Greetings from Barbados. Memories of highbury grove as I did a year of secondary school at highbury grove school in the 80s. Lived on the avenell road. Loving this video
Aaah Homerton and Dalston. Great memories from when I lived there, also in the early 90s. Definitely agree that it took an age to get out of Hackney to go elsewhere in London.
Wonderful video which really brings back memories to me as I was at school in Homerton in the 1960s and used to do the journey between home (Dalston) and the school four times a day. I used to rush (and I mean rush!) home for lunch- the dash along Sutton Place, through the churchyard to Mare Street to get a bus along Graham Road to Dalston (child fare 2d!). Those were the days, and this video brought them all back.
Architecture that will never be seen again with these modern buildings going up around London they are a pleasure to look at stunning buildings which we will never see the likes again great video John Rogers .
Once again, this video ends at my favorite time of day in this series of walks. At dusk when the street lamps are coming on and the lights are visible in people's windows. I can't help but think how beautiful it all is and what those folks might be doing - sitting down to supper or watching TV or reading their kids a story. Some of the architecture is lovely - more than it has a right to be. Old houses and apartments built centuries ago, are weather-worn and grey, yet they look so warm and inviting. Thanks to John, we get to see these sights and hear about these areas that we otherwise would never know about - even know existed. Wonderful stuff.
Born and bred in Mildmay Road in 1937 I remember when the New River flowed through Clissold Park, and my first taste of jellied eels in F Cookes pie shop Dalston. I really look forward to your New River Walk. Keep up the good work.
That was enjoyable. The bit I really knew was Dalston market. Would get taken there from Leyton, on a single decker bus by my mother in the mid 1960s. Ravel Shoes had one of their first shops in Dalston I recall!
I don't watch telly. (Because it's rubbish.) So I do enjoy RUclips but of all the people I subscribe to John I always make a bit of me time to watch your vlogs. They are totally immersive and with all the awful things that have been happening this year your walks are just a breath of fresh air in every sense. Thank you so much for sharing.
Mate this video is so nostalgic for me. I'm from Stoke Newington and I had a mate who lived on Greenwood Road off Graham Road. And I went to school at Canonbury primary school, the whole Highbury Barn segment of this video take me back! Thanks for bringing back good memories of North London. 🙂
Re-watched this------ and from Homerton, past Sutton house and through the churchyard, past the tower and down Amhurst rd, was my walk home from Upton House school 63 or 64 on thanks for memory rush John.
Great video Thanks. I lived on Holloway road in the 60s ( next door to what is now the court) and then moved to Copenhagen street. Went to Hackney tech after leaving Maggits school on Penton rise. Now live in Bulgaria, so these are great to watch, my old manor. I was a van boy on the Evening News, my run started at Penton Rise and finished at Highbury corner. RIP Manzies at Chap.
Hi John, I used to drink in a pub called the Duke of York on the kingsland road ever Wednesday evening religiously In the late nineties A wonderful period of my life Lovely memories.
Many memories of Highbury. A glad place. The Garage venue, the Italian cafés, the Buffallo bar, The swimming pool, The corner and the Union Chapel Daylight Gigs, the Green, The plane trees, gardens abutting the railway line.
Another fascinating history walk! Most of us would walk past those old buildings completely unaware of the history you shared. Thanks for another great video. 👍
Hi john great video in Hackney two good chaps bob mills and Daniel mays come from there .both Leyton orient fans .who I have seen from time to time at the field of dreams.lovely to see the empire and the Rio cinema in good health .enjoyed your video old son .
Thanks Michael. I did read that about St. Augustine's tower but then it didn't give a date only that it was early 16th Century(same period as Sutton House). However at least one person in the comments here has said that it's much older than that.
@@JohnRogersWalks there’s been a church on the site since the 13th century at least, but the tower would have been extended upwards in 16th century. Used to teach children about changing Hackney in that tower! I really enjoy the walks you do especially of new and old haunts of mine. You always seem to go a different way than my routes.
Love it, a wonderful commentary. Also nice to see how the solid architecture around Hackney and Islington hasn't been eroded or indeed butchered like it has been in pockets of Redbridge.
what a great video, made me laugh when you stated the Arse have nothing to do with Highbury haha....anyway back in the day I used to walk to see my Club, Tottenham from St Pancras, there were several ways I could go but I remember walking down to Tottenham from Dalston on many occasions, used to have a Pie n Mash shop on the High St Dalston, not forgetting I could rarely walk past a decent looking Pub without going in for a quick Beer, no wonder I started walking at around 09.00 hours to get to White Hart Lane for a 15.00 kick off...Happy Days, yes John the History, love it so much, keep the videos coming.
