Liverpool's Underground historical tunnels. The Williamson tunnels (Part 1)
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- In this family friendly video we visit Liverpools Underground historical tunnels, The Williamson Tunnels in Edge hill Liverpool. A crucial part of Liverpool's history. These underground tunnels underneath the streets of Liverpool were dug in the early 1800's commissioned by the rich Tobacco trader Joseph Williamson nicknamed the mole of edge hill. to give the poor and destitute men of the time work. In this urbex, urban explore we go into the secret underground Labyrinth of Liverpool's historical tunnels. We see the findings that the volunteers have discovered. A whole host of antique bottles and earthenware and pottery. A must for antique lovers. As we descend we see the final underground chamber that is almost cathedral like. Visit www.williamsontunnels.com for more info The friends of williamson tunnel. #liverpoolhistory #undergroundtunnels #heritage
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Bloody hell Martin, you're becoming the David Attenborough of social history in the North West. Well done for another scoop and to the friends for contacting you.
Thanks Steve
Hello everyone. I cannot thank Lynn and Mike enough for the courtesy and hospitality they showed us. Mike made this video special. Instead of me waffling on he generously took part in the video and offered his specialist knowledge. Book a tour and donate, Facebook @friends of Williamson's Tunnels www.williamsontunnels.com My address Martin, PO Box 265, Manchester, M24 0BX
Martin you need to get down to the Leeds dark arches (now called granary wharf) under Leeds city station. Get permission off the owners of the site as there is a labyrinth of corridors, passages, offices and disbanded lock gates down there and it's right up there with anything else you've ever reported and filmed on. Brilliant work Martin and I'll look forward to a future edition of the stupendous Leeds dark arches👍😀
@@nigelbarker4135 That sounds good Nigel. I wonder if they would allow it ?
Martin Zero I'm at a loss why Leeds city council/network rail hasn't turned this whole site into a money spinning tourist attraction. Our local paper the Yorkshire Evening Post did an article a few years ago when they gained access to write a gushing report of what lies hidden from public view. You may need to go through that channel to find out who you need to contact. There is plenty of access right up to the car park at the end of this site to wet your appetite for Leeds very own "8th wonder of the world". Keep up the fantastic well researched and interesting work you do which is right up my street. Absolutely riveting and I'm your biggest fan this side of the Pennines.👍😀😉
"Waffling on" hahaha, there you go again with the funny English words.
Martin Zero So, there are tunnels that run away from the Station which we cannot access. This one heads towards the west. In the nineteenth century, the arches were used as storerooms. One of these areas was used by Watson and Sons, soap manufacturers. In the early hours of the morning on 13th January 1892, a fire broke out in Watson's warehouse, igniting around 1,700 tons of highly flammable resin, tallow and oil, the raw materials of soap.
Don't you just love a new Martin vid on a Sunday evening?
Thank you
Right!? And a CurbexUK vid yesterday! :)
Stunning video Martin!
If only the super rich would help the needy today in the way Mr Williamson cared for his fellow countrymen. Amazing story, amazing place.
Yes I cannot imagine this today
Lost for words....Absolutely amazing !!!.....Can't wait for part two.....Thanks so very much for a great video
Thank you Sharon
I´m a simple man. I see a new Martin Zero video, I click, like and watch.
Thank you and its very appreciated
We never know what's beneath our feet as we walk the streets. Fascinating!
Thanks Clair
Interesting does the tunnels have any issues with flooding? I think Williamson just ask people who's homes and businesses are above what they needed a coal cellar(for the home)or place to store meat(for the butchers above)or a huge place to store sand(for the bottle factory above). He had the men to dig and build anyway so the guys helping everyone people who live and have business in hes local area + gives jobs.What a good guy
Hi Anthony I never asked about flooding, maybe Mike or Lynn will see your comment
Wow absolutely brilliant.
Maybe set up a gofundme for the project.
You’ve made my day Martin
Thanks Dave, you can donate on the website
Unbelievable what a gem of a place. Thanks Martin great video.
Thank you Neil
Just when I think it cannot get better.......THIS !!!!! Once again, Martin, you have blown my mind with another incredible place. Words simply cannot convey what I just watched.........................................................THANK YOU!!!
Thank you Christopher for your kind words
Iam can't miss a video. Iam sat here in my truck at truckfest Peterborough watching this before we drink some more ale. Great video got it playing through my tv in the cab couple of us watching.
Great stuff, hope you enjoyed and thank you
Fatlad Henderson ,is it a Scania?
gary141 bailey yes and a V8
@@fatladhenderson183 , I've had two 141s ....sold my last one to scotlee transport 14 years ago
gary141 bailey fantastic truck the 141 was the 375 bhp. Hang on was your 141 maroon with 142 wheel archs behind cab
I'd heard of these mysterious tunnels under Liverpool when I visited years ago, but I didn't really know anything about them, and assumed that there probably wasn't much to them. So this video is a bit of a surprise. They're on an enormous scale and beautifully brick lined - I wasn't expecting that at all.
