How Britain Was Built Part1 Edinburgh

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  • @scottishguy9999
    @scottishguy9999 Жыл бұрын

    10:42 des brogan was my first history teacher at my high school, great man gave me a love for history i never knew i had

  • @janoginski5557
    @janoginski5557 Жыл бұрын

    The castle is situated on a volcanic plug, apologies for being pedantic. Not a volcano.

  • @cptgrimm

    @cptgrimm

    10 ай бұрын

    Arthurs seat is also a plug

  • @nataliakomarova7008
    @nataliakomarova70085 ай бұрын

    Fantastic city !!! Lovely people !

  • @sebastianapollodelavega1445
    @sebastianapollodelavega1445 Жыл бұрын

    love Scotland and very charming presenter indeed xx

  • @ReekieReels
    @ReekieReels4 ай бұрын

    Adam Hart-Davis is a fine presenter, he did quite a lot of history shows when I was a kid in the 2000s

  • @biggstavros5876

    @biggstavros5876

    3 ай бұрын

    I don`t agree. He seems to be very feeble minded and a bit of a nancy boy.

  • @95Haniel
    @95Haniel3 жыл бұрын

    Is there another version of this anywhere that isn't potato quality?

  • @cptgrimm

    @cptgrimm

    10 ай бұрын

    Probably not

  • @jasminespencer3992

    @jasminespencer3992

    8 ай бұрын

    This one is 1K

  • @AnonYmous-jp8uu
    @AnonYmous-jp8uu2 жыл бұрын

    stubborn Brits, fighting over a square brick -it's no wonder they'd rather fight indians in the Appalachians. but really, as the son of a highly successful 20th century American pipeline engineer, my dad taught me to respect the magnitude and precision of Scottish masonry and engineering

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman61017 ай бұрын

    At one 0'clock each day, a cannon is fired from Edinburgh Castle. The blast of the cannon used to let near by ships know the time.

  • @theotherandrew5540
    @theotherandrew55408 ай бұрын

    Great to see the extraordinary history of our great city. But as for the parliament building, a catastrophic waste of money, foisted upon us by Donald Dewer for his “greater glory”. He could not have possibly been unaware of the huge over cost the building would incur. Holyrood Palace would have done the job, or a modest version of that Spaniard’s design.

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman61017 ай бұрын

    Looking back at Policing in the 20th Century. 1950s.

  • @sandelica4253
    @sandelica42533 жыл бұрын

    It’s the stone of destiny (not Scone) that used to be situated on the grounds of Scone palace.

  • @Seanm5000123

    @Seanm5000123

    3 жыл бұрын

    English ignorance

  • @eccremocarpusscaber5159

    @eccremocarpusscaber5159

    Жыл бұрын

    The scone of stone

  • @alanfinlayson3274
    @alanfinlayson32742 ай бұрын

    The explanation for the One O'Clock gun is incorrect or incomplete because the ships in the harbours couldnt hear it. The Nelson Monument on Calton Hill has a black ball atop it which rises up a pole just before the gun goes off; when the gun fires the ball drops and ships in the harbours having their spyglasses trained on it know the exact time is 1pm.

  • @frantisekjanosik5339
    @frantisekjanosik53392 жыл бұрын

    nice document..

  • @begbieyabass
    @begbieyabass6 ай бұрын

    I grew up in Leith Edinburgh, back in 81 I was dating a nurse who worked in the Royale infirmary. Her flat was at Greyfriers and her bedroom window is one that was in the video. I never once stayed overnight Not even on a promise.

  • @eileenlocke7877
    @eileenlocke78773 жыл бұрын

    Bless lil bobby

  • @lindyknight5971
    @lindyknight59712 жыл бұрын

    Been up Scott's monument, not fir people who can't stand tight spaces, tiny stairs people squeezing past to go up and down, great views tho at the top

  • @richardwilson1234

    @richardwilson1234

    Жыл бұрын

    If you're claustrophobic there are great views from Calton Hill too.

  • @PSD-ms8yl
    @PSD-ms8yl6 ай бұрын

    "are you aiming at the tax office" haha

  • @Jesse-B
    @Jesse-B3 жыл бұрын

    42:11 Paul Hogan take note.

  • @magicsteve5523
    @magicsteve55239 ай бұрын

    18:53 Now the gardens are so dangerous at night the gates are locked at 9pm

  • @eddietheloggie
    @eddietheloggie3 жыл бұрын

    Sorry but 240P? Really? Seems a really interesting program I'd love to watch, but not at that quality.

  • @kopynd1
    @kopynd16 ай бұрын

    ring a ring a rosie a pocket full of posie

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon34113 ай бұрын

    "Edinbru"!

  • @MrPurvis01
    @MrPurvis014 жыл бұрын

    Is this really the 1st episode? It's starts strange for an opening on a season. I did watch this years ago. I thought it started in roman times. Can anyone help me with what I need to search for please if this isn't the start. Kind regards

  • @kingsoak7131

    @kingsoak7131

    4 жыл бұрын

    How Britain was Built was only a short series following on from How London Was built, focussing on a couple of cities, Edinburgh Being the First. Are you thinking of What the Romans Did for Us?

