I’m really delighted the ‘collab’ seems to have been well received on both WC21 (UK) Productions Ltd and Tweedy Pubs. Thanks to everyone for watching, liking, commenting and subscribing. A massive thanks to Tweedy - without whom, none of this would have been possible. I am so impressed with the video Tweedy produced. He approaches this in a very different way to me and it was at times a surprise to discover we were filming. I have very much enjoyed watching the spontaneity arising from this. Oh, and I love the shot of me filming, whilst unscrewing a vape bottle - as if that’s an essential part of the recording process. It is. Likewise, I felt Tweedy quickly adjusted to the style of WC21 and delivered a stellar performance there. His ‘can-do’ approach led to far less retakes than usual. Perhaps I shouldn’t be so pedantic moving forward. So much great feedback in the comments. I particularly enjoyed this by boris100ish: “both honest and refreshing TH-cam content”. That hits the nail on the head for me. There’s a lot of content on here that seems to follow formulas and trends, whereas I make videos that I would want to watch and I suspect Tweedy does the same. I just love watching videos with me in them, to be brutally frank. It was a great experience and a lot of fun. Tweedy has commented on the slightly surreal experience of coming round a corner in a pub and thinking, “oh it’s that bloke I watch on TH-cam” and I had the same when recording Tweedy ‘piloting’ the fake drone - which you’ll note he reinterprets as a javelin-style weapon. When I’m out filming on my own there are typically unanticipated disasters. This occurred on Tweedy’s Roman Verulamium. I tried to pilot fake drone v.2 through the hole in the Roman wall. Unbeknownst to me, it obviously has a sensor that makes it land if it comes close to a surface. Accordingly it landed in said hole, resulting in me having to climb over the old school Ministry of Works railings to retrieve it. Thankfully Tweedy was there to provide a steadying hand and thus, an impaling was avoided. Tweedy and I had not met before and only knew each other from comments on TH-cam videos. We had a good day chatting about all manner of things, drinking some beer and having a meal. Somehow we managed to pull 2 videos out of this. Any TH-camrs out there considering a collaboration should give it a go. It brings another dimension to this most peculiar of hobbies.
Great collaboration. Tweedy brought me to your channel now tweedy on your channel full circle ⭕️ very informative and entertaining as ever. Your energy and enthusiasm for the subject is infectious good work 👍. All the best Pete
Thanks Pete and glad you enjoyed the collaboration! We had such fun working on it and it’s been great to receive such a positive reaction. If you haven’t already, check out our video on Tweedy Pubs. Thank you as ever for your support.
How did I possibly miss this collab. A stellar performance by you both. Entertaining and informative from beginning to end. I have said it before, and I will say it again, more please 👏👏👍😀🍷
I know I've said it to you "offline" but I'm really pleased with how this turned out - great job there on the editing and final presentation, the end result almost gives the impression I know what I'm talking about! This was a very fun day out and I hope we can do this again one day. Cheers!
Yes - really pleased with how they turned out. Incredibly efficient of us! It was such a great experience. Stuck in traffic on the return journey at the moment - thinking about the next one!
I am now on my 8th Tweedy video, what a fantastic rural rabbit hole to get stuck down - he explores so many of my walking and photography areas. I feel a shout-out coming up on Wessex Ways.
Tweedy Outdoors is nearly at the magic 1,000 subs level now - a fabulous channel and a lot of Wessex based content. Definitely deserving of a shout-out!
When visiting Londinium from Coccium I stay in Verulamium with my fellow patricians and travel in. Great way to avoid the plebs. Bit rich considering I'm a coccinium upstart liberti no doubt!!😅
Thank you - the pubs were a really pleasant surprise to me. The only one I remembered was The White Hart. Thanks for watching both videos and for engaging.
This is a quality Co-lab. Great content and production. I particularly liked the pub visits! Well done WC21 and Tweedy! Also thank you for the wine which I am really looking forward to tasting. (Mr. WC21 won’t be needing to sample it!) 😂
Thank you Tracy! I know you were in the middle of a family visit and I really appreciate you all excusing Mr WC21 for the day so we could film this, it was a really fun day out, very educational for me, and I'm quite proud of the end result. I really hope you enjoy the wine, you're most welcome!
