James Brindley and Wet Earth Colliery Part 3

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @davepfizer
    @davepfizer 8 месяцев назад +2

    Martin as always does a fantastic job of bringing the history to life far better than reading a book about it. There is nothing like actually seeing what these places look like now with that historic content packed around it. Difficult to picture what there would have been at the time but impossible not to appreciate the skills and engineering of these great men.

  • @Steve_Wardley_G6JEF
    @Steve_Wardley_G6JEF 4 года назад +35

    Oh God, who needs television when you've got Martin Zero ? Dogfather xx, I'm with you all the way on your comment. All the men with now cold arses that have gone before us. We're all here just but a fleeting time but at least Martin is putting flesh on those old bones, a mark of respect for those that have gone before us.

  • @ianlindsay1454
    @ianlindsay1454 4 года назад +87

    Words can't describe how good this is but I'll try, lol. The presentation is excellent, the music is superb, the content so interesting, the filming is spot on, I loved the whole package. Your videos get better and better, well done. It's so sad seeing how it's all disappeared, especially seeing old photographs of the workers, and the sketch by Lowry. Can't wait for part 4.
    Ian and Angie.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +7

      Thank you so much Ian and Angie, really appreciate that

    • @valerielongmore5040
      @valerielongmore5040 4 года назад +3

      You said what I was going to say, well put and so true. Cheers

    • @volvos60bloke
      @volvos60bloke 4 года назад +2

      completely agree with everything you said, well summed up. Thanks martinzero, this is fabulous stuff.

    • @2H80vids
      @2H80vids 4 года назад +1

      Great comment, well put. I think most of us would completely agree.👌👍

  • @RiojaRoj
    @RiojaRoj 4 года назад +1

    Couldn't agree more with many of the comments . The time and effort Martin & co put into these is unreal. Captured for the masses, for those who appreciate the efforts of those who went before us.
    And this is the story of just one colliery and one aspect of life back then. How fortunate We are.
    Thanks again Martin, amazing !

  • @dogfatherxx8832
    @dogfatherxx8832 4 года назад +32

    Another amazing video, what I love most is the sense of history isn’t lost on you.... take that sleeper for instance, it’s a piece of wood, but you know it’s probably been there 100+ years, a person fitted that, think how many people have looked at it, walked along it and touched it in that time... just think about it for a second... it’s quite amazing really

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +9

      Yeah absolutely, its a gem of a find

    • @ianlindsay1454
      @ianlindsay1454 4 года назад +4

      Well said Dogfather, it's very emotive.

  • @michaelryan6884
    @michaelryan6884 4 года назад +2

    Great stuff! Thanks again!

  • @Tom-gr6nx
    @Tom-gr6nx 4 года назад +1

    excellent video all you need on a sunday evening is a video from martin and a late tea thats my evening sorted.

  • @DemelzaBoing
    @DemelzaBoing 4 года назад +11

    With the music and visuals, I find these videos completely mesmerising...... :)

  • @Lostmissionary
    @Lostmissionary 4 года назад

    So Martin says "I hope you enjoyed the video". Like yeah! I mean how can you not like it. Bringing to life the history of these places and the lives of the hard men and women associated with them. what a teacher you are Martin and thank you so very much for your efforts

  • @empireofnoise2200
    @empireofnoise2200 4 года назад +5

    ahhh! that time of the weekend when martin uploads a vid ....time to sit back and crack open a beer!

    • @Dan23_7
      @Dan23_7 4 года назад

      Number 6 😂 Off this week

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +2

      Hope you enjoyed

  • @joshjones3408
    @joshjones3408 7 месяцев назад +1

    That intro music was the shi. Great video 👍👍👍

  • @rydermike33
    @rydermike33 4 года назад

    Can't agree more with Ian and Angie. Your videos just get better and better Martin. Wonderful stuff that really fires the imagination. (If only those stones could talk!) Thank you so much Martin and Danny.

