Explaining where the Vaults are under the Streets of Edinburgh
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- A quick wee look at how the Edinburgh is designed and how the vaults are build into the the south bridge of Edinburgh.
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I was in a band in the early 2000, we used to love playing Bannerman's as the stage area is in one of the bridge vaults and the acoustics were brilliant.
That was the most interesting video I have watched after being brought up in Edinburgh many years ago never knew anything about it.
Brilliant! I knew the history but you explained it so well. All Edinburhgers should have a history lesson. I sat in the bus the other day and an elderly Edinburgh lady was telling her friend all about New Town and the residents. It was so fascinating that I nearly missed my stop!
Yes it makes sense. I’ve never seen bridges like this anywhere else, it’s unique ❤ . Thanks for doing that Tony
I'll be there next month, and feel so much more comfortable about getting around because of your videos. I love hearing about all the history of the city!
Great video mate.
I’m the guide who bumped into you the other day on the Royal Mile that does the tours.
Some interesting stuff in here I didn’t know. So thank you.
I’ve trying for sometime to figure out the best way to articulate the whole vaults thing and I really liked the approach you took.
Only thing I’d add to this is why the old town is built on this slope we call the royal mile in the first place as I think it’s one of the best untold stories of our city. And that’s because during the last ice age a glacier scraped over now castle rock (a volcano as you know) and as it did so it created a glacial tail (a ridge basically) that today we call the royal mile. As a result we only had a thin strip of land on which to build our city. A thin strip with steep sides which we today try and navigate via the closes that have been built into it.
A result of that was we could only build up and so we became the most densely populated city in Europe. The glacial tail also meant no reservoirs for our city as it scraped all the non volcanic bits of land down to bedrock. So wells only for us. Many of which are still visible today. As a result of that we had no water into the buildings. So no sewage out. So ‘gardeloo’ or however it’s spelled. So NorLoch. So auld reekie. So new town. So this mad accidental social experiment where all classes of Edinburgh society lived in the same building because. Again. We only had a tiny wee strip of land to build on. Etc etc. the whole city is built on consequences of consequences.
Basically the whole city was defined by a big piece of ice that scraped over a volcano about 22000 years ago. And I love that. It defines us to this day. It’s why we have to struggle to climb up the side of the glacial tail to visit the royal mile (I’m looking at you Scotsman steps). It’s why we have the vaults. It’s why we to this day have a stunning medieval city we can walk around that still looks materially the same as it did 500 years ago. It’s amazing.
And it’s why I love this wee bit of planet earth we call home. Its kinda cool. 😊
Im coming in 3 weeks to edingburgh and have booked one of the auld reekie tours. Cant wait to go through the vaults and see them.
Excellent history class, Tony. I've heard of the vaults and that's about it. I had no idea they were under the bridges. Looking forward to more of Edinburgh's rich history in your style of storytelling.
As always, very interesting. Thank you
Geetings from Berlin, of course
Wishing you all the best Tony , just checked your community link again for any info , as you always let us know if you are not able to provide a Saturday video and now it's been 2 weeks makes me concerned for your father and also your child who recently had to go to hospital. Loyal Clan Broonford followers will support you every step of the way and understand that family come first 🙏
Great video Tony. Folks can also get a meal or shop on East Market Street and see vaults that were relatively recently refurbished.
Always enjoy watching your Saturday morning videos. It’s 5 AM here in South Carolina. Starts my day off nice and relaxed
Such a good one. You did a really really good job with it. Thank you. I've heard and read about them, I've explored them as well. I like them. I wrote about them in my books. I just think they should be talked about and shared. Good and bad history is still history.
I have been in the vaults in Blackfriars’s street. They had put in a mirror and ended up with a poltergeist. It was thought to be the bloody McKenzie as the homeless person had broken into his krypt at the time. He kept biting and scratching people. They have now removed the mirror from the vault. I can,t remember what ghost tour I had taken during the festival. It was a while ago
I love visiting Edinburgh. I remember from school days that the volcano on which the Castle stands protected softer rock behind it from the ice sheet in the ice age, which is why the Royal Mile slopes down from the castle.
I grew up in Edinburgh but didn’t really know all about the vaults. My Mum worked in the old Blair’s store after which the street was named and often had to go way down into the store basement which was probably part of the original vaults. So very interesting Tony, you really did outdo yourself this time.
Really interesting. Never fully understood that.