When I was an au-pair in London I used to live on Baalbec Rd, next to Highbury Fields: I absolutely loved it! Thank you for bringing back very fond memories.
Thanks for another great walk, John. When I left school in '87 my first job was at the Hackney Gazette on Kingsland Road. So many fond memories from that period and this brought them flooding back! You're certainly right about the Hackney Empire seemingly being under perpetual threat. I remember attending a Billy Bragg benefit gig there in 1988 (for the princely sum of a fiver!)
Hi John, I can't wait till Sunday to see where you've walked,I'm lucky to I live near epping forest and I hope one day to see you walking there again. Julie
Fantastic walk My mother's family were Hackney born Well Street pre war My aunt moved to rent in Graham Road before moving to Enfield Saturdays in my early teens spent walking the market of Ridley road and highlight of pie mash and liquor Jellies eels scared the life out of me Mum used to tell tales of seeing famous acts at the Empire pre and post war and hiding under the seats so that they could see the second and third performances for free
We used to call it front line lol Oh man..I used to live on Newington Green..Mildmay..Cromwell lived there..all the back ally's behind the shops connected..I played pool in the Turkish cafés... My kids loved Highbury fields..the park and water feature..the pulley and the sand pit..seven steps bagels..I worked there lol wow flash back..I could tell you a thousand stories 💞
In the midst of all the mad rush to throw up huge office blocks by developers, what a treat to see Georgian terraces in all their splendor. Tremendous too to see a Tudor house, Sutton House still standing and now preserved for future generations. Hope the Hackney Empire survives-too few theatres outside large city centres but we have one in Martinsburg which is AmDram but we are proud of it. Thanks very much John.
Thanks you John for all your excellent vlogs, I found them early on in lockdown and I can honestly say they have been a massive part of keeping me sane during these difficult times. Your calming tones as you wander the streets of London and surrounds have ended up being my comfort blanket when I'm feeling stressed. Your enthusiasm and simple enjoyment of walking have helped ground me in difficult times. I've even been motivated to follow in your footsteps (your walks in the High Wycombe area) and I've been re-enthused by you for my own walks with my two dogs up and down the Thames, which is my own little area of rambling. Keep up the good work, I look forward to each new vlog and am thankful that I still have lots of your back catalogue to enjoy !! Thank you again
thanks so much for sharing that Stephen - great to hear you're exploring the area around Wycombe and along the Thames. I hope to be back out that way soon again
Highbury Fields was my Ponderosa in the sixties, from the cinder pitch down to the swings, paddling pool and open air pool. The pool was freezing even in the height of summer. You are right about the Italians, my grandad moved up to Holloway. Enjoyed your walk.
Excellent walk John. I'm super interested to see your proposed walk along the course of the New River. I walked along the bit that is still there near Canonbury Station
Always my Sunday high spot John and this was full of interesting buildings and your memories of living around there and your research with all those interesting bits of history you weave in as you walk..as ever a real treat
Lovely video with some great memories for me, as I grew up in Canonbury, which is very close to Highbury Fields. It would be nice, if you could, to do a walk around Canonbury as there are some wonderful buildings and history there, including the Tower theatre, a house in Canonbury Square George Orwell lived in, and you can walk up Upper Street to the Regents Canal, and Chapel Market. You mentioned the new river, you were not that far from New River Walk.... Just off Essex Road. When you were in Highbury Grove, you passed the school. It's a very modern building nowadays, but still has the old columns (for wont of a better word) of the original Highbury County school, which then became Highbury Grove. Parts of four weddings and a funeral were filmed at Highbury Fields, and the singer Sade used to live in a house in fieldway crescent (I think it was) and used to see her around a bit. Also, the football pitch at the top, I used to play football on with Tony Hadley and Steve Norman from Spandau Ballet on!! Subscribed!!
Great walk as usual but this time covering my stomping ground. Having just consulted The London Encyclopedia I think Sutton House followed by St Augustine's are, as you say contenders for oldest building in Hackney and 52-55 Newington Green, which you glanced at, goes back to 1658.....above a great cobbler's shop. Keep up the great work John!
