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WHAT IS THE MRMATTANDMRCHAY CHANNEL? Ever wondered how old elevators work? Interested in old air-raid sirens? "Old lifts" sounds like a boring subject, but t...

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AMAZING lift from 1983, RARE Express Lifts VAC1 explained

Vintage 100 YEAR OLD LIFT - all original equipment and STILL WORKING!

RARE lift system (1920s), instead of cables - THIN METAL STRIPS!

Old electro-mechanical lift - machine in a cupboard! (MEGA-DETAILED editing)

Goodbye Wilton Park tower - DEMOLISHED after 57 years

Now demolished! ABANDONED WILTON TOWER, the last ever 'proper' explore!

RARE and BIZARRE! - A STATUE LIFT COUNTERWEIGHT (is this art!)

Cellar lift from 1944 - still working! +Machine room tour

Very old Hydraulic Express Lift (from 1966) + motor room

Elevator 'SPECIAL REED SWITCH' examined - Schindler floor selector!

Vintage Schlieren elevator with MASSIVE CONTACTS! - all explained

DERELICT OFFICE - Old Otis lift technology explained

Otis relay synopsis - what the relays do on an Otis controller

Stigler PATERNOSTER from 1909 - wooden guide rails! (full tour & machinery)

DERELICT OFFICE building explore. Built 1972, abandoned in 1991 (horrific toilets!)

RARE NEON dot-matrix display - but these are NOT LEDs! +Otis motor room

Schindler CLOCKWORK TIMER, plus what does 'this' do (interesting motor device!)

Really old SCREW FACTORY LIFT - everything explained (inc motor room)

Exploring some vintage CHAIN DRIVEN lifts - old industrial building

FLOOR 'Q' machine room! - old Schindler MICONIC lifts (camera sync)

A lift with a CLUTCH! See how a TWO SPEED lift worked in 1952 (rare lift!)

Old RELAY elevator controller - complete run-through (beginners welcome!)

RARE 1950s freight lift in operation + relay controller

Step back in time... The Schindler 1962 electro-MECHANICAL lift!

The Schindler lift that needs THREE generators! (dynator) ...everything explained

RARE duplex 'Express Lift' machines - how it works with animations

RARE duplex lifts still in operation - FULL TOUR

The DUALTEC explained ...PIR, MICROWAVE but WHY (movement detector)

VANDALISM Why lifts are smashed out in derelict buildings

ABANDONED TOWER - Floor 23 downwards (lift shafts and motor rooms)