As a Londoner of 68 years, like many my age I had to move out further and further over the years to buy a decent property and now lived most of my life outside London. But while I'm still a true Londoner when I go back I can still find areas I don't know much about and explore as you did as it's such a vast city. So many of these kind of videos but this is maybe the best I've seen.
I'm the same - Born in Mile End - now in Bromley ( Via Basildon and Elephant and castle ) and love going into London ( With the Freedom Pass ! ) been there today...Great Video - You like pubs 🙂
Finally, people who understand what london is all about, the history the old mixed with the new, the walks the pubs the shops, London is incredible if you know how to appreciate it
The church and Mitre pub are in Ely Place which actually started life as Ely Palace. Back in the day a fella called John de Kirkby bought up a bunch of land in what is now Holborn. In 1290 he kicked the bucket and left it all to the see of Ely. Ely is a town in Cambridgeshire that has an important cathedral. A see is an area of a bishop’s ecclesiastical jurisdiction. This is important because since way way back, the bishop of Ely has been given a seat in the House of Lords - and still is today. To fulfil their governmental obligations the bishops would need some city digs, and what better place to build some than on this heft of land they’d just inherited. They set to work, transforming the place into a series of houses and expansive gardens. They also ordered the construction of a church (for obvious reasons), and a pub (for even more obvious reasons). But the most important thing here is that in order to avoid the taxes and rules of London law, they saw to it that Ely Palace was governed under their own laws - those of Cambridgeshire. In 1772 Ely Palace was sold to the crown, and the bishops commissioned a new property in Mayfair. The crumbling old palace was promptly torn down and replaced with rows of terraced houses that you can still see today. With the palace gone, a more fitting name for the area was needed. They dropped an A and Ely Palace became Ely Place. The church that was part of the old palace also remains - the only part that wasn’t torn down in 1772. It’s still named the Church of St. Etheldreda, as it was at its founding, and it’s one of two buildings from the reign of King Edward I (1272-1307) to still stand in London. The pub, Ye Olde Mitre is same pub that the bishop of Ely had built in the 1500s. The building has obviously changed. The one that stands now was part of the 1772 reconstruction, but a pub under that name has stood on that site since 1546 at least. Ye Old Mitre’s licences were still issued by authorities in Cambridge right up until the 1960’s.
One of the things I'm proud of in my country is the preservation of old buildings, yes new stuff gets built, but you can't tear down historic buildings which means we retain a link to our past & heritage. Glad you enjoyed your trip. 🇬🇧🤝🏻🇨🇦
Well said! Your Country is a Living Museum of Sorts!!! We Did and plan to return to make "finding Proper fish and Chips" Finding Great Chocolate, Finding the best hidden gems of London
Great to see you & Jenny enjoying London together after being solo for a month. Looking forward to your next adventure in Cuba. Great video as always. Thanks
Thanks William!!! It was great to meet up I’m London and have a few Pints and Look around the old City of London Uk 🇬🇧 Thanks for watching and your support during my adventures and journeys Mike
Great video Mike and Jen!!! You two covered a lot of ground. When i was working Overseas I went through London or Paris two to four time a month. The London architecture and history is truly amazing. The old Pubs have much character. Looks like you had a great time. I look forward to your next video!!!
Nice to revisit some of the places I've been to. Jen would have loved to sit in the snug at the Crown Bar. You have to go back. So much to see and do. Mind the Gap
The architecture is amazing! Love the history. I went to Edinburgh when I was 4 and would love to go back! My parents took me to a pub (relatives were friends with the owners) and we had to sit in a back corner booth because kids weren't allowed lol Wow! those pubs in London look amazing! Thanks for the video Mike! Looking forward to more
Good to see people enjoying my city. I sometimes moan about London, especially the tube, but it's all relative when you live somewhere. Looks like you had a really good time.
Glad you had a great time, we are always happy to have our Canadian cousins visit. The UK is truly an amazing place if you enjoy history. We have a pub in Nottingham, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem that dates to 1189! As for London, I always take myself off to the old pubs rather than the soulless chain pubs or bars. Please visit again.
welcome. I was brought up in Southwell in Nottinghamshire. My school. Southwell Minster Grammar School, was established in 900AD. That is something special.
