No water at the Nob end canal locks
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- Опубліковано 26 бер 2022
- This video is about the history of the Manchester Bury Bolton canal. We take a look at the disused Canal locks at Nob end or the Prestolee locks as they are otherwise known. We look at the famous Meccano bridge placed in 2012 and also the old lock basin. Finally we look at some beautiful historic architecture in the Prestolee aqueduct built in 1793 in the Georgian period at the height of the canal building frenzy and the start of the Industrial revolution in Britain. We also look at an old Pack horse bridge one of the latest ones built in Britain. This is a historic canal adventure.
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Far from a Nob End, James is looking super sharp this week!
😂
I thought he was doing a video of Boris Johnson from the title.
It’s a really interesting area. I’m hoping the canal society do manage to restore it all.
Always enjoy a Sunday night Martin video!
Just to make you pucker up at the thought, I'll tell you how they used to "Cap" those old pits!
1. Cut a suitable tree down leaving the branches on.
2. Drag the tree to the pit.
3. Drop the tree into the pit trunk first.
4. Get someone to push the tree as far down as you can compressing the branches.
5. Fill with stone chunks.
6. Hope nobody stands on top of it after the tree has rotted.
Not an Elf or a Safety to be seen!
Sounds good to me
My new greatest fear is walking over one which hasn't been fenced off...
@@JackFowlesJF There is nothing sure, but not walking in circular "dips" in otherwise level ground is a good move!
Researching my family tree I found that a relation died falling down a disused pit in 1842 (just a kid, he'd been running backwards trying to fly a kite). The paper said two other people had fallen down the same pit and been killed, so the owner was thinking about maybe capping the shaft.
Surely, a little bit of a fence and a sign that says "danger of owwy slow painful doom. Please don't" would work better at a fraction of the effort and expense?
All this and no more than ten minutes from my place too ,surrounded by unseen history i am .
Brings back memories. I have 3 photos of the sunken boats with coal boxes inside them taken in circa 1978. Another cracking video from Martin Zero.
This is where I used to play as a kid.
Love this video. I'm now going to have to binge watch all your videos to catch up.
Fabulous 👍
Hope you enjoy Cassandra 👍
Great stuff as always! Never get tired of seeing impressive old engineering feats that are now abandoned and left in ruins - especially when there are old photos of them in their glory days! Love it!
Love the out takes at the end :) I am suprised that James May has not featured that Mecano bridge !
Oh yeah hes a toy freak isnt he
@@MartinZero He Built a Mecano lifting bridge.
Was at University in Salford until 1980 and was completely unaware of all this interesting stuff. Really wish we had the internet in those days. Thanks for doing the work to bring this to us, much appreciated.
Thanks John
Great to see the mecano bridge thanks Martin i worked in mecano during my apprenticeship and i still have and use an original mecano kit spanner but i dont think it will fit the bolts on the new bridge 👍🖖
A nice video you and Jimmy put on. See you on the next! Cheers mates! 🏴🙂👍🇺🇸
I just love the Meccano bridge. It is fascinating how that was done.
Another great vid. Cheers guys! The brick arches on a stone bridge/aqueduct reminds me of Cefn Coed viaduct in Merthyr Tydfil. Apparently the stone masons went on strike and the ironmasters called their bluff and brought in brickies to finish the job...
My favourite way to end a sunday: watching Martin's video. And even the outtakes are entertaining. Thanks again for sharing !
Thank you
I really appreciate your passion. As a Canadian with absolutely no connection to Manchester or area, you have made me interested and high up on my bucket list is to visit locations like this. Cheers!
Thank you, hope you get to visit
Let me know when you’re over! I’ll buy you a pint in my local, The Horseshoe, which is in Prestolee/Ringley.
Lovely idea of the day trip on a boat with a stop at the tea rooms. Simple pleasure that would apply just as well today.
Good stuff. Love the canals, active and not so active. Glad you shared a few outtakes too. Cheers.
Martin, thank you for the wonderful video. I agree that the suspension sewer bridge is an eyesore. Too bad that someone with taste did not understand that a bridge that blended in with the aqueduct and pack horse bridge would have been the right choice. I hazard a guess that cost over esthetics played a large part in using a suspension bridge.
That was brilliant, and the brick at the end, for us plinthologists was a bonus.
Why Plastic on it ?
I found Enfield Plastic Accrington, seems to be an advertising move for thier bricks, usual Victorian over estimation of the product. Nice to see, also I notice the red brick is only a two tier soldier course on the face, not all the way through the arch, no idea why, but a great video, throughly enjoyed it.
