Hey Martin, my great-great-great-grandfather, Nicholas was a millwright who lived in Little Bolton, and Manchester, before sailing to America from Liverpool in 1834. In the 1530s my family lived in Whalley, during the period of time notorious for the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII. Obviously I am very interested in what you are woking on, so I want to thank you again. My ancestor Nicholas was born in 1798, and worked on the cotton mills my great-great-great-grandfather Henry Hughes owned southeast of Manchester. That relationship born 200 years ago is responsible for the son and daughter of these two men meeting, and later getting married in Rhode Island. Together James and Eliza headed to California in 1846, to seek their fortune north of what would become San Francisco. Me I live in the middle of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona where it will be 116 degrees today. Thanks Martin, you do a wonderful, masterful job of presenting your adventures.
Martin, I want to point out the fact that your videos are extremely helpful during the pandemic here in Arizona, they are a way of living vicariously, and safely at home. You have a wide audience Martin, I am currently around 5,114 miles from you as I relax in an air-conditioned space.
These ruins in the woods look how I imagine middle earth to look.... Almost enchanted.... The history is very emotional..... I love the presentation of your videos.
It IS middle earth. The HEART Of the Chest of Man (Manchester) to the left of the backbone (Pennines) of the Angel land (England) Our history has been hidden and rewritten but the clues are all around us in the names of towns and streets and buildings. And pubs hotels and the sigils that adorn old municipal offices and buildings. There are many many tunnels beneath every town near me. Dungeons and conduits and bunkers and hidey holes. Are they still in use, absolutely. But there ain't no nuclear fallout coming so a critical mind would ask what or who is being hidden or kept down there
@@suzyqualcast6269 to be honest I don't know. Maybe they did. All the same it is great to see that marks left by people working over a century ago are left in the middle of the woods now. Just paints a picture in my mind of how different it must have looked.
@@suzyqualcast6269 I was watching a Tom Burleigh RUclips video the other day and he was walking through somewhere in Yorkshire and they had the same sort of pathway of stone with a middle rut, probably the same sort of thing.
Wow.................I'm lost for words.....You're not though are you Martin ! What more could we ask for ..a first class commentary with unique sounds freshly incorporated by you ...! As for the scenery .....Well... I'm speechless... Moved to tears.. So lovely .. and poignant..The old photo of the mill and an old man sitting on a wall... We're all here for a split second in time... then we move on . leaving our past to be discovered by others....Thank you Martin... You are a gift to our tired old souls these days....x
So many old mills in various stages of decay , it's a wonderful legacy and thanks to you for recording it Martin. So many collieries too . Nowadays peaceful places but when they were all active the noise and smell must have been tremendous.
Played all round there when I was a young lad. The mill chimney steps lead to a walk-in-pit which now appears to have disappeared. The first mill you came to in those days was much bigger and the channel for the water wheel was still evident. Thanks for the memories Martin. Have you discovered Healey Dell yet ? A perfect place for one of your videos, with charming old train tracks and bygone evidence of water mills, a viaduct and an old bomb factory and when you are exhausted from discovering all those, there are the most welcoming tea rooms.
hello martin looking at the little bridge on top was the trough with the four bolts couldent that be a water pump dropping down into the stream below with a lever pump action to run into trough for horses to drink just a idea
Who else gives Martin's videos a thumbs up before watching them? I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this. Thank you for making and posting such great videos, it's always a good day when I get a notification for a new one. Your love of and enthusiasm for Manchester and it's surroundings really shines through and adds an extra something that not many film posters have. You're doing wonderful work, please keep it up.
@@MartinZero It was an ideal place for the family to meet in as they all lived around it in different directions and my Uncle Jack and Mavis might have played a gig or four there.
James with his lovely huge grin looked like he had a great time! Always good to see people so enthusiastic and enjoying themselves around our industrial heritage and nature...
Whenever I get a message that there's another one of Martin's videos up , I go and make a cup of tea and some butties and then sit down for about half-an-hour's enjoyment. Infectious enthusiasm - just wonderful. If anyone is interested ,the book you referenced - " The Forgotten Valley " is available on Amazon - over £900 (!) , but you can get it from Bury History Society as a reprint for £6. I bought a copy www.burylhs.org.uk/valley.html
The craftsmanship in the stonework of these mills in incredible. It looks like those ruins could stand another couple hundred years. I would bet the gearworks you saw were not connected to a waterwheel, but rather opened/regulated wooden sluices that fed water to the wheel closer to the mill. The water wheel needed to drive leather belts to power the machinery, so close proximity to the machinery was essential.
Time Team,Fred Dibnah,Guy Martin...and Martin Zero!! God knows how you haven't been snapped up! If i was a tv producer i'd snap you up in a heartbeat. Another great vid!!
