A Tour Of Famous /Infamous People Buried In East London Cemetery. 4/6/22 = See Description.

[@avrilkokordatos8714]

That's my dad Mike Mckenzie accompanying Queenie on the piano She was a lovely person and so was Slim. Very happy days. Thanks for these memories Avril Mckenzie

[@1paparico]

Wow how good is that? Did you know about the film before?

[@avrilkokordatos8714]

@@1paparico Yes I did. But it was pretty amazing to see it at the end of the visit to the Cemetary!!!!

[@londonluke6487]

Wow really? 💙 = great to have you comment on the video!! I love it when that happens 🙂. I had a similar thing happen with Bradley Stone's Mum subscribing to my Facebook page. I've heard from so many "of what a lovely lady Queenie was". No problem at all Avril, glad you enjoyed. Your Dad was absolutely fantastic on the piano!!!!! Thanks for the lovely comment Avril 💙🙂✌️

[@avrilkokordatos8714]

Thank you for your great videos x

[@Sandra-ww6oz]

Absolutely loved that Luke thanks so much for all the hard work and effort. My Mum is from the East End and was evacuated to Bletchley Bucks when their home was bombed in WW2. Good old working class people the men worked on the Docks. We emigrated to Australia in the 1970's and I miss my homeland to this day so content like yours is VERY important to me and gives me a greater understanding of my background. I have shared this with Mum now 88 and the last member alive of her large family - this will be very important to her too. If you ever come across any Sheaf's in the graveyard then that's us lot! God bless Luke positive vibes and best wishes from Sydney Australia ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Sandra. Ah, bless you & thanks for the lovely comment "that means a lot" + it nice to hear that, the content is evoking memories & bringing enjoyment!! Bless her "some loved evacuation = & sadly for others, that wasn't the case." Yeah, they were a tough generation, those old Eastenders "really admire that generation tbh = especially the ones who got us through both world wars" A lot of people emigrated there in the 70s = tbh, I think it was a wise decision "as London is pretty chappy nowadays, especially in the East End & East London." But, its home & there are good people around still. Bless you both "glad you enjoyed the video." 88, she'll have accumulated some great memories then 😊. I'll note down the name "in case I spot any, for you" as I'm doing a few cemetery tours at the moment, so 🤞. God bless & thanks for the positive vibes, Sandra "much appreciated + the support on the page." Very best wishes to You & your Mum 😊💙✌️

[@willowbrown6257]

Great video. I live just around the corner to the cemetery. I often go in there just to look at the graves and pay my respects.. it's a lovely cemetery. Very quiet and well looked after. It would be great to see some more videos. Keep up the great videos

[@londonluke6487]

Ah thanks for the lovely comment Willow 😊. Yeah, it’s an interesting Cemetery, & so well kept these days. There’ll definitely be some more coming up soon. Thanks again for the lovely comment ✌️

[@davidm3maniac201]

So do I willow. I live in star lane

[@liverbird956]

Is it the City of London Cemetery?

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

It's beyond me why people would vandalise the graves.

[@londonluke6487]

100% agree with you on that!! But, that's what makes people like us, VERY different from people like that!! Stealing things off of graves seems to be the trending one at the moment 😡 = we've had two of those brass topped flower pots stolen off of my Grandparents grave + things stolen off of my nephew's cremation plot & "he died a baby" = which is clearly apparent from the inscription on his stone + the toys & Crystal Teddy bear "which is what they took" 😡. Subhuman's ay!!.. ✌️

[@davidm3maniac201]

I have never seen any vandalised over this cemetery. Some are old and in decline

[@londonluke6487]

@@davidm3maniac201 I was talking about the Jewish Cemetery, which was badly vandalised a little while ago. I’ve never seen vandalism in this Cemetery = but, we do regularly have things taken off of the graves ✌️

[@davidm3maniac201]

@@londonluke6487 OK and yes my friends grave had some things stolen from it.

[@londonluke6487]

@@davidm3maniac201 disgusting that!! We've had stuff nicked off my nephew's little plot, & it's obvious by the stone & the stuff on the grave that "it's a baby's grave" = still doesn't stop them though. Thankfully never has vandalism over there, that I know of ✌️

[@marksullivansullybcs8340]

Very interesting cheers buddy.... God bless all in the video ♥️

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Mark. Glad you found it interesting, & thanks for the lovely comment mate "much appreciated." Yes indeed, God bless & RIP to them 💙🕊

[@Isleofskye]

Good Video. Thanks. Went there for the first time in my 68 South East London years recently and did not realise it was so near The Blackwall Tunnel..

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all 🙂. Hope you enjoyed it. Yeah, literally a 5 minute drive from the Blackwall Tunnel + opened in 1873 & covered a large swathe of East London ✌️

[@denislacombe4103]

Very good and interrsting video! I am French i've been several times in London but i've never visited this cemetery . Well Done keep going!!!

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks for the lovely comment Denis 😊. I’m glad you found it interesting! It’s an interesting old Cemetery packed full of history + some lovely wildlife nowadays too. There’ll definitely be some more coming up soon. Thanks again for the lovely comment ✌️

[@barzeyadna]

Thanks for sharing loved Queenie Wyatts what a voice

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Edna. Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, Queenie was an East End legend, for sure!! Saw her in holiday on the buses recently ✌️

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

@@londonluke6487 I hate you Butler. I'll get you, you see if I don't.