Very amusing and educational. I hope to see more collaborations. The mention of Sir Mortimer Wheeler feels me with dread as he was a panellist on what to me (as a young lad) was the most boring half hour on 1950s TV, namely 'Animal, vegetable or mineral'. I have also noticed how the Romans used those brick tiles on their structures, a good example being London Wall.
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it. Wheeler was something of a cad, according to accounts! Those brick tiles seem to be something of a staple - I’ve seen them a lot in the north, where they built with stone, as opposed to flint. Thank you for watching and commenting - much appreciated.
That was very interesting and very well presented, well done!! I too hale from this area, in nearby Hemel, but moved away very young so its always a discovery when I go back. I see there was a Tweed invasion of the nearby hostelries!! Have a great weekend!!
Cheers and glad you enjoyed. Despite the proximity to London and major roads, there’s a fair amount of surviving antiquity around this area. We really enjoyed making both videos and I think it’s been quite a few years since St. Albans has seen so much tweed!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Yes it's a lovely part of the world. Not much to see but fond memories of going to Berkhampstead castle with Grandparents!! OK, I own up ...... I too have a tweed jacket, Harris Tweed no less, brought second hand at Camden Market!!
Berkhampstead Castle is a great site - and an important one in terms of the conquest. Be careful with that jacket - the first one can lead to a lifetime addiction!
That was very interesting WC21&Tweedy Outdoors. I just remembered I had visited this place within the last 7/8 years as well! I hope you enjoyed a glass of that wine?! 😀
Life back then was hard, required resilience Joys upon the stage, fended off the pestilence Sometimes for the silliness We needed things contemptuous Standing out 'fore And also quite between us With this magic Past and new Acting stage redeem us Life's troubles can be tragic The stage transforms to magic Magic with a "g" Not "majick" That's just silly nonsense... One day I will finish something that I have started. My pen doth apologise.
That it is a theatre and not an amphitheatre further supports the notion that it was civilisation that declined quickly, not necessarily state power. The same with using a mosaic as a corn-drying floor. When we melted down our railings to make spitfires and used our stately homes as hospitals for the war wounded it was a temporary blip in business as usual. Not so with the Romans, the transfer of public spending to a defence economy could've turned out well but didn't. This individual settlement, though; don't you think it was only a tiny island of Romanitas in a sea of barbarism post-450? it hits that sweet spot of transition into darkness and then into England, with less darkness in that particular area. I would seriously doubt some of the dates if it wasn't for the rare documentary evidence. Is it continuity if nothing at all of its culture made it through to today?
We were just trying to address the old 410 everything stopped argument. Yes, by the end of the 5th Century, once grand homes were being used as barns. St. Germanus of Auxerre attended an ecclesiastical debate here in 445 and describes a Romano British settlement. Although he does go on to claim he led the locals in defence from a Saxon attack. This claim might just be exaggerated, possibly? In terms of the 4th Century, we are putting up an argument that the theatre going out of use around 350 is not conclusive proof that Roman Britain was declining at that stage: it may have been linked to the switch to Christianity, or simply the age of the building. They were still building grand homes here in 380/390. Thanks for commenting - we did have a lot of fun making this!
Not as far as I can see. Just reorganisation of buildings. Roll forward 150 years and it looks like the Roman town was dead/dying. Modern day St. Albans is next to it, as opposed to on it. Suggesting it became a quarry!
I will have to check (currently stuck in traffic!), but I think there’s a break. I wonder if the decaying Roman town was avoided by the English, as we’ve seen elsewhere.
I’m really delighted the ‘collab’ seems to have been well received on both WC21 (UK) Productions Ltd and Tweedy Pubs. Thanks to everyone for watching, liking, commenting and subscribing.
A massive thanks to Tweedy - without whom, none of this would have been possible. I am so impressed with the video Tweedy produced. He approaches this in a very different way to me and it was at times a surprise to discover we were filming. I have very much enjoyed watching the spontaneity arising from this. Oh, and I love the shot of me filming, whilst unscrewing a vape bottle - as if that’s an essential part of the recording process. It is.
Likewise, I felt Tweedy quickly adjusted to the style of WC21 and delivered a stellar performance there. His ‘can-do’ approach led to far less retakes than usual. Perhaps I shouldn’t be so pedantic moving forward.
So much great feedback in the comments. I particularly enjoyed this by boris100ish: “both honest and refreshing TH-cam content”. That hits the nail on the head for me. There’s a lot of content on here that seems to follow formulas and trends, whereas I make videos that I would want to watch and I suspect Tweedy does the same. I just love watching videos with me in them, to be brutally frank.
