@@marciaoh7056 Unless it's a piece of "interpretive" art, then that is literally the entire point of a plaque. It's to tell you what it's about. It's like if you go to some random town, and they have a statue of some random guy. You, as an outsider, probably will have no clue who this is or why he has a statue, and then bam, a plaque can tell you exactly that.
@@volatile100 alternatively, not having a plaque could cause you to strike up conversation with locals to ask about it and learn about it, making it a great catalyst for learning about other cool things regarding the area and people during those conversations.
He was a traitor. When he was captured he had led an army in the First Scottish War of Independence against the English. The giveaway word here is ‘Independence’, Scotland no longer being an independent country at that time having been annexed by England. Therefore, he WAS a traitor and his actions were those of High Treason…..therefore, he suffered the prescribed consequences of the time. 🙂
@@derin111 He was only a traitor in the eyes of the English. Scotland had not been annexed, only in the eyes of the English. The term ‘war of independence’ was coined much later and the changing of Scotland to a part of Englands crown was never internationally recognised. In fact when such was eventually put in front of the only international body if the time, the Church, the ruling came in favour of the Scots. Fighting to remove an invading army can be categorised ad fighting for your independence even if you still have it. So no, he was not a traitor to the English crown. The giveaway being he was not English or fighting against his own countries King.
Edward longshanks, Robert de brus and William Wallace were all from Norman families not English, Welsh or Scots. The conquering had been completed a couple of hundred years previously.
I hadn’t noticed it before. Nowadays, one could consider it a monument to a man called Darryn Frost who, in 2019, used a narwhal tusk to duel a terrorist on London Bridge.
Oh my God I was nearby when that happened. We weren't allowed into Sky Garden because of it. I told the security guard "Mate, we live in Luton, I don't care" XD
@adrija4750 Reminds me of a couple who were complaining in a local travel agents'. The Yugoslavian war had just begun and the couple couldn't understand why their holiday had been cancelled. "Yeah, but we'll be on the beach all the time. They won't be fighting there."
I had to listen to this twice to check....it stood for 600 years?? That's a pretty impressive structure. I wonder how much of present day London will still be there in 600 years.
The old medieval London Bridge was amazing, and truly a marvel of the time. The modern bridge is crap. I know it's a necessity construction, but how can 900 years of technological improvement, be so vastly overshadowed by it's former. They didn't put any effort into it, nothing at all to homologate the previous bridge. I mean, even the second bridge was more ornate than the current one. Imagine bringing Peter Colechurch to the 21st century and showing him what replaced his masterpiece.
Er..... no. It was a mess of tumbledown arches and buildings that practically blocked the river. The modern bridge is not very picturesque, but it does the job it was meant to do.
I think this speaks to a serious misunderstanding and ignorant opinion on architecture. You are perfectly allowed to be dissatisfied with the visual design of the bridge, but to claim the current bridge was built with zero effort is a very ignorant opinion. Great deals of effort goes into designing any modern structure to be safe, appealing and within the budget they were given by the government.
@@CombineWatermelon If I had to choose between safe vs beauty I will always choose safe, it's called common sense and survival instincts. However I do hope humanity returns to architecture that is more ornate and beautiful than the current boring stuff, beauty doesn't cancel out safety.
There is something amiss if an monument requires an explanation. And it points upward, not to the meaning of its very existence, and thus rather a waste of time, not to mention thinking and application.
No, there isn't. When you see an equestrian statue or something mythological you also don't know what it means or who it represents. And there is nothing wrong with that.
I mean it’s really not unique to any nation is just the architecture of equivalent of a prompt. A lack of any creativity you see it with most buildings built by those either authoritarians or those who only care for bottom line. You see it in what few buildings the Nazis built, in those by the Soviets, the hole capital city built by the US backed dictator in Brazil called Brasilia, or other such dictatorships; either being copy and pasted blocks or only looking interesting when seen from afar like on a 3D blueprint or private jet but up close to pedestrians lacking any ornamentation which would subtract from the austere masculinity of the untouched marble.
There is an interesting William Wallace memorial plaque on the outer wall of St. Bartholomew Hospital in Smithfield which regularly attracts floral tributes & Saltire flags.
