I am overwhelmed at all of the love and support you are all showing me. Thank you for watching my videos and for your kind words. I am attempting to acknowledge or respond to everyone as it really means a lot to me that you are enjoying our time here. I just told the kids tonight that being here this week has been one of the best trips we have ever taken. Thank you to all of you for being a part of it, for welcoming us, and for sharing so much with us.
Thank you! ❤️ I have to give credit to my mom and my cousins for sharing their research with me. I’ve always had a fascination with genealogy but never thought I would be able to visit the land of my ancestors. I got very emotional. It just came out of nowhere.
Loving seeing London through the eyes of a tourist. It reminds me of what a wonderful capital city we have and how lucky we are to have all this history on our doorsteps
I am overwhelmed with the beauty of your city… not only with the architecture and green spaces but with the beauty in the people who live there. You are top notch. ❤️
If your xgreat grand parents were married there then that was their local church which means you have relatives buried in that church yard. I’d be emotional if I knew where my x gpp had been married in such a beautiful place x❤ superb video - bravo xx
Thank you for your kind words. I am running out of time to do all the things I want to do. I wish I had spoken to someone from the church while I was on the grounds. I would love to see old documents or signatures.
You were emotional because you felt the connection between you are your blood relatives who had walked in the same place you were walking, they filled the same space you were inhabiting, you felt the excitement they felt as they started off on their life together, but most of all you are human and receptive to those emotions, for the rest of your life you will remember this experience, you will remember with great fondness the day you connected the dots and discovered where you belong, welcome home American from Arizona the world is not as big as we thought it was.
After seeing St Pancras old church it made me think of my parents who were married there and are long gone,the church holds memories. Just let your tears flow it’s never a weakness just a human reaction.
Your tears at St Pancras Old Church got me thinking, that I guess we find great comfort in knowing where we come from. In the UK (and Europe) we have the physical evidence all around us, in the ancient buildings, winding lanes and the very structure of our landscape, that this is our "source". We take it for granted, but I do believe there's a subtle comfort to be found for us, still living in the environment that our forbears knew. And I do wonder whether that absence of "roots" is the source of many US citizens fascination with the UK/Europe. It's noticeable that very many Americans seems to find it important to know from where there ancestors came, as if simply being American isn't quite enough, and thus it's necessary to "solidify" their personal identity by connecting with "the old country". I wonder if it's partly due to the USAs' endless drive to renew, modernise, make more efficient or profitable, to knock down and replace (usually in the name of the economy) as this ideology doesn't really allow the USA to develop its' own "roots", i.e. never mind how old it is, if it's not profitable it's gone. Even after 250 years it's as if many American still don't feel truly at home, or satisfyingly comfortable in their own environment.
Thats exactly what i was trying to say, but you are more eloquent😂. No other country even Aussies. Theyre Australian and thats it. But the Americans..nope.
My Great Grandfather was baptised in the church in 1864, and the family lived in Speedy Place, which is nearby. It's emotional when you find places connected to family history. Enjoy the visit. Cheers Bob
Thank you for sharing your emotional journey with us. I felt tearful watching you, it is natural to experience those emotions. I shared a wonderful day with my daughter, a while back, when we visited the graves of ancestors we hadn't known about before studying our family tree. I had walked pass their headstones for years previously, without realising who they were. That was so special, to feel connected to those people. My darling daughter lives in Australia, so precious moments are rare, I usually go to Oz to see her, which is great. I lived there for a while, but England called me back, I feel so much more at home here. I love the history. Welcome to our island, our 'cousin' from across the pond. Come back again when you can 🙋♀️🇬🇧🇺🇲💖🤗
Each moment is so precious especially when our loved ones are so far away. ❤️ I felt such a connection to that church and surroundings. It is hard to explain. That day was my favorite day we spent in London and I am glad to have shared it with my kids.
I visited this church just over a year ago ...an island of peace amongst it's present day incongruous surroundings. It's also within a few yards of the original embankment of the River Fleet which used to see small vessels trade up & down ...but today the river (still there) flows underground on it's way to the River Thames. And listen to those high pitched bird calls ... they are Ring Necked Parakeets ! Bright Green birds that are rapidly spreading in the south east.
Nicely edited video, the screeching noises heard from the churchyard were train wheels on the adjacent multiple rail way tracks out of Kings Cross, just think that church was once surrounded by fields, in a Hamlet 200 years before railways existed.
It is lovely to have found this place and I am glad you did, also imagine the history that building and church yard passed through, visitors to London may not realise the pounding it took from Nazi bombers in WW2 when parts of the capitol were a sea of fire, and that is often why new buildings are next to old ones, because they replaced what was destroyed. But you found great peace and that is wonderful.
