As a student in London in the late 70s I remember conducting many photographic recces of Shad Thames and environs. It was pretty much derelict at the time, but a wonderful location. I still have the hundreds of slides from those trips. Fabulous video. Thank you.
1977 I bought my first decent camera, I think a Pentax KX. Walked from London Bridge to Rotherhithe and shot a roll of black and white film, I had it developed, but never printed and need to have another look for it.
Fascinating. I remember the episode of Dr. Who done there, and always wondered about the area. I live in Canada but am of British extraction. I haven't been to England since 2006 and regrettably only got to spend a day in London on a one-week visit, so I love watching your reports. My English grands-parents were of Cockney extraction, though they left London after getting married and repressed their accents. I only heard my grandmother revert after she had a stroke in her 90s.
My sister lived in the anchor brewhouse for a few years. You cannot beat the view! She is still in the area and we love the atmospheric feel of the place and it's proximity to a London Bridge station and the Borough market whenever we visit.
My 3rd great grandfather and family lived in Back Street, Bermondsey from about 1801, when he married. He was a Waterman, as was his son, my 2nd great grandfather. It would not surprise me if they used to use the Horselydown Old Stairs. He was also married in St John's and my 2nd great grandfather was buried at St Mary Magdalen. They moved to Jamaica Terrace then Printers Place. After this, my great grandfather moved out to Plumstead, where my grandfather was born. My great grandfather married a woman, whose family were involved in the leather trade. He became the Corn Meter for London and founded a Corn Merchant business that my father and his brother ran for about forty years. Every time I go up to London now, I always wander the streets of Bermondsey.
My mum's family were watermen and lighterman going back that far. We actually had family living on Jacob's Island going back years. Dad's side were book binders, going back years. Both families are mentioned by name in The Records of The Old Bailey. One of whom my old man always said, with certain amount of pride, "Hung for sheep stealing son!"
Fantastic video Rob. It's great the way the old buildings have been preserved and given a nod to their past instead of being knocked down. I remember as a fifteen year old taking shorts cuts to beat the crowds of Liverpool city by walking up Matthew Street, then a road of warehouses and wagons. Now of course it is a mega Beatle's shrine and I look at the bars and restaurants and can see the men who once hoisted up heavy sacks and smell the old smells.
Oh fantastic, i really like this part of central london. Its lovely to walk along, and thanks for the Bob Hoskins link, wow i was a young girl at the time of that Omnibus programme, thank God not all of the old ware houses were knocked down. The history is so interesting and thank God for the campaigners for the area so that people can have access to the river thames. Nothing ever changes, people always have to fight for these kinds of things in society.
As a kid, my nan used to always take us 'up London', which was basically her version of a lil tour lol. We were only from South London, but it was always a great day out for us! She would take us all over West End, Westminster, The City and the Thames. Now as an adult, I'm always rushing around London forgetting to appreciate these gems...Thanks for the memories 😊❤️
Oh Rob this was wonderful. Bravo you pulled me in immediately! I love your flow and how you move through your stories. Thank you ... went great with my dinner and wine. ❤
This is exactly why I like your channel - I've never been to London, never really heard of this place, and here's a whole lot of fascinating "ordinary people" history I never would have learned about.
I remember Shad Thames before the docks moved out. I wish I'd had the courage to have to wander about...Standing with back to the Thames looking down St Saviour's Dock is very evocative indeed.
Fascinating, as always, Rob - thanks. I spent many pleasant Thursday nights in the Anchor Tap in the late 80s & early 90s, without realising that it was the original Courage pub. If you ever get the time it would be lovely to have a video all about the Hawksmoor churches.
Thank you for this video. This area is so often overlooked. It was the walkways that first captured my imagination here and over the years I’ve learnt a lot of its history, of which this video had added to. It’s almost like time travelling walking these historic streets of south London…
Another wonderful yet thoroughly modest work, from Rob. Loved the old film clips of the area too. Worked nearby from 2008 to 2013. A fascinating bit of London. Superb river views.
Great video! As a local resident who frequents these areas regularly, I know quite a bit of the history already, but this is wonderfully in depth with so many little touches that I haven’t noticed.