It was a great experience and a lot of fun. Tweedy has commented on the slightly surreal experience of coming round a corner in a pub and thinking, “oh it’s that bloke I watch on TH-cam” and I had the same when recording Tweedy ‘piloting’ the fake drone - which you’ll note he reinterprets as a javelin-style weapon.
When I’m out filming on my own there are typically unanticipated disasters. This occurred on Tweedy’s Roman Verulamium. I tried to pilot fake drone v.2 through the hole in the Roman wall. Unbeknownst to me, it obviously has a sensor that makes it land if it comes close to a surface. Accordingly it landed in said hole, resulting in me having to climb over the old school Ministry of Works railings to retrieve it. Thankfully Tweedy was there to provide a steadying hand and thus, an impaling was avoided.
Tweedy and I had not met before and only knew each other from comments on TH-cam videos. We had a good day chatting about all manner of things, drinking some beer and having a meal. Somehow we managed to pull 2 videos out of this.
Any TH-camrs out there considering a collaboration should give it a go. It brings another dimension to this most peculiar of hobbies.
The first of many excellent collabs, keep them coming.
Cheers Iain! Yes we must be due another soon!
Great collaboration. Tweedy brought me to your channel now tweedy on your channel full circle ⭕️ very informative and entertaining as ever. Your energy and enthusiasm for the subject is infectious good work 👍. All the best Pete
Thanks Pete and glad you enjoyed the collaboration! We had such fun working on it and it’s been great to receive such a positive reaction. If you haven’t already, check out our video on Tweedy Pubs. Thank you as ever for your support.
Mr WC21UKProductionsLtd introduced me to the wonderful Tweedy ...A win win for all of us who enjoy history.
How did I possibly miss this collab. A stellar performance by you both. Entertaining and informative from beginning to end. I have said it before, and I will say it again, more please 👏👏👍😀🍷
Thank you Andrew. This was our first collab together. In fact, it was the first time either of us had done one. It was really enjoyable!
Fab co-lab! Most informative! 👍🏼
Thanks Izzy - glad you enjoyed it!
I know I've said it to you "offline" but I'm really pleased with how this turned out - great job there on the editing and final presentation, the end result almost gives the impression I know what I'm talking about! This was a very fun day out and I hope we can do this again one day. Cheers!
Yes - really pleased with how they turned out. Incredibly efficient of us!
It was such a great experience. Stuck in traffic on the return journey at the moment - thinking about the next one!
I am now on my 8th Tweedy video, what a fantastic rural rabbit hole to get stuck down - he explores so many of my walking and photography areas. I feel a shout-out coming up on Wessex Ways.
Tweedy Outdoors is nearly at the magic 1,000 subs level now - a fabulous channel and a lot of Wessex based content. Definitely deserving of a shout-out!
Thanks for the giggle.
It was our pleasure! Glad it made you laugh!
When visiting Londinium from Coccium I stay in Verulamium with my fellow patricians and travel in. Great way to avoid the plebs. Bit rich considering I'm a coccinium upstart liberti no doubt!!😅
I have to say, it was hard to avoid the plebs here, but we tried!
Went St Albany as a child but was restricted to the museum due to weather. Must go back and include one of the excellent pubs.
Thank you - the pubs were a really pleasant surprise to me. The only one I remembered was The White Hart. Thanks for watching both videos and for engaging.
What, no autographs 😂 brilliant colab, really enjoyed, thank you 😊
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it - we had a fabulous time making the 2 videos.
This is a quality Co-lab. Great content and production. I particularly liked the pub visits! Well done WC21 and Tweedy! Also thank you for the wine which I am really looking forward to tasting. (Mr. WC21 won’t be needing to sample it!) 😂
Mr. WC21 fell off the wagon in The Olde Fighting Cocks, so he will!
Thank you Tracy! I know you were in the middle of a family visit and I really appreciate you all excusing Mr WC21 for the day so we could film this, it was a really fun day out, very educational for me, and I'm quite proud of the end result. I really hope you enjoy the wine, you're most welcome!
Very amusing and educational. I hope to see more collaborations. The mention of Sir Mortimer Wheeler feels me with dread as he was a panellist on what to me (as a young lad) was the most boring half hour on 1950s TV, namely 'Animal, vegetable or mineral'. I have also noticed how the Romans used those brick tiles on their structures, a good example being London Wall.
