Five hidden historic gems ?

[@pwhitewick]

Love that trip on the viaduct... my legs would have had a right wobble on!!

[@MartinZero]

Oh yeah, good to finally get on to it after our trip a few years ago. But definitely concerning to walk over with all those rusty bits

[@TalesOfWar]

My "that's ruddy high! DO NOT WANT!" instincts kicked in when you showed the rusting viaduct deck.

[@Phil-M0KPH]

The “Five Things” videos are a great way of showing items of interest that don’t warrant a video of their own. Keep up the good work.

[@jools1978]

Here in Vancouver there are a number of streets in the older parts of the city that were paved with wooden blocks, and you can still see them through the asphalt when it breaks down. In this case I believe it was done just because there was so much wood available, and stone cobbles were only used on hills that were steep enough that the horses needed the extra traction.

[@Aengus42]

I'm a brit & I visited Vancouver in 2000. I was in Stanley Park I think & it said "This way to the heritage building." How could I resist! So I followed the signs. Past what I thought was the gardener's shed & I carried on. I found another sign pointing backwards. I thought someone must've turned the sign around. Still no old buildings so I carried on. Then I got to another sign pointing back the way I came. So thinking I'd missed something I turned around & started back. Same deal? Aaargh! Past the storage shed for the gardeners (I guessed) tge signs started pointing backwards. I saw two Mounties on mountain bikes. "Ahaa! I'll ask for directions." I explained about the signs & everything and they looked a bit miffed... One of them said "It's not the gardener's tool shed. That's the heritage building! Bugger! I think I upset them. It was made of wooden slats painted green. Over here it would've been a perfect gardener's tool shed & shelter when it rained. I realised I'd have to adjust what I thought of as old while I was in BC. I wish I could apologise to those Mounties! I really didn't mean to upset them! I think it was the old tram shed... If they hadn't painted it in British Racing Green that we now use for park benches & sheds maybe I wouldn't've made such a mistake! My host laughed her socks off when I got back to her house in N.Van. 😳

[@allangibson8494]

Wooden blocks were also commonly used on tram lines to ease track maintenance…

[@lesbendo6363]

I'm from Vancouver, where are the wooden cobbles? I know Venables east of Victoria has the old stone cobbles with the tram lines in place. 🇨🇦

[@jools1978]

@@lesbendo6363 generally east of Main and north of Hastings, scattered about here and there, but I know I've seen a bunch along Alexander. Used to wander around there a lot doing photography, haven't in a while though...

[@MrZcar350]

For wooden roads, you also have the plank roads which popped up in Canada and the United States in the first half of the 19th century. IIRC, Danforth Avenue in Toronto was one such plank road.

[@roytabberer7427]

Absolutely loved the 5 little historical survivors that you have shown us today. Thank you.

[@nigeldewallens1115]

That was utterly delightful to see those little nuggets of history and as you said! survivors 😊😉👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌

[@thewizard_22uk52]

The old tested by time wooden cobbles outlasting the modern, Always amazed me. Local councils love their tarmac, Then residents complain of cars speeding (Never would have that problem with cobbles) I guess the old is win win situation Martin :)

[@devilman1976]

The cadishead viaduct I was on the team about 10-15 years ago repainting the concrete filled containers that are "supposed" to stop people accessing the structure.

[@4623620]

An interview with Geoffrey Ashworth (the person, his book and other things) with pictures and video fragments from places discussed would be quite interesting ❗

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

I agree, an informal chat with Geoffrey would be fascinating and thanks to him for letting you refer to his book.

[@4623620]

@@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF Your idea of an informal chat is even better than an official interview ❗ A chat, a brew an some cones. 👌😉👍

[@stephenedwards7896]

I was born May 1953 in Rusholme. I really enjoy these videos. I left Manchester in 1976 and now live in NZ

[@redsteadyon]

Fantastic, Hidden Industrial History, World Building Grandparents.......👣🛠

[@jetsons101]

Martin, you have so much history and little historical "GEMS" all over the Manchester area, you'll be busy making videos for years. At 17:07 The River Medlock was so wide, amazing how narrow it is now. James is a man of few words...... Thanks to the team for another great watch.

