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@thomasfisher5742

Жыл бұрын

Hey joolz what is a PLACK erection....lol p.s. luv ur guides

@jarrowjonny

Жыл бұрын

I've left a £10 pound for a beer for you m8

@bobbybigboyyes

Жыл бұрын

You may or not know that Florence Nightingale occupied the top floor of The Lanesborough Hotel for treating wounded soldiers, and that the building had an extra floor added to the top of the building for her. It is well documented, as is the fact that I believe that the hotel is the only one in London that has a 'Tube' entrance right outside it's front door. Also it's servants STILL will go out and drive in a Bentley at any time to get it's residents anything they fancy from the local bakery or any other store nearby. The chauffeur driven Bentley is also available for it's guests to use any time they fancy!! Well I never Joolz. "Tally Ho!" 😂😂😂

Back in my younger days, had not long left school in 1962. I was standing at a bus stop with some lady, when a bus came along she asked the bus conductor (remember them) if this was a tooting bus, he answered without any hesitation "No madam it goes honk honk". Funny how some things always stick in your memory. Made laugh at the time and still does.

Legendary episode. What are the odds of the designer of your clothes stopping you in the street for wearing his shoes? Bloody Norah mate!

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

It was most surprising!!

Ahhhh that was a wonderful watch!!! My parents came and settled in Tooting Broadway from Jamaica in the sixties. I was born in St George's hospital Tooting in 1965 and lived right opposite for my first 25 years of life. I was treated at the Hyde Park branch of the hospital and remember the original gates being installed at the Tooting site. I remember the original Grenada theater we composed a song to save the building from bring turned into a bingo house. My school was Sellincourt primary not at all far from Trevelyan road. The whole area of Tooting is full of history and lovely memories for myself and family. I loved Robert Lyndsey I used to come out the station and shout Power to the People ✊🏿.... this was an excellent episode that captured the diversity and magic that is still our Broadway. I'll be popping up there in a little while as I didn't venture too far away, I'm now residing in sunny Balham gateway to the south but I will always have the Broadway in my heart. Thank you so much watching this made my day. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🌟💫🌟

@Curvesohyeah

Жыл бұрын

You were born the same year as my sister (same hospital), we also went to sellincourt School and lived opposite St Georges. 😊

“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” ― Jonathan Swift Ditto for the snail.

Joolz, I say this every time, but it's Sunday, tea in hand and a Joolz guide on TV. Perfect Sunday. I have put together an extensive list of places to visit in London all from your guides, museums shops, hell even stink pipes, that's what you do to us viewers!! Keep up the great work Sir.

So glad you finally made it to Tooting. I bumped into you along Cheapside/St Paul's when you was doing a private tour with a couple around 4 years ago and suggested Tooting to you then. You replied "that's deep in the south" and I thought it wasn't on your radar. Thankfully you came and despite living in Tooting for over 40 years, I learned tons of new stuff. Thanks.

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

Glad to be of service!

@aperson2730

Жыл бұрын

The Robinson Crusoe connection was a real eye-opener for me

@adonaiyah2196

Жыл бұрын

He's notoriously biased towards the north

Lived in tooting for about 28 years. Went to Ernest Bevin. I work in tooting as a postman.

My Mum knew Marc Bolan, he took her to the studio when he recorded I Love To Boogie 🙂

Met my wife in 1983 in St Anselms youth club. Loads of great memories from Tooting, Great diverse area. It was very Irish and Indian. Thanks Jools.

Lovely to see you south of the River, Jools. In the 1950s we used to live in Streatham and Streatham Hill, so we were always aware of Tooting even if we didn’t go there much. But somehow it’s stamped on my memory and seeing what it’s like now is delightful. Possibly not so much in winter. Still, London’s cosmopolitan nature is essential to its character and a vital part of what makes it the greatest city on earth. Although I don’t fancy the snail soup much. If you feel like doing the slightly more nobby south, how about a bit of Dulwich, then over to the Horniman’s Museum, and maybe down to Forest ‘Ill (to which we moved in the 60s)? I’m an old geezer now in New Zealand with not enough dough, but sometimes I dream of going back to my old haunts for a month or three. Your videos are a splendid reminder for me.

