URBEX Debenhams Swindon

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  • @AndrewG1989
    @AndrewG1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Gutted that Debenhams isn’t no more. Rest in Peace Debenhams.

  • @joshlunt7827
    @joshlunt7827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Riding mannequins up the escalator lol 😛

  • @eroesslr98
    @eroesslr98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how nothing is off limits in your videos. Equipment rooms, Cctv rooms, building controls lol.

  • @Josh-lm7qq
    @Josh-lm7qq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Noticed the video quality has increased. Love it!

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fantastic. I'd have tried making an announcement over the PA system.

  • @joshlunt7827
    @joshlunt7827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    RIP Debenhams (as a physical shop)

  • @dans2015
    @dans2015 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your videos your a legend at this 💯👍

  • @TheDragonFire123
    @TheDragonFire123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    -If only we had the jailbreaker, then we might be able to work out the mystery as to why lift 1 won't accept calls in normal.- And I had to watch a few seconds after this comment to find the answer.

  • @joshlunt7827
    @joshlunt7827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I got Colleague of the Month in November 2020 where I work 🙂

    • @TonyLing
      @TonyLing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Whose a good boy then?

    • @joshlunt7827
      @joshlunt7827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TonyLing 😁

  • @andrewthompsonuk1
    @andrewthompsonuk1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Those modifications are an example of how people can be conned by good salespeople. You should only ever or upgrade something if it has deficiencies in its design or operation or if it's built out of parts that cannot be obtained, easily fabricated, or subsituted. Adding random components to an old design and calling it "job done" is just stupid. From what I have seen of older lifts is that every part could be replaced with a new part or something could be fabricated as a substitute. For example, take the doors, just replace every bearing (I doubt lift manufactures ever made bearings), and fill other worn parts with weld and grind them down.. far easier and better than taking something else and attempting to make it fit.

  • @SproutyPottedPlant
    @SproutyPottedPlant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Epic video Beno! Nice lifts and nice fan sounds! Are they do do with the air balance? I don’t know much about it just what I learnt from HVAC videos.

  • @LiftManAmer
    @LiftManAmer ปีที่แล้ว

    Nooom i miss debenhams so much they always have such nice lifts

  • @RediffusionMusic
    @RediffusionMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    21:47 AND some Trusound TB2 wall speakers! Lots of treasures!

  • @illegalprime3626
    @illegalprime3626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:49 That's a really quiet escalator. The ones in the Washington Metro practically scream by comparison. I'm curious how it is maintained that well considering it's abandoned.

  • @KeithHambidge
    @KeithHambidge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting stuff

  • @kalifts
    @kalifts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Miss going into Debenhams with the awesome 3rd generation ecodiscs in Newcastle and Kone modded Otis 2000 in Carlisle.

    • @EverydayEverything360
      @EverydayEverything360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hopefully they'll become something like Frasers where they'd probably keep the lifts.

    • @xxfyrezgamerxx6279
      @xxfyrezgamerxx6279 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm from Carlisle, just walking by the market and seeing debenhams now makes the town look a bit unusual lol.

    • @xboxgamingperson1214
      @xboxgamingperson1214 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m near Carlisle miss the old Debenhams lifts 😔

    • @kalifts
      @kalifts ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xboxgamingperson1214 Yeah me too! Even just 2 years ago Carlisle was so much better for lifts with the Debenhams lifts and the Otis Atlantic in the library and now that is 3 really good lifts lost! Maybe something will open in Debenhams one day and the lifts will return! Hope so!

  • @TonyLing
    @TonyLing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Was there no management suite or CCTV room?

  • @aaronmartinlimbergerminecraftc
    @aaronmartinlimbergerminecraftc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my fav part is the esclator where manquane go up escator

  • @Polemox47
    @Polemox47 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Beno! Could you put a brief summary of the places you visit in description? Since you speak very fast non-English users may understand better what happens in the video. Thanks! ❤️

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This place is one of many Debenhams department stores. Debenhams was the largest chain of department stores in the UK. Over the years they had taken over many shops such as many of the Alders stores. In the last few years Debenhams had become very outdated. Their products were not good value. And the concept of a department store has become old fashioned and not profitable. Retail has declined in the UK due to coopetition from Amazon. The remaining retail demand has moved to large retail park shops. Retail parks have very ugly shops that look horrid, but are much better for choice. The shops are so big that there is more range to chose from. While in an old fashioned department store, despite the store being big, as they try to sell everything there is not much choice on any type of product. Then coronavirus came which accelerated the retail decline and Debenhams didn't have enough funds to get through the shutdown of the pandemic. Debenhams went bankrupt in November 2020.