@@Turnipstalk Much as I despise the BBC I did watch it back then, I don't remember anything in the news, was it a common thing to happen to Jews? How many?
Do you think violent crime didn't exist before Sadiq Khan? The annual homicide rate in London was consistantly between 2 and 3 per 100,000 from 1990 until 2009. It dropped as low as 1.1 in 2014, was almost as low in 2023, and hasn't risen above 1.7 at any point inbetween. London is objectively safer than ever and is only improving.
Get your facts right. Are totally illiterate on context? The video references England in the Middle Ages. Wallace was executed for treason. This is such an obvious statement that you’re either pretending to be stupid or you actually are.
Historical context, genius. They went against the crown so they were filed as traitors at the time. Impossible though this may seem, your beliefs were not the same as medieval England’s. Although I’m sure your hygiene would fit right in.
@@zeltzamer4010It still doesn’t make any sense, and didn’t at the time for Wallace. You cannot be a traitor if you are from a different country. It was the decision at the time, but repeating the outcome of a sham trial unquestioningly is a bit silly.
Ngl I work at that church and when I was there a week ago, following the needle along it points wayyy off the mark! Unless the needle is ignored and it’s just the foundation which forms an isosceles triangle, then I could imagine it. But on Google maps I can’t quite tell if the triangle is parallel to the bridge or not.
Note to self, found the architect’s own description - the needle points to the opposite side of the bridge, across from St Magnus the Martyr, to where the bridge once started on the south side.
Wow you are not smart. The video is referring to historical context. They were executed for treason at the time. I don’t know why you think contemporary opinions would affect the past.
St Thomas Moore and William Wallace weren’t traitors. The British crown became heretical, and St Thomas Moore held fast to the church, and Scotland was being taken over by England, which William Wallace was defending.
Yes he was… Scotland was under the rule of the English monarchy. So that in itself is treason, making him a traitor as the Scottish were and are subjects of the English crown.
The spike does but if you were to draw a line down the slope of the spike and along the base, it points North over the river, according to the architects
I walk over that thing all the time and yet I don't think I've ever noticed the giant spike 😂 Or maybe I noticed it so much that now I've stopped noticing it...
The real historical London bridge is in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Each stone brick was numbered, removed with precision, transported and reassembled in Arizona. It's incredible to see.
Not the old bridge. As famously chronicled in the nursery rhyme, "London Bridge is falling down", the original bridge being referenced in this short fell down. The bridge in Arizona is the one that replaced this one. It's a pretty decent bridge! But much more recent and short lived. The funny part of that story though is the guy who bought it THOUGHT he was buying Tower Bridge, due to the common misconception that Tower Bridge is London Bridge
sorry to burst your bubble Regina but that is not entirely true, the one in Arizona was built in the 1830s and only has the exterior granite blocks of the 1830s london bridge
@@alexlyster3459 He didn't think he was buying Tower Bridge (that has been debunked), but the version of London Bridge he bought was sold to him as being far more historically important than it was.
Brutal imperialist architecture, meant to intimidate, especially given the history. I expect it appealed to the London banksters who probably built it.
That's the 2nd London Bridge, and only the casement stones were bought for the facade of the bridge in Arizona. Still, it's impressive to be here in the US. Beautiful to see. The 3rd and current London bridge was not well liked by the people of London, apparently. Guess they can always visit the older one in Arizona while on holiday.
Imagine living in one of the townhouses on the original bridge. Every time you look out the window, you'd see those heads on pikes!! 😮 What a different time. Here I am barely able to cope looking at an ugly street instead of a forest outside my door. 😢
Yeah, what was it really pointing at back when it was built? Sirius? ☆ Orian's belt? ★★★ They didn't go through all this work erecting this just to point at an existing building.
I thought it was a big nail hammered in from the underside to keep London from drifting any further west. (As the whole of the city drifts westward, extrusions [like the church] will appear to shift eastward of their ancient positions. Just like how the current Hawai'ian Islands 'move' to the East as their underlying tectonic plate moves west.)
Surely London moves eastwards, the Atlantic gets wider every year and America gets further away. Though seeing as Greenwich is 0, does London move or does the meridian move?
Now, the Old London Bridge resides in Arizona. If anybody knew that. Basically after the bridge was demolished, the bricks of it were shipped to America and rebuilt in Arizona....
