Great stuff as always! Never get tired of seeing impressive old engineering feats that are now abandoned and left in ruins - especially when there are old photos of them in their glory days! Love it!
Hi Martin, back from holiday in Yorkshire, I'll be looking at bees once a week from now until September it is all weather and temperature dependant. Above 12 degrees, not a lot of wind, I will DM you on Instagram, I'm not expecting you to drop everything and come over. You can tell me if you are free. I have two bee smocks just arrived today, I can put my hands on another as well.
I grew up in Kearsley and this brings back memories. Used to hang around the canal and river as kids. Loved climbing on the sewer bridge and exploring the area. My grandad also taught me loads on the local history and the canal collapse. Great video!
I LOVE all these old canals and the old industrial infrastructure you still have. By the time the US was industrialized we had trains and the land to build rail. Very few canals. I watch so many narrowboating channels and then to add old/abandoned lines, damn,, id be in heaven
The US had several canals in the Northeast but because that's very hilly ground the favorable grade of the abandoned canals was often used for roads. as an example a portion of US RT 6 in the extreme northeast of Pennsylvania runs on the old Delaware and Hudson Canal which occupied a narrow bit of level ground between hills and the Lackawaxen River.
Once again an excellent informative video. I know more about our industrial history than I ever knew before I began watching them This one was particularly enjoyable as the infrastructure around the bridges and locks is well preserved. Thank you
I found Enfield Plastic Accrington, seems to be an advertising move for thier bricks, usual Victorian over estimation of the product. Nice to see, also I notice the red brick is only a two tier soldier course on the face, not all the way through the arch, no idea why, but a great video, throughly enjoyed it.
I notice you and adventure me walk over bricks, names on them of the makers are an amazing insight in that where did they come from, I'm in West Wales, a stroll around and a look in yards, skips, and when out houses are being demolished will reveal a trove of foreign bricks, here we have domestic buildings and a major railway station made with bricks from all over the place, some by sailing ship from North Wales, some by rail from there and England when the railway came here, so basically each brick has a history, why is it there is the big question, I've over 250 named bricks each with a history, so the next time you trip over one, wonder where it came from, it will add to your story.
Fab as always , I love your videos and all the information you give us , it's great to see my home town and and all the amazing historical places , you make it so much fun . I live in South West Wales now so love the nostalgia your videos give . Please do more bloopers too I bloody loved that addition ! If your ever over this way give me a shout and I'll stick the kettle on 😉...thanks for sharing 😍
Was at University in Salford until 1980 and was completely unaware of all this interesting stuff. Really wish we had the internet in those days. Thanks for doing the work to bring this to us, much appreciated.
I really appreciate your passion. As a Canadian with absolutely no connection to Manchester or area, you have made me interested and high up on my bucket list is to visit locations like this. Cheers!
Great to see the mecano bridge thanks Martin i worked in mecano during my apprenticeship and i still have and use an original mecano kit spanner but i dont think it will fit the bolts on the new bridge 👍🖖
Another great vid. Cheers guys! The brick arches on a stone bridge/aqueduct reminds me of Cefn Coed viaduct in Merthyr Tydfil. Apparently the stone masons went on strike and the ironmasters called their bluff and brought in brickies to finish the job...
Great video again. Been there a few times when younger. You missed the quaint stretch of canal at the start of the Bolton Branch! I like your use of maps - essential. Pete
Nice one, boys. You must have some fun while bringing us these interesting vlogs. Keep 'em coming. And take good care of James - an outing without a brew just wouldn't be the same!
Another splendid video from Martin and James (and a mystery anonymos cameraman in the background?), packed with interesting historical facts. I just love it. Love from Denmark
Ah, the TV van and now a tea van. Great intro. The colors on the Meccano bridge have a Medieval feel, bright and garish. Again, your narration and information presentation are top notch. James it's always good to see you in a video. Glad that was a old iron nail and not a old piece of poo left over from the sewer. Thanks to Martin and his team for this fine watch....
