I’m always so impressed, not just by your research which is considerable, but by your subject matter. As I’ve discovered, old wives tales can sometimes turn out to have a nugget of truth behind them.
There's a Disney Close in Ingatestone, Essex (I know not London). It is named after a local farming family, and a researcher in the village found that the family is linked to Walt Disney, but only if you go back pretty much to the Norman era.
Enjoyed the video. My great grandmother Hannah or Ann Martin was a lodging house deputy at number 1,2 and 3 Disney Street from 1868 until at least November 1884 when she found one of the lodgers had committed suicide by slitting his throat and she had to give evidence to the enquiry. Unfortunately I have no trace of her after that.
When I saw the name of this one pop up, I thought you were gonna take the right old Mickey, and post a real Goofy video...... but what we got (no real surprise to be fair) is yet another well researched video and a good watch. Infact you could say you pulled a real Genie out with this one and Stitch together a real Belle of a video....... all the best to you and family.
Bob Thomas included the image of Walt and Lilian visiting Disney Street in his classic 1976 biography "Walt Disney: An American Original." The photo is well known, therefore, but Thomas did not include any description of the Disney's London visit in his text. This video does a nice job of finally providing the story!
I had seen them before and figured as much glad that Mr Disney and his wife at least saw them :) it was around the time I was born. Always have an odd feeling every time I passed this area now I know why it was.
Interesting post as always. When you read 📚 about the poverty and workhouses it is unbelievable what people went. The problems for the homeless in America 🇺🇸 and Britain 🇬🇧 aren't that great at the moment either, though not as bad as in those days.
The reason The Mint was so impoverished was that because of a peculiar accident of parishes and so on, no one could collect a debt in The Mint. Debtors often fled to the mint when pursued by creditors to avoid being sent to Newgate. It's mentioned in /Moll Flanders/ where one of her (many) husbands flees to The Mint for just this reason, and her with him, and she describes in Defoe's book how it was such a disreputable area which she had to find a way to escape.
Absolutely fascinating, thank you. I have passed by these tiny streets, but did not realise their strange history! Have you ever considered a video on the Marshalsea Prison, and St George the Martyr? Weird that the wall remains, so redolent of Little Dorrit,
I'm no celebrity, but when I worked in an office on Gainsford Street, we used to joke about "my" Wharf round the corner. I'd be interested in the history of Butler's Wharf and/or Shad Thames, if you haven't done one already (if you have, a link would be useful...).
Hi Rob, Interesting as always. Love the history of place names, have been in London and the surrounding boroughs for most of my life but there’s always more to learn. Keep safe, C.
A fascinating story 😊👍👍 and wonderful that Walt made a visit there too! Those truths about poverty in victorian London always make me shed a tear for the children and the old that died within it 😢 After researching our family history, my great grandmother was also once in Southwark Workhouse around 1906, our family history hung on a bare thread several times in the last two centuries.
My own family name is the name of a street in Bloomsbury, and Doughty Street, which my grandparents were visiting almost at the same time Walt Disney was in London (and they were also from Missouri), just happened to be where Charles Dickens lived.
Yet another gem - well researched and beautifully produced. I get an immense kick from the idea of standing in a place, as if in HG Wells' time machine, and dialling time backwards. It is possible to do that in so many London streets, as you just did. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Found two back to back missed this one when it was first uploaded fascinating subject. Sign of a good story teller start tit off and come back to finish off great research
That era of the mid late 1800's were terrible for poverty, disease, violence. This street has got its skeletons. I have a big interest in the Angel Meadow area of Manchester, it was described Hell on Earth. Top vid once again Rob👍😊
Yes I know Disney place very well lived in babington house with my brother at the top of Disney place from the age Of four until I was married in 1967 my parents lived there until 1980 I know the area well Disney place was glass factory and warehouses very run down
Excellent video as always! Fascinating history and the grim tales sure gives an image of the area at the time. Good sense of curiosity for Walt Disney to stop by, when I visited South Korea in 2016 I stumbled on to a small alleyway with the same name as my real name which is very odd as it is a biblical name but made for a great set of photos for me.
