When I go out to Arizona next trip (every summer) I'll take a picture with your old London Bridge! Exciting! What do you think about the "new" London Bridge currently in London?
There is a Roman road that goes from the city I was born in (Chichester) in an almost straight line directly to London Bridge. It's called Stane Street and much of this road is still in use today.
That's incredible! I remember there is still portions of a Roman wall by the Tower of London I believe? I'll have to look up Stane Street. I love this kind of stuff!
@@californianreacts If you like Roman remains, look up Chichester as well. It was called Noviomagus Reginorum by the Romans and a lot of the Roman wall around the city still exists, you can walk on top of it in many places. There is also the remains of a Roman palace near Chichester at Fishbourne and a Roman villa enroute between Chichester and London at Bignor.
It's not THE London Bridge, it's A London Bridge. It stopped being LONDON BRIDGE as soon as it was moved from the location that designated it so to be.
That model of Old London Bridge and the bit of wood perporting to be a reminent from the old Old Roman Bridge can be found in St. Magnus the Martyr Church who's clocktower was one of the entrances to Old London Bridge. The Church was designed by Wren after the former was burnt down in the great fire of London which started close by. Great building to visit especially for the model.
Making a model of Old London Bridge at the moment. Fantastic structure. If paused at 1 min 40secs shows it before the 1666 Fire of London. Note the Heads on Spikes of Traitors on display just noticeable nearest side of the Bridge. Then slightly further on after the first gap Second almost cube looking building with the four corner towers with flags is Nonsuch Building, Nonsuch translates to 'One having no equal, or model of excellence or perfection of a kind'. From artwork at the time what must have been an incredible looking building. London Bridge further along did have one Drawbridge for high sailing ships to pass through. Danger of travelling under Old London Bridge by boat was picking the wrong time. As the Thames is tidal and the Bridge has many arches acting as a bottle neck for the water. High or low tide fine. But tide coming in or out was at times enough build up of water to flood through and could sink a small boat.
@@californianreacts 😀Looked it up that engraving shown was actually in 1616, by Dutch engraver, Claes Jansz Visscher. Another engraving was done same position showing the destruction after the 1666 Fire. Heads displayed on the Gateway was a practice that had gone on for around 355 years. Seems the last heads on display were removed in 1660. The Old Bridge alone like a lot of the UK oozes loads of history and is one of those that find one piece of information it just leads on to more and more. Example St Georges day 23 April 1390, on London Bridge a Joust on Horses in front of King Richard II took place to settle a score between Knights Lord Welles and Sir David De Lindsay. Lindsay won and after the event both became good friends.
The old London bridge had little seated alcoves along it, and when I was a student physiotherapist, at Guys Hospital very near by, I discovered one of the alcoves had been put in the middle of the grass quadrant in the hospital. So America didn't get all of it !
The best thing about the "new" London Bridge is...............The bit at the southern end that goes down to Borough Market and the Market Porter pub? And yes, I know it's a "tourist trap"!
That's very true! Well, the fact that Borough Market is there which I randomly stumbled upon and remembered my friend who was in London a few months earlier mentioned this market. Walked through it many times to get to different locations. Loved it!
The most famous London Bridge was the medieval version, which once had buildings across it, but was later cleared. The Bridge in Nevada is the victorian one, which had a relatively short life before it was removed as it was unsuitable for modern traffic. The structure in Lake Havasu is modern, but is faced with architectural elements from the bridge.
He does! And I actually did a reaction to his video a few months back. He's very entertaining, couldn't help myself but react to a few of his fantastic videos so far :)
@@californianreacts I remember seeing him live once. He was the support act for Dave Gorman. I love his Map Men videos too. If you want to see one of his comedy songs, I’d recommend ‘John Lennon’
Before I knew about it moving there, I knew Lake Havasu as the place where the World Jet Ski championships were held. Not sure if they are still held because these days a "jet ski" is a very stable miniature power boat, not the difficult-to-master "real" Jet Skis of the 1990s.
I am glad that the bridge survived demolition. just a pity that it will be a long walk to get on the bridge for the British people and it can't be used to get over to the US.
3:00 There have been two King Charles. Charles I (son of James I) was crowned King in 1625 and sentenced to death on 27 January 1649. This was the end of British Monarch's absolute rule. The country became a Republic for 10 years under the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell waned his son Richard to take over when he died, the British said that's BS. We might as well have a King a again and.. Charles II became King in 1660 at the reformation until his death 6 February 1685. Since then all monarchs are rubber stamping laws made in Parliament in their name. King Charles III will be coronated on Saturday 6 May, 2023. When Prince William ascends the throne, he will be known as King William IV.
Not necessarily true about when William becomes king. They get to choose their name when they become King/Queen. The last time this happened was Queen Elizabeth II father, whose name was Albert Frederick Arthur George and so, by your reasoning should have been King Albert. But he chose to be King George VI. Who knows what name William will choose.
The people responsible for the execution of Charles I were later put on trial and executed themselves for the crime of regicide. It is not a good idea to kill a monarch, however much you may dislike them.
Logistically speaking this bridge should be removed from the United States entirely and returned to the United Kingdom where it belongs. Even if little of it actually remains in modern day it should be returned to the United Kingdom where it belongs where it can be properly marked as a historical Landmark within our countries history. Should've never been sold and needs to be returned to the UK immediately. United States can make a replica of the original but as far as the original goes it needs to be returned to it's rightful country.
The problem with lobbying for the return of London Bridge, from the UK's perspective, is that there's loads of stuff in the British Museum that the Greeks, etc., would like to have a word about...
