Why is a Fossilised Keyboard in this Pavement? | Nostalgia Nerd
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 25. 07. 2024
- If you walk to the point where Elm Hill meets Prince's Street, in Norwich, and look down, you'll find a prehistoric looking fossilised keyboard in the pavement. How did this "pavement keyboard" get here, and what purpose does it serve?
Huge thanks to Molly Sole for agreeing to take part in this video.
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#norwich #fossilisedkeyboard #keyboard
It did exactly what art is meant to, it fired the imaginations of everyone who saw it.
Ooh molly is gorgeous , loved her porcelain keyboards
Or if your a social conservative, you just get angry for having to think outside of steak and football @ refer to whoever made it as a "Pseudo intellectual socialist"
Well, socialists are pseudo intellectuals.
How about we leave politics out of it, there are more than enough places to get into that elsewhere. We are talking about a concrete keyboard here, I mean come on, it's pretty cool.
@@saratov99
You realise you just proved the guy right about Conservatives you idiot LOL fucking hell
That keyboard should be listed considering the status of the artist.
Bet if it was a wanksy it would be dug up and hung in a museum đ
I wanna a like this, but donât want to destroy the 404 đŁ
Well, somebody broke the joke đ
404, 404 Not Found.
The caps lock status?
I'm Tom Scott, and that's something you might not have known.
(It was a good video)
I did have that in my head as I was doing the intro/outro, tbh.
T o m s c o t t
Inb4 tom scott makes his own video about that concrete computer.
Well this is confusing, because my name's Tom Scott. "Not the Tom Scott from CZcams"
You should've closed the video with "I'm not Tom Scott and that is something you might not have known."
The best piece of investigative journalism I've seen in years.
Its a remnant of a keyboard warrior died from fighting online
Is your nickname dirty?
RIP two finger typist
Good thing it wasn't a wallet warrior, then the resting place would be vandalized on the daily.
did the warrior enter in to Valhalla?
Lol
"Wow it's so creepy how you can track me down through the internet"
"SO IT SAYS HERE ON YOUR IMDB.."
You saw how she did her face when he said that lmao gold man gold
Yeah it's like she was expecting something bad to come up
@@jtr159 More so creeped out because he did just what she said was creepy lol
I absolutely love, love, love this. Not even primarily because the mystery is a nicely weird one and the story behind it is almost unbearably cute, which they are. Mainly because the ripples that the work has caused seem worthy of the person who did it. Or vice versa. Or something. Anyway, that.
Can't think of a better way to say it, so I'll just say I fully agree - absolutely loved this!
Calm down mate
You know, I've given that suggestion some thought and decided against it. I find that life's more fun when you're close to exploding with enthusiasm.
@@rbergen Hier nog een :)
@@rbergen I like your attitude. đ
Me the instant I see it: Looks like a keyboard mold.
Internet: Evidence of ancient technology.
it was carved out to fuck with people and the reason is obvious it's to fuck with people I would do just for fun and you should do it to make a fossilized keyboard sidewalk section to mess with walkers by
â@@Raven10241 I'm sorry, but I don't know anybody that stupid. However, I heard that burning down buildings and painting limp dicks on walls is a trending troll prank. They are going viral in cities like Seattle and Portland.
People are so quick to jump to the craziest explanation. It used to be cute but now itâs obnoxious
Yes, it had to be an mold, now you can fossilize some stuff pretty fast in some cases but not plastic and not in cement.
I mean that was definitely a joke.
You should contact the Eastern Daily Press and tell them you've solved the mystery they spent about 10 column inches on the other day.
I saw that. I thought they'd got wind of what I was doing. I might drop them a note.
The comments section on the story is more or less a repeat of the comments from Facebook you use in your video. Amazing how myths and legends get created around such mundane things.
tfw a random bloke over a weekend solves what legitimate reporters whose actual job is to investigate can't do.