Disney Street was the sort of nasty place whence a certain author who lived in Doughty Street drew inspiration. A music professor called Gavin Doughty and his wife were visiting London from Missouri at about the same time as Disney, and did I mention that Disney was also a Missouri son?
I honestly love all your videos. I really like how you put all your research and visualise it all and put it together. Especially when these little gems you talk about could be forgotten. (You wouldn’t find a tour guide talking about these stories) Huge well done and thank you. ❤
I'm a huge fan of walt disney history, I pass disney Street almost daily and always wondered if there was any connection with the man himself. Great video 👍
Another excellent video Rob. I always appreciate the hard work that you put in. Really interesting, and the gory bits didn't even put me off eating some parkin. Hope you're well my friend.
Another very interesting video ,Rob .brilliant research about 'sarf' London .such a terrible life people had.Henry Mayhew wrote ,as did Dickens, of their plight.
That was very interesting thank you ,know never heard of Disney Street Or Disney place I think it’s lovely you’ll find all these little out of the way places
I'll be back visiting my hometown of London in a couple of weeks and I'm definitely going to visit some of these places from your videos Always interesting
Starving to DEATH, 🤔😱☠️😭💯🙏THANK YOU. For telling there story's.. In the month of less we forget 🆘🇬🇧💪💯🤫😳 I must say that you are well on your way to being one of the GREAT BRITAIN'S 🇬🇧💯👍 thanks ROB😇
Your research is interesting to me as my brother and I were both born in a bedsit my parents nicknamed 'the buildings' in Disney Place Southwark in 1955 and 1956. My father worked on the railway at London Bridge. I travelled to London in 2006 but I think the 'buildings' which were all bedsit flats with shared toilet facilities on each floor are no longer there?
@@Robslondon They have been demolished - I live in Australia and went back in 1976 no longer there. The buildings all bedsits were not far along from Disney Place my father told me he would turn off at Disney Place from work on London Bridge.
Disney Street in London sounds like a very queer street indeed. Hint: In Victorian English parlance, to be in Queer Street meant to have pecuniary troubles.
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I’m always so impressed, not just by your research which is considerable, but by your subject matter. As I’ve discovered, old wives tales can sometimes turn out to have a nugget of truth behind them.
Much appreciated Mark, cheers 😉
04:35 For some reason that building on the right is giving me a strong vibe of the Whitechapel bell foundry.
Yes, I can see what you mean Robert.
Really informative video - I cycle past Disney Street on a weekly basis, and never dreamt that Walt Disney had been there!
Thanks 😉
There's a Disney Close in Ingatestone, Essex (I know not London). It is named after a local farming family, and a researcher in the village found that the family is linked to Walt Disney, but only if you go back pretty much to the Norman era.
Really interesting, thank you for sharing.
Enjoyed the video. My great grandmother Hannah or Ann Martin was a lodging house deputy at number 1,2 and 3 Disney Street from 1868 until at least November 1884 when she found one of the lodgers had committed suicide by slitting his throat and she had to give evidence to the enquiry. Unfortunately I have no trace of her after that.
Thank you Allan, very interesting comment.
If my memory serves, I did read about such a case from that era whilst researching this video.
The Disney family came from near me, there was a "Disney Place Hotel" in Lincoln and of cause the original village called Norton Disney
Interesting, thanks for sharing Simon.
Blimey, they're a rough lot in Disney Street 😜
Very interesting video. Thanks 👍
Ha ha 😉 Thanks Basil
When I saw the name of this one pop up, I thought you were gonna take the right old Mickey, and post a real Goofy video...... but what we got (no real surprise to be fair) is yet another well researched video and a good watch. Infact you could say you pulled a real Genie out with this one and Stitch together a real Belle of a video....... all the best to you and family.
