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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
@simonolsen9995 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Glad it helped you reminisce.
@misswomble Жыл бұрын
Blackheath Concert Hall, I remember Coolio played here in the late 90s and everyone wanted to go.
@thehistoryoflondon Жыл бұрын
May he rest in peace.
@hermumness75342 жыл бұрын
Thankyou....very informing.
@thehistoryoflondon2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. What a lovely part of the world it is there.
@AidanTaylor-b4m Жыл бұрын
Beautiful end shot, can you buy prints like this?
@thehistoryoflondon Жыл бұрын
I think so yes. Greenwich Market would be a good place to start.
@thechico2112 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Are you in London?
@thechico2112 Жыл бұрын
@@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 Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
He was a fishmonger and the modern day Company are very proud of his part in suppressing the rebellion.
@gailspencer44513 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Daniel had written a tome on a tour of Britain.....I thought he was just famous for Moll Flanders.
@thehistoryoflondon3 жыл бұрын
He was quite prolific as an author - books, pamphlets and more. His Journal of the Plague Year is very good too.
@gailspencer44513 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@thehistoryoflondon3 жыл бұрын
Yes. All three of them, and Johnson too of course, were great observers of the society in which they lived too.
@gailspencer44513 жыл бұрын
@@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.....
@jane02062 жыл бұрын
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 ?
@thehistoryoflondon2 жыл бұрын
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.