I heard an interesting story about Big Ben, it was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The Managing Director there had a visitor from Austria, who was also a MD of a bell foundry. He wanted to see Big Ben, so the Whitechapel MD took him there. It was lunchtime and the bell was chiming. The Whitechapel MD turned to his Austrian visitor and saw streams of tears rolling down. The Austrian visitor was asked if he was ok, and he said “You don’t know what this sound means to me” During the war across occupied Europe, citizens were banned from listening to enemy radio broadcasts. The BBC was broadcasting News bulletins in various languages. People were listening to the BBC news secretly in their homes, basements, attics etc. Getting caught listening to “enemy” broadcasts by the Nazis could mean imprisonment. All the BBC news bulletins started with the chimes of Ben Ben He said, “When I was a child, my family would listen to these broadcasts secretly and when I heard the chimes at the start of the news bulletins, I knew that London was still there. It had not been taken by the Nazis and there was hope”. So, to me, this is how important Big Ben and the tower means to western democracy, freedom and liberty.

@susieq9801

Жыл бұрын

Well stated.

@carolineb3527

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly this. A friend of mine from Hungary was a student when the Russian tanks rolled into Budapest in 1956. After lobbing Molotov cocktails at the tanks, he and his buddies literally ran for their lives and they came to the UK where my friend became an eminent academic. Many years later we asked him why he came to the UK because he could have gone anywhere. He said that when he was a child, he and his family had listened to the BBC during the war on an old crystal radio set which they had to keep secret because the penalty for being caught was certain death. The chimes of Big Ben meant meant that there were still people out there who were free, and that meant there was hope. After the war he still lived under an oppressive regime, and when he had to flee he ran towards that hope, to the sound of the bells. Everyone round that dinner table wept.

@bobbybigboyyes

Жыл бұрын

The BBC also sent coded messages in broadcasts to male and female British agents in occupied France and Germany right under the Nazi's noses.

@littleussi

Жыл бұрын

The Whitechapel Bell Foundry in east London also cast the Liberty Bell with the crack

@AlastairjCarruthers

Жыл бұрын

Whitechapel Foundry also cast the Bell of Hope, a gift from London to New York after 9/11, which is rung every year at 8:46am, the time the first plane hit the first tower. The foundry was one of the oldest businesses in the UK when it was still operating, but unfortunately closed in 2017.

One of the reasons why museums are popular tourist attractions in the UK is that most of them are free... or at least mostly free. They do ask for donations and sometimes have special exhibitions that cost extra. This means that even the poorest people can get free entertainment that is also educational.

@marycarver1542

Жыл бұрын

Why do you think you cannot get in to museums ? Most of them are entirely free as well !

@marycarver1542

10 ай бұрын

The Kinga MUSE was his mistress !

So many Americans make the mistake of thinking they’ll spend a day ticking off London’s attractions. It has dozens of major attractions, for example it has about half a dozen national museums that you could easily spend a day in each - and they are all FREE. The Tower of London needs almost all day to visit. I only live an hour from London, i have been there many times…..and I’ve barely scratched the surface of just its major sights. You could live there for years and not see everything. To give you an idea of its size, the population is about 9 million.

@lindieb5278

Жыл бұрын

Yep, slightly larger than New York!

@timsedmunds

Жыл бұрын

You'd never be able to see and know London within an entire human lifetime, not even if you were at it 24/7!

@jaxcoss5790

Жыл бұрын

@@timsedmunds I can attest to that..... ans I live here!

@B-A-L

Жыл бұрын

Actually you can pretty much see everything in a day from the museums of the West End all the way to Tower Bridge if you spend just ten minutes in each of the major free attractions so a day in London can be done, as long as you know how to get to them!

@Bob10009

Жыл бұрын

@@B-A-L if you can do the natural history museum…..or any of the others in 10 minutes, you’re a faster runner than me…..but you won’t see anything.

The jewellery collection at the V&A is unparalleled. Also, once you're there, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum are just over the road!

@frankhooper7871

Жыл бұрын

True - but IMHO you need a full day (at least!) for the V & A...and another full day for the Science Museum. Probably ditto for Natural History.

@zakyoung9062

Жыл бұрын

Yeah get there first thing in the morning for the museums and you can easily be in there all day

My grandad actually lost most of his family during the blitz when a bomb dropped on his house. Its quite a miracle how Britain kept on going

The bit about Trafalgar Square is totally rubbish , the square is to celebrate the sea battle were the British beat the French and Spanish combined fleet at Trafalgar off the coast of Spain and the death of NELSON who was the admiral during the battle and that's why his stature is at the TOP of the column that was completely ignored of a British hero known throughout the navel world . You really need to research Nelson , The Battle of Trafalgar and HMS Victory

@iriscollins7583

Жыл бұрын

I believe Central Park, used Hyde Park as a template.

@shirleyjenkins11

Жыл бұрын

I think it did touch on the battle of trafalgar but the video is only a short version of every attraction. They could dedicate hours to each attraction.

