What's under London? London’s Forbidden Underworld

[@roderickjoyce6716]

Tip: if you're making a video about underground remains in London, try not to include the Roman Bath in Bath which is neither underground nor in London.

[@madyottoyotto3055]

They didn't

[@nickthelick]

​I think they meant during the intro. London was being spoken about whilst showing images of Bath. At about 3min 35secs or so... ​@@madyottoyotto3055

[@nigel9427]

@@madyottoyotto3055 - They did. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ_CgaqwmJaasLs 0.43

[@zakdank]

@@madyottoyotto3055 They did. They also included images of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

[@TayWoode]

@@zakdankhaha I was looking for that comment, this seems like a teenager got an AI to make it and didn’t check coz they didn’t know much about it either

[@evabarabas1784]

I just love how at 0:44 in the intro, and then again at 3:32, talking about all the Roman ruins found in London we get a beautiful shot of the Roman Baths in Bath UK. There is only a few hundred miles between them after all...

[@samking7213]

We can't let a few hundred miles get in the way of a good story 😂

[@Johnketes54]

Thank you for that, Because I was wondering how I missed that? Bath is the only one I know of because of legionare disease decade's ago

[@glennismade]

I wouldn't say a few hundred. It's only just over 100. It's about 114 miles depending on where in London and where in bath you go. So, a few hundred is wildly overstating it.

[@t1n4444]

This film is rubbish. Not to mention poorly researched.

[@evabarabas1784]

@@glennismade You are right, of course. But still, it is not exactly a part of London. :)

[@davidmccann9811]

Something else under London are many of my old toys that I buried in the garden or just lost among the flower beds.They include several plastic soldiers and Lego bricks, Dinky cars and an action figure of Evel Knieval. Depth is about 6 inches.

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Lol, That's going to have future archeologists scratching their heads!!❤😅

[@PaulHoneywood]

And?

[@kanedaku]

I never got to bury any toys, my mum wouldnt let me dig with my toy spade. Also my intense sleuthing makes me think we are the same age. Teddy Ruxpin?

[@PaulHoneywood]

@@considerallthat3310 And?

[@dariuszgontarek4827]

My garden is also full of artefacts left there by previous occupants over past 100 years. Once I digged out Adidas shoe from 80s😂

[@peterseissler]

I'm from NY, I was in the London this past April, I read about the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, so I walked both directions, it was truly amazing, since it was built in 1902!

[@Saffron-sugar]

1902 is like yesterday for London

[@Pooter-it4yg]

Bazalgette estimated the useful lifespan of his sewage system at around 150 years - we're past that point by now and, despite upgrades, it remains the core of the modern system and maintaining it is a struggle. His descendant invented the reality TV concept. Ironic therefore, that one Bazalgette made his name and fame by pumping effluent out of people's houses and another made his name and fame by pumping effluent in...

[@sonnylambert4893]

Wonderful comment!!!😂

[@DAPSGDP]

💎

[@fifteentimes]

That's hilarious, both ends of the family seem to have made a business out of total, utter crap

[@Bradley-p4i]

Brilliant!

[@cellshaded]

@@fifteentimes Both ends is an excellent pun here.

[@RobertHatfull-df4ch]

Back in the 90s i was working in london renovateing an old shop cellar there was an iron gate and bars on a window and the gate was open in my lunch hour me and my work mate explored what was down there it was a massive brick lined tunnel and every old shop had 8 steps going down into the tunnel and it had a channel bout two feet wide on the right hand side as drainage me and my work mate walked 20 minuites and still never found the end of it we noticed every old shop that had a cellar had a door into the tunnel too .

[@JohnChambers-p5k]

Use some commas.

[@scousebikers]

Bellend ​@@JohnChambers-p5k

[@leeadams4087]

You forgot full stops. Grammar nazi 😆

[@a760541]

Last time I was in London I just couldn't find the subways or railroads. I found the underground & railways quite easily.

[@AlisonHersey-bi2bg]

Lol, Think they were talking about a New London based in America!!! Didn't know we suddenly are all American citizens, perhaps we should write to the passport office to enquire if we need a new passport and green card for work or travel abroad

[@carolined5923]

There are some called subways in specific uk places 😅 but not all are called subways.

[@liammcnally2409]

@@carolined5923the only subway I know in the UK gives me a 6 inch meatball marinara

[@yoips4059]

We call them trains here… we don’t say railroad much ahaha

[@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire]

​@@liammcnally2409Glasgow Subway also Glasgow Underground.

[@HistoryHunter3000]

I worked 5yrs on utilities in London and I can tell you things that I know no one else knows about ,one cellar I discovered whilst digging in a duct for the shard in London Bridge would blow your mind . Buried forever ,nothing slowed up that job .

[@ek8710]

was there anything cool inside or signs of access from properties above?

[@HistoryHunter3000]

A hole about 500 opened up to a dark stone building ,I wanted to get in but was stopped just in case gas was trapped inside ,I saw lots of rotten clothe about 8" of water and some real old bottles with flared lips ,we said at the time it looked a pub cellar well forgotten ,the hole was covered up with spoil we dug out ,the hole appeared on the corner of the trench which allowed us to avoid it .

[@HistoryHunter3000]

@@ek8710 the last amazing place I worked was the Olympic park ,I dug two 90" water pipes through the park and the stuff in the ground there could of filled museums !!