Martin, thank you for the wonderful video. I agree that the suspension sewer bridge is an eyesore. Too bad that someone with taste did not understand that a bridge that blended in with the aqueduct and pack horse bridge would have been the right choice. I hazard a guess that cost over esthetics played a large part in using a suspension bridge.
Great video again. I grew up in Little Lever, so this area was our playground. Spent 100's of hours around there. A bit further up heading towards Bolton you'll find 2 more basins, the top one next to Hall Lane definitely has a old sunken barge, but sadly no longer visible.
and across the road where they have taken the aqueduct away.. in the woods.. amazing amount of stuff in there. . that huge embankment and all the way to the small bridge in Darcy Lever and the site of the removed aqueduct at Lever Bridge. I lived over that end and used to walk up the canal route often
So glad to see James back - hair cut and all!!! Delightful video Martin. Well done. I nearly pissed me self when your Martin said "What you call me" when you said Nob End. I was waiting for something to come up. Then I nearly pissed me self again when your James whipped out Mr, Kiplings marked down. Oh the number of those I have bought over the years - marked down of course. Hilarious. I so appreciated this video and I needed those couple of laughs out louds!!!
Just to make you pucker up at the thought, I'll tell you how they used to "Cap" those old pits! 1. Cut a suitable tree down leaving the branches on. 2. Drag the tree to the pit. 3. Drop the tree into the pit trunk first. 4. Get someone to push the tree as far down as you can compressing the branches. 5. Fill with stone chunks. 6. Hope nobody stands on top of it after the tree has rotted. Not an Elf or a Safety to be seen!
Researching my family tree I found that a relation died falling down a disused pit in 1842 (just a kid, he'd been running backwards trying to fly a kite). The paper said two other people had fallen down the same pit and been killed, so the owner was thinking about maybe capping the shaft.
Surely, a little bit of a fence and a sign that says "danger of owwy slow painful doom. Please don't" would work better at a fraction of the effort and expense?
Great video as usual. I don't dislike the new sewer Bridge but not in this lovely location. The old sewer Bridge was much more interesting. Keep up the good work. God bless
Brilliant, both of you, ''the out takes'' said it all, yes, i get tonged tied, bein dislextic is even worse, the Meccano bridge is ace, one place i must visit, thank you, Chas. Brum.
Before my parents and us kids moved to Australia we lived in Kearsley. When you were standing at the basin and pointing up toward the locks, It appears you were standing at the same spot my Dad used to take me fishing in the canal, pretty sure it was where the coal basin entry was. Lots of good memories along that canal. Thanks for all your efforts Martin.
As always ,I am a groupie for these pieces of Manchester history. As always seeing James a welcome addition to your work,after all he is a regular now. Someone must make the tea! As I see this old unused lock system,my mind like yours sees the canal workers ,and I so respect the navy! I get that wealthy industrialists financed much of the network,but they get enough credit. I value the navy and the family depending on him,an injury back then could really hurt a family. As always lads,you smashed it.
brilliant..I was going to visit my folks in wilmslow over Easter but decided to go to Wembley instead but I should have visited the canals instead as this is so interesting.Keep these videos up as they are fab.
Priceless. What a fantastic place and you did it justice Martin. And to imagine Nob End as knee high in toxic blue sludge and stinking of bad eggs a mere 140 years ago., due to waste from the production of, ironically, soap (sodium carbonate). Now the area's rich in orchids as a side effect of changing the local chemistry.
Another awesome video Martin. It was funny to see the bloopers at the end, and honestly it kind of made me feel better. I’m shooting videos on the Morris canal here in New Jersey, USA and I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from your style of videos) and even though I’m doing them all on my own, it usually requires many different takes, all the while I’m thinking “why are they good at this like Martin is!“. So I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one 😅
A great video Martin. It makes it more interesting, knowing that this canal is no longer complete, but the locks and sidewalls in many paces are still intact. The bridges look perfect, the one with the solid stone arches (the aqueduct), is very solid in construction. Hope everything stays the same for years to come. Many thanks to you (and James), for this presentation.
