robert howie : Never forgotten, wiped by opencasting , ignored, allowed dereliction, - its a sorry wave to all those who put in their laboured hours - never forgotten tho, effin amazing I'd say.
One day Granada TV will get its act together and give Martin Zero a series of his own. There is a huge and loyal potential audience for serious stuff about the history of Manchester and the North West . This area had a huge influence on the Industrial Revolution but it also has a Roman and Medieval past worthy of bringing to us ordinary, non Historians.
It must be Phenomenal to have been discovering those tunnels. I'm guessing theres gonna be some celebrating when they hit the grand tunnel!! Brilliant vid martin!! 👍
@@MartinZero 🔥now I can't wait to see that Martin👌 I wish I could down there to see it The brickwork/stonework is next level. Love these old historical places. I have done a video an a old viaduct. Takecare Martin have a good day my freind 👍✋
I'm sitting here watching this just shaking my head in disbelief. It's not just the extent of the labyrinth, it's the obvious quality of the brick and stone work. There has to be a rhyme and reason to it all. Amazing stuff and thanks again to all for showing us around.
I’m absolutely blown away with this video and all concerned. Being a Tour director for over thirty years and staying in Liverpool on virtually every tour I’m choked that I never knew about this gem. Thanks to everyone concerned. Wow.
Glad I found these 2 videos. They are brilliant. A fascinating and interesting project and well done to the volunteers who obviously have put a lot of hard work in over the years uncovering this gem of history.
Utterly gripping stuff. I have a huge love of history and even have a PHD (admittedly pre-industrial history), but I never knew about this. It's changed my view of Liverpool. When they reach the Grand Tunnel, please do a part 3.
There's normal volunteering and then there's this. It's dangerous, dirty and dark working down there, but the results are spectacular. Hats off to them.
Brilliant stuff, in my opinion one of your best yet. Hats off ( but don't forget to put them back on ) to the volunteers there's been some hard graft put in there.
It just goes to show that can never be 100% sure of what's beneath your feet. Oh how I'd love to see inside there and get a feel for the place. Incidentally, no one has mentioned things like ghosts and missing persons, and yet I got a eerie feeling whilst watching parts of this video. There is something reminiscent of "Quatermass And The Pit" about it, and no, I don't think there'll be any Martian creatures and 'hob-goblins' down there. Seriously though, I cannot help but feel that the house should be rebuilt, at least to its original plan, and isn't it strange, perhaps even ironic, that it's the lowly parts of the site that have survived while the upper crust sections have fallen. This place aught to be given national heritage/protected status.
Again, excellent Martin. Thank you to both you and Connor for taking the time to come abd check us out. What we have is very special and we love having visitors. Hope to see you again soon 😁
Absolutely amazing stuff Martin, . So much more discovered since I visited 10 years ago and saw a lot of what you showed in part one. I was on a 6 month tour of the UK coast living in a Transit van to write a book The Road Next The Coast. Williamson did a huge amount to alleviate poverty in Liverpool. Very religious, he used to ride his horse to church each week and it had its own pew next him where it stood during services ! Well worth a visit if you ever visit Liverpool
Fabulous Martin 😎 like you I thought it was like exploring egyptian pyramids too. The wonder of all these tunnels he had built makes your brain go into overdrive with unanswerable questions 🤔. Mind blowing stuff 🤗.
This beats anything i have watched on the tv for a long time! Thank you, Martin, and thanks to all those involved in rediscovering these mysterious tunnels. What a gem indeed.
Hi Martin. Great videos! My family and I visited this year after me wanting to see the tunnels for some 20 years; I wasn't dissapointed! As you said, this is a must see experience. If yo do visit, please leave a donation to help the volunteers continue their work.
Fantastic work Martin! Your productions are absolutely brilliant, you’ve certainly made me aware of a lot of local history I knew absolutely nothing about. Your content is invaluable,
We could probably do it, with a bit of research and practice. Stonemasons today do a lot of great work restoring old stone buildings. Money and time is normally the limiting factor - and for new buildings, return on investment.
