Crystal Palace - Jolly Marvellous London Walking Tour

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[@GaryMarriott]

Worth mentioning is that the key reason Charles Darwin was on the Beagle was as a companion to Capt Fitzroy. Being that ships captains of the time often maintained command by distancing themselves from the crew Capt Fitzroy desired some person on board he could confide in on the voyage, thus apart from his survey & science duties this was the reason Darwin was aboard

[@RogueWJL]

I was there yesterday...although admittedly shopping. More beautiful than ever before

[@GaryMarriott]

@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE What exactly are you trying to say, the word salad that is your reply is obscured from me

[@alanwillcox4636]

Thank you love your vlogs

[@markmiller6402]

Just curious, have you wandered along Cox’s Walk?

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What an utterly delightful channel this is...

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[@garrybarry2268]

Ha. Love that guy who shouted out his window In appreciation!!! Wonder of he has watched this episode yet?

[@tomslick8148]

Another class performance joolz. How your talent hasn't been snapped up by the BBC is beyond me!

[@W00lyBully]

he is too good for the BBC

[@Jo-hc8pm]

@@W00lyBully exactly what I was thinking.

[@rayturvey3826]

It would have to be dumbed down so much to fit the BBC, you wouldn`t recognise it

[@neilboulton9813]

@Ray Turvey it is extremely easy to question whether the BBC meets Lord Reiths intellectual principles which did include entertain. However as someone who has lived abroad in various places I can confirm that British television including the BBC is vastly better in terms of the quality of its output, documentaries, science and nature and the likes of BBC 4, trust me.

[@rayturvey3826]

@@neilboulton9813 Well we will have to agree to disagree on that one Neil. Trust me

[@meijiturtle3814]

You hit the nail on the head with your remark about the area being fog free. I went to school in the Crystal Palace area during the great smog of 1953 and it was amazing how the fog disappeared as the bus climbed up to Beulah Hill.

[@jimmymcguire8217]

St Joseph's college?

[@foreignparticle1320]

Joolz, you dapper old geezer... I've got more value out of London watching your vids than I ever did living there. Keep it up mate.

[@47stevek]

Excellent video, Jools. I've been waiting for you to do a video of Crystal Palace for ages. The Brunel water towers were demolished during the Second World War to stop Luftwaffe pilots from using them as reference points.

[@davedogge2280]

1800's Time traveller goes to 2021 Crystal Palace gardens and asks himself ... "is this a ruined dystopia ?"

[@martinacatinelli]

Yay, finally you came to CP my area. Wish I bumped into you! Great

[@msives]

I've lived in Crystal Palace for 26 years and I didn't know half the stuff you talked about. Brilliant! More South London stuff plz I wish you could have seen the old cycle shop on Central Hill run by an old couple in their 70's. It was like walking into a shop from the 1930's. Sadly closed about 10 years ago

[@1888swordsman]

I do adore watching these and dream of better days when travel was easier, they will return again, as indeed will I to the land of my ancestors. Thank you Joolz

[@sirloin8745]

Travel was easier before the invention of the … nvm. 🤦‍♂️

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[@oblongowl]

Wish your cameraman would stop embarrassing himself! Never heard of WG Grace , Raymond Chandler. Jeez, Joolz… lol.

[@pagla0306]

What a wonderful channel this is. No one tells the history of places in and around London in such illustrious way. How very nice... Subscribed some time ago.

[@beezig]

I have been waiting for this one, when I tell people about the Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace they look as if I'm mad, it's one of my favourite places, great video Joolz

[@Joolzguides]

Dino. Good name for someone who likes the dinosaurs!

[@beezig]

@@Joolzguides I salute you Sir!

[@stewartmckeand6099]

"E beat Ozzy to death with 'is own shoes"

[@MyCharlie2000]

Thanks as ever Joolz for yet another fascinating video, keep them coming.

[@Mattriver7]

That was bloomin' marvelous, fascinating, bravo Julian.

