SID VICIOUS London home and neighborhood walking tour.

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Did you ever wonder where Sid Vicious lived after he joined the Sex Pistols? Me too. So I went there recently and walked his former neighborhood. I go to the Warrington Pub, where he and Nancy probably drank, and I visit the flat of his friend Steve Dior, whose band The Idols backed him in NYC. Finally I visit his former home at 3 Pindock Mews. You'll be surprised how beautiful his former home is today. Sadly, he only lived here about 1 1/2 years before moving to NYC, where he died a few months later.
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@bonnie8441 18 дней назад

I hope you realise what a unique and important, musically historic channel,yours is. Real fans out there will know you are a special kind of person.Well done.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thank you so much for your kind words! It's a labor of love.

@tommymaguire2839 16 дней назад

I agree 100%. Interesting info WITHOUT the usual RU-vid pretension. Love love love these.

@DDandrums 17 дней назад

My god what a great video! Americans, from the land where everything is bigger and better (in my opinion), enthusing about pubs etc in my own humble land, warms the cockles of my heart ❤️.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

Thanks for the kind words! I don't think things are better here, but I guess they are bigger. I love your pubs, your music, your culture, your people...just about everything in England. I like the weather too. Thanks for watching my video! I have more London videos coming up.

@mauricerevelle8451 19 дней назад

This is stuff is so engaging..Real history.. When the door opened I was expecting Sid to come out and share a few choice words ya. Lol. I bet there are some vibes going on in his old place. He was and still is a very strong spirit. Can’t beat those little walks and finding the old haunts. Brilliant, Love again as always from North London. ❤🎸

@nellsun2521 18 дней назад

When I lived in West London 10 years ago I'd often spend my Sunday afternoon walking to a location of a fave pop culture moment. The house where Hendrix died was across the street from me; Mick Jones and Jimmy Page would always walk past me in the street; I once went to the house from 'Performance' film; and also the house where they shot the interiors for 'Withnail & I's flat (even though it was set in Camden, the interiors were shot up West).

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed the video North London! I had no idea Sid lived on such a charming street.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

I thought about going to the house where Hendrix died on this trip but I didn't get around to it. I think it's in Notting Hill.

@mauricerevelle8451 18 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlacesThe flat Jimi lived in 68 - 69 is 23 Brook St Mayfair, it was turned into a museum , you can go in there . Shame you didn’t know..

@pobstrel 16 дней назад

@@nellsun2521The interior scenes of the house in Performance were filmed in Eaton Square.

@tommymaguire2839 16 дней назад

Stayed in Maida Vale in April. Just booked a return trip for NEXT April. I've always loved and visited Little Venice, but had never stayed there. Going by Marc Bolan's old flat and calling the Warwick Castle "my local" for a week was wonderful. I took Soo Catwoman and her daughter to the Warwick Castle back in 2008 when I worked with a rockabilly band who were playing the Brixton Academy. THE BEST MEMORIES.....Soo and the Castle, NOT the rockabilly band. hahaha! Love you and Joe!!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 15 дней назад

Thank you Tommy! Glad you enjoyed this one. Wow, I can't believe you know Soo and hung out with her. That's a great memory. I have heard that the Warwick Castle is where many musicians hang out. I didn't see it, but we were in Maida Vale briefly. Such a beautiful area. So Mark Bolan lived there too? I know when he died that was in South London somewhere. Thanks again for tuning in!

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Bolan lived in Clarendon Road just around the corner from where you were at Sids place,it is across the road from my late mums place,before that when Marc was still poor he lived in in a tiny top floor room in Blenheim Crescent ,just off Ladbroke Grove.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

I remember when I was still living at mums place in Randolph Avenue in the 1970s/early 1980s I used to hang out at the Warrington a lot,and in those days we were allowed to cross the road and take our drinks onto the roundabout opposite it and sit on the grass all day,but that got banned for being too much fun of course!!...it was great in those days,I remember seeing Siouxsie Sioux drinking in there one day.Its still beautiful inside but last time I went it just didn`t have the same exciting atmosphere anymore,different clientele these days.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

The other happening pubs around there were The Crown (aka Crocker`s Folly) on the other side of Maida Vale road itself in Abercorn Place,and The Elgin in Elgin Avenue.

