Waterloo to Southwark - Most Excellent London History Walk

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[@rob-time]

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Not just you

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@@rucker69 Me too!! :)

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I moved to the London from a foreign country at the age of 17. There is something so enchanting about this city that still keeps be here! I've always loved London, and always will :) Thanks Joolz for reinforcing my love.

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[@bigbadjohn10]

I like that Dickens lived in so many places which is true. I Broadstairs, Kent where he also famously lived there is even a house with a plaque stating that ‘Charles Dickens did NOT live here’

[@janetedwards3445]

Do you still have Victorian Week, where shop keepers dress up , in Victorian Clothes?. Lot of history of Dickens in Broadstairs , Kent.

[@bloochoob]

Lots of streets around my way have streets named after dickens books and characters like Little Dorrit Lane and Copperfield St, Pickwick St

[@bloochoob]

@@janetedwards3445just looked up Broadstairs Dickens Festival, 😊 looks great fun!

[@ianlong2848]

Since retiring 10 years ago I've been doing London walks with my friends using 3 small book guides ( I'm sure you know the ones I mean ) . Somehow , I have found your guides and they have shown me even more information than shown in the excellent books . Please keep up the good work . Your enthusiasm and humour is exactly what is needed in these trying times . Well done that man !!! Old Gold

[@dianapatterson1559]

Tiny addition to your lovely video. At Blackfriars and The Cut, diagonally opposite The Ring Pub, is that modern building which used to be the East India House, part of the British Library. It held all the colonial material about India. It was a wonderful place, both for the good and the bad of the history of colonial India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, but few ordinary people knew of it.

[@noorimeldaelle3403]

Honestly is 1.15 am friday now in singapore i should be sleeping but i feel bored so i watch joolz guide thank u

[@roeng1368]

Excellent. Pity the new buildings have all the charm and charisma of a dead dog.

[@Rogar0]

Lol!!

[@chrisstephens6673]

As much as that, I would have said all the charisma of a modern politician, at least a dead dog was once loved.

[@annother3350]

@@arilebon The phrase is Damp Squib. All living squids are 'damp' somewhat

[@steveallen1635]

I saw that Lonley Planet magazine voted Kingston to Greenwich, along the Southbank, as the second best walk in the world, behind Copacabana beach. I've walk this part of Southwark several times and indeed, it is spectacular!

[@Joolzguides]

Gosh, that would take a while though!

[@steveallen1635]

@@Joolzguides depends and how many pubs you stop at ;)

[@eamonquinn2256]

Kingston to Hammersmith is lovely, about 9 miles, a nice afternoon walk, done it many times. 😊

[@jgeur]

thanks for taking in the kirkaldy museum. as a trained metallurgist this was a surprising and most interesting discovery. especially when the kirkaldy machine is compared to a modern day universal testing machine, how times have changed. i will stop in on my next trip to london. many thanks.

[@keithcheney5343]

Watching Joolz and Simon boosts the morale on a dreary winter Sunday morning.

[@terrybergin4921]

Another great vid ta. My maternal grandmother's family lived in this area from the mid1800s to the mid 1900s. My nan was born in Webber Street off the Cut in 1892. My mum was born in Upper Marsh in 1927. At one time the family had a coal shop in Lower Marsh. My nan said that the shop also had a piano and a snooker table! I was born in St Thomas' but by then the family had a shop near the Oval.

[@TreyC24]

I've been travelling around London with you vicariously while isolated in my home in the USA. I can't wait to cross the pond when this is all over and perhaps book a tour!

[@TreyC24]

I've been to London on a 22 hour layover on my way to Romania. Wasn't nearly enough time.

[@Monkey80llx]

John Groves creepy and mean in one go! Good work! 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

[@intamin9256]

@@johngroves3126 OK so list some...

[@intamin9256]

@@johngroves3126 Lol, typical big talker with nothing to show for it. Move on.

[@intamin9256]

@@johngroves3126 You're the one calling Joolz an amateur. If your knowledge is so great, then tell us what you know that he doesn't. If you can't prove it, that's fine...then stop calling people out.

[@mw...]

This channel is just endless joy

[@BruceLibertine10]

I was visiting London for the third time in a row next April and now I feel extremely sad knowing that I won't be there because of this coronavirus. Thanks, Joolz for uploading these videos. They really cheer me up and surely it happens for a lot of people too.

