I hope you realise what a unique and important, musically historic channel,yours is. Real fans out there will know you are a special kind of person.Well done.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! It's a labor of love.

@tommymaguire2839

28 күн бұрын

I agree 100%. Interesting info WITHOUT the usual KZread pretension. Love love love these.

Fun pop fact: Tony James of GenX bought the lease off Malcolm. Sigue Sigue Sputnik recorded all their early demos in pindock mews.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for that info! Someone here said that Martin Degville was at the Warrington Pub because Sigue Sigue were based in Pindock Mews, so that all makes sense. I wonder who lived in the home now. Thanks for watching.

After Sid lived there,many years later, number 3 was bought by Magenta Devine, (a TV presenter from over here 🇬🇧 who also got into heroin). Sadly, she passed away about 4 years ago....Not drug related. I know Little Venice and around that area pretty well....beautiful place. I hope you got to walk along the canal. Great video ❤ All the best

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

I really like Magenta Devine. I know she was involved with Sigue Sigue Sputnik too. She was so stylish. I had no idea she bought Sid's old home. Great taste. I also had no idea there were canals in the area. How wonderful! Thanks for watching.:)

@andybiddle9088

27 күн бұрын

​​@@WhyNotGoPlacesIf you go down Formosa Street, where the shops are, and continue all the way to the end of it, where Formosa bends round and becomes Blomfield Rd. The canal is right in front of you. From there, if you get on the path and go left, when it branches of to the right, you'll go to Paddington and to the left goes to Regents Park and Camden. Either way is a beautiful walk...Worth coming back to England just for that!!! All the best from 🇬🇧, Andy

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces The canal area is known as Little Venice and is the most expensive part.Paul Weller lives there at the moment,and Lady Di`s brother Charles Spencer lived in the corner house right opposite the canal by the bridge.

Very good! Loving your vids, memory lane. Joe strummer lived on Lancaster road, W11, i had few pints Guinness with him in 1987 in his local pub on portobello road, the Warwick castle. This was a real musos pub, i have lot memories of being there drinking, with transvision vamp, and ian bone (founder of class war) i saw jerry hall in the Warwick one night. And spandau ballet gary kemp. The late night places in late 80s were the limelight club on shaftsbury avenue, and browns in covent garden. I saw sigue sigue sputnik live in berlin few years ago, 2010, i met martin degvill, i knew him from Kensington market, we used drink in a wine bar happy hour place close to Kensington market.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Nice memories! I don't think I've been to the Warwick Castle, but I recently met Michelle Brigandage, an old friend, at the Earl of Lonsdale on Portobello Road. I liked their beer garden. I also went to the Limelight on Shaftsbury in the 80's. I loved that venue. Thanks for watching!

@roguemayhem3651

Ай бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces the real action at the london limelight was upstairs in the private VIP ROOM, I WAs there lot in 1987, in vip room, had lot great nights out spent up there with lot pop stars and fellow music biz people. I lived in nyc manhatten in early 90s, we visited few times the nyc limelight also, but london was better one.

@neilsun2521

Ай бұрын

Mick Jones was still drinking in the pubs around Notting Hill tube a few years ago. I spoke to him a few times in the shops I worked in when I served him, but never in the pub. (He seemed a quiet man and I could never think of anything to say!)

@pobstrel

28 күн бұрын

Martin has lived in St Leonard's On Sea for nearly ten years now. He did open a clothes shop for a while. I remember the one he had in Kensington Market.

My god what a great video! Americans, from the land where everything is bigger and better (in my opinion), enthusing about pubs etc in my own humble land, warms the cockles of my heart ❤️.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I don't think things are better here, but I guess they are bigger. I love your pubs, your music, your culture, your people...just about everything in England. I like the weather too. Thanks for watching my video! I have more London videos coming up.

