@coasterollie yeah, you would just walk around by yourself, no annoying actors, no tour groups, and certainly no way near as many people as today; which lent it a more eerie atmosphere.
i like dark, interesting dungeon music, not that i visit dungeons that often, ha, ha,ha, i dont get time or i would be in dungeons every day, ha, ha, only joking, but i do like the darkness of it all
@davotheframer you make me laugh! thanks brightened up my day, odd though, the other world out there the DARK SIDE, caves, vaults, dungeons, and dark industrial music, perfection, now all i need is to have dave gahan sitting next to me with candles and dark music, ha,ha,ha
I've gotten a bit obsessed with the London Dungeon after a friend showed me a 2000ish map, so much must have changed since the museum days and it would be interesting to know more about the attractions that used to be in there.
I went when it was still like this, and I loved it. Went to the Edinburgh dungeon recently and it was no way as good. I think the new "live" sections aren't quite as good as it used to be.......
@monkhelz82 Haven't been to the Edinburgh one, didn't even know they had one! Went to the York dungeon in the 90's; but I agree with you, LD was better in the good old creepy days!
@davotheframer , I think I would have probably enjoyed the Edinburgh one more if I had never been to London all those years ago.....I actually slept with the light on when I'd been there as a young teen!!!! I promised my hubby a real good creep-out but was pretty disappointed tbh. I blame The London Dungeons for my morbid facination with all things murder and mayhem muhahahahaha :)
p.s: i still have the brochure now & the brochure after it too. it was replaced by a long sleek black brochure, very gristly but then wot else do u expect from the london dungeon. in those days it was scary. its not now!
yes i went there. & they had a whole devils section. i was sooo scared then!!!! i eventually went into that section & can remember it quite well ( but that section was'nt in the broshure!!)
i got this broshure too. the london dungeon sent it 2 me wen i was a kid. i so obsessed with the place (HA! STILL AM LOL) & so they went me a copy cos i asked them for 1....thanks london dungeon!! xxx
I have the tour guide. I went there when I was very small, in about 1978. Went again in 1990 and worked there for a year as one of the actors in 1998, which I loved - in spite of the dodgy working conditions! I'm somewhat staggered you've found this soundtrack, though - I'm definitely going to have to eBay for it!
@GuildfordGhost what was it like working there? I'd loved to have seen behind the scenes. My sister bought the soundtrack (I've still got the original LP) way back when LD first opened; I've have seen a few copies a while back up for sale on the net, and although it's quite a rare find nowadays, you might be in with a good chance. I believe there's also a free download to be found, try Googling the album name/download.
@davotheframer Hey! I found ONE copy online for about £25. It's very scarce! Thanks for the info about the download, though. I'll check that out. What was it like working there? I LOVED it. I did two periods in 1998. The first wasn't great as the staff hated the job and were very aloof, lazy and unfriendly. However, the second period was wonderful as most of those people had left and those that remained had a riot. (Cont...)
@GuildfordGhost Well, if you want the album for the artwork and as a collectable, then 25 quid sounds good, i knew it was pretty rare (make sure it's in good condition though) But if you just want the music, a download is MUCH cheaper and better listening quality. Definitely, the team one works with, makes the job either bliss or barely bearable. Cheers
@davotheframer (Cont...) The pay and conditions were rubbish, but imagine getting paid for spending all day every day screaming at people, scaring them, and being ude to them. Loved it!
@HuwGeeRection You should have seen it when it first opened, I was there, very primitive, very eerie, went there in later years and the actors annoyed me so much, I felt like nutting them. Went to York Dungeon in '94, wasn't impressed, maybe it's got better. i guess your right about the profits, etc, and the americans love all that hype. Check out my other vid about the Palladium cellars waxworks, I went there as a kid, it wasn't open long, but it was way ahead of it's time.
@HuwGeeRection yep, that seems to be the general consensus, it's turned into a fun house, guess (LD) are too frightened nowadays of getting sued by someone being 'traumatised' by too much horror, lol
I used to own this exact same guide. I remember going to the dungeon for a visit when a guy dressed up as a monk appeared out of some dark, dusty corner and tapped me on the shoulder. My mother told me off because I screamed and swore at him for frightening me. I couldn't enjoy the rest of the visit because I was so afraid of him jumping out on me again!