[@roxysimmons]

I remember going up to Crystal Palace park (in the 90s) and sitting near those big steps, and finding a piece of molten glass just in the grass there. I still have it.

[@VISION-rr9ng]

very cool

[@como7681]

Hello father

[@alrightwithms845]

So pleased you got to Sarf London. I worked at the CP Sports Centre in the 80,’s Loved that Croydon got a mention. From a Croydon gal living in Perth Western Australia! Always learning! So much history! Thanks for sharing 🤗

[@paulinehoban1408]

I'm also a Croydon gal living in Western Australia!

[@stephaniecowans3646]

You just made my Sunday absolutely wonderful, Joolz! Another brilliant video. I so appreciate all the hard work that goes into making these videos: deciding on what to present, researching it, scheduling with either Kai or Simon to do the filming, etc. And doing your best to work around the restrictions imposed by this (expletive deleted) COVID.

[@ioakimmakis9288]

"I watch you on youtube"..."w are talking about your house" one of the most amazing moments of all your videos..........hahaha

[@mypointofview1111]

Glad to see Joolz making the odd trip to Sarf London. It really is very civilised here.

[@LadyInSchwarz74]

Confession: Sometimes, I just put you on a playlist on my TV while I clean, because I love to hear you talk and you keep me company. True story. ❤️

[@Lulu-jl5zd]

Always love how it is: "Pickles THE dog." Any other dog in history would be: "A dog called Pickles." Plus he's got a blue plaque... Great walk btw!

[@blackbob3358]

how can any one not know the story of "Pickles", well, here in albion anyway.there's a meddle they gave to "animals", in the war years, can't remember what they call it. don't know where you are Lulu, but there's a few animals who got a "gong", especially a "homing pigeon".

[@Lulu-jl5zd]

@@blackbob3358 Cher Ami was the most famous of the pigeons that recieved the French Croix de Guerre (WW1.) Her story is incredible but since the 40s it has been the Dicken Medal that has been awarded. They are all great stories.

[@Boabywankenobi]

As always, the great Joolz brightens up a dreich Glasgow afternoon! I'm moving back to London soon, I'm going to furnish you with a few pints at The Engineer as recompense for all your great work.

[@danellis-jones1591]

Thanks for getting down to part of my old stomping ground. Your whole channel shows for non-Londoners how diverse and big London is. Completely different atmosphere to Hampstead or Nothing Hill, or Ealing, or Walthemstow. But it's all London. Tired of London, Tired of Life!

[@markwoodley712]

Who watches TV anymore!? Thanks for another cool tour around London, we tried to get to the Crystal Palace area on a previous trip, but ended up at Kew Garden's Palm House instead, should have headed south instead of west!

[@susannee.5521]

I'm watching it on my TV.

[@herhomeonthehill]

Spent 5yrs living in Crystal Palace! Wish I’d known all this history that I ignorantly walked by everyday! Amazing thanks guys! I’m subscribed!

[@johnmulvey5121]

WG Grace is so famous that it is very surprising the camera man doesn't know him . Mind you, I find that the general knowledge level of people under a certain age is appalling ...;;Before my time I'm afraid'' Yes, well Napoleon was before my time but I know who he is/was. Seriously. I think it's mainly modern education.

[@gillr1149]

Crystal Palace Park is a real gem and everyone who uses it is very protective of it. They wanted to build a big cinema complex there a few years ago but people got together and defeated it. And thank goodness fir that. People power!

[@ernestbywater411]

From what I've seen in other articles about the Crystal Palace they moved the structure by taking it apart then rebuilt it on the new site. The structure was only ever intended to be a temporary one for the exhibition, so it was designed and built to be taken apart and recycled. That made moving it easy.

