An exploration of everything to do with London; from the city's history and transport, to tales of true crime and more.... and every now and then I'll be exploring other parts of the UK too!
Thank you Rob. I visited nearly all these Camden places yesterday after watching your video. It was a great afternoon to wander around and find them all.
Well !! I was watching the Trooping of the Colour and was wondering about the ivy covered building so was looking through your posts to see if you had covered it when I saw this video and was diverted ..... decided to watch this instead.....cor blimey...there it was !!! Thanks Rob...what a treasure you are 👍
Love all your videos. Do you have a patreon? Please please please do something on the "magnificent 7" I'd be so elated. Your knowledge and presentation is fantastic. Xx
Lovely wee subway to visit and ride on , the trains are smaller than London tube trains and the stations are clean and modern it was called the clockwork orange due to the color of the trains.
Hello Rob. My gggrandfather, Henry Kemp, ran a Cab in the latter half of the 19th c in London; his two sons (Henry jr and George) went on to run pubs: the King's Head at Mile End and the Cock (and others) in Whitechapel. I'm Australian (Melbourne-born 1948) and am very proud of them. George's son, George Wm, my grandfather, a solictor's managing clerk, emigrated to Melbourne in 1912. I've spent thousands on Ancestry work and have something of a feel for my lineage of which i find a mixture of emotions. One brother did very well, but sadly my ggfather died young. I knew his son, my grandfather for about 12 years and fondly albeit dimly recall that i liked his voice/accent! He left virtually nil to his elder son my late darling Dad, so my own research into pubs and taxis has been limited, although i found a 'Kemp's Yard' somewhere in the East End. I was in in England for a year in 1975 - so am way out of touch with how things are now. How i would like to have another 'lifetime' to research some more and really see what i did not back then. Thanks for your works - catching and stimulating.
I’ve had to explain this many times. The name originates from the time I had a website and simply wrote about London, as opposed to making videos. For reasons I forget, I was unable to incorporate a possessive apostrophe into the web address, and so combined the two words as a portmanteau. That’s why there’s no space between the two words and ‘London’ isn’t capitalised. As the many written titles, descriptions and replies to comments will attest, I do know how to employ correct grammar. I hope you enjoyed the video.
From scary to unseemly in the click of a button! This tour of pubs and brothels of the past illustrate the diversity of the City, and so well researched and presented as always! and for the second time it is still as brilliant I wonder, from the last comment on tunnels, if your are coming to rare beauty of the real north (Lakes and Dales) or the industrial Manchester and et al? Whatever I will look out for the video with anticipated whatever! Rob
I’d never heard that term before and I think I need translation on some of it…the response printed in the St James paper…absolutely no clue what any of it said/meant/inferred. Not completely sure what “naked boy alley” meant either, but venturing a guess it’s male prostitutes..?
I'd imagine that's what it was hinting at yes..... at the St James's paper is a mystery to me too! Tried to find the original piece it was responding to, but no luck...
My absence must not be taken as being uninterested but rather that the rare appearance of sun 'up north' has seen me in the garden garnering some Vitamin D! As ever, I thoroughly enjoyed delving into yet more scary London places perfectly researched and presented! Rob
Ah! Enjoy the sun Robert, it's a rare thing nowadays ;-) I'm about to head up north myself very soon- catching a train somewhere later today.... which may well be where my next video comes from ;-) Stay well.
Thank you for this, fascinating! I was lucky enough to walk along Downing Street when on a school trip in the late 1970’s, I have a photo somewhere of the front of 10 and 11 with two official cars (Rover P5’s I think) parked outside so guessing Mr Callaghan was inside at the time!
So where is the ironically weird F stock with its oval windows? I reckon the RT AEC London Bus is the most iconic of all with its magnificent long radiator.
Modern DLB's are mostly electronic, so operate in some ways in plain sight, as WiFi networks, Bluetooth enabled devices etc loitering as everyday objects. The traitor Blake lived out a miserable life inside Soviet Russia. Even though he was given the honorary rank of Colonel, the Russians never truly trusted him, and he had a tail on him everywhere he went, and his apartment was extensively bugged.
I would love to see a multi-episode series of all the ghost stations that are still visible in London. You've touched on so many already but plenty more I'd like to know about 😃
This was very interesting. I believe I visited the Museum of London on a primary school trip. I thought I left it in 1975, but seem to recall being accompanied by old headmistress who I think left in 1974. I can recall it being in a modern building and I think there was a bit of city wall nearby.I remember lots of Roman skulls with worn teeth a product we were told of roman mill stones losing bits of themselves. Rather confusingly I can remember two chinese jade burial suits. But heaven knows why they would be in the Museum of London.
So, one of your videos randomly popped up on my feed this morning...(the Scotland Yard vid) and I was hooked!! I have sub'd to your channel and look forward to binging your vids. Have a great week.
