Crazy London Stories on the Regent's Canal

[@wilfredwilde9559]

This man is excellent.He’s a native Londoner who really loves his city . He should have his own series on television.

[@gearoiddom]

Come for the DIY stay for the history. A serious KZbinr. Respect. I don’t know how anyone could live in London and not be captivated by all the rich history.

[@adamgibbs6806]

I'm actually building a canal and this vid was a great help!

[@surreycountyfiddle]

Excellent work Roger, better than a TV documentary. No shaky cam, crazy fast zooms, ridiculous out-of-focus shots, or the dreaded crappy pizzicato music - just a straight to the point well researched piece! I've always thought a video on the old London cemeteries would be quite interesting. Or maybe some of the infrastructure that few people cover.

[@jamesforte-mason8849]

Also non of that crappy vocal fry that the youngsters use, does my head in

[@SkillBuilder]

I like the cemetry idea. A history of how London disposed of its dead would be interesting.

[@adamgibbs6806]

Its a great little documentary I think any filmmaker would be proud of. More and more KZbin creators with a cameraphone and a drone are just completely humbling mainstream or large production companies.

[@False9Gaming]

Agreed 💯

[@adfeu652]

@@SkillBuilder Abney cemetery work will be over soon, they are finishing a cafe on the east entrance and refurbishing the chapel in the middle of the park

[@idi0tdetectioninprogress]

Roger should have his own show.

[@Jordan-bp3zu]

He kind of does and you sort of just watched it 😂

[@plunder1956]

A very enjoyable video.

[@lillielangtry9652]

He's got one on here. I discovered him by accident. KZbin is where it's at now. Mainstream TV is finished. Who needs to pay a licence fee to be brainwashed?

[@soapyfrog]

Very nice. I live in Limehouse Basin so it was all “I can see my flat!” And then you proceeded up my favourite canal. Learned new things and entertained. 👍

[@andrewharlow84]

This was great Roger! Look forward to seeing more history videos from you 😊

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks so much

[@zcfacd0]

​@@SkillBuilder ditto, the best thing happened to me today is to learning a few things about London from your video. Thank you Roger. Have been to Limehouse basin many times (my parents had owned one of the flats on Narrow st for more than 30 years ever since I could remeber as a child) and how it had connected all the places in London that I know and visited many times with my kids, through the coal trade, it is so fansinating.

[@muckymedway3309]

No long periods of a presenter looking into the distance over some music not saying anything.

[@steveoliphant8541]

Absolutely, this was delightful.

[@kenclarke1952]

This guy summed it up............. " Excellent work Roger, better than a TV documentary. No shaky cam, crazy fast zooms, ridiculous out-of-focus shots, or the dreaded crappy pizzicato music - just a straight to the point well researched piece!

[@Tuberuser187]

Yeah but what about a really dramatic edit into the Wapping riots, some really hyped up music into silence and "Events would unfold in ways *NO-ONE* saw coming!" or something like that? He could really use some professional video making flair!

[@Me-zo8yc]

Loved this, fascinating and well produced. Thanks Rog

[@DM-hp7ct]

A fabulously well researched and presented film. Thank you Roger.

[@ChristianFrench1]

Roger is a great presenter on this type of programme, absolutely loved this! Well done buddy.

[@SkillBuilder]

Much appreciated!

[@jim_jim1674]

Roger is such a great tour guide. Magnificent. Thank you.

[@ianashworth7744]

A really excellent mini documentary Roger - thank you. I'm looking forward to your next one.

[@SkillBuilder]

Many thanks!

[@Doug....]

Another fascinating insight to London heritage Roger. Your vid on the London bricks was superb. Keep it up. 😁😁

[@jamespratt5509]

Bout time they gave you a tv show mate 🙌🏼

[@Daniel-cp3jw]

Please keep going...I am following this channel from many years and it is a pleasure to see how it has evolved into this. WOW an absolute gem on the internet.

[@SkillBuilder]

Thank you! Will do!

[@mathsangler]

Thanks, Roger. I'm a Londoner through and through, but I learn something new every time I watch one of these. Appreciate the time and energy you put into each one.

