Walking through historic Blackheath and Greenwich

[@wonderful-wafwaf]

The cutty sark you showed is actually not the real ship but a rebuilt model from bew material, as the original was almost entirely burned during a fire around 15 years ago. I live in greenwich

[@elodielehmann]

Very enjoyable to watch, I have learnt some things. I have lived here 16y and I am fascinated by the rich history of Greenwich/Blackheath

[@thehistoryoflondon]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@simonolsen9995]

This was lovely a walk down memory lane, pointing out all the things I missed 30 years ago, when the Naval College was still Naval, but I was just a gormless kid. I would certainly get more out of a return trip now.

[@thehistoryoflondon]

Thank you. Glad it helped you reminisce.

[@misswomble]

Blackheath Concert Hall, I remember Coolio played here in the late 90s and everyone wanted to go.

[@thehistoryoflondon]

May he rest in peace.

[@hermumness7534]

Thankyou....very informing.

[@thehistoryoflondon]

Thank you. What a lovely part of the world it is there.

[@AidanTaylor-b4m]

Beautiful end shot, can you buy prints like this?

[@thehistoryoflondon]

I think so yes. Greenwich Market would be a good place to start.

[@thechico2112]

That was most enjoyable ... new sub. Wish i could do this in person. Your historical knowledge is well explained. Maybe you could walk with me? haha .. that would be nice! :) Cheers ! , Well deserved .

[@thehistoryoflondon]

Are you in London?

[@thechico2112]

@@thehistoryoflondon That would be on my bucket list. I'm an unfortunate Canuck stuck in God's country, (British Columbia coastal mountains,.. everything NEW and seamingly untouched, much unlike your historic city) Atlas, I am resigned to the knowledge of foregoing any overseas History adventures and enjoying, (getting my fill , so to speak) by other more mobile lovers of history ... such as You. Once again, Thank You so much for your efforts. This old miner's mind & thirst for physical historical evidence was sated.... for a day :)

[@MW-nOttawa]

I'm in Canada - so it's not easy for me to do - but I'd love to try and trace the footsteps of Sir William Walworth - my ancestor - who was Lord Mayor of London twice (1381->) and was the one credited with killing Tyler Wat the rebel leader - saving King Richard II as a boy and being knighted for it. I'm not sure where the Guild is that he was a part of, and I've never seen anything but a picture of his statue - but I find the whole thing very interesting and historically relevant. Imagine if he had not killed Tyler Wat? The consequences of that could be so great as the USA not existing! Would be interesting to flesh out the though experiment of the British Monarch being deposed in the 14th century and what France and other superpowers might have become instead.

[@thehistoryoflondon]

He was a fishmonger and the modern day Company are very proud of his part in suppressing the rebellion.

[@gailspencer4451]

I didn't know Daniel had written a tome on a tour of Britain.....I thought he was just famous for Moll Flanders.

[@thehistoryoflondon]

He was quite prolific as an author - books, pamphlets and more. His Journal of the Plague Year is very good too.

[@gailspencer4451]

@@thehistoryoflondon I am pretty certain he did a stint at Newgate. The writers of his time seemed to be able to carry an intellectual inner life whilst immersed in really nasty stuff. Hogarth interests me, as does Pepys.

[@thehistoryoflondon]

Yes. All three of them, and Johnson too of course, were great observers of the society in which they lived too.

[@gailspencer4451]

@@thehistoryoflondon I am going to cover Ned Ward for Condemned Histories .....thanks for this podcast. I have not been through that neck of the woods in a while and had forgotten how beautiful it is.....

[@jane0206]

I was told that it was called blackhesth because 200 Cornish soldiers were buried there hence the road names liskeard etc is this not true ?

[@thehistoryoflondon]

Sorry for the delayed response. When I was growing up, I was always told it took its name from the Black Death burials there, but the name predates both.

[@mihuhih2186]

extremely boring