A Walk Around the Isle of Dogs (4K)
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- A Walk Around the Isle of Dogs from East India Basin to Mudchute shot in 4K.
This walk starts at East India Basin near Orchard Place, Trinity Buoy Wharf. The basin is now a nature reserve but was built as East India Dock between 1803-06 to handle the cargos on the East India company. We then progress along the edge the Isle of Dogs beside the River Thames and pay a visit to the Virginia Settlers Monument at New Providence Wharf, and then to the site of the former Blackwall Dock and Blackwall Tunnel and admire the fine ventilation shafts designed by Terry Farrell for the London County Council between 1961-2. historicengland.org.uk/listin...
We then make our way around Poplar Dock and Blackwall Basin and briefly pass through the private estate of Canary Wharf before returning to the perimeter of the Isle of Dogs by the Blue Bridge on Manchester Road. Here in Cubitt Town we find some rare surviving older dwellings on the Isle and pass the Samuda Estate named after the Samuda Brothers Shipbuilding Company.
We walk along the Thames past Van Gogh Court, Millennium Wharf, Cubitt Wharf, and Caledonian Wharf, to Newcastle Drawdock and the beautiful sunset view along Glenaffric Avenue. Our when then finishes at Island Gardens.
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The way John shoots and narrates his videos, he deserves to have his own TV show.
Perfect for those sleepy Sunday afternoons, with a cup of tea and biscuits!
I once worked with a guy who grew up in Limehouse in the 1930s. He said that 'The Island' was always seen as a very separate place by other East Enders, inward-looking and vaguely dangerous.
As a Scotsman who once lived and worked in the City of London I'm chuffed to bits to stumble across your wonderfully shot and narrated videos of that beautiful city.
Subscribing for sure.
I just found this channel today, as well. Found this really interesting and the music is very relaxing as well. I only live in Hampshire about 50 miles away but don't get to visit London very often due to my current budget! Thumbs up and well done John! Just subbed x
I was born on the Island one year after the war. We lived in Montcalm House. Wonderful memories of running through the tunnel screaming at the top of our lungs. Playing in the forbidden Thames. Thanks John for the video from East Tennessee
Im new to these really brilliant walks and the memories you bring back to me about my time as a londoner ..especially in the east end ..Poplar 1965 to 74
Before and after that Chelsea ...my nan lived on the kings rd
I always headed to the city for work
15 yrs old ..jewellers near the bank ..cheapside
Where i spent my lunchtimes watching court cases in the Old Bailey 😁
I got the sack ..always late back
Then Oxford street in Woolworths 15 quid a week . Made up in 1970 !!!
No 15 bus took me all the way there
What a ride that bus journey was !!
Poplar all through london... Blackwall tunnel ..the city to Oxford circus
Keep up the good work and documentation of all of it !!
Essex ..the south coast ..Hastings , st Leonard's..thankyou xxSally
Love of mine and
Fascinating stuff, John, as always. The Isle of Dogs was part of my catchment area when I was based at St Clement's Hospital as a Community Nurse in 1979/80 when that part of London wa a very poor & depressed area indeed. What a transformation! The only parts I recognized were Greenwich & the entrance to the foot tunnel.
Hi John! Love your videos - we don't have the depth of history here in New Jersey USA as you do in London. My $0.02 on the Jamestown colony, some of the history we do have.
The colony was founded in 1607 during a period of extreme drought (as determined by tree ring analysis.ĺ Most of the colonists lacked practical skills, and they were dependant upon supply ships from England for food for several years. At least three supply trips were made, but as these trips also brought more colonists, the food situation became dire. Most (3/4 or so) of the colonists died of starvation, and some modern researchers believe the people resorted to cannibalism to survive.
The last early colonists abandoned the Jamestown site around 1610, only to encounter a relief convoy as they we heading down the Chesapeake bay. They returned and were able to make the settlement stick. It was the first capital of Virginia until (as another commenter noted) it was burned in the late 1600s. The capital moved to nearby Williamsburg, and Jamestown was abandoned for good. It is now a public archeological site.
Jamestown leant its name to an interesting plant species, Dataram stramonium, more commonly known as Jimson (sic) Weed (also known as Thorn Apple.) This plant has many medicinal uses, is strongly hallucinogenic and toxic even at moderate doses. The legend I've heard was that the starving early colonists ate this plant in quantity out of desperation (they had to be desperate as it is a member of the Nightshade family, which they would have recognized.) The drug crazed colonists then proceeded to kill each other off until the effects wore off, which took several days. I don't think they tried that experiment again... The Wikipedia page for Jimson weed mentions another story about the plant from later in the 1600s. It's dangerous stuff, and people overdose on it to this day.