I love it when people get passionate about their local area and are keen to share it with all and sundry. Thank you to everyone involved in showing us this project. If ever I get back to Liverpool I'll be sure to pay a visit.
Yes Jack I was the same, I never expected what we ended up seeing
Professional quality video production. Thumbs up from me mate👍🏻
Thank you very much
Another winner there Martin and Connor, definitely having a look at visiting these I had heard bits about them but had no idea how extensive they are .
Incredible Duncan, highly recommended
I'll be off there as soon as I can arrange.
19:06 WOW what an amazing place
Thank you
Mind blowing FANTASTIC. Right on.brilliant.well done everyone involved.
Thank you Shed Man
Brilliant stuff exactly what TH-cam was made for. Thank you to you and all the people in Liverpool. :) xx
Thanks very much
@@MartinZero your most welcome friend.
You're welcome please come and visit us anytime 👍😉
@@magic1968 on my list to visit the city of solidarity, where the Scum newspaper is boycotted.
I wish I was 20 years younger I'm not sure I could climb all the steps. What a fantastic video and history lesson. Thank you so much for promoting our North West heritage Martin you are a gent and a scholar and your hard work and efforts should be generating you some reward in doing lectures, after dinner speaking and school heritage promotions. Looking forward to Part 2 and well done and thank you yet again.
Thank you Ray, very much appreciate your comment
I watched the whole thing in stunned disbelief. My hand pressed against my forehead and jaw slacked. That is unbelievable! And the brickwork! What did I tell you Martin? I can’t wait to watch part two!
I know that videoing in dark confined spaces is often awkward and sometimes confusing to the viewer but you managed to do an excellent job of conveying the dimensions and feeling of the place. Add this place to the bucket list. Donation in hand.
Thank you Peter, yes the place was much more than Connor and I initially expected, so our Jaws were slack i'll tell you
Fascinating video, and incredible work done by the volunteers. Thanks to all concerned. and thank you Martin and Connor
Thank you very much
Stunning video Martin, there's more to those tunnels than I ever imagined! I am from Liverpool originally, you have shown me a reason to go back there and see those tunnels for myself!
Yes Phil definitely go and see
To use your words Sir Martin absolutely blown away mate is an understatement and you would not think you was walking on such monumental scale of construction
Yes Leslie, it was a privilege
No need to apologise for any aspect of this video - absolutely the best coverage of the tunnels I've seen yet! I must go back to Liverpool and see them for myself.
Thanks David much appreciated, I hope you get to see what we did 👍🏼
Great video Martin,I've heard about these tunnels but didn't realise they were so deep and expansive,amazing. The old brown and cream stone jugs brought back memories, we used to get dandelion&burdock and sarsaparilla delivered in them when I was a kid.
Great stuff Mike 👍🏼
Amazing, it's like the kingdom of the dwarfs from Lord of the Rings
It really is Ashley 'Moiria'
R.I.P Joseph Williamson... What a great person. Thank you Martin, this was an amazing video....
Thanks Daniel, yes he was an amazing chap
His grave was in a car park until recently. I think he was exhumed and given a place more fitting.
Bloody good show Martin!
Thank you
Is a pleasure to read the community posts. Great people. Greetings from a suscriber from southern Argentina.
Pd: Sorry for my beginner level english.
Pd2: Why I understand english people much better than American youtubers?
Thank you for watching in Argentina. Iam very flattered, best regards to you
Why you understand english people better? Because British people don't exaggerate, we use the correct words, pronounce words properly, not lazily like americans. We don't miss out the letter T, and we say dates the correct way round D/M/Y for example.
Another fab video Martin. A real must see as it taps into the mystery of tunnels, the past, the forgotten. Stuff we all like! Look forward to pt2. Take care. Phil.
Yes Definitely Phil and thank you
I have never heard of these tunnels, what an incredible place .Thanks for the friends for contacting you . Yes I was thinking all the way through that it was very cathedral like but also it reminded me of the inside of an Egyptian pyramid with all the chambers. Some of the artefacts that were on show were almost intact or even intact it amazes me that they just threw them down the hole! Like you Martin I'm completely blown away by this place and wait with bated breath for the follow up video. First class as always.👍👍
Hello Anne, yes in part two we joke about the Pyramid similarity
Amazing Martin
There must have been a very good reason why the tunnels were dug to that extent . To line them with brick tells you there was a greater plan that we don’t know about !
We will probably never know
Its fascinating the think Terry
Fascinating stuff Martin really enjoyable video, looking forward to part two.
Thanks very much
Thanks Martin, amazing video!
