I used to live opposite Noel Pycroft and was friendly with his sons, my father bought the bricks used to build our house from Noel and I used to pick mushrooms in his field, they were a proper nice family. There was a pill box and a big gun emplacement next to our house (and opposite the brick field) and when I was a lad we used to play around the gun emplacements which had giant circular turntables for the gun platforms, probably gone now but they would have taken some removing as they were heavily built. At the time my dad initially had a scrap yard but then went on to starting Hayling Boat Trailers.
@grahamgibbs192117 күн бұрын
Great idea i shall have to visit you soon
@nicholasbell901727 күн бұрын
Does anyone remember the singing milkman who'se round was Sandy Point? The milk was delivered by a horse and cart, and you could hear the guy's tuneless singing from a way off, sort of "Nurdle, nurdle, durdly dum". I must have been about 7 when He came to deliver our milk. I asked him " Why are you always singing?" He replied: "Keeps my legs going". Always remember that!
@ellenthorne818Ай бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. My parents and I lived in Southwood Rd from 71-77 only moving due to Dad's reclining health. I revisited the island about 12years ago, I couldn't believe what the council have let happen to it. All that new housing ect, I recently watched a recent video about the flooding of Creek Rd and Southwood Rd, I couldn't believe it. I was in tears because my Dad loved Hayling. It seems that the, Council only care about more housing and not protecting the island.
@nigelparker58863 ай бұрын
A bit late to the party, but I saw the title and as a localish lad in the early sixties, I thought…must watch this and just a short way in I see Noel Pyecroft on the screen! I knew him very well, having worked in the brickyard shown, having Seine net fished with him and a few others at night in Hayling bay and done engineering work for him at Burrows Bros in Havant! Lovely man, I tried to see him whilst passing a while back, but he’d recently died and I was devastated! Hey -ho and there you go! Nicely done video and interviews very well carried out too! Cheers
@theretiredmariner24883 ай бұрын
A huge improvement
@6panel3005 ай бұрын
The tunnel is a major improvement traffic wise. The renaturing of the punchbowl is also a great project to allow people and wildlife to enjoy the punchbowl as it should be. But at times I wished that the old was still there as an alternative for when they close the tunnels.
@1unsung9715 ай бұрын
A colossal waste of money? What Does the devil think?
@oddities-whatnot5 ай бұрын
Nice area, not somewhere I live near though. Very nice.
@user-gq5xc6ru2q6 ай бұрын
Elle vais certainment en gulf pers temp pier que il n y en ai accune belge de y en les se charms.
@barbarauridge15756 ай бұрын
Such a shame that Devils punch bowl is not visible anymore. I drove around it in my childhood. I revisited southern England last year after 40yrs absence, so many quaint villages now bypassed.
@MikesMovies6 ай бұрын
This is lovely, wonderful presentation and great stories. Don't know why its been 7 years and I never come across this before.
@ianbarnett50517 ай бұрын
Fabulous. Some famous Emsworth and Chichester Harbour names in there, a brief glimpse of a Scow at 48:30.
@johnedwards16858 ай бұрын
My Uncle died during the Fabius exercises on May 4th 1944. 2nd Essex Regiment were attempting to re-embark on LCI (L) 295. The craft surged back from the beach in the heavy swell and a number of men were dragged out of their depth by the starboard steadying line and left struggling in the water in full equipment. Two Canadians, Sub Lt Gibb and Ordinary Seaman MacDonald attempted a rescue. They were able to rescue one man. One officer and six other ranks drowned. My Uncle was one of them. I’m saddened to say the two RCN personnel were not decorated for their gallantry but were sent a letter of Their Lordship’s satisfaction. The lost were, Major Norman Ayres, Cpl Henry Leftly, my Uncle; Lance Cpl Freddy Edwards, Pvt Charlie Argent, Pvt Tommy Curtis, Pvt Ronnie North, and Pvt Les Tongue. Virtually the whole of D Company HQ Section 2nd Essex. My Uncle died with his Commanding Officer and his mates. Because of the secrecy surrounding the invasion my family was told nothing about his loss except “drowned” and a date. There are no pristine military cemeteries for these men. No serried ranks of gravestones in purest white, fields of remembrance, tended and sacrosanct. They are forgotten. There was a court of enquiry. The D-Day plan was revised such that the Rifle Companies were transferred from the LCI (L) to smaller landing craft (LCM). Lives were no doubt saved given the sea state on D-Day. Grateful thanks to Andrew Holborn PhD from whose peerless research for his Plymouth University Thesis 2009, these details came to light and from which I drew the above. Please say their names, these men taken by the sea within yards of homeland. Say their names for the men who lived because of their loss. Say their names for the sacrifice. For the families who gave their sons. Say their names for my Mum who lost her brother and another in Tunisia.