When 3X Great Gramps left, London would have been a sh*thole unless you were fabulously wealthy. My Mother-in-law was originally from Manchester and settled in New Zealand about 60 years ago. My wife & I moved from NZ to UK for 4.5 yrs. Mother in law came and visited us. Her first trip to the UK in about 50 years. As she said: if the UK had been that beautiful, back then, she would never have left. She & my father-in-law left in the post-war times. Things were still tough then.
I also think you were emotional KC as your Great, Great, Great Grandparents were married in the St Pancras Church as this shows that the UK and the USA are truly cousins across the pond. The UK and the USA will forever back each other up through thick and thin, good times and bad. When you are coming over to the UK KC, you are not just going on a holiday, you are coming back to your other home too. Those tomb coverings going up the middle of the aisle in the church were amazing and just reminds me of times before us. Glad you guys experienced the river canal boats, so relaxing and charmful. If you get a chance KC, maybe try visiting the "New Forest," nestled in Hampshire, southern England which is an enchanting expanse of ancient woodland, heathland, picturesque villages, and famous for it's over 4000 free-roaming ponies, deer and other wildlife. Another great day out KC is "The Cotswolds," located in south-central England stretching across the five counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire. The Cotswolds is an idyllic region known for their rolling hills, charming stone villages and heritage towns. It's one of the largest areas of outstanding natural beauty in England where majestic landscapes and historic towns show the true quintessential English countryside. xx
connecting with the brave spirits of ancestors thru stories gives us also, understanding of our own courage and strength to carry on thru life's challenges. bless our families who traveled many trails and explorations long before us. our inherited dna.
I am nots surprised that you were shedding a few tears it’s like you were going home back to your roots where it all started. Glad that you managed to get back and see the church enjoy your trip to our country.
If you can’t find a public toilet in the UK, try a pub (no shortage of them. If it’s busy, just go ahead. If it’s not, I usually ask if it’s ok. I’ve never been refused
London is a bit of a special case with the toilets, payings not common across the UK in public amenities, most Supermarkets have toilets, all sit down eateries have to have them by law, there used to be a lot more public ones tbh...strangely for such a famously organised people the situation is way worse in Germany
@@ArizonaKC I really struggled in Hamburg last Christmas, I found a pay one at the top of a multi storey car park and there were 50 people in the queue, I was surprised (having tried a few) that there weren't any in cafes and coffee shops, it was freezing cold too and you know how that can get you, in the end I waited until the train trip home some hours later, having not had a great time. Maybe they are organised enough to not drink three beers at the Christmas market lol.. I'm sure if you knew the lay of the land a little better there's a solution, it wasn't helped by only having my credit card on me, I come from the very south of England and I'm not used to paying to go, that's a big city thing, it's the same in Paris and Barcelona, but not common in the provinces (they also have the good grace to have facilities in their cafes and coffee shops)
Like you we had a wedding at St Pancras Old Church circa 1850. Had a number of christenings there too but that was another branch of the family. The river Fleet runs underneath the road outside the church and in fact is mostly covered up on it's way to the Thames.
Lovely video. I didn't even know there was a church at St Pancras. You can walk for miles and miles along the canal tow paths through London, off the beaten track. The one you were on meets the Grand Union canal at Little Venice (cute place to visit, near Paddington Station) and the Grand Union Canal then goes up towards Birmingham. Great to see Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. The times I've smacked my head going down those stairs to the cellar rooms. Keep enjoying your trip. Oh, take a small packet of tissues for 'bird issues'. I've had that happen to me, but far worse 😅 Best wishes, Lyndon. 🥂
I was married in St Pancras Old Church in 1987 and my daughter was christened there two years later. The church was the nearest one to where I had just moved. In around 2012 I was researching my family history and I discovered that in the 1800s there were three generations, on my mother’s side, who were christened there. At that time I had no idea that I had any ancestors who lived in London (other than my mother) as my dad’s parents were from Yorkshire and my mother’s mother was from wales. I never knew my mother’s father because he died just before I was born. I had no idea that I was from a long line of Londoners.
Tip for wiping and cleaning up droppings, carry a pack of flushable toilet tissue wipes, very useful for WC hygiene and double as general cleaning wipes of unwanted mess like pigeon droppings.
@@ArizonaKCIve worked here 40 years, if the pubs busy nobody will notice but actually if its quiet some will not let you. I mean just be aware. It could be embarassing.
Tips for WC access and use while in London, TFL / transport for London, have a map showing all the free toilets on the their tube and bus network, also National Rail stations have free toilets.
