We Explore A Time Capsule With A Paint shop Completely Frozen In Time!..

[@thomasklinnert8866]

The Camper Van is an Barkas B 1000 from the EX-Eastern Germany (GDR) . Hello from Saxony in Germany :-)

[@davemarshall561]

Thanks for the info 😀

[@silviadietze522]

hm Sachsen nice Bundesland

[@stuarthall6631]

The Quality Street tin @2:09 is from the early 1960's. I was a child then and remember these looking just like that.

[@paulfomin6292]

The van is Barkas B1000 made in germany, it have a 2 stroke engine

[@marcbeebe]

The thing with the bicycle-like wheel you thought was a sewing machine is a spinning wheel; for turning fibre into thread.

[@kindelvanterpool1417]

Like the one from in the rumple still skin fairytale? If I’m not mistaken?

[@louannmadden2906]

Yes it is.

[@spikeyplants438]

Yet another great video,what a time capsule you found. The quality street tins are from the 60's. Some of the furniture and fireplaces would be real collector items now. What a shame they will just disappear forever soon. Please keep finding these places so we can all see and enjoy them. Great work.😀

[@terot8341]

And those quality street candys still in sale. Best choco toffee there is.

[@snbala]

That paint shop is cool. That van has some great memories attached to it of where it has been to. House is really ready to crumble though which is sad to see. Great video.

[@Lord-hoboco777]

The Van is a Barkas B1000 an east german manufacturer

[@gailhickman743]

Hey Colin, when are we going to get an update on your motor home? Be nice to see how it's coming along. 💕

[@debdunster5471]

Those 'pigment' bins remind me of soft chalk pastels the hues are so strong and bright. Lovely tour.

[@John-s3t6q]

I think That old item was a wool winder . Love the nativity items .

[@FRFRANKIE]

Hi Colin & Stu. Hope you guys are doing good. That was one cool video. I've never seen so many marble fireplaces in one home. Beautiful fireplaces. Take care and stay safe.

[@adrianbrown01]

Another fantastic find Colin. Shame the house is in so much disrepair. That van needs saving before it gets damaged. Another project maybe??

[@carolb29]

wow it is really really close to the street

[@neilbrownexplores1293]

Love watching your channel you never let us down thank you

[@grahamx8623]

Top one as always. Great to see some Old Spice in the bathroom cabinet.

[@christineosullivan3140]

That quality street tin looks like one from the 70's

[@markwaits3864]

another cool video - thanks from Oregon USA

[@emmaparker5302]

That camper van is like the one they had on scooby doo.🤣🤣

[@Ragnar8504]

Same style but other side of the Iron Curtain 😀

[@clairefunnell8481]

Poor old house. Doubt that 2nd floor will standing much longer. Lovely chandeliers and marble fireplaces. A old loom maybe? Seeing all those paint cans was so neat. Great explore Colin.

[@Az777]

Spotted a Moschino label bag or sign (?) on the floor at 8:35 and that fashion house was founded in 1983.

[@lindseykaine-walley6339]

Always look forward to your videos, Great find. You don't see many abandoned paint shops! That fireplace had been lovely in its day. I really love these building explores you do but also your vehicles ones. Can't wait for the next one. 🙂

[@francesodoni8752]

Great video, well done. Please don’t forget to check dates on packets etc

[@DeRikBE]

Hello, another great video from somewhere in Belgium i see, flanders part aswell, newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws at 5.54 min (stille excists), the tin Quality Street was full of Candy with different flavers, i guess from the 60 "s and 70 's i like them very much, the paint shop has powder boxes of colors to use to colors basic paints, also used in cosmetics i know, greetings from Belgium guys, keep up the nice work !

[@geoffreynoble4415]

well nice to see the bro,s back together, hope you get time to read the comments, some very knowledgeable people leave the wright comments ,MARC B SPIKEY P ect ect c u in next vid good luck keep safe

[@rickywoolsey3541]

Hi i remember those people in the photo as they delivered my papers

[@christianboutell7112]

I noticed that quality street was still owned by mackintosh so I reckon late 60s or early 70s.

[@sharonarcher6548]

Hi Colin,what a great find that was, absolutely amazing things in there, such a shame to see it falling down,hope to see you soon, stay safe, lots of love from Sunderland.

[@joangravel2436]

Awesome video thanks

[@danjames5552]

A nice nose around there beardy , that paint shop was top stuff , really good .