Thanks very much
I am just flabbergasted by this story. It's left me wondering about what I do not know. Martin, you have excelled again.
Thanks Robert. I was flabbergasted as well 😁
Another great video Martin with a local connection @10 .25 Barton's of Lacelles st is still going strong making soft drinks and pickled food etc.
Really !! Wow thanks for that Gary
It will be normal for your videos to get 500k to a million views soon - very informative - keep up the good work 👍
I hope so Nathan, and thank you
Wow what an interesting find carnt wait for part 2 for more but oh my god its amazing what you find in them tunnels i think every city have hidden tunnels that need to be explored looking forward to part 2 👍
Take the family Thomas
@@MartinZero will do one day martin thanks 👍
Love Martin zero Sunday’s 👌 what a amazing space them tunnels are great video once again
Thanks Tom
Blown away doesn't cover it Martin, can I stay down there till Part 2, absolutely bloody brilliant, what a find.
Thanks very much Bob
I wonder how long before Yvette fielding and her cronies try and get in? What a great video and insight to this place.
We have regular Paranormals, but we are not desperate 🤣
Yeah true, the place is so much more than that as well
@@scousemouse2000uk 🤣🤣🤣
Her and the "team" are still going are they? Have they found any ghosts yet?
Incredible to see! And to think there's still so much undiscovered in 2019 blows me away! Thanks for this Martin!
Hi Adam, yes its great that this is still here in 2019
Very interesting, great video. Martin Thank you 👍
Thanks very much
Can't wait for your TV series Martin.
😆Cheers Simon
Simon Greenwood TV series really ?
Fantastic footage... thank you and the volunteers x
Thank you Isla
Brilliant I'm blown away and only watching, wow 😁
Thank you Mr Riverspider
That is just gobsmackin 😳 !!! Born in liverpool in 1950, left there for the south of england in 1965 and as far as I know, no one new about these tunnels. I only learned about them about 3 years ago and have wanted to visit them ever since. I havent done so yet and had never thought they were anything as mind blowing as this 😃 !!! Oh my god I am truly in shock and amazement at this 😱. I gotta come back and see this 🤩😍🤗.
You star Martin Zero 🌠😎👌👍.
Ooh nearly left out the Friends group 😯 what an epic feat you bods clearing out all that debris by hand 🤗 awesomeness epitomised, every one of you 🤗🤩😊😎🤗.
Thank you Dave
@@MartinZero Im bustin for part 2 now Martin 😀.
Nice work Martin look forward to part 2
Thanks Tim, I better get started
Wow what an awesome video mate. You amaze me every time. 👍👍👍👍👍
Amazing, absolutely amazing.
Thank you Dale
great vid , very revealing, just down the rd from me , I,m off to have look , cheers martin !
Hope you enjoy
Another Masterpiece of Edwardian Engineering, fantastic, can't wait for part 2. And Kudos to the unsung heroes FOWT volunteers.
Thanks Scott am sure they will read the comments, much appreciated
Superb vid. Keep it up mate.
Thank you
Fascinating, waiting on part 2
Thanks Tim
Stunning, what an awesome man.
Thanks Cheryl
i have been down in them tunnels and it's beyond imagination how or why he did it. they say he gave returning soldiers from war some work because you couldn't just give free handouts in them days. another story is his diggers broke through into same tunnel that stephenson was building a railway into Liverpool and they fled thinking the other workers covered in black were the devil. what great history down there and thumbs up video!
Another gem, fascinating exploration 👍
Thanks Mark
Wow! Absolutley amazing! Great Vid Martin
Thanks Matt
Astonishing! Incredible work by those volunteers.
Yes Simon total respect
You've excelled yourself this time Martin, absolutely brilliant, can't wait for part 2
Thank you
Amazing tunnels. Totally fascinating.
Thank you very much
that was fantastic martin and thanks to all involved in the ongoing work what a treat that was for us and like you we are speechless we loved it cheers from trev and christine
Thank you Trev and Christine 👍🏼
Like others away for weekend and had to tether the iPad to watch this. It has been on our “to do” list for ages. Thank you.
Great stuff Freddy thanks
Absolutely amazing.
Great video again Martin. Thanks again for your efforts. 👍🙂
Thank you Ian
Absolutely fascinating - thank you Martin (well worth the wait) 😊
Thank you very much
@@MartinZero Well worth the wait is a great point, you have a job and life, just put out videos of this quality from time to time. Do not stress, your audience is with you 100%. As and when. :)
Fantastic Martin. Amazing what these people have and are achieving.
Definitely Rob and thanks
When I saw the title I thought at first you were going to the equally (almost) fascinating railway cut and cover to Lime st station, that's another one worth looking at. This was unbelievable, no doubt they threw their rubbish away as we do without thinking of anyone finding it later. Lighting was great, no issues there. Can't wait for part 2. Cheers
Thank you very much. Yes its very near the cutting
Awesome looking forward to part two m8!
