Walking in London 156 Years Ago

[@walkvv]

London Victoria Station 156 Years Ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWXLkJ2DjsSCrJY

[@metapol118]

Is there one of Jamaica with pirates

[@deanmadnut2614]

@@metapol118 yeah you know exactly where you can find that 🤣 AC ring any bells lol

[@mrsteve170]

Are there any console games like this?

[@careytitan9097]

@@mrsteve170 Its Assassins Creed Syndicate.

[@Rootle2]

Still 10x safer than today

[@leoncsorba9085]

The road surfaces look better than now.

[@m101ist]

Brand new at the time.

[@Cayres9]

LoL 🤣 truth

[@martynjones2684]

They didn't have HGVs creating pot holes back then!

[@Nims-DVO]

Just the road surfaces.

[@TheAntsNest]

Better than everywhere in the whole country, hopefully Kid Starver can further disable the NHS & give more money away instead of looking after our elders..

[@Chad.Telecaster]

He's looking for a Greggs

[@jol4342]

🤣

[@annawarner7516]

For a nice hot sausage roll! 😂

[@daydays12]

lol!!!

[@rezza_lynsaii]

He Should’ve went to Newcastle.

[@nancymclelland6881]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kendrickchase3186]

1000 years to build, 30 years to destroy

[@TheGodParticle]

Very true, heart breaking.

[@CoolHandLuke-q1e]

😂

[@baroncorvo3813]

I imagine this is a racist reference. London has always been a place of wealth, poverty, culture, ignorance, generosity and exploitation. If you haven't the imagination to grasp this, you are more of a fool than you look.

[@hereisthenews7793]

Racist prick

[@everready800]

I wanted to do a follow up on this so decided to do a Walking in London in 2024 sequel. Unfortunately 10 mins in my camera was stolen! 🤦‍♂️

[@Useaname]

Sorry to hear that. Maybe wear a camera harness with a good gimbal or stability feature. If you wear a coat over the harness with the front open a bit and the camera peeping out, you can record safely enough.

[@dellawrence4323]

@@Useaname Or preferably a machete proof armoured personnel carrier to ride in?

[@richardscally694]

Unfortunately not Surprized.

[@smahier]

If your camera really was stolen, sorry to hear that. If, however (as I suspect) you are trying to suggest that Victorian London was somehow a "golden age", I´m sorry to inform you that there was much more crime and violence then than now.

[@somerandomguy2073]

Are you really claiming that there's more crime in London NOW than in the Victorian era? You need to read more Dickens, mate... or just general crime statistics.

[@ChrisLawton66]

Richard Ashcroft, 1868 edition.

[@Blondie101010100]

Was just thinking that! 😂

[@Adrian-kl2ql]

😂😂

[@poppletop8331]

Me too.😂😆

[@SuperNevile]

Although he didn't walk over that flower cart and have the flower girl scream in his face. A lost opportunity

[@toffeeghirl3062]

Haha came by to say this!

[@neuropsychologist]

Fascinating! Thank you. My grandmother was born in London in 1923 and she told me there was smog and smoke everywhere in the sky. When she passed, the doctor asked how many cigarettes she smoked as her lungs were black. None! My grandmother did not like the smell & never tried smoking.

[@walkvv]

Thanks for sharing.

[@stewy62]

During the 1952 London smog which your Grandmother would have lived through over 4,000 deaths occurred (although later estimates are 10-12,000) with up to a further 700 deaths occurring in the 1962 London Smog. At this time nearly every house burned dirty coal and London had over 20 coal burning power stations and 26 gas works making town gas by burning coal. London was also much more industrial with foundaries casting molten metal and even a blast furnace down the river in Dagenham (Ford car plant). Nearly all overground locomotives were also steam (coal) powered and London was still a major port with all the cargo ships also being steam powered. None of that exists now. On the other hand, whilst all types of engines have improved in terms of pollution, the use of motor vehicles and aircraft flying over London has increased exponentially. The types of pollutants have changed over the years, but even the 2022 Mayor of London report entitled “70 years since the great London smog” admitted that there have been “substantial improvements to air quality”.

[@georgegoodyear9631]

@@stewy62Thanks for the education.

[@peterkingsley8736]

The poor woman was smoking but didn't know it!

[@Botato2008]

The london your grandmother was born in was absolutely nothing like this idiotic idea of a video. Hope that helps

[@GreenSaxon]

Looks great but missing one HUGE detail. Horse dung. LOTS OF IT!

