If someone is looking for old pubs and their stories, Robs London has done great entries

Back in the 1980s Sunday wasn't complete without Jim Bowen and Bullseye; 2010s+ and Sunday isn't complete without a bit of John Rogers.

@BN-hk6wf

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Let’s hope John doesn’t forget his BFH! (Bus Fare Home). Let’s see where you could have walked!

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks so much Sean

@grahamsmith9541

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Bullseye currently being shown on challenge weekday evenings at 6PM.

@luapnosboh7421

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@@grahamsmith9541 once in grosvenor hotel in sheff playin piano after a few pints out wi lads (I can't play piano) more like les dawson then I hear what the fk you doin followed by a belly laugh , turns round n it's owd Jim we had some banter but I can't repeat it on here lovely fella 😀

@Aengus42

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Late 70's Sunday night was always chart night on Radio 1. But being a bit of a nerd, after I'd heard "No.1" I'd tune about on the radio to see what else was on. That's when I discovered, on an unknown station, a science fiction comedy! I'd go into school on Monday talking about Arthur Dent, Marvin the paranoid Android et al. No one knew what the hell I was going on about! Well, not until the TV series started! By then I had the LP of the Radio 4 series & the paperback book. See? I wasn't going mad after all! Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was much, much better as a radio play! That's one of my favourite UK Sunday rituals from just before the 80's!

Thanks for yet another excellent video John. Just on your recollection of the disappearing individual on Hounslow Heath...prior to relocating to Melbourne my wife and I lived on the edge of the Heath and she had a job at a pub the other side of the Heath (the Warren). When she finished her shift I would meet her...there were 2 routes home..the long way along Staines Road or directly across the Heath. With the light pollution it would never get completely dark but there would frequently be a mist to around knee height. The atmosphere walking along the misty paths at night was unlike anything I ever encountered in London, and not in a pleasant way. Needless to say we didn't always take the shortest route. Keep up the good work

Made my day answering my question. I done the knowledge 22 years ago and turned it into a history lesson learning about all the buildings along the routes I had to learn. And watching your videos I’m still learning so much from you. Take care. Hope to meet you one day 🍺

@grahamdrysdale8933

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Hi. You mentioned your favourite walk from Deptford Creek to Borough Market. Do you follow the Thames, or ‘take the short cut’ via Evelyn St. Any info much appreciated. Cheers.

@Hitlister

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@@grahamdrysdale8933 Hi. I try and follow the Thames path as much as possible,Up to Rotherhithe street then Bermondsey wall. Then butlers wharf up the borough market. Just really love the docks as my grandfather worked there when he was young. Nice to see places he talked about. 👍

@grahamdrysdale8933

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@@Hitlister Cheers! I might stop at The Mayflower for a pint on the way.

@Hitlister

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@@grahamdrysdale8933 I did Graham. Cheers 🍻

Not only Fanny Craddock but also David Bailey (photographer) and Kenny Wheeler ( jazz musician) have blue plaques in Wallwood road.

As a person from Michigan, in the U.S. It give me views I could never see. As a person with a walker, it's great for me to get out, and your videos inspire me!

I walked the whole of The Ridgeway over 4 days in 2019, it's one of my favourite walks.

@RubbishGimpy

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Can I ask far is it and what distance did you average each day?

@beverleys3812

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@@RubbishGimpy It's around 90 miles. We were hoping to complete it in 3 days but got lost for several hours on the second day

Oh PLEASE do a walk with Ben Aaronovitch! I learn so much about London from both of you.

I saw Status Quo play at the Red Lion, Leytonstone in 1972. Just saying that makes me feel old.😭😢💀☠

Thank you John for answering all of those questions superbly. Your passion and sincerity shines through in each and every video you make, and I for one eagerly await the next one. Once more, thank you so much.

The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a great book.

"The Red Lion" in Leytonstone was were Flux of pink indians (crass label band) played a gig , the PA didnt turn up , so the band played with just their amps and reduced the entry to 50pence .. 1980

There is a blue plaque on flats on the corner of Wallwood and Fairlop roads saying that Fanny Craddock once lived there.

