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Love your videos Joolz. Truly some of the best content on TH-cam. I’ve forwarded regularly to a friend who drives for a very famous actor. And not a lot of people know that! Have you ever ‘done’ Kilburn/Willesden? Too far out? It’d be good to know something of the history while some of the buildings are still there. Just wanted to say thank you .
Another great video. Delighted to hear about the forthcoming 'Music Hall' film. I contacted you last year about this very subject. My grandfather was a 'Music Hall Comedian/Actor/Mimic' who travelled throughout UK (born 1870 nr Bristol married my London born grandmother in Islington). His local spots were = Finsbury Park Empire and Collins (Islington Green). On the bill with all the known acts of the day inc Chaplin and played for Fred Karno's troupe too. Hackney Empire still stands and worth a visit and also Wiltons.
All vedios of his this project is completely fine to learn English language, Travel encourage, Hotel Business, Vedio making training, Learning to present a city and lifestyle.
Discovering your walks has been one of the few highlights during the pandemic. Apart from being informative they’re also entertaining. As 80+ year old Londoner it’s still good to learn about places & things I’ve been too so many times. Joolz a mighty big thank you from a grateful subscriber.
The box on the pillar box is for additional mailbags to be left for postmen. It coincides with the closing of the majority of post office counters sub-post offices, which were the main points to have bags dropped. They are now redundant as the post is now all van based.
Eric Gill slept with his sister, and also defiled his children and his dog. The statue he created on the front of the BBC Building in London was recently damaged by a protester. The BBc have been asked to remove it numerous times, they still refuse. When he was creating it above the entrance doors he wore a smock with no underclothes. The secretaries were told not to look up when they entered the building. The BBc also has other pieces of his work, so no surprise they protected Jimmy Saville, Stewart Hall, Rolf Harris and I wonder how many others. This is just one reason i handed in our licence and only watch youtube etc. No need for the BBc propaganda when excellent content like this is available, Thank you Jools.
Fascinating to see and hear the history of where my Grandma was from. She was born in Mile End in 1911 and told me a story about coming home from work in World War II only to find the Luftwaffe had destroyed the whole street.
My great grandfather, was buried in the Cemetery in Mile End near the railway tracks. Unfortunately, during WW2, a bomb which was aimed at the railway ended up landing on his grave where it destroyed his grave.
As a person born and brought up in Bow, I feel the need to put Joolz right on a couple of bits of pronunciation. To East Enders Coborn Road is pronounced Cobern not Co-born and Tredegar was never pronounced in the Welsh way, it was Tredd-iger. As most of us have moved away nowadays, maybe these names are said differently now, but that’s how we always pronounced them. Great video,
Does any one else break-out their maps of London and Google maps while watching Joolz Guides? I love doing so, and learn so much. Mile End Place looks like a lovely little street to live.
@@larrygrimaldi1400 This is how I learned about "Birdcage Walk" off Regent's Park! Alibet, after I had been in London Oct 2018. I was so close too! I watched The Guards walking by in the way to the Palace. I only "found" Joolz April 2020 during our "lockdown." - Eric in USA
Another great factoid Jules, my grandfather was born in Stepney 1889, he went to music Hall, loved music and was self taught competent pianist, he said outside the music halls were fruit and vegetable sellers selling cabbages cauliflowers and fruit, patrons used to buy these to throw at the performers on stage, they were all rotted produce, once thrown at the hapless souls at the end of the night, the sellers would then collect them up to again sell the next day for the same purpose, rotted cabbage smack in the face
Born and bred in the east end, went to school in Stepney and worked in Mile End hospital for 5 years. When I worked there workhouse building in the video was being used as a store and had a very eerie atmosphere and was rumoured to be haunted . My grandfather was on leave from the Royal Marines when the V1 hit the bridge both he and my grandmother were in the street heading towards the bridge when the rocket hit, fortunately they weren’t caught in the blast. Great video, thanks.
So enjoyed this - just found your postings. I was the pharmacist in St Clements in 1969 when it was a psychiatric hospital. It was also a drug addiction unit and I used to hand out measured doses of methadone through a tiny hatch to people on addiction treatment programmes. Used to explore the history of Bow and it was great to see again some of the places. Thank you.
I like your trousers, Julian. The East End looks more attractive now. When I lived in Mile End it was quite a poor & depressed sort of an area, but in a way I felt privileged to be able to see how people lived there, compared to where I had trained in Friern Hospital, New Southgate in the north of London.
Great video! There used to be so many breweries in and around Bow because the water mills were close by. Some of them like the Three Mills (totally worth a visit) and St. Thomas's Mill (later Pudding Mill) were there from the 12th-13th century. The Stratford Langthorne Abbey (aka West Ham Abby) owned a whole lot of them and supplied bread to the City of London and was so important it was even excluded from paying the levy on bringing goods to the city.