[@nickpalmer3076]

Very interesting.Loved the film at the end.Thank you.

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all 🙂. Glad you found it interesting. I love history = so, always enjoy putting these together!. Thanks for the like n lovely comment ✌️

[@suesmith9202]

Subscribed. Very interesting.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Sue. Bless you for the lovely comment & for subscribing 😊 Welcome to the page. Glad you enjoyed the video. I'll be covering this one again soon "as this was filmed with much poorer technology + in portrait mode." Thanks again 😊✌

[@PurityVendetta]

Lovely video, thanks for uploading and the research of the backstories.

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Sophie. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂. I love history = so researching the background info is my favourite part of doing these. A massive welcome to the page!! Thanks for subscribing ✌️

[@PurityVendetta]

@@londonluke6487 I have a degree in contemporary history by my passion is for social history. These glimpses into real people's lives are magical to me. I have to admit, Slim carrying that enormous RSJ on his shoulder reminded me of my own dad. Same build and enormously strong. Great stuff and thanks for the welcome.

[@londonluke6487]

@@PurityVendetta No problem at all Sophie 🙂. Thanks for the lovely feedback!! I'm no expert, as you'll probably gather = but, history is my passion!!! I first started with my family history = & have verged into social & architectural history + anything in between, which grabs my interest. Yeah, I love little videos or images like that, because "as you day, they're a little window into the past". I'll be out & about soon + some more cemetery tours + an abandoned Jewish cemetery, in the near future ✌️

[@PurityVendetta]

@@londonluke6487 I think you're doing a great job Luke. Keep up the good work and I look forward to your next video. Oh and I know how much work goes into producing these videos just so you know that your work is appreciated 👍😊

[@londonluke6487]

@@PurityVendetta ah thanks Sophie 😊. As a history lover, you'll know "it's a labour of love" = could never get bored or run out of interesting tales /places /items to visit & share. Thanks for the lovely comment Sophie ✌️

[@bangkokney8708]

Hi Luke, I've just stumbled across this vlog and had to watch it. I was brought up pretty much opposite East London cemetery, in fact, my dad's ashes are interred there. As a kid in the late 50's and throughout the 60's my mates and I used to play in the cemetery, as bad as that sounds. The part that backs onto The Memorial Grounds (incidentally West Ham United's former ground prior to Upton Park) was all overgrown and jungle-like, so we had a great time playing there. Happy memories of a bygone era. Thank you.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi there. Glad you found the vlog 😊 I'll be re-coveribg this one, in the new year = with much better tech + in portrait mode this time "so, you'll see a larger image, than this one." I think most of us kids local to the cemetery "played in or around it, at some point = great adventure playgrounds = good days ay mate 😊." I didn't know that, about the memorial ground "having previously been West Ham's original ground" = cheers for that info, interesting new fact learned there 👍. Glad you enjoyed the video & thar it evoked some happy memories 😊👍✌️

[@danlynch203]

Next to the military marker for Maurice Wagg is an American Civil War star marker, the GAR stands for Grand Army of the Republic. Thank you for this video.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Dan. Thanks ever so much for this info "much appreciated" = he's just been cleaned down, funnily enough "the Commonwealth war graves commission, are at work in the cemetery at the moment" = So maybe they attend to it? I'm really sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing issues with my notifications" & am having to check back manually through the posts, for comments ✌️

[@lesleymartin2682]

Very interesting. Loved the black and white film at the end.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Lesley. Thanks 🙂 Glad you found it interesting. Can't beat an old photo, or bit of old footage, ay 👌✌️

[@markwalford-groom]

I have watched a lot of cemetery vlogs this is really great everyone treated with the same respect ,going to check a few more of your vlogs if they are all like this i will subscribe

[@londonluke6487]

Ah thanks Mark 😊. It great to have such lovely & positive comments coming in! Well, my humble opinion for what it's worth is "we're all equal, especially in death" = one of my Nan's old sayings was "well boy - black - white - rich - poor - young or old, we're all ending up in the same place when our time comes". A lesson in not being judgmental, I'm glad she taught me!! There but for the grace of god go I "was another one of her favourites". Thanks for subscribing to the channel Mark = a big welcome & thanks from me ✌️

[@dockerslower]

Cracking little vid, I was thinking ‘wouldn’t it be nice if a bit of research was added’ and Bosh! Added at the end, subscribed.

[@londonluke6487]

@dockerslower Hi there. Really sorry for the late reply = I've had lots of problems with my notifications! & am having to now check each post, manually. Thanks for the lovely comment & really appreciate the subscribe!! Nice to have you on-board ✌️

[@jimmyjam4371]

Great stuff, will visit the next time I’m there. Many thanks.