@patchpeek 18 дней назад

Fun pop fact: Tony James of GenX bought the lease off Malcolm. Sigue Sigue Sputnik recorded all their early demos in pindock mews.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for that info! Someone here said that Martin Degville was at the Warrington Pub because Sigue Sigue were based in Pindock Mews, so that all makes sense. I wonder who lived in the home now. Thanks for watching.

@BeliaLastes 19 дней назад

Thank you for posting this historical vlog, you're so lucky to have lived in London back in the day and to have met and known Sid, Nancy to name a few in the 70's Punk scene 😊

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for watching! I met Sid and Nancy briefly in Aug. 1978. I'll have more London videos soon.

@beachamgroup2482 19 дней назад

Lovely upload. Thank you very much

@themichael3105 19 дней назад

Awesome! Cheers

@fraserb151 19 дней назад

Brilliant video, it was really interesting to see where Sid used to live and hang out. The thing that surprises me when I see where a lot of these punks lived, is how affluent the areas are. But... London did not necessarily look that nice back in the mid to late 70s. Covent Garden for instance, where the Roxy was, did not look upmarket back then. I lived in London from 1993 to 1997, wish I had checked out maidavale and Notting hill, campden town etc more back them. I spent too long in south london, wimbledon etc. Now I am down under in Australia. Loving seeing London and the culture again. Keep the great videos coming 🎸👍

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks again for watching! I lived in London form 1990 to 1997, so similar time. I was in Kilburn, so I didn't see much of South London. I think that Maida Vale was always a nice area, but now it's super-super nice.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Maida Vale was pretty shabby in the 70s,there was a lot of derelict houses and squatters and prostitutes around there then.

@antstead2329 17 дней назад

Great video. When lockdowns were on I used to go to London weekly to take photos of different areas as the streets were dead and Pindock Mews and The Warrington were included though I had been around the area in the late 80's as well and it hasn't changed that much, just a little shabbier back then. Saw Mick Jones out with Wendy James once too.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

Thanks for watching. It is such a charming area. I love it. I used to live up the road in Kilburn, which is ok but not as charming as Maida Vale.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Which street in Kilburn? My school bus was the number 31 which crossed Kilburn High Road when I was travelling from Holland Park to Swiss Cottage,one of my schoolfriends lived in Brondesbury Road.Come to think of it so did my brother briefly

@TedCantu 18 дней назад

Great job. You're stories are fascinating. I always wondered where they lived and I didn't know it was this nice. What a fantastic neighborhood. That pub is awesome.

@nellsun2521 18 дней назад

To be fair a lot of these West end places like Chelsea have been posh-ified since the '70s. A lot of the properties were council flats back then. Notting Hill was a no-go zone for taxi drivers in the 1960s (if you lived in Notting Hill and wanted a taxi home, you weren't getting one! 'cos it was so rough).

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Glad you like them! Maida Vale is one of my favorite areas on London. I have more London videos coming.

@wanggangworld7649 18 дней назад

Great stuff. Ive been there twice ( Sids old house ) for photos, once with an old pal n once with my son, in the last 3 years .

@TomTremayne 18 дней назад

Great video & well done you for giving the subject matter enough space in which to breathe. I love the long, lingering look at the outside of the mews flat & the thoughts about what could have been. You know I'm a massive fan M' but look, even tho' you may not have hundreds of thousands of subscribers your voice, as an American who was actually there, is infinitely more interesting & authentic than the likes of say, a John Robb type character! Well done M', we love you.......