@matspurs1629

Жыл бұрын

MOjO are left wing Britain hatters

@san8524

Жыл бұрын

@@iriscollins7583 Birkenhead Park (designed by Joseph Paxton) was the template for Central Park.

@jang3412

2 ай бұрын

lawrenceglaister4364: Glad you wrote that - otherwise I would have said similar - although probably not as well! Thanks!

The structure with the cross on the top is the Albert Memorial, dedicated to the husband of Queen Victoria after he passed away quite young. The building almost off shot in the background is the Royal Albert Hall, a fantastic auditorium which hosts concerts for all types of music.

It is alright stopping and commenting but you keep missing things because when you stop you often don't rewind and miss things that are said by narrators.

@glastonbury4304

Жыл бұрын

Needs to listen more, not talk over everything, you're not taking anything in...lol

@wiliammound7942

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

@scouseaussie1638

Жыл бұрын

@@glastonbury4304 I agree he’s frustrating to watch.

@coot1925

Жыл бұрын

Those who listen will learn. Those who talk but don't listen will learn nothing. Maybe if he let the video run for more than 3 seconds he would here the answers instead of trying to guess the answers. Nuff said.

@coot1925

Жыл бұрын

Don't you just want to slap him!

Wow you don't know about the London Blitz, it wasn't just one raid it started in September 1940 until May 1941 almost every day and night. The bombing continued sporadically until nearly the end of the War including V1 flying bombs and V2 Ballistic Missiles (the first of their kind). London especially the east end was devastated. Many British City's were bombed in WW2 one of the worst was the Fire Bombing of Coventry that completely devastated the City including the 15th century St Michael's Cathedral. There are other great Museums: The Imperial War Museum (that has several sights HMS Belfast on the Thames and RAF Duxford not in London). The Science Museum. The Natural History Museum. The RAF Museum (Hendon). And many more, you could spend a month in London and not see them all, also most are FREE to enter.

@jamiehammell1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, first person i’ve seen that didn’t know about the blitz

@teejai5291

Жыл бұрын

Shit, you don't know about The Blitz? The Battle of Britain, in which a vastly outnumbered Royal Airforce beat the Germans??! Wow. I'm guessing the history you were taught in the States talks about how the US saved us all from having to speak German.....I've heard that soooo many times by Americans. We actually stopped the German invasion of the UK by ourselves (with the help of some brave Polish pilots in exile from their country). Some brushing up on history very much required

@susanroberts2289

Жыл бұрын

The blitz happened before September 1940.

@freakydeaky1435

Жыл бұрын

The imperial war museum was also hit during the blitz, some statues were never repaired, so you can still see the damage the bombs did.

@B-A-L

Жыл бұрын

Oh come on, he's American, none of them know anything about WW2 before Pearl Harbour happened!

Many museums in the UK have free admission. I find you can cross much of London going from park to park and feel like you're not really in a huge city, Green, St James, Hyde, Regent, etc. Many called the London Eye the London Eye Sore because it didn't suit the ancient architecture of the city. Trafalgar Square is often a sort of party central for special events like the end of WW2. The lions there were crafted by melting down enemy cannons and Lord Nelson, who defeated the combined Spanish and French naval forces at Trafalgar, is atop the column. London was bombed by the NAZIS every night for months killing thousands of civilians including children. The subways (tubes) were the bomb shelters. The shot of St Paul's is from the Millennium Foot Bridge over the Thames. I can't believe the video omitted Westminster Abbey!

Yeah you definitely need to look up the Blitz and the Battle of Britain - Europe was absolutely devastated by WW2

The London Eye is quite expensive, but worth it in my opinion. On the flip side, the British Museum is free to visit. And definitely a great place to go. When my Nan was a little girl, the museum was her 'playground' on a rainy day, as she was born and lived very near-by.

I can genuinely say that I've seen the National Gallery busy, but I've never felt crowded. The trick is just to let the hordes pass you and walk slowly and enjoy

London is 40% parks and gardens. The greenest city in the world. The parks are huge with a lot of wildlife, including deer. The museums and art galleries are free of charge to visitors.

@CrazyInWeston

Жыл бұрын

Due to all the trees in London, its classified as a forest, its the worlds largest urban forest.

@kevingrant7098

Жыл бұрын

I did not know London was the greenest city in the world I didn’t know the museums were free though

St Paul’s Cathedral inside is absolutely unbelievably stunning. And if you’re feeling brave, you can climb all the way to the top of the dome - which is one HECK of a hike. About double the number of steps of most cathedral towers, and they’re not for the faint-hearted either 😂. You have to be fit. It’s all spiral staircases and then you get to the first roof level and go back inside to begin the next part of the climb, which is old wrought-iron staircases, very much like fire escapes, all crisscrossing above one another as you ascend into the dome. It’s a bit unnerving if you don’t like heights as you can see all the other staircases below you as you reach the top (but they are enclosed with wire mesh which would not have been there when the Victorians built it). The engineering and architecture are absolutely state of the art. And then of course the views across London all round the dome are fantastic.

