That's why I subscribe to Jago, always educational. Today, I learned that Free is considerably cheaper than paying a fare.

@sirmeowthelibrarycat

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 Hysterics all round!

@camotech1314

8 ай бұрын

The best information

@williamcarrington61

4 ай бұрын

A gem of information , 100 %

"If you've ever taken the Woolwich Ferry, you might have noticed this building here, either getting on or getting off." I'd definitely notice a building using a ferry, I have to say. ... I'll get my coat.

@sarac.3259

3 жыл бұрын

Boom boom 🦊

If I saw that station building from a distance I would straight away think "That has to be a Weatherspoons"

@alisonlee3314

3 жыл бұрын

😆

@PurityVendetta

3 жыл бұрын

It's pronounced Neverspoons 😉

@Calum_S

3 жыл бұрын

The toilets would be at Tidal Basin.

@atraindriver

3 жыл бұрын

A Wetherspoons? Thankfully it hasn't suffered that fate.

@davidsummer8631

3 жыл бұрын

@@Calum_S Lets not forget its in the same area as an arsenal

"This map has it listed as Tidal Basin Urinal Station..." Taking the p*ss there aren't we, Jago?

@sirmeowthelibrarycat

3 жыл бұрын

😂 Indeed - an unfortunate juxtaposition of wording on the map . . . !

@chrisamies2141

3 жыл бұрын

sensibly it's near a pub which may have been the Railway, later the Artful Dodger.

@althejazzman

3 жыл бұрын

No just taking a piss there.

@SteveInScotland

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know, I think it flows quite well.

@andyrob3259

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisamies2141 useless bit of information: we have a cafe called the Artful Dodger near us here in Melbourne. 👍👍

Docks, bridges, tunnels, ferries, air raids, football and DLR, oh my.

@dennistay9980

3 жыл бұрын

But no castles :/

@stephenlee5929

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennistay9980 and no Yerkes?

My flat was in this video 🙂 I often run on that creepy footpath and in fact all round almost every location in this! I wonder if I saw you in my neighbourhood and chalked you up as another pesky KZreadr. I write this comment on the DLR overlooking Millennium Mills. Love your vids.

@jake4101

2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work, gentlemen!

Must be the ghost of Charles Yerkes hitting the dislike button! I can think of no rational reason why anyone would dislike this video!

@clivebaxter6354

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's the most boring one he's done

@MrLeatherman23

3 жыл бұрын

I disagree with the detractors. I can't say it was riveting. But, it was far from boring. Thanks for the extra effort!

@russc788

3 жыл бұрын

The reason maybe to tell KZread what they like and don't like so as to get better recommendations. It's likely not personal.

@prudencepineapple9448

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe they're Plane-Spotters?

@Quick_Fix

3 жыл бұрын

Or they find 12 minutes too long? Either way, I can't think of a valid reason either. 🤔

I hope that building gets cleaned up soon, that's a pretty sad story. I feel like the building understands😅

@grndkntrl

3 жыл бұрын

Just a shame it's now owned by a bunch of religious nutjobs who milk the gullible for money.

Shame to see the terminus building standing derelict , be great to see it once more restored to its former glory and put to good use for the public benefit Be also great to see the pier also restored and also back in use perhaps for river tours.

@AtheistOrphan

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly the terminus building is owned by a bunch of rather exclusive happy clappy Christians.

@johnm2012

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinr1834 Nice Jesus doesn't care about material possessions, such as Grade II listed buildings. The owners should be made to take care of it or give up ownership.

@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081

3 жыл бұрын

@@AtheistOrphan I would rather some happy clapping people restore and make use of this building rather to see is being derelict and run down. We know what happens to buildings that get to the point of disrepair.

@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnm2012 I'm sure they will be made to take care of building as we know it's listed.

@johnm2012

3 жыл бұрын

@@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081 Unfortunately, listing a building doesn't preserve it and it doesn't oblige the owner to maintain it. It simply puts certain restrictions on how it can be modified.

Used to knock around there when I was a kid. Get the bus from Greenwich to Woolwich, cross over the river on ferry, I used to image I was a great explorer, daring to be so far from home (SE10). That or walk through park to Blackheath, then get bus to Charlton Lido, the water there freezing even in the hottest summer. Walk down from Shooters Hill to Ferry. Halcyon days.

