The Big Humpty. A River Medlock story

[@MartinZero]

Music; Forgotten by Aurora B. Polaris Also Simulacra by Aurora B.Polaris. Marcus's Channel and his video of the day kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaG1go2el52oi5Y

[@David-hi9rp]

Are you sure tour name isn't Tony as our neighbour looks like you here in Failsworth Manchester ?!

[@markthackray3185]

Playing the tunes on KZbin , they are outstanding. I love boards of Canada so can appreciate this kind of tunes.

[@goldwing537]

@@markthackray3185 I`ve got a lot of their stuff

[@eddyhenningsson3121]

You picked good music for this, the Medlock series is a lot of episod and this is perfect for this. 🙂

[@rachelmurr1466]

You know your sunday gets better when Martin Zero post a video, kick back, make a coffee and enjoy 😁

[@paulwilson7234]

Say no more your words enough 👌

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

Well said, I'm gonna go make my coffee now lol that sounds fantastic

[@bobjackson6524]

Fully agree

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

I've got my morning Pepsi

[@rachelmurr1466]

@@jaredmehrlich6683 fair play but you can't dunk biscuits in Pepsi like you can with coffee! Enjoy anyway 👍

[@wibblywobblyidiotvision]

Hello Martin. Excellent video, as usual. The engineers "back in t' day" weren't as daft as it might seem. The idea of bricking the riverbed is exactly to provide a fast, smooth route for the river, not to slow it down at all. When you've got a lot of water coming in, you need to get a lot of water through, and fast. A natural riverbed will snag trees, rocks, and lord knows what else, and in a flood situation it will start eroding the banks. This happens fast - in 1872, it took an hour from the start of the flood to taking out the cemetery - around here in 2015 we had major flood, from the time where the river started to leave its bed due to natural damming with a few trees, it took under 10 minutes to utterly and absolutely remove a quarter of a mile of road, which took 2 years to put back in....

[@stebates7757]

Was going to comment the exact same thing 😂 smooth fast running river prevents snagging of debris. That was their reasoning anyway 👍

[@markthomas6045]

Another great episode Martin! It's nice to see the younger folk taking an interest in historical things. The old photos of the arches and the men working in what look like miserable conditions contrasted with the modern filming of the area really brings history to life. This is what makes your channel so great. Keep up the good work!

[@weyayemanjoe3082]

I agree 👍

[@whiskeycook3323]

I absolutely love martins work

[@antl82]

Brilliant video, brought a tear to my eye when you mentioned and showed photos of Bradford pit. My uncle worked there for donkeys years till it closed. Have a few pictures somewhere. If I find them, I'll send them over to your Facebook page!

[@caddycommercials8570]

Revisiting this gem cheers Martin and team ❤

[@MartinZero]

Cheers 👍🏻

[@mesmogruvinski]

Big shout to Roy the Fearless Explorer. Hope your coat washed ok, Martin. Great video as per. You, Roy and James make a great team.

[@thomasdieckmann5711]

Hi Martin, great work once again. I really love the way you give context with old maps and add old historic photographs. There is only one thing I missed: brew time 🙂

[@brianartillery]

You had Brewboy with you, too! Glaring oversight.

[@keithsquawk]

and was it biscuits or cakes?

[@adrianstansfield]

Great video again Martin & a very funny story about the lost jacket I couldn't stop laughing ☝😂😂😂😂

[@MartinZero]

I couldnt stop crying 😄

[@danielbarrows7144]

The further adventures of Martin’s coat, can’t wait for episode #2 lol One of your funniest lines “does your coat go off on adventures without you?”😂

[@greg6172]

Almost Martin with zero coat. Thanks for another great video. All the best from Australia

[@MartinZero]

Nice one 😄

[@porkscratchings5428]

Result getting your jacket back lol. Amazing how Man City is built on an old colliery, thanks for sharing, another fab vid. 👍🥂

[@robertschmitz8036]

I am so hooked on these amazing videos about the city I love. Faithful viewers look for critical things like who made the tea, and did James buy biscuits on clearance again! Lol Joshing aside, you all are doing something I love, honoring our past.

[@ruthbrierley1798]

Thanks for another great video Martin! It's always nice to hear the Medlock music. And, glad you got your coat back!!!