@richardcurtis246910 ай бұрын
At the ship inn pub at Langston harbour mid sixtys I remember a small landing craft abandoned. I wonder if it was the one that the hero came back to find his girlfriend
@ukoldgit11 күн бұрын
I'm afraid not, it was my fathers who bought it from somewhere in Portsmouth but it sank before he could get it out of the water.
@tonybrook776810 ай бұрын
London to Portsmouth may be quicker since the tunnel, but this unique old stretch of road gave a picturesque pause in time for weary road users with plenty of amenities. I miss it .
@MikeBeel10 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you, as I used to play in that area as a kid some 60 years ago, whilst living in Grayshott. But sadly as in life we have to move on to accommodate the huge growth in our population, leading to millions of additional vehicles on the roads. How many times do we say, “it’s not like the good old days “.
@santorini84235 ай бұрын
@@MikeBeelthat’s because it isn’t, I was born in 65 and remember going through the devils punch bowl on the way to holiday with my parents, good times, no computer games or phones in the car, just ‘are we there yet?’ 😂
@thra5herxb12s Жыл бұрын
Very pleasant to ride through the dirt track now.
@thomaswhite4344 Жыл бұрын
Ham Barn Roundabout is the last bottleneck that needs to be replaced with a flyover
@NOWThatsRichy6 ай бұрын
That always baffled me, when they built the Petersfield/ Liss/ Liphook bypass, why on earth ,when they had the chance didn't they have a flyover or under pass on that stretch!
@kenpottinger55 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. Brought back many memories of holidays and day trips to Hayling more than 50yrs ago, and answered some questions too.
@frankschmidt5932 Жыл бұрын
When i was a little boy i can remember concrete blocks between those wooden beach houses .
@alexhayden23036 ай бұрын
After the war, you could have them removed for free or keep them and receive £4 each. Pill boxes were £70 jobs!
@sangerchinny4077 Жыл бұрын
Thank You HVS ❤
@colinanderson4226 Жыл бұрын
Great entertainment and getting audience involved was especially good
@berylstanden8023 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful thank you Mike
@Glenn1967ful Жыл бұрын
My village was by passed in 1991 and the end of heavy traffic and traffic noise was a blessed relief. Any place that is by passed surely welcomes the lack of traffic.
@_starfiend Жыл бұрын
There can sometimes be a downside though in the loss of business from through traffic. Many older towns and villages have died because of a by-pass.
@Glenn1967ful Жыл бұрын
@@_starfiend By pases are usually very welcome by people who have to live beside a very busy road, but some businesses like pubs can suffer. I do know of a pub/restaurant that had to close as 80% of its passing trade went.
@_starfiend Жыл бұрын
@@Glenn1967ful Yes, we were, until we realise that it killed our village. And not just pubs, also petrol stations, small shops and cafes, fast-food places, exhaust and tyre places. If the town or village is too small, a bypass can kill it. Hindhead is large enough to survive, and has the added bonus of being right in the national trust area, not all small villages are that lucky. Often the petrol station is the garage is the tyre place is the small shop and cafe. Bypasses can be good, but there's always unintended consequences.
@Glenn1967ful Жыл бұрын
@@_starfiend Mind you the big killer for pubs is the price of beer. I can buy two 660ml bottles of Staropramen for $ 4.50 in a supermsrket, a pint on draught costs £ 4.60.