Lovely comment John, thank you! And I’d never wind you up 😉
Bob Thomas included the image of Walt and Lilian visiting Disney Street in his classic 1976 biography "Walt Disney: An American Original." The photo is well known, therefore, but Thomas did not include any description of the Disney's London visit in his text. This video does a nice job of finally providing the story!
Thanks David, I didn’t know about that documentary, will have to look it up!
I had seen them before and figured as much glad that Mr Disney and his wife at least saw them :) it was around the time I was born. Always have an odd feeling every time I passed this area now I know why it was.
Fascinating, as always.
Thank you so much Matt
Great video! 👍
Thanks asheland!
@@Robslondon 😀
First !! Also love your channel mate
Ha ha! Cheers Anthony, enjoy 😉
Interesting post as always. When you read 📚 about the poverty and workhouses it is unbelievable what people went. The problems for the homeless in America 🇺🇸 and Britain 🇬🇧 aren't that great at the moment either, though not as bad as in those days.
Thank you Lesley.
Yes indeed. I read The People of the Abyss a few years ago and it was shocking
@@JaneAustenAteMyCat An incredible book
Hi Rob
Another great and unusual video, which i really enjoyed.
Look forward to the next one.
Cheers
Mike
Thanks Mike!
The reason The Mint was so impoverished was that because of a peculiar accident of parishes and so on, no one could collect a debt in The Mint. Debtors often fled to the mint when pursued by creditors to avoid being sent to Newgate. It's mentioned in /Moll Flanders/ where one of her (many) husbands flees to The Mint for just this reason, and her with him, and she describes in Defoe's book how it was such a disreputable area which she had to find a way to escape.
Interesting, thanks Dan.
Thanks Rob, like myself a true Londoner.
It’s a pleasure Jonathan, thank you 😉
Great video Rob! Yet another fascinating place I wasn’t aware of
Thank you so much as ever Louise, really appreciate your kind words and support. Hope you’re keeping well ☺️
Great video. I used to live in red cross way in Stanhope buildings from 1954 to 1970.is there and pictures of this thank you
Thanks so much Danny, much appreciated. Stay well mate.
When I worked at Guy's I used to walk in that area. Great info.
Thank you!
That's where I grew up from 1955too 1975
Absolutely fascinating, thank you. I have passed by these tiny streets, but did not realise their strange history! Have you ever considered a video on the Marshalsea Prison, and St George the Martyr? Weird that the wall remains, so redolent of Little Dorrit,
Thank you so much Jacqueline 😊 The Marshalsea prison is indeed on my list…
@@Robslondon Brilliant!😁
I'm no celebrity, but when I worked in an office on Gainsford Street, we used to joke about "my" Wharf round the corner. I'd be interested in the history of Butler's Wharf and/or Shad Thames, if you haven't done one already (if you have, a link would be useful...).
Cheers Andrew- great idea for a video, will pencil it in 😉 Stay well
Ooo, I would love to find out more about butlers wharf too.
Fascinating little story!
Thanks Steve :-)
Hi Rob, Interesting as always. Love the history of place names, have been in London and the surrounding boroughs for most of my life but there’s always more to learn. Keep safe, C.
Cheers Clive! Stay well 😉
A fascinating story 😊👍👍 and wonderful that Walt made a visit there too! Those truths about poverty in victorian London always make me shed a tear for the children and the old that died within it 😢 After researching our family history, my great grandmother was also once in Southwark Workhouse around 1906, our family history hung on a bare thread several times in the last two centuries.
Thank you so much for your moving comment.
Stay well
My own family name is the name of a street in Bloomsbury, and Doughty Street, which my grandparents were visiting almost at the same time Walt Disney was in London (and they were also from Missouri), just happened to be where Charles Dickens lived.
Always wondered that. I used to live on Ayres Street.