[@SkillBuilder]

Thanks mate, I enjoy doing them and I learn a lot as well. The trouble is that I can't stop looking at new angles. Where did Homer go? He was sentenced to 7 years in Australia but his name doesn't appear on any of the records and there is no record of his death. Maybe he changed his name and disappeared or maybe he is under that canal.

[@Mr-ue2ul]

Me too. Love your informative easy going presentation

[@TWOKDOK1]

Your enthusiasm and love for your subject shine out from this excellent video Roger. Very well done indeed. More Please. Much more.

[@SkillBuilder]

More to come!

[@MMG_MoonManGuitar]

Fascinating insight. Thanks SB.

[@Artist675]

As an artist (painter of architectural subjects - mainly ruins in the landscape); with a passion for the history of buildings, and their materials, your excellent, well-researched and narrated productions (including this one) tick many boxes for me. Congratulations on your success! I look forward to viewing more of your work.

[@lillielangtry9652]

I discovered this channel by accident. It just popped up on my feed, probably something to do with the algorithm because I like history. Great watch! This guy really knows his stuff and presents it in a watchable and honest way. I had absolutely no idea people could now live inside one of those old gas holders' frames!

[@BillOdyssey]

Fascinating stuff Roger, more please.

[@tkthebear984]

Excellent documentary Roger. I often have a walk around Limehouse and the Regents canal and never once thought about the history of the area. Thanks for the informative video 🙂👍

[@DannysGalaxyTab]

Roger, I'm not even a builder (I'm a furniture designer and maker) but I come and watch your videos because I've always been interested in building and construction and your way of presenting is fantastic. These new history/documentary style videos give me even more of a reason to come and watch. They're fantastic and really interesting.

[@steveaa]

Really enjoyed that Roger. Better than TV. Please do another one soon.

[@SkillBuilder]

I have one in edit now.

[@quinndavid-h7g]

fantastic channel - superior to TV

[@HomerSparkle]

I've honestly learned more from this channel than the past 18 years of KZbin videos.

[@rmsalkin]

You have talent Sir. Loved your channel for years. Keep giving us a treet

[@griptopia]

Absolutely loved this video, we grew up (hehe) never! , next to the canal in greenford, and it has featured in our lives ever since despite living in various places. The canals are an asset to london.

[@chrisjones3901]

West Cheshire dweller love the video of bits of the city I never would get to see.A good history lesson and interesting footage.Thankyou.

[@uncensored5104]

The Grand Union Canal in West London was my playground in the late 70s, early 80s. As kids we would play on all of the old closed down factories that lined the canal. We also use to cycle for miles & miles without our parents knowledge. Great memories. Thanks Roger.

[@Mr-ue2ul]

Same here but river lee from Edmonton to the Thames at poplar. Loved exploring old factories and bomb sites

[@BillyGold007]

Nice new style of video! Love a bit of history!

[@benwouda]

I like these stories, great format

[@ukcliffjones]

I love these videos. They have become family favourites. Brilliant presentation, eloquent and smart.

[@pitcull1046]

Fabulous video guys. Makes me want to buy a barge and go exploring!

[@annamossity8879]

Same here! ❤

[@svlamancha9877]

Totally different and totally excellent 👍

[@MrPete1x]

Thank you Roger

[@gerardhogan3]

Greetings from Australia, and I absolutely love learning British history. Always have since I was a kid. This stuff is our roots. My Great x 4 grandfather fought at Waterloo with 40th of foot REGT. Thanks for this history lessons my friend!

[@chrisbennett6260]

what nothing about the Abos history mate you know the people of australia and Tasmania where you live ?

[@gerardhogan3]

@@chrisbennett6260 thats downright racist mate

[@rozelle122]

@@chrisbennett6260First nation people’s please !

[@bcb912]

You have so much information in that brain! It's fantastic listening to your London stories, especially. Thanks for sharing.

[@01mememememe]

As others have said, loved this, fascinating and well produced, look forward to part II

[@annamossity8879]

Love all the bright color boats along the canal!

