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I could literally sit and watch these all day every day. Excellent presenter, nice guy. You need a TV show.

@bluergr1990

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Im watching him because I'm thinking of moving to London.

@dannymcmince

3 жыл бұрын

I love these vids!

@tivrobobo

3 жыл бұрын

No one needs a TV shows nowadays - KZread is a TV Show.

@IntoTheWhite04

3 жыл бұрын

@@tivrobobo not really

@davidharris1562

3 жыл бұрын

I have spent all day today watching them, brilliant

As a londoner I can't appreciate enough your informative videos. You are a national treasure. I have walked past almost all these buildings and never imagined the great and funny history behind the designs and locations of these magnificent buildings and structures. The history behind small designs like the mice fighting over cheese and grasshopper are always ice on cake.

Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River? What a coincidence! Discovering a river with the same name as yourself.

@crabbyoldfartbag

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@roeng1368

4 жыл бұрын

It was a stroke of luck right enough.

@ginawiggles918

4 жыл бұрын

Life is full of co-inky-dinks.

@phmwu7368

4 жыл бұрын

American viewers at work again LOL

@denisemayosky1955

4 жыл бұрын

I know! Who'da thought it?

Hi ..I'm a peruvian woman living in Lima ..I really like your channel ..How you describe London ... I love it .. So I want to visit London after this pandemic ... I love your accent .. I know some places cos my boyfriend is English living in London center .... English men are very cute and gentlemen ...🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 thank you for your videos Joolz Guides .. I love them ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@missErikaArcasi

3 жыл бұрын

@ab c Hello , no yet , cos the Pandemic in my country Peru is strong still and I lose my dad last year , with coronavirus, my family had coronavirus too and was a caos there . I hope the situation change and I can come to London . I hope. I see London everytime cos my boyfriend call me and show me in our video calls or sent me pictures about London , cos He lives to 10 minutos to London Brigde , London Eye and other beautiful places there .

Sunday afternoon treat, I genuinely love the Joolz series. I can't understand why, the Beeb hasn't sponsored Joolz to write a 6-part, 30 mins per episode series around London. Certain it would be well recieved.

@Joolzguides

4 жыл бұрын

I'll die waiting.

@Boabywankenobi

4 жыл бұрын

@@Joolzguides : Honest question, have you pitched to BBC for a similar show idea? [and now have a 'Tony Hayers' moment you can share? Haha.] If not, it really would be great to see what you could do with a bigger budget and the clout of the BBC to get some priveledged access to places. Your series is absolutely superb.

@cyranoswan

4 жыл бұрын

@@Boabywankenobi I second that - well worth a try; I'd certainly watch!

@allenomalley4014

4 жыл бұрын

Oh he is just too British for the BBC ... and exudes a love of our great city to interest the metro- elite at the Beeb which is a shame

@cyranoswan

4 жыл бұрын

Allen O'Malley You may well have a point. Maybe if he introduces a segment every few minutes where he shouts obscenities about Boris they’ll give him the green light 😂

I get a little lift when I open my iPad and see there is a new Joolz guide to watch. Love these videos.

"I"m in my Clooney years, man!" hahahah well done Joolz

@robertallen6710

3 жыл бұрын

Then he cites 'Connery'...got me

This must be hands down, the best ever tour guide of London, past, present and probably future.....!

That was actually quite emotional Joolz, my Dad who passed in 2018 worked in the old Lloyd's building & the Blade Runner Lloyds building and I recognised most the pubs you went past from when I used to visit him at work, another quality video Joolz Thank You Sir.

Excellent Joolz. Pity the modern plate glass and steel is overshadowing the old buildings, they have so much more character.

@robertallen6710

3 жыл бұрын

Pity is right...

Joolz your work is really on another level.big networks should buy your videos. Your knowledge of every inch of London is superb!

@Joolzguides

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I quite agree.

@danellis-jones1591

4 жыл бұрын

I actually recommended you to someone I know who works in arts TV production. I doubt she has the power to commission anyone, but at least she knows of your channel now. Maybe you could do a radio version and get it on BBC Radio London? I worked at GLR back in the day. You never know!

If I see a Joolz guide video at 20+ minutes, I know it's a going to be a good one.

I absolutely love London with the old and the new architecture side by side:-) :-) Thanks Joolz:-) :-)

I give a like before even starting because I know all videos are amazing. I have subscribed and liked all joolzieeee videos. Have watched these many many times 👍👍👍🥰.

@Joolzguides

4 жыл бұрын

I shall have to catch you out one of these days with a bad one!

@sharjeelkhan7437

4 жыл бұрын

It’s highly unlikely. Stay safe Dear Friend.

Great show Joolz ! I think you should be hired by the ministry of education and take groups of school kids around London for the most fun and engaging history lesson, sure they would love it and spark a real interest in these gems from the past 😉

@Lucky14970

Жыл бұрын

You're familiar with kids today's kids, right? iPad > Masterful presenter of London artifacts and history, Julian McDonnell!!