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Thanks Rob, Interesting Stuff. Stay safe 👍
Cheers Dave, you too 😉
Marvellous street names and interesting information. X
Thank you so much Victoria ☺️
Yet another gem - well researched and beautifully produced. I get an immense kick from the idea of standing in a place, as if in HG Wells' time machine, and dialling time backwards. It is possible to do that in so many London streets, as you just did. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
It's an absolute pleasure Al, thanks for watching, and for the kind words too :-) Stay well.
Wonderful post Rob, one of your best. Very interesting.
Thank you so much Neil!
Found two back to back missed this one when it was first uploaded fascinating subject. Sign of a good story teller start tit off and come back to finish off great research
Thanks so much Butch. They seem a bit trickier to find lately 😕 Glad you did!
Interesting video, pleased it ends on a happy note !
Ha ha! Thanks 😉
That era of the mid late 1800's were terrible for poverty, disease, violence. This street has got its skeletons. I have a big interest in the Angel Meadow area of Manchester, it was described Hell on Earth. Top vid once again Rob👍😊
Cheers Dave. I've heard of Angel Meadow, incredible that a place with such a lovely name can have such a dreadful past.... stay well mate.
Fabulous as always Rob
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Thank you Alan ☺️
Yes I know Disney place very well lived in babington house with my brother at the top of Disney place from the age
Of four until I was married in 1967 my parents lived there until 1980
I know the area well Disney place was glass factory and warehouses very run down
Thanks Carol
Excellent video as always! Fascinating history and the grim tales sure gives an image of the area at the time. Good sense of curiosity for Walt Disney to stop by, when I visited South Korea in 2016 I stumbled on to a small alleyway with the same name as my real name which is very odd as it is a biblical name but made for a great set of photos for me.
Lovely comment and thanks so much for your kind words 😊 Stay well
Disney Street was the sort of nasty place whence a certain author who lived in Doughty Street drew inspiration. A music professor called Gavin Doughty and his wife were visiting London from Missouri at about the same time as Disney, and did I mention that Disney was also a Missouri son?
Hi Rob i am enjoying your videos about your meters the other day keep in touch
Cheers Jezz; much appreciated! Good to see you here. Stay well.
I honestly love all your videos. I really like how you put all your research and visualise it all and put it together. Especially when these little gems you talk about could be forgotten. (You wouldn’t find a tour guide talking about these stories) Huge well done and thank you. ❤
That means so much to me Gill, thank you 😊 Stay well
How did you come up with this ?? How interesting! Thank you so much for sharing 👍 Good content and great production 👏
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Another amazing video. Your research is incredible!
That's so kind of you to say Stephanie, thank you :-)
Very interesting, thanks!
Thank you so much Charlotte 😊
Enjoyable vid Rob.
Cheers Mike 😉
Very Interesting little historical gem. Thanks Rob
Cheers Doug 😉
Well done
Thank you!
I'm a huge fan of walt disney history, I pass disney Street almost daily and always wondered if there was any connection with the man himself. Great video 👍
Thanks so much Mike, glad to be of service. Stay well.
Oooh! Imagine the comings and goings in Bird Cage Alley and Dirty Lane. Informative, fascinating and entertaining as ever. Thanks Rob.
Ha ha 😉 Cheers Paul
Another excellent video Rob. I always appreciate the hard work that you put in. Really interesting, and the gory bits didn't even put me off eating some parkin. Hope you're well my friend.
Ha ha! Thanks Barry; I'm good thanks, hope you are too? I fancy a bit of parkin now too; been a while since I had some ;-) Stay well.
@@Robslondon mine was proper Yorkshire parkin. I'm excellent thanks Rob. Enjoy the parkin when you get some.
@@barrywa39 Cheers Barry; best time of the year for it isn't it? ;-)
@@Robslondon it really is Rob.
Interesting.
