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Off topic question. When I lived in London during the early 90s Waterloo Station was my mainline station and something always puzzled me. There was an office block 15 stories or so but for some reason there appeared to be a door on the top floor that appeared to open into thin air. Always wondered who thought that was a good idea and it was too far up to ever have a fire escape of any sort. Not having been in London for well over a decade I have no idea if it still exists but there may be some story behind it.
Figure I´d share some of my knowledge also. Here´s why it´s called a "Piano". The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. Cristofori was unsatisfied by the lack of control that musicians had over the volume level of the harpsichord. He is credited for switching out the plucking mechanism with a hammer to create the modern piano in around the year 1700. The instrument was actually first named "clavicembalo col piano e forte" (literally, a harpsichord that can play soft and loud noises). This was shortened to the now common name, "piano."
Good Sunday Joolz. Timing is everything. Less then a decade ago all your knowledge of London would have been just for your own use, now you get to share it with everyone. I’d say we all got lucky. Thanks Joolz🧚♀️
The Assembly house is where the residents of Hampsted would meet and 'assemble', so they could traverse the heath together in safety because of the danger of encountering highway robbers.
Dick Turpin was known to frequent Hampstead, around Spaniards. His father was the landlord of the Spaniards Inn! Highwaymen were certainly known to use the inn and use it to watch the road.
Thanks Joolz a very interesting amble around a quite eclectic area of North London. I have to say I was somewhat upset to hear the way that Lady Hamilton life progressed following the death of Lord Nelson. If that was his dying wish as a national hero then it should have been honoured.
Though, if you look at the amount of silver etc that he was given by grateful shipowners etc, which can be found in the Nelson Collection at Lloyd's of London, his estate wasn't short of assets. It even went as far as a silver combined fork and sharpened edge knife to enable him to use this after he lost one of his arms.
@@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 Can't remember how Nelson's estate was divvied up, but his title went to his brother, a vicar, and, as Joolz says, nothing went to Lady Hamilton or his daughter.
Really enjoyed this one, I walk past so many of these places on a weekly basis and now I'll look upon them anew. You have a gift for filling in the gaps in our knowledge of London... watching a Joolz Guides video is like adding colour to black and white.
25 years ago! Now this is a mystery to me. How come 50 and 40 years ago I was at least a decade older than Donny Osmond and David Cassidy,David Bowie, Madonna,Bob Geldof,Toyah Wilcox and others. Now I'm finding they are either just a couple of years younger than me,those that are still with us,some the same age,and some a couple of years older!! When did Sir Saint Bob overtake me in seniority? Maybe it was just my penchant for radio 4 when all my peers were into radio 1. I love the way you and at least a couple of other RUclipsrs can visit a perfectly "ordinary" place and demonstrate that no place is "ordinary" really. And London,even the grotty bits has got a special magic. I loved that reminiscence of the old man conjuring up a picture of the lost rural world.
It would be interesting to see a video of areas that used to be fashionable and are now dilapidated and conversely, dilapidated areas that are now fashionable. 🤔
Whist this may be hard to imagine, when my grannie's house in Swiss Cottage was taken over by the army in about 1940 to house refugee Polish soldiers and airmen, she had servants to help her run it. They lived in... Putney and Clapham, both of which were considered poor areas. Even Peckham is now colonised by the hipsters. I did a walk ... not with Joolz... that concentrated on the still relatively run down area of Docklands near and around Silverton, where there are loads of old warehouses still deserted and mouldering away.
@@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 crazy the leaps and bounds just within a someones life time Fek im finally realizing im old, lucky its only on the outside, in my heart im still 10-11ish never STOP Loving Andy xxxbxx
A lovely Sunday wander around North London with Joolz! It's always great to hear some of the history of the streets, their names and notable buildings with you!
Wonderful stuff. We lived about 2 minutes from the Assembly House up Leighton Road, but I was a regular at the Pineapple. My kids went to that primary school. It was a nice friendly area to live.