[@2cleverson2]

I love your vids Joolz, good vibes mixed up with great historic and cultural content

[@petehall889]

Great video, as always Joolz! On the 30th November 1936, my parents watched The Crystal Palace burn down and later went back for a lump of melted glass to keep as a souvenir (err, after it had cooled down!). They had noticed the blaze from their homes in Forest Hill. They said it was a terrible conflagration and the heat was intense. Rather a sad ending for the great building, but it was getting in a bit of a ropey state by then anyway...

[@stevemarshall3481]

I love that bit "I watch you on KZbin" "we're talking about your house" brilliant 🤣

[@OhioticketswithRobert]

Very interesting about the Crystal Palace. Loved the Citizen Kane reference.

[@irenebianchi5088]

When I say that London is the most beautiful and exciting city in the world.. Gosh I miss it so much 😢

[@marialondon1411]

totally agréé. london is unquestionably and without shadow of a doubt the most beautiful city in the entire planet full stop.

[@westaussie965]

It USED to be. Dumping ground for the scum of humanity now😡

[@johnnythefox9830]

Love a jools guide. Never want them to end! Be nice to do a Peckham guide sometime. I hail from there.

[@glennhenrich992]

We asked for Peckham as well and, Lo it has been recorded!

[@tuppence1878]

Thank you. I really enjoyed that. Used to enjoy going to see the dinosaurs when I was a child. Can you do a guide on Dulwich and especially East Dulwich please

[@vickijohnson4668]

your cameraman sounds particularly clueless compared to your amazingly comprehensive knowledge.

[@jpaulc441]

I only just found out this year that there are people who think the Crystal Palace was fake - that it was built thousands of years ago and that the Victorians couldn't possibly have built it. You'll find them in the comments in videos about the Palace. The internet can be wonderful and depressing in equal measure.

[@DenkyManner]

Oh God. Seriously, the only solution is to avoid these people. You'll be driven insane otherwise.

[@Sloozen1]

Lovely episode! Love the piano in the background. Really lowered my blood pressure. 🏆

[@kbc163]

I got the "rosebud" reference ... Citizen Kane if you haven't seen it. 👍

[@paulabraham2550]

23:10 - The River Effra not only runs underground, but also uphill! It really ought to be more famous than it is ;-)

[@theodoretennessee4822]

Such a coincidence! I was just watching your tottenham video when you posted a new one just few seconds ago!

[@supersonicsid5930]

That was so interesting and informative. Just love these Joolz Guides , can never get enough .

[@royfr8136]

Didn't know W G Grace or the Rosebud... Raymond Chandler....references... Well, I guess it makes you look clever.

[@westaussie965]

Your camera needs to be quiet and stop butting in🤦‍♀️

[@hazeltester6142]

Thanks joolz great video of crystal palace it must have been something when the exhibition centre was there 😀

[@bobbaker8263]

I remember reading about this many years ago & thought how amazing it must have been to actually see. Thanks for the tour. Fan from Minnesota!!😎🇺🇸

[@bertspeggly4428]

My girlfriend's band performed on that stage (4:50). The interference from the TV mast into the amplifiers was so strong that they had to play basically acoustic. BTW Love the "Yogi Bear" bit! And I saw Jimi Hendrix there in pouring rain, IIRC.

[@cjtramm8]

Always the best. Great info jokes and a memory I can’t believe. Of course I’m from America so you could be saying anything Londony. Hehe. Thanks so much. Please tells us that you explained “rosebud” to Kye

[@HROM1908]

...and not even a mention of Crystal Palace's motor racing history.... Otherwise a most fascinating video. Many thanks.

[@maximada2003]

please do wembley Joolz. A lot has changed but the history is amazing with the Empire Exhibition and the failed Watkins Folly which would have been bigger than the Shard!

[@christinewood974]

Another great video Joolz, and as I always say, I can't wait for the next one!

[@Swimkid1]

Smashing stuff thank you Jools. I lived near Palace in 1981. X

[@pratamnak]

The pattern of brickwork you mentioned is known as diaper, a term for repeating rhombic shapes. This later came to describe cotton or linen with the same pattern, hence how the Americans came to call nappies diapers. How's that for a jolly good Joolz type fact?