Awesome! Right at the beginning you mention Colchester! I was born in a small town near Colchester called Braintree! lol There’s a third little town called Witham and those 3 towns are connected by location and there’s a bus that goes through those 3 towns in a sort of circle. It travels from Witham to Colchester then on to Braintree it then returns to Witham and goes round again lol. After we moved to America my Nana used to send us the newspaper called “The Braintree and Witham Times” once a week if I remember right lol its been quite a few years lol There’s a castle in Colchester that’s been there since before the Normans showed up and you can see where the Normans added onto it. Anyway there’s a big English oak tree next to the castle that’s been there for hundreds of years. I have photos of family members next to that tree going back to the time of the first cameras in the 1800’s and a painting of two of my ancestors from the time before cameras. So we have photos of my parents next to that tree and my grandparents and my great grandparents and my great great grandparents and on and on all the way back to the time of the painting. This year when I go to visit I’ll have my photo taken there. Then I’ll get one of my son and his wife and then my grandson! That’ll make something like 10 or 11 generations by that same tree lol. Cheers
People of the Abyss by Jack London is an amazing read with an enlightening look at what it was like for the poor in the East End of London in Victorian times. My Dad’s side of the family lived in Mile End on Maplin St., in the mid 1800’s, till they moved to West Ham’s Canning Town Area where my Dad was born in 1925. His home on Hermit Rd was bombed twice during WW2.
Kingsley Hall was named after Kingsley Lester, the brother of Doris and Muriel Lester who founded Kingsley Hall & who had died in his twenties. Her book It Occurred to Me gives something of an overview of the life the two sisters had in Bow. Muriel was a Christian pacifist who visited Gandhi and invited him to stay with her when she learned he was coming to London. I believe she introduced him to Chaplin. As Travelling Secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation she was in China just after the Rape of Nanking. Her papers can be found at the Bishopsgate Institute.
I love when Simon sneaks a retort into the edit. Joolz patronizingly says at one point “That’s why you’re invited, Simon” and you hear off-camera “Well, I’m paid !” Good for you Simon !
That was fun! I wrote an essay on George Lansbury when I was an undergraduate. Not only was he Angela Lansbury's grandfather but also the late great Oliver Postgate of The Clangers and Bagpuss renown. So we have much to be grateful to Good old George and the consequences of his active sex life.
Lovely video from where I was born and raised until 1971 when I turned 20. Lovely to see my old Manor again. Although it is a million miles from the Bow that I grew up in it remains "home" for me and a lovely place.
Fond memories of living and staying around this area. It's great to see you explore it in depth, and even spot some things I used to just walk right past!
Hi from Canada .Love all your videos . Especially like the background music in this one. As someone who has a vague overall knowledge of London I personally would like to see a map every now and then in your videos of were exactly you are in the city at that moment .
William Booth founder of the Salvation Army opened a match factory; called 'lights in darkest England' in order to help the people who made matches. Love your videos keep them coming!
There was a Bryant & May factory in Melbourne, Australia - you could still see the advertisement painted on the side of the building as you came towards the city on the train.
OK I'm a long time viewer. Don't mine this channel being only 6m old, but I'm gunna say this is the BEST video you have done. The culture, the scenery and the history for this video are groundbreaking. I'm Australian and I love to see our similarities through history with U :) - Steven (iRazerSource) MCTeamTNT.....
A flap at the back to do your poo.....sometimes the most basic description is the most amusing! Of course, my mind is perpetually in the gutter, so the bar is not very high! Love your work, Joolz! 😂
I lived in the Bow Quarter (Bryant and May factory) in the early 1990's when they were still converting sections of the old factory. The flat's were supposed to be "New York loft style apartments" they were quite spacious but I wouldn't call them luxury, well not back then. It was quite bleak with one whole wing still empty and waiting to be developed, and walking around at night gave me the creeps. We bought our flat for £96,000 in 1992 and instantly went into negative equity, I bet they sell for a lot more than that now! Also did you know that there is a musical called (very imaginatively) "The matchgirls" based on the events that took place there? Thanks for such a brilliant video Joolz.
If I can make a request, my 2 favourite things that London has are great food and museums. Can you do an episode of either Londons best foods, or most obscure museums?
Check out Joolz' channel page. He's made videos including visits to several interesting little London museums. If memory serves, he went to the old doctors' museum where they keep unusual medical specimens, and to one of Charles Dickens' London homes now a museum where they keep his writing desk and other things he owned. As for the food reviews, just find another channel. He doesn't seem that interested in making videos of himself eating for some reason.
Or, I recently just found out that I have a second cousin from Essex. How about an episode from Essex? (If it’s not too much to ask for a London tour guide to venture out there)
My family lived in Mile End New Town in 1880s onwards. Three of family were early members of Social Democratic Federation and Great Uncle was George Lansbury's election agent and also worked as a carpenter to build the People's Palace. Jack London came to stay with my family and we think had a fling with my Great Aunt. He was a notorious womaniser.
I’m so ashamed. I’m from North London and never even imagined such marvelous places of historical value. I loved London although not so much now with all the new stuff that’s gone up. Despite that, there’s still a lot of wonderful history if you know where to look. Joolz guides does! Thank you!!
joolz guides are like led zeppelin albums, you can listen/watch over and over and they maintain interesting. i love this channel so much, I often rewatch episodes. its the only channel/show that keeps my interest.
Oh boy, I’m a day late and a dollar short again. I must have slept thru Sunday now it’s Joolz on Monday. Well this just proves any day is a good day if Joolz is on ⛄️⛄️⛄️
Hi Jules, yet another interesting video. You mentioned your passion for canals, the first house I lived in was in Tentelow Lane, Southall and we had the Grand Union Canal at the bottom of the garden and I remember sitting on the banks fishing and watching the barges go by. I was amused to see the photo of Gandhi with Cockney folk was outside Kingsley Hall and as you mentioned Ben Kingsley played him in the movie. At the end you mentioned the ghost in the pub that flushed the toilets while ladies were on them - it reminds of when I was at Grammar School we used to watch for someone to enter a stall and then would reach over the top from the adjacent one and pull the chain - one of the little things that made school life tolerable. Thanks for all you videos, they are always entertaining and much looked forward to
Ive got People of.the Abyss on my Kindle. I'm three quarter way through and I can't face any more. It is SO horrible. It makes you feel physical pain to read it. And it was real not made up. When people now complain about being poor,well they just don't know.
