@Icanbacktrailers your joking of course. You obviously don't know the real London that's being almost wiped out by modern architecture creating the awful skyline we have today, so please get your facts right before commenting !
@@lesleyscott938 lol. There used to be zero protections. Roman london, saxon, Tudor, Victorian london… were always being pulled down and replaced. The Georgians and Victorians demolished a massive amount of old London. We value and protect historic London far better today then we ever have before. Maybe we should protect even more than we do, but it’s ridiculous to claim that we aren’t better at protecting historic architecture
The Ferryman’s seat was actually rescued from a skip. When Riverside House, the home of Ofcom and the College of Policing, was being built, the stone was thrown away and only found by chance. I was told this story by the late Head of Facilities at Ofcom, Johnny Kaye. A true gentleman and ex-officer of the Gurkha Regiment. You missed the old cannon bollard outside Eat by Southwark Bridge. You can tell it’s a genuine cannon as you can see where the trunnions were cut off.
Thank you Rob for another expansive, interesting and at times sympathetic video. The depth and breadth of your research is wonderful and it’s always a joy to watch.
During the global pandemic, Rob, your videos for this Anglophile have kept my “homesickness” at bay; because watching the episodes is like being there (kudos to the camera person 👍). You are the docent on the walking tour. Thank you 🙏.
A bit of drunken mischief ! Times don’t change that much, after all. Well, apart from seeing someone’s head on a pole ….. thank goodness. Great video and fantastic tour. Thank you 😊
Thanks Rob, for your utterly charming and seductive description of the lesser-known riches of London’s history. I live on a remote island in Kenya and will make a point of visiting some of the places you have brought to life with your words!
Thank you so much Rafique; a lovely comment. I really appreciate your kind words hope you make it to London soon! Stay well my friend and thanks again.
It’s great to have you back, I knew about the Winchester geese but not crossbones, I am so glad it was saved. As always I learned new and interesting facts about London. Look forward to your next vid.
Your channel is an absolute treasure! Fun fact: Shakespeare in Chinese is Sha Shi Bi Ya. However, part of a lady's anatomy (which is considered a crude word in both Chinese and English) is Sha Bi. So if you want to amuse Chinese people when discussing Shakespeare, emphasise the crude bits: SHA shi BI ya.
Cheers Rob for a fantastic video, when I’m passing through with the wife I will be full of facts and look really clever but I won’t tell her I stole them from you😅keep up the good good work pal.
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
Your Research, Attention To Details, Videography, Your Narrative ~ Are 🇬🇧’s Historic Treasure Trove ! A Great Pleasure To View 🎉 Thank You From Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Really enjoyed this video, especially Nancy’s Steps. I organise London Pub Tours, and my favourite tour is around London Bridge. This gives me a chance to give me a short talk on London Bridge and Nancy’s Steps, pointing out the mistakes. Unfortunately the plaque was stolen some time ago.
"...collapsed, killing eight people. What a shame." More classic English humour. Love the vids - if this one is your first viewed you have a few gems in store.
Like going home. Thank you Rob. So many emotions , so recently given here, love and loss, joy and deep sorrow. A glimpse to make me very "homesick" yet grateful for all my times spent here. From Canada, hopeful for a 2024 return.
Really great video. I have walked along the river and round Borough dozens and dozens of times and never noticed the Ferrymans seat or knew any of this. Thanks so much
Thanks Rob. Love your videos. You ask about our other favourite hidden corners of Borough? There is of course that little stretch of wall off Borough High Street that is all that remains of Marshalsea Prison. And Red Cross Garden (on Red Cross Way but across Union Street) which was designed by Octavia Hill, who was one of the founders of the National Trust.
Excellent choices! I did think about including the Marshalsea wall in the video, but I think it’s worthy of a video in its own right- will most likely cover it at some point. Thanks and stay well.
Such a beautiful and touching post...thanks.....being born a small walk away from the Borough.. (the old Kent rd).. This part of London is massively overlooked...from the roman site's..the elephant and castle..and the walk of chaucer's down the old Kent road to Canterbury.... this is the VERY best part of London heart
stunning and informative video....my friend took me to the george once and this video will be great to try and visit some of these sites when i am next in london.....
Hi Rob, London is very notable for the different character of its various quarters. One thing I like about Borough is the overhead railway lines - it's crisscrossed by viaducts. I worked there for the Jubilee Line extension, and surveyed all the buildings above the line from London Bridge Stn. to Blackfriars Road. Lunch was taken invariably at the George - very pleasant! Luckily I was never accosted by a Winchester Goose.