The London Eye is not a ferris wheel - The most noticeable difference is the location of the carriages. Ferris wheel carriages hang low, as they are subject to gravity - while those of a cantilevered observation wheel stick out from the outside of the wheel during the entirety of the rotation.

The National Gallery is an art gallery, mainly displaying paintings. The British Museum has a much wider range of objects (statues, ancient egyptian stuff etc). Both are free to enter, which is one reason the British Museum is the most popular tourist attraction in England.

I'd love you to react to horrible histories, not only does it have a lot of great facts, but it is also a staple of British culture (it's a good laugh too). Almost all of the clips are great and the songs are corny but brilliant!

Oh dear Tyler, you remind me of me. Every time I'm watching something on youtube (or reading in a book) I end up asking Mr. Google questions; can take ages to complete whatever I was originally doing. Way to go Tyler - keep on learning!

Oh Tyler you have such a lot to learn. You really really do old chap.

@AndrewLumsden

Жыл бұрын

Yes, he takes American ignorance to new levels. - Not only in this video!! 🤣

@jaxcoss5790

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewLumsden 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@richardwest6358

Жыл бұрын

I'm astonished he can dress himself without injury

@christopherenston4072

2 ай бұрын

I’d just like to ask, do you critics of Tyler know all there is to know about his country?

@wiliammound7942

2 ай бұрын

@@christopherenston4072 i was not criticising him, i was what we call STBO, stating the bloody obvious .

"if Hyde park is more historical" - obviously it is ! it was opened in 1536 nearly 300 years before central park at 1859

Great video Tyler, In my opinion the best museum in London is the Natural History museum, surprised its not on the list. I don't know how watchmojo complied their list. I googled top london attractions by visitors numbers and got the following 1. British Museum (6.42 million) 2. The National Gallery (6.26 million visitors) 3. Tate Modern (5.84 million visitors) 4. Natural History Museum (4.62 million visitors) 5. Somerset House (3.44 million visitors) 6. Science Museum (3.25 million visitors) 7. Victoria and Albert Museum (3.02 million visitors) 8. Tower of London (2.74 million visitors) 9. National Portrait Gallery (1.95 million visitors) 10. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens (1.83 million visitors)

@CliveBilby

Жыл бұрын

V&A was my WA buddy's favourite. Tate is great for free panoramic views of Thames. I prefer the Natural History Museum outside and in!

@pureholy

Жыл бұрын

Probably not a coincidence that 8 out of 10 of these are free - Tower of London and Kew are not free.

@maxdavis7722

Жыл бұрын

@@pureholy I assume there are other landmarks that are not monitored in their visits like Big Ben or Buckingham palace.

@pureholy

Жыл бұрын

@@maxdavis7722 This list is the most visited, you can’t visit The Elizabeth Tower (home of Big Ben) as such, only admire it from outside. Buckingham Palace has only limited opening dates and is quite expensive. There many, many other places - Museum of London, remains of a Roman Temple, ZSL, Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s, HMS Belfast, Greenwitch, to name but a fraction.

@richardwest6358

Жыл бұрын

The question about WatchMojo is very simply answered - it is made for people like Tyler

The name 'Mews' comes from the royal hawks that were originally kept at the King's Mews. The word 'mew' means moulting, and the birds were kept in a 'mews' as they weren't used for hunting whilst their feathers moulted.

@oldman1734

Жыл бұрын

That’s interesting. I thought “mews” meant a roadway at the rear of houses for the well-off and where the servants and horses lived.

"I'm just a typical, normal American guy........." Yep, attention span of a butterfly - instead of listening, just talks incessantly over the top of the actual facts he says he wants to know about. Good tip - LISTEN, pause, react. LISTEN, pause, react - it works.

@sparklypeanuts

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@stewedfishproductions7959

Жыл бұрын

Mind you, (and to be pedantic), he actually said "my memory is like a goldfish..." - Just saying - LOL!

@peterh7788

Жыл бұрын

@@stewedfishproductions7959 Lol - I don’t think he (db) was quoting Tyler outside of the quotation marks :)

@stewedfishproductions7959

Жыл бұрын

@@peterh7788 - Actually, you're right... Silly me!

@oneday458

Жыл бұрын

He pauses before the explanation. Pause when the explanation doesn't come mate.

London stayed within the walls for centuries. So Hyde Park was outside. Henry VIII had hunting grounds everywhere. That “religious” monument is the Albert memorial. Victoria’s husband died in his 40s and Victoria was bereft. It’s opposite the Royal Albert Hall - huge classical music venue. And also,Imperial College, one of the best universities in the world. She went a little bonkers with the grief and the memorials. The British Museum has oodles of stuff in it including the Rosetta Stone- sorry wrote that before he said that. Why go to Buckingham Palace when you can go to the British Museum? They let company donors have parties in there so I’ve eaten canapés in the Egyptian rooms - weird eating amongst mummified people. The London Eye is great and 30 minutes goes in a flash. You can see ant-sized people riding in the boats on the Thames. Don’t know why people go to Trafalgar Square - too many tourists and far too many pigeons. Trafalgar Square - we defeated the French. Yay! Lord Nelson - that naval battle, he’d already lost an eye and an arm before. That guy. Mews = where you keep your horses and your horse kit if you are a king or nobility or indeed rich when there were no cars. The current Queen converted hers into an art gallery at the back of Buckingham Palace. Well worth going. She has the biggest collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings. And Canalettos!!! (Venetian paintings by an Italian guy.)