I've walked over this for years and never realised it was a spike! It's just the annoying, awkward bit you have to walk around to get to and from the station lol. Will look at it differently now!
I’m so grateful that you pointed to it with your finger over your blankly staring face - otherwise I wouldn’t have known which other giant monument you were already describing that was at the centre of the shot I was meant to be focusing on.
@@maxthecat14 it's pointing up to the sky. If you're asked where the post office is you don't point your finger up and expect the person to understand you mean the direction indicated by the orientation of your palm! Then again, it's really not worth arguing about is it.
You had me worried for a moment there because I used to walk from London Bridge to Moorgate every morning for work, and I thought I must be appallingly unobservant. But I left that job in the mid-90s, so phew!
So it’s the equivalent of a “we moved” sign in a former business’s window. Also I heard London bridge is falling down. Is it still falling? Cause it’s been about 30 years and I haven’t heard an update. Ps. I apologize for the London bridge joke. My inner 12 year old couldn’t resist.
Interesting! As it points to the church of the matyrs, i would venture to say it is like an oracle. Its suggesting that our sins have pierced eternity but points to the path of reparation and truth.
What star ☆ is that pointer aiming at ??? There has to be a better reason than pointing to a huge building that everyone can see without having it pointed out to them with a little pointy sculpture. `★
Is it just me? I can't see what keeps the needle safe. Rocks aren't that strong. Seems a terrible hazard. I want to know more. Perhaps stone sections threaded on a central rod??
St. Thomas Moore was put to death for not agreeing that divorce is ok, this dying a witness of his faith and gaining the crown of martyrdom. Viva Cristo Rè!
It wasn't so much against divorce, he just wouldn't go against the Pope's ruling. If the Pope had allowed the annulment he would have gone aong with it.
Nope It points to the spot that a geostationary satellite once held - the first satellite to bring MTV to the UK. Back when MTV had music on it and not stupid reality shows.
Nah, that's obviously there for the villain to land on after fighting with the main character on a nearby roof.
Literally just thinking that 💀
Truly, thou hast spake!
spiderman: far from home 💀
What are 😮😮and if they do that 😊@@A_very_tinly_can
i was thinking the ending of Chronicle
I thought it functions as a sundial but I remembered sun doesn't exist in England
Only works for 5 minutes per year
@@epicman943that's true, but on the other hand it's an excellent lightning rod
@@GrandeCapo_PallaPesantestone isn't known to be very conductive.
@@mrsquid_lightning is quite ignorant.
@@GrandeCapo_PallaPesante There's like a dozen steel things right next to hit, lightnings not going to hit the needle
Here is a more catchy intro: “Parachuters hate this monument…”
I know “less is more”, but people should really put a plaque on monuments if they don’t want them misinterpreted.
Plaques don't always present the truth though.
They can put anything on a plaque that they want the public to believe.
@@marciaoh7056It’s their monument, they made it, there’s literally no reason not to put a plaque there. This is some boneheaded logic.
See my comment
@@marciaoh7056 Unless it's a piece of "interpretive" art, then that is literally the entire point of a plaque. It's to tell you what it's about.
It's like if you go to some random town, and they have a statue of some random guy. You, as an outsider, probably will have no clue who this is or why he has a statue, and then bam, a plaque can tell you exactly that.
@@volatile100 alternatively, not having a plaque could cause you to strike up conversation with locals to ask about it and learn about it, making it a great catalyst for learning about other cool things regarding the area and people during those conversations.
Wallace wasn't classed as a traitor. He wasn't English. He was killed as an enemy of the English Crown.
But he was tried for treason due to Longshanks ‘annexation’ of Scotland into his realm.
He was a traitor. When he was captured he had led an army in the First Scottish War of Independence against the English. The giveaway word here is ‘Independence’, Scotland no longer being an independent country at that time having been annexed by England.
Therefore, he WAS a traitor and his actions were those of High Treason…..therefore, he suffered the prescribed consequences of the time. 🙂
@@derin111 He was only a traitor in the eyes of the English.
Scotland had not been annexed, only in the eyes of the English.
The term ‘war of independence’ was coined much later and the changing of Scotland to a part of Englands crown was never internationally recognised. In fact when such was eventually put in front of the only international body if the time, the Church, the ruling came in favour of the Scots.