[@annother3350]

Dont let the Corona virus stop you!! It's only like getting the flu but much less deadly

[@annother3350]

@@cmmartti You've been fearmongered!!! we're coming into spring/summer when it will probably die down and at the moment you're 100X more likely to die of flu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Corona is 16th on the list of viral deaths per day. THERE ARE 16 VIRUSES YOU SHOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT.

[@Coletrainbaby]

Ann Other the reality is this virus is entirely capable of overwhelming our healthcare system. The economic impacts are also huge for many. It is nothing like the flu, the symptoms dont even match. You have been misinformed.

[@annother3350]

@@Coletrainbaby Bullshit. Do some research. Corona is 16th on the list of viral deaths per day. THERE ARE 16 VIRUSES YOU SHOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT.

[@annother3350]

@@cmmartti The Flu kills up to 640,000 people yearly, worldwide. COVID19 so far around 8,000. Stop being a panic merchant. You're not helping

[@MissMellyVee]

Julian, I swear to god, you make me feel like I am walking the tour right there in person, you are the BEST! the fate of those poor 3 gentlemen is very sad, thank god laws have changed and attitudes are also slowly changing for the better....stay safe sweetie with whats happening in our world at present.... I think knocking back a few beers or a few scotches and cokes per day would ward it off this insidious virus... (wishful thinking LOL)....thanks again for this wonderful video xxx

[@PindarMOD]

Lifts my spirits in times of woe and reminds me of the freedom we have all taken for granted.

[@petebratton8999]

I left London to live in Canada in 1979. No regrets, but this channel makes me long for London again. Joolz you deserve a nightnood. Incredibly good in every way. Thank you so much!

[@alessandrobrambilla6620]

Being stuck at home due to the complete lock down here in Bergamo, watching your new video is the perfect way to get some relief...thank you very much, Joolz! This video is great, as usual for you!

[@golddalekwho5944]

I hope you are ok over there 🇮🇹

[@jenngw]

These south of the river videos are giving me life! Thanks!

[@camaro406ss]

I sought out Pepper Street and that particular church door the last time I was in London. Those cottages across the street are amazing. Thanks for highlighting this part of London!

[@veldawells2839]

I often wondered about that ornate Victorian building squashed between modern buildings on Waterloo Bridge Road near Lower Marsh, which you say was a place for storing dead people! I only took a pic of it the other day and wondered about it. Thanks Joolz.

[@Alan_Mac]

Magnificent stuff. Waterloo Bridge is so plain to look at but has, arguably, the best views in London.

[@trevorthompson2737]

Great Video....."But Terry and Julie cross over the river, Where they feel safe and sound" Waterloo Sunset aahh

[@GITNADOIX]

Thanks Joolz. Been waiting for this one. I was born just around the corner from Roupell St on Hatfields back in 1950. We moved from that slum to even worse hovel on Boddys Bridge just down from the OXO factory. It’s mostly gone now. Built over with towering office blocks. Learned a lot I didn’t know about my old hood. Thanks again

[@ObservantHistorian]

I used to live in the old brick Public Library at 8:00. It was then the Waterloo Action Center (don't know what it is now, of course), which was associated with Blackfriar's Settlement, down at the other end of The Cut. There is a flat that takes up the first and second floors, which was shared by a few folks associated with the Action Center. I lived in London for about three years in the late 70s, as a student from a small American Quaker college for hippies, to tell it just as it was! We did mainly internships and field work, rather than traditional classes, I was youth work volunteer for the Settlement, and later spent a couple of years working for a citizens' advice bureau in Bermondsey. I love London. I have never felt as at home anywhere since, before or since. Thanks for these videos!

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

It’s early July 2021! I’m rewatching all of Joolz videos for the 5th time! WOOHOO!!! 🇬🇧🎩🇬🇧🎩 Cheers all

[@M-demo]

Thanks Joolz for posting . I liked many of the highlights Leake Street arches art work looks fantastic and really lovely community memorial plaques and of course The Lord Clyde pub. Cheers!

[@ffrancrogowski2192]

It's so astonishing how many items of interest there are in this Waterloo and local district, Joolz. Totally fascinating places that you uncover in this nineteen minute video. Incredible and many, many thanks for this.

[@jferneley]

Loving your tours. Being trapped in Toronto and not able to come to London this year these make the best next thing. These are great, keep them coming

[@MartinDHayes]

I adore your history walks and commentary! On my bucket list is a trip to the UK, not only to see all these wonderful sites you tell about and trace my ancestors, but to go to your pubs and have a pint of brew! Absolutely love your work! Cheers from the USA!