Stayed in Maida Vale in April. Just booked a return trip for NEXT April. I've always loved and visited Little Venice, but had never stayed there. Going by Marc Bolan's old flat and calling the Warwick Castle "my local" for a week was wonderful. I took Soo Catwoman and her daughter to the Warwick Castle back in 2008 when I worked with a rockabilly band who were playing the Brixton Academy. THE BEST MEMORIES.....Soo and the Castle, NOT the rockabilly band. hahaha! Love you and Joe!!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

27 күн бұрын

Thank you Tommy! Glad you enjoyed this one. Wow, I can't believe you know Soo and hung out with her. That's a great memory. I have heard that the Warwick Castle is where many musicians hang out. I didn't see it, but we were in Maida Vale briefly. Such a beautiful area. So Mark Bolan lived there too? I know when he died that was in South London somewhere. Thanks again for tuning in!

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Bolan lived in Clarendon Road just around the corner from where you were at Sids place,it is across the road from my late mums place,before that when Marc was still poor he lived in in a tiny top floor room in Blenheim Crescent ,just off Ladbroke Grove.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

I remember when I was still living at mums place in Randolph Avenue in the 1970s/early 1980s I used to hang out at the Warrington a lot,and in those days we were allowed to cross the road and take our drinks onto the roundabout opposite it and sit on the grass all day,but that got banned for being too much fun of course!!...it was great in those days,I remember seeing Siouxsie Sioux drinking in there one day.Its still beautiful inside but last time I went it just didn`t have the same exciting atmosphere anymore,different clientele these days.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

The other happening pubs around there were The Crown (aka Crocker`s Folly) on the other side of Maida Vale road itself in Abercorn Place,and The Elgin in Elgin Avenue.

This is stuff is so engaging..Real history.. When the door opened I was expecting Sid to come out and share a few choice words ya. Lol. I bet there are some vibes going on in his old place. He was and still is a very strong spirit. Can’t beat those little walks and finding the old haunts. Brilliant, Love again as always from North London. ❤🎸

@neilsun2521

Ай бұрын

When I lived in West London 10 years ago I'd often spend my Sunday afternoon walking to a location of a fave pop culture moment. The house where Hendrix died was across the street from me; Mick Jones and Jimmy Page would always walk past me in the street; I once went to the house from 'Performance' film; and also the house where they shot the interiors for 'Withnail & I's flat (even though it was set in Camden, the interiors were shot up West).

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video North London! I had no idea Sid lived on such a charming street.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

I thought about going to the house where Hendrix died on this trip but I didn't get around to it. I think it's in Notting Hill.

@mauricerevelle8451

Ай бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlacesThe flat Jimi lived in 68 - 69 is 23 Brook St Mayfair, it was turned into a museum , you can go in there . Shame you didn’t know..

@pobstrel

28 күн бұрын

​@@neilsun2521The interior scenes of the house in Performance were filmed in Eaton Square.

Thank you for posting this historical vlog, you're so lucky to have lived in London back in the day and to have met and known Sid, Nancy to name a few in the 70's Punk scene 😊

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I met Sid and Nancy briefly in Aug. 1978. I'll have more London videos soon.

Great stuff. Ive been there twice ( Sids old house ) for photos, once with an old pal n once with my son, in the last 3 years .

Brilliant video, it was really interesting to see where Sid used to live and hang out. The thing that surprises me when I see where a lot of these punks lived, is how affluent the areas are. But... London did not necessarily look that nice back in the mid to late 70s. Covent Garden for instance, where the Roxy was, did not look upmarket back then. I lived in London from 1993 to 1997, wish I had checked out maidavale and Notting hill, campden town etc more back them. I spent too long in south london, wimbledon etc. Now I am down under in Australia. Loving seeing London and the culture again. Keep the great videos coming 🎸👍

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks again for watching! I lived in London form 1990 to 1997, so similar time. I was in Kilburn, so I didn't see much of South London. I think that Maida Vale was always a nice area, but now it's super-super nice.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Maida Vale was pretty shabby in the 70s,there was a lot of derelict houses and squatters and prostitutes around there then.