Thank you to Julian for yet another delightful video-tour of the great city of London. You really bring it to life in an spectacularly entertaining and informative way. They started off well, and have been steadily getting better and better all the time. I would encourage my fellow fans to follow my modest example and chip in to support Julian's fantastic work on Patreon or via Paypal. He deserves our support. I have not put me up to this by Julian, I promise. 😁
More clues to my family's past. I had been unable to find Wimot Square, but I was looking in the wrong place. One of my ancestors was born in Kentish Town, and another had the note "Brought down from Wilmot Square" on his burial record. This will keep me busy for awhile figuring it all out. Also, one of my ancestors married into a Jeffries family. Now I'm wondering if there's a connection there, too. Thanks, Joolz.
The ABC café brand also features in the great poem "In Golders Green did Aly Khan / a stately hippodrome decree / where Alf the bread delivery man / brought crumpets in his yellow van / down to the ABC".
When I lived in California, I used to visit a lovely naturist hangout, called Kiva Retreat House in Santa Cruz. Despite what most people seem to assume, it was very low-key and relaxed, and any sexual advances were very strongly discouraged. In fact, you could be kicked out for making others uncomfortable in there. It was very much a safe space. Hot tubs, saunas, cool plunge pool and therapeutic massages (the legit kind) were all available. I miss that place!
Jules! I was the skipper who shouted I was a fan outside the Royal Court of Justice today! You Legend! Hopefully next time I am off duty and I am buying you a pint 🍺
I accosted you whilst you were taking snaps of the South Hampton Arms and was immediately hyped to see what you'd dig up about Kentish. Well worth the wait! Great video!!
The "pods" that overlook the canal at the back of Sainsbury's are now listed. Grimshaw Architects copped quite a bit of flak at the time for their "edgy" design. The Fleet still floods right at the corner with Andy's Café at the corner on Grafton Road, and a large puddle always forms there after heavy rain. The Nelson connection also lives on in the shape of the gruesomely named "Tapping The Admiral" pub, which compensates by being one of the best in the area, and Nelson the cat presides there. Great selection of ales and wonderful pies.
Hey Joolz. I'd like to say that my girl and I had the best time with you. To this day we talk about how great our trip to London was because of you. We had the best time in London. We both miss you and hope that you are doing well. You were absolutely the best guide.
It is 1.10 am Saturday now in Singapore i am not yet asleep and i am bored so i decided to watch joolz guides. Honestly there are many places in England which i really never heard of and i learn it from here
Never seen your videos before. As a retired black cab driver (37 years on nights) I found this very interesting , even I learnt a few bijou factettes ! I saw the best house fire ever in Kentish town back in the early 80s. A detached house on a slight rise, well ablaze, roof slates popping and flying across the street - one just missed me. I read in the Evening sub - Standard next day that the house was empty and nobody was hurt. Just kids I suppose, “ arson” about. Be lucky.
Mum was brought up in Wembley, dad came from Neasden, aunt still lives in Wembley and cousin works in Park Royal, might be a bit out of your area but would love to know the history of around that area.
Started life in Somers Town, meet Alma Cogan by the bus stop outside the old ABC building, many years ago. My dad worked at Moyes where you could life up the floor and look down and see the River Fleet. Family lived either at the Shipton then Queens Crescent, brother lived in Grafton Road. I went to the Edith Neville while my brother went to Sir William Collins. My aunt and uncle were owners of the pub the Mornington Arms.
I bought a bike in that Cash Convertors over 20 years ago. There also used to be a tiny little French restaurant just up from there call Le Pettit Prince. Very rustic traditional food. Long gone I think.
I grew up in Kentish town. I remember the dunns factory. they used to have a shop on the corner, macdonalds is there now. I also remember the big abc bakery. You bought bake so many memories. When I was a kid, some always put a D on Anglers lane. Council were constantly changing it! LOL The Swimming baths also had a massive laundry, it was wild in there.
There are many of these walks that interest me as I lived all over London! Yes I remember the ABC building. I used to go past in on my daily journey to and from College, in Holborn, on the 29 bus when I lived on Camden Road.
My Grandparents lived in Islip Street. They had a big terraced house, which belonged to the LMS and backed onto the mainline. Probably bought by the railway when the line was built. When the old steam express trains used to go past the house shook. I have some great memories of Kentish Town. Certainly changed from when we used to go there in the sixties.
Thank you. Perfect timeing. I was rattling so much, from joolz withdrawal, ive been watching your back catalouge for the last 24hrs. Ive even got my AA London street map out so that i can follow you.