@benjamindunn1298 Жыл бұрын
🙏 Thank you for sharing!! Don't miss out = Promo>SM!!!
@calypsodan Жыл бұрын
What's the current state of her ? Dis anything happen ?
@MikeBeel Жыл бұрын
Hi, at the end of the film there are contact details for you to ask that question. Regards Mike Beel
@mookyzook Жыл бұрын
I was born on the Isle of Wight and moved to London in 1981. I used to drive up and down the A3 almost weekly and watched it change for years. At one time the only serious bit of dual carriageway was between Guildford and London. The approach to Hindhead in both directions was always blighted with tailbacks even though the bit around the Devils punchbowl was a beautiful drive. due to the scenery. I believe the tunnel system was concieved because of all of the road protests, especially the M3 going through natural beauty spots near Winchester anyway I'm glad they did build it. I moved down here to Bath twenty years ago which itself had many road protests when they cut through Solsbury hill for the A46, so have never got to use the new tunnel through Hindhead but now I have seen this maybe it's time to take a look at the Devil's Punchbowl again.
@stuartandrews43447 ай бұрын
Bath bypass was joke, sad the missing section from A46 to A36 was never done,Bath would be a better place today, & Cleveland Bridge not built for carrying modern traffic, wouldn't be in such a bad state,you can only patch it up for so long...
@paulharvey9149 Жыл бұрын
Amazing what can be done when it's in South-East England!
@horsenuts18316 ай бұрын
Yeah, it only took about 60 years to get the tunnel built...
@johntomlinson68496 ай бұрын
The North-West has the mort highly developed motorway system in the UK. Manchester has the only truely motorway ring road in the UK
@FrozenHero20106 ай бұрын
So the A1/M1 merge east of Leeds counts as south east England? North of England gets its fair share of road infrastructure projects.
@shortangrybloke Жыл бұрын
Loads of accidents there when it was a dual carriageway all the way round. The wrecks were dragged into what is now Barron's the BMW dealer. I worked there in my school holidays cleaning cars. It was a Datsun dealer then and Opel before that.
@PaulaKasiano Жыл бұрын
wow i really enjoyed the video
@neilfleck4178 Жыл бұрын
I did live near this way, early nighties
@cliveengel5744 Жыл бұрын
No F-35Bs
@roberthw8086 Жыл бұрын
Great video editing, highly professiona!
@Aeoline Жыл бұрын
Great point to note at about 9.15 when both the HMS Victory and the Henry VIII's Mary Rose housing come into view.
@Aeoline Жыл бұрын
Queen Elizabeth the Great. The most prestigious name for an English monarch.
@simontye179 Жыл бұрын
Evocative... Thank you.
@simontye179 Жыл бұрын
Nice camera work and editing too. Thank you #2 :)
@azimmajid39062 жыл бұрын
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@ianhelps37492 жыл бұрын
Been along the old route a few times. Never been through the tunnel. It's a beautiful part of South England.
@juleswombat53092 жыл бұрын
Its a shame they cut down the trees. The drive around the Devils Punch Bowl on the A3 was a pretty cool drive with great views.
@chrisst8922 Жыл бұрын
Oh they always do that. Any excuse: Invasive species; returning to Medieval woodland, wrong type of trees....Forestry Commission! More like No-Forestry Commission. Just making work for their tree cutting mates.
@Creative_Devise Жыл бұрын
@@chrisst8922 Actually it is to protect the environment from further damage, if you have invasive species which are non-native then they can take over the whole area and kill all native wildlife. Fact check before you make comments on matters.
@chrishenniker59442 жыл бұрын
Why not let the local kids have it as a kid way for their own dirt bikes, go karts, scooters, mopeds, etc?
@thra5herxb12s Жыл бұрын
The public have access, so anyone playing with a motor vehicle needs to be properly licensed and insured. It is classified as a byway and off road cars and bikes can still use it, which we do in complete safety.
@davidfalconer89132 жыл бұрын
The long walk through the tunnel ( took about 20 minutes ! ) , before it opened was a ( never to be repeated ) fun day out .... the little road track is still there ... it leads to Gibbet hill , past the cursed Sailor's stone ..................