Awesome! Cheers

The Warrington was where Sid and Glen decided to do the Vicious White Kids gig if memory serves. Nick Kent's book Apathy For the Devil has a bit about knowing Sid towards the end of the Sex Pistols. It names a few places in Notting Hill they stayed or scored drugs.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

I thought this was probably the pub where Glen and Sid sat together and decided to do the Vicious White Kids show - the show where I met Sid and Nancy. I didn't mention that in the video because I wasn't sure. There is another pub in the area called The Prince Albert, but it seems like the music people liked to go the Warrington. Thanks again for watching!

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Glen hangs out in one of those little cafes you walked past opposite the Prince Alfred by Pindock Mews.

Lovely upload. Thank you very much

Viv was Sids roommate Long before Punk or any bands were started.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

Yes, I read that in her book. She said Sid once urinated in her bed and when she got upset he just giggled.

@zaradragonia9863

25 күн бұрын

Viv Albertine? Cool😊

Great video. When lockdowns were on I used to go to London weekly to take photos of different areas as the streets were dead and Pindock Mews and The Warrington were included though I had been around the area in the late 80's as well and it hasn't changed that much, just a little shabbier back then. Saw Mick Jones out with Wendy James once too.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. It is such a charming area. I love it. I used to live up the road in Kilburn, which is ok but not as charming as Maida Vale.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Which street in Kilburn? My school bus was the number 31 which crossed Kilburn High Road when I was travelling from Holland Park to Swiss Cottage,one of my schoolfriends lived in Brondesbury Road.Come to think of it so did my brother briefly

Love those old mews houses reminds me of swinging London in the sixties

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

I love those mews houses too. Soooo charming!

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces My father had one in Albion Close near Marble Arch,he bought it from Michael Caine in 1979...For only £40,000!!

That was interesting, thanks. I always just assumed Sid's band in NY was comprised of New Yorkers! Steve Dior's kept a relatively low profile over the years. I also was unaware Sid moved over to West London -- I thought he'd gone straight from his Hackney tower block to NY in '78! (What was Camden Town like in the '70s compared to now? Less touristy I'd imagine! :)

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked the video! I thought his band was made up of all New Yorkers too. Steve Dior must have a lot of stories to tell. In my memory, Camden was less touristy and less busy than it is now, but it was still expensive. In 1978, it was much cheaper to live in Golders Green (where I lived most of the time) than in Camden Town. Thanks for watching.:)

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I was at a school near there for a while in a street called Eton Avenue which runs from Swiss Cottage to Belsize Park/Haverstock Hill.

Surprised to see some pubs are still left in globalized London where there is hardly any Brit left "the place is full of foreigners is not what it used to be" sang the angelic upstarts and it was 1980! Sid lived in a very nice neighborhood surely not working class

@antstead2329

29 күн бұрын

I go up from the south coast a few times a year just to have a few ales in selective boozers. There are still some great ones knocking about if you know where to go but they didn't exist I doubt I'd go to London ever again!

Incredible pub!

Great job. You're stories are fascinating. I always wondered where they lived and I didn't know it was this nice. What a fantastic neighborhood. That pub is awesome.

@neilsun2521

Ай бұрын

To be fair a lot of these West end places like Chelsea have been posh-ified since the '70s. A lot of the properties were council flats back then. Notting Hill was a no-go zone for taxi drivers in the 1960s (if you lived in Notting Hill and wanted a taxi home, you weren't getting one! 'cos it was so rough).

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Maida Vale is one of my favorite areas on London. I have more London videos coming.

trivia fact,this pub is in The Conjuring 2,a horror film about the Enfield hauntings,if you look on youtube about the locations you will see it.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Loving the vid so far!! You know Sigue Sigue Sputnik were based in Sid’s old flat in Pindock Mews? That’s why Degville was always in the Warrington. 😂

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Someone here said that Tony James took over the lease on Sid's home, so that makes sense.

@sputnikwar

Ай бұрын

It was Magenta Devine that bought it, Tony was her partner.

@pobstrel

28 күн бұрын

I often see Martin around St Leonard's On Sea.

@sputnikwar

26 күн бұрын

@@pobstrel Is he still drunk all the time?