Loved this video. How nice it must have been to take a virtual step back in time. Did you feel a sense of familiarity in a place you’d never been before? It must have been a touch overwhelming for you to have done this…
It might be beautiful now….places change…a lot of people were glad to get out…it depends what cards you’ve been dealt..all my relatives got out of London ….they were very pleased about it
@@ArizonaKC they all got outside of the M25 to within 200 mile radius ..it took some of them decades to achieve it.. If you talk to them in the street i think they all want to get out,unless they are hedge fund managers…
Amazingly, such a tranquil spot could be so near to major rail stations and terminus. I agree, it is emotional to stand where your relatives stood all those years ago. Had they not got married, how many generations and people that you know would not exist today? That was a lovely, professional video. Thank you. The Olde Cheshire Cheese was frequented by Charles Dickens. I am surprised that you found it as it is tucked away off the side of Fleet Street. You sort of have to know it is there. When you mentioned your heavy breathing I thought perhaps you had spotted one of the men from your visit to The Docklands., Canary Wharf.
That last comment made me laugh out loud! Literally! We are in Oxford today so I haven’t had much time to respond to the wonderful comments I’ve been receiving. I love reading and appreciate each and every one I receive. We are taking a lunch break currently. I hope everyone knows I was being silly about the Canary Wharf men. 😄
@@ArizonaKC I am sure they do and any comment will, I am sure, be light-hearted. You couldn't do much better than Canary Wharf as they are probably all city traders, living in penthouses. Enjoy Oxford, it is an amazing city.
Totally get the tears. I am sure many watching will be doing likewise. I think even without your family connection it's that sense of human mortality and loss. Plus you and the kids would not be there were it not for that day long ago. I'm not religious but still walking on the same ground as ancestors and crossing their paths has a strange feeling. It's partly why I moved back from the US to the UK. I could pick up soil but there was none of my history in it, no dust of ancestral and historic past that I could belong to and see myself as part of in a 100 years.
Lemonade and a serviette should get birds poop out then wipe with water afterwards using another serviette. Also, like many big cities around the world, London has its fair share of pickpocketing. Keep valuable items in eye view and handbags under your arms. Other than that... Enjoy 🙂
It was always the case that Church of England clergy were well educated. This was because the records that they kept were important for the State. You will find that most clergy will have the title Oxon or Cantab (Oxford or Cambridge) denoting where they were educated. Universities were very much religious institutions until the 1850s; you will find good records about your families are available, usually without much effort back to the mid 18th Century.
Hello KC, Good Afternoon, It is 2.45pm here. I am glad you are seeing the sights that were on your list. I went to Regents Park and Piccadley Circus. Seeing you getting emotional. I started to get emotional too, here in Perth. I will send you an email now. As I am going to be limited to what I say or type. I do not want to cross anybody's path. Take care, stay safe. Love you.
I think you are emotional because you are Home. I am in my seventies, a London born and bred boy. Last year we went to Rome for the first time, Just for a few days, and i can't tell you how much at home i felt, how emotional i was, and how comfortable i felt walking about the city, and in Pompeii, i had no explanation, i couldn't understand it. A few weeks after we got home, a 1st Cousin who is into this family tree stuff told me we have 12% Italian DNA. What a shock. So maybe i was feeling it, When we were in Italy. How strange. Welcome home my fellow countrywoman, Welcome home.
Ist Time ive seen a strech of Canal with no Narrow Boats on it .I Live in Northern England alot of people live on Narrow Boats or just use for Leisure.
I hope birds don’t poop on you next time you’re at Tate Modern, but if they do, go to the cloakroom / concierge and ask if they have paper towels. I’m sure the cleaning staff are used to cleaning all sorts of
so this church is in one way a part of your heritage ,your antecedents came from London, and you carry those genes from grandparents ,I expect they are jiggling about in your tearducts making you soo emotional ,yes???
@ArizonaKC Well you have Family Ties to the Area Love .Way back I know but I've always felt a bit different about it When I visit the Village in the Derbyshire Peak District where my Ancestors Came from. It's called Eyam or the Plague Village. There are videos about the Village on you RUclips. I'm enjoying your time in the UK 🇬🇧. I sincerely hope your having a Lovely visit.
@@ArizonaKC and for all of us / did you check the church marriage register to see your ggg gparents signatures in the book / or perhaps x marked the spot if they couldn’t write?
