Looking for Lost Manchester

[@MartinZero]

The Tib correction video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnzSiZZqh7pma6s Thanks Stuart for the Ducie bridge pics. Correction, Marble arch pub is corner of Rochdale Road and Gould street

[@topshot2787]

That first intro was very "New Order-ish." Great video again. All the best from Lancashire.

[@dragon-xe1ni]

:)

[@sputumtube]

I'm convinced that 50+ years from now these videos will be a part of the UK National Historical Archive (and deservedly so). Well presented/researched and with supporting photographic/documentary evidence, future generations will be able to see how it was, how it is now, and how it is changing almost daily.

[@Tom_Samad]

I totally agree! Much like how those old Fred Dibnah videos are today a part of the UK National Historical Archive.

[@mjh5437]

Future generations will look at it and say "My god,it was still quite nice in 2024,where did it all go wrong?"

[@scoochysteve]

it makes me cry, the amount of history just wiped away in the name of 'progress'.

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

You've always been one of my favorite KZbin shows. For years. The past year, I wasn't seeing your videos in my feed. Which led me to go through and clear out my subscription box rats nest. I was clicking subscribe on too much stuff. Glad you are back in my feed. Sunday tradition. Mellow happenings. Thank you.

[@MartinZero]

Glad its recommended me again

[@MrTylerStricker]

I too was a subscriber from several years back and this is the first vid I've seen in...at least 24 months. I had to manually search "River Med Underground" to refind the channel. So happy to be back.

[@keithfarrell3370]

I've had same problems. Going 2 follow your lead and have a clear out

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

@@keithfarrell3370 yup, there ya go.

[@phantomkate6]

The KZbin algorithm would rather show me 60% trash that I haven't even subscribed to. The recommended feed is totally useless. I have to remember to come back to the channels I like on my own.

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

I love seeing all the old pictures and how they relate to the topography of today, makes you thankful that our living conditions are much better than then.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Steve

[@jetsons101]

I've been watching you for 7 years???? Martin finding you channel was a blessing from on high, really. During lunch and breaks at work I have shared your vids with co-workers. Looking forward to the next 7 years. Thanks to you and all of your team.......

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much. I really appreciate it 👍

[@jetsons101]

@@MartinZero Well earned on your part. I still feel that your River Medlock series is still a great watch, researching lost rivers of London is how I found your channel Years back. Does that torch still shine bright?

[@TheSadButMadLad]

Don't think I've been watching for 7 years,, but definitely for over 5 years.

[@jetsons101]

@@TheSadButMadLad Martin's channel has grown so much from his first vid. His early work was usually "One Man-One Cell Camera"

[@shirleylynch7529]

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[@conalorourke8225]

Your comment about New Islington brought back memories of early morning swimming at New Islington Baths, the first public baths built in Manchester, in 1880.

[@nigelericogden3200]

Thank you gentlemen for another fascinating video. I always think how much my father, born in Worsley 1921, now sadly deceased, would have absolutely have loved your videos. You have been actively creating historic documents … please don’t stop ! Many thanks for your collective efforts 🙏

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Nigel

[@Hairnicks]

Absolutely brilliant, the speed of change is phenomenal, thank goodness you have recorded as much as you have, and the maps are so interesting.

[@judycasemore2168]

My Ex-Husband came from Manchester. We visited in 1979 along with our 18mth old daughter Emma. Terese' I love the history of England and could not get enough every one made me feel so welcome ( Family ). Though No-One ever talked about. Angels Meadow I'm now 74 and just learn't about it on You- Tube ( Fond Memories ) Australia.

[@gilles111]

Telling these stories about little bridges you just don't notice when you drive over or old empty building which were just always there or old yards you didn't know were there or couldn't see cause of the bushes in front, that's what your channel stands out for. Watching your episodes makes you look to your own neighborhood with new eyes. Loved this episode, bit like back to the old days of your channel, should do that more often.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you sir 👍

[@thomascharnock]

Hello Martin, love your videos. I have a book called Manchester: Mapping the City by Wyke, Robson and Dodge. On page 65 there's an 1833 map of cholera outbreaks and it shows 'Gibraltar' as a location of a 'spontaneous case,' and is shown as being just off Ashley Lane. Thanks for another excellent trip through history of that great city!

