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@peppybocan

3 жыл бұрын

Have you already visited the Wapping area, Joolz?

@demitraferles7970

3 жыл бұрын

Joolz, Captain Cook's house was dismantled, transported to Australia, and rebuilt in Melbourne near the botanic gardens!

@sharonkay8638

3 жыл бұрын

@@demitraferles7970 I’m so glad to hear that! My family lived in Stratford and we used to pass the house on the 25 bus on the way to Whitechapel to visit my grandparents. I was so sad to see that it had gone last time I was there and thought it was cultural vandalism. I can now imagine it in Australia, with my niece in Melbourne!😊

@pete_dl1585

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Joolz. I would like to suggest Richmond for a future video.

This man deserves more recognition. Has there ever been a better series of London documentaries?

@Joolzguides

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I seem to be getting a fair bit in the street these days.

@denises9426

3 жыл бұрын

Netflix pay attention! This guy deserves his own series.

@maryhill7640

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh a Netflix series would be incredible!

@davidlathrop9360

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joolzguides I think I'm going to make it a life goal. Get to London someday, spot Joolz making a video. I mean, plenty of other things in there, indeed, but it's up there!

@PaulFagan

3 жыл бұрын

True! Outstanding!

For anyone loving London, this series is a must.

@user-ei7ed6zy9k

3 жыл бұрын

people think I’m super smart every time I bring up interesting historical facts wherever I am

@Bookish1995

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ei7ed6zy9k google

@danwiltshire9379

2 жыл бұрын

And people living outside of London, I find these super interesting and I'm in Brum 😁

@adonaiyah2196

2 жыл бұрын

Or just people who live in London

P.S. I keep forgetting, we should give a shout out to Simon for his great camera work and additional commentary!

@Mistydazzle

3 жыл бұрын

Love the banter between Simon & Joolz! “Look, Simon!”

Joolz getting famous apparently, your videos do bring a lot of joy

you mentioning the Elephant Man reminded me of the great John Hurt, one of the greatest actors of our time - may he RIP

I genuinely find it fascinating how you've managed to make Stepney Green and Whitechapel look decent in this video.

@johncarroll772

10 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅

Sir Joolz could hands down have his own BBC show on TV. These tours of London are simply magnificent. We visited London from Los Angeles 3 years ago and had a very enjoyable time. We may have only seen 0.0000000001% of that very fascinating city in 4 days.

@MrKmoconne

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, Joulz is still available for hire as a tour guide.

@neilboulton9813

3 жыл бұрын

I think in 4 days your percentage is probably about right! As London has so many historical levels from the Romans onward. Joolz and others on KZread do a great job of explaining the fascinating collection of architecture, but mainly the many amazing characters who changed the world Cook and Booth just in this small video.

"Oranges and lemons say the bells of St Clements" 🎵 My goodness that takes me back! I hadn't heard that in forever!

Thks for this. I was a Canadian living in Bethnal Green in '68. The East End then look like WWII had just ended the week before. I lived not far from The Krays mom near the Bagel Shop, which was my favourite pie shop. The Krays tried to kill a witness right in the courtroom!

@johnashtone7167

3 жыл бұрын

A couple of nasty individuals. A woman was walking her young child, (under 3 years) and came around a corner to see the Krays up to no good, one came over demanded who she was, where she lived, and then told her, her child would be murdered if she said anything?

@WorldCupWillie

2 жыл бұрын

How dare you!?! The Krays were just a couple of loveable rouges who loved their mum.

@johnashtone7167

2 жыл бұрын

@@WorldCupWillie And Stalin was cuddly Uncle Joe. Just ask his daughter Svetlana lolz.

Great to see you back in a pub ...

@Joolzguides

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@marlajacques6947

3 жыл бұрын

We’ve been to the Half Moon on our last trip (from Canada) and we still talk about it haha our kids loved it too ❤️

I was born in Stepney and I attended Stepney Jewish School in the 1950’s. Your walk really took me down memory lane. Thank you!

Can you please do other places in england too? It would so awesome if you could travel all around england, narrating its history and quirks. I hope someone gives you a tv show or something haha

@samiam619

2 жыл бұрын

That would take A LOT of research!