It must be emotional to step in your ancestors shoes for a short period. I guess im lucky my family must have been very unadventurous..they lived in the same part of Northerrn Ireland for over 700 years with evidence to show.. and we still live there now. Although i was brave and moved to London 40 years ago😅😅 so theres nothing i dont know about my lot😂 Butter chicken has been my favourite take away forever. Divine. I have to tell you something though, your ancestor would have been very glad to get away from London. It was was filthy place at that time. St Pancras itself stayed a rural village for a long time, however as London grew and the Industrial Revolution took over the city London itself became a cesspit of deprivation. The poverty was terrible. Labourers coming from all over the country and Ireland streets to work in factories living in tiny hovels housing 3 or 4 families. No matter how well off or not, your amcestors were Im sure open spaces were heaven. Mind you youre right. Ohio must have been a shock to the system, somewhat extreme. 😂 The one thing i find odd and im not being rude is why Americans 'compare' everything here with the US. Other countries just dont do it. Its like theyre surprised things are differant. Why? The only similarity is the language and even that isnt the same. Aussies/Kiwis/Europeans none do all this comparing everything. Why do you lot? And so loud..and quite rude at times. Working in London for so long ive been bombarded with American tourists for years. You would not believe how loud they can be! You are not, at all thats obvious, but you are still comparing everything?! I honestly dont get it. Its a foreign country. 😂😂😂
Very true…. I don’t know why I compare. 😄 But I do that everywhere I visit. Probably because it’s not familiar and I want others to know what to expect.
You don’t talk for all men , talk for yourself not others please. No men I know hate them but I am sure some do. You also seem to apply what “ common sense “ means to you - it’s subjective, a word you will no doubt need to look up
I am overwhelmed at all of the love and support you are all showing me. Thank you for watching my videos and for your kind words. I am attempting to acknowledge or respond to everyone as it really means a lot to me that you are enjoying our time here. I just told the kids tonight that being here this week has been one of the best trips we have ever taken. Thank you to all of you for being a part of it, for welcoming us, and for sharing so much with us.
Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street was my local when I first arrived in London. I worked in an office on Gough Square!
Most of us value connection in whatever form it takes. I'm glad you found some here.
Wow that's awesome u traced your roots to a specific church no wonder u were emotional that's cool
Thank you! ❤️ I have to give credit to my mom and my cousins for sharing their research with me. I’ve always had a fascination with genealogy but never thought I would be able to visit the land of my ancestors. I got very emotional. It just came out of nowhere.
What a lovely video!
Thank you! 😊 I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Loving seeing London through the eyes of a tourist. It reminds me of what a wonderful capital city we have and how lucky we are to have all this history on our doorsteps
I am overwhelmed with the beauty of your city… not only with the architecture and green spaces but with the beauty in the people who live there. You are top notch. ❤️
If your xgreat grand parents were married there then that was their local church which means you have relatives buried in that church yard.
I’d be emotional if I knew where my x gpp had been married in such a beautiful place x❤ superb video - bravo xx
Thank you for your kind words. I am running out of time to do all the things I want to do. I wish I had spoken to someone from the church while I was on the grounds. I would love to see old documents or signatures.
That will give you an excuse to come again.😊 And try to look at the parish records, to see if your ancestors have an entry. ❤️
You were emotional because you felt the connection between you are your blood relatives who had walked in the same place you were walking, they filled the same space you were inhabiting, you felt the excitement they felt as they started off on their life together, but most of all you are human and receptive to those emotions, for the rest of your life you will remember this experience, you will remember with great fondness the day you connected the dots and discovered where you belong, welcome home American from Arizona the world is not as big as we thought it was.
That is beautiful. ❤️ Thank you.
@@ArizonaKC Thank you i appreciate your kindness.
Wishing you a wonderful time in the U.K
Yes, welcome home
You are walking in the footsteps of your ancestors quite literally, that's why it's so moving and so it should be.
After seeing St Pancras old church it made me think of my parents who were married there and are long gone,the church holds memories.
Just let your tears flow it’s never a weakness just a human reaction.
Bless your kind heart ! It's great to be in touch with your history 😊
Have a good cry sweetheart, it will do you the world of good❤
For such a tiny Island, it sure has a lot, achieved a lot, scares a lot, has power and it’s a tiny Island!!!..???
I'm a brit. On holiday in US ATM. I love your videos. Beautiful views of London. Lovely to spend the days with such a charming chilled woman.
Thank you! ❤️
Your tears at St Pancras Old Church got me thinking, that I guess we find great comfort in knowing where we come from. In the UK (and Europe) we have the physical evidence all around us, in the ancient buildings, winding lanes and the very structure of our landscape, that this is our "source". We take it for granted, but I do believe there's a subtle comfort to be found for us, still living in the environment that our forbears knew. And I do wonder whether that absence of "roots" is the source of many US citizens fascination with the UK/Europe.