Thanks very much mate 👍🏼
I came to this after watching Doctor Who and he has a Dalek behind him lol.
When I saw them on Dr Who, I immediately thought of these videos. And with Martin being a Whovian, he must be over the moon!
Well ... even though it was not Manchester but Liverpool it was another enlightening Martin-Zero-Video.
Wow - and also wow to the friends of the Williamson tunnels. People do strange things - and other people do other strange things to preserve these and it *is* a museum of a very uncommon style well worth visiting. For the time being when I'm on retirement in a couple of years Liverpool has now made it to my "map of places to go".
Thanks for sharing and I'm already very curiously waiting for Part 2.
Yes and thank you. It was well worth a visit, highly recommended
fantastic video martin ,just love history and thats just great .
Thanks very much Danny
Brilliant, I'd heard of the tunnels but never had the opportunity to go down there, very good video on a fascinating topic, each one of your videos gets better and better, good job Martin!
Thank you very much
Martin that was very cool. thanks for that old son!
Thank you 👍🏼
Fascinating! I can't wait to see more.
Thanks Anna
Absolutely magnificent
Permian desert red sandstone also known as New Red Sandstone. If you travel down the river Eden round about Lazenby in Cumbria, in the cliffs created by the river you can make out the sand dunes. Common rock here in the north west.
I love it, its very interesting
Ooooo interesting, you should do some more magnet fishing because the video that you made on it was great!
Mind blowing!❤️❤️❤️
I'll never again complain that video games having warrens of tunnels and caverns underneath cities is unrealistic. Absolutely awe-inspiring.
I know, imagine our faces when we were there
Fairplay to our Scouse neighbours. Great vid Martin, looking forward to part 2.
Cheers gazz
Nice comment your scouse neighbour
I`d love to have seen the stuff that came out of that.
I think all the best stuff was on display 👍🏼
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
Thank you for sharing.
I seriously hope your channel gains traction and I’m sure it will do. It’s great experience, fills like I’m in a real history lesson of real English history.
Thanks very much Jonathan
I was hoping that you would get round to covering the fascinating Williamsons tunnels. I lived in Liverpool for many years and heard all kinds of stories about them but never got the chance to see them for myself. Apparently they extended all the way to the docks and there are many rumours about them being used for smuggling. Great video. Do we have to wait a week until part 2?
Hello thank you. Yeah about a week, not edited part 2 work and all that lol sorry
Williamson only had his in Edge Hill. Other Liverpool tunnels are not connected
Great stuff might visit ther. I'm thinking the sand layer was the layer left from a flood and when the water receded that's what was left.
Yep go visit
The layer of sand was possibly bought in to soak the water before the coke stuff was deposited. We have hit the water table and have a permanent pump fitted
There was all sorts of different sized pebbles amongst the sand
captain kirk the history on these tunnels sounds very vague, looks like evidence of mudflood.its 40 mins away from me ,im gonna check it out. fascinating !
@@pete3204 it was a sandstone quarry, Williamsom vaulted it over to claim the land back above to be able to build houses and commercial properties. He quarried enough stone to build St Judes church that stood where the Royal is now
That's bloody amazing. Thanks for showing this and thanks to the Friends.
Absolutely Brilliant Martin.....Ive Read a bit the tunnels but i am still amazed by them Thanks for sharing this and i look forward to part two mate .... Frank...
Thanks very much Frank
Was that the bottle with the marble from a Japanese soda?
These bottles are Codd bottles, invented by Hiram Codd
@@scousemouse2000uk Oh, that's cool! I didn't know they have been around for so long, they still use them for Japanese soda, my kids use to get them.
@@markbass7145 thie kids here used to break them back in the day to get the marbles out of them
AARRGGHHHHH , A minute in and I see a Manc lad in Liverpool!!!!! Watch yourself over there Martin .
Nothing but courtesy It was an amazing trip 👍🏼
We didn't hold it against him 🤣. They both were very welcome 😁
Just a little joke , great video as always Martin . Your enthusiasm is infectious .
absolutely fascinating ..I never knew those tunnels existed ..wow.
A brilliant video. Thank you Martin.
My goodness! Bank Holiday treat or what?!
Thank you
Will have to put that one on the list of places to visit, amazing, thanks for sharing it with us. Looking forward to part 2
Yes highly recommended
Another Amazing video, thank you Martin!! ✨🙌🏻💕
Thank you
Great video. Amazing place. Good song too.
Thank you, yes it was amazing
wow breathtaking
Wow! Fascinating. Thanks Martin.
Thank you Ruth
Simply amazing stuff! What brickwork! Thanks for opening our eyes to such a treasure!
Thank you 👍🏼
Wonderful.