Imagine living in an age where you can be an electrical engineer get made redundant and you can easily afford to move into a detached beautiful victorian house in London.
@hamishwhitehenderson51974 ай бұрын
by that point it would have been semi-derelict.
@diabl2master4 ай бұрын
That was my first thought as well
@diabl2master4 ай бұрын
@@hamishwhitehenderson5197What makes you say that? A house of that size, even requiring significant renovation, would be far outside the budget of such a person today. That's a large house.
@hamishwhitehenderson51974 ай бұрын
@@diabl2master House prices are ludicrously high in Hackney, as they are across the country, but back then it was a neglected slum- the houses where not cheap because of some sort of benevolent government subsidy, but because most people were too racist to live next to black people. They moved to Essex and the lefty students moved in to squat, and invested in things that racists wouldn't. now Hackney today is still within the catchment area of some of the best state schools in the country, has excellent transport links and lots of museums and trendy bars and shops. it's a very broad strokes view of urban decline and renewal, but then, so is yours.
@jakecavendish34704 ай бұрын
Back then it was an absolute dump though, houses were on the market for years
@CharlieApplesАй бұрын
The urge to play Minecraft evidently preceded the invention of Minecraft
@LemonsRageАй бұрын
Not only the children yearn for the mines but the men and women too!
@jeremyweems491629 күн бұрын
Sounds like Wizardry.
@lolly821917 күн бұрын
god this is funny
@buonaguidi2 ай бұрын
I put that Blue plaque on his wall. He was a mad bastard, but a local character. Nice doc by the way.
@sabrinatscha2554Ай бұрын
Cool
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
' at a certain point he had wife and kids' ....after hearing the artists recount about his sexual aggression i wonder....he clearly was seriously traumatised by things in his youth....
@nicolasrose3064Ай бұрын
No you didn't, I put that Plaque there, he was a transvestite who liked to wander around laughing, kicking and farting all at the same time in a cognitively obliterated, emotionally discombobulated catharsis....
@K-bq3lvАй бұрын
He didn't seem normal, with hoarding and other things. Was he ever medically assessed?
@GazHoganАй бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂
@connellmchugh49434 ай бұрын
No idea why I clicked on this video but I’m glad I did…excellent research and narrated so well they you want to keep watching. Really enjoyed it, thankyou
@christopher11morris4 ай бұрын
exactly what just happened to me
@ivanrainbird24164 ай бұрын
@@christopher11morris and me
@ClotEastwood4 ай бұрын
I clicked on it because I'm a Mole Catcher and I was expecting a documentary on a fellow Mole Catcher. . . . So interesting.
@oscartravis57404 ай бұрын
Did you dig it? 😂
@bodhiswayze18923 ай бұрын
4:16 “ Old eccentric & somewhat antisocial?” Me too Sir, me too…
@tomjohnston1220Ай бұрын
In 1975, I'd just arrived in London. I saw an advert for a flat and went to see it. The flat was in the Mole Man's house. He lived there with his wife, he told me she was an opera singer. He told me all about his tunnels, that the ground was all gravel and that he sold the gravel. He pointed out the window to the garden. There was a round, 15ft deep hole, where the garden used to be. There was an old fridge at the bottom of the hole. He told me he had just sold all the gravel from the hole. He took me down into his tunnels, they opened into caves. One cave was full of water, he said it was his swimming pool. The rooms for let were in an awful state, the floor sank as you moved into the room and electric wires hung out of every plug socket. I decided not to take the flat. He never mentioned being Irish, even though I am Irish, but perhaps that was why he was very open with me. I didn't mind that he was eccentric, but thought he was creepy.
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
Finally more about the wife! an opera singer! how surreal can life be....how on earth did they meet?? perhaps there was a period when he wasnt that bonkers as he became but the wife seemingly intelligent enough must ve packed her bags after his strange behaviour getting out of hand
@CheepchipsableАй бұрын
Was it the "Human Organs for sale" sign maybe?
@ThursoBerwickАй бұрын
Did he retain an Irish accent?
@tomjohnston1220Ай бұрын
@@ThursoBerwick I didn't notice any strong accent. Also he talked very fast, like he was on speed.
@ThursoBerwickАй бұрын
@@tomjohnston1220 That's what's known as "pressure of speech". It can be a psychological symptom.
