What are Ancient Lights and why did they ANNOY the BBC?

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  • @Bijomaru78
    @Bijomaru78 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4542

    Short and to the point. I appreciate it's not one of those 20-minute videos explaining something that can be done in 3 minutes, like here. Well done, and thanks for sharing.

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ...
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    • @bar8393gm
      @bar8393gm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

      Actually it took 30 seconds just to restate the title then another minute, up to timestamp 1:29, to where they actually explained them. So, okay, maybe short but coulda got to the point a lot faster. Half the vid was spent getting there. I *just about* clicked away at the 1:20 mark. But I held on. It was indeed interesting. But still, get on with it, man! 😂

    • @Dee-u4r
      @Dee-u4r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      And no 10 minutes selling face cream or something else nobody wants, then the obligatory “please share like and subscribe” rant Followed by “buy us a coffee” as I say anyone giving money to these muppets just to hear their particular views on a subject or visiting the sea side is in my opinion a brick short of a load, Pay Them Nothing is my Advice!

    • @Dee-u4r
      @Dee-u4r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      ⁠@@bar8393gm three minutes is ideal nothing pleases everyone somehow someone will moan about 30 seconds getting to the point however as I say three minutes or thereabouts!

    • @bar8393gm
      @bar8393gm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@Dee-u4r wellll, it was hardly a “moan”. And I was specifically responding to the guy who said “short and to the point”, because it was s in fact not that. Which I found humorous. It was short and it was really interesting and I’m glad I watched it. But if a vide is called “what are ancient lights and why …etc”. And then the opening lines of the audio are “if you are wondering what Ancient lights are well I’m going to tell you…etc”. It was a waste of time restating so much before getting to the point. So had I written the script I’d have started with “Ancient Lights is the term used to describe windows that have historically always had direct sunlight. Here is their interesting history….” (also please like and subscribe 😂)

  • @juliegale3863
    @juliegale3863 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1794

    My grandfather, Arthur Cooksey, was an architect and a specialist in Ancient Lights at the start of the last century in London. He was called into court to give his opinion on the subject when needed.

    • @rachelLadyD
      @rachelLadyD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      wow, I love that, personal histories that are also part of every Londoner's story. Also love architecture and architects.

    • @bsastarfire250
      @bsastarfire250 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@rachelLadyD As a Building Engineer , I think Architects are often Prima Donnas .!

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      .....
      Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
      Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
      There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
      Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Romans 6.23
      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

    • @Antipodean33
      @Antipodean33 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@rachelLadyD Architects are the most annoying of any of the various professions in the building trade. They are grossly overpaid and to be honest I believe I could design better architecture than most of these pompous artsy fartsy types. I'm a bricklayer by trade and I know with todays computers and all the info needed to design a building is a keystroke away. Designing whatever structure is within the reach of most people. btw do you love brickies?

    • @Sad_Bumper_Sticker
      @Sad_Bumper_Sticker 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      @@Antipodean33 "I'm a bricklayer by trade and I know with todays computers and all the info needed to design a building is a keystroke away. Designing whatever structure is within the reach of most people" Antipodean, educate yourself before spreading such nonsense.

  • @gorbyagusta7076
    @gorbyagusta7076 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +821

    Wow, I learn something new every day. Never even heard of ancient lights before.

    • @AndyB-kq7xv
      @AndyB-kq7xv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Same here, At first i was thinking it was about antique street lighting & someone wanting them removed lol .. DUH ME 🤭🤣

    • @kenmurphy7718
      @kenmurphy7718 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Me too , interesting as well .

    • @pipsplay
      @pipsplay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I was expecting some sort of (not so) secret society!

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @pipsplay that sounds much more exciting than blocking natural light. Sorry to disappoint. 🤣

    • @sjsomething4936
      @sjsomething4936 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@OffBeatLondon101definitely did not disappoint! Fascinating nugget of information presented with the depth required. If I ever see these when travelling in the UK I’ll now know what they mean. Cheer from Canada 🇨🇦

  • @guywilletts2804
    @guywilletts2804 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1808

    You don't need a sign to assert Rights of Light after 20 years use, and haven't needed one since 1832, when the Prescription Act was passed. Which means that all of these signs are now more than 190 years old, which is interesting enough in itself.

    • @malvoliosf
      @malvoliosf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +343

      Eh, if I lived in London and I had a window more than 20 years old, I would consider marking it as an Ancient Light. Rule of Cool.

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

      ​@@malvoliosf
      But that would be a blatant lie. 20 years, ancient? Bah humbug! Barely a bit dated.

    • @thomaswilliams2273
      @thomaswilliams2273 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      I guess vintage light would work, but at what point would you have to replace the old sign with a new one that said ancient light?

    • @keuh1
      @keuh1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +130

      @@Briselance After a photon is generated in the Sun's core on average it takes around a million years for it to reach the surface. Seems ancient to me.

    • @ninjalectualx
      @ninjalectualx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @bris the light photons are billions of years old though so it averages out

  • @akulkis
    @akulkis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +478

    Thanks for doing a good job explaining it without dragging it out for 15~30 minutes.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      Thank you, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It is strange that some viewers have complained it was too long. I've learned you can't please everybody.