[@paulshut34]

Interesting... Who'd of thought we'd have hidden gems around Manchester 👍

[@followthetrawler]

Felt physically sick at the last shot down to the MSC so thanks for that! Some great finds there.

[@janettetaylor8760]

I always cycle on the towpath of the canals and it's beaks my heart as I love history about our country

[@jennythescouser]

Love it. I have a sneaking suspicion that the wooden cobbles may have been installed for the reason 'Artilery Street' has it's name and not because of the hospital (we're talking about a time when small kids where sent up chimnies, so I doubt they'd re-cobble a whole street for skin patients). I think the wooden cobbles may have been to prevent sparks being generated (if there was a gunpowder factory nearby). Just guessing. ... and OOOOOO get her.... nearly at 100K ... Sooner or later someone will have to do something about Cadishead and Latchford viaducts before some poor boat owner finds half a bridge on his deck.

[@bobmcdermott9535]

The bollards look like they were redundant canons! Many London bollards are canons turned upside down!

[@steamingalan]

My thoughts exactly

[@garywyse3904]

That makes more sense Jenny, they would probably be more concerned about a coal product going in or residue of some volatile chemical coming out.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Jenny. There wasn’t a gunpowder factory nearby. The wooden cobbles are there for the reason mention in the video. I see your reasoning though. Artillery street related to Bonnie Prince Charlie using the area as a gun park. The wooden cobbles came way after that.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Gary it doesn’t “make more sense”. See the answer I gave Jenny above

[@BombsGaspan]

Great to see some uncelebrated history of our lands being documented. Cheers Martin!

[@nikbennett4894]

Superb. Really enjoy these 5 things video, Martin. Cheers for doing them!

[@davidmunro1469]

Thank you Martin. I like that chimmney. That rail bridge made me feel like holding on😂😂😂

[@theurbanlegenduk1760]

Martin should have knocked on my door for a cup of tea and a slice of cake 🍰 that was a bridge over nowhere 💯💖👍

[@Urbexy]

Great little finds. That bridge in the middle of the modern estate was brilliant. If anything it will secure its future. The chimney is lucky. Fred Dibnah would have taken that down for £100, a pint and some cheese sandwiches. 🙂

[@brianberthold3118]

Nothing better then to have a stress filled week of fixing and reinstalling Windows on a PC for a week and as soon as you finish you see a new Martin Zero vid ... PERFECT TIMING!!!!

[@adambrown2626]

Love it....cobbles taken in dry conditions......but still wet, all the best from the lucky country (Australia).

[@guitarmike8877]

Absolutely loved this video, i'm Cadishead born and bread and used to play on that viaduct with me mates as a kid, loved throwing rocks at the Partington lads lol the whole area has some fantastic history, unfortunately not a lot of it remains but theres still a few little gems like this viaduct and the old Steel Works tunnel thats under that old train line on Tramway Road Irlam. A very old industrial town i love it.

[@thomasdieckmann5711]

Thanks Martin, great compilation.

[@navigator902]

Lovely, Now when I look at a chimney, I'll think of screw stoppers.... Cheers Gents, Loved the video, and the brew.

[@lygase]

Seeing that Chimney in the woods reminded me of Cheesden Lumb Mill in Rochdale. There is a bloody massive Chimney further up the valley stood lonely in the woods, well worth a visit Martin.

[@havingalook2]

So enjoyed that Martin, always a pleasure too to see your James. Favourite - hump bridge to nowhere in the new build. Beautiful construction. Well done.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers 👍

[@nicklowe536]

Amazing video I love these bite size ones.

[@Andrewjg_89]

That steam locomotive in green is just gorgeous. Brilliant video once again.

[@peterstecks7660]

5 survivors and 2 heroes. Thanks guys.

