Lifts in Tunbridge Wells 2022

Filmed February 2022
Lifts are located as below
0:00 Hoopers Otis modded by TK with Lester
2:25 Great Hall Hammond and Champness modded by TK with Lester
2:53 Fenwick (Royal Victoria) Keighley modded with Lester
4:55 Main Shopping Mall lift (Royal Victoria) 80s Kone modded by 21st Century
8:15 Boots (Royal Victoria) No idea modded by generic
10:20
12:10 UK lift in M&S (Royal Victoria)
14:43 Main shopping mall lift other end (Royal Victoria) 80s Kone modded by 21st Century
16:14 Car Park lifts (Royal Victoria) 80s Kone replaced with Algamated lifts
19:40 Sports Direct (Royal Victoria) Stannah lift
20:44 Meadow Road (Car Park) 80s Kone modded by 21st Century bottom drive traction
25:05 Crescent Road (Car Park) Otis modded by generic with Lester etc
28:55 Torrington Car Park/The Range (Car Park) modded lifts only 1 of 5 working

[@the_alex_ellis_channel6923]

Those Amalgamated Car Park lifts look really nice - I love those funky indicators with the zooming numbers, and they seem pretty efficient too. They are proof of what I have been saying for years, which is that "Generic" doesn't have to mean bad or boring. Any lift can be cool and interesting! I remember childhood visits to this shopping centre with my Grandparents many times (before I was interested in lifts). This is the one shopping centre from my childhood I've not been back to on my return visits to the UK (I've lived in New Zealand since 2007).

[@Jazzeeyy]

The Torrington lifts were originally the rare 'Becker' company. Becker were a very small lift company, they made lifts in the 1970s. They were taken over by Otis I know as used to love riding these many years ago as each on characteristic.. Becker built a few car park hydraulics, all highly unreliable but great for faults. They all had a famous squeak sound which you can just about hear at the end of the video. The larger lifts which disappointingly are now not in use could hear squeaks every floor So glad at least the two car park-only lifts are still there and going to make a visit. I suspect they cost to much to maintain with all the faults. Originally Morrisons or Safeway have based in this store hence the very large three lifts there.

[@urgentkestrel7990]

Love the doors on the first lift

[@TheUKTransportBlogger]

I would guess original to the lift. Thanks for watching

[@oaklandexcelsior7]

Interesting that they used green buttons for up and red for down. Good video

[@Morgansliftadventures]

Often thats how they display the directions of lifts on other lift parts too

[@oaklandexcelsior7]

@@Morgansliftadventures I know its just not very common to do that with buttons

[@aventra710]

The Boots lift looks like it was originally a Furse

[@oaklandexcelsior7]

The algamated car park lifts are mods. Those are KONE doors.

[@oaklandexcelsior7]

@@liftsurfer52 Stentorgate do not make a controller

[@glat15]

@@liftsurfer52 My guess is that they always had ILE after the original TMS controller

[@Ddiscontinued]

R.I.P to the TMS lifts in the carpark ):

[@brodytheplotagonfan2024]

They Are Modernizatiod By Amalgamated Lifts

[@MichalM]

Some interesting lifts here! Loving the ADO on the M&S lift and very efficient car park lifts - shame that only one of the 2 lifts were working. Any ideas why they've covered up the lifts in the shop?

[@TheUKTransportBlogger]

@English Lift Enthusiast I was here a year ago to. They did have barriers but only ever 1 lift working probably had a major fault and all “abandoned” for now. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHPbf6GYhbyWb5I

[@TheUKTransportBlogger]

@Michal M Probably maintenance only one was working last visit. M&S lift was a strange one door hold takes it out of service for 5 seconds. As always thanks for watching

[@MichalM]

@@TheUKTransportBlogger Very interesting.

[@GamingBusStudios]

0:08 the lift said the date was Saturday 6th of September 2008

[@glat15]

Are the Torrington (range) car park lifts hydraulic?

[@callumsliftadventures2402]

lift out of service on door hold? In M&S Btw

[@TheUKTransportBlogger]

Yeah odd feature I’d say probably a minor glitch.

[@urgentkestrel7990]

Is the first lift running a Thysenkrupp motor?

[@TheUKTransportBlogger]

Otis with a VF mod most likely. Doesn’t sound anything like TK

[@SamsungGalaxyS23Ultra]

10:30 looks like an temple lift

[@SamsungGalaxyS23Ultra]

3:46 is dangerous because it's pre doors and going up

[@Morgansliftadventures]

That is not a pre-door, not even close to one.