[@alexanderperry1844]

Actually, horse manure had a value in Victorian England. It would be sold to the market gardeners for use as fertiliser. Gangs of boys "owned" sections of road/junctions and spent their days on the look out, bucket and spades in hand.

[@GreenSaxon]

@@alexanderperry1844 That makes good sense. Perhaps it was the Tudor times that saw manure 'knee deep' in London?

[@alexanderperry1844]

@@GreenSaxon I am afraid not. Emptying chamber pots into the street was illegal in Tudor England. In addition, the contents had value as fertiliser (solids) and for use in the manufacture of gunpowder (liquids). Urban housewives expected payment for these. Also, ashes, bones and many other things. Rural areas worked slightly differently for the obvious reasons. The sort of "waste" we see today is very 20th Century, especially postwar.

[@GreenSaxon]

@@alexanderperry1844 Alright cocky! 😂 Well you've just destroyed my ill informed idea of the typical London street in times gone by. Fair play to you sir

[@alexanderperry1844]

@@GreenSaxon 🤣🤣🤣 Not my intention, Sir, but I see so much nonsense spoken in history documentaries and similar; it annoys me.

[@stevouk]

Clearly this is not an accurate depiction of London in 1856 but in its approximation it does well. He begins on Southwark Bridge Road, seems to take a little detour along Sumner Street, Emerson Street and Park Street, before turning left on to the bridge itself. It seems to be an amalgamation of London Bridge as the Monument can be seen to the right (from about 3:00). There's a (sort of) version of Vintners Hall on the left at around 4:39 but it wouldn't have been as visible as it appears here. The enormous "Solicitors Offices" sign (quite odd) would have been Three Cranes Wharf. He briefly stops at a fictional leafy lane. He then goes on to Queen Street Place (the statue in the middle of the road is also a fiction). He then reaches what presumably would be Cannon Street but we seem to have shifted east to Threadneedle Street (the southern facade of the Bank of England can be seen from around 7:00, with a pretty faithful version of the Duke of Wellington statue). He walks up Princes Street, although there seems to be a major junction at the left which never existed. Similarly, he appears to cross on to Moorgate but this cannot be, as it comes to a dead end as he turns left. It makes sense instead to say this is now Gresham Street (at about 9:00). We again seem to have jumped along a bit, for he crosses into what looks like the little park adjacent to St Botolph's Church (the houses lining Little Britain can be seen at about 10:00). We then see Goldsmiths Hall on Foster Lane, except it has acquired a pediment. Thereafter it becomes harder to see what is supposedly depicted: the bridge he goes under at 14:37 is nowhere in the vicinity. Things come to an end at what seems to be a double Holborn Viaduct at about 17:00.

[@walkvv]

Thank you very much for sharing this valuable information.

[@chrisholland5965]

Cabbie?

[@SStupendous]

This is set in 1868.

[@SStupendous]

@@chrisholland5965 Lol, I would bet

[@bobbyfunface4469]

@@chrisholland5965 Cabbie with a DeLorean 😉

[@grgj1951]

I am always amazed at how well buildings were constructed, and yet it seems impossible to build a house today that will last indefinitely.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

Solid stone, now they are made with matchsticks

[@kamsavesmoney]

😅😅😅😅

[@tomleishman3930]

They found them, from a previously advanced civilisation

[@Random__is__resistance]

Because you been lied to a massive scale. His story is basically disney. Its all lies. To cover up the phoenix events. Next one may 15 2040. Reason why billionaires are building bunkers

[@MrNPC]

In the UK there is very little competition in house building and very high demand so they can more or less build what ever they want and it wil sell.

[@gdreading9088]

I'm not a 'gamer' but this video was absolutely brilliant. How interesting and marvellous to look back and see how our great, great, and possibly great grandparents lived. Hard working, hard life. No benefits in 1868.

[@skyblazeeterno]

the good old days /sarcasm

[@Puzzoozoo]

@@skyblazeeterno In some ways they were, unlike the multicultural cess pit of today no Islam infecting the country, no areas where the game is try and spot an English person, it was also a nation with a sense of national identity.

[@beaulieuc8910]

I hate gaming, but I love the walks too

[@move2003ny]

@@Puzzoozoo ah, the wonders of child labour, starvation wages, widespread illiteracy and sky-high crime rates. How you must be missing those times!

[@lensymonds1327]

I’ve never seen anything like this before. I loved it. Well done to the maker/makers.

[@paulhaley5009]

Blimey mate....what a great video...brilliant thank you..