Joolz , this was a real memory jerker for me going to Stepney Jewish ( infant) , School in the 60s which is now halved in size, living next door in Stepney Green Dwellings ( now called Stepney Green Court) and having the occasional visit up the street to the Stepney Jewish Hospital (A&E ), with the various scrapes , bumps and bruises I got as an inner city Kid !

Thanks Joolz. After a difficult day, you've cheered me up. It's nice to be able to travel to London town during this nasty lockdown downunder. Cheers mate!

Great video and especially for me , lots of memories. Was born in Mile End Hospital, lived in Stepney and went to school in Stepney Green. During the 80s worked in the old London Hospital and been in the museum.. Was Christened in St Dunstan Church in Stepney Green..all this before moving to Bow/Poplar so thanks again for the video👌

As a South African I was blown away by this , what a fascinating part of the East End this is . Had a completely different picture of it , loved the entertainment too .

Fascinating wander around Stepney in London with an intetesting snippet about William Booth who was the founder of the Salvation Army.

@esforward69

3 жыл бұрын

You also had Barnardo’s that was founded there too, with the Ragged School museum on the canal at Johnson Lock. Amazing that 2 institutions were founded in this small area of London with such wide reaching positive impact. I lived in Stepney for 12 or so years and found it to be a fascinating, vibrant place to live.

Love the Les Dawson joke!

collective nouns/ an impatience of wives, a proud showing of tailors, a disworship of Scots , thank you:)

@Joolzguides

3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! A malapertness of tailors

@Esther88881

3 жыл бұрын

@@Joolzguides a malapertness of pedlars ,a quiz of teachers ,a pride of lions 😃special thanks to you:))

@paulstleger9319

3 жыл бұрын

A prickle of porcupines. Love them

@blackbob3358

Ай бұрын

A "gaggle of tv presenters", Esther. Not geese, the tv wallahs make much more noise !

Wow I work at the royal London hospital and was brought up around Bethnal Green and now, lots of info on here that I didn’t know, when back at work tomorrow am going to look up some of the plaques and statues you mentioned. Thank you so much

@Joolzguides

3 жыл бұрын

That's fabulous to hear. Glad i could help.

Another fantastic video Joolz! I walk all of these streets daily as I'm a Bethnal Green local, yet I was unaware of some of the details in this. Great knowledge and brilliantly conveyed too :)

Having just discovered my ancestral cockney roots, i am finding your work very emotional and fascinating! I have had many'a dreams walking among these streets 🥲Thankyou for sharing all your wonderful knowledge! 🙏 blessings and stay safe

🎵"now he gets his kicks in Stepney, not in Knightsbridge anymore..." 🎵

@maurice8607

3 жыл бұрын

Love it. Great Stones track.

I remember Stepney from the Rolling Stones song "Play With Fire". "Your ole man took her diamonds and her tiaras by the score, Now she gets her kicks in Stepney, Not in Knightsbridge any more. Don't play with me 'cause you play with fire." I wonder if the mention of Stepney was in reference to the social housing?

Would love a show just on Call the Midwife locations. But, it may be just me interested (obsessed) with that show.

@RatelHBadger

3 жыл бұрын

I can't stand the show but that would be a fascinating watch

love hearing the history and admiring the amazing architecture. I look forward to walking the streets of London.

If there’s anything we can thank Corona for.. it’s for content like this. The pandemic has opened the door so many talented content creators like Joolz.

Thanks for these. My mother grew up in Stepney in the 1920s and 30s. Part of her family had lived here when it was still Old Mile End. Other ancestors came from Ireland, Poland and Devon. 🌞 Despite her house and its neighbours on Aylward St, just near Commercial Road and a spit from Whitechapel, having been demolished in the 1960s it was nice to see other buildings of their era.

Captain Cooks house is now sitting in a park in Melbourne, commonly referred to as Captain Cooks Cottage.

That was great. I grow up on Stepney Green road (1983-2011) and I now reside in Chicago and I can honestly say that Stepney Green road hasn't changed. That brought back a lot of great memories. The only downside of the east end is the loss of the great pubs. Next time you're in that area go to Rinkoffs in O'Leary square.

