Manchester. Five things to show you. Plus one we cant see

[@BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD]

Very amazing video well done and I love listening to your videos as I am blind and I am a white cane long cane user

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Richard

[@BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD]

@@MartinZero you are most welcome mate

[@db.5819]

BLINDEXPLORER2226 BLINDEXPLORER2226 not to be rude, I totally respect you as my sister is also blind, but how did you write this comment?

[@BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD]

@@db.5819 I use talk back it is in every phone in the settings under accessibility and on iPhone's it is called voice over and it tells you everything you do on your phone

[@scottjlambert]

I wouldn't have thought anything about the production value if you hadn't mentioned it. As usual with your videos it's about the content and how you present it. Always looking forward to the next one!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Scott 👌

[@michaelgamble296]

Very varied, Very interesting - and a bit of 'work-in-progress' . Manchester certainly has a lot of untapped history just waiting to be evolved into another amazing Video. Thanks Martin.

[@andypandy955]

Taking me back once again to my life in 70s 80s Manchester. They were such happy days. Cheers for the video.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks James, cant beat the 80's 👍

[@bobjackson6524]

Loved this one martin Thankyou. 💖👍🙏👍💖

[@barbellbell]

Martin you have some knowledge in that head of Yours about Manchester. Can't stop watching the channel 👍👍👍

[@bran756]

I really do love your vids Martin,I left partington Manchester in nineteen eighty with my young family to live and work in east Devon by the sea,would never move back,but I realy enjoy your history lessons of my parents and my child hood,thank you sir.

[@maveric5381]

Martin you never need to apologise for any of your videos. They always have something interesting. I had family who lived on Little Peter Street in the early !800's, so I often walk through there.

[@MartinZero]

I always struggle to find it its so tucked away. Thanks very much 👍

[@GeraldineJayne]

I enjoy BOTH styles of videos! For me it's all about the history of the place I call home and you really bring it alive! So as always, great work Martin!!!

[@MartinZero]

Geraldine hello thanks so much 😃👌

[@sputumtube]

Wonderful. Almost pointless commenting because of the sheer joy these videos give us. I simply cannot get enough of them. Massive thanks for posting....again. :)

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much Paul. Thats very nice of you to say. Thank you 👌

[@lesliewhittles7583]

Another superb video ,you keep finding really interesting things,more please.

[@MartinZero]

Hello Leslie, thanks very much.

[@gazb6176]

Martin i flagged a lot of those footpaths around potato wharf where you were walking looking for that lump of collyhurst sand stone, with natural stone flags in the early 90's. I know where the wood yard was. I will go wk/end take a picture and send it to you. great series mate. fantastic.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Gary, wow you know where it is ? thats amazing ?

[@steveclark4291]

It is a shame that historic places are being torn down or hidden from sight now days ! There in Wichita , Kansas they have done the same thing ! At least one historic place has been saved and that is the old Eaton Hotel downtown ! They turned it into an apartment building . What is interesting is that Carrie Nation the woman who went around with an axe chopping up bars or saloons or pubs ! She chopped up the bar in the Eaton Hotel . I seen a old picture in a treasure magazine of the Eaton Hotel where a guy was metal detecting the replacement of the sidewalk in front of the hotel and found a couple of old double eagle gold coins just under the dirt . When they had first put the new cement sidewalk down they must have just used the old framework of the wooden sidewalk and poured the cement onto the ground leaving anything that had fallen between the cracks of the old sidewalk there ! Nice video thank you for sharing it with me !

[@teresaoswell6981]

Hiya Another cracking video I love all the information you find it is so interesting I'm so proud to be a manc thanks Teresa

[@MartinZero]

Hi Teresa, me to and thank you 👌

[@dennismckee6162]

Excellent your videos are some of the best content I watch.