    • @wolfie498
      @wolfie498 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@OffBeatLondon101 Geez, the tik tok generation 🙄

  • @eattherich9215
    @eattherich9215 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1032

    I love these little nuggets of history.

    • @Vshorty21
      @Vshorty21 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Me too!

    • @stephenswistchew7720
      @stephenswistchew7720 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I love those little nuggets you get from McDonald’s as well

    • @atomictraveller
      @atomictraveller 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you're smoking the wrong kind of nuggets for the real ancient lights effect holmes

    • @WillN2Go1
      @WillN2Go1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I like the idea of a physical on sight warning to future development. One hears stories of people being sold a land locked property that they can never build on because the only access rights they have is to walk along two specific property lines to visit, but not to drive onto, bring building materials, run gas, electric, water lines... In Los Angeles one of the corrupt land developers removed several 130 year old houses right under everyone's noses because no one knew he had no right to do it. Maybe if hey had a signs on them saying Ancient Treasure, then as soon as a crane showed up, or they started jacking up the houses -- there would've been a crowd.

    • @SteveHudson-o9q
      @SteveHudson-o9q 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Quirky video, love it 👍

  • @genevincentrocks
    @genevincentrocks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +433

    Up until around 1980 there was a cafe on Mill Lane NW6 called the Ancient Lights, because the building had Ancient Lights! Camden Council built a tower block next to this cafe on open land that had been an adventure playground for a while. Anyway the council had to change the plans and build it further away from the cafe because of the Ancient Lights. The cafe is now West Hampstead Arts Centre.

    • @alex_hamilton_is_my_homeboy
      @alex_hamilton_is_my_homeboy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      “Arts”

    • @jackwhittaker5133
      @jackwhittaker5133 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@alex_hamilton_is_my_homeboy what?

    • @tubewatcher97
      @tubewatcher97 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I haven't heard the term " adventure playground" since they were invented , which was when I last visited London - about 1982

    • @akhMhfjjxjffzbiu
      @akhMhfjjxjffzbiu 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂😂😂​@@tubewatcher97

  • @stewartclark2137
    @stewartclark2137 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +218

    I worked in a surveyors office in the City from 1965. One of my collegues was the 'rights to light surveyor' then a still active requirement.

    • @boxhead6177
      @boxhead6177 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Right to light is common law in Australia and in some regions is modernised to include a neighbour can not block solar panels.

    • @forsociopoliticalstuff2629
      @forsociopoliticalstuff2629 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@boxhead6177on a serious note, that’s quite nice, but on a not so serious note, that’s quite funny/ironic, given Australia’s reputation of sun exposure.

  • @ryanrevis827
    @ryanrevis827 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1437

    You had me at “annoying the BBC” but then I listened to the reasons and I fully support this. We as humans NEED natural light.

    • @tlee4218
      @tlee4218 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Especially when the full story is land owners use to built partial walls on edge of land blocking the house on next property from having a view. This was done so when they built a house or sold it they could block the view of neighboring house bc they never had a view. So rude and nasty. There were even some of the partial walls still standing in 21st century small towns..had to wait for the land owner to die to remove the old walls. Crazy

    • @naamadossantossilva4736
      @naamadossantossilva4736 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      Yeah.British troops stationed at Cherrapunji would get depressed due to the excess rain reducing light.And if even brits can suffer that the rest of the world is even more vulnerable.

    • @rcschmidt668
      @rcschmidt668 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      We need that in the States! They keep over building as if they can’t stop.

    • @rabbit0664
      @rabbit0664 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      ​@@rcschmidt668 Couldn't agree enough. I'm tired of nice things being taken over because someone wants to build 50 condos.

    • @acmhfmggru
      @acmhfmggru 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You guys should join a home owner association... And I'll find a place where you busy bodies can sue and squabble all day, far far away from me

  • @whatisavehicle
    @whatisavehicle 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +154

    As an American, this is fascinating

    • @JohnMoseley
      @JohnMoseley 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      As a grammar pedant, I'll say: this video is not American. ;-)

    • @HelenCamile63
      @HelenCamile63 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I’ve seen many neighborhood where this law would be of benefit.

    • @BodaciousWench
      @BodaciousWench หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I wish we had that law in America. Too many tall buildings going up in my little town.

    • @HelenCamile63
      @HelenCamile63 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@JohnMoseley “grammar pedant”. I usually call myself a grammar Nazi. I like pedant better.

    • @JohnMoseley
      @JohnMoseley หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@HelenCamile63 Thanks. Me too. A less harsh way of putting oneself down.

  • @alank2296
    @alank2296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +604

    Its the off-beat quirky videos like this that make TH-cam interesting, many thanks for posting ....

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      Thanks so much for your kind words. I had forgotten I uploaded the video so to have all this attention is a pleasant surprise.

    • @RubyMc-v4i
      @RubyMc-v4i 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      It’s why I love TH-cam..

    • @Mikdeelow
      @Mikdeelow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@OffBeatLondon101

    • @gorbyagusta7076
      @gorbyagusta7076 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Agree.

  • @samuelmelton8353
    @samuelmelton8353 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +224

    In HKRUK II V Heaney, Marcus Heaney was granted an injunction by the courts against a tower development in Leeds which had reduced his light by 1%. The developers went ahead knowing they were diminishing neighbouring properties' light, and could not give adequate reasoning as to why they should be spared an injunction.
    They were ordered to demolish two floors of the tower at a cost of over a million pounds. This was, however, settled outside court and the floors were not demolished.
    If you don't make a point of protecting your right to something as simple as daylight, property developers will try their luck.