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

Thank you Tom! You've been watching me for a long time. I really appreciate it. This channel is a labor of love, so I'm glad you and others enjoy it. (I had to look up John Robb, btw. I didn't know who he was! I have received comments like "you don't look like a Sex Pistols fan" from time to time, so maybe I don't look the part.) That mews street is so beautiful I couldn't stop looking at it. That's where I would want to live if I ever won the lottery. Thanks again for tuning in.:)

@TomTremayne 16 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces M', don't listen to the detractors; you so do look like an early Pistols fan! On the subject of the mews...I'm a knowledgable sort of guy & over the years have been inside many London mews buildings. When I originally saw the videos for Sid's versions of 'Something Else' and 'C'mon Everybody' (originally in the 'Swindle & both now on youtube) I could clearly see that they were shot inside a converted mews. In one of the videos you see Sid exiting the mews on a motorbike & naturally I'd thought they were shot at Pindock Mews. On seeing your video, however, I'm not so sure. Whist the front doors look sort of right, the right hand side of the mews, when he's on the bike, have a fence-line rather than houses & one wonders where these mews are. I was thinking they might be St Lukes Mews in Notting Hill (long-owned by music industry people & where Paula Yates was tragically found dead) but no, St Lukes Mews also look wrong. Anyway....just another mystery that someone can solve.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

Thanks for the kind words. Wow, you're really a fan that gets down to the details! I never thought of where that was filmed but it does look like a mews street. I wonder where it was filmed too. I am still surprised Sid lived in such a nice place.

@zaradragonia9863 14 дней назад

Love her too! Mags!😂🎉

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces It actually isn`t the same building,it is on the same spot,but Sids mews house was in such bad condition the entire thing was completely demolished and rebuilt.It was sold by a local mews specialist estate agency called Lurot Brand.

@roguemayhem3651 19 дней назад

Very good! Loving your vids, memory lane. Joe strummer lived on Lancaster road, W11, i had few pints Guinness with him in 1987 in his local pub on portobello road, the Warwick castle. This was a real musos pub, i have lot memories of being there drinking, with transvision vamp, and ian bone (founder of class war) i saw jerry hall in the Warwick one night. And spandau ballet gary kemp. The late night places in late 80s were the limelight club on shaftsbury avenue, and browns in covent garden. I saw sigue sigue sputnik live in berlin few years ago, 2010, i met martin degvill, i knew him from Kensington market, we used drink in a wine bar happy hour place close to Kensington market.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Nice memories! I don't think I've been to the Warwick Castle, but I recently met Michelle Brigandage, an old friend, at the Earl of Lonsdale on Portobello Road. I liked their beer garden. I also went to the Limelight on Shaftsbury in the 80's. I loved that venue. Thanks for watching!

@roguemayhem3651 18 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces the real action at the london limelight was upstairs in the private VIP ROOM, I WAs there lot in 1987, in vip room, had lot great nights out spent up there with lot pop stars and fellow music biz people. I lived in nyc manhatten in early 90s, we visited few times the nyc limelight also, but london was better one.

@nellsun2521 18 дней назад

Mick Jones was still drinking in the pubs around Notting Hill tube a few years ago. I spoke to him a few times in the shops I worked in when I served him, but never in the pub. (He seemed a quiet man and I could never think of anything to say!)

@pobstrel 16 дней назад

Martin has lived in St Leonard's On Sea for nearly ten years now. He did open a clothes shop for a while. I remember the one he had in Kensington Market.

@avalondreaming1433 18 дней назад

Incredible pub!

@andybiddle9088 16 дней назад

After Sid lived there,many years later, number 3 was bought by Magenta Devine, (a TV presenter from over here 🇬🇧 who also got into heroin). Sadly, she passed away about 4 years ago....Not drug related. I know Little Venice and around that area pretty well....beautiful place. I hope you got to walk along the canal. Great video ❤ All the best

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

I really like Magenta Devine. I know she was involved with Sigue Sigue Sputnik too. She was so stylish. I had no idea she bought Sid's old home. Great taste. I also had no idea there were canals in the area. How wonderful! Thanks for watching.:)

@andybiddle9088 15 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlacesIf you go down Formosa Street, where the shops are, and continue all the way to the end of it, where Formosa bends round and becomes Blomfield Rd. The canal is right in front of you. From there, if you get on the path and go left, when it branches of to the right, you'll go to Paddington and to the left goes to Regents Park and Camden. Either way is a beautiful walk...Worth coming back to England just for that!!! All the best from 🇬🇧, Andy

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces The canal area is known as Little Venice and is the most expensive part.Paul Weller lives there at the moment,and Lady Di`s brother Charles Spencer lived in the corner house right opposite the canal by the bridge.