Seeing the Empire reminded me that the last time I went in person to get a copy of my Birth Certificate was to Hackney Town Hall, almost next door! Oh yes - and guess who's parents got married in that same Town Hall? Was born not too far from where you ended the walk; Woodbury Grove off Seven Sisters Road.
Watching this as an ex pat who once lived in Highbury pk opposite Addington mansions. Left in 1975 aged 15, nice to see my old stomping grounds. Memories of my late Father waiting for me outside St Joan of Ark primary school, then walking to the Lido in Highbury fields for an evening swim, 10 pence admission. The bike shop opposite the school where i bought a new one for 6 pounds in 1970. Going to watch the Gunners in the old stadium and an evening chipper meal from beside the Barn pub. Walking to Highbury Grove when older and having Rhodes Boyson as head master. Fishing in Clissold pk and the solo walk home through the spooky lane. Lovely memories altogether long live Highbury.
Ooh brilliant. From here, in East London, E5 to where my sister used to live in Newington Green was a walk I used to do daily (actually I was living in Graham road at the time but had a boyfriend in Chatsworth road) I used to walk up Navarino Road and up to the back of Ridley Road, Cross over at Dalston and walk up one of the roads on each side of the railway to Cannonbury. Sutton Place is one place I would love to live! those houses with their shutters etc are beautiful as is St Johns Churchyard and the little secret or walled herb garden. I was watching Modern History channel and Jason, the Knight, was saying things called The Ship or Ship street which are not geographically near anything nautical are remnants of the old Compost collectors from Medieval tines but they changed a letter or two as our sensibilities have changed over the centuries lol! Highbury Barn is where a friend of mine lives and I always tended to walk everywhere and once youre at Finsbury Park or Highbury if coming from W1, youre basically the most part of the way home from the West End. I used to really enjoy walking from Soho to Hackney and used to do it weekly. I think its about time I started again as your fitness takes a massive hit if you cant go for long walks. Once the lockdown is over I am starting walking again as I dont like the idea of Public Transport post Covid.
As to me I like the special rithm of your walks . Each of the trip starts from someting very material and turning into some lovely irrational in the end. Thank you !
Nice one John. It took me back to 1968 when I was sixteen and started my five year course in mechanical engineering at Hackney college just around the corner from Hackney Downs station. I have no idea whether or not the college is still there. Bob
Thank you John so many places that were pivotal in my early life, Highbury has always been a magical place , Highbury Gardens , Fields and Barn a wonderful place to wander through and around, Ridley road with my mum and Dad in the fifties and sixties, Newington Green, The Hackney Empire and the Rio oh yes shows, gigs and films, and you touched upon the New River , made my day , I love all your videos but that was really special and nice,thank you so much, take care my friend , see you soon .....
Another interesting walk from you John with plenty of information as I'm so much into history I was mostly from Stepney Bow And Poplar before moving to MK but do know some areas of Hackney and Dalston quite well but learnt a few more things tonight. Thanks for an interesting walk.👍
Fascinating walk as always. Thought I knew North and East London but there is something or somewhere new to discover. Never heard of Highbury Barn, but I have now. Looking forward to the next Walk.
Fascinating video John: the locations tell my life story. I was born in Stoke Newington, grew up in Hackney, (Lower Clapton) went to school opposite Sutton House, lived in Canonbury close to New River Path and now live close to the source of the New River in Ware.
Another top quality video, great stuff. It always amazes me how much there is to see just by walking along the road; some of that architecture is fantastic.
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My old stomping grounds. I lived in London for 20 years. I also love Highbury Fields. Now live in NZ
Greetings from Barbados. Memories of highbury grove as I did a year of secondary school at highbury grove school in the 80s. Lived on the avenell road. Loving this video
Nice orangey glowing street lights at the end like a Van Gogh painting.
Aaah Homerton and Dalston. Great memories from when I lived there, also in the early 90s. Definitely agree that it took an age to get out of Hackney to go elsewhere in London.
Great walk as always. Me and rhe Mrs met are Ridley Rd market. We both had shops there. Happy walking.
Wonderful video which really brings back memories to me as I was at school in Homerton in the 1960s and used to do the journey between home (Dalston) and the school four times a day. I used to rush (and I mean rush!) home for lunch- the dash along Sutton Place, through the churchyard to Mare Street to get a bus along Graham Road to Dalston (child fare 2d!). Those were the days, and this video brought them all back.
