I am from the US not the UK but I find your videos fascinating and I am very interested in your city of Manchester after watching them. Thank you for continuing them.
@@daveparsons6956 as I watch more and more of Martin’s videos about Manchester I am truly fascinated by the cities architecture and history (ancient and recent past). I find the English history to be very interesting. We don’t have the length of history you folks in the UK do but I am learning all I can regarding Manchester’s past. It looks like a very cool city with much to do and learn.
I pressed the like button before the video even loaded..... I've been with Martin from the beginning, he hasn't let me down yet. I know it will be a good video.
A shout out to James for his bravery and friendship to explore with you, Martin. John has his own agenda, and bless him for it. For James, it is sheer adventure and friendship. Thank you, James, Martin, and John for a great adventure.
You have got to take a step back and marvel at the engineering genius of the people who designed and built the tunnels. It is testament to their skill that over 150yrs later they are still standing. I'd be tempted to get a team together and cut a channel from the last tunnel to let the water out, and explore it further! Another great video, thank you Martin
Another excellent video Martin thanks, love how you delve into the history of the area's you are exploring, really makes Sundays better especially in these uncertain times, please keep your vlogs coming and stay safe
What a great find and in pretty good condition most of it considering it's age not much escapes you when finding these tunnels and finding the other end was a good find. Thanks for sharing guys and see you in the next.
Another great adventure into lost history, dark tunnels and dangerous smelly places. Well done Martin. The effort you put into post production is clear :)
If you go behind Bury general there is a very steep valley with the Roch running through it and it is full of ruins you could spend days there going through it all, Great video as usual Martin
Brilliant Martin and crew I just can't get over the craftsmanship of the brickwork for what looks like an outlet, I appreciate you going in and having a look round and getting all muddy and stinky for us Martin that's dedication! 🤗
Heck of a tunnel, there. Realistically, you'd need caving gear and breathing apparatus to have a proper look. Some of that brickwork looks a bit sketchy, too. Probably best to do what you did - check from a distance. Yet another great video, and yet again, superb, evocative music. Nice one.
Fantastic Martin. We are blessed with a huge amount of industrial history in the north west of England and thankfully we have you n the gang who bring us these wonderful videos. Thanks again Martin and happy Xmas to you and the gang.
Thanks Martin and friends for the video this is so amazing and built so well. Do we go in of course you do. Another look at times gone by, amazing what is under your feet!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧
As always, brilliant! Man, you have such fun. Oh what I would give to be able to tag along. Kind of hard from Canada, but I can still watch and enjoy and live vicariously through your grand adventures! Ta!
Reminds me of the Tors valley in New mills. As a kids we use to explore (muck about)! All over, in tunnels, rivers, derelict buildings. Now I watch you do it, while I sit on a comfy sofa 🙂
@@MartinZero moved away nearly 20 years ago . It's a deep gorge where several mills were built, 3 railway lines, tunnels , coal miners etc. There was a information/history centre behind the bus station and plenty of information on graces. Would love to go back to have a look. Jp
Nice one Martin. Always amazed by the the amount of work that went into building back then. Glad you played it safe, discretion being the better part of valour an all.
Great stuff as always Martin & Co. I do love a good tunnel but here's me saying 'stay out and stay safe' but in you all went! Great find though. That outflow tunnel seemed a lot more recent didn't it, with that dressed stone. Thank you chaps.
I love this, looking at how all these people were here building and manufacturing things and when they pass nature just takes over again. All those amazing recesses cut into the stones. Really wonderful, Martin, and I loved the music 🥰💕
Again great video loved the massive catapult walking stick good idea to keep gas device with you most times Martin thank you to yourself and your crew pass on my thanks please. JohnRooney
The places we leave behind... what a wealth beneath the earth. Don't stop making these, they are a fantastic dive into history as well. The atmosphere of the places you explore is something else, and something that shouldn't be forgotten. Every structure has its story. You should look up Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, I imagine it has a layout very similar to what was here. It's a working mill powered by both water and steam, with 2 waterwheels.