I hope to travel to London some day. If I do, I'll try to spend most of my time in the "other" London rather than the touristy areas. Cheers! Gerry Lingner Long Branch, NJ USA
Many thanks for sharing that Gerry
Another wonderful walk through Docklands History ending with a lovely sunset.Thank you John inspite of your Ankle.
Thank you so very interesting just found out in the last year that my great grandfather was one of the first undergond steam Drivers William Butler from Fulham in 1800s. We love your walks Thank you.
I remember getting the DLR down to Island Gardens when it used to be the final stop on the line. We used to throw stones on the beach there and the walk through the foot tunnel to go look at the Cutty Sark.
Excellent. Good man. A year late watching this. As a kid i rode on my 16” wheel hand-me-down girls bicycle, through the foot tunnel, along all the docks to Woolwich Ferry, then back along to Greenwich. Also rode same bike along the footpath of the Blackwall Tunnel when it was two way traffic. Just for kicks you understand. Our dad’s family came from generations of Stevedores working out of those docks. The war (WW2) changed everything, after which our dad went into retail and opened up a shop. Even now me and my wife love visiting London, but we both find it mind boggling, the amount of people there, very noticeable along the river. Cheers.
Thanks John from nz.. I was a tv repairman in the 1960s and The Isle of Dogs was on my patch. I must say that from your video its a better place to live now 60years on
A great video, as always John, but the last 5 minutes or so were magical, with you sharing the sunset with your viewers, with brilliant views of Greenwich across the river.
Thank you! 🌇 🙂👍
thanks Rottie - that's a really magical spot down there
The power station at Greenwich is still in use. It provides emergency back up power for the TFL network
ah that's interesting, thanks for the info
Hi John,done this walk yesterday,what a place the dogs is,so much history old and new,millwall dock is massive,thank you again .
Thank you for this video John. My grandfather and uncle both worked at the east India docks. It brings back fond memories. Bob
Great walk John! Watched an old documentary from the 60s, on the abject poverty in the slums of The Dogs...left me stunned. Incredible history.
More 1000s and 1000s of new apartments suspiciously absent of humans and community.
Ain't this vibrant cosmopolitan life great.
I don’t think you actually live here though, it’s not what you think you know.
My Sunday afternoon shot of walking Heroin. I used to have friends on the Island and this brought back some happy memories.
I knew the area in the 1960s. Thanks again John
Incredible to hear the birdsong at sunset, in the area where people have trees
Great - thanks John - good to see the partner video to your live stream and pleased the injury is healing. A good ending to the day.
Amazing content John: Thankyou..I have enjoyed all the videos I have watched so far..My brother and I were born in a little house on Fairlop Road, Leytonstone. We moved to the country when I was 3years old and I moved to Canada in my twenties. I still and always will love London and still miss it. Cheers John...Frances rose
Wonderful to see you up, out and about again. I feel well educated after watching this week's episode. Proving that education can be enjoyable.👍🏾
I could spend hours watching these fascinating London locations and stories behind them. I can’t decide which ones I like best. I have saved some of your videos on my TH-cam favorites in the hope of visiting some of those places when I visit London again in the fall. Thank you for an outstanding job.
Just discovered your videos, John. I remember in my younger days around I think 1970 there was a wonderful enclosed overhead walkway across the docks with glass windows either side through which you could enjoy the views of the docks and the homes in the area. I feel a walk coming on in that area.
I remember doing an A level photo shoot in Canary Wharf when it was new and security wasn’t so tight.
Some fabulous night shots of the structure and mists over London
Ah yes. In the late 1960's I used to cycle down here from my Ilford home. A very nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon it was too.
Plenty of exercise getting there and back. Getting down to Mudchute and the park by the foot tunnel to sit and eat a sandwich and have drink for lunch. Listened to the seagulls, smelling the river and watching the boats going up and down for an hour was a nice break from the urban sprawl of east London. I also remember having to stop at a railroad bridge somewhere close to where you were in this walk John to wait for this stupid little diesel train to chug past.
Then, just like that, by 1972, the transformation was such that the traffic on the A13 and down the other major roads from Ilford headed south made getting there rather more dangerous than I would have preferred and so many of the little old streets were suddenly gone. The roadworks as the LDDC Development Corporation "rebuilt" so much along with the condition of some of the roads made the journey by bike even more hazardous. New roads went in at about the same time and the history, community and I bet many of the families that lived there and ran small businesses for generations were gone. Just wiped away. Lost.
I also used to go down to the Woolwich Ferry and have my sandwich in the park next to the ferry. I remember going at some speed through the old cobble streets south of Cyprus and then the old black and brown Victorian brick warehouses which made the streets feel dark and dingy. Again the problem was the A13 and getting across it after about 1971 or so as the volume of traffic grew horribly made it very unfriendly towards cyclists back then. It's almost as if they wanted you to use a car or the DLR. Who'd have guessed it?
