The Secrets of Oxford’s Streets | And What Lies Beneath the University

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

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  • @HistoryHit
    @HistoryHit  Год назад +55

    Hope you enjoy guys! 😃We've got Alice exploring the streets of Cambridge in the next couple of weeks. And if you can't wait that long, here's her full playlist 👉ruclips.net/p/PLPYbVPqV7je9aFrONncy7mtqFJA2E3LcP

    • @ihathtelekinesis
      @ihathtelekinesis Год назад

      What about Hull?

    • @OanKnight
      @OanKnight Год назад +1

      Are you guys actually aware that there's anything outside of the general London area? It'd be nice to see this kind of segment for other places such as exeter, york, manchester, liverpool. You know. Other places in the UK.

    • @harbourdogNL
      @harbourdogNL Год назад

      @@OanKnight Is this the first video of hers you've watched? Must be.

    • @zeljkodebeljko8767
      @zeljkodebeljko8767 Год назад

      Thank you we do. Why you cutting off Allice legs? Alice has best legs among British Historians.Alice is known as English "Tina Turner " she even danced in the last sequence.. But Taliban censorship cut her legs out of the sequence.😢😢😢😮

  • @MikeWood
    @MikeWood Год назад +132

    I visited Oxford only once in about 1988. Aside from the history and architecture, I remember two things. Having lunch at The Bear (oldest pub in Oxford), and while wandering the streets with some of my classmates, bumping into an older gentleman who must have thought we Canadian students were an interesting lost looking bunch. We figured he was pulling our leg about who he was, but he offered us a private tour of the Oxford Town Hall. We followed him to humour him, and then we were surprised when the police officer at a side entrance let us all in. I think he realized we didn't believe him, so at one point he gestured at one of the paintings and asked if the guy looked familiar. Sure enough he was a former Lord Mayor. I think it might have been Lord Mayor Fred Ingram or possibly Lord Mayor William Fagg. A really nice guy.

    • @gilheuss7830
      @gilheuss7830 Год назад +9

      I am going to guess William Fagg. Sounds like him. There are several other sites that weren't mentioned but she did a good Job. If you want to dive deeper into the "City of Dreaming Spires." I recommend the book by Jan Morris by that title.

    • @tressinar
      @tressinar 8 месяцев назад +5

      Wow...that's just so wonderful

  • @davidcreager1945
    @davidcreager1945 Год назад +80

    I wish history teachers were as enthusiastic about teaching history as Alice is !!! Another awesome video from History Hit !!!

    • @gazzertrn
      @gazzertrn Год назад +3

      And as cute .

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell Год назад +3

      The problem with teaching history, especially in the UK, is that the periods and knowledge is decided by the curriculum, and that doesn't change, so you end up teaching the same things over and over and over, and it's really quite hard to remain enthusiastic about something when it's the 10th time you've taught it. However a tv history presenter can pick and choose what subjects to present and never has to repeat anything they didn't find interesting.

    • @n00b_n00b_
      @n00b_n00b_ Год назад +2

      ​@@SevCaswell yep, it's the same in the Netherlands unfortunately.

  • @kayw3906
    @kayw3906 Год назад +74

    Totally love the ones with Alice in them! She is so excited about the history and just cute and fun!!!! 😊

  • @DJL78
    @DJL78 Год назад +128

    Alice is truly exceptional at this. 🍸

    • @obriets
      @obriets Год назад +3

      Delightful!

  • @thewaywardgrape3838
    @thewaywardgrape3838 Год назад +39

    Alice's passion for the subjects is really infectious! It'd be cool to learn more about Scottish locations - definitely watch those.

  • @KevinMartin-es8fh
    @KevinMartin-es8fh Год назад +15

    I love Alice Loxdon!🙂 She does a super job at presenting history! Very interesting subjects and locations

  • @glenford1323
    @glenford1323 Год назад +20

    Alice is the best modern story teller we have. More please

  • @richardprescott6322
    @richardprescott6322 Год назад +24

    Fun, enthusiastic history- not dull and dusty. Makes you want to research each topic. Brilliant

  • @davewilson9738
    @davewilson9738 Год назад +4

    Ms Loxton is another great presenter and so enthusiastic without being condescending in her delivery - brilliant!