@peterc.1618

Жыл бұрын

Even Westminster was a separate town from London for quite a long time until the two grew into each other.

@penname5766

Жыл бұрын

I don’t suppose Tyler will know what you mean when you say “within the walls”. He probably has no idea that it was founded by the Romans as a fortified city.

@richardwest6358

Жыл бұрын

Mews is also the term used to describe where hunting birds of prey were housed

mews, row of stables and coach houses with living quarters above, built in a paved yard behind large London houses of the 17th and 18th centuries. Today most mews stables have been converted into houses, some greatly modernized and considered highly desirable residences.

@gillianrimmer7733

Жыл бұрын

I live in a mews.

Every time I go London I always go to the natural history museum it’s amazing

The Science Museum & The Natural History Museums & the V&A are all together in South Kensington & are a Must See!!

Just to clear up the confusion over the term 'King's Mews', since the narrator didn't clear it up - it's 'mews', not 'muse' . The King's Mews refers to the royal stables - it was where the royal horses were housed, and the king's hunting birds were 'mewed up' (hence the name)

I get your surprise about the British Museum being the most visited attraction. Most tourists will of course go and see Buckingham Palace, Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower) and Tower Bridge for a few photos but far fewer pay to get into these attractions, whereas the British Museum is massive and free.

@christineharding4190

Жыл бұрын

......and the British Museum contains so much from Greek and Roman artifacts to Egyptian mummies and Celtic and Saxon treasures.

@peterc.1618

Жыл бұрын

That's what I thought, there is no way to establish how many visit attractions that you just see from the outside, or public areas that you just walk through (like parks). Visitors to museums, galleries etc. on the other hand can be counted quite accurately.

@marycarver1542

10 ай бұрын

But most are FREE anyway !

The London eye moves SO slowly that it doesn't actually stop for you to get in the pod. You have to jump on and off which shit me right up when we went on there 😂

The Tower of London is a great place to visit, you get proper guided tours with a Yeoman Warder all ex services very informative never taken one myself then again I have guarded the place as a serving Guardsman 💂‍♂️

I've watched a few of your videos now and I find your lack of knowledge and confusion about all things British so wonderful and almost endearing. I'm dying to see more. Never stop learning Tyler!

@kevingrant7098

Жыл бұрын

nicely put I was thinking the same😂

@jamesdingwall2427

Жыл бұрын

Its not wonderful nor endearing its down to pure ignorence and a lack of knowledge about anything other than usa.the world doesn't revolve around usa. It really is sad about there poor education over there.

@2eleven48

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesdingwall2427 ...Oh, be quiet. And, by the way, it's 'ignorance', not 'ignorence', and it's 'their' (the possessive form), not 'there'. Furthermore, you seem not to have a grasp of contractions ('it's', not 'its'), or how punctuation works. Talk about education!

@richardwest6358

Жыл бұрын

"Endearing" - more like utterly frightening that someone of this intelligence is allowed anywhere near a knife and fork

London was subjected to NIGHTLY bombing raids by Germany! It continued throughout the 5 years of the war, and much of London was reduced to rubble, thousands killed, homes demolished, There were public air raid shelters in the streets, although many rushed down to the underground for shelter, even sleeping there. When the bombers were spotted crossing the Channel and London is not far from the sea, Air Raid signals, a terrifying noise, were set off and everyone rushed to a shelter. People dug out their gardens to make their own shelters and got out of bed when the sirens went off at night and rushed down to them. Food was in short supply, along with almost every else. we had to have ration books for every person, which only allowed us buy minimal amounts of food, and most things werent available either. Children were sent out of London to the countryside, where villagers etc. took them into their own homes, where they remained throughout the war.they were "evacuees", Tyler have a look for some videos of the "Blitz" and see just how awful and terrifying it was. It will open your eyes to what Britain went through, and its amazing how many of our important buildings DID survive. The King and Queen at the time, refused to leave London, they insisting on remaining in Buckingham Palace to express solidarity with the people. Thank you for your site.

Remember the British Empire? Well, whilst we were at it, we nicked a load of stuff from other countries, so needed a lot of museums to house it! 😁

@nigelwalker2668

Жыл бұрын

Like the old gag goes: “Why are the pyramids in Egypt? Because there wasn’t room in the British Museum”!

@machoward6443

Жыл бұрын

@@nigelwalker2668 LOL

@coderpup4639

Жыл бұрын

Captured in Egypt by the British army. First time I read that in the museum my mind instantly went to army guys with nets trying to sneek up on statues.

It’s called the London eye because of the view you can see from the top.

