Just came across your channel today. Great video! Very surreal to see Alnwick pop up in round 4, in the very same spot I was standing about 2 weeks ago. If you ever get the chance to visit I'd highly recommend, it's a lovely part of the country
A pasty (past-E) is effectively a meat and potato calzone style pie, though you will find more exotic fillings. Created back in the day for miners to eat down the mine.
Alnwick is pronounced "Annick". Sorry, I don't make the rules! 😂 Card Factory is found in pretty much every town. The founder was the owner/chairman of Huddersfield Town when they got promoted to the Premier League in 2017. Now we're just hoping we can sneak into the top two in League One, under American ownership... but not celebrities like Wrexham. Sir Patrick Stewart is a fan though. The "Sw" was the Welsh word for "zoo"- just bilingual signs everywhere in Wales, the Welsh is always first.
Finkle Street is an interesting name. Many towns in the north of England in particular have a Finkle Street. The name comes from the Old Norse meaning elbow, bend or dog-leg. There was also an old Danish word, Vincle, which meant a corner, an angle or a short, winding street. And every Finkle Street you find will have one or more sharp bends or will be crooked or convoluted in some way. Also "Ye" is actually pronounced "The" because the "Y" is not a "Y" but an old, extinct letter called the Thorn, typographic(Y) like a capital Y It is like the Greek θ theta, so pronounced "th"
You might not make the rules but there is at least a rule there. When the final syllable of a place name begins with a W, you don't pronounce it. Of course, like any rule there are exceptions though. Just ask the people of Sandwich!
Depending on where you are from you would say cold meat or deli meat for cold cuts. We also enjoy on a sandwich (roll/bap/barm/baguette/etc.) with various salad bits, cheeses, mayo.
Your dedication to make so many high quality videos and your understanding of culture and your excitement in videos is amazing! You are honestly the most enjoyable geoguessr player since GeoWizard
Round 1: Very clear immediately that we're in Bexley. I know that's in the edge of South East London and so it was nice and easy to find that, and the station visible at the end of the street was a good locator. Round 2: No giveaways where we started, but at the next junction there is a helpful sign put up by Bolton Council. Zooming in on Bolton, I saw the shopping centre clearly marked on the map and it was simple from there. Round 3: This feel slightly familiar, and then I saw the Conwy Gift Shop. We had a holiday in Conwy a few years ago so that explains it. The street signs were just legible enough to locate us precisely without needing to move, although the pin was a little off so I only got 9 yards away. Round 4: The Alnwick Tea Room tells us which town we're in, but it takes me a couple of minutes to find where in the town centre we are. Round 5: We're somewhere coastal in Wales, but I can't say more than that without moving. A little way down the road I find the Caffi Colwyn coffee shop and a road sign to Conwy. That almost certainly means it's Colwyn Bay, zooming in I find the road numbers on the sign but it still takes a minute to find the right spot. Overall, 25 yards away in 15 minutes isn't bad but I could have got closer I feel.
I’m really enjoying watching you play the British town centre games. I’m still hopeful my town (Eastbourne) will appear on it some day! And yes I would enjoy watching these weekly + I think reading up about each town on Wikipedia is a good idea :)
On the last one from the first still I guessed seaside. This was down to the four storey Victorian houses. I have been to Llandudno for a week's walking holder but I have never been on that road.
I'd like to see this map on a weekly basis it seems to have some of the best locations I've seen, also never too difficult to find where you are and plenty to see
Hi, watching your channel for a while. Funny to see my local town, I’m from Crayford right next to Bexley and there are areas near by that have a fair bit of money. Growing up would always call Bexley the posh part of the London borough, not that the area or surrounding areas are that wealthy.
@alloverthemap23 I would mainly say a mixture of both. A lot of people commute into London as its a short train journey. But there are a lot of business owners as well as people with wealth from either family or there has been famous people who have lived near by.
@@Nooticus Thanks - like I've said on another comment, I was probably a footballer from England in a different life...haha. Seriously, though, I find it fascinating from the history to the football and sport to the towns... and an English breakfast with some good tea is right up my alley
A lot of our towns and cities are turning into absolute sh*tholes. Nailbars, vapeshops and Turkish barbers. There is one street where I live with about 12 "Turkish Barbers" - there is absolutely no way that there's enough business for 12 barbers there so the only explanation is that they're money laundering for the usual illegal activities. And the same applies all over the country!