Always a delight, Rob. As a Yuppie in the late-80s, these were just coming onto the market - but even then were beyond the pockets of most, starting at around £100k - when I could (and did) pick up a Dulwich-fringe 3-bed flat (with shared garden and off road parking for 3/4s of that: there were neither shops nor decent pubs back then, so no-one could have guessed they'd be worth millions one day...
I worked In London Bridge Hospital for a few years ; so I walked through that area in search of a pharmacy . It's a bit of a maze . Great video as usual .
I proposed to my wife at the top of Maggie Blake’s Cause on the corner where it joins the river front path (right where you stopped to film Tower Bridge). Great memory, thanks for sharing this video. (She said yes btw).
Had you said "girlfriend" at the beginning the bracketed bit at the end would have had more resonance, but a jolly slice of life's rich tapestry anyway!?!
Thank you for this really interesting video, Rob. I live in Western Australia. On a holiday in England in 2018 I walked around this area and had lunch in the Anchor Tap. I was born in London and have always felt a connection with it.
That was great! Thanks Rob. I live in SE1 and used to go on weekly group walks around the area with a guide who knew a little about the area. There was so much in this upload that I’d never heard before. Very enjoyable indeed. 👍🏼
Evening Rob, Hope you are keeping well, This is a fantastic video and one of my favourite parts of London. I also have to say excellent production, Really top quality, Thank you
Dave, that is so kind of you, I truly appreciate your kind words and generous support. Were good thank you, hope you are too. Thanks again my friend, much appreciated. Stay well.
Brilliant rob , I was born in paddington so Southwark was way to far for me,but when I did the knowledge in the 90's I discovered the area & loved it , still to this day I believe it's London's most fascinating borough 🇬🇧
What a fantastic episode of your wonderful channel.. I've been reading books on the history of London for many years.. accumulating a vast library in the process.. but videos like yours continue to help me learn more about our glorious rich in history capital..
Thank you Rob for researching this iconic area 👌🏻 I can remember it as an office worker in the City when I used to wander around by the old warehouses.. just for the atmosphere, then in the years that followed in the early years of the 21st century when my sister had an apartment there in Shad Thames and I used to stay with her sometimes. A real delight to watch your brilliantly constructed video 😊
I wish I was a bit more mobile because there is always something to learn and something to love along the river's edge. ps - it has just occured to me that I have always been so mesmerised that I have never quite realised how brilliantly well put together your videos are. Great street views with appropriate street sign shots here and there and a perfectly placed occasional overview courtesy of a contemporary map (and here a film clip or still). Really engaging work. Thanks Rob.
Who on earth painted the Circle that awful color. Is there anywhere in London that hasn't been turned into luxury flats. I guess it is good that they keep the buildings open and in good condition. I remember being scared when Bill Sykes was running over the roof at the end of Oliver Twist. Another fascinating history lesson making my Sunday afternoon more pleasurable.
Great video. I grew up on Arnold Estate across Jamaica Rd. My dad uses to take me and my brother to the Tower of London, and we'd walk through here. I remember in the mid 80's when I was about 5 he'd ask if we could smell the spices from the old warehouses on shad thames and I could. Was all derelict then, but it belonged to us, it was part of us who were from Bermondsey, sadly no longer.
Beautiful comment Warren, thank you. In the video with Bob Hoskins, they do mention how you can still smell curry powder in the air :-) Cheers and stay well.
As always an excellent episode capturing the history of this small enclave within our capital. I have a lunchtime photo from my time working in the city showing me with my back to the river and over my left shoulder can be seen Tower Bridge’s North Tower and to the right of that is the Gherkin. Which puts me on Butler’s Wharf. Happy days.
Hi Rob. That was a fascinating and well produced video/documentary. I was Born in Mile End (1962) , and have been to Shad Thames several times and is now just another example of London that People born in London can't afford to live in, but it looks nice though
Again absolutely excellent and well researched. I knew a little of the history of the area and so found this very interesting. I love Shad Thames, its one of my favourite places to eat and drink by the river.
This is a great video for various reasons. It's an area I want to explore there when I'm there next year but also, my dad was in the Merchant navy out of the Thames and he talked about Jacob's Island when we'd watch Oliver! Thank you!
Great video. Love them all. I find them all entertaining and informative. It gives me a history on many of the areas I visited or need to revisit again on my next trip to London.