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it. Wheeler was something of a cad, according to accounts!
Those brick tiles seem to be something of a staple - I’ve seen them a lot in the north, where they built with stone, as opposed to flint.
Thank you for watching and commenting - much appreciated.
That was very interesting and very well presented, well done!!
I too hale from this area, in nearby Hemel, but moved away very young so its always a discovery when I go back.
I see there was a Tweed invasion of the nearby hostelries!!
Have a great weekend!!
Cheers and glad you enjoyed. Despite the proximity to London and major roads, there’s a fair amount of surviving antiquity around this area.
We really enjoyed making both videos and I think it’s been quite a few years since St. Albans has seen so much tweed!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd Yes it's a lovely part of the world.
Not much to see but fond memories of going to Berkhampstead castle with Grandparents!!
OK, I own up ...... I too have a tweed jacket, Harris Tweed no less, brought second hand at Camden Market!!
Berkhampstead Castle is a great site - and an important one in terms of the conquest.
Be careful with that jacket - the first one can lead to a lifetime addiction!
That was very interesting WC21&Tweedy Outdoors. I just remembered I had visited this place within the last 7/8 years as well! I hope you enjoyed a glass of that wine?! 😀
Thank you Kayleigh! We did enjoy it. And the wine flows freely when you're with Tweedy Outdoors. Watch this space - we have another coming soon!
Great video, very informative
Thank you Sam - glad you enjoyed it! Lots to see there and I’m sure there are a few ghost stories to investigate.
@@WC21UKProductionsLtdOooooh! I've visited St Albans twice, but I haven't looked into the spooky stuff.... yet 😂
Adding to the list 😁
Distant memories suggest there might be some ghostly goings on at the abbey!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd thanks! I'll definitely look into it 😁
Warning folks, I fear this is a devious plot by the tailor's guild, to increase influence with the yoof!
Yes! We should have put a warning about the excessive use of tweed in this production! Thanks for watching and commenting.
He's onto us!
Life back then was hard, required resilience
Joys upon the stage, fended off the pestilence
Sometimes for the silliness
We needed things contemptuous
Standing out 'fore
And also quite between us
With this magic
Past and new
Acting stage redeem us
Life's troubles can be tragic
The stage transforms to magic
Magic with a "g"
Not "majick"
That's just silly nonsense...
One day I will finish something that I have started. My pen doth apologise.
Brilliant as usual - thanks!
That it is a theatre and not an amphitheatre further supports the notion that it was civilisation that declined quickly, not necessarily state power. The same with using a mosaic as a corn-drying floor. When we melted down our railings to make spitfires and used our stately homes as hospitals for the war wounded it was a temporary blip in business as usual. Not so with the Romans, the transfer of public spending to a defence economy could've turned out well but didn't. This individual settlement, though; don't you think it was only a tiny island of Romanitas in a sea of barbarism post-450? it hits that sweet spot of transition into darkness and then into England, with less darkness in that particular area. I would seriously doubt some of the dates if it wasn't for the rare documentary evidence. Is it continuity if nothing at all of its culture made it through to today?
We were just trying to address the old 410 everything stopped argument. Yes, by the end of the 5th Century, once grand homes were being used as barns.
St. Germanus of Auxerre attended an ecclesiastical debate here in 445 and describes a Romano British settlement. Although he does go on to claim he led the locals in defence from a Saxon attack. This claim might just be exaggerated, possibly?
In terms of the 4th Century, we are putting up an argument that the theatre going out of use around 350 is not conclusive proof that Roman Britain was declining at that stage: it may have been linked to the switch to Christianity, or simply the age of the building.
They were still building grand homes here in 380/390.
Thanks for commenting - we did have a lot of fun making this!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd is there any evidence of ploughing inside the walls or building clearance in the late 4th C?
Not as far as I can see. Just reorganisation of buildings. Roll forward 150 years and it looks like the Roman town was dead/dying. Modern day St. Albans is next to it, as opposed to on it. Suggesting it became a quarry!
@@WC21UKProductionsLtd does the name St Albans go back far? That’d be a good indicator of continuity, imho
I will have to check (currently stuck in traffic!), but I think there’s a break. I wonder if the decaying Roman town was avoided by the English, as we’ve seen elsewhere.