[@craig374]

You certainly know your stuff. Great vid very interesting

[@AlastairjCarruthers]

Some slight confusion around the Necropolis Railway location there - Leake Street is the site of the *original* terminus, but it later moved to Westminster Bridge Road, where the funeral building shown is located. Bodies wouldn't have been stored at the former site by the time the latter was in use, there are more arches behind that building that served the same purpose after the move. It's interesting to look at this site on Google Earth by the way, because when you find all the many tracks going into Waterloo Station, you'll see that there's a single line that branches off to the East shortly before the station, and ends right behind the Necropolis building. That of course is where the Necropolis Railway platform used to be, until it was damaged and fell out of use during WW2. It's still used as a siding, and I think there are some storage buildings there.

[@devilman1976]

All those railway arches are the ones I examine. I've learnt a few new things and I've been examining them for 6 years.... Thanks Joolz!

[@ericduffield524]

Great video once again! I had to cancel my holiday to London due to CV 😢 I'm hoping to make a trip in the Fall. I can't wait to go to a few of the haunts & pubs you show in your vids. Thank You 🇬🇧

[@MrBiggmartin]

In 1973 I went to a music venue called Under The Arches and saw Spencer Davis group. Very good show. Then entering out in the early hours onto the Embankment was something special.

[@guyswark]

Just found your tours. Love them. Remind me of my childhood. Born in Guys Hospital in Southwark and raised in a bed-sit in Hackney and then a tower block in Walthamstow. To this day the south bank is my favourite part of London.

[@alisonfhamilton]

Thank you so much! This is brilliant! I wish you could gone on longer. I have lived in the area for the past five years but have had connections to it since 1992. I love it but, as I am a walker and thought that I look around as I walk, I am amazed at just how much I have not noticed. As soon as I am no longer having to self isolate, I will explore more closely! I will now play your other London videos while exercising on my stepper but no area will be as meaningful as this one was. Thanks again!

[@Ibis117]

Great stuff. Liked your comment about "old-style" pubs in London. The White Horse, off High Holborn was one like that. I once commented to the landlord about his unusual linoleum, only to be informed that the floor was carpeted. It was black, and shiny. If you spilt beer on it, it formed a puddle. Amazing what decades of beer and cigarette ash can do.

[@warrenslattery8915]

I worked on building Southwark Station in 1996 when I was 16. The material store yard was where the TFL building is now.

[@thebluerunner1022]

I'll be visiting London for the first time in April. I've been binge watching your videos for a month now. Thank you for all the insights, and tips

[@thebluerunner1022]

@@isaiasdelatorre I am. From my understanding the ban is traveling from the UK to the U.S.. But the ban is for 30 days. The ban will be lifted while I'm in the UK. Hopefully nothing happens to where they ban flights to the UK

[@thebluerunner1022]

@Nicky L I heard about the lockdown. Our state department is considering banning international travel. So I'm thinking of coming in June or Sept. I'll be visiting with of the police departments there as well as touristy things.

[@mariellenerder7863]

I had no idea about the Dead Trains... brilliant!

[@niconasbeznas6781]

Keep doing great job, I've learned so much from your guides.

[@josephhill2868]

Ahhhh pip pip tally ho old chap. Another splendid video from his Lordship Sir Joolz.

[@tispete924]

Did not know about Dr. William Sargent connection to the old hospital. He was notorious around the Epsom cluster of hospitals for the mentally ill. Used to commute into Waterloo for decades. So I know the area well. Always liked to walk into the City via Roupell Street and cross Blackfriars Bridge. Old fashioned gentrified terraces now often used as film locations.

[@bellahampton4608]

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to make these vids Joolz, especially in the current crisis. Stay safe!

[@amcalabrese1]

When I lived in London the area around Waterloo station along the river was my younger son’s favorite part of London.

[@simonbiggs9102]

Yet another brilliant episode 👏

[@bmccabe1767]

I was born and brought up around lambeth bridge area. This brought back floods of memories from the first 30 yrs of my life. Excellent stuff . 😀

[@D2theShizzle]

This man's knowledge of London is truly remarkable

[@jamesfahy2935]

I followed a walk in Joolz's book that included the route in this video. The video is very good, following the route with the guide was even better.