I notice you and adventure me walk over bricks, names on them of the makers are an amazing insight in that where did they come from, I'm in West Wales, a stroll around and a look in yards, skips, and when out houses are being demolished will reveal a trove of foreign bricks, here we have domestic buildings and a major railway station made with bricks from all over the place, some by sailing ship from North Wales, some by rail from there and England when the railway came here, so basically each brick has a history, why is it there is the big question, I've over 250 named bricks each with a history, so the next time you trip over one, wonder where it came from, it will add to your story.
I LOVE all these old canals and the old industrial infrastructure you still have. By the time the US was industrialized we had trains and the land to build rail. Very few canals. I watch so many narrowboating channels and then to add old/abandoned lines, damn,, id be in heaven
The US had several canals in the Northeast but because that's very hilly ground the favorable grade of the abandoned canals was often used for roads. as an example a portion of US RT 6 in the extreme northeast of Pennsylvania runs on the old Delaware and Hudson Canal which occupied a narrow bit of level ground between hills and the Lackawaxen River.
@@DanielleWhite several... not a lot, like I said. So thanks. We had absolutely nothing like these English canals.
Great old flight of locks and then to top it off with an aquaduct, great finds.
I love bridges too .Its personal Thing ! Like the bloopers ,once the giggles start that's it.
Yeah, I couldnt talk right that day 😯
Another great video👍😊
always made me laugh seeing Nob End when looking at the map, great vid Martin, thanks
Fab name
We visited that area a few years back and I have to say my wife loved Nob End
I bet she did 😉
Fnarr fnarr.
Another great video Martin
I grew up in Kearsley and this brings back memories. Used to hang around the canal and river as kids. Loved climbing on the sewer bridge and exploring the area. My grandad also taught me loads on the local history and the canal collapse. Great video!
Love the outtakes 😂more please 🤣👍
Great video & insight as always.
Love the bloopers at the end.
More please!!
Great video again. I grew up in Little Lever, so this area was our playground. Spent 100's of hours around there. A bit further up heading towards Bolton you'll find 2 more basins, the top one next to Hall Lane definitely has a old sunken barge, but sadly no longer visible.
and across the road where they have taken the aqueduct away.. in the woods.. amazing amount of stuff in there. . that huge embankment and all the way to the small bridge in Darcy Lever and the site of the removed aqueduct at Lever Bridge.
I lived over that end and used to walk up the canal route often
The top basin along with the locks was cleaned up several years ago now there's no barges in that one!
Yes another Superb video from you and your team Martin excellent!
Another splendid video from Martin and James (and a mystery anonymos cameraman in the background?), packed with interesting historical facts.
I just love it.
Love from Denmark
I agree with you, who is the cameraman?
@@robertfletcher3421 And why did he think that walking really slowly and obviously would somehow make him invisible???🤣
Great video again Martin, and Yes to the the Meccano Bridge
Brilliant...! I love that Meccano bridge. It would be good to see the canal back in use...
The MBB Canal society are trying to sort it John
@@MartinZero I'll have a look at their website...
Great video Matin and also James 👌 👍
Thank you for posting
Another excellent vlog, Martin! It's good to see history.
Love it, love learning more about round here,
Another excellent video Martin, thank you 😎
Another great video Martin & James & bringing so much history & knowledge back to life well done boys
Love out takes , great video as always
Lovely to see u both out again. We always love where you take us.really interesting. Love the Mecano bridge and picnic bench. So great to see past history with fotos well done guys.
Great explore lads, cheers
Brilliant.Always look forward to your vids Martin :)
Thank you
These videos make me homesick and happy in equal measure, regards, from the colonies
Ah, the TV van and now a tea van. Great intro. The colors on the Meccano bridge have a Medieval feel, bright and garish. Again, your narration and information presentation are top notch. James it's always good to see you in a video. Glad that was a old iron nail and not a old piece of poo left over from the sewer. Thanks to Martin and his team for this fine watch....
Great video Martin, as always. Bonus outtakes are excellent, more please!!!!
I'm so happy others have the same love for bridges and canals that I do. Appreciate you guys taking the time to share these places with us! ♥
It's good to see another fantastic video from you Martin (and James). The last bit was 🤣. Thank you for making me smile. 👍🏼
Good video this Martin very interesting indeed I liked the ending bit was funny 👍
thank you for this verry good docu.
