If you enjoy watching my films please throw me a one-off contribution via paypal! www.paypal.me/julianmcdonnell No one pays me to make these films so all proceeds go towards improving my productions and paying for my cameraman to eat a crust of bread! Or if you want to chip in $1 or $2 a month you can support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/joolzguides Thanks everyone....one of thee days I'll be a star!!!!!!!
Today I was reading the journal my wife wrote 35 years ago on this date. I saw many pictures taken of her outside The Old Curiosity Shop, Lincoln's Fields, High Holburn, etc. I have these wonderful memories still, but she is now in Heaven. We loved London, and I do to this day. Now if I could only find someone to fund me I would take another look!
I could walk London for a month straight listening to your witty yarns and ghoulish stories. Im not sure the walk home at the end would be without mishap however given all those pubs and places to kill a thirst. Your channel is bloody brilliant mate. Keep it up.
I care Julian! Your videos are amazing!keep up the great work! For people like me on a limited budget and who love England...your videos are very wonderful.
I absolutely adore the video and now that I know of the Polski Bar I will definitely take my friends there for some nice pierogi and bigos. Can't wait!!! Thanks for putting a spotlight on this local gem!
I hate to admit it but I love your videos. I must have been 30 times in London but being a silly foreigner, I’m completely fascinated by all these anecdotes and interesting corners of my favourite city in Europe. In other words: I give up. I subscribed.
So I was struggling to remember the names of the inns of court. It's Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Grays Inn and Lincoln's Inn. I ought to know since my dad was at Inner Temple!! Whoops!
Thanks for your videos. Love to visit London and this shows me how much I need to see when I'm walking. You have given me many ideas of areas to investigate - and well done with the concise and well made and structured videos.
I lived in the area for almost 10 years and really appreciated all the tidbits of information (I thought I knew most of the stories about the area, but you focused mainly on things I didn't know - really brilliant! Apparently, the upstairs Drawing room at the Soane, where the gift shop is, is painted Turner Yellow - the patented favourite colour of his good friend JMW. A real pity they didn't let you film there! Also, really sad about the Irish giant!!) Would love to see more videos in the area too - the whole neighbourhood and surroundings neighbourhoods are so rich with stories and history. By the way, I've seen almost all of your films - the first one I saw was your Pitcairn film a long while back - I really loved that one - you're great storyteller and a real adventurer!!! and I've really loved all the rest too! Keep up the great work. I'm a massive fan!
I also watch Ask a Mortician. Both Jeremy Bentham and Charles Byrn have separate "iconic corpse" videos. I had no idea they were both in London (obvi was paying half attention to her vids lol).
Great! I really enjoyed watching your Harry Potter London guided tour:) and can't wait to watch more. Now preparing an online corona virus school break class from it:) Have known London since 1988 but still haven't known all the shown nooks. Really appreciate watching it!
Hi Joolz, not sure if it is still there but in the sir john soane museum when you enter there is a mark on the right wall with a plastic cover over it, and this was a Ricochet from a gun when someone tried to break in and rib the place, years ago, that is why they always had a security guard sitting just inside to protect the family living in there.
After I left school I went for a job as Assistant Gardener in Lincoln's Inn Fields. You get this tiny but beautiful flat overlooking the quad! Still one of my favorite places in London and I organized two film shoots there later on in my life! Love it!.
I didn't get the job - went to college and ended up with a career in film production management. Every now and then I go back and have a sandwich in the quad!
thanks Joolz, I do enjoy your videos as there's always something new to learn. I was pleased to see that the Bar Polski also served traditional polish grub, good idea .
Good camera. Quirky patter. Tight editing. I was merely researching the park and found your splendid piece of work. Thank you for sharing such a fine little film.
Thanks Julien, these videos are awesome! Currently studying in London as a History Student from New Zealand. From a young age I have always been into quirky history. I always save your video locations onto my Google maps and get very excited if I'm out and about and see that I am near a wacky thing!! Have you picked up a copy of Jamie Manner's 'The Seven Noses of Soho'? Would recommend for even more quirky places! Hope to catch you while your out and about in London! Please keep up the videos!! Cheers - Holly
Thanks! Do you mean this nose? I made a film about one of them. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c5GT2go7yaw.html By the way, to save you the trouble of saving on google maps you can just look at the joolz guides map locations! joolzguides.com/map/
Julian, since you like odd museums, does the museum The London Dungeon still exist? If I recall correctly it was by Westminster bridge. It is both a fascinating and extremely well-done museum. If you have never been there, and it still exists, it is a must-see!
Thoroughly enjoyable. I like these walks. One minor amendment, though. The Inns of Court are for barristers in England and Wales, not for 'lawyers in Britain'.
Cheers Alan. Gosh, I should really know that. My dad was a barrister in Temple Inn!! Yes, my films aren't without the odd gaff but it's good to be put right.
I thought that Joolz said 'lawyer' to cater to or help inform an international audience too who may not know who barristers are - he definitely deserves a wide international audience! :-)
Thanks for bailing me out! Actually I'm not really an expert in the field. I was just speaking vaguely but yes, also I suppose there wasn't the need to be too precise. Embarrassing though as my dad was actually a barrister at Inner Temple!
Love your City walks, and your quirky sense of humour mate. Can you do one on the Krays Bros hangouts, (Blind Beggar Pub etc) and Jack The Ripper, Please
Love the videos bro, big inspiration to learn more about my city. Thanks. The fields inn and a pyramid fact is not true though but I'm sure you already know that by now
It amazes me how all these little museums throw you out! Don't they know that if we got just a little GLIMPSE of what's in there they will see their attendance double, at least?
I Love your show, i watch old or new ones every night , Just wish you loved Opera and Jazz, and any good singer.73 year old Derek sings on you tube, can be found under that name, don't know how to bo links to bloody old to learn.,Love your show.
Oh dear...that is rather a pity. I think that they are just doing some extensive renovations and it will re-open in the future, but not for a while yet. I hope they don't move location. I just made that film!
very educational channel. i've learned that should I visit london I shall need an umbrella and spend 4oo pounds on a bowler hat. Maybe a pound on pajamas for the stroll around/
Hey! It was so nice (and super exciting) to meet you earlier. Keep up the amazing work! I'm looking forward to more content from south of the river. All the best!
Inns of Court are only for English barristers, not British lawyers. Scot’s law is different and we have Advocates who are heard in the High Courts in Scotland and have no requirement to join an Inn of Court.
Yes, it is. Did I say it was here? I think they have a skull of someone with a similar condition or maybe I'm just being vague and general to give an idea of the sort of stuff they have. In my Jack The Ripper video I actually include the elephant man actually.
Bar Polski sounds nice! I love Poland, hate the government there, it's gone back to before the 80:s. To be honest, it's Sep 1 1939 all over. But elected... There you go, you never can tell!