[@brendanfeeney7431]

Hi Martin, really enjoyed that video a bit of everything very interesting, looking forward to more in the future good luck.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Brendan, thanks very much. yes more to come soon 👌

[@johnrooney1860]

Great video Martin thanks. John

[@sharonstuebi8181]

Love your musings and memories

[@PhilPage227]

Fascinating video Martin. I can`t wait to get back round there. Thanks for ll the new facts and info.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Philip 👍

[@jayd1974]

Very informative and interesting thanks👍

[@mahmoodshariff630]

Hi Martin, before Beetham Tower was built, there were three railway arches. In the early 70's the arches housed an ambulance station, then in the mid 80's a car showroom and mid 90s a motorbike showroom then eventually in the 2000's they were torn down to make way for Beetham Tower.

[@lawrencehearn2000]

Watching from Vancouver, Canada...really love your down to earth explorations and videos...

[@MartinZero]

Hello thanks very much. Am pleased you like the videos 👍And best regards to Vancouver 👌

[@ufojules]

Love these vids. Great having a sneaky peek at stuff you might walk past and not notice

[@MartinZero]

Hello, yeah I was chuffed when I realised what those plates on the ground were 👌

[@ufojules]

@@MartinZero sent the link to my mum. She still lives near Manchester and loves this sort of stuff.

[@MartinZero]

Ahh thats amazing thanks so much for sharing. Hope your mum likes the videos

[@SuperRichhead]

Keeping old Manchester alive before it disappears for good, well done Martin.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Richard thanks very much. Yep I cant keep up with it

[@tschofield6429]

Richard H words right out of my mouth.

[@jobsjobbed5125]

I love this channel. I’m learning loads

[@MartinZero]

Thanks

[@maryrobins8246]

Great video Martin. Also love the music you put with them!!

[@kgs42]

Beautiful .... very nice feel. I lived in Manchester a long time ago and had a hard time .... a student far from home and it was bleak - lots of L S Lowry views, though they had their beauty - but you show the good things about the place which I did appreciate and you're modifying my memories. I'm seeing the things I did like and why I'm glad I spent some years there. It's good to hear a plain Manchester down to earth accent as well. I lived in Hathersage Road (in a now demolished section) which had Chorlton cum Medlock as the postal address and I was fascinated by the Medlock ..... so thanks very much Martin - really appreciate the interesting magical places and things you show us.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much for your kind words. I can imagine it must have been hard living in a strange city far from home and at a young age. Its good to know your re visiting through my videos. Thank you 👍

[@NOWThatsRichy]

Hi Martin, I'm still ' binge watching' your old vids, much better than the Christmas telly! It's the same in Portsmouth, many lovely old buildings & pubs being replaced by boring blocks of flats! Love the 80's music history bit at the end, great pic at 18:24 of the 80's 'ghetto blasters', I'd love to have a few of them now!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Richy, yeah I saved with my first few wages for a Ghetto Blaster 😆

[@paulbarnes8425]

Another great video Martin.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Paul

[@stephenbruton4311]

I have some connections with this video. I watched the moston brook being culverted in 1973 near the church lane end. We called it the black brook. In heavy rain it used to flood the valley. I went to junior school with Andrew Connell from swing out sister and for the last six years i have worked at castlefield basin. Love the area' and great videos.

[@fac51nh]

Another great film.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@andrewschmitz9707]

Though I have seen it once,I enjoy this video for its contrast of old and new. I love both,I mean tea at Cloud 23 is modern yet timeless.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Andrew

[@christineterry3755]

Thanks again Martin, some familiar scenes there, not been to Manchester for a while, hopefully , soon, cheers

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Christine

[@johnturner45]

Nice to see a exploration video, raw but still very fascinating

[@andrewschmitz9707]

Old style kind of fun actually,and I love the mix of old and new. Personally cities are always of change,and your work in these videos shows it.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Andrew

[@davidscott7915]

I well remember as a kid playing on Farmer Lancashire's farm in Moston, through which ran Moston Brook on into Boggart Hole Clough. In my mind's eye I can still see the cows and the muddy tracks they made as they drank from the brook.The brook was culverted under Charlestown Road and we used to shout into it to hear the echo before collecting the frogspawn in our jam jars. Then the landfill people came after the farm was abandoned (an oasis in ever encroaching urbanisation) and it was levelled. The brook was culverted completely and eventually nature re-colonised the land - though never as attractively as before. Incidentally, there was a cottage called Yeb Fold near the farmhouse which was mentioned in the Domesday book (so our teacher told us).Ahhh so many memories of sixty-odd years ago. Thanks for the prompt Martin and keep up the good work!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Davis, great memories 👌

[@terryboardman4667]

Nice work Martin , very interesting stuff it's good to see local history being recorded before the soulless skyscrapers take over.

