Intro and outro music by Dean, Sensory triggered on KZread. Other incidental music by Mark, Reg, Dave & John aka The Chameleons, thank you for being part of my soundtrack. Genuine comments of concern welcome H&S lectures will disappear. Respect to you all. Roy = "its a walk up a brook", however no one mentioned the subterranean blues in that low section 😁

@stephenbirchall941

Жыл бұрын

Great video. I have sailed many times over that bit of canal. I'm glad they didn't try and drain the dry dock while you were there!

@rich_devoto

Жыл бұрын

Martin the music on your videos is always top drawer - and now you’ve just stuck the world’s greatest band (ever) into this too! Zero and the Chameleons- blinking marvellous

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenbirchall941 There is only one dock I think and its rarely used

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

@@rich_devoto Oh yes 😀

@Simon_Nonymous

Жыл бұрын

We loved the retro intro!

Martin's delivery is more reverent, polite, subdued, even hallowed than usual in this video. This is known locally as the Posh Worsley effect. Even people with broad accents from Bolton and Oldham and Wigan, suddenly start talking posh when driving through Barton Road Worsley, and only when driving beyond into downbeat Winton does their rough-and-ready accents return. It's not affected, it's a genuine linguistic phenomenon that automatically afflicts all outsiders passing through Worsley from anywhere in the world. Last spring a visiting couple from Kentucky suddenly sounded like they hailed from New Hampshire much to their own surprise. And so this is why Martin sounds a bit posher this time. Normal Ancoats service will be resumed next week.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

I even drank Prosecco

@earlt.7573

Жыл бұрын

@@MartinZeroI hope ya drank straight from the bottle after breaking the bottle neck off on a rock, no sense getting TOO posh, I mean, really........

@ROSS4422

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this explanation!

@bernardmcmahon351

9 ай бұрын

Nicely said, everyone, sometimes in their lives uses the ‘Worsley/ Eccles/ Winton’ method. Eccles 👍

It's a testimony to their engineering knowledge that those brick arches are still intact. Wow.

Fantastic .. Another great vid Martin, cheers for making Sunday special !

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Bloody Spray Crete Vandalism 😭😭. Thankfully we have people like Martin and Co capturing our History and amazing architecture and workmanship for future generations to see. Extremely well done. 👍👍👍

@MartinZero

10 ай бұрын

Yeah Spraycrete does kind ruin the vibe

@xsickpeoplex

6 күн бұрын

Spray Crete keeps it up! All the brickwork of the culvert was absolutely goosed when it was surveyed and inspected back in 2015. I was going to be the supervising engineer on it but left just before it started on site.

Just watched it on the big screen martin with the wife and it was an absolutely fantastic journey full of history thank you to you and all your friends for this chapter......x

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much

"An idiot with a torch". You're being slightly hard on yourself there. You may not be an expert but you are bringing largely forgotten heritage to modern eyes. Well done to you and all your collaborators.

Cool stuff. Its what Sundays are about!

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Pal

You exhibited real bravery there Martin . You looked genuinely scared but you carried on regardless, that’s bravery. Well done sir.

@outsidethepyramid

Жыл бұрын

he IS sooo brave

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, wasnt the most pleasant of places, but I am glad we went through

Thanks again Martin I worked on the Delph regeneration and was actually one of the people involved in the discovery of the tunnel amongst others there was a winch also discovered buried under all the earth we removed from there and also under the bridge there is a couple of sealed up tunnels Keep up the uploads 👍

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, yes i did read about the winch as well 👍

Martin, you are the light that never goes out!

@earlt.7573

Жыл бұрын

And then he goes and calls himself just "an idiot with a torch", haa--- Martin you're the best.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

😄👍

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Idiot with a Go Pro ? 😀

Sitting here in Texas I am enthralled by the history you have around every corner. I have done a bit of underground urban exploring myself. Any time we run across something too tight and therefore too dangerous, we used a camera and light on a float. Be sure the float is boat shaped so it reduces camera wobble. We tied that to a sturdy fishing line on a rod and reel. We could pay out line to ease the unit into the tunnels and get an idea about what was in there before we got ourselves in trouble. It's a really bad feeling to be inching your way into a bad situation and find that the floor is slick and increasing in pitch! Going to subscribe and my dream retirement is to visit your lovely country and learn more about it.