Outstanding drone footage, old pictures and narration. Wonderful job . Meriden, Kansas
Love the outtakes Martin....... Great video as always.
Cheers Gary
Top that Martin, as usual! Those outtakes were brilliant!
😃 Cheers
First class as as ever martin and friends thank you x
Thanks
I attended an open day for the opening of the Mechano bridge and someone from the canal society gave a talk about the locks. Apparently the boats from Salford would turn around at the marina and passengers walked up the wide track off to the side of the locks and board another boat at the top to travel on to Bolton. It simply took too much time and effort to move the boats up and down the locks.
Love following your channel. Your videos are so interesting. Enjoy watching the videos about old canals.
the bloopers are always good laugh and it show that you are human
Loved the bonus at the end - it made me chuckle. :-D
Cheers 😄
Very interesting. Thank you
So so so very interesting.
Thank you, thank you. 👏👏👏
That was wonderful! Your ending really gave me a chuckle! Well done for the end! I really enjoyed, I cannot wait for your next clip! Keep it all up and good luck!!
thanks again Martin, your enthusiasm is contagious
Cheers Graham
Thanks Martin another fascinating vlog
Great vid as always guys, love anything river irwell related. Mint
Thanks Martin for a fantastic and very interesting vlog, the outtakes were great also. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Keep um coming lads, really enjoyed this 🙂
Great video guys... really enjoyed that :)
Loved the outtakes
Cheers Martin, That was a good video very interesting. :)
Great video! I quite often ride through Nob End on my way up to Elton Reservoir. I’ve done some basic research on the area but great to get some more info on such a fascinating part of Manchester/Bolton. Keep up the good work guys😀👍
Well done lads ,great interesting video as per. Roll on next one 👍
Very interesting video. It never dawned on me that people would take day trips on canals all those years ago.
Yeah it was a very new thing for them
@@MartinZero did they call them packet boats because they packed the passengers in! 😂
Thanks again Martin & James (& Danny!) for taking us on another cracking history adventure ☺️
Thank you for the bloopers at the end
Great. Thanks. I'll go there this summer.
Well worth a walk Paul
Great video and enjoyed the bloopers reel at the end. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into making these.
Thanks Paul
Love your videos mate. I do a lot of river/brook walks myself. Cheers! 🥃
What a fantastic video and such a great area to explore. I love the history of all things from the Victorian era and earlier. Glad you left the bloopers in as it was a bit of fun at the end!
Can I than you for your continued enthusiasm, it is infectious. Thank you so much.
Thank you
Another great video guys! Thank you !!xx
Thanks Anne
And you always make it look so professional!!!!! That was another great follow on vid, fascinating to see it so intact👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers Bob
Great Video
I'm extremely ill at the moment. Seeing your video pop up has given me a smile. Thank you so much.
Sorry to read that. Hope you are feeling better very soon.
Hi Neil. Hope you well soon all the best from Martin & James
Wonderful vid and wonderful bridge, I hope the locks get restored and one day are back 'in water'.
Loving the Bury & Bolton canal content !!
Cheers David
great one Martin
Thank you
Really beautiful the 'Meccano' bridge, reminds me of my childhood.
Then I played with Meccano.
An interesting report.
Thank you Martin, James and Danny. Loved it guys.
Cheers Martin
Great video guys and what a great name for a place nob end is.
great video as usual Martin & co.
nice one Martin great views
Lovely upload.
Amazing video as always Martin 👏 Love the surviving Nob End lock's.
Yeah, we had to do it March otherwise they get totally overgrown
Ah, there you are guys, I’ve been waiting impatiently for your next episode! First off, I really like the Meccano bridge and glad you like it too. It has so much more personality than the wooden one it replaced. As always a fact packed episode and I thought it was quite sad to see those long abandoned locks, but so interesting to be able to view so close up. What a lovely day to be out exploring. I did feel a bit sick though when you stopped for your brew on the abominable rail-less bridge. Very hard to concentrate on your Mr Kipling’s! Thanks for such a thorough and interesting look at Nob end. 👍😊
I really enjoyed your video. I have become a bit of narrowboat and canal follower. I love the history that you and your fellow you tubers are able to share. My mother was actually raised in Bolton in the 30's and 40's. It was really cool to see an area that she would have played in as a child.
Loved the bloopers at the end there 😂 another fantastic video. Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
Thanks Kirsty
That was fantastic thanks Martin. I rather like the. Mechanic bridge, it is so different. Love the bridges. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Amazing video as always 😀💯
Thank you