[@1977fisher]

Fantastic graphics Thank you!!!! almost feels like your there👍🏻

[@vincenzopatrone7048]

Wow there's actually a copper on the beat!!! 😮

[@beverlygannon4141]

In them days ,yeh

[@smahier]

They weren´t much use then, though. Huge groups of people in poorer areas would often mob together to prevent arrests. In those days, there really were no-go areas for police.

[@devogrant2817]

🤣

[@andyxox4168]

That’ll be a ‘Constable’ not an ‘Officer’.

[@smahier]

In 1868 the police force was still very new, and the ratio of police on duty to population would have been much lower than today. People commenting on this clip should realise that Victorian London was not some kind of golden age, but in reality much more violent and dangerous than today.

[@ThomasPrior-wv6zn]

1868 my grandad was born in 1877, these scences he would have seen , he as a young boy , had a finger broken , by a horse and cart , the wheel went over his finger while he was sitting on a curb he lived till 1967-68 , he worked for a long time as a barrow boy , in spittle fields market, fruit and veg , he lived with my nan , mum and 4 kids mum included in a flat in dalston m he would walk the 2 , 4 miles , nan had 17 chidren mum was the 13th 4 died , one fell down a communal well in the flats they lived , he drowned r i p he did his duty and went to ww1 , he was sent to salonica greese where he cought malaria , this walk is interesting , most buildings are still there , who did the graphics did a good job st pauls bank of england all the bridges , one thing it cant do is the ,,,, smell ,, of old london people back then didnt have under arm spray or air fresh sprays , horse manure every where dirt men doing it up walls after a skin full could i or you have survived back then ??? but we wouldnt have known any difference would we mmmm interesting t y

[@charlieskelhorn]

Fascinating insight, thanks!

[@deanmadnut2614]

I'm pretty sure this is actually a video game called assassins creed syndicate,you can just buy it yourself and go where ever you like it's pretty impressive there are so many assassins creed games out that are set in different countries and time zones there more like simulators.

[@Useaname]

Cor blimey luv-a-duck

[@mrskeltal3281]

you must be like 100 years old

[@ThomasPrior-wv6zn]

@@mrskeltal3281 NO IF YOU READ MY COMMENT YOU WOULD SEE MY MUM WAS THE 13TH CHILD OF 17 CHILDREN . I AM 70 , BORN IN 1953

[@Phaaschh]

"Aargh!" "Ouch!" "Oim ganna hook your nozzle!" Barging through London, 1868 style. Bloody brilliant!

[@a.c.4732]

would this have been Ripper's time or too early ?

[@SuperAllbright]

@@a.c.4732 That was 1888.

[@Gos1234567]

@@a.c.4732yea too early but I wonder if there were lots of Ripoers around in those days that just didn’t kill as many in a short timeframe

[@a.c.4732]

@Gos1234567 yeah ,I've often wondered about that . That whole area / period of history fascinates me . I worked up there (City) for best part of 35 years but never once stopped to think about what I was walking "on"... on a daily basis . That said , I remember walking across Petticoat Lane on my way to Fench St one night at about 11pm . Some of those alleyways and buildings are still there / untouched . Long shadows in narrow alleyways . I don't believe in ghosts etc , but kid you not , I was glad to get out of that area . Horrible atmosphere . Scary as you know what ....

[@Gos1234567]

@@a.c.4732 yea I would say then there were way more alleys,backstreet and narrow lanes connecting other lanes.A massive maze basically. So I laugh when I watch Ripper docs and they say “we conclude Jack was a local”…🤣😂 like no shit Sherlock!!!!

[@gloooopo]

Judging by this, 156 years ago pedestrians had more spacial awareness than they do today

[@CommodoreVic20]

And we're not walking like zombies looking at their mobiles

[@davemartin8501]

Exactly... I mean come on look where you are goin..

[@vilemerchant]

They had to or they would step in horse shit

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

​@vilemerchant not just horse.

[@DavidMarran-v4p]

I’d rather live today

[@finbarrcorcoran9342]

I keep expecting him to break into "consider yourself".

[@alanmcbride6658]

Lol.

[@smahier]

"Oliver" was set in the 1830s; some 30 years (or more) before this is set.

[@outsidersongs2682]

Or "its a bittersweet symphony..."

[@catherinekeller4230]

.....at home..! 😊

[@CrisTina-tp2jg]

😂

[@margaretnesbeth593]

Poor old horses worked into the ground back then.