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This is where I used to play as a kid.
Love this video. I'm now going to have to binge watch all your videos to catch up.
Fabulous 👍
Hope you enjoy Cassandra 👍
It’s a really interesting area. I’m hoping the canal society do manage to restore it all.
Always enjoy a Sunday night Martin video!
Good stuff. Love the canals, active and not so active. Glad you shared a few outtakes too. Cheers.
Great stuff as always! Never get tired of seeing impressive old engineering feats that are now abandoned and left in ruins - especially when there are old photos of them in their glory days! Love it!
Another great one Martin & James, loving that meccno stuff 👍👍👍
Cheers Joe
Brings back memories. I have 3 photos of the sunken boats with coal boxes inside them taken in circa 1978. Another cracking video from Martin Zero.
All this and no more than ten minutes from my place too ,surrounded by unseen history i am .
Brilliant...! I love that Meccano bridge. It would be good to see the canal back in use...
The MBB Canal society are trying to sort it John
@@MartinZero I'll have a look at their website...
Amazing how the Georgians and Victorians took the pleasure craft to Manchester for a day out. Love the meccano bridge and table, thanks for posting.
Thanks Pete, hope to meet up soon
Hi Martin, back from holiday in Yorkshire, I'll be looking at bees once a week from now until September it is all weather and temperature dependant.
Above 12 degrees, not a lot of wind, I will DM you on Instagram, I'm not expecting you to drop everything and come over. You can tell me if you are free.
I have two bee smocks just arrived today, I can put my hands on another as well.
My favourite way to end a sunday: watching Martin's video. And even the outtakes are entertaining. Thanks again for sharing !
Thank you
Thanks for this guys. You showed a few details that other videos have missed.
Thanks David
Lovely idea of the day trip on a boat with a stop at the tea rooms. Simple pleasure that would apply just as well today.
Great old flight of locks and then to top it off with an aquaduct, great finds.
I grew up in Kearsley and this brings back memories. Used to hang around the canal and river as kids. Loved climbing on the sewer bridge and exploring the area. My grandad also taught me loads on the local history and the canal collapse. Great video!
You and James are creating some great memories! Great job today mates! Stop running Martin! You’re gonna hurt yourself!
The bloppers are truly a nice Easter Egg, keep it up! 😄
A nice video you and Jimmy put on. See you on the next! Cheers mates! 🏴🙂👍🇺🇸
I LOVE all these old canals and the old industrial infrastructure you still have. By the time the US was industrialized we had trains and the land to build rail. Very few canals. I watch so many narrowboating channels and then to add old/abandoned lines, damn,, id be in heaven
The US had several canals in the Northeast but because that's very hilly ground the favorable grade of the abandoned canals was often used for roads. as an example a portion of US RT 6 in the extreme northeast of Pennsylvania runs on the old Delaware and Hudson Canal which occupied a narrow bit of level ground between hills and the Lackawaxen River.
@@DanielleWhite several... not a lot, like I said. So thanks. We had absolutely nothing like these English canals.
These videos make me homesick and happy in equal measure, regards, from the colonies
Once again an excellent informative video. I know more about our industrial history than I ever knew before I began watching them This one was particularly enjoyable as the infrastructure around the bridges and locks is well preserved. Thank you
Love this stuff even though I do not live in the UK....Keep up the great work.
Another amazing video. Loved on the northwest all my life and never knew this was here
Cheers Nick
That was brilliant, and the brick at the end, for us plinthologists was a bonus.
Why Plastic on it ?
I found Enfield Plastic Accrington, seems to be an advertising move for thier bricks, usual Victorian over estimation of the product. Nice to see, also I notice the red brick is only a two tier soldier course on the face, not all the way through the arch, no idea why, but a great video, throughly enjoyed it.