Thankyou for all the time and effort you put into making these videos. I often see some amazing stonework, woodwork, brickwork, etc. I would be particularly interested in more study of construction techniques, building remains and design history of your area. I have seen you touch on these many times, but you have the voice, skill and the resources to put together a TV show production like series about your local history and construction. Not withstanding your epic work on the River Medlock. I also really enjoy the tea time and the campfire discussions. Maybe more campfire cooking while camping on location. LOLOL Always lookforward to the next video. God Bless and Be Safe! From the USA.
I can imagine the brick masons and their apprentices building the forms for the arched brick then laying the brick, one by one, by hand, maybe even singing a bit of a song as they worked??
Another Underground Odyssey and a gripping one at that. The whole of The NorthWest appears to be honeycombed with great industrial history. Well done."If it's gas.we're knackered". Indeed, Martin. Well done.🇯🇪
Hey Martin, check out the Kirklees Valley in the Greenmount/Tottington area of Bury there's loads of industrial history and relics. For example there was Tottington mill that was a bleach works, there are a few huge stone cisterns remaining that are quite impressive as well as old filter beds, culverts, ponds with big cast irons valves, a stone viaduct with a few arches over Island Lodge, an old railway line that is now a woodland trail and not forgetting Tower Farm, that resembles a castle and right on my doorstep too! EDIT: Burrs country park is very close by too with similar features.
Really enjoy your videos, you obviously put a lot of work into them. One of the most honest channels around. But you could change the titles to "We didn't come prepared."
Thank you such beautiful old mill structures . Martin you have become the exploration hero documentary historical video production Company. Martin you and guests are amazing your under rated for the services and talents you bring to this world please don't stop this work others will find and appreciate you I hope more than I do , I find your production to be first class above any Television mind programming safe for any age to watch learn and enjoy your productions deserve so much more recognition don't get a fat head over theses words just keep doing your videos. 💋
@@MartinZero we always do . just think in the future everyone will say remember watching martin on sunday just like bullseye and bonanza . time for a live stream mate so all your mates whom you have never met can have good chat . don t forget women are very moody . tracy has gone in the lounge with yet another monk on . a dj once asked to send in your love song for your partner and i sent in two . it has to be neil diamond with hello ; but when she has a monk on it has to be morrisey with big mouth strikes again springs branch . thanks chum . the view from the north
Hi Martin, James & friends, wow look at that awesome brickwork still standing after all these years, that is stunning and just goes to show that craftsmen back in the day built stuff to last. A fantastic explore and I do agree it was safer to exit and go back another day with a gas meter, methane gas is nothing to mess with. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖🤘
Thanks Martin for another great adventure, I used to go ratting along the river Roch in the 70s which I know as a very winding river but after alot of rain it can swell and move with some force and that was further upstream from where you were so I would say that those underground water courses will be very powerful and pressured. at full flow. Please be careful when excavating such places as there are loads of rats which are double incontinent and carry Weills disease which as you may know is very deadly. Take care and all the best. Stevie PS: The biggest rats that I've ever seen were on the Roch.
The Earl of Tyrone was hiding out around there when he got Exiled. Legend has it he rescued some noble woman from Stubley Old Hall in Littleborough from drowning in the Roch. The area used to be called Tyrones Bed and there is is street just off Bury and Rochdale old road above the Valley called Tyrone Drive or something like..
Another great explore and how well constructed those old mills were. Cold tea in an old sauce bottle and cold toast was my breakfast in school, after attending early morning mass. I was a choir boy back then, I wonder what happened along the way!!!!!
I used to go exploring the ruined mills in the steep old valleys outside Huddersfield. Haven't been for years. You could try to find your way into Woodbottom Mill at Elland alongside the canal that brought its coal and wool.
I seldom post comments. However, your channel has become essential Sunday viewing. They really are fantastic videos. Nice close up of what looked like a burnet moth too!
Always enjoy your exploratory vids Martin - haven't been back for a while: this was great - always leaves me with a kind of melancholy - perhaps because it's just so amazing what people achieved before we had anything like the labour saving devices we harve today - and, of course, the brickwork and stonework are just so imprerssive - cathedral like structures which suggest a far more spiritual attachment to work in those days.... May thanks x
I am from the US not the UK but I find your videos fascinating and I am very interested in your city of Manchester after watching them. Thank you for continuing them.