@m.streicher828610 ай бұрын
How many mole men exist undiscovered because they know how to structurally brace their work
@rowanmelton76434 ай бұрын
I doubt many molemen follow safety guidelines
@jointgib4 ай бұрын
the country could be riddled with them
@samuelmelton83534 ай бұрын
@@jointgib Maybe they occasionally run into each other
@casbienbarr4 ай бұрын
@@samuelmelton8353 but then they fight to the death. keeps the populations down
@Builderguuy4 ай бұрын
Colin furze is a very public mole man
@tgazza15874 ай бұрын
Love how the council weren't bothered about the 8-foot sinkhole beneath the pavement, but were when a crack appeared on the road. Typical.
@cattymajivАй бұрын
How would they even know until theroad cracked. Some peole will winge about anything! Right wingers are way out of control!
@boardskinsАй бұрын
The hole was on private property
@tgazza1587Ай бұрын
@boardskins the whole swalled up part of the pavement outside private property
@DPM-55 ай бұрын
I lived on Mortimer Road from 2015 to 2020, opposite the Mole Man's house, located only a few hundred yards from De Beauvoir Square. The De Beauvoir estate consisted initially of long rows of wealthy Victorian terraced houses, lined along what later became Mortimer Road. The Mole Man bought this house in the 60s, and rumour from the oldies in local pubs was that he found an incomplete map of parts of the De Beauvoir antiques, buried underneath what is now one of those residences around the square. So he dug and dug, in the shape of a spider web, in the hope of finding the treasure
@richjones73134 ай бұрын
thats a sweet bit of lore
@nimomaniachannel4 ай бұрын
thats bittersweet aswell @richjones7313
@marc51264 ай бұрын
Holy shit we really got mole man lore before gta6
@traderjo95524 ай бұрын
Dude same this is dope
@drewwhy55414 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info ❤
@trisarahtops10926 ай бұрын
I think it’s so interesting that this is just A Thing that happens to people. Any hobby tunnelists that I have ever met or heard of always start digging for a very practical reason (like making a cellar) and then just… can’t stop.
@Emil-Antonowsky5 ай бұрын
Hobbiest tunneler, surely, no?
@notpoliticallycorrect13034 ай бұрын
@@Emil-AntonowskyGo check out Colin Furze,😂
@kash.h4 ай бұрын
How do you meet hobbyist tunnelers?
@robynmeyer77964 ай бұрын
Sounds like an obsessive compulsive disorder…his way to compensate for something out of kilter up top
@smhorse4 ай бұрын
Fred Dibnah was the same. He created an entire replica coal mine in his back garden. Allegedly the local council had to order him to stop, as his tunnels were affecting the foundations of neighbouring houses.
@l.harrington2533Ай бұрын
when archaeologists find those tunnels in like 2000 years they are gonna be SO fucking psyched
@bo-deenevincze-riley5933Ай бұрын
I'm psyched for them
@Marvin.459 сағат бұрын
I hope you're right. Things need to change course
@somedude8665 ай бұрын
Just a fact check - the 76 bus was actually diverted after William Lyttle was already gone and this was because it unnecessarily cut through a residential road. Every time the bus went by it would shake the houses quite badly and caused a number of noise complaints. (A friendly local)
@alphomega24594 ай бұрын
Yh I’ve been walked down that road many a time and I was shocked when he said a bus used to pass through there. Like how was that a thing ever 😂
@AlThurayya74 ай бұрын
Nice to know, also a local but never knew why the bus route changed! Thanks for sharing 👌🏾
@buonaguidi2 ай бұрын
He was long gone. All my windows cracked cos of that bus flying down the road!
@VincentNajger14 ай бұрын
When you grow up during wartime and then live through the genuinely terrifying years of the Cold War, constantly in fear of bombs and nukes, digging deep into the ground probably provided a deep feeling of safety etc. (and he wouldn't be the first to think and live like that)
@ruairioconnell95542 ай бұрын
Donegal wasn’t affected by the war
@LaraCross5122 ай бұрын
Fear of Cold War stems from repressed memories of hard nipples in the winter according to psychologists.
