Omg! Martin we love you here in Peru. We make our popcorn and gather together and watch your videos. You always make us laugh and we are as excited as if we are by your side. Thank you, thank you , thank you for your bravery and curiosity and good humor!
The reason for the two levels in the tunnel was for gravity shunting of the full wagons on the higher level, before being lowered downn the incline. The next section to Chadwick Nick was also cable worked before being converted to locomotive haulage, as the gradient was relatively shallow, 1 in 53 to 1 in 30 then 1 in 22.. A loco shed still exists further along the line before VillageTunnel. Track for the line may have come second hand from the Leicester and Swannington Railway. The last rails lifted from Crich went to the Talyllyn Railway.
This channel is just so good. It's a bit like a grass roots "Time Team". Well, Time Team up through season 18. I love how there is the perfect amount of content in each video and none of it unnecessary fluff. Great research, great videography and both are put together with excellent presentation. From what this American boy has seen, you're right up there with Fred Dibnah, Dr. Lucy Worsley and Tony Robinson in the presentation department.
hopper1 its exactly what got my attention, I found this vid on recomendations, But damn this stuff is better than most of NGC or discovery channel, Almost if I went there and he was the guide
"Up through season 18", spot on. That wonderful show tanked after that. The new "stars" were awful. None of the otiginal cast were all showbizzy, just regular people with a passion for what they were doing. Shame they ruined it.
The fungus was one of the ink caps. Spectacular. Really enjoying your videos Martin. Local girl, from Longsight now but originally from Ashton - Under - Lyne, so of course I loved old mills and canals and railways. This was my childhood.
The stonework at 28.45 on the top of the inside of the tunnel is something to be proud of , my Grampa was a stone mason that criticised a lot of modern brickwork but I`m sure he would`ve given that a big thumbs up , fantastic stuff
Ideally it should be opened up with the roughly-hewn section shored-up like a mine-adit as it was originally, then securely gated so tours could be conducted safely. Surely that's the best way to preserve them instead of leaving those tunnels blocked off or buried with maybe just a plaque or markings on an old map to tell us where they once existed!
As a Canadian who loves things like these. You people should band together and open this old railway as a walking / biking path. How cool would it be to motor along England's oldest railway? I just love how all through out your beautiful country, you have the common sense to hold on to your past, your heritage. Your beautiful old everything. Such charm and beauty.
Oh, wow. I am gobsmacked. I've watched this on both channels now, but even then I was not expecting the view inside the tunnel. It's got to be decades since anyone went inside. And after all this time it still looks so clean and sharp. Like time stood still.
The worlds oldest railway bridge, the Causey Arch is up here in County Durham Martin, built in 1726/27, chaldrons of coal were drawn by horses on wooden rails, It's a fantastic structure...Allen.
I believe the toadstool in the tunnel is a Shaggy Ink Cap, Coprinus Comatus. Also, the two levels on the road bed may have been to accommodate loaded and empty wagons.
Thought exactly the same thing about wagons being empty on the higher track, with the loaded ones being piled high with ore on the lower level coming from the mine/quarry!
Is that the toadstool that contains Monomethylhydrazine ? NASA needed trillions of them to power the space shuttle engines, apparently. Its very very toxic ! Keep well away unless you really do want to leave the planet !
I know about stuff like the mill at Compton, even been there, but they never taught us about 18th century blocked up tunnels in Derbyshire back gardens at school. Can't think why. Yet again, utterly fascinating and fantastically presented. A wonderful walk through the remains of a corner of the proto-industrial age. Thank you for sharing this grand day out.
Why is it I always click like before I even watch your vids? I am never disappointed. Cheers Martin. Wow, Stevenson's tunnel is amazing, "No Roads" sign on the strut. Brilliant.
I'm glad to see you partnered up with the Whitewicks. I've been watching your videos as well as theirs too! I'm subscribed to both of your channels. I love to see things about history, and mostly railroads. Whatever country they're in doesn't matter to me.
Another great Video Martin . I know this may seem like an unusual question, but if there was ever a project that you would like to undertake but it would take an Archeological team, Like Time Team, to help you what would it be be.?
Benjamin Outram. It's in the name. 23:45 "found" a gate. LOL. It would've been pretty frustrating to get stopped right there. 26:55 who else thought it was a small figure sitting?
Loving your vids Martin! Seriously gripping stuff! Just find myself getting irritated at beautiful and historically important old architecture breeze-blocked up and left to rot! Smash out the late brickwork, trim back the foliage and clean these beauties up!