Two more weeks until our 6th trip to London. I've now added St. Etheldreda's and Cittie of Yorke Pub to our list! We've already been to Ye Olde Mitre. Thank you!
Wooooo nice to see you with Jen , nice video again from London love the church and the pubs really nice . The food looks very good too but different price of Thailand 😂😂 . Thanks for this new video in London . I like this because you show to us different countries all of them have a nice places . Thanks to Jen and you again for this nice video see you soon ❤🎉❤
Being born in the outskirts of London I feel a lot of pride for the place, its great to see people experiencing it as locals do. Great video, hope you come back.
You visited 3 of my favourite London pubs! The Cittie of York is also known as the Long Bar, because of its, er, long bar. The fireplace you sat at is a very rare triangular one, not many of those about.
@Finding-Fish Another good hidden pub to look for is The Red Lion in Crown Passage, near Jermyn Street in Piccadilly; legend has it that there's a secret tunnel leading to Buckingham Palace in the cellar and previous members of the Royal Family would use it when they fancied a quiet drink. Crown Passage itself is very interesting too, like a little village in the middle of London.
Thank you for your comments! ！❤I will go there next time～By the way, I found a 5% discount on train ticket purchase on trainpal. If anyone need to travel can contact me😊
If you came out of the Natural History museum and went up the side youll find the Science museum which is also great and free. In the Olde Cheshire Cheese pub theres a >200 year old painting of the inside of the Olde Chesire Cheese hanging in the exact location in the painting. As a local it's easy to take London for granted but watching vids like this reminds you its got some good stuff
Thanks For sharing!!! I absolutely love it when people reach out and give helpful advice especially Brits!!! I had a great time in London!!! Next time I come i'll find new Old Gems and with your help tip i see more!!! Mike
You would have walked past Old Scotland Yard, it is on the embankment just after the Houses of Parliament, it has brown and cream horizontal stripes, however, it isn't open to the public.
Great video guys keep it up! As you’re a history buff I’ll point out the following - OLD Scotland Yard was right next to where you were standing when you asked that question - the striped building - white Portland stone with red bricked building with turrets on the corners was the original Victorian building for the metropolitan police , in the sixties the MET (police) moved into a ghastly ugly 1960s block in Victoria near Buckingham palace - it was called NEW Scotland Yard - because they moved - but - now they have moved again and are almost back where they started - they are in a building next to the original one - so the new new Scotland Yard is actually nearly old Scotland Yard….. 🤣👌🤷👏
Hi guys I was born n bred here london does have it all get shops parks boat trips down the Thames n and dont forget all the museums are free !! And please to everybody have your real fish n chips in a real fish n chip shop ENJOY😋
@@Finding-Fish hi mike we also have the shard sky garden london zoo kew gardens Camden market st Paul's cathedral the best fish n chips I have ever had is a place called toffs in muswell hill north london look it up it has all pictures of the famous people that have eaten there ! Enjoy we only live once 😁
I lived in London until 2003 and left because of the increasing violence. It no longer felt safe. BUT, seeing you two enjoying what it has to offer has made me want to revisit it. Glad you enjoyed it. For all its faults, it is a beautiful city.
Hi I am so glad I found you while browsing through U tube because we are planning a trip to London next month. I watched all your Cuba videos and love how detailed you are with everything. Keep up the good work
While in London you should have visited Bart’s hospital been site of hospital since 1130 also small church there St Barthomews the less by Henry 8 gate , Only1 hour from London by train Britains oldest town Colchester built by romans
It's called Restoration mate ,I worked with National Trust stone Masons ,There skill was fantastic they could make Stones when there weathered look like they'd always been there .
This was a lot of fun to watch for somebody who lives in northern England up near Liverpool (worth a visit), and been to London a number of times. It looks like you had a great time and there's definitely some locations and advice I take from this.
A tip for you. In the UK if you want a pub, especially in smaller towns & villages, look for a church or church spire, you will usually find a pub or inn. Thats because in the old days the monks or priests used to make beer or cider so they were close to churches or monostaries.
@@Finding-Fish ah great... No problem. It's a real blink and you'll miss it moment. Most of the film is actually filmed near there in Hatton garden and along leather lane
@Finding-Fish its very old cobble streets and has some cool independent shops and places to eat and drink. 5 mins walk away you have The Royal Opera House and Old Covent Garden building, which used to be a flower market. Some very nice old buildings. Another good mix of old and new. It's definitely worth a visit. Leicester square is a 10 min walk from there also.