@@daveg2104 Yeah, alright Dave, maybe but being an advanced craft carpenter of 30 years (so far) I haven't seen this quality from our generation - or anywhere near it! I've even worked with good stonemasons from Bath but this kind of tight joint is not seen nowadays!
@@kevinchamberlain7928 My nephew is a stone mason. Works on a lot of stuff. With laser sights and levels, diamond saws (and I don't even know all the tools of the trade), even hand polishing, it basically comes down to time and money. These days, buildings are constructed to a price (lowest bidder usually wins), and mostly not constructed to last. Just look at the issues with concrete cancer. The construction industry could do better, but where is the incentive. So yes, I do agree that there is a lot of poor tradesmanship going on (and has been for a long time), but shoddy, for a price work isn't really indicative of what could be done if we really wanted to.
@@daveg2104 Everything you said is absolutely correct, Dave! Clearly, you see what's going on around you! Please consider buying "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt" by Christopher Dunn. Your nephew and yourself will learn about stone masonry of old which will shatter your paradigm completely! Usually, I won't bother recommending this but you're an astute guy, Dave and you will easily see the problem of government education. Here's a clip of Chris Dunn: ua-cam.com/video/Jz6Ja_4q6gA/v-deo.html
@@daveg2104 Everything you said is absolutely correct, Dave! Clearly, you see what's going on around you! Please consider buying "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt" by Christopher Dunn. Your nephew and yourself will learn about stone masonry of old which will shatter your paradigm completely! Usually, I won't bother recommending this but you're an astute guy, Dave and you will easily see the problem of government education. Here's a clip of Chris Dunn: ua-cam.com/video/Jz6Ja_4q6gA/v-deo.html
this is great ..absolutely fascinating ... you should be on the discovery channel with these vids...The sheer amount of hard work involved in cleaning out those tunnels is mind boggling.
I have heard a similar story to the "Banqueting Hall" set it the Blue John mine! Apparently back in the day it was vogue to do the "Underground Experience" ..... Queen Victoria was a fan and was dragged through a very low tunnel in a small barge lined with hey to visit a cave system at a Victorian (well it would be wouldn't it) rope works! If it were good enough for the Queen I can see some up and coming Scoucers going for it too ;0) The "Drainage Tunnel" is actually (I think) called a Sough ... pronounced Suff! There is record of them being dug as a drainage channel and being covered over to form a tunel! There was one from Walkden centre down to Worsley Delph! A problem was that they tended to fill up and jam with detrious. A man was paid a shilling a year to clean out the one at Worsley ... even a once a year job like that was hard, so they included in his payment a "flaxen Shirt" so we have the first recorded issue of overalls ;0) Enough prattling from me .... and another great video from you!
There are many, many places worth a visit! There is also a rich industrial history which is being reclaimed both by nature and the builders ....... I just hapend to be near Ladyshore in Little Leaver yesterday at work. There used to be a Pit, Brickworks and Bleach works there .... all going back to nature! It is hard sometimes to imagine how industrial it actually used to be! So many places,so little time ;0)
Once again Thank you Martin & Connor and Friends of Williamson's tunnels. This Williamson fella must have been a bit strange to think of doing this. The mind boggles. Brilliant video
wow I'm from Liverpool that's amazing, brilliant video. Thanks to all the brilliant, dedicated workers that give their time to work on this project and thank you for visiting and uploading these videos very interesting and informative of a historical site.
Omg Martin How weird are they. I was watching a video earlier about Liverpool’s first dock (time team I think) and they found a tunnel entrance below water level and didn’t really know what it was for. How fascinating Thank you 👍🏻 Hi to Conner
What was this man up to? Stuff underground is usually related to secrets... I think there is more to it than giving disadvantaged men skills and opportunity
Amazing place and video,strange if no records of workers and accidents,have survived. The Gash does look like the inside of Great Pyramid of Giza. Hope the guys don't come across any Bank Vaults. Wouldn't like to give the Bizzies the wrong impression.