@AnneAndersonFoxiepawsАй бұрын
I was born in 1958 and the cold war "bomb readiness" classes we got at school started nightmares that go on till today. I can see these intercontinental nuclear bombs flying in to Aberdeen over the North Sea (slowly for some reason). At the same time I started dreaming about Victorian sewer culverts, some of which opened onto the river Dee near my school. I can only imagine that theres a link between the two because they told us to go to the basement or cellar under strong structures such as lintel stones and to brace for the explosion under large pieces of furniture under the door lintels or other strong points. I think thats why in my dreams we were perhaps getting right into the sewer system to keep safe. We still had garden Air Raid shelters when I was a kid and we were told to use the strong concrete ones if we had access to one.
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
that might explain why he dragged all these big heavy things down in his tunnels, fridges, cars, sofas........
@TheBinaryHappinessАй бұрын
cold war was "terrifying"? lol imagine living through a hot war, you cuck
@Nurofaen4 ай бұрын
I read a book series as a teen called "Tunnels" about a london teen who shares a love of digging with his father, and after his father goes missing and the tunnel he was working on has been neatly filled in, adventure ensues. The original draft for the book was called "The Highfield Mole" and the main character is called William Burrows. I guess this is the inspiration...
@raffleticket4295Ай бұрын
Such a brilliant book series very disturbing ideas at play in them
@carmadmeАй бұрын
I liked them as a kid but tried again a few years back and couldn't get through the second book He first got inspiration when he bought an old house which was meant to have secret tunnels under it He lives in Norfolk now Norwich is well know for its old chalk workings gardens houses and even a double decker bus have fallen into the old mines when the tunnels collapse
@Burden_oneАй бұрын
i remember that book too :)
@jWakendJakeАй бұрын
Absolutely loved that series as a kid. I wish they would've went ahead and made a movie of it
@primesspct2Ай бұрын
hmm never heard of it.
@TheJohnRowley4 ай бұрын
The subject matter drew me in, but the high standard of the writing and the calm and measured delivery of the narration kept me watching until the end. A great little documentary film, very well put together out of limited assets, thank you. Edit: i was already subscribed!
@ooakleaf4 ай бұрын
Yes! I came here to say exactly that, too! 😀
@CogDis4 жыл бұрын
Beautifully narrated, well done.
@jonbell302011 ай бұрын
Fucking legend.. I remember his creation very well.
@ekimoleksander60682 жыл бұрын
I'm really sad to see that you stopped making videos. This was awesome
@trisarahtops10926 ай бұрын
You’ll be happy to know he started making videos again!
@saodbing3 ай бұрын
he is back baby
@JimSuperwhite432 жыл бұрын
This is the first KZbin channel I've ever subscribed to. Thanks for digging into the substrate of our culture and history and locating such compelling narratives.
@jaykaygxd84974 ай бұрын
Kind of unrelated to the main topic but it’s a archeology myth that 16,000 years ago humans just lived in or near caves, the only reason for that thinking is because caves a really good at preserving things from the natural elements unlike the a hut in a clearing or Forrest, so it’s only because caves preserve their inhabitants belongings and bodies so well that you find lots of valuable archeological evidence in them, this does not mean that humans were “cave men” though historically most humans also tended to try and live as close to a body of water as possible
@nyakwarObat4 ай бұрын
Body of water. That's why every major city in the world is usually built round water bodies
@10538overture4 ай бұрын
The only thing more dangerous than finding a bear in its cave is a bear finding you in yours.
@bubstacrini88514 ай бұрын
Bears hibernate in caves, easiest time to hunt a bear with simple tech is when they are hibernating...then you have a pad with a well stocked kitchen@@10538overture
@dogrudiyosun4 ай бұрын
If you have the chance, sleep in or at least in the mouth of a cave, seeing the structure that can crush you stands its silent vigil. Peace.
@englishmadcow74614 ай бұрын
Menorca caves still lived in 😍
@FRANKMUSIKOFFICIALАй бұрын
Very good. I have a bloke live a few doors down from me in Thornton Heath. Eccentric man named George. He turned his back garden into a concrete art installation that he works on for decades. It was amazing. Would love to know if it’s still there. Whitehall Rd. Hope you’re doing well George, wherever you may be.
@booognish4 ай бұрын
I really love the idea of a guy digging tunnels out in all directions from underneath his house, just for the hell of it. It’s especially fascinating and humorous that he even attempted to dig tunnels from the 6th floor place he was moved to after his tunnel home was condemned.. I would have loved to have explored them. It would be great to excavate them today and inspect the semi-modern “artifacts” contained. It’s a shame they weren’t more thoroughly documented before being filled in..