Pip Pip, Joolzies!!( too soon...?) I'm headed to London Town in October. Your films have been my little arm chair text book and I'm having so much fun getting to know London street by street. Truly fascinating facts!! I can hardly wait to tread where Joolz has tread!! ( also Richard The Lion Heart and those old cats...)
I can't believe that you didn't spend longer in Tower Hamlets Cemetery... it doesn't have mega famous writers, actors etc but it does have many very notable people that were very important in significant historical events relating to the area. Alfred Linnell who died in the battle of Trafalgar Square, Clara Grant, Will Crooks, Joseph Westwood, Major John Buckley VC: soldier and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross, for his bravery in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 among others . It also has the graves of very many Barnados children and also very many civilians who died in the Blitz and the Bethnal Green tube disaster . It has a lot of history. It is also a very beautiful calm oasis to walk and sit in amid the hustle and bustle of Mile End. The locals of Mile End love it. BTW the grave of Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn was right behind you!
Thanks. Yes, I had planned to but we got thrown out for filming! It's always a problem. I have no idea why anyone would have a problem with me filming in there and I had planned to visit a few of the ones you mentioned. It ain't easy this caper. Thanks again for watching!
@@Joolzguides Thanks for replying, thats a real shame as it is a public space and you should be able to film, I would say that it probably relates to one of two things privacy or money..I would think the latter in this instance as they do seem to lease it out on occasions :-) Such a shame. They have a back gate BTW. I must also say that I do LOVE your videos :)
Clera grant had thing on a Saturday in whitethorn street were all the kids would walk under this made wooden arch if you was small enough wee paid a farfhin and got.a farfhin bundle excuse my spelling
The last time I was in Bow was back in 2016 and I have travelled many a time on the tube through Mile End station and was last in Mile End in 2019 back in the days of normal. Great to see some familiar places again 👍
When I was growing up in the East End, we used to call that bridge over the River Lea at Bow "Stinkhouse Bridge". There must have been an abbatoir/glue factory/? along the riverside. The strong odours would even come into the buses as we went to the shops at Stratford! The double decker buses did not go over the flyover which was relatively new back in those days. I seem to remember that there were bus stops at road level alongside the flyover in both directions. There used to be a pub at the westbound side of the Bow road - just past the roundabout, called "The Bombay Grab". It was in front of those blocks of flats that Joolz walked past. Wonder how that ale shop got it's name? Great work as always Joolz. Stay safe and well.
Thanks so much for producing these videos I've got alot of entertainment/fun from watching them. Was glad to see you pickup a snail and move it off the sidewalk in one vid most people dont do that shows you have a good heart...keep up the great work!
Joolz, I am going to admit something. I live very far west from you, so usually on a Sunday I have a plethora of You Tube videos to watch. I save yours until last, as it is always the best. Thank you.
Tredegar is pronounced Tred-ee--gar....the Morgan family home is in Newport South Wales and it's called Tredegar House. Fun fact....The famous pirate Capt Morgan was a member of the family 👍
Hi Joolz & Simon, I've forgotten how nice green lawns look since Toronto and area received 30-36 cm of snow on January 17, sure it's nice to look at and only the short month of February to endure before Spring is within reach! Great walking video, as always, thanks!
The box on the back of the post box was used to put bags of mail in. someone would drop off bags full of mail and as you get to the box you'd put your empty bag in and take the full one till you reach the next box. Edit: The royal mail doesnt tend to use these anymore. well not down in kent. Love your content man keep it up!
Oh what joy to be notified of a new Joolz video! I love starting my Sunday mornings watching these. When there isn't a new video, I usually watch one of your other ones. I'm always amazed that you can find new topics to cover and am hoping that you will make a video on past musical entertainers or music halls of the past. Cheers from San Gabriel, California!!
There are attractive places everywhere yeah there are ugly areas too but luckily now a bunch are getting rebuilt And improved as they take down uglier buildings.
I was born there and lived in the 70's and 80's and I can honestly say back then it was filled with such beautiful people. Everybody helped everyone out despite having very little themselves. We only had one homeless person who slept down Roman road who was always woke up to a cooked breakfast and dinner and invited in by everyone for a Sunday Dinner and for Christmas. I was heartbroken when we moved in the 90's due to the terrible violence but it changed so much. We lived on top of a pub so it was a target. I come alive whenever I visit there and only just worked out why. Apparently for the past 300 years my family both on my paternal and maternal side lived there sometimes even on the same street without ever knowing. We lived on a street that 2 relatives had lived on over a hundred years ago and didn't have a clue. The place has such a strong pull for me. I must say despite having so many wonderful educational places you showed like Queen Marys I didn't know one local child encouraged to go. We didn't even really know the places existed oddly enough. Forgive the trip down memory lane but you featured 2 of my old streets so couldn't resist. Thank you for the upload!
