The Hackney Mole Man

[@Alex-cw3rz]

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.

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

by that point it would have been semi-derelict.

[@diabl2master]

That was my first thought as well

[@diabl2master]

​​@@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.

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

@@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.

[@jakecavendish3470]

Back then it was an absolute dump though, houses were on the market for years

[@connellmchugh4943]

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

[@christopher11morris]

exactly what just happened to me

[@ivanrainbird2416]

@@christopher11morris and me

[@ClotEastwood]

I clicked on it because I'm a Mole Catcher and I was expecting a documentary on a fellow Mole Catcher. . . . So interesting.

[@oscartravis5740]

Did you dig it? 😂

[@bodhiswayze1892]

4:16 “ Old eccentric & somewhat antisocial?” Me too Sir, me too…

[@DPM-5]

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

[@richjones7313]

thats a sweet bit of lore

[@nimomaniachannel]

thats bittersweet aswell @richjones7313

[@marc5126]

Holy shit we really got mole man lore before gta6

[@traderjo9552]

Dude same this is dope

[@drewwhy5541]

Thanks for the info ❤

[@tgazza1587]

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.

[@somedude866]

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)

[@alphomega2459]

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 😂

[@AlThurayya7]

Nice to know, also a local but never knew why the bus route changed! Thanks for sharing 👌🏾

[@trisarahtops1092]

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-Antonowsky]

Hobbiest tunneler, surely, no?

[@notpoliticallycorrect1303]

​@@Emil-AntonowskyGo check out Colin Furze,😂

[@kash.h]

How do you meet hobbyist tunnelers?

[@robynmeyer7796]

Sounds like an obsessive compulsive disorder…his way to compensate for something out of kilter up top

[@smhorse]

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.

[@m.streicher8286]

How many mole men exist undiscovered because they know how to structurally brace their work

[@rowanmelton7643]

I doubt many molemen follow safety guidelines

[@jointgib]

the country could be riddled with them

[@samuelmelton8353]

@@jointgib Maybe they occasionally run into each other

[@casbienbarr]

@@samuelmelton8353 but then they fight to the death. keeps the populations down

[@jamesloo4886]

Colin furze is a very public mole man

[@TheJohnRowley]

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!

[@ooakleaf]

Yes! I came here to say exactly that, too! 😀

[@byiouj8709]

A friend of mine said he met the mole man once - apparently he was surprisingly charming and down to earth

[@byiouj8709]

pun not intended

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

Ba dum Ching!

[@andrewstrain2739]

@@byiouj8709 still funny lmao

[@donlitos]

Your story is full of holes

[@Dimapur]

Get out!!

[@CogDis]

Beautifully narrated, well done.

[@jonbell3020]

Fucking legend.. I remember his creation very well.

[@ekimoleksander6068]

I'm really sad to see that you stopped making videos. This was awesome

[@trisarahtops1092]

You’ll be happy to know he started making videos again!

[@84nf]

he is back baby

[@forevertipsy3550]

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.

[@nyakwarObat]

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

[@zangl2955]

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.

[@PinballWizard999]

@@nyakwarObat This guy was clearly. simply a nutcase.

[@nyakwarObat]

@PinballWizard999 Depends on what kind of nuts..most scientists have also been known to be nuts, coming up with genius inventions when unexpected.

[@VincentNajger1]

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)

[@ruairioconnell9554]

Donegal wasn’t affected by the war

[@LaraCross512]

Fear of Cold War stems from repressed memories of hard nipples in the winter according to psychologists.

[@Nurofaen]

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...

[@JimSuperwhite43]

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.

[@mandead]

What a fascinating, charming little documentary. Thank you so much.

[@jaykaygxd8497]

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

[@nyakwarObat]

Body of water. That's why every major city in the world is usually built round water bodies

[@pch2230]

The only thing more dangerous than finding a bear in its cave is a bear finding you in yours.

[@bubstacrini8851]

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@@pch2230

[@dogrudiyosun]

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.

[@englishmadcow7461]

Menorca caves still lived in 😍

[@JinlongTheGoldenDragon]

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.

[@PhillipRaymondGoodman]

The mole man could be the basis for one of their games

[@zackcorber8275]

Can’t get enough of this channel, please keep it up. Great work, thanks

[@citrus1225]

It’s been a long time. I hope you come back the world needs more night time stories

[@NoNameNomad....]

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.

[@booognish]

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..

[@Mooocheropordis]

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!

[@PinballWizard999]

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.

[@shaunwalley]

Although im just coming across this 4 yrs later, this story is very intriguing, cool laid back narration, no sarcasm. Thank you for sharing.