They are blocked because they are bat roosts. If people were allowed access then the bats would be gone and the walls covered quickly in graffiti, sadly.
Wow another quality expedition ! Those two main tunnels were amazing , what a shame rather 1st one is buried . So kind of the home owners to let you in as you may never have got to see them , thanks guys 👌🏼🧱👍🏼🚂
Just started watching and already I'm thinking, "Martin, et al, need hardhats for this type of poking into dark holes, etc.!!" I am really looking forward to the rest of it : )
Of all the videos I have seen, finding that one in someone's back garden must be the best find ever. The tunnel itself looks in particularly good condition. Have you been able to research where the other portal is? That would be a cracking find, and one to explore in the future. I know that I am late to this party, but I am slowly working my way through your back catalogue. Excellent stuff.
If I owned those houses, I'd open the tunnels up to use the space and preserve the original look. I couldn't let it disappear into undergrowth like that.
Another top-notch video thanks for showing us these hidden gems Martin 👍Derbyshire council have so many hidden historical gems it's crazy why the hell aren't they preserving them so much amazing history our history
Brilliant, I really enjoyed your forage into the wilds of Derbyshire ! Derbyshire and Staffordshire are chock full of industrial reamains ! On the other side of the Derwent Valley from Crich was the High Peak Mineral Line, that went from Cromford to Whalley Bridge, it had 3 inclined planes worked by cable and didn't close until 1968. I can even remember wagons going up the Sheep Pasture incline as if by magic with no engine pulling them when we went for a picnic by the line in about 1965
Great content Martin and Whitewick's abandoned, fantastic that people are keeping Britain's industrial heritage and engineering innovation in the public realm. It could all too easily be completely forgotten. 👏🙌👏🙌👏
I really like when you team up with the Whitewicks! Sharing history with enthusiasm ! I wonder how long its been since anyone saw inside or has been in that tunnel! They should make the tramway and tunnels a walking trail! Preserve and use history!
I dont comment on videos often but Thank You for covering our history the way you do. You a brilliant creator Sir. Also your videos have now got a perfect production value. Your the best quality explorer on youtube now.
There was a horse powered plateway - all underground - Pentewan near St Austell in a tin working in 1783. In 1803 at Penydarren Iron Works in South Wales Trevithick demonstrated the 1st railway locomotive
What an incredible find. Never knew about this. Very interesting and no doubt the forerunner of the railways we have today. Well done to all for bringing this piece of history to the public domain. 10/10
Thanks to you and the Whitewicks, brilliant stuff. Could never have gone down that tiny hole to 'God knows where' . You were so funny when you encountered that mushroom, it did look weird though. There is the Hay Inclined Plane in Blists Hill museum near Telford it lowered canal boats down from the canal to the River Severn. Interesting place to visit for anyone who loves industrial heritage. 👍👍
Wow loving this Chanel my dad was a steam driver and a Diesel driver to he did 49 years on the railway bless him I’ve got quite a lot of stories that you told me and I’d love to share them with you 😘
Another great video , half expected someone or something to be looking back at us in the second tunnel 😱. Thanks to you all for a good bit of Sunday evening entertainment.
Wonderful team effort, well done all of you. Derbyshire is a treasure trove of forgotten tramways and inclined planes. Fascinating to see these remnants. (And killer mushrooms too!) Thank ypu Martin.
Great video, brings back memories of going to Alderwasley Hall School between 1977 and 1982 and nearly every Saturday walking up to Crich from the school with the house parents, I loved the area around the school including Matlock, Whatstandwell and Belper..
Here I am, sitting in my living room in North Carolina, watching you do these absolutely fascinating explores in and around Manchester that I CANNOT stop watching! The finds are riveting to me and all I want to go is go along and find these things too!!
I wondered this too. If the tunnel entrance is on your land but the tunnel itself isn't. Do you own it or does the other land owner own it as the tunnel runs through their property?
Nice to see you in my neck of the woods..... part of the Butterley company which made some of the most iconic land marks in the UK ie the st Pancreas roof, the Falkirk wheel and Spinnacre tower in Portsmouth shut down in the late 1990s early 2000's which had been going since 1790. the former works has the Cromford canal which you talk of in your video is tunnelled under Ripley and has a loading bay underground in the tunnel. it has been shut for years but would love to explore it one day. Ripley is also the home to the inventor of the bouncing bomb sir Barnes Walace. some really early Industrial revolution stuff. i love watching the history of Manchester but also great to see you delve into my local history...all the best.
