Thanks for not making a clickbait thumbnail about the gun. "A shocking discovery deep under water" etc. Your professional and informative format is appreciated.
If you watch the magnet fishing videos guns and other dodgy things are almost an everyday find. Guns, knives drug items stolen stuff vehicles and much more
A giant thank you to the Canal Trust for allowing you to show us the replacement process and building of lock gates. Also a big thank you to Martin for making this very interesting video.
Where are they made, any dum fabrication place who would be desperate enough and to make this crap at such a low price there's no profit in it, that's my experience it's like a chess game @@MartinZero
yeah, if they are cycling all the gates on a 25 year rotation, that's presumably quite a lot of gates to replace every year. There must be several hundred working locks in the UK (I found a list of 150 that is not at all complete). If there are 200, they have to do 8 locks (16 gates)/yr. Something of that order. OK, the chap says they are making 140 leaves, which is 35 locks/yr. If all those are going to the UK, that implies 875 locks in total, but presumably some go to restoration rather than maintenance.
Thank you. That was 22 minutes of excellent social history. In the workshop I could imagine a chargehand 200 years ago showing local dignitaries around with the same pride in tasks well done. Well done Canal and River Trust and thank you again to all involved.
I would love to work for the Canal River Trust, it would be like working with history. I took four years of woodworking in high school, working on the Lock Gates would be a joy. My neighbor and his wife, a few doors down, are from the UK. His Wife calls her husband an American in a Brit body and calls me a Brit in an American body. Thanks to all those involved in keeping history alive and kicking.... And again, thanks to Martin and Team.
Interesting to see all the efforts by the Canals and RIver Trust and the technology behind the old canals. Thanks Martin! Even though the day looked cold, there was no brew time...
Exactly how a good podcast should be. Structured, informative and respectful of the knowledgeable people you interviewed so that they got to tell us what they did and why they did it. Oh yes, and no accompanying background muzak! Well done!
Absolutely fascinating. I love the engineering behind it all, and the amount of work that goes into maintaining these now historical structures is amazing. All the best to you, Roy, James and Marcus. Cheers!
Fascinating. And these canals are a wonder of engineering when you think that the original builders of the 18th Century only had picks and shovels to work with. Magnificent.🎉🎉🎉
A wonderfully informative insight into the CRT works and the work involved in maintaining our canal locks. As you show, lock gates are much more than gates which simply open and shut, but highly complex mechanisms working in very arduous conditions. Thank you.
Wow what a knowledge and skills those men have. Top! These subjects are very informative and entertaining! Even my wife enjoys it! Greetings from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱👌🇬🇧
Thank you, Martin, for exploring the fascinating bits of engineering that make up these canals. And thank you to the Trust for allowing Martin to document this process.
Brilliant. Looking forward to seeing your coverage of volunteers. I am in Ireland so couldn't make it over but wishing you and the Canal Trust people every best wish.
I'm absolutely fascinated on the canal structure how it was here before most of the modern city we know The infrastructure/construction/creation/completion and upkeep is something which I really hope we keep as a generation Please keep your videos coming And please if you see job opportunities for people interested in this let people know It's a huge part of British culture And needs to be kept
Great video. So good to see traditional skills and tools being used to create the new gates. Deffo going to be looking out for volunteer and open days.
Thank you Martin and team for another wonderful video. No BS, just straight talking and facts. The quality of workmanship that went into the construction of Britain's canal network and locks is outstanding. That is why they have mostly stood the test of time. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for all you posts this year and to wish you ALL a very Merry Christmas. Here's to 2025. Thank you.
Another excellent video Martin, good job. I've been following you for a few years now and it never fails to amaze me how much I've passed by over the years. I retired last year so I really must pay more attention to my local Manchester history.
This is a really interesting look at a part of canal life you don't often think about, I didn't realise they were replaced every 25 years, you tend to think the gates have been there for something like 50 or 60 years! At least it looked like they were clearing some of the rubbish out of the bottom, while they had it drained down! It's great to see the traditional craftsmanship & tools still being used to build the new lock gates, something you rarely see these days! This came up, as Ive been following the videos from Taylors aboard a narrowboat, showing the Bridgewater Canal breach.
