The lost luxury homes of the Park Lea Housing Estate in Blackpool Mr Hs Hot Pot 2026-09-18 | The lost luxury homes of the Park Lea Housing Estate in Blackpool
The forgotten WW2 Rifle Range at Formby Point in Merseyside Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-04-15 | Mr H takes a look at the colossal brick target wall of a forgotten WW2 era rifle range hat lies abandoned in the sand dunes at Formby Point in Merseyside, which is the only remaining structure of Harington Barracks a hastily built Training Camp in 1940 on the Formby coast that trained thousands of British troops throughout WW2 and beyond until it's closure in 1960.
Fred Dibnahs work revisited, Bancroft Mill chimney at Barnoldswick Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-03-27 | Mr H says goodbye to his 40;s as he visits Barnoldswick on the Lancashire Yorkshire border to take a look at one of the late Steeplejack Fred Dibnah's favorite industrial heritage sites 'The Bancroft Mill Engine Museum' and it's iconic 124ft chimney that Fred had worked on and managed to convince his third wife Shelia to have a go at climbing with him back in 1999.Link to the Excalibur Productions website for the Fred Dibnah DVD mentioned in this video.nickwilding40.wixsite.com/productions/fred-dibnah-the-untold-storyLink to the Bancroft Mill Engine Museum website: for info on Steaming days etc:bancroftmill.org.uk#freddibnah#freddibnahsteeplejack#freddibnahbolton
Fred Dibnah Laddering a chimney revisited Ena Mill, Atherton Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-03-04 | Mr H takes a look at the iconic chimney of Ena Mill a former cotton spinning mill in Atherton near Wigan, which today is a retail and business centre and featured in one of the legendary Bolton Steeplejack the late great Fred Dibnah's documentaries in the early 1990's in which he demonstrated how to ladder a tall chimney to see how the area has changed since Fred was there and if the chimney still bears his marks 30 years later.To view the full clip of Fred used in this video please follow the link below:youtube.com/watch?v=QkKjo3_Kt1o#freddibnah#freddibnahsteeplejack#freddibnahbolton
In search of colliery ruins at Heskin near Chorley, Lancashire (Not much left) Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-02-15 | Mr H goes on a bimble through the woods and surrounding fields of the village of Heskin near Chorley in Lancashire, in search of the remains of the 19th century Pemberton House Colliery and it's mineral railway line that both closed in 1928 and makes a surprising discovery towards the end.
Who makes the best pies in the North West? Muffin Man of Orrell, Wigan Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-01-25 | Mr H tries another pie shop recommended by one of his viewers as he visits the Muffin Man pie shop located on Upholland Road in Orrell, Wigan to sample one of their meat & potato pies and continue the quest for who makes the best pies in the North West of England.
Traces of war in Merseyside, WW2 pillbox at Billys Bridge, Lydiate Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-01-21 | Mr H goes on a weekend bimble in Merseyside to take a look at a type 24 WW2 era brick pillbox that still remains in a field by the side of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Lydiate, overlooking Lydiate Hill Bridge and was once one of the many hardened field defence positions that were hastily built in the early years of the Second World War to protect Britain against the threat of a German invasion.
Who makes the best pies in the North West? Whittles Bakery of Pemberton, Wigan Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-01-12 | Mr H continues the quest for who makes the best pies in the North West of England as he visits the legendary Whittles pie shop on Tunstall Lane in Pemberton, Wigan which has recently reopened again after a 14 year absence to try one of their famed meat & potato pies.
Exploring a forgotten WW2 air raid shelter near Stanley Bank in St Helens Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-01-05 | Mr H explores a forgotten and partially concealed WW2 Stanton air raid shelter located in a wooded area next to the East Lancs Road near Stanley Bank in St Helens, after being made aware of it's location by one of his subscribers.
On the hunt for a pie and a New Years Day chat Mr Hs Hot Pot 2024-01-01 | Mr H goes on the hunt for a pie shop open on New Year's Day to satisfy his craving for a meat & potato pie as he blows off the Christmas cobwebs and looks forward to the new year ahead.