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Jimmy 🙂 glad you enjoyed it. It's an interesting one & well worth a visit = as soon as I've finished covering what I've started in Greenwich "I'll be back over the cemetery to do another tour" = still plenty to see + other cemeteries I've not been to yet. Thanks for the like & lovely comment ✌️

[@geraldinekearney542]

Hi Luke, I’ve just discovered your channel and I’m thoroughly enjoying it ❤❤🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Geraldine. Bless you & thanks for the lovely comment 😊 Welcome to the page + glad you're enjoying the content 🙂💛✌️💙

[@margaretbuckley9309]

WELL DONE FOR THIS VIDEO FASCINATING STUFF ABOUT THESE POOR SOULS MAY THEY ALL REST IN PEACE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 👍💙

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Margaret 🙂. Glad you found it interesting = yes, bless each & every one of them 💙 = sad as many of their stories are, I feel that it's important to tell their stories & remember them. Thanks for the lovely comment 💙✌️

[@margaretbuckley9309]

@@londonluke6487 👍🙏

[@tomhamilton5261]

Interesting and respectful tour. Much thanks. The Church of St John at Hampstead is a nice church and interesting place to visit.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Tom. Appreciate that comment mate "as, I always try to keep the cemetery tours, as respectful as possible." Ah rite, thanks for that = just had a, quick check online "I'll be adding that to my list." Thanks again, Tom 👍✌️

[@tomhamilton5261]

You’re welcome, mate. It’s a nice church to go to if ever you are in Hampstead. The Actors church at Covent Garden is also worth a visit . Also it was great to hear Queenie Watts sing on the film clip. Very talented lady. @@londonluke6487

[@canugizabit2810]

Hope to see more like this i could think of some very interesting graveyards , instantly subscribed

[@londonluke6487]

Ah thanks ever so much 🙂 I appreciate the subscribe & lovely comment!! There'll be some more coming up soon = I'm trying to track Jack Warner's grave down "he's buried in this cemetery". There'll also be an explore of an abandoned Jewish cemetery = once it's cooled down a bit. Thanks again for the subscribe & comment ✌️

[@adrianleman5158]

Very interesting tour,hope more to come.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Adrian 😊 Glad you enjoyed it!! I've some upcoming cemetery tours, very soon "now the better weather is slowly setting in." Which will hopefully include, two abandoned Jewish Cemeteries! Sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing problems with my notifications." ✌️

[@spitfirekev]

I've just discovered your channel. Top work. 👏👏 I've also subscribed to your channel.

[@londonluke6487]

Ah that's great 😊 A massive welcome to the channel, & thanks for subscribing. Thanks for the great comment = glad you're enjoying 👍✌️

[@Jay-Leigh]

So I stumbled across this video and thoroughly enjoyed it, so informative and, I loved the end where you gave us pictures and more information. So I’m now a subscriber and look forward to catching up along with watching new material. Fabulous presentation well done. 👍🏻

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Jay-Leigh. Bless you & thanks for the lovely comment 😊 Glad you enjoyed the video "this is from when I first started the page, & filmed on a much older phone + in portrait mode." I'm currently in the process of covering, The City of London Cemetery "absolutely vast & really interesting too." Once that's covered = I'll do some more at East London Cemetery. Thanks for joining & welcome to the page! Thanks again for the lovely comment 😊✌

[@sharonbland9061]

Thank you for the tour, very interesting. I was bought up in East End in the 70s, my aunt lived at Bethnal Green. I lived the London Fields area. I moved away 1986.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Sharon. No problem at all 😊 Thanks, glad you found it interesting! Ah, you'll remember it, in whst I call "its heyday" = I'm afraid we seem to be devolving back into a city that "a medieval London might recognise" = rubbish & crap everywhere!! I saw a man taking a dump in a gutter drain recently. I intend to move out, when I'm older /more near my parents age ✌️

[@stevewilson7857]

Cheers from America love your video 👍🏼

[@londonluke6487]

Ah thanks Steve 😊. Glad you enjoyed it. I've American roots myself, through my Dad's side = so, it's always nice to see our American friends on my videos ✌️

[@CarollFord2019]

Loved the queenie watts film. She had a great voice, i only remember her in comedy films and programes playing battle axes.❤

[@londonluke6487]

She was great in that, & yeah "she definitely had a lovely voice, ay Caroll." Sadly they don't mate them or comedy like that nowadays 👌✌️

[@MariaBishop-z7o]

I am a new subscriber and I loved this video thank you truly Amazing! I Love love love everything to do with history very informative but the very heartbreaking part for me was the jarvis family 😢 ......UK 🇬🇧

[@londonluke6487]

Hi there. A massive welcome & thanks for joining the page 😊. Bless you & thanks for the lovely comment = Glad you enjoyed the tour. Yes, history is fascinating, isn't it + is always offering up new avenues of interest/research. Yes, an absolute bloody tragedy, poor family 🕊 peace to their souls 😔🕊✌️

[@Motspur]

Loved the tour. Very informative. Well done.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Thomas 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it! There'll be some more coming as soon as I've finished what I've started covering in Greenwich. I did do a tour of All Saint's Churchyard in Poplar, yesterday evening = bit of a long one, at nearly an hour "but some interesting people buried there" = including Gentry - an Army or Navy Captain who died in Jamaica - & a Sextoness "the first female sexton I've ever come across". I'll be uploading that one later today or early tomorrow morning. Thanks for the like & lovely comment Thomas ✌️

[@Nobby1961x]

Really nicely done video.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks for the lovely comment, glad you enjoyed the video 😊. I'm really sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing issues with my notifications" & am having to check back manually through the posts, for comments ✌️

[@susanbehlke6164]

Would love to see more!

