Is this a drone I see before me

In this video I try out my new drone up on Marsden moor in Saddleworth West Yorkshire. I look for the lost Standedge tunnel shafts and I also go to Look at an old Cotton Mill that I have filmed before that is in the process of demolition. So this video is part history as well

[@Almost_Famous_Ryan]

Best part of a Sunday is watching Martin's videos.

[@karina-jx4zv]

here tonight Saturdays Australia Melbourne

[@mainzman7239]

"Trying to make it into a worthwhile video to watch"? Damn Martin, you sell yourself waaay too short. Your videos are always well worth watching and now you have a drone....... Keep up the great work, I'm already looking forward to the next upload. Wow, that mill is one beautiful building, such a shame to demolish it. Your videos often make me sad Martin and this one was no exception. Not knocking you for that, please take it as a compliment : )

[@jensham1945]

martin totally underestimates himself and the pleasure he gives us.Thanks you Manc for the best You Tube Chanel. Don Coffery comes a very close second.

[@bazza5699]

"Trying to make it into a worthwhile video to watch"? Damn Martin, you sell yourself waaay too short. Your videos are always well worth watching i second that :)

[@nickwood4776]

Yep, no idea what he was thinking when he said that!

[@RiojaRoj]

Ditto...... there can't be many mills left. Iconic buildings in their day, a sad loss to our industrial past.

[@craigja1667]

His humbleness is a a virtue, great guy with always enthusiasm and interesting commentary and well researched !

[@nickbenke3306]

Fred dibnah would have soon dropped the Hartford Chimney! Lol! Great work as always!

[@martinjohnston6685]

Watched him drop one in chadd in about 96

[@robertcaves3797]

oh yes send in fred would have liked to see that one

[@gilgammesh1]

Im a simple man. I like the video before i even watch it.

[@AdamMacleod83]

Thanks Martin 👍 I really really want you to do a 'lost streets of Manchester' series... Looking for remains and evidence of dwellings!

[@swampthing20]

This x1,000,000. That would be absolutely sensational.

[@Jack-xi8ji]

"Keep off the moors; stick to the roads; and the best of luck!" Forget the werewolf; those flooded shafts look as dodgy as hell. I can't believe that they've not been capped. Great scenery though and a great vid. Happy flying.

[@steviebaby2857]

Who presses the like icon before watching Martins videos.

[@Paul-pb3vq]

Me

[@joanhesketh9419]

Me ,lol cause I know it will be brilliant. Sometimes he scares me I'm sat there telling him off .

[@austingupton8829]

With Martins videos, it’s just a reflex at this point

[@Tobeshadow]

That flooded shaft is seriously creepy! Another fascinating video and really like the drone shots, top job!

[@martinjohnston6685]

Reminds me of the horror film ; Jugface;

[@wladniem]

dangerous walking on them moors. Dibnah would have sorted the chimney out. Great video Martin love getting my fresh air from your vids

[@michaelryan6884]

Another superb video but sad about the loss of craftmanship of old when the mill comes down. Just viewing the brickwork shows how conscientious they were.

[@fuzzwack1]

The trees growing out of the side of the chimney is amazing!!

[@johnrogers2826]

Worthwhile video to watch?! Seriously, I'm enjoying watching you drink your tea! All of your artistic offerings are fantastic!

[@anneforster510]

My heart was in my mouth watching your drone over that shaft Martin. I thought 'please not let him lose it first time out '😂

[@trainshistory7562]

It's not Sunday without a Martin Zero video.

[@philtimson5449]

Intro Martin, amazing The music was like the beginning of time! And then the brew of course. Love how you take a 4 Pinter of milk up a moor. Great video and update with fantastic drone footage 😁

[@gs425]

Yep, he likes a decent amount of milk in his brew, as it should be. No doubt whole milk too not this watered down Southerner shite. (I am a southerner shite lol)

[@wideyxyz2271]

@@gs425 Lol...Nah just a dash of milk and the spoon should be able to stand up in the tea on its own..nice n strong! lol..

