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Bal -Ham gateway to the South was a short radio programme spoof by Peter Sellers. with an American accent during the Goon Show I think!
Balham has been a mixed area since the post war period, with the middle classes on the fringes around Wandsworth Common, to the west, and Clapham Park, to the east. The centre, in the mainly terraced Victorian stock, was artisanal or working and lower middle class. It was in the early to mid 1980s that the first signs of gentrification came: mainly financiers moving southwards after Battersea and Clapham's own arrival of new money. Suddenly skips were full of valuable rugs and recyclable items. At the same time, immigrant groups who had moved to Balham in earlier decades saw a change in fortunes, moving to larger houses - some gated - in Streatham Hill and beyond. Croydon and Sutton, at the time, were desirable. This released more housing stock in the terraced areas, with actors and comedians taking their places amongst more city folk, further changing the demographic landscape of the area. By the 1990s, Balham was into the second wave of gentrification, with media, marketing and legal professionals moving in and local state primaries starting to rise in the attainment rankings. From the 2000s, with the third wave of professionals, the landscape and affordability of the area had changed catastrophically for the young of the earlier residents, with many having to move further out, into areas no longer viewed as positively as previously, but now potentially on the cusp of their own gentrification.
Another splendid wander about.
I’m Canadian and love following you on a map while you do your tour. Could you maybe post the location on the screen so I can follow along from across the pond?
I love your videos. I’ve watched them all and when I have my umbrella here in Tokyo, I pretend I’m you. If you ever want to come to Japan, please look us up. We’re saving up for a tour with you.
yes yes i got my copy and i love it!!
Balham Gateway to the south was from a Peter Sellers LP from about 1957, called The best of Sellers! I was born in St James’ Hospital in Balham. Hospital long gone I am told.
Rather splendid 🎉
21:15 as a Freemason, this is total guff…now move along, nothing to see here! (I am actually a Mason😊)
18:38 well I’ll be….
My auntie and family lived in Balham for 40 years , in Rudloe Rd. I used to visit her in the early 70’s when I was a student in Scotland. They still had the old outside loo out back. Balham wasn’t a great area back then……but I still loved London.
A very interesting area, Joolz. I found that the Balham Underground station incident during WWII was intersting. The sewing machine establishment amazing indeed, and also most fascinating is the sewer pipes still in existence around the district. Lots of other stuff, too much to mention, but many thanks for this most enjoyable film that you've done here.
Fantastic show, as expected. Might make trip down south to have a nose.
"Ooh look Jules - a parquet floor! If I'd known I'd have brought my tap shoes." "Well I don't want you to dance on it, I want you to clean it." I always think of this exchange from Round the Horne when I see a parquet floor.
We had a stink pipe in Brussels Rd at the top of St John's Hill SW11 but it was definitely not connected to Falcon Brook which ran at the foot of St John's Hill about half a mile away with a clearly defined valley headed south along Northcote Road. Perhaps the regular sewers had them as well? But I remember being told that there would be explosions without them.
"Crews from Balham and Golders Green, and loads of places I've never been"
You are such a plethora of knowledge and FUN.
The Bedford Pub, the air raid shelters on Clapham Common amongst many other buildings were built by our family building company J Garrett & Son Ltd of Balham Hill. (By the Shell Petrol Station.) In the 1950's we had 2 football and Cricket teams.
BALHAM GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH started out in 1949 as a sketch on BBC Third Programme. Lots of versions since.
The Balham Bowls is owned by a very good small chain. They keep pubs looking authentic not like youngs. The Antelope in Tooting is also owned by them and its fantastic
I recently went to Fatima last month. It was really amazing
Using one’s brolly to cross the road😄
10:10 ooooh... that bicyclist looks just like Manuel Peter Neuer, the german goalkeeper of Bayern Munich FC!
5:18 ....that's mights be?!? :)))
I worked as assistant Editor on the short comedy of the film mentioned. A long time ago but I think it was more early 80's than late 70's. A fun project to work on though.
ecellent walk about.
Lido is nice tho
Balham is still a dump
The terms Flotsam and Jetsam refer to the same things, that is, anything found floating at sea or ashore, or deposited on the shoreline of a navigable waterway. The difference is a mater of legal ownership. Flotsam refers to any item lost through unavoidable accident or distress of a vessel through no action of the crew, such as resulting from a shipwreck or accident. Jetsam refers to any item purposefully jettisoned by a vessel, such as items that were deliberately thrown overboard by a crew of a ship in distress. The ownership of flotsam remains with the original owner who is entitled to recover his property no mater where it is found or by whom. the ownership of Jetsam is with the original finder. who may receive compensation from the original owner if the item is requested to be returned, or may legally be kept or sold.
There are lots of stink pipes in the whole area. From Brixton, up to Clapham and Tooting are stink pipes. The Effra River used to flow through Brixton (Effra Road is named after it I believe) and you can spot quite a few of these pipes. I'm sure there is one on King's Avenue heading towards Streatham. I lived in Clapham from 1988 to 2014 when I moved to Tulse Hill. Thanks for this video. It was nice to remember those days, especially when my children were very young and we would walk to Tooting Common or Wandsworth Common. Good days...
My son went to the primary school, Trinity St Mary, that is across the road from Du Cane Court. It was a great school. Ms Quintrell was a lovely head teacher and some of the teaching staff were so good
Hi Zetas. evacuation of your species by the end of the year. information was transmitted by the Pleiades.
Stands the clock at ten to three and is there honey still for tea? -honey's off dear' ( my dad would quote from the Peter Sellers recording all the time)
Joolz thank you, another great video. Never been to Balham, yet I did not live far from there. When next in London I must go and see the old sewing machine museum, looks interesting. Had no idea it was there...been to Tooting bec and saw your video on it and revisited after that! Maybe one day you'll do a video of my town (for fifty years) that is also interesting, but undergoing so many changes.....
Great video love the marker for Clapham.😊
we had stink pipes run my street in sw11 and my school at the end of my street was called falcon brook and I moved too Balham the street before drakefield in your video
Nice video ,dude
Thank you Joolz...enjoyed. lLove those houses from very bigining of XXs ...
Another Joolz jewel for this migrated Brit to feel nostalgic about. Cheers.
Normal people :- oh nice Op fan :- its Law its law Trafalgar law
Just like to say thank you for sharing this video love it see you in the next one ❤
I used to go to The Bedford with a few friends on a Tuesday night. The pub had a circular revolving stage and we regularly watched a band called Dragons Playground. JD
My understanding was that Hitler said to never bomb the Lucas factory. Makes sense.
Du Cane Court. There is enough here to do a programme on its own. 😉
We used to go to 'discos' in the Hamilton building back in the 80s. and met my wife in St Anselm's on the corner by Tooting Bec.
What about a walk around lovely richmond
Krays only killed 3 people, pussycats lol
Please do an episode on history of pipe smoking an why it's lessend, in UK any way, we need to bring it
who says that a place full of prostitutes is not a nice place? hehe keep making good videos for us.
Brilliant. My old stomping ground.