I just love the tower containing Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower) being called 'a clock tower'!

OK, that Tower isn't Big Ben, it's the Elizabeth Tower. The bell is called the Great Bell, which is nick named Big Ben!

The British museum is massive and it's free to enter. Remember we had an empire that spanned a third of the world.

@hape3862

Жыл бұрын

At least you don't charge for viewing the loot....

@mrmarcus6200

Жыл бұрын

And looted alot of stuff.

@MARKSTRINGFELLOW1

Жыл бұрын

@@mrmarcus6200 very true

@pashvonderc381

Жыл бұрын

@@mrmarcus6200 borrowed..

@MARKSTRINGFELLOW1

Жыл бұрын

Have a look at James Acasters bit about Empire

The natural history museum is my favourite it can take days to have a real look at what's there.

I was in London at the weekend and I decided to walk to my Hotel in The Strand. It was a 35min walk that took me from Victoria Station, past Buckingham Palace, through St. James' Park, past Trafalgar Square and down the Strand. The London Eye is a 13min walk from Trafalgar Square and it is also a 13min walk from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament. (Big Ben), and this takes you past Downing Street (the London home of the Prime Minister).

Big Ben was recast at Whitechapel having been cast at 16 tons in Stoke-on-Trent, it cracked beyond repair while being tested before being installed. The current bell was recast at about 13 tons also cracked (the hammer was too heavy) soon after it was installed. The repaired bell has since sounded a very distinctive slightly off tone ever since. What they fail to mention is that the National Gallery and British Museum (along with many other museums and galleries) are free to enter. Tower of London also houses the crown jewels! Would have ditched the National Gallery and included Greenwich (pronounced Grin-ich) it has the line of Zero-degree longitude (stand with one foot in the west, one in the east), a famous observatory, the Cutty Sark, the National Maritime Museum, the Queens House and the painted ceiling of the Old Naval Collage. The museum of London is also worth a visit, if only to see the Lord Mayors coach and section of the old Roman wall.

@frankhooper7871

Жыл бұрын

And the other well-known bell cast at Whitechapel is the Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania.

The bombardment of London was called “The Blitz”. German bombs destroyed large parts of other ancient cities too, like Exeter in Devon. Sometimes if you go down a street and it’s all Victorian terrace houses, but in the middle they’ve built one into the space that is clearly newer and doesn’t fit stylistically, then the likelihood is that the original building was bombed. But we got the Germans back, big time.

The london eye is a stand up experience, no seats (you wouldn't wanna sit) each capsule holds about 10, it never stops rotating, you get on & off as it moves.

Tyler I grew up in Knightsbridge London go experience it there's surprises everywhere and the architecture is amazing giving that atmosphere Blessings and happy thoughts! Pretoria South Africa 😇🙏🎉🎊🦍🦁🦓

The monument is the Albert Memorial in memory of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert…it stands opposite the Royal Albert Hall where the Proms are held each year.

Superb, worth checking out the rest of the country too!

The view over the bridge to St Paul's is right outside the Tate modern on the Southbank. It is a beautiful view

I'm 73 a Londoner and learnt today where the national gallery is. Never been there. As a Londoner you tend Not to go to the tourist area. Being brought up in Bermondsey our playground was Tower Bridge and the outside of the Tower but was in my 40's when I first went inside the actual tower.

@johnhigson6180

Жыл бұрын

I can completely relate to this. I'm from Wakefield and I only learned 3 days ago that we actually have a museum. 💯🤯👌👍

@alishapannell5414

Жыл бұрын

Really lol well you now know you have 2 lol i knew and im in hampshire lol 😂

Tyler. Put in Jay Foreman and his MAPMEN videos are incredibly witty and informative about London and The UK,in general like,for example,why there are 32 London Boroughs compared to 5 Boroughs in New York.

The Tower of London did often serve as a prison, but only for important prisoners. If they were lucky they lived pretty well, with servants and suites of rooms. On the other hand it was also known as "The Bloody Tower" as if you luck ran out it was where you were beheaded (or secretly murdered).

The thing with the cross on top is a monument put up by Queen Victoria to her much loved husband Albert, it’s in a high Victorian style. He died young and left the Queen mourning the rest of her reign.

They did cast the bell that hangs in Philadelphia. It was a gift from the Queen to that city for their bicentennial celebrations. We were there in 1976 for the bicentenary of the Declaration of Independence.

hyde park is one of the royal parks owned by the crown and is now kept as a public park containing Kensington palace

Not muse but mews! 🙂 I went to all of those places, including Buckingham Palace. I even went to Abbey Road Studios and cross the street at the exact spot the Beatles did for their album way back when!!! I was lucky enough to travel three times to London. Love this city.

Whistlejacket - best horse painting in the National Gallery. Museums and art galleries are usually free - but they’re strapped for cash and like donations. Anything will do. Drat - that supposedly British man just said, “Vincent van Go” .. He’s British. It’s “Goff”! Goff!!!!

