on a klaxon siren because those shutters opening and closing can be it's own broadmoor siren

[@childishtombino1275]

rotary revor The dampers are only loud on that second one because the actual siren is quieter than usually. Read my comment at the top of you want an idea on why that could be the case.

[@mineolabolt4928]

2:44 trl siren running up to escape tone and 4:42 running down and 5:42 and 7:41 is the run up to all clear and run down

[@bts-1945]

First time I’ve seen siren g sound in my life

[@Duderocks5539]

Good to see they got siren G fixed and to bad the sirens further from the hospital are being removed. But there is still going to be like 4 that are still going to be used.

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

+Duderocks5539 according to Wikipedia, the plan to remove these sirens has failed, because local residents rejected the plan, due to there being 16 primary school in the area

[@cosmicstargazer10]

@@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 ooh, great news flash! That makes perfect sense, actually - retaining them in an area where there are so many kids.

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

So Matt, according to Wikipedia, the plan to remove these sirens has failed, because local residents rejected the plan, due to there being 16 primary school in the area. Looks like you might have them around for a little while longer still!

[@annapowell6641]

@alex its 2019 for there removel

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

This comment didn't age well.....

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

They don't care about it, they still removed them. I'm so annoyed at them 😤

[@JJP_SirenProductions06]

@@hmsirensandfirealarms We could've at least have new Klaxon ES sirens in their former spots like at the hospital.

[@singlestrobe]

They are gone now

[@Nthuziast]

i would've loved to seen the full uncut footage of all of the broadmoor sirens sounding

[@Andrewthefurrygoanimater2003]

Someone did have one of siren g and c

[@joelneiltrinidad6339]

The shutter is jammed from the trl siren

[@anonymouschicken9466]

The first siren you went to, you can actually get close to it. You can get to it via a path at top of cambridge road (which is on furze hill) and you can also get to it via cricket field grove. When you walk into it (from cambridge road side) you go south east, and there are many paths which take you that way. There is also another way at the bottom of chaplains hill, there is a path which goes into that part of the woods (the start of the path is at the junction between chaplains hill and lower broadmoor road. When you walk in, you have to go up a steep hill, then go left and there is a path that goes to it. I go through this path most days so you are allowed to go through here. The path that goes past the siren takes you to the cricket field.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+Anonymous Chicken Thanks for the info. I think I've covered this one - please take a look here and see if it's the same one?... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWWVeKKOp5Khe5I

[@cosmicstargazer10]

Superb local knowledge :0)

[@BAndA-nh9cl]

ok although i live in a place called Reading which is quite close to where these sirens are but you cant actually hear them because the average distance from Reading to broadmoor hospital is about 10-15 miles idk but i hear that the security there is improving so they're getting rid of some of the sirens so RIP sirens 1952-2016

[@deaderthandead1182]

The trl siren had a broke damper

[@domigames3346]

I love your channel!

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+DOMIGAMES Thanks :)

[@Andrewthefurrygoanimater2003]

:)

[@Duderocks5539]

@The_ALEX_ELLIS_Channel Oh so they are just going to keep using all 13 sirens still and they are not going to be removed?

[@user-marco-S]

If you forget the tests, how often are they used last year (or last 5 years)?

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

+Marco S The last time the Broadmoor Sirens were activated because of an escape was in 1991, although they were activated in 1993 because of an attack at the hospital. Since that time there has been significant investment in improving security at the hospital including the installation of a second perimeter fence and additional alarm and control systems. Despite this, many local residents say that they feel safer with sirens in their area, which is what has prompted them to be kept. In addition to this, In 2014, the Bracknell siren was activated accidentally when struck by lightning during an electrical storm (fortunately it activated the All Clear tone). It took maintenance crews two and a half hours to switch it off!

[@olliemccoy3342]

is siren G still there in 2023

[@TheTechnologymachinery]

@ Joshua Eckberg at least an overpowered HOR siren

[@adammoorby99]

think they'd notice if i happened to steal one of these to wake me up in a morning ;)

[@cosmicstargazer10]

Yes, and so would all your neighbours within a 10-mile radius!

[@adammoorby99]

@@cosmicstargazer10 😂😂😂 that’d be funniest part waking my neighbours up

[@BefaceComputing]

What song is being played in your intro to these videos?

[@debrabinnicker7376]

Where Did They Find The Parts To Fix Siren G?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

It's not fixed. There is a brand new siren within the hospital grounds - it's a speaker siren though, not an old air-raid siren technology. This one is now dedundant - whether they actually remove it or not, let's see.

[@kasenschwab6296]

Siren M Is My Favorite Because Of How You Can Hear The Low Tone A Little Bit Which Is Very Interesting

[@kasenschwab6296]

@mrmattandmrchay The New Siren Is A Quiet Peace Of Useless Scrap The Old Sirens Will Always Be Stronger Singers

[@newforcemedia]

What's the name of the intro song?