Great video & well done you for giving the subject matter enough space in which to breathe. I love the long, lingering look at the outside of the mews flat & the thoughts about what could have been. You know I'm a massive fan M' but look, even tho' you may not have hundreds of thousands of subscribers your voice, as an American who was actually there, is infinitely more interesting & authentic than the likes of say, a John Robb type character! Well done M', we love you.......

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

Thank you Tom! You've been watching me for a long time. I really appreciate it. This channel is a labor of love, so I'm glad you and others enjoy it. (I had to look up John Robb, btw. I didn't know who he was! I have received comments like "you don't look like a Sex Pistols fan" from time to time, so maybe I don't look the part.) That mews street is so beautiful I couldn't stop looking at it. That's where I would want to live if I ever won the lottery. Thanks again for tuning in.:)

@TomTremayne

28 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces M', don't listen to the detractors; you so do look like an early Pistols fan! On the subject of the mews...I'm a knowledgable sort of guy & over the years have been inside many London mews buildings. When I originally saw the videos for Sid's versions of 'Something Else' and 'C'mon Everybody' (originally in the 'Swindle & both now on youtube) I could clearly see that they were shot inside a converted mews. In one of the videos you see Sid exiting the mews on a motorbike & naturally I'd thought they were shot at Pindock Mews. On seeing your video, however, I'm not so sure. Whist the front doors look sort of right, the right hand side of the mews, when he's on the bike, have a fence-line rather than houses & one wonders where these mews are. I was thinking they might be St Lukes Mews in Notting Hill (long-owned by music industry people & where Paula Yates was tragically found dead) but no, St Lukes Mews also look wrong. Anyway....just another mystery that someone can solve.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Wow, you're really a fan that gets down to the details! I never thought of where that was filmed but it does look like a mews street. I wonder where it was filmed too. I am still surprised Sid lived in such a nice place.

@zaradragonia9863

25 күн бұрын

Love her too! Mags!😂🎉

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces It actually isn`t the same building,it is on the same spot,but Sids mews house was in such bad condition the entire thing was completely demolished and rebuilt.It was sold by a local mews specialist estate agency called Lurot Brand.

That looks like the pub where CNN interviewed Liam Gallagher in late 1997. He used to live in that area.

Visited they're in 1979 9 years old remember watneys beer was near by believe Matlock worked @ brewery RIP watneys red barrel

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

It was Paul Cook who worked at the brewery.

Really surprising they lived in such a quiet, posh area. A far cry from the Chelsea Hotel

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

I was surprised too. Thanks for watching.

@GriefTourist

Ай бұрын

The Sex Pistols made a lot of money!

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@GriefTourist Not for many many years after wards after they split up and they took Malcolm to court.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

It wasn`t posh in the old days,the house my parents bought there in Randolph Avenue in the 1960s only cost them £2,000!! When it was sold in 2017 it went for £1.6 Million!!

@avalondreaming1433

25 күн бұрын

@@mjh5437 That's insane 😳. My childhood home in Dallas was bought for $15,000 in the mid sixties. We sold it for $175, 000 in 2016. It's now worth $450,000. Lol. Real estate is always your best investment.

Wow, thank you for this long awaited video, it's amazing, it conveys the whole atmosphere, you are so engaging, I want more videos from you, thank you so much !!!!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I have more London videos to come.

What a house! Wonder what it was like when he lived there! Sid gone but never forgotten!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

I think Maida Vale was always a nice area, but now it's super-posh. I love those old mews houses.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

I remember the original house which was demolished had a garage next to the front door and the door was really weird,it was only about 18" wide for some reason! I should have salvaged it when builders were demolishing the place.

@holland736

Күн бұрын

Why the guy was a state registered idiot

The Warrington was also used extensively in the Sweeney episode Night Out which was filmed around the punk era.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

26 күн бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for watching. It's such a nice pub.

@crose7412

5 күн бұрын

@russw3736 No way! I'll have to re-watch now that I've seen the inside from this vid in the modern day.

