History of Manchester - 4. Canal City

[@joesephanthonybraganza154]

I lived and schooled in mcr for 23 years , learned more from watching your videos about the history of manchester than I did at school.thanks from Brisbane .

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Cheers thank you!

[@alingard1]

if you’re interested in urban industrial history Manchester is literally the only place to study it. Fascinating. Brilliant docs.

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Thoroughly professional and engaging - brilliant video.

[@psmiddx2096]

As a Londoner, I love the heritage ALSO of the great North of Britain. These insights into the industrial landscape of Manchester as well as the scenery in the North, always fascinate me.

[@Fleetwoodphil1]

As a former Manchester resident I must admit to knowing the canals, and was fortunate enough to visit the MSJ on an organised party, access via a manhole in the car park. I was also involved for a time with the MBBCS. Thanks for reawakening my memories. Keep up the good work

[@sillyvalliexo]

I've been quite sick in hospital with Covid for a few days now and I've been binging all of your videos! I love history, especially English history. Thanks for taking the time and effort to research and make these videos

[@neonskyline1]

go away, i've got sore wrists and neck but i ain't pointing that out

[@sillyvalliexo]

@@neonskyline1 why so salty :(

[@ianp7661]

The map route of the underground canal at 20:10 is fab.I've often wondered where the canal goes under the bridgewater hall!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Cheers thank you!

[@AJM-timecop]

I was born in Manchester. Lived in Heaton Moor & Cheadle Hulme for 17 yrs. Now live in the US. Didn't know much of the history of the city. Great series. Popping over next week. Will be doing a pub crawl next week. Can't wait to show off some trivia about Cottonopolis with my fellow Mancunians.

[@matt6477]

Thank you - what an interesting vlog

[@colin7632]

Superb

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Another amazing video. Job well done.I especially like all the places that most probably don't know of. Your choice of music is great it good thinking music and works to keep my mind on learning mode very pleasant.😁

[@antonytheolddog8626]

Mate .. I hope you read this. I said on another video I watched yesterday about the three stripes on city and u*d shirts. And if you knew what they represent. My bit of useless knowledge. Well I take it back. You know that they represent the three rivers of the city. But not only do you know that. Your depth of knowledge of our city is absolutely stunning. In fact I'm so chuffed I found your channel. It's a sodding revelation honestly. Somebody who knows our history and is telling it in a way a manc can understand.😁 In fact being a manc I can only say this in a manc way. What a fucking mint channel the mintest in KZbin.😁💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏻 Loving it mucker..

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks in glad you like it! I think mancs tell the best stories anyway so the history deserves a local voice haha

[@antonytheolddog8626]

@@BeeHereNowuk absolutely it does.. You should do a bit in wythenshawe airport... Not Ringway. But the one near wythenshawe park..👍🏻

[@louallen369]

I've just found your channel. Fascinating content; beautiful filming; clear, enthusiastic and knowledgable presentation. And I love the music, especially in this one. I think you're onto a winner!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks so much, that's very nice thing to say. ☺️

[@KM-wu2qq]

Absolutely fascinating! I live between worsley delph and barton aqua duct exactly where the mcr-Liverpool line, the 1st commuter train intersects the 1st commercial canal. Apparently queen Victoria came for a canal boat ride down here and had to stop at a pub for a wee near our house which is why it’s now called the queens arms😂

[@nicknewton7189]

Nice one m8,really enjoyed that thankyou.🖖✌️

[@andzzz2]

Another first rate video! I used to live on Ellesmere Rd off Egerton Rd in Chorlton as a nipper. Names make sense now.

[@duxberry1958]

13:25 the Appartments you are facing with water underneath them is the River Medlock use to joined the Bridgewater Canal

[@supertouring22]

Absolutely fascinating videos. I live just outside Greater Manchester south of stockport so know many of the places you show, but never knew the deep history of those places. Thank you

[@gflo2781]

Loving the content - from Northern Ireland, but a lot of this industrial revolution stuff in England is fascinating to me. Unfortunately nothing too significant locally in Belfast apart from the shipyard, however they're looking to restore the old canal route along the River Lagan - which would be great to see, as similarly it's mainly just an overgrown algae pool at this moment in time! Just nothing on this scale however, and I wish I was into this sort of stuff back when I was over in Manchester/Stockport a few times!