@Finding-Fish also try Coal Drop Yard King's Cross. It's been totally renovated old factory buildings, etc, into shops and many places to eat. The river there some information about the old history of its purpose. You can also walk along the river there to Camden
They're showing you places dating back 500+ years but you talk about 'colonialism'? Of course you do. The village I grew up in was 7 miles from the Roman city of Chester ('Deva Victrix'), when much of Britain was under empire. I'm particularly amused that you aim a comment about colonialism to Canadians! People of European descent benefiting from living in a country that is as it is (for example rated a 'full democracy') because of colonialism.
You were only a couple of hundred yards away from the old building of New Scotland Yard. Facing the new building of New Scotland Yard it would have been, as I said, 200 yards to your left. If you can find footage of an old (1950/60), British ,TV program called 'No Hiding Place' the opening scene, every week, was of a police car leaving the old New Scotland Yard.
It can be really cool and rainy, umbrella can be $17 CAD Also bring a scarf!!! If you don’t have enough clothes go to M&S for a few good items of clothing!!! Mike and Jenny
What clothes would you wear in spring at home? , just wear the same in England . You don’t need to buy any new clothes. I did smile at the wearing of the woolly hats . Don’t buy an umbrella 😂😂 a coat with a hood is sufficient. You’re probably choosing the best time to be in England, it’s not humid then .
Given your interest in history, a visit to the British Museum would have been a better choice than the Natural History Museum (even though it is fantastic).
Oh dear, Harrods is a tourist trap. They sell mostly things you can get elsewhere cheaper. I certainly would not go there for a pizza. It always saddens me to see tourists go to London and nowhere else in the UK. Seeing London is not like seeing the UK.
Unfortunately, London now has too many people from elsewhere.. too crowded. I enjoyed your video, seemed a bit worse for where after your pub crawl lol.
Best of advice would be get out of London. The history is wonderful but its too expensive and doesn't represent us as a nation. Head to Oxford for interesting city and towns. Then really head north to God's own County North Yorkshire . Enjoy!!
Nobody cares. Most people feel the same way about Canada. Can anybody name a famous Canadian of any real note or anything about Canada other than snow? It's the most anonymous and featureless country in the developed world.
You ignoring Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Kent etc etc? all beautiful, not in London and South of Watford 😂 I had to tell a Scot a couple of weeks back I wasn't a Londoner. He thought I was one as I live around 30 miles outside of London in Hampshire.
I wish people would stop talking such closed-minded nonsense. I'm from NW England but love London. I visit 3 or 4 times a year. I'll never tire of the place. It's our capital, and one of the world's great cities. I love and visit many other parts of the UK, too.
Why? It's refreshing to see North Americans with a true appreciation of the history rather than them viewing the UK as a Harry Potter theme park and comparing everywhere to Diagon Alley.
@@Finding-Fishit's nice to see your appreciation. You're a lovely couple. Another fun fact about the New Scotland Yard building is when it was under construction in 1888 a female torso was left in the cellars they were building as a taunt by an unknown serial murderer. Part of the Thames Torso Murders series. The press dubbed it The Whitehall Mystery and it was initially linked to Jack The Ripper who was active that very same autumn. The victim was never identified and the killer (of at least 4 women) never caught.
London England - the world's greatest city.
I worked at the Natural History Museum for 20 years and never grew tired of the place :)
Oh Really that’s absolutely amazing!!!
That Place is a Gem!!!
It’s beautiful you must be so proud to have worked in such an amazing place
As a Londoner of 68 years, like many my age I had to move out further and further over the years to buy a decent property and now lived most of my life outside London. But while I'm still a true Londoner when I go back I can still find areas I don't know much about and explore as you did as it's such a vast city. So many of these kind of videos but this is maybe the best I've seen.
Wow thanks so much Rich
Thanks for watching
Mike
Thank you!