@tidysampler5852 жыл бұрын
Wow, I remember the Devils punch bowl. It made for an interesting drive. Great views definitely. But I do understand why the tunnel was required. It’s allowed nature to take over what is an amazing nature reserve.
@_starfiend Жыл бұрын
Well, yes, but it was really because the traffic was becoming too much for the road through the town.
@fredericksaxton39912 жыл бұрын
I always thought it stupid to grub up the old road. A major terrorist attack on the new tunnel and the subsequent diversion will be about 50 miles around.
@cjmillsnun2 жыл бұрын
It was the only way they could get the tunnel. An agreement with the National Trust.
@fredericksaxton39912 жыл бұрын
@@cjmillsnun Thank you.
@keithriley3159 Жыл бұрын
Not sure its too high on the ISIS list of things to bomb if I'm honest
@fredericksaxton3991 Жыл бұрын
@@keithriley3159 Colossal inconvenience. A major transport artery to the south coast.
@keithriley3159 Жыл бұрын
@@fredericksaxton3991 Oh god yea, how would people get to the south coast in times of need 🤦♂
@wackbatt47462 жыл бұрын
nice job
@iwx26722 жыл бұрын
Can't defend the channel, lol
@philipking84972 жыл бұрын
God bless Her. Long Live Elizabeth.
@anonamous71082 жыл бұрын
Brilliant music, what is it? Anyone have a l link?
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I used to live opposite Noel Pycroft and was friendly with his sons, my father bought the bricks used to build our house from Noel and I used to pick mushrooms in his field, they were a proper nice family. There was a pill box and a big gun emplacement next to our house (and opposite the brick field) and when I was a lad we used to play around the gun emplacements which had giant circular turntables for the gun platforms, probably gone now but they would have taken some removing as they were heavily built. At the time my dad initially had a scrap yard but then went on to starting Hayling Boat Trailers.
Great idea i shall have to visit you soon
Does anyone remember the singing milkman who'se round was Sandy Point? The milk was delivered by a horse and cart, and you could hear the guy's tuneless singing from a way off, sort of "Nurdle, nurdle, durdly dum". I must have been about 7 when He came to deliver our milk. I asked him " Why are you always singing?" He replied: "Keeps my legs going". Always remember that!
Thank you for uploading this. My parents and I lived in Southwood Rd from 71-77 only moving due to Dad's reclining health. I revisited the island about 12years ago, I couldn't believe what the council have let happen to it. All that new housing ect, I recently watched a recent video about the flooding of Creek Rd and Southwood Rd, I couldn't believe it. I was in tears because my Dad loved Hayling. It seems that the, Council only care about more housing and not protecting the island.
A bit late to the party, but I saw the title and as a localish lad in the early sixties, I thought…must watch this and just a short way in I see Noel Pyecroft on the screen! I knew him very well, having worked in the brickyard shown, having Seine net fished with him and a few others at night in Hayling bay and done engineering work for him at Burrows Bros in Havant! Lovely man, I tried to see him whilst passing a while back, but he’d recently died and I was devastated! Hey -ho and there you go! Nicely done video and interviews very well carried out too! Cheers
A huge improvement
The tunnel is a major improvement traffic wise. The renaturing of the punchbowl is also a great project to allow people and wildlife to enjoy the punchbowl as it should be. But at times I wished that the old was still there as an alternative for when they close the tunnels.
A colossal waste of money? What Does the devil think?
Nice area, not somewhere I live near though. Very nice.
Elle vais certainment en gulf pers temp pier que il n y en ai accune belge de y en les se charms.
Such a shame that Devils punch bowl is not visible anymore. I drove around it in my childhood. I revisited southern England last year after 40yrs absence, so many quaint villages now bypassed.
This is lovely, wonderful presentation and great stories. Don't know why its been 7 years and I never come across this before.
Fabulous. Some famous Emsworth and Chichester Harbour names in there, a brief glimpse of a Scow at 48:30.