Brilliant walk as usual John , Millwalls dockers originated from Scotland hence the Caledonian lion on their badge , and during the dock strikes Thames ironworks were on strike whereas the dockers from millwall continued working therefore causing resentment , then to eventually to move to the South side o the river , both teams had a high number of dock workers , The rivalry is still strong today as you know .
The strike breaking was proven a long time ago to be an urban myth. Used by both sides! Millwall FC originated from Morton jam factory, a company of Scottish origin. Millwall remain the only team to have played home games in the East End (as opposed to East London) with West Ham of course being in Essex until 1965.
@@LordMayorOfStepney Morton’s was a huge cannery and processing plant,not a jam factory btw
Great convo - I never knew any of that - Yorkshire born with some Scottish ancestry.
Once again an interesting walk thank you
I am loving every walk you do.and learning so much.Was born in Grays near Tilbury and live Leeds now where its lovely but my heart still in London area .
Always brilliant. Thanks
Thank you, lived hearing about the history and seeing how much it has changed through the years.
My dad was born & raised in Poplar & worked for a while on the docks so this was a very interesting walk for me...doubt if he'd recognize much nowadays though...good to see you more or less mobile again sir!
Brilliant as ever John. Thank you :)
I love Sundays watching your walks it make me smile,thank you 👍🏼
Thanks John, take good care of your leg.
Wonderful. Such history and significance. Thank you for sharing John.
It’s pretty amazing I went to school in poplar for a while and worked down the road from billingsgate market, and all the time I would hear of the isle of dogs but until this time never knew the history. Thank you.
Great insights, John! Many thanks. 👍
what a great channel, thoroughly enjoying it and reminiscing, thanks John
Many thanks Simon
Thanks John glad the legs getting there, Keep well .
I love your style! Very scholarly, historically eye opening, humble, and extremely informative. It feels like I am casually walking alongside this cool human being for all seasons, that I can easily be friends with. Thanks a lot. As a nomad and artist myself, with each step, I'm discovering a world of wonder and magic. Keep up the good work!
A quality hobble as always!
Great video John, glad to see you're healing,that vista of the Thames at 23.19 reminded me of Canaletto paintings of the Grand Canal in Venice !!!! All best mate !!!
Greetings from Manitoba, Canada once again. I look forward to your walks every Sunday and have learned so much from you about the history of London. Cheers!
Hey, nice to see a fellow Canadian here. 😁
There used to be a sign before the blue bridge saying that the Isle was where the Kings dogs were kept and I grew up on the understanding that Barking was named such because it was the farthest east you could here the dogs Barking? I've got great memories as a child playing over the mudchute! Nice video.
As ever John, a fantastic video. Thanks.
many thanks formdemon
Awesome video! I lived right next to Newcastle Draw Dock for many years, my mother still lives there now. Island gardens was the park that we all hang around in during the 80s and 90s. A nice bit of history to add would have been the railway that ended at Island Gardens, some of it still exists alongside Millwall park which is where Island Gardens DLR is now. Thank you for braving the walk and bringing back some memories for me. I also learnt things about Blackwall basin so thank you again! You also reminded me of how long my paper round was in the 90s!
There was once a Tate and Lyle factory on the island. The smell was fantastic when it was up and running. Not sure its there anymore. Looking forward to your other videos :)
Tate and Lyle is still there and functional although the curse of the luxury apartment is hemming it in
Great video John! It brought back a lot of memories of warm summer days walking around the Isle of Dogs and taking the foot tunnel to the Cutty Sark. I used to live there between 2002 and 2006. Even though I have a good memory, many of the places you've shown are unrecognisable to me. So I can only imagine how it must seem like to someone who lived there before the 80s. Even though I think that most of the housing estates on the inside of Manchester and Westferry Roads were council estates, so maybe they aren't that old either.
Incredible walk, I used to go with my bike from Trinity Wharf to Greenwich foot tunnel every weekend, great sights!
Thank you John, lovely film. You have an eye for urban detail that captures its inadvertent beauty.
Fantastic walk John , look forward to the next one !
Fantastic walk round the Island
thanks Shaun
My great grandfather built and repaired barges on the Isle and lived there….my husband came from Limehouse. His father was in the Thames River Police….
Brilliant videos. I certainly don’t recognise the area anymore.
I can remember them doing stunts back in the 80s where canary wharf is, lived at bridge house quay, worked in billingsgate then...
I loved the old market down lower Thames street though...
The gun used to be my favourite pub but everything has changed so much...
Fantastic chsnnel you've got.
