Brilliant video thank you. As ive mentioned in some of your videos my Grandad was the master potter at Alton Towers and i well remember seeing that old masonry by the Grand conservatory when i was a kid in the 70s. I didnt realise the significance of it and had totally forgotten about it and this video brought back many memories. Thank you again.
You're very welcome, and I do remember about your Grandad being the master potter. I'm glad that the old masonry seems to make sense now. Thanks for watching again, always appreciated, Adam :)
Fantastic video mate, thank you for doing this! Really wish the gardens could get properly restored, lay new footpaths and thin out some of the growth.
Thanks, that means a lot! Yes, it would be nice if a bit more was able to be done in the gardens, but I just don't think we'll see the staffing levels required in the foreseeable future. I know the garden team there are flat out and are good guys, but obviously there's only so much a team of a certain size can achieve. Really appreciate you taking the time out of your night to watch another of my videos. Much appreciated as always, Adam :)
@@AltonTowersMemories you’re welcome, Adam. I always enjoy your videos! Yes, the gardeners have a heavy workload with that place. If only Merlin could see there are other attractions than rollercoasters which could bring in visitors (such as the gardens) then maybe they would invest a few million in them. Here’s hoping one day 🤞
When I tell you I was *riveted* to my screen watching this! My little girl and I found all that masonry and iron and the water pump in the gardens a few years back and I’ve always wondered what it all was!! Please never stop making this content, it’s fascinating.
Wow, that's quite the compliment, thank you! Lovely to know when people have really enjoyed a video of mine, so thanks for saying so. I havn't lost interest after all these years, so hopefully I won't lose interest any time soon. Thanks again, Adam :)
Incredible Ive spent lots time in these areas but never knew there were so many missing buildings and never spotted the clues left behind. So fascinating and really great video!
Thanks, I'm really glad you found it interesting. Didn't know if I'd gone so niche that I'd be the only one that found this particular topic interesting. Appreciate the comment and your time spent watching it! Adam :)
A Great video, i love gardens and history so found this video fascinating, Would love you to do a tour of Alton Towers Gardens as they are now, they are lovely gardens and you rarely see any footage of them. Also any more history videos on Alton Towers or the Gardens would be great. I have watched several of your videos and enjoyed them all.
Thanks Mary, that's very much appreciated. I did a tour and history of the gardens last year on my other channel. You can see it here. I think you'll like it. Hopefully the link works. Adam :) th-cam.com/video/uguYUbvWWjU/w-d-xo.html
Fascinating video. Very well researched. Had no idea there were more glass houses in the gardens. Strange how some of the bases are still clear and not overgrown. I wonder when they were demolished. Thank you.
Thanks a lot. It's great to know that other people find these missing glasshouses interesting too. I'd been doing bits of research in bits and pieces over a few years and finally got around to putting a video together to try to explain it all. Yes, well, the mystery of when exactly they were all demolished continues to be honest. Could be that metal was used from them during WW1 if there was a shortage, or I've heard of a conservatory getting 'shot up' by squaddies when Alton Towers was an army training camp in WW2. Or maybe they just became derelict at some point and it was easier to just flatten them? Let me know if you find out haha! Thanks a lot for taking the time to watch and then let me know your thoughts. Much appreciated, Adam :)
@@AltonTowersMemories I've always found the history of Alton Towers fascinating. I love walking around the house and imagining how it once was. Hearing echos of the past etc. About 20 years ago I was lucky enough to be given a tour of the archive by Les Davis (of Hex fame). They could quite easily open a museum!
@@matts80s90s You're very lucky, I've never been to the archive unfortunately. Speaking of Les, I did go on a behind the scenes tour of the house and gardens with him many years ago too. And another one with Di Jones who was probably an archivist there around the time of your visit (or maybe slightly after). Adam :)
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it. I had wondered for years what some of those flat bits and bases were for. I originally was thinking things like a bowling green for the most square one behind the Grand Conservatory. Obviously not though haha. But yeah, perfect for picnics now! Thanks for taking an interest, Adam :)
They should clear the area round that old water pump paint it up and make a feature of it with plants around it, its an important piece of history that should be preserved and that tree growing through it could damage it.
That old Bovy building and the Swiss Cottage building the Canal and Band Stand should all be preserved. They should consult English Heritage for help they have done a great job preserving the gardens at Brodsworth Hall at Doncaster near to where i live. Perhaps they could give English Heritage the responsibility of looking after them and make a gate entry for Garden visitors only, i would love to see the gardens but dont live locally and i am not interested in the theme park and dont want to pay all that money to get in, there must be some way of separating them.
It's so odd to me that we have real working examples of how lucrative well maintained estates can be for tourism and film/TV productions, with places like Chatsworth absolutely raking it in, yet the mgmt of Alton Towers just kinda sit on this huge site and don't explore that avenue at all.
Hopefully it's something that they're looking at. At least try to get the house open as an attraction, which would also take a tiny bit of queue pressure off the rides.
Answered your similar question in the comments on the other video, but basically businessmen stripped the place and sold fittings to recoup money that they paid to buy the estate c1950s.
First time i visited was on a school trip in 2010 but i took more interest in the estate and gardens than the rides and even started making models of the interior from 1890s photos
Brilliant video thank you. As ive mentioned in some of your videos my Grandad was the master potter at Alton Towers and i well remember seeing that old masonry by the Grand conservatory when i was a kid in the 70s. I didnt realise the significance of it and had totally forgotten about it and this video brought back many memories. Thank you again.
You're very welcome, and I do remember about your Grandad being the master potter. I'm glad that the old masonry seems to make sense now. Thanks for watching again, always appreciated, Adam :)
Amazing video!