I'm the same - Born in Mile End - now in Bromley ( Via Basildon and Elephant and castle ) and love going into London ( With the Freedom Pass ! ) been there today...Great Video - You like pubs 🙂
Finally, people who understand what london is all about, the history the old mixed with the new, the walks the pubs the shops, London is incredible if you know how to appreciate it
Absolutely had a great time
thanks for the comment
Mike
Thank you for your comments! 😊By the way, I found a 5% discount on train ticket purchase on trainpal. If anyone need to travel can contact me❤
It's always fascinating to see how people from America, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada are in awe of their ancestral homelands when they visit.
Love the Mother Country
Its their history its their heritage as much as a born and bred Brit.
The church and Mitre pub are in Ely Place which actually started life as Ely Palace. Back in the day a fella called John de Kirkby bought up a bunch of land in what is now Holborn. In 1290 he kicked the bucket and left it all to the see of Ely.
Ely is a town in Cambridgeshire that has an important cathedral. A see is an area of a bishop’s ecclesiastical jurisdiction. This is important because since way way back, the bishop of Ely has been given a seat in the House of Lords - and still is today. To fulfil their governmental obligations the bishops would need some city digs, and what better place to build some than on this heft of land they’d just inherited.
They set to work, transforming the place into a series of houses and expansive gardens. They also ordered the construction of a church (for obvious reasons), and a pub (for even more obvious reasons). But the most important thing here is that in order to avoid the taxes and rules of London law, they saw to it that Ely Palace was governed under their own laws - those of Cambridgeshire.
In 1772 Ely Palace was sold to the crown, and the bishops commissioned a new property in Mayfair.
The crumbling old palace was promptly torn down and replaced with rows of terraced houses that you can still see today. With the palace gone, a more fitting name for the area was needed. They dropped an A and Ely Palace became Ely Place. The church that was part of the old palace also remains - the only part that wasn’t torn down in 1772. It’s still named the Church of St. Etheldreda, as it was at its founding, and it’s one of two buildings from the reign of King Edward I (1272-1307) to still stand in London.
The pub, Ye Olde Mitre is same pub that the bishop of Ely had built in the 1500s. The building has obviously changed. The one that stands now was part of the 1772 reconstruction, but a pub under that name has stood on that site since 1546 at least. Ye Old Mitre’s licences were still issued by authorities in Cambridge right up until the 1960’s.
Thank you!!!
I love to learn
One of the things I'm proud of in my country is the preservation of old buildings, yes new stuff gets built, but you can't tear down historic buildings which means we retain a link to our past & heritage.
Glad you enjoyed your trip. 🇬🇧🤝🏻🇨🇦
Well said!
Your Country is a Living Museum of Sorts!!!
We Did and plan to return to make "finding Proper fish and Chips"
Finding Great Chocolate, Finding the best hidden gems of London
We loved London too. Enjoyed watching ya'll soak it in ... 😊
Absolutely love London!!!
It was a lot of fun
Nice to see people enjoying the history of England/London. Great video 😉🙂👏
Love it!!!
Love the history
Hi 👋 I’m from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 my sister and I are visiting London in May! Thanks for the pub recommendations ❤
No Problem
Thanks For watching
Mike
love this review , lovely to see your interest in the history of this amazing city.
Glad you enjoyed it
Was nice meeting you at Harrods, I hope you enjoyed London👍
Are you from the pizza parlour? It was so nice chatting with you 🩷
Absolutely great meeting you!!!!
I believe you served me a few years back as well!!!!
Thanks for watching and your comment
Mike
Incredible to see theses old building still standing straight and beautiful... 👏👌
Absolutely stunning place to walk around and enjoy!!
Thanks for the comments
So true
those who appreciate things appreciate life
Absolutely!!!!
Thanks for watching
Mike
What a great video again...
Thanks
Chantal!!!!
Thanks for watching!!!
Cuba 🇨🇺 is coming
It was a lovely sight to see you and Jenny walking down the street in London❤
Thanks so much for watching and thanks for the comment
We so much appreciate it
Mike and Jenny
Love your appreciation of the history. Good video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Love history so Much
and Pints of Beer
Hey guys, good to see you again! Steve 🍻
Hey Steve thanks for watching!!! I was great to have Jenny back on Finding Fish!!!
We had a great time
Great to see you & Jenny enjoying London together after being solo for a month. Looking forward to your next adventure in Cuba. Great video as always. Thanks
Thanks William we had such a great time!
Thanks William!!!