Thanks Richard glad you enjoy. Regards to you in the US
You should visit us I'll give you a tour if you want a ghost tour with a history lesson I'll hook you up to a mates ghost tour show you a few spots
I've lived in Manchester 20 years and I can tell you I've come to love the place, it's really an incredible city with an incredible history.
@@daveparsons6956 as I watch more and more of Martin’s videos about Manchester I am truly fascinated by the cities architecture and history (ancient and recent past). I find the English history to be very interesting. We don’t have the length of history you folks in the UK do but I am learning all I can regarding Manchester’s past. It looks like a very cool city with much to do and learn.
@@MartinZero regards to you in Manchester. Thank you for continuing the videos.
The craftmanship of those early stonemasons is breathtaking .
Thing is, it was absolutely bog standard to them.
I pressed the like button before the video even loaded..... I've been with Martin from the beginning, he hasn't let me down yet. I know it will be a good video.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate it 👍
"Are we going to go in, or are we going to stay safe?!"... of course we're going in!! Great explore!
It was never in any doubt that we were going in Peter 😃
I've used the " I will only go in part the way" line with my wife before.
@5:09 Love the spray painted "Dangerous" above the entry.
Just for martin
www.heywoodhistory.com
Looking back at natt bank - the monkey town.
Thanks but this is the website I mentioned in the video that doesn’t say anything about the mill unfortunately
A shout out to James for his bravery and friendship to explore with you, Martin. John has his own agenda, and bless him for it. For James, it is sheer adventure and friendship. Thank you, James, Martin, and John for a great adventure.
Yeah true Diana, he does enjoy himself though
@@MartinZero and he only gets half a cup of tea.
Cant get enough of this video! Martin and a few other channels should be on tv!
Thanks Sean
You have got to take a step back and marvel at the engineering genius of the people who designed and built the tunnels.
It is testament to their skill that over 150yrs later they are still standing.
I'd be tempted to get a team together and cut a channel from the last tunnel to let the water out, and explore it further!
Another great video, thank you Martin
Thank you, I wish I could see the plans
Incredible. That stonework almost looked brand new at the entrance at the other end. Great video Martin thank you.
Yeah it was in great nick wasnt it Neil
Another excellent video Martin thanks, love how you delve into the history of the area's you are exploring, really makes Sundays better especially in these uncertain times, please keep your vlogs coming and stay safe
Thanks very much Graeme glad you enjoyed
What a great find and in pretty good condition most of it considering it's age not much escapes you when finding these tunnels and finding the other end was a good find. Thanks for sharing guys and see you in the next.
Thanks very much David, yeah was a great find
IAM FROM TEXAS , LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS..!! AWESOME HISTORY HERE.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed
Very interesting. A little gem of a find. Good old Sunday Martin and the crew. 👌
Yeah definitely a hidden gem Neil
Many thanks Martin and friends for another great find ! And for being far braver than I would be in these circumstances !! xx
Thumbs up Martin love the arch on the tunnel.
Thanks Matthew, yeah couple of nice arches in there
Another great adventure into lost history, dark tunnels and dangerous smelly places. Well done Martin. The effort you put into post production is clear :)
Thanks Joseph
If you go behind Bury general there is a very steep valley with the Roch running through it and it is full of ruins you could spend days there going through it all, Great video as usual Martin
Thanks, might take a look
Martin you never disappoint us, but always amaze us!
Brilliant Martin and crew I just can't get over the craftsmanship of the brickwork for what looks like an outlet, I appreciate you going in and having a look round and getting all muddy and stinky for us Martin that's dedication! 🤗
Yeah that outlet was the most intact bit. Yeah the washer was on full time when I got in
Brilliant explore, fascinating bit of history.
Going below and beyond for us thanks Martin and gang
Thanks very much Paul
Heck of a tunnel, there. Realistically, you'd need caving gear and breathing apparatus to have a proper look. Some of that brickwork looks a bit sketchy, too. Probably best to do what you did - check from a distance.
Yet another great video, and yet again, superb, evocative music. Nice one.