[@gp7701]

Hello Olly, being Salford born and bred but now living in Staffordshire under lock down & on furlough still,my only chance to see the sights of Salford & Mcr are through your wonderfully informative videos.Nice one (in a Manc/Salfordian dialect).

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Cheers thank you. Glad you like them 👍🏽

[@iancurr9394]

Superb historical account. Keep it up. My folk came from the hulme area so all this interesting to me.

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

Cracking work mate.....can't fault ya 10 out of 10.....well done and thanks

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks mate, all the best

[@mikecorless9089]

The underground canal boats were referred to as ''T boats and 'M' boats by the men who used to work them. The term Starvationer only came into being in the 1950's when an academic made up the reference to the ribs and christened them 'starvationers. The ribs were used as separators for boxes of coal which could be hooked out of the smaller T and M boats to transfer them to bigger barges which took the coal into Manchester. This was an efficient way of moving the coal around without break it into smaller pieces which reduced its value. One of the first forms of 'containerisation''.

[@thomasfilion9064]

I'll be knowledgeable about it when and if I ever get over there.

[@bpresolve]

A really professional documentary. You have a talent for history very well researched and presented. from an ex 73 year old Mancunian now living in Perth Western Australia for the last 48 years and it still brings back found memories thank you so much. Stay safe

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank you very much. Glad you liked it. All the best down under

[@frankkellyukulele9978]

Brilliant, Thanks

[@westporton]

You've managed to pull together an audience of ex-Manchester boys through these beautifully crafted videos - including me. (Exiled for 50 years.....) When I was a kid (the 1960s) we'd visit relatives in Patricroft, but we always used to call the Bridgewater the 'Orange Juice Canal' - from your very clever areal phots sots you can see why!!! ( guess it's the clay used to make it watertight.....) Well done, and many thanks. South Wales.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Cheers thanks very much

[@richardjellis9186]

3mins in... You had me there for a minute.!🤔!. I was just about to believe that you indeed COULDN'T.!🤣!.

[@davefb]

That map at 16minutes is amazing! Used to work ( yikes nearly 20yrs ago!) in Merchants Wharehouse and drink in the Knott... Which I guess was the Knott mill on there... I'll look a bit more closely at deansgate station when we're allowed back !

[@davefb]

Nice of it to rain, by the Rain Bar.

[@petterzachrisson6500]

Thank you for very well narrated videos on such an interesting historical topic. Specially you taking your time to take us through history, both physically and narratively ... In a time of everyone trying to squeeze in info in under 10 minutes, as if the human attention span suddenly has degraded....

[@jetsons101]

Great narration, fantastic information, well picked music. Thanks for your time, work and posting.....

[@adailydaughter6196]

Great job 😃👍✨

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank you very much 😊

[@anneforster510]

New subscriber, love your videos. Gradually working my way through them. You present the historical facts in a clear chronological way and I'm a sucker for any maps that are included. 🐝

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank your so much. I really appreciate it. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@nigelbarker4135]

A very much underrated blogs. I'm also subscribed to Martin zero and the whitewicks who are both excellent but I think bee here now is even better with much research and brilliant illustrations to accompany his video. You keep producing Ollie and I'll keep watching and liking.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks Nigel. That's a nice thing to say. Very flattering. Always appreciate your comments. Take care

[@russellfitzpatrick503]

Fascinating series about a city I have visited often enough, but still know pretty much nothing about

[@RingwayManchester]

Another amazing episode!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks mate!

[@andymoss]

Brilliant stuff mate! I grew up in Boothstown so spent my formative years around (and in!) the Bridgewater Canal.

[@stephenbowker824]

Brilliant well done 👍

[@kennethainsworth1716]

Great video, but you missed out the Eastern canals from Castlefield to the East. Ashton Narrow Canal leading to Huddersfield Canal and Rochsale Canal through Manchester & beyond. Hope you are doing a Part 2 on canals to complement Part 1. Thanks.