Lovely walk down Ashy Valley, Martin. I liked the bit at the end at Owd Betts. I have sat where you were many, many times over 20 years ago and had some good food. Glad to see it is still going.
As a Dutchman I find your vlogs very interesting to follow. Indeed one is busy removing the jar, but it is also good to do. What an imposing chimney it is. Martin Many thanks for the video.
It's amazing that an industrial area can become such a beautiful, natural looking forested place so quickly. Maybe having the stream flowing past helps the plants to take back the land.
What a wonderful valley packed with so much history! Can you imagine how many people were employed here? These little villages were self contained communities, the people didn't have to go outside the village for employment, and probably got everything they needed from local shops. Martin you deserve a medal or something for showing us the history that otherwise would be lost and forgotten! A fulling mill would have been used to wash and pound wool prior to being spun by wooden hammers driven by water wheels. There could have been another mill that made the wool into cloth or even clothing. Steam powered mills in Manchester eventually made water powered mills like these redundant as they didn't have to shut down in winter.
@@MartinZero You are welcome, but it is you who deserves many,many thanks for showing people the history that is literally in their backyards. I know a lot of people who credit (or blame) the industrial revolution for the massive changes it brought to small town life in the 19th century. But technological changes always brings some pain with the gain.
The waterfall and the music between 24:24 and 26:00 is absolutely amazing. It makes me want to visit this place so badly. my eyes were welling up listing to it. It sounds like a guitar solo from a pink floyd song.
There he stood in the doorway, He heard his recording bell, He was thinking to himself, This could be heaven or this could be hell, Then he lit up a torch, And he showed us the way, There was history down this corridor, I thought I heard him say Welcome to RUclips Martin Zero, Such a history place (such a history place), Such a wonderous place, Plenty of videos at RUclips Martin Zero, All the days each year (all the days each year), He'll find you here....
There's an old mill by the stream, Nellie Dean Where we used to sit and dream, Nellie Dean And the waters as they flow, Seem to murmur sweet and low You are my heart's desire; I love you, Nellie Dean.
Dear Martin, Great Video. I am an ancient ex-Yorkshire lad living in OZ, and am getting too old for energetic travel so I find videos such as yours very enjoyable.
Please take this as it is.. I've been around more then a few friends from the cities of the mid-lands, so not an issue for me.. but my daughter was having a hard time with some words.. So I switched on "CC" .. wow.. love it .. in this video it came up with "tease the lung mill" "called back mill" "Geez Dan Brooke " it had me in tears. You sound perfect to me but the computer generated "CC" has serious issues.. Keep up the good digging, love your videos
This computer/language thing is troublesome. If you want a real hoot, take any text and translate it into any language, then run it back to English. The more times that you do this process the funnier it gets :)
Hi Martin me and my wife have watched all your videos, they are great very well presented and very professional you should be on TV good luck on many more to come from Martin and Kate in Cornwall
My wife and l from Ontario Canada have just been enjoying your videos of the buildings and nature scenes, and all the research you and your friends put I to the show's.
Yet another splendid video by you, Martin. Never thought that anything historical, outside of London, could be as interesting as London itself, but you consistently prove me wrong. Along with John Rogers with his historical and geographical walks around London, along with it's suburbs, you two together produce some of the finest and most interesting videos to be found here on RUclips.
You're the best Martin! Thoroughly enjoyed that from start to finish.Fantastic location and great filming. Amazing how everything reverts back to nature. It would be a different world 150 200 years ago.
I hope to goodness school kids are using these videos in their history lessons. This sort of stuff is way more alive and interesting than dusty old textbooks. Great video as always.
Ennio Morricone was an amazing composer! I have several of his soundtracks on vinyl.RIP This valley is a hidden Gem! The scenery is breathe taking! Simon did a great job with the music! Gawd that pub food looked great!
At the 20:00 minute mark you've found my favourite place , under the bridge off school lane. We used to walk through Queens Park to the top road and down Ashy road through the caravan park and adventure up the river to the waterfall. Always via the cave. The lower path has mainly eroded away but there was one that followed the meandering water all the way up pretty much. Ive had some good times up there. A few of my friends jumped into the river off the waterfall in 1990 I swam under it but didn't jump off although I almost fell off it but my sister saved me.
@@MartinZero you walked across to the other side from the bottom. Last time I was there was 2015 and you couldn't walk across like that. So the levels definitely dropping. And these weren't kids jumping off either back in 1990. Well not exactly adults but full grown nonetheless. I have a photograph somewhere of one of my friends at the top of the tower ruins from the same day
My home Martin lived in Norden for many many years used to walk around all these places, made me so homesick! Wonderful video capturing the whole spirit of the place, also loved moricone! Naden brook was a cockstride away from us, loved to escape there, and owd betts! Well, just the business! Loved it all, brought a tear to my eye i must say, thanks for going there! Take care lad!