@sav7568

3 жыл бұрын

Roughly 200 East End pubs have closed since 1900.

@chrislawless1983

3 жыл бұрын

@@sav7568 that's sad when you think about it. How many of them were in the last 20 years. I would guess a high percentage of that 200

@sav7568

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrislawless1983 Muslims don't drink

@chrislawless1983

3 жыл бұрын

@@sav7568 lol - I was thinking the same thing

Me and my family lived in Vallance Rd for years opposite Weavers Fields. Bethnal Green was home.

Born in Stepney Green now i am slumming it in the Chalfonts.

@markmiwurdz202

3 жыл бұрын

When I did my apprenticeship in the print in London, "Chalfont St. Giles" was rhyming slang for piles!

GOD I so enjoyed this video I live in Stepney from about 1961to 1972 my early childhood was spent in the worlds greatest playground that is Whitechapel ,Stepney and Poplar. I lived in Rectory Square wher we had the vicarage of St Dunstans church what memories. Tomorrow I shall drive back and show my wife around. THANK YOU

Another terrific stroll through London to accompany my Sunday morning coffee here in the upper Hudson Valley. On my first visit to London, now 35 years ago, some locals dragged me to the Brick Lane Beigel Shop after the pubs closed. I guess it was something of a ritual. Is that long gone? Also, your chum with the squatter dad is a dead ringer for Marwood. Thanks, Joolz! I look forward to every new installment.

@Joolzguides

3 жыл бұрын

You mean Paul McGann? Ha ha! I visit the beigel shop in my Sunday Markets Brick Lane video!

What a wonderful trip down memory lane. Excellent work Joolz

A theatre-restaurant in Sydney in the 70s called The Music Hall used to put on Victorian melodramas (hiss the villain!) with one called 'The Spring Heeled Terror of Stepney Green.' It literally ran for years. That's how I first heard about Stepney.

@johnashtone7167

3 жыл бұрын

This was playing on a famous Victorian, ~Penny Dreadful~ journal, cover? They would have weekly serials one of which was the adventures of 'Spring Heeled Jack'. He was the Spiderman of the Victorian era, with a pair of iron springs on the heels of his shoes. The cover had the headline 'With one leap Jack was free', and a drawing of Jack leaping from a window. Imagine a variation of 'It was a dark and story night' lolz. I love the idea of hissing the villain, very English Pantomime:-))

Great - 50 years ago this month I started work at the (not yet Royal) London Hospital in this vibrant if occasionally dodgy part of the capitol and it's been fascinating to see how it has and hasn't changed since.

Thanks for the great walk Joolz. Did you know a lone crow is called "an attempted murder?".😂

It's amazing to see London alive again! Thank you Joolz!! Greatings from Buenos Aires, Argentina

I love the bustle of this area, stayed in an air b&b here in 2017. Love Joolz guides...glad you're back

Hi Joolz, just wanted to convey my gratitude for your vignettes of London. As an exiled cockney they make me feel incredibly homesick for my home city. Always interesting and watchable. Thank you.

I love this channel! Can't stop watching! Fascinating!

Absolutely wonderful video, particularly for anyone with roots in the London area. Brilliant and very enjoyable - a mind of information!

The absolute best channel in existence for travel hype, historical lessons and good English vibes. Love this channel! Good goin

When I saw you were trodding this area, I was hoping you would mention the Trinity Alms Houses. I have walked through that area many times on trips to London (my grandfather was from the East End) and wondered about the history of that place.

‘I think it’s brilliant that you actually - grow food which you sell, and people eat it. That’s brilliant’ (19:24) ‘Yes. I think the concept has been around for a few years now!’ 😁

Spectacular episode! So many gorgeous buildings. Made us really desire to return to London for another visit. Thanks very much!

I used to go to Blooms on Whitechapel Rd for salt beef sandwiches. On a Sunday there was often a long line of Rolls' and Bentleys discharging rich Jewish former Eastenders coming back home for a bit of nosh and a get together.

My Great Grandma born in 10 Bedford Street Covent Garden Stepney..1847 her Father James Moore Butcher at Smithfields..EastEnders..related to the real Beal family..