[@jimmcculloch3786]

You showed Ashton House, the former womens refuge, before it was closed and transfered to Plymouth Grove. I worked in the male equivelant in 1985, Walton House, just before it was demolished. We were moved to a brand new reception centre in Downing St, the road that connects the begining of the Manc' Way, to Ardwick, and even that building has gone. The second pub that you went to, was that originally a Magistrates Court! I worked behind there, 1979/80, also, at the Mary & Joseph hostel, next to St Michael's church, for a while. Thank for another great video, and fab memories - James

[@JemTheWire]

Absolutely amazing and nice to see that the team is back! You don’t realise how important the past is until you get to the future. You must be very proud of what you have achieved, a video archive of the past. The gas works is a prime example. As you say, you were there at the right time just before it was gone forever. Those gasworks hold a special memory for me. My late grandad worked there for many years having been transferred from the Gaythorne works at the end of Deansgate. It was amazing to think that you were possibly walking in his steps.

[@christophernorton33]

First-class video Martin Roy & James. I was so glad to see a new video for my teatime viewing . It's good to reminisce as Manchester continues to evolve into a new animal at an unprecedented rate. The 1877 pictures of the houses in Gibraltar court are priceless. Thank goodness someone had a camera at the time. Keep up the Great work we love it . 👍❤😀

[@MartinZero]

Yeah that picture is something else

[@johnhankinson1929]

Great film again Martin and the lads , you couldn't believe what squaller our grandparents had to live through and the Peveril of the peak is named after 18th century historical novel by Sir Walter Scott about a roundhead who fell in love with a cavalier which was set in Derbyshire

[@IPFreely1966]

Great to reminisce Martin. Been with you since the early days. Still enjoying your shows.

[@familylife3624]

Martin another lovely video its like spending a Sunday with old mates now 😊 love to see you and the lads out and about Looking forward to the next one

[@TheRattyBiker]

Martin, you 3 guys ARE the BOSS' of Northern History!! Between your culvert trudging mishaps, James' bad brewing and Roy's ability to keep calm despite a bad brew and a wonky Chorley cake (you know he's secretly livid🤣🤣) You guys make local history bloody fascinating! I can't walk down a street now without noting a simple boundary wall that was actually once probably part of a mill or factory complex... I reckon your and Adventure Me {king of the photo fades} videos should be a part of the Northern National Curriculum!

[@venusssharman5922]

When we are all gone a new generation of people will look back on videos like this and will see you gentlemen as historions...

[@MartinZero]

Thank you. That would be a compliment

[@malcolmrichardson3881]

Fascinating pieces of Manchester's history - the Engel's exerpts especially vivid about the terrible conditions of life suffered by many when Manchester was the so-called, 'workshop - and sweatshop - of the world'. Thank you.

[@mikeede49]

God! Have I been watching your vids for 7 years, where's the time gone?

[@BigD63]

Martin, glad to see you and the boys are out and about. Never forget the past and preserve what was. Love your channel. Best regards from Chicago

[@carolynfield1177]

I worked on the 19th floor of the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) building in the 1970’s and the Ducie Bridge was one of our pubs of choice for lunchtime drinks together with the Swan with Two Necks on Withy Grove. Incidentally Parkers Hotel was originally built as the CIS’s first Head Office

[@bradsoutdoors3182]

Followed you for years Martin over the years you are portraying Manchester in the older days as best you can ever. In such a short time it’s changed so much to the point since you started ya changed so much. I think looking back in such a short space of time people Will look back at your videos as to how it was

[@MartinZero]

Yes you are right, some of the stuff we filmed only a few years ago has now gone

[@bradsoutdoors3182]

I grew up knowing old mills and brickwork as the normal and decaying but now it’s going I wish it was still there but I know time moves on but while some things are preserved others are demolished. Why not keep everything we can

[@4-dman464]

Ah the Marble Arch. I still have my old Marble Arch T-shirt, circa 1990, with Rodin's The Thinker sat pondering with the thought balloon, "Sod Thinking, I'm Drinking." You can bet your Gerry Anderson collection it doesn't fit me anymore. I can barely wear a smile these days without it going ear to ear.

[@paulfidler3710]

Love the videos. This one was especially great. I’ve long since moved from the north west but run along the Rochdale and Ashton canals when staying in Manchester. Just a walk along is a fascinating insight into the industry of Manchester!

[@MartinZero]

I was running down the Rochdale today 😊

[@Hillgj1]

Amazing content and history again another cracking slice of our past.

[@shirleylynch7529]

Fabulous. I need to go back to your beginning and start again. Your videos are amazing. Thank you.

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

It is a beautiful collection of history that you have captured for seven years. Through your vlogs you see places that are now so special and sometimes have disappeared. I hope to enjoy your experiences for many years to come.