[@hectorbrown656]

This is so unusual to see this , I almost felt as though I was there walking behind that man. Thank you.

[@jillhurst7390]

Bloke must be knackered keeping that pace up for all that way.

[@marie-ctunnicliff513]

Walking very purposefully - I wonder where to? No doubt will stumble into an Inn soon!

[@mukhumor]

He's a postman. 😁

[@jillhurst7390]

😂 ​@@mukhumor

[@mukhumor]

@@jillhurst7390 😁

[@marie-ctunnicliff513]

Where's his postbag? HeHe! 🤣

[@VictorLaszlo-iz3il]

If you reached the age of 10 you'd had a real break. Getting to the age of 50 was a lottery win in Victorian England.

[@nsdigitalmediacouk]

This low average life expectancy was largely due to high infant and child mortality rates, as diseases like cholera, tuberculosis, and smallpox were common, and medical knowledge was limited. So, not entirly true.

[@nickbell4984]

If you survived past 14 you would likely make it to 50. Infant mortality was the reason for the low life expectancy, not that most people lived short lives. If you were from a middle class or upper class family, you would likely survive childhood.

[@moonloversheila8238]

Brilliant video - I felt as though I was there!

[@Ebenezer456]

Same. The makers of this game did a great job.

[@mattdarrington1803]

Lager was not sold in the Uk until the 1880's so that pub is well ahead of its time !

[@carolevans5285]

This vid is from a game

[@a.c.4732]

The Landlord got done for Insider Dealing shortly after ....

[@ChrisJones-ht9zn]

I was thinking the same 😂

[@alanoneill3065]

I went to London in the 70's...Lager was not on draught...bottles only

[@NEWCASTLE-UNITED-1892]

Calm down its not that deep lol

[@louwoods9278]

Loved this, snatches of conversation, sound effects, brilliant.

[@vincenzopatrone7048]

Wow there's no pot holes!!! And I can hear people talking English!

[@batman51]

And little evidence of horse activity.

[@historicaustralia]

😂😂😂

[@lindaritter1343]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Exostars77-A]

Then you must be half deaf… London was stuffed full of a large population of Jews from across Eastern Europe. They didn’t speak English for the most part. So, make some other racist point. This one doesn’t stick, lol.

[@ricardopelc-wesoly3483]

beth ddywedaist ti

[@Badgers_9]

People do know this is Assasins Creed yeah? Excellent game.

[@lucaschapman2188]

I haven’t played a video game in over 25 years I wouldn’t know . Just know my Son spends too much time playing them.

[@harmoney-tk5wd]

​@@lucaschapman2188Games have a positive impact on the brain, so good for him.

[@lucaschapman2188]

What about the social side, not spending time with his Parents and Sister. Also the physical aspect. Not going to get much exercise 🏃‍♀️ sitting on a chair for hours on end .

[@harmoney-tk5wd]

@@lucaschapman2188 If he wants to spend more time on games than with his family, maybe he simply does not like his family. You can't expect everybody to completely adore you. Hours on end is not very descriptive. 3-6 hours is usually fine, 12 hours might be leaning towards more extreme if daily. 20 hours a day is definitely a problem.

[@lucaschapman2188]

Gaming can become an addiction like anything. Just abit concerned that’s all.As a parent.

[@jessiewhyte9729]

My 3x great grandfather came up to London in 1850 from Bath to Pimlico, must have been a real culture shock, after nice clean Somerset to the dirt and grit of London. The same could be said for most of country people looking to earn a decent living who came up at that time.

[@walkvv]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

Real London accent’s brilliant to hear love all the fighting words as well brilliant

[@christian1294]

accent's? How about some real English from you thicko?

[@danganbeg7225]

That is the worst accent in that country

[@squeezeee]

This isn't a 156 year old London accent. It was slightly different to this video .

[@jakedeane5304]

@@squeezeeethat’s what I was thinking, more rhotic back then

[@kJ922-h3j]

What? Listen to this again, some of them sound truly terrible 😂 they can’t have gotten actual English people in some cases but definitely not Londoners

[@Fatty2-sj8vr]

Wasn't a big fan of the assassins creed games. But the detail in this is absolutely amazing. They captured the landmarks and a good historical perspective really well.

[@AimForMyHead81]

The first 4 are pretty good. All of them do a great job at recreating their respective settings.

[@nineteen8486]

This is superb.........the comments section should be put up for an oscar

[@BigBlueMan118]

Or an insularity award lol

[@historybarf]

I’m going to London in March. If I wasn’t older than Methusaleh, I’d recreate this walk.

