Wimbledon 'Common'?

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • There is a big tennis competition in Wimbledon which is hosted by 'The All-England Club'. It is a private members club formed in 1868 by aristocrats, royalty, traders and croquet enthusiasts. The precursor of croquet was 'Pallio Mallio' aka 'Pall Mall' where there are also lots of wealthy, private members clubs. It turns out that even though Wimbledon is common land, it is privately owned by the Spencer family. The very same family that brought about Winston Churchill and Princess Diana. Wimbledon is where royalty and aristocrats rub shoulders with ordinary folk whilst picking their pockets. An ideal situation for a 'baby shower', wouldn't you agree?

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  • @Milliososis
    @Milliososis 3 года назад +8

    One of the best and accurately informative commentaters is hopefully not displaced but rather just absent. I truely hope this is of Sam's own choosing rather than something more sinister. I would love to see the reappearance of Sam to once again guage the philosophy that is SWilliamism.

    • @mariea82
      @mariea82 2 года назад

      Same, I think he’s probably just taken some time. Someone said he has become a dad, and if that’s true then this makes sense as no way would he have time to do this anymore . Anyway it would be really good to see him back

  • @dab42bridges80
    @dab42bridges80 6 лет назад +12

    What I like most about your videos is that you address the camera (me) directly rather than from behind it. Makes me feel like I'm along for the ride. Good stuff.

    • @fabianrance507
      @fabianrance507 5 лет назад +2

      very well put

    • @loriswafford4672
      @loriswafford4672 5 лет назад +1

      DAB42 bridges Couldn’t agree more

    • @Eric-us2pm
      @Eric-us2pm 5 лет назад

      DAB42 bridges couldn’t agree less sadly. What I and presumably most other viewers like most is the material presented...

  • @matthewstokes1608
    @matthewstokes1608 6 лет назад +4

    I spent a most magical year living in Wimbledon commuting in to the city ... Thanks for another fine vlog - and the trip down memory lane - from an Englishman driven into exile - living in LA

  • @octavia1609
    @octavia1609 6 лет назад +12

    Sam please do a video on Epping forest and Queen Elizabeth 1st hunting lodge.

    • @acidthunder1
      @acidthunder1 5 лет назад

      Id love that , spent my childhood in Epping forest

  • @Nnnuuk
    @Nnnuuk 5 лет назад +4

    One of the conveniently missing Commandments is that no man shall own any land.

  • @SomethingBanterful
    @SomethingBanterful 11 лет назад +8

    Samophobia-fear that somewhere, somehow, Sam is filming and zoomed in on you.

  • @virginiacopeland108
    @virginiacopeland108 11 лет назад +2

    I particularly appreciated this one.
    We watch a lot of bush-craft videos.
    Thanks for the English scenery!

  • @tomlovesyou7180
    @tomlovesyou7180 7 лет назад +3

    Sam you are a very handsome chap. Loving your vids. So glad I found you.

    • @tedtedster8644
      @tedtedster8644 6 лет назад +2

      Tom Loves you .Sounds like we've got a pommy poofter here folks.

    • @imagineifeverythingwasraci5318
      @imagineifeverythingwasraci5318 6 лет назад

      Ted Tedster it’s that woofer tommy Watkins

    • @katewolfspirit6722
      @katewolfspirit6722 3 года назад +1

      He really is very attractive, but the brain is the sexiest organ (of course!) so I would watch/listen purely for the content, even if he didn't show his face. He has knowledge, wit and charm as well. Greetings from Hampshire, England ;-))

    • @mariea82
      @mariea82 2 года назад +1

      @@katewolfspirit6722 💯

    • @mariea82
      @mariea82 2 года назад

      @@tedtedster8644 Sams probably not gay but what’s wrong with that anyway lol

  • @TheCraigyo
    @TheCraigyo 11 лет назад +1

    Sam great videos i love history and you learn us all so much thanks.