Absolutely cracking video mate! It's funny because just before you said about sitting down with Joseph Williamson and a cuppa, I'd said the same thing to my wife!!
Like you say...Mind Blowing... Like another world and a pretty dangerous one for those who are working down there. Another very interesting well presented video. Thank you
Excellent. This for me holds the fasciation that I felt when many years ago I first discovered Time Team. If you will forgive the pun, I find it to be totally ground-breaking and absolutely absorbing. I have not looked forward to new videos since I found those released by the Great Orme Exploration Society, but they go deeper and the excavations they work are on the whole, much older. Keep up the good work guys. Looking forward avidly to your next presentation.
Both these films are amazing, fascinating... really words fail me. And I'm just awestruck at the effort in removing all that spoil in those inaccessible places. Thank you Martin.
Great follow up video Martin! You’re right about it not being for the claustrophobic down there. Those tunnels are definitely a mystery, but very interesting. Hopefully they’ll find a way into the great tunnel. That would be interesting to see. 👍
It's sunday, it's Martin and it's another great video. Thanks for sharing. And -again- I asked myself "Why are people doing that sort of stuff ?" Not only digging the tunnels out now, but *digging* them once in first place ? What was the original purpose ? Just helping unemployed men ? Sure. Maybe. But I would guess that it was only half of the truth. Most likely we never get to it anymore. And for you Martin: From the level of mysteriousness it is hard to top *that* at any rate ... No easy task and that's why I wonder what's on your next video. ;-)
What can one say Martin.!Its so amazing and to imagine what else there is to be discovered.Thankyou once more for bringing these historical gems of social history to our screens.Noreen.
Wow Martin! You never fail to deliver. All I can say is it’s mind blowing. Your one of the first there to film it. In years to come when the digging is complete, that site will be a major tourist attraction. You’re absolutely brilliant at this. It’s so intriguing. Thanks again!
thank you martin wow what a find i be going there myself sometime like i said if you are in my area i like to tell what we have going for kearsley and clifton and beyond keep the the fantastic work
That was superb. Thank you, Martin. Normally, if someone says: "That bloke dug a tunnel under his house.", you think of a cramped, airless, claustrophobic space. Williamson's though - you could drive double decker buses into some of them. And so beautifully made, too, although the details would be seen by few. That's astonishing to me. He made them strong and safe, and then went the extra mile to make them look pleasing. He had style. It's an oddly British thing, tunnelling. My favourite has to be the 5th Duke of Portland, who was a total recluse, who commanded his staff to ignore him if they ever came across him in either house or gardens of his home at Welbeck Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. When he died in 1879, his family members came to Welbeck, to find that many of the rooms had no floors, that valuable paintings were just rolled up and thrown into corners. Under the house, were dug hundreds of yards of tunnels, with dozens of rooms, all painted pink, and a room big enough to hold banquets in, although that was never used as such. All the underground rooms were empty, save a commode in the corner of each. Like Williamson, the tunnels were dug to give work to local unemployed men. They were not allowed to acknowledge the Duke if they saw him, and it was reported that a man who raised his hat to the reclusive Duke was dismissed.
Hi Martin, great video as usual!! So interesting to find out there's so many tunnels buried, thanks for going down there for me as I get terrible claustrophobia!!
The ovens they excavated remind me of the ovens they found under the Famine Museum in Strokestown in Ireland. i visited in 2002 and they had only just discovered them in a part of the house that had been filled in and a modern kitchen was built above them.. great video Martin cant wait to see an update to this video in the future...
you should do a tv series about the forgotten history of working england the steam the canals and mining industry its all forgotten about now
robert howie : Never forgotten, wiped by opencasting , ignored, allowed dereliction, - its a sorry wave to all those who put in their laboured hours - never forgotten tho, effin amazing I'd say.
