Restoring A Victorian Police Pillar Lantern | Salvage Hunters: The Restorers

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Drew brings in a vintage Victorian Police pillar lantern that he wants restored to preserve a piece of British social history, as well as make a tidy profit on the side. The restoration, however, is challenging as it needs a lot of work and replacing the glass panels in the same style requires a complicated etching process.
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  • @greghill7759
    @greghill77593 жыл бұрын

    Not only the wrong shade of blue, (which ANY Brit would immediately recognise) but the letters are too big... They should ALL be clear of the frame. And they should be on 3 sides. Apart from that... Perfect!

  • @fletton_man

    @fletton_man

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes bit of a violet hue about it, I thought.

  • @nolickspittle4753

    @nolickspittle4753

    2 ай бұрын

    Pity they didn't get it right!

  • @robleary3353
    @robleary33532 жыл бұрын

    Nice that there are still people around with the skills to bring an object like that back from the brink!. Nice one!

  • @reginaromsey
    @reginaromsey2 жыл бұрын

    I watch a Thames Mudlarker, Si Finds. He found a dumping ground for the old London lamp Posts. It seems that the cast iron ones would be of interest to someone like Drew.

  • @cameronwallis7024
    @cameronwallis70243 жыл бұрын

    Drew didn’t seem 100% happy with it, definitely the brighter original blue would make the piece 10 times better.

  • @brendasoler4759
    @brendasoler47593 жыл бұрын

    True craftsmanship! A lovely bit of history saved.

  • @thistlegal2154
    @thistlegal21543 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Wonderful to see the skills of the restorers. As always, Drew has a great eye for unique items.

  • @H4rleyBoy

    @H4rleyBoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    It would have been if we'd seen any of it, all we saw really was a bit of sandblasting, Drew also appears to colour blind as that new glass was almost black even with the light on it was too dark.

  • @rsolan32

    @rsolan32

    Жыл бұрын

    You have a brown nose

  • @davidsnyder2000
    @davidsnyder200010 ай бұрын

    As someone already commented, the original stained glass was a more purplish blue than the original. Not sure if it was just the camera playing tricks on the video?

  • @tracywheeler1227
    @tracywheeler12273 жыл бұрын

    Hi Drew, your channel is Amazing!! Ive never seen so many beautiful Treasures!

  • @JonBlondell
    @JonBlondell3 жыл бұрын

    She's fantastic, and gorgeous too!

  • @Norfolk250
    @Norfolk250 Жыл бұрын

    0:04:26 I love colour with a 'u', too!

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa3 жыл бұрын

    Great work, congrats!!!

  • @vargaspueblo
    @vargaspueblo3 жыл бұрын

    The glass looked Black to me. Not at all like the original BLUE, it should have been. I call that a Fail. IMHO

  • @AspGodot
    @AspGodot3 жыл бұрын

    the original blue was way better.

  • @JonBlondell
    @JonBlondell2 жыл бұрын

    So talented!!

  • @horacecrowe3520
    @horacecrowe35202 жыл бұрын

    amazing work

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme3 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

  • @larrymaxwell5535
    @larrymaxwell55352 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Many 👍

  • @mariewilliams602
    @mariewilliams6023 жыл бұрын

    Drew you are amazing

  • @iainv4092
    @iainv40922 жыл бұрын

    Wrong colour bulb and glass. Still have the exact designs left outside closed London police stations but with now clear glass

  • @essietangle9931
    @essietangle99312 жыл бұрын

    FAB👀❤️

  • @procatprocat9647
    @procatprocat96473 жыл бұрын

    The blue glass looks black ! Great job, but that isn't really the look as far as I understand ...

  • @paulwatson3113

    @paulwatson3113

    3 жыл бұрын

    Looks good with the light inside, nowadays you have to go with what you can get for restorations and it's still far better than the blue glass paint I've seen on some restorations of these over the years.

  • @22detectorismo95
    @22detectorismo953 жыл бұрын

    Show top demais tamo junto

  • @saulpaulos5766
    @saulpaulos57663 жыл бұрын

    Awesome renovation and hat's off to the lass! As to Dick Prickard the name says it all.

  • @robertgsands3521
    @robertgsands3521 Жыл бұрын

    You need to add CC for those of us whom lost our hearing fighting your wars!!!

