American Reacts The Incredible History of 8 London Streets

[@soozb15]

The section of Roman Wall shows the layers of terracotta tiles, laid at intervals to stablise the construction (it was mostly made of Kentish ragstone/rubble).

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

As you're fond of the history of fashion, there are two places about which you should find a video. One is the Victoria & Albert Museum, which has great displays on the subject. The other is about the tailors Ede and Ravenscroft, a shop which has been in business in London since 1689.

[@FirstNameLastName-hahaha]

V&A takes dull to new levels

[@tonybmw5785]

@@FirstNameLastName-hahaha The V&A is bloody fantastic.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*MY SISTERS HOUSE* is older than America...

[@Garyskinner2422]

My cats older than America

[@piccalillipit9211]

Probably wiser as well... @@Garyskinner2422

[@eleniasimop]

In Greece everything is older than America 😂😅😊😊

[@whitedrguy6503]

I hope you mean the USA ? The Americas , north, central and South America have always been there, think Incas, Aztecs, Apache, Eskimos etc.

[@poppletop8331]

My family tree on Ancestry is older than America.🤣

[@pamelamitchell8789]

The black and white buildings originally were wooden frames ( the black beams ) filled in with wattle and daube ( sticks and a mud plaster ) which was painted with whitewash . An overhanging thatched roof protected it from getting very wet. A very old way of building ! Look at a film of chester, we have still got the roman walls and ancient shops and pubs.

[@derek6637]

I like the way you react on your vids,you get a bit mixed up sometimes and forget things,but it’s funny,love it.

[@martinbynion1589]

I think you mean SOUTH Pole, Conor, when you mention Shackleton. And you are correct, possibly the greatest story of endurance and survival ever. Even more amazing when you consider that it took place DURING WW1.

[@MrDaiseymay]

And today, that event was discussed on a repeat of Antiques Roadshow, when a detailed written desription of the greatest case of survival, was shown. It was also revealed, that some of the survivors, joined the army when they got back to the UK. and were Killed in action in the War. What terrible Irony.

[@leohickey4953]

The shape of the Shard was chosen to mimic the spires of the many churches built in the City of London by Christopher Wren, Nicholas Hawksmoor, etc. to replace the ones destroyed in the fire of 1666. The Walkie-Talkie is controversial, but if you're visiting London be sure to book ahead for a spot in the Sky Garden, which is on the top floor of that building and gives great free views over the city.

[@billyhills9933]

I thought the shape of the Shard was because the heads of traitors were displayed on spikes at the south end of London Bridge. I've always suggested they could put a giant inflatable head at the top of the Shard sometimes to show this off.

[@jameswright...]

No! The architect designed it after being inspired by the train lines around it and to match the a ships mast rising from the tems. The church thing was just to help planning saying its in line with church spires.

[@lynjones2461]

The black and white houses are either original Tudor or 16th century. A few are later but still that style xx

[@christineharding4190]

I worked on Great Marlborough St, near the Magistrate's Court, back in the 1970s. That was when Carnaby St, which ran off it, was really hip and full of alternative shops; not like it is today - all clean, neat and touristy. The whole of Soho has been cleaned up; it may look prettier but it's lost it 'edge'.

[@grahvis]

I once bought a jacket in Carnaby Street back in the 70s.

[@jlr108]

It really has. I lived in Soho in the 80s and went back for a visit a few months ago. Went to Berwick Street, which I remember as a bustling street with a great fruit and veg market, fabric and jewelry shops catering to theatreland, and a bunch of gay cinemas, and it's a shell of what it used to be. Sanitised and tourist-ised and super disappointing.

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

I love the history of london, its always been changing and always will.

[@micade2518]

As does and did the rest of the world ...

[@leohickey4953]

The idiosyncratic Liberty department store was built in mock-Tudor style as late as 1924 as a replacement for an earlier building on that site from the 1870s. There are a few authentic half-timbered buildings in London (see Staple Inn, Chancery Lane), and it was very popular in England in Elizabethan times and earlier. The building method goes back to the Romans, but the best examples are probably to be found in Germany today. Hope this helps.