  • @christrites4251
    @christrites4251 Год назад +6

    I could listen to her all day, her enthusiasm for history is infectious, in a good way!

  • @NathansWargames
    @NathansWargames Год назад +3

    Lived in Oxford for 28 years. nice place if you go into the town area everywhere else is basically just a mini London borough outside of it

  • @elihouse1994
    @elihouse1994 Год назад +2

    Oxford is so beautiful, so happy to call it hone. Alice always does an amazing job of telling these stories and bringing history to life, her passion and enthusiasm is infectious!

  • @Craiglish22
    @Craiglish22 Год назад +22

    Wonderfully presented with an infectious enthusiasm! Thank you to Alice and the History Hit team! 👍👏

  • @paulblois7194
    @paulblois7194 Год назад +9

    I have lived in Oxford for many years - thanks Alice for teaching me so many interesting things!

  • @hijklmnop42
    @hijklmnop42 Год назад +8

    Thank you for including the Headington Shark! Every time I see it I laugh at how BIG it is. Another Oxford-to-Headington historical tidbit is Cuckoo Lane, it's an ancient path still used as a shortcut behind houses and shops, and very charming!

  • @ryanherrera3407
    @ryanherrera3407 Год назад +2

    I used travel to compete at the Oxford IV debate tournament every year back from 2009-2012. Not only was it some of the most memorable experiences of my life, but being surrounded by all of that history and amongst so many intelligent people was indescribable. It feels so cool doing everything simply because you’re in Oxford. The tournament was hosted at the Oxford Union, so that added another level to the whole experience. We would just hang out in the Old library, competing in the small rooms upstairs or at the top of a small stairwell, or even in the main chamber when the opportunity arose. Seeing those final debate rounds- a packed student chamber with everyone cheering, pounding their hands, drinking, and just having an overall good time- will forever be something I cherish. What an honor to compete at such a historical and renowned place. Oh- and shout out to The Eagle and Child! 🤯

  • @pendragon2012
    @pendragon2012 Год назад +2

    I loved my visit to Oxford on my 21st birthday. Alice did a great job--she's super pretty and I love the excitement and knowledge she brings. Reminds me of the awesome walking tours I took while studying in London!

  • @kimcarlisle1510
    @kimcarlisle1510 Год назад +6

    I absolutely love anytime you do a documentary short of long. Your enthusiasm make history every more fun and interesting. Cheers from Washington DC

    • @declanmurphy417
      @declanmurphy417 Год назад

      she has her own channel History with Allice and she so deserves more views and and subs every one here get on board

  • @tonisiret5557
    @tonisiret5557 Год назад +3

    Alice makes history come alive for me, as Tony Robinson did when I was younger. Great job 👌

  • @ElizabethW62
    @ElizabethW62 Год назад +3

    We need more of Alice's enthusiasm. This video was a joy to watch. Subscribed! 🤗

  • @warwickholden6332
    @warwickholden6332 Год назад +10

    C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were not just writing buddies but also rather competitive! C.S. Lewis proposed they tried their hand at science fiction, to see who wrote the best story. C. S. Lewis wrote the "Cosmic Trilogy" - 'Out of the Silent Planet', 'Perelandra', and 'That Hideous Strength''. (Worth a read if you have the time). Tolkien never completed his side of the bargain, presumably being too busy constructing the monumental tasl of creating the stories from Middle Earth!

  • @diannewheatleygiliotti8513
    @diannewheatleygiliotti8513 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @apaul9776
    @apaul9776 Год назад +4

    Excellent. Lively, informative and fun. And beautifully presented.

  • @RupertBear412
    @RupertBear412 Год назад +8

    whatever Alice has got, I think she should bottle and sell it! one of my favourite presenters ever because shes so bright and cheery!

  • @gazzertrn
    @gazzertrn Год назад +2

    More of Alice please , she is brilliant ,so entertaining and knowledgeable .

