I'm sitting here watching this just shaking my head in disbelief. It's not just the extent of the labyrinth, it's the obvious quality of the brick and stone work. There has to be a rhyme and reason to it all. Amazing stuff and thanks again to all for showing us around.
It must be Phenomenal to have been discovering those tunnels. I'm guessing theres gonna be some celebrating when they hit the grand tunnel!! Brilliant vid martin!! 👍
@@MartinZero 🔥now I can't wait to see that Martin👌 I wish I could down there to see it The brickwork/stonework is next level. Love these old historical places. I have done a video an a old viaduct. Takecare Martin have a good day my freind 👍✋
I’m absolutely blown away with this video and all concerned. Being a Tour director for over thirty years and staying in Liverpool on virtually every tour I’m choked that I never knew about this gem. Thanks to everyone concerned. Wow.
Again, excellent Martin. Thank you to both you and Connor for taking the time to come abd check us out. What we have is very special and we love having visitors. Hope to see you again soon 😁
Glad I found these 2 videos. They are brilliant. A fascinating and interesting project and well done to the volunteers who obviously have put a lot of hard work in over the years uncovering this gem of history.
Absolutely amazing stuff Martin, . So much more discovered since I visited 10 years ago and saw a lot of what you showed in part one. I was on a 6 month tour of the UK coast living in a Transit van to write a book The Road Next The Coast. Williamson did a huge amount to alleviate poverty in Liverpool. Very religious, he used to ride his horse to church each week and it had its own pew next him where it stood during services ! Well worth a visit if you ever visit Liverpool
robert howie : Never forgotten, wiped by opencasting , ignored, allowed dereliction, - its a sorry wave to all those who put in their laboured hours - never forgotten tho, effin amazing I'd say.
One day Granada TV will get its act together and give Martin Zero a series of his own. There is a huge and loyal potential audience for serious stuff about the history of Manchester and the North West . This area had a huge influence on the Industrial Revolution but it also has a Roman and Medieval past worthy of bringing to us ordinary, non Historians.
wow I'm from Liverpool that's amazing, brilliant video. Thanks to all the brilliant, dedicated workers that give their time to work on this project and thank you for visiting and uploading these videos very interesting and informative of a historical site.
Utterly gripping stuff. I have a huge love of history and even have a PHD (admittedly pre-industrial history), but I never knew about this. It's changed my view of Liverpool. When they reach the Grand Tunnel, please do a part 3.
Brilliant stuff, in my opinion one of your best yet. Hats off ( but don't forget to put them back on ) to the volunteers there's been some hard graft put in there.
Both these films are amazing, fascinating... really words fail me. And I'm just awestruck at the effort in removing all that spoil in those inaccessible places. Thank you Martin.
There's normal volunteering and then there's this. It's dangerous, dirty and dark working down there, but the results are spectacular. Hats off to them.
Hi Martin. Great videos! My family and I visited this year after me wanting to see the tunnels for some 20 years; I wasn't dissapointed! As you said, this is a must see experience. If yo do visit, please leave a donation to help the volunteers continue their work.
Wow Martin! You never fail to deliver. All I can say is it’s mind blowing. Your one of the first there to film it. In years to come when the digging is complete, that site will be a major tourist attraction. You’re absolutely brilliant at this. It’s so intriguing. Thanks again!
Once again Thank you Martin & Connor and Friends of Williamson's tunnels. This Williamson fella must have been a bit strange to think of doing this. The mind boggles. Brilliant video
Wow incredible! The tunnels are vast! I can't imagine how difficult it is to remove all the fill from the tunnels the deeper you get! Once bucket at a time! The volunteers are dedicated! Can't wait for them to call you back to see the Great tunnel when they find it!
Martin, this is absolutely the greatest thing on RUclips! I was speechless in part one and didn't comment at risk of sounding like a ten year old boy but I can't contain my excitement anymore! This is a national treasure and I dare say you have spread the word through the family and friends and workmates and business associates etc of your 41,000 subscribers! I hope the Williams tunnels people are ready for the deluge of visitors and potential volunteers! I'd spend my weekends down there for sure! Thank you so much, from a subscriber in Canada!
What can one say Martin.!Its so amazing and to imagine what else there is to be discovered.Thankyou once more for bringing these historical gems of social history to our screens.Noreen.
Fabulous Martin 😎 like you I thought it was like exploring egyptian pyramids too. The wonder of all these tunnels he had built makes your brain go into overdrive with unanswerable questions 🤔. Mind blowing stuff 🤗.
this is great ..absolutely fascinating ... you should be on the discovery channel with these vids...The sheer amount of hard work involved in cleaning out those tunnels is mind boggling.