When I worked at London Bridge, I would often take lunch time walks around the area which is rich in history and intresting sights are common. I've had a few pints in the Anchor Tap a fine pub which has resisted the urge to modernise thankfully. Thank you for this informative vid which has a ton of information. I'm now going in to see where else you have covered. Hopefully, Hay's Gallaria that much burnt building where I worked or the area around the old Marshalsea prison.
Thanks so much Len. I hope to cover Hay's Galleria at some point. I've covered the Marshalsea in a few videos (I think the Charles Dickens Christmas pubs features it)
I really enjoyed this. Youve put a lot of hard work into this video. That part of London is so clean. Must be wonderful to live in one of those flats overlooking Tower Bridge but sadly a lot over my price range! I would miss Sussex too much I think. Thank you for posting.
Thank you for a brilliant video about this area. I was very fortunate to have lived on Mill Street for a couple of years in the early 90s when I was a student (the flat was owned by a surgeon at Guy’s who let his son and two of us live there for what was probably barely enough to cover the maintenance fee). I had no idea about much of the history of the area so this was fascinating.
Great Video Rob, my favourite I think, very pleased to see Shad Thames so close to Tower Bridge, I wasn’t aware, I will be visiting there next time I’m in the Greatest City 😊👏👍
Hello Rob Another excellent video. Is one of our favorite areas, love having the history to go with it. There must be many movies filmed in the area not mentioned. First is Sandra favorite Christmas movie Bernard and the Genie. You actually showed the front of Bernard home at St Andrews wharf. Also Cruella in the Garbage truck chase seen. It is such a lovely area to walk all the way down to Rotherhithe. Thanks for the excellent video. Take care Chris and Sandra of Canada.
It was a few years ago but you could/can still smell Cinnamon as you round the corner onto its namesake wharf 7:15 . Great amount of research as ever and it paid dividends with all those film clips as well as the old photos, thanks. One more thing, the link to Omnibus on the BBC archive site is well worth a detour, especially from 07:20 when we see the very last images of how it was before Bob Hoskins's favourite developers moved in. Luckily it was just about the first wave of changing public opinion and better still, the government listened and padlocked the wrecking balls!
Thank you so much for the Oliver reference! I am always asking creators like yourself to do videos about the books I grew up on showing the actual location or what their thought of where the location were. I know y'all might be sick of the questions but please forgive them as I am sure you would have the same questions about other places,
As always, beautifully done. Shad Thames is a favorite walk of mine. Looking forward to it again in January. I need to explore Jacob’s Island one of these days. I’m kind of fascinated by it the same way I’ve traced all the Bleak House locations on the modern map..
Thank you so much Phil. Yes, be sure to get over to Jacob's Island- don't miss the view of St Saviour's Dock/the Neckinger which you can see over a wall from Tooley Street/Jamaica Road ;-)
Used to live there almost 20 years ago. Tooley St. Knew some about the history of the area but not all this! Such an interesting place (like most of London). Thank's!
Usual messages. 👍 I must have first visited back in the 70s and thought the place had atmosphere, and old world charm. A friend and i, both interested in photography, went to the area to record things before the inevitable destruction, sorry, redevelopment. I wonder if i still have the negs, yes, real film in those far off days. 😅 Keep up the good work C
I don't know how things are these days, haven't returned in decades, but in the '60s you could smell the spices in the very brickwork of the warehouses, heady and nostalgic.
Owning to family commitments I’ve been AWOL for a few months and unable to watch the channel when uploaded Rob. I’ll stand in the corner and write out 200 lines. A gentleman who was my three times great grandfather and was coincidentally named Joseph Horsley, was a shipping agent and ship owner in the opening years of the 19th century. From my research I know that he had some sort of wharf and warehouse in this area. As always your videos are first-class.
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As a student in London in the late 70s I remember conducting many photographic recces of Shad Thames and environs. It was pretty much derelict at the time, but a wonderful location. I still have the hundreds of slides from those trips. Fabulous video. Thank you.
Thanks so much Gary. Would love to see those slides 😉
Do you have a instagram account where we can see them?
I would love to see those too!
I've just moved and they're still in a box somewhere. When I find them I'll be happy to get a few made into prints. I'd love to see them again, too.