@@LycanWitch Nah, it's just a fluff piece to fill a gap on a slow day, even the picture was from an archive. Keep in mind I once busted a property developer using a Cities Skylines image cribbed from Reddit to represent a new town they wanted to build on pristine countryside and the EDP felt fit to give me an entire Saturday edition front page, an entire interior page AND the Saturday headline frame outside of every newsagents in the county. If there's not a lot going on, the EDP will use ANYTHING to fill space.
@Lassi Kinnunen exactly, which is why any random bloke does a much better job than full-time paid reporters.
When you realize that "20 years ago" now means 2000 is weird
I would have thought she was making it up, but she took pictures lol.
This was 2000.
Probably someone else took it for her.
Either that or that is some effort and dedication with the tripods and timers
Me too hahahha
@@miaugato93 She said her tutor helped her create the mould so he might have been the one who took the pictures.
@@lightchipster Why would her tutor have been with her? Do you hang around outside of school with your Lecturers?
@@JonasHamill Some people do, there are actually people who are friends with lecturers and teachers outside of class, also some do just make sure they have a clear understanding of what the lecture was about.
step one : woman stamps keyboard negative into wet concrete
step two : "well it's an 18th century typewriter that fell from a truck that my grandfather was driving"
love how people just pretend they know stuff :D
I posted this actual video in a Norwich group, and one of the first comments I got was from a man saying.... "Er, it isn't. Probably a mosaic concrete set."
EVEN WITH VIDEO EVIDENCE. THEY STILL CLAIM TO HAVE THE ANSWERS.
@@Nostalgianerd the photos of her pressing it into wet cement aren't proof enough someone definitely chiseled it into the concrete
@@Nostalgianerd and right there is why we have flat Earthers and Anti Vaxers! They refuse to believe they could ever be wrong and their opinion is allowed to be as credible as fact!
@@squeakonline What are you talking about?... of course the Earth is flat, just look at the horizon! And BTW chickens DO fly, they're birds!! Doh, some people are so stupid!! It's people like you who try to manipulate scientific fact and force it on people to meet your own ends and purposes, you make me sick!
FACT: Horizon is flat!
FACT: Chickens are birds! ...Accept it!
@@ojbeez5260 plz let this be troll
"I haven't become a great artist" : Winner Excellence in Production Design Award Art Directors Guild for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ...
Any worthy artist would never admit they're a good artist.
They need to be aware of how much they are unable to do, so they can strive to improve. Especially with how expansive and subjective art is. It's impossible to do everything, but it's something many artists still want to be able to do.
@@Zaire82 That's true, you will never find your work to be good even when it is good by standard because you are still not satisfied by it.
How nice is Molly she's amazing I think that's thinking outside the box đ
She really is.
Definitely a story of the same calibre of old great artists!
Shes a Babe!!! I mean that in a respectful way not trying to be creepy
@@matthewlane518 Schwing!
She's fabulous
I'm from Denmark and no I didn't know that I wanted an answer to that mystery but I'm pretty happy that I got it.
Ditto.
Hej fra Sydfyn :D
Switzerland. Glad I now know too!
Same. đŹđ§âïž
Samme her. HallĂžj fra SĂžnderjylland. :)
Hola from Donald Trump land!
Videos like these are my favorite thing about CZcams. Some random thing I've never heard of but was immediately fascinated by.
I hope that when they replace the sidewalk they carefully remove it and preserve it.
Just remake it.
@Franktor Vikanstein That's not the same thing though, it won't have any of the meaning that was originally put into it, that has grown over the years or of the mystery surrounding it. A 'remake' would just be a cheap, knock-off copy with zero interest to anyone.
@@lwaves I understand what you mean, however since the original artist is still around, with a mold why not recreate the original, or at least create a couple more elsewhere.
@Franktor Vikanstein This is just how I see it but you still have the same issues as I mentioned before. Yes, they could more but really what would be the point when it's the original the matters? What would more achieve?