@andreacolombo9441 18 дней назад

Surprised to see some pubs are still left in globalized London where there is hardly any Brit left "the place is full of foreigners is not what it used to be" sang the angelic upstarts and it was 1980! Sid lived in a very nice neighborhood surely not working class

@antstead2329 17 дней назад

I go up from the south coast a few times a year just to have a few ales in selective boozers. There are still some great ones knocking about if you know where to go but they didn't exist I doubt I'd go to London ever again!

@nellsun2521 18 дней назад

That was interesting, thanks. I always just assumed Sid's band in NY was comprised of New Yorkers! Steve Dior's kept a relatively low profile over the years. I also was unaware Sid moved over to West London -- I thought he'd gone straight from his Hackney tower block to NY in '78! (What was Camden Town like in the '70s compared to now? Less touristy I'd imagine! :)

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Glad you liked the video! I thought his band was made up of all New Yorkers too. Steve Dior must have a lot of stories to tell. In my memory, Camden was less touristy and less busy than it is now, but it was still expensive. In 1978, it was much cheaper to live in Golders Green (where I lived most of the time) than in Camden Town. Thanks for watching.:)

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I was at a school near there for a while in a street called Eton Avenue which runs from Swiss Cottage to Belsize Park/Haverstock Hill.

@davidw8906 19 дней назад

trivia fact,this pub is in The Conjuring 2,a horror film about the Enfield hauntings,if you look on youtube about the locations you will see it.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

@user-sd9cr1fx2i 18 дней назад

Wow, thank you for this long awaited video, it's amazing, it conveys the whole atmosphere, you are so engaging, I want more videos from you, thank you so much !!!!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed it! I have more London videos to come.

@russw3736 14 дней назад

The Warrington was also used extensively in the Sweeney episode Night Out which was filmed around the punk era.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 14 дней назад

Interesting! Thanks for watching. It's such a nice pub.

@nellsun2521 18 дней назад

That looks like the pub where CNN interviewed Liam Gallagher in late 1997. He used to live in that area.

@gilramirez1373 19 дней назад

Visited they're in 1979 9 years old remember watneys beer was near by believe Matlock worked @ brewery RIP watneys red barrel

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

It was Paul Cook who worked at the brewery.

@avalondreaming1433 18 дней назад

Really surprising they lived in such a quiet, posh area. A far cry from the Chelsea Hotel

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

I was surprised too. Thanks for watching.

@GriefTourist 18 дней назад

The Sex Pistols made a lot of money!

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@GriefTourist Not for many many years after wards after they split up and they took Malcolm to court.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

It wasn`t posh in the old days,the house my parents bought there in Randolph Avenue in the 1960s only cost them £2,000!! When it was sold in 2017 it went for £1.6 Million!!

@avalondreaming1433 13 дней назад

@@mjh5437 That's insane 😳. My childhood home in Dallas was bought for $15,000 in the mid sixties. We sold it for $175, 000 in 2016. It's now worth $450,000. Lol. Real estate is always your best investment.

@MrChezlor 19 дней назад

What a house! Wonder what it was like when he lived there! Sid gone but never forgotten!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

I think Maida Vale was always a nice area, but now it's super-posh. I love those old mews houses.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

I remember the original house which was demolished had a garage next to the front door and the door was really weird,it was only about 18" wide for some reason! I should have salvaged it when builders were demolishing the place.

@sputnikwar 18 дней назад

Loving the vid so far!! You know Sigue Sigue Sputnik were based in Sid’s old flat in Pindock Mews? That’s why Degville was always in the Warrington. 😂

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for watching! Someone here said that Tony James took over the lease on Sid's home, so that makes sense.

@sputnikwar 18 дней назад

It was Magenta Devine that bought it, Tony was her partner.

@pobstrel 16 дней назад

I often see Martin around St Leonard's On Sea.

@sputnikwar 14 дней назад

@@pobstrel Is he still drunk all the time?