[@paulspickernell6875]

Great stuff, you and Martin Zero have taught me so much about the history of Manchester

[@johnwilliams9240]

Very good. Best explanation I have seen. More maps, clearer and on screen for longer would help. The old is going slowly and all it will take is one developer and so much could be gone before its recorded in detail. Thank you. John

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Many thanks. Yes sorry I have a habit of rushing things a bit. Will try to slow things down. I actually love maps but I often worry people find them boring

[@neonskyline1]

Great video, never fails to amaze me what you can learn from normal Folk on YT, that period of Manchester was amazingly interesting and sad really

[@totherarf]

Many people look but they don't actually see! Manchester used to be my patch for the Electric Board ... I even put the site supply in for the university excavation of Castlefield. Often I saw parts others do not and it all adds up to something special! Another thing many people miss is the fact that the existence of something like Manchester and Salford is a product of Evolution. Both in Ideas and Practices with the old being supplanted with the new (where the old was of little perceived value). I wonder what new shiny things we build will be an interesting footnote to a future that struggles to comprehend our current way of life! I even caught my house on this video .... for a second!

[@thomasfilion9064]

You're naturally enjoyable to watch. Also our interests are similar. Three years ago I wouldn't have been able to tell you what a narrowboat is. I would have said that I probably will like trains more if asked. Once I saw Country house gent" on Amazon by a algorithm whatever I've been learning and watching KZbin on everything I can get my eyes on. There's nothing else I'd rather do than try living on one. Not only that things are a little to much like civil war here in the USA. Thanks for the historical overview. I can tell you really feel like I do. My family thought that there's something wrong with me when I choked up at the Blue mountain lake museum. I think it's a possibility that you might too in the right encounter.

[@markvickers6641]

theres a good vid from Martin Zero where he climbs down the water wheel in Grocers warehouse into an original waterway tunnel.

[@philthorpe7671]

Brilliant presentation,informative yet pleasantly casual you my friend are a natural !! i keenly anticipate your next video having exhausted your previous work and relish future productions, thank you and congratulations.

[@paylnyles]

My stomping ground as they say, but a very informative video x.

[@siocas]

Was at Worsley Delph a few weeks ago and was met by someone who knew all about it and has contributed to a book called The Development of the Worsley Delph Industrial Complex 1685-2019 . They kindly gave me a copy of the book

[@TheGrifter62]

Another great video. thanks for all the hard work you put into researching the details

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks!

[@andrewnelson4057]

Wow, both those Aire and Calder maps you used, were of places I lived, or live now.

[@mikeclarke3882]

Nice one Ollie. As usual, pact full of facts and information....and some really nice images. Glad to see it was chucking it down at one point....Manchester without the rain doesn't seem quite right. Thanks mate!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Haha, yes I thought I'd got lucky. Even went out without a coat!

[@futurenewmedia]

Once again a fantastic and detailed step-back documenting without doubt the foundations of what makes our city so great. Thanks again for taking the time to produce more great content which is much appreciated 👍

[@BeeHereNowuk]

You're very welcome Mark. 😁

[@humanflotsam]

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

You're welcome, thank you!

[@Nathan.Manchester]

Another excellent and interesting video well done 👍

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks mate!

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

Hi olly. ..nice to see you're getting some well deserved views! Love your work best wishes and take care

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Cheers Jimmy!

[@SaltPotatoJoe]

These videos are great (Thank you!) I live near the Erie canal in New York state and can completely relate to the present enjoyment and sense of history that canals bring. I loved learning that Manchester has/had so many! Very cool. Maybe I can see them first-hand some day.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks Joe! I'm bet the Erie has a great history of its own too.

[@thomasfilion9064]

I saw that your near the Erie canal. I'm upstate NY Plattsburgh. The canals in the UK are so awesome and I don't care for boats, but the canals are different than being out in the open waters.

[@mrcrabtree6520]

Excellent video, keep 'em coming!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank you!

[@richardjellis9186]

4:00... I wonder what the large arch, that seems to be bricked up was for.?🤔?. Answers on a postcard please. (or just here is fine also) Cheers lots. Rich 🥰🥰🥰.