Thanks
Great video. Loved it as always too. Thanks Robert.👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much Sharon 😊 Stay well
Thanks Rob, another informative one 👍🏼 must have been horrendous back in the day 💕🦆
Thank you so much Pam 😊 Yes, it was a dreadful locale; these are just a selection of the stories from there…. Stay well.
Really interesting video for me as my family originate from this area, at least as far as I can go back at the moment.
Brilliant work rob very interesting stuff 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks Mick 😉
Another very interesting video ,Rob .brilliant research about 'sarf' London .such a terrible life people had.Henry Mayhew wrote ,as did Dickens, of their plight.
Thank you so much Barry, and yes- well said.
Super video Rob always well done and researched see you next time and take care 👍
Much appreciated as ever Nicholas, thank you my friend ☺️
That was very interesting thank you ,know never heard of Disney Street Or Disney place I think it’s lovely you’ll find all these little out of the way places
Thanks Ron
Another winner Rob on your ever superb channel.
Cheers John, that means a lot to me. Stay well.
Thank you. I always enjoy how your bring to life history.
Thank you Larry :-) Stay well.
Another great video about things you didn't know you needed to know :)
Ha ha! Cheers Stephen 😉
A great insight once again to the area. Brilliant research once again. Keep up the great work Rob
Will do Paul; thanks for your kind words and support 😊
A great story very well told.
Much appreciated Paul. Thank you.
Great video as always 👍
Thank you James!
I'll be back visiting my hometown of London in a couple of weeks and I'm definitely going to visit some of these places from your videos
Always interesting
@@jamesmachin8410 Thanks James, hope you have a good trip
I wonder if there is any link between the Disney streets and nearby America St off Southwark Bridge Road?
I think America Street is named after someone who was connected with the original Colonies, will have to look into it
@@Robslondon forgot to say, great video, thank you!
@@Gazellekaz Thanks; much appreciated ;-)
Viewers might think that such poverty stricken deaths belong in the Victorian era. But it’s still happening now.
Very true
Starving to DEATH, 🤔😱☠️😭💯🙏THANK YOU. For telling there story's..
In the month of less we forget 🆘🇬🇧💪💯🤫😳
I must say that you are well on your way to being one of the GREAT BRITAIN'S 🇬🇧💯👍 thanks ROB😇
Gosh, thanks Gary!!
It must've been at the same time as the Elstree studio visit.
I've seen a photo with Walt, kubric and Author. C. Clarke at Elstree.
Ah, interesting- thanks
Your research is interesting to me as my brother and I were both born in a bedsit my parents nicknamed 'the buildings' in Disney Place Southwark in 1955 and 1956. My father worked on the railway at London Bridge. I travelled to London in 2006 but I think the 'buildings' which were all bedsit flats with shared toilet facilities on each floor are no longer there?
That's fascinating Maureen... I'm not to sure which building is which though, sorry
@@Robslondon They have been demolished - I live in Australia and went back in 1976 no longer there. The buildings all bedsits were not far along from Disney Place my father told me he would turn off at Disney Place from work on London Bridge.
Alan Ford as the taxi driver from an American werewolf in London.
He is indeed
I wonder if those very poor victorians living at Disney Place wished upon a star and their dreams came true?
Disney Street in London sounds like a very queer street indeed.
Hint: In Victorian English parlance, to be in Queer Street meant to have pecuniary troubles.
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@@Robslondon Well the people in Disney certainly had money troubles. As I said, a very queer street.
"D'Isigny" = dee-zeen-yee
Thank you
There's a Trump street in the City. Maybe invite Donald over?
Ha ha! ;-)
Fantastic watch , thank you👌
It’s a pleasure, thank you so much 😊
Great video, as ever! I'd *love* to learn more about the history of London's workhouses and insane asylums, if you're ever looking for video ideas...?
Thanks- and good idea, will add it to the list 😉
@@Robslondon 😁