[@gs425]

@@wideyxyz2271 This is a debate that could go on and on lol.

[@Jack-xi8ji]

Milk shoulda gone in first and there's nowt wrong with UHT skimmed.

[@philtimson5449]

A 4 Pinter = 100 brews

[@nickwood4776]

The moors have a truly desolate beauty which you show to great effect. Stunning photography even without your new toy but the pictures down that second shaft were mind blowing. These films are starting to get too addictive Martin..

[@paulgrimshaw6301]

You're certainly not the only one who finds the Standedge tunnels endlessly fascinating. I still think the most likely purpose of the flooded pit near the old Flint shaft is a balance pit for a water powered lift. That explains the man made stream above, dug for feeding water into the balance weight to cause it to drop down the balance pit. The building above supported the pulley gear leading up from the weight and across to the main shaft, geared for lifting the lighter bucket which brought up material over the longer distance of the main shaft. Diagram on page 125 of the Trevor Ellis book. With 5:1 gearing then the balance shaft would only need to be 100 ft deep, and there would be nothing but an adit at the bottom to carry water away when the balance weight was emptied.

[@MartinZero]

Ahh thanks Paul. I kind of get it

[@brianartillery]

Another absolutely fascinating video. Thank you, Martin. I always look forward to your videos, simply because, as I don't know your part of the country that well, I'll always, and it is always, learn something that I did not previously know. And it will always be of interest; the rivers, for example - a lifetime ago, I did O-Level Social/Economic history, of which a large part is the Industrial Revolution. If my books were to be believed, the only river in Manchester was the Irwell. Thanks to you, I know how wrong those books were. Cheers. You definitely used the right word to describe the abandoned shaft of Heathy Lee: 'Sinister'. I'd go a bit further, and call it 'Bloody terrifying'. No fence. No signs. No warning of any kind. Blundering into that just doesn't bear thinking about. It's the sort of place that, in the past, folks would have told you was the home of a Boggart, or Jenny Greenteeth. Nasty. Sad to see the end of that mill, too. I wonder if they will try to save all those great iron pillars for re-use? Lovely bit of industrial salvage, that. If only the great Fred was still with us - he'd have relished dropping that chimney and tower... I seem to have waffled on for too damn long. Thanks for the video, I enjoyed it immensely. Good to see Peter Saville's key disc on your cabinet, too. Nice one.

[@juliannesermon8057]

Those sound effects when hovering over the ventilation shafts... real nice work and attention to detail, as always! Once again, thank you so much for yet another awesome video.

[@rogergusty1722]

Martin, at about 7:40 you said that you wanted to include a couple of other things so as to make it 'a worthwhile video to watch'. By 7:40 you had already made it so worthwhile ... AWESOME in fact. Anything after that time was a bonus. We were then treated to another 13 mins. of AWESOMENESS! Another fantastic video, and already looking forward to the next one.

[@kdean9537]

@ DC03FAN well said!

[@billmonteith3806]

Totally look forward to watching anything by this man, really interesting and ignited my interest in history around me even more so.....brilliant.

[@timewareCommunity]

Sunday night viewing at it's best. Cheers Martin!

[@MrLargePig]

The drone is a great addition, glad to see it. Can't wait for more of the Medlock!

[@ralphwest8156]

Superb video Martin, great footage from the drone' ...love the incidental music, really compliments the atmospheric shots'

[@RingwayManchester]

Nice one mate, glad you got another drone!

[@jel5034]

I'd never have watched a video of anything like this but now i've subscribed, the joys of the unusual are here!! Top work Martin.

[@sputumtube]

I wonder if there are skeletons at the bottom of those abaondoned, water-filled shafts? And which miserable buggers have given this vid a 'thumbs-down'?

[@dave20thmay]

I really don't understand the thumbs down on any videos let along ones as good as this. Are they really sad bastards or just did it by accident and don't know how to undo. It does seem strange.