[@jaimeerivera8217]

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 ❤️🇮🇪

[@dogshake]

Idk, sounded like he was kinda a prick.

[@17losttrout]

😂​@@dogshake

[@RWBHere]

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.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

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 👍🏻

[@anthonygreen4981]

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

[@JJforShie1]

“Some 33 tonnes of soil and debris were removed from Lyttle's former garden and from some of the rooms”

[@Galfrid]

"some of the rooms" Oof ! 😬

[@hectorpascal]

An excellent short documentary. And obscure eccentrics are often the best subjects for them!

[@caitlinreneexo]

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?

[@mikemorris3421]

I had dealings with him building the house on the south side in the 1990s, I was the Architect. As you might expect it was not the most straight forward of interactions. I am not a mental heath professional but he exhibited the classic behaviour of Bi-polar disorder. Agreements and decisions made one day would be turned 180 deg the next, the party wall issues were totally unworkable as there were two sides to him a deep paranoia and a disinterested detachment to life which could go from both extremes without obvious reason. The whole structure was redesigned to enable the contractor to work around him. The Engineer and Party Wall Surveyors got the short straw. I was still sad when I found out he had been evicted, but there were more than the ones mentions of pavement collapses and bits falling into the street. The pictures of him portray him in a more positive way than I remember. He always appeared to have just finished digging a tunnel with all the other issues one would expect pre showering. RIP

[@woah6958]

I'm incredibly curious to know what his wife and daughter had to say about him. Or even what became of them.

[@pauljones6511]

I think they had a 2 up 2 down in the basement

[@legitbeans9078]

Buried in the tunnels somewhere

[@woah6958]

@@legitbeans9078 😂

[@CountDoucheula]

They're propping up the tunnels somewhere, probably

[@hangedups2608]

@@legitbeans9078DONT MAKE STUFF UP

[@JoeKelly-xg1xr]

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 , 😊

[@bertspeggly4428]

To say that what they have done to the house preserves its history is ridiculous. It looks like nothing, neither old nor new.

[@cbcb102]

This video appeared randomly, I am glad I watched it. It was extremely interesting. Thank you for the research.

[@screenname9872]

this was great, thank you for making this.

[@fredflintstoner596]

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_66]

You need a psychiatric evaluation, or perhaps you receive a warm feeling inside if/when people reply in a negative manner.

[@ramblingrob4693]

Lol

[@OhNoNotFrank]

The stupidity of bringing up Freudian theory is staggering.

[@GM-kl9mw]

had me a lil confused im not gonna lie

[@peterwilson5528]

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.buttons2482]

Different ideas - like damaging public property and attacking young girls, You mean ???

[@tarquin4592]

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.

[@bodhiswayze1892]

4:16 “Old eccentric & somewhat antisocial?” Me too Sir, me too…

[@ev3977]

Thank you for making this!

[@jtgdyt2]

Where did he put all the dirt? Just disposing of that must have been an endeavor in itself.

[@AsherIsbrucker]

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

[@jtgdyt2]

@@AsherIsbrucker That sounds like a mound that would be larger than his house, yet we don't see it.

[@Emiliapocalypse]

@@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]

I guess he dug another hole and put it in there

[@benmcreynolds8581]

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..

[@jerryhall5709]

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.

[@TheStarBlack]

Not necessarily gone wrong. In a different time and place, tunnelling could have been very beneficial.

[@nyakwarObat]

Order in the chaos

[@tcswed]

Thank you KZbin algorithm for this 3 year old gem

[@alfredshearing6793]

Bravo. An intriguing tale. Still a landmark invoking its history.

[@aclark903]

‘The most beautiful thing about my burrow is the stillness..’ #Kafka

[@scarlettifluff]

That's a motive right there!

[@chunkylefunga]

RIP mole man. Man Hackey is really changing, it's going to stop being cool and become shoreditch in 5 years.

[@sarahsnadur]

You can imagine my surprise when i clicked this video only to have my exact location in rural Donegal show up in the footage @1:11 ... 😶

[@wkvdmerwe4407]

Did you just doxx yourself bro😅

[@sarahsnadur]

@@wkvdmerwe4407 😂 good luck finding anyone in this wilderness!

[@starky2.057]

Interesting watch. But a scaffold has no structural support.

[@thelucentcrow9084]

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

[@dizzeedandan4744]

This was a great mini doc. Ive lived in squats all round hackney areas for years. Ive seen this place and always wondered about it. Now to find this fascinating story so many years later. It makes me sad that that place is gone like with alot of stuff around hackney its all so unrecignisable now. Its such a shame

[@mah3223alia]

Do we still have Freudian psychologists in 2024?

