Places - Lost in Time: Plymouth, Montserrat
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Hello, and welcome back to Places - Lost in Time, a series that looks back on the tale of places and locations that have existing within living memory or photographic record, but are now lost to the pages of history.
In Episode 3, we turn our attention on the small island of Montserrat in the Caribbean, looking back on the history of this tiny nation and the rise of its capital city Plymouth in the years before its sudden and untimely demise during the 1995 to 1997 Soufrière Hills volcanic eruption.
This video was great fun to make as I've always had a love for geology and plate tectonics, as well as earning an undergrad degree in Geography. :)
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Special thanks to Ross Barclay for allowing me permission to use several of his amazing photos from Plymouth taken in 1991, you can check out his photostream at Flickr to see both these and more great insights into how life was before the eruption:
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References:
- The Eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, from 1995 to 1999
edited by Timothy H. Druitt, B. Peter Kokelaar (I thoroughly recommend reading this, it's a fascinating insight into the chain of events surrounding this eruption)
- British Library (and their respective references)
- Wikipedia (and its respective references)
Music - CZcams Audio Library
Also, I appreciate that many people may not be fully accustomed to certain geological terms, so I have prepared a short glossary in order to help give a little further information:
- Lahar: A violent and sudden mudflow comprised of water (usually from melted glaciers but can also be formed through groundwater), mud and thick ash. Lahars have a viscosity similar to that of cement, making them extremely destructive as they travel at high speed down the flanks of the volcano, especially in river valleys.
- Phreatic Eruption: An eruption caused by high pressure steam bursting from beneath the ground as rising magma causes high quantities of groundwater to evaporate in a matter of seconds. Phreatic eruptions are often the first signs of a volcano entering an eruptive stage as magma rising within the mountain has become shallow enough to evaporate groundwater.
- Lava Dome: The cap of the main magma outlet, a lava dome is comprised of tightly compacted molten rock that forms a jagged but highly unstable mound. Collapses of the dome release volcanic rock mixed with high temperature gases to form pyroclastic flows.
- Pyroclastic Flow: A cloud of super-heated ash and pumice that travels down the mountainside, accompanied by volcanic gases reaching temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,830 °F). Unlike conventional landslides, pyroclastic flows travel on a thin layer of volcanic gas that acts as a lubricant, allowing these flows to cover considerable distances across open country and down adjacent valleys. Pyroclastic flows can be caused through the violent ejection of material from the main vent, or collapses of the lava dome.
- Vulcanian Eruption: a type of volcanic eruption characterised by a dense cloud of ash-laden gas exploding from the crater and rising high above the peak. The name is taken from the small volcanic island of Vulcano near Italy, where it was first used by Giuseppe Mercalli, an early Italian volcanologist. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
It was so nice watching this video an see the my daddy the late Lieutenant Cyril aka Willock Meade police and fire officer. R. I. P Daddy your memory lives on💙❤️🇲🇸🇲🇸
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My children grandma’s family grew up here also go by the name Meade
My condolences to you and best wishes. Glad you can watch videos like this and have great memories of your father. 👍👍
Their’s a footballing family from Montserrat called the Willocks (Matthew, Chris and Joe) all playing high level of football. Joe playing for Newcastle United (Previously with Arsenal).
I grew up on the Island of Montserrat with my grandmother she worked at the radio station. Montserrat was a beautiful Island.
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Montserrat IS still nice. I visited it regularly before Covid.
What’s it like now?? Is it better having the north end of the island as the hub, rather than the southern end?? Comparing them as places to live I mean?? Obviously the southern end wasn’t the best place to live as far as the volcano was concerned!! For infrastructure, difference in heat/shade, growing crops etc.
Thank you for this video. I am Montserratian. I was five when the eruption happened. I remember it like it was yesterday..Montserrat is a beautiful island with beautiful people.
Sounds like a nice country to visit.
Sorry for your losses and any trauma you suffered. It wasn't very wise of the British engineers, .. to build the capital city, .. next to the volcano, i'm guessing that they had no idea back them of the risks. Hopefully the north of Montserrat will be kept safe now into the future and the standard of living and economy will grow well again including tourism, farming and manufacturing, .. whilst preserving Montserrat as a beautiful, healthy and happy place to live and work.