[@MrYfrank14]

thumbs down are from the guys that bury their bodies at those water-filled shafts. now that they have to find a new place.

[@markvanessadixon]

AWESOME, THE DALEK'S THERE AGAIN!! I LOVE THAT DALEK MARTIN!!

[@heathhealey7049]

Another great video great pictures well done Martin looking forward to the next one

[@SkywatcherSandra]

Absotively awesomeness video. Ty for sharing your thoughts and time with us. Enjoyable. HUGS and blessings from NY State 👍🦋♥️🏞

[@victorgoncalves2442]

Very nice video, don't smash that one !!! can't wait to see the video of the river Medlock , not far from home . Thumbs up.

[@rydermike33]

Excellent Martin, great to see you 'back in the air'. Those shots of the tunnel shafts are terrifying! A boat trip through the tunnel would be absolutely fascinating. Thanks again for your great films.

[@darren6531]

Great and informative video as always. Me and my partner go for walks around marsden Moor so always find them interesting. Keep up the good work Martin 👍🏻

[@chrisspain5411]

As ever Martin, the photography, musicical background and your commentary were first class!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Chris 👍

[@iankilcullen8539]

Hi Martin relating to another video refuge building.went there Saturday had a good drink there what a great place it is very cool inside cheers.

[@trevorwright6165]

well martin that made a great end to our sunday in the south and well done with the drone as well all the best from trev and christine

[@davidbrearley1541]

Brilliant and scary at the same time.

[@gingerbread6614]

Way to go. We love your accent, never lose it. That chimney is so neat. BThank is

[@seasidesandles]

I was just watching Fred Dibnah demolishing factory chimneys. He would have had that down in no time. Haha. Great stories Martin. X

[@murlthomas70]

I’m so glad you got a drone again, and glad you thought to go back to the moors. I loved the footage you got! Good job!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Murl, yeah bit better than the Ladders 😀

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Oh man when you showed Flint pit again I thought you were finally going to put a camera down there, bummer! I remember the first time you showed us this pit, it would be awesome to see what's in there, could be a body lurking beneath, who knows?! Awesome video as always, cheers.

[@UrbCrafter]

Congrats on the new drone Martin, broke my heart watching you trying to fish the old one out of the drink...

[@glennrickwood7532]

Another great video Martin. I always look forward to watching your content. New drone is great, and seeing the event shafts from above was fab. 👍

[@John_C999]

Nice one Martin thanks for the video. Medlock part 7 can’t wait.

[@TonyGoacher]

I'm fortunate to live 5 minutes drive from where you filmed this, and it's absolutely fantastic to see you take a genuine interest in the industrial heritage of Manchester. Please keep them coming!!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Tony very much. are you in Oldham ?

[@TonyGoacher]

@@MartinZero Yeah. Saddleworth.

[@jenratcliffe7232]

Excellent stuff! Glad to see you have a new drone!

[@volvos60bloke]

Mate, seriously, you just keep on getting better. All the best.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@davidclark3603]

Yeah! Well done Martin. Your videos are brilliant. You needed a drone. It gives your amazing videos another dimension.

[@davidmicheletti6292]

I loved that old cotton mill. So sad it could not be use for something.

[@colwichjunction3366]

Great work as ever, thanks for recording our industrial history before it all gets demolished & lost. Love the drone footage of the shafts along with the music..... quite menacing 👍

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much. Yes I do love finding the old Industrial stuff

[@Gribbo9999]

Thanks Martin. Nowt like a stroll on the moors on a beautiful day - even virtually - before going to the office on Monday morning. Very enjoyable. I could almost smell the brew.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you, I do love it up there

[@DRMEEKS]

This is excellent, the views down those shafts where terrifying.

[@pit_stop77]

That well/tunnel still gives me the heebie jeebies looking at it. 😱😱 but fab video as ever Martin x 👍👍

[@rocketpoolpki]

Drone footage is so cool, really shows a wealth of information that previously was only achievable with pro tv/film gear ... the pump house and shaft caps have a haunting almost megalithic quality about them which is totally brought to life with drone footage and audio. Capturing the final throws of the mill is also a great idea, when it's gone it doesn't take long to forget the details...brilliant upload, thanks Martin.