The US has gone through some of this regionally.... but I see some cities and towns revitalize but imho it comes from new types of businesses into the area - tech, manufacturing, energy etc - but it takes the locals to want to get involved too..
That doesnt say SW (South West) but it says ‘Sŵ’ which is Welsh for Zoo which it also says on the sign in English! I believe that Sŵ is also pronounced exactly the same as Zoo !
A Pasty (pl. Pasties) is a delicious meat and vegetable pie formed by wrapping pastry around its contents and crimping down one edge. It originates from Cornwall. Pronounced Pah-stee. The stone structure at the road junction is a disused horse trough to provide water for horses back in the day. They were generally built by benefactors to each town and would likely have some text saying when it was installed and by whom.
Horses and humans too, in the days before water was piped into houses. You might be amused to hear that the public drinking fountains in Alnwick are locally known as Pants - that one's the Pottergate Pant. The word might be related to "pond" or "font".
Ley it slip on R3. That accounted for almost half of my entire distance over 5 rounds (23 meters). Should have got R5 quicker. I've been to the Park (Parc) mentioned on the sign many times but thought we were elsewhere along the coast
I should have recognised the second town as it is very close to me, but it took me far longer than it should. Have you mentioned Fred Dibnah in the past or am I imagining that? Anyhow, on that round you were about fifty yards away from his statue at one point.
Yes - what a legend. I watched a few of his BBC archive videos on youtube and was fascinated about his work and doing it without safety harnesses etc...
On the matter of cold cuts or delis for a sandwich type meal. Depends where you live. Unfortunately since roughly the 1980s and the reign of Thatcher, the UK has become disgustingly (imo) Americanised (not to berate American culture but the band Genesis were right when they sang Selling England By the Pound “chewing through your Wimpy dreams”), JimmyTheGiant did a great video about it, you walk down any average high street of a provincial town and it’ll be dominated by multinational fast food chains, Subways, KFC, Burger King, McDs etc, who with their wealth can easily afford a premises with little risk. It’s only in the cities and “posher” towns where you often find proper delis often in indoor markets with loads of fresh deli food choices of sandwiches. Just as a comparison, I live in the town of Burton on Trent, there’s no good fresh food deli place doing fresh sandwiches. You walk down the pedestrianised space on Station Street, and it’s all chain outlets, the only thing good is a local bakery chain called Birds that does hot sausage rolls, hot breakfast sandwiches in the morning when they open at 8am and pre packaged sandwiches and loads of cakes and treats, but it’s not a proper deli. Compare this to somewhere like London, Birmingham or Cardiff, where due to larger populations, more investment maybe, more multicultural kinda melting pot of different cultures doing different cuisine, there’s loads of choice. Somewhere like Cardiff Indoor Market, the Bull Ring Open Market in Birmingham, Duke Street Food and Drink Market or Renshaw Street Food Market in Liverpool, or Borough Market in London, where there’s tons of choice of stuff to eat and drink.
If you’re in Wales most street signs are bi-lingual, so ‘sw’ is Welsh for “zoo’ (and pronounced quite similarly). Google the pronunciation of Llandudno. I’m not going to try here.
TOM SKINNER?!? like the essex guy with the crazy accent?! I didn’t know he did stuff with a car? maybe its a different Tom skinner. The essex funny guy is known as Tommy more so
Thanks for watching!
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Just came across your channel today. Great video!
Very surreal to see Alnwick pop up in round 4, in the very same spot I was standing about 2 weeks ago. If you ever get the chance to visit I'd highly recommend, it's a lovely part of the country
Thanks for watching! Much better in person - I need to get there!
The statue in Alnwick is Harry Hotspur, and he is who Tottenham Hotspur are named after.
That's crazy - the thought has crossed my mind but didn't mention it
Great video! You got some nice places in this one! I wouldve gone for Llandudno so I commend your thoroughness!
Thanks!
A pasty (past-E) is effectively a meat and potato calzone style pie, though you will find more exotic fillings. Created back in the day for miners to eat down the mine.
This is my type of food
Alnwick is pronounced "Annick". Sorry, I don't make the rules! 😂
Card Factory is found in pretty much every town. The founder was the owner/chairman of Huddersfield Town when they got promoted to the Premier League in 2017. Now we're just hoping we can sneak into the top two in League One, under American ownership... but not celebrities like Wrexham. Sir Patrick Stewart is a fan though.