Wow what an amazing video there martin i like interesting things like that i shall be listening to that tune you mentioned in this video bet it was tranquil walking through the woods looking for the mill you can just imagine how it was in them days the water wheel turning glad you & james had summat to you both must of been hungry.
Wow that was stunning and its another fine example of these amazing places that are often right on our doorsteps. That groove in the old stone road from the cartwheels is a gem. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoyed this video because it is/was my home territory. I am 74 but I was brought up on Redfern farm which is shown on the map when looking at the chimney. This chimney is bricked up at the front but wasn't because it is a vent to the mine that goes into the hill. Our field above was called Chimney Meadow and had another chimney built on it to cause a air draught. A lot of the questions Martin raised I could answer but you don't want to read me going on.
Sundays have always been my favorite day but sense discovering Martin Zero there even better. Again another great video, wish I was there on the walk with you two. You are very lucky to be surrounded by so much history in the UK, I hear that when planting in the back garden to expect a Roman coin here or there. Each week your work gets better and better in every way, although the "River Medlock" is still my favorite series..... Again thanks for the great watch and am already looking forward to next Sunday.
Another fantastic video Martin. There was once a chimney at Coal Bank Mill and as kids in the late 80s we were able to get inside via a large hole at the base of the chimney. Sadly it was demolished around 1997 by the council probably because it was unsafe. There's a picture of the chimney on the internet taken in 1980.
It's not the best photograph, but he says it was pulled down in 2006, which I think he's getting confused with the old Dexine mill - which is the where the chimney with the lawnmower sounds at the start of the video is - the houses behind Martin were a rubber factory. I don't ever remember seeing a chimney at coal bank, my memories only go as far back as mid-late 80's though.
Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish once again Martin and James really seemed to grow into it. Fish and chips for me also Martin. You do seem to be building an international audience. You'll be out growing YT shortly :-)
What an idyllic spot, Martin. A bucolic triumph, once more. Music was excellent and evocative. Love Morricone. His Oscar winning soundtrack for The Hatefull Eight is highly recommended.🇯🇪
Gosh Martin that was brilliant. That music was phenomenal. What an are to hike. So much to see, almost made friends with a heron. Loved the waterfalls. Both those lunches looked scrumptious. Thank you so much for taking me along. Take care
We used to play down in Ashy valley as we called it as kids. Some of the steep cliffs above the river are treacherous. I tumbled down in it once lucky to not sustain serious injury or worse!
All on our doorstep, I really must make an effort to get out and about. Rochdale And District Amateur Radio Society (RADARS) used to meet just around the corner. We should’ve arranged some local evening strolls.
Yet another brilliant video, super editing, commentary, facts and of course music and yes spaghetti westerns, brought back childhood memories, loved them. Can not wait to come back to another video !
Great video again. Love your enthusiasm for history showing us the old maps and photo, s and going out documenting and filming like we are actually out there with you when we are sat at home with a cup of tea at home in our armchairs. All the best from lancashire.
Hi Martin thank-you for your videos. Fascinating to see the old industrial ruins and what a blast it would be to wind the clock back and see how the people of the day worked and lived - the photographs give a glimpse of this. Easily the best channel on RUclips as far as I am concerned.
i imaging it was an absolute torturous hell hole working in those mills and living back then. Life expectancy throughout Europe hovered between 30 and 40 years of age.
Looks like James got used to the camera, seems like a great fella, don't know why I got hooked on your Vids Martin, I'm in Ireland but I suppose an interest in history and engineering is all that's required and the rest is the way you present it plus the music is magic.
Another great video. Oh boy, wish I could have a pub lunch. No such think in my neck of the woods. I really enjoyed the brooks, the valley and waterfalls. Good to know about the Blue Monday history.
Agree with James, that was 'sick'. Fantastic as always Martin, thank you. Nice link between the music of The Good The Bad and the Ugly, New Order and Manchester. Glad you you enjoyed your pub grub.
My god....this is INCREDIBLE! This is drawings in history books coming to life - the remains of them at least. To see a wheel like that is mind-blowing. I cannot believe these remains are still there. The mills you were at (lost mills) beforehand was also eerie and deeply emotional for some reason. Those that have gone before...everything we are is because of them. We get to touch their world.