I notice you and adventure me walk over bricks, names on them of the makers are an amazing insight in that where did they come from, I'm in West Wales, a stroll around and a look in yards, skips, and when out houses are being demolished will reveal a trove of foreign bricks, here we have domestic buildings and a major railway station made with bricks from all over the place, some by sailing ship from North Wales, some by rail from there and England when the railway came here, so basically each brick has a history, why is it there is the big question, I've over 250 named bricks each with a history, so the next time you trip over one, wonder where it came from, it will add to your story.
I just love the Meccano bridge. It is fascinating how that was done.
Another great video on this canal. Very interesting and I haven't laughed so much in ages with the outtakes 😄. Well done and 'Run James' !!
We visited that area a few years back and I have to say my wife loved Nob End
I bet she did 😉
Fnarr fnarr.
Fab as always , I love your videos and all the information you give us , it's great to see my home town and and all the amazing historical places , you make it so much fun . I live in South West Wales now so love the nostalgia your videos give . Please do more bloopers too I bloody loved that addition ! If your ever over this way give me a shout and I'll stick the kettle on 😉...thanks for sharing 😍
Thanks Louise, we will have to pop down for a brew
Was at University in Salford until 1980 and was completely unaware of all this interesting stuff. Really wish we had the internet in those days. Thanks for doing the work to bring this to us, much appreciated.
Thanks John
I really appreciate your passion. As a Canadian with absolutely no connection to Manchester or area, you have made me interested and high up on my bucket list is to visit locations like this. Cheers!
Thank you, hope you get to visit
Let me know when you’re over! I’ll buy you a pint in my local, The Horseshoe, which is in Prestolee/Ringley.
I'm extremely ill at the moment. Seeing your video pop up has given me a smile. Thank you so much.
Sorry to read that. Hope you are feeling better very soon.
Hi Neil. Hope you well soon all the best from Martin & James
the bloopers are always good laugh and it show that you are human
I love bridges too .Its personal Thing ! Like the bloopers ,once the giggles start that's it.
Yeah, I couldnt talk right that day 😯
Great to see the mecano bridge thanks Martin i worked in mecano during my apprenticeship and i still have and use an original mecano kit spanner but i dont think it will fit the bolts on the new bridge 👍🖖
the videos get better and better and are a great Sunday night watch.
Thanks Keith
Another great vid. Cheers guys! The brick arches on a stone bridge/aqueduct reminds me of Cefn Coed viaduct in Merthyr Tydfil. Apparently the stone masons went on strike and the ironmasters called their bluff and brought in brickies to finish the job...
So so so very interesting.
Thank you, thank you. 👏👏👏
Great video again. Been there a few times when younger. You missed the quaint stretch of canal at the start of the Bolton Branch! I like your use of maps - essential. Pete
The Mecano bridge and picnic tables are amazing and cool! Only an old stoge would say otherwise haha!
Nice one, boys. You must have some fun while bringing us these interesting vlogs. Keep 'em coming. And take good care of James - an outing without a brew just wouldn't be the same!
Very interesting, i🎉never get tired of watching your videos
Love the out takes at the end :) I am suprised that James May has not featured that Mecano bridge !
Oh yeah hes a toy freak isnt he
@@MartinZero He Built a Mecano lifting bridge.
always made me laugh seeing Nob End when looking at the map, great vid Martin, thanks
Fab name
Another splendid video from Martin and James (and a mystery anonymos cameraman in the background?), packed with interesting historical facts.
I just love it.
Love from Denmark
I agree with you, who is the cameraman?
@@The_Robert.Fletcher And why did he think that walking really slowly and obviously would somehow make him invisible???🤣
Great video as always. Drones certainly give a different view.
Yeah despite my crap drone skills we got some nice shots
First class as as ever martin and friends thank you x
Thanks
More bonus bit please - van load of logs 😆 nice insight to all the prep you guys must do.
Ah, the TV van and now a tea van. Great intro. The colors on the Meccano bridge have a Medieval feel, bright and garish. Again, your narration and information presentation are top notch. James it's always good to see you in a video. Glad that was a old iron nail and not a old piece of poo left over from the sewer. Thanks to Martin and his team for this fine watch....
