Five Manchester Mysteries

[@codedlAnguage]

Love it 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗🍌. Amazing memories of Lyme park actually cycling up from Hazel Grove through Middlewood alone on my bike in the 70's. Loved it so much 💞

[@carriageofnoreturn.1881]

I've accidentally spent most of today binge-watching your videos - and I've really enjoyed them all, especially your 'natural' style of presenting. I've subscribed, and I look forward to watching more - thank you!

[@MartinZero]

Hello, thanks very much for commenting. Glad you liked the videos. Cant believe you binged watched them, thank you so much 😃👍

[@brianbeales6520]

@@MartinZero I too have just found these vids, mate you make a good vlog. PS the last clip in this vid of the arch at river/canel level , look above the arch is there some faded sign writing over it? regards from New Zealand

[@MartinZero]

@@brianbeales6520 I will try and so that next time am there Brian and thank you very much 👍👍

[@LSD123.]

Same

[@AudOdgeyKel]

Me too. Love them, love to see more on Collyhurst. Miles Platting and Ancoats. Esp Collyhurst Hall.and Collyhurst House, and Willert St Police Station

[@updy]

Martin, I've spent most of the day watching your videos. I'm from Bombay, India and have been to Manchester a few times. I love the city! Your videos are a treasure. My dad and I have been sat on the sofa watching your videos on the tele for 3 hours now, with slow eating. You're a great presenter and I hope this work finds recognition.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Sunny really appreciate it and give my regards to your Dad 😃👍

[@ianhudson2193]

More little gems of history..... .......better than any book!👍

[@mickd6942]

A working telephone box in manchester and you say it's not special lol

[@shackattack9248]

I live in ordsall and all the telephone boxes work wtf out of all the things in salford you think dont work u thought of phone boxes 😂😂😂😂😂

[@clarenicola1]

Tit ed 😂

[@mohammadseddon577]

Loving your work, Martin. Keep it up for we Mancunians and our history!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mohammad 👍

[@glynwaterfall4690]

Martin, always enjoy your very informative videos. I just watched the one showing the round brick building on Every Street. I was born in Clayton (1955), moved to Chadderton in 1970 and then to Canada in 1975 and have lived in Toronto for most of 40+ years. I have been in the roundhouse many many times as a young boy with my grandmother who belonged to a church group. My grandmother was a midwife in Ardwick, then in the Every Street area and also lived on Every Street next to the bank building. She then moved as a midwife to Clayton and practised right through to her retirement. Keep up the great work.

[@willardsmith8016]

Martin I mentioned my great great grandfather Thomas Watson on the trap door program.He devoted the later part of his life to serve as secretary for the Swedenborg church in Manchester.His parents died leaving him to raise four younger siblings and to continue the family business.My great grandmother married John Potts a Latin scholar and moved to Philadelphia PA Her sister Emma married Sir William Mather.my grandmother was so proud of her famous uncle that she named my father Arnold Mather Smith.Thank you for another great program. Will Smith

[@alanjones4622]

Further to my post just three minutes ago. I have googled "Robin Hood´s picking rods" and it appears there were a number of these around. The information I found was that these were medieval Christian wayside marker crosses. You learn something new every day. Thank you Martin for making me take a look into the history of those stones. Now we are all wiser as to their purpose.

[@paysonoberly4454]

They should give you your own TV show on the travel network. Great content. Subscribed!

[@outsidethepyramid]

LOLLLLL "They" Who is they? "should give you" he does not need anything giving to him "own TV show" fK the TV he's better here on YT.

[@JR-th7wq]

Another great video...the house in Queens park was, in the 80s inhabited by the park keeper and his family, it was a lad I'd gone to primary school with in the 60s and his wife, who coincidentally I went to secondary school with. They had to vacate the property when Manchester City council dispensed with on site "parkies" and the house was left vacant and unfortunately fell into a state of disrepair and dereliction it's such a shame because it's a beautiful house.