[@ek8710]

@@HistoryHunter3000 I gotta say this hurts to read

[@ianmaddams9577]

I also did a similar job to yourself. And I also found and unearthed strange things . Lost rivers and all manor of basements and relics of the past . It’s amazing what’s under our feet

[@Ian-bq7gp]

London and its history is a must visit. The stations were so deep and well built that my mother was one of the children who sheltered there during the blitz.

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

So did my grandchildren..

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

​@DotH.Did she get up the junction????

[@brexitgreens]

So deep that it turned your mother into a child. That's really deep indeed.

[@Sharon_Mc]

​@brexitgreens They obviously mean , when their mother was a child during WWII

[@Sharon_Mc]

🇬🇧 the remains of the Roman Amphitheatre in Canterbury is within the city wall

[@patricialong5767]

I've been studying the history of London from across the pond for nearly 70 years. (my life span). I am always fascinated by what they find!!! The Romans were amazing!!!

[@stemster972]

Nah the Romans were Evil

[@favesongslist]

There a lot more underground not mentioned in this video

[@nesanesa9547]

Is there a part 2 ?

[@nesanesa9547]

Shame on water management in uk today...

[@renegade-master29]

​@nesanesa9547, yes, part 2 will be released on June 12th thanks for watching. We hope you liked and subscribed

[@waynetill8996]

London's original name is londinium not londonium 🇬🇧sorry just saying . Great video though

[@c.ladimore1237]

very informative video, but that little nitpick was irking me as well.

[@al3k]

It's an AI generated voice-over...

[@Marthawendy-sz2mk]

@@c.ladimore1237maybe you should get out a bit more

[@c.ladimore1237]

@@Marthawendy-sz2mk ah yes the classic ad hominem logic.

[@Dooguk]

@@al3k It isn't, it's just an awful script read by someone who isn't very knowledgeable

[@craigcuthbert8512]

Londinium is the historical name for London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. Founded by the Romans around AD 43 during their conquest of Britain, it was strategically located on the north bank of the River Thames. Londinium quickly grew into a significant commercial and administrative center, becoming one of the largest cities in Roman Britain by the early 2nd century with a population of around 30,000 to 60,000. The Romans built numerous structures, including a bridge over the Thames, a defensive wall (the London Wall), a basilica, an amphitheater, and public baths, contributing to its well-planned streets and public buildings. However, Londinium began to decline in the 3rd century due to economic difficulties and increasing barbarian invasions, and by the early 5th century, the Roman administration had withdrawn from Britain, leaving Londinium largely abandoned. The modern city of London retains deep roots in its Roman past, with many streets following the original Roman layout and archaeological sites revealing its ancient heritage. The remnants of the London Wall are a significant reminder of the city's Roman origins, highlighting Londinium's crucial role in the Romanization of Britain and its legacy in the development of modern London.

[@CharacterBidgood]

I'd love to explore underground London.

[@mnj640]

There's no need to watch it now Craig😂

[@elvisponari3481]

You forgot lunden and lundenwick. And other older names

[@ken440]

prior to your founding date it was city of Lud.

[@EnnayXIX]

@@elvisponari3481 He was speaking in context of Roman Britain, not Anglo-Saxon. Read the date, genius. 43 BCE, not 7th century CE

[@ronwilson9815]

London doesn't have any sidewalks, just pavements!

[@DuncanMcCreadie-bw5hv]

Great comment, as a Londoner born and bred, I detest people using words that do not apply here in the UK such ‘sidewalks’. ‘Pavements’ were introduced into our language since Roman times two thousand or more years ago not since 1600!

[@ohasis8331]

@@DuncanMcCreadie-bw5hv Begs the question of who wrote the script.

[@ballygarran]

@@DuncanMcCreadie-bw5hv strollers instead of pushchairs. The Americanism of English is beyond annoying now.

[@mickc7388]

Subway for the Underground, another annoying term.

[@yeahisaidthat3008]

Wow you guys triggered much? 😂 Here in the US we say words that are used in the UK for the fun of it! It’s bloody entertaining!

[@SpartacusPlanktonpants]

Rivers full of sewage and politicians who only address a problem when it begins to affect them personally. It all sounds very familiar 😕

[@TraceyGrainger]

😂

[@JohnnyX50]

I thought the very same thing! Still happening to this day 😅

[@madyottoyotto3055]

Familiar the most modern equivalent has just opened And nope they didn't do this for themselves Labour should have done it in the last sitting Left that long by the time the paperwork came through labour still blamed the cons Age old tale just like how they run the NHS down last time The cons have plowed money into the NHS But because of the state of it when labour had it it's all being spent on infrastructure because lots of hospitals including my local one are 25 years overdue We now have a new one being built Lots of other examples of this We need a new party these two just know they can do what they like Send the message don't vote either

[@Liz-yz3md]

Department stores in the 1960s still used that form of pneumatic capsule travel. So your bill would come down from the department you'd shopped in to the main desk downstairs

[@badmammajamma5929]

Yes ! I remember getting my school uniform in Arding and Hobbs and the system was in operation then

[@clovermark39]

First place I worked at had a pneumatic system in 1976.

[@JoanMurray-j5y]

I worked in 2 hospitals in Vancouver,Canada in the 1980's with tubes for drugs,lab specs and documents

[@cz8189]

Foyles was still using it into the 80's....