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

I do have a film about the Horniman but yes I need to do the area properly

I stayed in Tooting my first time visiting London. Jolly good memories!

I have an old Meggezones tin, a preparation for relieving the distress of the most acute catarrhal conditions. Famous since 1796! Love your videos

I was born in Tooting at St George’s Hospital and I also went to Ernest Bevin 😊 I was a blue tie. Best place in London!

What a silly time we live in....no philosophers or poets required but influencers and "outfits of the day" are celebrated. 🤖

@annother3350

Жыл бұрын

Folllow the money, as ever

@Michaelbos

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya. Today’s foolish society.

@rommee

Жыл бұрын

14:12 😊

@annother3350

Жыл бұрын

"outfits of the day" -- you've just lost Jools' support!

@juliansadler6263

Жыл бұрын

My degrees were in French and Theology. I ended up in the Inland Revenue and my last job before retirement was running the catering concession for Central Trains. Via the building trade Y2K and mobile phones. Oh but I did work in France for 2 years.

"Looks like I'll have to go play Bingo in Tooting" is one of those sentences I'd never have imagined to ever think about or write out, but here we are: Looks like I'll have to go play Bingo in Tooting. 😂

Tooting has changed so much since I used to go there from the mid 70s into the mid 90s! At one time it was even a Christmas shopping destination for my family, back when it still had the likes of Woolworths, British Home Stores, Littlewoods, Marks and Sparks etc., and the markets were filled with proper stalls and not the little trendy cafés, bars and restaurants that exist there nowadays. Interesting though that I was in Pooja's just two weeks ago buying some Indian sweets for a friend's birthday (plus a few for myself!), and was served by the same bloke you interviewed. 😊

@dazblack1273

Жыл бұрын

My auntie was a manager in BH

@highpath4776

Жыл бұрын

I dont remember Littlewoods in Tooting, there was one in Kingston

@rickysorhaindo1359

Жыл бұрын

It's called multiculturalism....

@andybaker2456

Жыл бұрын

@@rickysorhaindo1359 Are you saying that because you don't like multiculturalism, or because you think my post somehow implied that I don't?

@wclifton968gameplaystutorials

Жыл бұрын

@@andybaker2456 Well immigration is largely why the demographics of Tooting has changed over the past 30 years so he isn't technically wrong. I will agree with his tone though, Tooting has not really changed for the better but at least it isn't Streatham* which is now the capital of machete attacks in London *Streatham is ~1.5mi from Tooting Broadway or a ~20min bus ride away off-peak to St. Leonard's Church.

I was born at 18 Pevensey road just behind St George's hospital and went to Smallwood primary school and what was then Ernest Bevin secondary school. You are correct about Zans snooker hall and the big cinema was the "Mayfair". You missed the site of the smaller 'Classic" cinema on the other side of the road towards Tooting Bec. To the left of the old site of the Wimpy used to be the Tooting Baths (not swimming baths). The stature of the King used to be in the middle of the main road outside Tooting Broadway station with public toilets underneath. My late dad George used to know Geoff Simmons and i'vemet him myself. A very nice bloke he is too. 👍

@johnbarton7543

Жыл бұрын

The Classic cinema used to have 3 days of non-smoking. As a non-smoker, I really enjoyed the cinema without the fug.

@99fulham99

9 ай бұрын

There was also the Vogue and Astoria cinemas in Tooting . The Baths I vaguely remember going in them with my mum. I was born in Totterdown Street 1945- lots of bomb sites to play in after the war. Went to Francisan Road primary school and moved to Morden as did George Cole .We both went to Canterbury road school.I emigrated to Australia and now retired in Thailand.

