As a joiners apprentice in 1987 I had to make new bath panels for all the bathrooms I’ve just seen some of them stacked up 😂😂32 years ago now.

I used to work there as 19 years ago as a cabaret singer, entertaining the guests with the resident band. Fond memories of this hotel. So sad to see it like this.

I painted every bedroom here in 1966/67. Les Meddick was the manager - it was packed with holiday makers in the season. The staff used to sleep in the tank room on the roof. Reminds me of The Midland Hotel in Morecombe that has been bought back to life!

I worked here as duty manager in 2003/05. It was a tired hotel then but I loved working there. I have run around those corridors, up and down the stairs for miles and miles. The roof terrace had amazing views and the ballroom had a lovely floor. It's such a shame that he let it fall into this state.

Great filming once again. I enjoyed the architecture of this one.

I explored this place in 2014 when i lived down on the IOW! Brought back some great memorys! Cheers!

Beautiful art deco building. What a shame it's got into such a state.

Astonishing. I saw that place a couple of years ago, and it's a real shame it's been left to rot.

@AbandonedIsleofWight

7 жыл бұрын

It is a shame however, since posting this video the owner has started to undertake work on the building, hopefully they'll take action to restore the characteristics of this once grand building.

Top notch documentation... excellent filming and editing.

@AbandonedIsleofWight

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers, thank you 😁

dam shame it's left to rot, especially a nice looking building like that, the isleofwight council should be ashamed of them self's , ie, business rates to high that's why most of the time places like that have the doors closed for good. . nice filming matey.

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Neil! It is a massive shame to see yet another iconic island building in this state. From what I can gather (from reading around) the reason for it closing down was because of dwindling bookings, I do also recall it becoming quite sad and run down before it did finally close, fortunately it does look as though the owners are in the process of renovating it and hopefully they'll retain the original art deco charm.

@neilphillips162

8 жыл бұрын

+Bushmaster Pictures lets hope so, as there's far more of our beautiful island buildings that have been demolished by insanity and replaced with modern crap in wich will most probably be knocked down in 30yrs time, we need to keep our iconic buildings because when there gone there gone,

@maxdanbury3179

7 жыл бұрын

Abandoned Isle of Wight in returning to uk from a move to Australia and want to record some stuff for a channel I'm going to create I'm wondering if u could show me how to get in places ?

@josephine.france5

3 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedIsleofWight ok I know it’s been four years since your comment but my godmothers parents used to own it. They owned it during its most prosperous time for a long time. They sold it on and that’s when it started going downhill.

Nicely shot and edited. Good to see inside that building

@AbandonedIsleofWight

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Its an amazing building, they've been doing a lot of work on it since I visited, really hoping that they preserve the features

So sad this beautiful building has fallen into decay.

I worked in this hotel just before it closed. A long with the grand in sandown before that closed. Seeing the state of these hotels I was surprised they were not shut sooner

Not the best hotel onthe island but was one of my favourites as a caoch driver. Had some happy times there and some great laughs

My mum said she used to work here i wish it was still open

That place is so creepy, you had a lot of ball's going in there.

@elixier33

2 ай бұрын

It's a building hardly scary.

Beautifull video guys i realy like it keep up the good work :)

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

Once again, thank you very much, glad you liked it! :D

@BrosOfDecay

8 жыл бұрын

No probs mate :)

Shameful thst a lot of of the building in IOW have gone like that or been demolished. Glad I have never gone back, I will always have happy memories now of my childhood in IOW.

Saw this year's ago whilst in Ryde. Glad it's still there even though dilapidated

I'm not quite sure what's happening but there are builders working and it's being repainted now! Let's hope that it might eventually become reopened

I live here and have just found your channel. You are amazing

@AbandonedIsleofWight

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aidan 😁👍

@aidanhinchliffe166

6 жыл бұрын

Abandoned Isle of Wight didn't think you would reply😂 Wondering if there are any good places to explore as I want to get into it or maybe a 'collab'

always been dying to go in here!!!!!