Wowww that's a very special video. Such a Gorgeous pub! ❤❤❤

@WhyNotGoPlaces

4 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I like you stating the dates. Its nice to piece the time line together

Funniest thing here is hearing that Sid had a secretary 😂

Another great video. Thank You

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I really appreciate it.

Great work thank you!!!!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

22 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and the kind words! The Sex Pistols in Liverpool must have been a great gig.

Amazing pub.

Another great vlog, you should take up documentary making, your really good at it!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

27 күн бұрын

Wow, thank you! It's all a labor of love for me.

Shame i can only smash the like button once!

You're so kool 👍

You'll be a great punk rock tour guide....

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thank you! I try to be a tour guide with these videos.

great film! Thank you for sharing all your inside knowledge :)

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you 4 posting this interesting vlog. Lavina Morticia,1985 only legal ballerina x wife of Sebastian Bach@Skid Row+a few secrets.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I have more London videos coming.

Another great video. Thank you!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

11 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

God, I love London 😢

I do love your channel and your knowledge.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

22 күн бұрын

Thanks you! I know there lots of people out there who know more than me, but I love all this stuff and I'm happy to share it.

I have only just discovered your videos. They are really interesting, thank you

@WhyNotGoPlaces

27 күн бұрын

Glad you like them!

Fantastic vid Maggie 😁🙌

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Love your show. I used to go to London especially parking on Edith Grove near Chelsea and just around the corner there's Gunter Grove and the latter is where sid and johnny rotten lived for a while maybe around 77 78 and also Nancy was staying there as well but Johnny's didn't like Nancy so whether Johnny moved out becoming of her i don't know. According to John the flat or apartment stank really bad i won't say what he said it stank like. I would alway head to portobello road and spend hours there pity i wasn't really old enough then because Joe Strummer and Clash and a few years later Wendy james from Transvision Vamp was alway down there especially in the Warwick Castle pub who had a relationship in the late 80s with Mick Jones from the Clash. She's now.a solo artist living in france and New York and has a new album coming out any time She's great please check her out she has some stories to tell and also had Glen matlock play bass on one of her albums The price of the ticket. Your films are alway full of content and are always front the heart and entertaining ❤

@kevhanson1262

Ай бұрын

As I was writing my comments I hadn't got to the point were you mentioned Gunter Grove as I was so excited you were touring these places I couldn't hold back my little tours in that area .It must be emotional going back I was 6 in 1977 but remember God save the Queen and the silver jubilee Britain went crazy 🤪

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I did go to Gunter Grove. I'll include that in a later video. I follow Wendy James on Facebook. I loved her band back in the 80's. Thanks again!

@pobstrel

28 күн бұрын

John said in his autobiography that Nancy had poor hygiene and would often pee herself and was so dirty that the urine would leave bleached lines in the grime on her legs.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I went to a party at the basement flat she shared with the guitarist of TV,it was in one of the big houses on Kensington Church Street near the Churchill Arms pub and all the little antique shops.She used to drink in the Duke of Wellington on Portobello Road,I didn`t really know her but just tagged along with them on the night.

Another interesting video. Well done 😊

@WhyNotGoPlaces

24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you💯

@WhyNotGoPlaces

26 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

Another great post! Thanks. Keep them coming. I'll have to visit the Warrington on my day off next week. In another post you mentioned encountering Sid drowning his sorrows after a gig at the 100 Club (I think). You saw a side of Sid then that few people would have seen publicly. The story about Sid robbing the dead bloke of his money and watch is darkly amusing and probably closer to his public image than the vulnerable Sid you met that time. And ... Old Speckled Hen is one of my favourites too!😊

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

That is a fantastic pub. I wish I lived nearby! I talked to Sid and Nancy after his solo gig at the Electric Ballroom in Camden - August 15, 1978. He seemed kind of down and surprised when I said he did a great gig. But he seemed sweet too. That's when they told me they were moving to New York. She said London was "shit" compared to NYC. I had no idea he lived in such a nice place at the time. Thanks for watching!