[@PHDarren]

And the Liberty building timber came from two old wooden warships, HMS Howe a 121-gun screw first-rate ship of the line and HMS Hindustan and 80 gun second rate ship of the line.

[@billyhills9933]

We remember the Great Fire of London with this rhyme: In Sixteen hundred and Sixty Six London burnt like a rotten sticks

[@highpath4776]

In Sixteen Hundred and Sixty Five Hardly a soul was left alive In Sixteen hundred and Sixty Six Poor Old London was burnt to sticks

[@johnritter6864]

Franklins lost expedition is a sad but fascinating story. I remember when they dug up the Beech Island graves.

[@laziojohnny79]

Instead of drinking straight from the jar, you could pour it into a glass Connor .... just a thought. Best regards from the civilized part of the world to yours.

[@robertlangley1664]

Twenty five years in the city of London doing my deliveries and once a week driving into the Tower of London. After passing security and driving over the moat it was a sunny day and the windows open and the radio blaring out I had a Beefeater chasing the van ,you could say I got a good telling off once he got his breath back ha ha

[@tonybaker55]

Regicide of Regina or Rex. The favourite saying "The peasants are revolting sire". "Yes, I know aren't they!" Get a bamboo straw mate! Some of my Baker ancestors lived in the Tooley Street area and no doubt were witness to that fire. They moved out of London to Plumstead (which is in Greater London now) in Kent for a better life. Because of the devastation caused by The Blitz, London has a real mixture of old and new to ultra modern architecture. I love visiting there. Bring back the ruff for Percy's sake!

[@wildwine6400]

The 1698 Whitehall fire was different. It was a maid that left some sheets to dry on a fire brazier unattended

[@Isleofskye]

I hope she got jer P.45...

[@christinepreston8642]

It's not rude to drink water, but some consider it poor etiquette to glug straight from a large container. My late father, who was old school, hated to see people drink from a bottle, so around him, I always had to get a glass or a straw!!

[@nadeansimmons226]

Yes I agree. Rude to glug the water from the jug. Have a glass near by and pour from the jug to the glass which you could then drink without slopping it all over yourself.

[@danielferguson3784]

Only small children use straws. Drinking from a bottle is wrong.

[@christinepreston8642]

@danielferguson3784 you can get refillable water bottles that come with a straw/mouthpiece for adults to use in different sports.

[@gdok6088]

The Walkie Talkie building is well worth a visit simply for the awesome enclosed multi-level Sky gardens at the top giving fantastic 360 degree views over London. You need to book in advance, but entry is free. If you fancy lingering over lunch there is a good restaurant set in the Sky Gardens including entry to the whole sky garden which has a sub-tropical feel. From the top of the uber modern Walkie Talkie building you can look directly down at the nearly 1,000 year old Tower of London. The contrast in the two architectural epochs is amazing.

[@Isleofskye]

Thanks from this 69-year-old Londoner as I intend to go to The Sky Gardens soon for the view and never realized it was in that Walkie Talkie building. Do you know the nearest Tube, please?

[@gdok6088]

@@Isleofskye The nearest tube station is Monument on the District and Circle Lines (a 3 minute walk). Bank station on the Central Line is about 10 minutes walk away

[@Isleofskye]

@@gdok6088 Thanks,My Friend. I am about 6 stops from London Bridge overground.

[@gdok6088]

@@Isleofskye Hope you njoy your visit to the Sky Gardens :)

[@Isleofskye]

@@gdok6088 Thanks very much :)

[@chrismackett9044]

Think you have reversed your Poles: Shackleton went to Antarctica, not the North Pole. The building you described as medieval is Liberty and Co, the design shop, which was built in 1924 in the Tudor revival style.

[@ratboysrule]

The black and white building style started during the Tudor times I think.

[@trevorlsheppard7906]

Killing King or Queen is Regicide in Brittain .❤

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

Only 2 kings have been murdered in the UK, so far.

[@zoeadams2635]

Wouldn't it apply to only Queens? Since "Regina" means Queen. Killing the king would be "Rexicide", no?

[@andrewclayton4181]

Regicide is King killing. In this case it's Charles I who was beheaded by axe in Whitehall in 1649. Following the civil wars. Other English kings have been killed, but usually less publicly. The black and white timber buildings are generally attributed to the Tudors who ruled I the 16th c. But there were similar construction's much earlier, and they are also found across Europe. She has only scratched the surface of London and it's history, so much has happened there.