Fascinating, cycle along the canals quite often and admire the work going into makeing the locks and gates, must have ben really difficult work back in the 1700,s no electric power tools, candles to see with in the workshops,and no heavy cranes, also love they showed the wooden Patterns and core box for producing the castings for a hub.
What an excellent and informative video showing a side of canal life that is all too easy to take for granted. I hope they are also training up the next generation of lock gate builders to ensure a future supply of gates without which the canals would die.
Great video, so glad for our sake that the Canal & River Trust have you out and give you access to show us all their hard work. The workshop tour was superb.
Totally interesting. Back in the mid 60s I was stuck in Ostend for half a day. Got time to see the engineers building gates for a new inner yacht basin. The carpenters were dangling in baskets - busy with enormous mallets and chisels making the tenons for the crossbeams - - all in situ. Its wonderful to see the skills being used.
A beautiful vlog Martin, it is still old-fashioned craftsmanship that they deliver. Nice to see that they integrate existing construction techniques and materials into new modern techniques.
Fantastic insight into something that I hadn't even given a second thought to. Unbelievable amount of detail and engineering required to make these things. Makes you appreciate the incredible feats of engineering required back when they were first constructed.
Just a quick commentalways enjoy your videos,always saddened to see manchester change so much,to when I lived there 40 yrs ago.coming from the only council hse rd in rich area teddington,moving to Manchester, great people and place,will always have a bit of my heart.
This is brilliant stuff! The lock gates near to my house in Enfield Lock were replaced about 5 years ago and whilst i wanted to hang around and watch i was working so couldn't. Managed to have a chat with the guys and they were spot on lads, none of them youngsters either!
Another great video, with a good amount of history in context; and a worthwhile appeal for people to help out the Canal and River Trust. The Trust are genuinely one of the best organisations involved in the preservation of social history, but in a way which provides historic skills and modern leisure. Like you, I am a massive fan of the work the trust do; and would urge any-one to visit them on a volunteer to day to find out more. Thanks for putting this and all your other videos together.
Fascinating stuff Martin, thanks for making this video. My wife and I live on a narrowboat and you’re the reason! I’ve watched your videos for years and the one you made when you went on board with the ‘Foxes Afloat’ planted a seed which came to fruition in 2022 when we moved on our own 57’ narrowboat. We love every minute of it so thanks for the inspiration and keep up the good work!
love the fact we can make things in Britain still, amazing engineering & workmanship . Wishing you a Merry Christmas Martin & all the best for the new year
Came across this by chance. I found it absolutely fascinating . I cant begin to think how much it costs to maintain all the locks and where the obviously highly specialist knowledge is obtained. Thank you so much. 👍👍👍
Just got back from an 11 day Christmas break in Spain and what a great informative and entertaining video to come back to , it's also great to see the craftsmen at the Wolverhampton works showing their skills, great vid again you two lads and have a healthy happy and hopefully wealthy new year
G,day from Sydney Australia. Very interesting the engineering workshop and manufacturing of the lock gates. Big responsibility for maintaining the heritage canal system. I always admired the quality trade's workmanship. 🌏🇦🇺
Seasons greetings Martin. Loved the video, it was the best Boxing Day relaxing moment before the family descend!! Look forward to your next canal adventure.
@ I believe it is a listed bridge. It would be interested to find the history of it also the embankment for the railway from Mills Hill to slat Slattocks that was some engineering.. also the river irk runs underneath the embankment there is a large tunnel from the rose of Lancashire side to the other side near Vita foam I used to play that a lot when I was a kid live near on Newport Street but wouldn’t love to know the history and your videos and experiences would be great Cheers Martin have a great Christmas Carl
So interesting! Thank you for researching this and sharing the experience and information. Beautifully done, you and the teams making and installing lock gates.