Nice that you are starting to cover some of the areas I know. I worked at Silvermans for a bit about 37 years ago, I used to cycle from Forest Gate and then after work I'd cycle to my other job at MacDonalds in East Ham. I'm sure I went over the flyover a couple of times. They never had a proper shop front then, sales were out of a small office in the warehouse type building you show briefly in the video. I also remember passing Poplar Public Baths when Dad used to drive us into London.
thk u joolz for wonderful jack london book tip...the very first episode i ever saw of call the midwife(set in poplar) related to a woman who had been in a workhouse, the christmas special 2012,,,apparently poor workhouses went on for a few more decades, maybe 1938 or so they were actually closed down
I absolutely love, and look forward to, 'Joolz Guides.' Refreshing, interesting, informative and presented by someone that is without equal. Wonderful presentations, "please keep up the fantastic work."
I have been watching Joolz now for quite some time, seen every post, probably the most interesting guides of all time. He genuinely deserves his spot on “Strictly” I live 70 miles away in Dover and my daughter lives in London and sees him occasionally. Joolz I think you deserve a place on live TV , I have learned so much from your commentary and hope to book you for a personal tour if you ever get back to that Cheers Cliff
Marvellous indeed Joolz! If you went down the little ally next to bow bells pub there is an alms house that I have always been curious about but never found any info on it. I was really hoping you'd go down there. Brilliant video of an area I used to go daily for work and never knew most of this info!!
Thanks for the great video !!! A lot of memories as I used to study and stay there in the 80's, but I just walked by and never noticed !!! If there is a time machine and I saw this video back in 80's that would be facinating !!!
Enjoyed watching your new vlog, Joolz. Did you change your camera? The quality of the video is so crisp and clear. Love it! Regards to Simon. Cheers from the the Philippines!
Very nice walking tour of Mile End & Bow. I stayed there off and on for a while and have many fond memories of the place. Since I did a lot of walking, it's good to see how many places have stayed the same. I have always appreciated all the historical areas and they all need to be protected.and preserved as much as possible.
This took me back to my childhood. We lived in Stepney and I went to Raines Foundation School for Girls. Local grammar school. There was a boy’s school next door. I was a patient once at the Mile End Hospital and also went to various productions at the People’s Palace as a teenager. One of my best friend’s dad ran the Whitechapel Art Gallery. They showed very early and important works of art like Rothko and Pollock.Good memories.
hi Joolz, Just to let you know when you decide to Tour London with Friends and London Enthusiast, I will first to buy your tour Ticket. I love your London Walking Tour Videos! 👍
Joolz, the editing in your videos as well as the historical research.....is superb. Just really superb. Your humor is delightful. Thank you so much to you and your team.
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The pub-ghost may flush the toi but isn't allowed to drink the beer.
You've noticed the temple's spreading fear lying to Children the next generation 🦉and said nothing 😔
Love your videos Joolz. Truly some of the best content on TH-cam. I’ve forwarded regularly to a friend who drives for a very famous actor. And not a lot of people know that! Have you ever ‘done’ Kilburn/Willesden? Too far out? It’d be good to know something of the history while some of the buildings are still there. Just wanted to say thank you .
Another great video. Delighted to hear about the forthcoming 'Music Hall' film. I contacted you last year about this very subject. My grandfather was a 'Music Hall Comedian/Actor/Mimic' who travelled throughout UK (born 1870 nr Bristol married my London born grandmother in Islington). His local spots were = Finsbury Park Empire and Collins (Islington Green). On the bill with all the known acts of the day inc Chaplin and played for Fred Karno's troupe too. Hackney Empire still stands and worth a visit and also Wiltons.
All vedios of his this project is completely fine to learn English language, Travel encourage, Hotel Business, Vedio making training, Learning to present a city and lifestyle.
Discovering your walks has been one of the few highlights during the pandemic. Apart from being informative they’re also entertaining. As 80+ year old Londoner it’s still good to learn about places & things I’ve been too so many times. Joolz a mighty big thank you from a grateful subscriber.
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@@resnonverba137 get over it and show some respect toooo your elders.
The box on the pillar box is for additional mailbags to be left for postmen. It coincides with the closing of the majority of post office counters sub-post offices, which were the main points to have bags dropped. They are now redundant as the post is now all van based.
Thanks!
Yes in some places they tied delivery carts to things like lampposts even
When I was a nipper our local postie had his second bag dropped in our kitchen.
Thanks for the info!
They call them dropboxes
Eric Gill slept with his sister, and also defiled his children and his dog. The statue he created on the front of the BBC Building in London was recently damaged by a protester. The BBc have been asked to remove it numerous times, they still refuse. When he was creating it above the entrance doors he wore a smock with no underclothes. The secretaries were told not to look up when they entered the building. The BBc also has other pieces of his work, so no surprise they protected Jimmy Saville, Stewart Hall, Rolf Harris and I wonder how many others. This is just one reason i handed in our licence and only watch youtube etc. No need for the BBc propaganda when excellent content like this is available, Thank you Jools.
Cancel Culture lives in London!
So Eric was a nonce
Absolutely makes my day when a new episode of jules arrives ❤❤
Fascinating to see and hear the history of where my Grandma was from. She was born in Mile End in 1911 and told me a story about coming home from work in World War II only to find the Luftwaffe had destroyed the whole street.
Are you THE Vinny Samways?
@@DavidSmith-jm9wf i can imagine it is THE vinny samways. He was born in bethnal green, just next to mile end. :0
Oh dear Woman's Weekly was born same year Still running
The graveyard off Mile End is one of the most unique places in London. Got lost once taking a shortcut cycling through. Very eerie at night 😱
My great grandfather, was buried in the Cemetery in Mile End near the railway tracks. Unfortunately, during WW2, a bomb which was aimed at the railway ended up landing on his grave where it destroyed his grave.