Thanks Brian, yeah great find
Brilliant that Martin, love how you find these gems and the research is invaluable too, really enjoyed that.
Thank you Jo
Great adventure , looks like an old sewer. I would like to metal detect in there...very interesting.
I like your style bud me tp
You find the most interesting places and people to explore with. Kudos on another fine work.
Thanks Christopher, hope your well 👍
Absolutely brilliant. What a find. Loved how you captured the spiders webs. You have a special gift Martin. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thanks Shirley. Yeah now we know where the spiders hang out in winter
Fantastic Martin. We are blessed with a huge amount of industrial history in the north west of England and thankfully we have you n the gang who bring us these wonderful videos. Thanks again Martin and happy Xmas to you and the gang.
Nice video. You have a very clear voice with a little nice accent. I really enjoy! Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thanks very much and greetings to you in the Netherlands
Great bit of history, brought back from the brink of oblivion by your good self. Thanks again for sharing.
Cheers Jon
Thanks Martin and friends for the video this is so amazing and built so well. Do we go in of course you do. Another look at times gone by, amazing what is under your feet!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧
Cheers Christopher
Another fascinating and enjoyable explore, well done guys!👍🏻
Cheers Paul
As always, brilliant! Man, you have such fun. Oh what I would give to be able to tag along. Kind of hard from Canada, but I can still watch and enjoy and live vicariously through your grand adventures! Ta!
Thanks John, you would be welcome
Reminds me of the Tors valley in New mills. As a kids we use to explore (muck about)! All over, in tunnels, rivers, derelict buildings. Now I watch you do it, while I sit on a comfy sofa 🙂
I need to visit there Jon
@@MartinZero moved away nearly 20 years ago . It's a deep gorge where several mills were built, 3 railway lines, tunnels , coal miners etc. There was a information/history centre behind the bus station and plenty of information on graces. Would love to go back to have a look. Jp
Great video guys, look forward to these on a Sunday. Love these sorts of places, makes you wonder what it was like to be there when it was in use.
Oh to have seen it Rich
Nice one Martin. Always amazed by the the amount of work that went into building back then. Glad you played it safe, discretion being the better part of valour an all.
Thanks Mike, glad you enjoyed
What a wonderful find. Thanks for the interesting video to enjoy after a busy night at work.
Thanks Sorba
Amazing history, thanks for sharing.
That's fantastic...! That stonework was so precisely cut...
Yeah very precise lines John
Another one done and I’m off now to watch another 😎
Thank you Martin and friends 😃🍻👍🏻
21:59 For some reason “Martin’s crew of lads, ready to pull a heist” popped in my head here 😆
A heist in a stinky tunnel full of water 😀
Thank you Martin your videos get and better and better from NZ
Thank you Terry
Great stuff as always Martin & Co. I do love a good tunnel but here's me saying 'stay out and stay safe' but in you all went! Great find though. That outflow tunnel seemed a lot more recent didn't it, with that dressed stone. Thank you chaps.
The amount of work that went into these tunnels blows my mind. Wonderful video as always! Thank you from across the pond.
Ace! Love your videos, Martin!
Thanks very much
Wow what a find Martin, thanks for sharing xx
Yeah great find, thanks Barbara
I love this, looking at how all these people were here building and manufacturing things and when they pass nature just takes over again. All those amazing recesses cut into the stones. Really wonderful, Martin, and I loved the music 🥰💕
Not all history can be found on the internet yet, luckily there are people like you who look it up.
Great exploration, I assume that the tunnels would have been a lot deeper with faster flowing water. Looking forward to your next vid. Cheers John 😎😎👍
Thanks very much John
Thanks for sharing this history. Hi from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Again great video loved the massive catapult walking stick good idea to keep gas device with you most times Martin thank you to yourself and your crew pass on my thanks please. JohnRooney
Hello Martin
Great video , you have a lot of old stuff scattered around the UK.
Thanks for showing and keep up the good work
The places we leave behind... what a wealth beneath the earth. Don't stop making these, they are a fantastic dive into history as well. The atmosphere of the places you explore is something else, and something that shouldn't be forgotten. Every structure has its story.