Martin, many thanks for yet another 1st class video. Really interesting and informative full of facts not usually told . Keep up the good work guys . Graham
Another amazing civil engineering video Martin. Loved seeing the whole process including the workshop , so interesting. And a solid base below built by the brickies 🧱🧱🧱😌👍🏽
That cheeky glimpse of the TMC album cover made my day! Listed to that album loads back in the day. Thanks also for a fascinating topic covered well, all the best
Thanks Martin as usual a great documentary and as I live in Newton Heath and have been watching the works your video was top at explaining what is happening and the hard work the Canal and Rivertrust do
Hi Martin, I knew about the Bradley Works, but the bit about clamping the boats and turning them upside down was fascinating. I never knew about that. You would never know that was part of boat maintenance. Really brilliant video, thanks Martin.
I'm thankful they haven't tried to replace the oak with a more modern material,that most likely wouldn't have stood the test of time, excellent episode 👍
I was hatched in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1952. My late Uncle Desmond was stationed in London with Canada Army Engineers for 2 years during the Blitz. WWII. I am fiddling, "Swinging on a Gate" on my Strad. Hello from 1904 Electric Company House, rocky coast of Maine, US.
Thanks for not making a clickbait thumbnail about the gun. "A shocking discovery deep under water" etc. Your professional and informative format is appreciated.
If you watch the magnet fishing videos guns and other dodgy things are almost an everyday find. Guns, knives drug items stolen stuff vehicles and much more
I dont see why people get annoyed by things that may be seen as "click bait'
Well said.
@@colinofay7237 Because they're bullshit! Most people don't like bullshit.
THIS
A giant thank you to the Canal Trust for allowing you to show us the replacement process and building of lock gates. Also a big thank you to Martin for making this very interesting video.
Thanks very much 👍
Where are they made, any dum fabrication place who would be desperate enough and to make this crap at such a low price there's no profit in it, that's my experience it's like a chess game @@MartinZero
I cannot Fathom the amount of work to maintain an entire system of canals. This was a great episode.
Thanks Christopher 👍
yeah, if they are cycling all the gates on a 25 year rotation, that's presumably quite a lot of gates to replace every year. There must be several hundred working locks in the UK (I found a list of 150 that is not at all complete). If there are 200, they have to do 8 locks (16 gates)/yr. Something of that order. OK, the chap says they are making 140 leaves, which is 35 locks/yr. If all those are going to the UK, that implies 875 locks in total, but presumably some go to restoration rather than maintenance.
Fathom! 😂😂😂
@@xxwookeybut, in general, there are two gates at the top end of the lock, 1 at the bottom: so that's 3 gates per lock, 24 gates a year.
Yeh, the depths they have to go to! 😁
Thank you. That was 22 minutes of excellent social history. In the workshop I could imagine a chargehand 200 years ago showing local dignitaries around with the same pride in tasks well done. Well done Canal and River Trust and thank you again to all involved.
Thank you very much
Very interesting that they are prioritizing the historical integrity of these gates. It's good for a country to treasure it's history.
Prioritising only the designs that work well, some designs were beset with problems and ‘re-engineered’ years ago
I would love to work for the Canal River Trust, it would be like working with history. I took four years of woodworking in high school, working on the Lock Gates would be a joy. My neighbor and his wife, a few doors down, are from the UK. His Wife calls her husband an American in a Brit body and calls me a Brit in an American body. Thanks to all those involved in keeping history alive and kicking....
And again, thanks to Martin and Team.
It’s so important to keep history alive … we can learn from the past and it’s interesting to see how they lived before and how things have changed 😊
Fascinating as usual Martin. Your work deserves to be on mainstream TV!
Cheers Shaunie 👍👍
Fascinating look into the Lock Gates production, answered so many questions, thank you
Interesting to see all the efforts by the Canals and RIver Trust and the technology behind the old canals. Thanks Martin! Even though the day looked cold, there was no brew time...
I bet there were a few spoons in the bottom of that lock chamber... 🥄🥄🥄
Exactly how a good podcast should be. Structured, informative and respectful of the knowledgeable people you interviewed so that they got to tell us what they did and why they did it. Oh yes, and no accompanying background muzak! Well done!