[@aclark903]

If you were older than Methuselah, they’d still having been building the #TowerofLondon when you were born, probably. 😅

[@dngrouscrgo]

A lot of the geography here is kind of distorted from it’s real life counterpart so not sure it would’ve been possible anyway

[@franknightingale6116]

I just love the ambience. An excellent piece of work. Thank you so much. More please.

[@lindaritter1343]

Absolutely fantastic

[@MattsDrumCovers]

I can really get lost here. Thank you for doing this 😊

[@peterlaffey6328]

Loved this video . More of these old London walks please .

[@dvz19777]

Wonder how accurate it is 🤔 don't recognise it without millions of uber eats riders everywhere

[@G02372]

I’m from London. When I was a child I knew people that lived here then.

[@terencebarrett2897]

These videos are absolutely wonderful, beautiful the so interesting believable ,I know some people will nit pic but to see some kind of old painting with realistic sounds of the times all interwoven come to life,its absolutely fantastic

[@jamesgraham6122]

Well done.. good effort.. I believe that the streets were packed with carriages, jammed up just as today, but the atmosphere is all there.. Many thanks for that.

[@mickyjgreen]

Yep. The situation was worse than modern London in fact. Hence the need ultimately for the London underground.

[@anitarogers2877]

Quaint rendition, a nice walk and potential experience. Question: yet due to the many horses and horse-drawn carriages that would have been busy traffic back then - whereas London shown here seems to be almost empty, with hardly any pedestrians - what about the piles of horse manure, horse urine and straw the roads would have been coated with back in that era?! In the gutter there appeared to be many patches of discarded oranges....? The roads would have been narrower too, except perhaps the bridges. All in all, clever and good to watch, thank you. 😊.

[@a.c.4732]

Christ , you must be a riot at parties ....

[@danganbeg7225]

​@@a.c.4732He's absolutely correct.

[@CountScarlioni]

What you're seeing here is someone playing the computer game "Assassins Creed: Syndicate." from 2015. The game's storyline is set in 1868, and as you can see does a fair job of recreating the era. However, the game 'engine' (referring to the code running the modelled environment) is only able to make the scene so complex before the video consoles and computers running it wouldn't be able to cope with so much detail. Every person, horse, passing train, ship etc. it adds into the scene increases complexity so it has to ration them carefully. Consequently streets are a lot more empty than would have been realistic, and you'll quickly notice both road traffic and pedestrians are frequently cloned, their models used over and over again. Still, it's impressive how alive a restricted use of digital assets can make a simulated world feel.

[@mariavon22]

Lovely film that gives a real feel of what it must have been like to live at that time. It's a pity that the walker is discourteous to others and that there are so many threatening comments from passers by. Not kind remarks like 'good morning/afternoon' or 'excuse me'.

[@TheMajkla]

The animation is from video game Assassin's Creed. So the character wasn't any angel anyway.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

Yes, they were very polite then, and very well dressed. In fact this was at the height of the British Empire, so everything was "Ship-shape and Bristol fashion", tip-top, not run-down as this video suggests. London Bridge would have been heaving with traffic and pedestrians

[@NoNeed2No]

​@@CharlesWhite-j4fTrue but the aim of all things today is to paint the past as a filthy, savage hellhole so that they can sever our connection with it. The past = bad The present = good because eQuALiTy or some utter nonsense

[@markmorrid8144]

Bill sykes looking for his dog bullseye .

[@a.c.4732]

and Nancy , done another runner ...

[@williamfurman2042]

This fellow never breaks his stride. Exhausting. 😮

[@TheAntsNest]

His name is Luke Powerwalker

[@Lancastrian501]

I feel for the cameraman behind him 😥

[@butterfliesrainbows2568]

Is only 18 minutes of walking

[@SamuelBlack84]

I walk much further every day

[@caroldelaney4700]

So interesting to watch.amazing ❤

[@nellennatea]

So awesome. I don't play games. This is brilliant for me. Thank you.

[@aljocammo765]

Thanks for this mate. Now I know how it really felt pounding the streets all those years ago.

[@lariberaaltamalc]

I don't know how accurate it is but it is nice to see how many plod were (apparently) on the streets. The little girl trying to play keepy-uppy was odd but possible. I enjoyed it.

[@DaveBartlett]

I kept expecting the token 'cockney voice' to say "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" a la Michael Caine"! 😉

[@mikeh5431]

That is a brilliant video! Thanks

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Strangely compelling viewing, the renditioning is amazing! What are the occasional ‘ghost’ like figures that appear in white outline?