[@billyhills9933]

Surely regicide is regent killing which would include monarch Queens (as opposed to consort Queens).

[@ranmyaku4381]

If you are interested in fashion you might find the fashion museum in Bath England to be interesting. Alot of of there display obviously showcases regency and victorian fashion considering Bath's popularity during the Austen period but it tracks fashion in Britain throughout the ages and only displays a fraction of what they have. It is quite fascinating.

[@keithreynolds]

Picadilly fashion, if you have not watched 'Blackadder" look at the comedy of seasons 2 and 3 ofr some costume hilarity.

[@andypandy9013]

Hey fella, I've told you before! Anything with -borough, -burgh or -brough at the end is pronounced "-bru" not "-burrow". 😉

[@rde4017]

Don't worry, my local pub is only 3 times older than America... 😁

[@Messy6610]

Ye olde trip to Jerusalem?

[@vomgrady]

The video you are watching, Connor, gave me whiplash. It was interesting but fast and basic. It's ok as a gateway lesson.

[@Kerppu68]

3:45 Yes, let us continue with history

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

the starced collars - without electric irons, modern starch and other stuff!!

[@ajivins1]

The Terror by Ridley Scott was good. A fictionalised, TV version of The Franklyn Expedition with Colin Farrell. In Margate (a coastal holiday destination) there's a solitary, half-timbered 'Tudor House' in one street.

[@Ollybus]

Medieval buildings had the upper floor protruding out over the bottom one so that waste (urine etc) could be thrown out into the road below. The best examples of these in the U.K. are in York (The Shambles) but also can be seen in Chester.

[@nadeansimmons226]

Try J Draper. She has her own history channel but also does slots for History Hit. She explains things in great detail

[@MrBulky992]

Notice how "Marlborough" is pronounced: "Mawl-bruh" in relation to the Duke of Marlborough. I'm not sure how the locals pronounce it in the name of the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire. Does anyone know?

[@LoneRanger100]

I was told they call it Mawlbruh. Or mawlborough. I refuse, and call it mahlbruh.

[@keithparker5125]

So as she stands outside the Royal Exchange, she fails to mention that directly in front of her is the Mansion House (official home of the Lord Mayor of the City of London), and immediately to her left is the Bank of England! Whitehall is an exit from Trafalgar Square and at the corner is Admiralty Arch at the head of the Mall - the opposite end being occupied by Buckingham Palace. Next to it are the offices of the First Lord of the Admiralty (immediately next to it it is Horse Guards Parade where the Trooping of the Colour takes place). The Great Fire of London took place in 1666, starting in Pudding Lane. 4, Whitehall did not become New Scotland Yard! Metropolitan Police Headquarters gradually expanded from 4, Whitehall Place to include several other buildings in Whitehall and eventually in 1890 moved to a new building on the Embankment known as Scotland Yard. In 1967, a new Metropolitan Police Headquarters was opened at 10 Broadway which was named as New Scotland Yard and is where you can see the sign shown in the video.

[@highpath4776]

Interesting been watching the "Gideon" 195x - 1966 police series and some of the opening titles show "New Scotland Yard" at the entrance off The Embankment rather than the Victoria Street area premises.

[@highpath4776]

The Police vacated the 10 Broadway premises a few years back (asbestos and the govt / home office drive to reduce costs ) and moved back to the Scotland Yard site - looks like some of it has been revamped and the rotating triangle looks more shiny than it did at 10 Broadway

[@malashreehome5880]

grrat work mate

[@dogsstar]

I like water awell McJ but added malt and barley

[@paulozavala3232]

Im going to imagine that the pointy roofs are due to snowfall. You ser that type of roofs since atleast viking age and im going to guess since forever where it snows!

[@williambranch4283]

One of the royals did a documentary about the battle of Blenheim which made John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough ... and dear to Winston.

[@MrBulky992]

Shackleton's expedition was to the South Pole.