@pauldear6660

9 ай бұрын

@@99fulham99 Was one of those cinemas opposite the bottom of church lane on Mitcham Rd ? I know this site was later a supermarket.

@99fulham99

9 ай бұрын

@@pauldear6660 Yes .That was the Astoria

@pauldear6660

9 ай бұрын

@@99fulham99 thanks. It was already either closed down or a supermarket when I was a little kid in the 60s. Where was the other one located ? I was born in November 1963.

I grew up on the Broadway end of Garratt Lane , my brother still lives in the same house and has done for over 50 years. Tooting was an great place to grow up in

Great to see you cover my neighbourhood. I grew up here and went to St Anselms school, my old headmaster Mr Gately took us around the neighbourhood, we got into the Bingo Hall, really glad to see it in this video. unbelievable building, formerly the Granada Theatre, plays and films, then became a concert hall, the last ever concert there was the Bee Gees in the 70s. quite a few classic cinemas in tooting, not a lot to show, but on the corner of fircroft and upper tooting road there was also another old cinema, The Central Hall Cinema (later called the classic), built in 1911. It's now a banqueting Hall..

@Otacatapetl

Жыл бұрын

I grew up there too. Left when I was 17 and I'm 71 now (those numbers have a nice circularity about them). I remember the Classic and also the Vogue. I went to primary school in Undine St which is opposite the Granada (the library in the video is on the corner). The Mayfair was my local though, as I lived at the top of Ansell Rd. This was a great video.

@adda89

Жыл бұрын

@@Otacatapetl so you left in 1968? do you recall what was on the corner of Longmead Road and Mitcham Road? it was once the Methodist Central Hall and in most the time I remember it was a Marks & Spencers, now a Primark.. Undine St, I know well, some family went to St Boniface school there in the 90's, No cinemas in Tooting then, a trip to Streatham was needed to go to the ABC or the Odeon.

@Otacatapetl

Жыл бұрын

@@adda89 I think I can remember Marks & Sparks, though the memory plays tricks, I might be kidding myself. I also remember the big Woolies just up from there, with its revolving doors and the two weighing machines outside. The buses used to stop in Longmead for their break.

@Curvesohyeah

Жыл бұрын

@@adda89 My Brother & Sister were christened in the Methodist Central Hall. By the time I was born it had been demolished (between 1966 & 70) & I was christened in the new replacement methodist church on Totterdown Street (the other end of Longmead Rd).

@donkeytonjo

8 ай бұрын

Wow went to Anselms when Mr Gately was my headteacher too, think he left halfway through my time there.

The Sorting Office at 4:20 was the Labour Exchange in my day, I used to sign on there in 1972 when I was unemployed

I Lived off Ritherdon road in the 70’s and was one of the first kids in the new St George’s hospital , the South London Press coming to take photos of us lying in the wards. I had a disabled neighbour who rammed the doors of M&S in his blue Invacar, in Tooting Broadway having been done for shoplifting, demanding he was Lord of the Manor and ‘picked’ up the items in lieu of taxes that he was owed 😮

Lived in Tooting 🤔 went to Bevin, remember the wimpy, Used to play snooker with Tony & Jimmy, didn't know of Defoe living there, but as I was drinking in the Selkirk I got to wonder and looked it up? The old pie n mash shop, yum yum, thanks fella did us PROUD 💪💯🇬🇧🗣️🎬😇🧐 👁️☠️👁️🆘🤫✌️

I am a London Welshman or Welsh Londoner whichever . Lived in Streatham for 15 years. often pop into Tooting. I will now see it in an informed light I love the indoor markets.Great presentation.

Went to Smallwood junior school in 70s, great memories

I was born in St Georges and lived in Trevelyan Road as a nipper, so this one struck a chord with me. Thanks Joolz! I wonder if my Mum (who is a big Beatles fan) knew that The Beatles stayed in the road we were living in prior to us living there...