It's noticeable that very many Americans seems to find it important to know from where there ancestors came, as if simply being American isn't quite enough, and thus it's necessary to "solidify" their personal identity by connecting with "the old country". I wonder if it's partly due to the USAs' endless drive to renew, modernise, make more efficient or profitable, to knock down and replace (usually in the name of the economy) as this ideology doesn't really allow the USA to develop its' own "roots", i.e. never mind how old it is, if it's not profitable it's gone. Even after 250 years it's as if many American still don't feel truly at home, or satisfyingly comfortable in their own environment.
Thats exactly what i was trying to say, but you are more eloquent😂. No other country even Aussies. Theyre Australian and thats it. But the Americans..nope.
BEAUTIFULLY said. ❤️
Well put, that sums it up precisely ❤
For so many of us finding our history does move us, deep down we are spiritual creatures x
My Great Grandfather was baptised in the church in 1864, and the family lived in Speedy Place, which is nearby. It's emotional when you find places connected to family history. Enjoy the visit. Cheers Bob
Thank you for sharing your emotional journey with us. I felt tearful watching you, it is natural to experience those emotions. I shared a wonderful day with my daughter, a while back, when we visited the graves of ancestors we hadn't known about before studying our family tree. I had walked pass their headstones for years previously, without realising who they were. That was so special, to feel connected to those people. My darling daughter lives in Australia, so precious moments are rare, I usually go to Oz to see her, which is great. I lived there for a while, but England called me back, I feel so much more at home here. I love the history.
Welcome to our island, our 'cousin' from across the pond. Come back again when you can 🙋♀️🇬🇧🇺🇲💖🤗
Each moment is so precious especially when our loved ones are so far away. ❤️ I felt such a connection to that church and surroundings. It is hard to explain. That day was my favorite day we spent in London and I am glad to have shared it with my kids.
❤🫂🙋♀️🇬🇧🇺🇲💝🤗
I visited this church just over a year ago ...an island of peace amongst it's present day incongruous surroundings. It's also within a few yards of the original embankment of the River Fleet which used to see small vessels trade up & down ...but today the river (still there) flows underground on it's way to the River Thames.
And listen to those high pitched bird calls ... they are Ring Necked Parakeets ! Bright Green birds that are rapidly spreading in the south east.
@@vwright1021 our canal boat tour guide said they were parakeets (on our boat ride). I never saw them though.
Its part of your history so get a good cry out and feel it ❤
Nicely edited video, the screeching noises heard from the churchyard were train wheels on the adjacent multiple rail way tracks out of Kings Cross, just think that church was once surrounded by fields, in a Hamlet 200 years before railways existed.
Welcome home 🙂🏴
Loving this London adventure, the City really Loves you
@@gmdhargreaves I love the city too! ❤️
It is lovely to have found this place and I am glad you did, also imagine the history that building and church yard passed through, visitors to London may not realise the pounding it took from Nazi bombers in WW2 when parts of the capitol were a sea of fire, and that is often why new buildings are next to old ones, because they replaced what was destroyed. But you found great peace and that is wonderful.
When 3X Great Gramps left, London would have been a sh*thole unless you were fabulously wealthy. My Mother-in-law was originally from Manchester and settled in New Zealand about 60 years ago. My wife & I moved from NZ to UK for 4.5 yrs. Mother in law came and visited us. Her first trip to the UK in about 50 years. As she said: if the UK had been that beautiful, back then, she would never have left. She & my father-in-law left in the post-war times. Things were still tough then.
I also think you were emotional KC as your Great, Great, Great Grandparents were married in the St Pancras Church as this shows that the UK and the USA are truly cousins across the pond. The UK and the USA will forever back each other up through thick and thin, good times and bad. When you are coming over to the UK KC, you are not just going on a holiday, you are coming back to your other home too. Those tomb coverings going up the middle of the aisle in the church were amazing and just reminds me of times before us. Glad you guys experienced the river canal boats, so relaxing and charmful. If you get a chance KC, maybe try visiting the "New Forest," nestled in Hampshire, southern England which is an enchanting expanse of ancient woodland, heathland, picturesque villages, and famous for it's over 4000 free-roaming ponies, deer and other wildlife. Another great day out KC is "The Cotswolds," located in south-central England stretching across the five counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire. The Cotswolds is an idyllic region known for their rolling hills, charming stone villages and heritage towns. It's one of the largest areas of outstanding natural beauty in England where majestic landscapes and historic towns show the true quintessential English countryside. xx
I think I need to stay here. ❤️
@@ArizonaKC you’re welcome
Great vlog, KC! Welcome to London 😁
Thank you!