[@michailokeefeMooMoo]

Someone must own that place

[@dungbetel]

The dining room chairs definitely look French style, so probably a European connection somewhere

[@Ragnar8504]

I did some sleuthing based on the few hints I could find in the video. Apparently a relative of the owner of this place runs a painting business in the same city (you can see one of his vans on Google Streetview) and their web site claims the current owner is the seventh generation in the family business. I even found an obituary for the owner whose name is on the window above the door, he passed away in 1954 aged 64. If you search for "Libolex" (one of the products on the shelves in the paint store, apparently powdered wall paint) you'll find a bunch of pictures of the same property. My best guess is there was some kind of family altercation over the property when the last owner who lived there passed away and no one wants to do anything about it. Or it's been sold to a developer who's not interested in building anything there, either waiting for it to continue increasing in value or considering it cash that can be freed up quickly by selling the property.

[@ellielizhavenofbless945]

That's so sad that it wasn't passed to another family member. Makes me sad that this once beautiful place is wasting away 🥺

[@charity3998]

Such a great explore

[@johnmiller1300]

Top job guys as always

[@helengledhill5121]

Would be interested to see the state of paint after all this time

[@anonymous_bot_bot]

Guess they were a Belgium couple. The van obviously has the 'B' sticker and the paint 'Levis' is a Belgium brand.

[@MrJayce666]

Saw a sticker of yours at a mc donalds drive through..... cheeky haha

[@oliverpaul4937]

this van is a Barkas B1000

[@leeholden8658]

Quality Street tins are from the 70’s. My mum and Nan used to have them every Christmas

[@RogueRides_adventures]

Could of spent some more time going round the camper bro … AWSOME that 🙌🏻

[@robertmustard1711]

Great explore colin and stu

[@dnf1903]

Another brilliant video. Thankyou.

[@TC-xo8ub]

They use kilometre in Belgium 😉

[@TheHorsebox2]

Yes, so fifty thousand kilometers is only about thirty thousand miles.

[@rj7855]

@@TheHorsebox2 or 150 thousand or even 250 thousand km, as it only has 5 digits you cannot know

[@TheHorsebox2]

@@rj7855 Yes, that is true...

[@wenders1966ful]

Cracking Video 📹 Colin !

[@markurbex6579]

Awsome video bud thanks

[@jackwhite6513]

beard great vid as always but you need to save that camper such a rare find if you know who owns the land or check land registry please do and ask about it as sooner or later that garage is going to fall on top of her and it would be such a shame

[@jackwhite6513]

@@Mike_007.5 is there still no way of finding the owner though or getting the van?

[@jackwhite6513]

@@Mike_007.5 just drag it out and send of for a slip to the country's equivalent of the dvla if there is no owner to be found ive done it to a few cars over here as its often someone with no family that dies so they will give you the green light if so

[@TheHorsebox2]

There was a B sticker on it, maybe Belgium. Cool camper, hope it's saved.

[@jackwhite6513]

@@TheHorsebox2 lets all get together and go save it haha

[@TheHorsebox2]

@@jackwhite6513 Now that would be nice...😉

[@SwPiotrek]

14:38 It's Barkas B 1000

[@Ragnar8504]

What an amazing place! I suspect some of those paints might actually still work if you stir them properly and remove any skin from the top! I've definitely used paints that were close to 40 years old and they were still OK-ish. Judging by the counter I think that was actually a store, not someone's excessive hobby. Probably doing some architectural salvage on the side, that would explain the stacked tiles, fireplace bits, doors and windows in the large shed. The open bins probably contained pure pigments that you dissolved in water and added to your white paint or even made your paint from scratch using various kinds of binders (cellulose glue and possible casein being the most likely, or possibly emulsion binder). An eco paint store near where I grew up still sold natural pigments in tins well into the 1990s, if not longer. BTW, did you notice the old toilet cistern on the wall next to the water heater in the store's loft? Looks like there used to be a small loo/bathroom up there at some point. It looks like someone started to do up that loft (there's some new plasterboard already on the walls and more waiting to go up) and for some reason stopped. That's 50k km, not miles on that van, so it's almost new (about 30k miles)! The bath is probably full of rainwater judging by the state of the floors all over the place. The broken window right next to it doesn't help either. One thing I love about that bathroom is the two ancient non-earthed sockets right next to the sink and fairly close to the bath /s The kitchen units look surprisingly modern to me, more 1980s than 70s, much newer than anything else in the house.

[@TheGhostTrailSeries]

Spinning wheel :)

[@kerbsiderecycling2694]

Great video colin , my friend open up hos garage the other day the got he got a nice 90's peugeot 205 rally car in prestige condition

[@terot8341]

It's allways nice to explore houses and places that aren't completely destroyed by vandals. Sadly many places aren't like that.

[@craigacooper]

I would say about 1970 ish for the quality street tin

[@grahamlane1313]

That thing in the bedroom looked like a spinning wheel another good one

[@wallacepet1267]

that was not a sowing machine it is a loom for wool.