[@namgyalchoga4310]

Julian, you’re so musical and are so familiar with classical music … for those classical music nerds among us, I’d love to see something on English composers of history: Morley, Dunstable, (Handel’s operas) and up through the 19th century, if you like! Happy holidays! Regards to your mum!

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

Another super production from 'Londons best tour guide'!

[@kalutty]

Oh, I'd like to thank you for this video. My gf and I went to Britain in 2018 and we stayed at the Steam Engine Pub hostal. Glad to see you were near that places and around the places we walked everyday. We now consider Waterloo (and Lambeth) "our" neighborhood. Lovely place. Thanks.

Great video of places I used to frequent before coming to Australia at 21 in 1974. Like being back there.

[@john1703]

That was/is a spire (it tapers, and has a circular symbol on an OS map). A steeple is simply a tall tower, with a square map symbol. Love it!

[@shaunpierce4174]

I just got home (near Stonehenge) from a fab weekend in London, every time I'm there I keep an eye out for you, your videos are fascinating.

[@cbarnett2112]

Brilliant! Another wonderful stroll with Joolz! So glad to see people are still getting outside in London. Here in the US, things are shutting down to avoid the virus. Not fun. Thanks again for another great vid! Made my Sunday! Take care and stay safe and healthy!

[@julieshrive3198]

I was there a few weeks ago on way to Thames Delta .On the way visited excellent Bowie Exhibition at Festival Hall & Mike Nelson at Hayward - Extinction Rebellion! !

[@susanropars2315]

What a nice treat today!! Thank you so much Julian for these videos. Love them!! I can hear my favorite Kinks song in my head.

[@sunnystrickland1876]

Thank you Julian for the amazing video! When I got the notification that a new video was posted, cooking and housework had to be put on hold lol. I've actually been binge watching all of your videos and learning so many fascinating facts about London. I will be attending the University of Westminster in the Fall, and I'm looking forward to seeing all the historical places highlighted in your videos, especially Marylebone. Keep up the amazing work!

[@Pierlover]

I remember seeing A Flea in Her Ear at the Old Vic. I often went there when I was at school - it was the National Theatre at the Old Vic then. I used to buy restricted view seats for 2/6. Among other things I saw Othello a few times with Olivier and Maggie Smith. I once waited at the stage door to get a an autograph from Olivier but he just swept out into a taxi looking more like a bank manager than a famous thespian.

[@annother3350]

At school they took us to the Young Vic just along the road

[@simonwood5587]

I worked at the young Vic mid 80’s running the bar / restaurant. Watching this brings back memories. Horrible area happy not to go back lol.

[@Pierlover]

@@simonwood5587 It was a horrible area in the the 60's as well!

[@iheggis86]

“We better not film over there”... 😏heads towards topless women 😂😂😂

[@angiebolton-cox1490]

I'm a London girl, now living on the Isle of Wight. Thanks for taking me back. There used to be a great cafe as you exit the station to the right. During the day it was a cafe, but in the evening it was a Thai restaurant. Wonder if its still there.

[@cbarnett2112]

Hey Joolz! Re-watched the Pitcairn video yesterday and it is truly amazing! Congrats on the well over a million views! Well deserved to be sure. It's still shocking to see the difficulties that you experienced and survived. Wow!

[@aremegoso]

A Calm Sunday afternoon to you too Joolz!

[@chancebrown614]

Roupell Street was also used as a filming location, for Call the Midwife, and the Tom Hardy Kray Twins biopic "Legend".

[@heatherwhittaker6169]

Thank you so much Joolz.I love all of your videos.Well I love England and I'm supposed to spend my 6 months starting end of May...all the best.

[@markbarker6739]

If you follow the orange lamp posts from Southwark station you end up at the tate modern it was done to stop people getting lost trying to find it when it first opened.the big building opposite the station is tfl head offices also home to all items linked with taxis (licences for taxi drivers are done there)and the transport police have all the cameras from every tube station linked to it so if anything happens they can get someone there quickly. I worked there on security in 2014.