@@RAFchurchlawford4469 she did indeed scare Martin and Me! We had no idea what she was so avoided. Turns out she was harmless. As for the miniskirt, that is 50% of Whitewicks Abandoned railways. Come and join the party!
When all the major coastal cities of our world become inundated, perhaps we can visit your chronicals and try to imagine how remote any negative consequences to some of these remarkable technological advances would have been to people when those machines were first accelerating things. Thanks so much, Martine. I always love an enhanced perspective.
Love it ... when you put your camera through that small hole in the breeze blocks into Stephenson's tunnel it was just as exciting as Howard Carter/Tutankhamun to me! Wonderful ...
My god, the atmosphere in that tunnel. This is the start of the second industrial revolution and modern world we live in - the importance of this tunnel and the other, and every stone here is incalculable!! This is how the UK values its heritage that is as important as ancient Rome. It really is emotional looking in this tunnel and the importance is hard to overstate - to the country not just to us watching!
Hi Martin & Mark, wow what an episode, I never knew that George Stephenson did so much more than he is already famous for. Such an awesome video, thank you for sharing it with us all. x
It was great to see you in my old local area. And although I'm well travelled I didn't really know this history before I watched this and the Whitewicks video a few years ago. I think a slightly older tramway is the Little Eaton gangroad. I wonder how old that 'no road ' sign is? And thanks for pronouncing Crich correctly. Happy New Year.
Brilliant film and narrative. I'm always gobsmacked by the sheer number of bricks used in building canals and railways.. Each individually hand laid. Phenomenal production and logistics, let alone the craftsmanship
Im happy that someone is documenting this and getting it on "film" before all these things get forgotten. We might not yet have all the building plans for all this but maybe there is someone who has them ln their attic without knowing what they are before seeing your videos. keep up the great work.
Back to an evening viewing with Martin Zero.Great actually as you are better than TV and the videos 'i've missed are great .👍 Great filming & info The camera in the tunnel produced great images ..Clever work .A fabulous day out ....Like
Yep, I'm watching some old videos. the first tunnel in John's garden, I would have thought that he would open it up, but the second one, in the cutting, I would love to get into. I thought that mushrooms was different. Thanks again for the video
Only one thing to say - You've done it again! BRILLIANT. The subject, the location, the history, the presentation and the production. Well done, Martin.
That was a really cool episode man, a true Howard Carter moment in the tunnel...really does deserve more than burying a forgetting this is incredibly important architecture with fantastic history...nice one Martin
Colin amazing programme. The history is worthy of some kind of heritage taking them over for future generations . Thank you so much to you all for doing the investigating for us.
Hello, Martin. You've done it again! Another beautiful video. The fungus at 27:30, is known as a 'Shaggy Ink Cap'. It starts out with a shaggy top that looks like a Lawyer's wig. This, after a few days, starts to dissolve into a horrid ink like fluid. They are edible when young. I've tried them, and they're not bad. The only problem with them is they contain a chemical that reacts with alcohol, and can make you sick - so if you know you're having them, don't drink booze for 12 hours either side. Other than that, they're fine.
Amazing, thank you so much for putting this on film. Its a shame we did not get to meet that Women in her 80's who's Dad drove the steam trains, that would of be something to hear for the history of it.
It’s amazing, what’s still is left and is to see of this important period in England, very nice video again and nice to see the cooperation again with the Whitewicks!
That shot at 19:42 as you look into that tunnel and the focus slowly pulls to reveal the inside is one of the greatest I've ever seen! The remnants of the track bed/sleepers and disrepair; something so fascinating about it. To think of Stephenson himself could've stood at that portal looking in on a job well done when construction was finished. Amazing video.
Think that I recall you doing a video on Stevenson's moorish arch, it's a very very enthralling location that I've been exploring since I was 8 years old! Before the 3 adjoining tunnels were fenced off and the shoddy attempt at sealing the ends with rubble had been undertaken, the left and right side tunnels were both in excellent condition and after exploring both of them as much as I dared to being by myself (hard to find other people with whom the drive to explore our local historical goldmine is enough to override the fact that it's trespassing!) You can still access the left side tunnel via a wonderful hidden little gem in China town. Oh yes daymo found a real good one 🙂🚂 🚂 🚂 🚂
I love this content so much. It is such a wonderful escapism for me and a world of difference to my own UA-cam content. I loved every minute of it. If I find myself in the UK I would like to partake in one of your videos as well if that's OK by you! Keep up the great content!