@dieu_et_maitreАй бұрын
in case anyone's interested: the painting at 13:36 is by salvator rosa - "landscape with a hermit".
@shaunwalley4 ай бұрын
Although im just coming across this 4 yrs later, this story is very intriguing, cool laid back narration, no sarcasm. Thank you for sharing.
@zackcorber82754 жыл бұрын
Can’t get enough of this channel, please keep it up. Great work, thanks
@forevertipsy35502 жыл бұрын
i worked on stamford road doing house refirbishments at the time right opposite his house and remember seeing mole-man all the time. he was very odd. i didnt know he was digging tunnels though. thanks for covering this story.
@nyakwarObat4 ай бұрын
When a man got a skill that society missed. See if we had system that recognised a man's capability and helped channel it the right way there would be increased geniuses and inventions and skills
@zangl29554 ай бұрын
He could get a job digging holes. Irrigation, landscape install, various construction jobs. But digging holes for yourself is more fun. I do it in my yard sometimes just for a bit of exercise.
@PinballWizard9994 ай бұрын
@@nyakwarObat This guy was clearly. simply a nutcase.
@nyakwarObat4 ай бұрын
@PinballWizard999 Depends on what kind of nuts..most scientists have also been known to be nuts, coming up with genius inventions when unexpected.
@edu7979Ай бұрын
@@nyakwarObatimagine that guy working with infrastructure wow
@byiouj87094 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine said he met the mole man once - apparently he was surprisingly charming and down to earth
@byiouj87094 жыл бұрын
pun not intended
@elscruffomcscruffy83713 жыл бұрын
Ba dum Ching!
@andrewstrain27392 жыл бұрын
@@byiouj8709 still funny lmao
@donlitos2 жыл бұрын
Your story is full of holes
@Dimapur Жыл бұрын
Get out!!
@cbcb1023 ай бұрын
This video appeared randomly, I am glad I watched it. It was extremely interesting. Thank you for the research.
@AnneAndersonFoxiepawsАй бұрын
I'm Scottish but moved to Hackney in 1997. I keep thinking that the name 'mole man' sounds familiar but am unsure from where. You would think I would have heard about this living in Hackney Central, then Stoke Newington and now in Lower Clapton. However its fascinating and I'm enjoying it. Excellent video, you got a sub.
@Travelin2WitАй бұрын
A wonderful, artistic video that leaves this viewer wondering at what tiny glimpse of sanity could possibly be at end of the Tunnels? Very well done!
@anthonygreen49814 ай бұрын
What I would like to know is what he did with all the soil he dug out it’s not like it was a small amount
@JJforShie13 ай бұрын
“Some 33 tonnes of soil and debris were removed from Lyttle's former garden and from some of the rooms”
@Galfrid3 ай бұрын
"some of the rooms" Oof ! 😬
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
dear lord 🙊
@citrus12252 жыл бұрын
It’s been a long time. I hope you come back the world needs more night time stories
@wasmolly9864Ай бұрын
I just saw someone comment that you’d stopped making videos and was so sad, because I thought this was amazing. Click on your channel to see you’ve been back making videos for about a year! Great news!
@JinlongTheGoldenDragon8 ай бұрын
Your use of Rusty Lake music is something a man of culture would do. Lol. But seriously your narration is top tier, and you know how to set a great mood. Vastly underrated channel.
@PhillipRaymondGoodman4 ай бұрын
The mole man could be the basis for one of their games
@NoNameNomad....4 ай бұрын
What a great video. Extremely well made and fascinating subject matter. Thankfully the algorithm did its thing and has suggested this video to many, I see. Keep up the great work, I really enjoyed everything about this video.
@TheFakeyCakeMaker13 күн бұрын
I find the best channels have the least content.
@mandead3 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating, charming little documentary. Thank you so much.
@screenname9872 Жыл бұрын
this was great, thank you for making this.
@RWBHere4 ай бұрын
I stumbled upon this video, and the title intrigued me. Didn't expect to enjoy it, but your research and skill won out. Thanks for this brief biography of William Little. I'd never heard of him until this evening. What happened to his wife and daughter? Their apparent disappearance could have sinister connotations.
@hectorpascal4 ай бұрын
An excellent short documentary. And obscure eccentrics are often the best subjects for them!
@alfredshearing67934 ай бұрын
Bravo. An intriguing tale. Still a landmark invoking its history.