Fighting to remove an invading army can be categorised ad fighting for your independence even if you still have it.
So no, he was not a traitor to the English crown. The giveaway being he was not English or fighting against his own countries King.
Edward longshanks, Robert de brus and William Wallace were all from Norman families not English, Welsh or Scots. The conquering had been completed a couple of hundred years previously.
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I hadn’t noticed it before.
Nowadays, one could consider it a monument to a man called Darryn Frost who, in 2019, used a narwhal tusk to duel a terrorist on London Bridge.
Oh my God I was nearby when that happened. We weren't allowed into Sky Garden because of it. I told the security guard "Mate, we live in Luton, I don't care" XD
@adrija4750 Ah, a chap of Southern-Bedfordshire culture I see 😌👌
@adrija4750 Reminds me of a couple who were complaining in a local travel agents'. The Yugoslavian war had just begun and the couple couldn't understand why their holiday had been cancelled.
"Yeah, but we'll be on the beach all the time. They won't be fighting there."
Nah, it's a Splinter for Godzilla to step on
It's the memorial to the Unknown Heroin Addict.
I had to listen to this twice to check....it stood for 600 years?? That's a pretty impressive structure. I wonder how much of present day London will still be there in 600 years.
Probably anything built prior to 1900
@@sarahlivingstone8367 Excellent answer!
RIP the old London Bridge, it may have had flaws, but at least it looked nice.
probaly did'nt smell great
The old medieval London Bridge was amazing, and truly a marvel of the time. The modern bridge is crap. I know it's a necessity construction, but how can 900 years of technological improvement, be so vastly overshadowed by it's former. They didn't put any effort into it, nothing at all to homologate the previous bridge. I mean, even the second bridge was more ornate than the current one. Imagine bringing Peter Colechurch to the 21st century and showing him what replaced his masterpiece.
Er..... no. It was a mess of tumbledown arches and buildings that practically blocked the river. The modern bridge is not very picturesque, but it does the job it was meant to do.
Function over beauty. But no attempt at a balance between the two. Coz it's ugly as fuck.
People like this guy above built it^
I think this speaks to a serious misunderstanding and ignorant opinion on architecture.
You are perfectly allowed to be dissatisfied with the visual design of the bridge, but to claim the current bridge was built with zero effort is a very ignorant opinion. Great deals of effort goes into designing any modern structure to be safe, appealing and within the budget they were given by the government.
@@willcrozier1879muh safety. The world should be beautiful above all things.
@@CombineWatermelon If I had to choose between safe vs beauty I will always choose safe, it's called common sense and survival instincts. However I do hope humanity returns to architecture that is more ornate and beautiful than the current boring stuff, beauty doesn't cancel out safety.
I'm in love with that picture of the houses on the old bridge! 10/10 aesthetic, would love to see it in city builder games.
There is something amiss if an monument requires an explanation. And it points upward, not to the meaning of its very existence, and thus rather a waste of time, not to mention thinking and application.
No, there isn't. When you see an equestrian statue or something mythological you also don't know what it means or who it represents.
And there is nothing wrong with that.
That building beside the spike is the most depressing thing I've seen in a while.
British architecture at its finest
@@joshuagroenewald6198 More like Soviet lmao
Dirty ugly oppressive city architecture. I swear they do it on purpose
I mean it’s really not unique to any nation is just the architecture of equivalent of a prompt. A lack of any creativity you see it with most buildings built by those either authoritarians or those who only care for bottom line. You see it in what few buildings the Nazis built, in those by the Soviets, the hole capital city built by the US backed dictator in Brazil called Brasilia, or other such dictatorships; either being copy and pasted blocks or only looking interesting when seen from afar like on a 3D blueprint or private jet but up close to pedestrians lacking any ornamentation which would subtract from the austere masculinity of the untouched marble.
It looks like any shoebox house i would build in the sims, cause i don't know how to build actually nice looking houses.
It's clearly pointing UP!
its not, i hope ur joking
Its so uninspiring, I've walked past that billions of times and never even given it any thought.
Plenty of traitors in Britain right now.
Blair, Sunak...