Hi Martin. You are definitely not an idiot with a torch. You are showing the World, things we are unaware of.

Martin Thanks for a brilliant journey through Worsley Brook. I grew up in Winton / Worsley and am familiar with the history of Worsley , in particular. In the late1940's and early 1950's us kids used to explore "Worsley Woods" and surrounding areas . I ended up as a Camp Warden of the Middlewood Scout Camp in the 1960's and spent much of my late teenage days exploring not only the ruins of the Bridgewater Estate ( of which Middlewood was part) , but Worsley in general. Fond memories indeed One significant adventure was to go to what we kids called "The sunken Barges" located near the end of the coal loader railway line at the Monton end of the Bridgewater Canal. It was a " graveyard' of derelict barges and we would jump from one to the other , and I remember one "dare" was to swing out over the water on a long derelict crane from one barge to another! Happy days . On a visit to Worsley maybe 10 years ago I went to see if the "Sunken Barges" were still there but couldn't see any trace!! I follow your excellent videos via You Tube . I have been in Australia for 50 years but every time I've returned to UK I've spent quite some time in Winton and Worsley. Best wishes to you and keep up your brilliant videos David Chadwick

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

I would of loved to have seen the sunken barges David, you were lucky 👍

What a fantastic piece of history again hidden away from public view thanks to you and your team for showing us this underground place. Keep up the great work and stay safe.

Martin you walk past so many loose bricks in your videos with the makers names stamped into them , I`m always trying to pause and make them out , there`s so many Facebook pages full of brick collectors , people that know the history of where the bricks have come from , roughly when they were made etc , fascinating stuff , maybe you could mention any you come across , there`s people mad about bricks from all over the world , it may uncover some helpful history. and get you a hell of a lot more follower`s , they`ve got me hooked and really are mad about bricks ,I`ll spread the word if you where to start showing the odd stamped brick , you come across so many and we hunt for them ourselves , amazing the amount you find in stream`s/ Rivers , love you`re vids Martin and the history in them, Cheers

That last chamber was like a prop for an Indiana Jones movie.

Thanks Martin, Roy and Marcus, this was a fantastic insight to the course of the Worsley Brook and how it's been utilised and adapted over the years. Brilliant video yet again guys , really appreciate it.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Cheers thank you

This was an absolutely fantastic look at the Delph and its adjacent structures. Thank you for taking all of those spider webs to the face to bring us this fascinating documentation of these amazing works!

Martin I have to say thank you for your hard work to make your videos for us to watch. Have a wonderful day to you and your friends.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Shawn

The view of those hanging green leafy vines really entices me to go and wallow in it myself, that is a scene out of paradise!! 🤗🤗

It's great that you have credited the musicians on this, Martin. 🎶👍. I've been to Worsley a few times, back in the day and it is indeed a lovely village, but Ive certainly never seen from these angles! The sheer amount of industrial heritage in the North West never ceases to amaze me. An absolutely fascinating video, nice one Martin and team! 🌟👍

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

I must admit, this is a part of Worsley that few have seen

definitely one of our best culvert explores, mission impossible 🤣

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

You bossed it 😆

Wow! The fern filled oasis was beautiful! Like something out of a painting. What an intriguing route, full of unexpected wonders! Thank you for bringing us along on the adventure.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I did like that bit as well

Great video! Love the opening, you should do this for all videos now Martin. 🙂👍

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Ian, bit of fun 😀

@ynot6473

Жыл бұрын

two ian rs watching martin!

Another masterpiece guys ! Fantastic!