    • @LIETUVIS10STUDIO1
      @LIETUVIS10STUDIO1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shit like this is why UK has a housing crisis

    • @misterbonzoid5623
      @misterbonzoid5623 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      If the developers won it proves money trumps legal rights. They will have been advised to do this and knew they would win by bribery.

    • @samuelmelton8353
      @samuelmelton8353 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@misterbonzoid5623 They lost in this case.

    • @MM-jf1me
      @MM-jf1me หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@@samuelmelton8353
      Not really -- they settled out of court and the infringing floors were never demolished; they ultimately won.

    • @tagferret6898
      @tagferret6898 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hmm... just my opinion but this sounds to me more like a case of a "nuisance lawsuit" (aka extortion-by-lawyer) than a legitimate case, which we sadly see a lot of here in the USA.

  • @williamwilson5127
    @williamwilson5127 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1850

    One of the rare instances when a law solely favoured an individual, regardless of wealth or influence.

    • @SilvaDreams
      @SilvaDreams 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      Well until they don't.

    • @mysticmeadowshomestead6209
      @mysticmeadowshomestead6209 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      Until the BBC flexed it's muscles and got the houses torn down.

    • @williamwilson5127
      @williamwilson5127 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

      @@mysticmeadowshomestead6209 Was it the BBC though, they had already built it to comply with the law?

    • @MJFallout
      @MJFallout 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I know, right? Feels almost uncanny.

    • @guywilletts2804
      @guywilletts2804 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      The law favours one window over another. Irrespective of the owner of the window.

  • @uhtred7860
    @uhtred7860 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    I travelled to London from NZ in 87 for a working holiday, and got a job as a motorcycle courier, you would think this would entail some sort of training, but on day one i was given a 2 way radio, an A to Z map book, and a list of about 200 clients, then sent on my way. 😆 After about 6 months i knew inner London as well as my hometown in NZ, but what i loved was finding all the small alleys, Mews, passage ways & hidden areas that are throughout London, the place is riddled with them. Went back a few years ago, but London is now a very different place.

    • @noelsalisbury7448
      @noelsalisbury7448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Has it changed for the better ?

    • @nickcoppard5335
      @nickcoppard5335 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@noelsalisbury7448no

    • @TayWoode
      @TayWoode หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@noelsalisbury7448😂 for some it has

    • @Jay-o7m9y
      @Jay-o7m9y หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@noelsalisbury7448 It's the acid attack capitol of Europe. What do you think?

    • @noelsalisbury7448
      @noelsalisbury7448 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Jay-o7m9y That's often for " The Honour " of a particular family. Some family. Some honour.

  • @Aiko2-26-9
    @Aiko2-26-9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I live in Tokyo, Japan and we also have light-access laws. You often see buildings with strangely sloped roofs or odd designs which were required to allow the building next to it to have direct light.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hello to my Japanese viewers. Do you also have signs underneath the relevant windows referring to the right to light?

    • @Aiko2-26-9
      @Aiko2-26-9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No, no signs. But you can't get a permit to build without obeying "sunshine laws".

    • @leslievincent8565
      @leslievincent8565 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Wow....I had no idea this exists. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Larry
    @Larry 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +486

    The BBC just uploaded a video on a war over ancient lights on their TH-cam Archive channel!

    • @lilacscentedfushias1852
      @lilacscentedfushias1852 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Thank you, I occasionally watch that channel, I’ll have a look for it 😁

    • @voivod6871
      @voivod6871 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Larry where you been bud not uploaded in a month of Sundays sure i'm not the only one worried about you.

    • @LinkTheFusky
      @LinkTheFusky 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      a video on them saying "waah waaah we want our building bigger but someone wants sunlight waaaah 👶😭"*

    • @tipi5586
      @tipi5586 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      'HELLO THERE!"

    • @tipi5586
      @tipi5586 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Larry, if you're trying to reformat that's cool, i just hope you're okay buddy!

  • @EvasNan2020
    @EvasNan2020 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    I often see buildings being built literally feet away from someones window thereby blocking their view and light, I think if it were me I'd be looking into this more, I never knew about it, thanks for the information and have a great day x

  • @danielreed5199
    @danielreed5199 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +275

    Very enlightening.

    • @jayhache5609
      @jayhache5609 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      And illuminating.

    • @Donna230
      @Donna230 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I saw what you did there

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      it was a real pane in the glass!

    • @philhart4849
      @philhart4849 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Giggle!

    • @moiramcfarlane706
      @moiramcfarlane706 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      They can always look on the bright side. Lucky buggers. 🇦🇺

  • @ruthf6035
    @ruthf6035 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    This video is 2 yrs old but it was put into my queue. Great video. Utube did something right.❤

    • @MM-jf1me
      @MM-jf1me หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's very interesting that such an old video is suddenly gaining so much traction.

  • @mattallred
    @mattallred 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I remember getting caught in the rain in London in January 2022 and winding up in the Newman Arms after coming through that alley. Charming little place. I have a picture on my phone of the ancient lights sign from that alley. I had no idea what it meant until now.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad I could clear it up for you!

