Lost Waterwheels in the Valley.

This week we visit the remains of two very old mills. Located in Cragg Vale and Hebden bridge in West Yorkshire. The first was a 18th century paper mill now in ruins as its remains straddle a small brook. The second is a waterwheel house sitting by the river Calder in Hebden Bridge. It is called Mayroyd Mill wheelhouse. These mills are from the start of the industrial revolution when the greedy mill owners were ruthless and children were worked to their deaths. Long hours in the old cotton and mills.A British History story

[@MartinZero]

Thanks John. Check his website www.derelictmanchester.com

[@Dirpitz]

Yep that is how it's pronounced, I went to school in Royd'

[@derelictmanchester8745]

Cheers Martin...great trip..⭐👍

[@dn744]

James, the day would be lost without your brew 💪🤟

[@yorkie2789]

What great viewing for a Sunday night, just champion Martin.

[@trevormegson7583]

God's own County & God's own James. Cracking Vid. Ta Martin.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Trevor

[@Teesbrough]

Loved this video. Good old Sunday teatime TV with great explanations, picturesque scenery and good humour: ‘Excited?’ ‘Yeah’ ‘Nice T-shirt’ Yep, nice colours 😂

[@MartinZero]

Nice colours 😄👍🏻

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Another grand day out chaps . Loved the wheel house 😍🧱👍🏽

[@timcase2494]

James is a great addition to your videos. And you are 100% right about taking the bag out before putting milk in your tea. Great video.

[@trucker5722]

Another fantastic video Martin and gang. I could watch your stuff all day. How decent of the land owners to give you their time and point things out to you.

[@David_Owsnett]

Thanks John! Thanks Martin and the lads! Such a pity to see that wheel in such a state!

[@MartinZero]

Cheers David, Iam not sure if its going to be a restoration project

[@m.m.i.9586]

James really needs a similar T-shirt, with lovely graphics of all the drains he’s been in printed on it! 😀 He could wear it with pride! 😊

[@sarahcrowther6267]

Thank you chaps. 🙂🐕🐕🐕

[@bobjackson6524]

What a lovely day out. Brilliantly filmed, and great music. Thankyou boys. 💖💖💖💖

[@robertschmitz8036]

I would be so honored to take part in an explore, watching these reinforces my respect for the people who lived damn hard lives. The use of young children broke my heart.

[@TheGardener54uk]

I love watching your videos Martin on KZbin, 💚🇬🇧💚 well done , Hi John & Hi James

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Johnny

[@bobjackson6524]

Bedtime viewing tonight. Mint 👌

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Bob

[@whiskeycook3323]

Could hardly wait til I finished my work for the day to sit n be able to enjoy another one of your great videos

[@christopherforster6555]

Thanks very much for showing me around,lovely thanks.

[@marcuswardle3180]

If there is one thing so British about this it isn't the Ol' Mills and sweated labour, the cotton mills. It's the lecture given out on how to make a proper brew! Well done on educating him in the correct way!

[@MartinZero]

It’s a heavy burden I carry. But the message must be shared

[@mikesilcock8117]

Sunday complete martin zero notification cheers mate

[@MartinZero]

Thanks for watching Mike

[@nearandfar]

A contribution towards morning tea on the next exploration ☺️

[@MartinZero]

Linda thank you very much. Really appreciate it. Cakes all round 😀👍🏻

[@MikMoen]

Seeing ruins deep in the wilderness is both fascinating and depressing. Evidence of past civilization, and the reminder of mortality.

[@petersimms4982]

Ohhh James! You'd make a great freedom fighter :)

[@MartinZero]

Exactly, its more to do with being a rebel for justice. Its been misconstrued as Russian, but it could be Cuban,

[@dayvewatson8596]

Yay james iz back Yay 👍👍👍👍👍💜

[@MartinZero]

He's back with his crap T shirts 😃

[@rjmun580]

Liked the `classical` music; very appropriate. Back in the 18th century Cragg Vale was home to a gang of `coiners` who clipped the edges of gold coins and made counterfeit coins. An Excise man who was investigating them was murdered and the leader of the gang was hanged.

[@thehouseholder5468]

Your videos just keep getting better Martin, thank you ❤

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much

[@davidberlanny3308]

Good to see the mill owner and the guy in the stonemason's yard show you round and provide more info!! It looks so green there, I think it adds a lot of depth to the photos and video which were excellent as always. Back to the UK for a few days this week so will ask me Mum what she knows and remembers about Baitings and Hebden bridge. Good luck from Spain!! PS: We're on the edge of our seat to find out the backstory to James's 50p teashirt!!

[@MartinZero]

Its a grim tale David

[@martynbuzzing3327]

If I owned anything like that, I would be clearing all the trees and foliage and open it all up. Interesting video.