You should look up Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, I imagine it has a layout very similar to what was here. It's a working mill powered by both water and steam, with 2 waterwheels.
Got to say I watch for the music as much as the locations now
Cheers Jamie
Thanks for a great video Martin,James and John. Thank goodness you’re not daft enough to go it alone. Stay safe and keep videoing.
Thank you Julia
Great!!! Loved it!!!
👍🏼😎👍🏼
Thank you
Stunning again. Thanks Martin.
Thanks Rob
another cracking explore lads
Thank you
Martin your sense of adventure is amazing. Great find aswell and amazing peice of history.
Thanks Shaun, nice hidden Gem
Great fun. What a place to explore and elucidate
Thankyou for all the time and effort you put into making these videos. I often see some amazing stonework, woodwork, brickwork, etc. I would be particularly interested in more study of construction techniques, building remains and design history of your area. I have seen you touch on these many times, but you have the voice, skill and the resources to put together a TV show production like series about your local history and construction. Not withstanding your epic work on the River Medlock. I also really enjoy the tea time and the campfire discussions. Maybe more campfire cooking while camping on location. LOLOL Always lookforward to the next video. God Bless and Be Safe! From the USA.
Thank you very much, i will take that on board 😄
I can imagine the brick masons and their apprentices building the forms for the arched brick then laying the brick, one by one, by hand, maybe even singing a bit of a song as they worked??
Thanks Martin as ever another fascinating video..
Another Underground Odyssey and a gripping one at that. The whole of The NorthWest appears to be honeycombed with great industrial history. Well done."If it's gas.we're knackered". Indeed, Martin. Well done.🇯🇪
And I think we was knackered Ivan, but thank you
Hi Martin. Enjoyed this as i do all your videos. And you cant beat a nice flask of tea when out and about
Yeah whenever I can I take one Matthew
Good man👍
Amazing to see such places have survived all this time. Thanks for taking us along.
Yes true, I would have never known about this
Another belter. Thank you Martin !
Thanks Ian
What a great video Martin, fantastic stuff. I could watch these all day and sometimes I even do!
Thank you and its much appreciated
What an amazing find that tunnel is !! The mysterious Margaret too. I wonder if she has any living decendants.
I bet she will do David
I bet they would have interesting stories to tell. Maybe even photos in a private collection.
I was thinking the same thing..... There are local historical sites that list old families...
@@MartinZero Just a thought , Margaret most probably worked at this mill. Unfortunately as early as 10 years of age ,and bare footed!
Hey Martin, check out the Kirklees Valley in the Greenmount/Tottington area of Bury there's loads of industrial history and relics. For example there was Tottington mill that was a bleach works, there are a few huge stone cisterns remaining that are quite impressive as well as old filter beds, culverts, ponds with big cast irons valves, a stone viaduct with a few arches over Island Lodge, an old railway line that is now a woodland trail and not forgetting Tower Farm, that resembles a castle and right on my doorstep too! EDIT: Burrs country park is very close by too with similar features.
That sounds good chris thanks
Really enjoy your videos, you obviously put a lot of work into them. One of the most honest channels around. But you could change the titles to "We didn't come prepared."
Hi Martin
Great informative video and yet again quality information about the mill.
Thanks Martin
Dorset Andy keep the faith
Thanks very much Andy
Great vid Martin. Thanks for shout pal
Thanks for the info, very much appreciated
Martin, I think you're right about that tunnel.
If you go to Quarry Bank Mill in Styal you can see such tunnels, preserved and still in use today.
I need to visit there
A good find indeed. It’s important to film all these remains as, one day, they’ll be gone for good!
Yeah its incredible this is hidden away and still has its story to tell Phil
Another great fantastic video your videos are very interesting and i learn alot
Thanks Daniel
@@MartinZero 👍your welcome
Thank you such beautiful old mill structures . Martin you have become the exploration hero documentary historical video production Company. Martin you and guests are amazing your under rated for the services and talents you bring to this world please don't stop this work others will find and appreciate you I hope more than I do , I find your production to be first class above any Television mind programming safe for any age to watch learn and enjoy your productions deserve so much more recognition don't get a fat head over theses words just keep doing your videos. 💋
That was another supreme video Martin-brickwork and stonework in the tunnel was wow!-hope that you return there and find waterwheel evidence ...