@ 23:56. The glass roofed awning by Kentish Town station entrance was transplanted from further down that line, as it used to be part of Elstree & Borehamwood station before modernisation in the 1980s.
Thanks so much for this one Joolz, it really hit home. I am an old chap living in Queensland, Australia. I was made in St Pancras Way and grew up in Hertfordshire. We used to visit my great grandparents in Kelly Street and both sets of grandparents lived in Castle Road and Castlehaven Road. My parents were married in the Holy Trinity church. this was a fantastic trip down memory lane for me. thanks so much for this, I shall e mail it to my dear old mum back in Blighty. Thanks again and please keep them coming.
There is a suburb in Melbourne, Australia called Balaclava where all the streets (and a few other bits and bobs like parks) are named after battles, people, places et cetera during the Crimean War
Just discovered your channel. Fascinating stuff ! As a northerner I enjoy the history of London, especially the Tube system. Love the spooky stuff as well !
I worked around there for many years, a difficult area to work in, seemed to have a lot of dead-end roads and old industrial buildings. You made it a good watch.
Thank you for that walk and talk, you are such a great host ! , I was in Kentish town for years and really enjoyed to live close to Camden and the heath , Good video, that remind me of lots of memories seeing those streets name again.
It's funny seeing that advert, it is one of those adverts that you forget you've seen until someone shows you like this years later, then you think oh yeah I remember when this was on tv.
Hi, quite interesting how roads got their names like water lane because of the river flooding, when it was above ground. Interesting about the fire insurance. Shame about Lady Hamilton though. Shame they got rid of most of the tram tracks or made them into somethingelse(change of use). Its good that several places kept the old signage like the pub. A very interesting video.
I loved this one! I lived in Kentish Town for a decade (95-05) and loved it. Many a night spent seeing bands at the Falcon, pints at the Assembly Rooms, and our favourite dusty old boozer, the Jolly Anglers (which is now a Nando’s). I never knew that had I been been born about a century and a half earlier, I might have been one of her neighbours. Or maybe even a tenant? I wonder which number she lived in. Thanks for sharing this!
Every single day my mind is running around London, longing to live there again! Sigh, work dictates otherwise. Thank you Joolz Guides for helping keep memories alive with your prolific travel videos of London! xx
Very nice to see Camden Town and Kentish Town again. My nana my mum's mum was from Arlington Road Camden Town. My grandad my mum's dad was from Kentish Town. He moved to Arlington Road and went to shool there and then worked in the piano factory in Arlington Road. I had a great aunt who lived in Kentish town and she held fami!y get togethers in a hall there. Thank you very much for the video.
Thank you,, we love this one too. My daughter’s school is near the Canal . We’re walking there everyday😊 I love flats near Sainsburys, they have roof gardens and they look futuristic.
The houses lining Kentish Town Rd were most probably a lot more desirable in the days before the internal combustion engine and all the traffic came along.
Great video, Julian. The hat-maker works reminded me that, as a kid and when you still had adverts on the insides of buses, one of the most famous- which I can vaguely recall seeing, was "If you want to get ahead, get a hat". I don't think they would have said the same about baseball caps and woolly bobble hats though!
Great watch as ever, lived here from 0-2 years old, still have family in the area, been a long time since I was there, very informative and interesting, thank you Joolz 👏
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Off topic question.
When I lived in London during the early 90s Waterloo Station was my mainline station and something always puzzled me.
There was an office block 15 stories or so but for some reason there appeared to be a door on the top floor that appeared to open into thin air.
Always wondered who thought that was a good idea and it was too far up to ever have a fire escape of any sort.
Not having been in London for well over a decade I have no idea if it still exists but there may be some story behind it.
I donated £20 the other day because I’d like to buy you and your crew a round at the pub! Keep making your brilliant guides. With love from Jersey!
Just sent some, next time stop for a pint at the Camden Brewery 🍻 PS I remember that sock puppet advert!
Figure I´d share some of my knowledge also. Here´s why it´s called a "Piano".
The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy.
Cristofori was unsatisfied by the lack of control that musicians had over the volume level of the harpsichord. He is credited for switching out the plucking mechanism with a hammer to create the modern piano in around the year 1700.