I'd love Joolz to take me up The Shard, as well as a trip to Perivale to see the iconic Hoover building. Perhaps a series on London's Art Deco buildings would be of interest to your viewers.

What a treat, spent my entire working life in various locations in the City, and most lunch hours just walking around looking at the architecture. Now retired but live across the field from Sir Michael Gambon and five minutes away from Cobham where Charles Dickens spent a great deal of time so appreciate references to Harry Potter and Dickens stories. Looking forward to part 2.

Excellent guide Joolz, I really love the details that you have stories to tell. They are easily missed in the busy streets in London.

Oh to be filled with joy at the sight of another Jules guide, if only for a mere 21 minutes. Alas, back to the mundane existence of this pantemic'd world.

I worked in Liverpoolstreet at The Great Eastern Hotel (now the Andaz) in 1973/1974. In the past it was a mental hospital. The area has changed a lot with all those new buildings. I also likes the historical facts Julian is telling us.

Probably never again in our lifetime will you find the landmarks and streets of London so accessible your really making the best of it thanks joolz

I wish I could go to London SO much. In love the old and the new mixed together and how there is so much history in london.

Such an interesting vlog. I would get lost in the maze of little streets. It amazes me how Joolz remembers all this history, he is very clever.

I am descended of Thomas Gresham. So thanks for this closer view of The Royal Exchange, as an American it was really nice to have a look inside. The Grasshopper is part of the Gresham Coat of Arms (they were from Norfolk). The Greshams not only built The Royal Exchange, they were head of the Guild of Fishmongers (but also dealt in a lot shipping/exporting - including fine cloth), High Sherrifs of London, they built colleges & created boys schools. I read that there is still a Gresham College in London. In Norfolk (can't recall the town right now) the school for boys has now developed into an elite school for all ages for both boys & girls. In this town you apparently find the grasshoppers everywhere (on signs, buildings, etc).

@ramibu239

4 жыл бұрын

Btw....Joolz can you provide the link for the original vid that you took of the Royal Exchange? I'd like to see more. Also, the Gresham's supposedly had a massive house on the Old Roman Road do you have any more vids on that area? (I did see one where it was all big bank buildings now).

miss my trips to dear old London town, involved in the construction of the cheesegrater, it left a permanent reminder when part of it nearly chopped my arm off

Joolz! 🕺 This makes me very happy

ah , my old stomping ground... lived in Wapping and worked on King William st for 2 years. Nice one Joolz!

Love these videos! Next time I come to London I’ll be booking a tour with you!

Yay!! This has made my day. A beautiful sunny day and a new Joolz video. What could be better!!

Love the positive outlook, we could do with lots more.

Thank you, Joolz. You make some of the most entertaining vids on KZread.

Thanks for a brilliant tour/guide, pointing out all the facts that I don't know and the details that I used to miss whilst going for my lunch-time walks. Darn, I miss those walks even if not the commute to the office. Pros and cons of WFH!

My country may be burning but at least I can enjoy a lovely Sunday morning with Joolz.

@dasinsight4156

4 жыл бұрын

Are you from the US mate?

@dukeofhaas

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Philadelphia, PA.

@mamymimma

4 жыл бұрын

😔

@dasinsight4156

4 жыл бұрын

@@dukeofhaas Just hoping for peace and betterment!!

I’ve never seen Liverpool Street Station so quiet so much history in the city 👍

Stay healthy and stay safe, Jules.

Wonderful to watch & listen thanks Julian.

Thanks for uploading another video. You have no idea how much your videos have helped me during lockdown. They've kept me entertained for hours. I did the knowledge nearly 30 years ago and thought I knew London but the history you add shows i dont know a lot. 😃 Keep up the great work.

Always entertaining, I think it is your infectious laugh, as you give us a history and architecture knowledge ! Thanks.

Wonder if Mrs Miggins Pie Shop was anywhere around there 😅😅

Thanks Joolz! Great tour of the City. What a great day out, Bob Crachit!

Always such a treat to see a new video pop up. I've missed you.

Thanks, Joolz, as a Brit abroad, your videos help me miss home less.

London a fabulous city and I'm from Ireland!!

I watch these videos when I get homesick.. havnt lived in the UK for 20 years now. Vanuatu is a world away from London Town. Thank you for my slices of home.

Great to watch, interesting, very engaging and just so likeable and i normally hate everyone thanks Joolz and team

@dannymcmince

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you hate everyone?

@allenomalley4014

3 жыл бұрын

Danny Brew thanks for popping in but as a misanthrope I can’t be bothered to explain. Nah it was a joke although I don’t like people with no sense of humour

I know it must be difficult to do your clips during the lock down but they are very appreciated.

It's weird seeing so many people on the streets of London in your throwback films!

Fantastic! Especially Hudson‘s Bay Company. Big part of Canadian history. Look forward to the next video😀

I had myself a nice City tour on a Spring Sunday a few years back. As far as people go, it was very similar to yours. I wish you'd been with me at the time, though. You'd have made it a lot more interesting and informative. Thanks for your whole body of work, my good sir :)

Your London Walks make me so happy! You've gotten me/getting me thru a deep depression. My car broken down, lost job. Very bad situation.