[@Useaname]

I think those are bonus figures that have secret information about the game

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

@@Useaname thanks! :-)

[@TaxingIsThieving]

They are time travellers who have come to reminisce

[@carolevans5285]

​@@TaxingIsThieving😂😂😂

[@harmoney-tk5wd]

White outline surrounding characters signifies that you are currently 'blending in' with those characters. It's a stealth mechanic the game has that allows you to hide in plain sight.

[@mer5340]

Interesting views. The bridge crossed must surely be London Bridge, given that St. Paul's is to the left. It can't be Blackfriars, because that's to the left of St. Paul's and Southwark bridge didn't exist in the 1870s. The build on the opposite side, immediately left of the London Bridge on the north side looks like it should be Fishmonger's Hall, but the building looks nothing like the one in the video. In front of that building should be the river, but it shows more buildings running south. Those surely wouldn't have existed.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

Correct, it's London Bridge (the one now in America) walking north. Notice also the Monument rising on the right (tall column in memory of the Fire of London, 1666)

[@arturopolizzi7955]

im guessing the market at the start would have been borough market then

[@willowbrooke1215]

I am a New Zealander and I crave to see...well, y'know just old buildings and even an old village or two. I would love to see videos of different eras in Britain. It would be amazing and surreal for us!

[@Joe-B1]

That's amazing and thank you for sharing it. Just subscribed to your channel.

[@Jkk55]

Fascinating! thank you 👏👏👏👏

[@matc6221]

Impressive. I think there was a lot of muddy roads in London, or streets. Many of the houses even in affluent areas like Chelsea, still have cast iron shoe scrappers cemented into the step next to the front door to wipe the mud and manuer off before entering the house.

[@dellawrence4323]

I think the scrapers were for the horseshit.

[@matc6221]

@@dellawrence4323 there is an old BBC interview with an old victorian woman recommended to me by YT. It looks like it was from the 1970s. She's a middle class Londoner and remarks on how London was always muddy back then and how, when wearing a bussle dress the mud would cover the bottom of the skirt and slash up the stockings. She said in those day's you would change your clothes 3 times a day. And her and her mother spent hours each day brushing of the dried mud. But yes horses poo would probably be a thing.

[@GoTellTheSpartans24]

Lager on the pub signs?? Lager began selling in pubs in early 1970s…

[@eon7125]

Really enjoyed.. Thank you. 👏

[@walkvv]

So glad!

[@juliamacauley7062]

Astonishing application of technology. Respect to all those whizz kids who developed and produced this.

[@DavidCassidy1]

I want to walk through the 1960s again. Any chance you could fix it for me.?

[@a.c.4732]

Ask Doctor Who to borrow his Tardis .

[@DavidCassidy1]

@@a.c.4732 If Only.

[@DavidCassidy1]

@@a.c.4732 if Only.

[@barneypaws4883]

He's looking for the toilet in a Wetherspoons pub

[@adamjames7066]

Everybody knows their up the stairs

[@catherinep3458]

Oddly enough this reminds me of how manchester is today in some parts with the old buildings etc just its modernised also

[@dukecity7688]

One of my favorite things is looking at the rare films of street scenes in the19th century. This was fun. Loved the walk through the park

[@geerow8718]

Wow! Really fascinating video. This is going to be a great time waster. Had a look at your main page, going to watch a few more, better than tele.

[@ramsey6681]

You can tell this must have been 156 years ago. He wasn't helpfully 'ventilated' by a diversely exotic overseas permanent visitor with a pointy implement.

[@lbukem4259]

That doesn't happen now you 🤡

[@ashd-h4911]

​@@lbukem4259yes it does you plank😂

[@dshe8637]

If you think there was less crime then, you're very wrong. And stop being racist.

[@christian1294]

Crime was through the frigging roof at this time.

[@greghawkes2097]

The amount of crime coming from third world people from abroad is absolutely staggering. They've destroyed our cities​@@dshe8637

[@galaxyceiling4137]

I’ve only ever seen still photos from this era, and even then only in black & white. This was very informative and interesting to watch. Useful to know of the backdrop from several Charles Dickens books 😊

[@buzzkillington1719]

This is super Here’s our lovely London again

[@Deleted11100]

Aw yeh, lovely, where kids were sent up chimneys and lived off porridge 🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

[@TaxingIsThieving]

@@Deleted11100 Exercising the lowest form of wit again?