I love these videos so much! I’d love it if you made more of them! As someone who has been to London several times but lives in Canada and probably won’t be back for a while, it made me feel like a tourist again 😊
Bless you Lauren; such a lovely comment! You just made my afternoon; thank you! I'm working on the next video as we speak; it should be ready to watch on Sunday (the 14th) so please do stay tuned! Thanks again and stay well 🙂
Absolutely fascinating, thanks Rob! When I lived in London, I was located first in NW then in SW, so rarely ventured to Southwark. This was a real eye-opener, visually, and as always, the historical context you gave was interesting and insightful.
Another great video. My Dad's first job was in that brewery. My late Uncle was commissioned by the Evening Standard to do a pencil drawing of the last London Bridge which they sold as a limited edition print.
Not watched much today as I had a bit of a low but this thoroughly enjoyable and brilliant bit of research and presentation was what I needed. Super. I can't believe just how much research and effort you expend in information gathering in deliciously educating your loyal followers! Thanks and keep 'em coming! Rob
Hello Robert This is your best video. We so much love this area. We go to there for lunch at least once. We always eat just in front of the Cathedral by the river in front of the Mudlarking pub, which we have also eaten in. We visited the Cathedral the last time we where there and it is a most to visit when you are there. Rob have you ever read the book by Edward Rutherford call London. It is a historical fictional story base around different times in London's history. I highly recommend it. Love the father Ted clip you added. We will be in London on May 1 and we are so looking forward to it. Thanks for the great video. Take Care Chris and Sandra of Canada.
Thank very much. I love London and I love to hear about all these fantastic treasures round the corner from expensive places. I know what I shall be visit soon.❤❤❤
Another enjoyable and very interesting post. I learn so much from your videos. I loved history in school, had some great teachers, and my dad, but I still learnt a lot from your videos. I didn't even know about the City of London and Borough. The religious people way back then really weren't very pious people. Thank you again for all your hard work.
Thanks Rob do not forget the link to Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey . I do tours on st saviours down at Brookwood. Most likely this is where Edwin Shakespeare is buried, since the rebuild to southwark cathedral in 1898
Brilliant. I wandered around Borough a few days ago and managed to miss some of these, so will no doubt return better informed thanks to you. Many thanks.
When I first moved to England in the early 1970s, SE1 was not a place to visit alone, and never after dark. It is now one of the most vibrant places in the city - and also one of the least affordable.
I was married in Soouthwark Cathedral back in 89. Lots of family born lived and died in the Borough and many ended up living and dying in St Saviour's workhouse. I also worked around Clink st pre tarting up. It's strange to walk the area now.
Great one on St George's Day ✌️🙏🗣️💯🇬🇧 great facts FELLA 👍🇬🇧💯 as always. I walk the area, and yet you show us thing's we didn't know..... Thanks BRUV ✌️💪💯🇬🇧 London LOVIN it's son. 🎬🙏🗣️🇬🇧💯💪🧐 Cheers.
Loved it 🙂. I work in Borough and love nosing around the old parts. Particularly like the legend of St Mary Overie - the precursor to Southwark Cathedral? There's an explainer board I think up near the Golden Hinde replica?
Brilliant as always Rob. It's an area that I don't know much about, as you know, I'm a St James's man,, so it was extremely interesting. The graveyard was very touching.
I consider myself as a Sarf Londoner. Fascinating history. Of course if you want to visit a Rose Theatre you need to travel a little further to South West London , Kingston. My favourite spot in Borough is London Bridge Station and the area around, Tooley Street, Guys Hospital etc.
As always a pleasure to watch. When I was training at Guy's back in the seventies, when I saw the George I always thought of a scene from the film Pickwick Papers, whether it was that Inn or even a false memory who knows, but that's what I thought.
Greetings Rob from Thailand the next video I will be back in the UK another excellent video, so many of your points raised I have walked past not knowing of their existence On my last walk we stopped into the George for an excellent meal Continued thanks for all the effort you put into these videos
I mentioned I'd had an engagement at the BFI and was lodging near Tower Bridge so used to walk from there and through Borough and the market, rather than the City,, lovely to get the historical background and an enjoyable area to visit. Lots of interesting bits. Must explore more next time. Thanks Rob. Great vid.
