This video is about the Manchester Bolton Bury canal and how in 1936 there was a landslide, canal breach and a whole section of the canal slipped down a hillside into the River Irwell. This landslide had happened before and the retaining wall had to be sured up. However 52 years later on the 6th July 1936 the canal breach happened again and sealed the fate of the Manchester Bury and Bolton canal. The landslip was possibly due to subsidence caused by the nearby Ladyshore colliery coal mine.

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The Canal that slipped into the river

This week we are back on the Tower trail We are in Bollington Cheshire near Macclesfield. We go to visit a local English landmark called White Nancy . White Nancy is a folly built around 1815 to Celebrate the battle of Waterloo.  It was built by a local family called the Gaskell Family. On the way we visit a cotton spinning mill. Ingersley mill. A former water powered mill re built in 1821. We look at the river Dean and the mill race and Goyt that was built along with a weir to power the water mill. After white Nancy we discover an old  Tram road inclined tramway then on to Claytons tower. Is this tower a chimney a folly or an air shaft for a mine. Lots of walking in Cheshire as we go on a historical wal of Cheshire and look at some of Cheshire's history.

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Cheshire. White Nancy. Towers and Mills

Castle Carr in Yorkshire is an English country house with a sad history.  Built as a mock Tudor /Norman castle. Its owner and his son were killed in a railway accident. The house was partially demolished in the 1960's. The demolition work was abandoned due to the fact that the workers thought the Castle haunted. It has some beautiful Victorian water gardens nearby. Built with money from Halifax water corporation. The beautiful gardens have a fountain that can shoot up to 100 feet in the air. Norma

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An English country house.

In this video we visit five historical survivors in Manchester and Salford. Firstly we visit the town of Radcliffe and look at two Industrial weirs on the river Irwell. These weirs provided water to two goits. Hutchinsons Goit and Bealeys Goit that fed Bleach works and a Paper mill in the town. Secondly we look at an old pack horse bridge. the old Blackford bridge on the river Roch near the town of Bury. Then we go to Weaste in Salford to look at some salford corporation surviving tram tracks for the early 1900's. Off to castlefield in manchester to look at some Roman remains. Finally we look at an old water drinking well, possibly Georgian in Manchester city centre. This well was situated near the infamous Little Ireland and most certainly played a role in its history.

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Manchester & Salford. Five MORE Historical survivors

A quick merry Christmas recap video from me and James. review of the year 2021.

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Merry Christmas Everyone

In this video we re visit Manchester's lost river Cornbrook. This underground river urbex journey takes us on a historical tour of Manchester's past history. The route takes us past the old Hulme barracks. Hulme barracks has a place in history as its from here that the 15th Hussars were sent in to The Peterloo massacre to control the violence and ended up slaughtering women and children. As well as looking at old photos of Manchester Hulme and Moss side we also look at the iconic photograph of Ena Sharples from Coronation street stood on a balcony overlooking Manchester. We go to Clifford court where the photo was taken and look at what is left of the area since the Manchester slum clearances.

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The Lost Rivers of Manchester. The Cornbrook Part 2

In this video we are in Manchester UK looking at five trivial historic relics. Firstly we are in Openshaw looking at an Industrial railway or the remains of it. Where the railway tracks went along the main road to English Steel. We even have a picture of the Industrial locomotive. Then we move on to Manchester city centre to look at the Goulden Street Police and fire station. A victorian police station. Onwards to Angel meadow a site of extreme poverty to look at the remains of an old Victorian building. Then on to Salford to look at the remains of a tramway and a landslide that closed the tramway. Finally we look at the remains of a bridge that was another industrial tramway of the Lancashire coal field. this is a Manchester history tour video.

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Manchester & Salford. Five trivial historic relics.

In this video we visit former locations we have previously visited. We have new information on these locations. We re visit Stockport and the Winters shop to see the refurbished wooden antique figures. We visit the Manchester Bury Bolton canal where we will look for the former Kilcoby New Outwood brickworks and also Rhodes canal locks where we find a hidden surprise. Plus and update on upcoming videos

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New information on previous locations. An update.

In this video we walk along the now disused Manchester Bury Bolton Canal. The canal spans from Salford to Bolton and Bury. We are in the Little lever area looking at areas of Industrial archeological interest along the disused canal. We start by looking at the Mount Sion Steam crane. The only in situ Steam crane in the UK. This piece of Victorian industrial history has survived remarkably intact. We then talk a walk through Ladyshore woods down to the River Irwell. We look at an old now disused footbridge that one spanned the River Irwell. Only the bridge supporting columns remain. We look for evidence of the old Leverbank Bleach works. Using old photographs we piece together the history of this Lancashire industrial canal and whole area. Ladyshore colliery was one of the last mines in the UK to use candles for lighting.