I've had that feeling also. You have found a connection to your roots
tears of tenderness for ur beloved ancestors as they touch ur soul with their love from beyond the grave. ur scorpio deep emotions rise up.
connecting with the brave spirits of ancestors thru stories gives us also, understanding of our own courage and strength to carry on thru life's challenges. bless our families who traveled many trails and explorations long before us. our inherited dna.
I love that. ❤️
I am nots surprised that you were shedding a few tears it’s like you were going home back to your roots where it all started. Glad that you managed to get back and see the church enjoy your trip to our country.
Bird pooing on you that's good luck. Love and peace from Wolverhampton England
If you can’t find a public toilet in the UK, try a pub (no shortage of them. If it’s busy, just go ahead. If it’s not, I usually ask if it’s ok. I’ve never been refused
@@WILFREDRUSSELL-h8n I am glad to know this.
London is a bit of a special case with the toilets, payings not common across the UK in public amenities, most Supermarkets have toilets, all sit down eateries have to have them by law, there used to be a lot more public ones tbh...strangely for such a famously organised people the situation is way worse in Germany
It’s worse in Germany? What do you do if you have… an emergency?
@@ArizonaKC I really struggled in Hamburg last Christmas, I found a pay one at the top of a multi storey car park and there were 50 people in the queue, I was surprised (having tried a few) that there weren't any in cafes and coffee shops, it was freezing cold too and you know how that can get you, in the end I waited until the train trip home some hours later, having not had a great time.
Maybe they are organised enough to not drink three beers at the Christmas market lol..
I'm sure if you knew the lay of the land a little better there's a solution, it wasn't helped by only having my credit card on me, I come from the very south of England and I'm not used to paying to go, that's a big city thing, it's the same in Paris and Barcelona, but not common in the provinces (they also have the good grace to have facilities in their cafes and coffee shops)
When you return home you will still have the memories on videos to lookback on.
@@mary-y8x8h that’s why I started making them. ❤️
Like you we had a wedding at St Pancras Old Church circa 1850. Had a number of christenings there too but that was another branch of the family. The river Fleet runs underneath the road outside the church and in fact is mostly covered up on it's way to the Thames.
Same parents married there and I christened there it’s bringing memories back of family gatherings
❤You made emotional just watching you. I can understand why. ❤
Hope you enjoy your time in Blighty.
I had to google what Blighty meant. And now I know. 😊 Thank you! We are! ❤️
Lovely video. I didn't even know there was a church at St Pancras.
You can walk for miles and miles along the canal tow paths through London, off the beaten track. The one you were on meets the Grand Union canal at Little Venice (cute place to visit, near Paddington Station) and the Grand Union Canal then goes up towards Birmingham.
Great to see Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. The times I've smacked my head going down those stairs to the cellar rooms.
Keep enjoying your trip. Oh, take a small packet of tissues for 'bird issues'. I've had that happen to me, but far worse 😅
Best wishes,
Lyndon. 🥂
That day was one of my absolute favorites that I spent in London. ❤️ (and great advice about taking tissues! 😊)
This is the best advice you'll get for your holiday 😂.
Glad you had a lovely day. 🥂
Cheers from London ❤
I was married in St Pancras Old Church in 1987 and my daughter was christened there two years later. The church was the nearest one to where I had just moved.
In around 2012 I was researching my family history and I discovered that in the 1800s there were three generations, on my mother’s side, who were christened there. At that time I had no idea that I had any ancestors who lived in London (other than my mother) as my dad’s parents were from Yorkshire and my mother’s mother was from wales. I never knew my mother’s father because he died just before I was born.
I had no idea that I was from a long line of Londoners.
I love this story! ❤️ Thank you for sharing!
Good have fun. When you said, you are having the time of your life. I thought of "DIRTY DANCING.'. iI love ballroom dancing. I regret giving it up.
Tip for wiping and cleaning up droppings, carry a pack of flushable toilet tissue wipes, very useful for WC hygiene and double as general cleaning wipes of unwanted mess like pigeon droppings.
You can usually use the rest rooms in pubs without be questioned about whether you have bought anything or not.
Really? I could just walk in and use it? I didn’t know that. I’ve been buying something small at each place just to use the toilet.
@@ArizonaKCIve worked here 40 years, if the pubs busy nobody will notice but actually if its quiet some will not let you. I mean just be aware. It could be embarassing.
@Aoife24601 yes that would be!
brava brava!!! could comment on so much but my hand is outta whack. superb presentation, kc! now i would love to go there.🤩😍
@@katherinewagoner741 perhaps we should meet up there someday. ❤️
@@ArizonaKC would have lots o fun 😃🤩
Tips for WC access and use while in London, TFL / transport for London, have a map showing all the free toilets on the their tube and bus network, also National Rail stations have free toilets.