It was a one-off thing that happened by chance and can't be recreated. An imprint of a keyboard in concrete anywhere else would just be an imprint of a keyboard in concrete, nothing more and nothing worth seeing. It would be nice if they could preserve the original in some way though. :-)
Well, the best way to preserve something so temporary like this is taking pictures and footage as this video did, as sometimes itâs very difficult to save urban art from progress and evolution.
Great video. I like how this also illustrates the sheer level of misinformation on the internet regarding people incorrectly stating the source of the keyboard as if it were fact. Telephone inspection plate? Imprint of an 18 century print template? Be skeptical about anything you read online.
Norwich, where the locals all have webbed feet, and they carve stone idols in tribute of the tools of the advanced cultures that occasionally wander in by accident.
Wasn't that Innsmouth?
@@speakertomeat Very much Innsmouth! Just don't... well, just don't. That'll suffice. I don't care HOW much your great great uncle left you there, just don't!
the world wide web lol
7:38, makes me think of the melting clock painting.
I must have walked over this and never noticed it a dozen times! will check it out next time im in NAAAAARCH
Where I grew up, we used to pronounce it, "NORRIDGE"đ
@@RainbowFlowerCrow If you grew up in Norwich the chromosomes imparted on you by your dad and his sister may explain the speech impediment.
For reference this is what we were led to believe in Ipswich.
This is proof that the Roman Empire had internet access.
How did people NOT see the frame of the mold?!
We can see it, what's your point?
@@matthewpiper4328 The point is there wouldn't have been so much ludicrous speculation as to the origins of it as being able to see the frame of the mold cancels out a lot of the theories.
right? wtf. the whole time i was like ITS A MOLD. ITS A MOLD. thatâs the only way you would get a huge rectangle with something sticking up in the middle, jesus
thats not the frame of the mold, its the frame of the fossil!
Yes... but also, who walks around with a mold of a computer keyboard? It's such a ludicrous idea that most people would instantly dismiss it.
Awesome video! When you said you'd tracked the person down I was thinking "Yeah right....", but then she came on and had photos and evidence and such. Interesting
She was paid by the government to say that. They can't let ppl know the truth.
Lmao
OR did you accidentally fall into a time portal after buying a load of old computers and not tell anyone?
It has happened, it was the big plot twist in the first series of Primeval :D
Lmao that often happens
The most impressive thing is how much it's decayed in just 20 years.
Removing the lamp post next to it certainly did some damage, but it really does prove how fragile our infrastructure is. Especially considering there are roads built by the Romans that are still in regular use today.
The routes the Romans laid out are still in use but the actual roads decayed and were replaced long ago, now these routes are covered in modern tarmac and pavement.
Also all the bad infastructure from the Romans decayed long ago therefore only the best survived. So people today only see the best things they made, they assume everything was of that quality. It belive it's called survivorship bias.
It's just concrete. As is. Usually it'd be paving stones or tarmac, which are less susceptible to wear and cracking. They clearly didn't want to waste the time getting the same materials, so they just did a quick fill with concrete.
Our infrastructure is fine. Many historic buildings have been around for several centuries and still look perfect, save for some soot.
In Edinburgh, you can buy houses that've existed longer than America. They still make their apartment blocks the same way now as they did then. The city loves it's sandstone aesthetic.
Not sure it was the lamppost removal. That sort of damage is consistent with a HGV or something like a skip lorry driving over the pavement. Happens all the time when someone has a skip put in their garden. The rear wheels of the lorry sink down into the pavement cracking concrete or paving slabs.
@@Skyfire_The_Goth i think not fairly sure that the Normans built the cathedral at the crossroads of the 2 most important Roman routes through Norwich thus destroying them completely
Molly got a little tingly when you told her you have her IMDB page open. I think she is happy about the exposure, rightfully so.