My goodness, you went on longer than the “North Woolwich”! And no hopes dashed! Thank you!

12 minutes? You’re spoiling us sir! Keep up the good work fella and stay safe 🚂

A bit of a slap in the face for the Queen Mother, for it was she who opened the Museum way back in the 80s and had even arrived at North Woolwich hauled by the Flying Scotsman.

Fond memories of a Geography school trip I organised in 1986 from Camden Road to North Woolwich to show the students the ideas of the London Docklands Redevelopment Corporation. Gazing over the depressing abandoned King George V Dock from the lockgates, I tried, not entirely successfully, to enthuse the students to imagine the view in the 21st century, but the area has actually changed far more than anyone imagined then. We also went on the Woolwich Ferry and back through the foot tunnel, which judging from the screeching echoes, my charges enjoyed far more.

Yes, I enjoyed the longer format video! Between 7-12 minutes is a nice length for in-depth discussion of historical details. Thank you!

An extra large dose of Jago this morning

Once a busy terminal station and goods yard for the great eastern railway long ago , the museum that used to be housed on the premises of north wool with old station was a hidden gem , every Sunday after for a free day with my mum as a kid , brilliant little museum , Shame on Newham council for closing it .

I did once go inside the North Woolwich station building when it was still a booking office, and went from there on a train to Palace Gates pulled by a class 21 diesel loco.

Yknow when I found your videos I wasn't a train guy but I was a 'likes short, well produced documentaries about things people are passionate about'. Thanks to you, I now think I'm both.

The Woolwich Ferry. Ah, the very name conjures up the smell of the engines that used to propel it in the early sixties, that you could see hammering away. Nostalgia at it's best. Looking forward to that video in particular.

@davidjohnson00001

3 жыл бұрын

But that smell was nothing compared to the "bad eggs" smell from the nearby gas works.

@peterdean8009

3 жыл бұрын

In those days I remember the Thames smelled pretty bad too.

@tobys_transport_videos

3 жыл бұрын

@Roger: "Nostalgia at *its* best" not *it's* (it's - it is). The smell of those old British diesel engines was quite something! I remember it well! 😊

@iankemp1131

3 жыл бұрын

You didn't have long to wait - it appeared 2 days later. Very appropriate.

Great video. I went to the Train museum as a child back in the 90s and it was wonderful. It's such a shame that it closed down. Please do a video on the old gallions reach train station and the p&o ferry terminal.

Most instructive, enough information to require a second viewing, thank you.

"This video was rather longer than usual" but, if this is remotely possible, even more informative, captivating, educational, enjoyable, - Oh dear, I seem to have gone on rather longer than usual. Thank you, Mr H. Another superb contribution to your readers (viewers?). Simon T

I can’t help feeling that this Jago character with his superior knowledge should be educating on a wider scale. I hope this extended video, (thanks, Jago) reaches a bigger audience than before and future videos continue in this vein. Hat politely doffed to you, Sir.

That museum used to be an absolute highlight for me as a kid, tragic that it became abandoned. A shame also that the gorgeous old pub opposite was bulldozed about 20 years ago and now remains mere wasteland. That little corner had such warmth and soul in the late 80's.

That was such a splendid museum. I was so sorry it closed.

What a useful arsnal of information!

i hadn't noticed the length until you mentioned it. That is a very good thing. Excellent! Thank you. 🖖

Longer than usual Jago video? Count me in. Really interesting as always!

I saw the museum once and I was very impressed with the turntable. Shame it closed.

many happy memories taking my son to the museum, such a shame it closed, it is sorely missed

This is one of the few videos I've watched where I felt the need to pause and take a deep breath at the end of the video, as after a long sprint. That was a lot of history in 12 minutes.

We lived in Beckton in the 1980`s when the kids were very young, and we loved the North Woolwich Old Station Museum, with the preserved booking office. We would get the train from the new station, and it would take us all the way to Kew Gardens with no changes. Kew station had a bar that opened onto the platform.

@w00df0rd

3 жыл бұрын

Great memory. 👌🏿

Thank you once again !

Fantastic video you have answered all the questions I had when I used to use the ferry and see the old lines, thanks for you content dude

Thanks very much for this fascinating video, it brought back many memories from when I lived in the area. Looking forward to the video about the ferry.

absolutely love this one brilliant job

Thoroughly enjoyed this video sir.