@krisrathbone41424 ай бұрын
Lol that's not how scaffolding works it's not a support for the building it's a platform for working on the outsides of the building at different levels
@Mooocheropordis4 ай бұрын
I used to live nearby in the early noughties and walked past often. I heard the stories but appreciated the contrast to the gentile houses around, imagine it made the neighbours lives difficult. We need to have space for characters in society, the fact he still made holes in his flat was interesting, he had a rich internal world, but without a proper outlet.Great video!
@PinballWizard9994 ай бұрын
Nah he was just an antisocial nutter, who could have caused more damage and death. Digging through the walls and floor of 6th floor flat proves that without a shadow of a doubt.
@peterwilson55284 ай бұрын
I enjoyed that very much. In your voice, I could hear your feelings for the man and his mission. I thought I could even detect tears from you sometimes. People who have different ideas are always targets of those without ideas.
@rev.buttons24824 ай бұрын
Different ideas - like damaging public property and attacking young girls, You mean ???
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
well, 'mission', i guess you can call it but.....he was a seriously derailed man. he couldnt keep normal human relations. though seemingly odd and original, its not really admirable behaviour....
@peterwilson5528Ай бұрын
@@hetedeleambacht6608 What is normal? If it is what society says it is, then there would be no inventors or artists with free minds. I would say his obsession in another field or situation might have made him famous rather than infamous. Societies dig bunkers for nuclear war and plan for MAD weapons, and yet people might say that man is crazy. Look to those who lead humanity and tell me they are all sane.
@ianpuddickАй бұрын
Discovered this video by accident- what a wonderful story and This video captures and tells the story beautifully Thank you for creating this, I will share it on my socials now Cheers Ian Plumber & Distiller to Buckingham Palace
@woah69582 жыл бұрын
I'm incredibly curious to know what his wife and daughter had to say about him. Or even what became of them.
@pauljones6511 Жыл бұрын
I think they had a 2 up 2 down in the basement
@legitbeans90785 ай бұрын
Buried in the tunnels somewhere
@woah69585 ай бұрын
@@legitbeans9078 😂
@CountDoucheula5 ай бұрын
They're propping up the tunnels somewhere, probably
@hangedups26084 ай бұрын
@@legitbeans9078DONT MAKE STUFF UP
@ev39772 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this!
@tarquin45924 ай бұрын
The thing is, they have built in its place and what is there is not much better. I met the guy on odd occasions and always found him friendly enough.
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
you are not of the female kind then, i suppose
@Tipperary7574 ай бұрын
This was very interesting. Gets your mind to thinking. Great voice for a bedtime story. Thank you.
@stolenorange2 ай бұрын
I don't think you can apply the "gentrification is bad" meme to this. Some people spent a lot of money making the building safe while keeping its history. No-one needs an eccentric "mole man" who trashes the local area and is creepy towards women.
@SamCyanideАй бұрын
I think that's exactly what every town needs actually.
@dannykicks603Ай бұрын
Always a Karen.. always.
@johndaarteest Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great and informative video. I pass this house quite regularly and I had heard about the Mole Man but had never put the two together.
@DmacDomage2 ай бұрын
He should have moved to Cooper Pedy in Australia. He would have just been another local
@CheepchipsableАй бұрын
He could have had a mansion, lol.
@TheFakeyCakeMaker13 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@alanhindle314913 күн бұрын
Excellent bit of storytelling, cheers very much.
@solo.solitoАй бұрын
That was absolutely brilliant! Thanks so much!!
@jtgdyt24 жыл бұрын
Where did he put all the dirt? Just disposing of that must have been an endeavor in itself.
@AsherIsbrucker4 жыл бұрын
According to a news article, after he was evicted the council removed 40 tonnes of excavated material from his backyard. www.theguardian.com/society/2006/aug/08/communities.uknews
@jtgdyt24 жыл бұрын
@@AsherIsbrucker That sounds like a mound that would be larger than his house, yet we don't see it.
@Emiliapocalypse2 жыл бұрын
@@jtgdyt2 imagine him filling his pockets with the dirt and ditching it slowly a pocketful at a time in the local park, Shawshank redemption style
@Dive2005 Жыл бұрын
I guess he dug another hole and put it in there
@benmcreynolds85818 ай бұрын
It actually is a fascinating thing to think about. He did have space in his house but it must have taken a ton of effort to juggle the puzzle pieces of this digging process.. I'm kind of baffled how he didn't pile up a huge pile of dirt, etc..