One day Granada TV will get its act together and give Martin Zero a series of his own. There is a huge and loyal potential audience for serious stuff about the history of Manchester and the North West . This area had a huge influence on the Industrial Revolution but it also has a Roman and Medieval past worthy of bringing to us ordinary, non Historians.
Whareva - MZ's vids and the accompanying sounds just work.
@@thedativecase9733 Manchester was one of the most important launch pads into the modern world .
It must be Phenomenal to have been discovering those tunnels. I'm guessing theres gonna be some celebrating when they hit the grand tunnel!! Brilliant vid martin!! 👍
There's a bigger tunnel to discover Oh my 😂. Awesome .
Yes am hoping to go and see
@@MartinZero 🔥now I can't wait to see that Martin👌 I wish I could down there to see it The brickwork/stonework is next level. Love these old historical places. I have done a video an a old viaduct. Takecare Martin have a good day my freind 👍✋
I'm sitting here watching this just shaking my head in disbelief. It's not just the extent of the labyrinth, it's the obvious quality of the brick and stone work. There has to be a rhyme and reason to it all. Amazing stuff and thanks again to all for showing us around.
Cheers Jack, we were equally gobsmacked
More brilliant footage from the master, Keep it up Martin great stuff.
Thank you Chris
I love you channel it’s like urban exploring but for adults!!!!!!!
Ha, thank you Mike 😀
I’m absolutely blown away with this video and all concerned. Being a Tour director for over thirty years and staying in Liverpool on virtually every tour I’m choked that I never knew about this gem. Thanks to everyone concerned. Wow.
One word about both of these vids FANTASTIC
Thank you very much
Glad I found these 2 videos. They are brilliant. A fascinating and interesting project and well done to the volunteers who obviously have put a lot of hard work in over the years uncovering this gem of history.
Utterly gripping stuff. I have a huge love of history and even have a PHD (admittedly pre-industrial history), but I never knew about this. It's changed my view of Liverpool. When they reach the Grand Tunnel, please do a part 3.
I certainly will and thank you
There's normal volunteering and then there's this. It's dangerous, dirty and dark working down there, but the results are spectacular. Hats off to them.
Brilliant stuff, in my opinion one of your best yet. Hats off ( but don't forget to put them back on ) to the volunteers there's been some hard graft put in there.
Yes Mike they do work very hard
Until I saw you come down those stairs I had no idea the massive size of where you are and the size of the stones. wow :) peace
It just goes to show that can never be 100% sure of what's beneath your feet. Oh how I'd love to see inside there and get a feel for the place.
Incidentally, no one has mentioned things like ghosts and missing persons, and yet I got a eerie feeling whilst watching parts of this video. There is something reminiscent of "Quatermass And The Pit" about it, and no, I don't think there'll be any Martian creatures and 'hob-goblins' down there.
Seriously though, I cannot help but feel that the house should be rebuilt, at least to its original plan, and isn't it strange, perhaps even ironic, that it's the lowly parts of the site that have survived while the upper crust sections have fallen. This place aught to be given national heritage/protected status.
Possibly Hob Goblins 😀👍
Again, excellent Martin. Thank you to both you and Connor for taking the time to come abd check us out. What we have is very special and we love having visitors. Hope to see you again soon 😁
Hello Lynn thanks so much i will never forget this
Absolutely amazing stuff Martin, . So much more discovered since I visited 10 years ago and saw a lot of what you showed in part one. I was on a 6 month tour of the UK coast living in a Transit van to write a book The Road Next The Coast. Williamson did a huge amount to alleviate poverty in Liverpool. Very religious, he used to ride his horse to church each week and it had its own pew next him where it stood during services ! Well worth a visit if you ever visit Liverpool
That narrow tunnel at 23;00 is the stuff of nightmares
It wasnt too bad 😀
Fabulous Martin 😎 like you I thought it was like exploring egyptian pyramids too. The wonder of all these tunnels he had built makes your brain go into overdrive with unanswerable questions 🤔. Mind blowing stuff 🤗.