[@Deleted11100]

@@TaxingIsThieving I’m stating simple, common knowledge. Are you exercising denial and want to send kids up chimneys?

[@buzzkillington1719]

@@Deleted11100 😂😂😂🙈 IKR

[@buzzkillington1719]

@@Deleted11100 I don’t think they was saying that Perish the thought Obviously your sarcasm

[@FluffyFace-mj3ro]

Just discovered this channel. Wow! It's fantastic! I'm really enjoying stepping back in history ❤

[@walkvv]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@omygod9062]

You should draw an accompanying map so we know where we are

[@CaboloNero]

Starts around borough high street. Loops around back on himself. 2:37 enters London Bridge 5:28 stops looks down what would now be Cannon Street Walks up a very different king William street 6:56 enters Bank junction. Royal exchange on right Bank of England in front Ned hotel on left (bank sign) 7:44 walks up Princes street 9:06 left onto possible Gresham street but difficult to tell 13:23 I’m going to say walks up Newgate street (Newgate prison then old Bailey on left) 15:41 looks like he’s looking at Holborn viaduct here though which wouldn’t make sense That’s all I could figure out. 😂

[@peterlovett5841]

I tried following the route on Google Earth but got lost after the Bank of England.

[@CaboloNero]

@@peterlovett5841 I make some time stamps of landmarks but it got deleted for done reason

[@Tokiohotel192]

​@@peterlovett5841that's likely because after ww2 the place got bombed to hell and they redid a lot of the building roads and layouts

[@peterlovett5841]

@@Tokiohotel192 I didn't think of that.

[@marie-ctunnicliff513]

Walking with a purpose! He's going to be knackered when he finally reaches his destination!

[@lastofthewildmen4683]

No surveiilance.. freedom to travel without passports, plenty of job opportunity's...this character walking looks fit and has a destination, walking with a determined gait kept him fit and healthy...

[@keith6382]

Brilliant to view amazing graphics. Imagine the smells ?? 😀👍👍👍

[@dudolfeichenkamp5543]

The Walker is desperately looking for the Employment Office.

[@johnhuggins1394]

And knocking kids with his arms More realistic if they told him to watch where he was going

[@m101ist]

He fit because he does a lot of walking.

[@ranjitverdi5702]

@@dudolfeichenkamp5543 class!.. yeah some random Victorian Job Centre... not much changed really

[@joerobinson1672]

Or a Turkish Barber?.

[@paulfolan69]

He's obviously not a modern day local then .

[@denisemckendry9489]

I was completely transported back watching this. Brilliant sound as well as vision. What a wonderful video. Thanks for sharing 👌🏻

[@walkvv]

Many thanks!

[@janeallen1272]

Utterly fascinating thank you xjx

[@J.Marrs76]

Love it !! Superb quality. Although I thought the was police boxes on every London bridge with x2 policemen questioning each 'poor' person why they wanted to enter the 'richer' side.

[@jack1428]

Well I'd take this over today's version everytime.

[@jenny2tone]

Really? Then you would also have to take the higher crime rate, rampant diseases, shortened lifespan and filth and no health care system.

[@brianmorley7165]

You are bloody joking what an awful depressing place lifespan fifty if you were lucky

[@TaxingIsThieving]

@@jenny2tone What's the difference?

[@shaunflavour6366]

​@jenny2tone74 definitely wasn't a higher crime rate. Murder was unusual back then, even during Jack the ripper

[@jenny2tone]

@shaunflavour6366 lol no it wasn't

[@chrisfox2890]

How accurately this depicts London we'll never know, but the graphics are incredible!!

[@jimmycrosby]

Reminds me very much of my childhood in 1960's Newcastle Upon Tyne.

[@Clem_Fandango11]

Are those horses ULEZ compliant.

[@tomten2539]

Awsome! Just what Ive allways waited for. Just make it interactive with options such as contracting cholera or embarking on a ship bound for Bombay...

[@SStupendous]

London had had their last major epidemic of cholera in 1854, and it died with a fight in 1866 right as the sewers were getting finished... at least you're less likely to catch it here than a decade or two earlier, I'd still not drink the Thames water in any time period

[@Stand663]

Good video. Very cleverly done.👍

[@tashpetersen1939]

This feels like I walked into a children's novel.

[@andreajacksonsmithjacksons2502]

Really love this, makes you feel like you’ve stepped back in time

[@CosmicTaco333]

Excellent vid. I wonder what the numerous smells must have been like in that era.