  • @ElonMust00

    @ElonMust00

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kingsoak7131 i think he was thinking How We Built Britain

  • @kiezorfc8559
    @kiezorfc85593 жыл бұрын

    So the Scots invented tower blocks

  • @flitsertheo

    @flitsertheo

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think the Romans were first.

  • @Seanm5000123

    @Seanm5000123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but the Scots were the first to have high ones. Like 13/14 floors high :) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @kopynd1

    @kopynd1

    6 ай бұрын

    yer but the first curtain wall building was built in england

  • @kjh23gk
    @kjh23gk2 ай бұрын

    The "burgh" or Edinburgh is pronounced "buh-ruh", not "bruh". Look up Burgh on Wikipedia.

  • @asharnygee
    @asharnygee3 жыл бұрын

    Edinburgh is Scottish

  • @joelhammer3538

    @joelhammer3538

    3 жыл бұрын

    Part of Britain. Mong. Go deepfry a Mars bar🦵🏿

  • @shafur3
    @shafur33 жыл бұрын

    Funny about the island

  • @shellc6743
    @shellc67433 жыл бұрын

    Such an ugly building for the Scottish Parliament.

  • @Seanm5000123

    @Seanm5000123

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree! It’s horrendous 🤣

  • @reallyryan_

    @reallyryan_

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nobody asked

  • @thomasd2444
    @thomasd24443 жыл бұрын

    17:25 - 19:17 -

  • @SteampunkGroove_John3.16
    @SteampunkGroove_John3.163 жыл бұрын

    chose this video at random for my stupid question >>> why is it that documentary films never catch "ghosts" in places that many people claim they`ve experienced paranormal activity? Asking for a friend.

  • @andym28

    @andym28

    3 жыл бұрын

    The only paranormal activity I witnessed in the Edinburgh vaults was 100 bottles filled with pee when bands used to rehearse in what is now banshee labrynth.

  • @grantmackenzie8616
    @grantmackenzie86163 жыл бұрын

    Dundee is built on a volcano

  • @professorpodcast3029

    @professorpodcast3029

    3 жыл бұрын

    No it's not, the Law is an offshoot of a Volcano near Stirling

  • @grantmackenzie8616

    @grantmackenzie8616

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@professorpodcast3029 the law is a volcanoe

  • @alanmckinsley398

    @alanmckinsley398

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dundee a shithole

  • @fergushughes3428

    @fergushughes3428

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dundee is a shiteho... fuck sake I was beat to it

  • @seaghan6412

    @seaghan6412

    3 жыл бұрын

    people would care.... but its in dundee so it may aswell be made of shit.

  • @johntait491
    @johntait4913 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, but tarnished by the poor quality video. 👎

  • @kopynd1
    @kopynd16 ай бұрын

    durty loo still done in india

  • @free_gold4467

    @free_gold4467

    2 ай бұрын

    'Gardy loo' from French 'Guardez l'eau'

  • @eamonnleyden7040
    @eamonnleyden70403 жыл бұрын

    Scotland was built by Irish monks

  • @georgehill6726

    @georgehill6726

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Irish built everything, according to the Irish. They also wrote all the great songs. They are nothing short of giants.

  • @duncancallum

    @duncancallum

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@georgehill6726 That lot never give up george with their bullshit .

  • @wolfthequarrelsome504

    @wolfthequarrelsome504

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@georgehill6726 Fingal's cave is named after one such Irish giant.

  • @Stephan74
    @Stephan743 жыл бұрын

    Edinburgh is in Scotland but it's British.

  • @duneideann9241

    @duneideann9241

    Жыл бұрын

    No , it is Scottish. There is NO Country called Britain

  • @ianmacewan9416
    @ianmacewan94167 ай бұрын

    Edinburgh is NOT in any britain. It is in what the Romans named Caledonia. England and Wales are britain. Scots call the whole Island Caledonia and Scotland is called Alba.

  • @ABC_DEF

    @ABC_DEF

    6 ай бұрын

    This is nonsense. Great Britain is an island. England, Scotland and Wales are all situated on that island. Take a look at your passport. It says: "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".

  • @ianmacewan9416

    @ianmacewan9416

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ABC_DEF "great britain" is what English elite call this island. What they put on peoples passports is sod all to do with it. I hereby declare this island to be calle GREAT CALEDONIA. This island was origionaly called Albion. What is now Scotland was called Alba and still is by Scots. Just because a foreign country decides something is nothing to do with what Scots call ourselves. We are Caledonian or Albanach or Scots NOT greetin brits.

  • @stevenmclaren2730

    @stevenmclaren2730

    2 ай бұрын

    Pap

  • @jonathanlandau-litewski7405

    @jonathanlandau-litewski7405

    7 күн бұрын

    I'm from Edinburgh. I'm a proud Brit.

  • @ianmacewan9416

    @ianmacewan9416

    7 күн бұрын

    @@jonathanlandau-litewski7405 No one can stop you calling yourself English if you like but any ideas on what you are proud of? Apart from being ruled by foreign elite that is.

  • @deborahbyom929
    @deborahbyom9293 жыл бұрын

    Mostly from slavery

  • @raymondstevenson3835

    @raymondstevenson3835

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolute nonsense

  • @MrStinkpot64
    @MrStinkpot648 ай бұрын

    Scottish City , not British