  • @1AlejoYT
    @1AlejoYT Год назад +1

    Beautiful outfit!
    Alice is so charismatic and lovable and Oxford is such a gorgeous city!!

  • @balancedactguy
    @balancedactguy Год назад +1

    Alice is a wonderful presenter and narrator! She should start a business giving guided History tours all about the UK to tourists!

  • @becallen9711
    @becallen9711 Год назад +2

    Excited to watch this. I am from Oxford but not lived in the UK for years.

  • @RogerEvans-dx4cs
    @RogerEvans-dx4cs 4 месяца назад

    At 2m 35secs Alice is walking up Beaumont Street with Worcester College behind her, the white van just obscuring the main entrance gate. The office window where my father worked as Head Porter in the 1960's is just above the van bonnet. The house we used to live in is just out of sight across the road - thanks for the lovely memories your video brought back.

  • @havingalook2
    @havingalook2 Год назад +1

    What a wonderful look at such an important city. Thank you Alice once again for a magnificent presentation. Cheers

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 Год назад +8

    Interesting! I can well believe in the story of C. S. Lewis' inspiration. Oxford /Cambridge differences, such as quad vs court and the two pronunciations of Magdalen were apparently used to trip up well prepared spies during WW2.. Nice one Alice! 🌟👍

  • @annecarter5181
    @annecarter5181 Год назад +1

    Like having a private tour guide!! Love Alice’s enthusiasm!!

  • @KevinMartin-es8fh
    @KevinMartin-es8fh 2 месяца назад

    Alice Loxton is a fabulous historian!!😊❤ I love her presentations on RUclips!!!

  • @stonesinmyblood27
    @stonesinmyblood27 Год назад +2

    You’re enjoyable to listen to and your enthusiasm is contagious

  • @bakoyma
    @bakoyma Год назад

    I love how goofy and fun Alice is in these videos

  • @whiteonggoy7009
    @whiteonggoy7009 Год назад +1

    Captivating, beautifull and a great teacher,why was my history teacher the opposite...great upload many thanks.

  • @richardthompson9836
    @richardthompson9836 Год назад +1

    From all the way over the "pond" in Florida, we love you Alice!

  • @williamfahey6066
    @williamfahey6066 Год назад

    I love Alice's videos. She does a great job, they are
    full of great information and fun to watch.
    Thank you, Alice, and History Hit.
    Jeff❤

  • @KRPTV
    @KRPTV Год назад +2

    My dad used to study at Oxford so we used to visit there quite a lot, The Eagle and Child is a pub we went to frequently.🙂

  • @Peter-55
    @Peter-55 Год назад +2

    Loved this, so much fun! Thank you Alice 🇬🇧

  • @kerriemckinstry-jett8625
    @kerriemckinstry-jett8625 Год назад +3

    I just read _The Dictionary of Lost Words_ recently. It's cool to see Murray's mailbox in this video. 😊

  • @lancewhite1477
    @lancewhite1477 Год назад +2

    Nicholas Ridley was at one point vicar of our village, Herne in Kent.

  • @brianthesnail3815
    @brianthesnail3815 10 месяцев назад +2

    I spent a lot of time underneath Radcliffe Camera as a PhD student studying some of those 600,000 books. It was full of black dust and I came out every day very very dirty.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus Год назад +2

    Great video! I just *love* Alice as a presenter! So much energy!

  • @frankquevedo3453
    @frankquevedo3453 Год назад

    A very enjoyable & enlightening tour if my, I lived & worked at RAF(USAFE) UPPER HEYFORD for 9 years, most loved city of England. And I toured many while I lived there. As I was. CS LEWIS, was inspired by the many fantastic, MORRELS , Pubs.

  • @davidhalen1198
    @davidhalen1198 Год назад +2

    Alice, you are absolutely a proper goofball, and I really enjoy watching your videos. You running down the Mott and Bailey was so funny.

    • @blindpew69
      @blindpew69 9 месяцев назад

      Define ‘goofball’?

  • @Chris-cf2kp
    @Chris-cf2kp Год назад

    She's so cute and knowledgeable, be still my heart - love her style too, fitting for looking back into history as a seeming throw-back to perhaps the 60's/mid-century modern.