[@leslieaustin151]

Superb. Thanks for that. Water-mills have been an interest of mine for many years, and I used to fish for trout upstream from Hebden Bridge… many moons ago. Happy memories, but it was a hard place for many in bygone years. Including an asbestos factory where the management ‘couldn’t work out why workers kept dying’… Yeah Right!! Enjoyed your videos, thank you. Les

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

Such a beautiful place now not back in the day though all noisy a dirty dangerous place to be, I couldn't of gone anywhere near that deep murky water Martin by the wheel so good on you for that. Nice to see the tea lady back!😁🫖

[@dianespears6057]

One of your best.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Diane

[@reubenlongworth3586]

Another gem ,Todmorden good for stuff too, and a good pint ,Bacup, Marsden, greater Saddleworth denshaw ,delph ,dobross, uppermiil, greenfield, Diggle, etc, etc X rooby

[@rowdysgirlalways]

Love the Oregon tee shirt. I have a couple myself. Heceta Head is my favorite lighthouse. We used to go to the beach below it, called Devils Elbow. Good times!

[@Tom-gr6nx]

Excellent video amazing places you go to.

[@bobingram6912]

. . . "and when you buy this property you get all these old mill remains" - that'd be music to your ears, you'd be down there every day trying to get it back to like it was!! Individually wrapped brioche buns, they're paying that lad too much🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Great vid guys, thanks1👍👍👍

[@Wedgedoow]

Another pearl through the go pro lens, really enjoyed the watch

[@jayd1974]

Brilliant as always fellas👍

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Jay

[@sarahwinfield3989]

Another gem of a video. Informative and delightful. Thanks.

[@tomsurbanexplore]

Hhhhmmm quite an interesting video it's amazing what you find when out & about good to see James again I never leave a tea bag in me cup when making a brew good video martin 👍

[@MartinZero]

Never put the milk in while its brewing

[@tomsurbanexplore]

@@MartinZero I always take the tea bag out as soon as the water goes brown then add the milk 👍

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

Wow that place looks magical

[@shirleylynch7529]

Fantastic explore. The poor kids long ago having to work in those mills. Good to see James back.. thanks John too. Superb filming and comments. Thank you so much.

[@robertmaitland09]

Another corking production Martin, cheers!

[@porkscratchings5428]

Great vid, really enjoyed this one. That toll booth was at that height for horse riders, carts with horses so I was told as a kid.

[@rontanser9369]

Wonderful place you visited their Martin, With the price of electricity going to the roof pitch of the cat get those waterwheels working again

[@MartinZero]

I might tap into it Ron, its just a bit far to run a cable

[@richard1313]

I grew up just a few hundred metres from those mills in Cragg Vale and I had school friends that lived in the houses near that postbox. Pronunciation of Mytholmroyd was spot on.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Richard, phew glad I got that right 😀

[@carlbentley80]

Beautiful, can't wait to get back to England one day. I miss this aspect of it.

[@BLOWN8CYLINDER]

Now thats impressive! Excellent video Martin !

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much 👍🏻

[@metrotechguru5863]

Beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing it.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@TalesOfWar]

I always wondered what those protruding stones were for on older arch bridges! Now I know! Nice one, Martin!

[@simonmcowan6874]

I think they are called Corbells.

[@mickd6942]

Cracking video martin and co , kayak camped on the rochdale canal very beautiful little towns but very thought provoking on the child labour conditions of the past , something i know well in my part of south yorks where only a short distance away is the husker pit and its memorial to 26 children aged from 7 to 17 died when a mine flooded , we take for granted now that children go to school but it was hard fought for and we should not forget that .

[@kevinswain4441]

Well done. Love watching from Down under.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Kevin

[@trainsinkansas576]

Outstanding video Jerry Meriden, Kansas

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Jerry

[@richardpooley9068]

Good one again boys, right back on form. That’s my sort of country, scenery and industrial archaeology together. I miss it, as a Manc exiled in East Anglia for 30-odd years! Your research adds a lot to the video. We walked through a load of interesting remains in the upper Goyt valley near Buxton not long ago, but I’ve no idea really what they’d been. Keep it up, I look forward to your vids.

[@johnlondon4800]

Another ex-northerner living in east anglia here! I do miss that part of the country too!

[@MrJeep75]

I'm from Oregon love the light house's here

[@derelictmanchester8745]

Brilliant vid Martin...👍👍👍

[@TheCelts01]

Nice to say you back again Martin.we have missed you. Keep up the good work and cracking Videos. All the best mate your Nr1 Fans from Hamburg Germany

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Dean. I only took 1 week off 😄👍🏻

[@AnnasBurningCuriosity]

Look forward to your video's so much. Love your channel

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Anna

[@martinkavanagh196]

MARVELLOUS: Thanks Martin (& James .. & John) - How fascinating is that location - Brilliant.