Bow cemetery
As a person born and brought up in Bow, I feel the need to put Joolz right on a couple of bits of pronunciation. To East Enders Coborn Road is pronounced Cobern not Co-born and Tredegar was never pronounced in the Welsh way, it was Tredd-iger.
As most of us have moved away nowadays, maybe these names are said differently now, but that’s how we always pronounced them.
Great video,
Does any one else break-out their maps of London and Google maps while watching Joolz Guides? I love doing so, and learn so much. Mile End Place looks like a lovely little street to live.
What a great idea!
@@larrygrimaldi1400 This is how I learned about "Birdcage Walk" off Regent's Park! Alibet, after I had been in London Oct 2018.
I was so close too! I watched The Guards walking by in the way to the Palace. I only "found" Joolz April 2020 during our "lockdown." - Eric in USA
Another great factoid Jules, my grandfather was born in Stepney 1889, he went to music Hall, loved music and was self taught competent pianist, he said outside the music halls were fruit and vegetable sellers selling cabbages cauliflowers and fruit, patrons used to buy these to throw at the performers on stage, they were all rotted produce, once thrown at the hapless souls at the end of the night, the sellers would then collect them up to again sell the next day for the same purpose, rotted cabbage smack in the face
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Reduce, recycle, reuse. Such conscientious merchants.
“Here hare here.” A Withnail reference embedded in another terrific video: what a great start to my Sunday.
Born and bred in the east end, went to school in Stepney and worked in Mile End hospital for 5 years. When I worked there workhouse building in the video was being used as a store and had a very eerie atmosphere and was rumoured to be haunted . My grandfather was on leave from the Royal Marines when the V1 hit the bridge both he and my grandmother were in the street heading towards the bridge when the rocket hit, fortunately they weren’t caught in the blast. Great video, thanks.
Yay, Mile End, my old stamping ground from my student days. 😍
Lived and worked there in 85 experienced the storm that winter apart from that the people were salt of the earth proud scotsman here
So enjoyed this - just found your postings. I was the pharmacist in St Clements in 1969 when it was a psychiatric hospital. It was also a drug addiction unit and I used to hand out measured doses of methadone through a tiny hatch to people on addiction treatment programmes. Used to explore the history of Bow and it was great to see again some of the places. Thank you.
Just to say Gillian st Clements is no more. The land now houses. The good news is that 9 wards moved into mile end hospital.
I like your trousers, Julian. The East End looks more attractive now. When I lived in Mile End it was quite a poor & depressed sort of an area, but in a way I felt privileged to be able to see how people lived there, compared to where I had trained in Friern Hospital, New Southgate in the north of London.
Great video!
There used to be so many breweries in and around Bow because the water mills were close by. Some of them like the Three Mills (totally worth a visit) and St. Thomas's Mill (later Pudding Mill) were there from the 12th-13th century. The Stratford Langthorne Abbey (aka West Ham Abby) owned a whole lot of them and supplied bread to the City of London and was so important it was even excluded from paying the levy on bringing goods to the city.
Tredegar (pronounced Tree-Dee-Gar) is just outside Newport in the way to Cardiff, if you were interested
Tell him , I grew up around there I wondered what he was talking about
Awesome! Right at the beginning you mention Colchester! I was born in a small town near Colchester called Braintree! lol There’s a third little town called Witham and those 3 towns are connected by location and there’s a bus that goes through those 3 towns in a sort of circle. It travels from Witham to Colchester then on to Braintree it then returns to Witham and goes round again lol. After we moved to America my Nana used to send us the newspaper called “The Braintree and Witham Times” once a week if I remember right lol its been quite a few years lol
There’s a castle in Colchester that’s been there since before the Normans showed up and you can see where the Normans added onto it. Anyway there’s a big English oak tree next to the castle that’s been there for hundreds of years. I have photos of family members next to that tree going back to the time of the first cameras in the 1800’s and a painting of two of my ancestors from the time before cameras. So we have photos of my parents next to that tree and my grandparents and my great grandparents and my great great grandparents and on and on all the way back to the time of the painting. This year when I go to visit I’ll have my photo taken there. Then I’ll get one of my son and his wife and then my grandson! That’ll make something like 10 or 11 generations by that same tree lol. Cheers
Oaks remember and will appreciate that so much.
People of the Abyss by Jack London is an amazing read with an enlightening look at what it was like for the poor in the East End of London in Victorian times. My Dad’s side of the family lived in Mile End on Maplin St., in the mid 1800’s, till they moved to West Ham’s Canning Town Area where my Dad was born in 1925. His home on Hermit Rd was bombed twice during WW2.
Kingsley Hall was named after Kingsley Lester, the brother of Doris and Muriel Lester who founded Kingsley Hall & who had died in his twenties. Her book It Occurred to Me gives something of an overview of the life the two sisters had in Bow. Muriel was a Christian pacifist who visited Gandhi and invited him to stay with her when she learned he was coming to London. I believe she introduced him to Chaplin. As Travelling Secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation she was in China just after the Rape of Nanking. Her papers can be found at the Bishopsgate Institute.
I love when Simon sneaks a retort into the edit. Joolz patronizingly says at one point “That’s why you’re invited, Simon” and you hear off-camera “Well, I’m paid !” Good for you Simon !
