To be sponsored by a brewery is surely every persons dream. I love your videos. Been a fan for years. Love your whole ethos and passion. And another river walk.
Having been brought up in Tooting and went to school at Clapham Common I know the area well. I have always had an interest in Stane Street and was involved in the excavation looking for it on the playing fields of Henry Thornton School in 1967. The modern road seems to take a "deviation" (according to Ivan Margary) from the old road between Clapham North and Clapham South; I remember that we found some Roman pots and possibly the road but nothing conclusive. Three years later I took part in a dig to find it near Clapham South tube station. The Trafalgar wasn't a Youngs pub in the 1960s; we used to go there as a family on Sundays after trips to the Surrey Hills. You could drive the car right up to the front door. Young's was always my favourite beer until 2006 when the Wandsworth brewery closed and production moved to Bedford. The beer quality has steadily declined and it is now brewed at Burton by Carlsberg Marston's; a sad reflection of previous distinctive hoppy self.
thanks John ..great trip down 'memory Stane Street' for me ..and caught a glimpse of my window to my long ago flat overlooking Balham High St too !!! ..happily I escaped to Cornwall ... nr Bodmin Moor ... less humans more landscapes :).... beer too !! you are being truly spoilt with a best from good old Youngs !!
Loved this video thank you John, always enjoy the historical information you provide . My son now lives in Tooting and had his engagement family meet up in The Trafalgar Arms 🎉😂
Thank you for this walk. I happen to be moving into Stockwell in a few months and it was nice to hear your thoughts on the area. Walking this route is now on my itinerary when I move in. I was enjoying following along on maps on my iPad as I watched.
Thanks for this walk, two years of college Latin instilled in me a love of Roman civilization. I don't remember much of my Latin but the the love of Roman history remains.
As a Yorkshireman I grew up on Tetleys, but in 78 I got a job in London which had me attending South Thames College in Wandsworth where we used to have a lunchtime pint in the Brewery Tap. Also remember drinking Winter Warmer in the Pied Bull on Streatham Common! Tks for the 45 yo memories John!!
Balham has a special place in my heart.. It'd take a couple of pts of Ornd'ry (trad name) to relate all my Balham tales.. One might even have to resort to Spesh! Nice one John. 🌟👍
At 20:16 you cross Caistor Road. 'Caistor' derives from the Roman 'castrum' meaning fort, which ties in with the Roman theme. Best wishes from Caistor, North Lincolnshire, which is where I live.
The large silver building behind the Faraday Memorial sign is an Electricity Sub-station that supplies the London Undergorund tube line below. I have worked in there a few times!!
Thanks to the Q&A you did in February I did this walk in May as I live in Tooting so it was a good place to aim for, incredible walk, so much to see, glad you’ve ticked it off now!
Lovely to see Kennington Park, John. My grandma was born in Kennington so it's lovely to see the places she knew and I later visited a few years back. The street she was born in was bombed during the war and now doesn't exist! The school she went to, St Marks, by the Oval is still very much there, as is the lovely old Victorian library.
Thank you for this wonderful walk John ,really interesting facts on the Roman Road, i lived in Tooting High Street and than Merton when very young and now live in Staines , i am going to try and find a book on Romans roads around London
For those of us who were weaned on it, Youngs "Original" will always be known by its proper name of Youngs Ordinary! This distinguishes it from Youngs Special, which we couldn't afford. I was once pompously told by a barman that "we don't sell Ordinary, it is Original you know." That's fine, we went to another Youngs pub down the road where they happily served us pints of Ordinary!
Faraday made one of the great come back retorts or put downs in history when the Prime Minister of the day visited him to see the famed lightning Globe that all fashionable London was crazy about and obviously full of contempt for a "party trick" said ,"and what Sir,is the use of your discovery" to which Faraday replied,"the use Sir is that one day you will be able to tax it".
Hi John...and Thanks for such a great and informative post. I was born and brought up around the start of the post. You showed a plaque regarding stone St.. or town St....I went ( nearby ) to Townsend school... that's possibly where it got it's name. Keep up the GREAT work..take care .
Fascinating lots to look at video. The whole route packed with interesting buildings and businesses. A genuine make do and mend statue of King Alfred. I reckon the Trafalgar Arms was otiginally an upper end restaurant.