[@australiantruckspotting8883]

They had one of these at a Caterpillar dealership that I worked at in the 80s. We thought it was pretty cool back then.

[@geo665]

So the Metro Railway was proposed in the 1930s, a test run was built at Kibblesworth in 1955, and then, two years later, in1861, it was filled up. Am I the only one seeing a problem with this?

[@eddiewillers1]

Not only that, there was a cholera outbreak in 1953 that killed 15,000!

[@BootShootBoogie]

AI generated documentary script …. Killing KZbin imo

[@Jablicek]

@@BootShootBoogie Ah, thanks for the heads up. AI content farm rubbish is just the worst. Edit: AI narration, too. You know the voice but it's just a bit off.

[@AndriyValdensius-wi8gw]

I tend to turn off the sound entirely. The AI narration is deeply irritating.

[@rebekahtaylor6142]

Yep, 22 minutes in and this is where I switch off. It’s a pity as it had potential. Constant Americanisms and factual errors don’t make for a good documentary about London. Fortunately, there are other documentaries on this topic presented by real (not AI) English people who know what they’re talking about.

[@odyssey_healing_journey]

Thames Tideway was my dad's idea. He created the original design and oversaw the beginning. He retired a while ago now so won't be involved in the completion. Bazalgette is his hero. Pronounced ba--zell-jet

[@leisti]

My mom invented the jet airplane.

[@TheLondonForever00]

The Doodlebug bomb was named after my nan. It's because she went like a bomb and exploded very often after the pub

[@fredMplanenut]

Establish what version of English to use, then check and confirm the information, then publish!

[@c.ladimore1237]

there are so many weird date facts that do not add up. e.g. @29:37 you say in 1953 cholera killed 15000 people but then @29:45 you say the problem wasn't delt with until 1858... there are several such inconsistencies. please review thoroughly before posting or you risk losing viewers due to easily fixed errors.

[@RIZFERD]

True, I noticed that too.. 1800 but sounded 1900

[@charlesdunfield3715]

The only thing about history that I am sure about is that we have been lied to about almost everything The dates, cataclysms, resets. and the calendar itself

[@badmammajamma5929]

All of it is what they want us to know.

[@Mr.Grimsdale]

@@charlesdunfield3715 I am in the belief that all the things they claim were built by the romans, actually weren't.

[@thomasdjrasta]

This entire channel is an AI generated content farm by the looks of it dude.

[@TheDramacist]

It's weird how buildings built on the surface gradually end up under ground. Not just a little, but far under.

[@chattybubbatv]

You should jump down the Mud Flood & Tartaria rabbit hole...could be a theory . ...

[@Jaguar_Avro]

@@chattybubbatv No, Buildings are found underground due to dead organic matter such as leaves and sticks decomposing and becoming soil and raising the ground by a few millimetres a year, you can see this phenomena on old footpaths where the less trodden areas to the side are slowly covered by soil.

[@FairbrookWingates]

@@Jaguar_Avro Gravestones as well. Especially the ones set flat on the ground; you can see them becoming 'embedded' in the ground over time.

[@Edithae]

​@@FairbrookWingates Also, foundations of buildings and other heavy structures can subside over time.

[@brexitgreens]

Ancient Greeks must have also pondered about it and come to the conclusion that underground is the kingdom of the dead. Not simply because we bury the dead in soil but because antiquities of all kinds are found underground.

[@meldavis1877]

Great fire of London was not in 1566 but 1666, still an interesting video full of facts,thankyou.

[@noneofyourbizness]

30:30 Bazelgette is pronounced 'Basil jet' (the engineer behind sewer system)

[@marymactavish]

It's not Bazalgette?

[@paulhaynes8045]

'his' pronunciations are all over the place - American versions in a 'British' accent, and oddities like 'canal' being pronounced in two different ways just seconds apart. The whole is a mess.

[@Theforestbandit]

Whats above london is more worrying . Auto thefts , Muggings, Pick pockets. Stabbings, Drugs, Gun crime, Drive by Shootings and Murder.

[@df71091]

Acid attacks too

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

😢😢😢😢😢 And the crime minister and the house of conmens....

[@dorkbrandon4422]

Subterranean London is much safer than above ground

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

Not london Ohio, london England, England no mass gun ownership LESS than 500 SHOOTINGS a year, USA mass gun ownership 120,000 men women and children shot every year....was the second amendment the biggest mistake in american history ??????...

[@fullsendmarinedarwin7244]

English are the minority in London now

[@GrowCoin]

Underneath London lies a fascinating network of hidden and forgotten places, including: 1. Roman London: Ancient ruins of the city known as Londinium, with remnants like the Roman amphitheater beneath the Guildhall and the Roman baths at Billingsgate. 2. The London Underground: The world’s first underground railway system, with abandoned stations and tunnels no longer in use. 3. Secret Bunkers: WWII bunkers like the Churchill War Rooms, and the deep-level shelters built to protect civilians and government officials during air raids. 4. Rivers and Sewers: The River Fleet and other subterranean rivers, as well as the intricate Victorian sewer system designed by Joseph Bazalgette. 5. Catacombs and Crypts: Hidden burial sites like the catacombs under the West Norwood Cemetery and the crypts of various churches, including St. Bride’s Church. These layers of history reveal a rich and complex past, often overshadowed by the bustling city above.

[@plotholedetective4166]

Don't forget gringotts wizard bank, its a cultural pillar of the wizard society.