I can't wait to get out and do some more exploration of London as I live in Yorkshire but work London...
Very interesting history!
Absolutely wicked! I worked in Camden between 2006 and 2015. I delivered beer gas to most of the pubs and venues in that area. I always felt the energy and the history of the place. Nice one!!
I love this. Urban is a somewhat alien landscape to me, but good to see it, and learn about its history. You are an excellent guide John, and your vlogs are always engaging. Sorry to hear about your accident - hope your leg fully recovers soon. Take care, Paul.
Thanks so much Paul
Thanks John, Great walk as always... Cheers mate.
cheers Ralph glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant again.
What amazing walkabout the isle of dogs
I have be to the isle of dog's for years about 40years sorry that your foot is in pain I always enjoy your view of London
Great walk and video
Just the best thing I've watched on TH-cam...brilliant thank you so much...roll on next walk xjx
Many thanks Jane
Great video, I used to work on a business park just before the blue bridge, we were there from 1986 so before any of the major regeneration had started. We could see the Canary Wharf area slowly taking shape from our staff canteen.
Fantastic stuff John ,get well soon !
As full of wonder, as ever! Thank you John.
Poplar Dock and Blackwall Basin are quite extraordinary. Good to see you are on the mend. 😉
Thanks Bryan
Great video as always. Brilliant picture quality this week. 😊
thanks Trevor - glad you enjoyed the new camera
Love your videos 🎉
Thank you again John, a really interesting part of East London that I knew nothing about. Hope your leg is improving. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Great stuff John. Brought back memories of cycling to work through the Greenwich tunnel (not that you were meant to ) when I lived in Blacckheath, many years ago.
And thanks for introducing me to Ian Sinclair and Mark Fisher, much appreciated!
Was waiting for this video as I live on the Isle of Dogs, thank you.
hope you enjoyed it Yarri
This is a really great video. 🥰 This tour is fantastic and interesting-such a great experience. ☺️👏
thanks, very useful and informative.
Thanks for the video John , god bless .
Thanks Andreas
Facinating tour my family lived in mellish st 1880s and worked in millwall dock so special interest for me thanks
As always John great entertainment and I hope you recover fully soon................Cheers Kev
Thx John!
such awesome videos....you never fail to entertain and educate! if I ever win the lottery I'm gonna hire you for you to take me and my son on a real London walk!!
Loving the videos John. We’ve been exploring the towpaths & Thames Paths by bike since the lockdown and your videos have provided a great backstory to our adventures. Looking forward to seeing you at the Tap later this month.
Fantastic as always good video John Rogers
Thanks Brian
Sound quality is great, good to have you back and very glad to know you’re on the mend. Very interesting walk, have spent some time on Isle of Dogs and learned a lot from you.
Thanks Linda
Fascinating walk John on an ever changing vista in docklands. Get fit soon and best foot forward, whatever that may be?
great video, thank you, take it easy!
GREAT TO SEE YOU OUT AND ABOUT JOHN. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A WARM THANK FOR DOING THIS WALK AS MY BEST FRIEND PENNY LEDGER ALSO VISITED THIS EXACT LOCATION OVER THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
thanks Harvir - it's a great place for a wander, hope Penny had a good day
Thanks for the video
my pleasure
Cheers for the video John, look forward to watching this one tonight 👍. Hope you are keeping well!
hope you enjoy it Jamie
@@JohnRogersWalks cheers John
You sir are a Star, thankyou.
Thanks for watching Alexis
Another great walk John. I believe the series of mills along the river wall that you point out on the map at 15:07 are the origin of the name 'Millwall'.
that makes sense Simon - thanks for pointing it out. There are some good comments on here about the rivalry with West Ham as well
All I can say is thank u love.watching ur video history of ur walks is great
thanks Jan
Great work John.
Great editing.
thanks Little Acorns
Lovely views - thank you. Take care of that leg!
cheers Timothy
Awesome video John!
Thanks Alison
Fully recuperated from my second COVID shot, and a brand new walk and fascinating history from John. Today is a good day! Never heard of Isle of Dogs before. I love all these sites in London that were tied to the early global economy.
my evening meal, glass[ of wine, this great presentation. who could ask for anything more. thank you
Good video keep up the good work 🇬🇧
Thanks for these videos! Your voice is also quite soothing! Lorenzo
thanks Lorenzo
I like your videos :) thank you for sharing the history of london. I moved here just the last year and I'm very interested to know more about . Thank you fot sharing that
Greetings from Central Queensland. Look forward to a Medway Walk.
Todsys video was sublimely relaxing.
I really enjoyed this video. Living in rural Cumbria this is fascinating.
Wishing you a speedy recovery on your leg John