Thank you for linking the past with the now. it links for me because as a probation officer based in an office near Bow road Tube station for most of the 1990s my work took me through that area visiting homes and travelling between offices and courts. I first went to the meat market in the early 1960's either with my father or one of our (then) family business delivering sawdust into the market. I recall the shout "Yohoho dusty bolloocks" For goodness sake do not let a sack on your head brush a hanging carcass - I just about got away with it! if only we could somehow transmit an awareness and understanding of our - common humanity - all needing the services of others we could get along much better & seek out unity, putting our differences aside, allowing each their own beliefs as long as we do not have a need to kill any more John Rogerseses or Common Men (the Leo Mckern character in Robert Bolt's play & a film of "Man for all Seasons" - in the play the same actor performs about 6 common man roles including Thames boatman & ultimately More's executioner) Keep going, thanks.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Great stories Andrew - you must have loads of interesting anecdotes from that time. I was thinking of Man for all Seasons the other day when down at Lambeth Palace - I did some filming with a couple of Thames Boatman a few years back and the actor Larry Lamb who'd had one of his first roles in the film. Many thanks for the kind words - will certainly keep going

I'm a Londoner living currently in France but writing books set in London . . . your films always take me back there in just the right way. Thanks John.

@JohnRogersWalks

6 жыл бұрын

that's brilliant Kate - happy I can help transport you back to London

I could quite happily watch your videos all night John...😀

@peterbuckley265

7 жыл бұрын

HI JAG AND JOHN, I COULD WATCH ALL OF BOTH OF YOURE VIDEOS ALL DAY AND NIGHT, THEY ARE ALL SO EXCELLENT AND VERY INTERESTING. IT WAS I WHO GOT YOU BOTH IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER JAG AND JOHN. I AM THE GUY WHO LOST HIS LOWER LEFT LEG AND I HAVE NOW HAVE HAD IT CONFIRMED THAT IT IS A DIRECTLY THROUGH THE 1939 - 1945 WAR. MY FATHER WAS MAIMED ON A MINE SAVING ANOTHER GUY AND HE TOOK IT OUT ON ME FOR WHAT THE GOVERNMENT VIA THE WAR UNLAWFULLY DID TO HIM AND WITH ALL THE TRENCHES HELL IN HIS MIND HE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY ABUSED ME FROM BIRTH FOR 55 YRARS, SO THE RESULTING TRAUMA AND HYPERTENSION GAVE ME A BAD BLOOD LOT AND I HAD NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO HAVE A VERY RARE THROUGH THE KNEE AMPUTATION. BUT NOW WITH ONLY A VERY REDUCED LEFT LKNEE, THE BASIC CRUDE N H S PROSTHETICS ARE UNSAFE FOR ME, SO I URGENTLY NEED AN ADVANCED SOPHISTICATED PROSTHESIS HAT THE N H S CAN NOT SUPPLY, BUT ONLY AVAILABLE AT A PRIVATE PROSTHESTICS CLINIC. BUT DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT VA THE WAR HAVING UNLAWFULLY WRECKED MY LIFE AND LOST ME MY LOWER LEFT LEG AND OWING ME MEGA COMPENSATION AND THE FUNDS FOR THE BEST ADVANCED PROTHESIS AVAILABLE, I CAN FIND NO WAY OF CLAIMING FROM THE GOERNMENT OR RECEIVING THE FUNDS OR A GRANT I URGENTLY NEED FOR AN ADVANCED PROSTHESIS I URGENTLY NEED TO GET MY MOBILITY BACK, UNLAWFULLY ROBBBED FROM ME BY THE GOVERNMRENT. PETER, N E LONDON.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+Jag Betty cheers Jag

Great walk, very interesting Thank You.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+Darrell Eidse thanks for watching Darrell

Lovely work. I moved to the east end 10 years ago. Originally from the Wexford st in Dublin then moved out to the suburbs. The city is in my bones.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sheridan

Nice video John.I often used to take refuge in the Barbican when i had an hour or so to kill when i worked in the area some 20 yrs back,great for just chilling out.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+MrGasman1066 thanks - I used the Royal Festival Hall in the same way - really precious spaces

Great that. Lived right near Roman Road. And used to drown my work sorrows in the Salmon and Ball after exiting the tube. Noticing is everything

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks - there's such a strong atmosphere round that area.

@tolkny

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. Ultimately the best history is probably the editing in an apolitical way all our "oral histories" The PROBLEM, is passing it on too young one's so they do not have to relive the mistakes. If only I had asked the right questions of my grandfather who was stitched up on a battlefield surgeon's table somewhere in Flanders, in the First World War, losing all his hair from shock as a very young man, before coming back & eventually being the head of what became CJ Hatton & Sons, Ltd, 117A Holly Street, Dalston, E 8, my lad - posting Facebook messages of how he as a newly qualified HGV driver is delivering in to near St Bartholomew's Hospital, where his grandfather delivered sawdust probably from the 1920s, he would not have to go through the bad bits, maybe?? I have reposted some of this here facebook.com/AndrewSHattonPublicMiscellany/posts/1277631829025994

@celtick4985

7 жыл бұрын

is the Salmon and Ball pub still going?

@LiamOFarrell

7 жыл бұрын

It is indeed.