Absolutely fascinating. I love the engineering behind it all, and the amount of work that goes into maintaining these now historical structures is amazing. All the best to you, Roy, James and Marcus. Cheers!
Thanks lads ❤great to see you back in your natural habitat Martin near water 😊
Fascinating insight there Martin and thanks to the C&RT for giving you the opportunity to film it.
Cheers Steve
Fascinating. And these canals are a wonder of engineering when you think that the original builders of the 18th Century only had picks and shovels to work with. Magnificent.🎉🎉🎉
Definitely 👌👌
A wonderfully informative insight into the CRT works and the work involved in maintaining our canal locks. As you show, lock gates are much more than gates which simply open and shut, but highly complex mechanisms working in very arduous conditions. Thank you.
Fascinating stuff, cheers Martin
Thank you
Brilliant vid. It's great to see some proper craftsmanship still relevant.....
Wow what a knowledge and skills those men have. Top!
These subjects are very informative and entertaining! Even my wife enjoys it! Greetings from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱👌🇬🇧
Fantastic view and experience. Thank you.
Thanks Peter
Thank you, Martin, for exploring the fascinating bits of engineering that make up these canals. And thank you to the Trust for allowing Martin to document this process.
Another brilliant vlog. Thank you!
Yup another super post, love this style of your work, thank you.
Another good un Martin. gobsmackingly brilliant. Thank You
Brilliant. Looking forward to seeing your coverage of volunteers. I am in Ireland so couldn't make it over but wishing you and the Canal Trust people every best wish.
Amazing stuff as usual. I cannot believe I have only just discovered your content. Keep up the good work
Fascinating video, Martin. Thanks for sharing it.
All the best to you and the crew.👍
That was so interesting. Another gem Martin.
Thanks Mick
I'm absolutely fascinated on the canal structure how it was here before most of the modern city we know
The infrastructure/construction/creation/completion and upkeep is something which I really hope we keep as a generation
Please keep your videos coming
And please if you see job opportunities for people interested in this let people know
It's a huge part of British culture
And needs to be kept
Great video. So good to see traditional skills and tools being used to create the new gates. Deffo going to be looking out for volunteer and open days.
Thank you Martin and team for another wonderful video. No BS, just straight talking and facts. The quality of workmanship that went into the construction of Britain's canal network and locks is outstanding. That is why they have mostly stood the test of time. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for all you posts this year and to wish you ALL a very Merry Christmas. Here's to 2025. Thank you.
Another excellent video Martin, good job. I've been following you for a few years now and it never fails to amaze me how much I've passed by over the years. I retired last year so I really must pay more attention to my local Manchester history.
This is a really interesting look at a part of canal life you don't often think about, I didn't realise they were replaced every 25 years, you tend to think the gates have been there for something like 50 or 60 years!
At least it looked like they were clearing some of the rubbish out of the bottom, while they had it drained down!
It's great to see the traditional craftsmanship & tools still being used to build the new lock gates, something you rarely see these days!
This came up, as Ive been following the videos from Taylors aboard a narrowboat, showing the Bridgewater Canal breach.
Great video again, thanks Martin ⛴️⛴️⛴️⛴️⛴️
Absolutely brilliant stuff right up my street 👏 👍 thanks for sharing this with us all.
Fascinating, cycle along the canals quite often and admire the work going into makeing the locks and gates, must have ben really difficult work back in the 1700,s no electric power tools, candles to see with in the workshops,and no heavy cranes, also love they showed the wooden Patterns and core box for producing the castings for a hub.
WOW so interesting well done.
I grew up in the area, in the 60s I played and fished on the Rochdale Canal from Newton Heath up to Middleton Junction
What an excellent and informative video showing a side of canal life that is all too easy to take for granted. I hope they are also training up the next generation of lock gate builders to ensure a future supply of gates without which the canals would die.
Another fascinating video.
Thank you 👍
Great video, so glad for our sake that the Canal & River Trust have you out and give you access to show us all their hard work. The workshop tour was superb.