[@antonialozano2464]

great to finally see you in south london proper! big love joolzy x

[@como7681]

ALL HAIL KAI, LORD PINK EYE, OUR ONE TRUE SAVIOUR

[@mancroft]

Excellent, Joolz. You should get one of those instant donation thank you buttons when they become available. That way, people can make a small donation quickly.

[@wokenessiscancer2176]

LOL that vehicle at 12.09 looks like the Jeepers creepers van ! 🤣 Looking for those peepers!

[@aimeepotts2137]

Thank you Joolz, this was one of you more delightful videos!

[@stevebonds4698]

I always look so forward to your video's Joolz. They are so educational. As always another great one! Your friend, Steve Bonds from Bay City, Michigan USA

[@noorimeldaelle3403]

I am a Liverpool fan but honestly Crystal Palace is a very beautiful city. Also very interesting. There are lots to learn and to see

[@Matthew-cl9pu]

Another brilliant video! I would enjoy seeing that underground station with the mosaic tile used for something. I would suggest a place for local art exhibits. Just a thought.

[@lenachristou5548]

They actually do open the subway for underground markets sometimes, and also pre booked tours :-)

[@TruckOnTyke1]

My grandad was there on the night that the Crystal Palace burnt down. He told us he got bitten by a police horse as he was watching it burn.

[@H0MEM0VIE]

Oh, Joolz, you would be perfect for Strictly!

[@lauraalleguen6685]

Absolutely love 💕 your information packed videos Joolz....So interesting.....

[@colingianella7172]

No mention of the motor racing circuit at Crystal Palace though. I remember, as a young child on the 1950’s watching the racing cars and I believe Sterling Moss participated there.

[@calleskoga3572]

What a magnificent palace that was, Wow! But You forgot to mention the racing cirquit that used to be there in the sixties and seventies ( and maybe before that). It held many great races which some can be found here at YT. Thank´s for bringing us all that fascinating information and history of Your wonderful Capitol. Cheers from Sweden!

[@evancortez2]

It's fascinating to see where Crystal Palace used to be and to imagine how grand and magnificent it was - we have a crystal palace here too, but it's just a chinese restaurant

[@sirtrollalot7762]

While not exactly crystal palace, a 5 minute walk away would have brought you to sydenham hill, beautiful manor houses line that road and there's the hidden history of the trams that used to roam around there!! Plus, Sydenham woods/Dulwich woods depending on who you ask with the strange medieval ruins deep in the woods

[@se27tony]

I think you'll find that the "strange mediaeval ruins" (if you mean the thing that looks like the remains of a small chapel) was actually a Victorian folly built in the garden of one of the big houses.

[@fussyboy2000]

There's some very large (and old) oak trees left in Betts Park which is just down the hill from Crystal Palace. Could these also be remnants of Nor'wood? Betts Park also has the last remnant of the Croydon Canal, but it's more of an ornamental pond than a major shipping route these days.

[@methanedirigible]

If you’re want my advice - redo old ones sundry

[@thewolfman6854]

Amazing content and presentation. Very addictive! Incredible amount of research must go into each video. Are there any similar walking historian channels covering other parts if Britain that anyone can recommend? Keep up the good work 👍

[@marialondon1411]

there's this two you could check out. -tour guides travel guides -the cotswold explorer

[@DenkyManner]

Really great. I know the area but didn't know most of this information. Shocking that kids today aren't taught about WG Grace.

[@jamesbarrett9466]

W.G. Grace played God in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. Hawkins was hired to produce a similar set of dinosaur replicas for Central Park in New York City, but the plan ran afoul of William 'Boss' Tweed, who dominated the city's politics.

[@paulclift2556]

Blast from the past for me seeing those dinosaurs. I used to go visit an uncle who lived in Dulwich Village and one of my earliest childhood memories is Crystal Palace on a roasting hot day.