What a wonderful video, a real trip down memory lane for me. I had the pleasure to visit the North Woolwich Station Museum back in the 1980's and 90's with my family. It was an absolute treasure box of local railway history and I most definitely remember the turntable. I just wonder what happened to most of the items? Thanks for this video, a joy to watch!

Splendid! Thank you sir!

Always loved that old station - excellent video on the history surrounding it!

There's an incredible amount of history in that part of town, considering it's not THAT old compared to West London where it's like "this was built in 1705....and it's still the same now". Haha

I had noticed the building whilst alighting said ferry, however I have never witnessed the building getting on/off the afore mentioned boat!

@johnm2012

3 жыл бұрын

Buzz. Repetition of "building"!

@baxtermarrison5361

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnm2012 Just a minute...

Great video Jago

@edwardoleyba3075

3 жыл бұрын

As always 😉

Really enjoyable video Jago.

Thanks Jago. You're the unique maxim to my regular viewing.

Very enlightening, thank you 😊

I drove past this building the other day and was wondering what it was, great timing. It's fun to see videos about the place you live, great stuff

I have ridden in and out of that station when it was operational. Once again thank you, very ineresting

Thank you Jago, a very complicated history of this line explained. Truly hope the building can be saved and re-used for public benefit. Listing does not always protect buildings fully.

Thanks as always Jago; I liked the extended version, what with all those perms (permutations). Yes, pls do the separate videos as suggested. Now, gonna re-watch with the aid of google maps :-)

I really enjoy when you incorporate information on the London docks. I remember calling at the Tate and Lyle sugar berth on the Thames in Silvertown in the 70's, I believe it used to have its own pub inside the dock which was only open when a ship was alongside (but I could be imagining that!)

Somewhat longer than usual...? Fftttt. Time flies when yer havin' fun.... Great as always, sir!

Very interesting and imformative and nicely narated!

I’ve just subscribed to your channel. Your videos are very interesting even though most of them are about a city I’ve been to twice (I think) It’s interesting to find out about all the little places I’ve never heard in such a huge place. :)

I really like this longer video. The others really are too short. Thanks.

As videos about the North Woolwich railways go, this is up high with the best.

Loved the longer video!

Wow, what a history. I never knew it was so layered. Did use the station in the mid nineties to get friends in Canonbury - it was looking tired then, but delighted to see most of the sections reused.

Thank you, I enjoyed that.

Great thank you. Looking forward to the ferry and the video about the port line.

I don't live anywhere near London or the underground, but i always enjoy your videos. There's so much history behind even the most ordinary sites

I learn so much through your videos and two things today totally surprised me! Woolwich is split in two by the Thames, I hadn't really noticed North Woolwich before The DLR only started running to Woolwich as recently as 2009!

Great video

Another VERY interesting video ! I travel between Woolwich and Stratford High St daily. I remember the old Silverlink trains running past the sugar factory at Silvertown to Stratford and the museum at North Woolwich. Thank you for another great video to 'stir' the memories! 👍🙂

I've been looking forward to this video since a brief image of North Woolwich Station on your Surbiton Station video sent me down a Googling rabbit hole. Thank you, I was not dissapointed.

First ten years of my working life were at Uni of Greenwich, starting in 1992 at Woolwich and finally moving to other campuses when they closed Woolwich down in 2000-and-something, Thanks for filling a gap in my local knowledge that my laziness failed to fill at the time. Never used the ferry, never visited North Woolwich.

Looking forward to the video about the Woolwich ferry.

Excellent content, I live in Woolwich Arsenal & often wondered what the building used to be

I did travel on a heritage steam engine from the Woolwich station it travelled a short distance along the line then back again, I even got to ride on the footplate, and also took photos of the parked teak railway carriages used as activity centres, I also fondly remember the museum itself. I also have photos of the sidings in the area taken when I worked there in the 1980s, rusted lines and a derelict diesel shunter engine.

Good one Jago 👍

Loved the longer video 😀😀😀😀

I can't even imagine seeing a building getting on or getting off of a ferry. That really must be an amazing sight.

Many memories of my youth have once again been brought forth by your excellent knowledge. Thank you.