Great insight into a fascinating area. Have walked some of it. There are always interesting signs of a past life.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Heather

fantastic love your work john i am from east ham love your east end work steve

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

steven spraggs thanks Steve - much appreciated

Love your videos John , your inspiration and they've inspired me to walk and explore more of what I would probably take for granted while driving through in the bubble of a car. Also started to read your book which is first class as well and also Nick needs to do an autobiography as I imagine that would be a fascinating read. Cheers anyway

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for those kinds words Christopher - hope you enjoy the rest of the book

Excellent urban video nice to see E Pellicci where the Krays had breakfast most days.

@JohnRogersWalks

4 жыл бұрын

thanks John - and I really appreciate all your comments on my other videos

@brucepedersen5647

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRogersWalks I'm new to this page. Do you have any footage of where the Krays lived? I'm across the pond here in Ohio,and seeing sights from that amazing film about them, has peaked my interest in the East End. I know they weren't very pleasant fellows,but the story was so well told in that film, and True Crime, films,and books,fascinate me.

@John Rogers - after all this time, I just found this particular video of yours. In my youth, I used to walk from the West End back to Ilford on a Saturday night... Well, early on a Sunday morning actually. Going in the opposite direction to this walk.

Always enjoy your stuff John. Thank you so much.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+itssafeinthecity it's a real pleasure - thanks for watching

Watching these makes me miss living in London but it’s changed so much it’s not like when I lived in Roman road quite sad to see what’s happened to some of the buildings

@alexmercer7083

3 жыл бұрын

Im not the only one looking back recently at least

John, once again, thanks for another insightful video. I was going to brave a walk along Regents Canal Vic Park to Kings Cross alas the weather isn't looking promising!

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael. Could still be worth venturing out, the grotty weather could reduce the number of cyclists on the towpath

Great one! Thanks

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Redford

Forgive me, it has just come up as a credit as I am still watching.

Epic vid

I visit London about once a year and I have often wondered how long it would take to walk down every single street and road, or to visit every museum, or every tube station or every park, or every football stadium and sports facility or every pub or anything else for that matter.. I doubt I'll ever even try, but I wouldn't be surprised if some people have done.

great, i love a good walk only just discovered your channel looking forward to watching your other walks. very interesting stuff

@JohnRogersWalks

6 жыл бұрын

many thanks Gaz - hope you enjoy the rest of the vids

I'm so glad many if not most old street names have been kept and not changed,in London especially but also in cities like Bristol where I live and other places. They are often the only clue to the past that is extant.

Perfect ending to an inspirational video.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+voxley19 many thanks Voxley

There's a covered well end of Hackney Road Cambridge Heath Road end , Sainsbury's were looking to draw the water for bottling love your walks stuck in lockdown

love your videos of my stomping grounds

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+John Matheson thanks John

The building in the near distance at the beginning looks like it might be a fire service training tower.

I loved your vlog style! 👌🏼

@JohnRogersWalks

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Handra

I am working my way through your videos. This one covers an area i know very well. Used to work at Barbican. Caught a glimpse of the Rising Sun pub near Sir John Betjemen's house. Many lunchtimes spent in there.

Great walk unusual route worth watching

I think that our shortest canal is the Ulverston canal in Cumbria.

Another good video

@JohnRogersWalks

6 жыл бұрын

+ErnieCG thank you

@JohnRogersWalks

6 жыл бұрын

+ErnieCG thank you

Do you plan to make a Ramsgate video by any chance? Found it quite fascinating when we visited a few months back, very quirky.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Good question - I keep thinking about it but I'm always there visiting friends and family so don't really get the time, but I agree that it's a fascinating place

I'm a bit reminded of the guitar work of the late Michael Chapman here.

Hi John, my daughter lives close to the Junction of Roman Road and Bonner Street, and when we drove down on the 22nd, we had the same view and must have crossed paths. I did send you an email about this, amonst other topics, however had no reply. i have worked in this area and there used to be, in the 1970's an eating place called " Pizza one, Pancakes 2" along from the Salmon and Ball. shame it's not there anymore.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that Roy

Thanks John more memories. I must get round to doing my own video i just that i don't like the sound of my own voice. Steve

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+bighorse10048 thanks Steve- just do it, make that video and upload it, look forward to watching

My grandad was born in Arline terrace bethnal green off hackney road one of eight children I think it is now block of flats. Reference Diss street

Hi John. Was it your wife who did the reading? She read it beautifully.

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, been meaning to record her reading for a while now, she did a fantastic job

Hackney so weird. Croydon a the crazy one and Hackney’s the weird one haha

No Iain Sinclair reference.

re Smithfield area, John, are you aware of the Cock Lane Ghost? Fortean London did a great talk about it a little while back en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_Lane_ghost

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+C Geoffrey Taylor hadn't heard of that Carl - thanks for the tip

musta bin tough negotiating all the new Shoreditch hipsters eh? 😀

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

+Cel Tick do you - I didn't actually see any, think they've all moved to Berlin

@celtick4985

7 жыл бұрын

John Rogers maybe, but just for the duration of the time of year. Tho just as likely they've all gone temporarily to the latest fashionable festival

The ghosts of those who once inhabited and built those once proud buildings & streets ask kindly, what did you do to my home? Why did you sell its spirit to the highest bidder, to those who care least about its history?

no working mens club shame

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

has it shut John? Heard there was an issue but assumed it would be saved. That's a shame

@oildrum101

7 жыл бұрын

John Rogers I'm there most Wednesdays and Sundays for there war gaming club

@JohnRogersWalks

7 жыл бұрын

that's a relief - fantastic venue, did some filming there a few years back