The Work of James Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery

[@johnathanrowley2707]

This is better than what's on TV, the drawings and the details are just like how Fred dibnah used to do his programmes.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Johnathan I have Mr Ranks to thank for the drawings

[@100SteveB]

My thoughts exactly Johnathan, Martin brings the same amount of enthusiasm into his videos that Fred did, along with a great deal of very interesting information. Martins content is far more interesting than anything found on television these days.

[@MarkBayfieldvillageidiot]

agree

[@elonmust7470]

"Did you like that?!"

[@Tez73]

Yes it’s miles better than tv

[@l30njam3s]

Thats mad, I was walking my dog there yesterday and thought, wonder why there's a weir there. Thanks for that quality video

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Leon, now you know 👍

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

The use of a cameraman makes for an interesting production, thanks to Danny for that. Another great video Martin, looking forward to the next instalment.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Steve, yep he did a great job

[@bullettube9863]

Steve Wardley: And he comes in handy if Martin falls into the river!

[@ricky_pigeon]

forgot i was watching youtube it was that good, felt like a tv production lol

[@bullettube9863]

@@ricky_pigeon Yes, BBC quality! And a lot more fun, with suspense thrown in as we wonder whether there are alligators in that river or not.

[@Matt-Bristow]

Another fantastic episode... this needs to be brought and broadcast on TV

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Matt. TV wont buy it, no Celebs in it 😀

[@andyhill242]

Brilliant start to what promises to be a great series, Martin. Well done for getting so much detail from so long ago.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Andy

[@doubleboost]

This is quality work. very well filmed and edited

[@englishcat19]

Love it Martin. You know when a guy is good when he makes something you never thought of interesting. You deserve a well paid presenters job bro

[@MartinZero]

Thank you, yeah this subject is an unknown gem

[@TheWacoKid1963]

Anything to do with coal mining always gets 100% of my attention, This has exceeded that. Thanks Martin

[@MartinZero]

Thank you, yes I did enjoy doing this one

[@mickd6942]

TheWacoKid1963 your icon made me think there was a hair on my screen lol

[@hanskniezand2049]

@@mickd6942 I know, I was like a cat trying to swipe at a mouse on TV.

[@Dave1976.]

Hi Mick. After watching latest vid of Martin zero. Yr comment on whacko kid I also thought I to had hair on my screen lol

[@johnwilliams9240]

Excellent Martin more local history, and names like Fletcher, local mine owners where I come from. Keep up the good work, all info for us. John

[@MartinZero]

Thank you John

[@jcramond73]

The highest compliment I can give you Martin is this video is more in depth and informative than most top rated documentaries. Well done mate!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you. I really appreciate that. I must admit this was a labour of love

[@jcramond73]

@@MartinZero , and it really shows mate, cannot wait for part 2 :)

[@grimsmith1]

Brilliant research, have to take my lid off to you, should be a history professor! Just get in that river!

[@MartinZero]

Cheers, that river is too deep 😀

[@rydermike33]

Really excellent Martin, your work just gets better and better. James Brindley, what an engineer! Thank you Martin and Danny.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mike, yeah what an engineer, worked himself to an early grave

[@rydermike33]

@@MartinZero Very sad that they all went that way Martin. I.K. Brunell was another brilliant man who died young!

[@retrorambles517]

Another great video Well made and very informative Personally think you could do with an arts council grant to help make more Looking forward to this mini series

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much

[@markthomas6045]

An absolute pleasure to watch Martin, you are a natural presenter! You can get 62,000 people (and counting) enthused about some old brickwork and long forgotten tunnels. That is no small feat. Well done sir, can't wait for the next one!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Michelle. I wish all 62,000 would watch it 😄

[@MrDamonHamilton]

These videos need to be on national tele x

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Damon

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

@@MartinZero "Build it and they will come" as the quote goes.

[@ianr]

Superb video again Martin! 👍🙂 James Brindley, born and raised in the Peak District and with no formal education became one of the greatest engineers Great Britain has ever seen.

[@MartinZero]

Yes I read that he had an intuitive knack for these things

[@timstephenson4520]

Martin another fascination episode, very informative and interesting.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Tim

[@queenarc]

Dear Sir quality work .The BBC should take a couple of lesson off you.Your presentation are down to earth,so eat your heart out David Attenborough!Keep the good work up.Many thank

[@Nathan.Manchester]

I love it when you do videos on my end of Manchester - I love the fact that I always learn something new from your videos - a well deserved like from me 👍

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Nathan

[@StonedustandStardust]

I worked in an old mill building that had a weir behind it. I used to walk back there and was fascinated by the old works. Now I know exactly what is was all about. Thanks!