@paulfrost89525 ай бұрын
I’ve a question which was not asked in the video. Where did the “Mole man” deposit all the spoil from the tunnels?
@liammhodonohue4 ай бұрын
@paulfrost8952 surreptitiously, through a pocket hole in his trousers, down his trouser leg... while on his way to the shops/flea market... with that bicycle - did it have panniers? 🤔
@paulfrost89524 ай бұрын
@@liammhodonohue He probably had a Vaulting Horse too!🤔
@yoho60854 ай бұрын
I think he dug another hole to put it in
@garethoneill5676Ай бұрын
he dug out another tunnel and it in there
@TheFakeyCakeMaker13 күн бұрын
Someone in the comments said he told them he sold it. It was mainly gravel.
@mr.prangenberg873316 күн бұрын
Well done, finally something of substance on KZbin! Thank you.
@JMFuller3 ай бұрын
I'd like to see an overlay on a map of the tunnel network. What happened to his wife and daughter?
@freedomtowanderАй бұрын
16:20 well done thanks for sharing this story ❤
@dropelaves4 ай бұрын
The ground eventually reclaims everything, doens't it? Great video, one of those times you don't really expect to watch the whole thing but you actually do. Very entertaining and thought provoking.
@dougtheviking65033 ай бұрын
What did he do with all the dirt ?
@anxiousbrusselsproutАй бұрын
Put it in the stew😁
@sabrinatscha2554Ай бұрын
Great question
@tonyhancock3912Ай бұрын
Dug a big hole and put it in there
@JimmyMatis-h9yАй бұрын
"JJforShie1 2 months ago “Some 33 tonnes of soil and debris were removed from Lyttle's former garden and from some of the rooms” " wow...
@anxiousbrusselsproutАй бұрын
@@tonyhancock3912😂😂😂😂😂😂 quality
@JoeKelly-xg1xr4 ай бұрын
Lived in hackney in the late 80 ,s never met the mole man , quite a few characters in hackney and dalston in them days , had a friend squatted a house in goulton road , council ended up letting him have it , fair play john , 😊
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
some things turn out right then at least!
@bertspeggly44284 ай бұрын
To say that what they have done to the house preserves its history is ridiculous. It looks like nothing, neither old nor new.
@starky2.0575 ай бұрын
Interesting watch. But a scaffold has no structural support.
@caitlinreneexo4 ай бұрын
This is a fascinating video! I'm just confused as to why you used archive of London from the 1970s to represent the early 2000s?
@thelucentcrow90844 ай бұрын
Tunnels were already there he just dug them out, stone arches in the photos I don’t think he made and carved them, good video
@AlaskaSlay17 күн бұрын
You left the biggest question unanswered! Where did he put all the dirt!?
@AlaskaSlay17 күн бұрын
Think about it. He must not of used a loader and dump truck or people would have been wondering what was up. He must have hauling out by what ?..... buckets and then dumping somewhere else by car??
@ViloAfi13 күн бұрын
That's what IWas wanting to know
@TheFakeyCakeMaker13 күн бұрын
Someone in the comments said he met the Moleman and he told them he sold it.
@TheFakeyCakeMaker13 күн бұрын
@@ViloAfisold it apparently.
@aclark9034 ай бұрын
‘The most beautiful thing about my burrow is the stillness..’ #Kafka
@scarlettifluff4 ай бұрын
That's a motive right there!
@chunkylefunga4 ай бұрын
RIP mole man. Man Hackey is really changing, it's going to stop being cool and become shoreditch in 5 years.
@photosphotos2 ай бұрын
Do you know how he got rid of all the soil from the tunnel? Porridge - No Way Out (24th December 1975). "They dug another tunnel and put the earth down there".
@TheFakeyCakeMaker13 күн бұрын
Sold it according to someone in the comments
@KironVBАй бұрын
Crazy they booted him from his own house, took the property, gave him hundreds of thousands in fines, then sold the property for millions lol.
@junicohen7918Ай бұрын
It's a leftist thing
@N0p1tyN0peN0pe17 күн бұрын
There’s no such thing as private property outside of the US. Even inside of your take into account civil asset forfeiture and eminent (imminent ?) domain.