Thank you so much for this and for all your videos John. One of my great joys through my life has been urban walks. Unfortunately a disability means that it's no longer possible and I deeply miss London wanders in particular (walking from work in Bloomsbury to my then home in Wapping via Smithfield and the Barbican and the city a particular favourite) so your videos bring me such joy. So thank you!

Fascinating stuff, I'd vote for a book launch event at The Waterside in Ware as its only a couple of miles away from me. We walked from Woolwich to Crayford yesterday along the Thames/Darenth/Cray, echo your comments about that area.

I completed the London Loop last year. It took me a month to complete and I did it in the summer.

@JohnRogersWalks

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Great stuff!

I can not thank you enough, John, for the vicarious joy I receive watching your videos. I am a walker. I am separated from London at the moment, but I reconnect through you

@JohnRogersWalks

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That’s really wonderful to hear Sharon - thank you

I love Leytonstone/ Wanstead.... I live in Highams park right by the Forest 🌳

I suffer bad with anxiety n panic attacks, my psychiatrist ask me how i calm this down, I told him .... Look on youtube for John Rogers he has the most calming voice i will go in my bedroom lie on my bed and put John on, he has the most calming of voices and his so knowledgeable and before i know it i feel like im walking along with him (i have mobility issues so this is a nice daydream) so yes u do make a great difference in peoples lives and i thank you for that, also my psychiatrist now watches u lol ty for what u do

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thank you so much for sharing that Jodie

I certainly agree with the comments, Sunday night is John Rogers night.

Thank you John for answering. I also like the point you made that you can never learn all of London. I love the fact that it is so huge and has layers of so much history and changes. You have helped me slow down and look up more. And I adore walking now in London. And I so appreciate the way you share your walks on here. You seem such a natural enthusiast. So thank you. Great Q&A.

Pub etiquette use a glass don't drink out the bottle.

Hi John! Lisa from Montreal, here. Thanks for the super video - great questions from your followers and I appreciate the well considered and thoughtful answers. A little history about different areas, a little bit about you and your fave "this n' thats" - compelling stuff. I'd like to add a 'mash up' comment, taking in your mention of The Mitre pub off Ely and those American folks inquiring about pub etiquette. I travel solo to London once a year, and one time, I found myself in a very crowded Mitre and nabbed the last table, a 2 seater. 2 older gents asked if they might join: they had been 'released into the wild' by their wives who were out shopping. They seemed pretty solid fellas and what resulted was a great chat - born Londoners, they had met in the 70s whilst working in the same publishing house and had been pals ever since. They gave me some great tips about the area and were altogether grand. I've had similar experiences since, so to anyone wondering about pub etiquette, if someone asks if they might share your table, and you have an empty chair/stool, consider sharing the space. You'll be glad you did. Walk on, John!

Really enjoyed this! What comes across from these Q&A sessions is how wonderful the contributors are to this great channel.. Really nice, well informed and interesting people. A real community spirit. Nice one John! 🌟👍

@Catherine-vf5lx

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Back in the early 1970s 50 years ago while at secondary school I remember vaguely reading a London based book called London Morning it was a autobiography the author being I think from South London she was writing about her childhood growing up just after the Second World War. Maybe you know of the book yourself . I am not sure but the author may have been named Valarie .

Took a psychogeographic pilgrimage to Barking Riverside aka Dagenham Aggregate yesterday. Gores brook

Absolutely wonderful.When i get the chance to pop out for a walk i say i'm going for a John Rogers ! 😃

John, yes we understand you like to make as you doing and making videos. In our side we just don't watch the videos john made but we get the knowledge of the context of the videos with a beautiful narration. I wish you all the best. Keep going John.

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks Mohammed

John, to the part of you that wants to answer every question but has a concern about how long that video would be....rest assured, I would watch it! Thanks for taking the time to answer the ones you do.