  • @DISCOTECHS
    @DISCOTECHS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the Variac on top of lift. Is this a Bodge-Up to slow something down ?

  • @RediffusionMusic
    @RediffusionMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:17 oooh! Carters of Burnley Minimite siren! :)

  • @Internationalcartoons4063
    @Internationalcartoons4063 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:52 Mannequin on an escalator,
    It's going upstairs so see ya later,
    Bye bye,
    To the sky,
    I'm wanting to see if it comes back!
    Never...

  • @10GTech
    @10GTech 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    20:10 that literally sounds like a train taking off lol

    • @Finley_Stuff
      @Finley_Stuff ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like the Central Line or a PEP

  • @naturallyherb
    @naturallyherb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Debenhams - looks like it's the UK equivalent to Sears Canada. Very similar store fixtures and gloomy and dated interior.

  • @DudeLuqYL
    @DudeLuqYL ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YEEEE

  • @jdtayloruk
    @jdtayloruk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It’s a shame they cover up those door windows, they’re in use on the transport networks. It’s disappointing spend money to do that when they should have kept them like so many other places. If it was the 1960s one they might have used the control panel key.

  • @williamhuang8309
    @williamhuang8309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What is the beeping noise at 1:11?
    Edit: I found out by looking at a comment further down below

  • @peedlejaydle
    @peedlejaydle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who pays for the electric bill a shop going bust? Were the lights already on when you came? Great video, thanks for making :)

    • @TonyLing
      @TonyLing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's very common for the services to be retained when a building is between leaseholders. It is considered a very trivial cost in the bigger scheme of things.

    • @peedlejaydle
      @peedlejaydle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TonyLing you can tell I am a dad and a grandad worrying about costs of energy :p

  • @Finley_Stuff
    @Finley_Stuff ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:06 did anyone else here an ecodisc saying "going down!"

  • @whirlpool_addict_
    @whirlpool_addict_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ben why do some Kone lifts have the LCE as a square board instead of a vertical rectangle board? I mean what is the difference?

    • @TheDragonFire123
      @TheDragonFire123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The vertical rectangle board is actually the repeater board, not the main logic. It relays commands and output to the actual LCE in the shaft.

    • @whirlpool_addict_
      @whirlpool_addict_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheDragonFire123 i was a crap little shit back then now i know but thanks 👍 i even accessed a logic cabinet.

  • @realthegreydiamond
    @realthegreydiamond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What causes that beeping you were able to hear in some floors?

    • @yuiopYT
      @yuiopYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Generic logic

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It was the escalator fire shutter reporting that the fire alarm system is offline

    • @realthegreydiamond
      @realthegreydiamond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@benolifts Ahh! Thanks for the info

  • @domfjbrown75
    @domfjbrown75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should have started ALL the escalators. It's all about escalators :D

  • @miahaskurti4539
    @miahaskurti4539 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Debenhams Closed Down

  • @techtinkerin
    @techtinkerin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol at turning loads of fans on😁

  • @Bombiedude.
    @Bombiedude. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:20 I found it funny seeing the dummy on the escalator Im not being mean it is a dummy

  • @tobyhutchinson8078
    @tobyhutchinson8078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anyone here remember BHS

    • @AndrewG1989
      @AndrewG1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes and Woolworths

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And Co-Op department store. They were epic. Nice old Pickerings lifts. All the furniture in my house is from Co-op department store and is 20 years old and still is great condition.

    • @ReubenAshwell
      @ReubenAshwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes I do. :)

    • @tobyhutchinson8078
      @tobyhutchinson8078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I live in Wigan @beno will you come to Wigan for a lift adventure

    • @CallmenobodWMAO743
      @CallmenobodWMAO743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But do the old Otis lifts still survive. We’ll probably not

  • @dundeemink3847
    @dundeemink3847 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But was it a 5 or 15 amp socket?