[@MartinZero]

Yes it is a nice house

[@danpearson7119]

I started off by searching Manchester urbex and came across your channel. Love the presenting style and how you're essentially creating a time capsule. Grew up in Manchester, now live in Macclesfield but everyone I go back.to the city centre (not often) it seems to have changed so much. In that regard thank you for keeping a record of what will be gone soon. Call me old fashioned, but the likes of Beetham Tower just don't have the character of the neogothic architecture that made Manchester famous.

[@tonystraightedgevegan4747]

I live in Manchester and generally people tend to focus on the negative side of the city but there are many hidden gems to be found, thanks for showing us, love your style and delivery bro.

[@cheezyslider]

The cottages behind the phone box form part of Cheetham's Smithy (forge) and the cottages behind the box are a hamlet called Lowe. The area of Wernet or Werneth as it's now called was a small farming community and many farmers were part time weavers and spinners working for a yeoman farmer called Joseph Ashton in the 1600's. The Ashton's became one of the largest textile producers in the north west. The cottages and smithy were home to the Simister brothers both weavers & spinners and in June 1783 James was found dead and his brother near death. As the story goes they were poisoned by eating a pie containing arsenic. Elizabeth Woods committed the crime and was sentenced to death but also had a stay of execution due to a claim of being with child. She fooled the court and gaol wardens by padding and strapping her false bump. After going over her gestation she was instantly hung and surgically dismembered. The bow stones and Robin Hood are also linked to Werneth Low as folk law suggests Robin or Robyn Hode used the Low as a passage to Melandra Castle in Glossop. Legend has it that Robin and Little John rolled large rocks down the valley from Wernet into the river Tame. Robin hood's stone is still in the river near Arden Mills water wheel tale race in Bredbury. More info on The Ashton's Family Murder and the Poison Pie murderer can be found in Derek Yarwood's book "Cheshire Exection Files". Great video :)

[@StoutProper]

mark bradshaw mint comment

[@alanjones4622]

I used to live in Gee Cross until 11 years ago and must have passed that telephone box countless times both running and walking. I never realised one of the windows below the top did not say Telephone.

[@StonedustandStardust]

Another binge watcher, from Rhode Island, US. Love the history. Great films.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you 😁

[@ivang97997]

when i was little, what i heard Manchester are Football, run-down houses, drunkard and crime, but you show me the other side of Manchester, and making me want to visit this place.

[@BestUserNameUK]

That's Salford🤣🤣

[@jsmcr894]

You got it right the first time

[@Dave-si2im]

What a little Gem of a channel. Great job mate, thanks.

[@desperatemohammedantheworl5833]

Well I'm glad this randomly popped up in my recommendations. Enjoyed that.

[@Gomrath]

Subscribed to your channel Martin, I love your videos especially the sewer and river ones, brooks etc fascinate me too. That phonebox and the stone 'map'! Well weird!!! Now I want to know as well! Keep up the good work pal. You have a unique style in your videos.

[@jodiehuberyy6550]

Only come across this video by chance today and I absolutely loved it! The bit about The Roundhouse in Ancoats brought back a lot of memories Me and my mate went there as kids having gone past on the bus to town a billion times and not knowing what it was. So sad that the original building got demolished, even sadder that most of the graves were kids. Will be watching a few more of your videos tonight😊

[@thomastierney8705]

Have you ever thought of making your own TV programme called Martins Manchester expiditions

[@andrewschmitz9707]

Like others here,something just pulls me into these videos ,and since I am not from Manchester it is a good way to explore. My reasons for flying in next year latter segment are first and foremost to thank Survivors Manchester . They have helped so many guys,myself inc,but I have developed much affection for Manchester and her people. Cannot wait to be on the ground maybe doing an explore with us all having pints after!

[@roytabberer7427]

Your next challenge is to get wet suit, snorkel & flippers to explore watery tunnels. Loving your videos Martin.

[@erikmorrison2355]

The stone in the phone box is an example of pebble art People paint pictures on rocks leave them around and the idea is people pick them up and relocate them to elsewhere Then take a pic and post on a pebble art group Normally they have a Facebook page wrote on the back and a name so people can follow where their rocks have ended up

[@MartinZero]

Hello Erik many thanks. Yes someone did in the end send a message. I think it was from the Tameside group 👍

[@StonedustandStardust]

This pebble art may be part of a Geo Cache treasure hunt.