[@8888zada]

I lived in hackney infact I grew up there. Not once have I heard of this...intresting documentary.

[@paulfrost8952]

I’ve a question which was not asked in the video. Where did the “Mole man” deposit all the spoil from the tunnels?

[@liammhodonohue]

@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? 🤔

[@paulfrost8952]

@@liammhodonohue He probably had a Vaulting Horse too!🤔

[@yoho6085]

I think he dug another hole to put it in

[@RanmaSyaoranSaotome]

At 12:30 you can hear Louped practically holding back his laughter.

[@Martial-Mat]

He wasn't eccentric, he was mentally ill. As for filling the holes, are you seriously telling me they couldn't even remove his property before filling it with concrete?!

[@Tipperary757]

This was very interesting. Gets your mind to thinking. Great voice for a bedtime story. Thank you.

[@1wisestein]

At first I thought this sounded like “schizoid personality disorder” but the Freudian explanation jumps out after the journalist’s odd encounter.

[@kg8187]

good work, apreciate it... bit more often please 😁 really enjoy the stories, cheers from Thailand ✌

[@JMFuller]

I'd like to see an overlay on a map of the tunnel network. What happened to his wife and daughter?

[@LaughingGravy.01]

I lived round the corner between 1999 and 2009. Remember his house well. Happy days! All the good stuff inevitably gets erased by gentrification.

[@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living]

Remember this house very well used to pass it daily on the way to work

[@donnahdunthorn5207]

The blue plaque made me laugh. Good video.

[@HookBeak_66]

It looks very convincing, why should a tribute sign need bureaucratic approval.

[@__Andrew_]

One can only wonder his affinity to the great escape movie… And of course his efforts to get rid of the excavated earth.

[@leeyo5494]

MY THEORY IS , HE JUST LIKED DIGGING

[@captainawsomeface]

U could be onto something chief

[@Saywhatnow-o3w]

A lot of sand hogs from Donegal

[@B0rnles13]

Sometimes when you start something you just can't stop. I remember when I moved into the ground floor flat, it had a concrete floor, but just where the head of my bed was there was a little hole in the cement, gradually just using my fingers for not very long and with stops in between I managed to scoop out enough cement to fit my whole forearm in, whoever had laid the mortar had put too much sand in it. I asked my housing Association for some cement to fill it in, and back in the day they were quite good and left a bag of cement outside my door, so I filled in that hole and stopped the digging though I always wondered about digging out a big cavern underneath, but I doubt it would be safe. My ancestors were all coal miners.

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

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 😂

[@richardwadd9769]

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.

[@Bee-28]

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.

[@Denime]

Does it really? Or is it pretentious nonsense?

[@PaxAlotin-j6r]

*Two artists bought the place for over 1 million pounds* ---------------- I've only got one question --- HOW ? ----------------- *Most artists I know are dirt poor*

[@jaimeerivera8217]

Mummy + Daddy = Trust Fund 😊

[@johndaarteest]

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.

[@adelestevens]

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!

[@jamesjasper2249]

Just watched this video while I had to kill some time, Fantastic! And the narrator's voice is excellent , brilliant little film, well done 👍

[@jmoz]

What a weirdo. I used to live round the corner. A well off artist now lives there and has modernised the property.

[@AshleyMoorcroft]

Two artists, as mentioned in the video?

[@mipmipmipmipmip-v5x]

Seems artists that easily spend 1.2m on what was once an affordable area are the true mole men undermining the city fabric

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Anything Frued says can be safely dismissed out of hand, the man was way off base.

[@catherinewoolf504]

Agreed

[@StoneCircleExotics]

I grew up on the DeBeauvoir Estate. I used to walk past this house everyday on my way to school in the early 90s.

[@dropelaves]

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.

[@Fred-rj3er]

Respect to this lovely loon for doing his own thing. Although it baffles me where he got cars, a boat and other big stuff from and how he nanaged to manhandle it into the tunnels. Never mind why. Looks like it eiuld have been a fantastic, detached house if done up and not undermined. If we weren't all different, mankind (am I allowed to say that these days?) would be so boring and still be using flints.

[@TheStarBlack]

Absolutely! Diversity is humanity's main strength, its just a shame so much of society has forgotten that.

[@thra5herxb12s]

I wonder how many missing people are buried in the tunnels, now sealed in forever.

[@FeelingIsHealing]

As a Hackney resident who's witnessed the change of Hackney the end made me sad for the change and that such eccentrics are basically pushed out due to how much money has flooded the area. Alas, such is life. Hackney though, what a place, such culture and history.