@mizlalisaac6369

Жыл бұрын

I love tooting ,it is always buzzing people everywhere all the time,you never feel alone.

@BruceLeroyUK

Жыл бұрын

I lived on Trevelyan Road too! 70/80s.

@Suprahampton

Жыл бұрын

I was born in St Georges, grew up on Penwortham Rd (Streatham)

Loved that you came south ❤ Thanks from a Croydon gal living in Perth Western Australia 🇦🇺 - such good memories of being in Tooting 😊

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@jamesjameson4566

Жыл бұрын

Croydon has fallen and so has tooting

@londonlionel

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesjameson4566 yeah, too mEnny foRiNers, innit

@jamesjameson4566

Жыл бұрын

@@londonlionel if it was happening to where you are originally from you'd say the same. This is the bit where you start crying about Britain.

@londonlionel

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesjameson4566 I'm from Archway originally

This is a totally stunning suburb of London, Joolz! The place is packed full of beautiful buildings with superb architecture, and history. The amount of rock musicians that have frequented certain venues is totally amazing, especially going back to the 60s,70s and 80s.The food shops look excellent with many varieties of worldly tastes! Many thanks for this terrific production, and keep well.

@jamesjameson4566

Жыл бұрын

Packed full of foreigners

@jamesjameson4566

Жыл бұрын

Worldly tastes 🙄

@OffTheRailsUK

Жыл бұрын

Not really, it's an absolute shithole, the services of Thameslink are even worse now too

@adonaiyah2196

Жыл бұрын

Its a horrific festering puss spot

@Captain_Rhodes

Жыл бұрын

not a suburb

Finally! Joolz done a South London Vid, and a place where I have actually lived! I am in heaven right now!

An invigorating, entertaining, and educational stroll about Tooting. Cheer's Joolz & Simon!

@jamesjameson4566

Жыл бұрын

Yes and the same problem as Oldham, whys that invigorating for any Englishman to see areas colonised by foreigners

Yay Tooting! Agreed, Geoff's tours are fantastic..

Brought up in Tooting and Earlsfield in the 1950s and 1960s. Loved this video.

Looks like Tooting was very pleasant once upon a time.

Wow! I lived in Tooting Broadway for several years and had no idea it was this interesting (it was in the days before we all had internet). Thank you for this!

I went to Ensham school in Franciscian Road, we were given free driving lessons in the playground if we were in upper sixth. I remember Chelsea Girl boutique, Tooting market, and huge Grenada theatre, where Cliff Richard was on stage with musicians and his parents, and gave a sermon to local schools. The other cinema showed Saturday morning films to children. The freezing Lido, Tooting Common where there's fossilised trees, and St George's hospital, I think used to be a mental hospital, would have been interesting.

I grew up in tooting mandrake rd the very street you're on now 1:44 I also attended the Ernest Bevin school which is now Ernest Bevin college so proud of tooting and it's amazing history

"On the Wandle" I'll bet that;s not a common phrase these day's in the area, great stuff!

I've been out of the UK a long time and very few things make me miss the place. Your videos are one of them. Informative, entertaining, excellent.

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@rickysorhaindo1359

Жыл бұрын

Stay where you are mate, especially London...

Seeing "Tooting" I thought it was a Joolz-ism, like when he uses "spiffing" to describe a walk. Another great tour of an area of London !

I live in Tooting and this makes me so happy! And I work for KZread and channels like this make SUPER proud of my job. You ROCK Joolz!!!

Where the stink pipe is in the middle of the road opposite Tooting tube is where the public toilets used to be & the statue of Edward the seventh was in the middle of the road too.I went to Ernest Bevin too & was in the same year as Jimmy white.

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

A vintage year!

Ha ha, yes, older viewers do remember Tooting Popular Front! The primary school student wrote an amazing Blue Plaque entry winner!

The first concert that I ever went to was at the Granada in 1964 to see the Beachboys

Paul Merton worked in Tooting (London Borough of Wandsworth) although I speculate he lived a few streets away in LB Merton, as this would explain his choice of stage name.