[@davidclark3603]

Incredible and intriguing. The antiquity value is priceless. Valueless to the vulgar. Absolutely brilliant, again! Thanks!

[@DILITANTE]

visited the spur/maintenace depot, schooltrip from Varna Street school about 1955.it was in use at that time.

[@elizabethannferrario7113]

Hi Martin ,Amazing , History under your nose ! fabulous guys thank you for showing us these remarkable treasures which i doubt will be around for much longer , but great to see , my regards love liz xxxx

[@pilpelet100]

Thanks Martin. That was great. I remember the railway and the Cadishead viaduct from my childhood, travelling to see relatives in Glazebrook. Long ago!!

[@pauloconnor2980]

What a beautiful old chimney @ 18:22!!!!

[@brettjones5041]

love the old stuff mate keep it alive for generations to see and wonder top vid .

[@mrbillmacneill]

Very interesting ! It took a bit but I found the chimney on Google earth. it casts a nice shadow. I honestly believe i could find my way around Manchester now... or at least along the canals and the rivers. Thanks for the trip!

[@darren6531]

I'm sure we used to call that yellow brick road as a kid, where the canal towpath is. Being brought up in Openshaw I find this so fascinating. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@dtb2654]

some great snippets of lost history Martin, great video again, thanks 😁👍

[@marcomcdowell8861]

I've been binge watching this great program. Americans don't care to admit it, but the history of the UK is a part of the history of the USA. It's fascinating to see buildings/ infrastructure built a century/centuries before, still in use or preserved versus being dug up or knocked over.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Marco glad you enjoyed

[@mikeperry5838]

love you vis martin takes me back when i was young living around the area , we use to call that part of the river medlock the red river because it was next too philips park cemetry

[@SJFrzrbrn]

If you're not getting grant money for the stellar, top-notch quality, educational and entertaining documentary videos you're making from the various departments and governments in the areas you film it's freaking crime against humanity.

[@UsualmikeTelevision]

Fantastic video. I really enjoy watching your videos as I find the history around Manchester very fascinating.

[@earlt.7573]

Fantastic stuff, as always !!! Don't worry Martin, you are not the only one who gets excited over these types of finds, I think there's real magic in finding and appreciating these clues to how things used to be. Direct links to the people of those times and their everyday world. THANKS !!!

[@seahamdesigner]

Your videos are better than any history lesson at school.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks 😀

[@seahamdesigner]

@@MartinZero Dude I'm 40+ lol. These will go way beyond mate.

[@spitfire1962]

Keeping the history of the Industrial Revolution alive. Great video.

[@richardross7219]

I'm a retired Civil Engineer and am interested in history. I really enjoy your videos. Well done. Good Luck, Rick

[@petefrys545]

The stoppers you show as Ebionite look like the old stoppers they used on bottles of Tizer in the 50s/60s. Great vid as usual.

[@alanlake5220]

Future generations will have so much to thank you for in years to come Martin, for filming and documenting Manchester and surrounding areas, Industrial history and past, and who knows if enough people find out what is left, it may help it being preserved and not pulled down or built over. Thanks .

[@hrothgar2002]

So enjoy watching your videos! As a ( long) exiled Manc it is great to be reminded and often re- educated (!!) about some of the fascinating history of the city and its environs! You really should have your own TV show!!

[@darreno9874]

Hi Martin you have got to get a camera along the piped Clayton Dingle, maybe mounted on a radio controlled car or use drain rods attached to a 2 wheel truck. I would love to see if it connects to the mine. Love the video. God bless

[@ianhudson2193]

Shame that hospital was demolished.... Thanks for some more little gems....

[@mlfett6307]

Lovely! Thanks for sharing - from Ottawa, Canada.

[@uppyraptor49]

I noticed the A57 on there have you ever thought of following the run of trunk roads, the A57 went fom liverpool to lincoln going thru my home town of hyde? It has changed so much especially since the M67 was built!👍👍

[@wowwowwow1795]

I love the atmospheric music at 4:20 it’s beautiful and haunting at the same time.