I got the impression it was more like "oh god my personal data is everywhere he doesn't even have to ask questions he just looks me up.." fear rather than glee xD
@@Sephnroth hm, not what I saw but sure possible
@@theharbingerofconflation im half asleep so I should rewatch later, but who knows! :)
Could also be some surprise there as I doubt she is used to many if anyone outside her industry bringing it up. It's that weird sort of situation where you get to know all these people have enjoyed using or experiencing your work and yet you fully expect that almost none of them even knows your name. I know I'd probably find it weird if anyone other than another programmer suddenly brought up my contributions to various open source projects. Just don't expect most people to ever so much as glance at the contributor lists or commit logs closely enough to see that as most people fall into the caring about the work for what it is category, those who care about the details of the work and the people behind it are typically those who see themselves being among them one day and take personal inspiration from others who are where they want to be.
The real question... are you the REAL Susan đ€
oh that's really cool, some mysterious street art done on a whim...spawning legends for decades, gg molly!
I have to say the lady youâre interviewing is rather lovely
"That solves a mystery which you may or may not have wanted to ever know about!" For me, "That solves a mystery which" I never KNEW I wanted to know about! Thank you for letting me know!
"yeah, that's me yeah" what a modest lass
This is brilliant, the interview was actually great. Thank you
Never thought a video about a concrete keyboard would be so awesome to watch
Damn, I knew I've forgot something when I was time-traveling last Tuesday.
Nice joke Dad.
cringe
Capral Marines the word cringe itself is cringe, sod off
How is that possible? She looks like she's 20 years old
Low quality camera. If you look closely she has light wrinkles.
@IdkGoodName Vilius literally the purpose of a mold is to make a copy, not a negative. What are you on about?
Yep, she had a keyboard, the positive. She made a mold from it, the Negative. She used the mold, to make a new positive.
Also, you seen any pictures of Madonna lately? Some people just don't age the way most do.
Confused
@IdkGoodName Vilius what? No.
Think this might be one of my favourites so far: Who doesnât love a good mystery!!
I've seen this picture of this "stone keyboard" hundred times, but I never knew the story behind. Thanks dude !
When someone already knows everything about you before the interview đ
Excellent detective work! I can finally sleep at night knowing that one of mankind's greatest mysteries has finally been resolved. đ
Dude I can't believe you found the real story behind this awesome street art! How often do we see such things in life and wonder who took the time to do that, to make the world a more beautiful place. About 14 years ago Banksy painted some walls in the 9th Ward, one of the worst neighborhoods in New Orleans. It was so thought provoking but also I was so impressed that he chose the poorest neighborhood of our city to do it.
Wow... just a wonderful little piece of history well done!
Someone literally made a mold and people didnât understand concrete was able to be molded. This is genuinely sad
People are retarded
Let Norwich have their own mythology, ok?
Right, Owen!? I can't believe I watched this whole video just to be told it's exactly what it looks like.
@@pinkmillk A lot of things are exactly what they look like. It's just up to you to make an intelligent assessment from what you see.
Sadly, many people in Norwich have failed to meet my expectations from strangers, and I think few of them are intelligent.
The house my mom owns it had a drive poured in the late 1970s and some stray dog walked into it and left its paw print and over 40 years later the print is still there.
0:53 "You'll find photos going back at least two decades..." [cuts to shot from Early To Mid 00s]
Oooof, that was brutal. Way to make me feel ancient!
She never left her name so it wasn't done for any reward yet became a focal point for lore and conversation.
Art in its purist form.
She's beautiful, talented, & has an awesome sense of humor. Blended well with a 'tech' mystery spin.
This is incredibly cool! And, like you mentioned, seeing how the statements she was making with her art back then have come full circle are even more amazing. Absolutely love this!
Definitely explains why there's a perfect rectangle border around it. Funny and weird how things like this happen and you don't really ponder too much about what others down the road may think when they see it.
Oh the irony of her project âwashing technologyâ given the current situation and how modern tech is stopping germs spreading. Contactless, video chat/schooling. And cool local legend. Nice.
Someone call the History channel, we got some Ancient Aliens to prove.
A quality watch my Friend. Not living anywhere near I was unaware of this .