It certainly is Dave
I saw Mark E. Smith when I was driving down the East Lancs Road through Worsley. That is my Manchester musical claim to fame
Fabulous 👍
This beats anything i have watched on the tv for a long time! Thank you, Martin, and thanks to all those involved in rediscovering these mysterious tunnels. What a gem indeed.
Thank you very much
Hi Martin. Great videos!
My family and I visited this year after me wanting to see the tunnels for some 20 years; I wasn't dissapointed!
As you said, this is a must see experience. If yo do visit, please leave a donation to help the volunteers continue their work.
Fantastic work Martin! Your productions are absolutely brilliant, you’ve certainly made me aware of a lot of local history I knew absolutely nothing about. Your content is invaluable,
Thank you very much
Amazing video Martin. The amount of work involving in uncovering those tunnels is impressive.
Yes, hats off to them
The Ace Rimmer of his day. What a guy!.
An Enigma within an Enigma, great presentation as always, and thanks for taking all of us along too.
Thanks Scott, definite Enigmas
Another cracking job with documenting those tunnels. What an interesting character Williamson was.
He certainly was Michael
The sandstone arch is of exquisite quality! The joints although mortared are extremely tight! Work like this is not possible today.
We could probably do it, with a bit of research and practice. Stonemasons today do a lot of great work restoring old stone buildings. Money and time is normally the limiting factor - and for new buildings, return on investment.
@@daveg2104 Yeah, alright Dave, maybe but being an advanced craft carpenter of 30 years (so far) I haven't seen this quality from our generation - or anywhere near it! I've even worked with good stonemasons from Bath but this kind of tight joint is not seen nowadays!
@@kevinchamberlain7928 My nephew is a stone mason. Works on a lot of stuff. With laser sights and levels, diamond saws (and I don't even know all the tools of the trade), even hand polishing, it basically comes down to time and money. These days, buildings are constructed to a price (lowest bidder usually wins), and mostly not constructed to last. Just look at the issues with concrete cancer. The construction industry could do better, but where is the incentive. So yes, I do agree that there is a lot of poor tradesmanship going on (and has been for a long time), but shoddy, for a price work isn't really indicative of what could be done if we really wanted to.
@@daveg2104 Everything you said is absolutely correct, Dave! Clearly, you see what's going on around you! Please consider buying "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt" by Christopher Dunn. Your nephew and yourself will learn about stone masonry of old which will shatter your paradigm completely! Usually, I won't bother recommending this but you're an astute guy, Dave and you will easily see the problem of government education.
Here's a clip of Chris Dunn:
ua-cam.com/video/Jz6Ja_4q6gA/v-deo.html
@@daveg2104 Everything you said is absolutely correct, Dave! Clearly, you see what's going on around you! Please consider buying "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt" by Christopher Dunn. Your nephew and yourself will learn about stone masonry of old which will shatter your paradigm completely! Usually, I won't bother recommending this but you're an astute guy, Dave and you will easily see the problem of government education.
Here's a clip of Chris Dunn:
ua-cam.com/video/Jz6Ja_4q6gA/v-deo.html
this is great ..absolutely fascinating ... you should be on the discovery channel with these vids...The sheer amount of hard work involved in cleaning out those tunnels is mind boggling.
Hello thank you. Yes its amazing what they have achieved
I think I know why but I'm still figuring it out. I deffo have a good hypothesis as to what was happening here. 😁✌️
Thats a good spot of the brickwork on the walls of the markings
This all falls in wonderfully with Mudflood theory! Thank you for your work!
Fascinating place, thank you Martin (Mike, Lynn, Volunteers).
Can't wait to see more of it.
Thanks very much
Brilliant Video Martin ......Looking forward to your next Film mate ... respect and regards ... Frank...
Thank you Frank
Martin, you and the friends of WT group deserve much acclamation. THANK YOU ALL.