@pablozewoppa

Ай бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces Of course, Electric Ballroom, my mistake. I wish I had your chutzpah. I live in Chiswick, west London, and one afternoon a few years back (around 2009) I encountered Amy Winehouse. I was in a Starbucks on the High Road when a black people-carrier pulled up outside and who should emerge from it but Amy. At first I thought 'That lass has got the whole Amy Winehouse thing going on', then I realised it actually was her. A mutter went round the cafe as she stood quietly waiting for her coffee (by herself). She was 2 feet away from me but she was giving off such an 'I'm really not in the mood' kind of vibe I didn't acknowledge her. Our eyes met but I couldn't summon up the courage to speak! 😄 (Also, the Pistols recorded some demos and rehersed somewhere here in Chiswick, but I've never been able to ascertain where. There's a photo of them, very early days, looking over a wall. When I see it in books all the caption ever says is 'Sex Pistols in Chiswick.')

Loving this mini London series you and Joe are showing us , hopefully a few more episodes to come?

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yes, I have a few more coming up. :)

Great video Maggie and Joe, welcome to London..

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I have more London ones coming.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@franklincoolport27 Liar! lololol,its crap now,practically non-existent for Pop/Rock music.

Great vid. Love Maida Vale/paddington area

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for tuning in again!

Great place brings back great memories 😂

Thanks so much, I love your vids - great to get a regular Pistols fix and more. The Warrington is gorgeous, hope I manage to visit before too long - I thought it looked familiar, though, and sure enough, it features in episodes of my favourite TV shows, namely Minder and The Sweeney. It appears in the episode 'Night Out' of the latter, one of the best, I feel. Pindock Mews likewise is familiar from maybe hundreds of Brit TV shows and films. I'm sure it was a desirable address going way back. Stirling Moss may have had a place there? I'm sure an F1 fan will correct me. Thanks once again, it's a gas to hang out, virtually at least - AND you was in Kommunity FK? Pretty neat! Ta!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

25 күн бұрын

Yes, I was in Kommunity FK in the 80's. I'm in the "Something Inside Me has Died" Video. That was our most popular song. I haven't seen the shows you mentioned, but I bet The Warrington is a great location for shooting. Someone here tells me it was in the movie The Conjuring 2. Thanks again for watching!

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

Stirling Moss`s mews house was about a Mile away just off the Edgware Road,I used to see him around when I had a picture framing shop near there from 1989-2006,he used to get around on a Vespa lol

I had no idea that Sid remained in London for so long! I always thought he was in NY the whole time

@WhyNotGoPlaces

25 күн бұрын

Hi Mimi! Thanks for watching again. Yes, when I met him and Nancy at his solo gig (Aug. 15, 1978 in London), he told me they were leaving soon for NYC. That's when she said to me "London is shit compared to New York". So my guess is that she was the one who really wanted to move there. His first gig in NYC was Sept. 7th 1978, so I think they were gone from this location by the end of August.

Great video . Have a read of the book PADLOCKS , tells of their squatting in 1977 .

@WhyNotGoPlaces

25 күн бұрын

No I haven't. I'll look for it. Is it about Steve Dior and Sid Vicious?

@newcybrown6352

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces It's about Sid n Nancy squatting with Den Browne .

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@newcybrown6352 Great book,I read it recently,the weird thing is that their squat was right opposite my school in those days and I never knew!!

Be seeing you.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

That's from an old British show "The Prisoner." I love that show. Thanks for watching!

Another fantastic vlog. I really enjoy your Punk knowledge and experiences. I'm doing a Maida Vale/Little Venice vlog in the next few weeks talking about The Clash and Pistols. Please can I mention your vlog here when covering areas you visited?

@WhyNotGoPlaces

15 күн бұрын

Sure no problem. I didn't get a chance to visit the canals nearby. Have fun doing it! Such a lovely area.

@theanglianflaneurs9423

15 күн бұрын

Thank you so much.

Would love to meet up with you both if you come back to the uk

@WhyNotGoPlaces

28 күн бұрын

That would be great! We hope to come back sometime next year. We had a great time. I still love London.

