Why Do We Drive on the WRONG Side at The Savoy Hotel?

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And lots of other curiosities in this small patch of London
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Lincolns Inn Fields
01:34 - Hunterian Museum
02:50 - Old Curiosity Shop
03:53 - Square The Block
05:20 - Westminster Boundary
07:44 - RAF Church
10:25 - RCOJ
11:51 - Temple Bar Memorial
13:59 - Gringotts Bank
15:25 - The Savoy
17:10 - The Batcave!
20:00 - Abandoned Tube Station

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@Garysmith-yz9el 10 месяцев назад

You would make a great history teacher if the Taxi business goes south 😮

@colinmaynard2879 10 месяцев назад

But Tom has gone south (of the river) 🤦‍♂️

@bigjml 10 месяцев назад

Luckily the London Taxi Trade will never disappear Several hundred years of history and still counting

@edblanc101 10 месяцев назад

I believe he is actually an accredited, London tour guide in the Camden area.

@bigjml 10 месяцев назад

@@edblanc101 He may have a specific qualification for Camden but I am fairly certain he is a Green Badge Guide. A qualification you can only do after you have got your Green Badge

@TomtheTaxiDriver 10 месяцев назад

Green badge is specific to taxis. It’s not a requirement for the other guiding courses but it helps show you’re serious 👍🏻

@SouthPaw1805 10 месяцев назад

Bit of trivia for you: The main reason for the Aldwych branch closing was that the lifts at Aldwych had reached the end of their life, and the cost of renewal was too high compared to the number of passengers using the station. After closure, the lifts were fixed in place at ticket hall level, so any filming that takes place requires the crew to carry all of the equipment up and down the 160 steps of the emergency spiral staircase. No doubt London Underground would consider this equivalent to a 15 storey building, because as we know ALL tube stations have fifteen floors. - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pBTvmrRGlbE.html 😁

@danielcahill6609 10 месяцев назад

You can't never not like an Only Fools and Horses reference! Liking the new style 👌🏻

@Stephen_Lafferty 10 месяцев назад

This is a great video! Lots of interesting knowledge points and great to see London so empty on a Saturday morning, too! Thank you!

@redabitar 10 месяцев назад

Really love the format, You're full of facts and it's loads of fun to listen to you talk about things we see on a regular basis!!

@Pedsdude 10 месяцев назад

Long time subscriber, first time commenter. Loved this video, was very interesting and would be keen to see similar videos in other areas of London. It's interesting to see a cabbie's perspective on things rather than it just being another London tour video!

@justaddbricks5527 10 месяцев назад

Please do more content/videos like this! I loved it! Really fun content and knowledge - learnt a lot about places I’ve been by many times. Definitely a fun watch!

@MSI2k 10 месяцев назад

Excellent video dude. As a Canadian, this is exactly I watch your videos. Just love the architecture and London vibes. Quite the tour. Thanks

@voilatc1619 10 месяцев назад

I used to use Aldwych station quite a bit when I worked at No9 Kingsway and didn’t fancy the walk down Kingsway from Holborn station. Lincoln’s Inn was my usual lunchtime walk. Great video Tom

@ianrigby7027 10 месяцев назад

Loved this video Tom, would love to see more like this. You work is appreciated 👌👌

@Robslondon 10 месяцев назад

Superb video Tom- and I really appreciate the shout out; many thanks mate! Be lucky ;-)

@splinterfire 10 месяцев назад

Love the format of these, it's like almost being part of a casual conversation about bits of London. Works well

@turbotrax7004 10 месяцев назад

Love this new video feature style, keep em coming!

@sentinel80 10 месяцев назад

You covered many of my stopping points on my London tour. Yes the savoy private road driving on the right was so the Hackney cab from his lofty position could reach down to open the door to allow the ladies in long dresses out directly onto the pavement. That turning circle designed for the original Hackney cabs is still the turning circle of modern cabs today.

@Vickix1185 10 месяцев назад

I love this! Feels like you were in your element with this Tom - lovely to see! Have had to visit the area around the RCJ for work a couple of times for work so really interesting to learn about the area. Fun fact, because the Royal Courts of Justice are a listed building, English Heritage get final say on any changes and signage etc, so normal accessibility rules don’t always apply (no contrast edging on steps, old English fonts that aren’t easy to read etc).

@welshykev 10 месяцев назад

Loved this type of video. Could you do more like this please.

@sheilam4525 10 месяцев назад

Enjoyed that different perspective, Tom and all the information you gave us. Well done👏😊

@dorsettyke 10 месяцев назад

Great video! Thanks 🙂 👍

@juliusw1361 10 месяцев назад

Great Video Tom, please make more Videos Like this!