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks David - I recorded a load more answers. Will upload soon

hi john - i love the Q and A sessions, as it's interesting hearing what others want to know. you also mentioned that you like to know what people get out of your videos. i'm not sure if i've previously mentioned this, but i am disabled, and suffer from depression. your videos help lift my mood, even if just for the duration of the walk, and i admire your positive nature as well. oh! one other thing -my favourite niece, well, only niece haha, gave me your "this other London" for xmas! love from canada! 😊

Pub etiquette: say thank you / goodbye to the staff as you leave!

I love your videos they get me going every Monday. I live in Montreal and it always gives me a generous and fortifying taste of home away from home, the old smoke

Went to Leytonstone today, most of my family are buried at St Patrick’s Cemetery, I haven’t seen you do a bad walk video John always informative interesting.

Many thanks for all your vids John. I visited east london and into the city last weekend and did some fantastic walks relating to places my families and ancestors lived and worked stretching back to 1824. Your content has added a different dimension to my exploring. The people you meet and chat to on the way was also lovely. Greetings from Yorkshire (If you like vistas, variety, architecture, history, city and country Bradford has a poor reputation but has it all.

Great questions and answers! Got me thinking about my Top 5 pubs in London for an alternative if anyone wants more London pub tips: - Prospect of Whitby (Pub on the Thames in Wapping that was a regular for pirates and smugglers just a few hundred years ago) you can access the "beach" under the pub where there's still a hanging noose where pirates were hung. There's also Captain Kidd down the road which shares a similar history or The Mayflower on the opposite side of the River. - Hawley Arms (Pub in the heart of Camden with a rooftop terrace where many rockstars and musicians have been through) - Ship and Shovell Pub in Charing Cross 2 small pubs either side of an alleyway just before the arches of the station - Gordon's Wine Bar just down the Embankment maybe not fitting the pub criteria but for a quaint place full of history and good wine it is worth at least 1 visit - City Barge or The Bull's Head both on Strand on the Green great riverside pubs where you forget you are still in London

What you say about things going in cycles is so true. I live in Central California and am looking at a headline in the local newspaper, “Floods Refilling Tulare Lake.” This had been huge freshwater lake in the southern Central Valley. It was essentially dried up in the late 1800s when the water was diverted for farming. With all the rain we have had this season, there is nowhere for the water to go. Towns and farms in that area are inundated. It’s crazy. Lost rivers is my favorite topic of yours. 😊

I absolutely love The Chandos on St Martin's Lane. A pint of porter and a bag of crisps/peanuts. Great meeting place. Can't beat it!

John,a walk along at least part of The Ridgeway would be great but please NO TENTS. Comfort has priority. Book yourself into a nice b+b every night. One reason of your films being so compelling is that you have a kind of wizard spirit in you that communes with the "psychogeography" of places. A book I'd recommend is "The World My Wilderness" by Rose Macaulay. I found it in a charity shop. The author paints what is I feel sure an accurate picture of a bombed out and not yet restored London in 1946 with people actually living among the ruins. And despite having watched soaps etc all my life I didn't guess the twist at the end. Its really good. Also an author called Gillian Tindall has written lots of books bringing areas to life from the old documents and several are about London. Lots of "gentrification" where I live. I'd like to revile it but it does make areas nicer,of course it pushes the not nice elements somewhere else and those are ones who often need help and support but in this world you don't get it.Thats just how it is

Thank you so for your walks and comments. I live in Spokane, Washington USA, but my family is originally from York. I don’t think I’ll ever get to come to England, so your videos gives me an opportunity to see places and understand history I’ve always been interest in. So glad I found your channel! Sharon Calvert-Coble

Lullingstone Roman Villa - well worth a visit too. Good bit of mosaic!

Interesting to see a Zetland Arms in Kensington. There is one on the seafront at Kingsdown near Deal in Kent . I don't know why they should call the pubs Zetland but apparently Zetland was the original Danish name for the Shetland Isles ✌️.

Awesome video John. I know you're a fan of the Detectorists, what did you think of the Xmas special?

@JohnRogersWalks

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Absolutely loved it - need to watch it again

The Chandos is definitely my favorite pub in London, and I am so glad you have put it on the top 5 list!