Don't forget Khan
Brexit democracy deniers as well who have accelerated open borders for ILLEGALS. 🤬
@@istvanszabo3229 that's for starters
Sunak is disgusting culture
How could William Wallace be a traitor. He was Scottish and from a different country. Revisionist much.
Rather dangerous. What if someone trips and falls on the spike?
Probably why King Kong never comes to visit
@@geoffhaylock6848excellent point!
There is an interesting William Wallace memorial plaque on the outer wall of St. Bartholomew Hospital in Smithfield which regularly attracts floral tributes & Saltire flags.
This is in jacks Smithfield tour!
Betrayed by his own people …
St. Magnus was a viking saint, he was killed in Saxon times.
So it's an Obelisk then!
It is there for a very unlucky person gliding down on a parachute
Now it represents the weapon of choice in Khans London.
@@Turnipstalk They only went for each other. Don't remember any heads rolling about in the street back then.
@@Turnipstalk Much as I despise the BBC I did watch it back then, I don't remember anything in the news, was it a common thing to happen to Jews? How many?
@@Turnipstalk”iT’s sO hArD bEiNg a JuDaN 😭.”
Do you think violent crime didn't exist before Sadiq Khan? The annual homicide rate in London was consistantly between 2 and 3 per 100,000 from 1990 until 2009. It dropped as low as 1.1 in 2014, was almost as low in 2023, and hasn't risen above 1.7 at any point inbetween. London is objectively safer than ever and is only improving.
Wallace was no traitor. Get your facts right.
Get your facts right. Are totally illiterate on context? The video references England in the Middle Ages. Wallace was executed for treason. This is such an obvious statement that you’re either pretending to be stupid or you actually are.
Quit harassing people and being mean because they got one thing wrong you are the one who doesn't get his facts right
How have i walked passed there so often and never noticed that it‘s a spike 😂😂
Picks Wallace & More, twof of the soundest of men and 'traitors' only to bloody and narcissitic Kings.
Henry VIII was the real traitor, Thomas More was a martyr.
Historical context, genius. They went against the crown so they were filed as traitors at the time. Impossible though this may seem, your beliefs were not the same as medieval England’s. Although I’m sure your hygiene would fit right in.
@@zeltzamer4010It still doesn’t make any sense, and didn’t at the time for Wallace. You cannot be a traitor if you are from a different country.
It was the decision at the time, but repeating the outcome of a sham trial unquestioningly is a bit silly.
How is it a pointer if it’s sticking up into the sky?
This is the equivalent of Godzilla stepping on a thumbtack.
Why can't London just have normal monuments?
It doubles as a good anti dragon device
What to you is a 'normal' monument? I'm just asking as being a Londonder, I think we have plenty of what you are looking for.
It has
Ngl I work at that church and when I was there a week ago, following the needle along it points wayyy off the mark! Unless the needle is ignored and it’s just the foundation which forms an isosceles triangle, then I could imagine it. But on Google maps I can’t quite tell if the triangle is parallel to the bridge or not.
Note to self, found the architect’s own description - the needle points to the opposite side of the bridge, across from St Magnus the Martyr, to where the bridge once started on the south side.
Fascinating as usual
St Thomas More and William Wallace were not traitors.
Both were executed for treason. I don’t know why you think your present-day opinion would have any effect on 13th/16th-century mores.
The only traitor was Henry VIII. St. Thomas More was a martyr. “I die the King’s good servant, and God’s first”.
Wow you are not smart. The video is referring to historical context. They were executed for treason at the time. I don’t know why you think contemporary opinions would affect the past.
@@zeltzamer4010 And you are not smart enough to be polite in a general discussion
@@user-bf3pc2qd9s Doesn’t change the fact that it’s ridiculous to complain about something with the most obvious explanation.
If The Da Vinci Code was set in England…….
It was fiction though, along with a lot of only legend and conspiracy stuff.
@@angr3819 It was fiction….. set in France… 🌸
Ummm...it was to a fair extent!
@@mikespearwood3914 oooo I forgot about the London scenes !
St Thomas Moore and William Wallace weren’t traitors. The British crown became heretical, and St Thomas Moore held fast to the church, and Scotland was being taken over by England, which William Wallace was defending.
“I die the King’s good servant, and God’s First”
St. Thomas More was a martyr, the only traitor was Henry VIII.