I lived in Montserrat from may 1993 until Volcano eruption in 1995 with my young son, I went to Medical School, you did not mention American University of the Caribbean! I loved Montserrtian people, mostly Kind, peaceful people, and the devastation of 1989 Hurricane was still remained, some people were still living in shacks like the young girl who baby sat my son. I stayed as much I could to be with my landlord and went to Volcanos edge with a Raster guide, I lived very close to the mountain. In October 1995 I went to England to finish my clinical work but I always was worried about my Montserratian Friends who I loved, then I found out my Lovely landlord Miss White had died from all the Ash's inhalation, but I still don't know where my other friends are. Thank you for this historical vedio. I hope to see this Island and its hard working people Prosper again in ✌️! Much Love to All Monteserratian People!
My father comes from Montserrat and I remember the good times there before the volcano. Nice to share with my children and glamchildren. We intend to visit one day. Thanks very much
Big Up Aunty. RIP to my Gran and Grandad. Glad I got to go b4 the volcano but so much has been lost but thanks for CZcams I can reminisce about the past history.
I lived in Puerto Rico during the time this happened. I remember the sky got dark for a few days because of the ash from the volcano and the news covered a lot of what happened. It still amazes me after all this time this is still covered. But this is one of the best explanations I’ve seen. 👍🏽
In the 80s I worked with a group of Irish American lawyers from Queens County Ny. They were very enthused about the Irish connection to Montserrat. Unfortunately they were so enthused , they invested in property in Plymouth. One of the properties was a bar restaurant which they envisioned as a vacation retreat for like minded young men from NYC.as you can see, they were wiped out. Sad story. Many thanks for this great video.
Wiped out ?
Hi there @longfordboy, which bar did they invest in? I lived on Montserrat for several months in 1990, love this island and its beautiful people.
So sad to hear that thank God they have life which is important
Have been to Montserrat 4 times now with my work. Love the people and love the Island. Thank you for the history will use that next time I'm over.
Interesting. What do you do for work??
I had the pleasure to live on Montserrat for a few months prior to the devestation. I travelled most of the islands and found Montserrat to be the most welcoming of all. I lived in an apartment in Plymouth and have many happy memories of my time there. Beautiful country and people, you will rise again.
Another great documentary. Very interesting history which doesn't gloss over the aspects of slavery that blighted the Caribbean in the years before 1838 and whose legacy is still felt today.
The volcanic section is also excellent accompanied as it is by some really good footage. Another 10/10 I think.
More like this would be appreciated.
Keep it up buddy, your doing some great work here, the channel will eventually get the recognition it deserves 👍🏻
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Thank you Mr Macveigh for highlighting my homeland #Alliouagana I enjoyed watching the video. Founded to stimulate my memory as I was only 10 yrs old when it erupted in 1995.
Great informative video. Basically has the whole entire history of Montserrat in it. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you very much for sharing the history of the island. I was on the island for Medical school from January 1992 - August 1993 at AUC. American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. They moved and are now on the Dutch side of St. Martin.
I did my clinical training all over the USA. I came back for graduation in April 1995. I stayed at the Vue Point Hotel.
It was beautiful. I was very sad to learn that the Volcano erupted and has slowly destroyed Plymouth and the whole southern half. I am glad it has come back to life. Someday I hope to return for a visit with my 3 children.
Volcanic ticking time bombs that I've found across the world. That concern me. Seattle, with Mount Rainier, Mount Fuji, with Tokyo, Mount Vesuvius & the lesser known but still dangerous super volcano Campi Flegrei with Naples, The surrounding volcanoes near Mexico City, Bogota, & Jakarta, Auckland, Catania with Mount Etna, Mount Hood with Portland, & many more. Plymouth, Montserrat 🇲🇸 is an example of what a volcano can do to an urban area.
A volcanologist named Dr Wadge wrote a report with his colleague in 1986, predicting exactly what would happen on Montserrat, and what period of time it would happen in. He was spot on, almost to the month and year. He gave the report to the government of Montserrat, and advised them to move the infrastructure of the island to the north. The government refused. Even though there had been earthquakes under the volcano in the 1930's and 1960's. So the island could have been prepared for the eruptions and no lives would have been lost. They ignored the report though......
Facts!...
This channel excellent and deserves way more subs.
It is nice to hear how you explain the history of Montserrat as was born there and experience it while visiting the island 1992 i felt the vibration of the earth i remembered it well.
What an exceptional documentary, very good indeed!
This is an utterly brilliant channel, you do have a very clear and engaging presenting style!