@amandasmith3716

Жыл бұрын

He lived in Morden Hall Road Morden. I knew the family, my sister was friends with Paul’s sister. He went to St Teresa’s in Morden then Wimbledon College.

Like McDonalds; its the same Joolz in whatever town you find him..... i'm loving it....

Marc Bolan also lived in Stoke Newington where he went to school there - Britney Spear's ancestors are also from Stokey too. Princess Anne was born in the original St. George's Hospital - I was told and not at the nearby Clarence House as rumoured. St George's was leased from the Grovesnor Estate to the NHS for an annual stripend of just £1. It would have been nice if more attention was paid to the Tooting Bec Lido. During the Eighties it was a hotspot for many bands such as Wham! and ABC and nearly became a location for a Bond Movie!

I grew up in Tooting Grove. If we were in the sweet shop & Mary Millington came in to get her cigarettes...WE HIT THE JACKPOT! She would say "oh my darlings get whatever you want", often telling us to pick up more.

Oh, the nostalgia. Loved that part of town in the seventies. ❤️

@clearlynotwoke4929

Жыл бұрын

You may not love it now…

@garolstipock

Жыл бұрын

@@clearlynotwoke4929 Now.. be frank. Why not?

I grew up in Colliers Wood, so knew Tooting really well - glad to see the Market is still there, although sad to see some of the iconic buildings changed forever - I remember the Granada Cinema…..:went and watched The Wizard of Oz there back in the Mid 60’s……we were only around 6 or 7 & were so scared of the wicked witch , we had to got down to foyer to have a lolly 🤣

Joolz that was brilliant! I was so glad to encounter both you & Geoff whilst filming for this exquisite episode. Have always enjoyed the unique way you film your tours around London & cannot wait for many more uploads, especially of South London. Keep up your great work & never loose that touch of being yourself 👏🏽🙌🏽🤩

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

Hi Esther. Lovely to meet you too. Glad you liked it!!

Lovely to watch, lots of memories. My grandparents had an alterationist stall in Tooting market, you showed a glimpse of it, it was where the chap is now selling the African masks.

Been inadvertently waiting for this one. The old Granada where I saw the Beatles as a kid - actually it was in their film "Hard Day's Night". Loved seeing the covered markets, St George's where I visited my Nan and Garratt Road where my aunt and cousin lived. Loved this trip thank you.

🍁What a beautiful building that old theatre is!!😍 it should be historically protected. That pub is fabulous too❣️

Thanks Joolz. Another top video. Wish they'd happen more often. Love it!

In the U.S., to "toot" means to fart, so I always have a little chuckle when I hear the UK newsreaders mention Tooting. Definitely near the top of my favorite British location names. Really enjoyed this Joolz and agree that it's a shame the bingo hall is not being put to better use. Really lovely inside. And in the late 80s, I visited my local Wimpy in Huntingdon quite often. Loved their burgers.

Joolz wish this video had been around circa 1985! I lived in Tooting Bec (Lucien Road), Tooting Broadway (Mellison Road) and Amen Corner House along the road from Tooting Broadway right on the bend to Mitcham. Walked these roads, shopped these shops, drank in those pubs for 16 years. Thank you so much for the really interesting quirks and history. Where’s my blue plaque😂! X

I went to school (sometimes) in Beechcroft Rd , Hillcroft , later renamed Ernest Bevin.

I live on Beechcroft Road and went to Ernest Bevin school. Otis was in my class and Sadiq Khan was 2 years ahead of me. I remember watching blind date, Otis was a natural joker. My friend owns the pharmacy. That property for sale (3.09) will hopefully be mine. Small world😀 . Several other Olympians and commonwealth medalist went to Ernest Bevin. Kings Head is my local pub. Im surprised you missed the cinema formerly known as the The Central hall Picture Palace. Ernest Bevin school took us there in the 80's to watch Superman. Tooting has been named as one of the top 10 coolest neighbourhoods in the world by Lonely Planet. If anybody is around Tooting and wants to go out to eat I highly recommmend the Tooting Market which has restaurants from all round the world. Using the wifes account by the way. 😊

That didnt feel like a half hour at all. Great episode.