My Uncle died during the Fabius exercises on May 4th 1944. 2nd Essex Regiment were attempting to re-embark on LCI (L) 295. The craft surged back from the beach in the heavy swell and a number of men were dragged out of their depth by the starboard steadying line and left struggling in the water in full equipment. Two Canadians, Sub Lt Gibb and Ordinary Seaman MacDonald attempted a rescue. They were able to rescue one man. One officer and six other ranks drowned. My Uncle was one of them. I’m saddened to say the two RCN personnel were not decorated for their gallantry but were sent a letter of Their Lordship’s satisfaction. The lost were, Major Norman Ayres, Cpl Henry Leftly, my Uncle; Lance Cpl Freddy Edwards, Pvt Charlie Argent, Pvt Tommy Curtis, Pvt Ronnie North, and Pvt Les Tongue. Virtually the whole of D Company HQ Section 2nd Essex. My Uncle died with his Commanding Officer and his mates. Because of the secrecy surrounding the invasion my family was told nothing about his loss except “drowned” and a date. There are no pristine military cemeteries for these men. No serried ranks of gravestones in purest white, fields of remembrance, tended and sacrosanct. They are forgotten. There was a court of enquiry. The D-Day plan was revised such that the Rifle Companies were transferred from the LCI (L) to smaller landing craft (LCM). Lives were no doubt saved given the sea state on D-Day. Grateful thanks to Andrew Holborn PhD from whose peerless research for his Plymouth University Thesis 2009, these details came to light and from which I drew the above. Please say their names, these men taken by the sea within yards of homeland. Say their names for the men who lived because of their loss. Say their names for the sacrifice. For the families who gave their sons. Say their names for my Mum who lost her brother and another in Tunisia.
At the ship inn pub at Langston harbour mid sixtys I remember a small landing craft abandoned. I wonder if it was the one that the hero came back to find his girlfriend
I'm afraid not, it was my fathers who bought it from somewhere in Portsmouth but it sank before he could get it out of the water.
London to Portsmouth may be quicker since the tunnel, but this unique old stretch of road gave a picturesque pause in time for weary road users with plenty of amenities. I miss it .
I totally agree with you, as I used to play in that area as a kid some 60 years ago, whilst living in Grayshott. But sadly as in life we have to move on to accommodate the huge growth in our population, leading to millions of additional vehicles on the roads. How many times do we say, “it’s not like the good old days “.
@@MikeBeelthat’s because it isn’t, I was born in 65 and remember going through the devils punch bowl on the way to holiday with my parents, good times, no computer games or phones in the car, just ‘are we there yet?’ 😂
Very pleasant to ride through the dirt track now.
Ham Barn Roundabout is the last bottleneck that needs to be replaced with a flyover
That always baffled me, when they built the Petersfield/ Liss/ Liphook bypass, why on earth ,when they had the chance didn't they have a flyover or under pass on that stretch!
Thank you for posting this. Brought back many memories of holidays and day trips to Hayling more than 50yrs ago, and answered some questions too.
When i was a little boy i can remember concrete blocks between those wooden beach houses .
After the war, you could have them removed for free or keep them and receive £4 each. Pill boxes were £70 jobs!
Thank You HVS ❤
Great entertainment and getting audience involved was especially good
Wonderful thank you Mike
My village was by passed in 1991 and the end of heavy traffic and traffic noise was a blessed relief. Any place that is by passed surely welcomes the lack of traffic.
There can sometimes be a downside though in the loss of business from through traffic. Many older towns and villages have died because of a by-pass.
@@_starfiend By pases are usually very welcome by people who have to live beside a very busy road, but some businesses like pubs can suffer. I do know of a pub/restaurant that had to close as 80% of its passing trade went.
@@Glenn1967ful Yes, we were, until we realise that it killed our village. And not just pubs, also petrol stations, small shops and cafes, fast-food places, exhaust and tyre places. If the town or village is too small, a bypass can kill it. Hindhead is large enough to survive, and has the added bonus of being right in the national trust area, not all small villages are that lucky. Often the petrol station is the garage is the tyre place is the small shop and cafe. Bypasses can be good, but there's always unintended consequences.