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Stories from the Manchester Bury Bolton Canal

In this video we visit The Peel monument a historic tower just outside the town of Bury home of the Black Pudding. The Peel monument was built on Holcombe hill near the town of Ramsbottom. It was built in 1852 after the death of and to celebrate Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert Peel was the founder of the metropolitan police force in London. His law enforcers were called Peelers and later the Police force. We visit the famous Bury market and try out the local delicacy Black Pudding. But which topping to have. Then we go back to Holcombe Hill in Lancashire to look at the 128feet high historical Victorian English tower monument.  A wonderful English historical landmark.

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A trip up Peel Tower and Black puddings

This video is about two Lancashire towers. Its a beautiful Lancashire walk. Grants Tower and The Tentering tower. Located nor far from Bury Lancashire and near the town of Ramsbottom. Grants tower was built in 1829. It was 50 feet tall and a victorisn architectural triumph. It fell into disrepair unfortunately toppling in 1944. The Tentering tower is also in the town of Ramsbottom and was used by Stubbings vale mill for hanging and drying woven cloth. tentering describes this process. Its also where we get the saying on Tenterhooks. We also look at an episode in 1916 where first world war bombs were dropped by a Zeppelin. The first world war German Zeppelin had been blown off course and its intention was to bomb Derby but ended up dropping bombs over Lancashire.

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Two Lancashire Towers.

This video focuses on one of Manchesters lost rivers. The river Cornbrook. The Cornbrook skirts around the south of manchester city centre in the immediate suburbs. Most of its tortuous journey in culverts. The river culverts on this underground Manchester urbex local history journey are of a variety of build. Obviously we encounter a lot of Victorian architecture. But around the Bridgewater canal area we see James Brindley's weir which is an inverted siphon that takes the Cornbrook under the Bridgewater canal. There it carries on its journey downstream underneath Pomona island the former Pomona docks. There are many dangers on this underground manchester journey. Most of all thick dangerous mud in a part of this lost underground river. This is part 1 of a multipart series following this underground Lost river of Manchester.

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The Lost rivers of Manchester. The Cornbrook Part 1

In this video we investigate an underground tunnel. This tunnel is in the Irwell valley by the river Irwell. We are in Salford and not far from Manchester. We found this underground tunnel and decided to investigate. Clearly it has an industrial use as it has some old victorian pipework sticking out of it. We trace its source using old maps and Ordnance survey maps. We come to a junction in the tunnel where two other feeds join it. This is clearly something to do with the Outwood brickworks and the Manchester Bury Bolton canal. Possibly dug in the 18th century this is a man made industrial revolution piece of Industrial heritage

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The underground tunnel investigation

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Ridley Road Station

Outward Colliery

Manchester Berry Bolton Canal

Wringle Road Station

Ringling Road Station

Rhodes Lock

Clifton Country Park

In this video we go looking for an old industrial Tramway. The tramway served the Outwood Colliery and took coal to the Manchester , Bury, Bolton Canal.  It ran under a road and through a small tunnel. We also have a tea break during the video. The tramway took coal in tubs to a loading wharf on the canal. All now long since abandoned. We start at the Ringley road disused railway station and follow the Industrial tramway to the now disused canal. Looking for historical clues along the way. We follow the tramway using old ordnance survey maps. The tramway goes down an inclined plane. We end up in Ringley woods on an old victorian bottle dump. We find a strange tunnel with a water flow coming out. By the river Irwell.  Finally we end our journey at an abandoned canal lock. This is an urbex historical documentary about the last part of the industrial revolution and Victorian industry along the Irwell valley.

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Industrial tramways and Tunnels

In this video we visit the Underbanks area of the Town of Stockport. This area of Stockport is full of history. Its is currently being re generated. We visit the old courthouse of Stockport with its dungeons, dating back to medieval times. We also visit a famous Jewellers shop called Winters famous in the Underbanks area. We also visit a mysterious  old shaft discovered in a building thats being renovated. What could the abandoned shaft be. We take a look at a famous spot in Stockport where  L S Lowry stood and sketched the famous Stockport Viaduct. Join us on this historical tour of the town of Stockport. We also take a look at where the River Mersey begins at its source.

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The Stockport Underbanks. The Court, The Clockmaker and the Shaft.

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In this video we are looking for clues to some of Manchester's oldest mills.  We are back in the River Irk valley.  Our old friend the Moss  brook makes an appearance as we are investigating its confluence with the River Irk. Also we are back on Collyhurst road in Manchester.  An old Calico printers and fulling mill stood at the site of the the Irk / Moss brook confluence. We are looking for clues of their existence. Using old Photographs of Manchester and old maps of Manchester we hope to find out more. Of course we go and investigate the river culvert on the urbex historical investigation.  We look at the history of the Lancashire cotton mills in Manchester.