  • @OneKnifeYeHand
    @OneKnifeYeHand 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Re: Employee of the month: someone should put Spongebob's face up there lol

  • @RamyTheMickeyMouseAndSonicFan
    @RamyTheMickeyMouseAndSonicFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aklu Plaza (A Bangladesh Shopping Centre) Is Moving Into The Romford Debenhams Store. I Wonder What Will Happen The Otis 2000s There!

    • @EverydayEverything360
      @EverydayEverything360 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hopefully they'll stay. 6 (including the market) shopping centres is way to much though!

    • @RamyTheMickeyMouseAndSonicFan
      @RamyTheMickeyMouseAndSonicFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EverydayEverything360 Yeah, Most Towns In England Normally Have 1 Or 2 Shopping Centres, Not Damn 6!

  • @grlscove8858
    @grlscove8858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    any idea they went bankrupt? awesome video though!

    • @KofelinaPL
      @KofelinaPL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They had losses even before the Pandemic and they just couldn't cope in it colause of lockdown. Its now taken over by boohoo

  • @isaackingvideos
    @isaackingvideos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why do some of these still photo give me familiar vibes at 0:14
    Liminal space!!! I guess

  • @Im_Jay45
    @Im_Jay45 ปีที่แล้ว

    wheres the video where those people broke into the abandoned building beno was in and beno was sleeping there

  • @scottsliftsX1
    @scottsliftsX1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is the car panel

  • @lucasthings
    @lucasthings 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    22:20 Broken / smashed miele washers and abandoned miele tumble dryer.
    Why would you have a washer and a dryer in debenhams?

    • @patricksifmas
      @patricksifmas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      To wash staff uniforms I’m guessing

    • @lucasthings
      @lucasthings 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@patricksifmas Looks like they left a brick in the clothes

    • @patricksifmas
      @patricksifmas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lucasthings BAHAHAHHAAHA

    • @JeremyFoster-ve6kq
      @JeremyFoster-ve6kq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Such a waste -- beautiful machines. Would probably still work too after some encouragement.

  • @Game_Tunes123
    @Game_Tunes123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:02 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @matthewhawkins3783
    @matthewhawkins3783 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yea to to the other one was condemned due to the building lift shaft is tilting

  • @raychambers3646
    @raychambers3646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot skaters do not like running in there non preffered direction.

  • @windowsxpnt2347
    @windowsxpnt2347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Austin this is guys

    • @windows7nt208
      @windows7nt208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey guys this is Austin

    • @AndrewG1989
      @AndrewG1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey guys this is Austin Otis lifts

    • @patricksifmas
      @patricksifmas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Patrick this is guys and today we are going to lift a surf

  • @tanchoonnee
    @tanchoonnee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 2nd lift is a Kone Delta Mod

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The second lift is a Kone LCE mod

    • @tanchoonnee
      @tanchoonnee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@benolifts It looks Similar/almost same

    • @tanchoonnee
      @tanchoonnee ปีที่แล้ว

      @@benolifts LCE 1st generation

  • @SproutyPottedPlant
    @SproutyPottedPlant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Xpnt isn’t here?

    • @ReubenAshwell
      @ReubenAshwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Spotted his comment after reading this one.

  • @aziz75568
    @aziz75568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Debenhams just got bankrupt like BHS

  • @harleelang4907
    @harleelang4907 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:05 LOL

  • @matthewjones9259
    @matthewjones9259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought this one wasn’t accessible due to your previous failed attempt

  • @joaquinfernandesgarcia996
    @joaquinfernandesgarcia996 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    20:01 Time to turn on all the fans

  • @contentdeleted142
    @contentdeleted142 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please go back and jailbreak the first lift and ride iT!

    • @patricksifmas
      @patricksifmas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He can’t because the car panel (COP) is not detected by the controller. Even if you jailbreak it, it will still not work.

  • @ZLDSmogless
    @ZLDSmogless ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do the HVAC fans sound like that?

  • @chrxonae
    @chrxonae 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I swear I saw an Asbestos Label- rather concerning

    • @slendermanRblx
      @slendermanRblx ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. I spotted them on the vid in two locations. On the outer doors in the first lift shaft and one on the big air handling units.

  • @mrsinsects8854
    @mrsinsects8854 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4th

  • @joshlunt7827
    @joshlunt7827 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol 20:53-21:00 😛

  • @CallmenobodWMAO743
    @CallmenobodWMAO743 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shame they went bankrupt