It's grotesque looking
That’s the idea if you actually watched the video.. it’s a reminder of the past.
Very brutalist and dehumanising. Intended
Only if you sit on it
It's similar to the world's obelisks. Antennae in English.
Ephesians 2: 2, the prince of the power of the air.
How is this "grotesque"?
William wallace was not a traitor.
Yes he was… Scotland was under the rule of the English monarchy. So that in itself is treason, making him a traitor as the Scottish were and are subjects of the English crown.
Neither was St. Thomas More.
@@nickywh1t3There is no such thing as “the English crown” today.
@Brother_Piner I don't know who that is but I'll take your word for it.
Symbolism = Magic
I’m pretty sure it’s points south no? & not back across the river? I maybe wrong though
The spike does but if you were to draw a line down the slope of the spike and along the base, it points North over the river, according to the architects
Please can you put Sadik Khan on the end of that
You are Sadistic so let's put you there.
How interesting! Thanks for all you do, love your content! 😊
I walk over that thing all the time and yet I don't think I've ever noticed the giant spike 😂 Or maybe I noticed it so much that now I've stopped noticing it...
The real historical London bridge is in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Each stone brick was numbered, removed with precision, transported and reassembled in Arizona. It's incredible to see.
That's not the historical one but a replacement one
London Bridge was around before America existed lol
Not the old bridge. As famously chronicled in the nursery rhyme, "London Bridge is falling down", the original bridge being referenced in this short fell down.
The bridge in Arizona is the one that replaced this one. It's a pretty decent bridge! But much more recent and short lived. The funny part of that story though is the guy who bought it THOUGHT he was buying Tower Bridge, due to the common misconception that Tower Bridge is London Bridge
sorry to burst your bubble Regina but that is not entirely true, the one in Arizona was built in the 1830s and only has the exterior granite blocks of the 1830s london bridge
@@alexlyster3459 He didn't think he was buying Tower Bridge (that has been debunked), but the version of London Bridge he bought was sold to him as being far more historically important than it was.
Cleopatra's spare needle. I can see this monument becoming a beloved London landmark known to future generations as That Spike Thing.
Itbpoints almost straight up, no way that is pointing to a church at the other side of the river
Brutal imperialist architecture, meant to intimidate, especially given the history. I expect it appealed to the London banksters who probably built it.
It’s not even imperialist. At least Empire is lavish and stunning. All this thing manages to be is brutalist and ugly.
All the stones of London Bridge are now in the Southwestern US as a tourist attraction, fully reassembled
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of our city.
Little side note, but if you want to see the original London Bridge, you can; it's now at Lake Havasu, Arizona.
That's the 2nd London Bridge, and only the casement stones were bought for the facade of the bridge in Arizona. Still, it's impressive to be here in the US. Beautiful to see.
The 3rd and current London bridge was not well liked by the people of London, apparently. Guess they can always visit the older one in Arizona while on holiday.
The interloping english crown had no authority north of the border so William Wallace wasn't a traitor
With the prevalence of random knife crime , it reminds me of that fact !
Imagine living in one of the townhouses on the original bridge. Every time you look out the window, you'd see those heads on pikes!! 😮 What a different time.
Here I am barely able to cope looking at an ugly street instead of a forest outside my door. 😢
First impression "That looks like a sundial."
Anyone else want to point out its pointing to the fekin sky?
Yeah, what was it really pointing at back when it was built? Sirius? ☆ Orian's belt? ★★★
They didn't go through all this work erecting this just to point at an existing building.
WILLIAM WALLACE was NOT a traitor.🏴
Victorians seeing a structure thats existed for 700 years: "Nah, don't need it"
I thought it was a big nail hammered in from the underside to keep London from drifting any further west.
(As the whole of the city drifts westward, extrusions [like the church] will appear to shift eastward of their ancient positions.
Just like how the current Hawai'ian Islands 'move' to the East as their underlying tectonic plate moves west.)
Surely London moves eastwards, the Atlantic gets wider every year and America gets further away.
Though seeing as Greenwich is 0, does London move or does the meridian move?
Now, the Old London Bridge resides in Arizona. If anybody knew that.