1977 I bought my first decent camera, I think a Pentax KX. Walked from London Bridge to Rotherhithe and shot a roll of black and white film, I had it developed, but never printed and need to have another look for it.
Fascinating. I remember the episode of Dr. Who done there, and always wondered about the area.
I live in Canada but am of British extraction. I haven't been to England since 2006 and regrettably only got to spend a day in London on a one-week visit, so I love watching your reports.
My English grands-parents were of Cockney extraction, though they left London after getting married and repressed their accents.
I only heard my grandmother revert after she had a stroke in her 90s.
A wonderful comment arrjay, thank you. Hope you make it back here soon 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Yes The Talons of Weng Chiang and Resurrection of the Daleks. I went to Shad Thames in 2007. It looked so much cleaner when I visited
I haven't seen "Oliver!" for years, but seeing Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes made me shudder! Took me right back. Thank you for another great journey!
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Oliver Reed made the best Bill Sikes. ❤
Rob is the man to make your Sunday night - enjoying the video on an interesting part of town
Really appreciate that Wendal, thanks mate
Thank you for shad-ding some light on the history of this part of Bermondsey.
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You beat me to it @izzieb
My sister lived in the anchor brewhouse for a few years. You cannot beat the view! She is still in the area and we love the atmospheric feel of the place and it's proximity to a London Bridge station and the Borough market whenever we visit.
Nice comment, thanks Karen ☺️
My 3rd great grandfather and family lived in Back Street, Bermondsey from about 1801, when he married. He was a Waterman, as was his son, my 2nd great grandfather. It would not surprise me if they used to use the Horselydown Old Stairs. He was also married in St John's and my 2nd great grandfather was buried at St Mary Magdalen. They moved to Jamaica Terrace then Printers Place. After this, my great grandfather moved out to Plumstead, where my grandfather was born. My great grandfather married a woman, whose family were involved in the leather trade. He became the Corn Meter for London and founded a Corn Merchant business that my father and his brother ran for about forty years.
Every time I go up to London now, I always wander the streets of Bermondsey.
Brilliant comment Tony. What a family history to have, incredible.
@@Robslondon thanks Rob, isn't it just.
Me too. My Dsd born there in 1921. 😊
@@johannebaker9730 wow ;-)
My mum's family were watermen and lighterman going back that far. We actually had family living on Jacob's Island going back years. Dad's side were book binders, going back years. Both families are mentioned by name in The Records of The Old Bailey. One of whom my old man always said, with certain amount of pride, "Hung for sheep stealing son!"
Fantastic video Rob. It's great the way the old buildings have been preserved and given a nod to their past instead of being knocked down. I remember as a fifteen year old taking shorts cuts to beat the crowds of Liverpool city by walking up Matthew Street, then a road of warehouses and wagons. Now of course it is a mega Beatle's shrine and I look at the bars and restaurants and can see the men who once hoisted up heavy sacks and smell the old smells.
Lovely comment Liam, thank you. Really evocative description of Liverpool too; nice.
Oh fantastic, i really like this part of central london. Its lovely to walk along, and thanks for the Bob Hoskins link, wow i was a young girl at the time of that Omnibus programme, thank God not all of the old ware houses were knocked down. The history is so interesting and thank God for the campaigners for the area so that people can have access to the river thames. Nothing ever changes, people always have to fight for these kinds of things in society.
Lovely comment Sharon. Thank you.
As a kid, my nan used to always take us 'up London', which was basically her version of a lil tour lol. We were only from South London, but it was always a great day out for us! She would take us all over West End, Westminster, The City and the Thames. Now as an adult, I'm always rushing around London forgetting to appreciate these gems...Thanks for the memories 😊❤️
Such a lovely comment Dee, thank you :-)
Oh Rob this was wonderful. Bravo you pulled me in immediately! I love your flow and how you move through your stories. Thank you ... went great with my dinner and wine. ❤
Such a lovely comment Alannah, many thanks indeed ☺️ Hope you enjoyed your dinner!
Excellent history as usual Rob, it's better than watching TV, keep up the good work, thanks 👍
Thanks so much Robbie 😉 Really kind of you to say, hope you’re keeping well
SUPERB video Rob 🎉 your content just gets better and better - BRAVO 🎉🎉🎉
Bless you Jack, thank you so much!