Omg! Martin we love you here in Peru. We make our popcorn and gather together and watch your videos. You always make us laugh and we are as excited as if we are by your side.
Thank you, thank you , thank you for your bravery and curiosity and good humor!
Thank you Sharon so much. Send me a pic on my facebook page. I would love to see you all 👍
Peru wow I am here in Halifax England only 40 minutes from Manchester
@@MartinZero I was just sat wondering, did you ever receive a pic from your Peruvian fan club?
Did you ever send Martin those pictures ? And are you from the British Embassy or are you native Peruvian .... sorry I just had to ask ❤
The reason for the two levels in the tunnel was for gravity shunting of the full wagons on the higher level, before being lowered downn the incline. The next section to Chadwick Nick was also cable worked before being converted to locomotive haulage, as the gradient was relatively shallow, 1 in 53 to 1 in 30 then 1 in 22.. A loco shed still exists further along the line before VillageTunnel.
Track for the line may have come second hand from the Leicester and Swannington Railway. The last rails lifted from Crich went to the Talyllyn Railway.
Thanks for the info
This channel is just so good. It's a bit like a grass roots "Time Team". Well, Time Team up through season 18. I love how there is the perfect amount of content in each video and none of it unnecessary fluff. Great research, great videography and both are put together with excellent presentation. From what this American boy has seen, you're right up there with Fred Dibnah, Dr. Lucy Worsley and Tony Robinson in the presentation department.
hopper1 its exactly what got my attention,
I found this vid on recomendations,
But damn this stuff is better than most of NGC or discovery channel,
Almost if I went there and he was the guide
Having seen Tony Robinson's mini series about Cathedrals, i would never trust a single word he ever said.
@@Mr.Grimsdale True, shame really - I like him as Baldrick from Black Adder.
"Up through season 18", spot on. That wonderful show tanked after that. The new "stars" were awful. None of the otiginal cast were all showbizzy, just regular people with a passion for what they were doing. Shame they ruined it.
The fungus was one of the ink caps. Spectacular. Really enjoying your videos Martin. Local girl, from Longsight now but originally from Ashton - Under - Lyne, so of course I loved old mills and canals and railways. This was my childhood.
Martin, the research that you put into these videos is amazing
Thank you, on this one Paul kinda led it 👍
I had profound feelings of awe and melancholy when you illuminated the view into the tunnel with the "no road" sign. Thanks for sharing M 0
Thanks Tony, yes that sign ...incredible
".... So I've found a gate through to the little compound"
Never going to believe you again 😁
😂😂😂
You'll see me in the background laughing at that comment.. Haha
Well a home made Gate 😆
Very out of breath just getting through a gate!
I had a good chuckle at that hahaha
The stonework at 28.45 on the top of the inside of the tunnel is something to be proud of , my Grampa was a stone mason that criticised a lot of modern brickwork but I`m sure he would`ve given that a big thumbs up , fantastic stuff
19:40 I would 100% be getting a sledgehammer on those breeze blocks.
Yes, if i lived there i would definitely knock down that wall blocking the tunnel.
Me as well
@@A.Martin Think its curiosity killed the cat then for me haha. I couldnt let that go unexplored when its on my own property.
Definitely.
Ideally it should be opened up with the roughly-hewn section shored-up like a mine-adit as it was originally, then securely gated so tours could be conducted safely. Surely that's the best way to preserve them instead of leaving those tunnels blocked off or buried with maybe just a plaque or markings on an old map to tell us where they once existed!
I love the story of the woman when she was a girl waving to her dad *tears* & still living in the same cottages
As a Canadian who loves things like these. You people should band together and open this old railway as a walking / biking path. How cool would it be to motor along England's oldest railway? I just love how all through out your beautiful country, you have the common sense to hold on to your past, your heritage. Your beautiful old everything. Such charm and beauty.
Thanks Benny its a beautiful place
Oh, wow. I am gobsmacked. I've watched this on both channels now, but even then I was not expecting the view inside the tunnel. It's got to be decades since anyone went inside. And after all this time it still looks so clean and sharp. Like time stood still.