  • @derrickbunn9686
    @derrickbunn9686 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    Newman Passage was where Dennis Waterman and george Cole filmed the opening sequence for "Minder" - the leaning lampost. My office was behind the lampost and I watched the filming.

    • @Pugetwitch
      @Pugetwitch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thata bloke!

    • @DK.448
      @DK.448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How cool.

    • @moaningpheromones
      @moaningpheromones 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Get back to work Bunn

  • @jamesmonk4324
    @jamesmonk4324 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +179

    As an American, I really enjoyed finding out about this.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      it’s also inspiration for multiple laws in the US regarding rights to views

    • @Pteromandias
      @Pteromandias 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      As an American, I really wish we had this law here.

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Pteromandias they exist and are heavily enforced but don’t exist in the suburbs and rural places where they aren’t needed

    • @phaeton_buggy1575
      @phaeton_buggy1575 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't stress it, it's not your fault you're American blame your parents.

    • @JayPhelps-vt5qy
      @JayPhelps-vt5qy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      How was your enjoyment of this video enhanced by virtue of you being an American?

  • @davidobrien9362
    @davidobrien9362 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Never noticed or heard of the signs,I knew of the " window tax" ,Georgian tax on windows per household but never heard of this .nice one .

  • @paninisauce6949
    @paninisauce6949 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    0:32 You can't hit me with a vine boom and try to hide it like that

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      Yes, you and many other viewers have pointed this out. As I am a middle aged man i had to ask my teenage son what a vine boom was. After a lengthy eye roll he explained. Now I know, and I kinda like it. More vine booms to come

    • @Tree
      @Tree หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@OffBeatLondon101 This is so sweet! 🥹 You got yourself a new subscriber! Loved the video.

    • @wilbo1316
      @wilbo1316 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@OffBeatLondon101I’m 28 and didn’t even notice this until I saw the comment

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. I feel young again. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you and welcome

  • @stevenrohleder7479
    @stevenrohleder7479 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A day in which you learn a thing is never a wasted day! Thank you from America.

  • @robertlange1772
    @robertlange1772 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    This is great! Wish we had something like this in New York City.

    • @paulbedichek5177
      @paulbedichek5177 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yes, NYC has something like that, you can't just build to the edge of the property or streets would be dark during the day, it's called the air rights or something.

    • @653j521
      @653j521 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@paulbedichek5177 Yes, it's why buildings are built back in stages, not unlike the BBC.

  • @waddsbadds
    @waddsbadds 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I lived in a house in Camberwell, Southeast London in the 1970's. At the top of our road (Grove Hill Road, SE5) was an old house with an Ancient Lights sign. A neighbour at the time told me what it meant

  • @mrsgenehunt48
    @mrsgenehunt48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Absolutely fascinating, as always. Thanks for another great video.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks GeneMrsHunt glad you enjoyed it

  • @patchup
    @patchup 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very cool. I also appreciate that this was right to the point with none of the useless filler to expand the video to 10 minutes.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Although other viewers have complained it was still too long. 🤣🤣 can't please everybody. What is the goldilocks length for a video like this?

  • @fix135
    @fix135 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I lived in England for a year and half in the 1970's. Never noticed any such signs. So much history In England that I was completely unaware of at the time. I love this kind of historical stuff. Great, to the point video. Well done.

  • @ashleychambers7602
    @ashleychambers7602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    As always extremely interesting 👍

  • @amhunter7556
    @amhunter7556 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    Absolutely fascinating!

  • @wendysherbert3257
    @wendysherbert3257 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I am in the USA, and love learning about little history moments like this. Thank you.

  • @HiKasandra
    @HiKasandra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is by far the most interesting video on London. Thank you. X

  • @kerravonsen2810
    @kerravonsen2810 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I now finally understand an offhand remark about "Ancient Lights" in a Flanders & Swan skit. Thank you.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Just listened to it. He's got ancient lights on his cave. I wonder how many other people understood the reference? Thanks for watching

  • @idaslpdhr
    @idaslpdhr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I was told as a kid about the ancient lights as being the right to light, but wasn't told the rest, Thank you

  • @tonylancaster8704
    @tonylancaster8704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    In York very close to Bootham bar there is a building with an Ancient lights sign.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Tony, thanks for watching, what is the building? Is it a house or commercial premises?

    • @tonylancaster8704
      @tonylancaster8704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OffBeatLondon101 If i remember correctly it was a house that was converted into some kind offices. I have not been round that way in quite a few years. I am going to York this Thursday if i get time i will check.

    • @alandavid7874
      @alandavid7874 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I live in Bookham and I've never seen it. I will looking

  • @TheAllstar420
    @TheAllstar420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I am really liking TH-cams new algorithms that are bringing me smaller channels - great video! Hi there from Canada!

    • @Beruthiel45
      @Beruthiel45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here. I'm originally from England but Canadian since 1967. Never knew about this fact. 👍😊🇨🇦🇬🇧

  • @georgehickman648
    @georgehickman648 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Very interesting fact. Thankyou for sharing 👍

  • @williamb3244
    @williamb3244 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don't know why or how the Algo thought this would be interesting to me, a US citizen. But I am fascinated and you did a really good job explaining the term/law and keeping it brief without all the fluff. Earned a sub from me!