  • @DemelzaBoing
    @DemelzaBoing 4 года назад +2

    Oh yes!!! Another little bit of awesome!! Thank you so much, I love your channel.

  • @victorgoncalves2442
    @victorgoncalves2442 4 года назад +2

    Welcome back to another great video !!! Great work , well done . Stay safe

  • @auser1484
    @auser1484 4 года назад +60

    Here he comes to save the day, Martin Zero's on his way...

    • @Dan23_7
      @Dan23_7 4 года назад +5

      Mighty Mouse 😂 Mighty MartinZ

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +6

      😃👍

    • @mickd6942
      @mickd6942 4 года назад +8

      Martin is just an ordinary mancunion but when he drinks a can of bodingtons he turns into bodingtons Manchester explorer man

    • @DavidSevern
      @DavidSevern 4 года назад

      andy caufman

  • @brianaveriss7972
    @brianaveriss7972 2 года назад

    So enjoyed all parts of Wet Earth Colliery. Thank you Martin.

    • @meichong8278
      @meichong8278 Год назад

      What part did you enjoy the most ? For me part 4 brought the whole story together .... that expert really knew his stuff ....

  • @ianr
    @ianr 4 года назад +3

    Excellent video again Martin.
    An explorer's worse enemy is pricklies and things that sting! 🙂👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @johnwilliams9240
    @johnwilliams9240 4 года назад +11

    Coal & cotton, what made South Lancashire.
    My old lad left school on a Friday age 14 and was darn pit on following Monday morning.
    Undercutting coal the dangerous part being why they needed small boys.
    UKs prosperity based the dangerous hard graft of the workers.
    Missed you last week, assumed you where still out and about making movies for us.
    All the best
    John

    • @toosavvy3504
      @toosavvy3504 4 года назад +1

      ..... the legacy of King Cotton. Martin is showing us all how IT WAS... Today is twisting us through the prism of how some prefer to imagine how IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ... Yomp On, Martin.... We Need YOU ;

  • @RobTaverner
    @RobTaverner 4 года назад +1

    Another great video! Thanks Martin

  • @hollydelihgt
    @hollydelihgt 4 года назад

    Fascinating once again Martin,better than anything on TV...keep it up 👌👌

  • @darriendastar3941
    @darriendastar3941 4 года назад +1

    Many thanks, Martin. You have no idea how much your vids do for my mental health at the moment. I'm in Day 97/98/I Can't Remember of social isolation and shielding. I'm living in a tiny, tiny, tiny bedsit in south-east London with no access to outside space and when I look out my window, I cast my gaze on a massive car wash until I raise my eyes to the far distance, in which I can see four trees. (They're not healthy specimens, but at least they're trees.)
    I've also run out of British TV shows and films I want to see/can afford and have been relying on Netflix and Amazon Prime for windows on the world. So all I hear are American accents. Once a week, I go out late at night to my shopping and in an entire week, the only live British accent I'll hear is "That'll be £38.47 please".
    This isn't to create some narrative of 'poor little me'. I'm a resilient person. I can cope with all of this.
    My comment is more to celebrate you.
    You have no idea how much the images you create of greenery and wildness do to feed my raisin of a soul right now. And you have no idea how much I've yearned for the accent of the people I grew up around.
    These things keep me sane, calm and relaxed and happy at the moment, so thank you.
    Please keep on doing what you're doing.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Thanks very much Darrien I really appreciate that. More greenery to come in the next video

  • @TheCLouiseA
    @TheCLouiseA 4 года назад +1

    Well im eyes pealed for part 4. 👍🏻 Loving this series 😁 keeping me occupied in lockdown. 👍🏻

  • @thewanderingponderer
    @thewanderingponderer 4 года назад +1

    Another great Video Martin I'm currently rewatching all your videos so it's nice to get a fresh one today.