Wow!!! You just answered the question on "bedlam" and "6s and 7s". Never knew. No idea. Thank you.

Your videos on London are brilliant!! I watched your journey to Pitcairn. Fascinating!!!

Live your videos . Always waiting for more. So well done . Amazing work. Tks so much

Thank you so much for all your content. Always interesting and great presentation.

This video made me so happy. It was great! London is beautiful. The city holds a special place in my heart. My wife and I honeymooned there. We plan on going back for our twentieth anniversary in about eighteen months. Hopefully things will be off lockdown by then.

@alex-E7WHU

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the captain kidd pub in wapping, or ye olde mitre pub just off of Hatton Garden, both excellent pubs.

I was hoping when you were showing the Exchange you'd mention that was where Scrooge often sat in his usual place under the clock. It looks exactly as it did in the film "Scrooge" from 1951 with Alaster Sim.

This is entertaining and interesting. Thanks, Joolz! I came to this as an AP Geography Teacher and plan to have my American students watch to see if they can use the tour and commentary to make deductions about the city's past and the lives of Londoners and the way they have changed. I was though at one time a lawyer and worked in the City, just near the Turkish bathhouse. There's another good story associated with it which is not mentioned here. At some point in the 1980s when the baths closed, the space was used for document storage. When however the document owners came to retrieve them in order to check something, they found that they had all turned to pulp, having absorbed all the moisture that had seeped into the walls over many years. It was then closed as a document storage space! That's presumably when it was redone for corporate entertaining.

I remember there was a door to nowhere erected on the grass near the Bishops. I might still have a picture of it somewhere.

Joolz a gem!

Very entertaining and informative. Thank you.

Great to see a new walk Joolz cannot wait for more of your amazing and amusing walks

yesssssss! been waiting for another Joolz, and after this week, the distraction is so welcome. Thank you!

"You like a nice beaver, Simon?" LOL - funny as ever

Even though im a Londoner you never fail to teach me something new that I didn't know about the city. Stay safe snd healthy Joolz.

so so strange seeing liverpool street so dead.

@tilerman

4 жыл бұрын

3 weeks ago i had to go to Liverpool Street Station to do a building survey on a property immediately opposite the station. I came in on the train from Cheshunt and i was one of 2 people on a full length train. When i got to Liverpool Street Station and got to the concourse, it was surreal. It was around 10am on a weekday and i counted 8 people. Very strange indeed.

Walked these streets for around 30 years, working in different offices, lunchtimes, celebrations, shopping. I retired 12 years ago and don't miss it one bit - but your video brought back some good memories. Thanks.

Thank you for posting another amazing video! So far, you have not posted a single dud! They are all brilliant!

Brilliant video , thank you, just love that Lloyds building

Hi Joolz, I love your story about the mice and the cheese 🐭🧀there are quite a few stories like this relating to adornments on buildings. I love them all.

Awesome thanks Jools.

Missed you Joolz , glad your back.

A real treat seeing a new upload and I look forward to part 2.

Brilliant video 👍

How about doing a Blitz tour of the City?

Good to see you back out and about Joolz.

Missed you, welcome back.

London is a museum. Love it so much.

Thanks Joolz. We love your videos. Keep up the great work.

Great video as usual. Keep up the good work and be safe

Made my day seeing another vid pop up. Cheers Julz. As entertaining as ever 🍻👍

Brilliant as always; I was born in Bethnal Green brought up in and around the city. And learnt nothing, your videos show me so much educate me on the city that I should know more about. Watching you makes me proud to be a cockney, and I can’t wait to revisit london again. Julian we are most likely the same kind of age; but you grew up on the bright side. My wife and I often just sit and watch 3/5 of you at a time always learning. Fascinating I will at some point see you and must get you a drink of 4 x

Best London guide in the web, every Sunday I wait anxious for a new episode. Cheers from Argentina!

Love love love the mice story. Made me lol. Almost lost my drink all over my computer monitor. Thanks Joolz.

Great video squire ! Those old taverns 🙂👌🏻

You made my Sunday

great stuff thanks mate another enjoyable tour

It's great to listen to without the roar of traffic

Great video yet again. Thank you

Brilliant as usual, Joolz. Thank you.

Nice video Joolz. Brought back some good memories as I worked along Bishopsgate for 10 years and miss it. Incidentally, Radiohead filmed the Video to their song 'Just' around Liv St.

great stuff joolz

Another interesting and top notch quality video Thanks!

When in Change Alley and talking about the South Sea Bubble, at 16:56 you're nearly looking at Eddie's Bar entrance in the BBC's Hustle. Eddie's sign fiendishly covers the sign saying Pitcher and Piano, for their pub side entrance.

Enjoyed it very much, looking forward to part 2.

Lovely stuff!!

Love these vids 👍

Great video !!

Love your walks around London,really interesting,thankyou

Great to see you back Jules!