Exploring the ruins of The Hermitage at Standish in Wigan Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-12-31 | Mr H takes a Boxing Day bimble and explores the now overgrown ruins of a large house hidden in a small wooded area amongst the fields of Standish near Wigan, that was built and gifted to the Catholic Church in the late 1700's by the Standish family for use as a parochial home for priests serving in the Standish community.
Who makes the best pies in the North West? Handleys Bakery of Chorley Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-11-28 | Mr H ticks off another pie shop from his bucket list and trys a meat & potato pie from Handley's Bakery in Chorley as the quest continues to find out who makes the best pies in the North West of England.
The Mad Monks of Wigan Cemetery, 1980s urban legend Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-11-03 | Mr H takes a Halloween bimble through the grounds of Wigan Cemetery & Crematorium as he recalls a scary urban legend about the cemetery from his childhood that terrified children in the 1980's.#urbanlegends #Halloween#creepypasta
Who makes the best pies in the North West? The Rolling Pin Bakery of Newtown, Wigan Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-10-09 | Due to bad weather a frustrated Mr H abandons his plans to go for a bimble and instead continues his quest to find out who makes the best pies in the North West of England by staying local for this one and visiting 'The Rolling Pin Bakery' located at Newtown in his hometown of Wigan to try one of their famed meat & potato pies.
Who makes the best pies in the North West? Whittakers Pie Shop of Tyldesley, Wigan Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-09-24 | Mr H's quest to find out who makes the best pies in the North West of England continues as he travels to the town of Tyldesley, near Manchester to try on the recommendation of a number of his viewers a meat & potato pie from the legendary 'Whittaker's Pie Shop'.
World Fireworks Championships Blackpool 2023, Week 1 India 🇮🇳 (Full show) Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-09-18 | Join Mr H and his family as they watch the first firework display from this years World Fireworks Championship held annually at Blackpool each year between September and October. This evenings impessive display was filmed from the Bispham side of the North Pier and was provided by the Azan Morani Fireworks (AMFQ) team of India who made history by becoming the first Indian fireworks company to perform a pyrotechnics display in the UK.#blackpool #blackpooltower#blackpoolilluminations
Who makes the best pies in the North West? Bowen Pies of Adlington, Chorley Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-09-15 | It's back! After almost a year Mr H's quest continues once again to find out who makes the best pies in the North West of England as he visits 'Bowen Pies' located in the village of Adlington near Chorley to sample one of their award winning meat & potato pies.
30 years on.... Fred Dibnahs weathercock at Royles Brook Primary School, Thornton-Cleveleys Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-09-05 | Mr H visits Thornton-Cleveleys in Blackpool.and Mrs H takes a trip down memory lane as they visit her old primary school at Royles Brook to take a look at one of Fred Dibnah's handmade weathercocks that's still in place 30 years after she and her classmates watched Fred install it on the roof of the school in the early 1990's.#freddibnah#freddibnahsteeplejack#freddibnahbolton
Willie The legendary Disney Photopass photographer at WDW Hollywood Studios, Orlando Florida Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-27 | On the final day of his Florida vacation Mr H gets to have his photograph taken outside of the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios by the legendary Photopass photographer 'Willie'.
Back home for a pie and a chat Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-25 | Mr H returns back to more familiar surroundings after his Florida vacation and finally satisfies his craving for a meat & potato pie after 17 days in exile.
Mr Hs Bonus Florida Vlog, Day 17: The long retreat back home Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-23 | Mr H gets out from under Mrs H's feet and does an encore for one last Florida Veelog whilst she packs up their holiday kit ready for the long retreat back home to the UK.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 16: All good things.... Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-23 | Mr H's series of Florida Vlogs comes to an end as the last day of his vacation arrives and the slow retreat back home to the UK for the H's begins.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 15: Theres no place like home Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-22 | As the day of Mr H's penultimate Florida Vlog for this vacation arrives a Disneyed out Mr H turns his thoughts to returning back to the UK and that no matter how good a holiday has been that there's no place like home.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 14: The end of holiday faff around Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-21 | Mr H loses his regular Vlogging spot to someone else this morning as he enjoys a can of Mountain Dew whilst musing about the last day of your holiday spent just faffing around the hotel waiting for your flight to return back home .