Your walks bring back so many memories... I was born in 65 St Pauls Road and lived in Highbury Place opposite the swimming pool and Highbury Barn.
This is the borough I'm born& raised in and I love to see how significant its been for others in there own way..I enjoyed that!
What a lovely, fascinating film, thank you..
Architecture that will never be seen again with these modern buildings going up around London they are a pleasure to look at stunning buildings which we will never see the likes again great video John Rogers .
Thanks Brian
Once again, this video ends at my favorite time of day in this series of walks. At dusk when the street lamps are coming on and the lights are visible in people's windows. I can't help but think how beautiful it all is and what those folks might be doing - sitting down to supper or watching TV or reading their kids a story. Some of the architecture is lovely - more than it has a right to be. Old houses and apartments built centuries ago, are weather-worn and grey, yet they look so warm and inviting.
Thanks to John, we get to see these sights and hear about these areas that we otherwise would never know about - even know existed. Wonderful stuff.
The perfect ending to a Sunday night, great video John, can't wait for you to that New River walk, I'm counting the days till summer !
Born and bred in Mildmay Road in 1937 I remember when the New River flowed through Clissold Park, and my first taste of jellied eels in F Cookes pie shop Dalston. I really look forward to your New River Walk. Keep up the good work.
That was enjoyable. The bit I really knew was Dalston market. Would get taken there from Leyton, on a single decker bus by my mother in the mid 1960s. Ravel Shoes had one of their first shops in Dalston I recall!
Ravel Shoes! I used to gaze into the windows but couldn't afford their luscious shoes.
I don't watch telly. (Because it's rubbish.) So I do enjoy RUclips but of all the people I subscribe to John I always make a bit of me time to watch your vlogs. They are totally immersive and with all the awful things that have been happening this year your walks are just a breath of fresh air in every sense. Thank you so much for sharing.
Highbury definitely on my 2022 itinerary. So cheerful in the cold dusk!
cracking beautiful buildings and that wonderful market. You have a magical memory to be able to feed us all that information as you walk around.
Hi my mum come from Highbury fields when she was young it's very good place to live back in the day
Been looking forward to this all day. Cheers John.
hope you enjoyed it Star Wars
@@JohnRogersWalks I always do mate. Have a good one, Jason.
Mate this video is so nostalgic for me. I'm from Stoke Newington and I had a mate who lived on Greenwood Road off Graham Road. And I went to school at Canonbury primary school, the whole Highbury Barn segment of this video take me back! Thanks for bringing back good memories of North London. 🙂
Re-watched this------ and from Homerton, past Sutton house and through the churchyard, past the tower and down Amhurst rd, was my walk home from Upton House school 63 or 64 on thanks for memory rush John.
Great video Thanks. I lived on Holloway road in the 60s ( next door to what is now the court) and then moved to Copenhagen street. Went to Hackney tech after leaving Maggits school on Penton rise. Now live in Bulgaria, so these are great to watch, my old manor. I was a van boy on the Evening News, my run started at Penton Rise and finished at Highbury corner. RIP Manzies at Chap.
Hi John, I used to drink in a pub called the Duke of York on the kingsland road ever Wednesday evening religiously
In the late nineties
A wonderful period of my life
Lovely memories.
You walk through decades of my life so swiftly. But thank you for the walk and the "heckling memories".
Thank you John , brilliant especially the end . I ve always like Highbury it feels proper and as a town should be . Walking vicariously with you xxx
Lovely film. Your ability to find beauty in the urban and workaday, root out the past amid the present and express it, is a rare gift.
Hackney is and always will be my home, I've lived here for 25 years
Good video, brings back a lot of memories, keep up the good work God bless you 🙏🙏🙏
Many memories of Highbury. A glad place. The Garage venue, the Italian cafés, the Buffallo bar, The swimming pool, The corner and the Union Chapel Daylight Gigs, the Green, The plane trees, gardens abutting the railway line.
brilliant stuff, so cathartic.
Another fascinating history walk! Most of us would walk past those old buildings completely unaware of the history you shared. Thanks for another great video. 👍
thanks so much Walks and wanders
Hi john great video in Hackney two good chaps bob mills and Daniel mays come from there .both Leyton orient fans .who I have seen from time to time at the field of dreams.lovely to see the empire and the Rio cinema in good health .enjoyed your video old son .
cheers Gary - thanks for watching
And thanks for the mention last week .on my Hitchcock tours and my thanks for going to the grave of jack cornwell and keeping his memory alive .