  • @buzsalmon
    @buzsalmon 5 лет назад +3

    I found this video very interesting.

    • @jackiebayliss
      @jackiebayliss 5 лет назад +2

      His channel is very interesting 💯

    • @buzsalmon
      @buzsalmon 5 лет назад +1

      @@jackiebayliss you are so right. It really is.

  • @Coj0nes01
    @Coj0nes01 11 лет назад +2

    There was also a golf course on the common , members of which were required to wear a red T shirt or jumper to differentiate themselves from the regular commoners .
    Interesting contrast between the hustle and bustle of the mainline station area and the altogether more scenic and pleasant surroundings of the common !
    Loving your work and glad to see that Charlie Veitch now approves of it so much as to take the time to comment .......
    Band Wagon and Jump are words that spring to mind !

  • @7nx
    @7nx 10 лет назад +1

    mesmerizer i like your eye for detail

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 8 лет назад +1

    Thanks for showing us the fort.

  • @noonesflower
    @noonesflower 11 лет назад +1

    Love the music.

  • @v_eye_let_17
    @v_eye_let_17 6 лет назад +3

    I know this is way off topic but where are all the men like you hiding? I need one.

  • @CloudZephyr
    @CloudZephyr 11 лет назад +1

    interesting video sam

  • @stud105
    @stud105 6 лет назад +2

    Epping Forest Sam please.

    • @robertmcwilliams927
      @robertmcwilliams927 5 лет назад +1

      Stu D I remember been on a camp site on the edge of Epping Forrest in the eighties , in the next field were people in white gowns and hoods after dark there was drumming then a loud gut churning scream followed by silence, it was very disturbing and there was a lot of security about?

  • @Quandary121
    @Quandary121 8 лет назад +9

    what no Wombles im gutted :D

  • @IanP1963
    @IanP1963 5 лет назад +2

    I queued for a long time in 1980's on the Common to get into Wimbledon - never again! Not sooo much security then though !!!

  • @ChuckyBlackheart
    @ChuckyBlackheart 11 лет назад +2

    08:00 I've never seen a bird swagger before.

  • @TheCraigyo
    @TheCraigyo 11 лет назад +1

    you are born with rights, only privileges can be taking away

  • @gnomencog6855
    @gnomencog6855 11 лет назад +1

    ok so on a random stroll, the symbolism you were presented with was a rider on a white horse, a raven (?) and a rabbit, and then some swallows/swifts.

  • @IanP1963
    @IanP1963 5 лет назад +1

    Cannock Chase near to where I live is similar !!!

  • @fabianrance507
    @fabianrance507 5 лет назад

    I am from Wimbledon as I sadly no longer now residing in the Cotswolds though keep the good work up Sam

  • @JohnRyanairdontcare
    @JohnRyanairdontcare 11 лет назад +5

    Just a thought Sam,Maybe other cities could be covered same as London ,starting with Liverpool ?

    • @3leopardsblue
      @3leopardsblue 6 лет назад +6

      why don't you do one? its just a camera n mic with a shoulder rig..i been to Liverpool. its like a miniature London. should be interesting.

    • @mariea82
      @mariea82 2 года назад

      I would love it if Sam came to Liverpool !

  • @baconisshakespeare5680
    @baconisshakespeare5680 7 лет назад +1

    I really appreciate your approach I think all aware people might jump into this "reality narrated"

    • @christaylor1814
      @christaylor1814 5 лет назад

      Oi bacon no. I believe you had a hand in the new testament too care to comment.

  • @Vladdie777
    @Vladdie777 6 лет назад

    You should totally start a chilled out wildlife photo/videography channel.

  • @Vladdie777
    @Vladdie777 6 лет назад

    4:10 That tiny Japanese G4S lady is freaking adorable!

  • @CharlesVeitch
    @CharlesVeitch 11 лет назад

    the shot at 06:50 reminded me of a Vietnam shot from Platoon. Oh, wildlife...