One of my former neighbours appeared in the 1980s film version of Little Dorrit. His name was Marcel Steiner and he owned the Smallest Theatre In The World. Some people might remember him from the popular kids TV show Tiswas. I didn't know he was a movie actor until about three years ago. I remember he used to keep his famous theatre (a motorcycle sidecar) outside his house, even at night. It seems hard to believe looking back on it, but things were quite different in the 1980s. I will definitely pay a visit to Little Dorrit Court. I live in the neighbouring borough of Lewisham.
You might be interested to know that the original Roman Stane Street is easily visible on the ground with its raised agger on the South Downs above Bignor as it runs south west towards Chichester. It's a wonderful area to walk.
A cheery walk on a sunny day - quick online search reveals both the Trafalgar Arms and The Wheatsheaf were sold in 2013, and under threat from developers. Citizens mounted a campaign to save them. The Trafalgar Arms now also offers for-profit ante-natal classes. A great victory claimed by the Conservative councilor for Tooting
Know it really well, grew up in Tooting/Colliers Wood. Used to be a working-class area but it's all been gentrified now. The Elephant has changed beyond recognition, and I spotted Vauxhall Exchange at 11.24
love walking love beer...done that walk many times in the 60s, your video brought back some great memories, at that time I lived in Streatham....there is a much Grander Cinema in Tooting named the Grenada, worth an architectural visit on its own...about six of us sneaked, one payed the entrance fee ten shillings old money and opened the Exit doors which were hidden behind Curtains, saw about thirty minutes of a Rolling Stones Concert before we got Sussed and then thrown out....Happy Days, was a Mod at that time.
A route I am very familiar with John but delighted to discover it was a Roman road (of which I was unarmed). I love the ‘Roman legs’ story - these quirky bits of history that make London so endlessly fascinating. Tooting on Mars is a great anecdote too. I thought of you on Friday on my trip to Tilbury Fort and its sad connection to the Battle of Culloden in 1776. Thanks again for making Sunday evenings such a joy. And inspiration. Freedom for Tooting!!!!
Thanks for taking me back to Kennington John. When you were living in Bondi, I was living in Kennington, and cycling a portion of Stane street to work.
Hi John. My school was near the bricklayers arms off The old Kent road... possibly no link..but at school a old teacher kept talking about the connection of the area and the Romans... Thanks for your reply and have a great evening
Great video, John. I once did a walk along Borough High Street in the late 60s when i worked for a firm of architects in Thomas Street London Bridge, but I can't remember the reason for the walk! It was a much quieter road then!
Really enjoyed this having been to Borough twice over the past few weeks and having just driven from London Bridge to Epsom (absolute nightmare). The Gladstone Arms in Lant Street is a good boozer (but no Youngs Wandle Water there).
Love your videos. I saw your video on the saxon shore way, gillingham & rainham. It'd be great if you'd do a walk of Rochester. The cathedral has astounding beauty and I'd love to see your thoughts on the history of Rochester. Such a wonderful place, beaming with character.
Remember having a delicious pint or three of Youngs ale at the Marquess Of Anglesey in Covent Garden a few years ago ! Must plan at trip to London soon and visit Manze’s for pie and mash too !!
Trafalgar Arms looks amazing. I'm always getting off at Tooting Broadway when I go to see AFC Wimbledon play at Plough Lane, and I don't know how I didn't know about this pub before.
Haha! My parents had that Peter Sellers record; 'Balham, gateway to the south' was a catchphrase in my family that remained for years! Thanks for the video, from the other end of the A24 near Worthing. Actually you reminded me to get out walking on Stane Street here in Sussex, cheers John.
A Dickens walk would be ace John. Aslo, another Shepherds Bush Calling with your man would be good. Really fascinating walk that was. Went back in the video but couldn't see Nigel Planer anywhere. Fun fact: this time 40 years ago he was in the charts with "Hole In My Shoe" 😄
It's quite interesting to see on Google Maps that the Northern Line pretty much follows the line of the streets there, from London Bridge, along the A3, A24 and part of Merton High Street, down to South Wimbledon. I wonder if there are ventilation grates or pipes anywhere along those roads? I'm pretty sure there are full size ventilation shafts at Oval and Stockwell.