Can remember something in my dark and distant past about those tunnels. I have past that house a few times and always thought it was a WWII bombed out building!!!!! Thank You and all those associated with bringing the past back to life. Absolutely Great Stuff, keep them coming.
Brilliant films Martin absolutely mindblowing and what a great guy Mike was with his knowledge and also all those volunteers giving their time digging.
Wonderful video Martin. What a great 'lost' treasure the tunnels are and what fantastic work Mike and his team are doing to rediscover and preserve them. Fascinating.
What an incredulous place. Some feat of engineering as it was 150 years ago. My mind was blown just watching, especially when you were standing near that pillar, and the two arches in the wall would indicate further passages off............ also, as he said the way in was bricked from the other side, meaning that they lead off somewhere, which so far is still covered. Thanks for sharing and thanks to those people that are digging that place out.
Absolutely cracking video mate! It's funny because just before you said about sitting down with Joseph Williamson and a cuppa, I'd said the same thing to my wife!!
That was superb. Thank you, Martin. Normally, if someone says: "That bloke dug a tunnel under his house.", you think of a cramped, airless, claustrophobic space. Williamson's though - you could drive double decker buses into some of them. And so beautifully made, too, although the details would be seen by few. That's astonishing to me. He made them strong and safe, and then went the extra mile to make them look pleasing. He had style. It's an oddly British thing, tunnelling. My favourite has to be the 5th Duke of Portland, who was a total recluse, who commanded his staff to ignore him if they ever came across him in either house or gardens of his home at Welbeck Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. When he died in 1879, his family members came to Welbeck, to find that many of the rooms had no floors, that valuable paintings were just rolled up and thrown into corners. Under the house, were dug hundreds of yards of tunnels, with dozens of rooms, all painted pink, and a room big enough to hold banquets in, although that was never used as such. All the underground rooms were empty, save a commode in the corner of each. Like Williamson, the tunnels were dug to give work to local unemployed men. They were not allowed to acknowledge the Duke if they saw him, and it was reported that a man who raised his hat to the reclusive Duke was dismissed.
You summed it up perfectly at the end. The Williamson Tunnels.......Mind Blown! What a place! I tell you these tunnels really fire the imagination. An amazing video and great thanks to Mike for being such a wonderful guide to these awesome works.
The ovens they excavated remind me of the ovens they found under the Famine Museum in Strokestown in Ireland. i visited in 2002 and they had only just discovered them in a part of the house that had been filled in and a modern kitchen was built above them.. great video Martin cant wait to see an update to this video in the future...
Martin. Thank you so much for the video. This is a major find. So much history hear. Great work by these volunteers. Hope they receive extra funding for their amazing work.
Hi Martin, great video as usual!! So interesting to find out there's so many tunnels buried, thanks for going down there for me as I get terrible claustrophobia!!
I'm sitting here watching this just shaking my head in disbelief. It's not just the extent of the labyrinth, it's the obvious quality of the brick and stone work. There has to be a rhyme and reason to it all. Amazing stuff and thanks again to all for showing us around.
Cheers Jack, we were equally gobsmacked
It must be Phenomenal to have been discovering those tunnels. I'm guessing theres gonna be some celebrating when they hit the grand tunnel!! Brilliant vid martin!! 👍
There's a bigger tunnel to discover Oh my 😂. Awesome .
Yes am hoping to go and see
@@MartinZero 🔥now I can't wait to see that Martin👌 I wish I could down there to see it The brickwork/stonework is next level. Love these old historical places. I have done a video an a old viaduct. Takecare Martin have a good day my freind 👍✋
More brilliant footage from the master, Keep it up Martin great stuff.
Thank you Chris
I’m absolutely blown away with this video and all concerned. Being a Tour director for over thirty years and staying in Liverpool on virtually every tour I’m choked that I never knew about this gem. Thanks to everyone concerned. Wow.
Again, excellent Martin. Thank you to both you and Connor for taking the time to come abd check us out. What we have is very special and we love having visitors. Hope to see you again soon 😁
Hello Lynn thanks so much i will never forget this
Glad I found these 2 videos. They are brilliant. A fascinating and interesting project and well done to the volunteers who obviously have put a lot of hard work in over the years uncovering this gem of history.