@GriefTourist 18 дней назад

The Warrington was where Sid and Glen decided to do the Vicious White Kids gig if memory serves. Nick Kent's book Apathy For the Devil has a bit about knowing Sid towards the end of the Sex Pistols. It names a few places in Notting Hill they stayed or scored drugs.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

I thought this was probably the pub where Glen and Sid sat together and decided to do the Vicious White Kids show - the show where I met Sid and Nancy. I didn't mention that in the video because I wasn't sure. There is another pub in the area called The Prince Albert, but it seems like the music people liked to go the Warrington. Thanks again for watching!

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Glen hangs out in one of those little cafes you walked past opposite the Prince Alfred by Pindock Mews.

@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859 11 дней назад

I like you stating the dates. Its nice to piece the time line together

@factoryfactory7142 16 дней назад

Another great vlog, you should take up documentary making, your really good at it!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 15 дней назад

Wow, thank you! It's all a labor of love for me.

@kevhanson1262 18 дней назад

Love your show. I used to go to London especially parking on Edith Grove near Chelsea and just around the corner there's Gunter Grove and the latter is where sid and johnny rotten lived for a while maybe around 77 78 and also Nancy was staying there as well but Johnny's didn't like Nancy so whether Johnny moved out becoming of her i don't know. According to John the flat or apartment stank really bad i won't say what he said it stank like. I would alway head to portobello road and spend hours there pity i wasn't really old enough then because Joe Strummer and Clash and a few years later Wendy james from Transvision Vamp was alway down there especially in the Warwick Castle pub who had a relationship in the late 80s with Mick Jones from the Clash. She's now.a solo artist living in france and New York and has a new album coming out any time She's great please check her out she has some stories to tell and also had Glen matlock play bass on one of her albums The price of the ticket. Your films are alway full of content and are always front the heart and entertaining ❤

@kevhanson1262 18 дней назад

As I was writing my comments I hadn't got to the point were you mentioned Gunter Grove as I was so excited you were touring these places I couldn't hold back my little tours in that area .It must be emotional going back I was 6 in 1977 but remember God save the Queen and the silver jubilee Britain went crazy 🤪

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for watching! I did go to Gunter Grove. I'll include that in a later video. I follow Wendy James on Facebook. I loved her band back in the 80's. Thanks again!

@pobstrel 16 дней назад

John said in his autobiography that Nancy had poor hygiene and would often pee herself and was so dirty that the urine would leave bleached lines in the grime on her legs.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I went to a party at the basement flat she shared with the guitarist of TV,it was in one of the big houses on Kensington Church Street near the Churchill Arms pub and all the little antique shops.She used to drink in the Duke of Wellington on Portobello Road,I didn`t really know her but just tagged along with them on the night.

@PontiacS. 16 дней назад

Viv was Sids roommate Long before Punk or any bands were started.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

Yes, I read that in her book. She said Sid once urinated in her bed and when she got upset he just giggled.

@zaradragonia9863 14 дней назад

Viv Albertine? Cool😊

@MariaRamirez-nq4is 8 дней назад

You're so kool 👍

@garyrigby21 19 дней назад

Love those old mews houses reminds me of swinging London in the sixties

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

I love those mews houses too. Soooo charming!

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces My father had one in Albion Close near Marble Arch,he bought it from Michael Caine in 1979...For only £40,000!!

@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859 11 дней назад

Amazing pub.

@bas4241 7 часов назад

Another great video. Thank you!

@naomijevons4441 16 дней назад

I have only just discovered your videos. They are really interesting, thank you

@WhyNotGoPlaces 15 дней назад

Glad you like them!

@zaradragonia9863 14 дней назад

God, I love London 😢

@dragon4386 19 дней назад

great film! Thank you for sharing all your inside knowledge :)

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thank you!

@franklincoolport27 19 дней назад

Great video Maggie and Joe, welcome to London..

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks! I have more London ones coming.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@franklincoolport27 Liar! lololol,its crap now,practically non-existent for Pop/Rock music.

@morticialilas3229 19 дней назад

Thank you 4 posting this interesting vlog. Lavina Morticia,1985 only legal ballerina x wife of Sebastian Bach@Skid Row+a few secrets.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for watching! I have more London videos coming.