Another wonderful tour. I was not familiar with Tooting but you made it a place I would like to visit. Thanks for sharing.

@jonsmith20766

Жыл бұрын

Don't bother. It's a sh*t hole. I used to live there in the 70s. Still go back occasionally (not through choice) and it's managed to end up worse.

Hi Joolz, I really can't stop watching your videos; you are much more than excellent! you manage to include most of the things that I love on your shows, history, general interest, music curiosities, food, pubs and much much more! and at the same time you are so entertaining; my only problem is that when it comes to older shows I'm not sure which order to follow; if you have any suggestions regarding the best order to watch the past shows I will follow it as I don't mind to see all over again all the ones that I've already seen; keep up the great work; you are truly the best! no tv show comes close! But one thing truly shocked me in this episode; its the bingo hall; that place should be transformed once again into a theatre; what a gem! but why it's not being used as a theatre?? it should be visited by loads of tourists; thank you so much for showing us this incredible place and all the other places we discover because of you!

I used to have to go there for a day of rc school recollection every year and make up fake sins to confess. Visiting Veralls motorcycle shop was the highlight of the day.

I went to school in Beechcroft Road 1969-1974. Ernest Bevin College is a relatively new institution, so Marc Bolan wouldn't have gone there. Presumably he went to either Bec Grammar School or Hillcroft Comprehensive, two schools next to each other which merged to form Ernest Bevin High School around 1971/2. The Mayfair Cinema on the High Street was the place I saw my first 'X' rated movie: the kids always went there because they would let you in, even if you didn't look 18.

Mitcham would be interesting to visit. my grandparents bought one of the new houses for 400 pounds, built on land owned by the Church, near Love Lane. Different horse drawn vans. even in the sixties, delivered milk, coal, bread and meat to peoples homes, often lined up in the road as there were few cars. The man selling shrimps and cockles would walk along at weekends, wheeling a large metal box with pint and half pint measuring cups. Jules might enjoy the Cannon for his beer, the Cricketers pub for watching cricket, from the balcony of course, the Wandle river and old mill, and pretty Victorian houses around the green.

Oh this was so delightful ❤ lived in tooting 13 years now and learned so much in 30mins

You always look amazing Jules, very dapper!❤

Saving this treat to watch whilst eating my Sunday dinner. Always brings a smile to my face when I see an upload from your channel Joolz!

I enjoyed that. Tooting...lives there for 2 yrs.are.

History, no matter how told by the monosyllabic teachers of yesterday, was as excing as a cold sore on the lip. Joolz, (And Simon) on the other hand, bring everything to life, leaving the viewer more interested and informed with such detail. Jools and Simon, "thank you," Brilliant videos.

Very nice London Walk Thanks for great sharing

Paul Merton used to work in the DSS office which is where 99p store is opposite Primark

Glad they didn’t knock down all the older houses of London.♥️😊

Excellent stuff, thanks for making it to Toots! Geoffs a great guy, he should have his own blue plaque!

I’ve lived in the area for 40 years and used to travel to London for 30 plus years via Tooting Broadway and I had no idea of all of the history - thank you !!

Loved it, Streatham next please!

Hola Joolz The motif above the door of the old sorting office is the Royal standard. The lion of England and the unicorn of Scotland . The chain around its neck symbolises it's subjugation to the crown.