I love your videos! I would love to see you in Glastonbury (the town, not the festival haha), I miss that place!

Really enjoyed this QA learned so much. I have not done too much walking in London but one I enjoyed was when I went to a book signing by the great Deryn Lake in The Old Bell Tavern in Fleet Street. I spent most of the day walking up and down the Strand and Fleet Street going in and out of the various alleys and passageways-so much history to see.

Great video!

Great Q&A mate, really enjoyed it. ✨✨🙏🙏

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks Darren

Hi John, I really enjoyed that. I lived in London, Middlesex and Surrey for 35 years. I started at Imperial College in South Ken in 1980. I got to know Central London, North London and the East End well. I gradually moved west thru Earls Court, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Sheen Richmond, Hampton Wick, Richmond, Kingston, Surbiton, Weybridge, Staines, then most of North West Surrey. I could make many comments on what you cover here, but that would probably be boring. I got to know outer London and the surrounding counties from the mid 1990s by setting up a 220 mile relay run, the Green Belt Relay, and over the next 25 years developed a walk, the London Green Belt Way (242 miles). It goes thru many of the places in your videos and places I got to love so dearly. The Thames, the Chilterns with its chalk streams, the disused railways at St Albans, Hatfield, Welwyn, Hertford. The Lee Valley, Epping Forest, Essex Way, Darent Valley, North Downs Way, River Wey Navigation, Thames Path and so much more. I have other walk websites in the London area, but I moved back to Ireland in 2015 and have produced a few extras since. One of my favourite things was the interactions I had with locals around the routes. I only found your walks after moving back to Ireland, but wish I had found them earlier as I would have done videos on my own walks. Maybe, it's never too late. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for video John!

@JohnRogersWalks

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Cheers Tom

Fantastic.

Thank you John for showing us your London, and beyond. Looking forward for your videos every week 😊. I live in Sweden, and have been visiting London more times than I can remember, but I always long back (we try to visit at least a couple times per year). Watching your videos made me make up my own city walks, researching a bit more than I used to beforehand. And thanks to you I also discovered some truly genuine London places, for example the Regency cafe, which we absolutely love! Also looking forward to your new book, I really enjoyed the first one! /Eva

Very enjoyable episode this time, with a nice mix of things. As someone who has lived for a short time in London, these videos not only bring back memories, but feed my ideas for places to explore when I can visit again. When you mentioned London pubs, I thought of Sir Richard Steele's Pub, The Grape, The Palm, and The Pub On The Park in Hackney, nice memories. There are so many wonderful pubs there, so now have ideas for future visits. As always, thanks so much John, your videos are always interesting and so refreshing.

Keep up the great walks and stories love em John …!❤

Great video, thank you for answering my questions

High Weald walk - you can do about 12 miles a day over two days ✌️

Interesting to hear your thoughts on whether you feel the same excitement about London now as you did when you first arrived. If someone offered to erase your memory of the city so that you could experience the thrill of discovering it all again, as new, would you consider doing that?

Thank you very much for this. Great stuff.

While the city walks are more "busy" and my favorite type, I recall a walk out on the outskirts somewhere, near dark I think and you came across a wooden church in the trees if I'm remembering right which was very interesting and is very redeeming of the less "busy" walk. 🙂

Cracking set of questions.

Thank you for excursion tour from London 😊

Resplendent...👍👍.

That was a really tremendous Q&A walk John thanks for taking the time to do the video 😀 have a good weekend and stay safe David 👍👍

I missed the live stream this week so I'm looking forward to watching this. Thanks for uploading it John.

Thanks John, a fantastic Q&A marathon from you.

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks Danny

Even a Q & A is interesting when you are walking around

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks Robbo

Thank you John xxx

@JohnRogersWalks

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thanks for watching Morrigan

Just settled down to watch this latest video and find my question is first up 😮. That’s made my weekend. Thanks John. Keep up the great work.

Another great show , these q and a' s fill in any gaps from any previous episodes. Fantastic please keep up the great work

Good pub etiquette tips!

This was great fun!