[@t1n4444]

Plus there are surfaced roads following the Strand not so deep beneath the roads and pavements. There are numerous junctions all controlled by normal traffic lights. I was working under a building in Aldwych on the Strand side and it was amazing to see green traffic lights disappearing into the distance going towards Trafalgar Sq. Ever now again there were huge iron bars gates protecting the sub basements of the buildings above. The roadways were two lane and you could have driven a single decker bus along the roads. These roads weren't really tunnels but sort of cut and cover. There were tunnels below these for the Tube and services but much, much deeper. A lot of the old redundant Tube stations were still used for PO exchanges. Where I worked we'd sometimes get a request from PO engineers working many feet below London somewhere (they never said and we never asked) to bung a feed of Capital Radio on a spare tie line of which there were many hundreds. Tie lines were simply identified with a alpha numeric. We didn't have the register and the PO would have kept them confidential to themselves I suppose these blokes were working for Post Office Trunks who serviced the inter city circuits. Either that or the old copper twisted DF circuits, probably all replaced by glass these days. That was in the pre Gorbachev Cold War days when I were but a lad.

[@andrewwhitehead7463]

I may be wrong, but isn't the "ancient Roman ruins" at 0:45 actually Bath?

[@richardsmith579]

Yes, there are many inconsistencies in this film so don’t use it as a true record.

[@clovermark39]

There are also Roman ruins at Bath and a lot of other places including Leicester.

[@Thebyeman]

Spotted this too. Time to watch something else.

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

​@@clovermark39and in rome

[@katherinewilmot2172]

Ancient Roman ruins are all over Britain

[@_blasfemy]

typically i'm annoyed that narrators show their face during videos. with the advent of AI teaching us now, i kinda want a narrator to show their face. being taught misnomers by robots is far more annoying

[@TomGodson95]

I agree, I hate those automated voices let alone this 😂

[@dejaliloquy]

Agreed

[@lolololol9780]

This is hes real voice

[@derekrutledge6599]

Amen- but careful what you wish for- in very short time A.I. narrators with faces will be indistinguishable from a real person

[@uksanddancer]

This is not AI 😂 it's a natural voice get your facts right before preaching.

[@christinebrassey7877]

I had a good giggle when he/AI mentioned Thames Water. Thames Water don't have a fully comprehensive plan of where their high pressure water mains are located. Many years ago I reported a water leak in a semi rural area in Essex. Thames Water did send someone out to investigate, and I was told it was surface water due to the recent rain. Bearing in mind that the water rising to the surface was in the middle of a horserider and pedestrian track, and the inclination of the track was quite steep. Obviously, the 'investigating' person checked if there were any water mains in that area. Apparently, there was none. However, it was my opinion that surface water does not appear in the middle of a steep gradient. A couple of days later the track bulged and collapsed leaving a rather large hole with water pouring out. It flooded the lower area of a SSSI to swamp like conditions. But, hey ho! I was the only one who reported it!

[@JimboXX78]

Footpath / bridleway?

[@D0DG3R]

If they said they had no mains pipes there what do you expect them to do lol they won't just do as you please and sort water out that's just appearing without a pipe, doesn't work like that.

[@lengraves2556]

Being born in London Its history is so fascinating. Well, done. You as they say never know what goes on beneath your feet when walking through London. Thank you.

[@Brennygyms]

I’ve worked under the underground installing some electrical systems. Spookiest, creepiest and most eery place I’ve ever been. Gives me the shivers just thinking about it

[@Englishsea24]

Is that well paid?

[@WayneFawcett-v1h]

Your voice made me fall asleep. seriously! i didn't even know I was tired. I'm not complaining it as a nice nap and i rewatched what I missed.

[@user-im2te2fg9y]

its an AI voice on an ai channel

[@WayneFawcett-v1h]

@@user-im2te2fg9y You're an AI voice on an AI channel! And so's your Dad!

[@seano4977]

You're talking about London but you use the words sidewalks and freeways?

[@Dooguk]

It's a USA based channel using an A.I. voice for narration that sounds English.

[@clovermark39]

Says it’s a Voice over but Kent Bleazard.

[@Dooguk]

@@clovermark39 So he's reading a script written by an American using American phrases. Still sounds wrong.

[@Phyto.]

The entire script and narration is AI

[@Dooguk]

@@Phyto. The narration is by Kent Bleazard,a British voiceover actor living in France. I heard no mispronunciation of words, only names of US origin being used in place of English names, which seemed out of place to me.

[@seekwisdom7757]

One of the best videos recommended for me :-Thank you youtube !!!! Perfect subject : an ode to London / history/ engineering marvels of innovative geniuses/ loads of special moments & places which should be better known &well presented, I'm sharing the link & subscribing to the channel

[@frederickclements2647]

No sidewalks only pavements in the uk and we use miles not kilometers. Baselgette is pronounced Basiljet

[@noneofyourbizness]

29:38 " In 1953..." Should of course be 1853. (Cholera outbreak)

[@lancerevell5979]

As to the ship HMT Empire Windrush, wiki says: "In 1948, Empire Windrush, which was en route from Australia to Britain via the Atlantic, docked in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, to pick up servicemen who were on leave. The British Nationality Act 1948, giving the status of citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC status) to all British subjects connected with the United Kingdom or a British colony, was going through parliament, and some Caribbean migrants decided to embark "ahead of the game". " So she did sail from Australia, but not directly to England. She took the scenic route. 😅

[@JimboXX78]

Being a ship of German origin, presumably she also sailed from Germany. Why no mention of that?