[@londonluke6487]

There'll be another cemetery tour coming soon Susan, probably this coming week = as there's still a lot of interesting history there to highlight ✌️

[@gillnelson9037]

Very interesting thanks for sharing love from Holmfirth West Yorkshire ❤

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Gill. Thanks for the lovely comment 😊 No problem at all, glad you found it interesting! Holmfirth looks absolutely beautiful, from whst I've seen online & on TV! Love from East London & thanks again 😊💙✌️

[@MrLookitspam]

Enjoyed queen ir singing fun stuff

[@londonluke6487]

Afternoon Pam. 😊 Glad you enjoyed it! Its nice to be able to add photos or video, of the people "who feature in the cemetery tours" = shows its not just about death, but real = once living people, with interesting lives." Thanks for the lovely comment 😊✌️

[@sallykohorst8803]

New subscriber!

[@londonluke6487]

Welcome to the page & thanks for subscribing, Sally 🙂. Hope you enjoy the content ✌️

[@annhollowell5352]

Wow , what an interesting video. Thankyou for your tour. New sub here.

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Ann 🙂. Glad you found it interesting! Ah thanks for subscribing & for the lovely comment. A big welcome to the page ✌️

[@tomhunter2426]

Keep up the good work,cheers.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Tom, will do = as, still plenty to visit n show yet. I did a tour of All Saint's Churchyard yesterday evening. Bit of a long one, at nearly an hour! But, some interesting people buried there = including Gents /Gentry - An Army or Navy Captain who died in Jamaica - & A Sextoness "first time I've ever come across a female Sexton. I'll be uploading that one later today, or tomorrow morning ✌️

[@wildatlanticman128]

Interesting tour...thank you.

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all 🙂. Glad you found it interesting!! Thanks for the lovely comment ✌️

[@johnosgraveyardjaunts2235]

Fascinating video....really sad about the Jack the Ripper victim...I understand Joseph Merrick ie the Elephant Man is buried in East London somewhere.....I live in Leicester where he was born and his mother is buried in Welford Road Cemetery in Leicester

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Johno 🙂 glad you enjoyed it!! Yeah, bit grim but "his flesh was removed from the skeleton, the skeleton kept by the London Hospital, what was not kept, was coffined & buried in a common grave in The City of London Cemetery" = the grave was lost for many years & has only been rediscovered in recent times!! I'll be visiting that Cemetery soon = to of course see Mr Merrick's grave & also to visit the Jack The Ripper Victim + some other interesting/famouse people buried there. Ow rite, that's interesting!! Does she have a gravestone, at all? Thanks for the great comment & interesting snippet about Joseph's Mum ✌️

[@cyndialver2130]

Maurice Wagg, a British man who served in the American Civil War. Rest in peace. Just for information, when a service person is awarded the Medal of Honor, that person is said to have RECEIVED it not won it. With respect, Mr Wagg.

[@londonluke6487]

A brave & also very interesting man!! Thanks for that info = I didn't know that tbh "about winning & receiving". So, I appreciate the info = as where it comes to veterans etc "I like everything as correct & respectful as possible" ✌️

[@andyc3088]

@@londonluke6487 Maurice Wagg was born in Christchurch, Hampshire, now Dorset.

[@susanallen5751]

He said Mr Wagg was given the medal, not that he won it.

[@cyndialver2130]

If I misheard, thank you for the correction.

[@shirleyn546]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Shirley 🙂. Glad you found it interesting! There'll be another cemetery tour soon + I'll be exploring an abandoned Jewish Cemetery, in the near future ✌️

[@shirleyn546]

@@londonluke6487 look forward to it!

[@margaretdrew2844]

Was so shocked to see Elizabeth strides grave . Very upset about the family dying in the fire . In one way it was a blessing dad died the day after .

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Margaret. Yes, its a surprising one, to come across in Plaistow, bless her 🕊. Yes, an absolutely awful event, that should never have been allowed to happen, RIP to that entire family!! Yes, you're right there = a mercy in a sense "as he died not knowing what had happened." Imagine if he'd had to live on, with that 😔✌️

[@mandyb4140]

Interesting video, thank you for sharing.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Mandy 🙂 No problem at all! Glad you found it interesting ✌️

[@humbaba2762]

can you make more Kack The Ripper related videos? you can record more places and victim graves as well.

[@micksmusicchannel]

Great video Luke.👍

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Mick 😊 Glad you enjoyed the video! I'm really sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing issues with my notifications" & am having to check back manually through the posts, for comments ✌️

[@peewee61693]

Great video. Thank you for your caring from the USA.

[@londonluke6487]

Ah thanks Diane 😊. Glad you enjoyed it!! Well, as I look at it "we'll all kinda end up in the same place one day" & I Hope others will show the respect, I try to show when visiting such locations. Thanks for the lovely comment ✌️

[@mikeyoung8293]

I live this type of film very very interesting and also extremely sad thank you

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Mike, glad you found it interesting. Thanks for the lovely comment ✌️

[@mikeyoung8293]

@@londonluke6487 thanks mucker. I'm looking forward to more videos 👍👍👍👍

[@ashdrive]

Really interesting video....