[@MartinZero]

I would have been gutted if it had ended up going over a weir and being lost forever Ruth 😀

[@ianbishop247]

14:40 Once as field service engineer I was told I had a call at a firm in Bradford. SO I headed up the M62 from my home in Denton. As I got to Hartshead services I rang my company who then gave me the full address. It was at British Vita (now Vitafoam) in Bradford, Manchester. I had lived in East Manchester all my life an never knew there was a Bradford in Manchester - Doh!

[@jonnybluegiant7764]

That brickwork in the overflow looked beautiful

[@JemTheWire]

Amazing. I am Manchester born and bred, but never knew that all this was under my feet. Strangely enough, I found your channel from a collaboration you did with Darren of AdventureMe. Two fantastic channels I really enjoy watching. A great laugh when you get together. Very educational too. I can just imagine you and you mates in the pub after one of your adventures. Great stuff.

[@tardismole]

I've heard of garden gnomes going off on adventures, but this has to be the first coat making a bid for freedom. Glad you got it back.

[@MartinZero]

Yeah I think the coat peaked too soon

[@Me..D.S]

There's something about the Medlock series music that brings back some great memories of watching your series from the beginning all those years ago. 😀 Thank you for putting a smile on my face with a lil bump of excitement through my veins. 😊🙌🏼

[@ivormorgan460]

Thanks for showing that Martin,I have lived in Australia for the past 55 years,the Medlock I knew was the free running part up to Daisy Nook area,green fields clean river, used to go to the Meddie as kids most weekends, about the age of 11 we discovered the Red River,and it was an amazing discovery at that age,me and my pal Geoff Davies could not figure out what was going on,pure dread and excitement,I am 83 now so this was 70 odd years ago,I can't remember the Humpty but vaguely remember at one point we had to have our backs to the wall and inch slowly forward,the whole journey along the Red River was a scary eye opener,I don't think we got much further than Bradford pit,maybe to where City stadium is now,it was just a one off, no desire to ever go there again, sad to see the Meddie harnessed like that,a very dangerous playground for kids in those days.

[@liamphillipclark1]

Nice old school photos Martin mate the train one was mint to see 👌🏻

[@Haerleif]

another fantastic video, thanks for sharing, love the old pictures!

[@glawrencea6009]

I'm from California, I find your show absolutely fascinating. Thank you.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Wow bricks galore 🧱🧱🤩🤩. Not very practical but looks smart . That culvert is amazing ! Built the same as the egg shaped sewers so as the water rises the capacity increases , old engineering is so cool 😍😍🧱👍🏼

[@2011thekaj]

True , I get excited when a new post comes up. I'm like.. Hell yeah. Lay back because this Is going to be a Interesting video. Thanks Martin

[@robertphillips6296]

Thank you for posting this.

[@psychokeef]

The numpty in the humpty 🤣 Great video Martin 👏👏👏👍

[@MartinZero]

But you wasn’t there Keith 🤔

[@psychokeef]

@@MartinZero nice comeback 🤣👍

[@nesleinf]

I like your ressearch on every place you visit. Your films are just fantastic. Love from Denmark

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much 👍

[@almaxx9680]

Good one fellas 👍 enjoyed that 😎 Glad you got your coat back

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Al

[@simonross8218]

Hi Martin, re: your waders. Dry the waders out, and hang them up! Fill the right leg up with water to locate where the hole is, then mark it. Then get yourself a tube of aquasure, most good tackle shops sell it or go online. Then follow the instructions (once they have dried out again) I have used waders for fishing for 30+yrs, and have had an extra 4yrs just from one repair of this stuff!!! Really interesting vid as always, thanks!

[@bobingram6912]

The river that keeps giving. Another brilliant episode guys, Sunday armchair time again, magic!!👍👍👍👍

[@yonmons]

Brilliant these videos give that feel good factor ! Good to see James mum is still letting him out !

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Gary, yeah he got done for getting dirty last time

[@shirleylynch7529]

So glad you caught your coat, what a super explore. Love the intro filming. Great time was had by all. So informative as well. Thank you for an amazing trip.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

A coat that goes on adventures without you...that's funny Martin! Glad you got it back.

[@simonmcowan6874]

Love the 'medlock' theme music, I'm still into my old trance music, this reminds me of the good old days.