Oh my good. What an amazing place

What a shame, buildings like these should be restored

Awesome Camera Angles and Views! So many run down places on the iow. I hate to nag but do you have a Ventnor arcade tour , as I would love to see what it is like this time. :)

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

I do have some footage inside of Ventnor arcade that I took earlier in the year and it is edited ready to go. I haven't yet uploaded it though, as I haven't been able to verify that the entrance has been sealed. Rest assured once it has been sealed or one of my peers makes public the location I will upload it. Thanks for watching :D

@tyfue4634

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :)

Amazing

Any idea if this place is still there and what its like now and if there’s any access looking to do a trip to the I.O.W, Thanks

This property is owned by the same people who have abandoned The Grande just outside Sandown. They are a disgrace and it is a shame the council can’t confiscate them !

@PointNemo9

4 жыл бұрын

Would you really want the government to be able to confiscate private property? Such laws could easily be abused in my opinion

@princebuster93

3 жыл бұрын

Fj Fj The Government can confiscate property, just watch the next couple of years, all property will be state owned, including money, wealth and all private property, Agenda 21....

haunting stuff

Thank you for posting this, very interesting indeed. I note this was very recently published - can you tell me when it was shot? We are doing everything we can to save this building, but are having an almighty struggle. Not giving up.

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Lynda, The video was shot back in May... I don't usually put videos up until the site has been re-secured to prevent people getting in and causing damage. Best of luck with trying to save the building! It would be an awful shame to see this icon building lost.

@aidanhinchliffe166

6 жыл бұрын

I live on the island, just wondering whether you managed to save it

You ever explored or thought about exploring the giant house on West Street Trafalgar Road in Newport? I think its called Portland House, that's what the plaque says anyways. Always wanted to know whats in there, been abandoned since before 2009

@AbandonedIsleofWight

6 жыл бұрын

I know the one you mean, if you google earth it the area it covers is surprisingly large... I did try for a peek some time ago and it was sealed up tight, may have to have another look next time I pass 😁

@jesslock5546

6 жыл бұрын

would be a really good video! always wanted to know whats in there :)

some great sites for parties xD

Thou I enjoy watching Abandoned IOW Vids it also saddens me watching the decaying state of old venues , Hotels and holiday camps on the Island due to lack of money or interest and how the place has changed from coming here on Holiday in the 70s with my Parents to living here from 2006. Back in the day we had a floating bridge from Cowes to east Cowes that worked, Holiday camps and Hotels that were always packed ,Amusement arcades for the kids as well as bucket loads of Nightclubs all over the Island (so I've been told ) I doubt very much if Abandoned IOW will ever be Videoing the abandoned Wightlink or red funnel ferries any time soon as there will NEVER be a fixed link to and from the Mainland but maybe if those greedy Ferry Firms made it cheaper the tourist industry on the island might flourish .

Any chance of a rundown of your camera equipment and setup?

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure :D The camera I used for this video is the sony a7s. The a7s is my primary camera of choice for these kind of videos as it performs really well in lowlight. The lenses I used were the Sony 16mm f2.8 Pancake lens with the Sony fisheye adaptor, I also used the Canon 24-105mm f4. For the majority of the moving shots I had the camera mounted on the Nebula 4000 gimbal, my footage is usually a bit more stable than in this video, the footage is a tad wobbly because I didn't fully charge it before heading out. As for lighting I use a cheap dslr mountable led panel, its powered by 4 AA batteries and will usually last the length of a shoot.

@voodoosoldier77

8 жыл бұрын

Cheers for that! Some decent equipment you're running but you're not lying about the low light quality because it gives off a really eerie atmosphere and even shots of the road leading up from the bus station and out towards the pier was amazing! Love watching these videos, makes me want to go out and see these places with my camera!