  • @jxderby3744
    @jxderby3744 Год назад

    Played all over the area as a boy. Found out later than my dad had played in the tunnels in the late 1940’s early 50’s. There is a tunnel on the river bank below the canal, and one day I climbed down and sat at the entrance (2010) by the steel door blocking the tunnel. When I looked through the hole of the door I heard foot steps and someone whistling a tune approx ten feet away walking towards me, but no one was there.
    I’ve been in the large holes and tunnels in the early 1980’s. In the old canal there were a line of abandoned barges left to rot, not far from the turbine. There is also a ww2 pillbox on top of the canal that we played in (1983) but it became so overgrown that it couldn’t be seen when I visited in 2014. In the 80’s we found old buildings with fireplaces amongst the undergrowth. Amazing place and really interesting to watch you walk through the tunnels. I believe Time Team did an episode on it, but I may be wrong.

  • @Tony-xx2vs
    @Tony-xx2vs 4 года назад +1

    Nice one. Can't wait for part 4.

  • @redhmanchesteruk.
    @redhmanchesteruk. 4 года назад

    Another superb video. Never disappoints. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 4 года назад

    Well Martin I really enjoyed that. I just love the stonework of the walls and tunnels. Nature sure has been working hard there with all that undergrowth. Seeing inside the tunnel was magic.thank you so much for taking me along.

  • @WickerMan73
    @WickerMan73 4 года назад +2

    Buzzin, part 3 is here. Its gonna be good. Back to my neck of the woods. Just brilliant and fascinating, cannot wait for episode 4 now

  • @haroldhorseposture9435
    @haroldhorseposture9435 4 года назад

    So....there's a part 4? As usual , can't wait for that . Clearly this site has much to reveal. There's lots around that area ,a very rich hunting ground. Thanks for rooting it out and serving it up to us in such an intensely interesting way. Bloody brilliant , award yourself a beer. You're payng , though !

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Cheers Harold. Much more from this place

  • @frankfitzgerald5832
    @frankfitzgerald5832 4 года назад +1

    Fascinating video martin ...so many things remain ..we found it a wonderful place during our walk....thanks for all your hard work we look forward to part four ..stay safe mate ..Frank & Lee..

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Thanks to you both Frank and Lee

  • @mikeclarke3882
    @mikeclarke3882 4 года назад

    As usual Martin....a really great video! Full of facts and atmosphere.
    Yes....all the lives that have come and gone, births and deaths and everything in between.The people who made the history are often forgotten, replaced by dates and big events. The ruling classes write the stories they want people to hear, of great men with big ambitions. But it's the people who brought their dreams to life that I find really fascinating. The men who laid the bricks, and placed that sleeper in the ground, and the women who raised their kids. The likes of you and I are here today, only because people back then survived what was done to them in the name of progress. So, lets not paint too rosy a picture of the people who lived in the big house, and thank our lucky stars we're alive today and not back then.
    Can't wait for #4....

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      I agree Mike and thank you

  • @kohedunn
    @kohedunn 4 года назад

    Pure escapism Martin ! Thank you so much !!

  • @andrewmoore7494
    @andrewmoore7494 4 года назад

    Another brilliant insight into the industrial history of industry in the North West.

  • @philipclark8307
    @philipclark8307 10 месяцев назад

    Martin, your research & your work is magnificent. I do hope you manage to complete the series on the Wet Earth Colliery. Really looking forward to a part 4.

  • @tonybrook5316
    @tonybrook5316 3 месяца назад +1

    A massive ,THANK you for putting this series together. One question, did you make part 4, if so what's its title. There are only 3 videos in the wet earth colliery play list.
    Once again a massive THANK you to you and the team for putting together a range of extremely interesting videos that are worthy of there own TV series.

    • @walterpuffin6478
      @walterpuffin6478 24 дня назад

      Should have read yours before I posted my question 😊

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 4 года назад +1

    Can't wait for the wheel pit video had a nosey around there in the late 90's and its amazing how much nature has grown around it over the last 25 years!!!

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Yeah, see what we can do

  • @Drivershell53
    @Drivershell53 4 года назад +1

    very enjoyable, great narration, well worth watching, bring on part 4.