Brilliant video Martin, that looks like a lovely walk, so interesting too, my son says when we go out on a walk it’s like a history lesson lol, he thought the old lamp posts had bird perch’s on!! Until I told him they’re for a ladder, thanks for sharing history with us xxxxx
I'm not sure if you'll even see this, but Heywood just south of there is full of old mills and interesting buildings. I believe it had the most working mills in the world at one point. Worth a browse 😅
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Hey Martin, my great-great-great-grandfather, Nicholas was a millwright who lived in Little Bolton, and Manchester, before sailing to America from Liverpool in 1834. In the 1530s my family lived in Whalley, during the period of time notorious for the dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII. Obviously I am very interested in what you are woking on, so I want to thank you again. My ancestor Nicholas was born in 1798, and worked on the cotton mills my great-great-great-grandfather Henry Hughes owned southeast of Manchester. That relationship born 200 years ago is responsible for the son and daughter of these two men meeting, and later getting married in Rhode Island. Together James and Eliza headed to California in 1846, to seek their fortune north of what would become San Francisco. Me I live in the middle of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona where it will be 116 degrees today. Thanks Martin, you do a wonderful, masterful job of presenting your adventures.
Wow, thats an amazing family history.
You should pay a visit to the North West of England and see where it all began!
Wow what a fab history thats brilliant and thanks for watching so far away
Little Bolton town hall survives, it has recently been refurbished
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Aw.... Just finished Sunday Dinner. Having a brew and a Martin Zero adventure appears. Perfect Sunday now. Thank you for sharing.... :)
Thank you very much 1 sugar for me
Yeah it was
Thanks Molly
Martin, I want to point out the fact that your videos are extremely helpful during the pandemic here in Arizona, they are a way of living vicariously, and safely at home. You have a wide audience Martin, I am currently around 5,114 miles from you as I relax in an air-conditioned space.
Thanks very much. Its so nice to hear that you watch them so far away
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Nova
Small world, another fan from Arizona here!
These ruins in the woods look how I imagine middle earth to look.... Almost enchanted.... The history is very emotional..... I love the presentation of your videos.
I thought the same thing..! Middle earth ...
@@kohedunn The ancient ruins of the Yonners of Brigantes.
Thanks Demelza yes it is a bit Middle earth
Rochdale is sorta like middle earth, especially if you sit in one of the pubs long enough ;)
It IS middle earth. The HEART Of the Chest of Man (Manchester) to the left of the backbone (Pennines) of the Angel land (England) Our history has been hidden and rewritten but the clues are all around us in the names of towns and streets and buildings. And pubs hotels and the sigils that adorn old municipal offices and buildings. There are many many tunnels beneath every town near me. Dungeons and conduits and bunkers and hidey holes. Are they still in use, absolutely. But there ain't no nuclear fallout coming so a critical mind would ask what or who is being hidden or kept down there
The groves left by the cartwheels are almost eerie. To think of how different that area was back then now left to nature. Fantastic detail. Great vid
Thought the cartwheels ran either side of the stones and the horses walked and wore down the centre if the laid stones....
@@suzyqualcast6269 to be honest I don't know. Maybe they did. All the same it is great to see that marks left by people working over a century ago are left in the middle of the woods now. Just paints a picture in my mind of how different it must have looked.
@@suzyqualcast6269 I was watching a Tom Burleigh RUclips video the other day and he was walking through somewhere in Yorkshire and they had the same sort of pathway of stone with a middle rut, probably the same sort of thing.
Thanks very much
Wow.................I'm lost for words.....You're not though are you Martin ! What more could we ask for ..a first class commentary with unique sounds freshly incorporated by you ...! As for the scenery .....Well... I'm speechless... Moved to tears.. So lovely .. and poignant..The old photo of the mill and an old man sitting on a wall... We're all here for a split second in time... then we move on . leaving our past to be discovered by others....Thank you Martin... You are a gift to our tired old souls these days....x
Thank you so much Anne
Proper documentary made by proper Northeners, down to earth and made with a passion.
Thank you 👍
So many old mills in various stages of decay , it's a wonderful legacy and thanks to you for recording it Martin. So many collieries too . Nowadays peaceful places but when they were all active the noise and smell must have been tremendous.
Yes, I am probably guilty of romanticising them as back in the day they were not pleasant
Played all round there when I was a young lad. The mill chimney steps lead to a walk-in-pit which now appears to have disappeared. The first mill you came to in those days was much bigger and the channel for the water wheel was still evident. Thanks for the memories Martin. Have you discovered Healey Dell yet ? A perfect place for one of your videos, with charming old train tracks and bygone evidence of water mills, a viaduct and an old bomb factory and when you are exhausted from discovering all those, there are the most welcoming tea rooms.