My mum’s home manor and now I’m really homesick! Thanks Joolz for this video, so pleased you made it. Any chance of going a bit further up to Bow, Stratford and West Ham? We’ve got a couple of lovely Churches!😄

I miss the Grave Maurice. The big double doors wide open on a warm summers day. One of the regulars would cycle in and his beer would be waiting on the bar. Three or four gulps later and he was gone. Nobody batted an eyelid.

@sharonkay8638

3 жыл бұрын

And there was a lovely Jewish deli on the corner. Used to go in there for salt beef sandwiches when my mum was having an op in the London. We always referred to this area as the waste although I probably wouldn’t recognise a lot of it now. Great video, brought back memories.

Just want I needed on a Sunday morning 👍

Loved it! My grandparents (Italian family) used to have a cafe there called The Empire opened in the 50s and the krays were regulars there every day

I remember in the 70's and 80's when the shop next to Whitechapel Tube Station was Wally for Wireless. Great place to get grey market audio equipment at super low prices. The Waste always had a great vibe about it.

@markmiwurdz202

3 жыл бұрын

@Karlos Canon. Do you remember when Wally For Wireless moved? The launderette on the corner of Brady Street closed, WFW had the shop fitted out and moved in. I seem to remember he had National Panasonic/Technics displays outside. Do you remember "Paul For Music's" record stall outside Whitechapel Station on Saturdays? He also had a shop in Cambridge Heath Road, and would do 1-off orders for records and save me trekking up to the HMV shop in Oxford Street. Happy days!

@KarlosCanon

3 жыл бұрын

@@markmiwurdz202 I do. I remember the record stall. Great prices but my dad always said the records must be scratched or something and that's why they were so cheap lol.

@KarlosCanon

3 жыл бұрын

Do you remember the fish stall at the Beggars end. Always had in my mind it was called "Lils eels". Always remember her jet black dyed hair.

@markmiwurdz202

2 жыл бұрын

@Karlos Canon. I used to buy most of my records from a Saturday stall which was pitched outside Z. Rones pram and baby shop. Rones was just past Brady Street heading towards Manns Brewery and The Blind Beggar. The stallholder used to get the early production copies of the records and their sleeves. So you might have and off- centre label or a minor printing fault/ typographic error etc. But his prices were good! I still have most of those vinyl discs today. I don't remember "Lil"s Eels" stall, but my Mum used to get my Dad's Saturday tea of a bag of boiled winkles from a seafood stall directly outside Whitechapel station.

I absolutely adore these walks I love history and find the history of London fascinating.

My Grandad was a policeman, who received an award for his bravery at the Sidney Street Siege - His name was Walter Henry George Atkinson.

It’s nice to be recognized. That means many folks enjoy your videos. It’s go hand and hand, you need people to enjoy and watch.

As always, fantastic, what a city ,what a guide, greetings from Ireland.

Great that the Montefiore fountain has now been restored to its full glory.

Finally a new video! Been waiting for this since the easing of the lockdown in London. 🙂

@wasabista1613

3 жыл бұрын

Every Joolz video feels like a special treat. I hope the pubs are open.

@jeremybuck1818

3 жыл бұрын

@@wasabista1613 Outside drinking areas are now open, inside from May 17th we hope!

@hoopster68

3 жыл бұрын

My old house was briefly on that on Stepney Green. Thought you would have relayed how that was Mile End old town Joolz, also Captain Cooks children buried in St Dunstans

@wasabista1613

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremybuck1818 Great news! Let's hope it stays that way for good.

Great video. I interview Barbara Windsor about Sparrows Can't Sing for my Elstree Studios book.

@Joolzguides

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. I'm not sure if the Krays were actually in it or not.

@paulburton9386

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoolzguidesElstree Studios used their club for a scene and also for the party.

My family live in Whitechapel starting in the 1850s as part of the Chut migration (Dutch Jews). I would love to see you do a tour based around the Jewish history of London!

Just discovered this wonderful geezer and his wonderful commentary of London. Going to have to check the rest of his videos now. Cheered me up as my old queen is in hospital at the moment, thanks mate.