This is exactly why I like your channel - I've never been to London, never really heard of this place, and here's a whole lot of fascinating "ordinary people" history I never would have learned about.
Thank you so much Beth, that means a lot to me. Stay well.
I remember Shad Thames before the docks moved out. I wish I'd had the courage to have to wander about...Standing with back to the Thames looking down St Saviour's Dock is very evocative indeed.
Brilliant as ever, I learn more from your 20 minute videos than any book. Thanks Rob.
Thank you so much Michael.
Fascinating, as always, Rob - thanks. I spent many pleasant Thursday nights in the Anchor Tap in the late 80s & early 90s, without realising that it was the original Courage pub. If you ever get the time it would be lovely to have a video all about the Hawksmoor churches.
Thank you so much. I would like to do a video on Hawksmoor, he was incredible… stay tuned 😉
Thank you for this video. This area is so often overlooked. It was the walkways that first captured my imagination here and over the years I’ve learnt a lot of its history, of which this video had added to. It’s almost like time travelling walking these historic streets of south London…
Great comment arthunter, thank you
Always love the little slices of history
Thank you Jon
Fascinating as ever. Thank you!
Thank you Jon!
Ive been to London countless times but theres always new stuff to learn about it!
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Another wonderful yet thoroughly modest work, from Rob.
Loved the old film clips of the area too.
Worked nearby from 2008 to 2013.
A fascinating bit of London. Superb river views.
Lovely comment Brian, thank you so much.
Great video! As a local resident who frequents these areas regularly, I know quite a bit of the history already, but this is wonderfully in depth with so many little touches that I haven’t noticed.
That's really kind of you to say! Many thanks ;-)
Best yet Rob. The quality of your videos is exceptional. I get so much pleasure from “visiting” the capital this way. Than you so very much x
That means a great deal to me Claire, thank you so much.
Excellent video Rob very much appreciated can’t wait till the next one
Thank you Michael, that’s really kind of you
It's sad to think how much of our history we have lost 😢
I really appreciate the video 😁
Thank you ☺️
@@Robslondon your welcome
Always a delight, Rob. As a Yuppie in the late-80s, these were just coming onto the market - but even then were beyond the pockets of most, starting at around £100k - when I could (and did) pick up a Dulwich-fringe 3-bed flat (with shared garden and off road parking for 3/4s of that: there were neither shops nor decent pubs back then, so no-one could have guessed they'd be worth millions one day...
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Fascinating. Another absolute gem. Thank you.
Thank you Nick!
I worked In London Bridge Hospital for a few years ; so I walked through that area in search of a pharmacy . It's a bit of a maze . Great video as usual .
Thanks Anthony, it is a bit of a maze, yes!
So much life lived here and how well you give that history its life Rob, wonderful as usual, thank you !
Thank you so much Anne 🤩 Hope you’re keeping well
I proposed to my wife at the top of Maggie Blake’s Cause on the corner where it joins the river front path (right where you stopped to film Tower Bridge). Great memory, thanks for sharing this video. (She said yes btw).
Beautiful. Your comment just made my evening 😄
Had you said "girlfriend" at the beginning the bracketed bit at the end would have had more resonance, but a jolly slice of life's rich tapestry anyway!?!
Wish I'd had this to show when I taught Geography, thanks.
Thank you so much Andrew, that’s a massive compliment. Stay well.
Thank you for this really interesting video, Rob. I live in Western Australia. On a holiday in England in 2018 I walked around this area and had lunch in the Anchor Tap. I was born in London and have always felt a connection with it.
Lovely comment Joan, thank you 🤩
That was great! Thanks Rob. I live in SE1 and used to go on weekly group walks around the area with a guide who knew a little about the area. There was so much in this upload that I’d never heard before. Very enjoyable indeed. 👍🏼
Evening Rob, Hope you are keeping well, This is a fantastic video and one of my favourite parts of London. I also have to say excellent production, Really top quality, Thank you
Dave, that is so kind of you, I truly appreciate your kind words and generous support.
Were good thank you, hope you are too.
Thanks again my friend, much appreciated. Stay well.
I love your videos. I write down all the places you describe and, when I go to London, I do my little Robslondon pilgrimage. Thank you!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Bless you Ester, that’s such a lovely comment ☺️ Many thanks indeed, it means a lot to me. Stay well.