Martin, thank you for the wonderful video. I agree that the suspension sewer bridge is an eyesore. Too bad that someone with taste did not understand that a bridge that blended in with the aqueduct and pack horse bridge would have been the right choice. I hazard a guess that cost over esthetics played a large part in using a suspension bridge.
Brilliant film. What an explore. Loved your extra bit at end. Superb documentary. Thank you.
Thanks Shirley
Thank you Martin, James and Danny. Loved it guys.
Cheers Martin
Can I than you for your continued enthusiasm, it is infectious. Thank you so much.
Thank you
Great video again. I grew up in Little Lever, so this area was our playground. Spent 100's of hours around there. A bit further up heading towards Bolton you'll find 2 more basins, the top one next to Hall Lane definitely has a old sunken barge, but sadly no longer visible.
and across the road where they have taken the aqueduct away.. in the woods.. amazing amount of stuff in there. . that huge embankment and all the way to the small bridge in Darcy Lever and the site of the removed aqueduct at Lever Bridge.
I lived over that end and used to walk up the canal route often
The top basin along with the locks was cleaned up several years ago now there's no barges in that one!
Cracking vid. Great info. Over fishing on the Old Salford cut canal . Windsor bridge. With my Dad. Pity they did,nt keep it. 👍👏
So glad to see James back - hair cut and all!!! Delightful video Martin. Well done. I nearly pissed me self when your Martin said "What you call me" when you said Nob End. I was waiting for something to come up. Then I nearly pissed me self again when your James whipped out Mr, Kiplings marked down. Oh the number of those I have bought over the years - marked down of course. Hilarious. I so appreciated this video and I needed those couple of laughs out louds!!!
Some would call him thrifty. I call him a tight bastard
Just to make you pucker up at the thought, I'll tell you how they used to "Cap" those old pits!
1. Cut a suitable tree down leaving the branches on.
2. Drag the tree to the pit.
3. Drop the tree into the pit trunk first.
4. Get someone to push the tree as far down as you can compressing the branches.
5. Fill with stone chunks.
6. Hope nobody stands on top of it after the tree has rotted.
Not an Elf or a Safety to be seen!
Sounds good to me
My new greatest fear is walking over one which hasn't been fenced off...
@@JackFowlesJF There is nothing sure, but not walking in circular "dips" in otherwise level ground is a good move!
Researching my family tree I found that a relation died falling down a disused pit in 1842 (just a kid, he'd been running backwards trying to fly a kite). The paper said two other people had fallen down the same pit and been killed, so the owner was thinking about maybe capping the shaft.
Surely, a little bit of a fence and a sign that says "danger of owwy slow painful doom. Please don't" would work better at a fraction of the effort and expense?
Very interesting. Cheers guys. I was last there in the late 70's
Another great video guys.very informative from a boltonian.👍
Thanks Tiger
Love it, love learning more about round here,
Great video as usual. I don't dislike the new sewer Bridge but not in this lovely location. The old sewer Bridge was much more interesting. Keep up the good work. God bless
Great explore lads, cheers
Loving the Bury & Bolton canal content !!
Cheers David
Brilliant, both of you, ''the out takes'' said it all, yes, i get tonged tied, bein dislextic is even worse, the Meccano bridge is ace, one place i must visit, thank you, Chas. Brum.
Thanks Chas
Great video, thanks. Good detective work too. Loved the picture of the people going on a daytrip on the canal. The outtakes were really funny 😀 xxx
Thanks Marilyn. I have to tell em to keep rolling the camera i eventually get there
Love your bits at the end. Nice bonus with u both larking about. A xxxxload indeed.
Thanks Al
Outstanding work Martin and James.
Your time and efforts I really appreciate thank you very much.
Keep safe warm dry and virus free
Thanks David
The out-takes are excellent.