The "Sw" was the Welsh word for "zoo"- just bilingual signs everywhere in Wales, the Welsh is always first.
Finkle Street is an interesting name. Many towns in the north of England in particular have a Finkle Street.
The name comes from the Old Norse meaning elbow, bend or dog-leg. There was also an old Danish word, Vincle, which meant a corner, an angle or a short, winding street.
And every Finkle Street you find will have one or more sharp bends or will be crooked or convoluted in some way.
Also "Ye" is actually pronounced "The" because the "Y" is not a "Y" but an old, extinct letter called the Thorn, typographic(Y) like a capital Y
It is like the Greek θ theta, so pronounced "th"
You might not make the rules but there is at least a rule there. When the final syllable of a place name begins with a W, you don't pronounce it. Of course, like any rule there are exceptions though. Just ask the people of Sandwich!
@@stevelknievel4183 don't you mean Sammich? ;)
@@stevelknievel4183 I wonder if any locals refer to the town of Sandwich as 'Sarnie' haha
There's Alnmouth near Alnwick, but that is pronounced "Alanmouth".
Depending on where you are from you would say cold meat or deli meat for cold cuts. We also enjoy on a sandwich (roll/bap/barm/baguette/etc.) with various salad bits, cheeses, mayo.
Your dedication to make so many high quality videos and your understanding of culture and your excitement in videos is amazing! You are honestly the most enjoyable geoguessr player since GeoWizard
Thanks for the nice words!
Round 1: Very clear immediately that we're in Bexley. I know that's in the edge of South East London and so it was nice and easy to find that, and the station visible at the end of the street was a good locator.
Round 2: No giveaways where we started, but at the next junction there is a helpful sign put up by Bolton Council. Zooming in on Bolton, I saw the shopping centre clearly marked on the map and it was simple from there.
Round 3: This feel slightly familiar, and then I saw the Conwy Gift Shop. We had a holiday in Conwy a few years ago so that explains it. The street signs were just legible enough to locate us precisely without needing to move, although the pin was a little off so I only got 9 yards away.
Round 4: The Alnwick Tea Room tells us which town we're in, but it takes me a couple of minutes to find where in the town centre we are.
Round 5: We're somewhere coastal in Wales, but I can't say more than that without moving. A little way down the road I find the Caffi Colwyn coffee shop and a road sign to Conwy. That almost certainly means it's Colwyn Bay, zooming in I find the road numbers on the sign but it still takes a minute to find the right spot.
Overall, 25 yards away in 15 minutes isn't bad but I could have got closer I feel.
As someone that lives in Llandudno it was very handy to see Conwy and Colwyn Bay appear, 2nd place for the moment, happy with that.
I’m really enjoying watching you play the British town centre games.
I’m still hopeful my town (Eastbourne) will appear on it some day!
And yes I would enjoy watching these weekly + I think reading up about each town on Wikipedia is a good idea :)
On the last one from the first still I guessed seaside. This was down to the four storey Victorian houses. I have been to Llandudno for a week's walking holder but I have never been on that road.
I'd like to see this map on a weekly basis it seems to have some of the best locations I've seen, also never too difficult to find where you are and plenty to see
Hi, watching your channel for a while. Funny to see my local town, I’m from Crayford right next to Bexley and there are areas near by that have a fair bit of money. Growing up would always call Bexley the posh part of the London borough, not that the area or surrounding areas are that wealthy.
Thanks for watching! Are the people of Bexley working in London or just wealthy families?
@alloverthemap23 I would mainly say a mixture of both. A lot of people commute into London as its a short train journey. But there are a lot of business owners as well as people with wealth from either family or there has been famous people who have lived near by.
That what you are talking about at 15.17mins was use for horse to drink water out of back in when it was horse and cart
wow - interesting
The lego phone booth sits on my desk at home, alongside the London bus
Love this format, watching in the UK and it’s very entertaining
Thanks!
I appreciate you taking the time to understand english culture
Yeah it’s incredible! What an amazing channel!
@@Nooticus Thanks - like I've said on another comment, I was probably a footballer from England in a different life...haha. Seriously, though, I find it fascinating from the history to the football and sport to the towns... and an English breakfast with some good tea is right up my alley
Good to see the beautiful Alnwick :) you're welcome to visit here anytime!
Thanks for watching!