Superb....what a professional presentation...Well done 👍 I really enjoyed watching that !! Thank you
Brilliant rob , I was born in paddington so Southwark was way to far for me,but when I did the knowledge in the 90's I discovered the area & loved it , still to this day I believe it's London's most fascinating borough 🇬🇧
Thank so much homestead, I discovered it on The Knowledge too…. Be lucky 😉
Another fantastic video! As a Bermondsey boy, I have learnt a lot!
Thanks so much Mark!
What a fantastic episode of your wonderful channel.. I've been reading books on the history of London for many years.. accumulating a vast library in the process.. but videos like yours continue to help me learn more about our glorious rich in history capital..
Thank you so much Artfulbodger (great name by the way!) That’s really kind of you to say. Stay well 😉
@Robslondon Thank you.. Stay well and keep safe.. look forward to your next episode from your good self..
Thank you Rob for researching this iconic area 👌🏻
I can remember it as an office worker in the City when I used to wander around by the old warehouses.. just for the atmosphere, then in the years that followed in the early years of the 21st century when my sister had an apartment there in Shad Thames and I used to stay with her sometimes.
A real delight to watch your brilliantly constructed video 😊
Such a lovely comment, thank you Twirlover 😄
Thank you for reading directly from Dickens! This is a part of London I would explore far more if I ever get to visit again
Thank you; can’t beat a Dickens quote! 😉
Fantastic video as always! I love the bridges spanning between the buildings, I can see why so many movies were shot there.
Really up there Rob with your best. Wonderfully entertaining and educational. Thank you.
That's really kind of you to say, yogibreen, thanks for watching.
An area I've visited many many times, but with very limited knowledge of its history. So this was really fascinating to watch. Thanks as always!
Thank you Claire, it’s a pleasure!
I do love old Victorian London Oliver Twist times places like this have character and wonderful vibe
I wish I was a bit more mobile because there is always something to learn and something to love along the river's edge.
ps - it has just occured to me that I have always been so mesmerised that I have never quite realised how brilliantly well put together your videos are. Great street views with appropriate street sign shots here and there and a perfectly placed occasional overview courtesy of a contemporary map (and here a film clip or still). Really engaging work. Thanks Rob.
Thanks so much Paul! And thanks for noticing 😉 I really enjoy that aspect of making them
Who on earth painted the Circle that awful color. Is there anywhere in London that hasn't been turned into luxury flats. I guess it is good that they keep the buildings open and in good condition. I remember being scared when Bill Sykes was running over the roof at the end of Oliver Twist. Another fascinating history lesson making my Sunday afternoon more pleasurable.
Great comment, thanks Lesley 😉
They look more like coloured tiles than paint.
Fascinating, entertaining and informative. Thank you, Rob.
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Thanks so much Brian 😉
I've been to London but never at Shad Thames. Thank you for this interesting bit of history.
Thank you 😀
Loved it! I am so glad to have found this channel.
Thank you chellybub ;-)
Great video. I grew up on Arnold Estate across Jamaica Rd. My dad uses to take me and my brother to the Tower of London, and we'd walk through here. I remember in the mid 80's when I was about 5 he'd ask if we could smell the spices from the old warehouses on shad thames and I could. Was all derelict then, but it belonged to us, it was part of us who were from Bermondsey, sadly no longer.
Beautiful comment Warren, thank you. In the video with Bob Hoskins, they do mention how you can still smell curry powder in the air :-) Cheers and stay well.
As always an excellent episode capturing the history of this small enclave within our capital. I have a lunchtime photo from my time working in the city showing me with my back to the river and over my left shoulder can be seen Tower Bridge’s North Tower and to the right of that is the Gherkin. Which puts me on Butler’s Wharf. Happy days.
Nice 😊 And thanks for the kind words
Beautiful that Rob. Thank you.
Much appreciated Steve, thank you.
One of your best yet Rob, absorbing young fella.
Thanks Steve ;-) Nice to be considered young too!
Superb Rob, just brilliant.
Thank you
Thank you mate as always 😉
@@Robslondon I didn't even know this place existed, I have to visit.
A review of the history of the St George Ward around Blackfriars Road SE1 would be fascinating when you have a moment Rob.
