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Freedom For Tooting! - Wolfie Smith. My primary school was near there. Penwortham. Tooting Bec was our local tube station. Then Milton Keynes in 1980 back when Maggie got swinging her famous axe. They called us Milton Keynes lot London Overspill. Not very nice of them. NZ these days.
@@aquilarossa5191 I went to Penwortham too! I think it was 1970-1971. My first teacher was Mr. Cole, who would eat whole oranges in a single gulp. My second teacher was Mrs. Loganathan. It was a pretty rough school but they excelled at chess.
On Thursday night we were planning our day trip to London. I said to my husband, what if we bump into Joolz, he said no way, do you know how big London is?? And we laughed. We couldn’t get parked in Brent Cross, took us ages to find a space. Missed two tube trains, finally getting on one. So we’re sitting there and this tall fella gets on. It was Joolz. And sat next to my son. Talk about surreal. Our boy is so chuffed that he met you Joolz, and we are too. Thanks for all your brilliant content, we always thoroughly enjoy! And this one is no exception! Very interesting! 😁😁😁
Another brilliant work. Just when I think you can't outdo yourself. Growing up in the USSR there were a lot of things we were not aware of about this guy's activities abroad. The role of Trotsky and 'men'shevics', for example was completely altered in history books for many decades to come. A great lesson about politics of politics for future generations if you ask me.
Lubetkin also designed Finsbury Health Centre which is still in use. The borough of Finsbury was a progressive working class borough which now comes under the London Borough of Islington.
I had the good fortune to meet Joolz in October. First, he is wonderful and gracious, second, he is super friendly, and third, he is WAYYYYYY taller that you expect. I am 6 feet tall and he towered above me! Thanks Joolz for all your content and for indulging me in a stupid selfie!
Joolzy oh Joolzy - your posts aren't simple vlogs- they are must see cinema chock a block w.historical facts & architectural views & the reenactments are sot on!! Thank you so much!!
Superb content as always and now accompanied with good quality camera! admirable hard work behind this proper professional channel ... way to go team Joolz!
Every Sunday morning, we check for a new Joolz video. On those Sundays we're lucky enough to have one, we put Joolz on the big screen and enjoy our morning coffee roaming the streets of London in the company of Joolz.
Ahh a Sunday treat from the excellent Joolzy. I'm actually moving back to London in a few weeks, can't wait to go to a few of these pubs. I'm sure you are inundated with video suggestions, but you really excel with historical knowledge of pubs. 6 part series, 6 pubs an ep each ep set in a different part of town recounting the events/patrons etc.....I don't see how the BBC could turn that idea down [i've seen the rest of their content!]. Anyway, as I'm moving to Primrose Hill, I'll leave a drink behind the bar for you at the Engineer to say thanks for all the great content!
Those poor oppressed revolutionaries, exiled, and forced to live in Bloomsbury !!! Hardly the working East End ???! Who paid for that ?? As usual Joolz,excellent and informative. Thanks.
The funny thing about these revolutionaries is a lot of them were far from working class. Lenin came from a very well off family. They were the type that enjoyed the luxeries of the life they wanted to destroy for others
@@acidmack1041 They wanted to remove the aristocratic classes who owned everything while the majority lived in impoverished servitude. It didn’t quite work out like that. Power corrupts - just look at the current crop of politicians.
King George V (the present Queen's grandfather), the Kaiser and NIcholas II were first cousins. Toward the end of the 1st world war, the Hohenzollern (German) dynasty began to collapse along with the Austrian Emperor who lost his throne. George V was very concerned about losing his own throne and about his German connections, which is why the Royal Family's name was changed to 'Windsor and why he did not allow his beloved cousin Nicky to come to London as he thought the move would have been seen as unpopular and could have destabilised the British throne.
Poor German Monarchy. Talk about policy blowback! I wonder if the Kaiser ever knew that his government secretly financed Lenin's return to Moscow. What a treat that worked. Got the Czar out of the war in no time. Ha!