Unfortunately Young's brewery no longer exists and the beers haven't been brewed in London since 2006.. The brand is now in the hands of Marston's in Bedford
Great video John really enjoyed it , I have a question ❓ for you , I've just been reading your wonderful new book and I so loved the third chapter about the single mum's taking on the developers who wanted to redevelop the council estate and Russell Brand getting involved in the campaign, fantastic to hear that they won ❤ my question is how chaotic was it working with him. because he really fired up the whole campaign and brought publicity, were you very surprised to see what happened to him a while ago , your book is a brilliant read thank you I can see why it took ten years it's a long term study of the area and the change brought on by the Olympics, sadly to think of all those wonderful industrial derelict landscapes just disappearing for ever , all the best my friend 🙏🌈💞
Youngs sponsorship! Sometimes all the stars align. Can I suggest a ramble to The Flask in Hampstead for a Ram Rod and Special, then Flask Walk to the Heath, to Kenwood House to see the greatest ever human achievement (Rembrandt's Self Portrait With Two Circles), then back to The Flask circuitously for another pint and a half of Youngs?
A variety of interesting architectural styles along the 'Gateway to the South and beyond. I well remember that wonderful Peter Sellars LP. Du Cane Court does have a certain Orwellian aspect, I feel.
My dad used to work at Wandsworth Town Hall, which is right next to the former site of the Young's Brewery (also next to the River Wandle). I used to go to work with my dad (in the school holidays) and I remember seeing their famous ram mascot in the flesh a few times in the 1980s. The brewery was also home to the tallest horse in Britain (a shire horse called "Robert"). Another thing I remember is, they used to have a nativity scene with real animals (at the back of the brewery) every Christmas and my dad always took me to see it. I was sad to see the brewery close. My dad misses it too.
Totally loved this film❤ Any plans to walk the section from Gumber Hill/Bignor through to Halnaker? The agger of the Roman Road can be seen along this section including its metalled surface.
Never thought you would use my suggestion for a vid.many thanks.i lived in that area for a few years and have to admit I hate youngs beers.fullers man.stane st use to cross the wandle just by collier's wood station it's course changed over the years.merton historical society believe the road crossed a ford with two wooden bridges either side for foot passage.another great and informative film.stay safe.
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Legends has it he’s still walking until he’s visited every pub serving Young’s beer. 🍺
Ha, challenge accepted!
To be sponsored by a brewery is surely every persons dream. I love your videos. Been a fan for years. Love your whole ethos and passion. And another river walk.
Many thanks Marty
John, lived the first 27 years of my life in The Borough. Now I’m an old git living in Australia. What a glorious nostalgic trip. Thanks
Fascinating walk. I love how Roman London lurks under the London of today.
Can't tell you how much I love your videos, John. I'm on the far side of an ocean, but feel like I'm right there with you on a city I love.
He is great, isn't he... I always look forward to his vlogs on Sunday afternoon. Dearest John!
Welp. That was pretty much my entire childhood you just walked 🖤
Thanks for putting the video up earlier than recently...enables me to start the week with a positive outlook!
Your videos are really very interesting and you are such a friendly person that it is a pleasure to watch you, thank you!
Thanks very much Carlo
@@JohnRogersWalks 🍻
Having been brought up in Tooting and went to school at Clapham Common I know the area well. I have always had an interest in Stane Street and was involved in the excavation looking for it on the playing fields of Henry Thornton School in 1967. The modern road seems to take a "deviation" (according to Ivan Margary) from the old road between Clapham North and Clapham South; I remember that we found some Roman pots and possibly the road but nothing conclusive. Three years later I took part in a dig to find it near Clapham South tube station.
The Trafalgar wasn't a Youngs pub in the 1960s; we used to go there as a family on Sundays after trips to the Surrey Hills. You could drive the car right up to the front door. Young's was always my favourite beer until 2006 when the Wandsworth brewery closed and production moved to Bedford. The beer quality has steadily declined and it is now brewed at Burton by Carlsberg Marston's; a sad reflection of previous distinctive hoppy self.
I also remember the petrol station next to the Trafalgar (70's though).
You're becoming a real; 'inn'-fluencer!
Ha!
😂
Nice video John, I've cycled both ways along there probably a thousand times and appreciate the additional insight.
I love the sponsorship deal - and its not often I'd say that! What a great partnership! So happy for you! Love your walks!
Thank you!!
A sponsorship made in heaven.
thanks John ..great trip down 'memory Stane Street' for me ..and caught a glimpse of my window to my long ago flat overlooking Balham High St too !!! ..happily I escaped to Cornwall ... nr Bodmin Moor ... less humans more landscapes :).... beer too !! you are being truly spoilt with a best from good old Youngs !!
Another wonderful video, with so many interesting snippets of folklore, history and myth. Thank you.
Loved this video thank you John, always enjoy the historical information you provide . My son now lives in Tooting and had his engagement family meet up in The Trafalgar Arms 🎉😂
Wonderful.... I am lifted😉❤
Couldn’t have got a better sponsor for this one John. Match made in heaven. Lovely video, cheers!