[@leed3802]

you're right about the tea, always brew the bag before adding the milk, it's the only way

[@MartinZero]

Iam so glad you agree lee 👍

[@vaughanwarburton9623]

Great episode and big thanks to ALL involved 👍🏻👍🏻👍

[@MrSteffen2020]

Thanks you Martin for nice video see you next time

[@OnCloud108]

What an absolute magical video! Wonderful job! ❤

[@allysonaustin]

I love James, I just want to take him home and cook his tea!

[@MartinZero]

He will eat you out of house and home 😄

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

It is interesting to get to know the history and surroundings of Manchester. Hydropower is the cleanest way of generating energy.

[@WA1LBK]

I live in Fall River, MA, a small city about 50 miles south of Boston, which was famous in the late 19th. / early 20th. century for textile production in the USA.; as the city's name implies, a river called the Quequechan used to decend in a series of waterfalls to the larger Taunton river, which empties directly into the Atlantc Ocean. Much of the city's original textile production came from waterpower, resulting in the falls of thw Quequechan being virtually buried under a series of textile mills. Most of the mills that spanned the Quequechan are long gone to history, either demolished or lost to fires. Only one of the old mill huildings that spanned the Quequechan still remains, with the river running beneath it to a small dam that it flows over to reach the Taunton river. On the uptream side of this mill there is still an open sluiceway that the Quequechan races through for a short distance; many years ago, a steel cyndrilical waterwheel similar to the ones you show here was still visible, not sure if it's till there. Quite a few ancient mill dams still remain here in Southeastern Massachusetts & nearby Rhode Island; in recent years, I know of at least 3 that were deliberately demolished, as having become structurally unsound & threatening to collapse during heavy rainfalls. As I mentioned earlier, most of the Quequechan was originally covered over by mills. When I was a small child (I'm now approaching 70! 😊) , at least one waterfall was still visible towards the middle of the city. During the Interstate Highway construction boom of the early 1960's, Interstate I-195 was cut DIRECTLY through the middle of Fall RIver, causing the re-routing of the Quequechan river through a large concrete pipe, eliminating that waterfall. Over maybe the last 10 ~ 20 years, there has been some talk among local governement about un-burying the Quequechan & restoring at least some of the falls as a scenic attraction, but i'm not holding my breath for it to happen. Love yoiur videos! I'm both a bit of an amateur rail historian myself & have gotten increasingly interested in industrial archaeology.. Tom Lapointe

[@tharkthax3960]

Brilliant as always!

[@MartinZero]

Cheers

[@JerryGerold]

Greetings from Oregon! Love the shirt. I've been to most of those lighthouses. They're cool but don't have quite the history you guys make videos of. I went to Manchester once in 2019 while visiting my relatives in Salford. Been a fan of your videos after I discovered them a couple years ago. Keep up the good work!

[@martin4787]

Thank you Martin, James, John and Roy for a thoroughly enjoyable and educating video with such lovely scenery.🙂👍

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Martin

[@martin4787]

@@MartinZero 🙂👍

[@TheUpplanning]

Thanks you Mr Martin for the video

[@annescott2748]

Really enjoyed this video! I also have to take the tea bag out before adding milk, here in the US.🌞

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Anne, your a fine Tea maker 👍

[@myarnie1950]

Great video Martin & guys not all mill owners were as bad as the one in your video. Visited New Lanark mill in Scotland . The owner Robert Owen believed in education for the children of the families. I believe kids aged over 10 could work but restricted hours. Social housing and a coop for the workers/families. In 1800 this was unheard of he created many enemies among the mill owners. I believe he was behind the changes that were made by Parliament for better working conditions

[@peterkilvert2712]

Another GREAT video Martin and gang, thank you very much. Love the mills. James's T shirt reminded me of a trip down the Oregon coast a few years ago and the light-houses are numerous and very interesting.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Peter, that T shirt 😀

[@grahampartridge9335]

Great video

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

Great video once again Martin and thanks to the land/house owner for being so accommodating.

[@ponyboymb]

Great video 🙏💯 lovely bit of history. Great seeing, big James bk with the gang. Have a smashing Sunday 🤟🏼✊🏼😊

[@MartinZero]

Hello Ponyboymb hope your well 👍

[@jhindle7883]

Done this walk several times, from the very top of Cragg Vale to Hebden Bridge passing all the stuff featured in your video. I am as keen on industrial archaeology as you are and on this walk there is something interesting every few hundred yards or so. I love how you take the effort to show your viewers as much as you can and the commentary is spot on. This has always been my favourite walk, that's why I've done it so many times - there's always something new to discover and the scenery is spectacularly beautiful. I've added this to my favourites because I'm too old at 86 to do the walking bit any more and it takes me back to my younger days. Excellent vid Martin, keep up the good work.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you, much appreciated. It was a very beautiful place that. But a very sad past

[@paylnyles]

(1) I have black Tea and Coffee, but always leave the Teabag in stewing away for a real full flavour! (2) You don't get out enough x.