[@emilywarner7707]

Great vid as usual-lots of memories from staying near there. Now a few facts:fire dogs=andirons(thing in fireplace to put logs on). Steeple holds the bell-spire pointy part on steeple. Thanks again for the great memories

[@dianayoung2107]

Thanks, Joolz, for so lovingly educating us on Old Londinium :-))

[@janebaker966]

Recently found your films. I'm going to watch a lot now actual travel is verboten (but it's winter anyway). My ancestors John and Catherine Roupell are buried in the churchyard of St John's. I've seen their big flat stone. That church does a lot of work for the Homeless so there's always a few unfortunate looking people there. On the day I visited Roupell St area the BBC were filming a period drama there. My friend found out that quite a few of the houses are now the London pied de terre for out of town MPs as it's convenient for Westminster.

[@lorie1482]

Thx Joolz. Was there all last year love. I’m pissed that I can’t be there now😡 But I shall return.......One of these days😌😕😉😷 Stay safe please darling. We need you 👍👍👍

[@vilstef6988]

Ray Davies's song Waterloo Sunset inspired by Waterloo Station. Really beautiful song!

[@annother3350]

it aint paradise!

[@johnjacob8519]

....My Grandfather and Grandmother Jacob, raised a family of 14 kids, in Mason St. at the turn of the 1900's. they both died there. I remember the Globe pub, The Elephant and Castle, also the Victory local

[@pano360]

OMG, your videos are always amazing and delightful. I had to laugh at the exposition in the book about "The Cut" it was both horrifying and hilarious lol

[@p51nion]

You're The Man as usual Joolz. I go back and re-watch these often. Always see something I missed the first time. Best stuff on KZbin, my opinion.

[@larrysimon1]

Great Vid ..............of Beautiful LONDON. Well Done Joolz

[@colinp2238]

The best thing about these vids is that it gives me an idea of places to go in London when I'm at a loose end. I live in Harlington (Hayes) and need to get out in the summer now I'm getting older.

[@jw9939]

Yeeaahh! Happy sunday with a little London tour! Thanks Joolz!

[@tiggiegillespie4356]

Another great video, you make them so interesting. I like how you find these little obscure museums that I would not of known otherwise.

[@johnbarnes888]

One of your best vids there Mr Joolz. Packed full of interesting factoids and also kudos to the way it was shot. Thank you.

[@scottkerrison2913]

Love this one I was based in Whitehall and the MoD had us living in the Union Jack Club in Waterloo so love the area

[@LordBrillo]

It's funny, on 15. March I left for home after having had a wonderful weekend in London together with my daughter. Like it!

[@MrDavey2010]

Really interesting.

[@chrisbanks5925]

Outstanding.

[@manctube2024]

So much history. great videos. Many Thanks......

[@evancortez2]

In dark times like this videos like this offer a very welcome respite from all the stress and worry - Thanks Joolz!

[@Wokerati]

I love this ! Encourages me to rediscover London ! Excellent work !

[@SidBonkers51]

Another slice of old London, cheers Joolz.

[@veldawells2839]

Thanks Joolz. I work in Lambeth area and walk to there from Southwark station next to TfL building. I'm not local to area, but found your tour a real eye opener. Thoroughly enjoyable. Think I will be taking more lunch breaks outside to investigate the local area and its history.

[@odem5856]

What a wonderful introduction into the London's art world. And the soundtrack is magnificent. Thank you so much for that.

[@feiwong70]

Thanks very much. Your videos are the closet to London that I can get to right now. I just missed Dublin, London & Paris in April due to covid-19 :(

[@johnosborne7693]

Just brilliant as usual, thanks so much.

[@jonphelps3638]

Brilliant guide Joolz. I can see my office and Kings Head been in. 😃

[@577AS]

I visit London once a month (sometimes twice if from work too) and it’s something I’ve really been missing. I had a trip planned for last Saturday which was cancelled. These videos are amazing! I’ve learnt so much about the streets and buildings I’ve walked past numerous times. The Mayfair one in particular! Thanks Joolz.

[@Glennsphotography1968]

just started watching you because a friend said about you. I photography London and your video's help. I will watch them all. Thanks

[@1mystica]

Hello Julian, Thank you so much for your most interesting videos! I had the pleasure of visiting London in May of 2018 and was astounded by it's beauty and history. My grandparents are from the UK, and I felt so at home when I came to visit. Every time I watch your tours I begin to miss this beautiful city. Thanks again for all your amazing knowledge and humour! xo Lesly

[@andymcginty3503]

I was due to fly NZ to London next week but alas not to be, will have to wait for another time, in the meantime it is good to have these videos to watch. I love London, have been there many times and explored many back streets and pubs, keep up the good work Joolz