@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859 11 дней назад

Shame i can only smash the like button once!

@gilramirez1373 19 дней назад

You'll be a great punk rock tour guide....

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thank you! I try to be a tour guide with these videos.

@theanglianflaneurs5857 3 дня назад

Another fantastic vlog. I really enjoy your Punk knowledge and experiences. I'm doing a Maida Vale/Little Venice vlog in the next few weeks talking about The Clash and Pistols. Please can I mention your vlog here when covering areas you visited?

@WhyNotGoPlaces 3 дня назад

Sure no problem. I didn't get a chance to visit the canals nearby. Have fun doing it! Such a lovely area.

@theanglianflaneurs9423 3 дня назад

Thank you so much.

@newcybrown6352 14 дней назад

Great video . Have a read of the book PADLOCKS , tells of their squatting in 1977 .

@WhyNotGoPlaces 13 дней назад

No I haven't. I'll look for it. Is it about Steve Dior and Sid Vicious?

@newcybrown6352 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces It's about Sid n Nancy squatting with Den Browne .

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@newcybrown6352 Great book,I read it recently,the weird thing is that their squat was right opposite my school in those days and I never knew!!

@johnpoile1451 17 дней назад

Be seeing you.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

That's from an old British show "The Prisoner." I love that show. Thanks for watching!

@niceuneasy 17 дней назад

Great place brings back great memories 😂

@leeallsopp5152 19 дней назад

Fantastic vid Maggie 😁🙌

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thank you!

@allsorts9909 16 дней назад

Would love to meet up with you both if you come back to the uk

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

That would be great! We hope to come back sometime next year. We had a great time. I still love London.

@zaradragonia9863 14 дней назад

I had no idea that Sid remained in London for so long! I always thought he was in NY the whole time

@WhyNotGoPlaces 13 дней назад

Hi Mimi! Thanks for watching again. Yes, when I met him and Nancy at his solo gig (Aug. 15, 1978 in London), he told me they were leaving soon for NYC. That's when she said to me "London is shit compared to New York". So my guess is that she was the one who really wanted to move there. His first gig in NYC was Sept. 7th 1978, so I think they were gone from this location by the end of August.

@orfordwolf5409 15 дней назад

Thank you💯

@WhyNotGoPlaces 14 дней назад

You're welcome!

@pablozewoppa 18 дней назад

Another great post! Thanks. Keep them coming. I'll have to visit the Warrington on my day off next week. In another post you mentioned encountering Sid drowning his sorrows after a gig at the 100 Club (I think). You saw a side of Sid then that few people would have seen publicly. The story about Sid robbing the dead bloke of his money and watch is darkly amusing and probably closer to his public image than the vulnerable Sid you met that time. And ... Old Speckled Hen is one of my favourites too!😊

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

That is a fantastic pub. I wish I lived nearby! I talked to Sid and Nancy after his solo gig at the Electric Ballroom in Camden - August 15, 1978. He seemed kind of down and surprised when I said he did a great gig. But he seemed sweet too. That's when they told me they were moving to New York. She said London was "shit" compared to NYC. I had no idea he lived in such a nice place at the time. Thanks for watching!

@pablozewoppa 18 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Of course, Electric Ballroom, my mistake. I wish I had your chutzpah. I live in Chiswick, west London, and one afternoon a few years back (around 2009) I encountered Amy Winehouse. I was in a Starbucks on the High Road when a black people-carrier pulled up outside and who should emerge from it but Amy. At first I thought 'That lass has got the whole Amy Winehouse thing going on', then I realised it actually was her. A mutter went round the cafe as she stood quietly waiting for her coffee (by herself). She was 2 feet away from me but she was giving off such an 'I'm really not in the mood' kind of vibe I didn't acknowledge her. Our eyes met but I couldn't summon up the courage to speak! 😄 (Also, the Pistols recorded some demos and rehersed somewhere here in Chiswick, but I've never been able to ascertain where. There's a photo of them, very early days, looking over a wall. When I see it in books all the caption ever says is 'Sex Pistols in Chiswick.')