[@Ducati368]

Let's open these underlevel shelters to home those homeless people in London! Instead of let them empty!

[@stacyharris4824]

The government doesn't give a dam about homeless people . They're More concerned with foreigners

[@YochevedDesigns]

Neverwhere is one of my favorite books. "London Down Below."

[@roderickjoyce6716]

Neverwhere is more accurate than this video.

[@vlarhellar]

Some of the stated dates are 100 years out. For instance, when discussing the thames: 1953 is stated for a cholera outbreak, then in the next breath 1861 parliament approves sewer. The former date is wrong. Should have been 1853.

[@gookazade1]

We put remote cameras under Fleet Street in mid 00’s to survey it and look for blockages. Bit weird seeing fish swimming under a road.

[@magaripoa]

London. Built 3780 years ago. Time to wake up...😢

[@nmarks]

Around about ten past eight in the evening.

[@alexandraferia9397]

​@@nmarks Naughty! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@cristeaadrian7419]

Who lived at that time in London? Normands, saxons, nibelungs, vikings or other populations?

[@chadUCSD]

Norman's are from 1086 on. (With William the Conqueror) Vikings would be from the 1200s. Saxons at varying piint from 9th century on really.

[@nigelskelchy]

Weren’t those the Roman baths in Bath? When the narrator said “ancient Roman ruins?”😅😊 and what is under London? 😂 NEV3RWHERE but great video

[@angelasmithson5291]

Lovely video, thoroughly enjoyed it!! Fab narration - interesting facts with a beautiful soothing voice!!😇God Bless You.

[@richardsmith579]

Very good, but you often get whole centuries wrong and for anyone unaware of the facts this must be confusing.

[@FlemmingErnst]

Way more informative than I'd thought, and very interesting. Fast and to the point. Thanks a lot ReYOUniverse.

[@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire]

Quite a lot of the information is incorrect.

[@MrSpikebender]

I believe you have unwittingly unearthed the history of the British genre of Ska with the Jamaican refugees that stayed in the bunkers and settled in Brixton

[@mm221163]

i have a little green light in my head that goes on when i hear the truth and it just did

[@kalleklp7291]

Amazing content. I never realized how fascinating this stuff is.

[@Guiscardo777]

Saxon buildings did not endure through time not due to 'wars' but because they were little more than huts ! :D

[@JustMe-s6s4m]

There is a difference between a melting pot of cultures and a cesspool of cultures. The difference is visible in the outcome.

[@digitalimager4946]

Pavement not sidewalk.

[@jaywalker3087]

Artistic licence not pedants...

[@clovermark39]

Pathway?

[@Jennifer-ep1sr]

Footpath in 🇦🇺

[@Dooguk]

Time for a UK legal definition... A footway (pavement) runs alongside a carriageway (i.e. a road), a footpath is located away from a carriageway.

[@ultra_marcus]

One of the many clues it's an AI voice.

[@Canigetanawwwwyyyyeeeah]

The pneumatic messenger part of London was very interesting. Need a segment just on that itself!

[@MichaelCampin]

If you are talking about the tube, why show video of US tubes or the DLR.

[@yoips4059]

They think we Americans are stupid and can’t comprehend the actual tube ahah

[@edwardsaunders5419]

the immigrant (windrush) came from the west indies not australia

[@davidmccann9811]

The Windrush was travelling from Australia to England. It stopped in Jamaica to pick up some British soldiers.

[@Deines7]

Thanks to Windrush people who made London Great Again! 🇯🇲

[@CaseyBerard-qv6bi]

Yeah ok

[@chadUCSD]

The ship set sail from Autralia and took the long route round stopping off in Komgston Jamaica to pick up troops but also allowed migrants on board too.

[@patricialong5767]

The mail rail was all new to me, How interesting!

[@chrisjames7803]

No mention of the buried temple of Mythras which is under the Bloomberg building..

[@kylejackson1392]

I found this video very interesting .

[@polygamous1]

What an amazing documentary of a Brillant city very well spoken in an easy-to-understand language even for an uneducated me, thanks A MILLION

[@RichieWellock]

I am suprised people still drunk water out of the Thames in 1953 ? fortunately they resolved the mater in 1858. lol

[@chadUCSD]

Via Dr Who and use of the TARDIS...obviously! Lol

[@allenkeith7160]

That underground shelter being re-fitted as a small herb farm I think was actually a useful idea. Why let some of these structures decay and waste? It exists, so certainly some kind of use can be found for it?

[@flybobbie1449]

Pneumatic tubes were common in large stores in the 60's. Accounts on top floor down to tills on lower floors. Think how much cash they had to deal with and security.

[@chadUCSD]

A petrol station I worked in in around 2006/7 still used that system. Took money from tills direct into the safe under the floor in managers office. You'd get a flashing nessage appear on the tills when there was a certain amount if dmcaah in it. It'd tell you yiu needed to print off s receipt and send it through the tubes in the wee plastic tubes with the cash n receipt in it. The till would refuse to work until it got emptied by about 90% of ehatvwas in it n sent through the tube. Ince you'd printed off the receipt thenrill would start to operate properly again. No idea of itsvstill used today in the petrol station or not. But defo was in 06/07

[@flybobbie1449]

@@chadUCSD Sister worked petrol station, they had floor safe behind till. She was held up once by guy with water pistol. Had quite a few footballers, stadium near by and few celebs with stolen cards trying to pay...