[@MartinZero]

Yeah its a keeper

[@jayd1974]

Brilliant and interesting video lads and great you rescued your coat👍

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Jay

[@elizabethannferrario7113]

Hi Martin , well i think you need some new waders ! hope your jacker wash ok ! but thanks for your adventure! regards liz x

[@rpmillam]

I look forwards to Sundays it helps me understand the area.

[@LyndseyB-hx7ck]

Loved this Martin. My gt grandad was a Bevin boy at Bradford pit during the Second World War. His regular job was a barbed wire worker at Richard Johnson & nephew aka Bradford Iron works, went to an exhibition about it a few years back at Clayton Hall. Thanks for this! Ps the coat adventure really cracked me up ha. Take care

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Lyndsey, yeah the coat calamity turned out ok 😀

[@paulbrown1022]

Another good one Martin. There is a similar set-up on the river at Stoneyholme in Burnley. It is stone rather than brick, but seems to do the same job of getting floodwater through as quickly as possible. It has a small channel for the daily flow, but a wider squared-off stone channel for higher flows. I remember seeing it in full spate as a child, bloody scary when you’re stood (or rather running as fast as poss over it, ha ha) on the bridge over it, water lapping the underside! Aaargh.

[@shenanigan87]

Another greatly improved Sunday thanks to a Martin Zero video! I probably know more about the Medlock by now than about many rivers that are actually near me... Loved seeing that storm drain in action, always neat to witness such structures when things are actually in flood, helping to get rid of excess water. The coat going on adventures without you was of course the icing on the cake! :)

[@dh2032]

coat going on adventures without you was of course the icing on the cake, yes

[@annbarns652]

loved this and the music that went with it .

[@Mantakev]

I love these videos.

[@daviespaulaann8913]

Fantastic work as ever martin...made me laugh the story of your coat...x

[@MartinZero]

I laughed after 😄

[@MrSteffen2020]

Thanks you Martin for nice video see you next time

[@jeffjones6107]

That brick laying for that culvert was amazing done by proper tradesmen and it's rarely seen. Another informative video Martin a great watch 👍

[@Pytchblend]

This was a fun video, thanks Martin :)

[@susan7173]

Hello 👋 Martin just wanted to say how much I enjoy the channel

[@MartinZero]

Hi Susan and thanks very much

[@goldenaxe1986]

Fantastic Video Martin. Great Group of Guys, Great Pictures of the Past, Well informative & Very enjoyable to watch, I've Watch quite a few Videos of yours but After this one i Subscribed, Great Work, Excellent !!!

[@tharkthax3960]

Liked the moment when you were convinced the water was coming from the Bradford pit 😄 It's pure class - and as always a treat of a video. Thanks 😊

[@WailuaMark]

Interesting video. I enjoy exploring places like this one, especially if they're old. New subscriber here. I currently reside in East Tennessee. I move house every few years around these 50 states. I'm fortunate to have an employer who allows this nomadic lifestyle. I'm from Oahu. When I retire, I'll most likely head over to the UK, exhaust the American maximum 6 month stay limit, and explore your country for that 6 months. Love your videos! Thanks!!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mark hope you get to visit

[@gregbolitho9775]

Thanks!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Greg very much appreciated 👍

[@Junk_World_Templar]

Watching you on here and following you on insta for the last few years has given me an unnatural interest in waterways of Manchester haha, for a Middlesbrough born bloke I have a pretty comprehensive knowledge of the Rivers of Manchester thanks to you haha. Excellent vid.

[@AlisonBryen]

Same, I live near Wolverhampton, but know a surprising amount about the rivers and culverts of Manchester!

[@MrRiverspider]

Watched, liked ,commented, Hope all well with poor coat lol at least you found it again ;) Please just keep being you :) See ya next Sunday

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mr always appreciated 👍

[@Bender24k]

Martin's coat goes on more underground adventures than I do LOL. Brilliant - thanks!

[@MartinZero]

It actually did the Humpty on its own

[@mikerogers5043]

Another great video. So glad you got your coat back, like you, I'd be chasing it down the river.

[@MartinZero]

Relief wasnt the word Mike

[@UsualmikeTelevision]

Looked like a fun day out exploring. Lovely place and great to see you got your jacket back! Great Video!