Absolutely amazing stuff Martin, . So much more discovered since I visited 10 years ago and saw a lot of what you showed in part one. I was on a 6 month tour of the UK coast living in a Transit van to write a book The Road Next The Coast. Williamson did a huge amount to alleviate poverty in Liverpool. Very religious, he used to ride his horse to church each week and it had its own pew next him where it stood during services ! Well worth a visit if you ever visit Liverpool
you should do a tv series about the forgotten history of working england the steam the canals and mining industry its all forgotten about now
robert howie : Never forgotten, wiped by opencasting , ignored, allowed dereliction, - its a sorry wave to all those who put in their laboured hours - never forgotten tho, effin amazing I'd say.
One day Granada TV will get its act together and give Martin Zero a series of his own. There is a huge and loyal potential audience for serious stuff about the history of Manchester and the North West . This area had a huge influence on the Industrial Revolution but it also has a Roman and Medieval past worthy of bringing to us ordinary, non Historians.
Whareva - MZ's vids and the accompanying sounds just work.
@@thedativecase9733 Manchester was one of the most important launch pads into the modern world .
wow I'm from Liverpool that's amazing, brilliant video. Thanks to all the brilliant, dedicated workers that give their time to work on this project and thank you for visiting and uploading these videos very interesting and informative of a historical site.
Utterly gripping stuff. I have a huge love of history and even have a PHD (admittedly pre-industrial history), but I never knew about this. It's changed my view of Liverpool. When they reach the Grand Tunnel, please do a part 3.
I certainly will and thank you
I love you channel it’s like urban exploring but for adults!!!!!!!
Ha, thank you Mike 😀
Brilliant stuff, in my opinion one of your best yet. Hats off ( but don't forget to put them back on ) to the volunteers there's been some hard graft put in there.
Yes Mike they do work very hard
This all falls in wonderfully with Mudflood theory! Thank you for your work!
Both these films are amazing, fascinating... really words fail me.
And I'm just awestruck at the effort in removing all that spoil in those inaccessible places.
Thank you Martin.
Amazing video Martin thank you and all the volunteers so interesting
There's normal volunteering and then there's this. It's dangerous, dirty and dark working down there, but the results are spectacular. Hats off to them.
An Enigma within an Enigma, great presentation as always, and thanks for taking all of us along too.
Thanks Scott, definite Enigmas
Fascinating place, thank you Martin (Mike, Lynn, Volunteers).
Can't wait to see more of it.
Thanks very much
Amazing video Martin. The amount of work involving in uncovering those tunnels is impressive.
Yes, hats off to them
Until I saw you come down those stairs I had no idea the massive size of where you are and the size of the stones. wow :) peace
Absolutely stunning! Fantastic work Martin just brilliant. 2 of your best videos yet! What an amazing place to see. Cheers for the tour.
Liked before viewing. Excellent as always. Thanks Martin. 🙂👍
Thank you Ian
Hi Martin. Great videos!
My family and I visited this year after me wanting to see the tunnels for some 20 years; I wasn't dissapointed!
As you said, this is a must see experience. If yo do visit, please leave a donation to help the volunteers continue their work.
Totally engrossing once again. Keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks very much
Another cracking job with documenting those tunnels. What an interesting character Williamson was.
He certainly was Michael
Amazing
Love the now regular Sunday night video
Keep to up
Great bid as ever
Thanks
Mark
Thank you Mark
Incredible place. Cant wait 2 c the great tunnel dug out. The history n artefacts found already is huge.
Yes Lisa, thosee antiques are stunning
Fabulous and so interesting. I only live a few miles away But never realise the extent of these excavations.👍
thank you.....I loved it.
Wow Martin! You never fail to deliver. All I can say is it’s mind blowing. Your one of the first there to film it. In years to come when the digging is complete, that site will be a major tourist attraction. You’re absolutely brilliant at this. It’s so intriguing. Thanks again!
Thanks David. There is a part of it thats a tourist attraction but its not as extensive
Once again Thank you Martin & Connor and Friends of Williamson's tunnels. This Williamson fella must have been a bit strange to think of doing this. The mind boggles. Brilliant video
Yep but am glad he did 😄
Brilliant Video Martin ......Looking forward to your next Film mate ... respect and regards ... Frank...
Thank you Frank
Williamson seems to have bought the out of every one. What a lovely construction and imagination. Fantastic. Well done chaps.
Yes indeed, and thank you
Wow incredible! The tunnels are vast! I can't imagine how difficult it is to remove all the fill from the tunnels the deeper you get! Once bucket at a time! The volunteers are dedicated! Can't wait for them to call you back to see the Great tunnel when they find it!