[@philiplettley]

Really great and interesting video. Just be very careful around weirs, you were to close to the water when you were above the weir, the river as it was, youd have had no chance of survival if you'd fallen in. Keep the good work

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Phillip 👍

[@jeffreyquinn3820]

This is very important. I had a short gig as a canoe-based river lifeguard as a kid. Weir rescues are extremely difficult without a motorboat. Here's a good explanation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4XPhIB6Zs54rbc

[@lordbelvoir2543]

Totally agree I live on a boat and I cant stress enough....get ya sen a life preserver 😉👍

[@ltdees2362]

Unbelievably fascinating! How wonderful it would be to go back in time 270 years and witness this engineering marvel!...Thank you Martin!

[@MartinZero]

Yeah I would love to Tom

[@RetroRatz]

Loved it! Despite the weather, your enthusiasm never fails! An inspiration to the rest of our channels ❤️🎥📷 Look forward to part two!!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you, yep that was one wet day

[@sharonstuebi8181]

@@MartinZero your a trouper!

[@RetroRatz]

Gripping, interesting entertainment! Worthy of television, but we love having you here with us on KZbin ❤️📷🎥🎙️

[@marygarner5249]

Very Educational love the History this is so Good five Thumbs up 😁

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Mary

[@George_Ren]

I greatly appreciate all your research and dedication to deliver a fantastically informative video. I wish there were KZbin Oscars , you'd wipe the competition hands down.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you George much appreciated 😃

[@petersmith5277]

Thanks for excellent, practical, down to earth history and showing what we would otherwise never know and see. Cheers

[@stephengiles2873]

Been waiting all week for this and seriously not disappointed these videos are getting better every week and the attention to detail is impressive. Stay safe and keep up the good work

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Stephen. I did a lot of reading for this one

[@zenoelea8239]

Absolutely brilliant Martin. In my opinion your skills as a documentary presenter, story teller and investigator are second to none. In these strange times it is reassuring to listen to you. Thank you for what you do. 🙂

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Zeno, glad you enjoyed

[@thejoneseys]

Love your videos. Your passion for history is certainly addictive! I'm so looking forward to part two 🤗

[@MartinZero]

Thank you, Part 2 soon 👍

[@richardtierney7724]

Born and bred in Bolton, home of Fred Dibnah, grew up watching his programmes on BBC TV... Can quite seriously say your are as good as he was and really should be on mainstream TV. Your infectious interest and love of the area and its history is really plain to see. Lots of comments on here seem to agree with that. You have raised a huge amount of interest in local history visiting places we all pass every day, possible played in as kids.... Really superb vlogs Martin. Always watch every episode you produce and am working my way through your "old" ones. Many, many thanks.

[@MartinZero]

Hello Richard thanks very much. Fred was a hero of mine as well. But I can only walk in his shadow. He was an actual engineer

[@jenratcliffe7232]

I saw a book in an antiques centre in Lancaster about coal mining in Lancashire. Kinda regret not buying it now. Must admit I was interested for the sole purpose of seeing my house in a photo as it was built around the same time the mine in my area opened :)

[@MartinZero]

Awwe should have bought it Jen

[@jenratcliffe7232]

@@MartinZero I totally regret it now ;) Think I'll have a mooch on Amazon

[@Miatacrosser]

@@jenratcliffe7232 bookfinder.com Best site for finding books

[@jenratcliffe7232]

@@Miatacrosser Thank you I'll try there :)

[@markgleave5436]

Loved this one. Hated history at school. If only it had been presented to us as well as this back then. Brilliant Martin. Thank you.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Mark

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

Thanks martin, this is such a brilliant part of history.

[@MartinZero]

Yes great story, loved researching it

[@laszlofyre845]

Being as I kind of have ties to that area and a big interest in its industrial past, giving this a 'like' is a given. So much history round there, and you're the bloke to dish it up for us. Top job as ever, mate. Old Jim Brindley was spreading himself thin round about the time he was doing this job, his reputation was then in the ascendant. He was, it turned out, working himself into an early grave. Turns out he was a diabetic- but kept very hard at it and thought nothing of 'nipping over' (on horseback on unmade very poor roads), in all weathers from, say, Staffordshire or Derbyshire jobs, just to have a see how things were going, or to promulgate a new idea or alteration that may be of benefit. What a bloke! Looking forward to some more please! Thanx, Martin.