[@adonaiyah2196]

3:40 i guess he really is smarter than the average bear if he made TV

[@michaelk8405]

Love your channel Joolz. I've London booked for Christmas (my favourite time to visit and an annual tradition) and your videos have been really informative. Subscribed and good luck!

[@nonnobis2232]

I've been waiting for this, I live there!

[@grahamforbes3243]

Love all your videos and really appreciate all the research that you must do for every one. However a bit disappointed that there was no mention of the motor racing circuit that existed at Crystal Palace Park from 1927 until 1972. The circuit held many international races and future world champions such as Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Emerson Fittipaldi , Jochen Rindt and many more raced there in the early years of their careers. The very first televised motor race was broadcast from there by the BBC in 1937.

[@bongoloony]

I went to the last ever race meeting at the Crystal Palace circuit. I was 11, I remember it well and have some photos. Went to quite a few race meetings there as a kid. I remember the big Formula 5000 cars thundering round there…we usually went to the vintage VSCC meetings. Thankfully, most of those cars are still racing today.

[@tomokra]

I don't believe I saw a single mask. Sitting here in New York I am going to take that as a hopeful sign ...

[@neilboulton9813]

@Tom King it is a hopeful sign and the lady in the antique shop had one on. Assume she had put it round her neck so Joolz could hear her speak, admittedly not as prescribed but it was there.

[@aareith]

Thank you Joolz for yet another episode of your fab guides. We lived in London in the lat 90s, came back in winter 2019/2020 with our kids for a visit and now get to travel from the comfort of our lounge in NZ. We thank you and will shout you a pint or more on paypal (c'mon viewers you should too!).

[@robertbray2012]

So many happy memories of visiting my grandparents, who lived in Orleans Road just off from Central Hill, as a child. Then taking my own boys to visit them as they were growing up. Wonderful stuff Joolz.

[@philallen5406]

Thank you Joolz, Watching from New Zealand, even since we discovered your London Walks videos, we cant get enough of them, full of historical information and you make it so entraining at the same time, PLEASE keep them coming

[@birdsaloud7590]

What a great dad or uncle you would be!

[@marijanabilic9246]

Thank you Joolz....always pleasant Sundays surprise - your video🍀💚nice walk!!!,💚🍀

[@Marie-or6hz]

Covid, keeps putting off my plans to visit. Hopefully, next autumn.

[@bimma1000]

Rosebud, childhood winter memory Orson Welles in Citizen Kane, Kai!

[@justing1474]

Jolly hockey sticks 👍😎👍

[@k.jamescarters9557]

Although I love your videos and have been a subscriber for a long time, this is the one I have been looking forward to. Those dinosaurs are now rightly protected and I wish someone would do something remarkable with the most beautiful train station arches you will ever see.

[@egonrhoodie2745]

So interesting Joolzy!!!! Blessings and positive energy and super white light 😇🙏💡⚡🎶🎶✌️

[@stablefairy9437]

another lovely video full of fascinating historical information. but I always love the music in your videos. it always seems appropriate to the area or subjects you are talking about. this music was great.

[@paulgabolinscy2502]

Loved The Italian Job, the original, but never knew the blow the bloody doors off scene was filmed at Crystal Palace.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@SkepticalSteve01]

You never said ‘Sydenham’! Me and my Mum and Dad used to live a couple of suburbs over, in Forest Hill, back in the 1960s. Crystal Palace looks even nicer than I remember it. Gosh, I’ve come over all nostalgic…

[@msadurski]

Oh. Raymond Chandler is one of my favourite authors. Humphrey Bogart was ok. However, he played Philip Marlowe just once. In “Big Sleep”. Just for the record...

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

Ahhhh, seeing some weird but adventurous footage of London again with a joly Joolz is heartwarming. Due to the crazy C my regular visits to good ole London are in lockdown as well. I hope, you're doing well in this total craziness. ♫

[@LondonWalkbyLondonSocialite]

Nice channel you have here. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