Thanks for your comment Lizivel. Funny how this old guide triggers some buried memories of peoples visits to LD. I wonder if that 'paid monk' ever got punched in the gut by some shocked kid :)
I think I would've had a similar reaction as you had.
Ha Ha ! good one Gavin- no shame in having a crush on a wax figure, we all did at one time...well didn't we?? Ok, if it's time for confessions-here's mine: At the age of 10 I was enamoured by the Liza Minnelli wax figure at Madame Tussaud's....scary huh? I'll upload the MT's tour guide from the 70's soon.
You mentioned in your mail about the skeleton money box from the Palladium cellars shop-I got one too! From the LD shop, a small skull which opened revealing a naked woman-I still have it :)
@davotheframer Awesome, I've been to Madam Thousads but I was afraid once we got to the hell part -_- I was probably like 5 or 6 at the time and I was really freaked out :L I covered my eyes. Lol and when we got on the taxis I ducked down
@macamee Thanks for your feedback! The LD has a huge impact on a young mind, it did back when I was a kid, and it's certainly doing it today (although they added fun to the experience now, back then it was just creepy) Children love to be scared, that's why LD is so successful.
Hiya Hayley, I totally agree about the actors-I went there in last '94, & although I was impressed with the 'Jack the Ripper' set up, the tour guide/actor (the guy was stoned, well at least he was enjoying himself) just annoyed me; I wanted to wander on my own-no go nowadays.
And the amount of visitors reinforced my belief that the humans are far more frightening than the wax displays!
Wonderful. I'm pretty sure the figure sitting on the ground at 4:10 is the one I found recently in a storage space (I work for them sometimes). There's certainly a magic to your vid that's lost in the commercial attraction it is now.
Hey! It's great to hear some of these old figures are still kickin' about. Actually, the one you found was from the very display that freaked me out most as a kid- I was fascinated after reading accounts of the 1665 Bubonic Plague, that decimated London.
I went back then during the week-hardly anybody there in thoses days, which gave it that dank, echoing & eerie feeling that it lacks today; How can you get that full scary effect with heaps of people crowded around you??
I mean the music ofcourse :P
Lolz
ellentjuh321 2 months ago
Any dutch people hear, This does me think of the Efteling XD (spookslot)
ellentjuh321 2 months ago
very true....... loll
CAPTAINBOGGLE 8 months ago
Thanks a lot its really cool:.o)
TheNaomiengland 8 months ago
@TheNaomiengland thank you for enjoying it :)
davotheframer 8 months ago
LOLLLLL!!!!! CHEEEKY!!! ..........
CAPTAINBOGGLE 9 months ago
very true i even looked at it as it appeared on screen to see if u had missed a page..U HAD'NT. all there missus!!! LOLL
CAPTAINBOGGLE 9 months ago
@CAPTAINBOGGLE ...well it wouldn't be good missing a page out, when there are informed and attentive youtubers like yourself about, would it?
davotheframer 9 months ago
i got this book at home still now!!!
CAPTAINBOGGLE 9 months ago
@CAPTAINBOGGLE antique of the future!!
davotheframer 9 months ago
So years ago it was just a museum where you walked around at your own pace? No actors or anything?
coasterollie 9 months ago
@coasterollie yeah, you would just walk around by yourself, no annoying actors, no tour groups, and certainly no way near as many people as today; which lent it a more eerie atmosphere.
davotheframer 9 months ago
i like dark, interesting dungeon music, not that i visit dungeons that often, ha, ha,ha, i dont get time or i would be in dungeons every day, ha, ha, only joking, but i do like the darkness of it all
djmusicjac 11 months ago
@djmusicjac Me too! Just turn the volume up on this, turn the lights off at home, light some candles...
hey presto! instant dungeon!!
davotheframer 11 months ago
@davotheframer you make me laugh! thanks brightened up my day, odd though, the other world out there the DARK SIDE, caves, vaults, dungeons, and dark industrial music, perfection, now all i need is to have dave gahan sitting next to me with candles and dark music, ha,ha,ha
djmusicjac 11 months ago
@AlleyCatJoel True!