I absolutely freaking adore your long form videos man. Thank you so much 💜
🇲🇸🇲🇸🇲🇸🏝Montserrat🍀, B.W.I. stratian🦁pride, World Wide...
I find it so wild that the eruption happened in my lifetime. I was too little to remember it, but it's still there crazy that I was alive when there was a thriving city there.
This is an amazing, thorough, and well-researched work. Fantastic. Thank you so much for putting this together.
These videos are so informative. Absolutely love them.
It’s eerie to see the island on Google Maps. The southern end of the island anyway. You can see how Plymouth was devastated because all you can see is big grey blotches on the map, interspersed with bits of green.
That exclusion zone reminds me of Motorstorm Pacific Rift. Nice video, never knew about that volcano, weird considering I was about 7-8 at the time!
We can see Montserrat from my island, Guadeloupe, on good days, I was very sad when it happened, and as a kid I thought it was snowing but it was ash, after that,We were scared that our volcano, la Soufrière would explode too
A very interesting & informative film, thank you. So sorry to see such a lovely island(I visited twice) so devastated.
Thank you for this interesting and enjoyable upload.
Thanks for this, I consider myself fairly well versed on recent natural disasters yet I had never heard of this until now. Extremely fascinating, sad, and educational.
Excellent video. We are really enjoying your creations.
Keep them coming please.
My husband and I are going to visit the island in a little over a month. We couldn’t be happier to visit such a unique and special place!
*Excellent* video!
I live in New Zealand and we too get our share of volcanic activity (and earthquakes).
As I write this, it's just after the anniversary of the eruption of Mt Tarawera on 10th June 1886 - our deadliest eruption so far.
I never got to see what Plymouth was like before the volcano. Sad but thanks for the great video.
Brilliant. I visited Montserrat early 2020. A beautiful place, and your video does it justice. Well done
Would love to know your reasons for the visit as its not a common tourist area? And what did you room there Hope? Hope you enjoyed your visit 😊
@@TrinaTri it was everything I dreamed it could/would be... I first learned about Montserrat looking at an encyclopedia, many years ago. I've always been fascinated by the tropics, and by my family history, which is primarily Irish. When I found out that there was an island in the tropics with a very strong Irish connection, I had to go. Life finally presented the opportunity to go there just before the pandemic hit. I'm already saving up to go there again!
@@patrickgrisley love that! Being montserration, ive always naturally gravitated towards Irish people aswell. Montserrat is a beautiful melting pot of culture and vibrancy! I hope you enjoy your next trip & enjoy a bowl of goat water for me! Glad you're taking in the culture. There's soo much history that links Montserration's & Irish people, it's a beautiful thing 🤗
@@TrinaTri very cool Kay! Going there was a real eye-opener, and I thought I'd read everything there was about the island. What I really thought interesting was the relationship the island has with the Irish identity. I didn't realise that some of the landowners were Irish, and did not treat the slaves (or their Catholic countrymen) well at all. That fact, mixed in with the the reality that there were also white Irish people who were treated almost as badly as the African population. The fact that the 2 cultures mixed absolutely fascinates me. What was so good to experience being there, was the fact that the people there today really are the nicest people I've ever met. I did not get a sense of the locals having an" African" or "Irish" identity. They are Montserration. No more no less, and my god they are friendly! As for the goat water, I did get to try some, and it was delicious. I also had some local mango jelly, a black pudding (which was very similar to pudding here in Ireland) and even tried the Bush rum🤪 Are you currently there now, or living elsewhere?
@@patrickgrisley Montserration's are the friendliest most welcoming people. Will always fix a plate of food for you or invite you over for s drink, everyone's welcome in a Montserration household 🤗 No I live in London but I miss home alot! Next st Patrick's day I'm planning to take a trip down there to celebrate with my people. Haven't been back for years and I miss it terribly! The blend of cultures has always fascinated me aswell. How long was you out there for? Did you take on any sites? Did you see the studio? I saw it when I went and to know the history behind it, I felt honoured to be in the presence of it
Very informative
Thanks for uploading 🇲🇸❤
Visiting Montserrat right now and this video really helps put some context for the island we see today. Very informative, thank you!
This is such a well researched and documented video.
How have I only just discovered you? Amazing documentaries, so informative and easy to understand, fantastic job!! 😃👍
The people of Montserrat are some of the friendliest people on Earth. Wonderful place to see (except the volcano-destroyed areas).
Yet another great documentary.So interesting!