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Ken 🙂. Glad you found it interesting!! There'll be some more cemetery tours coming soon + a tour of an abandoned Jewish Cemetery, in the near future ✌️

[@charleswilson9885]

Really enjoyed your video..just sub with your channel..look forward to more great videos thank you.

[@londonluke6487]

Ah thanks Charles 🙂 glad you enjoyed it & I really appreciate the lovely comment - lik & subscribe!! There'll be some more coming up soon. Thanks again. Best wishes ✌️

[@mikemccarthy1398]

Didn't realise Queenie was so young when she died always looked older, thanks for video

[@londonluke6487]

Yeah, she wasn't thar old bless her! Neither was Slim though. Tbh I was shocked when I first found the grave = as, I thought she was older when she died! No problem at all Mike ✌️

[@BobbyBruce03]

Very very interesting. Live YT and the people who make the time to do these videos. Gold dust

[@londonluke6487]

Bless you & thanks for this lovely comment 😊 Glad you found it interesting! Yes, KZbin is an amazing place "we can all learn & enjoy, so much." I'm really sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing issues with my notifications" & am having to check back manually through the posts, for comments ✌️

[@ChurchyardsandCemeteries]

Coool vid mate I hate the desecration of churchyard and Cemeteries

[@londonluke6487]

Cheers mate 😊 Glad you enjoyed! & yeah = I'm totally with you on that one!!! Only a particular type of scumbag "does that kind of thing." Let's hope that they're caught one day = or that karma catches up, ay 🤞.. 👍✌️

[@gavinstrachan1373]

Very interesting

[@londonluke6487]

@gavinstrachan1373 Thanks, Gavin. I'm glad you found it interesting!

[@nathelondon3719]

How uplifting. Really enjoyed it!

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Nathe 🙂. Glad you enjoyed it ✌️

[@suecondon1685]

Fascinating, thank you!

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all, Sue = Glad you found it interesting! Thanks for the lovely comment 😊. I'm really sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing issues with my notifications" & am having to check back manually through the posts, for comments ✌️

[@marikaprocko2560]

Wow your just amazing

[@fredgaskit]

Nice, thank you for uploading.

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Fred. Hope you found it interesting ✌️

[@CathyHendrix1]

Very good video. Thank you for sharing it with us. I would like to ask, do you do any cemetery video's near Westhorpe, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk England? I can trace me heritage to St. Margaret's in that town. I have 12 generation grandparents that lived in the area and were buried here, born in the 1400's and passed in the 1500's. I can find pictures of the church and church yard...but not of their specific graves. Once again, thank you for the video. I hope you have a great weekend! God bless!

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all Cathy 🙂 glad you enjoyed! No, sadly the only locations I cover are East & City of London + Rye /Hastings in East Sussex, on my holidays. I don't drive you see, so I'm a little limited to locations. Family history is my one great passion!! I've been researching since aged 16, over 20 years ago now = & have got back to to Norman's on one side & African American Slaves on the other side!! You can only get back so far, or may hit a brick wall ay = hence why I've branched out & started doing videos like these. I wish you luck in your research!! Thanks for the lovely comment. God bless & keep safe 💙✌️

[@myhouseishaunted-365]

Great video mate , just subbed you 😀

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks mate 🙂 glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for the like & subscribe!! Much appreciated ✌️

[@markmclaughlan8460]

Wonder if Stride Road in Plaistow near the sewer bank has any connection to Elizabeth Stride?

[@londonluke6487]

It would seem highly likely, ay Mark 🤔 I'm not completely sure though, so will look into it 👍✌️

[@1442GlennLane]

Queenie Watts starred alongside Arthur Mullard in the U.K TV sitcom 'Yus my Dear'.

[@londonluke6487]

I've been watching those online, recently!! They don't make comedy like that anymore, sadly!! I'm really sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing issues with my notifications" & am having to check back manually through the posts, for comments ✌️

[@elizabethspedding1975]

Very interesting🌹

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Elizabeth 🙂 Glad you found it interesting. There'll be some more cemetery tours coming soon. & I'm doing a tour of a churchyard in Greenwich this afternoon/evening ✌️

[@DaveE13nowagrandad]

My nan and grandad ashes are scattered there thanks for this video

[@londonluke6487]

Hi David. Are they? Bless them 🕊 it's a beautifully kept & peaceful last resting place "had a lot of work done in there, over the last few years." No problem at all ✌

[@cbroz7492]

.. Lody's story ws covered in an issue of :After The Battle" some 40 or so years sgo..Ibstill have that issue..

[@londonluke6487]

An interesting read!! Its really easy to get into his case, when you really start delving into the story & the accounts of Lody 👍✌️

[@transparent6748]

Very interesting channel,, thanks,,subscribed 👍

[@craigrobinson4603]

The actual place of burial for Elizabeth Stride is not known. When she was buried in 1888, the grave was unmarked! after consulting burial records, the actual site is NEAR the present gravestone, but not actually there.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Craig. Ah rite, thanks for this info mate! Much appreciated. I was talking to someone who used to work at the cemetery, recently & he said "when the area was reused for new burials in the 60s = tons & tons of earth were laid over the area." So the original graves, are very very deep down! It's hell on earth trying to walk around on that bit "it's all starting to sink & collapse = so will need work soon, I should think." I'm really sorry for the late reply "I'm having ongoing issues with my notifications" & am having to check back manually through the posts, for comments ✌️

[@kenglass7833]

That Queenie could really sing !!!