  • @matthewbrooker
    @matthewbrooker 7 лет назад +1

    What's the vaguely haunting accordion music at the start please? Love it!

    • @davidmarriott7630
      @davidmarriott7630 7 лет назад +1

      Matthew Brooker Philip glass - metamorphosis

    • @matthewbrooker
      @matthewbrooker 7 лет назад

      Thanks David!

    • @jonnamechange6854
      @jonnamechange6854 6 лет назад

      Crimewatch Wimbledon (now that Crimewatch UK is axed after 33 years)

    • @Vladdie777
      @Vladdie777 6 лет назад

      Philip Glass is great. I loved his Akhenaten opera.

    • @JeremyWilshere
      @JeremyWilshere 6 лет назад

      Thank you so much to "David Marriott". Shazam and SoundCloud weren't up to it for me. Or am I too drunk? Been bingeing on Sam's for thousands of hours (?). Ah yes and "Mad Rush" by Philip Glass too (next up in my Deezer). Sam uses that elsewhere. Good grief. Philip Glass did the sound-track for the Truman Show too. Hints, hints everywhere.

  • @hfhansa
    @hfhansa 11 лет назад +1

    Who gives that right, is it given, or taken, or usurped, or assumed?

  • @gnomencog6855
    @gnomencog6855 11 лет назад +1

    Just do some more random strolls and lets see what other symbolism presents. Don't feel you have to have an issue or an occasion.

  • @Milkman69ner
    @Milkman69ner 11 лет назад +1

    A baby isn't a scumbag but its parents will make it one

  • @saraannplaneexistence
    @saraannplaneexistence 11 лет назад +1

    I see Chairman Mao is now working for G4S !! Lol !!

  • @cherietillapaughhott1012
    @cherietillapaughhott1012 5 лет назад +1

    "Super important and manly topic, (deep voice) rights, etc -- Oh! A bunny rabbit!" Yes, you get off topic, but it's absolutely adorable. I'll bet the dudes here hate it, but I know the ladies think it's quite attractive. My husband does the same thing, and it's literally why I married him. ;-)

  • @AreopagiticanEco-Nationalist
    @AreopagiticanEco-Nationalist 11 лет назад +1

    A baby is not a scum bag.

  • @spiritusinfinitus
    @spiritusinfinitus 11 лет назад

    I thought for a minute that Godfrey Reggio had made another Qatsi film (but with slightly less budget this time!)

  • @jamesmclean3808
    @jamesmclean3808 6 лет назад +1

    Top man 🏸🐇🕊🌞

  • @MrFriskyWhiskey
    @MrFriskyWhiskey 11 лет назад +1

    So there is no such thing as 'Common Land' - as in public property. Eeek. Like 'common land'. If it's in 'Capitalised' it's 'defined' i think.

  • @moderatefkr6666
    @moderatefkr6666 11 лет назад

    i think you've got that wrong mate. I believe those tables are for bag searches. Therefore the plastic bags are for items G4S have deemed people are not allowed to keep if they enter Wimbledon! Not sure what those items are precisely, it varies from event to event.

  • @pantcho
    @pantcho 11 лет назад +1

    What about Murray's knighthood suggestions? Isn't it a bit too much? Pretty sure it was all previously arranged.

  • @backchat8086
    @backchat8086 6 лет назад +1

    The Wombles ❤️

  • @Coj0nes01
    @Coj0nes01 11 лет назад

    Wimbledon Train Station could really benefit from a facelift .
    The Common brings back some shady dealings relating to the Rachel Nickell murder there in July 1992 .
    The fish & chip shop , on the one way system , was good .
    I'll never forget writing off an MR2 , aswell as 4 other cars , on that one way system one crazy Friday night !
    Oh , wildlife , indeed .....