Loved this video. How nice it must have been to take a virtual step back in time. Did you feel a sense of familiarity in a place you’d never been before? It must have been a touch overwhelming for you to have done this…
I truly did. ❤️
You are a Londoner at heart now.
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It might be beautiful now….places change…a lot of people were glad to get out…it depends what cards you’ve been dealt..all my relatives got out of London ….they were very pleased about it
Where did they go?
@@ArizonaKC they all got outside of the M25 to within 200 mile radius ..it took some of them decades to achieve it..
If you talk to them in the street i think they all want to get out,unless they are hedge fund managers…
Since you like The Beatles, google 'Beatles St Pancras'....as it's one of the places they went for a famous photo shoot in 1968.
Amazingly, such a tranquil spot could be so near to major rail stations and terminus. I agree, it is emotional to stand where your relatives stood all those years ago. Had they not got married, how many generations and people that you know would not exist today? That was a lovely, professional video. Thank you. The Olde Cheshire Cheese was frequented by Charles Dickens. I am surprised that you found it as it is tucked away off the side of Fleet Street. You sort of have to know it is there. When you mentioned your heavy breathing I thought perhaps you had spotted one of the men from your visit to The Docklands., Canary Wharf.
That last comment made me laugh out loud! Literally! We are in Oxford today so I haven’t had much time to respond to the wonderful comments I’ve been receiving. I love reading and appreciate each and every one I receive. We are taking a lunch break currently. I hope everyone knows I was being silly about the Canary Wharf men. 😄
@@ArizonaKC I am sure they do and any comment will, I am sure, be light-hearted. You couldn't do much better than Canary Wharf as they are probably all city traders, living in penthouses. Enjoy Oxford, it is an amazing city.
Totally get the tears. I am sure many watching will be doing likewise. I think even without your family connection it's that sense of human mortality and loss. Plus you and the kids would not be there were it not for that day long ago. I'm not religious but still walking on the same ground as ancestors and crossing their paths has a strange feeling. It's partly why I moved back from the US to the UK. I could pick up soil but there was none of my history in it, no dust of ancestral and historic past that I could belong to and see myself as part of in a 100 years.
London is practically a grave yard in its self ,you'll find burial sites all over. You should go to High gate cemetary if you come back . 😊
@@claregale9011 I tried to fit that in but I’m running out of time.
@@ArizonaKC not surprised london on its own has a ton of sites to see . Enjoy
Records of weddings are held within all churches.
Lemonade and a serviette should get birds poop out then wipe with water afterwards using another serviette. Also, like many big cities around the world, London has its fair share of pickpocketing. Keep valuable items in eye view and handbags under your arms. Other than that... Enjoy 🙂
It was always the case that Church of England clergy were well educated. This was because the records that they kept were important for the State. You will find that most clergy will have the title Oxon or Cantab (Oxford or Cambridge) denoting where they were educated. Universities were very much religious institutions until the 1850s; you will find good records about your families are available, usually without much effort back to the mid 18th Century.
Very useful information. Thank you!
You should go to Bude…..lots of Americans were stationed there during WW2…
Hello KC, Good Afternoon, It is 2.45pm here. I am glad you are seeing the sights that were on your list. I went to Regents Park and Piccadley Circus. Seeing you getting emotional. I started to get emotional too, here in Perth. I will send you an email now. As I am going to be limited to what I say or type. I do not want to cross anybody's path. Take care, stay safe. Love you.
It’s good to hear from you, Victor! I am having the time of my life here! ❤️
I think you are emotional because you are Home.
I am in my seventies, a London born and bred boy.
Last year we went to Rome for the first time, Just for a few days, and i can't tell you how much at home i felt, how emotional i was, and how comfortable i felt walking about the city, and in Pompeii, i had no explanation, i couldn't understand it. A few weeks after we got home, a 1st Cousin who is into this family tree stuff told me we have 12% Italian DNA. What a shock. So maybe i was feeling it, When we were in Italy. How strange.
Welcome home my fellow countrywoman, Welcome home.
Beautiful story! I love it! ❤️
The noise you can hear are trains.
I thought it was construction. Had no idea it was trains.
Ist Time ive seen a strech of Canal with no Narrow Boats on it .I Live in Northern England alot of people live on Narrow Boats or just use for Leisure.
There are plenty of narrowboats on the Regent's Canal, and some are seen in the video.
@@JC-gm3zs I posted again and said I should have watched the whole video. Before commenting.
In my opinion London is the greatest city in the world.
I can 100% see why you would say that. ❤️
The Beatles were photographed at that church and park
I didn’t know that! Very cool!