A grim tale about a gold digger who breaks into three bears home (Holy Alliance - Russia/Romanov, Austria/Habsburg, Prussia/Hohenzollern), destroys their thrones, eats their lunch and defiles their beds. “There can be only one.” Highlander.
If and when "Bald and Bankrupt" inevitably ends up in England at some point in the near future it would be super cool if both of you met up and did a mixture of what you know and his add-ons.
I enjoyed this. As an EFL teacher I do use some of these videos for 'inspiration' as reference material. This would be a bit long to use during a lesson though students can watch themselves and question during in a session. Keep up the good work.
So Very glad your back Julian, I enjoy your London guides so very much and informative. I hope your Mum is well as the rest of your family and friends and to Simon your Camera man.
HAHAHA Joolz!!! I've just logged on because I wanted to watch one of your videos while I have my lunch and you just uploaded a new one 26 mins ago!! 😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩
Well done Joolz, your vids are always interesting but this one is a bit special as it also incorporated Grays Inn, Clerkenwell, and The Angel Islington, my old stomping ground back in the 60s when I was an apprentice, loved it then. Thanks for the memories ( good title for a song ). Looking forward to the next.
Fabulous colab! Margarita has the same passion that you do to explain the amazing city that is our capital. I loved every minute of this journey. Wonderful stuff and thanks to the two of you for sharing!
You've utterly surpassed yourself this time Mr Joolz - what a cracking episode. Plus, Margarita is a bit of a star. How you've not won that Strictly trophy yet is a mystery...
I live in Saint Petersburg and across the road from me is the house Lenin's future wife stayed and one of Lenin's multitude of residences is a also just a couple of buildings away. Lenin arrived at Finland Station from exile and a statue marks this, but I can't help hearing the Pet Shop Boys West End Girls when I pass it, which namechecks the station.
Really interesting, thank you. Perhaps you can do the Italian risorgimento next and use your Italian connections - Mazzini and Garibaldi who were in Clerkenwell too I think
Hi Joolz. Excellent video as always. You raised the question what is a Pindar: Pindars were the guys that collected, kept and guarded the sheep and or cattle in an enclosed usually walled area overnight. Many villages still have streets or areas know as Pindars gate or Pindar street.
Good one Jools. As for not taking in the Tsar and his family, they did take all their jewellery… for safe keeping. Talk about a dysfunctional family. Keep these videos coming.
I think this is one of the best in the Joolz Guides series, and I originally thought it was going to be deadly dull because of the subject matter! Thank you to everyone involved in making this fascinating video.
Thank you for showing me more of a London I have never known before, and with the wonderful Margarita to help fill in the detail and context on the historicity of the locations!
Great Vlog👍! Never hurts to have a lovely lady with a nice smile in it as well! 😉 Very well done video and extremely interesting! Never knew that kind of history happened there!
Scotland Yard may have seen these Russians as a threat, but I read a story once about the 5th Congress (or was it the 4th!). Some East End lads were apparently harassing these revolutionaries as they entered the building for their meetings. The Revolutionaries complained to the local police, and the next day a London bobby was sent down to the outside door of the building where they were meeting - not to keep a check on these Russian revolutionaries - Lenin/Stalin/Trotsky etc, but to make sure that they could go about their business without being cat-called or assaulted by the local troublemakers! How British is that - we sent a copper down to thse revolutionaries, not to make life more difficult, but the make sure they are not hassled.
@John Ashtone Even Lenin thought Stalin odious and nasty- but couldn't stop him as he was suffering severe brain disease brought on by acute stress and Trotsky was far more interested in fomenting international revolution than anything as mundane as running the USSR.
@John Ashtone Lenin hadn't even made it back to Russia, but he sent on an order ahead that the Kulaks should be purged. Having two cows when the other farmers had one was enough to make you be classed as a Kulak. Literally the first act of the communists was to kill off a whole group of people.