Yeah I cant wait to go back
Thank you for sharing this video absolutely brilliant 👍🏻
Cheers Garry
What a hidden gem that is, some history there. I loved the print in the bricks plus the shadow boards and tools
Hi Carl, yeah great place. You can book a tour via the website
Fantastic. Mr Williamson is a man after my own heart. God bless
Martin, this is absolutely the greatest thing on RUclips! I was speechless in part one and didn't comment at risk of sounding like a ten year old boy but I can't contain my excitement anymore! This is a national treasure and I dare say you have spread the word through the family and friends and workmates and business associates etc of your 41,000 subscribers! I hope the Williams tunnels people are ready for the deluge of visitors and potential volunteers! I'd spend my weekends down there for sure! Thank you so much, from a subscriber in Canada!
Thank you very much. They have actually just won an award. Best regards to you in Canada and thanks again
Amazing! Thank you for sharing! What great masonry!
Yes Bob agreed 👌
WOW Mind blowing, what an amazing place and network. Those volunteers are marvelous.
What an interesting historical video, thanks for sharing. 👍🙂
Thank you David
Thanks for the tunnelling vids. Now I am also feeling like digging something up. Highly inspirational.
Superb part 2 Martin. Hopefully at some point we get a part 3!
yes when they find the great tunnel
Amazing tunnel network. Keep up the great work Martin as your videos are so interesting
Thank you Martin
Wow .Amazing got to respect Mr Williamson and the guys who created this fantastic underworld. Martin thank you so much please must have part 3 .
Hi Martin.🙂 Just love it pal 🔥.
I always look forward to your videos. Top stuff. Take care my friend ✋👍
What can one say Martin.!Its so amazing and to imagine what else there is to be discovered.Thankyou once more for bringing these historical gems of social history to our screens.Noreen.
Thanks very much Noreen
I,m only here for the Tea! wow! impressive, nice vid Martin, and hello from Germany
Hello Julian in Germany 👍
Fascinating video Martin , one of your best to date . Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us .
Thanks very much Christian
another great video
Cheers David
Fabulous Martin 😎 like you I thought it was like exploring egyptian pyramids too. The wonder of all these tunnels he had built makes your brain go into overdrive with unanswerable questions 🤔. Mind blowing stuff 🤗.
It certainly is Dave
Fantastic the people involved are amazing thanks for the videos
Thanks Paul
Fantastic video again. The Great Tunnel looks like it will be a great find.
Yes Jen although initially its gonna have to be dug out
What an historical area. That is just fascinating.
The Ace Rimmer of his day. What a guy!.
Thank you for the visit into England"s past! I got claustrophobic just watching your video!! Great job as always.
Thanks very much Phil
wow amazing. Im so intrigued to see it all now cheers
Thanks Alan
this is great ..absolutely fascinating ... you should be on the discovery channel with these vids...The sheer amount of hard work involved in cleaning out those tunnels is mind boggling.
Hello thank you. Yes its amazing what they have achieved
Martin, you and the friends of WT group deserve much acclamation. THANK YOU ALL.
Thanks Roger. All I did was take a camera
Can remember something in my dark and distant past about those tunnels. I have past that house a few times and always thought it was a WWII bombed out building!!!!!
Thank You and all those associated with bringing the past back to life. Absolutely Great Stuff, keep them coming.
Thanks Brian
Amazing video, i've heard of the tunnels but never seen so much detail of them! You are doing an amazing thing with your channel, really good!
Thanks very much Michael
Amazing place, great info and your interest is infectious.
Great stuff. Its about time someone brought to light the rich Historic places of the City that have been ignored for so long.
I agree Phil
Brilliant films Martin absolutely mindblowing and what a great guy Mike was with his knowledge and also all those volunteers giving their time digging.
Wonderful video Martin. What a great 'lost' treasure the tunnels are and what fantastic work Mike and his team are doing to rediscover and preserve them. Fascinating.
Cheers Mike, yes they are so dedicated
Excellent filming as always. Glad that you were wearing hard hats.
Thanks for production and sharing Martin.
Thanks very much Roy
I love the combination of ambience, information and exploration! Thanks for your valuable videos!
Thank you am glad you appreciate that side of the video 👍
Very interesting and they well explained, amazing as always 👍👍
Thanks very much
What an incredulous place. Some feat of engineering as it was 150 years ago. My mind was blown just watching, especially when you were standing near that pillar, and the two arches in the wall would indicate further passages off............ also, as he said the way in was bricked from the other side, meaning that they lead off somewhere, which so far is still covered. Thanks for sharing and thanks to those people that are digging that place out.
Thanks John, incredible place. They have just won an award
Absolutely fascinating Martin I wonder why they ever filled them in in the first place you do a brilliant job Martin keep up the good work.