I'm still looking forward to riding cross-rail ....one day!!. Lots of interesting history on the North Woolwich area and thank you for the amazing video.

I remember the museum very well❤️❤️❤️❤️ pity it closed it would have been nice to referb it one day great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Back in the mid 80s, this was part of my commute from south east Essex to a contract job in Woolwich. South Woodham Ferrers to Wickford, Wickford to Stratford, then Stratford to North Woolwich, before using the pedestrian tunnel to get across the river. I spent many a happy hour wandering around that little museum and remember that little blue Great Eastern class 209(?) loco well. Sad to learn that the museum and loco are now gone and that the station is in such a poor state. Thank you JH for this trip down memory lane. (God I feel old!)

Twelve minutes, Mr Hazzard? You do spoil us :)

A trip along Barking Road would certainly be "ruff"! LOL

@peterdean8009

3 жыл бұрын

Did you know, the German for 'barking' (with a small b) is 'bellend'? True!

@neilforbes416

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterdean8009 Ja, das ist doch richtig! (Yes, that is correct!)

Great video. I'd never realised that the disused pier was where the EC/GE used to run its own ferry to Woolwich. The old station is a sorry site now, I remember the museum.

3:37 - Destination Docklands! That view brings back memories of the Jean-Michel Jarre concert I attended there in October 1988.

Thanks for putting this together, I've always been interested in this station. I found this video a little hard to follow, it would have been helpful to have more diagrams and visuals when you were talking about all the different changes and a bit more info on the museum that was there and why it closed.

Facinating glimpse of things from my childhood, thank you.. My dad was last Superintendant of Woolwich Arsenal's in-house power station.

Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events. Great books I read all of them growing up.

What can I say, brilliant my man

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very good, as always! I think I knew most of the elements, but putting it in a proper timeline helped! If you're doing a video of the Woolwich Ferry, don't forget to do a shout-out to Spandau Ballet, who used it as a background to the music video for Communication...!

12 minutes, Jago? I would have been happy for 24 minutes on this interesting area! I feel there is much more to this area than you have presented here, such as what I hinted at some months ago in the London City Airport area with its abandoned tracks. Another that comes to mind is more on the Croydon Tramlink and the railways that are now covered by it. I know you did a video recently on part of it, but there's always more to the story in the cases! 😎

So much backstory in just one line! I really hope something nice is done with the North Woolwich station building - bring the museum back?

I wondered about this place….thanks for the answer

What a lovely building. Surely someone can lovingly put it to use?

I think I need to watch this video again in the morning. My brain at midnight cannot cope with the glory of the North Woolwich Railway.

What a "glorious" walk it is alongside the tracks. In days gone by there were all sorts of bits of industrial relics around there, and some fairly modern low-rise "affordable" housing. I really must take some time to see what the area is like these days.

@eattherich9215

3 жыл бұрын

I went out there last month. The station looks sadder than ever and there are buildings going up in the corner by the old pier.

I caught the the train from Stratford to North Woolich every weekend, walked through the Woolich foot tunnel and caugh another train from woolich dockyard in my teenage years to visit a good friend that had moved to Erith. In those days the line from Stratford to North Woolich was known as The Silver Link and had purple stock. The same stock that were running on the First Great Eastern from Liverpool Street to Romford just with different wraps on the outside. I had no idea the station was now disused much like i have no idea why im sharing this pointless story, alas im enjoying being down the habbit hole on your channel at the moment. Subbed!

"Tidal Basin Urinal Station". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I see what you did there

Lockdown here in New Zealand so what better way to go and see these places and thankyou Jago Hazzard I get to view my favourite city and see so many places of interest, great when we can get to return to the UK, makes me home sick well tourist sick if there is such a thing

I've driven past that imposing-looking building several times in recent years after travelling northwards on the ferry. I had no idea what is was until watching thus video!! 😎

Looking forward to the Woolwich ferry episode.

What a shame, lovely old building.I remember riding on the old steam ferry. Learnt some things I was unaware of ,very interesting.

great video north woolwich feels like a very strange place hope you can do a video on the palace gates end. i cannot believe how ugly that wood green shopping centre is one reason to be a timelord and change history for the better,

The North Woolich station Museum was a great place to visit especially at Easter, my children loved it. Such a shame it closed.