  • @mcsonicteam
    @mcsonicteam 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    Actually randomly I watched a 1972 nationwide video on YT where a man had bought a house, but the windows were blocked by wooden boards. Which were built on neighbours land. That was something to do with law of ancient lights.

    • @wandat7275
      @wandat7275 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Yes that was interesting video. That old lady’s father had it installed but couldn’t explain why it was there. Apparently today there is a house at that same location where the boards were located.

    • @mcsonicteam
      @mcsonicteam 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@wandat7275 do you know the location? I did wonder after all these years if the boards remained.
      Edit: never mind me. I’m just the thickest piece of thick that ever thicked.
      Watching the video back, it literally tells you in the first few seconds. Doh!

    • @Simon-jj2pu
      @Simon-jj2pu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ⁠@@mcsonicteamI thought it was Wales, the owner of the land the boards are on years later built a house on there.

    • @craigrothwell6144
      @craigrothwell6144 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      That may have had something to do with daylight robbery, Which today would be called a window tax.

    • @revwpitt2347
      @revwpitt2347 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@mcsonicteam It is actually a place called Bacton on the Norfolk coast . You can see on Google earth the two houses either side of what was an empty plot but now with a house built on it

  • @tommcewan7936
    @tommcewan7936 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    There's a handful of ancient lights signs in the older parts of central Manchester, IIRC.

  • @robmoore7708
    @robmoore7708 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Well. You learn something new everyday. Thanks for this.

    • @MrRaffles1234
      @MrRaffles1234 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm from Yorkshire and i have never heard of these ancient lights signs before.

    • @MrSimonmcc
      @MrSimonmcc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Here's something else. Everyday and every day do not mean the same thing. Everyday is mundane, run of the mill, whereas every day means every day.

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MrSimonmcc wrong

    • @MrSimonmcc
      @MrSimonmcc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@olivercharles2930 please enlighten me as to what is wrong. Everyday is an adjective. Every day is an adverb phrase.

    • @olivercharles2930
      @olivercharles2930 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MrSimonmcc never mind, you are right.
      I hate it though. One space shouldn't change that much.

  • @WileeC
    @WileeC 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your concise, accurate, and educational content has garnered a new subscriber. Excellent 👍 I wish all channels followed your example.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Much appreciated! Thanks for watching

  • @MrSteeljazz
    @MrSteeljazz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well, what do you know. I think I’ve heard of this ancient lights thing before, but I’d forgotten all about it, so thanks for the reminder. Learn something new everyday. I used to work on Oxford Street, and often walked through Soho, but I don’t remember seeing these signs. I must have missed them. For years. Great video, very educational. Well done.

  • @seanwelch71
    @seanwelch71 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'd never heard of this before watching your short video. Oral histories of these sorts of cityscape features is priceless. Thanks.

  • @davef.2329
    @davef.2329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You learn something every day. I recall seeing that years ago and had forgotten all about it. Thanks.

  • @Mavis-u3k
    @Mavis-u3k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Greatly enjoyed this glimpse into a little known aspect of our cities. Thank you.

  • @basiliskboy17
    @basiliskboy17 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Short, to the point, informative, and well made. You get my like.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you for watching and your kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video. Working on another one right now.

  • @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts
    @JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Intriguing concept. Thank you for the knowledge. ❤

  • @EdVanMeyer
    @EdVanMeyer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Fascinating stuff! I love old London.

  • @michaelmorgan9289
    @michaelmorgan9289 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Very interesting presentation giving little insight into Londons history. Nice to have a video which gets to the point without too much preamble.

  • @WoodlandAsh
    @WoodlandAsh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    This was both fascinating & lovely. We need more laws such like this.

  • @reisprettravelfun
    @reisprettravelfun 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great to learn something new every day! Greetings from South Africa.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome to my channel. Hello from London

  • @daveredknapmedium
    @daveredknapmedium หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very interesting info. I love learning of the origins of various situations!

  • @hampshirerose9395
    @hampshirerose9395 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Fascinating - thank you for clearing up this mystery. I have seen an ‘Ancient Lights’ sign on the side of the John D. Wood Estate Agent building, in the High Street, Lymington, in the New Forest, Hampshire. Really appreciate the time and effort you spend on your Channel. 😎🥳🍻

  • @32shumble
    @32shumble 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +98

    My dad's place had an Ancient Lights sign but couldn't stop the council for giving permission for a developer to build a block of flats putting his house in shadow

    • @kamalhashmi9851
      @kamalhashmi9851 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      😡

    • @marktraill5332
      @marktraill5332 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Backhanders…………

    • @damonrobus-clarke533
      @damonrobus-clarke533 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Developer pigs do what they like.

    • @smokingspitfire1197
      @smokingspitfire1197 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah.. but flats are important? Housing is important, far MORE important than ‘oh its quite nice if we get some light in this window.’
      If you think your right to ‘light in your window’ supersedes the housing crisis in this country and means that you can tell someone else what to do with THEIR (not your, their land) then you’re the asshole NIMBY in the situation.

    • @JohnSmith-ei2pz
      @JohnSmith-ei2pz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Liebour council?

  • @Vshorty21
    @Vshorty21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I’ve never spotted them before!