[@londonluke6487]

She could indeed Ken!! I'll not argue with that = great actress & even better singer too ✌️

[@trevormillar1576]

Like Stride was doubly unlucky, 10 years earlier her entire family drowned aboard the Princess Alice.

[@londonluke6487]

Bloody hell!! Poor woman!! I'd not heard about that = so massively appreciate the info Trevor 👍. I'm just Googleing it now. Hard times back then ay!! ✌️

[@susanclayton5863]

What cemetery is this please I’m a cemetery Walker at weekends ? And live in London SW

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Susan, sorry for the delay in my reply!! I'm having a few problems with notifications = so am having to check everything manually atm. It's East London Cemetery & Crematorium Grange Road, London E13 0HB = a five minute walk from Plaistow Station = or you can catch a 69 bus from either Plaistow Station or Canning Town Station & it'll drop you off right outside the cemetery. If you have any problems locating it, let me know = always happy to help!! Sorry once again for the late reply ✌️

[@susanclayton5863]

@@londonluke6487 no probs Ty for responding with directions it will be on my list of go to cemetery's over the summer as I have 6 weeks off very soon from work and love a challenge

[@londonluke6487]

@@susanclayton5863 no problem Susan 🙂. You should enjoy this one 🤞 lots of interesting history + loads of wildlife over there!! It's packed with parakeets at the moment = they love granary bread & sunflower seeds lol. Hope you enjoy your visit & if there's any particular ones you like to see & want help with grave /memorial location = just let me know ✌️

[@susanclayton5863]

@@londonluke6487 I would love to know a bit more about Tower Hill Cemetry I think it 8s , it’s one of the great 7;so I may have named it wrong Luke , but I went to wonder around it and it was all very very over grown totally neglected in my eye , can you look into it and get back to me maybe I will go again with fresher eyes

[@londonluke6487]

@@susanclayton5863 I know the one you mean Susan = Tower Hamlets Cemetery. I have an ancestor buried there in 1867 "customs officer" tried to find the grave = but, I'd have honestly needed a machete & pith helmet to get through that lot. The line is, from the authorities "they've turned it over to nature" = which basically means that "no one can be arsed to maintain, so it's just left to mother nature to do her work on it. I may well give it a visit at some point ✌️

[@markwilliamwestonwilson1503]

Amazing video Dude , my in laws are buried there I will have to have a nose around . WellDone

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Mark 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it bro! Yeah, there's some interesting ones over there = sad of course, because of the death aspect. But, it's all history ay. Thanks for the great comment mate ✌️

[@milly7401]

Great channel this is similar to another channel I watch called English Grave

[@londonluke6487]

Ah thanks Milly 😊. Glad you enjoy the chanel. Oow I'll give that a look up then = interests me, anything like that = so much history in cemeteries & churchyards. Thanks for the lovely comment & tip about English Grave ✌️

[@archbud2334]

The last Jack the ripper victim Mary Jane Kelly is buried in st Patrick cemetery in leytonstone. Alfred Hitchcock's family, Timothy Evens and blakey from on the buses are buried there too.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi there. That'll be one that "I'll get round to covering, eventually." My Dad was telling me about Timothy Evans. I had no idea that Blakey is buried there though = cheers for this info "really appreciate that." ✌

[@henrygingold6549]

Please, please, please, use the camera on LANDSCAPE mode, it's like peering through a keyhole in this

[@londonluke6487]

No problem Henry. I kept forgetting tbh! I've filmed one in Greenwich today, titled "Epic views of London from The Royal Observatory Greenwich" filmed in landscape. Could you give it a look please, & let me know in the comments section if that's an improvement? It's just uploading now, so shouldn't br too long before it's on the page. Thanks & best wishes. L.L ✌️

[@frank290862]

Calm down Henry calm down

[@tim7052]

As regards Elizabeth Stride, a recent investigative documentary researched the victims of Jack the Ripper, and discovered his victims were not prostitutes, but were portrayed as such by the media in their drive to make the case notorious to gain increased readership. Rest in peace Elizabeth. ⚘️

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks for this info, Tim = I've been reading up on that "after your prompt" = fascinating! But, can't say I'm shocked "when you look at the media's track record, over the years." Disgusted yes, shocked = not a bit of it!! Thanks again for this info mate, as its lead me onto some interesting stuff!! It'd be nice to see them, unlabeled as prostitutes, as the case may be! 👍✌️

[@leejames1792]

@@londonluke6487 so we will ignore transcripts from the inquests where family and close acquaintances stated that the victims did indeed sell themselves. It is amusing that while you are having a dig at the media you are at the same time willing to believe a media documentary. Todays MSM are much worse than that of 1888.

[@leejames1792]

Read my reply to Luke, it applies to you too.