The instrument was actually first named "clavicembalo col piano e forte" (literally, a harpsichord that can play soft and loud noises). This was shortened to the now common name, "piano."
Good Sunday Joolz. Timing is everything. Less then a decade ago all your knowledge of London would have been just for your own use, now you get to share it with everyone. I’d say we all got lucky.
Thanks Joolz🧚♀️
Why would have it just been for Joolz own use 'less than a decade ago' ?
The Assembly house is where the residents of Hampsted would meet and 'assemble', so they could traverse the heath together in safety because of the danger of encountering highway robbers.
ironically it’s where Adam Ant (the Highwayman) also drank.
@@europainvicta3907 what did the landlord say to Adam Ant ?
"Don't start anything !"
So he threw an alternator instead LOL
@@europainvicta3907 Of course! Stand and deliver!
Dick Turpin was known to frequent Hampstead, around Spaniards. His father was the landlord of the Spaniards Inn! Highwaymen were certainly known to use the inn and use it to watch the road.
We’ve missed you Joolzie! 🇮🇪☘️
Thanks Joolz a very interesting amble around a quite eclectic area of North London. I have to say I was somewhat upset to hear the way that Lady Hamilton life progressed following the death of Lord Nelson. If that was his dying wish as a national hero then it should have been honoured.
Though, if you look at the amount of silver etc that he was given by grateful shipowners etc, which can be found in the Nelson Collection at Lloyd's of London, his estate wasn't short of assets. It even went as far as a silver combined fork and sharpened edge knife to enable him to use this after he lost one of his arms.
@@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 Can't remember how Nelson's estate was divvied up, but his title went to his brother, a vicar, and, as Joolz says, nothing went to Lady Hamilton or his daughter.
Really enjoyed this one, I walk past so many of these places on a weekly basis and now I'll look upon them anew. You have a gift for filling in the gaps in our knowledge of London... watching a Joolz Guides video is like adding colour to black and white.
Joolz is the best
I love hearing the etymology and all the fun facts 🙂
25 years ago! Now this is a mystery to me. How come 50 and 40 years ago I was at least a decade older than Donny Osmond and David Cassidy,David Bowie, Madonna,Bob Geldof,Toyah Wilcox and others. Now I'm finding they are either just a couple of years younger than me,those that are still with us,some the same age,and some a couple of years older!! When did Sir Saint Bob overtake me in seniority? Maybe it was just my penchant for radio 4 when all my peers were into radio 1. I love the way you and at least a couple of other RUclipsrs can visit a perfectly "ordinary" place and demonstrate that no place is "ordinary" really. And London,even the grotty bits has got a special magic. I loved that reminiscence of the old man conjuring up a picture of the lost rural world.
It's a miracle!
It would be interesting to see a video of areas that used to be fashionable and are now dilapidated and conversely, dilapidated areas that are now fashionable. 🤔
Good point Heather.
Whist this may be hard to imagine, when my grannie's house in Swiss Cottage was taken over by the army in about 1940 to house refugee Polish soldiers and airmen, she had servants to help her run it. They lived in... Putney and Clapham, both of which were considered poor areas.
Even Peckham is now colonised by the hipsters.
I did a walk ... not with Joolz... that concentrated on the still relatively run down area of Docklands near and around Silverton, where there are loads of old warehouses still deserted and mouldering away.
@@andrewthegraciouslordrober327 crazy the leaps and bounds just within a someones life time
Fek im finally realizing im old, lucky its only on the outside, in my heart im still 10-11ish
never STOP Loving Andy xxxbxx
@@bobmiller7502 I aim to keep on trying to, Bob, as I am sure will you.
Best,
A.
Another wonderful episode. A bid shout-out the the editor. So much care and detail go unto this videos. I enjoy them immensely. 🤗🤗🤗
A lovely Sunday wander around North London with Joolz! It's always great to hear some of the history of the streets, their names and notable buildings with you!
Wonderful stuff. We lived about 2 minutes from the Assembly House up Leighton Road, but I was a regular at the Pineapple. My kids went to that primary school. It was a nice friendly area to live.
just been to the pineapple not too long ago. great place
Thank you to Julian for yet another delightful video-tour of the great city of London. You really bring it to life in an spectacularly entertaining and informative way. They started off well, and have been steadily getting better and better all the time.