Thanks, much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it, and hopefully learned a couple of new things. Adam 🙂👍
Fantastic video mate, thank you for doing this! Really wish the gardens could get properly restored, lay new footpaths and thin out some of the growth.
Thanks, that means a lot! Yes, it would be nice if a bit more was able to be done in the gardens, but I just don't think we'll see the staffing levels required in the foreseeable future. I know the garden team there are flat out and are good guys, but obviously there's only so much a team of a certain size can achieve. Really appreciate you taking the time out of your night to watch another of my videos. Much appreciated as always, Adam :)
@@AltonTowersMemories you’re welcome, Adam. I always enjoy your videos! Yes, the gardeners have a heavy workload with that place. If only Merlin could see there are other attractions than rollercoasters which could bring in visitors (such as the gardens) then maybe they would invest a few million in them. Here’s hoping one day 🤞
@@PixPete Fingers crossed :)
When I tell you I was *riveted* to my screen watching this! My little girl and I found all that masonry and iron and the water pump in the gardens a few years back and I’ve always wondered what it all was!! Please never stop making this content, it’s fascinating.
Wow, that's quite the compliment, thank you! Lovely to know when people have really enjoyed a video of mine, so thanks for saying so. I havn't lost interest after all these years, so hopefully I won't lose interest any time soon. Thanks again, Adam :)
This is a fantastic video. Thank you, absolutely fascinating❤
I'm glad that you found it interesting. Thanks for letting me know that you enjoyed it. Much appreciated, Adam :)
Incredible Ive spent lots time in these areas but never knew there were so many missing buildings and never spotted the clues left behind. So fascinating and really great video!
Thanks again Peter. Really really glad that you found it of interest! Adam :)
Great information - thanks. 😊
You're very welcome. Glad you found it interesting. Adam 🙂👍
Really interesting. There’s a lot of history to Alton Towers
Thanks, I'm really glad you found it interesting. Didn't know if I'd gone so niche that I'd be the only one that found this particular topic interesting. Appreciate the comment and your time spent watching it! Adam :)
A Great video, i love gardens and history so found this video fascinating, Would love you to do a tour of Alton Towers Gardens as they are now, they are lovely gardens and you rarely see any footage of them. Also any more history videos on Alton Towers or the Gardens would be great. I have watched several of your videos and enjoyed them all.
Thanks Mary, that's very much appreciated. I did a tour and history of the gardens last year on my other channel. You can see it here. I think you'll like it. Hopefully the link works. Adam :) th-cam.com/video/uguYUbvWWjU/w-d-xo.html
Fascinating video. Very well researched. Had no idea there were more glass houses in the gardens. Strange how some of the bases are still clear and not overgrown. I wonder when they were demolished. Thank you.
Thanks a lot. It's great to know that other people find these missing glasshouses interesting too. I'd been doing bits of research in bits and pieces over a few years and finally got around to putting a video together to try to explain it all. Yes, well, the mystery of when exactly they were all demolished continues to be honest. Could be that metal was used from them during WW1 if there was a shortage, or I've heard of a conservatory getting 'shot up' by squaddies when Alton Towers was an army training camp in WW2. Or maybe they just became derelict at some point and it was easier to just flatten them? Let me know if you find out haha! Thanks a lot for taking the time to watch and then let me know your thoughts. Much appreciated, Adam :)
@@AltonTowersMemories I've always found the history of Alton Towers fascinating. I love walking around the house and imagining how it once was. Hearing echos of the past etc. About 20 years ago I was lucky enough to be given a tour of the archive by Les Davis (of Hex fame). They could quite easily open a museum!
@@matts80s90s You're very lucky, I've never been to the archive unfortunately. Speaking of Les, I did go on a behind the scenes tour of the house and gardens with him many years ago too. And another one with Di Jones who was probably an archivist there around the time of your visit (or maybe slightly after). Adam :)
What a wonderful video I love the rides but as an qualified horticulturist this is fantastic ❤
Thanks TractorGirl. Glad you enjoyed it! Adam :)
Great video. I never knew that's what them grass areas are in the gardens. I've always thought it was for people to sit and have picnics
Thanks a lot! Glad you liked it. I had wondered for years what some of those flat bits and bases were for. I originally was thinking things like a bowling green for the most square one behind the Grand Conservatory. Obviously not though haha. But yeah, perfect for picnics now! Thanks for taking an interest, Adam :)
They should clear the area round that old water pump paint it up and make a feature of it with plants around it, its an important piece of history that should be preserved and that tree growing through it could damage it.
I totally agree!
That old Bovy building and the Swiss Cottage building the Canal and Band Stand should all be preserved. They should consult English Heritage for help they have done a great job preserving the gardens at Brodsworth Hall at Doncaster near to where i live. Perhaps they could give English Heritage the responsibility of looking after them and make a gate entry for Garden visitors only, i would love to see the gardens but dont live locally and i am not interested in the theme park and dont want to pay all that money to get in, there must be some way of separating them.
It's so odd to me that we have real working examples of how lucrative well maintained estates can be for tourism and film/TV productions, with places like Chatsworth absolutely raking it in, yet the mgmt of Alton Towers just kinda sit on this huge site and don't explore that avenue at all.
Hopefully it's something that they're looking at. At least try to get the house open as an attraction, which would also take a tiny bit of queue pressure off the rides.
Why was everything knocked down/ removed - after the army gunner school had been there, ww2?
Answered your similar question in the comments on the other video, but basically businessmen stripped the place and sold fittings to recoup money that they paid to buy the estate c1950s.
First time i visited was on a school trip in 2010 but i took more interest in the estate and gardens than the rides and even started making models of the interior from 1890s photos
The models sound very interesting! Good idea :)
Post pictures of your models somewhere please!