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 13: Scott the dismal Disney Bus Driver Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-20 | Mr H finally experiences one of Florida's famous thunderstorms as the weather breaks and the record days of unbroken sunshine come to an end leading to a particularly unpleasant bus journey for the H's with 'Scott' an ignorant bullying Disney bus driver.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 12: What do you miss the most when youre away on holiday? Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-19 | Mr H enjoys his customary cold morning beverage whilst suffering a roller coaster induced sore shoulder after braving Disney's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad as he muses over what he misses from the UK when holidaying abroad.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 11: The thorny subject of tipping in the USA Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-18 | As Day 11 rolls around of his Florida vacation Mr H revisits the often thorny subject of tipping servers in restaurants in the USA and why most of us in the UK dislike the custom.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 10: Cash is still King Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-17 | As Mr H's Florida vacation hits double figures he asks 'Would you embrace a cashless society?' as he is shocked to find that Florida has moved closer towards becoming one since his last visit back in 2019.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 9: Why is everything now so expensive? Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-16 | Mr H takes a bimble over to the sister hotel to take a quick look at some of it's theming and see how the other half live whilst pondering over why now everything is suddenly so expensive?
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 8: Your holiday is what you make it folks Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-15 | As Mr H's Florida vacation reaches the midway point Mr H muses on how a holiday is only as good or as bad as you make it.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 7: Why I choose to vacation in Florida Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-14 | Mr H chats about why he chooses to vacation in Florida and ponders over why we have such low broadband speeds in the UK compared to other countries such as America.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 6: Hey! Theres something on your shoe.... Possible scam? Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-13 | Mrs H narrowly avoids a possible scam whilst visiting an Orlando shopping mall and Mr H gets pranked by a Disney bus driver during his visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 5: How to stay cool during a Florida heatwave Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-12 | Mr H demonstrates how he is managing to keep himself cool during his stay amid the Florida heatwave and gives his thoughts on a thorny subject that puts many people off visiting Disney's theme parks.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 4: Miserable Disney cast member made my kid cry Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-11 | Mr H chats about how a miserable ride operator at Disney's EPCOT ruined his son's day and muses over why some cast members naturally have the 'Disney magic' and others simply don't.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 3: The Cresta run Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-10 | Still running on UK time Mr H leaves Mrs H sleeping and takes an early morning stroll through his hotel whilst musing over how prices have risen since he was last in Florida 2019.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 2: Celebrating 13 years of being married to Mrs H Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-09 | Mr H celebrates his 13th wedding anniversary and plans to prank one of the many YouTube Disney Vloggers during his visits to the Disney Parks during his Florida vacation.
Mr Hs Florida Vlog, Day 1: Jetlag & the Florida heat Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-08-08 | A jetlagged Mr H shares some of his video plans for his latest US vacation as he tries out his new Hotpotting camera and the hotel Wi-Fi speed on his return to Orlando in Florida.