  • @kevinwhelan9607
    @kevinwhelan9607 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was fascinating - I love this kind of thing as much as I love London (Balham born). Thanks for posting and keep up the good work🎉

  • @deck614
    @deck614 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    In any city or village in France, any "permis de construire" (mandatory "building autorisation" delivered to a standard-documented project by the city administration) has to be presented to neighbours during a fixed time. If a neighbour considers e.g. the lights of his building will be occured more or less by the new project, this can block the whole project until a solution is found (compensation authorized). Anywhere in France, since maybe the 1950s...

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching and good to know other countries have similar laws.

  • @shain6946
    @shain6946 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    People bang on about being ecological and energy efficient but these natural light windows are truly environmentally friendly and it’s a shame when big corporations and developers ignore them with big monstrosities.

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      While it may be emotionally pleasing for you to say that, think of the alternative. London is a growing city and if it isn't possible to build up, more green fields will be converted into suburbia. slag off the "big corporations" all you like, but I'd prefer to keep the green fields.

    • @OtakuNoShitpost
      @OtakuNoShitpost 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I'm not sure a law that lets you sue a bloody tree out of existence because it nicked your view a bit is too sensible

    • @andrewhooper7603
      @andrewhooper7603 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Dave_Sisson you also don't have to fit all of britain into one city.

    • @JooceGooce
      @JooceGooce 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@andrewhooper7603 exactly lol I don’t know much about Europe but I know in Asia they also have the same issue with everyone wanting to move and work in Big Cities which is causing over crowding in places like Seoul and Tokyo while also creating dying towns in the outskirts because theyre losing their workforce and their infrastructure is crumbling. I know Japan has been trying to encourage people to move out and stay in these perfectly good towns when they should be encouraging businesses, etc. to move there and build it up in order attract people to live there

    • @SpirosPagiatakis
      @SpirosPagiatakis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Dave_Sisson To slag off "big corporations" is a sign of a fully working brain identifying sociopathic structures, motivated only by greed, short-sightedness and social parasitism.

  • @brucerogermorgan2388
    @brucerogermorgan2388 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    That was fascinating, I had no idea. Thanks from New Zealand.

  • @plnkfloydian7814
    @plnkfloydian7814 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Very interesting thanks for this

  • @Cybrspidr
    @Cybrspidr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Wish there were laws like that here in the US. 🙂

    • @ninjalectualx
      @ninjalectualx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In the US we would mark Ancient Money. If your family has hoarded a dollar for over 50 years then it's worth double now. For you, not for the person you give it to

    • @haleyc.3530
      @haleyc.3530 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In the US desert we need the opposite, “modern darkness” where if your property doesn’t have enough shade the government provides you with some lol

  • @RichTheEngineer
    @RichTheEngineer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for sharing that interesting tidbit of information.

  • @mcsonicteam
    @mcsonicteam 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I love quirky and fascinating tidbits like this

  • @BubbaHead1
    @BubbaHead1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    We have a similar law in San Diego where views of the beach and sunsets are crucial for homeowners. So you can't build above a certain level, height, etc. To block the views of a neighbor. ❤❤

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That sort of thing can be problematic, especially in the case of the ancient lights talked about in this video as it restricts the ability of a city to increase housing stock if too many people move to the area.

    • @BubbaHead1
      @BubbaHead1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@SmallSpoonBrigade agreed, I thought when you buy a house you own it, and not based on what your neighbors think lol

    • @kayh5390
      @kayh5390 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@BubbaHead1 When you buy a house, you have to follow local regulations. If you want your house to look like a medieval cottage, the Fire Department still has the right to to ban thatched roofs.

    • @chrisbardell
      @chrisbardell 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Did you mean "crucial for retaining high house prices"?

    • @Zoulstorm
      @Zoulstorm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nimby assholes denying young people housing

  • @Yngvarfo
    @Yngvarfo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Interesting. No such law in Norway, I think. Some aunts of mine were pissed off when a sports arena appeared opposite the living room of the house where they had lived their whole lives.

  • @kevincaruthers5412
    @kevincaruthers5412 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Interesting concept.
    Thanks for sharing it!

  • @vk3crg
    @vk3crg หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How fascinating! I've been to London and never noticed these signs. I'll keep a look out when I come back next year! What a terrific changel. Just subscribed. Craig - Australia

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome, and thanks for watching

  • @mcarp555
    @mcarp555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Well that was cool! I first thought they were some sort of advertising slogan. Then I was thinking, "Only in London", but then I was wrong again! ☀

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hi mcarp555, yes I can see how the sign could be for a brand of cigarettes. "Give me a pack of 20 ancient lights"....thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the video.

    • @mcarp555
      @mcarp555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@OffBeatLondon101 "A pack of ancient lights? You want the Tudors or Jacobeans?"
      "Do you have any Regency?"
      "Naw mate; ain't 'ancient' enough!"

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mcarp555 🤣🤣🤣 I like it.....

  • @Damidas
    @Damidas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It's overcast 50-75% of the year in London, I guess these blokes want to get as much sunlight as they can

  • @Del_S
    @Del_S 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Apparently something very rare outside of England. Certainly not a thing in Scotland it seems.
    Well, unless you count how long "temporary" traffic lights seem to stick around in the big towns....