[@MartinZero]

Yes Terry, I see the remaining old things as cracks into the past, thats how the light gets in 😉

[@pauldevey8628]

Thank you for bringing Manchesters details to life for us. Important work and must be documented. Ottawa loves Manchester! Loved 80s music. So long ago but memories are so fresh!

[@MartinZero]

Hi Paul. 80's music made me. Looks like it had the same effect on you 👌

[@keitholdbean3173]

I love Manchester ... I'm going to Subscribe .. my first and only subscription ..

[@davidlowtherartist4909]

Brilliant..I was an illustrator for the greater Manchester archaeological unit...we did the digging and recording of wet earth colliery,castleshaw fort ,and the industrial/ roman finds in castlefield,amongst others...fascinating to see things ‘unearthed’ again ...I drew it first time round...find your channel inspiring...feel some drawings coming on😊

[@MartinZero]

Great David, show us what you draw and we can feature it if you want

[@Freedaaa]

wild place. wild times. wild world ... thx though love your efforts

[@tschofield6429]

Absolutely amazing to see and learn more of the history of my home city. I was raised on Talgarth rd collyhurst till the age of 3 before moving to south Manchester. I’m now in Salford. Your videos are amazing and I appreciate the time and effort you put in to make them to show Manchester’s yesteryears,it’s just a shame the places you visit are so neglected but it makes watching your vids that bit more special. Keep up the good work 👍👍

[@MartinZero]

Hello thanks very much. I did have a bit of a fascination with this area recently. Thanks again 😀👍

[@TheMoonchester]

i love watching your videos mate learn interesting stuff about manchester

[@MartinZero]

Hi Jaymes thanks very much. I learn when making them 👍

[@RayFromTheHayclan]

Yeah I was a teenager in the 80s and you're right Martin it was all about the music, and for me it still is. I'm from Portland Maine and a lot of that City like Manchester has changed are the old places are gone.

[@MartinZero]

Hello, yes the music permeates through it all. We deffo have a shared philosophy

[@jayd1974]

Great video had many a good night in the Boardwalk.I remember the underground markets on Market Street back in da day👍

[@MartinZero]

Oh yes all great stuff

[@dawidabdie2643]

I was born before you.....you have opened my eyes.... thank you. Manchester is Fantastic.......reveal more...please ....forgive my ignorance :)

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much

[@theanchorsholmeartisan4076]

Hi Martin, Another well researched and presented video👍🏻 You’ve got a good down to earth way of explaining things. There’s quite a lot I don’t know about Manchester- despite having lived there and spent time around the place over the years! Nice one mate! 👍🏻

[@MartinZero]

Hello, I am the same, I know very little or I feel I do. I just learn each thing for the video. Suppose my knowledge is building up but Ive only scratched the surface 👍

[@10p6]

'That railway' runs behind my old house :-) Keep up the good work on the Manchester Videos.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@brianfox1980]

Another good film I like the walk about films keep up the good work

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Brian, hope your well

[@SuupOnYT]

love your videos Martin great delivery, you have a carming tone always very interesting and informative better than the tele keep up the good work look forward to the next one

[@MartinZero]

Hello thanks so much. Never been told I have a calming tone before usually a stress head. But thanks very much 😆

[@steveclark4291]

I liked the old building better ! I love old stuff since I'm going to be 64 years old in May 2019 !