A lot of our towns and cities are turning into absolute sh*tholes. Nailbars, vapeshops and Turkish barbers. There is one street where I live with about 12 "Turkish Barbers" - there is absolutely no way that there's enough business for 12 barbers there so the only explanation is that they're money laundering for the usual illegal activities. And the same applies all over the country!
The US has gone through some of this regionally.... but I see some cities and towns revitalize but imho it comes from new types of businesses into the area - tech, manufacturing, energy etc - but it takes the locals to want to get involved too..
That doesnt say SW (South West) but it says ‘Sŵ’ which is Welsh for Zoo which it also says on the sign in English! I believe that Sŵ is also pronounced exactly the same as Zoo !
Spot on - there is no Z in Welsh. Quite a few words are spelt differently but pronounced similarly - ‘bws’ and ‘coffi’ are great examples.
boston -> philly is short compared to the size of america, bournemouth to newcastle ins getting on the whole length of england.
A Pasty (pl. Pasties) is a delicious meat and vegetable pie formed by wrapping pastry around its contents and crimping down one edge. It originates from Cornwall. Pronounced Pah-stee.
The stone structure at the road junction is a disused horse trough to provide water for horses back in the day. They were generally built by benefactors to each town and would likely have some text saying when it was installed and by whom.
Horses and humans too, in the days before water was piped into houses. You might be amused to hear that the public drinking fountains in Alnwick are locally known as Pants - that one's the Pottergate Pant. The word might be related to "pond" or "font".
Ley it slip on R3. That accounted for almost half of my entire distance over 5 rounds (23 meters). Should have got R5 quicker. I've been to the Park (Parc) mentioned on the sign many times but thought we were elsewhere along the coast
I should have recognised the second town as it is very close to me, but it took me far longer than it should. Have you mentioned Fred Dibnah in the past or am I imagining that? Anyhow, on that round you were about fifty yards away from his statue at one point.
Yes - what a legend. I watched a few of his BBC archive videos on youtube and was fascinated about his work and doing it without safety harnesses etc...
Alnwick is pronounced Annik one of those town names hardly anyone says right
On the matter of cold cuts or delis for a sandwich type meal.
Depends where you live.
Unfortunately since roughly the 1980s and the reign of Thatcher, the UK has become disgustingly (imo) Americanised (not to berate American culture but the band Genesis were right when they sang Selling England By the Pound “chewing through your Wimpy dreams”), JimmyTheGiant did a great video about it, you walk down any average high street of a provincial town and it’ll be dominated by multinational fast food chains, Subways, KFC, Burger King, McDs etc, who with their wealth can easily afford a premises with little risk.
It’s only in the cities and “posher” towns where you often find proper delis often in indoor markets with loads of fresh deli food choices of sandwiches.
Just as a comparison, I live in the town of Burton on Trent, there’s no good fresh food deli place doing fresh sandwiches. You walk down the pedestrianised space on Station Street, and it’s all chain outlets, the only thing good is a local bakery chain called Birds that does hot sausage rolls, hot breakfast sandwiches in the morning when they open at 8am and pre packaged sandwiches and loads of cakes and treats, but it’s not a proper deli.
Compare this to somewhere like London, Birmingham or Cardiff, where due to larger populations, more investment maybe, more multicultural kinda melting pot of different cultures doing different cuisine, there’s loads of choice.
Somewhere like Cardiff Indoor Market, the Bull Ring Open Market in Birmingham, Duke Street Food and Drink Market or Renshaw Street Food Market in Liverpool, or Borough Market in London, where there’s tons of choice of stuff to eat and drink.
pffft 88/150 first time I've ever played. I megga messed up with Alnwick I think it was and Wick in Scotland ;-)
If you’re in Wales most street signs are bi-lingual, so ‘sw’ is Welsh for “zoo’ (and pronounced quite similarly).
Google the pronunciation of Llandudno. I’m not going to try here.
TOM SKINNER?!? like the essex guy with the crazy accent?! I didn’t know he did stuff with a car? maybe its a different Tom skinner. The essex funny guy is known as Tommy more so
Yes - the BOSH guy. I saw where he drives a rolls or something similar I believe
@ Hahaha hilarious that you know him 😂😭 he lives in Brentwood/Ongar way, very much in Essex, not near Dartford!
First appeared as a candidate on The Apprentice - selling ‘pillers’, that’s pillows to most of us.
@ indeed! A-BOSHHHH
I love him so much omg
Nothing beats a steak pie, chips, peas and gravy for breakfast at 5am 😂