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Mike

[@DEAD-DROP]

So many great features along this one! The red brick was beautiful! Appreciate all the maps and old photos, some really great insight. Cheers Martin!

[@peterkilvert2712]

Another great adventure. Hope your coat washed OK. I always thought that the flood prevention in the red brick river was the width of the overall channel. Whereas the central channel was created for when the flow is light, so it would not meander and always have a focussed water channel to keep any debris on the move. Thanks again, Pete

[@adamdnewman]

Superb Video Martin and Co. Glad you got your coat!😀

[@lindamccaughey6669]

That was so excellent. The Big Humpty is gorgeous. I’m really pleased you got your coat back would have been a huge loss. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

[@thelastpilot4582]

Amazing the story of the wayward coat.

[@markshomeengineering5243]

This vid popped up in my feed outta nowhere. What a f@cking great Video. Awesome content, superbly produced 👍

[@albertattwood8746]

Another fascinating trip up the Medlock. The stories that go with it are uncanny. Great stuff Martin and Team 👍

[@MartinDHayes]

Another excellent adventure Martin! The Big Humpty is HUGE! And I'm so glad you got your rain coat back, what a story. And what a good friend Roy is for retrieving it. Keep up the outstanding work. I always look forward to your videos! Cheers from USA!

[@williamturner6366]

brilliant martin and the lads totally enjoyable.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks William

[@djp120970]

Great as usual, glad you got the coat back!

[@MartinZero]

Me to its cost too much 😃

[@rw8074]

Hi Martin. Thumbs up on another excellent video from you & friends. I was pleasantly surprised you added more to the Medlock series👍 As mentioned in latter comments; The brick gully was designed to take water away quickly at both low & average to high flows. This was a two-fold design to take along silt & detritus with it. You've mentioned yourself in previous videos how polluted the river was, so the fast flow even in drought conditions prevented foul sediments building up; they were effectively flushed through. Secondly: In higher flash-flood conditions the water has that huge open slightly sloped area to flood onto without causing damage to the side-walls. Likewise, larger detritus would still get swept away & not cause a blockage or flood the land. Anything too big left behind after water levels receded was easily removed out of the way manually. I really love all your videos, it's your content that drew me into subscribing etc. on here on KZbin. 'Really appreciated, thanks fella 👍

[@tomsurbanexplore]

Wow another amazing video glad Roy got your coat for you if that was me I'd be devastated that's a massive tunnel " the big humpty " good video Martin 👍

[@fac51nh]

Been a good few years since I've been through there. One of the easiest culverts to get into..Cheers for another great video 👍

[@johnstilljohn3181]

Great video - good news about the coat...!

[@williamwelbourn7932]

Great video Martin. Have been catching up with the video's since getting home from my two week holiday.

[@thomasswallow6418]

A nice video Martin. I'm glad that you managed to get your coat back!

[@MartinZero]

At that price, so am I Thomas 😆

[@navigator902]

A Sundays delight, another Martin Zero production, some of the best historical documentations of the inter workings history of the Area... giving a taste of the surrounding area.... Great to see the team and the man James, brew master par excel-lance.... Cheers.

[@pambrown8697]

I love how you show the original photos and current photo, it is amazing.

[@MartinZero]

Cant beat those old photos Pam 👍

[@zeberdee1972]

Still as always a cracking video with all the history and old photo's . I do like your video's they are the best .

[@thehouseholder5468]

Love a walk and explore with Martin , hope he gets around the West Midlands for an exploration soon , I’ve worked and been around the river rea in Birmingham all my life and would love to know more about it

[@David_Owsnett]

Very interesting Martin and the lads! I wonder if the red river was made like that to get the water away as fast as possible under flood conditions. Glad you got your coat back.

[@stuartwelsh9961]

Brilliant great video that

[@andyhill242]

Loved the side story of Adventure Coat; glad it had a happy ending.

[@ashkanyavari]

Mr martin hi … you always making my day… watching feels like family ☝️

[@missmerrily4830]

Always a happy moment when I see your latest video is up. They're always unfailingly interesting and of course this one's no exception. Your combined knowledge is awesome and that footage of the sewage outflow was a stark warning about straying into dangerous places! That was some force of water. The big Humpty itself is pretty impressive too. Martin what a tale of woe with your coat! Life's so unkind sometimes..... but at least you got it back and the giant squirrel of doom was defeated! Thanks everyone, that was a really entertaining video.