Thoroughly enjoyed this walk. Thank you for taking me along.

Sparrows Can't Sing is one of my favourite films, a fantastic time capsule of the East End in the early 60s. Stephen Lewis ("I 'ate you, Butler") wrote it and had a small part as a tower block caretaker where he played the same kind of role he would go on to play throughout his career ("You can't leave that bike there"). George Sewell, who played Barbara Windsor's new man, was an Eastender himself, and lived (maybe still does) in a modest terraced house in Walthamstow. Not far from where I grew up, actually. I served him once in the local HMV shop that I managed.

@roeng1368

3 жыл бұрын

Sewell died 14 years ago, but what was the whole film about ?

@barrywood2806

3 жыл бұрын

@@roeng1368 Thanks for the update. Google the film and look at the Wikipedia entry. A fantastic cast, with for me the most outstanding performances coming from Roy Kinnear and Brian Murphy in a pub during the afternoon. Basically, while her husband is away at sea, Barbara starts living with George and when the husband returns everyone tries to stop the hubby from finding out what has happened.

Perfect way to end the weekend (on this side of the world) - to daydream about returning to London. Excellent video!

Great episode Joolz, you have inspired me to start my own KZread channel! I have been making videos on London as well, Nothing better than walking around and discovering more about this wonderful city!

Joolz, you are a treasure, Sir. Endlessly engaging and interesting

When we can finally travel again, I want Joolz to take me on all the London tours!

Wow thanks for this! As a young man, my great grandfather lived in the Tower Hamlets for several years until he and his family emigrated to Canada. This is so interesting and I might go check it out when I'm there in April...and then go for a curry

Thanks as always, Joolz and Simon. Great to see you back with a pint in your hand too

I'm from Kenilworth, but my maternal grandfather was born at 83 Cable Street in1897.

Love your videos Joolz. Keep the series going 👍👍

You should do a show on your mother's life in London. She seems to have had a colorful British life that knew many interesting people.

The second time I had viewed this program. Delightful!

Spotted one of your horse drinking troughs in the comedy caper "The Plank", available on iplayer, do I get a point for that lol. Keep up the good work

Used to work at the Royal London Hospital the area is so familiar

Interesting that you chose to walk along Whitechapel road. I like walking along Commercial Road past the bell foundry and the gunsmiths. then I turn right and go to cable street.

@sergioalmasy8722

3 жыл бұрын

He also covered in detail the Mile End Road east of Whitechapel Road.

The graffiti is beginning to make London look like a dump. Excellent video again Joolz!

@howtubeable

3 жыл бұрын

Here in the United States, the intellectual elite consider graffiti to be fine art. They fly into an outrage whenever property owners try to improve the appearance of the neighborhood.

I live in Stepney so this video is making me so happy, learning so much about the area

I said this before...TV needs you Joolz...bigtime!

Loved it Joolz well done!!

Love your work, joolz

Great stuff mate

Love these walks 🎉

Nice to see some sunshine and london sort of back open again. "The Tall Guy" - I remember that film it was one of Emma Thompson's first films. The films soundtrack has "It Must Be Love" performed by Madness, for a long time that was the only album the song was on. It was never on a Madness studio album. Lovely video Joolz. I liked the rabbits - I might watch "Watership Down" now. Take care. Thank you for another good Joolz Guide.

Great vid as usual Joolz

Brilliant as always

Fantastic!! Love the London tours!!

Another classic Joolz, cheers 🍻

Always amazing and informative.

My father took us to see these Alms Houses because they were built for retired sailors who were only recognised to be our unsung heroes from the Victory of Nelson onwards. He pointed out the ships and also a oval stone with a carve rope giving it a naval look, and words about, what the Alms houses were for. I love them. Even young men have not meddled with the ships, because of the respect for the sailors who helped Lord Nelson to achieve his goal, and the British Isles victory. Cynthia McLaglen

Thanks for another great video Joolz 🙂👍

Absolute Gold again Joolz. ⭐

Loving a bit of Joolz on a sunny Sunday!

Charming as always Julian. Cheers!

nice one Joolz always look forward to your tours!

Thanks Joolz, another great video

Fascinating, thank you!