13:23-13:35 shows footage of Antigua not Montserrat
Great video! Very informative and interesting.
Absolutely fascinating. I first learned about this due to an episode of Abandoned Engineering but obviously that was light on detail and history. This was much more in-depth. 👍
Outstanding work, sir.
Very well researched and highly accurate.
Another amazing video. Thank you.
Well researched and nicely presented, thank you.
Outstanding job - I thoroughly enjoyed the video
The Irish weren't slaves, they were unpaid employees with a work sentence albeit in poor conditions. They weren't treated like animals, cattle bought sold and bred. That's why Cudjoe had his rebellion on the eve of st Patrick's he knew the irish planters and overseers would be drunk as skunks and the revolt would be more likely to succeed
But I'd like to read about the overseers being drunk thing. Do you have a link?
@@jimmyryan5880 i don't, was told it anecdotally on the island
I'd LOVE to see you do one of these on Action Park!!
Excellent Reporting. Great Work.
such a great video. Thank you
Very informative 🤝😇 Thank you so much
Very interesting and informative video!
these are my ancestors thanks for making this
Mine too I'm Irish 🙌
Nice video
I am heading there next week for work
Lucky you 🙂.
great video, thanks for making this
Woow!! Excelente vídeo, muy informativo.
I lived in Montserrat at those times!
Good video, but I do note clips from Mt Unzen (Japan), Mt Ruapehu (New Zealand) show up. Just wondering why.
Outstanding. Thanks
Can you do a video on the Summerland leisure centre? As I feel its concept and history are fascinating and sadly not very well known.
These are great. Make more :D
Brilliant thank you
Great video! It was very interesting.
Me and John Levi would say there’s a building under there, and Mud fossil University would say I’m in a building now
Fantastic video very informative
Love it 😍
Damn I was interested in a random Caribbean country, what a sad story
Nice, very informative video, one correction George Martin was the Beatles producer not their manager.
Nice video!
Beautiful place
Great video
Thank you
Very nice
Nice! What happened to the train videos?
Interesting video
Great
Amazing to see the most beautiful places that the McInnes s love on the Spanish Point
Amazing video
Gosh that poor island 😌 too bad they went through all that. It would be so cool if not, and that studio was still open. It’s also in the police video , every thing she does...
The studio had closed long before then.
Good job on this video old boy.
You have to take a shot every time he says 'pyroclastic flows' (hic)
Lol... After he said it once, it seemed never-ending.
It is Ironic I was always fascinated by Volcanos but I never seen any in person, then in 1995 I was first person ever going to the mouth of the Volcano with my video, and I always followed the most famous Volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft a French wife and husband team. In in June 1991 Both died while filming Active Volcano eruption in Japan Mount Unzen. I credit these two as heros, because we learned so much from their work, I never forget when I was watching them in 1980s where she was inside a boat inside a Volcanic Acid lake boiling, she was trying to take sample of volcanic lake to study, such a brave scientists (she was physicist and chemist). If they were alive for sure they would have been in Montserrat! But a fund was set up under their names and honor to help people like Montserratian after volcanic disaster!
I am FINALLY famous! I’m in this video lol.
Nice! Timestamp?
Andrew Schembri From 21:57, my brother and I in the masks coming from school
@@Stratagee6 just sent it your bro before reading the comments. I was hoping to surprise him, but I guess that I am late to the party.
And soufreire in st lucia
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Quality vid 👍🏻
I remember when I was in St.Vincent I remember it was a holiday and ash from the volcano in Montserrat
fell in vincy
We all loved Montserrat.
very interesting, Montserrat is a lost paradise. man is cruel but nature is no less.
There is a la soufiere VOLCANO in st Lucia as well.
Wow. And I thought corona was bad.
Some of those images of clips are of Antigua btw😄
My home 🥺
That's a lot of uploads
On the whole an excellent video. A few points: quite a few of the early bits of footage are from volcanoes other than Montserrat; Air Studios was not damaged by Hurricane Hugo at all, but because the power was off and its generators did not work, there was no air conditioning and the equipment (especially the famous Neve desk) rapidly decayed; George Martin was the producer, not the manager of the Beatles; the people who were killed by the pyroclastic flow were in the east, not in the Cork Hill area; virtually none of the tourism was from France, and I don't believe people were evacuated to Guadeloupe in any numbers; some of the footage of Hurricane Hugo's damage is shot in the US, and not in Montserrat
Andy’s home in Montserrat!
MonsterRat.