You should see the tunnel networks that run under the old city the vaults were atop of . They run all over edinburgh . I accessed from the basement tunnels of waverly Station. There is more under edinburgh than they are willing to tell us !
I always enjoy your videos, Tony. We took a Mercat tour of the vaults during our visit to Edinburgh last September and thoroughly enjoyed it. So much fascinating history associated with the vaults.
We love your history videos. Are the vaults worth a tour? We’ve never done it…yet!
Looking very trim and smart. Enjoy your day
Thanks Clanman, that was really interesting and well put, especially not focusing on ‘the plague’ too!
Nice work big supporter
The vaults are fascinating, I've been in them a couple of times I'm going to book with Mercat Tours for this Halloween, I've not seen any ghosts but it is creepy down there, I can imagine the body snatchers Burke and Hare hiding bodies in the vaults
Thinking about you mate. ❤
This was very interesting and informative. I want to do a tour of the Vaults with my boys. I think they would love it.
WOW! That was fascinating! Thanks, Tony!
Very interesting Tony. Thanks for the history lesson.
One of your best video ! Thank you
This helps! As a tourist, it's a little tricky! ; )
Brilliant Tony!!!
I have been both scared and inebriated 🤪in these vaults, in equal measure over the years 😂
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Those vaults scared me too 😂 👻
Awesome video! I went to Edinburgh when I was in my 20’s and didn’t explore them and have forever kicked myself.
Hey Tony thanks for doing this video great as always
Very interesting I’d love to have a look around the vaults
This was really educational, mate! Good work!
Checking in to make sure you are doing alright. It’s been a couple weeks since your last video so I am worried and wondering if you’re okay. I hope all is well. Take care 🙋🏼♀️😊
high tony my wife and i and some friends have done the vaults tour on cowgate well worth a visit and few bears in the bannermans bar next door great place for live music aswell all the best to you and your clan keep doing the great job showing off your great city
We love Edinburgh..great video and well narrated
Great video Tony!
Fun video Tony, looks like a nice day there!
Just want to let you know the insta link on the video description needs to be changed. 🙂
The way I’ve pictured it is the vaults are created by low level access buildings with the high level buildings built above them. Vaulted ceilings, apparently, are incredibly strong! I’m pretty sure the stage at Bannerman’s is under one of those vaulted ceilings.
Enjoyed that Tony
Oh shoot I’m in Canada and seen my phone light up at 12:03 am and thought I’d caught a live! Lol.
Thanks. This was so helpful. I took one of the tours back in 2003 or so and loved it. Not sure if you are still checking comments, but if so, do you know if any maps exist of the vaults themselves? I've been googling and all I ever find is that hand drawn schematic of the vaults similar to what you display at 5:55. I'm trying to understand where the white room etc are in location to each other. I'm in the US otherwise I'd do the tour again. :)
Hi, I'm afraid I don't know if there are any professional schematics. Sorry.
@@ClanBroonford Thanks for the quick reply. It was worth a shot. I've spent the last few days googling and your video was the first time where the geography actually started to make sense. So thanks again.
Hi Tony, much luv and hugs from the Toon! A small suggestion, perhaps start putting your watermark through the centre of the screen occasionally, as your thief has started cropping to bypass it!
great as always,pity you cant shut down the fake site,i still wont use facebook due to this
Your videos are fantastic … informative and entertaining. The one thing I’d like you to take on board? Please look at the camera lens and not the viewer. You’re not looking at your audience … you’re addressing your commentary to someone to yourself!
I just seen a tiktok of someone who couldn't understand how this worked in Edinburgh too. If I see it again I will put in comments to check this video out as alot of people were baffled
The most beautiful city in the world 4 me. it has its dark places like everywhere I still get chills being on the trams now they are done no comment on that I still can't believe they had the fortuiety to build a castle next to a train station 😂
is your youtube video at cramond today clan broomford?
My god what did you do Tae get rid of the jaikies in Hunter Square, I've never seen it so quiet, there's usually someone there wae a can of special brew
I have a trip to Scotland coming up in May and I've been watching your videos to decide what to visit in my 4 days in Edinburgh. Should a tour of the vaults be part of my visit or would you recommend other things instead?
I've done the vaults tour and it was well worth it. Mary king's close is good too and a look around greyfriars cemetery.
What about the story of people being buried alive in the vaults when the plague was on?