End of an era for the Fiddlers Ferry cooling towers at Warrington in Cheshire Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-07-20 | Mr H travels to Fiddler's Ferry Power Station at Warrington in Cheshire which has stood silent since being decommissioned in 2020 and is currently awaiting demolition to take a look at four of it's iconic cooling towers which have dominated the North West skyline for over fifty years and recalls the day that one of them collapsed early one morning during a massive storm back in 1984.#coolingtower #demolition #electricity
Fred Dibnahs steam crane at Mount Sion, Radcliffe Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-07-03 | Mr H takes a look at the Victorian era Mount Sion steam crane in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester that has sat by the the side of the now defunct Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal since the late 1800's and featured briefly in one of the late great Fred Dibnah's TV documentaries in 1999 and whose preservation the legendary Steeplejack had continued to support until he sadly passed away in 2004.#freddibnah#freddibnahsteeplejack#freddibnahbolton
Cooking lunch in the woods with my lad, Westwood Park Wigan Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-06-28 | Mr H enjoys some free time with his son before he starts school in September as the two of them cook a pack of sausages and a tin of beans wild camping style in a small wooded area of Westwood Park in Wigan that has been future earmarked for yet another housing redevelopment.#outdoors #wildcooking #wildcamping
Abandoned 100 year old steam crane, Jumbles Quarry near Slaidburn Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-06-18 | Mr & Mrs H travel deep into the moors of the Forest of Bowland to take a look at the remains of Jumbles Quarry and a Smith Rodley steam crane that was used in the construction of nearby Stocks Reservoir in the early 1920's but was left behind and forgotten upon completion of the reservoir when the quarry closed and has sat quietly rusting away ever since.#fellwalking#hiking#outdoors
The forgotten grave of Coronation Street legend Pat Phoenix in Crosby, Merseyside Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-05-25 | Mr H visits the peaceful churchyard of St Peters & St Pauls in Crosby, Merseryside to take a look at the forgotten and neglected grave of Coronation Street legend Pat Phoenix who became one of the first sex symbols and stars of British television through her role as Elsie Tanner, a role which she played from 1960 until she left the long running soap opera in 1984.#corrie#coronationstreet #famousgraves
A bimble up Winter Hill & Two Lads, Rivington Moor 14/05/23 Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-05-18 | Mr H goes for a bimble up Winter Hill in Lancashire, to take a look at the various memorials and landmarks around the TV transmitting station before exploring the nearby hill known as 'Two Lads' and the local legend that the hill is allegedly the site of an ancient royal burial.
Hidden and mysterious bunker abandoned on Rivington Moor, Lancashire Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-05-10 | Mr H takes a look at a small abandoned bunker type structure recently discovered hidden on Rivington Moor near Chorley in Lancashire, and ponders over who built it and why.
The Vampires Grave at St Aidans Church in Billinge, Merseyside Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-05-02 | Mr H visits the churchyard of St Aidan's in the picturesque village of Billinge near St Helens in Merseyside, to take a look at a three hundred year old grave in the shape of a coffin that is reputed to be that of a real life vampire.#vampire #graveyard #gothic
Taking a look at a vintage French postbox in Armbouts Cappel, France Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-04-11 | Mr H goes for a bimble and takes a look at a classic piece of French street furniture that is still in use today in the small village of Armbouts Cappel in France.#laposte #postbox#streetfurniture
The European style bottle and can deposit scheme thats coming to the UK in 2025 Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-04-04 | Mr H returns to Belgium to take his beer bottle empties back to the to the supermarket that he bought them from during his last trip to Europe and demonstrates how the deposit return scheme that is quietly coming to the UK in 2025 will work.#depositreturnscheme#DRS#recycling
Haunted Wigan: The legend of Skull House in Appley Bridge Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-03-18 | Mr H takes a look at 'Skull House' in Appley Bridge near Wigan, and the strange legend that supposedly dates back to the time of the English Civil War as well as other paranormal stories of how this innocent looking cottage got such a macabre name.#haunted #ghost #paranormal
Fred Dibnahs work revisited, Richard Threlfall Chimney Bolton Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-03-05 | Mr H travels to Bolton to take a look at one of the late legendary Steeplejack Fred Dibnah's jobs from 1991 on the Richard Threlfall chimney which has stood 150ft above the town centre since 1911 and is a familiar sight on the Bolton skyline.#freddibnah#freddibnahsteeplejack#freddibnahbolton
A last look at Fred Dibnahs old boozer in Darcy Lever, Bolton Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-02-15 | Mr H visits Fred Dibnah's old boozer 'The Lever Bridge Inn' located just a short walk from the legendary Steeplejacks former home on Radcliffe Road in Bolton, to take a last look at the pub that Fred used to regularly frequent in the 80's and 90's before it is converted into flats after being sold for redevelopment in 2021.#freddibnah#freddibnahsteeplejack#freddibnahbolton
Forgotten and abandoned railway relics at Spring View, Wigan Pt 2 Mr Hs Hot Pot 2023-01-20 | Part 2 of Mr H's bimble around the ponds and flashes of Spring View Fisheries in Spring View near Wigan, to see if the remains of the railway lines and goods sidings that used to be in the area that he remembers from his childhood are still there 40 years later.#railways #ruins #abandonedplaces