I recently closed a 25+ year old local mystery so i know how satisfying that must feel.
i swear when i was a kid i remember keyboards sometimes had a plastic cover that could go over it, probably to stop dust or something. Anyway, i remember it being a hard transparent plastic that was moulded to the shape of the keys. It would make the perfect mould to push into wet concrete.
10.20 I like her baby carriage fused with the push lawnmower, so dark lol.
This is one of your best videos. Thanks for solving a very cool mystery!
That was awesome! I knew nothing about this living in New York City but it was riveting nonetheless! đ
If it's any consolation... I live in the original, old York, which is a lot closer to Norwich than you are and I'd never heard of it either ;)
Are you the woz? Or different Wozniak?
What a great story, and how lovely is Molly for getting back to you and doing an actual interview?! I'll have to watch the full version đ
I think its amazing that whoever laid the cement and put up the caution signs , MUST have seen that someone put a keyboard on it , then just said "screw it im not fixing it" and actually left it there for this long
She's one of the lucky art students that got a real career. Most of us end up in dead end jobs.
Spoken as if you didn't have any control over your career and being an art school alumni is all that defines an artists abilities. You are not all equal. If you're struggling to find a good job refine your skills. If you think the learning is over after art school you don't deserve a good career.
@@ralphfischer9267 This applies to almost every field, not only art. Finishing school and university is not the end of studying. You have to keep an open mindset and keep learning constantly new things. Refining your skills and learning new ones.
I've never heardof this, It's brilliant. Well done Molly for doing it and well done you for finding her.
This is brilliant, one of the best things I've seen on your channel! Thank you Molly for your artwork and the story behind that keyboard - she was absolutely bang on with her wariness towards technology going forward, and today I believe the message has never been truer. Great stuff!
I found audio cassettes and even a circa 1989 Game Boy cartridge in the ground behind my house. The cartridge worked 20 years later! I still have it somewhere.
That was really a great story dude. GG!
Really enjoyed this - great little piece and pretty though provoking too!
Wow, this is awesome to see. It's nice the original artist came forward and finally told the story of that keyboard, I too have seen the keyboard in posts on social media and I'm not from or live in England, I just seen it from friends visiting the country. It deserves to be there indeed as it serves as a piece of history for Norwich as it has alot of computer history tied to it. Awesome video! đđ»
Well done. Put together brilliantly. Look forward to watching more of your work.
Now that Molly's been outed, I do hope there is a statute of limitations over there for that...
What???
My point was that technically this might be considered a form of vandalism even if the intent was for art and not destruction. Unless she received permission?
It survived this long without the city trying to remove it/cover it, so I donât think they care. Unless one of the council members are on a power trip.
@@eepykami a) yes it is, we invented the term, the Americans literally copied our system to begin with. Of course crimes have a statute of limitations, that's how the law works, why wouldn't they?? Thats why they tried Ronnie Biggs in absentia so he was technically convicted and could be returned to prison whenever they caught up with him. Otherwise statute would have run out five years later.
B) technically, *technically* its vandalism but the crime would be a small fine and the statute is definitely out at this point and it's been adopted as public art to the point that if someone tried the city council/mayor would likely designate it as such officially anyway and she'd have no fine.
But we're way past the 18 months in which she could be prosecuted for it so..
@@QunMang we're way past the 18 months when such charges were possible. Way way way past it. Vandalism is a minor crime with a very very short period in which you can be charged. She's at no risk and even at the time she'd likely have had to pay a ÂŁ250 fine and the price of New cement to cover it, had she been caught.
Reading some of the speculations really made my head hurt... People are dumb.
Great episode! Uncovering this mystery was very interesting. Molly is an absolute gem and incredibly sweet. Thanks to you both. :D
On some fronts the story wasn't what I was expecting but on others it was far more interesting just how everything laid out
Fantastic job sir, another great video!