davotheframer 1 year ago
@davotheframer But i kinda like it ! :)
ACKOFFICAL 9 months ago
@ACKOFFICAL you got good taste :)
davotheframer 9 months ago
I've gotten a bit obsessed with the London Dungeon after a friend showed me a 2000ish map, so much must have changed since the museum days and it would be interesting to know more about the attractions that used to be in there.
fameandjoy 1 year ago
@fameandjoy well, back when this guidebook was made; these were the attractions! (plus cheaper admission price) :))
davotheframer 1 year ago
I went when it was still like this, and I loved it. Went to the Edinburgh dungeon recently and it was no way as good. I think the new "live" sections aren't quite as good as it used to be.......
monkhelz82 1 year ago
@monkhelz82 Haven't been to the Edinburgh one, didn't even know they had one! Went to the York dungeon in the 90's; but I agree with you, LD was better in the good old creepy days!
davotheframer 1 year ago
@davotheframer , I think I would have probably enjoyed the Edinburgh one more if I had never been to London all those years ago.....I actually slept with the light on when I'd been there as a young teen!!!! I promised my hubby a real good creep-out but was pretty disappointed tbh. I blame The London Dungeons for my morbid facination with all things murder and mayhem muhahahahaha :)
monkhelz82 1 year ago
p.s: i still have the brochure now & the brochure after it too. it was replaced by a long sleek black brochure, very gristly but then wot else do u expect from the london dungeon. in those days it was scary. its not now!
CUTHBERT15 1 year ago
yes i went there. & they had a whole devils section. i was sooo scared then!!!! i eventually went into that section & can remember it quite well ( but that section was'nt in the broshure!!)
CUTHBERT15 1 year ago
i got this broshure too. the london dungeon sent it 2 me wen i was a kid. i so obsessed with the place (HA! STILL AM LOL) & so they went me a copy cos i asked them for 1....thanks london dungeon!! xxx
CUTHBERT15 1 year ago
@CUTHBERT15 ...so did you go there after getting the guide brochure?
davotheframer 1 year ago
went there in 86 and 97, scared shitless
went again in 04, not the same pretty tame
roostertb 1 year ago
@roostertb yeah, I haven't been back in some years now, it just got too 'fake', and like you say..tame.
davotheframer 1 year ago
I have the tour guide. I went there when I was very small, in about 1978. Went again in 1990 and worked there for a year as one of the actors in 1998, which I loved - in spite of the dodgy working conditions! I'm somewhat staggered you've found this soundtrack, though - I'm definitely going to have to eBay for it!
GuildfordGhost 1 year ago
@GuildfordGhost what was it like working there? I'd loved to have seen behind the scenes. My sister bought the soundtrack (I've still got the original LP) way back when LD first opened; I've have seen a few copies a while back up for sale on the net, and although it's quite a rare find nowadays, you might be in with a good chance. I believe there's also a free download to be found, try Googling the album name/download.
davotheframer 1 year ago
@davotheframer Hey! I found ONE copy online for about £25. It's very scarce! Thanks for the info about the download, though. I'll check that out. What was it like working there? I LOVED it. I did two periods in 1998. The first wasn't great as the staff hated the job and were very aloof, lazy and unfriendly. However, the second period was wonderful as most of those people had left and those that remained had a riot. (Cont...)
GuildfordGhost 1 year ago
@GuildfordGhost Well, if you want the album for the artwork and as a collectable, then 25 quid sounds good, i knew it was pretty rare (make sure it's in good condition though) But if you just want the music, a download is MUCH cheaper and better listening quality. Definitely, the team one works with, makes the job either bliss or barely bearable. Cheers
davotheframer 1 year ago
@davotheframer (Cont...) The pay and conditions were rubbish, but imagine getting paid for spending all day every day screaming at people, scaring them, and being ude to them. Loved it!
GuildfordGhost 1 year ago
@GuildfordGhost ha ha! thoses perks certainly balance the poor pay & conditions!
davotheframer 1 year ago
i've never seen anything like this!
omg!!!