@runningwithmarc 10 месяцев назад

So relaxing to watch your videos, Thanks for making them Tom :)

@kphedges1 10 месяцев назад

I've done the Lower Robert St trick once with punters on board and it was closed, you feel such an idiot u-turning and back out to Strand. Great video, lots of stuff I didn't know.

@wendychiverton2779 10 месяцев назад

Morning Tom thanks very much for the video it was very informative, I forget living in London how many interesting places there are too see

@Kyxul 10 месяцев назад

Love these type of videos, need more.

@markgreen6788 10 месяцев назад

Really enjoy the tours around London videos like these.. More please 🙏

@dawsynmartone7798 10 месяцев назад

Been subscribed for a while now, really liked the format of this video!

@scott4393 10 месяцев назад

Excellent video Tom........... as a London resident myself, there is so much fascinating history I walk past on a daily basis - many places covered in this video..... Really enjoyed this one

@LordWarden76 10 месяцев назад

Great stuff Tom, keep them coming.

@paulknight5018 10 месяцев назад

I quite liked this format, something a little different, thanks Tom.

@simonbaker5972 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant, absolutely love it. Well done mate. Really interesting.

@Diamondphobe 10 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed that. I do hope you do some more similar videos!

@charlottelanvin7095 10 месяцев назад

Great video again, thanks! Once on a cab ride, the driver took that Lower Roberts Street and I remember thinking "what is this underground cut through with loading docks and stuff? This can't be right!"

@draconianTL 9 месяцев назад

1:15 - for any skateboarders who were fond of Blueprint (RIP) - Paul Shier did an insane backslide flip from side to side of that sculpture. I think in Lost and Found.

@TigerP1 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting. Very cool. Thanks.

@Spermwhales93 10 месяцев назад

My brother-in-law works at LSE, I had no idea how much stuff LSE actually owned in London until you made this video!

@LPR579 10 месяцев назад

This video was wildly fascinating. Thank you!

@ad4mpoole 10 месяцев назад

This was great, really opened up my eyes to some of the hidden gems I miss on a busy commute

@Nimbydog 10 месяцев назад

Tom, this is amazing content. More of this please!!

@foreignparticle1320 10 месяцев назад

I was in London earlier this year for the first time post-Covid, and found the decimation of businesses on Kingsway quite shocking. Such a shame, especially for such a prominent and useful thoroughfare. My first ever encounter with London was crossing Kingsway after emerging from the Piccadilly line at Holborn Station. I was jetlagged up to the eyeballs... but incredibly excited to be there. Great vid mate!

@katrinabryce 10 месяцев назад

Oxford Street is in an even worse state.

@Nooticus 10 месяцев назад

Kingsway is already bouncing back, just like Fleet Street has trust me. Give it 3 years and it’ll be back to how it was.

@minixtvbox 9 месяцев назад

Tory scum austerity Britain

@rudeboystu69 10 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed this! I appreciate that you're Tom the Taxi Driver and not Tom the Tour Guide (although I'm sure the two overlap frequently), but I'd certainly be interested in more of these types of videos.

@TomtheTaxiDriver 10 месяцев назад

I actually hold 2 guiding badges in London 🤭

@d8o8m8 10 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed this. Thank you.

@jaypauseasmr8843 10 месяцев назад

Loved this thanks Tom!

@simonpallister842 10 месяцев назад

Great video - as an Englishman living abroad for 25 years, love to see stuff like this

@arvindersangha4381 10 месяцев назад

Love this format. 🎉

@Matityahu755 10 месяцев назад

The history of London is amazing, your knowledge too, is amazing. But, the architecture of London's buildings is out of this world. Visitors to London (and it's inhabitants) need to look up, focus and soak up the outstanding architecture, it really is amazing what you'll see. Thank you Tom, for the trip around your city.

@drummerboy1390 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting. The streets are so quiet.

@jonathansapier7574 10 месяцев назад

Love your videos Tom. I’m from Leeds but coming down next Thursday to have a day cycling around. If you’re anywhere near Brick Lane at lunchtime, I’ll treat you to a bagel! 😃👍

@ttv2951 10 месяцев назад

Loving the new format 👍😎

@Nooticus 10 месяцев назад

One of my favourite videos I’ve watched in a long time! This has truly made my day because this whole area is my regular stomping ground as a current student of one of the universities you mentioned!! Loved all the info! 2 things though; 1. Kingsway is already bouncing back, just like Fleet Street has! Give it 3 years and it’ll be back to how it was. 2. The Victorian-style buildings (and all the buildings) on the West side of Surrey street are part of Kings College London today. Also, the area of Kings College London and Surrey Street was formerly the site of Arundel House, which was said to have housed the possibly secret premiere of the world-famous 40-part motet by Thomas Tallis called ‘spem in alium’ in 1568 or 1569!

