Roger, this was absolutely brilliant, it’s one of the most interesting and watchable videos I’ve seen in a long time - the content quality was superlative and it’s worthy of main stream TV any tine - brilliant.
Agreed, more Roger Bisby and less Michael Portillo please. Call the new series "Bisby Builds Britain", featuring many guides and advice as covered previously on here - and of course, the essential, "Rant of the Week".
I usually can’t be bothered to comment on RU-vid, but your recent walk about videos are genuinely cracking. Proper old school style documentaries, that are relaxing and interesting to watch, no need for flashy editing or ego based presenting. Keep up the good work mate- this is easily good enough to be on mainstream TV.
It's a very rare thing for me to place a comment on RU-vid but, I've seen a few of your videos now about London, and they are brilliant. You're a natural. Extremely interesting and informative. Can't wait for another installment. Thank you.
I’m ashamed to say I clicked on this to see how boring it would be and ended up watching all the way through. It was brilliantly made and far more interesting than I expected. Some fascinating knowledge there. You would make a great tour guide 👍🏻👍🏻 My brother lives in London and I bet he doesn’t know half of this. Good stuff 🤝🏻🌉🛤️🏗️🏭
I live in south east London, our local river - the Ravensbourne runs into other local rivers including the Poole and the Quaggy and into The Creek at Deptford and so into the Thames...so though I have a little local knowledge, I have nowhere near as much fascinating information to hand as Roger here. I always find his videos about London, it's architecture, building practices, old Londoners, their work and life etc well worth watching and learning about our extensive capital city. Thanks Roger. 👍🙂🏴💜🇬🇧🤭🖖
Terrific stuff ! with a great little camera man ! You paint a wider picture, along side the history, making it easier to retain.. I'll be here for the next one too.
I thought I knew a lot about London! You have taken the subject to a whole new level. Your passion for the infrastructure that makes London one of the most historically and interesting cities in the world, is wonderful. Thank you for these videos.
Thanks for putting that together. I like the walk and talk format. More deep dives into older methods and builds, please. I'm sure a lot of us get enough of coping with the new stuff during working hours!
This was super Roger, and your builder perspectives add great insights. Well paced, digestible information made even more palatable by your sense of humour. Magnus did an excellent job and has a future in the movie business :)
These types of videos are excellent, packed full of useful information and history and a talented young camera man aswell! Keep it up, would love to see more 👍
Fabulous stuff! Welcome to my manor! And there was some stuff there I didn't know. The river that comes out at St Saviours Dock is the river Neckinger, allegedly named after the noose they used to hang pirates, and St Saviour's dock saw some executions back in the day. If you want a good look at the underside of Tower Bridge go to Horsleydown steps on Shad Thames at low tide and you can get right down on the beach underneath there.
Yet another brillant video! I learnt a lot of interesting facts there Roger. Looking forward to the next one. The old Royal Doulton factory is an amazing building, tucked away, I found it by accident one day while walking along the Thames.
The quality of this video and whole channel is really impressive. That brick walkabout was amazing too. There is so much in London that is both modern and ancient. I'd love to know more about the industrial adaptation of technology into the London infrastructure. Like over the last 200 years. It was the first modern industrial mega city. How did they do it? Any lessons learned? Thanks for the great content.
I always wondered why those redundant pillars were there alongside Blackfriars bridge. An extremely interesting video, Roger, from one who used to walk daily to and fro from Lambeth bridge to Vauxhall bridge. I didn’t know most of this info. Thanks for making it!
Very enjoyable and informative Roger ,Well presented and Filmed Looking forward to many others The London River is enshrined in History all the way to the estuary
What a fascinating Series! I'm not sure how I stumbled upon it but I'm really glad I did. The first one I watched was about the bricks used to construct the houses. I first became interested in the subject of the hidden waterways around London when I read a psychological thriller series by a husband and wife who write under the name of Nicky French.
Hello Dear Mister Roger I’m one of your followers and I did love the way you talk the story of this intriguing beautiful town of London were I live because of my friend job even though I’m like a tourist because of brexit rules take me out of social working life I’m from Italian town of Napoli wich is charged of historic places and I really encourage you to keep doing those videos about ancient and recent story. Luigi from Naples.
Loved it mate, more please! I love seeing the remnants & shadows of what went before. I've read that the congestion on London Bridge, the model of which you showed, caused the first "Keep Left" rule in Britain which grew by osmosis into our drive on the left rule today. Oh! Your boy, Magnus, did you proud with the camera work. I hope you bunged him a few quid for his trouble. (If he didn't Magnus, let us know. We'll sort the old man out for you! ;o)
@@SkillBuilder 😆 Sensible lad! Ooh! One thing, Romans arrived in 43 CE. Boudicca's revolt was in 60 - 61 CE put down by General Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. The Romans didn't leave until 410 CE. I think you said Boudicca turfed them out. Very nearly mate, very nearly. But sadly she was killed in 61 CE. I hope you don't mind the correction. You said to jump in if we spotted something. I'm really enjoying your history of the building of London Roger. Lots more please! (BC & AD have been replaced by BCE or Before Common Era & CE or Common Era. It removes religious connotations, a good thing when it comes to science I feel.)
There are some excellent Tour Guide Channels, nevertheless, what makes your content stand out is the technical knowledge you bring to the story alongside your very affable charm. Look forward to more of these.
Roger a very good video , very educational . Working in the building trade for 50 years I also liked the one on the London Stock Bricks . Back to the bridges . The concrete rebar rusting is a problem all over the country which is exposed to water and salt . Why are the bars not treaded for rust ?
Am really enjoying this series of videos around London Roger. So interesting and it’s made me want to look around more. You’d make a great walking tour guide! Looking forward to what’s next.
Excellent video, thank you Roger. Come up and visit Orkney sometime, St Magnus is a big thing here, the beautiful cathedral, the St Magnus Way, many kirks.
Loving these historical video's another one well done! Especially loved the remarks on Waterloo bridge of the dubbelglazing boys and cowardly reservedly redrawing your comments on that bridge hahaha
Brilliant and thanks Roger. We always stay at the Strand Palace when visiting London. I will certainly look out for these fascinating landmarks when in town again. That guy Bazelgette sure did know his shit!