Thanks Roger. All I did was take a camera
I,m only here for the Tea! wow! impressive, nice vid Martin, and hello from Germany
Hello Julian in Germany 👍
I have heard a similar story to the "Banqueting Hall" set it the Blue John mine! Apparently back in the day it was vogue to do the "Underground Experience" ..... Queen Victoria was a fan and was dragged through a very low tunnel in a small barge lined with hey to visit a cave system at a Victorian (well it would be wouldn't it) rope works! If it were good enough for the Queen I can see some up and coming Scoucers going for it too ;0)
The "Drainage Tunnel" is actually (I think) called a Sough ... pronounced Suff! There is record of them being dug as a drainage channel and being covered over to form a tunel! There was one from Walkden centre down to Worsley Delph! A problem was that they tended to fill up and jam with detrious. A man was paid a shilling a year to clean out the one at Worsley ... even a once a year job like that was hard, so they included in his payment a "flaxen Shirt" so we have the first recorded issue of overalls ;0)
Enough prattling from me .... and another great video from you!
Never been Blue John. I really should visit
There are many, many places worth a visit!
There is also a rich industrial history which is being reclaimed both by nature and the builders ....... I just hapend to be near Ladyshore in Little Leaver yesterday at work. There used to be a Pit, Brickworks and Bleach works there .... all going back to nature! It is hard sometimes to imagine how industrial it actually used to be!
So many places,so little time ;0)
Fascinating video Martin , one of your best to date . Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us .
Thanks very much Christian
Totally engrossing once again. Keep it up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks very much
So interesting! I'll bet there's going to be Parts 3 and 4 or, at least updates, as they continue excavating these fabulous tunnels.
Yes Pamela as I get to know more I will go back
Once again Thank you Martin & Connor and Friends of Williamson's tunnels. This Williamson fella must have been a bit strange to think of doing this. The mind boggles. Brilliant video
Yep but am glad he did 😄
Amazing! Thank you for sharing! What great masonry!
Yes Bob agreed 👌
Thank you for sharing this video absolutely brilliant 👍🏻
Cheers Garry
wow I'm from Liverpool that's amazing, brilliant video. Thanks to all the brilliant, dedicated workers that give their time to work on this project and thank you for visiting and uploading these videos very interesting and informative of a historical site.
Absolutely stunning! Fantastic work Martin just brilliant. 2 of your best videos yet! What an amazing place to see. Cheers for the tour.
Liked before viewing. Excellent as always. Thanks Martin. 🙂👍
Thank you Ian
Omg Martin
How weird are they.
I was watching a video earlier about Liverpool’s first dock (time team I think) and they found a tunnel entrance below water level and didn’t really know what it was for.
How fascinating
Thank you 👍🏻
Hi to Conner
oooo that sounds interesting
What was this man up to?
Stuff underground is usually related to secrets...
I think there is more to it than giving disadvantaged men skills and opportunity
Thanks Phil
They should do tours for it, an amazing piece of history that but Liverpool on the map for trading.
Amazing
Love the now regular Sunday night video
Keep to up
Great bid as ever
Thanks
Mark
Thank you Mark
Incredible place. Cant wait 2 c the great tunnel dug out. The history n artefacts found already is huge.
Yes Lisa, thosee antiques are stunning
Williamson seems to have bought the out of every one. What a lovely construction and imagination. Fantastic. Well done chaps.
Yes indeed, and thank you
Thanks Mart, it’s like the brave new world depicted in war of the worlds Jeff Wayne musical-artwork 👍
It certainly is like that Martin 😄
Amazing video again Martin, many thanks.
Thanks very much Pete
Absolutely fascinating Martin I wonder why they ever filled them in in the first place you do a brilliant job Martin keep up the good work.
Hi martin. Later generations werent bothered about the tunnels and the council dumped in them
Again, an awesome video. If these stones could tell their stories...
Yes agreed Peter
I'm off to Screwfix to buy me a shovel! Thanks Martin, another excellent bit of footage of an epic and ongoing discovery.