[@jayh9529]

I thought it looked like a map of Australia x Mark's the spot hidden treasure oh well lol

[@huddd001]

@@MartinZero Looks like the Island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.

[@kelkeldewsbury2446]

It's a Tameside Rock(",) x

[@happysmoke7]

I have also been binge watching your videos. Better than anything on tv or Netflix. Very entertaining and interesting. Thanks for the little tidbits at the end of the vid! The music reminds me of mr. bean

[@mrolsen6987]

This is awesome! I'm so glad you uploaded that canal video, and that I got it as an suggest and watched it! You have so many interesting videos👍 Cheers from northern Sweden🍻

[@raymondj8768]

Dude lovin your channel man great work ! now i must carry on with my watching binge . keep it up bro ! hello from the USA

[@MartinZero]

Hello Raymond and hello to the USA Great to know your watching there. Dont binge too much 😆👍

[@christineterry3755]

Gradually catching up....so much to see.....thankyou!

[@Parianparlay]

Another great film, extremely intriguing, you’re a star going out in that weather! Love to know who lived in that house, such a shame vandalised. Thanks a lot.

[@joewoodcock978]

Flippin' love these videos mate, keep it up!

[@stevenkirkham3726]

The round house on Every St was a youth club in the early 70s. We use to build tree houses and swings on the grounds and they sometimes have a disco. Thanks for the happy memories Martin.

[@SarahGreen523]

I love your tours through the cool, forgotten corners of Manchester! I absolutely approve of the angelic choir singing the discovery of a new mystery tunnel (that bit at the end)! I've binged my way through most of your videos and I haven't been bored once. Excellent content!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Sarah

[@Cheeseatingjunglista]

Martin mate, you really surpassed yourself on this one, blinding

[@andrewschmitz9707]

So love your explores. Cannot wait to hopefully go on one ,an expert guide of course!

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

really beautiful tree and landscape.

[@markbrown3924]

Love it martin relaxes my day

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mark

[@MrMoley55]

so glad I've found your channel - catching up on your back-catalogue - keep 'em coming, these are superb

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Mr Moley 👍

[@ExploringwithCarl]

Brilliant voice adventures and helping us to understand history as always Martin. Thank you and good night 😎👍

[@sarahstrong7174]

Hi Martin. Loved this video. Watched it three times. Love these little local mysteries. Curiosities as you called them.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Sarah

[@habitpunk]

Just stumbled on your videos from the canal trapdoor.. love the presentations style. That phone box with the map in it is bizarre. I could imagine a whole Lewis Carol/ Stephen King mash up novel with the phone box as a random spooky portal as part of the plot. . Love it.

[@wesleyharding6076]

Great video, thanks Martin. I really enjoyed the one you did about Pomona island. I knew it used to be docks but had no idea about the botanical gardens or any of that stuff, fascinating! When I was a teenager we used to pick magic mushrooms in the fields you pointed to opposite the bow stones, you used to get loads there! You didn't even have to look for them, you couldn't miss them, I've never seen so many in one place, before or since. Keep up the good work mate!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Wesley much appreciated 👍

[@wesleyharding6076]

@Charles Ottoman Hey Charles, I haven't been up there in years mate but they tend to grow in the same place year after year, so probably. It's not the season at the moment though, you need to try at the end of August through til Novemberish, the first frost usually kills them off. Wes.

[@uberdude2555]

It's alien. The sign reads "Beware smells of piss"

[@organak4912]

Awesome vidya. Keep it up. Yarn-spinning or gossip monger is an interesting idea behind the phone booth. Manchester is full of oddities. It reminds me of the American southwest, oddly enough. Just an air of mystery, and that feeling there is something more going on than we are aware. Cheers!

[@MrKb1959]

Loved all of the videos Martin .Brilliant and thanks .I worked on the film 24hour party people,in the board walk before it was changed to apartments.