[@chadUCSD]

@flybobbie1449 haha a water pistol. Class. Lol. The one I worked in was 24/7. Split into 3 X 8 hr shifts. You'd alternate shifts each week. Night shift you'd need to remember to close n lock off the alcohol fridge/cabinet or you'd inevitably be presented with someone at 2205 inciting they still be able to buy that 4 pack o beers n 'no one will know!' Lol. Or the odd person who'd fill up n drive off without paying. I'd never been held up when working there, though. Had the odd drunk to contend with late at night. Used to be an ESSO when I worked there. It's now an M&S shop inside buy not sure what company the 'petrol' is with, supplied by. Just days M&S on the signage.

[@flybobbie1449]

@@chadUCSD Sister worked 3 or 4 station around Walsall, Great Barr and next to WBA football ground.

[@ZepG]

Thank you for including feet and inches in the captions! I'm a CADD operator working in the US for a big national company. In my 25 years of employment I've only had to translate metric twice lol. In the 70s I remember being told we would switch to the metric system and that never happened.

[@SdH76zhEU]

Its not all in one on top of each other like depicted, but somewhere in the city. But very interesting Doc.!

[@grahamsquared]

Glad to hear David Essex is alive and well. You didn't mention your brave new world, though...

[@jennismith2]

Pneumatic tube delivery systems are used in every US hospital I’ve ever worked in to send lab samples and paperwork around the facility.

[@dcat9558]

😹...In the U.K. I know the Supermarkets! use them, as "money! pods!" from the checkouts!...straight to the back of the store! to a security! room!...& sometimes the "pods" get stuck!got to use "a lawn-blower" type machine to push them out!🤣

[@dcat9558]

😹..U.K..seen that air-system used in Supermarkets!..as "money! pods" from the checkouts!...straight to a security! room! to be counted! & bagged!.. Sometimes, the "pods" get stuck!...& got to use a "lawn-blower" type of machine to "push" them out!😂

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

When I was a kid the grown ups told me and a friend to dig to Australia greetings from Patagonia.....

[@artthoutimelapse7700]

How do things get naturally buried so deep over such a short space of time

[@wilsjane]

Most or the reason is to allow building. The huge shopping center in Wandsworth has the river Wandle underneath. Likewise, the Tyburn ran under the Odeon marble arch. Perhaps the oddest one is the Criterion building in Piccadilly Circus. When electrician removed a few floorboards at a shop on the ground floor to lay a cable. instead of the 2ft gap, it was 500 feet. They were at the top of one of the lift shafts, that formally went down to the Bakerloo line station.

[@Dooguk]

It's was easier to cover things over than it was to rip it up and then have to cart it all away. With the advent of recycling, things have changed and now the materials have value and get used either in that project or elsewhere.

[@wilsjane]

@@Dooguk Now telecoms are changing to fibre, the companies are making a fortune from the scrap copper. In the UK alone, it runs into millions. At first they let the engineers sell the copper for beer money, then they did some maths. LOL

[@Dooguk]

@@wilsjane I know all about recycling copper and lead. Jointing cables was my job for decades. 😉

[@wilsjane]

@@Dooguk Copper cables jointed with lead by pouring it between 2 ladles lasted forever. These new solid core aluminium cables jointed with clamps fail within a few years. Did you ever use the coiled spring jointing method on aluminium. ?

[@RyanForrest1664]

London is genuinely one of the worst places on this planet. It’s funny how people think it represents the U.K. as a whole yet is by far the worst part of it and doesn’t represent the U.K. at all

[@Ozymandi_as]

Gosh, that's damning. London is a collection of places, really, they each have their own characteristics, and many of them are extraordinarily interesting for their unique historic, architectural, artistic or cultural reasons. For the curious and the observant, the city is a treasure trove. At a greater scale, each of the 33 boroughs comprising the city has a different character, be it suburban, historic, modern, ancient, heathland, cultivated, industrial, docklands, riverside, Victorian, Georgian, wealthy, poor, ugly, beautiful, or charming, I could go on and on, the variety is huge. Looking across the entire city, is it perfect? Certainly not, but show me the city that is. Is it crowded? Well, it's busy certainly, but there are many cities built more densely, and London also has an unusually high proportion of green space, in its parks, gardens and public squares; and through its heart runs a great navigable river that for several centuries made London the busiest commercial port in the world. A vast maze of roads twist and bend along the boundaries of fields, farmlands and estates that have not existed for hundreds or even thousand of years. They're narrow and confusing, and often struggle with traffic that was beyond imagining for those who first laid them out. Perhaps they should have been swept away and replaced by a more inteligiblle grid, with wide avenues, ornamental boulevards, and civic monuments at major intersections. But we never had a Napoléon, a Peter, a Franco, a Hitler or similar racist to command the works! On the other hand there is the world's first underground public railway, which grew into one of the most extensive and iconic metro systems, as well as a vast network of suburban railways, befitting of the birthplace of the industrial revolution, moving millions of people around, through and under the city every day, as they go about their lives. Some places you might not go alone at night, but for such a large city, it is surprisingly safe: almost no-one owns a gun, the police are generally unarmed, and although there are some extra places to hang out for anyone hoping to be stabbed, they're easily avoided if not. It's expensive, and expensive as you like given the pockets of some that live and work here; but there are lots of affordable options, and many of the city's major attractions are free to visit. So it's manageable, liveable, and negotiable; again, more so than many other big cities around the world. Perhaps you've had an experience here that was unpleasant, unhappy or just plain bad, in which case I'm sorry for you; but that would not be the experience of most. So, if you really believe London is one of the worst places on earth, then ... I'll be charitable, and say that you must have a lot of the world left to see. Bon voyage x

[@mookie2637]

@@Ozymandi_as You may be replying to one of the right wing loons who think our fine city has been "taken over", etc, etc.