It was great to meet up I’m London and have a few Pints and Look around the old City of London Uk 🇬🇧
Thanks for watching and your support during my adventures and journeys
Mike
Loved the tour of London. Such a sweet couple sharing their adventures. Merci beaucoup!
Glad you enjoyed it
De rien
Great video Mike and Jen!!! You two covered a lot of ground. When i was working Overseas I went through London or Paris two to four time a month. The London architecture and history is truly amazing. The old Pubs have much character. Looks like you had a great time. I look forward to your next video!!!
Thanks Gordon we had a fantastic time!
Thanks For Watching Gordon and you ongoing support for our Channel!!!
we absolutely appreciate it
Mike and Jenny
see you in Cuba
Nice to revisit some of the places I've been to. Jen would have loved to sit in the snug at the Crown Bar. You have to go back. So much to see and do. Mind the Gap
The architecture is amazing! Love the history. I went to Edinburgh when I was 4 and would love to go back! My parents took me to a pub (relatives were friends with the owners) and we had to sit in a back corner booth because kids weren't allowed lol Wow! those pubs in London look amazing! Thanks for the video Mike! Looking forward to more
UK Pubs are the Best!!!!
Especially the Old ones!!!
Good to see people enjoying my city. I sometimes moan about London, especially the tube, but it's all relative when you live somewhere. Looks like you had a really good time.
WE LOVED IT!!!
we had a blast!!!
Thanks For Having Us
Mike and Jenny
Such a great time!
Glad you had a great time, we are always happy to have our Canadian cousins visit. The UK is truly an amazing place if you enjoy history. We have a pub in Nottingham, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem that dates to 1189! As for London, I always take myself off to the old pubs rather than the soulless chain pubs or bars. Please visit again.
On the List!!!!
Can't wait next Time Bill
Mike & Jenny
welcome. I was brought up in Southwell in Nottinghamshire. My school. Southwell Minster Grammar School, was established in 900AD. That is something special.
Omg!!!!
That’s incredible!!!!
Thanks for sharing
Mike
Thank you for your comments! ！❤By the way, I found a 5% discount on train ticket purchase on trainpal. If anyone need to travel can contact me😊
Two more weeks until our 6th trip to London. I've now added St. Etheldreda's and Cittie of Yorke Pub to our list! We've already been to Ye Olde Mitre. Thank you!
That’s Awesome!!!
Have a pint for me!!!
Enjoy and thanks for the comment!!!
And sharing you itinerary!!!
Mike
Wooooo nice to see you with Jen , nice video again from London love the church and the pubs really nice . The food looks very good too but different price of Thailand 😂😂 . Thanks for this new video in London . I like this because you show to us different countries all of them have a nice places . Thanks to Jen and you again for this nice video see you soon ❤🎉❤
Hey thanks Veronica! It was great to be traveling with Jenny again! Thanks for your support. We are heading to Cuba together soon!
Being born in the outskirts of London I feel a lot of pride for the place, its great to see people experiencing it as locals do. Great video, hope you come back.
Absolutely can’t wait to be back!!!!
I want to find Proper Fish and Chips
A Proper Ale and lots of hidden gems of London
You’ll be back 👍
Can’t wait
You visited 3 of my favourite London pubs!
The Cittie of York is also known as the Long Bar, because of its, er, long bar. The fireplace you sat at is a very rare triangular one, not many of those about.
JohnBoy!!!
Love your Pubs
Absolutely the best Pubs
@Finding-Fish
Another good hidden pub to look for is The Red Lion in Crown Passage, near Jermyn Street in Piccadilly;
legend has it that there's a secret tunnel leading to Buckingham Palace in the cellar and previous members of the Royal Family would use it when they fancied a quiet drink.
Crown Passage itself is very interesting too, like a little village in the middle of London.
Thank you for your comments! ！❤I will go there next time～By the way, I found a 5% discount on train ticket purchase on trainpal. If anyone need to travel can contact me😊
If you came out of the Natural History museum and went up the side youll find the Science museum which is also great and free. In the Olde Cheshire Cheese pub theres a >200 year old painting of the inside of the Olde Chesire Cheese hanging in the exact location in the painting. As a local it's easy to take London for granted but watching vids like this reminds you its got some good stuff
So true! We love your country! Thanks for the information 🩷
Thanks For sharing!!!