[@MartinZero]

Wow Keith that sounds Good 👍

[@shakkabomb]

Just started watching your videos and love them to bits. Reminds me of timeteam but without the digging.

[@leamorse7468]

Thank you for the awesome videos!! My Husband and I watch your videos together. I magnet fish and he's a history buff from Norfolk, and loves seeing his home land.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much. I do like a bit of Magnet fishing myself now and again 😃

[@airgunzel4430]

G'day, I'm a long time lurker on your channel, and without giving too much away, the telephone box in Werneth Low is a point on a geocaching (treasure hunt).

[@MartinZero]

Sir you may have cracked the Mystery. Brilliant I shall discuss this with my friend. Thank you very very much

[@clarenicola1]

Nice one kidda👍

[@michaeldougfir9807]

Greetings from California, USA. I stumbled upon your channel quite by accident. It's been strange and interesting. I once was a marry-in in a British family that had migrated to America. My poor wife died but I am still in contact with the family. So, when I encounter something like your channel, I am naturally interested. The phone box was interesting. While you were presenting that red box, I kept thinking about the penny dropping. This sort of thing is the effect the family have had on me. I'm sure we will talk again soon, as I intend to subscribe to see what you are doing. Meanwhile I am learning more about the land of my forebares. Thank you.

[@Isabellaacapella]

Fascinating video!

[@tonyhumphreys9127]

Another superb video Martin, they just get better, keep up the fantastic work.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Tony thanks very much

[@rolybling]

Have you ever thought of asking the BBC, maybe The One Show or something like that, about the mystery telephone box? It's the sort of thing they love on there. Come to think of it you should be sending your videos to the media anyway, I think you've got a future in broadcasting mate, the best broadcasters/documentary makers have a passion for the subject and you have that and a natural, none pretentious style. Get these sent to the right people, you can thank me later.

[@MartinZero]

Hello, thank you very much. I certainly enjoy making the videos. I may have an update in the future on the Phone box stay tuned. 🤔👍😃

[@CampervanTales]

@@MartinZero I have looked for an update. Is the box still there Martin?

[@thomasb8147]

Campervan Tales the box is still there, i go past it every day

[@panspermiahunter7597]

All the times I have been up Werneth Low when I lived in Woodley I never once noticed that name but I think it was wise to put the stone map back, it could be connected to something you don't want to get involved with! and Ancoats is where I was born and lived until I was five, the stones are they on the road from Marple ridge going down to Lyme park? another place I used to play as a kid. Great to see these again, great video.

[@wladniem]

1871 census RC10/4055 Head - Joseph Wilson Park Keeper wife Elizabeth and daughter were living at the Queens Park lodge

[@MartinZero]

Brilliant Nina, 1871, wow its a very old house !!!

[@wladniem]

tried to upload the picture of it but couldn't, I'll send it via FB

[@MartinZero]

Ok great thanks Nina

[@kenbarry8195]

there was another lodge as well Queens Park Lodge no 1 William(B Keighley) and Mary (B: Cheshire) Lilley aged 47 park laborer from Keighley Yorkshire from the census 1881 and Joseph(b Blackley) and Elizabeth(B Barton on Irwell) were living at the queens' park lodge no 2 with there two daughters Edith(b Rusholme) and Elizabeth (B Oldham) on the 1881 census

[@maxwellmc9734]

Cool

[@bcegerton]

Great as always, I do hope someone buys that house and renovates it, like the ones at the main entrance to Philips Park Cemetary

[@MartinZero]

Yes that one is lovely

[@ColinHarperSummerson]

Thank you Martin , really enjoying the video very interesting, it's hard to just watch one alone, grabs you almost like a cliffhanger does or something or other on TV, leaves you wanting to see another soon as one ends and learn more, very, very enjoyable gripping videos Martin , thank you 👍🙂

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Colin

[@georgegunn9387]

Intriguing stuff...i do like a good mystery, it certainly makes you think...well done!