[@Dave64track]

Great vlog these little gems you keep finding are really interesting when you show the place on a map along side an old map it just tells a real story of how these places have changed I like that. Autumn is a great time to explore like James said it's just a different world with all the bracken and weeds dying back you can see a lot more.

[@SirSidley]

Another 5 little gems ❤ I love these little time capsules , thanks for sharing 😊

[@caz-nbgalatea1528]

Love the vlogs. Love all The old waterways you unearth that has been forgotten.

[@shirleylynch7529]

Fantastic. Absolutely brilliant. Going to watch the vlog with the whitewicks you mentioned, Thank you.

[@bobjackson6524]

My favorite type of zero vid, Hidden treasure. Second fav would be the beautiful overgrown valleys hiding delapedated mills, and rerouted waterways. Thankyou.

[@carlbentley80]

Fantastic, very interesting. I love the chimney.

[@brianartillery]

I love your 'portmanteau' videos, Martin - like a bag of Woolworth's 'Pick 'n' mix' - lots of nice little bits to enjoy. 'Clayton Dingle' sounds like the name of a 'resting' stage actor, or a character from a P.G. Wodehouse novel. Nice one.

[@sarahduffy3118]

Bloody loved this video, thanks Martin! Its right up my street.

[@yorkie2789]

Great to find out about these survivors, I'm sure that there are loads more, please keep them coming Martin. Thank you.

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

Beautiful steam locomotive in the background. Special facts, such as the wooden street near the hospital.

[@daystatesniper01]

Cracking video ,the canal bridge is a amazing survivor !!

[@DF.303]

Hi Martin, I regularly walk along Byrom Street and didn't know that! I was amazed when I investigated the pot holes ans seen the wooden cobbles! Keep up the great videos.

[@steveperry6624]

Another five of the best Martin......have to say,. any sign of the "Cornbrook 3) - still itching to see that one. These tiny lost rivers always have a fascination for me, enjoyed the latest on the Sheffield Carr Brook, interesting how it sources at Manor Top, having lived there for 8 yrs.

[@brianwatson3705]

"5 things" could a great series for your channel

[@rickmarsden9101]

Hi Martin, enjoyed yet another great and interesting video. If you had gone a little further along the canal in Clayton/Abby Hey there is still the Aqueduct in place going over the railway, in fact you have to walk across the original cobbled towpath next to it. Booked to visit the Castlefield Viaduct tomorrow so I'll be following in the footsteps of the Great martin and gang. Cheers Rick.

[@wideyxyz2271]

I love the signal garden at the end! And a great video as always!

[@Kmwildride]

Your first video on the Cadishead viaduct was what brought me to your channel, glad to see it again!

[@mansdaz]

Thanks for the upload Martin we enjoyed watching.

[@Hairnicks]

I love these Martin, little snippets of fascination. As a newcomer to tge Nirth West, all the wayfrom North Devon, your films inspire me to explore my new home which I love more as the years go by.

[@socklesslad]

You could definitely do a full-length video on the Stockport Branch Canal. You can walk along its length from Clayton to Gorton Cemetery after which it's largely inaccessible. There are a number of old bridges still in place. For example, just to the south of where you were is the aqueduct over Gorton station which is well worth a visit.

[@paulnightingale9956]

Another excellent video bud I'm a Stockport lad living in Wales it's great to see the old sites More remains of the Stockport branch can be seen in reddish and at nelstrop mill Stockport

[@ramblingremedies]

Thanks Martin for all your detective work and interesting content - fascinating!

[@4-dman464]

10:25 If and when the Clayton new residents see this vid and your enthusiasm, it will encourage them to appreciate the bridge on their street, and make them more mindful of protecting the bridge in case some crazyass council ever tries wrecking it.

[@sgtcorb]

Hi Martin the Tip is the name we use for Clayton Vale. As at some point it was used as a rubbish tip, not to sure of dates on it I remember my Grandad use to tell me.