[@MartinZero]

Yeah I think I read he was Diabetic. Yes he was known for having multiple projects on the go. What a guy

[@paulclubley7206]

Great camera work Danny, i really like the presentation format in the video, looking forward to the next video i wonder it it will end us as a series about the Irwell like the Medway series.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Paul, I will pass on your compliment

[@forkhandles6139]

p2, now I am gripped !!!! can't wait :-) Awesome Martin , Danny !

[@MartinZero]

Am back there soon to film the rest of Part 2

[@iLuvTenerife]

Thanks Martin , captivating. Can't wait for part 2. I like the 'OMD' start too 🤔😁

[@MartinZero]

Oh yes, you recognised it 😃👌Very impressed

[@SilverShroud1982]

Thanks for keep no Manchester’s Past Alive Martin & Danny does well as a cameraman,kudos to you both for keeping my interest peaked! 👍

[@MartinZero]

Thank you. Yeah we enjoyed filming this one

[@boulting1]

The opening music is awesome........OMD vibe going on there Martin :-)

[@MartinZero]

Yes I love that drum machine, Dean did it for me

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

@@MartinZero Would that happen to be one of those Roland Compurhythm drum machines? (I'm not intimate with the sound possibilities of those.) Another fantastic episode by the way....

[@MartinZero]

@@ChurchOfTheHolyMho Thank you, yes its based on the Roland CR-78 drum machine used in the late 70's early 80's. The brief to Dean was give me That drum machine with a Gary Numan John Foxx Vibe

[@GaryWall]

Thanks Martin. As Brummies we can appreciate the contribution James Brindley made to our canal waterways. So much, we named an area in the city centre after him. Like you said in your excellent video 'he made water run up-hill'. Thanks mate and I'm looking forward to part two.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Gary, yeah he was very active around your area, wasnt he

[@nojhampton]

Leaving us with a Clifton cliffhanger eh Martin!

[@MartinZero]

Oh yes, Ka boom 😂

[@KJohansson]

The grim weather is a good reminder of what rough and tough work it was all about. Excellent content, as already pointed out this is loads better than whats on the telly.

[@petersmith9898]

Talk about ending on a cliffhanger. I was really getting into that. Part 2 can't come soon enough.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Peter

[@LSD123.]

Feels like eternity waiting for one of Martins videos...

[@5052Kevin]

Sorry I forgot to say that the video is excellent, you made a great job of explaining how Brindley used a siphon to take the water under the Irwell to the colliery. I can't find it on line now, but there used to be a website that showed how underwater archaeologists had entered the tunnel system and fully explored it with detailed description and photographs of the remains tunnel system excavated from solid sandstone or constructed from brick. This website was a good companion to the original 1968 book published by David and Charles about Brindley's work at Wet Earth. Thanks again for bringing Brindley's work to public attention in such a graphic way and also for putting up with getting soaked in the process!

[@MartinZero]

No Problem, Kevin and thanks

[@tommoran1301]

What a night Man Utd win then Martin puts a video up 👌

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Tom

[@p.g.9427]

I've been jogging,walking and cycling round there for thirty years and never new any of this, really interesting, thank you.

[@MrAsBBB]

Martin, you really are enjoying this. So comes across in what you are doing!

[@MartinZero]

Yeah this one was a challenge and a labour of love

[@brianaveriss7972]

Absolutely brilliant, so well presented. Thank you Martin.

[@alexromanov9967]

Fantastic video! I've lived in Clifton for 3 years and do like to explore it and learn its history. Your film is an absolute masterpiece. Thank you very much for your work!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Alex

[@martinpiggins5772]

Great stuff Mart, really interesting thanks for taking us along👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Martin

[@volvos60bloke]

Fabulous, fabulous videos. Well done with these - Tony Robinson levels of presenting. You deserve a prime-time slot on the tele!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much 😀

[@michaelcarter1963]

I really believe you knocked the ball out of the park!! You did an excellent job Martin!! Great presentation!!! A great documentary!!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Michael

[@MrTheandyman]

Martin, if anyone deserves an award, mate - it’s definitely you. Thank you for all your enthusiasm. ( I live close to Healey Dell. Perhaps one day?)

[@MartinZero]

Thank you. Ive been to Healey Dell

[@brianrobertson1105]

I've only just got round to watching this and I was absolutely riveted. I was only exploring the Wet Earth Colliery area with my brother yesterday.

[@simonabbott7323]

Mr Zero, thank you very much for your fantastic video! So brilliant, packed with detail and interest to the very last!