I absolutely love it when people reach out and give helpful advice especially Brits!!!
I had a great time in London!!!
Next time I come i'll find new Old Gems and with your help tip i see more!!!
Mike
You would have walked past Old Scotland Yard, it is on the embankment just after the Houses of Parliament, it has brown and cream horizontal stripes, however, it isn't open to the public.
Lol
I asked security where it was and the guy said he had no Idea
Great video guys keep it up!
As you’re a history buff I’ll point out the following - OLD Scotland Yard was right next to where you were standing when you asked that question - the striped building - white Portland stone with red bricked building with turrets on the corners was the original Victorian building for the metropolitan police , in the sixties the MET (police) moved into a ghastly ugly 1960s block in Victoria near Buckingham palace - it was called NEW Scotland Yard - because they moved - but - now they have moved again and are almost back where they started - they are in a building next to the original one - so the new new Scotland Yard is actually nearly old Scotland Yard….. 🤣👌🤷👏
Great video Mike looks amazing cheers buddy
Thanks Dave
Hi guys I was born n bred here london does have it all get shops parks boat trips down the Thames n and dont forget all the museums are free !! And please to everybody have your real fish n chips in a real fish n chip shop ENJOY😋
Hey Jeff!!!
London is fun!!!
Lots to see and do!!!
Next Time
Real Fish And chips
Proper!!!
Mike
@@Finding-Fish hi mike we also have the shard sky garden london zoo kew gardens Camden market st Paul's cathedral the best fish n chips I have ever had is a place called toffs in muswell hill north london look it up it has all pictures of the famous people that have eaten there ! Enjoy we only live once 😁
Nice pubs. You should try proper beer, bitter, rather than lager, my only criticism.
Nice video, glad you're enjoying being here
Thanks for the tips!
And Proper Beer is on the List!!!!
Thanks For Watching Richard!!!!
And the respectful Comments
Mike
What you do in London is visit the Graceland exhibition like we did.It's fab
thank you
Mike
ooh, you went to all the pubs I've spent SO MUCH TIME IN!! Brings back so many memories. Cittie of Yorke always smells great with the fires.
Yes! Love the fireplace!
I lived in London until 2003 and left because of the increasing violence. It no longer felt safe. BUT, seeing you two enjoying what it has to offer has made me want to revisit it. Glad you enjoyed it. For all its faults, it is a beautiful city.
the whole world has faults!!!
but i'm always looking for the best!!!!
Mike
Elizabeth Tower not big Ben that's the name of the bell.
Oh BiG BEN!!!
Yawn. Pretty much everyone in the UK calls it Big Ben.
Hi I am so glad I found you while browsing through U tube because we are planning a trip to London next month. I watched all your Cuba videos and love how detailed you are with everything. Keep up the good work
LOL i made a 3 hostels in 3 Country's Video to go along with it!!!
i actually stay at a hostel in London too.
Have fun in London...
Mike
Thank you 😊
3:25 The Royal Courts of Justice might look very old but it was built in the 1870's in the Gothic style
Party Pooper 🙂
While in London you should have visited Bart’s hospital been site of hospital since 1130 also small church there St Barthomews the less by Henry 8 gate , Only1 hour from London by train Britains oldest town Colchester built by romans
Thanks For all the Great Info.
On the List for Next Year!.
Mike
Great vidya❤
Thanks so much!!!
Mike
It's called Restoration mate ,I worked with National Trust stone Masons ,There skill was fantastic they could make Stones when there weathered look like they'd always been there .
In Canada 🇨🇦
We teach tear it down and rebuild!!!
@Finding-Fish Your always welcome in the UK 🇬🇧. Great video by the way 👏
Hi Mike, ca you tell me what kind of microphone that you use when you do your video?
Usually a RODE mic
When I thought you were in Thailand, I find you in London 😃😀😂🇨🇺👍🙏
lol
Yuppers
Jumped the pond
This was a lot of fun to watch for somebody who lives in northern England up near Liverpool (worth a visit), and been to London a number of times. It looks like you had a great time and there's definitely some locations and advice I take from this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
can't wait to travel to Northern England, My Mother Country, Both my Mom and Dad where born in England....
Cheers Mike
A tip for you. In the UK if you want a pub, especially in smaller towns & villages, look for a church or church spire, you will usually find a pub or inn. Thats because in the old days the monks or priests used to make beer or cider so they were close to churches or monostaries.