[@dulciemargaretcolton145]

That was really interesting Martin, we loved the little lonely chimney. We used to have a Impriel Leather soap factory in Nottingham, when it was all demolished they left the chimney which now stands all alone lol

[@brizeys3128]

Another great vid Martin. Keep searching for those hidden gems, they’re brilliant and so interesting. Thanks.

[@raybeaumont7670]

Cheers lads. Another assortment of little gems. Please keep 'em coming - and the spoon handy.

[@richardborrell443]

It is tricky finding the location of this "Clayton Dingle" on the old maps. What I do find in the OS 25-inch maps, roughly in the same location, is Sunny Bank Brook. This makes me think that Clayton Dingle is actually the wooded area through which the brook flows. Another very interesting video Martin.

[@Sweetjudiblueyes]

Love the music & every thing about your videos! My forebears came from there (Macclesfield) to Paterson, NJ to the Mills so found you that way! Many thanks!

[@beautifulsmall]

Amazing to see what history does to once proud structures. Fred D must have been busy the day that chimney got left, lovely find. Containers to stop kids fighting, the planners must have been watching MadMax. Thanks for the map investigations and re-discover. Fascinating and inspiring.

[@leedavies3629]

Nice one lads top stuff 🙂🇬🇧✌️

[@johnstilljohn3181]

Great stuff - dodgy old viaduct...!

[@stevem1208]

Great video

[@10p6]

Nice Video, even if a little creepy, as here are 5 little things. I used that Train Station, live on an avenue with the same name, took that bus to work, crossed the bridge when Bobs lane ferry was closed (Shame Tarzan Bridge is not there anymore), and played on the Co-Op trains.

[@The_Robert.Fletcher]

That was a great video, I just love how much hidden history there is in Manchester. The only bit I did not like was you two walking on the viaduct it gave me vertigo. 😦

[@jimhammond6395]

Love you 2 you make a good double act is James your long lost son ha ha keep safe you 2

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

Absolutely fascinating 👏 👍

[@HM2SGT]

@ 21:50 you triggered my vertigo lol! As you zoom the camera down, I felt my stomach clinch and my head spin. 🤢😅😵‍💫 that’s what I get for watching on a 46 inch plasma HDTV!

[@christophernorton33]

Very interesting video Martin. The fact they used wooden cobles next to the hospital is an amazing find. I wonder what sort of wood Maybe Oak or elm. Very enjoyable video thank you.👍😃

[@stephenw2992]

They used to export Blue Gum slabs to Britain for paving roads from down here in Tasmania. That is a proper hardwood.

[@timwy]

Another masterpiece ! Well done guys !

[@lescampbell4196]

I liked the stopper works, my dad used to get bottled beer from Ash and Nephew off licence in Flixton in the 60s,and they always had those stoppers in, like a very hard rubber

[@sgresh8549]

Very informative as ever love these little snippets of history

[@bmcd9490]

I appreciate what must be your time consuming research and map searches in producing another great video.

[@haroldhorseposture9435]

That spur off the canal ,in the '60's and 70's , the canal depot yard was stillextant, along with a smal basin , if I remember correctly. There werebits of the deot buildings still being used as it was a coalyard , r 'concentrtion depot' for a local coal trader .The pic you showed of the canal close to there, was taken from the towpath, at the access point down from Ashton Old oad , looking north. The building on the right, the factory with the big chimney , was known to us as the dyd works. This being borne out by pikles of vivid blue and yellow dye powders, like the powdered paint you messed with in primary school . You could get into the base of that chimney. I was born and raised within yards of that dye wors and canal , it's part of my life's memories. I still dream of being o that bit of canal a few times a week . Powerful memories were ade ther. What a time to e alive ! Small factoid; hat old map , showing High Bank mill next the canal , that was Hugon &co . , Atora suet was made there. Great vlog , Ilike this mixed bag format, rammed with interest and history. Nice to see y'all in my old backyard.