  • @leeroy25024941
    @leeroy25024941 Год назад +1

    Alice Loxton is such a joy to watch!

  • @gumpy4960
    @gumpy4960 Год назад

    Oxford is easily my favourite town/ small city that I’ve ever been to, it has a really special atmosphere to the place and you’re surrounded by history

  • @edward.m.r4390
    @edward.m.r4390 Год назад

    My favourite of the videos you publish... now in 4k! Thanks History Hit! My desktop viewing is now absolutely top notch. Looking forward to Alice's next architectural adventure!

  • @darkgotham3449
    @darkgotham3449 Год назад

    Alice, you are amazing . Keep up your wonderful work

  • @freyashipley6556
    @freyashipley6556 Год назад +1

    Thank you, Alice! I'd still like to hear about what's underneath the streets.

  • @mothmagic1
    @mothmagic1 8 месяцев назад

    Alice your passion for history shines through in all your videos. Would that my history teachers were as enthusiastic about the subject when I was at school. I'm Oxford born and raised and you've taught me things I never knew. If you can educate a 76 year old about his home town you can educate anyone.

  • @tylerhawks8376
    @tylerhawks8376 Год назад +3

    Thank you Alice!!

  • @giancarloschiralli2435
    @giancarloschiralli2435 Год назад +1

    Thank you....😊😊😊You were very eloquent therefore making it fun , interesting to follow🙂🏵

  • @angelatester2471
    @angelatester2471 Год назад

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video, and the upbeat mood....and easy to listen to speaking voice. Many thanks.

  • @heidimeyermath8087
    @heidimeyermath8087 Год назад +1

    This was awesome! I leave for Oxford in two weeks, and this is the best video I've seen for exploring. It's also astonishingly high quality - thank you!

  • @busterboy7505
    @busterboy7505 Год назад +4

    Well done Alice, you make every video really interesting and fun, 👍👏👏👏👍.

  • @54mgtf22
    @54mgtf22 Год назад +3

    Alice. Legend.
    Love your work 👍

  • @LaHayeSaint
    @LaHayeSaint 11 месяцев назад

    Alice Loxton -- Happiness is a guided historical tour with beautiful Alice. She is a dream come true.

  • @lisabadell7864
    @lisabadell7864 Год назад +1

    Love Alice, will be watching all her videos!

  • @catcameron2495
    @catcameron2495 Год назад +2

    Thanks. This is the first I've heard of the origins of Mr. Tumnus.

  • @cindchan
    @cindchan Год назад +2

    Another place to visit someday, even though I am more drawn to Cambridge myself.

  • @MikkiProductions204
    @MikkiProductions204 Год назад +1

    This was so much fun! Thank you! I look forward to seeing all these sights when I visit England sometime soon, hopefully! ☺️

  • @kathrynboniface3455
    @kathrynboniface3455 Год назад +1

    My history teachers were as enthusiastic as Alice and that is why I love history.

  • @Silent_Flight
    @Silent_Flight Год назад +3

    Crikey you must have been up at some unholy hour to avoid the tourists and commuters in central Oxford!
    There's also an underground railway beneath the RadCam (disused) for moving books, a treacle mine out at Binsey (Terry Pratchett), the Dodo at the natural history, the shear size of Blackwell's and so much more.

  • @phillipcollins9290
    @phillipcollins9290 Год назад +1

    Quite interesting, especially as I've never been to the UK. Lovely "guide" too.

  • @FlyingDarkLord
    @FlyingDarkLord Год назад +1

    Superb video! Amazingly professional format, I love it 😊👍🏼

  • @Stonewall1861
    @Stonewall1861 Год назад +1

    Thank you for the information. Because I’m going to London in July I will remember these great places to go too.

  • @craigwilliams4161
    @craigwilliams4161 Год назад

    Excellent VLOG on the beautiful city

  • @jameshutchins3396
    @jameshutchins3396 Год назад +1

    Great fun presentation. More please

  • @AlexanderEnskat
    @AlexanderEnskat 9 месяцев назад

    Such a cute and informative video! Thank you and happy easter! Going to Oxford from Chicago probably in September :)

  • @Emthe30something
    @Emthe30something Год назад +1

    Fun and informative as always.