[@anthonyrowe7805]

Wow!!! That was awesome, just stumbled across your channel. I was born in Withington Hospital, lived in Didsbury on Ventnor Rd, also Stockport and Denton. My dad worked at Trafford Park as a lorry driver and was sadly killed there in a work accident and was taken to Ancoats Hospital, buried at Southern. I was sadly moved away from Manchester in my teens to Blackpool, but for those reasons, Manchester will always hold a very special place in my heart. Keep up the fascinating work while I binge watch your other videos and needless to say, you've got a new subscriber 😎.

[@dilwyn1]

@Martin ... Great vid, thanks for the up lode. So glad you managed to record how it was , before the contractors got in

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Dilwyn

[@mcmarky1985]

Superb video!!. I'm not from round Manchester but have acquired family there through marriage so have been visiting fairly often the last 10 years or so when I can (long drive from Norfolk!). But Manchester is a lovely city and I always love coming up North. I just love seeing all the old mixed with new, I appreciate the need for change but it's always a shame when something old like Ducie Bridge Pub is lost to bland apartments or whatever will they be as missed as much in 100 years or so when they get old? . Anyway I'm so glad you document all of this while you can I find this channel fascinating and I'm always looking forward what you have in store next! Keep up the good work Martin n Co.

[@littlechris5656]

I love your videos so relaxed and honest, very refreshing! Anita street was such a beauty to behold, softer on the eyes than all the new grey towers of concrete. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 sausage-dog people, we all understood what you were talking about!!!

[@chrish5319]

Fascinating as usual. Sausage dog people will stay with me for a long time. Thank you all.

[@Bonehead777]

Awesome channel Martin. Glad you have filmed so much before it went. And well presented and researched as usual. 👍

[@nigelblair2182]

Just love your videos. I’ve walked so many times on the streets of Manchester and never thought of what’s below my feet. Wow.

[@PeteGlyde]

Hello Martin: Another excellent vlog; I praise your attention to detail and the clarity of your explanations. I lived in Manchester from 1971 to 1979 and loved it. Back then a tour of the city centre canals and rivers was like visiting hell; sometimes the Medlock ran bright orange the next day bright green. It is wonderful to think it is now possible to sit by the Medlock as a pleasant place to be. Your exploration of the rivers and canals of Manchester has been a revelation to me and it has answered so many questions. The Tib....I am still not satisfied with the 'final' ruling....I think a dye flow test should be carried out from a known point on the Tib with a check being carried out at the possible outflows into the river Medlock. Many thanks. Pete Glyde

[@Wedgedoow]

Another enjoyable episode thanks for posting Martin and team. Pete & Lorraine

[@MartinZero]

Thanks to you both. Hope your well

[@1958mufc]

Brilliant video as always. Very informative, I just love them. Keep doing what you’re doing…

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much

[@xivone]

Bravo! Although never living in Manchester you brought the part of the city I knew best to mind and explained much. Union Bridge and Roger Street is well known to me from my times doing jobs in the city. And threw light on the “back to back” housing of which most are gone. A few in Blackburn survive very much altered in here on Whalley Banks (saw them being altered, couldn't understand why these building had two staircases behind one another even in the cellar). It's important that people understand this kind of housing, so often confused with later style of terraces. The fact you associated with Engels and his comments is important historically. Thank you to you all your team. Chris W. in Blackburn

[@simonholliday9874]

Great as always, gents. All a stone's throw from Chetham's - where I went to school and where Marx and Engels wrote. You forget how long Long Millgate was!

[@brick6347]

Knocking down that pub and warehouse to replace them with something that looks like it was designed by an 11 year old in Minecraft is tragic. I thought we stopped that sort of wonton destruction in the 1960s when we realised turning everywhere into Croydon wasn't a good idea. I mean I get that time marches on, and people need homes blah blah... but you just showed acres and acres of brownfield, how much land pressure is there?!

[@robinwatters572]

Martin, Having grown up in Manchester I find your content fascinating, I lived in Higher Blackley and went to work at Dot Motorcycles. Just behind Hulme Church on Ellesmere St. I used to go down Hazelbottom Rd to Queens Rd, down Collyhurst Rd into town and then wriggled through to Deansgate. I never realised how many hidden gems I was riding past. Thank you for all the hard work and, I'm sure, hours of research you put into your work. Much appreciated, keep up the good work.

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Always love your videos thanks Martin. You are No.1 in my book. They are always interesting and I love history. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

[@andrewbocho3896]

There were a public baths called Islington baths, I lived at 102 Philips Park Road in the 60s and went to Cambian Street school. My gran and granddad had a shop on Baslow St, The Brit pub was on the corner of Baslow and Rowsley, they were the next corner down Baslow. She was famous for her meat, meat & potato pies. Her name was Mrs Brogan. My uncle lived on Forrest Street, a few house from the little corner shop. Great days as a kid. We had the trains belching smoke, the gas works and Johnson & nephew steel works which formed a triange and we didn't get sick. I have just looked on Google maps and the school building is still there, brings back great memories; the big window which was the hall and I can see my old classroom, though the caretakers house has gone. I am 66 and live in Mexico.