Cheers Ben
Thank you for this walk. I happen to be moving into Stockwell in a few months and it was nice to hear your thoughts on the area. Walking this route is now on my itinerary when I move in. I was enjoying following along on maps on my iPad as I watched.
Love the roman road walks! Thank you!
Thanks for this walk, two years of college Latin instilled in me a love of Roman civilization. I don't remember much of my Latin but the the love of Roman history remains.
Very enjoyable and interesting video, John! Thanks.
10 out of 10 John, brilliant!
Many thanks
As a Yorkshireman I grew up on Tetleys, but in 78 I got a job in London which had me attending South Thames College in Wandsworth where we used to have a lunchtime pint in the Brewery Tap. Also remember drinking Winter Warmer in the Pied Bull on Streatham Common! Tks for the 45 yo memories John!!
Winter Warmer is the great London beer!!
Balham has a special place in my heart.. It'd take a couple of pts of Ornd'ry (trad name) to relate all my Balham tales.. One might even have to resort to Spesh!
Nice one John. 🌟👍
At 20:16 you cross Caistor Road. 'Caistor' derives from the Roman 'castrum' meaning fort, which ties in with the Roman theme. Best wishes from Caistor, North Lincolnshire, which is where I live.
Thanks for the video. Enjoyed it.
Thanks Clive
Thanks John! Loved this one
Many thanks
The large silver building behind the Faraday Memorial sign is an Electricity Sub-station that supplies the London Undergorund tube line below.
I have worked in there a few times!!
Thanks to the Q&A you did in February I did this walk in May as I live in Tooting so it was a good place to aim for, incredible walk, so much to see, glad you’ve ticked it off now!
I certainly got the feeling of Roman times from that walk. Thanks!
Thank you for the views of the books at the start - and that beer looks great!
Pleasure to show them Timothy - the pint was delicious
Lovely ❤
Great video to watch on a Sunday evening. 👌
Love your London walks,also your dad singing great.
Thanks Amanda
Wolfy and The peoples popular front of Tooting 😂👍🏻
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Are now reforming.
Great .Thanks
Sponsored by a brewery, sounds like a match made in heaven!😊
Brilliant
Great and interesting sharing. I love it very much. Thanks. 👍👍👍😍😍😍
Cheers Sharon
Lovely to see Kennington Park, John. My grandma was born in Kennington so it's lovely to see the places she knew and I later visited a few years back. The street she was born in was bombed during the war and now doesn't exist! The school she went to, St Marks, by the Oval is still very much there, as is the lovely old Victorian library.
Thanks again John in Chicago
Thank you for this wonderful walk John ,really interesting facts on the Roman Road, i lived in Tooting High Street and than Merton when very young and now live in Staines , i am going to try and find a book on Romans roads around London
Should have gone for the Young's special, excellent beer
For those of us who were weaned on it, Youngs "Original" will always be known by its proper name of Youngs Ordinary! This distinguishes it from Youngs Special, which we couldn't afford.
I was once pompously told by a barman that "we don't sell Ordinary, it is Original you know." That's fine, we went to another Youngs pub down the road where they happily served us pints of Ordinary!
Faraday made one of the great come back retorts or put downs in history when the Prime Minister of the day visited him to see the famed lightning Globe that all fashionable London was crazy about and obviously full of contempt for a "party trick" said ,"and what Sir,is the use of your discovery" to which Faraday replied,"the use Sir is that one day you will be able to tax it".
Thank you John. Another great episode, which brought back memories of working in Southwark. Greetings from Bodmin Moor - the remote bit.
Great walk, triggered lots of 90’s memories, and listening to “Balham - gateway to the south” with my dad.
Brilliant
Can't mention Tooting without thinking 'power to the people'
Can't believe I forgot to mention the Tooting Popular Front
Nice walk 👍🍺
Hi John...and Thanks for such a great and informative post. I was born and brought up around the start of the post. You showed a plaque regarding stone St.. or town St....I went ( nearby ) to Townsend school... that's possibly where it got it's name. Keep up the GREAT work..take care .
Thanks for that note Patrick / will look out for the school when I make the Borough video
Fascinating lots to look at video. The whole route packed with interesting buildings and businesses. A genuine make do and mend statue of King Alfred. I reckon the Trafalgar Arms was otiginally an upper end restaurant.
Awsome, thanks!