@@_starfiend Mind you the big killer for pubs is the price of beer. I can buy two 660ml bottles of Staropramen for $ 4.50 in a supermsrket, a pint on draught costs £ 4.60.
🙏 Thank you for sharing!! Don't miss out = Promo>SM!!!
What's the current state of her ? Dis anything happen ?
Hi, at the end of the film there are contact details for you to ask that question. Regards Mike Beel
I was born on the Isle of Wight and moved to London in 1981. I used to drive up and down the A3 almost weekly and watched it change for years. At one time the only serious bit of dual carriageway was between Guildford and London. The approach to Hindhead in both directions was always blighted with tailbacks even though the bit around the Devils punchbowl was a beautiful drive. due to the scenery. I believe the tunnel system was concieved because of all of the road protests, especially the M3 going through natural beauty spots near Winchester anyway I'm glad they did build it. I moved down here to Bath twenty years ago which itself had many road protests when they cut through Solsbury hill for the A46, so have never got to use the new tunnel through Hindhead but now I have seen this maybe it's time to take a look at the Devil's Punchbowl again.
Bath bypass was joke, sad the missing section from A46 to A36 was never done,Bath would be a better place today, & Cleveland Bridge not built for carrying modern traffic, wouldn't be in such a bad state,you can only patch it up for so long...
Amazing what can be done when it's in South-East England!
Yeah, it only took about 60 years to get the tunnel built...
The North-West has the mort highly developed motorway system in the UK. Manchester has the only truely motorway ring road in the UK
So the A1/M1 merge east of Leeds counts as south east England? North of England gets its fair share of road infrastructure projects.
Loads of accidents there when it was a dual carriageway all the way round. The wrecks were dragged into what is now Barron's the BMW dealer. I worked there in my school holidays cleaning cars. It was a Datsun dealer then and Opel before that.
wow i really enjoyed the video
I did live near this way, early nighties
No F-35Bs
Great video editing, highly professiona!
Great point to note at about 9.15 when both the HMS Victory and the Henry VIII's Mary Rose housing come into view.
Queen Elizabeth the Great. The most prestigious name for an English monarch.
Evocative... Thank you.
Nice camera work and editing too. Thank you #2 :)
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Been along the old route a few times. Never been through the tunnel. It's a beautiful part of South England.
Its a shame they cut down the trees. The drive around the Devils Punch Bowl on the A3 was a pretty cool drive with great views.
Oh they always do that. Any excuse: Invasive species; returning to Medieval woodland, wrong type of trees....Forestry Commission! More like No-Forestry Commission. Just making work for their tree cutting mates.
@@chrisst8922 Actually it is to protect the environment from further damage, if you have invasive species which are non-native then they can take over the whole area and kill all native wildlife. Fact check before you make comments on matters.
Why not let the local kids have it as a kid way for their own dirt bikes, go karts, scooters, mopeds, etc?
The public have access, so anyone playing with a motor vehicle needs to be properly licensed and insured. It is classified as a byway and off road cars and bikes can still use it, which we do in complete safety.
The long walk through the tunnel ( took about 20 minutes ! ) , before it opened was a ( never to be repeated ) fun day out .... the little road track is still there ... it leads to Gibbet hill , past the cursed Sailor's stone ..................
Wow, I remember the Devils punch bowl. It made for an interesting drive. Great views definitely. But I do understand why the tunnel was required. It’s allowed nature to take over what is an amazing nature reserve.
Well, yes, but it was really because the traffic was becoming too much for the road through the town.
I always thought it stupid to grub up the old road. A major terrorist attack on the new tunnel and the subsequent diversion will be about 50 miles around.
It was the only way they could get the tunnel. An agreement with the National Trust.
@@cjmillsnun Thank you.
Not sure its too high on the ISIS list of things to bomb if I'm honest
@@keithriley3159 Colossal inconvenience. A major transport artery to the south coast.
@@fredericksaxton3991 Oh god yea, how would people get to the south coast in times of need 🤦♂
nice job
Can't defend the channel, lol
God bless Her. Long Live Elizabeth.
Brilliant music, what is it? Anyone have a l link?
Brilliant summary or the route - thank you