[@Magdalena76h]

I only recently discovered your videos Martin, and I am enjoying them so much! Thank you for taking the time to research, explore and video your blogs - they're inspiring and I suddenly can see some use for my local history research in Stoke-on-Trent!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Meredith let me know if you set up a channel 👍

[@Magdalena76h]

Thank you so much, Martin - I will! :D

[@billbixby6411]

The stone or whatever it was that you found in the phone box has a close resemblance the channel island of Jersey,just a thought that's all. A lot of standing stones were used to mark a Leyline or a crossover of Leys,a lot of places ending in ley more than likely had a leyline running through them of were close to one. A good book to read on this would be Alfred Watkins The Old Staight Track,you mentioned Disley or Dis ley,so there we have Ley again. Great video thanks

[@hrothgar2002]

Agreed! And where the X is placed would approximate to St Martin ! Could it be some sort of elaborate p*** take perhaps ??

[@anthonykeaveney9816]

I've just discovered you Martin and I'm really enjoying all the local history I knew nothing about, thanks again

[@kenjordan4950]

Very interesting vids. I love this kind of exploration & possible explanations of things we grew up amongst but never knew what they where. I used to watch a television series in the early 00's called Grundy's Wonders. It was generally centred here in the North East of England i.e. Newcastle, Sunderland & Middlesbrough and contained some absolute gems of information. Well worth a look at if you haven't already. Good luck with your future projects.

[@wannabrew8718]

aah we used to call our grundies our underpants lol love my salford/manc heritage x

[@joelfildes1821]

Good stuff arkid,watched a load of your stuff today,I’m from Blackley (back in the day) so I know most of these places from my youth...great stuff !

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Joel 😃👍

[@2e0rdu1]

A very intriguing video martin yet again, Very well put together cheers John manchester dreamteam 👊👌🐝🐝

[@MartinZero]

Thanks John, hope your well 👍

[@lonetown]

Johnny Appleseed, an American legend, was an actual Swedenborgian who in real life taught plant nursery culture throughout the countryside.

[@l30njam3s]

Really enjoy your video's, I'm gunna be up all night at this rate 😂 I found your channel 2 hours ago.. it's now 3:32AM and ive got a 12 hour shift at 9AM 😂😂

[@MartinZero]

Oh no Leon. I do that sometimes. Pace yourself you will be sick of me tomorrow 😃Thank again 👍

[@l30njam3s]

@@MartinZero not a problem, I'm really enjoying them

[@chrisharding5783]

First house reminds me of a house in Walton hall park Liverpool. Slightly less grand, similar era though. I think it used to be the park superintendents house. Again thank you.👍

[@peterlawson777]

Re. The stones; there’s some very similar (but bigger) stones in West Park, Macclesfield. I’ve always wondered what they were....

[@CuriousFocker]

Regarding the phone box, everyone seems to have mistaken capital I for a J. It reads TEIRIWNE which is Greek τείριωνε The translation being "He Whispered".

[@io4439]

According to Google translate, "He Whispered" in Greek is " Ψιθύρισε " and " τείριωνε " translated back to English is " it went crazy " 🤷

[@arguspanoptes9510]

An insult to leave just the circle and not the church. But Henry VIII had the head start on this with the dissolution of the monasteries

[@MetalFan10101]

Interesting information thank you

[@clockwork9827]

do you have any more videos of other Bow Stones ?

[@RingwayManchester]

Brilliant mate loved this one, great idea for a video

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Pal

[@slg1977]

The bonus mystery tunnel at the end of this video there are letters above. It not graffiti but very faint painted letters. I can’t make them out but thought you may find something from it. Great videos by the way. Really interesting and educational 😀👍🏻

[@andywright8089]

Hiya Marttin, another cracking video. Loved the bow stones and the Robin Hood connection. Do you know about Little John's grave inHathersage? And do you know about the two meteorite rocks in Alexandra park in Oldham? Keep up the good work mate

[@richardbidinger2577]

I substituted i for the j, and the translation came up as "He whispered". That would make a bit of sense being a phone box.