Thank you, enjoy the shovel
You could call it a Maze of tunnels.
A place you could hide.
Many more secrets to be revealed by digging out.
yes indeed
Fantastic video again. The Great Tunnel looks like it will be a great find.
Yes Jen although initially its gonna have to be dug out
Amazing tunnel network. Keep up the great work Martin as your videos are so interesting
Thank you Martin
Thanks for the tunnelling vids. Now I am also feeling like digging something up. Highly inspirational.
wow amazing. Im so intrigued to see it all now cheers
Thanks Alan
Amazing place and video,strange if no records of workers and accidents,have survived. The Gash does look like the inside of Great Pyramid of Giza. Hope the guys don't come across any Bank Vaults. Wouldn't like to give the Bizzies the wrong impression.
Thanks Lawrence. Yes i couldnt stop thinking about the Pyramids
Absolutely cracking video mate! It's funny because just before you said about sitting down with Joseph Williamson and a cuppa, I'd said the same thing to my wife!!
Ha great stuff. Yep id love that cuppa
Amazing place, great info and your interest is infectious.
BTW > There's a book: Underground Liverpool by Jim Moore and , via Bluecoat Press (or there was), detailing Williamson and more.
That sounds good Suzy
Really great tour. Can't wait for your next adventure!
Thanks Giovani
Can the one dislike please explain what's not to like!!
Totally baffled!
There's three of 'em now!!
Maybe they're claustrophobes?
...Although I've never understood why anyone fears Father Christmas!
@@cargy930 Mega LOL!!! Great play on words, and OH!! now there are four!!
It’s now 7 Or should I say the insignificant 7
What an interesting historical video, thanks for sharing. 👍🙂
Thank you David
Mart you definitely want a job on tv ..i could watch you all day very interesting videos mate
Thanks Martin. I think I'll stick to youtube 😀
Fabulous and so interesting. I only live a few miles away But never realise the extent of these excavations.👍
What a hidden gem that is, some history there. I loved the print in the bricks plus the shadow boards and tools
Hi Carl, yeah great place. You can book a tour via the website
Superb part 2 Martin. Hopefully at some point we get a part 3!
yes when they find the great tunnel
Amazing video Martin thank you and all the volunteers so interesting
Amazing video, i've heard of the tunnels but never seen so much detail of them! You are doing an amazing thing with your channel, really good!
Thanks very much Michael
Like you say...Mind Blowing... Like another world and a pretty dangerous one for those who are working down there. Another very interesting well presented video. Thank you
Thanks very much
Thanks Martin. If possible, part 2 is even more fascinating than part 1. I hope that one day there'll be a part 3.
Hi Ruth. Yes part 3 when they have made more progress
Excellent. This for me holds the fasciation that I felt when many years ago I first discovered Time Team. If you will forgive the pun, I find it to be totally ground-breaking and absolutely absorbing. I have not looked forward to new videos since I found those released by the Great Orme Exploration Society, but they go deeper and the excavations they work are on the whole, much older. Keep up the good work guys. Looking forward avidly to your next presentation.
Thank you David
Both these films are amazing, fascinating... really words fail me.
And I'm just awestruck at the effort in removing all that spoil in those inaccessible places.
Thank you Martin.
As always enjoyed the Explore, Stoned Base Boards Awesome, Thanks for the Videos
Yeah those skirting boards 👌
Great follow up video Martin! You’re right about it not being for the claustrophobic down there. Those tunnels are definitely a mystery, but very interesting. Hopefully they’ll find a way into the great tunnel. That would be interesting to see. 👍
Hi Simon yeah when they do I'll go back
It's sunday, it's Martin and it's another great video. Thanks for sharing.
And -again- I asked myself "Why are people doing that sort of stuff ?"
Not only digging the tunnels out now, but *digging* them once in first place ?
What was the original purpose ? Just helping unemployed men ? Sure. Maybe.
But I would guess that it was only half of the truth.
Most likely we never get to it anymore.