[@Davejezz]

Just watched and enjoyed your video. Keep 'em coming!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks 😁

[@chasedwar2]

Wow I didn’t know about the Barton canal swing bridge, amazing. I presume it’s drained before being opened¿. I d imagine it very rarely opened nowadays. I do hope that it’s maintained and still works¿

[@iconicgirlies]

I like that video

[@davecooke914]

Come across your channel I work on Manchester ship canal I tire ships up work the gates Eastham locks 👍

[@duxberry1958]

02:08 Irwell Street Bridge behind you

[@markvickers6641]

Great vid. Very articulated. Can I suggest doing the Manchester, Bolton & Bury canal. I've recently walked it and there is so much. Also a look at Brindley's work? Been done before i know but I like the way you present the facts. Keep up the good work.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Yes absolutely! And thank you, much appreciated!!

[@janiecakes851]

I have very vivid memories of crossing Islam locks by foot always terrified lol. Ha flimsy chain was the only safety feature stopping you from falling into the canal below. One gust of wind could of sent a small child into a mess. Lol it amazes me I still remember after 40 years.

[@janiecakes851]

Irlam

[@lindacooper8353]

Fantastic aerial graphics, tho I had to hover on the pause button

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thanks! Yes sorry bad habit. I like to rush things too much. Feedback much appreciated 😊

[@RingwayManchester]

where abouts is that lookout building at 3:57 ollie?

[@BeeHereNowuk]

It's Fiddlers Ferry Sailing Club on the Sankey Canal.

[@islaws4589]

Great video! The filled in section you show at approx 20 mins in...the subway beneath Lower Mosley St has stone slabs running along one side at ground level...these are the edge of the towpath! May I ask what the artwork is at around 11 mins? There is a dog in the water that looks just like my Jack Russell who liked a swim in her younger years 😂

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Yes absolutely! It's a mural in the Town Hall by the artist Ford Madox Brown. It's very big in real life and worth a look if they ever open again for tours! The painting is fantastic, one of my favourites. You're right about the old tow path. Tbh, it started raining and I completely forgot about it on the day!! Thank you. Glad you liked the vid 😁

[@islaws4589]

@@BeeHereNowuk In the town hall, got it, will keep an eye out for tours. Incidentally the short Stockport Canal you mentioned. That may make an interesting video if you ever find the time...especially the never completed Beatbank Canal arm that would have run from Reddish to Denton. This was partly completed before being abandoned and it's remains can be seen either side of the M60. I read somewhere that the canal bed was cut through when constructing the M60 section immediately north of the river tame bridge. Edit: have just googled Ford Madox Brown, am in a Wikipedia Wormhole now for sure!

[@grahamjackson1820]

top video. I was born in bradford, manchester 68 years ago, but moved away when I was just two years old. I am looking into the history of bradford and manchester at this stage of my life. Do you have any leads? You have a great history of the area. Enjoyed watching. Thanks.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank you. I used to work in Bradford for a bit. I always start with Manchester Libraries (online) and go from there. The museum websites usually have good pages on history with external links to other sources. A good book on the area might be a nice starting point too. Sorry can't be specific but I've not looked into Bradfords history myself.

[@grahamjackson1820]

@@BeeHereNowuk Thanks for the tip. Will check out these sources. Keep up the good work. Cheers

[@nigelericogden3200]

My dad was from Worsley. Eric Ogden born in 1921.

[@richardjellis9186]

Key Street looks like it was a much nicer place to look at, back in the day.!!!.

[@chrism8705]

The music sounds like a brass version of the carry on films

[@corky1548]

Did you see the pusher about

[@tam19711]

Dave H is that you its Tonnes?

[@vickyking3408]

Kayaked across that

[@richardjellis9186]

I'm pretty sure that you and Martin zero are twins(not identical, obviously🙄) separated at birth.!😲!. You 2 need to get together. You'll make some fantastic videos as a team. RAIL, CANAL, RIVERS.. Manchester's history in general. You really need to hit this guy up. Seriously. W😲W. The possibilities are truly endless. Say 'Rich🥰🥰🥰' sent you. Rich 🥰🥰🥰.