[@MartinZero]

I agree and thank you very much David

[@BestUserNameUK]

Great vid' mate. That flooded shaft looks very foreboding😵

[@davidneesam2626]

Another great video, so much engineering in those vent shafts and pump building. The music is rather good.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you David and yes stunning engineering

[@cubicinches18]

In Oz it's Monday morning and great way to start the week. 45k subscribers is great and really good to know so many appreciate your recording of history. I can't wait for the next Medlock vid you and Connor do fantastic joint productions

[@101jumpit]

The soundtrack adds an extra dimension to the word terrifying Martin :)

[@MartinZero]

Thank you. I did want to try and do something Dark 👍

[@natbilsby6809]

You need to get yourself up to Park Bridge as part of your River Medlock series. So much history up there, though it is a shadow of its former self and a bit closer to the river source. Pits, canals and railways as well as old iron works that made bolts for the Eiffel Tower!

[@christopherescott6787]

There is something so fascinating watching a huge place being torn apart. The music adds a great deal more. Still a pity such a place it couldn't be re purposed.And as always, a thorough well done video. Thanks for making another great story come alive.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much Christopher

[@breen38]

Great video on the shafts on the Moor. Whit the water inside looks creepy.

[@cypeman8037]

A cuppa, you got your priorities right there, excellent video, hardly a hickle pickle. 😂😂😂

[@chrisbow1776]

Tis the English way old boy

[@annahasty7191]

When I saw that you had a new drone the first place I thought of was those tunnels . I am fascinated and terrified of that area. Thank you for another amazing video. Have a nice week.😀

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Anna, I think I share your thoughts about that area and those shafts

[@paulbeesley5743]

Great to see drone footage again Martin. 😃

[@emjay1952]

Always enjoy your videos. Drones have revolutionised amateur photography, particularly shots facing straight down. Fantastic.

[@MartinZero]

Yes I love the way technology has put this in the hands of Hobbyists

[@gafrers]

Brillinat once again. Such places, landscapes and sights. A+ on the drone footage. Thank You

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much

[@paulogden9809]

Thanks for another absorbing and informative video, Martin. Great to see you've got your "wings" back. Amazing footage.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Paul

[@ZECH1189]

Rover video would be awesome as well! Great video this is.

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

Them flooded shaft's are proper spooky.

[@Roo63]

Bloody Hell, I envy you, Martin. Not something I can do. Excellent work, loved every second. Thank you & all the best :)

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much 👍

[@dalehorne9815]

What a great place Martin. Would dream of going places like this. Unfortunately around Hull they isn't much to explore anymore. Fantastic video once again mate.. :-)

[@dalem1140]

Another Quality vid and great choice of music👌

[@fowler7576]

Great video as always, please keep them coming they are so interesting.

[@adamdnewman]

Always love your videos Martin

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Adam

[@camofilms]

These videos are awesome, I'd never know other wise, so thank you

[@colmgriffin4021]

Hi Martin, you produce excellent videos. Thanks and keep up the good work 😁 👍

[@tonyfarrell2886]

Cheers for this Martin👍

[@Simon_Nonymous]

As soon as I saw the opening, thumbs up. Great footage and music Martin! And a brew as well. Lovely. Top tip - save plastic mini bottles for millk for your brew instead of taking a litre bottle.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Simon. I never buy the small bottles

[@GeraldineJayne]

Yaaasssss! Martin's got his wings back! 🙌💕

[@MartinZero]

For now 😆👍

[@catharineholton3559]

As ever Martin.. BRILLIANT work. I cannot believe that those shafts on the moors are still uncovered on this day and age. Frightening.. and i will watch the mill with interest. I loved those videos you And Conner did. Keep up the excellent work please .