Hi Rob. That was a fascinating and well produced video/documentary. I was Born in Mile End (1962) , and have been to Shad Thames several times and is now just another example of London that People born in London can't afford to live in, but it looks nice though
Thanks Ray, and yes sadly you’re quite right.
Great Sunday evening video.
Thank you Paul ☺️
I've watched many of your videos and must say that this has been the most interesting so far!
Wow, thank you Barry! 🤩
Again absolutely excellent and well researched. I knew a little of the history of the area and so found this very interesting. I love Shad Thames, its one of my favourite places to eat and drink by the river.
Thanks so much Jason, really nice comment ☺️
As always very interesting, thanks for sharing.
Many thanks Dave- and thanks for watching
Another great story !!
Thank you 🤩
This is a great video for various reasons. It's an area I want to explore there when I'm there next year but also, my dad was in the Merchant navy out of the Thames and he talked about Jacob's Island when we'd watch Oliver! Thank you!
Beautiful comment about your Dad :-) Hope you enjoy exploring the area when you get here.
Great research, historical inserts, and presentation 🎉
Thank you so much.
Great video. Love them all. I find them all entertaining and informative. It gives me a history on many of the areas I visited or need to revisit again on my next trip to London.
Thank you so much Michael :-)
Oooh ! All this, and a glimpse of Jeremy Irons, too ❤ Thank You, from the US xx
It’s a pleasure Jen 😉 Thanks for watching
more great content from robslondon, thanks for posting this fascinating mini documentary on a location i had no idea existed
Always a pleasure Nick, thank you :-)
Really good film Rob. Brought back many memories of my dad and grandad who did their printing apprenticeships in the area.
Lovely comment Keith, thank you.
When I worked at London Bridge, I would often take lunch time walks around the area which is rich in history and intresting sights are common. I've had a few pints in the Anchor Tap a fine pub which has resisted the urge to modernise thankfully. Thank you for this informative vid which has a ton of information. I'm now going in to see where else you have covered. Hopefully, Hay's Gallaria that much burnt building where I worked or the area around the old Marshalsea prison.
Thanks so much Len. I hope to cover Hay's Galleria at some point. I've covered the Marshalsea in a few videos (I think the Charles Dickens Christmas pubs features it)
Brilliant as usual I have walked about the area and remember most of those films. Thank you Rob :)
Thanks so much. 😄
Fascinating video Rob. Keep them coming!
Thanks; will do! 😉
Thanks for this great video ( as always). I learned so much in such a short time; I love your narrative and voice as well.
That means a lot to me Maggie, thank you so much.
Great vid. Discovered that street just a few years ago and totally loved it
Many thanks! :-D
I really enjoyed this. Youve put a lot of hard work into this video. That part of London is so clean. Must be wonderful to live in one of those flats overlooking Tower Bridge but sadly a lot over my price range! I would miss Sussex too much I think. Thank you for posting.
Thank you so much Elizabeth. Yes, Sussex is lovely 😉
Thank you for a brilliant video about this area. I was very fortunate to have lived on Mill Street for a couple of years in the early 90s when I was a student (the flat was owned by a surgeon at Guy’s who let his son and two of us live there for what was probably barely enough to cover the maintenance fee). I had no idea about much of the history of the area so this was fascinating.
Lovely comment Simon, thanks.
One of your best Rob. As always!
Thanks so much John. Hope you're keeping well.
This video did not let me down, great work.
Thank you so much ☺️
Great Video Rob, my favourite I think, very pleased to see Shad Thames so close to Tower Bridge, I wasn’t aware, I will be visiting there next time I’m in the Greatest City 😊👏👍
Thanks Chris, great comment!
Such a fab video Rob and I learnt so much about an area I've never visited before. Thank you .
It’s a pleasure Lydia, thanks so much for watching 😀
Outstanding, Rob!
Hello Rob
Another excellent video. Is one of our favorite areas, love having the history to go with it. There must be many movies filmed in the area not mentioned. First is Sandra favorite Christmas movie Bernard and the Genie. You actually showed the front of Bernard home at St Andrews wharf. Also Cruella in the Garbage truck chase seen. It is such a lovely area to walk all the way down to Rotherhithe. Thanks for the excellent video. Take care Chris and Sandra of Canada.