@allsorts9909 16 дней назад

Great vid. Love Maida Vale/paddington area

@WhyNotGoPlaces 16 дней назад

Thanks for tuning in again!

@williamk3702 14 дней назад

Thanks so much, I love your vids - great to get a regular Pistols fix and more. The Warrington is gorgeous, hope I manage to visit before too long - I thought it looked familiar, though, and sure enough, it features in episodes of my favourite TV shows, namely Minder and The Sweeney. It appears in the episode 'Night Out' of the latter, one of the best, I feel. Pindock Mews likewise is familiar from maybe hundreds of Brit TV shows and films. I'm sure it was a desirable address going way back. Stirling Moss may have had a place there? I'm sure an F1 fan will correct me. Thanks once again, it's a gas to hang out, virtually at least - AND you was in Kommunity FK? Pretty neat! Ta!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 13 дней назад

Yes, I was in Kommunity FK in the 80's. I'm in the "Something Inside Me has Died" Video. That was our most popular song. I haven't seen the shows you mentioned, but I bet The Warrington is a great location for shooting. Someone here tells me it was in the movie The Conjuring 2. Thanks again for watching!

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

Stirling Moss`s mews house was about a Mile away just off the Edgware Road,I used to see him around when I had a picture framing shop near there from 1989-2006,he used to get around on a Vespa lol

@turquoisecapricorn 15 дней назад

Thank you very much Misses Punk History Teacher! I just watched your 2 latest videos. Are there still many punks in London??

@WhyNotGoPlaces 14 дней назад

Thanks for watching! I went to a punk gig at the Dublin Castle in Camden recently and it was full of punks, young and older. It was nice to see.

@bobstrete 19 дней назад

Another great video. Thank You

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for watching. I really appreciate it.

@nellsun2521 18 дней назад

(The basement flat would've been ideal for rehearsals as bass vibrations travel downwards; rather than upward. The least amount of disturbance. Still, u probably couldn't get away with it there nowadays with the insanely high property values!)

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

That's true! I thought it was interesting that they rehearsed there.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I seem to remember they used the huge coal cellars under the pavement all those big houses in Warrington Crescent still have from the days before central heating.A lot of them are converted into spare bedrooms.saunas/wine cellars/kitchens now.

@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859 11 дней назад

Great work thank you!!!!

@WhyNotGoPlaces 10 дней назад

Thanks for watching and the kind words! The Sex Pistols in Liverpool must have been a great gig.

@user-ug2bv5dg2f 19 дней назад

Loving this mini London series you and Joe are showing us , hopefully a few more episodes to come?

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for watching! Yes, I have a few more coming up. :)

@Holcroft1969 11 дней назад

I do love your channel and your knowledge.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 10 дней назад

Thanks you! I know there lots of people out there who know more than me, but I love all this stuff and I'm happy to share it.

@AndrewjWilson 13 дней назад

Another interesting video. Well done 😊

@WhyNotGoPlaces 12 дней назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@mariusbabii 18 дней назад

sorry late news, please can you go to WINTER GARDENS in BLACKPOOL in August first week only because of the REBELLION PUNK FESTIVAL, I ALWAYS WATCH IT ONLINE SINCE I DON'T LIVE IN UK,....THANK YOU, LASS, thank you a lot, you can interview bands and punk fans and real punkers too of all ages, I even saw a granny with a mohawk in her 60s,...cool lass,.......marius(punk rules).

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

I would love to! But unfortunately I live in Florida. I did interview Michelle Brigandage in London and they will be appearing at the festival. I will show that video soon. I saw them play at the Dublin Castle with Rubella Ballet, who will also be at the festival. It was a great show with punks of all ages.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I saw Michelles`s band a couple of times and saw her around a lot in 1982-1985,we were both huge fans of Hanoi Rocks and went to all their London gigs.I`ve bought a few of her repro McLaren/Westwood shirts in the past,they`re very good quality.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I didn`t realise you`re from Florida,we should swap houses,I have one in Fulham and have wanted to move to Florida for years!! I`ve been looking at houses in St Pete/Tampa for ages but I`m probably too lazy to make the move now.

