When I was 15 I was the youngest member of the Nothe Fort Artillery Volunteers, I was even on the front of the flyers! I'm sure I've still got one hanging around, was reenacting for several years. Many fond memories, including the 'arrival of Queen Victoria' with Processions through Weymouth, and the Cumberland Guard. Fired a lot of muskets! So good to see this.
Thank you for this great video Stuart. As Sharon McCormack states, very informative & the re-enactments really hit home. It just makes me feel so sad at the present sorry state of our once great country so many brave men & women fought for.
I was in this video! I knew I remembered it, I'm the last one to arrive at 10:35. Never knew where to watch this after you'd been to film it, first time seeing it!! Awesome. So glad it's still at the Nothe!
@@StuartMorris7 thanks for getting back. And yeah it's true, this is a great short documentary and ur a great film maker. Maybe someday if ur in the Dorset area we can catch up for a coffee and talk about history 😁
Visited Nothe Fort for the first time 2 weeks ago as part of their Victorian Christmas Fair. It was stunning and this video was playing on a loop in one of the underground rooms.
Makes me laugh that officially there's only one magazine level - but if you go outside and walk down to the Caponier, there's two doors at two different levels. The higher door coming into the Magazine. The lower level of the Caponier goes into the same level as the lower floor of the Caponier - which is where we used to get in during the late 70s
I remember in the early 80's - the little building before the tunnel and entrance to the fort was not bricked up and contained 44 gallon drums - I'm guessing this was a fuel dump? Also the grassed area adjoining the fort was completely redeveloped in the 90's? due to major landslip - one of the ww2 gun emplacements went into the sea - can barely remember what it looked like before?
When I was 15 I was the youngest member of the Nothe Fort Artillery Volunteers, I was even on the front of the flyers! I'm sure I've still got one hanging around, was reenacting for several years. Many fond memories, including the 'arrival of Queen Victoria' with Processions through Weymouth, and the Cumberland Guard. Fired a lot of muskets! So good to see this.
Thank you for this great video Stuart. As Sharon McCormack states, very informative & the re-enactments really hit home. It just makes me feel so sad at the present sorry state of our once great country so many brave men & women fought for.
I was in this video! I knew I remembered it, I'm the last one to arrive at 10:35. Never knew where to watch this after you'd been to film it, first time seeing it!! Awesome. So glad it's still at the Nothe!
Wonderful informative video. Planning a visit next year.
I loved going to the Nothe when I was younger and your short documentaries inspired my interests in history and history based film making, thank you
Thanks, I'm pleased to hear that!
@@StuartMorris7 thanks for getting back. And yeah it's true, this is a great short documentary and ur a great film maker. Maybe someday if ur in the Dorset area we can catch up for a coffee and talk about history 😁
Visited Nothe Fort for the first time 2 weeks ago as part of their Victorian Christmas Fair. It was stunning and this video was playing on a loop in one of the underground rooms.
I'm pleased it's still being played. Have you seen the companion video on TH-cam?
@@StuartMorris7 no Stuart I haven't 🤔
th-cam.com/video/WJonJQdIVJ4/w-d-xo.html
@@zabeerrashid8148 Also: th-cam.com/video/mJKvfaxM0Mo/w-d-xo.html
Fascinating stuff
Makes me laugh that officially there's only one magazine level - but if you go outside and walk down to the Caponier, there's two doors at two different levels. The higher door coming into the Magazine. The lower level of the Caponier goes into the same level as the lower floor of the Caponier - which is where we used to get in during the late 70s
I remember in the early 80's - the little building before the tunnel and entrance to the fort was not bricked up and contained 44 gallon drums - I'm guessing this was a fuel dump? Also the grassed area adjoining the fort was completely redeveloped in the 90's? due to major landslip - one of the ww2 gun emplacements went into the sea - can barely remember what it looked like before?