[@ivybesmonte2577]

2:47 mrmattandmrchay, I think the LO damper was actually the HI damper, by how small the outtakes are, and the LO damper was imitating the HI tone side so I think they must be not spinning on the same rpm...

[@ivybesmonte2577]

@Gabriel Mousa then why does it sound like the hi damper sounds like it works but in the video its not?

[@SirensTornado]

@@ivybesmonte2577 The high tone shutter is slightly open. You can cleary hear when it runs down.

[@Whyyoutubewhy..]

@@SirensTornado i think she means that the siren itself sounded like the 12-port side had a working damper but the 10-port side's damper was jammed shut, but in the video it sounded like the siren was producing the high tone more than the low tone this siren confuses me to this day...

[@SirensTornado]

Maybe bc Matt standed at the high tone side of the siren.

[@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798]

Mather the rotors were flipped around

[@RediffusionMusic]

The thing I don't understand - Klaxon Signals still make the Coded Shutter series, so why are "parts becoming difficult to source" ?... Insane! Amazing little howlers these things are.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I wasn't aware they are still available? But you also have to consider the infrastructure they are connected to. Yes, could easily do these by GSM now I suppose, but even this will involve thousands of pounds 'per siren' when the decision has already been made that they are no longer required.

[@hmsirensandfirealarms]

Klaxon don't make the coded shutter series, they stopped making them in 2005

[@Nthuziast]

to this day the trl siren confuses me

[@katzenwagen.6799.o]

Same....

[@Whyyoutubewhy..]

especially the fact that the high tone damper was jammed closed and the low tone damper probably wasnt, but it sounded like the high tone was the one working... ?????

[@Vigilance108]

I wonder how TRL got a jammed shutter

[@tinamccann8732]

And siren f is decommissioned

[@tinamccann8732]

But still remains

[@childishtombino1275]

I HAVE A THEORY--- The TRL siren's high tone STATOR is jammed shut, HOWEVER, we are hearing the high tone rotor. The overall sound of the siren is VERY tinny and quite quiet which leads me to think that the inner rotors have been directly swapped so - 10 port rotor is in the 12 port stator and vice versa. This makes total sense to me.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Interesting, but I wonder why they would swap them?

[@childishtombino1275]

mrmattandmrchay I wouldn't think it was purposeful. Probably just an accident from lack of knowledge. Bit risky though since it makes the siren less efficient.

[@alphawolffurry-t8r]

it looks like TRL siren has a damaged shutter you can see its bent

[@Hörmann_F71]

Siren F is my favorite siren but... i have bad news.. it got demolished because there are building houses there😭😭😭😡😡😡

[@sharonbradford4494]

He was also my favorite, but it’s just a real shame. If only he was put up here in America.

[@sharonbradford4494]

Same with the others

[@cougarsteis]

So basically the escape tone is high low in America pretty much

[@rockyfish3115]

Driving up upper Broadmoor road at those speeds your be locked up 😂

[@mrmattandmrchay]

haha, looks fast on a wide angle camera!

[@Olive4577]

Why is it on thay tower Thats only for radio signal

[@shannondelaney3298]

i bet as soon as the sirens see you there like 'oh shit it s mrmayyandmrchay fimling again'

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+Angel Monica I went to film Bracknell stn siren this morning..... :( was the result

[@motor-trun-power-magnet]

4:32 wow sound down and up better car 😄😄😄???

[@hospitalitytaylor]

I take it the TRL Siren in worse than the ascot siren! Worth waiting for!

[@friedmanirit]

Wait why am I hearing the high note even though the 12 port side damper is the one that's broken.

[@StrictMeteor01]

Because even though the damper isnt opening sound still escapes through whatever cracks are around the closed damper

[@DDR_Aufzuege]

Hello Matt, great work. How many hours you edit the video? MfG Jan

[@sirena80]

BLARE

[@randomores]

If these are ever replaced, do you have any ideas what with?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+The Hive (Randomores) I'd be very interested to see what they would be replaced with, and I'd do a revisit to each location, but sadly they won't. I don't know though, as sirens are not that common in the UK. In other countries they are more common as storm warnings but there is nothing like that here.

[@shannondelaney3298]

+The Hive (Randomores) there due to be removed by 2019 & the main siren of the hospital doesnt work due to lightning destroying it

[@randomores]

+Angel Monica removed and not replaced?

[@shannondelaney3298]

they wont be replaced its still up on the mast but nolonger active

[@BeezyKing99]

Anyone try playing it back at .25 speed? It’s wickedly slow sounding.. yet gave myself goosebumps haha.