[@dancingdingo]

Wow! I love hearing about the history of places in detail like this 😮

[@Ruben74]

Brilliant video! Love the soundtrack too. You’ve always had a great soundtrack. Keep up the great work ✌🏼

[@earlt.7573]

"Sausage Dog people, Bless 'em " O lord, had a laugh at that. Wonderful video as always, I'm haven my own Pint as I watch this, and damn glad it didn't cost me 15 or 20 !!!

[@oliverghunter]

Great film, really enjoyed this one, lots of fascinating info, thanks!!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Oliver

[@stevieshy]

Great video. I'm not a son of Manchester but have lived in the area for over 30 years and found this a fascinating reveal of the history of places and streets I know.

[@zapperwocky2504]

Another great video. I love your videos Martin. Keep making em…..

[@johnnystall9683]

Thank you for the information. I had no idea Engels was writing about Manchester.

[@BestUserNameUK]

Himself & Marx used to meet in The Crescent pub in Salford.

[@michelesorrell6944]

Engels lived on Dover Street off Oxford Road.

[@rwalton159]

Absolutely fascinating I really enjoyed this and didn't want it to end Well done guys and thank you very much 👏

[@MartinZero]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed

[@dudleyhardial2273]

Thanks for the video. I used to work at Gould st gas office and drank in the Marble Arch every day. I also used to frequent the Crown and Kettle. The Peveril was one of my favourite places on a Friday night. It's amazing that I navigate Manchester by the pubs I used to drink. By the way, there is a new pub in First st called the Gasworks and it is bloody expensive. I am now an old fart in my late sixties, and not able to get around as much, so seeing this video has brought back memories from the seventies and eighties. It really is amazing how Manchester has developed and changed over the last thirty years. Thank you very much for this.

[@habibsheraz5279]

Martin Zero, what a fantastic video to watch! My first time watching and I'm looking forward to watching many more. Good work.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@patchso]

Love the Pevrill of the Peak! Looks amazing.

[@jeffallen4582]

There was a old swimming baths on the edge of the Cardroom estate in the late 70s called New Islington Baths

[@johnstewart9745]

I went to st Catherine’s school 70 years ago I was borne ANGEL MEADOW 1949 Great videos thanks 🇬🇧

[@MartinZero]

Good memories of it John ?

[@CHEDDIBNAH]

brilliant channel

[@marjon1703]

You should push for formal funding to do a full-on historical series on past Manchester, before it is lost forever. I miss Manchester and your excellent videos add previously unknown new magic to my memories. Stay Excellent.

[@hyperballadbradx6486]

Brill photos, a lot of which i haven't seen before. It was actually probably about 2019 that I found your channel, and that Irk Valley video, after moving to Collyhurst and got excited about the local history! You inspired me, so thanks! I really like that Union Bridge is pretty much open of overgrowth and debris at the moment. It's nice to see it. And remember, life's too short to be bitter (though I get it)

[@gaffladd2003]

it was nice to meet you at piccadilly station a few months back. ive watched this channel from the start. another great video

[@daviespaulaann8913]

Fantastic video as usual Martin and team...very informative...love the pub visits..and the story of how I met Roy...well done ❤

[@russvhill2]

Another great video guys! I'm visiting the area more frequently now and it's great coming across, and even seeking out, places you've featured. And, there is always the promise of more to come when James signs off with "See y'in a bit!"

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for trip back in history. Always informative and inspiring to see. See you on the next, Martin. Cheers to the crew this day. 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Martin

[@FrederickBowdler]

A great show with friends 🎉🎉🎉

[@dieselmanmike]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos of the history of Manchester so much so that I will visit in the future to see the contents of these videos in the flesh. Your videos really put your city on the map. The Manchester tourist board should get you on the payroll ! 👍

[@yorkie2789]

Great video Martin, liked the pub links, great idea!

[@MartinZero]

Cheers 😆👍

[@SiRhodesDriverTraining]

The skyline of Manchester has changed massively in the last decade or so. On clear nights, I send my Drone up to 120m and the Towers stand out massively with the aircraft lights. It’s great to still see some heritage also. Great video guys 😀

[@davidhodkinson5164]

Brilliant very enjoyable, Martin and team excellent work Dave (bus museum)👍

[@ianmansbridge3646]

You're doing sterling work Martin, keep on entertaining us and recording the changes..