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Simon

[@bernardfender5147]

Great vid Martin, as always! I ment to mention on your last vid that the little beach you were mudlarking on is exactly where a huge sewer pipe from Prestwich and Whitfield passes under the river into the waterworks. A decade or so ago United Utilities found it had been leaking into the river for years. During the replacement work there was a temporary overground pipe that actually ran over the footbridge into the sewage works. The pipe was about 3 ft across, vibrated with the pressure and was nice and warm!!

[@MartinZero]

Oh dear, I wonder what made it warm 😷

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Another great and interesting programme. You never cease to amaze me.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much 👍

[@ponyboymb]

Better than TV, Martin 👌 Another great video, history is such a great thing ✌️ thanks so much for sharing ✅✅

[@MartinZero]

Thank you. Hope your well

[@TheLowerman]

Great work, Martin. You really go the extra distance for your work.

[@MartinZero]

A bit of a labour of love on this one

[@trevorwright6165]

hi martin I agree with cool dude what a wonderful story nearly 300 years ago we loved it as with all your films cheers Martin from trev and Christine down south

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much to you both

[@stuyates76]

Yet more fascinating insight into local industrial heritage. Brilliant video Martin. Looking forward to part 2 👍👍

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Stu

[@brianartillery]

Great, fascinating video, Martin. I can't help but notice how 'Televisual' it is! In your discussion of the alternative routes for the waterway, I was amused that the 'Not In My Back Yard' (NIMBY) mentality is not a new thing, at all. Looking forward to the rest of these. Thank you.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Brian, yeah Nimbys even then. When you say Televisual is this a good thing or a bad thing

[@sharonstuebi8181]

@@MartinZero I think its a good thing meaning professional quality!

[@brianartillery]

@@MartinZero - It's a good thing. I was definitely, and if you'll indulge me getting a definite 'Fred Dibnah' feel about it. Your enthusiasm, and knowledge, and personality shine through. Every time. That's why we love your videos. You're a natural, and, as I've said before, I always leave your videos with the enriching feeling of: "I did not know that." Thank you so much.

[@johnriley8908]

Martin, I've become addicted to your videos and watched nearly all of them. Loved the Medlock series and all the the Brindley videos. What a genius James Brindley was. I'm not sure that he ever got the credit and notoriety of more well know figures like Brunel.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much John, glad you like them 👍

[@adamdnewman]

Simply amazing! The camera work and the explanation are top notch. (Better then tv/movie productions)

[@lawrence5117]

This should be a great series. Thanks Martin.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Lawrence

[@keithlydiate5933]

Thank you Martin - A fascinating video - I had to give a talk on James Brindley at school (Salford Tech) many years ago, in relation to the Bridgewater canal. This is all new to me.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Keith, yeah another of his projects

[@hoodnut197]

I lived about half a mile from the marina, it's always great to find new info on this place. Great video a big 👍.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you

[@johnpurdy9623]

Dare I say, this has to be one of your best yet. Very detailed and informative, with excellent filming. Looking forward to the rest of this series.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you John

[@macfast71]

Excellent story Martin. Cant wait for the rest of the series. Thanks for all your hard work

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much

[@davidsedlickas8222]

Hi Martin nice to see and hear you again in one of your vlog masterpieces. Genius Brindley using water to deal with water. Keep safe and dry.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks David, yep brilliant scheme

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

Fantastic Cant Wait For Part Two Martin........,Keep Up The Great Work ....Frank & Lee...

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Frank & lee, KI better get on it 😀

[@ChristineCope]

Martin, thanks so much for this series. I find it all absolutely fascinating and love learning more and more as you reveal things.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Christine and yes the pace is fascinating

[@lindamccaughey8800]

Well that was fabulous. Just love the history so totally fascinating. Thank you so much for taking me along with you. Looking forward to part 2

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Linda

[@beau5757]

Hi Martin well done for another cracking video, documenting historic remnants that will eventually be lost for ever

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much. I think this place is of major historical importance

[@AdventureElmes]

Wow! Did not want that to end. Will be waiting in great anticipation for part 2. Cracking video as always.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Phil

[@YellowPinkie]

Excellent, one of your best, and that's high praise!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Stephen

[@PhillyBill59]

Fabulous...thanks Martin & Crew.

[@RolandMillward]

Absolutely brilliant. One the best presented videos to date. Really looking forward to part 2. Well done!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Roland

[@antsmith8588]

Very educating Martin...... Excellent work keep it up..........