MrStickman1997 1 year ago
i had that!!!!!!!!!!
hihat101 1 year ago
@hihat101 I kept it!!!!!!!!!
davotheframer 1 year ago
@HuwGeeRection btw, classic username! lol
davotheframer 1 year ago
@HuwGeeRection You should have seen it when it first opened, I was there, very primitive, very eerie, went there in later years and the actors annoyed me so much, I felt like nutting them. Went to York Dungeon in '94, wasn't impressed, maybe it's got better. i guess your right about the profits, etc, and the americans love all that hype. Check out my other vid about the Palladium cellars waxworks, I went there as a kid, it wasn't open long, but it was way ahead of it's time.
davotheframer 1 year ago
@HuwGeeRection yep, that seems to be the general consensus, it's turned into a fun house, guess (LD) are too frightened nowadays of getting sued by someone being 'traumatised' by too much horror, lol
davotheframer 1 year ago
eww did you make love to this romantic music? haha
kimbos1988 2 years ago
I used to own this exact same guide. I remember going to the dungeon for a visit when a guy dressed up as a monk appeared out of some dark, dusty corner and tapped me on the shoulder. My mother told me off because I screamed and swore at him for frightening me. I couldn't enjoy the rest of the visit because I was so afraid of him jumping out on me again!
lizivel 2 years ago
Thanks for your comment Lizivel. Funny how this old guide triggers some buried memories of peoples visits to LD. I wonder if that 'paid monk' ever got punched in the gut by some shocked kid :)
I think I would've had a similar reaction as you had.
davotheframer 2 years ago
Ha Ha ! good one Gavin- no shame in having a crush on a wax figure, we all did at one time...well didn't we?? Ok, if it's time for confessions-here's mine: At the age of 10 I was enamoured by the Liza Minnelli wax figure at Madame Tussaud's....scary huh? I'll upload the MT's tour guide from the 70's soon.
You mentioned in your mail about the skeleton money box from the Palladium cellars shop-I got one too! From the LD shop, a small skull which opened revealing a naked woman-I still have it :)
davotheframer 2 years ago
ok no we all dont, wax figures are like objects...having a crush on an object is weird...
kimbos1988 2 years ago
errr, it was said tongue in cheek, y'know 'joking' like.
You don't get out much, do you?
davotheframer 2 years ago
@davotheframer Awesome, I've been to Madam Thousads but I was afraid once we got to the hell part -_- I was probably like 5 or 6 at the time and I was really freaked out :L I covered my eyes. Lol and when we got on the taxis I ducked down
macamee 1 year ago
@macamee Thanks for your feedback! The LD has a huge impact on a young mind, it did back when I was a kid, and it's certainly doing it today (although they added fun to the experience now, back then it was just creepy) Children love to be scared, that's why LD is so successful.
davotheframer 1 year ago
Delightfully creepy,I love it!
Darklordsslave 2 years ago
happy it tickled your fancy-it did mine
davotheframer 2 years ago
Hiya Hayley, I totally agree about the actors-I went there in last '94, & although I was impressed with the 'Jack the Ripper' set up, the tour guide/actor (the guy was stoned, well at least he was enjoying himself) just annoyed me; I wanted to wander on my own-no go nowadays.
And the amount of visitors reinforced my belief that the humans are far more frightening than the wax displays!
davotheframer 2 years ago
Glad you liked it, the background music really did give an already spooky dungeon, that perfect aura of nastiness.
davotheframer 2 years ago
Wonderful. I'm pretty sure the figure sitting on the ground at 4:10 is the one I found recently in a storage space (I work for them sometimes). There's certainly a magic to your vid that's lost in the commercial attraction it is now.
TheNightPoison 2 years ago
Hey! It's great to hear some of these old figures are still kickin' about. Actually, the one you found was from the very display that freaked me out most as a kid- I was fascinated after reading accounts of the 1665 Bubonic Plague, that decimated London.
I went back then during the week-hardly anybody there in thoses days, which gave it that dank, echoing & eerie feeling that it lacks today; How can you get that full scary effect with heaps of people crowded around you??
davotheframer 2 years ago