@iandrew6347 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting video Sir love watching your videos

@yuchunchen8060 10 месяцев назад

Just back from the Hunterian museum 2 weeks ago, thank you for bringing me back😊

@Kevin_Hones 10 месяцев назад

I like the new format - one of them every now and then would work well. 100% agree about upside down maps too - they are just plain wrong!

@JustJayme 10 месяцев назад

Awesome editing on this!

@abandonedworldgermany 2 месяца назад

Fantastic video, really interesting you're a great ambassador to London thanks for making this!!

@anthonywhite721 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely love it & the only fools & horses clip 😂😂

@vetworker 10 месяцев назад

That was really interesting. Lots of stuff I didn’t know. 👍👍👍

@stormi62 10 месяцев назад

As i live in rural lincolnshire and have a lot of history especially with a 1100yr old cathedral which is virtually perfect it is cool to see all the hidden history that London has and not just the usual suspects like Westminster etc etc. I’m always educating myself of my area and passing it onto my passengers. I think all cabbies should have some knowledge of their area. Keep up the great work Tom 👍

@sumwon7664 5 месяцев назад

So that's Savoy Court? I just read about it on Wikipedia and expected it to be bigger but it's still interesting. You are also the only person on RU-vid that I could find that showed that road.

@fuzzynutter8344 10 месяцев назад

Another great video. And loved your description of those cyclists 😂.

@mtty1988 10 месяцев назад

13:24 same still happens in york at micklegate bar is where the monarch has to ask the city of york to enter

@stevet9707 10 месяцев назад

Excellent Tom 👍

@chrisfinch2807 10 месяцев назад

Great knowledge great video,

@pault6599 10 месяцев назад

Nice format, would still like to see more driving videos but love this new format also!

@eddiefara 10 месяцев назад

takes me back. My dad worked at the LSE when I was a kid/teenager so spent some time around all those LSE buildings.

@dansanderson329 10 месяцев назад

This is all my area, unis and all. Love to see it on the channel

@queenpoppy5189 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant video. I looked up Lower Robert Street and learned that it was designed by four Scottish brothers, which is why the name Adelphi is connected. (Greek for brothers)

@jonathanirons231 10 месяцев назад

Cracking content, Tom. Headcam takes some getting used to, but otherwise unique insights.

@timothybird4264 10 месяцев назад

Never knew rob was a cabbie, love his videos

@TomtheTaxiDriver 10 месяцев назад

Very busy guy, writes some fantastic articles for the taxi trade papers too!

@oneteaminbristolbcfc 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for this

@Lifeofalondoncabbie 10 месяцев назад

Great Video Tom👍

@ZimowHD 10 месяцев назад

Just came back from a vacation in england and when I took a taxi I was holding my fingers to get into yours! Had to take a taxi from a train station in London to Northhampton since the trains was cancelled :(

@davebaker4620 10 месяцев назад

Same drive in/out on the right system at Lidl in Midsomer Norton in Somerset only because the entrance/exit is on a one way street and makes perfect sense thought feels a little weird 😊

@ChristosLouridas 10 месяцев назад

Looked like a nice morning in London. Thanks for the London dose..

@TerraFirmaTyger 10 месяцев назад

So glad you acknowledged it was moved to Waltham cross for years. I remember being taken to it back in the day when I was in the scouts. Top man.

@Shyted 10 месяцев назад

Really interesting, thanks for getting up so early and going in London on a Saturday.

@TomtheTaxiDriver 10 месяцев назад

I think you can see the tiredness on my face, definitely not an early morning person

@jamie1744 10 месяцев назад

thanks Tom, as i have gotten older, i appreciate history more!!

@stephendaniels721 10 месяцев назад

fantastic video

@zaphod4245 10 месяцев назад

It's actually "hanged, drawn and quartered". The past tense of hanging a person is hanged, not hung. You hung up your jacket, but you hanged a person. “Father had only gone out to ransom Petyr Pimple. He brought them the gold they asked for, but they hung him anyway.” “Hanged, Ami. Your father was not a tapestry.” - From ASOIAF

@TomtheTaxiDriver 10 месяцев назад

So the pub name is wrong?

@sw01ller 10 месяцев назад

7:45 i could get married in that church as im an ex serving member of the RAF. i never will but its nice to know. surprised you didnt mention the song "oranges and lemons" as thats the church. the tiles inside are amazing. i had a week of touring london when i was serving and we had a tour of the church one day. it was wasted on me at the time, probably in about 2005ish, id love to have the same tour now.

@jacko2300 10 месяцев назад

Good vid would like to see you do a drive by tour of all the embassies in London

@chrisstjohn9403 10 месяцев назад

Read an article about savoy place, because the fountain is off centre is easier to keep right.