Wonderful! Thanks for tha Q and a John, I look forward to the next part!

Great Q & A John, really enjoyed it.

Thank you for your walks!

Thanks for the video, it is very interesting to hear you discuss your process. I look forward to more of these videos.

Lovely - thanks for the pub recommendations & etiquette!

Great Q & A video

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks Timothy

Thanks

@JohnRogersWalks

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thanks so much Stewart

Thanks for your time!

Love these videos, John Rogers rules...

@JohnRogersWalks

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Thanks Chris

John! Great video. It would be great if you made more longer films. So entertaining.

Awesome effort, John! Deeply interesting and enjoyable! 👍

Thanks! So enjoy your videos. Very interesting and a nice, badly needed, break from the news. Very much agree with the comment regarding your use of music. Wonderful.

Thank you so much, John; I just want to tell you how much I appreciate your channel. Your content is a source of constant joy. ❤

Day off today so just watched the epic.. so interesting and I imaging you took a well earned intake of encouragement from those who watch your walks. Thank you John it a pleasure having virtual walks with you my friend

I'm so grateful for all the walks and videos you create! They are just so awesome. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge and love for London. What a joy to watch!

An incredible lot of questions for you to answer great video looking forward to you next one. Have a great Week

Great video John as always

nice one JR

@JohnRogersWalks

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Cheers Redjacc

Thank you John!

Thanks John, valued your work is. Got a Brother in London & passed you onto him upon last visit. Regards from an old Roman Town in the West of Scotland.

Your a pleasure to watch. Its easy viewing. I saw an hour long video and thought I'll watch it in two parts but I watched it all in one sitting. All your videos are entertaining but not handwork to sit through.

@JohnRogersWalks

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ah thanks so much !

Great Q&A session ... Look forward to your next walk ! All the best from Turku, Finland

Thank you so much John, that was so interesting. All those different questions and totally honest of the cuff answers was entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to the New River walk when you do that one. The Albion pub was at the top of my street, Malvern Terrace and my Nan who lived in Ripplevale Grove plus my older cousins living around there also used it as their regular haunt when I was a kid. Thank you for mentioning it. I used to like the Apples and Pears and the Charlie Chaplin at Elephant n Castle after work in the City on friday nights in the 60's with a group of girlfriends, it was our nught out and loved it. Take care 💕🇦🇺

John loved your Q&A,video,sorry I missed getting question ready.however lots of stuff answered I would have asked.cant wait for second book.

Wow I used to live on filly brook

I grew up in Clerkenwell and attended Hugh Myddelton Infant and Junior Schools so the New River has always been something I've known about, so I was really happy when we manged to walk a stretch from Hertford to Cheshunt a few years ago. My parents lived in Norlington Road in Leytonstone so your walks around your local area are fascinating as so many of the places are so familiar. Thanks for the videos - I'm studying genealogy and also have a real interest in London's history, particularly the area around Clerkenwell so I always learn something.

Pubs: Back in day; The Green Man, Luthers, Kirkdales, The Charleston and the Crown.

Lovely, heart-warming, soul-bearing Q&A John.

I think I’ve mentioned before about walking in the old town area of Kingston upon Hull . Try it John , you will be amazed !

@paulfitzpatrick3090

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I went to Hull university, 1977.82

Of all the places you would have a ghostly experience, it would just have to be one of the locations my ancestors would have known (and possibly feared?). Your comments about growing up in the Chilterns caught my ear as well. A branch of my family lived in Little Missenden for centuries. I have no idea what part they might have played in the Civil War, but those were a series of events that seem to have been common with two branches of my family that I know of. Both stories are total mysteries to me, and are possibly lost, but the common denominators are general loacation, and of course the Thames. Those River Deities always seem to come into it somehow, don't they? What sort of character does the deity of the Misbourne have, I wonder? I guess I shall have to travel half-way around the planet and make a votive offering....😁

Great books with serious London street cred: the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith. Each book has historic pubs and intriguing neighborhoods like Smithfield, Clerkenwell, Denmark Street, of course!