[@spencerrichards3532]

Very good.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Spencer 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it ✌️

[@Pittsy1977]

Good informative video, you missed Bradley Stone who is also buried here, A young gifted boxer from the famous peacock gym who tragically lost he's life after a boxing match.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Pittsy. Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed!! Bradley features in one of my other videos, ftom around the same time as this! I waited until I got permission from his Mum, to feature the grave "he being more recent than I usually feature, in the cemetery tours." The gym was covered too. Yes, a great talent = sadly taken, way too young 🕊✌️

[@denislacombe4103]

Interesting

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Denis 😊. Glad you found it interesting! There’ll be some more soon + an explore of an abandoned Jewish Cemetery ✌️

[@truthplease4868]

That was an absolutely wonderful video - This is what y tube was invented- Not hate /lies

[@londonluke6487]

Ahh 😊 Bless you & thanks for such a lovely comment!! That "really does mean a lot." That's what I'm all about = spreading the history "hopefully with a good video." There's enough hate & lies on the net "to last seval lifetimes, isn't there." The page & videos = are a bit of escapism from all that, for you ladies n gents & myself too. Thanks again for such a lovely comment!! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 😊✌️

[@TheWacoKid1963]

Queenie was best known for her comedy work with the late Arthur Mullard in the 1970s, and possibly earlier

[@londonluke6487]

Yeah, I've seen them in Romany Jones = bloody good comedy serial that. I don't know if you've ever seen it? Romany Jones was played by the bloke who played the spiv Joe Walker in Dad's Army! They acted well together ay ✌️

[@TheWacoKid1963]

@@londonluke6487 James Beck, taken too soon. I don't think I have seen it but it will be going on my to watch list, at the moment I'm watching I didn't know you cared starting Liz Smith

[@ChurchyardsandCemeteries]

Wow its on my to go list and Highgate cemetery too

[@londonluke6487]

Interesting one, isn't it 👌 = Many a fascinating story to be found, in old churchyards & cemeteries, isn't there! You'll not be disappointed!! Highgate is on my list too = now, there's a fascinating cemetery!! Sorry for the late reply = I've had a lot on recently + am having continuing problems with my notifications! Take care & best wishes ✌️

[@ChurchyardsandCemeteries]

No problem mate I've been out filming to at our local churchyards and Cemeteries but somehow messed my channel name up I've got to wait for 2 weeks to change it again

[@feralcat07]

Did you leave Elizabeth a Colin?

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Lynn = Yes 😊 I've done that "ever since I found out about the tradition." Poor woman 🕊💙✌️

[@Ann65.]

Queenie and Slim were the original Angie and Den Watts. The original and the best. R.I.P. ❤❤

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Ann. Sorry for the late reply = I've been mega busy recently! Oow that funny you saying that = one of my Facebook page members "said exactly the same thing." We don't have many like Queenie & Slim, in East London nowadays tbh 😔 I've heard many good things about them & the Ironbridge Tavern 🇬🇧🕊💙✌️

[@WalterFrith]

My friend, those of us with widescreen TVs would appreciate it if you and others would make these by holding the camera horizontally and not vertically. Watching a little sliver in the middle of the screen is very frustrating.

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Walter. This was filmed when I first began the page. I never film in portrait for KZbin nowadays! Better tech + a learning curve, as things went along. I will be redoing this one, soonish = & will film it in landscape "so will be much more suitable for the wide-screen." Duscivered my error myself, when watching the videos on the TV "once my Nephew had shown me how to do that." & yes, portrait just doesn't work for KZbin, does it!! We live & learn, as the old saying goes. Thanks for the feedback 👍✌️

[@Msdinomite]

Carl Hans Lody is only one of the people in that grave. All 7 of the German POWs who had died from illness or accidents are buried there, as well as 11 German spies who were shot at the Tower. Lodys' family and the Germans kept petitioning to have him buried separately but it wasn't possible because all the coffins were cemented shut. The memorial is in another part of the cemetery, and the chair that Josef Jakobs was exceuted in is on display in the White Tower on the top floor

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks for this information "much appreciated" & very interesting!! Yes, I've seen the separate memorial for him & "thought that his grave tbh." The chair, I've seen a few tines now = a very dark/sobering & poignant object. Thanks again for this information 👍✌️

[@pauljay5478]

Which cemetery is this?

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Paul. Its East London Cemetery = Grange Road, Plaistow London E13 0HB ✌️

[@pauljay5478]

@@londonluke6487 Thanks 🙏

[@londonluke6487]

@@pauljay5478 No problem at all, Paul ✌️

[@fus149hammer5]

I think the map of the bomb site is wrong. Gainsborough Road school is a ten minute walk from the cemetery you show an area much further east around four miles away and in a completely different borough. I should know I went to Gainsborough infants and junior school in the sixties and lived in adjacent Godbold Road for many years. Many of the fallen firefighters have local roads named after them Tarling Road and Turley Close to name but two. Walter Turley was killed on September seventh 1940 during the first bombing raid of the blitz.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks for this info 👍 I'll look into this! Yeah, I remember my Dad telling me that "a good few of the local streets had been named for them" ✌️

[@juicyjules7409]

Wow American 🇺🇸 all kind Gud angels thanks

[@londonluke6487]