Yeah its incredible isnt it
The worlds oldest railway bridge, the Causey Arch is up here in County Durham Martin, built in 1726/27, chaldrons of coal were drawn by horses on wooden rails, It's a fantastic structure...Allen.
Been over it and under it many times, I'm five minutes away from it :) It's still damn impressive for a bridge that is almost 300 years old.
It's a part of the Tanfield Railway.
I believe the toadstool in the tunnel is a Shaggy Ink Cap, Coprinus Comatus. Also, the two levels on the road bed may have been to accommodate loaded and empty wagons.
Thanks very much. 👍
Thought exactly the same thing about wagons being empty on the higher track, with the loaded ones being piled high with ore on the lower level coming from the mine/quarry!
Is that the toadstool that contains Monomethylhydrazine ? NASA needed trillions of them to power the space shuttle engines, apparently. Its very very toxic ! Keep well away unless you really do want to leave the planet !
Agree - defo an Inkcap
I appreciate you
Another great historical video Martin ,nice to see Paul and the lovely Rebecca with you.
I know about stuff like the mill at Compton, even been there, but they never taught us about 18th century blocked up tunnels in Derbyshire back gardens at school. Can't think why. Yet again, utterly fascinating and fantastically presented. A wonderful walk through the remains of a corner of the proto-industrial age. Thank you for sharing this grand day out.
Thanks very much Jack
Why is it I always click like before I even watch your vids? I am never disappointed. Cheers Martin. Wow, Stevenson's tunnel is amazing, "No Roads" sign on the strut. Brilliant.
Thank you, yeah wonder who wrote that
I'm glad to see you partnered up with the Whitewicks. I've been watching your videos as well as theirs too! I'm subscribed to both of your channels. I love to see things about history, and mostly railroads. Whatever country they're in doesn't matter to me.
Thanks yes me too 👍
@@MartinZero I also subscribe to both video channels.
Same here - absolutely mesmerised by both channels and the research, explores etc. Getting to see them is truly wonderful.
Not only a great video, but top notch editing & production👍🏻
Another great Video Martin .
I know this may seem like an unusual question, but if there was ever a project that you would like to undertake but it would take an Archeological team, Like Time Team, to help you what would it be be.?
Such a beautiful country full of history. I love watching this stuff. Thank you very much for the time and effort you put in!
Thank you
Benjamin Outram. It's in the name.
23:45 "found" a gate. LOL. It would've been pretty frustrating to get stopped right there.
26:55 who else thought it was a small figure sitting?
Loving your vids Martin! Seriously gripping stuff! Just find myself getting irritated at beautiful and historically important old architecture breeze-blocked up and left to rot!
Smash out the late brickwork, trim back the foliage and clean these beauties up!
They are blocked because they are bat roosts. If people were allowed access then the bats would be gone and the walls covered quickly in graffiti, sadly.
A great partnership folks and combination of experience and knowledge.
Wow another quality expedition ! Those two main tunnels were amazing , what a shame rather 1st one is buried . So kind of the home owners to let you in as you may never have got to see them , thanks guys 👌🏼🧱👍🏼🚂
Thank you, yes John wants to open that tunnel up
Martin Zero ⛏🧨👍🏼🧱
Thanks again Martin, another great watch. Your production skills are getting better and better, it's really showing. Well done.
Thanks very much
"I could go down for a better look... errr"
"I could actually go further down but errr"
Brilliant - I'd be down there like a rat down a drainpipe!
Well done Martin again for saddoes like me & thee that was really amazing. Really enjoyed it.
What a find in that garden Martin!! If that was in my garden, that wall would be straight down 😂😂
These Whitewick's get everywhere... Yesterday 'All The Stations', today 'Martin Zero', tomorrow ? The World!
Great work again all of you.
Coincidence regarding the timings, but yeah a tad different! 😂😂
Just started watching and already I'm thinking, "Martin, et al, need hardhats for this type of poking into dark holes, etc.!!" I am really looking forward to the rest of it : )
Of all the videos I have seen, finding that one in someone's back garden must be the best find ever. The tunnel itself looks in particularly good condition. Have you been able to research where the other portal is? That would be a cracking find, and one to explore in the future. I know that I am late to this party, but I am slowly working my way through your back catalogue. Excellent stuff.
Looks like a Fungi called Ink Cap , Martin . Thanks for the video , great work .
Thanks Richard, strange thing it is
Ink caps are usually pale buff in colour until they are opened up, this one looks altogether more sinister.