Thanks guys- ah yes, Bernard and the Genie! I remember seeing that when it was first shown, must’ve been early 90s? Hope you’re keeping well.
Excellent and very interesting episode Rob had no idea so much history around that area thanks
Thank you so much Bob
It was a few years ago but you could/can still smell Cinnamon as you round the corner onto its namesake wharf 7:15 .
Great amount of research as ever and it paid dividends with all those film clips as well as the old photos, thanks.
One more thing, the link to Omnibus on the BBC archive site is well worth a detour, especially from 07:20 when we see the very last images of how it was before Bob Hoskins's favourite developers moved in.
Luckily it was just about the first wave of changing public opinion and better still, the government listened and padlocked the wrecking balls!
Wonderful comment, thank you so much! Yes, in that Omnibus clip Barry Norman mentions how you can still smell spices and curry powder in the air 😁
Another excellent video Rob,thanks for sharing
A pleasure as always Chalky, thank you for watching
Thank you so much for the Oliver reference! I am always asking creators like yourself to do videos about the books I grew up on showing the actual location or what their thought of where the location were. I know y'all might be sick of the questions but please forgive them as I am sure you would have the same questions about other places,
Ha ha, thank you! I've long been thinking about doing a video specifically about locations from Oliver Twist so stay tuned ;-)
As always, beautifully done. Shad Thames is a favorite walk of mine. Looking forward to it again in January. I need to explore Jacob’s Island one of these days. I’m kind of fascinated by it the same way I’ve traced all the Bleak House locations on the modern map..
Thank you so much Phil. Yes, be sure to get over to Jacob's Island- don't miss the view of St Saviour's Dock/the Neckinger which you can see over a wall from Tooley Street/Jamaica Road ;-)
Another brilliant video - thank you.
Thanks so much Sparky
As always another great video - really fascinating stuff. You always put so much work into them ❤
Thank you Louise ☺️ Hope you’re keeping well
Another case of “well I never knew that”. A great video and I shall pay the place a visit the next time time I visit the Metropolis
Thanks so much Nigel! Hope you enjoy your visit.
Thanks!
Thank you so much Paul, I truly appreciate that. Stay well my friend and thanks again.
This was a lovely video! Just my cup of tea! You got a new sub now, matey! 🎉❤🇦🇺🐨
Thanks so much Dawn! It's lovely to have you here :-)
Thanks for the video. I love it around there, I had a friend who lived in Cinnamon Wharf and used to go to the pubs in the area. Brilliant stuff. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you Andi 😉
I worked in Custom House, Lower Thames street in late 70s. The warehouses were derelict, but very atmospheric.
Used to live there almost 20 years ago. Tooley St. Knew some about the history of the area but not all this! Such an interesting place (like most of London). Thank's!
Thanks so much stefan! 🤩
Gotta visit here, never been before 👍🏼
Thanks Rob
You need to for sure Russell! Thanks 😉
Usual messages. 👍
I must have first visited back in the 70s and thought the place had atmosphere, and old world charm.
A friend and i, both interested in photography, went to the area to record things before the inevitable destruction, sorry, redevelopment. I wonder if i still have the negs, yes, real film in those far off days. 😅
Keep up the good work
C
Lovely comment Chris, thank you! Hope you’re keeping well
I don't know how things are these days, haven't returned in decades, but in the '60s you could smell the spices in the very brickwork of the warehouses, heady and nostalgic.
Yes, in the Bob Hoskins clip it is mentioned that you can still smell the curry powder in the air!
I’ve lived in London since 1992. I remember smelling the spices when walking along Shad Thames on rainy days in the ‘90’s 🤩
Owning to family commitments I’ve been AWOL for a few months and unable to watch the channel when uploaded Rob. I’ll stand in the corner and write out 200 lines. A gentleman who was my three times great grandfather and was coincidentally named Joseph Horsley, was a shipping agent and ship owner in the opening years of the 19th century. From my research I know that he had some sort of wharf and warehouse in this area. As always your videos are first-class.
A superb comment Mark; very interesting family history you have. And I’m glad you’re ok, been wondering where you are! 😉 Stay well mate
@@Robslondon thank you Rob.
Excellent! So interesting!
Thank you!