[@steves5172]

Hello Martin, happy new drone! Glad to see that some safety gates have gone up, someone is paying attention! As Medlock 7 is in the can I'd better get the popcorn in!!! Cannot wait!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Steve, yep its hopefully a good one

[@andrewparnaby5159]

Thanks for another great video, well shot and very interesting

[@sandmanjono1239]

Quality Martin, real quality 🎥. 🏆

[@orlaobrien4329]

Another great video Martin!! I would love to go down into them Tunnels as i pass them all the time!! Can’t believe that Heathy Lee shaft though and how dodgy it is 😮

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Orla. No way would I go down the shafts. I have stood underneath them though

[@mrobich321]

Just to tell you how my broken brain works, I was floored by the fact that you traveled to a far away place with an almost empty gallon of milk. Thank YOU so much for making ME view YOUR world from the comfort of my own home. Wish I was there with you. :-)

[@MartinZero]

Oh yes its so nice having a cup of tea up there Michael. Thank you very much 😀

[@Chalky.]

I always tell people to buy a cheap drone you can afford to crash so you can hone your skills before buying something like a Mavic.

[@fredygump5578]

Worthwhile? Just 1 minute of HD drove footage over a bunch of ruins is worth watching! This is good stuff. A drone is a great tool for adding to the stories.

[@MartinZero]

Yes true. Its great to see those places from above 👍

[@bobingram6912]

Martin!!!! What are you doing to me - now you're a fly boy again those vent shafts are twice as scary!! No wonder they've put a gate on the engine house since your last visit. What a difference the weather makes to the place, relaxing with a brew in the sunshine I thought for a moment you might partake of forty winks!!!! Keep up with the brilliant soundtracks.

[@sam020885]

Another fascinating video, good job Thanks

[@ianr]

As always superb! Liked before viewing. 🙂👍

[@mevive]

I really enjoyed this episode. Love your videos, keep it up the interesting work. Thumbs UP!!

[@dchalkie]

Nice to see you’ve got a flying machine back in service, keep it away from the water! Nice little video, looking forward to the next one , thank you 👍

[@MartinZero]

Thank you David

[@Hvtesla]

It just HAS to be CoC Rover down that shaft, now that you've teased us with the idea! - Quality video as always Martin.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much, I'll have a think 😀

[@BleakiBlinder]

Another great video Martin, been looking forward this next upload - Mat.

[@EdenValleyAdventuresUK]

Thanks Martin I found your video very interesting big like.

[@whiteeaglewarrior]

You vids are always worthwhile Martin :)

[@semidetached100]

Nice to see you back Martin and a new drone, a good video I am amazed they have left the shafts open like that,Cornwall is the same they just finished work and walked away ! Health and Safety nil. All the best and I am looking forward to the Medlock videos.

[@johnlaw3323]

Brilliant as ever Martin and as always very interesting,. That chimney wouldn't have worried Fred Dibnah pit props and fire and it would be down. I always thought his method was a fitting end to the chimneys with one last smoke. Thanks again Martin best wishes.

[@MartinZero]

Thats true John the chimney is seen smoking for the last time

[@maureenberls1281]

Martin does more for Manchester tourism with his energy curiosity and wonderful video than I can think of.Was there two years ago and am dying to return! Cheers from British Columbia.

[@andyhill242]

Glad you've got a new drone, Martin. Sad that another mill is soon to be lost, even turning them into apartments is better than demolishing them.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Andy. Yes appartements would be better

[@LiveoneLee]

I used to drive past Hartford mill everyday due to my job and I always wanted to go and do an Urbex of my own, then about 2/3 months after I started in the area I saw the demolition crews doing a reccy, probably found a few relics and now seeing your video months on from that is brilliant, I think with the chimney they will have to blast it, I think they will demolish the mill and then bring the stack down within its footprint

[@MartinZero]

Thanks, I think they are gonna drop it brick by brick to a level then use the high reach grab

[@LiveoneLee]

That would be the sensible but boring way Martin but I agree with you on it, I’ve only been watching your channel for a week and I’m loving it, keep up the excellent work