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim

Amazing, so much history and tunnels around there, brilliant guys, nice to see Erling Haalend getting involved too 😆👍

Them moths were nightmare fuel. Great little documentary as usual, it's great you showing us all this architecture that was built never to be seen

WOW, that section at 21:40 is spectacular.

What a place, so many great features! Appreciate you taking us along Martin!

You're right on my doorstep here Martin. If I'd seen you whilst passing I'd have shouted in both a brew and a pint! But as always an excellent video demonstrating local (21 Century) engineering and technology from times gone by. 😎

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

No sugar and a crumpet please

Just a point about Mason marks. These were done on each stone usually if large, but also in 5s 10s and such. To indicate which he laid. This was on the days where it took time, so paid by the blocks. Some managed to do 2 times as many as others, so paid higher. Also, they had band's. Masons which did elaborate work paid far higher.

I would speculate the dropshaft was put there to slow the flow of the water. Best I can come up with. Great video, those Months were a bit special 😊 (Martin walking home after a night out in Manchester was also a bit special 😂)

Thank you for this - we live just up the road and regularly go for walks around here, but never knew about any of this.

It's most welcome to see you back in the Greater Manchester area, Martin. You yourself, Roy and Marcus are most certainly daring people going into those tunnels. Many thanks for such a most interesting film. By the way Martin, that Granada TV introduction reminds me of the old broadcasts from the Quay Street studios!

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Cant beat a bit of Granada

That species of moth is found just inside a lot of mines and caves, just around the limit of daylight. I suspect those protruding blocks were put there for moth and bat habitats - hence the bat moulding on one of them.

Brilliant amazing Love it. Thank you so much. Pete

Great stuff! Thanks for documenting it for us all Martin. So much history. Keep up the good work. Really appreciate it.

Thanks Martin, Roy and Marcus. Bloody fascinating. Appreciated.

top notch video, many thanks to you 3 for bringing it to us.

Great video, thanks Martin and crew 👍👍

Wow! What an amazing explore. Thanks for taking us with you!

Fantastic video guys, well done for showing such a lovely area. Keep the videos coming.

Excellent Martin probably one of your best 👍

Great upload as usual. Scary at times!

Enjoyed this, thanks Martin.

Amazing photography! Live your videos xx❤

So very interesting. Thank you for yet another fantastic video.

Superb as usual...

This was another awesome video Martin and the crew.

Intresting how it's changed and moved around into different uses over the years

Lovely to see what goes on under your feet in Worsley! I lived in one of the cottages on Mill Brow, built in the 1790s (it doesn't appear on the 1785 map but does in the later ones). The whole old Mill Dam is now a private garden and 'solid' ground, though it floods something rotten in heavy rain. A fastinating tour, though the less said about how you might have gotten into the brook at the end the better ;)

Really enjoyed this one, thank you.

Epic explore! Thanks for showing / explaining all this engineering!

Cheers Martin, Roy, and Marcus, that was so good thank you. Atb

Another great and very informative video. Love learning about industry of old.

A lovely explore and a nice little insight in to the history behind it.

Another terrific video Martin. Thanks also for the video short and the use of A view from a hill by the Chameleons. Nice one👍

Thanks for this Martin, another fascinating look at what is clearly very old infrastructure. I know how you were feeling negotiating that low section so well done.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I wasnt warned about that section unfortunately 😀

another great visit

Thankyou Martin for All your videos much respect keep on keeping on top of pal

wow man , this is intense , great work Martin ,really interesting

As always, excellent, quite mad intro too

Martin, I really appreciate your videos, esp around Salford and Manchester. In the 1800’s I had some relatives who lived there. They all got christened at the Manchester Anglican Cathedral. Then they came to Australia.