Basically after the bridge was demolished, the bricks of it were shipped to America and rebuilt in Arizona....
Sir William Wallace was no traitor
Bro looks like british Hank Green.
I walked up the steps right next to this every day for the last 5 years, I’ve always been in such a rush I never even realised there was a spike 🤯
_"...it did not have the effect that Longshanks' planned."_
I've walked over this for years and never realised it was a spike! It's just the annoying, awkward bit you have to walk around to get to and from the station lol. Will look at it differently now!
I’m so grateful that you pointed to it with your finger over your blankly staring face - otherwise I wouldn’t have known which other giant monument you were already describing that was at the centre of the shot I was meant to be focusing on.
Points at the sky, not a church!
Points in the direction of, not points at, so he is right.
@@maxthecat14 it's pointing up to the sky. If you're asked where the post office is you don't point your finger up and expect the person to understand you mean the direction indicated by the orientation of your palm! Then again, it's really not worth arguing about is it.
Non-directional pointing ftw.
Wow! William Wallace Scottish leader and innovator headhunted for a high up position in London, Scotland must be proud.
Now London has no go Zones!
You had me worried for a moment there because I used to walk from London Bridge to Moorgate every morning for work, and I thought I must be appallingly unobservant. But I left that job in the mid-90s, so phew!
William Wallace? If he did exist that is😂
Leave it to Londoners to create a parallel history theory of everything in the city.
Lol
Thank you for sharing. I’m grateful because I know I’ll never get to see any of these places in person.
The church mentioned here has a fairly large scale model of the original London Bridge.
Worth a visit if you haven't seen it but check opening times.
Thank you for sharing history there in London, UK.😊
That demolishion in 1831 was criminal
I feel like someone sometime has tried to throw a piece of fruit or a ring (like in those carnival games) onto the top of the spike
Fun fact, the London Bridge is actually in Arizona now. Not entirely sure why, but yeah.
So it’s the equivalent of a “we moved” sign in a former business’s window. Also I heard London bridge is falling down. Is it still falling? Cause it’s been about 30 years and I haven’t heard an update.
Ps. I apologize for the London bridge joke. My inner 12 year old couldn’t resist.
British accent sounds so patronizing .
Interesting! As it points to the church of the matyrs, i would venture to say it is like an oracle. Its suggesting that our sins have pierced eternity but points to the path of reparation and truth.
Let’s put sunak and Starmer’s heads on it for a start
Why Starmer?
Hes never been in power.
And Khan's.
You forgot that rat khant
What star ☆ is that pointer aiming at ???
There has to be a better reason than pointing to a huge building that everyone can see without having it pointed out to them with a little pointy sculpture.
`★
It's to discourage giants from sitting down there.
My first thought was it being there to impale giants that try to cross the bridge but trip and fall.
You’re telling me London Bridge has fallen down? My fair lady!
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Is it just me? I can't see what keeps the needle safe. Rocks aren't that strong. Seems a terrible hazard. I want to know more. Perhaps stone sections threaded on a central rod??
I like the first explanation better. It's a reminder of Britain's past and a warning, ⚠️. Don't step outta line.
St. Thomas Moore was put to death for not agreeing that divorce is ok, this dying a witness of his faith and gaining the crown of martyrdom. Viva Cristo Rè!
It wasn't so much against divorce, he just wouldn't go against the Pope's ruling. If the Pope had allowed the annulment he would have gone aong with it.
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It points to the spot that a geostationary satellite once held - the first satellite to bring MTV to the UK. Back when MTV had music on it and not stupid reality shows.
Meaning is made by the viewer, not the artist. It’s a head spike. And I think the artist knew that damn well, too!
Sir Thomas Moore, and he wasn't really a traitor ... perhaps in the eyes of King Henry VIII.
Sort of a strange way to highlight the historical “gateway to London.”
It's pointing into space, not toward a church. 😂
Sad they didn't keep the original bridge. London has torn dowm mote of its historical heritage then the the Blitz.
it points into the sky , so the church is in the sky ?
Least sharp object in London
I would assume it is both, honestly.
Nothing more British than that.
"it's actually a pointer so forget the gruesome crap we said in the beginning."
It's GUNDAM's horn
LMAO
We had something similar in Wellington but it moved with the wind and kept getting valdalised