I would encourage my fellow fans to follow my modest example and chip in to support Julian's fantastic work on Patreon or via Paypal. He deserves our support.
I have not put me up to this by Julian, I promise. 😁
You are such a breath of fresh air. Far too good for MSM which gets worse and worse. Many thanks for brightening a dull Sunday. XxX
I love, love ,LOVE all the history you can come across in London!!
More clues to my family's past. I had been unable to find Wimot Square, but I was looking in the wrong place. One of my ancestors was born in Kentish Town, and another had the note "Brought down from Wilmot Square" on his burial record. This will keep me busy for awhile figuring it all out. Also, one of my ancestors married into a Jeffries family. Now I'm wondering if there's a connection there, too. Thanks, Joolz.
The ABC café brand also features in the great poem "In Golders Green did Aly Khan / a stately hippodrome decree / where Alf the bread delivery man / brought crumpets in his yellow van / down to the ABC".
When I lived in California, I used to visit a lovely naturist hangout, called Kiva Retreat House in Santa Cruz. Despite what most people seem to assume, it was very low-key and relaxed, and any sexual advances were very strongly discouraged. In fact, you could be kicked out for making others uncomfortable in there. It was very much a safe space. Hot tubs, saunas, cool plunge pool and therapeutic massages (the legit kind) were all available. I miss that place!
Nelson keeping an eye on his fleet 😆 That's a good one!
Many Irish families settled in Kentish Town resulting in some fantastic Irish music sessions .
Whisky Mick, every Thursday at the "Tapping" keeps the tradition going.
Jules! I was the skipper who shouted I was a fan outside the Royal Court of Justice today! You Legend! Hopefully next time I am off duty and I am buying you a pint 🍺
yep! There is no place on earth like London ❤️ Thanks Joolz for another great video x
Used to work in Mornington Crescent, miss it so much.
I accosted you whilst you were taking snaps of the South Hampton Arms and was immediately hyped to see what you'd dig up about Kentish. Well worth the wait! Great video!!
The "pods" that overlook the canal at the back of Sainsbury's are now listed. Grimshaw Architects copped quite a bit of flak at the time for their "edgy" design.
The Fleet still floods right at the corner with Andy's Café at the corner on Grafton Road, and a large puddle always forms there after heavy rain.
The Nelson connection also lives on in the shape of the gruesomely named "Tapping The Admiral" pub, which compensates by being one of the best in the area, and Nelson the cat presides there. Great selection of ales and wonderful pies.
3:01 Proof that Julian is channeling spirits of London past and speaking in tongues.
Hey Joolz. I'd like to say that my girl and I had the best time with you. To this day we talk about how great our trip to London was because of you. We had the best time in London. We both miss you and hope that you are doing well. You were absolutely the best guide.
Oh what a treat. Happy Sunday Julian.
They did look amazing when they were first built. I really wanted one when I was a kid!
I love this channel! It's amazing to wander around the London's streets and know some unusual facts. Thank you
Another great London-video. Both language and editing makes it tower above all competition, pure excellence. Thank you.
It is 1.10 am Saturday now in Singapore i am not yet asleep and i am bored so i decided to watch joolz guides. Honestly there are many places in England which i really never heard of and i learn it from here
Never seen your videos before. As a retired black cab driver (37 years on nights) I found this very interesting , even I learnt a few bijou factettes ! I saw the best house fire ever in Kentish town back in the early 80s. A detached house on a slight rise, well ablaze, roof slates popping and flying across the street - one just missed me. I read in the Evening sub - Standard next day that the house was empty and nobody was hurt. Just kids I suppose, “ arson” about. Be lucky.
About bloody time. I've been sitting here tonight waiting for this (assuming you will be posting tonight). Going to watch it now. Cheers all :-)
Fantastic. As always. I'm Aussie born and bred but every time your videos end I end up feeling home sick.
One of my favourite things to do on a Sunday is watch Joolz 😁👍
Thanks for Sharing another great history of London👍
Mum was brought up in Wembley, dad came from Neasden, aunt still lives in Wembley and cousin works in Park Royal, might be a bit out of your area but would love to know the history of around that area.