Nice one❤😎Xx

@WhyNotGoPlaces

25 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@davewalktight5849

25 күн бұрын

Check out an episode of 'The Sweeney' called 'Night Out'🫡😉

Another great video. Thank you for sharing your personal stories and inside scoops. The only question I have after that is, do they still have a Thai food place upstairs? 😜Just kidding. You are my favorite newly discovered youtuber. Please keep up the great work sharing these wonderful stories. ❤

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the compliments and for watching! I do repeat myself...sorry!

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I ate in there once when they first installed it,before then it was a Snooker/Bar Billiards hall.

(The basement flat would've been ideal for rehearsals as bass vibrations travel downwards; rather than upward. The least amount of disturbance. Still, u probably couldn't get away with it there nowadays with the insanely high property values!)

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

That's true! I thought it was interesting that they rehearsed there.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I seem to remember they used the huge coal cellars under the pavement all those big houses in Warrington Crescent still have from the days before central heating.A lot of them are converted into spare bedrooms.saunas/wine cellars/kitchens now.

Thank you very much Misses Punk History Teacher! I just watched your 2 latest videos. Are there still many punks in London??

@WhyNotGoPlaces

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! I went to a punk gig at the Dublin Castle in Camden recently and it was full of punks, young and older. It was nice to see.

sorry late news, please can you go to WINTER GARDENS in BLACKPOOL in August first week only because of the REBELLION PUNK FESTIVAL, I ALWAYS WATCH IT ONLINE SINCE I DON'T LIVE IN UK,....THANK YOU, LASS, thank you a lot, you can interview bands and punk fans and real punkers too of all ages, I even saw a granny with a mohawk in her 60s,...cool lass,.......marius(punk rules).

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

I would love to! But unfortunately I live in Florida. I did interview Michelle Brigandage in London and they will be appearing at the festival. I will show that video soon. I saw them play at the Dublin Castle with Rubella Ballet, who will also be at the festival. It was a great show with punks of all ages.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I saw Michelles`s band a couple of times and saw her around a lot in 1982-1985,we were both huge fans of Hanoi Rocks and went to all their London gigs.I`ve bought a few of her repro McLaren/Westwood shirts in the past,they`re very good quality.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I didn`t realise you`re from Florida,we should swap houses,I have one in Fulham and have wanted to move to Florida for years!! I`ve been looking at houses in St Pete/Tampa for ages but I`m probably too lazy to make the move now.

Good God man, you’re supposed to take your teabag out! Who’d a thunk it, I learnt the origin of some English slang today from an American! 😱

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Joe likes leaving the teabag in - I guess he likes it strong. Thanks for watching.

@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse

Ай бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces we call that stewed….It’s where ewww originates from…

Parents were from NW London. In their day, before the war, Maida Vale and Kilburn was mainly Irish. A cheap area to live. What a change!

@WhyNotGoPlaces

12 сағат бұрын

I lived in Kilburn in the 90's and that area was reasonable back then, but I'm sure that has changed too. Thanks for watching!

if, you're in England and you see some punkers please video tape them, but please ask for their permission, thank you, lass,......I miss home,..........marius(punk rules).

22:25 You watched the one and only gig by The Vicious White Kids on 15th August 1978. I think I read an interview where Glen Matlock says that Sid and Nancy flew to America the next day. Glen and the other two musicians in the group (Rat Scabies and Steve New) forfeited their wages from the gig so they could give them to Sid to pay for the flights.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

5 күн бұрын

Interesting. I didn't know that. Thanks for watching!

@crose7412

5 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces An early version of GoFundMe! The gig was organised specifically to raise money for Sid and Nancy's relocation. I was surprised to see how posh the mews was so thanks for filming that.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

5 күн бұрын

@@crose7412 when I spoke to him on August 15 at the gig he said they were moving to NYC soon. I didn't realize it was the next day. Thanks for sharing.

@crose7412

4 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I could be wrong! I'll try to find the interview. Sid seemed very difficult to get on with, did you take to him?