Hi Errol yeah I have been to Healey Dell its beautiful
@@MartinZero Thanks for the reply martin.
hello martin looking at the little bridge on top was the trough with the four bolts couldent that be a water pump dropping down into the stream below with a lever pump action to run into trough for horses to drink just a idea
Who else gives Martin's videos a thumbs up before watching them? I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in this.
Thank you for making and posting such great videos, it's always a good day when I get a notification for a new one. Your love of and enthusiasm for Manchester and it's surroundings really shines through and adds an extra something that not many film posters have.
You're doing wonderful work, please keep it up.
Thank you very much appreciated
HELLO JAMES! You did great! 😁 Love the jacket.
Thanks Tree, I will pass it on
Thanks for the great Content mate!! Think the BBC need to give you your own show!!
Defund the bbc
Good grief, no! I’d have to stop watching his great videos then!
TV would ruin the show.
Thanks Dan
I haven't been in Owd Betts for probably 55 years, nowt much has changed, cheese and onion pie for me as well, thanks.
I bet it hasnt changed much
@@MartinZero It was an ideal place for the family to meet in as they all lived around it in different directions and my Uncle Jack and Mavis might have played a gig or four there.
James with his lovely huge grin looked like he had a great time! Always good to see people so enthusiastic and enjoying themselves around our industrial heritage and nature...
Yeah he did enjoy it. He wants to do another
Wonderful as usual
Thank you
The still of the waterfall with the gear wheel in the foreground is a stunner!
Thank you Murl
Whenever I get a message that there's another one of Martin's videos up , I go and make a cup of tea and some butties and then sit down for about half-an-hour's enjoyment.
Infectious enthusiasm - just wonderful.
If anyone is interested ,the book you referenced - " The Forgotten Valley " is available on Amazon - over £900 (!) , but you can get it from Bury History Society as a reprint for £6. I bought a copy
www.burylhs.org.uk/valley.html
Bloody hell its £900 ????
The craftsmanship in the stonework of these mills in incredible. It looks like those ruins could stand another couple hundred years. I would bet the gearworks you saw were not connected to a waterwheel, but rather opened/regulated wooden sluices that fed water to the wheel closer to the mill. The water wheel needed to drive leather belts to power the machinery, so close proximity to the machinery was essential.
Yeah love the stonework
Cheers Martin, I feel like I'v just had a day out, thanks
Thanks very much Jenny
amazeingly beautiful. excellent to view. thank you.
Thanks very much
Time Team,Fred Dibnah,Guy Martin...and Martin Zero!! God knows how you haven't been snapped up! If i was a tv producer i'd snap you up in a heartbeat.
Another great vid!!
Thanks very much Scott 👍
The TV process would ruin what we love about Martin's videos.
That chimney must have been on Freds list of next jobs .
Lovely walk down Ashy Valley, Martin. I liked the bit at the end at Owd Betts. I have sat where you were many, many times over 20 years ago and had some good food. Glad to see it is still going.
Nice place Keith. My first time in there
Martin Zero, The number one tour guide for all things Manchester, Top marks again Martin
Thanks very much
As a Dutchman I find your vlogs very interesting to follow.
Indeed one is busy removing the jar, but it is also good to do.
What an imposing chimney it is.
Martin Many thanks for the video.
Thanks very much, so glad you enjoy watching
@@MartinZero Thank you, always nice to follow
It's amazing that an industrial area can become such a beautiful, natural looking forested place so quickly. Maybe having the stream flowing past helps the plants to take back the land.
What a wonderful valley packed with so much history! Can you imagine how many people were employed here? These little villages were self contained communities, the people didn't have to go outside the village for employment, and probably got everything they needed from local shops. Martin you deserve a medal or something for showing us the history that otherwise would be lost and forgotten! A fulling mill would have been used to wash and pound wool prior to being spun by wooden hammers driven by water wheels. There could have been another mill that made the wool into cloth or even clothing. Steam powered mills in Manchester eventually made water powered mills like these redundant as they didn't have to shut down in winter.
Ahh thanks I wondered about the Fulling process. Yes what a place
@@MartinZero You are welcome, but it is you who deserves many,many thanks for showing people the history that is literally in their backyards. I know a lot of people who credit (or blame) the industrial revolution for the massive changes it brought to small town life in the 19th century. But technological changes always brings some pain with the gain.
The waterfall and the music between 24:24 and 26:00 is absolutely amazing. It makes me want to visit this place so badly. my eyes were welling up listing to it. It sounds like a guitar solo from a pink floyd song.