@MrPercy112

Жыл бұрын

👍👏

Tyler...utterly charming in your little knowledge of the city. I kept wanting to stop your video and 'chat' with you! Just two things among many: No-one can deny Central Park is a great park in the central area of New York, but London has more than one park: aside for Hyde Park, there's also seven other Royal Parks across the city, all for public use. Indeed, with all the squares and gardens everywhere, London is astonishingly green and leafy, incomparable to any other world city. The video was referring to 'Mews', not 'Muse'. Google will clarify the difference. Keep well. Robert, uk.

Visit the North East of England with all the wonderful castles like Bamburgh and holy island also the great beaches and history including the roman Wall. England has a lot to offer outside of London.

@maryjones4029

Жыл бұрын

Very true. London has the major landmarks but if you want to truly experience England and English culture you have to visit areas outside London.

6.00 That's the Albert Memorial and the domed building opposite is The Royal Albert Hall (famous concert venue) both named after Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert. A mews is a pre motor vehicle garage or parking lot for horses and garages. The Queen has now chosen Windsor Castle, 25 miles to the west of Buckingham Palace, as her main residence, so is more often there!

Most of your questions would be answered by just watching the videos

Big Ben weighs about 16 tons and was made at the same foundry that cast The Liberty Bell which is now in Philadelphia.

Free entry into London Museums is great there are boxes available to drop a donation into. Within the museums there are often special temporary displays/exhibitions that you can also see/take part in but those you pay a fee.

A couple of things which will put the British Museum in perspective. In floor area, it's 25% larger than New Yorks Metropolitan Museum. And it's got four times as many items in its collection. As to the other museums, the Victoria and Albert is right next to two other top museums, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. You could take an entire weekend just wandering around the three of them. As far as modern structures in London, there are a lot of impressive modern buildings in the eastern part of the city (most of them with nicknames like The Shard and The Gherkin) that are worth looking up!

@terencehill1971

Жыл бұрын

Add the Imperial War Museum, the Army Museum, the Museum of London, the National Maritime Museum and some really niche ones, such as a ventriloquist dummy museum or a sweet (candy) museum and you could spend a year in London just in museums and art galleries.

I think London resonates with Americans is that many can trace their roots back to the UK (England, Scotland Ireland or Wales), plus it helps we all speak English as other European destinations don't have English as their 1st language, & unless we are bi-lingual it can make travel that little bit harder; but worth it of course.

I’d also recommend visiting the bobington tank museum as well as the London military museum

Really good reaction😁 Modern London is to the UK as New York is to the US. Very diverse and huge tourism. So…don’t think you have seen the country because you have been there! Yes, learn about London, but then you might like to go on travels 😁

the tower you called Big Ben is actually St Stephens tower (renamed Elizabeth tower for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee) and is part of the Palace of Westminster (a castle) where the British Parliament is held. the main Bell is what is known as Big Ben.

I see why you were puzzled by "The King's Mews". Mews are small streets/alleys mainly for stables and keeping horses. There are still various roads called [Something] Mews in London and elsewhere.

The section about Buckingham Palace skated really briefly over my favourite bit without mentioning it. If you look carefully at the Victoria Memorial out front, the two huge bronze figures facing the palace, supposed to be personifications of industry and agriculture, are carrying a hammer and a sickle. The memorial was built *after* the hammer and sickle came to be used as the symbol of proletarian struggle. Now, no doubt their presence is a coincidence, but it still makes me giggle every time I walk past it.

The Tower of London was/is a palace and a fortress. Yes, prisoners were kept there, on an individual basis, but it was not a "prison."

Hyde Park is not a "national park" which is something different, it is simply a park in the middle of London.

London is mind-blowingly impressive in person...

I’m not sure if it’s called the London Eye because of its shape - rather, I think it’s because you can see across the whole of London on it.

The tower is the Elizabet Tower, the bell is "Big Ben".

Your reactions are just great . You could walk into all of these buildings and see so much .Happy to see ypu cool reactions