    • @loxism72
      @loxism72 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Different law System than England in Scotland. There's dozen of English laws, not applicable in Scotland. And vice versa. Hame sucking is one that springs to mind!!

    • @653j521
      @653j521 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@loxism72 "Hamesucken was a capital crime until 1887. The requirement of a nomen juris in an indictment was also abolished in 1887. The term has lingered on, however, often in references by judges to the formerly capital nature of offences committed by accused before them." "The word was well known in Scots law in the past, and is an interesting example of the survival in Scots law of an Anglo-Saxon term and legal concept. It is interesting to note that the modern Danish “hjemsøge” and German “heimsuchen”, as well as their literal meaning, have the connotations of “hounding”, plaguing”, “persecuting” and “pestering” (I owe this insight to Professor Knud Haakonssen). The etymology can be further explored by reading Colman “Hamsocn: Its meaning and significance in early English law” (1981) 25 American Journal of Legal History, 95."

  • @terrywilkinson9653
    @terrywilkinson9653 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love hearing about these little known things, great work ❤

  • @PH_1964
    @PH_1964 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Fascinating. Thank you. Subscribed immediately ❤

  • @Iceageonmars
    @Iceageonmars 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

    Great idea - bring it back.

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      We still have that "right to light" in England and Wales.

    • @Yamezzzz
      @Yamezzzz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      it never left...

    • @chrismackey9267
      @chrismackey9267 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It still applies and is also there to protect, to a certain extent the privacy of those living in the first property from later development adjacent.

    • @KenFullman
      @KenFullman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@chrismackey9267 One of my friends was building an extension to his house and was denied permission to have a window in the side of his house as it would invade the privacy of the adjacent field. Even though that field was part of the same property. The architect removed the window from the drawings and the extension went ahead. Although not on the drawings, the window was installed anyhow but the building inspectors passed it.
      He'd also been denied permission based on the bricks being the "wrong shade of red" but that's a whole nother story.

    • @saschamayer4050
      @saschamayer4050 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@KenFullman
      "Bricks being the wrong shade of red" 😮
      Even if it was neon pink - you have to be pretty petty to deny someone a building permission because of the colour. 🤷‍♂️

  • @mossfordgreen8725
    @mossfordgreen8725 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love fascinating and informative videos like this. Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @mihailos8701
    @mihailos8701 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh wow, very interesting, thanks for making brief informative video about this

  • @RabbitEarsCh
    @RabbitEarsCh หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A lovely, short, and precise video about something I hadn't the slightest idea existed - and it explains why Broadcasting House is so weird, all at once.
    Great work!

  • @hughofIreland
    @hughofIreland 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Excellent. Please sir, can we have some more? There must be more quirky laws/traditions.
    One I remember well-but not the full details-was told to be by my chemistry professor, who went to Oxford or Cambridge. His classmate, who was ultimately an esteemed chemistry professor, was badly hungover the morning of a final exam. He went t to the law library, then rushed to the exam hall. He announced to the proctor that he would refuse to sit the exam, because, per college regulations, beer was not served. He took the resits a few months later. He sat down waiting for the exam’ paper. He was handed an envelope with the paper. As he hadn’t offered to check his sword (or any other weapon) per college rules, he was fined a guinea.

    • @rachelLadyD
      @rachelLadyD 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      😂😂that's what makes it a Top University

    • @noelsalisbury7448
      @noelsalisbury7448 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now the undergraduates there are more concerned with -
      "Rhodes must fall "

  • @M500VYN
    @M500VYN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Absolutely fascinating. Thanks for researching and producing this. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️

  • @Knappa22
    @Knappa22 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Absolutely fascinating. I had thought the asymmetry of Broadcasting House was down to the whims of an art deco architect being avant garde.
    How delightfully prosaic that it was due to ancient planning law!

  • @bryantkeller9278
    @bryantkeller9278 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved this. Also, this is why most buidlings in NYC are staggered as they move up in height! Although the legistation is called by a differnet name than ancient lights. ❤

  • @barmalini
    @barmalini 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is one of those many little things that make me love Britain even more

  • @redditchscroller7049
    @redditchscroller7049 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I thought at first that it was advertising for an old brand of cigarettes. I didn't know the law regarding right to light went back that far.

  • @jamosmcginty
    @jamosmcginty 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Excellent video, thank you for the enlightenment.

  • @steveoc64
    @steveoc64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We have a similar phenomenon in Adelaide Australia with “Polites” signs
    These also have a drastic impact on property development wherever that sign can be seen

    • @Matilda-y
      @Matilda-y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ive never heard of that. Got time to give a quick summary?

    • @marqsee7948
      @marqsee7948 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Matilda-y rich guy built stuff, put his name (Polites) everywhere he built something. They're everywhere there.

    • @Matilda-y
      @Matilda-y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@marqsee7948 hey there, thanks very much for telling me. I didn’t know that. Cheers from NSW.

    • @marqsee7948
      @marqsee7948 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Matilda-y greetings returned from Canada!

    • @shaun5552
      @shaun5552 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Matilda-y The signs are prominent enough on commercial buildings that a tourist would likely think that's the name of the business occupying the building until they realise that no, something else is going on.
      A good example can be seen at 86 Hindley Street, Adelaide, looking toward King William Street. There's several POLITES signs clearly visible on buildings just in half a city block or so using Google street view. They're pretty much everywhere in the CBD.