Thanks Simon, if you get chance visit 👍
Superb videos,thank you Martin
Thanks Simon
There he stood in the doorway,
He heard his recording bell,
He was thinking to himself,
This could be heaven or this could be hell,
Then he lit up a torch,
And he showed us the way,
There was history down this corridor,
I thought I heard him say
Welcome to RUclips Martin Zero,
Such a history place (such a history place),
Such a wonderous place,
Plenty of videos at RUclips Martin Zero,
All the days each year (all the days each year),
He'll find you here....
That rings a hotel bell 👍🏻
There's an old mill by the stream, Nellie Dean
Where we used to sit and dream, Nellie Dean
And the waters as they flow,
Seem to murmur sweet and low
You are my heart's desire; I love you, Nellie Dean.
👌very nice 😀
Swaggerlot I like it but don't recognise it 😂
@@Swaggerlot My Dad used to sing this song.... Awww!
Good evening Martin, I’ve just introduced my 13 yo daughter to your videos, she finds your your voice relaxing
Thank you Martin
Oh thats nice, relaxing not boring ? 😆😆
A great video! Manchester have so much of history.
Thanks very much
Dear Martin, Great Video. I am an ancient ex-Yorkshire lad living in OZ, and am getting too old for energetic travel so I find videos such as yours very enjoyable.
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoy 👍
Please take this as it is.. I've been around more then a few friends from the cities of the mid-lands, so not an issue for me.. but my daughter was having a hard time with some words.. So I switched on "CC" .. wow.. love it .. in this video it came up with "tease the lung mill" "called back mill" "Geez Dan Brooke " it had me in tears. You sound perfect to me but the computer generated "CC" has serious issues.. Keep up the good digging, love your videos
Eeeeee bye gum it's a bit parky come in and put wood n thole
Yeh CC is always a good laugh on most video's if your hard of hearing you will be thinking what did he say nice one.
This computer/language thing is troublesome. If you want a real hoot, take any text and translate it into any language, then run it back to English. The more times that you do this process the funnier it gets :)
Oh dear, better switch it off 😆
@@MartinZero .. I will, mostly.. it is easier to follow the details of your "quest"
BTW, you had your tank.. you need an RC boat with camera.. ;)
Great sequel to the lost mills.
Mike Harding did a fabulous routine about going to Ashworth Valley with the cubs!
Hi Martin me and my wife have watched all your videos, they are great very well presented and very professional you should be on TV good luck on many more to come from Martin and Kate in Cornwall
Thank you Martin and Kate very much appreciated
loved it ' thanks martin . in fact adored it . all our very beat warm wishes from wigan . still in lancashire
Thanks very much and best regards to Wigan
My wife and l from Ontario Canada have just been enjoying your videos of the buildings and nature scenes, and all the research you and your friends put I to the show's.
Thanks Frederick.My regards to you and your wife
Yet another splendid video by you, Martin. Never thought that anything historical, outside of London, could be as interesting as London itself, but you consistently prove me wrong. Along with John Rogers with his historical and geographical walks around London, along with it's suburbs, you two together produce some of the finest and most interesting videos to be found here on RUclips.
Thank you very much
That is a marvelous photo of the waterfall.
Thank you David
You're the best Martin! Thoroughly enjoyed that from start to finish.Fantastic location and great filming. Amazing how everything reverts back to nature. It would be a different world 150 200 years ago.
Thank you, yeah it would have been very industrial
The remnents of the Mills . waterfalls . provide a fantastic setting now it,s all overgrown . only nature can produce this !
Incredible place Peter
I hope to goodness school kids are using these videos in their history lessons. This sort of stuff is way more alive and interesting than dusty old textbooks. Great video as always.
Thanks Richard
Always a pleasure watching your shows.
Thank you Joseph
Ennio Morricone was an amazing composer! I have several of his soundtracks on vinyl.RIP This valley is a hidden Gem! The scenery is breathe taking! Simon did a great job with the music! Gawd that pub food looked great!
Yeah It is a hidden Gem and thanks Miles
At the 20:00 minute mark you've found my favourite place , under the bridge off school lane. We used to walk through Queens Park to the top road and down Ashy road through the caravan park and adventure up the river to the waterfall. Always via the cave. The lower path has mainly eroded away but there was one that followed the meandering water all the way up pretty much. Ive had some good times up there. A few of my friends jumped into the river off the waterfall in 1990 I swam under it but didn't jump off although I almost fell off it but my sister saved me.
There's a remnant of a water wheel at the mill ruins
Scary jumping of that waterfall it doesnt look very deep at the bottom
@@MartinZero you walked across to the other side from the bottom. Last time I was there was 2015 and you couldn't walk across like that. So the levels definitely dropping. And these weren't kids jumping off either back in 1990. Well not exactly adults but full grown nonetheless. I have a photograph somewhere of one of my friends at the top of the tower ruins from the same day
My home Martin lived in Norden for many many years used to walk around all these places, made me so homesick! Wonderful video capturing the whole spirit of the place, also loved moricone! Naden brook was a cockstride away from us, loved to escape there, and owd betts! Well, just the business! Loved it all, brought a tear to my eye i must say, thanks for going there! Take care lad!