[@MartinZero]

Your Tea politics are up the wall

[@duncanread4442]

Mytholmroyd you nailed! The towns motto is "your saying it wrong" 😅

[@MartinZero]

I love that motto Duncan 😁👍

[@MrShep007]

top video as always thank you martin and the gang

[@missmerrily4830]

Thanks so much for this lovely video. The background music fitted so well with the scenery and history of the area. Also great to see James back again. Hi James! The brew skipper's back at the helm! Snacks looked good! As always, a privilege to go exploring with you. Thanks all of you!

[@dtb2654]

great vid Martin, another slice of history uncovered. Cheers

[@SMlFFY85]

xD That plywood water wheel is hilarious. Looks like I made it.

[@bpresolve]

Well done Lads, Loved it. Bill from WA

[@leouberman6942]

enjoyed that video as usual . Very informative listenable and enjoyable .. Defo thumbs up

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Leo

[@craigwarby2188]

I hope James had his workers handbook with him wearing that cap! 😀 Great video as always Martin

[@MartinZero]

He's become a republican freedom fighter (Non Russian) 😃

[@boilerroombob]

Great video martin I like your embrace of all collaborations and company of other explorers

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Bob

[@t77299]

The highlight of the week, thanks again Martin 🙏❤️👍🏻

[@jw3580]

Thanks Martin and the gang for another brilliant video. Absolutely love to learn about all the local history 👍👍👍

[@havingalook2]

That was so interesting. And what a relief that your James is back.I was worried! LOL Nice too that you visited the lesbian captial of England - Hebden Bridge. I always associate Hebden Bridge with the orginal video for Dream Academy's Life In A Northern Town. Beautiful weather too. Love the old buildings and mill works. Many thanks for this one. Glorious part of the country! Thank you. Cheers

[@MartinZero]

Thanks glad you enjoyed

[@douglasthompson296]

As well as a lesbian town its a town of art/artists and cats. A far cry from its old life. Cheers.

[@Andy-From-England]

Absolutely banging video mate 👌 👍

[@richardross7219]

In the 1970s, there was a big "back to the earth movement". Water wheels and wind generators were restored. Wind, water, and solar powers were encouraged in the US. I ended up building my home as passive solar heating system. It worked pretty good when we had a sunny days at least 1/3 of the time. That was 20 years ago. Now I only get a sunny day once per week and have to burn wood to supplement the solar. Backyard gardens were encouraged too. I enjoyed the milk and tea lesson. One of my friends grandmothers was a WWI war bride from England. We boys(the neighborhood gang) would ride our bikes over to visit her once in a while. She gave us tea with milk in it. My grandmother from Sweden would give us coffee with a lot of milk in it. Good memories from 60+ years ago. About 50 years ago, in the Army, I learned to make sun tea. I drink it straight. Good video. Good Luck, Rick

[@joylunn3445]

My side of the Pennines, I love Hebden Bridge.

[@markphillips2076]

Thanks guys for another interesting video. As a kid I used to love the canals and rivers around Ashton and Manchester, because there was always something interesting to explore.

[@royjacques5650]

Hi Martin that water mill reminds me of the water mill we have in my village, the name is quenington we have a corn mill and a paper mill which used rags to make paper and is still called rag hill mill and date's from the 12th century.

[@MartinZero]

Hi Roy, wow thats bloody old, amazing stuff

[@taztaz6539]

Am truly loving watching your videos cos a love history and the way you explain everything is spot on

[@MartinZero]

Thank you 👍

[@daviespaulaann8913]

Great video as usual martin..Nice to see James back....wow what a beautiful place..but with such a cruel history those poor children...love your passion and enthusiasm. I follow a few explorers but you sir are the best...keep up the amazing work u do and thank u for showing us such beautiful places take care luv and light to u .....xxx

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

I could watch and watch these videos. Brilliant lads fairplay. We've lost so many skills and so many fine old buildings and the story of them .its fascinating trying to find out about local history and your channel is fantastic. Ill be watching more and ive subscribed. Good luck to you all 👍💯

[@righttobloodydissent]

Yay James is back. Hi from NZ to my fave Zero member, James!! Happy exploring lads.

[@MartinZero]

James says hi 😁

[@stevesrepairs5778]

Thanks Martin, for a great adventure and what a lovely place the chap lives at next to the old water wheel. Take care and all the best. Stevie

[@Jimyjames73]

Very good Martin 🙂🚂🚂🚂

[@almaxx9680]

Nice one fellas 👍 Love the T shirt😲