  • @djkelleher3557
    @djkelleher3557 Год назад

    Brilliantly presented 👍👏👏

  • @willhazyblue
    @willhazyblue Год назад

    Your a hit with me, love it! Keep em coming dear.

  • @hankpb1
    @hankpb1 Год назад +4

    good video ..do you know about the tunnel underground running from the camera to Bodleian library on far side of broad Street?

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 Год назад +1

    Tfsharing these amazing videos
    with Alice.

  • @joansavage1857
    @joansavage1857 Год назад

    Thank you Alice. Just perfect!!

  • @USA50_
    @USA50_ Год назад +1

    Thank you ☺️🇺🇲❤️

  • @chriseve4423
    @chriseve4423 Год назад +1

    I love Alice Loxton!

  • @karphin1
    @karphin1 Год назад

    I agree, think the lamppost, etc., did inspire C.S. Lewis to write the book. Which my granddaughter loves!

  • @jamescrouch1693
    @jamescrouch1693 7 месяцев назад

    Enjoyable, and I affirm your manner of presentation.

  • @mr3aydin
    @mr3aydin Год назад

    Enthusiasm certainly contagious.

  • @Caligulashorse1453
    @Caligulashorse1453 Год назад +1

    Very interesting Cs Lewis is one of my favorite writers

  • @northislandguy
    @northislandguy Год назад +1

    Alice would of be the best history teacher, class would be a forever buzz🤙🏽

  • @bigcat3596
    @bigcat3596 Год назад +1

    Visited this place! Thanks for the vid!

  • @pierremainstone-mitchell8290
    @pierremainstone-mitchell8290 Год назад

    Excellent summary indeed Alice!
    One thing I'd comment on is that you could've mentioned that on the day C.S.Lewis died two other famous men also died. They were the equally famous author Aldous Huxley and U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy's death totally overshadowed Lewis and Huxley's deaths and commonality of dates was largely forgotten then as now.

  • @declanmurphy417
    @declanmurphy417 Год назад +2

    A lovely presentation by a Gorgeous Lady

  • @trapdriver7006
    @trapdriver7006 Год назад

    Excellent video which I enjoyed watching 👍😀😀😀😀

  • @hwelch2
    @hwelch2 Год назад +4

    Is it odd that when you mentioned Endeavor I immediately thought Morse ... along with a very different Lewis?

  • @luannnelson2825
    @luannnelson2825 Год назад +1

    Great video! And I was thinking that my beloved Dorothy Sayers was also a member of the Inklings, but I looked it up and she wasn’t.

  • @tanzanitet8940
    @tanzanitet8940 Год назад

    Loved every minute 😃 thanks for such an entertaining video 🙃

  • @asheland_numismatics
    @asheland_numismatics Год назад +1

    I really like her! She does this so well!

  • @sweetlexii71
    @sweetlexii71 Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @arransadventures7319
    @arransadventures7319 Год назад

    The fact I had zero interest in History at School but I’m now obsessed with these vids is testament to the education systems failings

  • @jeff88701
    @jeff88701 Год назад

    Weldon Alice about time 👏👏👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @tomkins7382
    @tomkins7382 Год назад +3

    LOVE this channel!!! I NEEEEED mooooore! Lol

  • @seanhallahan14
    @seanhallahan14 9 месяцев назад

    Love you darling Alice, but very little was said of what lies beneath the University. Please do continue! Love 'n Light best & cheers, Sean

  • @offsidelogic8183
    @offsidelogic8183 Год назад +5

    I've lived in Oxford all my life, and I've never heard the Radcliffe Camera referred to as the 'Rad Cam'. Is this a student thing??

    • @stuartpalmer8233
      @stuartpalmer8233 Год назад +2

      Times change, but in the 70s we used to call it simply "The Radcliffe".

    • @offsidelogic8183
      @offsidelogic8183 Год назад +1

      To me, being 'town' & not gown the Radcliffe would mean the hospital, although the JR is more commonly used these days.