[@robertstevenson6715]

Brill video always Martin, keep up the great work . Your videos make me appreciate my home town even more . Thankyou:-)

[@MartinZero]

Robert, thank you for watching and your comment 👍

[@frogz6873]

The house in Queen's Park, I know Kay Simpson lived there in the 1990s. She worked for the council. She was also a neighbour and family friend. She had two houses at the time. Kay got an OBE off the queen. She has now, sadly passed away.

[@janeyann8316]

I love your Manchester videos, and I like the music, don't know what it is but it has a sound of Joy Division about it.

[@angeladeen6168]

Martin, Martin. ... lv watched a lot of your videos. Loved them all as a proud manchester lass. But someone was Takeing the pi*s when they sent you to the phone box. And as for the stones it looks like robin hood had a constipation problem, and was relieved to leave a deposit.😨😨 You do brighten my day.💖

[@MartinZero]

😃

[@sharonstuebi8181]

OMG! I adore you and your videos! Thank you!

[@stephenjones9153]

Hi Martin, Don't know how I came to watch this video again as I watched it not long after you 1st posted it. Anyway did you notice the writing above the Arch Tunnel opening on the Brickwork above @ around 17:17...Looks to be 2 lines of writing I can make out the word Bridge but it's hard to see the rest from the video. Great Video Mate even though it's my 2nd time watching. Fascinating stuff. Here one for you Trace the sauce of The River Mersey which as you know Starts somewhere in Manchester as a spring I believe... Always wanted to see where it Start's but never got round to it.

[@MartinZero]

The Mersey, I thought it started at the joining of the Goyt and the Tame ?

[@stephenjones9153]

@@MartinZero Hi Martin yes that's what we are told by most Source's Sauce's......Apparently it is supposed to start further up than we thought......here is a snippet from Wikipedia regarding an Encyclopaedia Britannica Article..... Mersey is at the confluence of the Tame and Goyt, in central Stockport, Greater Manchester. However, older definitions, and many older maps, place its start a few miles up the Goyt at Compstall; for example the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica states "It is formed by the junction of the Goyt and the Etherow a short distance below Marple in Cheshire on the first-named stream." The 1784 John Stockdale map shows the River Mersey extending to Mottram, and forming the boundary between Cheshire and Derbyshire.[5] In the west of Stockport it flows at the base of a cliff below the road called Brinksway before reaching flat country. Like you Martin I find our History Fascinating👍.....Our Heritage and History is something we should be proud of.....The one thing that always annoys me is the way Snooty Folk keep changing who we are so they can cash in on there house prices....I was Born in Liverpool Lancashire and that would make us Lancashire Brother's lol😉...but now I am a Merseysider and your a Mancunian😖,,crazy and as for Cheshire well they Stole part of our Proud Lancashire. Anyway mate keep up the great work.🍻👍

[@SKELTER.]

"The House" is just down the road from me, I always thought it was the gatehouse or groundskeeper's place, back when parks had them. I'll ask around and see if anyone knows more about it.

[@Pippinjuice]

Any news on the house?

[@MartinZero]

Remains as it was in the video Lucy

[@josephdaly7102]

Hi Martin in the early 1980s I worked on Cheethams School Of Music building Music Rooms in The Basement Of the Victorian part of the school, As you know the oldest part of Cheethams dates back to the 15 hundreds and whilst I working there they were excavating between the Victorian part and the Medieval area of the central open area. They found the remains of a Medieval bridge the stonework was very un uniform

[@josephdaly7102]

Sent the last piece before I’d finished Cheethams brought in an archeologist to dig and see what he could find, apparently he only found the remains of a scabbard. The talk at the time was that this rough Hewn arch had once been over a river that had been diverted and I would assume that it would have drained into the nearby River Irwell. Nobody knew of the bridges existence until that day and so they changed the floor plan and had me and my mate Derek build brick pillars into which they were going to insert a viewing window. Cheethams have probably done more research as to the arch and the river and as I have never been back to Cheethams I don’t know if they did any more excavation, it maybe one you could look up, if you haven’t already.