  • @ponyboymb
    @ponyboymb 4 года назад

    Well what a day, myself and her-in-doors have been kayaking up coniston most of the day, decided to treat ourselves 🤟🏻
    To come home, little bit of tea.
    Then watched this your latest video 👌🔥 brilliant, luv it. All them year's of history 🤟🏼 just brilliant 🙌👍 looking forward to the next. Keep up the great work 💪👌💪👊

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Thank you. I loved that bit of Kayaking I did last year

  • @andrewschmitz9707
    @andrewschmitz9707 4 года назад +2

    I love every minute of this,the time you spend showing not just the architectural history but the people who worked so hard here is what always impresses me.

  • @suchcone
    @suchcone 4 года назад +1

    Great video and great music, as always. Must have been horrific these places, now they're serene and peaceful. All those lives spent there...

  • @jdinnen1
    @jdinnen1 4 года назад +1

    Great video. Part 4 should be interesting. Amazing the amount historical stuff buried in the overgrowth.

  • @antsmith8588
    @antsmith8588 4 года назад +1

    Throughly enjoyed this series and cant wait for part 4.
    Keep up the informative work Martin..

  • @steviebaby2857
    @steviebaby2857 4 года назад

    Very professional presentation Martin, another very good and pleasant video
    👍

  • @garrystacey7018
    @garrystacey7018 4 года назад

    Great and interesting video Martin looking forward to part 4 thank for sharing and keep safe 👍

  • @ExploringwithCarl
    @ExploringwithCarl 4 года назад +3

    Yeah i really enjoyed the video as always Martin. Cheers

  • @MrStuNoo
    @MrStuNoo 4 года назад

    As a kid I often played by the old Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, from Salford into Agecroft and Clifton. My Granddad told me how parts were filled in after the last war era when 'technology' got the better of us. I think the remaining spots left open were for anglers (keen fishermen to the rest of the world) to carry on their weekend activities. Anyhow - Top stuff Martin. I always enjoy your videos and appreciate the research that goes into them.

  • @stevesrepairs3815
    @stevesrepairs3815 4 года назад

    Thanks Martin for another fantastic and beautiful vlog searching through our local industrial history. Take care and all the best. Stevie

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +1

      Thanks very much Stevie

  • @OldmovieMike
    @OldmovieMike 4 года назад

    thank you for these historic mysteries, many a bored day saved by Martin, fascinating!!! absolutely fascinating! cheers from America!!

  • @bobingram6912
    @bobingram6912 4 года назад +7

    Jeez, I want to get in there with a big strimmer to see the whole layout of the place!!! One time there Martin I thought you were going explode with excitement - I can see why. So much history, so many lives, so many stories, incredible. 👍❤🐝

  • @davidbing4578
    @davidbing4578 4 года назад

    Thanks Martin for part 3. Worth waiting for. Look forward to final part. Another excellent video.

  • @holliesfriend4104
    @holliesfriend4104 4 года назад +8

    Waited with baited breath for this one Martin. From the bottom of my heart well worth the wait. Jaw - droppingly excellent fascinating video. I got a tingle up my spine with that sleeper you found. Well played old boy

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +2

      Thank you. I found it frustrating as I wanted to see more

  • @okm77
    @okm77 11 месяцев назад

    BRILLIANT!! I'm reading a book about James Brindley. Now, I come from a canal viewpoint, so I'd never heard of Brindley's work at Wet Earth Colliery. The book has some very simple diagrams but these don't make clear exactly what Brindley designed to solve the problem caused by water in the mine. I just discovered your three videos and you have made everything clear in a really engaging and enthusiastic way. I just subscribed and will be watching all your stuff from the beginning. Thanks very much, Martin - superb.

  • @amosbriz
    @amosbriz 4 года назад +3

    Another absolutely fascinating watch Martin. As well as the wonderful subjects you cover, it's clear that you put a tremendous amount of work into making these videos entertaining, informative and very well presented. As someone who is currently 'shielding' from this damned virus and therefore unable to travel, I really appreciate you showing us these tremendous places and the effort that goes into each video from you and Team Zero! You've been making lockdown so much easier for a lot of people, many thanks!