Not a million miles from me! My Mum, sister and me were all born in the same house in Kensal Rise 😊
Started life in Somers Town, meet Alma Cogan by the bus stop outside the old ABC building, many years ago. My dad worked at Moyes where you could life up the floor and look down and see the River Fleet. Family lived either at the Shipton then Queens Crescent, brother lived in Grafton Road. I went to the Edith Neville while my brother went to Sir William Collins. My aunt and uncle were owners of the pub the Mornington Arms.
Never fails to delight when a Jools Guide pops up on my screen... 👌👍👏😉🤗
We're spoilt with your wonderful research which deserves a neon light tour in itself. Ta. J - mb
This one was especially wonderful 🥰
I bought a bike in that Cash Convertors over 20 years ago. There also used to be a tiny little French restaurant just up from there call Le Pettit Prince. Very rustic traditional food. Long gone I think.
I grew up in Kentish town. I remember the dunns factory. they used to have a shop on the corner, macdonalds is there now. I also remember the big abc bakery. You bought bake so many memories. When I was a kid, some always put a D on Anglers lane. Council were constantly changing it! LOL The Swimming baths also had a massive laundry, it was wild in there.
It's been too long we need more videos Joolz 🤣
Thanks Michael. Yes, they take rather a long time to make but more coming...
@@Joolzguides I know they must take a while with all the research, in all honesty I prefer quality over quantity 🤘
There are many of these walks that interest me as I lived all over London!
Yes I remember the ABC building. I used to go past in on my daily journey to and from College, in Holborn, on the 29 bus when I lived on Camden Road.
My Grandparents lived in Islip Street. They had a big terraced house, which belonged to the LMS and backed onto the mainline. Probably bought by the railway when the line was built.
When the old steam express trains used to go past the house shook.
I have some great memories of Kentish Town. Certainly changed from when we used to go there in the sixties.
Thank you. Perfect timeing. I was rattling so much, from joolz withdrawal, ive been watching your back catalouge for the last 24hrs.
Ive even got my AA London street map out so that i can follow you.
The Pawnbroker's Balls would be a great pub name ;)
5 mins walk up the road from that pub is one of my favourites. The Southampton Arms
Excellent as usual, Joolz. Your new vids always cheer me up.
Perfect timing! Another episode. These videos are the best.,🙂🍂
Apart from the excellent and informative walks you do, I love all the great pubs you go in at the end !! Cheers 🍻
Thanks Joolz You never disappoint Millions of releases on the internet Yours are way up at the top end.
@ 23:56. The glass roofed awning by Kentish Town station entrance was transplanted from further down that line, as it used to be part of Elstree & Borehamwood station before modernisation in the 1980s.
Top man / video - looking forward to seeing you on Strictly soon!
I worked in Kentish Town for 15 years on and off. I bought a guitar from that Cash Converters.
Lived Rochester Square 1985...better times..cool pubs.thanks !
With a ladder and some glasses, you could see to Hackney Marshes, if it wasn't for the houses in between.
I love Joolz. Could listen to him all day long. Love you too Simon !
Spiffing old boy and thankyou for the vid. I like history. Especially Victorian and Edwardian times. Wished I would have lived in those times.
Thanks so much for this one Joolz, it really hit home. I am an old chap living in Queensland, Australia. I was made in St Pancras Way and grew up in Hertfordshire. We used to visit my great grandparents in Kelly Street and both sets of grandparents lived in Castle Road and Castlehaven Road. My parents were married in the Holy Trinity church. this was a fantastic trip down memory lane for me. thanks so much for this, I shall e mail it to my dear old mum back in Blighty. Thanks again and please keep them coming.
There is a suburb in Melbourne, Australia called Balaclava where all the streets (and a few other bits and bobs like parks) are named after battles, people, places et cetera during the Crimean War
Bloody love a Joolz video, cracking episode as ever although Kentish Town looks a bit run down since I was there 20 odd years ago.
I totally agree with you Gareth
Just discovered your channel. Fascinating stuff ! As a northerner I enjoy the history of London, especially the Tube system. Love the spooky stuff as well !