Hare Krishna
One of my former neighbours appeared in the 1980s film version of Little Dorrit. His name was Marcel Steiner and he owned the Smallest Theatre In The World. Some people might remember him from the popular kids TV show Tiswas. I didn't know he was a movie actor until about three years ago. I remember he used to keep his famous theatre (a motorcycle sidecar) outside his house, even at night. It seems hard to believe looking back on it, but things were quite different in the 1980s. I will definitely pay a visit to Little Dorrit Court. I live in the neighbouring borough of Lewisham.
Excellent on the sponsor, right up you're street.
I have to get me one of those 'Young's' glasses for my collection.
Ha, from the reaction of the bar staff they must be pretty rare
Another interesting walk. thank you
thanks Robbo
You might be interested to know that the original Roman Stane Street is easily visible on the ground with its raised agger on the South Downs above Bignor as it runs south west towards Chichester. It's a wonderful area to walk.
A cheery walk on a sunny day - quick online search reveals both the Trafalgar Arms and The Wheatsheaf were sold in 2013, and under threat from developers. Citizens mounted a campaign to save them. The Trafalgar Arms now also offers for-profit ante-natal classes. A great victory claimed by the Conservative councilor for Tooting
It was always Young's Special for me when I lived in London. :)
Know it really well, grew up in Tooting/Colliers Wood. Used to be a working-class area but it's all been gentrified now. The Elephant has changed beyond recognition, and I spotted Vauxhall Exchange at 11.24
Thank you for the info and the banter
My pleasure Michele
You had me at Young’s😊 It’s 37.7 here today, so you had me at beer! Lovely walk😊.
love walking love beer...done that walk many times in the 60s, your video brought back some great memories, at that time I lived in Streatham....there is a much Grander Cinema in Tooting named the Grenada, worth an architectural visit on its own...about six of us sneaked, one payed the entrance fee ten shillings old money and opened the Exit doors which were hidden behind Curtains, saw about thirty minutes of a Rolling Stones Concert before we got Sussed and then thrown out....Happy Days, was a Mod at that time.
Really enjoyed that ☺️👌🏻👍🏻
A route I am very familiar with John but delighted to discover it was a Roman road (of which I was unarmed). I love the ‘Roman legs’ story - these quirky bits of history that make London so endlessly fascinating. Tooting on Mars is a great anecdote too. I thought of you on Friday on my trip to Tilbury Fort and its sad connection to the Battle of Culloden in 1776. Thanks again for making Sunday evenings such a joy. And inspiration. Freedom for Tooting!!!!
Cheers Mark
Nice one John, wonderful walk - Cheers mate...
cheers Ralph
Thanks for taking me back to Kennington John. When you were living in Bondi, I was living in Kennington, and cycling a portion of Stane street to work.
I was in Bondi in the mid-90s - great times
Excellent...👍.
Thanks Barney
Hi John. My school was near the bricklayers arms off The old Kent road... possibly no link..but at school a old teacher kept talking about the connection of the area and the Romans... Thanks for your reply and have a great evening
Superb John 👍
Sponsored by beer! Your work on earth is done! 😊Great stuff as always, sir!
Cheers Phil
Great video, John. I once did a walk along Borough High Street in the late 60s when i worked for a firm of architects in Thomas Street London Bridge, but I can't remember the reason for the walk! It was a much quieter road then!
Really enjoyed this having been to Borough twice over the past few weeks and having just driven from London Bridge to Epsom (absolute nightmare). The Gladstone Arms in Lant Street is a good boozer (but no Youngs Wandle Water there).
Love your videos. I saw your video on the saxon shore way, gillingham & rainham. It'd be great if you'd do a walk of Rochester. The cathedral has astounding beauty and I'd love to see your thoughts on the history of Rochester. Such a wonderful place, beaming with character.
Remember having a delicious pint or three of Youngs ale at the Marquess Of Anglesey in Covent Garden a few years ago !
Must plan at trip to London soon and visit Manze’s for pie and mash too !!
Trafalgar Arms looks amazing. I'm always getting off at Tooting Broadway when I go to see AFC Wimbledon play at Plough Lane, and I don't know how I didn't know about this pub before.
Haha! My parents had that Peter Sellers record; 'Balham, gateway to the south' was a catchphrase in my family that remained for years! Thanks for the video, from the other end of the A24 near Worthing. Actually you reminded me to get out walking on Stane Street here in Sussex, cheers John.