I hope birds don’t poop on you next time you’re at Tate Modern, but if they do, go to the cloakroom / concierge and ask if they have paper towels. I’m sure the cleaning staff are used to cleaning all sorts of
I ended up using toilet paper but it kind of dissolved. I had residual toilet paper on my shirt but at least it wasn’t bird poo. 😄
Well ive mentioned about Narrow Boats and you explained. Moral of the Story dont comment until you've watched the Whole video.
I welcome your comment. 😊❤️
The Building on the canal were the TV am studio’s.
I really liked them!
@@ArizonaKC Look up The Beatles at st Pancras old church.
so this church is in one way a part of your heritage ,your antecedents came from London, and you carry those genes from grandparents ,I expect they are jiggling about in your tearducts making you soo emotional ,yes???
Oh my goodness, the tears would not stop flowing. I was completely overwhelmed and I’m not sure why it hit me so hard but it definitely did.
when you see pigeons in London, do you, like me, expect them to sound like John Cleese?
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You are Anglo-American whose ancestors hailed from Britain.
KIngs Cross used to be a terrible neighbourhood full of drug addicts and dealers and they have cleaned it up wonderfully.
I never would have known. It’s so beautiful now.
If a bird poo'd on you - that's lucky.
Ye = The
damn, our country has really gotten so bad that the tourists just start crying once they arrive lol
Haha! Quite the opposite. I loved my stay there. ❤️
It'll all be gone soon sadly.
I know almost nothing about my other bloodlines. It is very sad.
Hope the Apartments across from the Church are called by the British Name FLATS .Apartments are Usually alot more expensive in Britain. 😮
I will remember that! ❤️ I really loved that area. It was so peaceful.
@ArizonaKC Well you have Family Ties to the Area Love .Way back I know but I've always felt a bit different about it When I visit the Village in the Derbyshire Peak District where my Ancestors Came from. It's called Eyam or the Plague Village. There are videos about the Village on you RUclips. I'm enjoying your time in the UK 🇬🇧. I sincerely hope your having a Lovely visit.
You are emotional because you've come home..
If you get hit by a pigeon then consider it good luck!
I had very good luck then! 😊 I’m glad it didn’t get in my hair.
Your ancestors left for the chance of a better life
And if everything had not aligned the way it did I would not be here.
@@ArizonaKC and for all of us / did you check the church marriage register to see your ggg gparents signatures in the book / or perhaps x marked the spot if they couldn’t write?
@@freddiemac1438 I never saw anyone there to talk to. I wish I had.
Your emotional! I'm blubbing with you & I don't know why I'm being emotional? Let's move on - sob!😢
It must be emotional to step in your ancestors shoes for a short period. I guess im lucky my family must have been very unadventurous..they lived in the same part of Northerrn Ireland for over 700 years with evidence to show.. and we still live there now. Although i was brave and moved to London 40 years ago😅😅 so theres nothing i dont know about my lot😂
Butter chicken has been my favourite take away forever. Divine.
I have to tell you something though, your ancestor would have been very glad to get away from London. It was was filthy place at that time. St Pancras itself stayed a rural village for a long time, however as London grew and the Industrial Revolution took over the city London itself became a cesspit of deprivation. The poverty was terrible. Labourers coming from all over the country and Ireland streets to work in factories living in tiny hovels housing 3 or 4 families. No matter how well off or not, your amcestors were Im sure open spaces were heaven. Mind you youre right. Ohio must have been a shock to the system, somewhat extreme. 😂
The one thing i find odd and im not being rude is why Americans 'compare' everything here with the US. Other countries just dont do it. Its like theyre surprised things are differant. Why? The only similarity is the language and even that isnt the same.
Aussies/Kiwis/Europeans none do all this comparing everything. Why do you lot? And so loud..and quite rude at times. Working in London for so long ive been bombarded with American tourists for years. You would not believe how loud they can be!
You are not, at all thats obvious, but you are still comparing everything?! I honestly dont get it.
Its a foreign country. 😂😂😂
Very true…. I don’t know why I compare. 😄 But I do that everywhere I visit. Probably because it’s not familiar and I want others to know what to expect.
Don't feel bad about the toilet. Men hate them too. At some point we will go back to common sense.
My son felt awkward, too.
You don’t talk for all men , talk for yourself not others please. No men I know hate them but I am sure some do. You also seem to apply what “ common sense “ means to you - it’s subjective, a word you will no doubt need to look up
My error, instead of common sense I should have said the new Building Regulations draft 2023.
London is practically a grave yard in its self ,you'll find burial sites all over. You should go to High gate cemetary if you come back . 😊