[@leeduncan6595]

Your just a prick

[@chadUCSD]

​@@mookie2637London has always been vastly multicultural, mainly due to empire. Some these ppl like to try deny history to back uo their own bigotry it'd seem. Sadly. I mean Muslims make up a grand total of 6.3% of Englsnd and just 2.2% of Scotland. And Black folks make up less than 4% of the UK. But yeah, we're being taken over! Lmao. OK then. And a lot of these ppl talk about emigrating to the likes of Spain, effectively becoming what they ultimately despise, a 'migrant'! It's beyond hilarious really.

[@foosty6]

Why did you use the terminology for the path or pavement a sidewalk?

[@frankmartinez1045]

I was born in Camberwell 1947, great memories, I think I was there at it's best time, may make a visit soon, and see what I missed.

[@rayfridley6649]

Missing from this video of London's underground utilities are the water, telephone, and sewer lines.

[@mm221163]

they don't exist. it's all a lie

[@spitfire1962]

Bet those West Indians didn’t know they were Australian!

[@ritukiran]

Stupendous! I love the pneumatic dispatch service - I bet Elon Musk got the idea of Hyperloop from this!

[@clovermark39]

First place I worked had a pneumatic system.

[@favesongslist]

The original "hyperloop" style patents were made over 200 years ago in the UK, and in France even earlier in 1667. Then again in the USA for a Pneumatic Railway Tube in 1867

[@ohasis8331]

LOL, my young niece found a feather duster in a store once and stuck it in the tube. It came back about 30 seconds later, much to our amusement.

[@lancerevell5979]

US Navy ships in the 1970s and 1980s had "bunny tubes", using the little containers in pneumatic tubes to pass written messages between bridge, radio central and other spaces onboard.

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

There was a real problem with people sending turds through the pipes by some jokers ..💩💩💩🙀

[@SaidAlSeveres]

Fascinating! The ending was abrupt tho lol

[@coolrottie2565]

Instead of me watching it all can you tell me when the Jam start playing.

[@gregpolimis2630]

I’ll be seeing Paul Weller in Toronto in a few months 😊

[@anngray9171]

Interesting, could have been brilliant but sloppy fact checking puts it in the usual 'ho hum' basket. Americanisation of our language is not appreciated....sidewalk and railroads indeed!!! AND it's not the metro/metropolitan..... we call it the Underground but mostly refer to it as the TUBE. Your dates are off and the Ship Windrush certainly didn't sail from Australia. It's not that hard surely to get the details and historical facts right? Obviously for this mob it is! Pity.

[@mm221163]

we call it the underground could be a nice punch line for a song

[@sooskevington6144]

@anngray9171 I was just 4 minutes into this video before I became too annoyed by the use of Americanisms instead of English and careless mistakes like Londonium instead of Londonium. I came here to leave a comment only to find you had said all I would have and more. I will be down voting the video and not watching any more ofif.

[@lynda4661]

Let’s see you do it

[@mm221163]

@@lynda4661 (slow reggae) we call it the underground it is an ancient lost & found no matter how deep you dig it up - it goes round and round and round... in tiiiiiime

[@FuschinoTBM041]

@@mm221163🔥🚬😎

[@Ian-bq7gp]

The marshes and boggy ground has many rare birds, plants and wildlife. Its great to see riversike the Wandle and Lea plus old canals like the Grand Union Canal are a huge part of our urban history as are Bazalgette and the Sewarage system and its amazing design and quality of the original brickwork with victorian Engineering bricks is truely great and much great craftmanship and methods of brickwork like vaulted brickwork rooves and some of the old 13 century houses over many layers in places like Peshawar in Pakistan that stay cool at arkund 17c when its 40c outside. Some of the domed brickwork rooves of buildings in old villages in parts of Iran are fabulous and very old and some of this was done as it was hundreds of years ago with these skills being passed down from fatber to son uover many generations. The sacred geometry alone is truely fascinating in its formulas, calculations and how its worked so long and well for an eternity. ,

[@patricialong5767]

That capsule suction system was really interesting. I had heard a bit about it some years ago on a KZbin video.

[@clovermark39]

Place I first worked at had a pneumatic system.

[@Sparkly14]

I used a money version of this system in a departmental store in the 1960s. Great.

[@Jan-m5c2r]

We had it in my workplace back in the early 70's - I once put coffee in a plastic cup into a capsule - and heard the cries from the above floor 🙂

[@boardmandave]

Absolutely fascinating this must have taken you ages to put together so thank you

[@mrhassell]

The Great Plague of 1664 to 1666, last major bubonic plague epidemic in London, estimated 100,000 individuals, or a quarter of London’s population, succumbed to the disease. Their bodies were tossed into deep pits in unconsecrated ground, creating what are now known as “plague pits.” Mount Pleasant, Islington Green and Whitechapel Sainsbury’s supermarket stands atop such pits.