Ha ha! He makes plenty of those I assure you!!! (But I edit the films so only include the best ones!)😂
@@Joolzguides 25:45 "Have we found this bloody place yet?"😂😂😂
I always feel better after watching your walks. Thank you
Any Sunday morning that dawns with a new Joolz Guides video to watch is a Sunday worth getting out of bed for.
Bow Bus Garage has been a tram depot and a trolleybus depot in it's life time...hence the lovely arched entrance's..
The back and forth between Joolz and Simon is really my favorite bit of these vids. Thanks for taking us along on another fab walkabout.
25:56 Ironically, 51 years after Gandhi stayed at Kingsley Hall, he was portrayed in the movie "Gandhi" by actor Ben Kingsley. A glitch in the matrix?
Just here to see if anyone else noticed that too and satisfied ❤️
You need to go to 3 Mills not too far from Bow Flyover go towards Blackwall Tunnel on left hand side near the Tesco store. 😁
They use to film Masterchef there up until last year … I’m sure it has a richer history than that though … 😂
Three mill Lane the old distillery
That was fun! I wrote an essay on George Lansbury when I was an undergraduate. Not only was he Angela Lansbury's grandfather but also the late great Oliver Postgate of The Clangers and Bagpuss renown. So we have much to be grateful to Good old George and the consequences of his active sex life.
Can't wait for that music hall video!
I'll say it again, sounds like the most dangerous thing you could do in a match factory is have a strike...
Ha ha!
Boom boom 💥!
You really should have a TV series! Forget Grand Designs, how about Grand Walks series.
Lovely video from where I was born and raised until 1971 when I turned 20. Lovely to see my old Manor again. Although it is a million miles from the Bow that I grew up in it remains "home" for me and a lovely place.
Fond memories of living and staying around this area. It's great to see you explore it in depth, and even spot some things I used to just walk right past!
Hi from Canada .Love all your videos . Especially like the background music in this one.
As someone who has a vague overall knowledge of London I personally would like to see a map every now and then in your videos of were exactly you are in the city at that moment .
Lovely Chopin's piano. 🎹 😃
William Booth founder of the Salvation Army opened a match factory; called 'lights in darkest England' in order to help the people who made matches.
Love your videos keep them coming!
There was a Bryant & May factory in Melbourne, Australia - you could still see the advertisement painted on the side of the building as you came towards the city on the train.
OK I'm a long time viewer. Don't mine this channel being only 6m old, but I'm gunna say this is the BEST video you have done. The culture, the scenery and the history for this video are groundbreaking. I'm Australian and I love to see our similarities through history with U :) - Steven (iRazerSource) MCTeamTNT.....
Loved it Joolzy , CHEERS FROM CALIFORNIA !
A flap at the back to do your poo.....sometimes the most basic description is the most amusing! Of course, my mind is perpetually in the gutter, so the bar is not very high! Love your work, Joolz! 😂
Did my Erasmus at QMUL and it was lovely to learn more about this lovely neighborhood where I have made so many fond memories.
I lived in the Bow Quarter (Bryant and May factory) in the early 1990's when they were still converting sections of the old factory. The flat's were supposed to be "New York loft style apartments" they were quite spacious but I wouldn't call them luxury, well not back then. It was quite bleak with one whole wing still empty and waiting to be developed, and walking around at night gave me the creeps. We bought our flat for £96,000 in 1992 and instantly went into negative equity, I bet they sell for a lot more than that now! Also did you know that there is a musical called (very imaginatively) "The matchgirls" based on the events that took place there? Thanks for such a brilliant video Joolz.
If I can make a request, my 2 favourite things that London has are great food and museums. Can you do an episode of either Londons best foods, or most obscure museums?
I do cover a lot of obscure museums. I could make a compilation I suppose.
It's hard to visit them all in one video as it takes too long.
Check out Joolz' channel page. He's made videos including visits to several interesting little London museums. If memory serves, he went to the old doctors' museum where they keep unusual medical specimens, and to one of Charles Dickens' London homes now a museum where they keep his writing desk and other things he owned.
As for the food reviews, just find another channel. He doesn't seem that interested in making videos of himself eating for some reason.
Or, I recently just found out that I have a second cousin from Essex. How about an episode from Essex? (If it’s not too much to ask for a London tour guide to venture out there)
My family lived in Mile End New Town in 1880s onwards. Three of family were early members of Social Democratic Federation and Great Uncle was George Lansbury's election agent and also worked as a carpenter to build the People's Palace. Jack London came to stay with my family and we think had a fling with my Great Aunt. He was a notorious womaniser.
I’m so ashamed. I’m from North London and never even imagined such marvelous places of historical value. I loved London although not so much now with all the new stuff that’s gone up. Despite that, there’s still a lot of wonderful history if you know where to look. Joolz guides does! Thank you!!
joolz guides are like led zeppelin albums, you can listen/watch over and over and they maintain interesting. i love this channel so much, I often rewatch episodes. its the only channel/show that keeps my interest.
Great analogy with the mighty Zep Janet 👍😁
I'm a student at Queen Mary and I'm kicking myself I didn't bump into you on campus! Always wanted to get to see a piece of these videos live
Oh boy, I’m a day late and a dollar short again. I must have slept thru Sunday now it’s Joolz on Monday.