Totally interesting.
Back in the mid 60s I was stuck in Ostend for half a day. Got time to see the engineers building gates for a new inner yacht basin. The carpenters were dangling in baskets - busy with enormous mallets and chisels making the tenons for the crossbeams - - all in situ.
Its wonderful to see the skills being used.
Thanks very much 👍
Wow! Thank you for filming this, what an incredible process!
Brilliant! Better than TV documentary, very realistic, I thought I got my feet wet!
A beautiful vlog Martin, it is still old-fashioned craftsmanship that they deliver.
Nice to see that they integrate existing construction techniques and materials into new modern techniques.
Fantastic insight into something that I hadn't even given a second thought to. Unbelievable amount of detail and engineering required to make these things. Makes you appreciate the incredible feats of engineering required back when they were first constructed.
Just a quick commentalways enjoy your videos,always saddened to see manchester change so much,to when I lived there 40 yrs ago.coming from the only council hse rd in rich area teddington,moving to Manchester, great people and place,will always have a bit of my heart.
Brilliant video Martin. As always.
Very very interesting. Great video, thanks Martin. Merry Christmas to you and the ones dear to you. Cheers
Very interesting Martin
Brilliant video
Thanks Martin ❤️ Merry Christmas 🎅
Incredible, thanks.Once again showing behind the scenes and revealing the skills keeping canals open.
Fascinating episode again👏🏻Thnx Martin
Thank you for another marvellous tour of the innards.
This is brilliant stuff! The lock gates near to my house in Enfield Lock were replaced about 5 years ago and whilst i wanted to hang around and watch i was working so couldn't. Managed to have a chat with the guys and they were spot on lads, none of them youngsters either!
Another great video, with a good amount of history in context; and a worthwhile appeal for people to help out the Canal and River Trust. The Trust are genuinely one of the best organisations involved in the preservation of social history, but in a way which provides historic skills and modern leisure. Like you, I am a massive fan of the work the trust do; and would urge any-one to visit them on a volunteer to day to find out more. Thanks for putting this and all your other videos together.
Thank you Simon
Fascinating stuff Martin, thanks for making this video. My wife and I live on a narrowboat and you’re the reason! I’ve watched your videos for years and the one you made when you went on board with the ‘Foxes Afloat’ planted a seed which came to fruition in 2022 when we moved on our own 57’ narrowboat. We love every minute of it so thanks for the inspiration and keep up the good work!
Fascinating stuff, thanks for taking us along.
Wonderfully interesting video, Martin, thank you for showing us the intricate details of this challenging project.
A superb video made even more interesting by the visit to the Bradley works. 👍
Cheers Phil
I live 10 min from stanley ferry workshop and i have had pleasure of having a wolk around tour i am same as u i love seeing gates replaced
Fab video. So interesting. Have no idea of just how much work involved. Thank you for taking us with you to see all this hard work being done
Fascinating little video, i love to see infrastructure from a couple of hundred years ago still working and in use. Thanks again.
love the fact we can make things in Britain still, amazing engineering & workmanship . Wishing you a Merry Christmas Martin & all the best for the new year
Thank you all the best 👍
"Make The UK Great Again"
I loved the knowledge that Simon shared,and bet he has some great stories. Also, proud to see him wearing his Pride lanyard.
Came across this by chance. I found it absolutely fascinating . I cant begin to think how much it costs to maintain all the locks and where the obviously highly specialist knowledge is obtained. Thank you so much. 👍👍👍
Just got back from an 11 day Christmas break in Spain and what a great informative and entertaining video to come back to , it's also great to see the craftsmen at the Wolverhampton works showing their skills, great vid again you two lads and have a healthy happy and hopefully wealthy new year
G,day from Sydney Australia. Very interesting the engineering workshop and manufacturing of the lock gates. Big responsibility for maintaining the heritage canal system. I always admired the quality trade's workmanship.
🌏🇦🇺
That was fascinating and the video is of professional quality and content. Thank you.