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

Excellent...I didn't know that

That was a great tour of Tooting. Thank you very much for some childhood memories👍. I went to to Fircroft and Ernest Bevin and lived next to ,or was sat outside of with my Coke and bag of crisps,the Kings Head👍😁. Best wishes from jolly old Norfolkshire 👍😎Pete 🤓

@mro9608

Жыл бұрын

Bevin alumni 🤝

@petesmodelcarcustoms584

Жыл бұрын

@@mro9608 cool👍long time ago😟

I was born and bread in Tooting Streathbourne rd Moring Rd and Topsham road just up from Jimmy. Went Ernest Bevin too. What a brilliant video well done sir learnt so much i never knew

Hello Joolz. Thank you for another relaxing and informative stroll around the city I'll never see but will always call home. I don't know how many greats ago my people came the US but I've never forgotten where they came here from. I watch enthralled as you show me around, and tell me the histories of my people that I wasn't taught in American schools. I even re-watch your vids to sooth me to sleep but only after paying close attention the first time through. Cheerio!

Another great video. I was surprised you didn't visit Tooting Bec Lido, which is one of Britain's oldest open-air swimming pools.

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

Too far. That will have to wait until a Streatham video. It was just gettingt too long.

Great video Joolz and a lovely tribute at the end.

@Joolzguides

Жыл бұрын

Oh! Someone watched until the end. Great! Ha ha...thanks!

Outstanding! What a romp though a wonderful part of London.

Amazed you didn’t make it to St Benedict’s Close - housing built on the sight of an old asylum and hospital. They saved the giant entrance and clock tower and built the housing around them. It’s an incredible sight

I love all of your videos but the ones where you meet the amazing people are by far my favourite! The stall holders in the market are such characters! Makes me want to get on a plane and spend a week just wandering around the markets and talking to people.

The Beatles played or stayed here. That seems to be the same as: “King Charles II stopped here after fleeing the Battle of Worcester”, or “This garden was designed by Capability Brown”…all of them seemed to get around!

Dear Joolz, what a tonic you are! I've Rhumatiod n osteo arthritis n i used to love walking. I was born in Lewisham. I love your quirky, informative walks. I can walk with you! Have you done one on Lewusham n Catford,? It would be wonderful. Keep doing what you are doing love. Big hug from a Great Grandma who's still 20 in her head...shame about the body lol xxx No1 fan.

My childhood home!

My beloved birthplace Tooting!!! Thank you so much!!! 🙂🌞🌻💛🙏

Can't believe you did my home town! So much things I didn't know. Lovely video.

One of the most coolest and informative videos on YT, thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks Jools and Simon 😃👍🏻

I am a big Bolan fan and I live in Tooting but I would always go to Stoke or Barnes to see Bolan related places. I had no idea there was so much T Rex trivia near to me

Thanks. I grew up around there in the 60s

Another blinder, Joolz! You even gave my old school, Ernest Bevin, a mention! I wish I’d known the many facts you’ve presented here back then!

What a fascinating eye opener. I lived in Tooting for four years, from 2013 to 2017, whilst studying at St G's, without finding out any of that! All of which makes me realise just how many interesting background details pass me by in life.

Great stuff, took me back to my early years. Many thanks 👍

Tooting, my place of birth! Born at *** Trevelyan Road , 1940. Thanks for the memories.

1. The old Roman road, London Bridge to Chichester is now mostly (not completely) the A3 2. As a South London delivery driver, Tooting Broadway, High Street, Garratt Lane, Upper Tooting Road, Colliers Wood High Street, Mitcham and London roads all equal TRAFFIC! Nice to see it all in another light 3. Is it bad that when you mentioned Selkirk Road, all I could think about was the group 1 winning chestnut miler trained by Ian Balding (Clare's dad) in the early '90s? 4. Finally, 🇬🇭

Cheers Joolz, memories of visiting tootings fantastic pie & Mash shop back in the 80's, wonder if its still there..... might have to visit 👍

@aperson2730

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It's still there on Selkirk Road although it's about half the size it used to be.

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@@aperson2730 Thanks for that, i am over again in December so must pay a visit

The fact that you mentioned Marc Bolan was from Tooting AND chose Tanx for a pic. Cool.

Loved this one! Beautiful personal touches!