@TripsandFeasts1 10 месяцев назад

Australia House is a High Commission, not an Embassy. When a Commonwealth country has a so-called ‘Embassy’ building in another Commonwealth country, it is called a High Commission.

@TripsandFeasts1 10 месяцев назад

Also, no 10 Adam Street is often used as a faux no 10 Downing Street.

@chrisamies2141 10 месяцев назад

The Broadway entrance/exit to Hammersmith bus station is also right-hand running. It seems to be because of the direction buses come in from and depart to.

@aussiewheelz2538 10 месяцев назад

Such a cool video.

@darkwolfcz434 10 месяцев назад

im curious what bystanders thought when you pulled in the savoy court, opened the passanger doors to let noone out, and then proceded on leaving

@lon3don 8 месяцев назад

You didn't mention the IET which was the IEE. The first BBC broadcasts were from that building.

@mohamedadan5842 10 месяцев назад

Tom mate what have done to me? I wait for your videos on a Saturday and I believe Saturdays won’t be the same without your videos. 😂 btw love you mate no homo keep up the great work 🎊 🎉

@shorv 10 месяцев назад

That section of portsmouth st was converted to pedestrian only starting some time between summer 2019 and fall 2020, and was opened some time in late 2021 or early 2022

@johnmangan6240 10 месяцев назад

A trip down memory lane for me. In Melbourne, Aus since 83''

@oliverbrookes27 10 месяцев назад

Another fact about the "RAF Church", it is where Charles Dickens parents were married. I've also thought the reason London black cabs have such a tight turning circle is because of the Savoy entrance. With a horse and Hackney carriage tight turns are easy and reversing isn't possible, When the motorised cab was introduced it needed to be able to enter and exit the Savoy without reversing, so a tight turning circle was a pre requisite of any design.

@Alteshaus21 10 месяцев назад

Aldwych Station 😍

@thisisstuart7951 10 месяцев назад

The sculpture at Lincon Inn Feilds is dedicated to W.H Smith

@Drdee1 10 месяцев назад

17:31 My office was in the Adelphi when I worked for ACCA. TV shows and films shot outside include Bodyguard, MacMafia and Wonder Woman.

@dionlindsay2 7 месяцев назад

I worked at the Industrial Injuries Advisory Counil there in the late 1980s. The lifts were weird - they had full length mirrors opposite each other so you had what seemed an infinite reflection in a mirror, in a mirror, in a mirror...

@user-tn1oh3he8c 10 месяцев назад

Keep doing this

@michaeljohnson9421 10 месяцев назад

There's one other 'wrong side' road in London, where traffic drives on the right - although it's not open to all traffic. It's the approach to Hammersmith bus station, where the buses drive in on the right, circle the bus bays anti-clockwise, and go out on the right. It's done this way because the pedestrian access comes up from the underground station into the middle of the circle. In order for buses to stop with their doors alongside the inside of the circle, they have to go the wrong way round.

@rdwoolf 10 месяцев назад

I like this concept of seeing what you see. But the shakiness of the camera and the uneven horizon made me a little seasick. I wonder if this could be fixed by using a 360 camera (like an Insta360) as it would hold the horizon perfectly. Then you could point the camera where you wanted (including at you talking) during the editing process. Something to consider…especially if you plan to do more of these videos…which I hope you do.😊

@benjaminschwarz1 10 месяцев назад

I agree about the problems with the camera. Also, from the inside of the cab, the view is somewhat blocked by the rearview mirror, which doesn't happen in the route videos. The content, as always, is terrific--very entertaining and interesting.

@hazelmeldrum5860 10 месяцев назад

Enjoyed the tour but no Tom ,Huntly is a town in Scotland linked to the Dukes of Gordon, .there is another Hunterian museum in Glasgow not a bad legacy for 2 boys from East Kilbride

@MirkoC407 8 месяцев назад

Being both, a geography nerd and a passionate city tourist, I can say the upside down map is great. When I'm there and do not know the place, I don't want to know where north is. I want to know where to go to find my destination and that is easiest if the map is printed the way I am standing in front of it. Be it south up or be it turned by 137 degrees to the west. So that map is more help than annoyance.

@paulsexton2996 10 месяцев назад

Thanks

@paulsexton2996 10 месяцев назад

Great video Tom really interesting keep them coming buddy stay safe

@RobertS1089 10 месяцев назад

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Savoy court also the reason for London taxis to have a very tight turning radius?

@TomtheTaxiDriver 10 месяцев назад

Oooh! That’s coming in a future video, it’s often said but I don’t think it’s the official reason

@mach1nefan 10 месяцев назад

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was more to do with horses

@nickireland3314 10 месяцев назад

Hey Tom Love the Video’s, been watching you for ages…my first comment….but just a point on the embassy’s… if a country is still in the commonwealth then technically is a High Commission with a high commissioner and not an ambassador.