  • @susyward581
    @susyward581 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Fitzrovia and have had many a drink in the Newman Arms, but wasn’t aware of these signs. Thank you

  • @godsangryhands4499
    @godsangryhands4499 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I Learned something INTERESTING TODAY! THANK YOU!!

  • @shauncol1967
    @shauncol1967 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Very interesting. Newman Arms is one of my favourite ‘secret boozers’ and now you have added to the mystique of the place. Subscribed.

    • @StevenDalton-Meade
      @StevenDalton-Meade 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Spent a nice couple of hours there doing some 📺 Minder, tribute research update.
      Cool pub 👍👍

  • @LandyVlad_Rides
    @LandyVlad_Rides 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fascinating! G'day from Australia.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LandyVlad_Rides and hello from the UK. Thanks for watching.

  • @sophiasilverson511
    @sophiasilverson511 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    01:03 Why is your video all so shaky?

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Yes, apologies, many other viewers have pointed this out as well. I think I was trying to stabilise some shaky camerwork during the editing process and it came out a hit distorted. I hopenit didn't ruin the video for you.

    • @sophiasilverson511
      @sophiasilverson511 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@OffBeatLondon101 No it was a good video thanks. Was just curious.

  • @Twisted_One_DIsturbed
    @Twisted_One_DIsturbed 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fascinating Really true history thank you 👍

  • @paulinewqi
    @paulinewqi 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very interesting, I remember this law when I was doing a course in ESTATE AGENCY..
    Your video illustrations give very vivid explanations.
    I think this issue is global with neighbours fighting bitterly.
    Thanks for sharing...👍🌟

  • @mullahbaksheesh9151
    @mullahbaksheesh9151 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Right to light is a form of easement in English law that gives a long-standing owner of a building with windows a right to maintain an adequate level of illumination. The right was traditionally known as the doctrine of "ancient lights"."

  • @darrenchantler2562
    @darrenchantler2562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’d heard something about these before but wasn’t aware that the same law was in place in other areas of the country and hope someone can shed some light as to where! 😀

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Darren, yes I'm hoping that a viewer will know about a few more as well.

    • @dawsie
      @dawsie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can find them in many of the English cities and some villages. They were around a lot in the 70’s don’t know if they are still there today. My parents took us camping nearly all year around right throughout the UK. Some of the old alleyways came into being because of the signs. Some use to,pop up overnight when building construction was braking ground, it caused a huge problem. The only drawback was not everyone knew of their rights in regards to their homes, but those who did know would slap up a sign right away and it would cause construction delays. Some used it to exhort money in compensation for losing the natural light to the rooms.
      I wonder if it’s still in affect to this day or do planing commissions ignore it and give the go ahead to construction work.
      It would be interesting to see if people will add a sign to their homes today to see what will happen.

  • @johnhankinson1929
    @johnhankinson1929 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    We have a similar law up here in the North , it's called the right to natural light and no building built around can obscure that right , there is a patch of land on Balloon street in Manchester just behind shuide hill bus station that has never been built on and there's a sign on the disused building " warning " of it's right to natural light , there is another instance here in Mcr where Gary Neville ( ex utd footballer ) wanted to put up a 50 story office block on Deansgate but the council blocked it because of their " right to light " but he was given permission to put up a 20 story one

    • @noelsalisbury7448
      @noelsalisbury7448 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gary Neville also wanted to build a fantastic new house, and chose to build it on the- " West Lancashire Moors " Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty " , surrounding Winter Hill, including the Rivington Pike & Belmont beauty spots. Greater Manchester Council declined his application, thank goodness. A good pundit, perhaps. A man with seemingly little regard for the Countryside and for Middle Eastern Human Rights, definitely.

    • @HweolRidda
      @HweolRidda 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The third section of the Prescription Action should apply everywhere in England. The vague right to historic natural light under common law was formalized in 1832, giving a specific 20 year number. In principle the common law right could still apply in USA, Australia, Canada , etc unless some government formally wrote a law to supersede it. I believe Canada and New Zealand simply adopted all English laws by default when they became independent, so the Prescription Act would have applied to them at that time. Scots Law is more complicated.

  • @keithcoateswalker5094
    @keithcoateswalker5094 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes one building , Hunslet Leeds which facinated me as a child in the 1940's. The building overlooked a cricket ground and a series of allotments, there may be others in that area but this is the only one of which I am aware. Thank you for your information.

  • @sadies2820
    @sadies2820 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fascinating thank you. Is it the property owners or the council that put the "Ancient Lights" signs up.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think it's the property owner who puts them up. Another viewer has suggested that the sign is only fitted as a result of a legal challenge.

  • @hadorstapa
    @hadorstapa 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Have you seen that video of a news report from the 70s about a guy whose neighbour blocked the light from a ground floor and a first floor window so that he couldn't claim ancient lights if she decided to build there?
    Her father in the early 1900s had built boards mounted on telephone poles right at the edge of the property when the neighbouring house was built. This was because he had a very large field/garden and wanted to keep the option of building a house to sell on that ground, and didn't want the new neighbour to be able to stop him.

    • @OffBeatLondon101
      @OffBeatLondon101  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes seen the video and they actually mention the ancient lights law in it, and this was a way to circumvent it.