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +2

      Thank you very much. I must admit its a labour of love

  • @ausi14u
    @ausi14u 4 года назад

    It's got to the stage where I start to watch your posts and hit the like at the same time then watch the post through. You're quality is so interesting and well presented. Thanks again for your work and enthusiasm.

  • @grahamtanner559
    @grahamtanner559 4 года назад

    Just watched 3 so far ,you need a TV show.

  • @paulchearman6261
    @paulchearman6261 4 года назад +1

    another great journey Detective Zero

  • @terryansell6641
    @terryansell6641 4 года назад

    Looking forward to part 4 so interesting thank you

  • @shavenhaven6869
    @shavenhaven6869 4 года назад +9

    Brinley was a absolute genius!!!

  • @AlisonBryen
    @AlisonBryen 4 года назад

    The brilliance of using the power of water to drain water from the mines...fascinating engineering!

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Yes it was a brilliant scheme

  • @farralad734
    @farralad734 4 года назад

    Brilliant brilliant brilliant martin...best yet...keep up the great work marra✌

  • @MikeSmith-wx9xe
    @MikeSmith-wx9xe 4 года назад

    Another very interesting video Martin thank you can’t wait for part four.

  • @markb9013
    @markb9013 4 года назад

    Martin... another fantastic video... thank you so much... your videos are always educational.. Thanks again.

  • @markmatthews1569
    @markmatthews1569 4 года назад

    Its good to see you Educating us of these lost wonders Martin, VERY Interesting

  • @richardpettet9996
    @richardpettet9996 4 года назад +1

    Another interesting part. Looking forward to No.4

  • @grimsmith1
    @grimsmith1 4 года назад +5

    Well presented mate, TV presenter/producer in the making I reckon! Gogogogo!

  • @a40a40
    @a40a40 4 года назад

    Another brilliant video Martin. Thanks for all the hard work you put in. God knows what goes on in the brains of people who give it the thumbs down, sad individuals.

  • @Martin-bx1et
    @Martin-bx1et 4 года назад

    I remember walking by the Irwell in the 1980s and seeing the broken belly of a starvationer stuck in the ground 20 or 30 feet above the river.
    I am binging on your video and have to say they are all gold.

  • @Lulu-jl5zd
    @Lulu-jl5zd 4 года назад

    Excellent! Looking forward to part four and then binging the whole playlist again :D

  • @jesterjoe8377
    @jesterjoe8377 4 года назад +5

    Love the history thanks Martin and co. I was a faceworker at Agecroft until closure, and my subsequent move to Parsonage colliery in Leigh. I have a keen interest in all history, especially the films regarding coal/collieries/mining. They don't do it like northerners do! Keep it up please.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Thanks Jester. Wow thats so interesting that you worked at Agecroft

    • @jesterjoe8377
      @jesterjoe8377 4 года назад +2

      @@MartinZero Yeah '81 to closure. My Dad and two brothers worked there too. They were all deputies, and I had my deputies papers.

  • @stevebessant8102
    @stevebessant8102 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for the video Martin. I like the you way cross reference with the old maps. You'd think there would already have been surveys of these places.

  • @gafrers
    @gafrers 4 года назад +5

    Fantastic as usual.

  • @valerielongmore5040
    @valerielongmore5040 4 года назад +2

    Martin, I have to say, how blown away I was to watch this extremely interesting and superbly well produced , researched and presented this series of wet earth colliery.

  • @turbo.panther
    @turbo.panther 4 года назад +1

    You say it's asking a lot for us to use our imagination, but with your descriptions and story telling it is not hard at all. You bring us along with you in such an easy and interesting way. Thank you Martin.

