James Brindley and Wet Earth Colliery Part 3

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  • @davepfizer
    @davepfizer 7 місяців тому +2

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

  • @Steve_Wardley_G6JEF
    @Steve_Wardley_G6JEF 4 роки тому +36

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

  • @ianlindsay1454
    @ianlindsay1454 4 роки тому +88

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +7

      Thank you so much Ian and Angie, really appreciate that

    • @valerielongmore5040
      @valerielongmore5040 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @volvos60bloke
      @volvos60bloke 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @2H80vids
      @2H80vids 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @RiojaRoj
    @RiojaRoj 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @dogfatherxx8832
    @dogfatherxx8832 4 роки тому +32

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +9

      Yeah absolutely, its a gem of a find

    • @ianlindsay1454
      @ianlindsay1454 4 роки тому +4

      Well said Dogfather, it's very emotive.

  • @michaelryan6884
    @michaelryan6884 4 роки тому +2

    Great stuff! Thanks again!

  • @Tom-gr6nx
    @Tom-gr6nx 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @auser1484
    @auser1484 4 роки тому +60

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

    • @Dan23_7
      @Dan23_7 4 роки тому +5

      Mighty Mouse 😂 Mighty MartinZ

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +6

      😃👍

    • @mickd6942
      @mickd6942 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @DavidSevern
      @DavidSevern 4 роки тому

      andy caufman

  • @DemelzaBoing
    @DemelzaBoing 4 роки тому +11

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

  • @ianr
    @ianr 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @johnwilliams9240
    @johnwilliams9240 4 роки тому +11

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

    • @toosavvy3504
      @toosavvy3504 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @Lostmissionary
    @Lostmissionary 4 роки тому

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

  • @rydermike33
    @rydermike33 4 роки тому

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

  • @victorgoncalves2442
    @victorgoncalves2442 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @darriendastar3941
    @darriendastar3941 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому

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

  • @shavenhaven6869
    @shavenhaven6869 4 роки тому +9

    Brinley was a absolute genius!!!

  • @mikeclarke3882
    @mikeclarke3882 4 роки тому

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому

      I agree Mike and thank you

  • @DemelzaBoing
    @DemelzaBoing 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @thewanderingponderer
    @thewanderingponderer 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @Tony-xx2vs
    @Tony-xx2vs 4 роки тому +1

    Nice one. Can't wait for part 4.

  • @RobTaverner
    @RobTaverner 4 роки тому +1

    Another great video! Thanks Martin

  • @andrewschmitz9707
    @andrewschmitz9707 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @frankfitzgerald5832
    @frankfitzgerald5832 4 роки тому +1

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому

      Thanks to you both Frank and Lee

  • @bobingram6912
    @bobingram6912 4 роки тому +7

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

  • @WickerMan73
    @WickerMan73 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @joshjones3408
    @joshjones3408 6 місяців тому +1

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

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @suchcone
    @suchcone 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @hollydelihgt
    @hollydelihgt 4 роки тому

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

  • @holliesfriend4104
    @holliesfriend4104 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +2

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

  • @jdinnen1
    @jdinnen1 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @TheCLouiseA
    @TheCLouiseA 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @Drivershell53
    @Drivershell53 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @okm77
    @okm77 11 місяців тому

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

  • @amosbriz
    @amosbriz 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +2

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

  • @ausi14u
    @ausi14u 4 роки тому

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

  • @gafrers
    @gafrers 4 роки тому +5

    Fantastic as usual.

  • @valerielongmore5040
    @valerielongmore5040 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 4 роки тому

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

  • @TheFilwud
    @TheFilwud 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @jesterjoe8377
    @jesterjoe8377 4 роки тому +5

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому

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

    • @jesterjoe8377
      @jesterjoe8377 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @paulchearman6261
    @paulchearman6261 4 роки тому +1

    another great journey Detective Zero

  • @antsmith8588
    @antsmith8588 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @turbo.panther
    @turbo.panther 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @empireofnoise2200
    @empireofnoise2200 4 роки тому +5

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

    • @Dan23_7
      @Dan23_7 4 роки тому

      Number 6 😂 Off this week

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +2

      Hope you enjoyed

  • @brianaveriss7972
    @brianaveriss7972 2 роки тому

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

    • @meichong8278
      @meichong8278 Рік тому

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

  • @richardpettet9996
    @richardpettet9996 4 роки тому +1

    Another interesting part. Looking forward to No.4

  • @grimsmith1
    @grimsmith1 4 роки тому +5

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

  • @philipclark8307
    @philipclark8307 10 місяців тому

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

  • @redhmanchesteruk.
    @redhmanchesteruk. 4 роки тому

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

  • @thomasolsson8816
    @thomasolsson8816 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @MrStuNoo
    @MrStuNoo 4 роки тому

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

  • @ExploringwithCarl
    @ExploringwithCarl 4 роки тому +3

    Yeah i really enjoyed the video as always Martin. Cheers

  • @adamdnewman
    @adamdnewman 3 роки тому

    This series is phenomenal.

  • @ponyboymb
    @ponyboymb 4 роки тому

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому

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

  • @OldmovieMike
    @OldmovieMike 4 роки тому

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

  • @stevesrepairs3815
    @stevesrepairs3815 4 роки тому

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

  • @davidlewis726
    @davidlewis726 4 роки тому +1

    Nice one. Very interesting indeed.

  • @jxderby3744
    @jxderby3744 11 місяців тому

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

  • @gigigee8970
    @gigigee8970 4 роки тому

    I absolutely LOVE your videos. They are so well made and informative. You are a brilliant filmmaker and deserve way more recognition.

