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I'm from Tooting and now live in New Zealand.... What would I do without the wonderfull Joolz guides. Thank you Sir.. Had some knives sent over from Blenheim forge just after your video. Cheers Geezer
My grandmother was a lollipop lady on the Abbey Road zebra crossing just a few years before The Beatles made it famous. She had told me for years about her job as a lollipop lady in the 60's next to a recording studio in London and daily seeing many famous singers of that time on their way in to record albums. It wasn't until the early 90s when she was retelling the story I realised she was talking about Abbey Road crossing. And yes, she confirmed it was indeed Abbey Road crossing she worked on. She literally had no idea how famous the crossing had become and knew nothing about it featuring on the front cover of The Beatles album. I only wish I had a photo of her standing on that crossing, but sadly I don't. It's always worth listening carefully when grandparents tell you about the things they did before you were born!😂
Yay, a new Joolz Guide - I've watched all the rest of them at least two or three times already so it's great to have another (the Christmas song I've watched at least 20 times!) - Joolz and Simon are a hilarious double act, and Joolz could easily have a career singing as well - anyway, just spent 10 minutes trying to work out how to spell "mackerel" without the letter "a" - until I realised that "station" is not included in this game
You always do such a smashing job. There is a wonderful fello from Los Angeles who also does an informative walking tours of that city, but of course, nothing can compare to London. I wholeheartedly agree with Samuel Johnson who said “when a man is tired of London he is tired of life.”
I lived in LA from ‘57 until 2000. I remember “Ralph Story’s Los Angeles”. But that was way back when and not anything current. If interested, there are a few videos here on YT by Ralph Story. Gary, I too am interested to know of the “wonderful fellow”.
@@paulmcdonough1093 I would rather live in London than Liverpool, but I am from New York which makes it difficult to live anywhere else. It is one of the greatest cities in the world. Not the easiest place to live, but everything is here. Expensive.
An abundance of interest in this St.John's Wood film, Joolz. So much associated with the British music industry makes it a very desired area indeed. Most of the buildings are of exceedingly grand architecture. Many thanks indeed for this very well documented presentation.
It was only yesterday when I thought that it was about time that Hooks posted one of his excellent Guides.. Keep up the great work you're much appreciated by many.
A right musical video today! Absolutely thrilling to see, Joolz. I've never made it to Abbey Road or explored St John's Wood, I'll have to visit on my next visit to London.
In Australia, all post boxes are red and have "Australia Post" on the side. My first overseas trips were to Papua new Guinea and Canada. All post boxes are fred. Some time later I went to France and all post boxes are blue.
Fantastic Joolz I've lived and worked in this area for many years - but of course I didn't have a clue about the existence more than of half of these facts. Great stuff 👍👍
Hi! Another lovely video! It’s funny as my Townshend ancestors in South Carolina live in Blenheim ( a tiny town) and in Marlborough county…. I notice on the map of St. John’s Wood there are street names of Blenheim and Marlborough…. I love seeing the Townshend Estate 😉💕 I plan to take a cruise on the canal to Camden and check out the view you showed of Primrose Hill in mid - January 2023😊
Thanks for reminding of Primrose Hill, it could be starting point for our London Saturday roam in three weeks time. 🧐 Thanks for the video, great as always. 👍
Some day I hope to take a trip to London. Until then, I do always appreciate your perspective, Joolz. You have a way of looking at life with an open mind.
St Johns Wood High Street is one of my favourite roads in London. The only issue is that I feel very class conscious when I walk past the very wealthy patrons sipping Cappuccinos outside trendy cafes and boutiques.
I saw SuperTed live in the 1980’s at the Brighton Dome! All I can remember was that Victor Spinetti who played Texas Pete was in it! Brilliant videos as ever Joolz ❤
50 years of spending time with close family in SJW all so familiar will be visiting next week.I have to say learned so many other things watching this.I didnt know that chapel was behind the hospital will need to go and have a look.Great video.
Hello Julian how have u been?. Is great to see u doing well. It is 11.45 pm Sunday now in Singapore instead of sleeping i am watching u 🤣 thank u so much for sharing with us your wonderful experience there in Saint John's Wood. Keep the videos coming in. I be patiently waiting.
Marvellous. The best video about Saint John's wood I have ever seen. You manage to find funny stories...so it is not only watching a video. We do have a great time. Congratulation. There is another reason for me to like it so much. When I spent a time in London I used to go to Saint John's Wood almost every day. So nice to see again these beautiful streets.
Just looked up the SuperTed intro on YT. (far fetched much - but love it! 😂) "This is a story about an ordinary teddy bear... When he was made, they found something wrong with him... And threw him away like a piece of rubbish into an old dark storeroom... Then, from outer space, a spotty man, brought him to life with his cosmic dust! He took him to a magic cloud where Mother Nature gave him special powers... That bear became SUPERTED!"
Joolz great as usual, but you missed the fact at the bottom of St. John’s high street, is Hanover house, this house was the house of Jeff Randall in Randall and hopkirk deceased!
I've never seen a red London postbox in NZ - but I live in Auckland, so maybe they're in the provinces. Though, all things British have become politically unfashionable in these fair isles... which is why I love it when a new Joolz Guides vid pops up in my feed!
@@JohnyG29 Why NZ went sour on the UK? It started when the UK pivoted unilaterally to the EU. The UK was NZs biggest trading partner (after Australia) and they were forced to diversify to Japan, South America, the US. NZ has no issue with the EU in general, but the UK nullified our trade agreements, and didn’t especially support new agreements with the EU. Plus your rugby fans are absolute bellends. People in NZ of British heritage feel less British than the Scots, but also less angry about it.