[@LeTon75]

Getting Jason Statham to narrate the video is epic 👍

[@onesong2001]

Yes. He's the only man in the world with a London accent. 🙄

[@janinejohnstone468]

Wow! The 'Pneumatic Post' sounds fabulous. I'd have loved a go at that. It should be reinstated.

[@Just_Johnnie]

A big old fire breathing dragon is under London.

[@ricardoreyes3179]

London so pore they made up the story of dragon and theres ppl are so stpd they dont know whats under ground cause it was not there own ppl working on it and probably all they have are just stolent from egypt and rome ect ect big mafi back then and still witch there alephant marfil black market pfffff london dont pay wtf lame they probably have Tutankhamun body some where in london hiden fo sure

[@peterclarke3020]

It guards Greengots bank vault.. (Harry Potter)

[@Biogeology]

I worked at Mount pleasant Post office... the post office has an extensive underground railway that I worked on in the parcel section

[@davethatcher4954]

I subscribed, but by the end I unsubscribed due to the multiple mistakes, mainly on dates. One big howler was the windrush ship leaving from "Australia to London " when it came from the Caribbean.

[@embody_your_awakening]

What a puff piece to give a bit of mystery but throw people off track from what really is below London!! Nice diversion job.

[@malcolmc3997]

So very much missing.

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

We were never asked wether or not we wanted to become a melting-pot and have our sacred heritage replaced and destroyed.

[@Eff-U-Kay]

Takes considerable time and effort to put a video like this out. You would therefore expect to reward your commitment with accurate facts.

[@DayTon-h9u]

Define accurate please. Who's story?

[@Eff-U-Kay]

@DayTon-h9u *Accurate* Overview- Similar and opposite words Usage examples Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more adjective 1. (especially of information, measurements, or predictions) correct in all details; exact. "accurate information about the illness is essential" Similar: correct precise exact right errorless error-free without error faultless perfect valid specific detailed minute explicit clear-cut word for word unambiguous meticulous authoritative reliable canonical spot on bang on on the money factual fact-based literal faithful close true truthful veracious true to life telling it like it is as it really happened lifelike authentic realistic fair convincing careful word-perfect strict conscientious punctilious painstaking thorough scrupulous rigorous on the mark on the beam on the nail on the button verisimilar veristic veridical Opposite: inaccurate inexact loose 2. (with reference to a weapon, missile, or shot) capable of or successful in reaching the intended target. "reliable, accurate rifles" Similar: well aimed precise on target unerring deadly lethal sure true

[@PaulGlancy-fp7ob]

Wow! 19.2 million tourists? How many went home?

[@lankyfucka8466]

1

[@greenman6141]

I've ALWAYS wondered what the drum shaped structure was on the east side of tottenham court road. It may have taken 40 years and two thirds of my life later, when I now live on the other side of the world...but I now know. That's an itch that's been wanting scratched for a loooong time. Thank you!

[@CO84trucker]

The British Wizarding world maintains government functions as well as a financial system beneath London. The few known portals to this secretive world include a nondescript phone booth, a set of public restrooms and a seemingly run down shoppe on Charing Cross Road

[@chazrogandaveferrari]

there,s also the 3rd seat from the back of the 8.00 clock bus(on a saturday) through horseferry road, Westminster.;and wear cowhide.; 🤔 ........................ f g (but dont tell anyone🤫) 🧙‍♂️

[@robinspalding5858]

The first 'Roman ruins' shown are actually Bath, namely the Roman Baths.

[@hazeluzzell]

The Saxon buildings didn’t last as long because they were not built from stone.

[@Theforestbandit]

Neither did the Elizabethan ones in the great fire 1666

[@golden1789]

LOVE your voice and narration, wonderful visuals and mercifully low volume music. Fantastic documentary. Now subscribed.

[@ryv]

Wow, thank you!

[@willowwobble]

In what way is the underground 'forbiden'? Is the use of this cliché meant to make the video more aluring?

[@nelieaucamp]

I read the comments before decide to watch a video. Sensational headings seem to be the trend. Skipping this video thanks to your comment.

[@luckypennynumber7207]

Thanks for the knowledge! Very informative 💯

[@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire]

Quite a lot of the information is incorrect.

[@dancingdingo]

Literally London's underworld 😂 and nothing to do with gangsters 😂 I love it❤

[@Moonlit_Melodies86]

This video is a powerful reminder of the power of supplication. May Allah answer our prayers and grant us what is best for us. 🌟🙌

[@tims9434]

Why use an English voice over but set it to use American English not proper English?

[@lancerevell5979]

Because..... " 'Murica"! 😅

[@killerwasp-23-31]

@@lancerevell5979lol was about to comment the same 🤣🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@BillyKueekSG]

Be careful, you may get sanctioned! 😅

[@nomasklargecal5726]

Who cares? Lots of time on your hands..

[@catlover0160]

Yes, I noticed when he said ‘metro’ ……NO, it’s ’the tube’🙄

[@pustekuchen8956]

Truly fascinating how far ahead of the time London was in the 19th century!

[@AB-kx4nc]

Somethings never change, as soon as the politicians are affected " build new sewers "

[@truethought369]

Very interesting, & explained clearly. Thank you.

[@themanfromtaured114]

Full of lies 😂