  • @5cloudwalker
    @5cloudwalker3 жыл бұрын

    If I were them I’d make a spare just in case

  • @rsolan32
    @rsolan32 Жыл бұрын

    Oh yes really affective 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @mm9773
    @mm97733 жыл бұрын

    I’d like to meet the person who will pay three grand for that - I’ve got a bridge to sell them.

  • @patprop74

    @patprop74

    3 жыл бұрын

    hahaha

  • @Simon-rx7sv
    @Simon-rx7sv3 жыл бұрын

    The glass really lets it down, wrong colour looks black rather then blue and also the lettering is to big it over laps the edges, restoring or bodging?

  • @Evolve_windows
    @Evolve_windows3 жыл бұрын

    Glass is way to dark lol

  • @Lorne.Morrell
    @Lorne.Morrell Жыл бұрын

    anyone else got a Doctor Who feel

  • @eminkaradeniz2994
    @eminkaradeniz29943 жыл бұрын

    Drew le tanışmak istiyorum onu devamlı olarak izliorum

  • @rrshowtime3900
    @rrshowtime39003 жыл бұрын

    PP Lamp

  • @fimbles1015
    @fimbles10152 жыл бұрын

    08:07 Police text was way too big and placed to low and the wrong font. When using a stencil and sandblaster the only excuse is stupidity.

  • @judeirwin2222

    @judeirwin2222

    Жыл бұрын

    Fimbles 1011, you mean “ too low”, not “ to low”. Totally different meanings. Only excuse is stupidity.

  • @jools182
    @jools1823 жыл бұрын

    it's not even blue!

  • @patprop74
    @patprop743 жыл бұрын

    The new font is a tad too big as the bottom part of the letters are in the frame, the blue is a little too dark, nonetheless, it is a nice piece if one has the space for it, Personally, I would have held off for the lettering and included it in the price and let the new owners place their own storefront logo or name of the business on the glass. I don't really see the value of the "Police" lettering, Jolene is rather charming.

  • @aeiou1560
    @aeiou15603 жыл бұрын

    Why do people watch these videos if all they intend to do is criticize and be ugly. Some people truly do have ugly attitudes.

  • @naeemabdul6045

    @naeemabdul6045

    3 жыл бұрын

    Really. Its not the finish they had in mind.

  • @pablikpokuz8589
    @pablikpokuz85893 жыл бұрын

    .....☝❤🎅

  • @RevQuads
    @RevQuads3 жыл бұрын

    Fail. The restoration looked very little like the original.

  • @ho2cultcha
    @ho2cultcha2 жыл бұрын

    you never talk budget w/ your crafts people. ?? Blue might signify safety in england, but here in the usa, it signifies danger.

  • @bentennyson6009
    @bentennyson60092 ай бұрын

    Nah I wouldn't be happy with that.

  • @H4rleyBoy
    @H4rleyBoy3 жыл бұрын

    £3k+ for that, some people have more money than sense, not original, restored with the wrong colour glass, fake etching, not acid like original, how he manages to get folk to pay these ridiculous prices is beyond me, he is a bit of a snake oil salesman.

  • @bigboy4823
    @bigboy48232 жыл бұрын

    bodge job

  • @JuanFernandez-ox4xc
    @JuanFernandez-ox4xc3 жыл бұрын

    The letters are cut off. The color way off. An epic failure. Sorry.

  • @paulwatson3113

    @paulwatson3113

    3 жыл бұрын

    Have a look at the staining on the original panel - the frame covered up a percentage of the letter edges when it was first produced. Now the letters *may* have become just slightly oversized with sand blasting (doesn't look like it as the edges are VERY sharp BUT it's easily better than I could have done and is far more period than the blue glass paint I've seen used on some restorations.

  • @lancerobinson100
    @lancerobinson1003 жыл бұрын

    Surely you could have measured the original lettering size and position and matched the glass colour. What a disappointment of a restoration project.

  • @judeirwin2222
    @judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын

    Dew once again makes the mistake of saying something is “simplistic” instead of simple. I wish he would reach for a dictionary instead of his wallet or calculator.

  • @pastorflaps6819
    @pastorflaps68193 жыл бұрын

    Over priced crap

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