Wonderful little walk,
thanks Julie
My part of town. Lovely to hear your thoughts on the place
St Augustines Tower is I believe the oldest buildings in Hackney.
Role on the summer and your walk along the New River John
thanks Shaun - I'm looking forward to it already
Thanks Michael. I did read that about St. Augustine's tower but then it didn't give a date only that it was early 16th Century(same period as Sutton House). However at least one person in the comments here has said that it's much older than that.
@@JohnRogersWalks there’s been a church on the site since the 13th century at least, but the tower would have been extended upwards in 16th century. Used to teach children about changing Hackney in that tower!
I really enjoy the walks you do especially of new and old haunts of mine. You always seem to go a different way than my routes.
a superb 20 mins ... thanks from Cornwall.
Wonderful! Most informative and a very engaging presentation style! Thank you!
Thanks Tara
@@JohnRogersWalks Great work! All the best and Happy New Year !
That's my old area, Islington!! 🙂So many good memories.
Love it, a wonderful commentary. Also nice to see how the solid architecture around Hackney and Islington hasn't been eroded or indeed butchered like it has been in pockets of Redbridge.
Look forward to the new river walk, come summer!
ha! i JUST noticed the title "Highbury Fields Forever" ! good one! 😊
what a great video, made me laugh when you stated the Arse have nothing to do with Highbury haha....anyway back in the day I used to walk to see my Club, Tottenham from St Pancras, there were several ways I could go but I remember walking down to Tottenham from Dalston on many occasions, used to have a Pie n Mash shop on the High St Dalston, not forgetting I could rarely walk past a decent looking Pub without going in for a quick Beer, no wonder I started walking at around 09.00 hours to get to White Hart Lane for a 15.00 kick off...Happy Days, yes John the History, love it so much, keep the videos coming.
Thanks John, great walk to finish the weekend.
Wonderful walk especially the Highbury bit, not really my part of town but makes me want to visit pre Christmas Shopping, Thanks again John
Thanks for watching Raj - it’s a great area
When I was an au-pair in London I used to live on Baalbec Rd, next to Highbury Fields: I absolutely loved it! Thank you for bringing back very fond memories.
Another super walk - thank you so much.
my pleasure Sally, glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for another great walk, John. When I left school in '87 my first job was at the Hackney Gazette on Kingsland Road. So many fond memories from that period and this brought them flooding back! You're certainly right about the Hackney Empire seemingly being under perpetual threat. I remember attending a Billy Bragg benefit gig there in 1988 (for the princely sum of a fiver!)
Loved this John.
Like watching the best history programme ever.
Thanks so much Little Acorns
Hi John, I can't wait till Sunday to see where you've walked,I'm lucky to I live near epping forest and I hope one day to see you walking there again. Julie
Thanks Julie that's lovely to hear - can't wait to get back into the forest, it's been a few weeks now, sure I'll paths will cross
Interesting and enjoyable as ever over in Gloucester. Keep up the good walk(s)!
I love your videos! As a historian and a person who use to live in Hackney/ East London this made me so so nostalgic- so informative too!
thanks Saheera
Beautiful walk great sites and landmarks takes me back about forty years
Oh to be young and mobile again SMILES happy wanderer 👍🇬🇧👌
Thanks C Gj
Fantastic walk
My mother's family were Hackney born Well Street pre war
My aunt moved to rent in Graham Road before moving to Enfield
Saturdays in my early teens spent walking the market of Ridley road and highlight of pie mash and liquor
Jellies eels scared the life out of me
Mum used to tell tales of seeing famous acts at the Empire pre and post war and hiding under the seats so that they could see the second and third performances for free
Great architecture and a fantastic video as usual !
thanks Kathleen
We used to call it front line lol
Oh man..I used to live on Newington Green..Mildmay..Cromwell lived there..all the back ally's behind the shops connected..I played pool in the Turkish cafés...
My kids loved Highbury fields..the park and water feature..the pulley and the sand pit..seven steps bagels..I worked there lol wow flash back..I could tell you a thousand stories 💞
In the midst of all the mad rush to throw up huge office blocks by developers, what a treat to see Georgian terraces in all their splendor. Tremendous too to see a Tudor house, Sutton House still standing and now preserved for future generations. Hope the Hackney Empire survives-too few theatres outside large city centres but we have one in Martinsburg which is AmDram but we are proud of it. Thanks very much John.