[@jetsons101]

Sounds good to me, they would be a good team...... I catch Martin every Sunday.

[@cukkc]

How did you not mention lime🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@CirclingDuck]

"It was a watershed moment". I see what you did there.

[@totherarf]

A "cut" above the rest! ;0)

[@robinnicholson4009]

It's a great shame a robotic submersible has not exp lored the 46 miles that is supposed to be the length of the waterways under Worsley. I did once see a map that suggested there was an inclined plane under that!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Yes I agree. I think this would be so interesting

[@richardjellis9186]

James Brindley... Made famous by another one of your Manchester brethren.. Mr Zero himself.!🥰🤣🥰!.

[@flyingfox7854]

I left school at 15 years old in 1968 and my first job was as an apprentice panel beater in a small garage situated under the arches of the Bridgewater Canal basin in Castle Street …. The very affluent area of what is now called Castlefields was a very run down place … the garage where I worked was called T.Ashcroft & Son Ltd. It was owned by a guy called Tommy Ashcroft …. It was a dirty, smelly, place …. Further under the arches was a ramshackle group of stables which housed pony’s which the city’s down and outs could hire a horse and cart for the day … these were the cities rag and bone men …. The place used to stink to high heaven of horse shit and piss ….. all the old hay just used to be piled up in a huge steaming heap with streams of foul smelling liquid running into the canal …. There was also a timber merchants along the side of the Rochdale Canal.

[@jamesrhollis]

Thanks for these four videos. I'll be watching your other ones too. I've lived in Manchester for five years now, and I'm becoming curious about the history related to the places I walk past each day. I'd also be interested to hear any recommendations you might have about further reading.

[@matthewgartell6380]

Did i hear you say 'Farnsworth'?

[@MichaelThomasDev]

Top banana.

[@richardjellis9186]

19:50... KIDS...😲😲😲 If you look closely in the water, you can just and so see a WILD cart.!🧐!. I can't make out which sub-species it is, but, you're lucky to have any at all.!😲!. As canals are being cleaned up, re-purposed and made available for a whole host of leisure pursuits, these once abundant creatures are becoming rarer and rarer in our once neglected waterways, each time another is dredged and cleaned, sometimes to within an inch of their lives, just to make them pretty, and useful.!🤬!. Who are we to say that once abandoned and dangerous waterways should be loved and saved.!🤬!. Now I'm not saying that it's too late for this species, and we should be re-stocking the canals with new carts, it's not. I just think there's a more eco way to go about saving this icon of the murk. It's better that they're farmed, rather than free range. But.. take a good look at this image. It MAY be the last WILD cart you'll ever see.!🥳!. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Rich🥰🥰🥰.

[@richardjellis9186]

7:14... Water makes me want to jump right in.!😁!. Then straight to hospital for a no.of oddly named jabs.!🥵🤢🤮🩺💉💉💉🤕🤕!.

[@richardjellis9186]

For what was undoubtedly something unwanted by the residents of Manchester at the time, the canals and railways are, to me, something that the city would be an uglier place without. #int'mcrbrilliant Rich 🥰🥰🥰.

[@richardjellis9186]

I noticed that there's still a bit to go in smartening the canals up in the centre of town eh.! In one of the last clips, it looked like someone had tipped the contents of their wheely bin into it.!🤬!. Come on Manchester... You can do much better than this.!🤞!. Maybe you and our Martin zero can get together and force the council or private landlords to take action.?🤔?. Rich 🥰🥰🥰.

[@codedlAnguage]

Standard 😓😓👉💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝👉😓

[@richardjellis9186]

You'd be forgiven for believing that the Mayorzy started and finished in Livvapoo.!🤣!.

[@richardjellis9186]

🤬🤬🤬It strikes me that this council you have in that lovely city of yours, has a GREAT (#TERRIBLE)track record of not thinking forward when it comes to new development. You'd have thought that lessons would have been learned when it comes to 'damn it Cecil, I wish we'd', but it seems unfortunately not to be the case.!🤬!.

[@superhussein]

Is it allowed to urinate into canal?