Seasons greetings Martin. Loved the video, it was the best Boxing Day relaxing moment before the family descend!! Look forward to your next canal adventure.
Thanks Martin Merry Christmas and looking forward for you doing a video on the iron donger in the new year
Thank you very much. Iam not sure how much info I can pull on the Donger ??
@ I believe it is a listed bridge. It would be interested to find the history of it also the embankment for the railway from Mills Hill to slat Slattocks that was some engineering.. also the river irk runs underneath the embankment there is a large tunnel from the rose of Lancashire side to the other side near Vita foam I used to play that a lot when I was a kid live near on Newport Street but wouldn’t love to know the history and your videos and experiences would be great
Cheers Martin have a great Christmas
Carl
Thanks Martin. Facinating stuff. A lot of work in there for us :)
Cheers Paul
So interesting! Thank you for researching this and sharing the experience and information. Beautifully done, you and the teams making and installing lock gates.
Martin, many thanks for yet another 1st class video. Really interesting and informative
full of facts not usually told . Keep up the good work guys . Graham
Brilliant, interesting insight!
Thanks for the content Martin. Always a fascinating story to tell….
Fascinating, they really should give you your own TV channel. Channel Zero!
Have good holiday season 😊
I second that proposal 👍🏽
Absolutely brilliant, real eye opener, very interesting, thank you Martin 👍🙂
Thank you Colin
@MartinZero you're welcome Martin, you make some cracking content, merry Christmas, and all the best for the new year 🎊
i have always wanted to know how and where the lock gates were made thank you very much chaps very interesting ,keep going
I remember the one you did with the door at the bottom of a lock. Great stuff!
Oh that one 😀
My great grandparents family lived on the canal at Bradley, nice to see a bit of it.
Cheers Dougal 👍
@ I must thank you. Top vid as always.
Another amazing civil engineering video Martin.
Loved seeing the whole process including the workshop , so interesting.
And a solid base below built by the brickies 🧱🧱🧱😌👍🏽
Very good video you have done again. You have shown how much work goes into making gates
Really enjoyed watching this 👌.
Great interesting vid on the manufacture of the gates. Keep up the good work.
I always wanted to see the manufacturing of the gates Martin, truly amazing old school meets modern world 🌎, 😊😊.
That cheeky glimpse of the TMC album cover made my day! Listed to that album loads back in the day. Thanks also for a fascinating topic covered well, all the best
Another particularly fascinating video Martin. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Andy
Thanks for a fascinating video Martin. It was great. Wishing you and all your team festive greetings.
Thanks Martin as usual a great documentary and as I live in Newton Heath and have been watching the works your video was top at explaining what is happening and the hard work the Canal and Rivertrust do
Superb documentary as usual Martin. Thank you.
Hi Martin, I knew about the Bradley Works, but the bit about clamping the boats and turning them upside down was fascinating. I never knew about that. You would never know that was part of boat maintenance. Really brilliant video, thanks Martin.
What an interesting video Martin , I wouldn’t have known or have any idea the amount of work that goes in , wow , thanks Martin
I'm thankful they haven't tried to replace the oak with a more modern material,that most likely wouldn't have stood the test of time, excellent episode 👍
Quality work once again
Very interesting video, thank you 😊
Thank you
That was a very interesting video.. really enjoyed seeing how the gates are made and how they measure for them …
Immense amount of reconstruction work very excellent video report Martin. My late auntie and uncle lived at daisy bank. Small world eh.
Thank you `Valerie, quite a coincidence
Another brilliant video about stuff I never even knew I was interested in. Cheers, Martin... 👍🏻
Wow! Fantastic. And using water from the mines - genius. Great video 👍
I was hatched in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1952. My late Uncle Desmond was stationed in London with Canada Army Engineers for 2 years during the Blitz. WWII.
I am fiddling, "Swinging on a Gate" on my Strad.
Hello from 1904 Electric Company House, rocky coast of Maine, US.
Great video & one of the best ive seen on CRT lock gate work. Interesting stuff. 👍