  • @MrFriskyWhiskey
    @MrFriskyWhiskey 11 лет назад +1

    Swifts or Swallows i think

  • @StellaAsh
    @StellaAsh 4 года назад +1

    Swifts

  • @spacedtime6597
    @spacedtime6597 11 лет назад

    This is a very sad video. Sad and true

  • @astrotheatre9984
    @astrotheatre9984 11 лет назад

    i liked the pyramid! tudors invented tennis as well as playing cards (minor arcana, egyptian mysticism). tudor, tutu as in tutakharmen, the son of akhenaten. around that time in egypt was the start of many aristocratic traditions we see today, such as monotheistic dogma.

  • @Faithfulphilosopher
    @Faithfulphilosopher 11 лет назад

    Yeah he looked pretty mean at first

  • @Intbel
    @Intbel 11 лет назад +1

    Keep wombling freely ...

  • @TreforTreforgan
    @TreforTreforgan 7 лет назад

    So me 'n' Babs start watching this, and we're both like 'oh, here he goes. He's only gonna say the Wombles are high ranking Freemasons now!'

    • @TreforTreforgan
      @TreforTreforgan 7 лет назад

      I actually am beginning to think you're right about those Wombles! Or at least that they're a metaphor for the very British penchant of 'making good use of the things that they find'. Things like your Cleopatra's Needle, along with the many many things that have been 'found' during our time the Empire went around the world helping people and building railways in their countries and such like.
      So, there you have it. The Needle was Wombled with 'great patriotic zeal'

  • @mytime103
    @mytime103 11 лет назад +3

    There great great grandfarthers probably killed someone to get the land.But i bet if we turned up with an army and said we want to fight you for your land the cops would turn up and say theres a law saying you cant do that.lol

  • @omegalast800
    @omegalast800 11 лет назад

    ...i'll take a guess... you bought a Sony?!

  • @streetboardtorbay
    @streetboardtorbay 5 лет назад

    Swifts.

  • @MrCharlieSurf
    @MrCharlieSurf 11 лет назад

    Wombles of Wimbledon are apparently common?

  • @Faithfulphilosopher
    @Faithfulphilosopher 11 лет назад +1

    Get some supplements, we all need some breathing in so many chemtrails and the radiation ofcourse.

  • @tecteam
    @tecteam 11 лет назад

    Did Sam die at the battle for Wimbledon Common ? Or not :)

  • @brianmoran8998
    @brianmoran8998 5 лет назад

    wombles. where are all of the wombles.

  • @fillphat
    @fillphat 7 лет назад

    the forest of dean is the only place where ppl are allowed to have sheep and collect wood etc in modern times...
    that i know of...
    theyre not governed by normal laws ...goes back to iron age times ...
    something like that anyway...
    but u have to be born of one of a small number of families...
    :(

  • @nazliyavuz2979
    @nazliyavuz2979 6 лет назад

    the music is scary...

    • @MisAnnThorpe
      @MisAnnThorpe 5 лет назад

      I too, find anything without a sequenced pounding beat, scary.

  • @DAVIDE-bk8by
    @DAVIDE-bk8by 11 лет назад

    Philip Glass or Michael Nyman? Either way very Koyaanisqatsi

  • @NickTamotor
    @NickTamotor 11 лет назад

    Rabbits Birds and Horses....but no Wombles

  • @WORKBUYOBEYDIE
    @WORKBUYOBEYDIE 11 лет назад

    nice bunnies

  • @junglejamesie
    @junglejamesie 11 лет назад

    I dont like it. Bring back the old one.

  • @fezzyg
    @fezzyg 11 лет назад

    go away.....

  • @quepongo4341
    @quepongo4341 11 лет назад

    Get a haircut man!

    • @tedtedster8644
      @tedtedster8644 6 лет назад

      que pongo .He's going bald mate...not exactly an encouragement to get an 'aircut.

    • @mariea82
      @mariea82 2 года назад

      @@tedtedster8644 he isn’t going bald

  • @stoptherot1
    @stoptherot1 11 лет назад

    08:17 Well fuck that shit :D