I would love to Matt
Another excellent vid and a cool find.
Yeah it was a great find Neil
Nice one! Getting more adventurous by the day, well done!
Cheers Thanks you
great film martin . love the music too . from nick and tracy in wigan . still in lancashire
Thanks Nick and Tracy glad you enjoyed 👍
@@MartinZero we always do . just think in the future everyone will say remember watching martin on sunday just like bullseye and bonanza . time for a live stream mate so all your mates whom you have never met can have good chat . don t forget women are very moody . tracy has gone in the lounge with yet another monk on . a dj once asked to send in your love song for your partner and i sent in two . it has to be neil diamond with hello ; but when she has a monk on it has to be morrisey with big mouth strikes again springs branch . thanks chum . the view from the north
Hi Martin, James & friends, wow look at that awesome brickwork still standing after all these years, that is stunning and just goes to show that craftsmen back in the day built stuff to last. A fantastic explore and I do agree it was safer to exit and go back another day with a gas meter, methane gas is nothing to mess with.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖🤘
Thanks very much Sue 👍
Martin another great video keep them comin 👍🏻
Thanks Mark
Thanks Martin for another great adventure, I used to go ratting along the river Roch in the 70s which I know as a very winding river but after alot of rain it can swell and move with some force and that was further upstream from where you were so I would say that those underground water courses will be very powerful and pressured. at full flow. Please be careful when excavating such places as there are loads of rats which are double incontinent and carry Weills disease which as you may know is very deadly. Take care and all the best. Stevie PS: The biggest rats that I've ever seen were on the Roch.
Cheers Steve, scary rats !!!
Great Job John. Quite interesting.
Thanks very much
Another brilliant video Martin the wife was shouting dont go any further when you were in that tunnel lol
Your wife is a sensible lady Colin 😃
Think you Martin for nice video see you next week
Thanks Steffen see you soon
Your videos are always fascinating. I look foward to Sunday evenings! Thank you.
Chris, somewhere in the wilds of central France.
Thanks Chris, and regards to France
The Earl of Tyrone was hiding out around there when he got Exiled. Legend has it he rescued some noble woman from Stubley Old Hall in Littleborough from drowning in the Roch. The area used to be called Tyrones Bed and there is is street just off Bury and Rochdale old road above the Valley called Tyrone Drive or something like..
Yeah I kept coming across the name Tyrone
Thanks for another gem, Martin.
Another great explore and how well constructed those old mills were. Cold tea in an old sauce bottle and cold toast was my breakfast in school, after attending early morning mass. I was a choir boy back then, I wonder what happened along the way!!!!!
Looks like you rebelled against the cold tea Brian
Thanks for the videos Martin, the content is very entertaining!
Thank you Dan
hi martin and team that was great so interesting a good find and we loved it i glad you were all safe thanks so much love to you from us down south
Thanks very much to you both
Another quality video Martin well done.
I used to go exploring the ruined mills in the steep old valleys outside Huddersfield. Haven't been for years.
You could try to find your way into Woodbottom Mill at Elland alongside the canal that brought its coal and wool.
I seldom post comments. However, your channel has become essential Sunday viewing. They really are fantastic videos. Nice close up of what looked like a burnet moth too!
Thanks Larry, There was another bigger moth flying about in there
Great video mate! Nice to see Jon making an appearance as well🙌🏼
Cheers mate, yeah John knows some good places
Brilliant stuff Martin,great working with you👍👍
That small square stone on the arch holding it up was cool
Yeah and a bit ropey
Always enjoy your exploratory vids Martin - haven't been back for a while: this was great - always leaves me with a kind of melancholy - perhaps because it's just so amazing what people achieved before we had anything like the labour saving devices we harve today - and, of course, the brickwork and stonework are just so imprerssive - cathedral like structures which suggest a far more spiritual attachment to work in those days.... May thanks x
Thanks very much Max.
Nice job lads, fascinating
Thanks Chris
What a great hidden find, looks like part of it is filled in.
Yes Johnathan it was a gem