Hi martin. Later generations werent bothered about the tunnels and the council dumped in them
Thats a good spot of the brickwork on the walls of the markings
Thanks again Martin for another great video, I'll maybe try and get there in August.
Yes if you get chance do visit
Absolutely brilliant, waited all week to watch this. Thank you ever so much!!
Thank you Chris
Absolutely cracking video mate! It's funny because just before you said about sitting down with Joseph Williamson and a cuppa, I'd said the same thing to my wife!!
Ha great stuff. Yep id love that cuppa
Amazing - brilliant video Martin. Can't wait to visit them.
Wonderful History very well presented, great history always leaves more questions than answers, Massive THANK YOU to all involved.
Thanks very much 👍
Hats off to all the hard work that the volunteers have put in...Amazing effort and great video Martin.👍👍👍
Thanks Stephen, yes , amazing work
Most of those tools in the garage are for carpentry. Very interesting video 👌
I noticed that , too. Maybe the car garage business had developed from a coach works?
Yes looking back I see what you mean
That was superb. Thank you, Martin. Normally, if someone says: "That bloke dug a tunnel under his house.", you think of a cramped, airless, claustrophobic space. Williamson's though - you could drive double decker buses into some of them. And so beautifully made, too, although the details would be seen by few. That's astonishing to me. He made them strong and safe, and then went the extra mile to make them look pleasing. He had style. It's an oddly British thing, tunnelling. My favourite has to be the 5th Duke of Portland, who was a total recluse, who commanded his staff to ignore him if they ever came across him in either house or gardens of his home at Welbeck Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. When he died in 1879, his family members came to Welbeck, to find that many of the rooms had no floors, that valuable paintings were just rolled up and thrown into corners. Under the house, were dug hundreds of yards of tunnels, with dozens of rooms, all painted pink, and a room big enough to hold banquets in, although that was never used as such. All the underground rooms were empty, save a commode in the corner of each. Like Williamson, the tunnels were dug to give work to local unemployed men. They were not allowed to acknowledge the Duke if they saw him, and it was reported that a man who raised his hat to the reclusive Duke was dismissed.
He sounds another Enigmatic chap
Another fantastic video Martin, I find this one absolutely fascinating, those guys are doing a brilliant job. Well Done All
Thank you Alan
great video martin and more of The Williamson Tunnels thanks for this video and all your other videos well done
Thanks very much Paul
Just getting better. Enjoyable watch and informative.
Thanks Peter
As always enjoyed the Explore, Stoned Base Boards Awesome, Thanks for the Videos
Yeah those skirting boards 👌
Martin may i say what an amazing video and what an interesting film that to me has got to be the best yet. You my friend should be on tv. 📹👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Steve much appreciated. I'll stick to youtube for now 😄
Amazing video again Martin, many thanks.
Thanks very much Pete
You summed it up perfectly at the end. The Williamson Tunnels.......Mind Blown! What a place! I tell you these tunnels really fire the imagination. An amazing video and great thanks to Mike for being such a wonderful guide to these awesome works.
Thanks very much. Yes Mike was brilliant
Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for making the videos about these tunnels.
Thank you Roland
The ovens they excavated remind me of the ovens they found under the Famine Museum in
Strokestown in Ireland. i visited in 2002 and they had only just discovered them in a part of the house that had been filled in and a modern kitchen was built above them.. great video Martin cant wait to see an update to this video in the future...
Great project and great movie 👍
Thanks Frank
Incredible finds and cracking effort digging them out to see where they go. Thanks for taking us along on these journeys
Thank you Stephen
amazing vid thx,there is a lot to discover from the old day's!brilliant work of those who dig it back out!belgian greetings.
Martin. Thank you so much for the video. This is a major find. So much history hear. Great work by these volunteers. Hope they receive extra funding for their amazing work.
Hi David yes I hope they carry on for a long time
Really great tour. Can't wait for your next adventure!
Thanks Giovani
Another fascinating video Martin...well done! If I ever go to Liverpool, I'll for sure visit these tunnels.
Yeah Paul its a must do
So interesting! I'll bet there's going to be Parts 3 and 4 or, at least updates, as they continue excavating these fabulous tunnels.
Yes Pamela as I get to know more I will go back
Really enjoy your video’s
Hi Martin, great video as usual!! So interesting to find out there's so many tunnels buried, thanks for going down there for me as I get terrible claustrophobia!!
No Problem Marilyn. Am glad you enjoyed
This is absolutely fascinating, I'm glued to every second of it, well done to everyone involved, love it!
Once again, awesome video! Thank you Martin!
Thanks Mathias
Wow..... just WOW!