[@christinesouth9514]

Thank you lads love hearing about old Manchester this should be torte in school's kids growing up in Manchester and knowing nothing about were they live and its History I am 70 and used to work in one of the old mills in Ancoats behind Volmax used to go in the Green Dragon my work mates got me drunk in there when I was leaving work to get married back in 1974 coming up to our 50th anniversary in December was another pub on that row can not remember its name brought back some happy times been on a few pub crawls around there in my younger days could tell you guys a few stories

[@MartinZero]

Brilliant memories 😁

[@stannisb7693]

Very entertaining. Martin, Roy and James are the A Team. Amazing how you discovered Roy he is a great character. Great music what band?

[@TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

Glad to see you show where you went wrong, lots wont do that, thanks for sharing.

[@MissDOAS3]

This is genius! I’m in to history… my partner is more in to pubs 😅please keep making these so we can follow your steps on history pub crawl 🍻

[@j3fr0uk]

I found the old town of Manchester that was in the city of Salford about 300+ years ago, bloody mind blowin...

[@PurityVendetta]

When you were reading out the extracts of Engels you reminded me of the working class intellectuals I meet in my own home town as a kid. O don't know whether you'll understand but these people ecplaining to me Marxist dialects and the works of Engels. Really important to me...

[@kash748]

Where have you been Martin! Looking forwards to this one later,going to set aside some time with a brew to watch this

[@MartinZero]

Hi, only been away 2 weeks

[@GrandadTinkerer]

Hi Martin. Dantzig Street, that brought back some memories... In the mid-seventies, there used to exist a 'doorway' on the corner of Dantzig St and Dantzig Place. The doorway led to a very strange 'club', frequented mainly by hippies, bikers and the like. The club was called 'Waves'. Myself and some mates used to frequent the place at week-ends, where we could listen to rock music and drink until the early hours of the morning. To say it was a bit of a dive would be an understatement!

[@MartinZero]

Sounds good then 👌😃

[@MrTylerStricker]

Very interesting to see the changes and recent modern development. I especially found the excerpt from Engels about the Ducie Bridge tenements to be pretty fascinating history.

[@therestlessgardener9287]

Absolutely loved the segment on Gibralter and the pictures are a treasure; I don't know why that kind of history fascinates me but it does. Designer sausage dog...haha!!

[@davidclark3603]

That was another brilliant vid!, Thanks for that.

[@britishlongbarrows]

Memories are always wonderful to record - good storytelling fella -thanks :)

[@ashman167]

very interesting.. love all this rich history. Thank yoju

[@The_Original_KL]

This video is amazing. Feels like one of your vids from a while back, old maps, loads of research.

[@jayd1974]

Brilliant lads I’ve been in those pubs a few times over the years great pubs.I miss the Manchester old boozers as now live in Castlebar County Mayo since 2021.

[@gazb6176]

as a Ancoats kid, in the 60s and beyond, we used to go go to newissy baths, which incorporates a wash house. and that was newIslington baths. great video.

[@RevoeLad]

I do exactly the same with my town Blackpool but we haven’t as much history. But I’ve done it for years, there was massive slum clearance in the 1960s. These videos you do are amazing.

[@stephenoloughlin1817]

Martin. I'm probably one of the last survivng members of the 'New Islington Primitive Methodist Church' - which I attended in the 1950s; and walked in the 'Whit Walks' with in 1959. There was also a New Islington Conservative club, and the New Islington baths - both on New Islington (street) So 'New Islington' was the name in common use for that area in the 1950s', and long before.

[@TheGazmanc]

New Islington has been around since the 1800’s. My ancestor had a music hall called the Albion in new Islington.

[@Capnglogs]

Brilliant work once again, and thanks to you, you inspired me to start my own Chanel, magic

[@havingalook2]

Great fun, thank you. The changes and progress are amazing to the area.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@lilchris26]

Thanks guys, nice to see how you were corrected about the river Tib.

[@paullopez2000]

Great video. I never forgot about the store basement which had a trap door from which you could see the Tib flowing, and the basement had water rides etc.

[@tracychiappino2260]

Great to see a new video on a Sunday ... ive spent a few quid n the three pubs you visited and it was like a bit of a walk back into my youth ... keep up the good work and please do more 😂😂😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thoroughly enjoyed that one chaps 🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏼

[@thomasdieckmann5711]

Great idea to look back and impressive how quick this city changes.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Thomas

[@dilwyn1]

This will be awesome !!

[@ruthbrierley1798]

Great video! Thanks Martin, James ad Roy.

[@kevinswain4441]

Great video Martin. Only been to M once about 30 years ago. and live 1000s of Km away but love the history.