Martin u an the boy's have the best day's out ever. Awesome video been really missing there underground one's thanks so much for all the work u do 👏👏👏👍

Such an interesting video! I love learning about the history of these culverts

Great video again Martin& the lads & I never knew that the history of the canal ☝

Hello Martin, greetings from Germany. First of all, I am a very big fan of your reports and watch them regularly, with enthusiasm. Is it possible that the creek was lowered by maybe 3 meters in order to drain the coal mines more and deeper, because if you can mine more coal 3 meters deeper, that's several 1000 tons on the surface of a mine . I know that from the Ruhr area here, there they drove very long tunnels from the deepest river level into the mountain to make more coal mining possible in order to drain everything even deeper. These tunnels were called Erbstollen, because one generation would not have been able to build these up to 30 km long tunnels. I think to myself, maybe the whole underground stream was only built to free the coal mines deeper from the water?

@Josh-kb8gi

Жыл бұрын

Another point to consider would be if you lower the level of the creek at the site of the mill by 3 meters, the water wheel or the turbine also gains significantly more energy due to the much higher gradient. So a win-win situation for the mill and the operator of the coal mine.. maybe the costs of the necessary work were shared at the time?

@fireflyfireworks668

10 ай бұрын

Sounds reasonable and plausible, I really would love to see the worsley mines and their inner workings.... Although being German too, I have to correct you on the etymology of the "Erbstollen" (inheriting mine tunnel). It's called so not because the next generation of miners could mine coal previously not accessible, but rather because it inherits the water of all mine workings above it. Kurz noch auf deutsch, weil es die Wörter im Englischen schlicht nicht: Der Erbstollen "erbt" alle Wässer aus oberen Grubenbauen.

fantastic stuff

Cheers Martin. I've been watching your videos for years and enjoying them. This one was of particular interest to me having lived around this area for a long time. Just wanted to say thanks for not jumping to conclusions or feeling a need to explain everything; it's nice to see someone humble and able to admit where knowledge or research just isn't currently possible. Thanks for all your videos and all your hard work. Keep it up!

magical places mate,

Graet video,really enjoyed this one .

Thank you very much again, for sharing the results of your curiosity. The last chamber alone , i think, was worth the whole trip. Always fascinating what is hidden below our feets.

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

That last chamber was amazing and thank you

A great vid Martin great to see a more serious approach to this one which I much prefer ,its like one from the past

Amazing industrial history brilliantly presented. Thank you. ❤️

Great video. Thanks Martin. Particularly enjoyed seeing the oasis.

Brilliant video! You guys have some great explorations. 👍🇬🇧

I’ve often been to Worsley delph but next time will know what to look out for. Thanks a lot for great video.

Great stream Martin, thanks

Fabulous video! Thank you Roy and Marcus. And of course you, Martin.

A great video today, Martin. A interesting tour into the past. See you on the next! 😊

Excellent work.

Fantastic. Thank you 👍😊

A really great upload, thank you for sharing and doing this fr the rest of us

Great clip, very entertaining!

Hi. Great video, thanks

Yet another brilliant video, Martin and gang! Amazing to find out just what is under your feet when you're out and about getting along with life, like walking the dog, going for a stroll, etc! lol

Brilliant video. Ive explored the delph a little bit and had no idea any of that existed. Need to get some waders...

great video - i used to visit the 'Orange canal' around there alot as a kid years ago. Have sent this to my Dad, he will love it! cheers again for the history !

Another pearl Martin, so very interesting this history of Manchester I'm sat enthralled your brave with these epic adventures, better than any tv documentary of such. Thanks for posting.

Really interesting, thank you.

Fascinating, thank you.

absolutely amazing

Martin, just wanted to say I love your videos! It's great how you incorporate the history of the areas. Keep up the great work!

@MartinZero

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much

Awesome video Martin

Great vid , u guys have got some balls going down there 👍

Brilliant vlog Martin and your team. Your face thought when in that culvert! 😂

Another great video Martin😅😊

Really enjoyed Martin, thanks !!!

@MartinZero

10 ай бұрын

Thank you

Intrepid explorers and backed up with maps and local history. Brilliant. Many thanks for your fascinating video. Well done.