[@fastat5065]

Good vid mate,I love all the old buildings and backstreets of the city. Subbed👍

[@MartinZero]

Hi Chaz many thanks 👍😃

[@floydskifloyd2870]

Thanks Martin another top-notch video mate you're a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Manchester keep up the good work mate and once again eagerly look forward to your next video thank you

[@MartinZero]

Hello, thanks very much. More to come soon 👍

[@RiojaRoj]

I'm sure I speak for everyone who views your vids. Its great to see someone like you capturing life as it was, before its all lost under concrete. We've lost too much of our industrial heritage and history, the forgotten brooks, rivers, streams and canals etc.. I grew up at the back of Broadstone Mill, in Reddish, one of largest ever I believe, alas half of it was demolished in the 60s, but half remains ( or did ) a fabulous building I remember as a kid, that backed on to the canal. I also knew someone who's parents we're brought up on what must have been one of the last working barges around Manchester..... nostalgia eh... its not what it used to be ! : -) Thanks so much for your efforts its much appreciated .sorry for going on .... I also posted this on another vid by accident so copied on here too. Roj, Preston UK

[@MartinZero]

Hello thanks very much. Don't worry your comment is great and interesting. Yes I kinda want to go to the places that like you say haven't been concreted over yet too much has been lost.

[@morg52]

I think I have an album of "Swing out Sister" in my collection. I've been binge watching your videos. I love this kind of thing, following old tunnels and waterways. There is an old creek that runs through downtown Minneapolis MN, Bassetts creek, runs through a tunnel to the Mississippi up stream of the Saint Anthony falls area. I think you can paddle a canoe through it if the water is high enough. I'll have to try that now thanks to you!

[@olr1home]

Nice one. I had my tea first because i wasn't sure about how absorbing this one would be, but a good job again; I watched it all. Vegetable soup with some soda bread from t'Co-op. Tell Ken that the Medlock doesn't start at Park Bridge!

[@MartinZero]

😆I need to get to Park bridge. Soda bread makes a man of your age grow breasts

[@MisterAshbrook]

Another great video. I don't get into Manchester very often now, but can see that it's changing a lot. A friend of mine was in a band in the late 1980's, played at the Boardwalk. Small venue but fabulous atmosphere.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Paul, yes I just about remember the Boardwalk. What was your friends band called ?

[@MisterAshbrook]

I *think* at the time they were called North South Divide, but I could have that wrong; it was 30 years ago.

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

Martin, you’re literally like an older version of me. Growing up, whenever I would find a stream in the town where I live, I would follow it both ways until I knew where it started and ended. And it’s awesome to see someone else doing that, and on a much larger scale! You’re awesome

[@MartinZero]

Thanks, am getting more curious as I go to be honest 😃

[@manchesterukabriefvideooftime]

I third that 👍

[@superiorbeing95]

Good stuff, always look forward to new videos!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much 😀👍

[@RedmondsVideos]

Good videos these are! I live in korea and will be making my trip home next week, getting me in the mood to have a walk around and explore old haunts

[@MartinZero]

Hi Michael. Great to know you watch the video's in Korea. Enjoy your visit home. Hope it hasnt been too long 👍

[@dawidabdie2643]

Excellent! Informative. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much

[@brit_in_bc1661]

Nice one Martin, top job with this one.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks mate

[@learningto-ir8no]

Great video as always

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Kyle

[@thomastierney8705]

It's nice to see the history of Manchester

[@MartinZero]

Definitely Thomas 👍

[@flatbrokefrank6482]

I've always admired the architecture around Castlefield.

[@MartinZero]

Yes me also

[@g1fsh]

oh super video mate I love this stile of video and its nice to mix things up a bit. I fully agree about the 80's it was all about the music. Me and Jean both still love 80's music absolute 80's all the way great stuff

[@MartinZero]

Hi Gary hope your well. Get that Tape deck going 😆👍

[@g1fsh]

@@MartinZero Yep all good here Martin hope u are good as well we will have a chat on facebook at some point soon mate.