Oh thats Cool!!!
thanks for the Info!!!
I thought I recognised the Church. My daughter had her wedding reception in the crypt there
Wow that’s amazing
In the basement!!!
Wow beautiful
You're basically doing a ye olde pub crawl.
LOL
YES
great on a rainy Day
How about travelling north to York or Canterbury ,the north ,Yorkshire ,do great fish and chips and mushy peas!
That’s what I want!!!
Yes
I need ideas
Ye olde mitre features in the guy Ritchie film Snatch. Not sure if you're familiar with it
Love it!!!
Steve the bartender told me!!!
Absolutely amazing
Thanks Chris for telling me!!!
Mike
@@Finding-Fish ah great... No problem. It's a real blink and you'll miss it moment. Most of the film is actually filmed near there in Hatton garden and along leather lane
Get to Neals yard in Covent Garden
Oh Really!!! Tell Me more!!!
I want to Hear about it!!!
@Finding-Fish its very old cobble streets and has some cool independent shops and places to eat and drink. 5 mins walk away you have The Royal Opera House and Old Covent Garden building, which used to be a flower market. Some very nice old buildings. Another good mix of old and new. It's definitely worth a visit. Leicester square is a 10 min walk from there also.
@Finding-Fish also try Coal Drop Yard King's Cross. It's been totally renovated old factory buildings, etc, into shops and many places to eat. The river there some information about the old history of its purpose. You can also walk along the river there to Camden
Back London June 2025 last 2 weeks in 1970’s. Did not see this pub
You came all the from Canada to drink Asahi??
For an evening meal and a cold beer try Dirty Dicks pub. Close to Liverpool Street rail station. Yes the dead cats are real.
OH REALLY!!!
Can't Wait Next Time for Sure!!!
Thanks Mensa Lady2😀
Mike
@@Finding-Fish I kid you not. The cobwebs are real as well.
How did come up with the money? Colonialism! 😅love Uk.
They're showing you places dating back 500+ years but you talk about 'colonialism'? Of course you do.
The village I grew up in was 7 miles from the Roman city of Chester ('Deva Victrix'), when much of Britain was under empire.
I'm particularly amused that you aim a comment about colonialism to Canadians! People of European descent benefiting from living in a country that is as it is (for example rated a 'full democracy') because of colonialism.
You were only a couple of hundred yards away from the old building of New Scotland Yard. Facing the new building of New Scotland Yard it would have been, as I said, 200 yards to your left. If you can find footage of an old (1950/60), British ,TV program called 'No Hiding Place' the opening scene, every week, was of a police car leaving the old New Scotland Yard.
OMG to Funny, when I asked the Security Guard he Said he had no Idea, lol
Probably didn’t feel like talking to me!!
Google Earth will show you how close you were. I'm a 73 year old Londoner........
By the way, the "Y" in "Ye" is not "Y" it's a similarly shaped Rune called "Thorn" and is pronounced "TH'.
Thanks John
I appreciate it
With them er whiskers you look like an adult version of Shaggy out of Scooby Doo.
Lol
2:52 ... that's not the SIS building, that's the Shell Mex building, nothing to do with MI6, sorry
Hey Matthew
Your totally right but I was pointing up river but looks like I’m referring to Shell Mex
@@Finding-Fish it’s ok, I believe you 😉
How cold was it then in Spring? I’m going there next week late April 2024. Afraid not bringing enough warm clothes there.
It can be really cool and rainy, umbrella can be $17 CAD
Also bring a scarf!!! If you don’t have enough clothes go to M&S for a few good items of clothing!!!
Mike and Jenny
What clothes would you wear in spring at home? , just wear the same in England . You don’t need to buy any new clothes. I did smile at the wearing of the woolly hats .
Don’t buy an umbrella 😂😂 a coat with a hood is sufficient.
You’re probably choosing the best time to be in England, it’s not humid then .
Given your interest in history, a visit to the British Museum would have been a better choice than the Natural History Museum (even though it is fantastic).
Thanks John I was there and made a video about it!!!
24 hours in London
you are from Canada and you are always cold ? - I am always cold as well -- even with 20celcius
Lol,
Yes my wife is always cold!!!