[@shannondelaney3298]

all broadmoor escape sirens installed in 1952 are 63 years old (?used by calculater AKA 1952-2015

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Yep... most are from late 1950s but some more were added early 1960s

[@shannondelaney3298]

really? well your pritty famous coz u managed yo find all 13 & is the BMH siren not far from the TRL 1? & i think its a shame that u couldn't assess the TRL 1 & you are my fave you tuber ive watched your abandon buildings videos & elevater 1's i litrly love the one were the 2 heavy clicks startel u & i jumped at it as well but i rewatched it & i dont seem to jump

[@rotaryrevor4756]

Are you going to record the Finchampstead siren? or does it no longer work

[@mrmattandmrchay]

LOL, there is a bit of a story there!! I went there FIVE TIMES spaced over a year or more, and it didn't work on ANY of the visits - in other words it was a waste of 5x Monday mornings!! I was going to do a video on it, but it's waiting in a long queue to be edited!

[@rotaryrevor4756]

mrmattandmrchay ohh

[@ivybesmonte2577]

There is only one video that records siren d which is functioning.

[@MichalM]

@@ivybesmonte2577 Which video?

[@rotaryrevor4756]

+mrmattandmrchay thanks for making new siren videos i love them

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+tornado siren recorder/hking123456789 king Thanks, the next one will be even better :)

[@rotaryrevor4756]

i live in america and some sirens have a slow wind up and dont work properly and we call them sick but when i grow up i am going to live in the uk if the sirens arent taken down

[@rotaryrevor4756]

Are you going to record the Finchampstead siren

[@Vigilance108]

despite people saying it was decommissioned a long time ago, it was operational in summer of 2016.

[@shannondelaney3298]

my Nabours hate the sirens when they sound every Monday but I love it when thy do coz my nabourgh goes mad

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+Angel Monica Hi Angel, so you live near the sirens? (sorry I've asked you this before can't remember previous)

[@shannondelaney3298]

i live near 1 witch is were u visited befor(sand hurst housing estate

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Ah right, I thought you were Midlands for some reason

[@shannondelaney3298]

mrmattandmrchay cool

[@zoaffius]

That was cool.

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+AwesomeRPGDigo Thanks :)

[@tinamccann8732]

Actually siren m is actually getting removed

[@thewildeeper]

These are pretty cool, unusual to see anything like this in the USA.

[@cpufreak101]

+thewildeeper i actually heard even our tornado siren networks are starting to be taken down in favor of the much cheaper phone/tv/radio notifications, i mean sure there are people who will not have access to any of those, but they seem to deem them such a small minority :( i actually did hear that a town in northern texas decided not to even bother fixing their sirens anymore as they deemed phone notifications to be good enough

[@annapowell6641]

well my great great nana lives near a flood siren in essex & she relys on it she has this sying '' always rely on the trusty old sirens moden systems are no good the old girl out bacj does her job & the old grils of broadmoor are being unloved to as there beloved dudty is being destroyed''

[@rotaryrevor4756]

So the cell tower siren and the trl sirens are going to be hard to remove, so are they just not gonna test them?

[@FireDetection101]

what's the thing ontop of the trl siren?

[@lukedavis436]

The sirens are used in case of a patient escaping but are being removed because there old

[@ivybesmonte2577]

Luke Davis no it’s just that there are barely any emergencies.

[@babatunde6080]

There were in need in 1950 and 60s

[@battytec]

The thing on top is the thermostat for the heaters that stop ice forming in the winter

[@ngocnhi3869]

CS8-IRL

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

So they fixed it then....

[@myhouse_look9265]

no

[@Andrewthefurrygoanimater2003]

I actually grew up near siren g god damn thats annoying

[@mrmattandmrchay]

That one might still be up there, but it's never going to work again unfortunately

[@Andrewthefurrygoanimater2003]

​@@mrmattandmrchayyes i saw it

[@Andrewthefurrygoanimater2003]

Lool im not ok

[@shannondelaney3298]

isant the siren in the video Broadmoors inportant 1?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

I suppose you are right but depends how far the escaped person gets. Nowadays with all the improvements over the years probably bot very far.

[@shannondelaney3298]

mrmattandmrchay my mate got locked up there once & i dunno how she did it but she escasped & made it all the way in to london i'm still puzzeld as in WTF

[@singlestrobe]

They have been removed

[@shannondelaney3298]

these sirens are mechanical my friend Mia who is a scientists told me she told me theres 2 ways to tell there mecanical 1 :the hi low pitch the & 2 the allclear tone

[@babatunde6080]

+mrmattandmrchay this siren installed in the 1950 to let people know and the police office if a bad guys gets of a hospital nokns as(the broodmoor prison)

[@2001SRN]

So a horizontal 3T22 siren with no horns

[@meesguyy]

2001 SRN and running off 50 hz instead of 60 hz

[@LlamaFluff]

I thought this one didn't work?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

Very difficult to keep up with which ones work and which don't work nowadays. At one time I was convinced that ones that don't work are simply not being fixed. But then I suppose I was wrong. Since filming them all, I've not been back for a while now.