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Manchester's oldest Mills. looking for clues

Frog Hall

The Cauldron Canal Down at Frog Hall Wharf

Heter's Tea Shop

Trump Shaw's Tunnel

1847 Tramway

Trump Shaw's Tunnel 1847

The Trump Shore Tunnel

In this video we go looking for some Industrial tramways which were the forerunners of the railways. The Industrial tramways we are looking at are the Tramways of the Caldon Low. Situated in the Churnet valley in Staffordshire England. The Tramroads of the Caldon low were built to carry limestone to the Caldon Canal. Incline planes were used to operate the trucks and of course horsepower. Built in the late 18th century these horse drawn tramways were the pioneers that would later become the railways. Just before the Industrial revolution. Our journey starts at Froghall and we venture on our historical journey to find clues of the Industrial past. John Rennie and Benjamin Outram were the engineers involved in building these  victorian engineering masterpieces.  We also look at Trubshaws tunnel from 1847 on the tramroad. This is a collaboration with @pwhitewick

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Industrial Tramways, The forerunners of the Railways

In this video we go on an urbex adventure to investigate some of the Lancashire coal mines. We are outside the town of Burnley Lancashire with the @NorthernMonkeysLTD We firstly take a look at an old mine shaft that was part of the Gambleside colliery. The mineshaft is now flooded but we get a great look at it. We then go to look at an old tram road for a colliery. We drop down a tight hole and find ourselves on a waggon road for a mine. Its a long walk along this underground tunnel and eventually we see the coal seam. We discuss the role of Children in coal mines and how this was affected by the mines act of 1842.

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Investigating Lancashire Coal mines

Stockport

Ancient Corn Mill Tunnel Diggers

Ghost of Peggy Travis

Rotten Stall

Pina Stone Mine

In this weeks video we look at two locations. The Brinksway or Maggies caves in Stockport. Also the Pinner stone mine at crawshawbooth Lancashire England. Maggies caves are a mystery thought to have been hewn from the sandstone in the early 1700's by local corn mill tunnellers they provided shelter for many years to homeless people. Situated high above the river Mersey in the banks. The pinner stone quarry and mine  provided  high quality stone for setts ( or cobbles) machine beds and paving flags. It was a victorian stone mine.

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Caves and Stone mines

In this video we visit Anglesey North Wales. We visit the Porth Wen Brickworks a Victorian / Edwardian brickworks that specialised in making Silica bricks from the local Quartzite quarry. These specialised bricks were used in the steel industry for lining blast furnaces. This former industrial site is now an abandoned industrial site. Its a scheduled monument according to English heritage. The brickworks is a unique industrial heritage site as it still has intact brick kilns, boilers, and industrial chimneys. Situated in Cemaes bay in North wales we go on an urbex adventure to this abandoned industrial site.
Opening music : Simulacra, by Aurora B Polaris. https://www.youtube.com/c/AuroraBPolaris

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The Porth Wen Brickworks

In this video we explore urbex a fire clay mine. We are in the Lancashire coal field Burnley to be precise exploring an abandoned Fire Clay mine. The Lancashire coalfield was laid down during a carboniferous period. There are geological layers of rock, shale coal and clay. Quite often the coal mines have a neighbouring Fire clay mine, as the geological strata is associated with coal. Fire clay is used for making heat resistant bricks for chimneys, kilns, blast furnaces. This abandoned victorian mine probably ceased production in the 1920's. We are also looking for fossils as the rock is rich in the remains of an  ancient carboniferous forest. We find some great plant fossils in this fire clay mine. We explore with @NorthernMonkeysLTD

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Exploring a Fire Clay Mine. The search for fossils

Lancashire Boilers

The Lancashire Mining Museum

Colliery Winding Engine

Pit Head Gear

Aspirator Ball

Heat Exchanger

In this video we visit the Lancashire Mining museum. Formerly know as Astley Green Colliery. This is a historic mine / colliery in the Lancashire coal field. This video is about indutsrial heritage and the history on mining in the Lancashire coal field. We also look at the last surviving pit head gear in Lancashire. We see some great old victorian machinery. We can also see Fred Dibnahs old pit head he had in his back garden.Which is here at the Lancashire mining museum. We also take a look at the old winding engine at the museum. Pit head winding engine.

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Intro

Unpacking

Setup

Running test

Face tracking test

Brew time

Running time

Issues

Price

In this video we review the Hohem iSteady Gimbal for mobile phone. I got given the gimbal for review so we take it to Heaton Park in Manchester to do a tech review put it through its paces and see if we can get steady video footage. If you are looking to stabilise your video footage that you take with a mobile phone this gimbal is affordable and gives good results. However there are some glitches so watch the review before you buy. Here is the Amazon link https://amzn.to/351A1QT 
Hohem https://store.hohem.com/products/isteady-x

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