  • @terryansell6641
    @terryansell6641 4 года назад

    Can’t wait for part 4 so interesting thank you

  • @matthewrail6065
    @matthewrail6065 4 года назад

    Another great video Martin thumbs up

  • @adamdnewman
    @adamdnewman 3 года назад

    This series is phenomenal.

  • @aj41926
    @aj41926 2 года назад

    Another great video. I wish more people from all over did similar content covering their own areas

  • @peterclayton6598
    @peterclayton6598 3 года назад

    Fascinating set of videos your enthusiasm is infectious

  • @markkilley2683
    @markkilley2683 2 года назад

    All very interesting and beautiful.

  • @carlbentley80
    @carlbentley80 4 года назад

    Fantastic video and a very interesting place, looking forward to part 4

  • @MrSteffen2020
    @MrSteffen2020 4 года назад

    Think you Martin for nice video see you next video I can't wait for part 4

  • @ChristopherAnnesley
    @ChristopherAnnesley 4 года назад

    Yet another great video. Excellent job.

  • @TheFilwud
    @TheFilwud 4 года назад +1

    It's amazing how quickly nature can reclaim old abused industrial sites once we let it! Great video again Martin!

  • @boulting1
    @boulting1 4 года назад +1

    Another top video Martin, keep it up pal 👍👍

  • @thomasolsson8816
    @thomasolsson8816 4 года назад +4

    Intressting as always martin. Looking forward to the next one.

  • @rheingau2011
    @rheingau2011 4 года назад +2

    Quite fascinating video, it is really cool to see how do you put puzzle pieces together with looking back to earlier videos. I imagine, with some money and people it would be possible to let the whole colliery resurface as prime example of early industrial history.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +1

      Yes Peter, the site is of major historical importance

  • @paulspickernell6875
    @paulspickernell6875 4 года назад

    Fascinating stuff, got me hooked, nice one Martin

  • @erikz2754
    @erikz2754 4 года назад

    I am looking forward to the bext part. So much history in England stay safe

  • @BaldFoodieGuy
    @BaldFoodieGuy Год назад

    Great series of videos Martin Pleasure watching them. Did you do a 4th video? Apologies if I missed it. Right back to watching the old well house & the castle that's an imposter. All the best 👍

  • @navigator902
    @navigator902 4 года назад

    Quite enjoyable, love your content.... see ya soon.

  • @pippastone6018
    @pippastone6018 4 года назад

    Martin you have really pressed my buttons around history and how we need to know as soon as we can and in saying this it is still fun finding history ASAP.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Yeah this place is fascinating

  • @trevorwright6165
    @trevorwright6165 4 года назад

    wonderful again martin and thank you so much just loved it cheers from trev and Christine in Sussex down south

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Thanks very much to you both

  • @davidlewis726
    @davidlewis726 4 года назад +1

    Nice one. Very interesting indeed.

  • @yorkie2789
    @yorkie2789 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for this Martin, well worth the wait.

  • @jayd1974
    @jayd1974 4 года назад

    Ah superb video as always 👍

  • @brianroscoe239
    @brianroscoe239 4 года назад

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Great video Martin.

  • @Growlertrim
    @Growlertrim 4 года назад

    Martin, these videos featuring the ghosts of industrial structures hidden in the woods are some of your best work! It's absolutely fascinating, sad and encouraging at the same time, to see how Nature has reclaimed what people have abandoned!

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Thank you. Yes the place is incredible

  • @invertedshadow1746
    @invertedshadow1746 4 года назад

    Martin the videos you make and the content are worthy of primetime tv. Im sure the show would be popular and i feel like it will happen in the near future for some reason.

  • @PetrolBastard
    @PetrolBastard 4 года назад

    Your presenting has become so honed and engrossing that you should be on TV. Someone should commission a series!

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад

      Thank you, I think its up and down sometimes 😄

  • @simonross8218
    @simonross8218 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant! I've been waiting for part 3. Now you can get out again - may the Wet Earth Colliery journey continue! 👍👍

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 года назад +1

      Yep, Cracking on Simon