I worked around there for many years, a difficult area to work in, seemed to have a lot of dead-end roads and old industrial buildings. You made it a good watch.
Fantastic, How I love watching your shows of my own turf Camden town and Kentish town.
Jolly good show ol chap, love looking at the old country and learning stuff I would never have imagined as a youngster
Anyone remember the chap who used to walk around that Camden Sainsbury's wishing everyone "The Best of Luck!"
Thank you for that walk and talk, you are such a great host ! , I was in Kentish town for years and really enjoyed to live close to Camden and the heath , Good video, that remind me of lots of memories seeing those streets name again.
Interesting about the piano factories. In the US until the 1960s or so owning a piano was considered one of the markers of being middle class.
Thanks Jules. You taught me loads about Kentish Town even though I lived there from 1976 to 1996 I didn't know half of those things 😃
Beautiful!
It's funny seeing that advert, it is one of those adverts that you forget you've seen until someone shows you like this years later, then you think oh yeah I remember when this was on tv.
The first 7 minutes is about Camden Town but that's all right with me. Saw some great Falcon gigs myself.
Another fantastic video thanks Joolz
Happy days....Great to see you again Joolz!
Absolutely brilliant video! I lived around there for over five years, it's so interesting learning more about the area.
Such a lovely and very underrated area of London.
Hi, quite interesting how roads got their names like water lane because of the river flooding, when it was above ground. Interesting about the fire insurance. Shame about Lady Hamilton though.
Shame they got rid of most of the tram tracks or made them into somethingelse(change of use).
Its good that several places kept the old signage like the pub. A very interesting video.
I loved this one! I lived in Kentish Town for a decade (95-05) and loved it. Many a night spent seeing bands at the Falcon, pints at the Assembly Rooms, and our favourite dusty old boozer, the Jolly Anglers (which is now a Nando’s). I never knew that had I been been born about a century and a half earlier, I might have been one of her neighbours. Or maybe even a tenant? I wonder which number she lived in. Thanks for sharing this!
Every single day my mind is running around London, longing to live there again! Sigh, work dictates otherwise. Thank you Joolz Guides for helping keep memories alive with your prolific travel videos of London! xx
Very nice to see Camden Town and Kentish Town again. My nana my mum's mum was from Arlington Road Camden Town. My grandad my mum's dad was from Kentish Town. He moved to Arlington Road and went to shool there and then worked in the piano factory in Arlington Road. I had a great aunt who lived in Kentish town and she held fami!y get togethers in a hall there. Thank you very much for the video.
Yay. You're back.. Fantastic xxx
Thank you,, we love this one too. My daughter’s school is near the Canal . We’re walking there everyday😊 I love flats near Sainsburys, they have roof gardens and they look futuristic.
NUTMEG!!!!!! Jeez I saw them in the After Dark Club in Reading, I STILL HAVE THE CASSETTE!!!
The houses lining Kentish Town Rd were most probably a lot more desirable in the days before the internal combustion engine and all the traffic came along.
Many a time have I spotted a relative walking out of Rios in the small hours of the morning…
Charmingly lovely ✨.
Many thanks.
Ah. Joolz on a Sunday...can't get better !
I really enjoy the background songs.
Another spiffy video ! I’m happy you have used my suggestion for music ! Noel coward was one of the UK’s brightest and
You are welcome .too .
Great video, Julian. The hat-maker works reminded me that, as a kid and when you still had adverts on the insides of buses, one of the most famous- which I can vaguely recall seeing, was "If you want to get ahead, get a hat". I don't think they would have said the same about baseball caps and woolly bobble hats though!
Lived in London in the 70s oh I missed so much thanks for these wonderful tours
Great watch as ever, lived here from 0-2 years old, still have family in the area, been a long time since I was there, very informative and interesting, thank you Joolz 👏
My mum in law lives just up the road in Torriano Avenue - she will be thrilled to see her local patch featured! Thanks Joolz, excellent as always!
I used to live with Mum in Cathcart Street in the 70's. Just before you hit the Crimea, number 35.
I think I remember you! I lived around the corner in Willes Rd!
sundays are the worst day but it’s been made alright with this
You always make my day.CHEERS!
I'm watching this while having dinner on my last day in Kentish town after nearly 7 years. What an odd coincidence