This is one of those subjects I didnât know I wanted to know about but now am glad I do! Great work. Investigative reporting :P
Johnathan Frakes: âItâs a fake. We made it up. We got you!â
No you didnât
Whoa the melted keyboard sculpture art looks awesome. It's like the melted clock painting
It was called the Norfolk institute of art and design BTW. I went there in 1992-93 . I did go on to make video game art and directed in game sequences in other AAA titles as they also started me off in film studies. Thank you Norwich x
Is everyone just gonna ignore the pirate speech on those facebook screenshots?
I noticed it!
Ah switching to pirate was always a good time back then.
I remember playing around with that "language" on Facebook more than 10 years ago - I didn't even realise it still existed as an option! đ
Talk like a pirate day?
She's really pretty and successful as well.
IMO this is one of your best videos to date! Great job!
The minute u said there was an art school nearby I immediately knew that of course an art student had to have done it
I take solace in imagining a walternate variant of LGR over there paying homage to the 'lucky keyboard' whist on his way to thrifting adventures
That was great. There's always some local legend. Amazing the keyboard still exists. Even more amazing someone with an art degree is a success!
Dude, that's amazing! I'd not heard of this, but your investigative skills deserve much kudos!
My family and I just stayed in Norwich within a house that is very close to the keyboard. I randomly found the keyboard during our stay and wondered why it was there. Thank you for answering the mystery!
I expected someone in their mid-fifties. What a pleasant surprise!
*the person who trolled everyone by carving this*
MUWAHAHAHA.
JK that's very cool
Brilliant! I live locally so will be checking it out as soon as I can get out and about. Thank you for posting this and all your other great videos.
This was really cool to learn about. I would love to see more videos like this. A fascinating investigation into a unique piece technology, art and history. Thank you Nostalgia Nerd!
I thought this was a Chyrosran22 video the whole time! I was like, "When did he get hair, and why does his voice sound weird?"
Thank god it was only an Amstrad, literally the single worst feeling Keyboard Iâve ever used
So this lady got very creative in 1999 with that project and keyboards drying up in a room. Meanwhile, somebody else strapped a banana to a wall with duct tape and somebody else (even more of a cretin) valued it at 20+ millions. I hope she gets some more recognition in the mainstream media.
Not just "fruition", but full circle. Very cool interview. Congratulations to your interviewee on all her success. Congratulations to you on landing this interview. Here's to continued success to the both of you. Cheers!
This episode is so awesome! Fills me with glee!
Thanks for going in depth into this!
Great job Pete! Another mystery solved and as an added bonus the artist is smoking Hot! ;)
I cant believe all the stupid suggestions.
Yeah how could it have been a dropped keyboard imprint it would have been inverted
I love how she talked about not being famous, then was genuinely surprised when you mentioned her IMDb page and started going through some of her credits. Also, that she just casually mentions working on the Harry Potter. This was a great video, some thing I had never even heard about, and very entertaining!
I really enjoyed this. I have never seen it in real life but thought it was interesting how you tracked her down and she spoke about it. Also interesting to see what a success she made of her life too!
Mystery: ruined!
David Lynch wouldn't approve
She still looks lovely! What a fun girl lol. She was well ahead of her time, social media is destroying society!
FrontSideBus sheâs maybe 41 at the oldest based on dates provided
A news article on the EDP Facebook page came up in my feed the other day about this very keyboard. Have lived in Norwich all my life and never heard of this. Such a great story and some funny conspiracy theories! But genuinely love the 'normality' of the explination. Hope it stays there for years to come!
The next time the city re does that sidewalk they should team up with Molly and recreate the keyboard fossil with a modern one. They should just do it in the middle of the night too, no press release, just do it lol. That would be awesome.
"fossilized" in concrete?... Nerd?... Pffff..
This was super interesting. Thanks for covering this! I'd never heard of this before. :)
It's so good someone took photos of her doing it!
Coincidentally I was offered a place at Norwich school of Art and Design the year before Molly so perhaps I would have known her personally had I not flopped my A-levels
I came here expecting a stupid clickbait worthy explanation, but this was a really wholesome story! Art can be amazing sometimes.