[@robyn7287]

Would have loved to be in a tour that took me around these places which included all the information. You’re a very good narrator and such endless knowledge on all this. I imagine that there are millions walking around London with very little knowledge of its history as in any city

[@cmcb7230]

London is such an amazing city.

[@user-ct8tw5pc5t]

Thoroughly enjoyed my trip along the canal. Thank you😀

[@SkillBuilder]

That is good to hear

[@The_Voice_of_Reason748]

These need to go on TV

[@JamesKing-om5mt]

TV is dead Grandad.

[@nickhickson8738]

TV production would necessitate a lot of noisy underscore music being inserted drowning out Roger's commentary.

[@JamesKing-om5mt]

And only Toby-jugs watch TV. ​@@nickhickson8738

[@rocketmunkey1]

Not enough far left and global warming messaging in it, Roger would have to sell his soul and make amendments to the script to get on TV

[@JamesKing-om5mt]

@rocketmunkey1 Roger wouldn't meet the ideological criteria..

[@MrPSaus]

Yessir Roger! I love docklands history and love any source. Cheers

[@970357ers]

London receiving the right shoes and Liverpool the left to stop pilfering is a superb bit of history!

[@stuartmcconnachie]

Sorry, sounds extremely unlikely to me.😮

[@virtualcircuit]

Same I think its wonderfully interesting! Would love to find a reference to this!

[@jonhelmer8591]

@@virtualcircuit No, that story is too good to check. It sounds like a Scouse joke that got taken a bit too seriously.

[@jonathanatkins9030]

Lovely honest view of this feature of London. Keep it up Roger - marvellous job.

[@nathan260575]

Thanks you for keeping our history alive. I for one needed this. Please keep them coming.

[@brianwood5220]

Beautiful scenery and a relaxing charm of the area. Thank you Roger for sharing this with us.

[@towgod7985]

This is only the second video I 've seen from this guy and it is just as outstanding as the first. Some network should grab him as a presenter.

[@paulcollins7840]

Thank you for such superbly presented and fascinating insight into the industrial history of London.

[@bradmca2022]

Brilliant content as always

[@philipsmith6212]

Really interesting. I have learnt a lot. Thank you.

[@IsabellaWoop999]

Another well researched video of historical interest, thanks Roger!

[@user-gy6ky1xs3j]

then out of ten, this blokes a natural presenter , really does his research

[@BadBadger70]

This guy summed it up by summing up that other guy........ "This guy summed it up............. " Excellent work Roger, better than a TV documentary. No shaky cam, crazy fast zooms.....

[@michaelsmith2885]

Thanks Roger. I found that extremely interesting. Look forward to many more.

[@grahamnichols1416]

Really EXCELLENT. Who needs to travel abroad with all this under our noses?

[@SkillBuilder]

I love travelling abroad. I used to hear Fred Dibnah say that we had everything in this country but how did he know if he never left it?

[@zax1972]

Brilliant stuff!!! Best person to narrate this forgotton history.

[@Sharky1966]

A brilliant and fascinating video. Thank you ❤️👍👍

[@gckw]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Thank you.

[@UK_Lemons]

EXCELLENT. thanks.

[@louise2467]

Love seeing pics and history of London. Love to visit for a few days, but it wears me out. Used to commute 2 hrs each way for a year, so not ideal. Still getting the train to London, now retired, is exciting! Thanks for the history, shame you didn't teach @school!!

[@ozzietadziu]

I loved the Chopin at the end. A perfect finish.

[@LudwigHohlwein1776]

Nice bit of piano playing at the end there, Roger. Mad skills bro! Love these little history films on London. Keep em coming. Cheers

[@damiantrejo8266]

What an amazing video, I run almost all the time in the canal and I am stunned by the engineering behind the locks and all the infrastructure getting all the story behind it just makes it so much interesting.