@WhyNotGoPlaces

3 күн бұрын

@@crose7412 he seemed a little down, but he perked up and smiled when I said I loved his show. I asked when he was performing again and that's when he said they were moving to NYC. And then Nancy joined the conversation and said nyc was much better than London. I detail it in my Sid vicious video a few months ago. He seemed surprised when I praised his show, so I think he was a little insecure. It was a brief encounter, but that's my take. Nancy seemed domineering and much louder than Sid. On that night anyway.

Even if Sid wanted to come back to London, Nancy wouldn't have allowed it 😢

@WhyNotGoPlaces

25 күн бұрын

Probably not! And what a come-down to move from this pretty house in Maida Vale to the Chelsea Hotel in NYC. I stayed at the Chelsea in the early 80's and it was a cool place, but it was also dirty and we had roaches in the bathroom.

@zaradragonia9863

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces I know! That wretched Chelsea Hotel!

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@zaradragonia9863 Sids house and that mews was pretty sleazy and decrepit in the 70s too.I remember going down that mews in the 80s and it was still pretty bad then.

@zaradragonia9863

25 күн бұрын

@@mjh5437 Right. Yeah I was wondering what it might have been like 🏖🌐

It sad and funny what happend jerry nolan.

Great pub was it ever used as a filming location for anything ? thanks from a Sid fan .

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Yes it was. Somewhere here said it was used in the movie The Conjuring 2. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

It was used in my favourite 70s cop show The Sweeney too,they often filmed around Maida Vale but usually in Hammersmith/Notting Hill/Holland Park,I used to watch them filming it in the streets sometimes,and all the interior "cop shop" scenes were filmed in the derelict Colet Court school building on Hammersmith Road where I played football every Saturday morning,so I used to see them there too.I used to collect all the empty film spool cannisters they threw away in a skip there,they were just like the PiL Metal Box ones.

The pindock mews wasn't always "very nice" it was a rough tired & fairly cheap area in 77 era, nothing like it is nowerdays. The 70s was a very different era. I played drums in a band with Steve Dior & we were/are pal's, he used to live in the Clearlake hotel in kensington when i hung out with him (after his time in N.Y & touring in the 80s) he has the basement flat, his folks hotel since the 60s, when they passed away he & sister Ester (jerry Nolan's girlfriend) sold up for several million £'sss & went their own ways, Steve now lives in mexico, I've not seen him for some time & miss him when I visit London, he recently married & seems very happy these days.

@WhyNotGoPlaces

16 күн бұрын

Thanks for so much info! I knew Maida Vale in the 90's and it was nice then, but as you say, the 70's were different. Steve Dior seems like such an interesting person. He lives in Mexico? Wow, I would not have predicted that at all. I thought he still lived in London. Thanks so much for watching my video.

Matlock often drinks at the Prince Alfred pub in Formosa Street - I guess he's local

@SexPistolsRareities

7 күн бұрын

He is.......very local

@WhyNotGoPlaces

7 күн бұрын

That's interesting. We walked into that pub too. It's also very nice. In his book Triggers, he says he had to give up alcohol, so maybe he drinks again or he drinks something non-alcoholic. It's such a great area. If I lived there I would never leave either. Thanks for watching!

@SexPistolsRareities

7 күн бұрын

@WhyNotGoPlaces he doesn't drink alcohol any more, hasn't since the 1990s. Although he uses pubs and cafes as meeting places.

Seems rather posh for punks to live: I don't know London very well though 😮

@WhyNotGoPlaces

25 күн бұрын

Yes, I think Maida Vale was always a nice area. Malcolm got him a very nice place in 1977. But now it's probably even nicer. I get the feeling only multi-millionaires could afford it now.

@mjh5437

25 күн бұрын

@@WhyNotGoPlaces There`s still some council estates around there you wouldn`t want to walk alone at night I can assure you! lol

Liberace, is that you?

@WhyNotGoPlaces

Ай бұрын

Ha! Except Joe's hair is real. Liberace had to wear wigs.:)