[@NikEastwood161]

great vid. good to go back to previous styles of production its what drew people in to your vids which is the way i see it. i look forward to these almost weekly videos, keep up the good work fella!

[@MartinZero]

Hi Nik and thank you very much. Yeah I try to crack out at least one a week 😃

[@davepowell1521]

Brilliant video mate 👍👍👍

[@leslierhodes5467]

I love this sort of history itsexcellent it blows your mind to think that that man got them to add that castellations to the bridge when I was watching your other video I thought they looked smart on top of the bridge and then you tell me why excellent I have a friend who lives in Liverpool and he is excellent with history is well he took me for a trip round the liveabuilding and the courthouse And we rode round the docs on our bikes as well

[@MartinZero]

Hi Leslie, I'd love to go in the Liver Building 👍

[@carlhenshall5604]

Another good video martin, thank you and goodnight ;)

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much 🎹

[@HenrysAdventures]

Another brilliant video! Shame about the demolition of the mock art deco building!

[@daveflick12]

Another wonderful video martin. You'll get to Stephenson bridge.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Dave thanks a lot. Eventually that bloody bridge will open 😆

[@gazzblack8327]

Great stuff Martin really enjoyed that I'm not too sure about this new type Manchester I'm not used to it haha seems their getting shut of all the old character places why it's beyond me I drove taxis in city centre Manchester 30 years ago and God has it changed can't believe it but great videos Martin keep them coming thanks

[@MartinZero]

Hi Gazz you and me both mate. You cant just purge a city of its character

[@iangrange7124]

Hi Martin, had a chance to see if the footbridge was open at the weekend (Sat 22nd) guess what still closed but Stevenson's bridge looks beautiful from what I could see of it, hope they are going to light it up at night when its all finished, that will be a sight to see

[@davekauffman8727]

Fascinating adventures! England is much more than I imagined, I used to only think of rock icons Motorhead. Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard. I see that Great Britain has a similar problem to Japan and Manhattan, so buildings got taller rather than bigger. Cheers from "across the pond"!

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Dave

[@mrrandom177]

Used to love Dave Haslam's Yellow nights at the Boardwalk. The wood yard you speak of at the site of the roman fort was still there until fairly recent times. I havent been to the part of town for a good while. I used to work at the bottom end of Water street and regularly walked up water street and under the site of Stephenson's bridge... from your video it appears the layout has changed at the junction of water street / liverpool road!?

[@MartinZero]

Hello, I never went to yellow nights but have heard of it. I used to mainly go to gigs. I think the layout on water street at the top end has changed a bit

[@RingwayManchester]

Great stuff! That microwave link on top of that building that's being demolished! :(

[@MartinZero]

I should of got it for you

[@BillyPilgrim1959]

Enjoyed it Martin

[@MartinZero]

Thanks a lot Allan

[@kennethainsworth1716]

Could take a bit of splicing to complete source to outflow to Irwell, but it would be well worth it. Keep them coming. K.

[@AidanORourke]

Another excellent video!

[@MartinZero]

Much appreciated Aidan 😀

[@Nathan.Manchester]

Like no.69 I didn’t know that about the oxnoble pub - keep up the good work 👍

[@MartinZero]

Hi Nathan apparently its not a very nice type of Potato

[@Urbexy]

Nice one. Good to see you doing some research for the Medlock series, will be good to see more of that. Don't blame you for not wanting to enter that tunnel, at least not when you are out scouting on your own. Seems like there is a LOT of redevelopment going on in Manchester just now.