Even today
One pretend pup landlord who knows a whole lot of history would be Al Murrey.
Try not to get hung up on London, hire a car and spend a couple of weeks touring in Autumn, sorry, Fall.
That would be cool!!!\I want to find Proper Fish and chips
a plnt of worthingtons in my local £1.85
Where’s that?
You saw Queen Elizabeth the second tower not Big Ben unless you went inside the tower, as Big Ben is the big bell inside the tower.
Okay thank you for the info Vicky!
Up next is Proper Fish and Chips
“When a man is tired of London he is tired of life”
LOVE THIS LINE!!!
LOVE!!
Oh dear, Harrods is a tourist trap. They sell mostly things you can get elsewhere cheaper. I certainly would not go there for a pizza. It always saddens me to see tourists go to London and nowhere else in the UK. Seeing London is not like seeing the UK.
LOL
But we did have fun!!!
We did, and can't wait to see the Rest of UK
Please give me Ideas.
Mike
Unfortunately, London now has too many people from elsewhere.. too crowded. I enjoyed your video, seemed a bit worse for where after your pub crawl lol.
i felt no Pain after a few pints Bruce!!!
You say that you are always cold. All I have to say is that you live in the wrong country.
Get off the tourist trail in London, and you'll soon find a multicultural shhthole that resembles Mogadishu mixed with Pakistan
Best of advice would be get out of London. The history is wonderful but its too expensive and doesn't represent us as a nation. Head to Oxford for interesting city and towns. Then really head north to God's own County North Yorkshire .
Enjoy!!
Grandparents of from there!!!!
Absolutely love Yorkshire
Your wife can handle her beer better than you. 😂
LOL
She Can!!!!!!
I had to Drive🙃
im canadian with british grandparents i personally have Zero interest in going there zero .....but anyways good job guys
Hey James
Thanks for watching!
My wife wanted to go so I said yes of course!!!
I appreciate it!
Mike
I love it
Nobody cares. Most people feel the same way about Canada. Can anybody name a famous Canadian of any real note or anything about Canada other than snow? It's the most anonymous and featureless country in the developed world.
What to do? See the sights and get the f##k out of that Cess Pit of a City!
I take it you don’t like London
Soooooo sad London is not the same city anymore 😢😢
I still loved it!!
Does anyone like London! Nobody speaks English!
Does anyone like London!!!
Lots do Pete
Top Travel destinations in the world
It’s an amazing city! Old meets new, great food and so much to do🩵❤️💜
You know nothing you little keyboard warrior
"Nobody"?
I speak English. I like London. (I was born here in London).
Have you been to the rest of England-there’s more to England than London.
Hey Susan yes exactly,
Where do you suggest???
Looking. For Fish and Chip options and a good cup of tea
Mike
London isnt England. If you want to know real England you need to go north of Watford.
Love the North
GrandParents are from Yorkshire
You ignoring Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Kent etc etc? all beautiful, not in London and South of Watford 😂
I had to tell a Scot a couple of weeks back I wasn't a Londoner. He thought I was one as I live around 30 miles outside of London in Hampshire.
I wish people would stop talking such closed-minded nonsense.
I'm from NW England but love London. I visit 3 or 4 times a year. I'll never tire of the place. It's our capital, and one of the world's great cities.
I love and visit many other parts of the UK, too.
London is also England! Don't diss it. England would be a much duller place without it.
Not the most endearing of people.
Why? It's refreshing to see North Americans with a true appreciation of the history rather than them viewing the UK as a Harry Potter theme park and comparing everywhere to Diagon Alley.
Why so unnecessarily rude?
Would you call yourself "endearing"?
He's fine.
Don’t be so odious.
The "Old" Scotland Yard was badly damaged by a Fenian bomb in 1884 so they built a new one.
Oh really!!!
Thanks for the info
I’m from Canada so I love to see all your old buildings
@@Finding-Fishit's nice to see your appreciation. You're a lovely couple. Another fun fact about the New Scotland Yard building is when it was under construction in 1888 a female torso was left in the cellars they were building as a taunt by an unknown serial murderer. Part of the Thames Torso Murders series. The press dubbed it The Whitehall Mystery and it was initially linked to Jack The Ripper who was active that very same autumn. The victim was never identified and the killer (of at least 4 women) never caught.