[@theartifactguy7399]

Thanks so much for this, an absolutely brilliant video and fills a lot of gaps in my own knowledge. I'm a local lad living just at the head of the valley near the motorway bridge and visit the Marina almost every day or two. I have been interested in the Wet Earth colliery for a long while and had the pleasure about 15 years ago of an informal guided tour from one of the guys who was working on restoring the mines before Salford closed the project down. He gave me loads of interesting information and your explanation is an excellent supplement to that so thanks again and keep up the good work.

[@theartifactguy7399]

PS a question though please, how do you think they made the weir given the water flow? Would it have been partially dammed maybe over on one side to work on it while they let it flow over the other half, then the process reversed?

[@rickmarsden9101]

That was great Martin, one of your best. Can't wait for part two.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Rick

[@jimbp1988]

Another great one Martin. Your production gets better and better. Thoroughly enjoyable 👍👍👍

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much Jay

[@simonhewkin8418]

Really hope people appreciate the time it must take you to find the information out and try and explain it in a way we can understand

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Simon am sure they do

[@mattblack7876]

F.e.a.r -martin you have excelled yourself -that was a supreme video -can't wait for part 2 -river irwell, weirs, syphons, water wheels that you mentioned all rule!!

[@MartinZero]

Yep I love it all, and thank you Matt

[@johneyres3045]

Really enjoying this series about the Irwell and surrounding area Martin.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks John

[@rjmun580]

Thanks for all your hard work. This is fascinating and greatly appreciated.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you very much

[@ericthekingthekingtheking4842]

Martin your enthusiasm is fabulous you remind me of how fred dibnah talks about old mills and steam power and like him i cant stop watching your content Brilliant martin From a mancunion

[@MartinZero]

Thanks very much. Thing is Fred could probably build the stuff himself. I just look on in awe. I walk in his shadow

[@ericthekingthekingtheking4842]

Martin Zero Youv got an infectious way you tell the story mate make us the viewer want to watch till the end. Ps iv put all my workmates onto your channel 👍 they like me cant get enough,on friday we was only talkin about pulling the plug in the canal that video you did,keep it up fred 👍😂 i mean martin

[@Dave50plus]

Well done Martin another informative video looking forward to part 2👍

[@MartinZero]

Thanks David

[@oddwad6290]

Very nice topic and video ! A few mentions , sewer treatment facilities are always very near the lowest land elevation of the area they serve . Early dam designs were inadequate due to lack of soils engineering and hydrology science , hence the utility bridge being swept away . Thanks

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Montie, that particular bridge was from 2015

[@matthewgriffiths8423]

Very professional Martin. Most interesting

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Matthew

[@karlnewe11]

Superb Martin. There’s many a time I stand wondering at bits of metal stuck to a wall or the remains of a stone wall. Love your enthusiasm. Danny’s a good un with the camera which helped some of the pieces while you were scrambling around. And then there’s the soundtrack. I was suddenly back in 1980 in a very good way. Top marks Dean.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Karl, yeah that CR 78 Drum machine very retro

[@t_ruth555]

James Brindley..... way ahead of his time ❤💛💚 thanks martin & danny

[@MartinZero]

He certainly was

[@Tom-Lahaye]

This is a brilliant example of an amateur documentary, and besides that good industrial archaeology. As a volunteer staff member of the East Lancs Railway working there several times a year but living on the other side of the channel (Netherlands) I'm hugely interested in the industrial past of the area, and enjoy your video's so far. Can't wait for part 2 of this.

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Tom

[@sharonstuebi8181]

Talk about a cliff hanger! Im on the edge of my seat! You are a master storyteller Martin! Thank you for your curiosity and the tenacity to find lost stories!

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Sharon. I really enjoyed doing this one

[@grahamhall8249]

Brilliant historical video Martin, well done. Can't wait for part 2.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Graham

[@raydowley1038]

Nice work Martin looking forward to part 2

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Ray

[@blobby273]

your videos get better and better fascinating story of a time when Britain shone brighter than anywhere else in the world .

[@stuartgalsworthy6959]

Great video full of detail. Can't wait for part 2.

[@MartinZero]

Thanks Stuart. I did love this story

[@peter15871]

i have said it many time's about your video's what a great informative video, got to rival the trap door if not better.You are a great talker , and you put up with the wind,rain &cold to bring us a series . You never fail to dissapoint,looking forward to the next episode martin..

[@MartinZero]

Thank you Peter, yep it persisted down that day 😃

[@pwhitewick]

Bring on Part two. love it.

[@MartinZero]

Cheers Paul and Rebecca 👍