If I owned those houses, I'd open the tunnels up to use the space and preserve the original look. I couldn't let it disappear into undergrowth like that.
they probably don't own the entire tunnels. and probably would need some kind of planning permission to do anything with em
Another top-notch video thanks for showing us these hidden gems Martin 👍Derbyshire council have so many hidden historical gems it's crazy why the hell aren't they preserving them so much amazing history our history
Thanks mate, yes these are gems and deserve so much more
Brilliant, I really enjoyed your forage into the wilds of Derbyshire ! Derbyshire and Staffordshire are chock full of industrial reamains ! On the other side of the Derwent Valley from Crich was the High Peak Mineral Line, that went from Cromford to Whalley Bridge, it had 3 inclined planes worked by cable and didn't close until 1968. I can even remember wagons going up the Sheep Pasture incline as if by magic with no engine pulling them when we went for a picnic by the line in about 1965
Brilliant Malcolm sounds like we have only scratched the surface
Great content Martin and Whitewick's abandoned, fantastic that people are keeping Britain's industrial heritage and engineering innovation in the public realm. It could all too easily be completely forgotten. 👏🙌👏🙌👏
Thank you, yes I would of never have know about this stuff
Your videos are brilliant. love all the history you tell us. I think even " the BOSS " Fred Dibnah would enjoy watching. More please
Thank you very much, big respect to The Boss !
26 dicky I love dibnah
I really like when you team up with the Whitewicks! Sharing history with enthusiasm ! I wonder how long its been since anyone saw inside or has been in that tunnel! They should make the tramway and tunnels a walking trail! Preserve and use history!
Great video Martin ... don’t know how I missed this one 👍🏻
Oh to travel back in time just for a bit to look at what went on & where 😃
I dont comment on videos often but Thank You for covering our history the way you do. You a brilliant creator Sir.
Also your videos have now got a perfect production value. Your the best quality explorer on youtube now.
Thank you very much. That means a lot, really appreciate it 👍
That tunnel should be excavated and shored up. It's a very important part of railway history.
Yes I agree
There was a horse powered plateway - all underground - Pentewan near St Austell in a tin working in 1783. In 1803 at Penydarren Iron Works in South Wales Trevithick demonstrated the 1st railway locomotive
And I forgot, Trevithick also ran a loco at Coalbrookdale in 1802
Wow never knew and thanks
That story is the way to keep history alive. It's not cold, dry facts, history is people, it is the memory of their lives. Thank you!
Thank you very much
What an incredible find. Never knew about this. Very interesting and no doubt the forerunner of the railways we have today. Well done to all for bringing this piece of history to the public domain. 10/10
Thank you Krisna
I really look forward to your interesting and well presented videos. Keep up your great work on forgotten North West industrial heritage.
Thanks to you and the Whitewicks, brilliant stuff. Could never have gone down that tiny hole to 'God knows where' . You were so funny when you encountered that mushroom, it did look weird though. There is the Hay Inclined Plane in Blists Hill museum near Telford it lowered canal boats down from the canal to the River Severn. Interesting place to visit for anyone who loves industrial heritage. 👍👍
Thanks Anne that sounds good, so many places to visit
Wow loving this Chanel my dad was a steam driver and a Diesel driver to he did 49 years on the railway bless him I’ve got quite a lot of stories that you told me and I’d love to share them with you 😘
Thanks Wendy, glad you enjoyed it. I bet your Dad would of liked it also
Another great video , half expected someone or something to be looking back at us in the second tunnel 😱. Thanks to you all for a good bit of Sunday evening entertainment.
Thanks, yeah that was a gem
Mate, your videos just keep getting better! Brilliant stuff!
another great vedio Martin! Good collaberation with the Whitewicks
Thanks Kevin
Wonderful team effort, well done all of you. Derbyshire is a treasure trove of forgotten tramways and inclined planes. Fascinating to see these remnants. (And killer mushrooms too!) Thank ypu Martin.
Definitely a killer mushroom its still attached to my face
It's only a killer fungus if consumed with Alcohol, days 3 before or after consumption ! @@MartinZero
So interesting. Shared this with friends. Thanks to the folks who let you and us into the gardens. From Bakersfield California USA.
Like before watch. Only the usual :)
Thanks Joseph
You know it's safe to do as it's guaranteed quality.
Yep...get it over with...
Superb, as usual! Did they send you in first for a reason! 😂
Ooooh yes!!!