Yeah, a veteran that both of our countries can remember & honor 🎖. English born & fought in the American Civil War. Then came back home to England, passed here & is remembered with this stone + he has his own Wikipedia page too 🇺🇸💙🇬🇧 ✌️

[@kenallen768]

Queenie watts was in Yus my Dear with Arthur Mullard in 1976

[@londonluke6487]

Another fantastic programme = my parents have that on DVD, & introduced me to it, last year!! Romany Jones is another good one, I've enjoyed recently too, Ruth Arthur Mullard & Queenie Watts 👌✌️

[@breeze1472]

Nice stone for Maurice Wagg @5:54

[@londonluke6487]

Yeah, it's nice to see a veteran remembered with a decent stone. Well looked after too ✌️

[@brianbyrne7655]

He was born in Dorset

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

My family have been buried there since 1878. In one area. There is a cluster of graves containing my great grandfather, great grandmother, grandmother, grandfather and father.

[@londonluke6487]

That's nice that they were buried so near each other! + good to have the continuity "always good to know your roots & where /who you come from." 👍👌✌️

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

@@londonluke6487 you may find this utterly boring, but around fifteen years or so ago, I was visiting for a clean up and my great grand parents headstones - Harriet and Charles (Charlie) Pigeon - had sagged between the graves and their head stones had leaned in and were touching. I found it very poignant and it choked me up… Sadly the corporation straightened them up a few years afterwards…..

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

@@londonluke6487 Great roots and a firm base are what makes us all strong my friend!

[@londonluke6487]

@@TheWizardOfTheFens Couldn't have put that any better myself 👌👍🤞

[@germanicvsivlivscsar4364]

Hey Luke have you ever been to Alperton cemetery by any chance? I have two ancestors there and I cannot find photos of their graves anywhere online. I'm from America and have never been to the UK so that's why I've never visited them.

[@mygreatescape9617]

You guys in the UK take way better care of your deceased way better than we do here in the USA, it's sad and heartbreaking to say it but it's true.

[@annhollowell5352]

Some of your cemetarys are very beautiful. I guess it depends what town they are in.

[@londonluke6487]

Funny you saying that = I'm of American descent myself & a keen family historian too. & the record keeping is much better here, than in New Jersey & Maryland, when my family came from. Not all of our cemeteries & churchyards are as well kept as this one though, being honest!! This is one of the best kept East London cemeteries. It's sad to see a cemetery neglected ay ✌️

[@londonluke6487]

@@annhollowell5352 that's true Ann!! This one is one of the better kept ones = but sadly, they're not all like this ay. So, yeah you're 100% correct = a lot of it depends on area/location ✌️

[@mygreatescape9617]

@@londonluke6487 yeah it's sad when people who are deceased are basically forgotten about and not visited by family and friends, thank you for sharing the stories about the forgotten you are their voice.

[@Pluggit1953]

Why film in portrait?

[@londonluke6487]

Hi there. This video was done, when I first started the page "a much crappier phone + have learned a lot since then." I will be covering this one again soon = filmed with much better tech + in portrait mode ✌

[@MrJokerh61]

Fantastic peace of history rip

[@londonluke6487]

Cheers mate 👍 Appreciate that! Yes, may they all RIP 🕊✌️

[@johnbrocklebank7450]

great voice

[@londonluke6487]

Hi John. My voice? ✌️

[@RHR-221b]

Addendum, Luke: *Subscribed!* Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 👍

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks Rab 👍 much appreciated. Best wishes & thanks for the sub & likes ✌️

[@graemecatty9921]

The Jarvis family. 'Tragedy' is a word tossed around casually but not in this case.

[@londonluke6487]

Exactly Graeme!! You're not wrong there!! Poor family = probably a mercy that the dad died the day after, without ever having heard what'd happened. Doesn't bare thinking about, the thought of having to live with something like that 🕊✌️

[@jas20per]

The pennies on Elizabeth Strides grave are in remembrance that Elizabeth did not have enough money just the few pence needed for a bed for the night, sadly she met Jack the Ripper.

[@londonluke6487]

Thanks for this info 👍 Now that, I didn't know "love learning new things = especially with history." Poor ladies 🕊. Thanks again 👍✌️

[@ellenthorne8222]

The piano player was great too.

[@londonluke6487]

He really was! That's something "you don't see nowadays" pianos in pubs = the pubs that are still around that is, & there's nowhere near as many in the East End as there used to be. Must a Been a great atmosphere ✌️

[@canugizabit2810]

Thank you

[@londonluke6487]

No problem at all!! Thanks for the support/likes/comments. The page would be pointless without you guys n girls support!! Much appreciated ✌️

[@nikkijones1356]

Hi Luke great video I’m a east girl myself can I request a chat I need some information if u don’t mind thanks

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Nikki. Cheers 😊 Glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah, no problem = what can I help with? ✌️

[@MrLookitspam]

I like seeing these videos. As long as the names are said out loud their not forhotten

[@londonluke6487]

Hi Pam. Glad you're enjoying them = I've some good ones coming up soon "The City of London Cemetery." Yes, you're right there "its a sad thing, for people to be forgotten" isn't it 🕊✌️