@@JohnyG29 and following on from Nic's comments, the optics of colonial legacy have been getting a pretty hard boot up the rear in all national institutions (for better or for worse) recently. NZ is far more introverted these days, especially since Covid, and the relevance of our remaining meagre ties to Britain is fading ever faster. If the UK had maintained a faithful economic relationship to NZ (and indeed to the Commonwealth), we likely would have maintained a greater degree of socio-cultural cohesion with the UK.
Great video as ever Joolz, thank you. I was brought up in outer London (no longer there) and will forever love London and think of it as home. Your videos always remind me that it's not all doom and gloom back home as it often comes across in the media.
It's was great to chat to you earlier! After I returning to my home on Abbey Rd, I straight away came to watch this episode. It is very informative and fun as always! 👏👏👏
No mention of two of the most beautiful and largest synagogues in London, both of which Joolz walks by numerous times during the walking tour. The older New London Synagogue, the original St Johns Wood synagogue , on Abbey Road which dates back to the early 20th century, or the newer synagogue, built in the 1960's, in Grove End Road, opposite the Hospital of St. John and Elizabeth (where he shows the chapel), London's largest synagogue, where British Chief Rabbis are inducted, and which just recently hosted the formal UK Jewish memorial service to Her Majesty the Queen. This synagogue has over 100 David Hillman stain glass windows, one of the most amazing collections of stain glass windows - especially synagogue windows, anywhere in London, let aone the world - and which are one of Londons most secret architectural heritages.
Surprised that you didn't visit the old St John's Wood Police Station at twenty and a half Newcourt Street. One of only a handful of places to have a half in its address.
3:34 I know that I'm just a commoner from the Colonies but I used to watch BananaMan in my youth, as I believe the local public access tele channel had been given some of the content in the mid-80s. I didn't watch it when it debuted, but a few years after 16:43 in at least one of the modern episodes of Dr Who, as was a one of the Bond movies, this exact little milk lorry is used. I'm sure they've been used in countless other British shows. But being from the Colonies I didn't get as much British tele as you blokes
Julian, you're such a creative and superb commentator, I think you should start a new channel where you comment on anything, any place on earth - food, inventions, clothes, cars, different countries... You can get sponsors to sponsor your trips. Eg. France Tourism Board, airlines, hotels, theme parks, restaurants etc. Seriously. I want to watch you comment on anything. You've got an amazing talent.
The '70s were my St Johns Wood days. A lot has changed. No more Red House on the roundabout. No more Portland Arms on the High St... I expect The New Inn has gone (I still have a low bar stool of theirs). No more Bedford College with a Students Union bar to play in and sometimes drink in and a hall where proper bands that you'd heard of played.
The sand of the desert is sodden red Red with the wreck of a square that broke The Gatlings jammed and the Colonel dead, And the regiment blind with dust and smoke The river of death has brimmed his banks, And Englands far, and Honour a name, But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks: Play up! Play up! And play the game! The poem of empire don’t you think? And the stories a true one. “Form a square” was often the refrain when far from home and outnumbered. Is was at Waterloo as well as Sudan. My great grandfather fought in Sudan, The Boer war, and lost his life in WW1 on The Somme, he was a highland piper.
I lived in Lisson Grove, St Maryebone from 1941 to 1959 and never bothered to translate 'Fiat secundum verbum tuum'. Now, at last, I know what it means. My Latin master would have been apalled.
i might have missed it but why didn’t you mention the very old grave yard that is and was behind the church it has now turned into a park with a few graves on the perimeter it’s a real anomaly and very unique
The weirdest thing about London when I first started visiting was how rich and poor live so close,all mixed up together yet still keeping in their social strata. I mean in say Chelsea or Westminster or well all over you get mansion blocks and big houses then round the corner are council flats or once council but still social housing,you can tell. In the city where I live it's so different,some neighbourhoods are poor,others are very poor,a lot are in between and 3 areas are officially (household income) wealthy. And people seem to stay in their pay level neighbourhood to live any way.
"Joolz Guides" is, without a doubt, the very best video to watch on RU-vid. His nonchalant delivery is absolutely brilliant and it makes viewing a complete pleasure. "Thank you, Joolz and Simon."
I've been hoping for another video, as I got back from London yesterday! You would have been proud of me, I walked around showing my husband all the postboxes, cabman's shelters etc. I couldn't remember the stuff about Dick Whittington though, so we'll have to go again! We did go to the Bank of England though, and then to the Sir John Soane museum and generally had a great time. Keep up the good work, I look forward to the next one!
@@guymorris6596 it’s benson and hedges cigarettes. They were popular in the past when smoking was more common. Some consider them to be quite low classy or “chavvy”, you could say, so this phrase sounds funny to some and also brings back memories for others.
Funny how thay bloke mentions Yoko ono's singing. For those who havent seen it... Search Yoko ono improvisation live in the green space, New york. And turn the speed up to 1.5 or 2x. Or not. You can thank me later. 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the excellent video Joolz and team. Appreciated the 1950s jazz music and Joolz's regular references to 1980s music and various celebs remembered.
I was sauntering the streets of Hammersmith last week visiting the Dr The Rik Mayall memorial bench Didn’t get to see the man the myth the legend Joolz though 😂👍🏻