Well this just proves any day is a good day if Joolz is on ⛄️⛄️⛄️
That brings back a few memories of when I used to live on Bow Road !
great video; what a coincidence Gandhi in (Ben)Kinsgley Hall
Hi Jules, yet another interesting video. You mentioned your passion for canals, the first house I lived in was in Tentelow Lane, Southall and we had the Grand Union Canal at the bottom of the garden and I remember sitting on the banks fishing and watching the barges go by. I was amused to see the photo of Gandhi with Cockney folk was outside Kingsley Hall and as you mentioned Ben Kingsley played him in the movie. At the end you mentioned the ghost in the pub that flushed the toilets while ladies were on them - it reminds of when I was at Grammar School we used to watch for someone to enter a stall and then would reach over the top from the adjacent one and pull the chain - one of the little things that made school life tolerable.
Thanks for all you videos, they are always entertaining and much looked forward to
Love sitting down and eating my lunch along side these videos
Ive got People of.the Abyss on my Kindle. I'm three quarter way through and I can't face any more. It is SO horrible. It makes you feel physical pain to read it. And it was real not made up. When people now complain about being poor,well they just don't know.
Pip Pip, Joolzies!!( too soon...?) I'm headed to London Town in October. Your films have been my little arm chair text book and I'm having so much fun getting to know London street by street. Truly fascinating facts!! I can hardly wait to tread where Joolz has tread!! ( also Richard The Lion Heart and those old cats...)
Ah ! Sunday afternoon with Joolz. Can't beat it.
I can't believe that you didn't spend longer in Tower Hamlets Cemetery... it doesn't have mega famous writers, actors etc but it does have many very notable people that were very important in significant historical events relating to the area. Alfred Linnell who died in the battle of Trafalgar Square, Clara Grant, Will Crooks, Joseph Westwood, Major John Buckley VC: soldier and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross, for his bravery in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 among others . It also has the graves of very many Barnados children and also very many civilians who died in the Blitz and the Bethnal Green tube disaster . It has a lot of history. It is also a very beautiful calm oasis to walk and sit in amid the hustle and bustle of Mile End.
The locals of Mile End love it. BTW the grave of Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn was right behind you!
Thanks. Yes, I had planned to but we got thrown out for filming! It's always a problem. I have no idea why anyone would have a problem with me filming in there and I had planned to visit a few of the ones you mentioned. It ain't easy this caper.
Thanks again for watching!
@@Joolzguides Thanks for replying, thats a real shame as it is a public space and you should be able to film, I would say that it probably relates to one of two things privacy or money..I would think the latter in this instance as they do seem to lease it out on occasions :-) Such a shame. They have a back gate BTW. I must also say that I do LOVE your videos :)
Clera grant had thing on a Saturday in whitethorn street were all the kids would walk under this made wooden arch if you was small enough wee paid a farfhin and got.a farfhin bundle excuse my spelling
We enjoyed this video and looking forward to your next one. Cheers
Really helping me “get out” while dealing with a yucky bout of sciatica. Thank you Joolz and crew! ❤️
Appropriate starting location for Joolz, outside a hair replacement clinic!
Too pricey for me!
No matter how stressful covid and wars are, your videos always make me smile. You are the one who makes me believe that the world is still beautiful ❤
The last time I was in Bow was back in 2016 and I have travelled many a time on the tube through Mile End station and was last in Mile End in 2019 back in the days of normal. Great to see some familiar places again 👍
I can't believe you were in my neighborhood! You literally were in front of my building lol. Thanks for the video!
When I was growing up in the East End, we used to call that bridge over the River Lea at Bow "Stinkhouse Bridge". There must have been an abbatoir/glue factory/? along the riverside. The strong odours would even come into the buses as we went to the shops at Stratford! The double decker buses did not go over the flyover which was relatively new back in those days. I seem to remember that there were bus stops at road level alongside the flyover in both directions.
There used to be a pub at the westbound side of the Bow road - just past the roundabout, called "The Bombay Grab". It was in front of those blocks of flats that Joolz walked past. Wonder how that ale shop got it's name? Great work as always Joolz. Stay safe and well.
The smell was well know, and I think you'll find was the old Yardley perfume factory on the other side.
Yeah so did I stinkhouse bridge it was because of the chemical factory wat was there I think it was called burk and burns but I might be wrong
@heathercutler6659 not Yardleys no fcking way.
Thanks so much for producing these videos I've got alot of entertainment/fun from watching them. Was glad to see you pickup a snail and move it off the sidewalk in one vid most people dont do that shows you have a good heart...keep up the great work!
I thought that you would mention that grime music was invented in Bow. Dizzee Rascal and Wiley and several other artists hails from there!
Joolz, I am going to admit something. I live very far west from you, so usually on a Sunday I have a plethora of You Tube videos to watch. I save yours until last, as it is always the best. Thank you.
Tredegar is pronounced Tred-ee--gar....the Morgan family home is in Newport South Wales and it's called Tredegar House. Fun fact....The famous pirate Capt Morgan was a member of the family 👍
Hi Joolz & Simon, I've forgotten how nice green lawns look since Toronto and area received 30-36 cm of snow on January 17, sure it's nice to look at and only the short month of February to endure before Spring is within reach! Great walking video, as always, thanks!
Whenever i hear Mile End i cannot help but hear Jarvis cocker singing about lifts full of urine 😂
Another fantastiche tour Joolz thank you 👍🏻
This is the area where my relatives came to New Zealand came from 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿interesting to see it now
The box on the back of the post box was used to put bags of mail in. someone would drop off bags full of mail and as you get to the box you'd put your empty bag in and take the full one till you reach the next box.
Edit: The royal mail doesnt tend to use these anymore. well not down in kent.
Love your content man keep it up!