[@MartinZero]

Loads mate, I cant keep up with it

[@MariannMakrai]

very nice videos. entertaiining and educational

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Mariann

[@MariannMakrai]

@@MartinZero why dont you make a series on the victoria warehouse? i stayed there. was scary but fab. i have a site www.worldthrualens.com with photos of Manchester

[@robertdobbo3683]

Cracking vlog learnt a ton of stuff proper got me hooked and got a few bands to check out love the Manchester music vibe have a mate in work who tells me all about the hacienda two young to go there though gutted

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Robert. Hacienda great place thing is you didn’t realise at the time how you were experiencing history

[@nedkelly4999]

Awesome. Hey, i drove over the medlock today on ancoats street and there were a couple of engineers doing a survey or something, but they were looking over the wall in to the medlock and i actually thought,i wonder if martins down there doing another video?😁

[@MartinZero]

Really !!! ??? Wonder what they were doing ? I need to get back in soon before the winter waters 👍

[@markmatthews7401]

Keep up with the good work mate

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mark

[@kohedunn]

Excellent video.... You do know that I have to see your work at least several times a week ? Can't you quit your day job ? I'm only jesting... Thank you Martin for all you do ..x

[@brianmoore7910]

Great video Martin brilliant the bug is a shield bug if I'm right

[@MartinZero]

Hello Brian, ahh thats brilliant because Ive never seen anything like it ?

[@sheilawood4063]

Those basins would be a really good idea in areas that have floods in the rainy weather

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

My memories of the 80s we're vague since I was born in 81

[@davidclark3603]

Really interesting!

[@guyneild7712]

Hi Martin, what memories in the places in this video, great stuff, of note about the piece of Roman wall, you were so close to it, at your start point at 14:51, the wooden wall bit blocking the entry to the arch behind you, this was the entrance to the wood yard called Southern & Darwin, as you look over your right shoulder you can see a 2nd railway bridge under the arch (the modern 1with the train on) well the piece of Roman wall is under the modern arch about 20-25Ft to your right shoulder, I used to purchase wood from there back in the day (god I'm getting old) if I remember correctly it is under arch 16-17 or 18, I have a picture of it taken 3 or 4 years ago, not a lot to look at but as you say a fantastic bit of Manchester history UN-seen by Mancunians. :-( Thank you for a great trip down memory lane.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Guy, I really want to see that piece of wall. Brilliant that you know where it is

[@janejohnson7120]

Always brill videos

[@kalbiggins7460]

I'm originally from Sheffield, and last year I did a job for a TV show that had a built set in that building on quay st. Shame to see it being knocked down.

[@DavidWilliams-nb4eh]

Have you considered doing a vid along the Bury/Bolton canal here in Radcliffe? some very interesting features of historical interest , one in particular is the old steam crane still standing along the towpath...would make a great vid.

[@exploringwithAshB]

Awesome 👌👍

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Ash

[@mikesetc406]

Martins great and he deserves more credit than he has

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Mike

[@urbanvisiondronesuk5193]

another great video martin, i been working on thst job st quay street

[@MartinZero]

Anything good you seen ?

[@AdamL]

This morning I went into town just to look at the Ordsall Chord bridge and then when I got home I found your channel through the video you did on it. Currently finding it proper strange/amazing to see a kind of local area that I saw today being filmed and put on KZbin just a week ago and I didn't even know about your channel till today 😂 Absolutely love your videos already can't believe I haven't found it till today glad there's a lot more to watch!

[@MartinZero]

Hi Adam thanks very much. Glad you found that channel. What did you think of the Ordsall chord ? Did you see George Stephensons bridge ?

[@AdamL]

It's great to be able to see George Stephensons bridge (and see it refurbished) and I think the Ordsall Chord is a great addition to the skyline, just glad to see a new section of railway in Manchester. I will definitely be taking my drone up there when they finish the surrounding construction works! It's good that Picadilly and Victoria are connected again too like they used to be (they were previously connected by a now half demolished viaduct just before Ardwick)! Also excited as I am about to start work for the Civil Engineering company that built the Ordsall Chord and hope I will get to work on a project like that in the future!

[@MartinZero]

Adam Lewis Sounds good stuff. Yeah be great to work on a massive project like that 👍

[@Ulf_Winkel]

Hi Martin, I like your videos very much. Stay safe and healthy. And, btw. please be also careful with those plants visible at 2:30 next to your hands/gimbal. Very dangerous -> Heracleum mantegazzianum. Regards from Germany

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Ulf I will be careful. Regards to Germany