  • @yorkie2789
    @yorkie2789 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this Martin, well worth the wait.

  • @chrisskelhorn5727
    @chrisskelhorn5727 4 роки тому +3

    That was another good one Martin! Most enjoyable and informative! :-)

  • @markb9013
    @markb9013 4 роки тому

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

  • @kohedunn
    @kohedunn 4 роки тому

    Pure escapism Martin ! Thank you so much !!

  • @davidbing4578
    @davidbing4578 4 роки тому

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

  • @garrystacey7018
    @garrystacey7018 4 роки тому

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

  • @AllenORourke1954
    @AllenORourke1954 4 роки тому +1

    Great video Martin...

  • @simonross8218
    @simonross8218 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @yorkiepudd7404
    @yorkiepudd7404 4 роки тому

    A cracking mini series Martin, the pondering of old maps and pictures too being on site where you can say that used to be this or that. But the transition of time throws up things maps or pics dont tell you of the changes it went through. As they say seek and you shall find, but may come away with more questions then answers. Simply awesome cheers ken

  • @peterclayton6598
    @peterclayton6598 3 роки тому

    Fascinating set of videos your enthusiasm is infectious

  • @thomastierney8705
    @thomastierney8705 4 роки тому +4

    Its amazing what you find in the undergrowth can almost know that some sort of building has been there would love to watch part 4 of the wet earth colliery & find out the history some good clues there martin in the undergrowth we shall see in the next video brill mate 👍

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +3

      Thanks Thomas that undergrowth hides a load of stuff

    • @thomastierney8705
      @thomastierney8705 4 роки тому +2

      @@MartinZero cool you never know what you might find next time in your other videos

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 4 роки тому +2

      Come back in winter when all the plants have died back.

  • @stevebessant8102
    @stevebessant8102 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @stuyates76
    @stuyates76 4 роки тому +1

    Brilliant as always Martin. A very interesting, mysterious site.

  • @markmatthews1569
    @markmatthews1569 4 роки тому

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

  • @andrewwalker2408
    @andrewwalker2408 4 роки тому

    Amazing Martin! Can’t wait for episode 4.

  • @dickyboyjr
    @dickyboyjr 4 роки тому +3

    21:48 the mist looks great. Adding to the atmosphere.

  • @steviebaby2857
    @steviebaby2857 4 роки тому

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

  • @theoasisvlogs5954
    @theoasisvlogs5954 4 роки тому +2

    Been waiting for this for ages. Love the vidoes thanks

  • @dtb2654
    @dtb2654 4 роки тому +2

    great to see you back at Wet Earth Colliery and continuing the story Martin, thoroughly fascinating and much enjoyable video and looking forward to part 4. Cheers 👍

  • @haroldhorseposture9435
    @haroldhorseposture9435 4 роки тому

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому

      Cheers Harold. Much more from this place

  • @pilpelet100
    @pilpelet100 4 роки тому

    Thanks Martin. That was great. Looking forward to part 4.

  • @MikeSmith-wx9xe
    @MikeSmith-wx9xe 4 роки тому

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

  • @johnrogers2826
    @johnrogers2826 4 роки тому +21

    Hooray! Zero hour has arrived! And it's good.

  • @loosewheels1000
    @loosewheels1000 4 роки тому +1

    These videos are really professional, informative and educational, didn't know any of this.well done Martin,

  • @Growlertrim
    @Growlertrim 4 роки тому

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому

      Thank you. Yes the place is incredible

  • @cecilwilson5442
    @cecilwilson5442 4 роки тому +1

    Great to see that you're enjoying your work and we look forward to seeing the videos and uncovering the history of the areas in and around Manchester,, bloody brilliant,, 😁😁☘️☘️☘️from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated thank you,, good bricklayers would be in great demand,,

  • @terryansell6641
    @terryansell6641 3 роки тому

    Looking forward to part 4 so interesting thank you

  • @brit_in_bc1661
    @brit_in_bc1661 4 роки тому

    Excellent as usual martin, you have the knack to keep us glued to your video's 10/10 mate.

  • @boulting1
    @boulting1 4 роки тому +1

    Another top video Martin, keep it up pal 👍👍

  • @Lulu-jl5zd
    @Lulu-jl5zd 4 роки тому

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

  • @rheingau2011
    @rheingau2011 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +1

      Yes Peter, the site is of major historical importance

  • @paulspickernell6875
    @paulspickernell6875 4 роки тому

    Fascinating stuff, got me hooked, nice one Martin

  • @lilchris26
    @lilchris26 4 роки тому +1

    Nice one Martin, had to wait for this video for so long since I seen you aon the river bank back all those months ago. It was worth the wait, keep up the good work.

  • @deltafoxtrot2
    @deltafoxtrot2 4 роки тому

    Absolutely fascinating, this is on my door step and I never knew its history! well done Martin for the thoroughly enjoyable videos, looking forward to no 4..

  • @ChristopherAnnesley
    @ChristopherAnnesley 4 роки тому

    Yet another great video. Excellent job.

  • @markkilley2683
    @markkilley2683 2 роки тому

    All very interesting and beautiful.

  • @t77299
    @t77299 4 роки тому

    interesting and educational as usual. Thank you very much Martin for your efforts.

  • @Cowley46
    @Cowley46 4 роки тому

    Fascinating. I'm sure Mr Brindley would be very proud of what you are doing.

  • @Randomstuffs261
    @Randomstuffs261 4 роки тому +10

    This colliery must have been an absolute beast back in the day, looks like it had so much infrastructure

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  4 роки тому +4

      Yeah it was, There were so many though

  • @farralad734
    @farralad734 4 роки тому

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