You had a lot if fun...(Simon and Joolz)...so...we enjoyed too - again!
Thanks, best wishes from Belhrade, Serbia...🍀💚🍀
Another brilliant guide, I wish they were longer , I could watch these all night long ,
Yay! This has made my Sunday! Thanks Joolz! All the best from London, ON Canada!
Had my cuppa tea ready for the upload, cant wait to watch as always Joolz
Oh what joy to be notified of a new Joolz video! I love starting my Sunday mornings watching these. When there isn't a new video, I usually watch one of your other ones. I'm always amazed that you can find new topics to cover and am hoping that you will make a video on past musical entertainers or music halls of the past. Cheers from San Gabriel, California!!
I didn't realize there were so many attractive and unspoiled streets on the east side. Another good one Joolz. Thank you.
There are attractive places everywhere yeah there are ugly areas too but luckily now a bunch are getting rebuilt And improved as they take down uglier buildings.
I wisited Mile End in summer 2015. But I didnt realise there is so much to see. So maybe next time. Greetins from Turku Finland to Joolz.
I was born there and lived in the 70's and 80's and I can honestly say back then it was filled with such beautiful people. Everybody helped everyone out despite having very little themselves. We only had one homeless person who slept down Roman road who was always woke up to a cooked breakfast and dinner and invited in by everyone for a Sunday Dinner and for Christmas. I was heartbroken when we moved in the 90's due to the terrible violence but it changed so much. We lived on top of a pub so it was a target. I come alive whenever I visit there and only just worked out why. Apparently for the past 300 years my family both on my paternal and maternal side lived there sometimes even on the same street without ever knowing. We lived on a street that 2 relatives had lived on over a hundred years ago and didn't have a clue. The place has such a strong pull for me. I must say despite having so many wonderful educational places you showed like Queen Marys I didn't know one local child encouraged to go. We didn't even really know the places existed oddly enough. Forgive the trip down memory lane but you featured 2 of my old streets so couldn't resist. Thank you for the upload!
I came from Japan! 🇯🇵
I love London!💕✨
This video is so much fun like your other videos🤩
Nice that you are starting to cover some of the areas I know. I worked at Silvermans for a bit about 37 years ago, I used to cycle from Forest Gate and then after work I'd cycle to my other job at MacDonalds in East Ham. I'm sure I went over the flyover a couple of times. They never had a proper shop front then, sales were out of a small office in the warehouse type building you show briefly in the video. I also remember passing Poplar Public Baths when Dad used to drive us into London.
thk u joolz for wonderful jack london book tip...the very first episode i ever saw of call the midwife(set in poplar) related to a woman who had been in a workhouse, the christmas special 2012,,,apparently poor workhouses went on for a few more decades, maybe 1938 or so they were actually closed down
Splendiferous videos Sir! 👌💥 Cheers from Northern California 🙋🏼♀️
I absolutely love, and look forward to, 'Joolz Guides.'
Refreshing, interesting, informative and presented by someone that is without equal.
Wonderful presentations, "please keep up the fantastic work."
Another brilliant up and coming channel is robslondon
Glad to see more videos. Love everything about the tour and also the music, they just go so well together. Thanks Joolz!
I have been watching Joolz now for quite some time, seen every post, probably the most interesting guides of all time. He genuinely deserves his spot on “Strictly” I live 70 miles away in Dover and my daughter lives in London and sees him occasionally. Joolz I think you deserve a place on live TV , I have learned so much from your commentary and hope to book you for a personal tour if you ever get back to that
Cheers Cliff
There is a cenotaph to William Purcell, ships carpenter on HMS Bounty at Tower Hamlets. Apparently, the actual grave is in Portsmouth.
Marvellous indeed Joolz! If you went down the little ally next to bow bells pub there is an alms house that I have always been curious about but never found any info on it. I was really hoping you'd go down there. Brilliant video of an area I used to go daily for work and never knew most of this info!!
Yay! East End knowledge. Thanks Brv 👍🏾
I love that you explain the origin of street names, don't ever stop☺☺
Thanks for the great video !!! A lot of memories as I used to study and stay there in the 80's, but I just walked by and never noticed !!! If there is a time machine and I saw this video back in 80's that would be facinating !!!
Enjoyed watching your new vlog, Joolz. Did you change your camera? The quality of the video is so crisp and clear. Love it! Regards to Simon. Cheers from the the Philippines!
Fascinating! Love you, Joolz!
Very nice walking tour of Mile End & Bow. I stayed there off and on for a while and have many fond memories of the place. Since I did a lot of walking, it's good to see how many places have stayed the same. I have always appreciated all the historical areas and they all need to be protected.and preserved as much as possible.
This took me back to my childhood. We lived in Stepney and I went to Raines Foundation School for Girls. Local grammar school. There was a boy’s school next door. I was a patient once at the Mile End Hospital and also went to various productions at the People’s Palace as a teenager. One of my best friend’s dad ran the Whitechapel Art Gallery. They showed very early and important works of art like Rothko and Pollock.Good memories.
hi Joolz, Just to let you know when you decide to Tour London with Friends and London Enthusiast, I will first to buy your tour Ticket. I love your London Walking Tour Videos! 👍
Joolz, the editing in your videos as well as the historical research.....is superb. Just really superb. Your humor is delightful. Thank you so much to you and your team.
Me encantan tus videos !! I Love london 😍
The Bow bells referring to Cockneys and in the nursery rhyme are those of St. Mary-le-Bow on Cheapside in the City of London.