[@heathermurray9939]

Biscuits and sweet tins, might of been made in Carlisle Cumbria England what was called " metal box) now known as " Bevcan " Carlisle has x2 factories one makes beer tins and 2nd makes biscuits & sweet tins still going from 1888- to present day

[@mikebenjamin7535]

If I collector explorer I would collect some that bed frame and light chandeliers stuff

[@somersetflower]

Hi Colin.... Was I getting frustrated as you kept walking over newspapers with potential dates on them in my insanity I was shouting at you "Newspaper Colin Newspaper" The sewing machine was a spinning wheel ! Great find , though as usual sad. Lovely little nativities. Now you know what quality street tins looked like and what good value they were in the 60's I can remember them at Christmastime when I was little.

[@martinsturman1300]

Late 1980s the quality street tins. On ebay for nearly £40 each

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Okay TV & gas meter 1980's, Quality Street late 50's. That's definitely not a sewing machine, definitely a bicycle wheel arranged into some sort of spinning wheel or a crafting lathe. That's poster paint in the lin bins, is or was a powder you added water to which gave you water colour paint. You could buy it loose or in small tins, got a box full of them one Christmas. Love to do up that van, shame it will probably just rot away.

[@derrickcuff9817]

Excellent as always

[@markwng]

I have never seen powdered tints before.

[@johnhopkins6658]

A friend of mine bought an old colliery agent's house. There was an old black painted fireplace that he said he was going to rip out. I said to strip the paint off and varnish the wood. When they had the paint stripped off it was a white marble under. Was he ever glad he didn't take a sledge hammer to it.

[@thughes52]

👍

[@joshwase84]

fess up youve defo ridden a motorbike i saw that vid at wheeldon farm😂

[@john0597]

Hi there been is Explorer I think I've seen this video not with you but with abandoned world Explorer I'm sure he done this one already and this is a different one in France with someone who makes paint because the one he done wasn't with a guy who made paint and the passed away but the building might be slightly in a different location but I'm not sure it does look

[@johnathanrowley2707]

It's sad all the old furniture and belongings are left to rot away

[@brianhume4743]

Why would the shirts hanging up be that clean ?

[@annberlin5811]

Have you heard of wayne the bearded explorer? Two beards one vid you should colaborate

[@KoolKy04schannel]

i know a very old abandoned house that's local to me, it's a true time capsule just full of old stuff. not sure what the best way is to contact you or if you'd reply to this comment?

[@dotherightthingbro]

Contact details are in the description 👍

[@crazypayz9362]

Home do you come across all these derelict buildings??

[@John-s3t6q]

That van was made in Germany .

[@john0597]

I watch this video 2nd of July 23

[@susanthomas2879]

Hi hun the tin is from the 70s you should have taken them tins there a collector's item 😁

[@dotherightthingbro]

That be theft. No decent explorer would take anything as it doesn’t belong to them.

[@toomanyhugs83]

I don't know if this happened to anyone else but just after the Old Spice bottle was shown in the bathroom cabinet, an Old Spice advert interrupted the video!

[@songoku9348]

Abandoned World Explorer to the bearded Explorer. I am spoiled today.

[@stevendunn7898]

Love your videos but why so many ads😥

[@dungbetel]

PS The 50k miles on the van would be 50k kms

[@dinnng]

The barkas has the same painting as the new Husqvarna MX/Enduro Heritage edition motorcycles.... and like allways so poor to see that old things rott away....

[@krisneal7725]

An old hand made spinning wheel. No sewing machine.

[@jagnuts1]

Barkas B 1000

[@krisneal7725]

Try reading the grill badge on the front of the van.

[@louisblock1006]

it's 55.....KM

[@Rossfoo]

Nobody mention the city this is in? Doesn't look like England, Europe maybe or Ireland? 🤔

[@simmadpaul2880]

The vans mileage would be kilometres being European.

[@leeboy1977]

I wish you would stop saying miles when these vehicle are in Kilometres.

[@ernsailor9041]

How do these places exist, they aren't paying rates etc so how doesn't the council take them over, if I missed paying rates for 6 months I'd be in court.

[@thefamouseccles1827]

There's a lot of wealth and a lot of age in this place yet the building itself is fairly mundane. Industrial space attached suggests a multi-generation family business. You've got marble/stone reclamation and painting going on, so craftspeople of some kind? I saw nothing to date last occupation past the early 80s

[@coolcolschannel8773]

Can't hear the intro 🙄

[@alanfradgley3923]

A loners property with no family at all to c to it .are save the grands ov old furniture and fire places and that van. Nature will claim it all within 5 years.what a shame.