@mariusbabii 19 дней назад

if, you're in England and you see some punkers please video tape them, but please ask for their permission, thank you, lass,......I miss home,..........marius(punk rules).

@kingofgracest 19 дней назад

Another great video. Thank you for sharing your personal stories and inside scoops. The only question I have after that is, do they still have a Thai food place upstairs? 😜Just kidding. You are my favorite newly discovered youtuber. Please keep up the great work sharing these wonderful stories. ❤

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Thanks for the compliments and for watching! I do repeat myself...sorry!

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I ate in there once when they first installed it,before then it was a Snooker/Bar Billiards hall.

@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse 18 дней назад

Good God man, you’re supposed to take your teabag out! Who’d a thunk it, I learnt the origin of some English slang today from an American! 😱

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Joe likes leaving the teabag in - I guess he likes it strong. Thanks for watching.

@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse 18 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces we call that stewed….It’s where ewww originates from…

@davewalktight5849 14 дней назад

Nice one❤😎Xx

@WhyNotGoPlaces 13 дней назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@davewalktight5849 13 дней назад

Check out an episode of 'The Sweeney' called 'Night Out'🫡😉

@winnipegperfectcircleflyin7859 11 дней назад

It sad and funny what happend jerry nolan.

@leechilds3725 18 дней назад

Great pub was it ever used as a filming location for anything ? thanks from a Sid fan .

@WhyNotGoPlaces 18 дней назад

Yes it was. Somewhere here said it was used in the movie The Conjuring 2. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

It was used in my favourite 70s cop show The Sweeney too,they often filmed around Maida Vale but usually in Hammersmith/Notting Hill/Holland Park,I used to watch them filming it in the streets sometimes,and all the interior "cop shop" scenes were filmed in the derelict Colet Court school building on Hammersmith Road where I played football every Saturday morning,so I used to see them there too.I used to collect all the empty film spool cannisters they threw away in a skip there,they were just like the PiL Metal Box ones.

@zaradragonia9863 14 дней назад

Even if Sid wanted to come back to London, Nancy wouldn't have allowed it 😢

@WhyNotGoPlaces 13 дней назад

Probably not! And what a come-down to move from this pretty house in Maida Vale to the Chelsea Hotel in NYC. I stayed at the Chelsea in the early 80's and it was a cool place, but it was also dirty and we had roaches in the bathroom.

@zaradragonia9863 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I know! That wretched Chelsea Hotel!

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@zaradragonia9863 Sids house and that mews was pretty sleazy and decrepit in the 70s too.I remember going down that mews in the 80s and it was still pretty bad then.

@zaradragonia9863 13 дней назад

@@mjh5437 Right. Yeah I was wondering what it might have been like 🏖🌐

@theintruder5401 6 дней назад

The pindock mews wasn't always "very nice" it was a rough tired & fairly cheap area in 77 era, nothing like it is nowerdays. The 70s was a very different era. I played drums in a band with Steve Dior & we were/are pal's, he used to live in the Clearlake hotel in kensington when i hung out with him (after his time in N.Y & touring in the 80s) he has the basement flat, his folks hotel since the 60s, when they passed away he & sister Ester (jerry Nolan's girlfriend) sold up for several million £'sss & went their own ways, Steve now lives in mexico, I've not seen him for some time & miss him when I visit London, he recently married & seems very happy these days.

@WhyNotGoPlaces 4 дня назад

Thanks for so much info! I knew Maida Vale in the 90's and it was nice then, but as you say, the 70's were different. Steve Dior seems like such an interesting person. He lives in Mexico? Wow, I would not have predicted that at all. I thought he still lived in London. Thanks so much for watching my video.

@zaradragonia9863 14 дней назад

Seems rather posh for punks to live: I don't know London very well though 😮

@WhyNotGoPlaces 13 дней назад

Yes, I think Maida Vale was always a nice area. Malcolm got him a very nice place in 1977. But now it's probably even nicer. I get the feeling only multi-millionaires could afford it now.

@mjh5437 13 дней назад

@@WhyNotGoPlaces There`s still some council estates around there you wouldn`t want to walk alone at night I can assure you! lol