[@geemo4284]

I get so much crap coming up on my KZbin channel that I’m not remotely interested in, and then this comes up! Really fascinating, well put together, beautifully told - thanks so much for telling these stories. Great to not have all the music, editing on speed etc that so many people feel are necessary to ‘sell’ their videos - your content and delivery stand alone. Will be watching more

[@SkillBuilder]

That is good to know. We do put music on our videos and sometimes even speeded up bits but we try to keep it unobrusive. It is impossible to get it right for everyone. Thanks for your comment and I hope you find something else you like on our channel. Try this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGiUgaucfphqnsk

[@buildingsbyair]

very interesting and informative - thanks

[@charliespence5962]

Just watched this again and it is by far some of the best content Roger has been involved in. Keep it up brother!

[@geoffcampbell7846]

Brilliant! Cheers Roger, I really enjoyed that, and I wasn't aware of just how extensive the canal system is still existing in London. More please. 👋

[@Synysterjmz]

This was a great video; an excellent piece of journalism on some fascinating architecture. Please do keep these mini docu-series coming and I look forward to one on the railways.

[@rigilchrist]

I really enjoyed this. I knew you only as a brilliant presenter of building issues, so I'm so pleased to see you have grown into this. I shall look forward to more of it. Well done!

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Another interesting tour. Keep them coming.

[@teddybeargrylls6663]

Hi Roger, i been following your skills for years. . Lovely video, as a Londoner i still learned something. A delightful branch away from fixing up bathrooms. Thanks

[@roberthayter157]

Superbe documentary. Brilliantly presented.

[@yourname7176]

roger, you're a gem! please do more of these, they're so well made and you're an amazing presenter

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

Brilliant video and history many thanks

[@alanswallow9033]

Thanks Roger! now looking forward to more in this history series of videos. Cheers Alan in Christchurch New Zealand.

[@Kingbruce115]

Ace video, such an interesting place London, such a history.

[@johnfrankiss6396]

I think the first time I looked at skill builder was to get a grip on scarf joints. Been watching ever since. Now I use it as a way of trying to escape from the reality of today's uk. Keep it up we all need a dose of sanity.

[@Yorkshirelad58]

Love this series of history lessons. Super presentation. Thanks Roger.

[@SkillBuilder]

Glad you like them!

[@user-po9ef3or7f]

superb !! great to see london through the eyes of a builder , top job

[@admiralbenbow5083]

This is top notch. Great job !

[@OldskoolK31]

Such a passionate and knoweldgable presenter. You my man are keeping history alive and I salute you. Understanding the history of where you live, your ancestors and why things are as they are is so important. Subbed.

[@SkillBuilder]

Sadly most people now living in London neither know nor care. Hence the graffiti

[@sahu]

Such a great video...I lived on royal college street, not too far from Regent's Canal, in 2016 for 2 years. This gives a great history of the walks me and my dog did....thank you.

[@sahu]

also I really loved the drone shots...it gives such a unique of an area of London I grew so fond of.

[@robertely686]

Wonderful tour. Thanks

[@robyn7287]

Love the pictorial at the end, well done 🎉

[@martinlewis2143]

Fantastic! Thanks! 🚢🎸😃

[@aureaphilos]

Another advantage of rail over canals (unfortunately) was that the railroad engines could also burn coal, so they carried their fuel along with them into London. Enjoyed the vid! You and "Rob's London" give us such enjoyable excursions through London!

[@charmainepapworth9994]

Wonderfully informative! I have learnt a lot, thank you.

[@charmainepapworth9994]

I love your history videos!

[@joycemichelin250]

I’m my gosh this answered all the little passing questions I’ve ever had!! I loved this video 😅

[@wernerelble5415]

Thank's from Germany. Regards

[@timothywong3026]

Nice to see Roger putting down his Dewalt's and into his historian shoes - Love it :)

[@1950sTeddyboy]

Brilliant insight into early London & it's development ::

[@kroneditor9266]

What a wonderful surprise and so well presented, produced and of course, an extremely interesting subject. Thanks and I look forward to seeing more of these in future 👍👍👍

[@michaellewis6510]

Excellent, thank you. You should have your own programme

[@minimal_king]

Great video! I've been walking many times through Regent's Canal enjoying the walk, without knowing how it came about. Thank you!

[@SkillBuilder]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@maxturner2381]

Thank you

[@mariakarvouni5267]

Loved this