Yes I was the Canary 😆
Great video, brings back memories of going to Alderwasley Hall School between 1977 and 1982 and nearly every Saturday walking up to Crich from the school with the house parents, I loved the area around the school including Matlock, Whatstandwell and Belper..
Yeah its very beautiful round there James
Here I am, sitting in my living room in North Carolina, watching you do these absolutely fascinating explores in and around Manchester that I CANNOT stop watching! The finds are riveting to me and all I want to go is go along and find these things too!!
Thank you, yes we are lucky in that there are still some hidden gems around
some tunnels in gardens , some on farmland, wonder who actually owns them now.
I wondered this too. If the tunnel entrance is on your land but the tunnel itself isn't. Do you own it or does the other land owner own it as the tunnel runs through their property?
Why is the Butterley tunnel not a world heritage site?
Why indeed Jacqueline
Nice to see you in my neck of the woods..... part of the Butterley company which made some of the most iconic land marks in the UK ie the st Pancreas roof, the Falkirk wheel and Spinnacre tower in Portsmouth shut down in the late 1990s early 2000's which had been going since 1790. the former works has the Cromford canal which you talk of in your video is tunnelled under Ripley and has a loading bay underground in the tunnel. it has been shut for years but would love to explore it one day.
Ripley is also the home to the inventor of the bouncing bomb sir Barnes Walace. some really early Industrial revolution stuff. i love watching the history of Manchester but also great to see you delve into my local history...all the best.
Thank you and really appreciate the info
Such charming generous people, both those who made the film and those who were happy to have the `film crew` in their gardens.
Yes nice folk they were
she is very pretty i must say
@@RAFchurchlawford4469 she did indeed scare Martin and Me! We had no idea what she was so avoided. Turns out she was harmless. As for the miniskirt, that is 50% of Whitewicks Abandoned railways. Come and join the party!
Take the mushroom and go back to 1840🔙🔜
I will leave the Mushroom it freaks me out 😃
Stunning !
When saw the plants being cut I thought it Alan Titmarsh and Groundfirce..
The lost tunnels of derbyshire
Amazing stuff all this history lost to time until found by people like yourselves. Brilliant 👏
When all the major coastal cities of our world become inundated, perhaps we can visit your chronicals and try to imagine how remote any negative consequences to some of these remarkable technological advances would have been to people when those machines were first accelerating things. Thanks so much, Martine. I always love an enhanced perspective.
Love it ... when you put your camera through that small hole in the breeze blocks into Stephenson's tunnel it was just as exciting as Howard Carter/Tutankhamun to me! Wonderful ...
It was a bit like that 😃
way better to watch than main stream media. Well done and thank you
My god, the atmosphere in that tunnel. This is the start of the second industrial revolution and modern world we live in - the importance of this tunnel and the other, and every stone here is incalculable!! This is how the UK values its heritage that is as important as ancient Rome. It really is emotional looking in this tunnel and the importance is hard to overstate - to the country not just to us watching!
Hello from Manchester NH Martin and CO.
One of my favorite of your videos.
Keep them coming.
Cheers! Richard
Hi Martin & Mark, wow what an episode, I never knew that George Stephenson did so much more than he is already famous for. Such an awesome video, thank you for sharing it with us all. x
I'm back for another viewing and once again it is as interesting as the first time I watched it. Thank you to you all.
Cheers Martin, glad you enjoyed
Excellent collab! Always interesting videos from both you and the Whitewicks! Seen Marks little video on it too. Very well done all of you!
I've yet to see marks!.... .On it!
Where was Marks video ?
@@MartinZero I couldn't find it either.
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WOW.Another fantastic video Martin.The way you use the music is absolutely superb.
Lost little gems all over the Country.Thanks Mate.100% :)
Thank you very much
It was great to see you in my old local area. And although I'm well travelled I didn't really know this history before I watched this and the Whitewicks video a few years ago.
I think a slightly older tramway is the Little Eaton gangroad.
I wonder how old that 'no road ' sign is?
And thanks for pronouncing Crich correctly.
Happy New Year.
Brilliant film and narrative. I'm always gobsmacked by the sheer number of bricks used in building canals and railways.. Each individually hand laid. Phenomenal production and logistics, let alone the craftsmanship
Yeah I am the same Peter
Im happy that someone is documenting this and getting it on "film" before all these things get forgotten. We might not yet have all the building plans for all this but maybe there is someone who has them ln their attic without knowing what they are before seeing your videos. keep up the great work.