@bodhiswayze18923 ай бұрын
4:16 “Old eccentric & somewhat antisocial?” Me too Sir, me too…
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
alright, but you dont dig tunnels under main roads, right?? 😂
@tcswed4 ай бұрын
Thank you KZbin algorithm for this 3 year old gem
@jerryhall57092 жыл бұрын
Some people have this curiosity and urge to explore that has just gone wrong. Instead of becoming a scientist who digs for information they end up digging tunnels. But I believe it's the same mindset.
@TheStarBlack5 ай бұрын
Not necessarily gone wrong. In a different time and place, tunnelling could have been very beneficial.
@nyakwarObat4 ай бұрын
Order in the chaos
@Bee-282 жыл бұрын
How interesting! Contrary to some comments, the Freudian & primordial angle at the end gives the story depth and an additional layer worth thinking about, rounding up this little gem.
@Denime4 ай бұрын
Does it really? Or is it pretentious nonsense?
@8888zada4 ай бұрын
I lived in hackney infact I grew up there. Not once have I heard of this...intresting documentary.
@richardwadd97694 ай бұрын
My grandmother met the mole man in a laneway behind the shops.She said that mid-sentence he started sniffing at the air then kind of scurried off.
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
😂
@jmoz4 ай бұрын
What a weirdo. I used to live round the corner. A well off artist now lives there and has modernised the property.
@AshleyMoorcroft3 ай бұрын
Two artists, as mentioned in the video?
@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x2 ай бұрын
Seems artists that easily spend 1.2m on what was once an affordable area are the true mole men undermining the city fabric
@DustunColeman23 күн бұрын
Just ruining the history and the area around them
@markovery3438Ай бұрын
That was so interesting to watch, it's crazy what goes on behind people's doors.
@benmcreynolds85818 ай бұрын
This was awesome. I just subscribed. In a way I really understand the urge to want to just dig, create, explore. It can be a hobby sorta like rock hunting or metal detecting. I don't vibe with parts of his personality but I'm still very interested and curious about all of this. I wish the city would have documented in detail everything before just filling it up with cement. I'm surprised it took so long for the city to be able to stop him. Especially with all the events that happened that impacted the surrounding area around his house. Did they ever find out what happened to his wife and daughter? Regardless keep up the great work 👍🏻
@primesspct2Ай бұрын
At age 62, living in the same home I bought 40 years ago, way out in the country, there are now houses that belong in the suburbs, all around me.. I have become the odd character of my neighborhood. I do exactly as I please. Will I become the crazy marengo rock lady? ( for my habit of dragging interesting rocks home, which now surround my house?) The eccentric dog lady, yes surely. The witch with the fetishes hanging from the trees. ( actually just home made wind chimes and mobiles). I can imagine how odd I seem to my neighbors. I look at my neighbors, who refuse to wave or give a nod of the head, and surely, I think them mad. I hope they are happy, but they never smile. Do I scare or disturb them? Truthfully as we age, and are limited by income and physical ability, the weeds grow up, and the house breaks down. At 20 I never saw myself here, that said I am happy. I busily garden in the summer and do arts and crafts in the winter. My broken down home is big enough ,for those desperate for a place to lay their head, to move in and out; and they do. My overgrown yard is now my wildlife area. You would be surprised how many species of birds, insects and spiders have moved back in, and to my delight; even a pair of blue tailed skinks. Mostly it is just me and my Mom, who has none such proclivities, and all my odd habits, that used to annoy her, she now sees the beauty in. It is a matter of perspective. I choose to see the glass half full rather than half empty. In some ways i can surely relate to William, digging made him happy. I do not think he meant to undermine the surrounding area, He just had to dig or die. RIP William Lyttle
@ThursoBerwickАй бұрын
I sympathise. I live in suburbia. Most people here don't talk to each other. It is a short walk from the house to the car for them. One of my elderly neighbours has disappeared. No idea if she was moved into sheltered accom or passed away.
@raquelnunes97934 ай бұрын
Just had an aneurism at £25 for rent.
@kg81874 жыл бұрын
good work, apreciate it... bit more often please 😁 really enjoy the stories, cheers from Thailand ✌
@daveurwin53274 ай бұрын
Well, well, well. I lived there for a year (i think) in about '85 or '86. Still got some photos. He was a complete racist oddball who had the same meal from the chippy every night.
