The Alum Coast

[fh1805]

It has been a long time since I posted any sequences here. This one: http://www.mediafire.com/?ao4qfxblctc3wb4 is about 32MB in size and runs for 8m40s.

It is a documentary about an industry that once existed along the north-east coast of Yorkshire. To those of you for whom English is not your native tongue, I apologise in advance; but this sequence has a voice-over in English. It forms part of a portfolio of sequences I am creating for local audiences on the theme: Heritage of the North.

Comments are always welcome.

regards,

Peter

[colin hill]

Peter,

An excellent production and very well narrated. I love your comments and trivia at the end,

Well done and thanks for sharing.

Colin

[Ken Cox]

PETER

great history lesson

I used alum as a coagulant in a cold lime reactor as first stage in our demineralization process

ken

[rick235]

Excellent show and very informative.

Rick

[Nikonos]

Wow! What a great show! A masterful production! I spent a week at Whitby earlier in the year and came across remains of the alum industry along the coast nearby, so it is especially interesting to learn what went on to produce the finished project. From the opening sequences it become apparent that the author was an expert PTE worker!

Malcolm

[David Porter]

A superb and informative show, the eight minutes just seem to fly by. How on earth did they manage to work out all those processes to produce the end result?

Mickp

[fh1805]

Colin, Rick and Malcolm,

Thanks for the comments. Glad you enjoyed it.

Ken,

Aye it had - and still has - many uses.

Mickp,

As the voice-over said: a lot of trial and error.

To all readers of this topic: If any forum members live within easy reach of Whitby, there is an exhibition on in Whitby Museum until November about the alum industry. This AV is running as a continuous loop as part of that exhibition. Some of the stills photography on the display panels is also my work.

regards,

Peter

[deskjet1uk]

Peter,

My family and I will certainly look in at Whitby, I really like these kind of shows, especially about Yorkshire, thank you for sharing such a well produced sequence, Im sure it will be well recieved wherever it is shown.

Ralph

[Rickl]

Well done Peter!

One more thing we learn today.

We look forward to the next lesson!

Seems to me alum was once use to treat cold sores in the mouth in the old days??? And was was created from urine you say!!! Hmm I would like to have the internet available to examine the makeup of medical ingredients back then...

Thanks for the lesson!

Dick

[trailertrash]

Peter, congrats on a very informative show. I hope its well received in the display. Your use of PTE's various functions is outstandin. So Smooth.

Andrew

[fh1805]

Ralph, Dick and Andrew,

Many thanks for your comments. I'm glad you enjoyed the show and found it interesting.

regards,

Peter