A historical tour of Soho’s beating heart

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The Underground Map

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@MrPete1x Ай бұрын

Surprising how clean Soho looked today, compared to the 60's

@jimsteinberg9291 Ай бұрын

What a great find! 23 mins on a neighborhood central to my enjoyment of the world. Highlights: Great history. A live walk for people watching and an audio sampling of legendary tracks from the famous antique piano of Trident Studios…all with discreet street names to guide the journey. Thx!

@TheUndergroundMap Ай бұрын

Glad I managed to slip in the story of Trident Studios!

@jimsteinberg9291 Ай бұрын

@@TheUndergroundMapRick Wakeman talks about the piano and playing it for Bowie, but you’re the first to show it and make it resonate with favorite musical snippets. Thx!

@DJGG8205 Ай бұрын

As an avid record collector for the past 40 plus years, Soho back in the 80s to mid 2000s was a haven for record shops. A couple still exist like Sounds Of The Universe, but back then there must've been at least a dozen all within spitting distance from regular places like Selectadisc to specialist shops like the great reggae place Daddy Kools (RIP Keith).

@kennethwithers9296 Ай бұрын

What memories! This was my neighborhood as a poor grad student, more than 40 years ago. It’s all different, of course, but still all the same, isn’t it?

@theofarmmanager267 Ай бұрын

I worked in Soho (for a music magazine), just off the square, in late 60’s and early 70’s. It was so different to now. Of course, the old buildings remain but it was much less touristy and more earthy. Lots of sex clubs, illegal gambling rooms and drinking clubs; I remember one run by a matriarch who sat at the end of the bar watching all her “club members”. Crooks, con men, artists, all the human life of Soho. We used to have lunch in a (rare) Italian restaurant which had a sign in the window saying that they served spaghetti but not on toast. The lasagne there was a revelation to a young man. Squire Shop, Village Gate, Marquee Club, Take Six - I can only remember those few

@TheUndergroundMap Ай бұрын

I remember Pollo in Old Compton Street in the mid 80s which was where my friends and I always met up over a lasagna before going about our evening

@WifeMamaArtist Ай бұрын

SO.MANY.TOURISTS!!

@christown2827 Ай бұрын

Regan and Carter were seen walking down Dean Street in the end credits of Series 4 of 'The Sweeney' (1978).

@DamoSuzuki66 Ай бұрын

Fantastic coverage as usual but I was expecting (and hoping) you'd point out the old location of the proper Marquee club, particularly after the bit about Trident studio's.

@TheUndergroundMap Ай бұрын

The Marquee was a real omission and I’m kicking myself for not pointing it out

@TheUndergroundMap Ай бұрын

I’ve still to do the walk the other way around (Leicester Sq-TCR) and I’ll try to remember to make it a feature

@TheBostonR Ай бұрын

Wasn't that the second edition of the Marquee? I spent many an evening in the place and if I recall correctly the original was on the Charing Cross Rd.@@TheUndergroundMap

@TheUndergroundMap Ай бұрын

@@TheBostonR I can pass both going in the opposite direction on the LSQ-TCR walk

@wanderingorganist Ай бұрын

Thank you for this one. Dean St also had the shop/offices of Hinrichsen/Edition Peters in the late 70s when I worked in Gt Marlborough St. I seem to think Novello (another music publisher) were in the same street at one point? Also, you passed the Admiral Duncan, the gay pub bombed by a neo-nazi. 3 died and over 80 injured.