Cheers Steve
A Dickens walk would be ace John. Aslo, another Shepherds Bush Calling with your man would be good. Really fascinating walk that was. Went back in the video but couldn't see Nigel Planer anywhere. Fun fact: this time 40 years ago he was in the charts with "Hole In My Shoe" 😄
I loved that song!
John, would love for you to do a video in Hastings
Not quite Hastings but here's my video around St Leonards th-cam.com/video/pJQCbiwkyYk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zMrCWgtIqk0ZR4rt
Dont forget to include the Crossbones cemetery in your Borough walk.
I certainly won’t
✨Bandit Country!...nice vid JR...😁N15🇲🇺
It's quite interesting to see on Google Maps that the Northern Line pretty much follows the line of the streets there, from London Bridge, along the A3, A24 and part of Merton High Street, down to South Wimbledon. I wonder if there are ventilation grates or pipes anywhere along those roads? I'm pretty sure there are full size ventilation shafts at Oval and Stockwell.
Unfortunately Young's brewery no longer exists and the beers haven't been brewed in London since 2006.. The brand is now in the hands of Marston's in Bedford
Great video! I followed the route on a street map on the ipad, no beer but a nice whisky instead..
very interesting, i'm sad how many of the building have gone, I hardly recognise the place
Great video John really enjoyed it , I have a question ❓ for you , I've just been reading your wonderful new book and I so loved the third chapter about the single mum's taking on the developers who wanted to redevelop the council estate and Russell Brand getting involved in the campaign, fantastic to hear that they won ❤ my question is how chaotic was it working with him. because he really fired up the whole campaign and brought publicity, were you very surprised to see what happened to him a while ago , your book is a brilliant read thank you I can see why it took ten years it's a long term study of the area and the change brought on by the Olympics, sadly to think of all those wonderful industrial derelict landscapes just disappearing for ever , all the best my friend 🙏🌈💞
Youngs sponsorship! Sometimes all the stars align. Can I suggest a ramble to The Flask in Hampstead for a Ram Rod and Special, then Flask Walk to the Heath, to Kenwood House to see the greatest ever human achievement (Rembrandt's Self Portrait With Two Circles), then back to The Flask circuitously for another pint and a half of Youngs?
You're going to have to head to Chichester now John, try and complete it
Sponsored by Young's eh, well done. I suppose the progression is to sit in a Young's pub, drink beer and chat! You've made it John! 😂
Thanks Paul
A variety of interesting architectural styles along the 'Gateway to the South and beyond. I well remember that wonderful Peter Sellars LP. Du Cane Court does have a certain Orwellian aspect, I feel.
Couldn't help a chuckle when you failed to recognise the ' IONIC PILLARS' on that building ...after nominating so many features as 'iconic'!
My dad used to work at Wandsworth Town Hall, which is right next to the former site of the Young's Brewery (also next to the River Wandle). I used to go to work with my dad (in the school holidays) and I remember seeing their famous ram mascot in the flesh a few times in the 1980s. The brewery was also home to the tallest horse in Britain (a shire horse called "Robert"). Another thing I remember is, they used to have a nativity scene with real animals (at the back of the brewery) every Christmas and my dad always took me to see it. I was sad to see the brewery close. My dad misses it too.
Thanks for sharing those great memories
Totally loved this film❤
Any plans to walk the section from Gumber Hill/Bignor through to Halnaker? The agger of the Roman Road can be seen along this section including its metalled surface.
Is it true, Young's are offering all of viewers a free pint too? ;) Another great video much enjoyed. Thank you.
Never thought you would use my suggestion for a vid.many thanks.i lived in that area for a few years and have to admit I hate youngs beers.fullers man.stane st use to cross the wandle just by collier's wood station it's course changed over the years.merton historical society believe the road crossed a ford with two wooden bridges either side for foot passage.another great and informative film.stay safe.
Thanks so much for the suggestion Keith - a great walk
@@JohnRogersWalks thank you John.
Another brilliant walk John. Weren’t the ponds on Clapham Common created by the Luftwaffe?
'Clapham common Thou place of fallen arches' Neddie seagoon!
Cheers John 🍻
I hope you don't mind but I paused the video and poured myself a pint of London Special 🍺
Beer envy is a terrible thing 😂
Brilliant
Have you thought about walking some of the Lewes to London Roman road?
I have now
Well I’m probably not the only one that’s going to suggest this John, but you really should do the whole route to Chichester 👍🏻
It has crossed my mind Kevin - I might have to do that now - looks like it’s quite scenic as well
@@JohnRogersWalks certainly there would be massive variety in the walk 👍🏻