[@danganbeg7225]

Everyone smelled of horseshite.

[@Utubestolemylife]

Horse dung, tobacco, coal smoke and sweat would probably hit us most if we went back suddenly.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

@@Utubestolemylife To those who like horses (everybody in those days) the smell of stables and of horse manure and urine is pleasureable, as is the smell of motor oil to a car enthusiast

[@Utubestolemylife]

@@CharlesWhite-j4f I agree - I used the non-judgy word, dung, for that reason. I love stable and old car and motorcycle smells.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

@@Utubestolemylife 👍👍 Acquired taste/smells which modern apartment-dwelling city folk cannot understand

[@peterj.7671]

I wonder what the 19th century equivalent of the The Verve's song 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' would be 😀. Excellent and exciting application of gaming technology to visualisiing history. Well done!

[@carltaylor6452]

Judging my the position of that Bridge to St Paul's, I'd say it was more likely Southwark Bridge than London Bridge, which wasn't built until 1913.

[@a.c.4732]

I initially thought Southwark too , simply because of the cut-ins / seating areas But Southwark Bridge dips down and into The City , whereas this one sort of exited level . Or maybe I'm being too picky . There's a big gantry bridge to his right running alongside the bridge he's crossing Blackfriars maybe ? Whatever , its a fascinating piece of work

[@Lana.S.Boyd49]

​@@a.c.4732 I agree. Blackfriars, however, I missed the Blackfriar pub, which is very distinctive, unless it wasn't built then? I need to check.

[@mirandacloy3011]

Thanks for this. A true masterpiece!

[@anthonyholdford4041]

5.47 Jack the Ripper, quick grab him.

[@deusvult7559]

I really enjoyed playing Syndicate from beginning to end....I may need to re-visit it. Thanks for sharing

[@malcolmlewis5370]

Brilliant. My Great Grandmother was born in North Woolwich in 1861...What she must have seen

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

She saw a mere fraction of what you have seen. No internet, no tv, no cheap air travel

[@user-Stevez1]

Plenty of river traffic compared to now hardly any now, great video and our old England ❤

[@daisydaisy7532]

Brilliant......lovely to see native people!

[@Phyllida-r7n]

Native? Thats hardly a suitable comment for the most civilised nation of the time. It’s not wrong, just unsuitable and without respect for the nuances of the English language.

[@wecandothiswarriors]

I agree with him

[@danganbeg7225]

​@@Phyllida-r7nThe most civilised nation! They were still raping half the planet at that time. Least civilised you mean

[@alana8863]

Oh do give your bigotry a rest.

[@wecandothiswarriors]

@@alana8863 Why are you so suppressed ? Love your nation!

[@catherinebentley7700]

This is brilliant!

[@JeffMilton-f8v]

Fabulous graphics but... We see him cross London Bridge, from the south of the Thames, which would mean he would have the old church in front of him on his right. We can see The Monument, but the church isn't there.

[@carolevans5285]

Its only from a game , lol what do you expect

[@JeffMilton-f8v]

@@carolevans5285 Yes, but the graphics are excellent. It's just disappointing, when they go to all that trouble, to make such a fundamental mistake.

[@Swan7094]

@@JeffMilton-f8vI thought he crossed Blackfriars bridge?

[@JeffMilton-f8v]

@@Swan7094 Actually, looking at this again, this is supposed to be old Southwark Bridge. You can see St Pauls over to the left as he crosses. However, to the right is a structure that looks, at least to me, like The Monument, which would be visible from London Bridge, I don't know of any similar building by Southwark Bridge.

[@Swan7094]

@@JeffMilton-f8v2:27 when you look to the right you’ll understand why I thought it was blackfriars😅

[@vernhill-wv7pp]

How did they manage to get colour footage from so long ago? Surely it would have been black and white back then.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

Interesting concept. Would have been nice to see what, and where all these places were.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

London Bridge

[@martinward2777]

WoW! Truly Amazing to Watch and have the Feeling of actually Being there. Well Done 👏

[@davidm-1965tb]

Looks better than London today!

[@deckhead33]

You wouldn’t say that if you went back in time 😅

[@juliamacauley7062]

It would smell a lot worse .

[@AthelstansSuccessor]

​@@juliamacauley7062not sure about that

[@mauricelittlewood7369]

Brilliant video, although I didn't get the ending. I was born near Paddington Station in West London, and although the majority of road traffic was by then motorised, there were still a large number of horse-drawn commercial vehicles.