Try MEWS, not muse: Lost London - The King’s Mews at Charing Cross… by exploringlondonFebruary 19, 2016 National-Gallery The Royal Mews - a stables and carriage house - is these days located at Buckingham Palace but prior to being moved there, the Royal Mews, previously usually referred to as the King’s and Queen’s Mews depending who was on the throne, was located on the site where the National Gallery (pictured) and Trafalgar Square now stand. The name ‘mews’ actually refers to the fact that, from at least the reign of King Richard II in the late 14th century (although official records suggest there may have been a mews on the site as far back as the reign of King Edward I), the royal hawks were initially housed on the site - then in the village of Charing Cross - (the word ‘mew’ refers to the moulting of the birds and originally referred to when they were confined here for that purpose but later come to simply mean the place were the birds were caged). The title of Keeper of the King’s Mews became a sought-after honour during the 15th century (although largely honorary with the actual work done by deputies) but among those who held the honour were Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known, during the Wars of the Roses as the ‘Kingmaker’. In 1534, the King’s Mews was destroyed by fire and when it was rebuilt a few years later, it took the form of a stable but kept the original name of mews (although it has been suggested the change of use took place before the fire). During the Civil War, the Mews were apparently used as a prison by the Parliamentarians for captured Royalists and during the Commonwealth, soldiers were apparently quartered here. Diarist Samuel Pepys also apparently visited several times. In 1732 the building was again rebuilt, but this time it was to the grand designs of William Kent - images show a grand building with turrets and a great open square before it. In the 1760s, King George III had some of his horses and carriages moved to facilities on the grounds of Buckingham Palace (he had purchased this from the Duke of Buckingham for his wife’s use) but the bulk remained on the Charing Cross site. In the early 19th century they were opened to the public but in the 1820s, King George IV - making Buckingham Palace his main residence - had the entire stables moved (the Royal Mews which now stand at Buckingham Palace were designed by John Nash and completed in 1825). The old mews were subsequently demolished and Trafalgar Square - another Nash design - built on the site between 1827 and 1835 while the National Gallery opened in 1838. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)2Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)2Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)More Related What’s in a Name?…Trafalgar Square August 20, 2012 In "Admiral Lord Nelson" London Explained - Royal residences… May 16, 2022 In "Buckingham Palace" 10 London buildings that were relocated…1. Marble Arch… September 23, 2020 In "10 London buildings that were relocated" Buckingham Palace George III George IV Georgian John Nash Lost London Medieval Richard II Trafalgar Square William KentBuckingham Palace English Civil War John Nash King George III King George IV King Richard II King's Mews Lost London royal mews Samuel Pepys Trafalgar Square William Kent Post navigation ← This Week in London - Charlotte Bronte celebrated; A Right Royal Buzz; iconic London etching revisited; and, Delacroix at the National Gallery… What’s in a name?…Camden Town… → 2 thoughts on “Lost London - The King’s Mews at Charing Cross…” Pingback: Exploring London’s 100 most popular posts of all time! - Numbers 78 and 77… | Exploring London artandarchitecturemainly says: February 19, 2016 at 11:01 pm It is interesting how not only the built facilities moved over the centuries, but so did the language. The definition of mews today might be “a set of former stables, now converted into homes”. I wonder how many people remember what “moulting of the birds” was or that a mews was the place were the birds were caged. Reply

Tyler, dude, I by accident discovered your channel, and to be honest, dude your uploads deserves much higher traffic numbers! Whilst as A Brit/Scottish dude I never learned anything new (nor should I given it’s my own country) never have I enjoyed getting a fresher course more. Your self deprecating humour mixed at times with genuine wonderment; you should do more to get your uploads out there man, they are a joy to watch... Happy to sub, and will try to spread the word. Blessings from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UK 🇬🇧 aka Great Britain 🇬🇧👍🤗

The thing for an American to remember about London is that it is as if you could walk from Wall Street to Washington in thirty minutes - and Hollywood was a couple of hours away on the subway.

Trafalgar Square, plaza in the City of Westminster, London, named for Lord Nelson's naval victory (1805) in the Battle of Trafalgar. Possibly the most famous of all London squares, Trafalgar Square has always been public and has had no garden.

London Bridge is falling down, falling down………? No, you’ve never heard the nursery rhyme?

I went to London recently and there were long queues to go the London Eye despite the cost.

The Kings' Mews is where the horses and carriages were kept

For me - and, Ill wager, for quite a few others - there's too much stopping and starting in Tyler's videos. Tyler is clearly an intelligent, thoughtful guy with a constant stream of observations and queries popping into his head - ALL of which he seems compelled to express. IMO, the videos (and I've watched most) would be easier to watch if he were to let things ride a while before stopping to share.

@richardj9016

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Disagree, I like to listen to his interpretations and discoveries.

@penname5766

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I don’t think he stops it too much. Maybe for too long sometimes, but even then I like to hear what he’s got to say.

@susancrisp2704

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Definitely stops too often. Asks a question only to have it answered when he continues video. Annoying.

@marycarver1542

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While I agree, I find his curiosity and wanting to learn, endearing. It is incredible to we Brits. just how little Americans know, even about such huge events of how we, and much of Europe, endured during WW2! If they were to watch a few videos of the Blitz, and the hardship of daily life during 1940 to 1945, lack of food, lack of everything really, they would be horrified. Especially have a look at Battle of Britain. It will become obvious and plain how tough and determined we British are.

Big Ben is the name of the bell in the Tower, which was previously called St Stephen's Tower, now Elizabeth Tower after the Queen.

The NHM (Natural History Museum) and next-door Science Museum are also a must do as well, with millions of exhibits (and research)

@kevingrant7098

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I agree I love the natural history and science museum I have learned recently that there is a London museum didn’t know it existed have you been there

Digbeth was mentioned. It’s the area where the markets are, and also has some light industry, such as clothing manufacture. It also used to have Digbeth Coach Station, which was a terrible place, and gave a terrible impression of Birmingham to anybody arriving there. The coaches entered toe building so it was full of Diesel fumes, was dirty, didn’t have enough bays so at busy times some coaches had to park on the opposite side of the roadway which passengers then had to walk across and it was thick with decades of oil and dirt. For years there were plans to rebuild it up the hill near Snow Hill station but it never happened. Eventually they decided to demolish it and rebuild on the same site. The new one was much better but they changed the name to be just Birmingham Coach Station. It’s only about ten years old, but was already starting to look somewhat shabby when I was there last year, and could do with some refurbishment.