Lovely Homerton road remind me of life 2014-2016, Love your video, Thank you
Another great video as always. I used to live close to Homerton many years ago and have passed through many of these roads
thanks John
John - thanks - love all the architecture - look forward to seeing you on your next walk! (and Satie too - wonderful)
thanks Martin - glad you enjoyed the Satie
that was lovely, i used to live around stoke newington, great to see the old place again
Great walk. Don’t take this the wrong way but I watch your walks when I can’t sleep. They are so calming thx 😊
Thanks you John for all your excellent vlogs, I found them early on in lockdown and I can honestly say they have been a massive part of keeping me sane during these difficult times. Your calming tones as you wander the streets of London and surrounds have ended up being my comfort blanket when I'm feeling stressed. Your enthusiasm and simple enjoyment of walking have helped ground me in difficult times. I've even been motivated to follow in your footsteps (your walks in the High Wycombe area) and I've been re-enthused by you for my own walks with my two dogs up and down the Thames, which is my own little area of rambling. Keep up the good work, I look forward to each new vlog and am thankful that I still have lots of your back catalogue to enjoy !! Thank you again
thanks so much for sharing that Stephen - great to hear you're exploring the area around Wycombe and along the Thames. I hope to be back out that way soon again
Highbury Fields was my Ponderosa in the sixties, from the cinder pitch down to the swings, paddling pool and open air pool. The pool was freezing even in the height of summer. You are right about the Italians, my grandad moved up to Holloway. Enjoyed your walk.
Thank you John for another interesting and informative walk
This is a great video, and really informative. Thank you so much, Sir. I miss London, so dearly.
Thank you John! So full of reminiscences for me. I walked many of these streets in my childhood but without your knowledge. Keep it up mate!
thanks Les
Excellent walk John. I'm super interested to see your proposed walk along the course of the New River. I walked along the bit that is still there near Canonbury Station
Always my Sunday high spot John and this was full of interesting buildings and your memories of living around there and your research with all those interesting bits of history you weave in as you walk..as ever a real treat
Thanks Richard - I really look forward to sharing these films on a Sunday
Lovely video with some great memories for me, as I grew up in Canonbury, which is very close to Highbury Fields. It would be nice, if you could, to do a walk around Canonbury as there are some wonderful buildings and history there, including the Tower theatre, a house in Canonbury Square George Orwell lived in, and you can walk up Upper Street to the Regents Canal, and Chapel Market.
You mentioned the new river, you were not that far from New River Walk.... Just off Essex Road.
When you were in Highbury Grove, you passed the school. It's a very modern building nowadays, but still has the old columns (for wont of a better word) of the original Highbury County school, which then became Highbury Grove.
Parts of four weddings and a funeral were filmed at Highbury Fields, and the singer Sade used to live in a house in fieldway crescent (I think it was) and used to see her around a bit.
Also, the football pitch at the top, I used to play football on with Tony Hadley and Steve Norman from Spandau Ballet on!!
Subscribed!!
Brilliant film John! Haven’t been to Hackney for a good few years, I will pass through soon since I go to Stratford pretty often. 👍🏼
I'm starting to watch, it looks to be a great video and story.
hope you enjoyed the rest of it Leoncio
@@JohnRogersWalks A great video and you're a fantastic storyteller
Great walk as usual but this time covering my stomping ground. Having just consulted The London Encyclopedia I think Sutton House followed by St Augustine's are, as you say contenders for oldest building in Hackney and 52-55 Newington Green, which you glanced at, goes back to 1658.....above a great cobbler's shop. Keep up the great work John!
A beautiful and informative video. Please keep un the good work.
Thanks Basher601
Wonderful walk.
Thanks Michael
Great walk John as usual.... 👍
thanks Grant
Splendid, I miss London.
Seeing the Empire reminded me that the last time I went in person to get a copy of my Birth Certificate was to Hackney Town Hall, almost next door! Oh yes - and guess who's parents got married in that same Town Hall? Was born not too far from where you ended the walk; Woodbury Grove off Seven Sisters Road.