Hi Joolez, brilliant video as always thank you. Arthur Ransome the children's author married Trotsky's secretary and Ransome used to play chess with him after the revolution when he was a reporter for a Manchester newspaper, can't remember the name, sorry. Many thanks.
The first time Lenin and Stalin met was in December 1905, in bolshevik gathering that was held in Tampere, Finland. In those premises is nowadays a “Lenin museum”, dedicated to all those complicated events before and after Russian revolution, which besides also led to the independence of Finland. (Greetings from Finland, Joolz! Keep up the brilliant work 😊)
Joolz, this was fascinating! My wife and I are bringing her high school marching band to London 12/27/22 for the New Year's Parade and we want to meet you!
Amazing vid, learnt so much - I work just around the corner from Percy circus and impressed my colleagues with my wealth of knowledge 🙈 all credit to you Joolz 😁
Thanks again for another wonderful stroll with Joolz!! Great history and very informative! Truly loved all of the bit parts by the Joolz Guide Players!!
Where have you been????? Needing more "content" as I believe they call it. Love your work and educating videos. The next time I am in "the smoke" ..... as a northerner from Leeds , I would love to get in touch and have a wander. Keep up the good work. J.
Thanks. Surely you can't have seen all the films. If you have then bravo! In the 3 weeks since the Kentish Town one I've been learning about, filming, and editing the Lenin film. Almost killed me!
@@Joolzguides funnily enough, I have ! Going through tough times at the mo, though remember younger, happier times around trips to belsize Park and hampstead. Love seeing these area again. Keep doing what you are doing. J
Fascinating walk! It's a truly intriguing fact that British 'bourgeois' freedom and rule of law epitomised by the British Library enabled both Marx and Lenin to write their ideology into existence.
A great Joolz Sunday but this is a lot to take in. Has London been keeping all this a secret because I never heard a mention of this in my schooling. Guess it’s not all Oliver Twist and Pride and Prejudice across the pond.
An excellent little film Joolz , amazing how they all got together in the capatilist capitol, and just shows how liberal this country has been for such a long time.
Great video. But especially loved the sartorial flare of the Black Watch tartan trousers. Identical to a pair I had tailored for me in 1962 in Sydney, Australia. I was then 19 and working in a bank and the branch manager thought my trousers a bit too revolutionary for a bank employee to wear at work.
Great and different video, Julian. Who knows what would-be revolutionaries are knocking around London now? I was lucky enough to spend some time in Ukraine and one thing I recall in Yalta (aside from a sign showing the distance to Margate on the promenade!) was a huge statue of Lenin - but now pointing at what might have been the largest McDonalds in the country...
That was really excellent i enjoyed that. What amazes me with these people is that they wanted to make things better for the poor, but didn't mind how many of them they killed in the process. Stalin always reminds me of Ronnie Kray, they both had those dead, shark like eyes and didn't mind hurting and killing people who crossed them.
Great video as always Joolz, easily the best of your genre on RU-vid! I want to book a tour with Margarita but her site seems to be down. Does anyone know an alternative way to book a Lenin in London tour?
Great educational video complementing my vague A-Level 20th Century European History knowledge from over 30 years ago! It was odd as both myself and my wife work very near two of the places. Spent most of the video going 'I've had a drink in there!' but I didn't feel the ghostly hand of history on my shoulders sadly.
Can’t see where anyone has commented this, but as a resident of Wakefield, the “Pinder of Wakefield” fought Robin Hood and his legacy is still pretty strong around here in place names. Part of Wakefield is called Pinderfields, for example. Lots of information about it on the internet! Love your videos, Joolz. Visited London hundreds of times for work, but learning lots!
Joolz - you asked about the Pinder of Wakefield. A pinder is a keeper of sheep. In Wakefield, West Yorkshire, there is a small public recreation area called Pinder's Field. There's a black metal sculpture which honours the Wakefield pinder. Wakefield's NHS hospital is called Pinderfields.
I got a kick running across you Royal Courts few weeks ago. I did not have time for a private walk about. Brother was in hospital. Next trip I will track you down. Cheers