I’ve seen almost all of these sights while in London. My favorites I think were Westminster Abbey and the Tower seeing the Crown Jewels.

London has a crazy number of green spaces - so many huge (mostly royal) parks but also little parks - that it’s officially classed as a forest and is the greenest city in Europe and one of the greenest cities in the world.

@ianprince1698

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used to work in hyde park and st jamses park regents park and visited london zoo

The King’s Mews was is the monach’s collection of horses and carriages - is now next to the Palace (The Buckingham Palace Mews)

London is bigger than New York

@DavidDoyleOutdoors

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especially the London metropolitan area at 14 million people

The Whispering Gallery in St. Paul’s is currently closed as someone was messing about and fell over the railings a few years ago and - well, you can imagine the rest 😱 I think they were actually climbing on them, so I’m not sure what they expected. But anyway, they’re in the process of trying to make it safer so that it’s not possible to climb on them.

The monument in Hyde Park is the Albert Memorial, built to commemorate Queen Victoria's husband, Albert, who she lost quite early in life. There's a huge golden statue in the tower. The building opposite is the wonderful old concert hall, the Royal Albert Hall. Many of music's greatest stars have played the RAH. Personally I'd have concentrated on those, rather than the park. You're correct, there are lots of wonderful buildings in London. The museums are fantastic and of course people go there, but I would lump them together. Mews = Stables (now houses converted from stables) Read up about Trafalgar Square. That's Admiral Horatio Nelson up on that column, whose navy defeated the dastardly French and Spanish at the titular battle, but who died of a bullet wound. One of the greatest British heroes. I'm really surprised you've never heard of the Blitz, the bombardment of London that went on night after night for years, by plane and then by rocket. There must be a video about this! My parents were alive then - my dad was in the army, my mum at home in London as the bombs fell. That shot of St Pauls at sunset was taken on the Millennium footbridge that crosses the Thames from near Shakespeare's Globe to near St Pauls. Until very recently Big Ben (we call the tower Big Ben, don't worry about it) was covered in scaffolding and cladding as it was renovated, but this year it has emerged in all its golden glory. It looks much shinier now than in these older shots! My Top 10 (no particular order): 1. Museums - especially Natural History, British, V&A - and Galleries 2. St James's Park and Buckingham Palace (St J's is a lovely central city park) 3. The South Bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to Tower Bridge - London Eye, National Theatre, Globe Theatre, HMS Belfast - a beautiful walk 4. Trafalgar Square and the West End 5. . . . and Theatre-Land, which deserves a slot on its own. Most theatres are in the West End, though there are others south of the Thames (and all over, honestly!) 6. Tower Bridge and the Tower of London 7. Westminster and Whitehall - Parliament and the buildings that house the British government - including the Prime Minister's London Home, 10 Downing Street (though you can't walk up to it any more) 8. Regent's Canal from Little Venice to Camden - a wonderful walk along the canal, through Regent's Park and past London Zoo 9. Greenwich Peninsula - O2 Arena, Cable Car ride across the Thames (Emirates Air Line) 10. Greenwich - the Maritime Museum (see Lord Nelson's bloodstained uniform), the Royal Observatory, the stunning Greenwich Park with views across the city [Not a huge church person but you could add the cathedrals as No 11] Can I just say, you sometimes stop the video and ask a question that's about to be answered, since that's the point of the videos. Give them time to talk, then comment. Other than that, look forward to your visit!

The bombardment of London is called the blitz

There is a docudrama of the blitz on London Winston Churchill demanded it be saved from fire. There are interviews of people who lived through it, look for the bit where a Fireman painted a picture of THE FALLING WALL. A comment from you would be nice

That monument is to Prince Albert (Queen Victoria’s husband). Opposite it in the video you can just about see the Royal Albert Hall, an iconic circular music venue.

Think most national museums are free to enter...probably one of the reasons they are visited so frequently. Big Ben also in Disney film like Mary Poppins and Peter Pan and also seen in Harry Potter films.

Big Ben - the Great Bell Big Ben is thought to be named after Sir Benjamin Hall, Chief Commissioner of Works at the time the bell was installed. His nickname was Big Ben. as he was a rather big man

The Tower of London was the place of execution of a lot of royalty (Henry VIII wives) and traitors. Now it houses the Crown Jewels and is great to view them though sometimes the queues to get in are huge.

Its the albert Memorial and Queen victoria had it built opposide the Albert Hall which was built to commemorate her husband who died at 41 of typhoid in 1861. The Imperial War museum is well worth a visit also.

18:36 That's a guy popularly known as "Suggs". He was lead singer in the pop group advertised here called "Madness".