[@davidberlanny3308]

Roy is an absolute diamond, what a great friend to have. Loved the pictures of the building work in the Medlock, a narrow gauge line, traction engines and a river diversion show just what a major task it was. Also good to see the pictures from the Bradford Colliery, in particular the steam lorry taking a full load of coal out. If you watch John Mills doubleboost channel you will occasionally see one of these lorries in steam and running. A grisly tale from the floods in 1872. I've been caught out a couple of times in my car in flash floods over here, it can be seriously dangerous and often costs lives. Roy's footage from that storm drain in full flow shows just how powerful it can be. Great video and lovely to hear that Medlock music again, well done!! Good luck from Portsmouth (back home in Spain tomorrow)!!

[@MartinZero]

Cheers David, safe journey

[@Curve2Theatre]

Well done everyone.Another interesting and entertaining video. You where dead lucky getting your jacket back , all your Drain and Gully skills coming in handy to get it back. Your theory about the inlet from the old mine , might need more thought. As I saw another inlet (@ 17:45 ) on the left of screen with the same coloured deposits. NO Tea break this time ? Are you all on a diet. Cheers

[@MartinZero]

Yes there is another Ochre pipe across the River but the workings stretch for miles and there were access shafts elsewhere. So I stand by it

[@AshtonArcher]

Great stuff! Nice coat rescue!

[@MartinZero]

Almost went under that branch for a second there 😄

[@vsvnrg3263]

another fantastic show. they did a fabulous job of converting the river back to nature upstream of the big tunnel. you would never know it had been bricked up.

[@mikegreyfromnz]

Great Video Martin, glad you got your coat.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mike

[@dilwyn1]

LOL!! Nice one Martin. Wonderfully informative and interesting. Like the coat bit at the end, guess you proved the reason for the brick construction !! Get the water away from the problem area quicker. Logs and debris came to your rescue 🤣🤣🤣

[@trueleo7893]

Grew up a mile from this, used to jump it lol. Good video.

[@gregbolitho9775]

Another goodie Martin, good to see and James. Roys footage is spectacular. Reminded me of the bluestone culvert like this one your looking at now in Ballarat. Similar dimentions running under Macarthur St. Yes m8, got coats and tools that go on adventures by them selves, but mine seem to find better homes. 😂 Glad you and Roy got your coat. Haven't caught with the drain maestro, yet, but I will. Thanks m8, you stay vertical Eh!

[@Dave64track]

Great video it looks more like a railway tunnel than a culvert. The old photos from back in the day say it all what a job laying all those bricks. I think your coat didn't want to feel left out and it wanted to see all the culverts on the Medlock and have a catch up. What no cuppa and biscuit along the way someone is slacking in you're team. 👍

[@blueneeson9888]

Thanks You Lot A Brilliant Video From Blue

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Blue

[@dwarftoad]

I would guess the curved trough and shape of the culvert is intended to keep the river moving fairly fast, both to drain quickly and keep it clean (from trash like coats) ?

[@mickd6942]

Martin does the coat have it's own KZbin channel for its adventures lol , glad you got it back

[@Wedgedoow]

Hope the coat dried out and the waders leak fixed, very interesting video, nice to see Marcus with you and the team. Thanks for posting

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Pete, coat all washed waders in repair

[@GwendolynFarms]

I love that you’ve found your tribe (and your coat)

[@derelictmanchester8745]

Great video Martin.., loved the stills of the Big Humpty.( 25:16 mins)..👍💯

[@MartinZero]

Thanks John

[@oneteaminbristolbcfc]

Thanks so much

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

I love that sound track that you use for the Medlock explores. Another interesting video, cheers Martin

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@jetsons101]

"That's a sewer overflow and you can almost taste it" UGH---to much info. (15:54) Martin, how could YOU lose the Medlock???? Just thinking: Maybe the Victorians bricked the Medlock to move the sewage, chemicals, trash and anything else dumped in it so the water would flow along quicker to the River Irwell? Your side by side maps are great, they really help tell the story. Thanks to the team for helping with the video.....

[@simonholliday9874]

Beat me to it. Martin lose the Medlock? Not in a million years.

[@jetsons101]

@@simonholliday9874 Still can't believe he said that. lol