Another great video Martin & James & bringing so much history & knowledge back to life well done boys
Another great video guys! Thank you !!xx
Thanks Anne
Great bonus footage at the end 😆👍
Cheers Vaughan
Keep um coming lads, really enjoyed this 🙂
Before my parents and us kids moved to Australia we lived in Kearsley. When you were standing at the basin and pointing up toward the locks, It appears you were standing at the same spot my Dad used to take me fishing in the canal, pretty sure it was where the coal basin entry was. Lots of good memories along that canal. Thanks for all your efforts Martin.
As always ,I am a groupie for these pieces of Manchester history. As always seeing James a welcome addition to your work,after all he is a regular now. Someone must make the tea! As I see this old unused lock system,my mind like yours sees the canal workers ,and I so respect the navy! I get that wealthy industrialists financed much of the network,but they get enough credit. I value the navy and the family depending on him,an injury back then could really hurt a family. As always lads,you smashed it.
Thanks Robert
Very interesting video thank you for sharing your experience friends from Scotland 😊please keep the great videos coming and please stay safe friends
Well done lads ,great interesting video as per. Roll on next one 👍
Great video and enjoyed the bloopers reel at the end. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into making these.
Thanks Paul
Another great and interesting video guys, keep up the good work !!
Thanks Fred
Great video Martin, as always. Bonus outtakes are excellent, more please!!!!
Liked the little outtakes at the end chaps..... great video :)!
Thanks Grim
brilliant..I was going to visit my folks in wilmslow over Easter but decided to go to Wembley instead but I should have visited the canals instead as this is so interesting.Keep these videos up as they are fab.
Cheers Mark
Great video guys and what a great name for a place nob end is.
Great video guys! One of many not far from me. Fascinating local history.
Thanks Laura
in the timepix photo you can see the brick lining is present too 21:10
in the us, we would call this the erector set bridge. thanks for sharing your adventures!
I am from Crewe in Cheshire and love your uploads keep up the great work Martin and company 👌👌👌👌
Thanks Darren
Your welcome Martin it's nice to see such passion in your work I look forward to the future 👌
Wonderful vid and wonderful bridge, I hope the locks get restored and one day are back 'in water'.
Another cracking video mate and the bloopers were brilliant lol.
Thank you 👍
Priceless. What a fantastic place and you did it justice Martin. And to imagine Nob End as knee high in toxic blue sludge and stinking of bad eggs a mere 140 years ago., due to waste from the production of, ironically, soap (sodium carbonate). Now the area's rich in orchids as a side effect of changing the local chemistry.
It's good to see another fantastic video from you Martin (and James). The last bit was 🤣. Thank you for making me smile. 👍🏼
Great video Martin, loved the filming ..... felt your pain at the end 😂 🔴🟡🟢❣
Thanks Ruth 😀
Thanks Martin for a fantastic and very interesting vlog, the outtakes were great also. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Another awesome video Martin. It was funny to see the bloopers at the end, and honestly it kind of made me feel better. I’m shooting videos on the Morris canal here in New Jersey, USA and I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from your style of videos) and even though I’m doing them all on my own, it usually requires many different takes, all the while I’m thinking “why are they good at this like Martin is!“. So I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one 😅
Nah I constantly balls up. I used to do em alone but I like to bounce off James. Keep it up
Loving the outakes at the end, hopefully you'll do this as a regular thing 😉
Thanks Martin another fascinating vlog
Cheers Martin, That was a good video very interesting. :)
Amazing ariel footage, so close to my home in bolton. A historical scar on the land.
Love following your channel. Your videos are so interesting. Enjoy watching the videos about old canals.
A great video Martin. It makes it more interesting, knowing that this canal is no longer complete, but the locks and sidewalls in many paces are still intact. The bridges look perfect, the one with the solid stone arches (the aqueduct), is very solid in construction. Hope everything stays the same for years to come. Many thanks to you (and James), for this presentation.
Thanks you Ffranc
Another excellent video Martin, thank you 😎
Outstanding drone footage, old pictures and narration. Wonderful job . Meriden, Kansas
Loved the bloopers at the end there 😂 another fantastic video. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
Thanks Kirsty