[@carolinekofahl8867]

Get a nice glass to drink from 🤔🙃 If you like explorers look up Vitus Bering 😊

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

Charles 1...'beheaded' on a platform leading from a window in Whitehall, Westminster

[@mancuniangamecat8288]

You could add Downing street where the prime minister lives, he just killed HS2. 😂

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

Oh no! But what about the Northern Powerhouse !!.... Oh well.

[@jasoncallow860]

I think the word you're looking for is truncated

[@angelabushby1891]

Coalchester a Roaman military town,is still a military town my 2 sons were sent their when they joined the army.

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

The 'Tudor looking building - a huge famous store called 'Liberty's' is not actually Tudor. But still beautiful. I'm afraid the Great Fire and then the Blitz demolished so many of the old wooden-framed buildings in London. Still doing well in villages and old towns around the countryside though.

[@dorothysimpson2804]

1666 was the Great Fire of London. She mispronounced beheaded. The statue is thought to be Trajan, not Julius.

[@danielferguson3784]

Not Agricola but Trajan.

[@dorothysimpson2804]

You are sort of correct, according to Wiki, they are not certain who it is, but have settled for Trajan.🙂

[@kerrydoutch5104]

Pour your water in glass to drink from. That way you get more on the inside than the out side. Just sayin... 😀

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

I'm hoping the old 1831 London Bridge is still doing well in Arizona's Lake Havasu???!

[@matthewjamison]

Check out the Duke of Westminster dude. He owns a vast amount of London.

[@wildwine6400]

Biographics has a Jack the Ripper video "Jack the Ripper: The Killer from Hell". You should do that

[@DarrenLamb-on3py]

You can still see simon sudburys head..its mummified and kept in a box

[@davidseale8252]

I first set foot in our Capital city in the late 70's on a business trip. No time for sightseeing but I was walking down a major street when who should be in front of me but a female model. She was dressed in a medieval dress (about 1400-1500's ) wearing a girdle that went around her hips with a badge a the front. She had long crimped red hair and was leading a tame fox on a leash that matched her hair. She was beautiful but I suppose only something you would see in London!

[@Isleofskye]

In the 1960's a couple of Men bought a Lion from Harrods and it was in the front seat with them as they took it home ! Eventually it was obvious it had to live in Africa but they had a tearful re-inion as the lion remembered them in Africa.

[@davidseale8252]

I remember watching this program too!@@Isleofskye

[@rjart4]

Why not have the jug and pour some water into a glass?

[@benkda01]

Please do videos on all the remaining Fawlty Towers episodes!

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

black and white houses - always make me think Tudor (Henry VIII etc)

[@melvincain5012]

Marl- bruh!

[@kampfire.]

Super sloped roof so snow slips straight off

[@claregale9011]

Get a really straw for your water😅. Great video 😊

[@danielferguson3784]

Straws are for small children.

[@postiekeefveness4415]

Charles 1st. Headed, they put his head back on?

[@mairiconnell6282]

If you look at the Battle of Cable St photos you can clearly see Winston Churchill. He may have been Home Secretary then! As for your water consumption, drink from a glass. 😀I agree Shackleton was an amazing leader, he had professional rivalry with Scott? of Antarctic.

[@chrismackett9044]

I think that you are thinking of the Siege of Sydney Street, which happened much earlier when Churchill was Home Secretary and he attended.

[@mairiconnell6282]

@@chrismackett9044 I stand corrected thank you very much. As soon as I read your post I thought whoops. Thanks again for your clarity.

[@joyparry9354]

If you like history, you should look more into what happened at Cable St in London - it is a great piece of social history about how local people took a stand against the British Fascist movement (Blackshirts). There is a great song by The Men They Couldn't Hang called "Ghosts of Cable Street" which someone on KZbin has put together with footage of the Cable Street incident - and it is amazing footage! Well worth a watch.

[@MrDaiseymay]

McJIBBIN old chap, apart from buildings constructed during the British occupation, WilliamsTown etc There can't be any similar structures before that time, whereas, Britains towns /forts go back pre Roman times.

[@mikeantonio3163]

Black & white buildings are Tudor style.

[@rjart4]

Didn't Shackleton attempt the South not the North pole?