Thanks very much Valerie. Glad you enjoyed it
Super video Martin, I love these videos.
Thanks very much Joy
Even though it's ruins, it's absolutely stunning Martin
Heck of a chimney all alone! That creek area seems pretty clean of trash - I'm impressed. Thanks Martin - my Sunday is now complete.
Thanks Jeff yes the whole place is very clean
Wow what an amazing video there martin i like interesting things like that i shall be listening to that tune you mentioned in this video bet it was tranquil walking through the woods looking for the mill you can just imagine how it was in them days the water wheel turning glad you & james had summat to you both must of been hungry.
Its a great place Thomas. It was very tranquil
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Wow that was stunning and its another fine example of these amazing places that are often right on our doorsteps.
That groove in the old stone road from the cartwheels is a gem. Thanks for sharing.
Yes its a lovely place and thank you
Enjoyed this video because it is/was my home territory. I am 74 but I was brought up on Redfern farm which is shown on the map when looking at the chimney. This chimney is bricked up at the front but wasn't because it is a vent to the mine that goes into the hill. Our field above was called Chimney Meadow and had another chimney built on it to cause a air draught. A lot of the questions Martin raised I could answer but you don't want to read me going on.
Yes we do!
Thanks Peter, any info is appreciated
Sundays have always been my favorite day but sense discovering Martin Zero there even better. Again another great video, wish I was there on the walk with you two. You are very lucky to be surrounded by so much history in the UK, I hear that when planting in the back garden to expect a Roman coin here or there. Each week your work gets better and better in every way, although the "River Medlock" is still my favorite series..... Again thanks for the great watch and am already looking forward to next Sunday.
Thanks very much Mike
There is something wonderful and enchanting about those ruins surrounded by pristine nature.
Yeah it was a privilege seeing them Michael
Martin as ever your videos inspire and I love the long exposure pictures of the water keep them coming 👍🏻
Thank you Mark
Aw wow what a fantastic fascinating video thanks for sharing I love your Passion for things historical.
Thanks very much Alex
Thank you Martin, another amazing video!
Thanks Daniel
Fascinating. I used to play there as a kid in the 60s. Glad to see it is still unspoilt.
Yeah its still beautiful Roger
Another fantastic video Martin. There was once a chimney at Coal Bank Mill and as kids in the late 80s we were able to get inside via a large hole at the base of the chimney. Sadly it was demolished around 1997 by the council probably because it was unsafe. There's a picture of the chimney on the internet taken in 1980.
It could've been made safe. Im surprised it wasn't listed and they were allowed to just demolish it.
Oh no I would have loved to have seen that
It's not the best photograph, but he says it was pulled down in 2006, which I think he's getting confused with the old Dexine mill - which is the where the chimney with the lawnmower sounds at the start of the video is - the houses behind Martin were a rubber factory.
I don't ever remember seeing a chimney at coal bank, my memories only go as far back as mid-late 80's though.
Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish once again Martin and James really seemed to grow into it. Fish and chips for me also Martin. You do seem to be building an international audience. You'll be out growing YT shortly :-)
Thanks Martin, yeah James did love the place
Worth a trip - Martin your a star - Your friends are always delightful
Yeah take a visit Trev and thanks
You have taken some amazing shots on this video. Thank you for sharing xx
A great video,music and I loved the pictures of the heron and insects. Keep them coming!
Thanks Chris
What an idyllic spot,
Martin. A bucolic triumph, once more. Music was excellent and evocative. Love Morricone. His Oscar winning soundtrack for The Hatefull Eight is highly recommended.🇯🇪
Thanks very much Ivan
Another great day out. I didn't know it was there either. Many thanks Martin.
Thank you Peter
The music to the movie “The Mission” I’m sure you know of was so wonderful too. Thank you for another great video.
Yes I know that and its great Timothy
Gosh Martin that was brilliant. That music was phenomenal. What an are to hike. So much to see, almost made friends with a heron. Loved the waterfalls. Both those lunches looked scrumptious. Thank you so much for taking me along. Take care
Thanks very much Linda. Love a good Heron
As long as it isn’t red?
Absolutely excellent video, the history of the mines was ace. Thank you. 👍🇬🇧
Thank you
We used to play down in Ashy valley as we called it as kids. Some of the steep cliffs above the river are treacherous. I tumbled down in it once lucky to not sustain serious injury or worse!