@Marniiiiiie4 ай бұрын
thanks for this video!!! these stories deserve to be told
@JafacaksWasTaken4 ай бұрын
youre fine
@Gazr9654 ай бұрын
Tunnels are quiet, secure, an escape, I miss the cellar in my old home, but am thinking of digging one outside in the garden where we now live, then capping it off with bison slabs as a roof and grassing over.😎 Gaz UK
@scarlettifluff4 ай бұрын
All the way through, the one question? Where did he put the clay/soil he removed? How did he get rid of it?
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
accordian to a testimonial in the comment section, he sold it
@jeppegarly8435 Жыл бұрын
Where did he put all the dirt ?? :-)
@garyrigby2111 ай бұрын
Nowhere
@nickcoppard53354 ай бұрын
Landfill bin @@garyrigby21
@TheFakeyCakeMaker13 күн бұрын
Apparently he sold it
@michaelmallory433011 күн бұрын
Watching this reminded me of a book series I read as a child called ‘Tunnels’. I imagine the author was inspired by this story or similar ones because it evoked the exact same feelings of otherworldliness and captured the same primal urge to dig and explore the unknown worlds beneath the earths surface..
@seano68593 жыл бұрын
Damn wish this channel was still going!
@woah69582 жыл бұрын
I agree. Perhaps this channel was a covid lockdown project?
@hotelmario5103 ай бұрын
Good news: It is!
@seano68593 ай бұрын
@@hotelmario510 I knw! So glad they posted again
@rogereynon49544 ай бұрын
I wonder how and where he disposed of the dirt and rubble he dug out?
@jaimeerivera82174 ай бұрын
I met William nearly 20 years ago as a young teen at Crisis Skylight, whilst attending CardBoard Citizens, a theatre company for the homeless and disengaged in Brick Lane. He was a very special man, eccentric, charming, funny, defiant. He made every day fun ❤️ Rest in Peace William, we remember you always ❤️🇮🇪
@dogshake3 ай бұрын
Idk, sounded like he was kinda a prick.
@17losttrout2 ай бұрын
😂@@dogshake
@hetedeleambacht6608Ай бұрын
ok so he wasnt an ass to everyone......
@jaimeerivera8217Ай бұрын
@@dogshake - it’s all relative, babes ☺️
@jaimeerivera8217Ай бұрын
@@hetedeleambacht6608 - definitely not to me and many others 😏
@vitusthemad3043Ай бұрын
Wow, very interesting. I knew a man in Tucson, Arizona named Paul Joblonka that dug under his house and whom we called the " Mole Man". I wonder how he is doing and what became of his excavations.
@lilacscentedfushias18524 ай бұрын
In a hundred + years, archeologists digging and finding an ancient tv, cars & furniture. Wondering why they’re down there amongst any like tunnels filled with concrete 😂
@benm5844 ай бұрын
Not what I expected, but I'm glad I clicked on the video. Very interesting. Thanks for uploading
@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living4 ай бұрын
Remember this house very well used to pass it daily on the way to work
@StoneCircleExotics3 ай бұрын
I grew up on the DeBeauvoir Estate. I used to walk past this house everyday on my way to school in the early 90s.
@donnahdunthorn52075 ай бұрын
The blue plaque made me laugh. Good video.
@HookBeak_664 ай бұрын
It looks very convincing, why should a tribute sign need bureaucratic approval.
@fadhil_the_sloth22 күн бұрын
Does someone know the title of piano song in the background? The sound gives me like a nostalgic childhood feeling
@adelestevens4 ай бұрын
He worked for Bristol Aircraft Company, but I feel he would've been happier working for William Mc Alpine. Imagine where he would've dug to if he had a plan!
@thra5herxb12s3 ай бұрын
I wonder how many missing people are buried in the tunnels, now sealed in forever.
@fredflintstoner5965 ай бұрын
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
@HookBeak_664 ай бұрын
You need a psychiatric evaluation, or perhaps you receive a warm feeling inside if/when people reply in a negative manner.
@ramblingrob46934 ай бұрын
Lol
@johnjephcote7636Ай бұрын
Gus Ellen sang "and by clinging to the chimbley you could see across to Wimbley...if it wasn't for the 'ouses in between...and with a pair of glasses you could see the 'ackney Marshes...if it wasn't for the 'ouses in between".
@kennethjohnson298325 күн бұрын
Ah! Yes, Fawlty Towers.
@Eviction76Ай бұрын
9:34 I reckon all that was already down there and he found it.