[@stemid85]

for christ's sake connor use a glass

[@Dawn-e9k]

The black and white buildings are from the Tudor era

[@contessa.adella]

2:40 Julius? No mate….General Tulius😂

[@danielferguson3784]

Trajan.

[@EclecticInstinct]

Great reacction.

[@MrBulky992]

The Great Fire of London was in 1666 and occurred in the City of London (the "square mile" as it is known). Whitehall Palace close to Westminster (in tbe current City of Westminster) was burnt down in 1698. Two different fires in two different places. The Palace of Westminster was burnt down partially in 1512 (Royal Apartments only) and again in 1834 almost totally (nearly everything except Westminster Hall)..

[@matthewjamison]

Suit yourself man. If you fancy a drink, just have a drink on camera. If people don't like it, tough!

[@racheltaylor6578]

1666 was the great fire of London.

[@JoannaHammond]

I think the easiest way for non british people to think of our history is, well... it's f'ing old.

[@danielferguson3784]

Regular layers of brick every metre or so was the normal way the Romans levelled their walls when building. The figure is Trajan not Julius. These are just timber framed houses, going back to Roman days, though the oldest surviving ones are medieval. Those in the video will be Victorian era revivals of the type. There are many other famous streets, ie Oxford Street, Aldwark, Old Kent Road, etc etc.

[@tacfoley4443]

...and, for the most part, the famous Chester Rows.

[@annienewton3999]

I live in Colchester the 1st Roman City 😊

[@darrellpowell6042]

Remember Conner the UK has Stonehenge which is 5,000 years old. Yes you do have old stuff in the US, its usually Native American stuff. A people hunted to near genocide by US troops. If you learned about Native American history, you would have a rich history too. Native Americans are far too easily forgotten by Americans.

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

Marlborough...Try saying....'Maulbra' x

[@davidshattock9522]

Correct outside banqueting house whitehall.king Charles first met his end

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

Crazy how young America is...My garden wall is older than it.

[@eddisstreet]

The Renaissance was not an error - it was an era

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

Duke of Marlborough...pronounced Marlbra. Winston Churchill's ancestors

[@davidcooks5265]

Yep it's way too short ☹️ I was enjoying that 😊

[@marieparker3822]

Shackleton went towards the South Pole.

[@mrsiborg]

You drink your water out of a jug? Couldn't you find a bucket lol 😅

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

Fashion can also make a statement that I'm worse off then you I would say!

[@TopherPotter]

It's not the size of your collar, it's what you do with it that matters. 🤣

[@stevemartindale4446]

Fashion was ruff back then!

[@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej]

😂

[@christineprice2411]

OK Marlborough is pronounced Marlburra. As are most towns and names ending in 'borough'

[@johnhood3172]

Not founded by the Romans, founded by Brutus of Troy some 500 years + before 43ad . Regards JH

[@danielferguson3784]

Myth, no such person!

[@mlee6050]

To me water is fine, people are more fussy when it is food

[@nealgrimes4382]

Well obviously we.have pubs older than America.

[@JeanBodie]

You drink your water, all you want. Don’t bother me .

[@dgse83]

GET A STRAW, SON 🤣

[@danielferguson3784]

Straws are for small children.

[@birtybonkers8918]

The Tudor facade in Marlborough St. looks fake. I’m guessing Victorian or possibly later.

[@knowledge-seeker-x7u]

'marlborough' pronounced marlbro. see Winston Churchill's family.

[@tanja9364]

Marl bruh

[@AndrewLumsden]

At 9:13 Note the presenter's correct pronunciation of "Marlborough" as opposed to yours! 🙄😖😡 Genuinely, it is not that difficult.

[@racheldicker5611]

South Pole

[@martynnotman3467]

Can someone PLEASE buy Connor a straw

[@mrsprivate1678]

And a crumpet 🤣

[@danielferguson3784]

Straws are for babies, not adults.

[@martynnotman3467]

@@danielferguson3784 so are bibs but he could do with one of those too

[@judithrowe8065]

This is a pretty rushed walk with a hurried narration- History Hits has better historical London videos with more depth. And yes, it is pretty rude (and unattractive) to drink from anything but a glass, especially if you're in your own home.

[@tanja9364]

Extremely rude! Can you not go without a drink for 30 minutes??????