[@Puuws]

he was not harmless and he also sounded like a total ass according to that women journalist

[@jacquelineharrod6386]

The Freudian theory is tosh, otherwise a most interesting posting.

[@1972jjb]

Good documentary. The truth is, no matter how charming/eccentric/Irish etc he might have been, his actions were selfish, irresponsible, antisocial and criminal. If he'd had been competent and properly braced things, not disrupting power lines etc. maybe one could admire his work.. But would you be so blindly forgiving if he was your neighbour?

[@993Redveg]

Frankly no. For my part, I live next door to a neighbour, living alone, who has allowed creepers to swallow up his entire house. I have seen them grow up and up, obscuring his kitchen window, and then his upstairs bedroom window. They have now covered the chimney. His back door to the garden is impassable due to vegetation and the back garden itself (thankfully he has no garden in the front of the house) is a veritable jungle. My husband has made enquiries with the council on what could be done, as we fear that an explosion may be caused by blockage of this man's boiler ventilation system, but he was told that due to the fact that the house and garden are private property, nothing can be done. This is madness; he is allowed to potentially endanger others by his selfish choices. I do wonder what may be found inside when he eventually dies (there is no way he would ever be able to sell the house in its present condition).

[@jeppegarly8435]

Where did he put all the dirt ?? :-)

[@garyrigby21]

Nowhere

[@nickcoppard5335]

Landfill bin ​@@garyrigby21

[@Gazr965]

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

[@stephenholmes1036]

I met him.a few times when i was on incident response for the railway. He was a decent fella

[@katienorthenmore1892]

what a fascinating subject , i had no idea, thank you for sharing this.

[@MrEasyCheasy]

Lmao. I was not expecting this vid to start jibbing about Freud 😂

[@nyakwarObat]

They should have paid more attention to Karl though.

[@babymylo]

I live just round the corner from here damnnn wish I could’ve seen it in it’s prime. Great video

[@benm584]

Not what I expected, but I'm glad I clicked on the video. Very interesting. Thanks for uploading

[@seano6859]

Damn wish this channel was still going!

[@woah6958]

I agree. Perhaps this channel was a covid lockdown project?

[@hotelmario510]

Good news: It is!

[@seano6859]

@@hotelmario510 I knw! So glad they posted again

[@sheep1ewe]

Awesome someone wanted to preserve he's legacy! This was a realy cool story! I can imagine reusing old cars, i mean one have everything needed in the tunnels basically free beside a lot of hard work to get it there, roof to protect from waterdrip, relatively comfortable seats, etc. Same thing with old refridgerators, they just look aweful if one don't like the wisual look, but there was probably nobody elese ment to ever see them, they are prefect for storing things in a damp climate, the plastic inside newer rot, easy to clean from mold and they keep moisture outside.

[@sambo1556]

Great video, very entertaining and informative! Keep it up!

[@oscardighton8580]

It’s sad, a lot of the Irish immigrant communities in the 1970s-1990s in London and the uk had often severe mental issues, a lot were isolated and had no family in England and didn’t want to go home empty handed, lots ended up in the streets too ashamed to go home. Until recent years a good chunk of London a homeless were Irish builders who lost their jobs and took to drinking and couldn’t go home, I remember we learned about it in school.

[@neelamjhaveri8098]

What a narration 👌🏻👌🏻 loved it.. Like a story ❤️ thank you so much.. Tell me what is there now as in 2021? If one will go there to see.. can we visit?

[@dougtheviking6503]

What did he do with all the dirt ?

[@carld9451]

Very very similar to the mole of edge hill in Liverpool the Williams's tunnels that was built in the 1820s Joseph Williams dug tunnels under ground using millions and millions of bricks it's uncanny how similar theses to were even the house is similar unreal

[@robynmeyer7796]

Joseph Williamson…not Williams

[@carld9451]

@@robynmeyer7796 oh thanks for correcting me am so sorry ha ha

[@orangestoneface]

Most casual and many serious observers today maintain that Williamson had his men continue digging, building and tunneling, perhaps making use of the old quarries on the site, as a response to the poverty which surrounded his neighbourhoo

[@maxbrooks5468]

This is really fascinating.

[@Marniiiiiie]

thanks for this video!!! these stories deserve to be told

[@JafacaksWasTaken]

youre fine

[@zardoz_the_great]

I was wondering if you have a reference for that last photo of Mortimer Road in the fog, or know who took the picture?

[@rogereynon4954]

I wonder how and where he disposed of the dirt and rubble he dug out?