What a beautiful old building, the original crittal windows, would be the best Hotel in Town if Done up to a good spec. Such a shame. 👎🏻

My mum used to work here

could you do Harcourt Sands?

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

I do have some footage of Harcourt so maybe ;) ....Thanks for watching!

It has the same staircase as the midland hotel morecambe

It's still standing today, not been converted tho

☹️ sad ☹️

What date was that newspaper didn't catch it?

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

Its not the clearest, April 9th 1958... Although its not the oldest by a long way! There are stacks of documents and letters in that attic dating back as far as the 30's, it was an amazing find and I could have spent hours up there. I had really hoped to be able to go back and photo some in order to preserve a record, however the site is now sealed. I only hope that these are not just thrown out :(

@carolinewaite7185

8 жыл бұрын

Waah really!! How wonderful it would be to preserve them. Could you get a preserving order on them or maybe why were you there in the first place will rear it's ugly head I guess. I was thinking how nice it would be to take it back to the 30s and have piano music, cabarets and murder mystery weekends! A romantic at heart - hate seeing wonderful architecture going to waste. What a shame it's now sealed. :( My boyfriend's mum was a Front of House Assistant Manager there in around 2006 but it was a tip then with a few rodents like Buckingham House lol!!!! Thank you for reply and enjoyed video. looking forward to next one. :)

Went to many events there but missed the early Pink Floyd gig!

Well.....when it's gone ,well , you know the rest. Deco is so unbelievably, unbearably drop-dead-gorgeous. Can't be allowed to go to hell in a handbag. But probably will . We'll never see the likes again , doubt we could even build it any more, save for lacklustre , watered down shades of it . Needs saving "as is" , fixtures, fittings , the lot. 'Bout time we had a national Deco museum . Right here, here's yer place ! Please.....not more bastardised yuppie hives. Then again , the national sense of confidence and hope for the future that drove the design ethos is long-gone , too .

It's good to know that this building is being worked on. If the rumours of regeneration grants being given to Sandown and Ryde are true, the current owners could bring this beautiful building back up to standard and have it become something rather special.

@iwhotels1002

7 жыл бұрын

We are not being funded or being given grants to renovate the York.

A tragedy.

Me and my mate are playing on going in here, is it okay if we can have any advice or anything? Is there any alarms if you know.

@AbandonedIsleofWight

7 жыл бұрын

This video was taken some time ago, back in May last year. The owner had secured the site and way in has been boarded up, thick grease had also been applied to all the "Climbable" areas around back. This was back in July and they've been doing quite a lot of work inside since so there may be a way in, I haven't been back to check. If you are going I would advise being very careful.

I swear to god people threw kawaii potatoes and tomatoes at dis

you don't ever run into any scary or unexplainable things in your adventures?

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

I've been to some pretty creepy and dangerous places, but never really seen anything I'd consider scary or unexplainable. There's often alot of eerie stuff in these places, and some places certainly have unpleasant vibes, but I'm usually too distracted making sure to catch footage and not getting caught...

@getonmanuttz

8 жыл бұрын

+Bushmaster Pictures oh ok. good stuff, man!

Is this alarmed?

@AbandonedIsleofWight

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, best to avoid it these days, I know of a group that got caught in there late last year by the police

You might want to edit 1:22!

@AbandonedIsleofWight

6 жыл бұрын

Na.... I'm sure cameraman doesn't mind... It's from 2 years ago now so if he was going to get in trouble he would've by now

go fort warden again there is more tunnles now plz do video bro

@AbandonedIsleofWight

8 жыл бұрын

I have been meaning to go back to fort Warden... :D Thanks for watching!

@caseywhite4894

8 жыл бұрын

+Bushmaster Pictures no problem your vids are the best if u wanted. I'll come fort warden with u just tell me where to meet u because I have not been in any tunnles yet plz tell me when bro :-P

Was here 2 weeks ago looks like works are going on being repainted. round the back of the building scaffolding up.