And for you Martin: From the level of mysteriousness it is hard to top *that* at any rate ...
No easy task and that's why I wonder what's on your next video. ;-)
Thanks very much. Yes I do think that was the reason
Another fascinating video Martin...well done! If I ever go to Liverpool, I'll for sure visit these tunnels.
Yeah Paul its a must do
I love the combination of ambience, information and exploration! Thanks for your valuable videos!
Thank you am glad you appreciate that side of the video 👍
What can one say Martin.!Its so amazing and to imagine what else there is to be discovered.Thankyou once more for bringing these historical gems of social history to our screens.Noreen.
Thanks very much Noreen
Another Epic find Martin well done
Thanks Mark
Thank you for the visit into England"s past! I got claustrophobic just watching your video!! Great job as always.
Thanks very much Phil
Not going to lie I just found this guy randomly on UA-cam and I’m already enjoying his videos more then 90% of what I have watch on UA-cam in 3 years
Thank you very much. I really appreciate your comment. Hope you enjoy the rest of the videos 👍
Wow Martin! You never fail to deliver. All I can say is it’s mind blowing. Your one of the first there to film it. In years to come when the digging is complete, that site will be a major tourist attraction. You’re absolutely brilliant at this. It’s so intriguing. Thanks again!
Thanks David. There is a part of it thats a tourist attraction but its not as extensive
Amazing - brilliant video Martin. Can't wait to visit them.
thank you martin wow what a find i be going there myself sometime like i said if you are in my area i like to tell what we have going for kearsley and clifton and beyond keep the the fantastic work
Am all ears Dean ?
Just awesome 👏👏❤️😀x
Thank you
Hats off to all the hard work that the volunteers have put in...Amazing effort and great video Martin.👍👍👍
Thanks Stephen, yes , amazing work
Unbelievable and incredible what human work can do.
Yes definitely Markus
That was superb. Thank you, Martin. Normally, if someone says: "That bloke dug a tunnel under his house.", you think of a cramped, airless, claustrophobic space. Williamson's though - you could drive double decker buses into some of them. And so beautifully made, too, although the details would be seen by few. That's astonishing to me. He made them strong and safe, and then went the extra mile to make them look pleasing. He had style. It's an oddly British thing, tunnelling. My favourite has to be the 5th Duke of Portland, who was a total recluse, who commanded his staff to ignore him if they ever came across him in either house or gardens of his home at Welbeck Abbey, in Nottinghamshire. When he died in 1879, his family members came to Welbeck, to find that many of the rooms had no floors, that valuable paintings were just rolled up and thrown into corners. Under the house, were dug hundreds of yards of tunnels, with dozens of rooms, all painted pink, and a room big enough to hold banquets in, although that was never used as such. All the underground rooms were empty, save a commode in the corner of each. Like Williamson, the tunnels were dug to give work to local unemployed men. They were not allowed to acknowledge the Duke if they saw him, and it was reported that a man who raised his hat to the reclusive Duke was dismissed.
He sounds another Enigmatic chap
i love this history thank you
Thank you Danny
I’m excited and I’ve only just started watching
Fantastic. Mr Williamson is a man after my own heart. God bless
Thanks again Martin for another great video, I'll maybe try and get there in August.
Yes if you get chance do visit
Hi Martin, great video as usual!! So interesting to find out there's so many tunnels buried, thanks for going down there for me as I get terrible claustrophobia!!
No Problem Marilyn. Am glad you enjoyed
Both of these videos were excellent! Hopefully there will be a third video in the future ;)
great video martin and more of The Williamson Tunnels thanks for this video and all your other videos well done
Thanks very much Paul
Very interesting and they well explained, amazing as always 👍👍
Thanks very much
The ovens they excavated remind me of the ovens they found under the Famine Museum in
Strokestown in Ireland. i visited in 2002 and they had only just discovered them in a part of the house that had been filled in and a modern kitchen was built above them.. great video Martin cant wait to see an update to this video in the future...