[@vanagoncaravelle8585]

Terjwne As an aside to this we found this little snippet "#Tejrjwne = Yarn spinner / Gossip monger. It's rare to find an old, old word still in use in England. Maybe there was an old farming community up there in the time of the late King George VI.

[@MartinZero]

Yeah maybe that was it, cheers

[@Gappasaurus]

Pretty sure Tejrjwne is Gallifreyan for “TARDIS” 🤔

[@pimpmydiecastsdiecastandto3176]

could also be phonetics

[@karaloca]

Gappasaurus Tejrjwne means ‘toilet’.

[@waynedl99]

My missus says that's the IKEA name for the phone box, isle 15, shelf D, spot 6...

[@wcronin7307]

Love your videos, came across just by accident.

[@heatherwarden2689]

Thanks I always wondered what the circle wall was part of on every street❤

[@ApolloUK]

Martin is the house with the plaque still standing or have the council pulled it down (let it fall down with neglect)?

[@MartinZero]

Its still standing

[@cathyfitzpatrick9384]

very interesting Martin hope there is another installment...

[@davidbevan9532]

The House was where the head park keeper lived for queens park. I remember the museum in the middle of the park and the beautiful art work that they had that was moved into Mosley Street. I stared for Hours at the Chariot race painting until asked to go by the curators. Good Old days in Collyhurst.

[@Diogenes652]

My brother was friendly with the conservator there. His name was Graham and he taught my brother gilding with goldleaf.

[@philipsmith6181]

Another very enjoyable film. Thinking about the inscription on the round church, I spend a lot of time in churchyards and have found that holding a strong light at the bottom of an inscription, shining the light over the wording, gives a shadow and makes words appear more legible. The benefit is that it is totally non-destructible as many of these stones have delicate surfaces.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Philip, I will remember that

[@martint1011]

Many years ago I worked at a tool hire company based not far from here. One day I delivered a load of temporary fencing to a group of archeology students from uni of m/c, they were digging in this car park and showed me this rock, they had trenches open, there were barrack blocks in that car park! I have a piece of sandstone from one of them!! It is in a small plastic jewellery box in my drawer....its just a piece of sandstone...but it is my most treasured thing!

[@fizzbuck1]

'The House' must have been lived in or used as a business premises within the last 30 years- the radiator brackets on the wall are 1980's+

[@alanjones4622]

The Robin Hood picking rod stones you show must be one of a number of similar arrangements. I thought your view was different to those I remember from many trips over Cown Edge above Glossop and Chisworth. The stones I know are out in the open, not inside a fence, and the track beside them is rough and muddy, plus they are much plainer with no carvings on the sides. It would be interesting to know how many similar small monuments exist around the Manchester side of the Peak District. Obviously they seem to have been erected on high locations.

[@SolarLantern424]

Does the plaque say the crosses from the bow stones still exist somewhere else?

[@klausphotobaer5754]

Hello Martin👋 , started to watch Your videos some weeks ago after I stumbled across them by incident. They are brilliantly made and I simply love your unaffected way of presenting history. Wish history class at school would have been similar, I might have been interested in history when younger. As for the phone box: first and last two letters are originally from the phone box. If you cut them off, reducing it to JRJW, you’ll get at least a hint of what might be the answer. Just google the four letters and I think 🤔 that should solve the mystery. If someone mentioned it before , sorry, but 500 plus comments are to much to browse by phone 📱. Excellent video as ever , and a better late than never “sorry for your drone loss”. Cheerio !

[@sillystephys7123]

Your B roll skills are goooooood !

[@MartinZero]

Thank you 👍

[@ernestbywater411]

Old census records would show who lived where once you have the actual street address. The old census records for the UK are available on line.

[@robdavies7173]

Excellent again thanks

[@bill-2018]

Wow, that house. Just right to make a spooky film in. Probably a lodge as a lot of parks and cemeteries had a lodge at the entrance for the park keeper to live in. I've seen the Bowstones and the story I heard was they were used to form the shape of a longbow between them .There's also Robin Hood's Picking Rods somewhere but I can't remember where, again two upright stones. The tunnel at the end I would think is just drainage for a stream or other water into the river as I typically see along canals.