[@LlamaFluff]

mrmattandmrchay Oh ok. My cousin told me this one doesn't work, might go and record soon.

[@VonnaWasser]

2:54 Actually that's the high tone shutter

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

They put the choppers in the wrong stators it seems like when they put it together.

[@cpufreak101]

i have a question,, what would you do if you heard them at 10AM on tuesday?

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+Justin Noker I'd be really shocked, as I live 25 miles away from them :D

[@cpufreak101]

mrmattandmrchay ah ok lol, never knew that, i only know of one siren with a range like that and it's the Chrysler Air-raid siren, i think only 3 are left in service and have been converted to electric by now

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+Justin Noker Oh yeah I've seen some videos of that siren - VERY spooky noise! I think it has an engine in it that they have to start first. Massive machine. I guess 10AM on a Tuesday would mean a break out.

[@cpufreak101]

mrmattandmrchay yeah, 1950's Chrysler Hemi V8, i seen some dude make a synth of what they would sound like going off with accurate echo's and mixed well since they wouldn't be sounding at the same time, i can link it if you want

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+Justin Noker I've seen a few, but yeah would be interested to see your link

[@mattposey6764]

what are they for air raid

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+Matt Posey WHY ARE THERE ESCAPE SIRENS? They were installed in the 1950s/60s with the intention of warning residents in surrounding towns and villages to remain in their homes and keep their children supervised following the escape of a Broadmoor patient (dangerous people that need hospital treatment, but are a risk to others and some of which cannot be kept in a prison). In those days security at the facility was nothing like it is now and some would say they are no longer needed. But they do a job - "to warn". Escapes can never be "impossible", but "more and more unlikely" as security and procedures improve at the hospital.

[@mattposey6764]

+mrmattandmrchay wow that's a bit scary now knowing what they are for

[@hu6860]

其實向他學習好想去

[@MrRantWhy]

I wonder how they talk to each other

[@mrmattandmrchay]

These are all connected to phone lines - this was 1950s/60s technology - the whole thing run from telephone exchange to telephone exchange via copper cables. I have actually done a video of the telephone line from one siren, but never got round to uploading it. Maybe I should! Someone sent me some photos of a siren control box once. If I can find it then I'll include it on the video.

[@shadowguidr7042]

+mrmattandmrchay You have to upload it. I am sure it is really interesting.

[@thunderboltmag4226]

mrmattandmrchay please upload that

[@rotaryrevor4756]

FINALLY NNEW VIDEOS

[@chrisjayr]

I thought this siren wasnt working.. Like in the siren hunt video :/ Now im disappointed I didnt pay a visit. You should upload these videos in a uncut fassion as well, so people can listen to one if they want, instead of both..

[@mrmattandmrchay]

+HawkEyes Moments (Dave) The Crowthorne Station one did the same. I filmed it the other week (coming soon) and the guy working on the platform said it was not working for two week, but it's OK now. Maybe they 'are' being repaired afterall? One I've been to 5 times now (Finchamstead) and nothing (over the space of nearly 2 years, so that's definitely out of commission)

[@chrisjayr]

Ouch..

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

+mrmattandmrchay With better security at Broadmoor and the addition of a second perimeter fence, Sirens that are further away from the hospital no-longer have as much of a requirement. Also, we're just talking 1950's equipment, but we're talking using it outdoors. 60 years of Thunderstorms, Snow, Wind and Rain will have taken their toll to the point that some sirens are probably beyond repair. Changes to the landscape after 60 years will have also affected the accessibility of certain sirens too.

[@chrisjayr]

If they were to scrap them, id ask to buy one right off the pole

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

+mrmattandmrchay The fact that there are 16 primary schools within the siren network probably has something to do with that....

[@sirenealertedu1ermercredid256]

Klaxon cs8

[@matthewlowther5297]

broadmoor concentration camp

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

They should have FS Thunderbolt 1003 sirens.

[@childishtombino1275]

yea but they would have problems as thunderbolts are run on 60hz so the blower, rotator and chopper would essentially be running slower. I guess you could use VFD's but that would get expensive

[@LlamaFluff]

They don't sound as nice imo

[@childishtombino1275]

LlamaFluff yeah it would sound alot different too

[@QuikCall4623]

Klaxon CS-8's are better

[@ivybesmonte2577]

Nahh they should have the 3T22s theyre like the cs8s but 60hz instead of 50hz