Back to an evening viewing with Martin Zero.Great actually as you are better than TV and the videos 'i've missed are great .👍
Great filming & info The camera in the tunnel produced great images ..Clever work .A fabulous day out ....Like
Yep, I'm watching some old videos. the first tunnel in John's garden, I would have thought that he would open it up, but the second one, in the cutting, I would love to get into. I thought that mushrooms was different. Thanks again for the video
Only one thing to say - You've done it again! BRILLIANT. The subject, the location, the history, the presentation and the production. Well done, Martin.
Much appreciated Nick, glad you enjoyed
That was a really cool episode man, a true Howard Carter moment in the tunnel...really does deserve more than burying a forgetting this is incredibly important architecture with fantastic history...nice one Martin
I agree Davis those tunnels are hidden gems
Sir Tony Robinson must be jealous. Great video Martin and please thank the owners for allowing you . and The Team, access to these lost tunnels..
Hello Martin, thank you for visiting our lovely County. Absolutely amazing vid, and some of this, i no idea about. Regards Paul.
Colin amazing programme. The history is worthy of some kind of heritage taking them over for future generations . Thank you so much to you all for doing the investigating for us.
Thanks very much Colin
OMG what an amazing video & story. Just brilliant & entertaining thank you! ❤😊
Another fascinating subject, lovely to watch such a professional presentation. Sunday evenings are a whole lot better than they used to be.
Hello, Martin. You've done it again! Another beautiful video. The fungus at 27:30, is known as a 'Shaggy Ink Cap'. It starts out with a shaggy top that looks like a Lawyer's wig. This, after a few days, starts to dissolve into a horrid ink like fluid. They are edible when young. I've tried them, and they're not bad. The only problem with them is they contain a chemical that reacts with alcohol, and can make you sick - so if you know you're having them, don't drink booze for 12 hours either side. Other than that, they're fine.
It honestly freaked me out it was so Alien
You are a glorious story teller Martin, thanks a bunch.
Thank you very much
Amazing, thank you so much for putting this on film. Its a shame we did not get to meet that Women in her 80's who's Dad drove the steam trains, that would of be something to hear for the history of it.
Thanks for all these very interesting and educational videos.
Thank you Robert
Brilliant. So interesting. I could watch this all day! Hopefully more Derbyshire based exploration in the future?
Thanks Colin might have something coming up
Nice colab. Nice to see you work with Whitewicks again.
Definitely more to follow.
beautiful soundtrack you found for this video, well put together. Thank you
Thanks, glad you enjoyed 👍
It’s amazing, what’s still is left and is to see of this important period in England, very nice video again and nice to see the cooperation again with the Whitewicks!
Thanks very much Flo
Cracking video Martin. Some fantastic discovery work by yourself and the Whitewick’s. Really enjoyed it.
Thanks very much Phil
That shot at 19:42 as you look into that tunnel and the focus slowly pulls to reveal the inside is one of the greatest I've ever seen! The remnants of the track bed/sleepers and disrepair; something so fascinating about it. To think of Stephenson himself could've stood at that portal looking in on a job well done when construction was finished.
Amazing video.
Yes there is definitely something of time standing still in there
Think that I recall you doing a video on Stevenson's moorish arch, it's a very very enthralling location that I've been exploring since I was 8 years old! Before the 3 adjoining tunnels were fenced off and the shoddy attempt at sealing the ends with rubble had been undertaken, the left and right side tunnels were both in excellent condition and after exploring both of them as much as I dared to being by myself (hard to find other people with whom the drive to explore our local historical goldmine is enough to override the fact that it's trespassing!) You can still access the left side tunnel via a wonderful hidden little gem in China town. Oh yes daymo found a real good one 🙂🚂 🚂 🚂 🚂
I have never been to the Moorish Arch Damian I would love to go
For those of us who love railways this video is GOLD. Thanks a lot for sharing this video. I would like to see many more like this one.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed
I was born and raised right in the middle of the area that you are in... It is absolute heaven...
Yeah its gorgeous
I love this content so much. It is such a wonderful escapism for me and a world of difference to my own UA-cam content. I loved every minute of it. If I find myself in the UK I would like to partake in one of your videos as well if that's OK by you! Keep up the great content!
Absolutely outstanding. Please keep the videos coming. Its like being there yourself. Cheers mart.
Thanks very much Mike