Watching this as an ex pat who once lived in Highbury pk opposite Addington mansions. Left in 1975 aged 15, nice to see my old stomping grounds. Memories of my late Father waiting for me outside St Joan of Ark primary school, then walking to the Lido in Highbury fields for an evening swim, 10 pence admission. The bike shop opposite the school where i bought a new one for 6 pounds in 1970. Going to watch the Gunners in the old stadium and an evening chipper meal from beside the Barn pub. Walking to Highbury Grove when older and having Rhodes Boyson as head master. Fishing in Clissold pk and the solo walk home through the spooky lane. Lovely memories altogether long live Highbury.
Informative and insightful as always, thank you John.
thanks Alan
thank for the upload really enjoyed the walk looking forward to the next episode
Just caught up with this one John....wonderful !
The scenes around Highbury Fields and Highbury terrace were really special.
Thank you..
Ooh brilliant. From here, in East London, E5 to where my sister used to live in Newington Green was a walk I used to do daily (actually I was living in Graham road at the time but had a boyfriend in Chatsworth road) I used to walk up Navarino Road and up to the back of Ridley Road, Cross over at Dalston and walk up one of the roads on each side of the railway to Cannonbury.
Sutton Place is one place I would love to live! those houses with their shutters etc are beautiful as is St Johns Churchyard and the little secret or walled herb garden. I was watching Modern History channel and Jason, the Knight, was saying things called The Ship or Ship street which are not geographically near anything nautical are remnants of the old Compost collectors from Medieval tines but they changed a letter or two as our sensibilities have changed over the centuries lol! Highbury Barn is where a friend of mine lives and I always tended to walk everywhere and once youre at Finsbury Park or Highbury if coming from W1, youre basically the most part of the way home from the West End. I used to really enjoy walking from Soho to Hackney and used to do it weekly. I think its about time I started again as your fitness takes a massive hit if you cant go for long walks. Once the lockdown is over I am starting walking again as I dont like the idea of Public Transport post Covid.
Brilliant escapades John, I only stumbled upon your videos yesterday....you now have me addicted sir :) Thanks a bundle :)
Thanks Lee - glad you’re enjoying the videos- plenty more to come
As to me I like the special rithm of your walks . Each of the trip starts from someting very material and turning into some lovely irrational in the end. Thank you !
Wonderful video literally you start 2 mins from where I live
Ah great stuff Abdul
Fascinating walk and talk I loved the mixture of different architecture. Interesting reference to Highbury possibly being an ancient burial ground . 😊
Thank you John a lovely walk. Another place on my Bucket list. 😆
Amazing vid john
I walked the Dollis brook valley walk this weekend was am amazing walk and adventure
Thanks Stephen - I've had the Dollis on my list for a while but never got round to it - glad to hear you had a great walk
Nice one John. It took me back to 1968 when I was sixteen and started my five year course in mechanical engineering at Hackney college just around the corner from Hackney Downs station. I have no idea whether or not the college is still there. Bob
Glad I could take you back there Bob
Thank you for that, i miss London so much.
Thank you John so many places that were pivotal in my early life, Highbury has always been a magical place , Highbury Gardens , Fields and Barn a wonderful place to wander through and around, Ridley road with my mum and Dad in the fifties and sixties, Newington Green, The Hackney Empire and the Rio oh yes shows, gigs and films, and you touched upon the New River , made my day , I love all your videos but that was really special and nice,thank you so much, take care my friend , see you soon .....
Brilliant John another great walk. Enjoy them so much. Thank you..
Thanks so much Jonathan
Another interesting walk from you John with plenty of information as I'm so much into history I was mostly from Stepney Bow And Poplar before moving to MK but do know some areas of Hackney and Dalston quite well but learnt a few more things tonight. Thanks for an interesting walk.👍
thanks Derek
Fascinating walk as always. Thought I knew North and East London but there is something or somewhere new to discover. Never heard of Highbury Barn, but I have now. Looking forward to the next Walk.
lovely to watch as the sun sets here.
Another great video John.
Thanks Nick
Fascinating video John: the locations tell my life story. I was born in Stoke Newington, grew up in Hackney, (Lower Clapton) went to school opposite Sutton House, lived in Canonbury close to New River Path and now live close to the source of the New River in Ware.
Fascinating walks. Dad used to live in Islington, and later, Dalston (very close to the market), so I’m sure he’ll appreciate these videos too.
Thanks Benedict - hope your Dad enjoys the video
Another top quality video, great stuff. It always amazes me how much there is to see just by walking along the road; some of that architecture is fantastic.
That walk was definitely too short. Enjoyed all the sights thanks for sharing.
Wonderful video!