All on our doorstep, I really must make an effort to get out and about. Rochdale And District Amateur Radio Society (RADARS) used to meet just around the corner. We should’ve arranged some local evening strolls.
Great place Phil
Phil I used to go to OHARS back in the day with Alan G4TMV and the other old timers. I'm now a K4 in the US.
Yet another brilliant video, super editing, commentary, facts and of course music and yes spaghetti westerns, brought back childhood memories, loved them. Can not wait to come back to another video !
Thanks very much Ian
Stunning area, thank you Martin and James, take care
Thanks Christine
Great video again. Love your enthusiasm for history showing us the old maps and photo, s and going out documenting and filming like we are actually out there with you when we are sat at home with a cup of tea at home in our armchairs. All the best from lancashire.
Thank you Top Shot
Gorgeous views, lovely music. Thanks Dean. James has the most gorgeous smile. Keep it up guys. You made my Monday solid gold. Hugs from Africa.
Thanks very much Maggie
Rewatching some of your videos. I luv em.
If I finally do make it to the area after all this craziness ,I so want to be in that pub,food looked amazing.
Hi Martin thank-you for your videos. Fascinating to see the old industrial ruins and what a blast it would be to wind the clock back and see how the people of the day worked and lived - the photographs give a glimpse of this. Easily the best channel on RUclips as far as I am concerned.
Thanks very much. Oh yes if we could only go back
i imaging it was an absolute torturous hell hole working in those mills and living back then. Life expectancy throughout Europe hovered between 30 and 40 years of age.
Mind blowing scenery Mr Zero and James did well smiling the entire time.
Thanks very much
Thanks Martin for another interesting video. And yes please do go back with you’re waders and take use down that dark culvert! Cheers Mike
I dont think it goes that far Mike
Another excellent video, Martin. Young James seems like a nice lad , well done for introducing him to the Exploration Game.
Yeah I think he was impressed
Fascinating, one of my favourites of yours... and I LOVE the music!
Looks like James got used to the camera, seems like a great fella, don't know why I got hooked on your Vids Martin, I'm in Ireland but I suppose an interest in history and engineering is all that's required and the rest is the way you present it plus the music is magic.
Beautiful place, pub looked good. Thanks again Martin x
Thanks Rachel yeah its a nice pub
funny you mention that campsite! I remember seeing a wild adder there when I was maybe 7 on a camping trip with cubs!
Wow, never knew there were Adders in the area
What a quiet lad James was. 😊
Another great video. Oh boy, wish I could have a pub lunch. No such think in my neck of the woods. I really enjoyed the brooks, the valley and waterfalls. Good to know about the Blue Monday history.
Thanks very much Warren
Agree with James, that was 'sick'. Fantastic as always Martin, thank you. Nice link between the music of The Good The Bad and the Ugly, New Order and Manchester. Glad you you enjoyed your pub grub.
Thanks very much Mike
My god....this is INCREDIBLE! This is drawings in history books coming to life - the remains of them at least. To see a wheel like that is mind-blowing. I cannot believe these remains are still there. The mills you were at (lost mills) beforehand was also eerie and deeply emotional for some reason. Those that have gone before...everything we are is because of them. We get to touch their world.
Yeah I loved looking at all this stuff. thank you Richard
A gem as always Martin such beautiful places on our doorstep
Thanks Gareth
Great thanks. Can't wait to go and explore, can't believe this is on our door step and I never knew.
You need to get down there Gaz its 👌
Brilliant video Martin, that looks like a lovely walk, so interesting too, my son says when we go out on a walk it’s like a history lesson lol, he thought the old lamp posts had bird perch’s on!! Until I told him they’re for a ladder, thanks for sharing history with us xxxxx
Ahh yes it takes an experienced eye Barbara 👌
Really cool video video with lovley scenery .... I remember blue monday it was great at the school disco and that food look mmmmmmmmm
Cheers Andy, yeah the food was pretty good to be honest
Thanks Martin for another great video. Will be going there on a photography trip when the autumn colours show.
Yeah that would be good Richard
Martin, absolutely wonderful video and the narration was excellent. Jerry from Meriden, Kansas Love to come over and see all that.
Thanks Jerry, you should come and visit. Regards to Kansas
Brilliant Martin loved every minute of that great music to go with it as well
Thank you Colin
Great Video Martin, Have a Good One
Thanks Michael
youre a very cool guy. i watch youre channel all the time. love and admire the old buildings. greetings from the Netherlands
I'm not sure if you'll even see this, but Heywood just south of there is full of old mills and interesting buildings.
I believe it had the most working mills in the world at one point. Worth a browse 😅
Just love those old brick bridges!
Yeah brilliant arent they