Godalming is such a lovely town and the weather was absolutely incredible - at the end of filming, we both had a tan! 🌺☀️ What secrets or hidden facts do you have from where you are?
Thank you. I know very little about Godalming. I can't think of the name but a very well known artist lives or lived nearby. I expect his name can be found by searching 'Godalming artists'. Apart from that there is the apparently forgotten account of a sailor who was murdered when he stopped for a drink after a stint at sea. He allowed it to be known he had just been paid. He was followed and murdered on Hindhead Common. I don't know if it is still there but there was a memorial there for him with words written as a warning to not let people know if a person has much money on them. Reportedly, the murderers were caught and were hung in gibbets to rot, as was usual then. When I was about ten my father tried to have me climb to the bottom of the Devil's Punchbowl with him. It was too much for me. He used to do things like that. I suspect he had wanted me to be a boy. Haha. Very beautiful walks around there.
@@ItchyFeetGuide I remember the name of the artist. David Shepherd. He painted and was involved with saving wild animals. He also painted airplanes (he had been in the RAF), as well as locomotives. When I read his autobiography, years ago, he wrote that he didn't have formal training as an artist and suspected the lack of acknowledgement in the art world was due to that. I suspect he simply did not have relatives who were central bankers promoting his work. You can do an image search of his many paintings and decide for yourselves if he should have received much more recognition.
The murder of the sailor on his way to Portsmouth occured after he had met up with his three murderers (who were also sailors) at the Red Lion in Thursley, a village near Godalming, not in Godlaming itself. The Unknown Sailor is buried in Thursley. He has been tentatively identified as Edward Hardman, born in 1752 in Lambeth, London.
A duplicate of my other post, to make it more likley you find it: Corrections: The 'Last Public Hanging' refers not to official hangings in general, but to hangings IN public, that is in a public place, outside a Prison or similar, where anyone can attend. The last hangings in the UK in 1964 were both in Private, in two Prisons, with only the Prisoner, Executioners, Guards and the Chaplin present. And only one of the the 1964 hangings occurred in Liverpool, one occurred in Manchester. They were simultaneous as both men were executed for the same murder, that of Truck Driver John Alan West. Other random Godalming 'stuff': There used to be a Jacobite Fortress overlooking the town, on the hill at Westbrook. A Jacobite supporter had defences added to he large house, fragments of one tower still exist. The peaceful, narrow, High Street used to carry all the traffic through the town. It may seem obvious but until the bypass was built it was nose-to-tail traffic both ways. More ancient buildings can be found if you walk south of the town centre, toward Milford, down Ockford Road. The Church used to have it's own Manor, complete with pound for escaped animals. The larger Manor was the Kings Manor, based at the other end of town and much larger. This separation is eveident in Doesday. If you walk out of the town for a mile or so you will reach Eashing, with an ancient mill, two Medieval bridges and the (not very evident) Saxon Burgh which was the local anti-Viking defence until the location of the Burgh was moved to Guildford. In the Domesday Book Godalming is listed as having two churches. The second church was up the hill at Tuesley, between the hamlet of that name and Godalming. All that can be seen today are some markers on the ground in a field but it was once a Monastery - hence Minster Road in Busbridge. Godalming Railway Station is the second station in the town - the first was across the river, the current one was built when the line was extended to Portsmouth - which resulted in a Railway Battle at Havant. The Borough Hall has a Cold War Civil Defence Bunker under it.
as someone that manifest, I was watching the movie "The Holiday," I told myself "someday I would visit this small town "somewhere in Surrey." Less than a year later I attended a wedding in Godalming from Los Angeles. I stayed at my friends place whom I had NO idea even the town she moved to. That said, it was where the film was made. The "grocery store" made from the art gallery was just below our feet. High Street? I remember the chills but more so the fact that I knew my life was where I was meant to be.
You missed out Godalming's most famous resident, the climber George Mallory, he lived in Godalming before he went to climb Mount Everest in 1924, they even found his body in 1999 and he was wearing clothes he had bought in Goldalming's clothes shops
My Dad played the organ in St. Peter and St. Paul for around 25 years and our house looked over the Lammas Lands towards the church. We played as boys at the gun emplacement / pillbox on Chalk Road at the railway bridge. Happy memories.
Great video lads. Last public hanging in the UK was 1868. The 1964 one was Manchester as well as Liverpool and took place within prison grounds. I lived in Godalming in 1978 and drank in The Star Inn where regulars included Peter Sellers, Nina Fredrick, Terry Scott, Joe Brown, David Jacobs and, famously, Roger Moore who having had too much to drink was offered a bed there. The then landlord Tom, found him at the foot of the stairs 'Like a bag of wet chickens'.
Thank you for the great video and history of the place, it inspired me to go visit tomorrow, I’m in Woking and didn’t know such an amazing place existed 😊
You two really are great to watch! Thanks for all the history - you make things fun, not so dull! But honestly never knew Godalming was so historic! What a great history! Thank you for sharing! and i'm really looking forward to your next explore :D - Alessa
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Great video! Really informative and you guys are great presenters on screen - I really enjoyed that and I'm looking forward to visiting Godalming as a result :) Have a lovely day!
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Jack Phillips had his 25th birthday on Friday April 12th, 1912, one of the heroes of the Titanic disaster, who sacrificed himself to save others.The Phillips memorial was dedicated on April 15th, 1914, one of the attendees was Harold Bride, the junior radio operator who survived and who testified at the Senate inquirey in Washington and the Board of Trade inquirey, in London, into the disaster.@@angr3819
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Corrections: The 'Last Public Hanging' refers not to official hangings in general, but to hangings IN public, that is in a public place, outside a Prison or similar, where anyone can attend. The last hangings in the UK in 1964 were both in Private, in two Prisons, with only the Prisoner, Executioners, Guards and the Chaplin present. And only one of the the 1964 hangings occurred in Liverpool, one occurred in Manchester. They were simultaneous as both men were executed for the same murder, that of Truck Driver John Alan West. Other random Godalming 'stuff': There used to be a Jacobite Fortress overlooking the town, on the hill at Westbrook. A Jacobite supporter had defences added to he large house, fragments of one tower still exist. The peaceful, narrow, High Street used to carry all the traffic through the town. It may seem obvious but until the bypass was built it was nose-to-tail traffic both ways. More ancient buildings can be found if you walk south of the town centre, toward Milford, down Ockford Road. The Church used to have it's own Manor, complete with pound for escaped animals. The larger Manor was the Kings Manor, based at the other end of town and much larger. This separation is eveident in Doesday. If you walk out of the town for a mile or so you will reach Eashing, with an ancient mill, two Medieval bridges and the (not very evident) Saxon Burgh which was the local anti-Viking defence until the location of the Burgh was moved to Guildford. In the Domesday Book Godalming is listed as having two churches. The second church was up the hill at Tuesley, between the hamlet of that name and Godalming. All that can be seen today are some markers on the ground in a field but it was once a Monastery - hence Minster Road in Busbridge. Godalming Railway Station is the second station in the town - the first was across the river, the current one was built when the line was extended to Portsmouth - which resulted in a Railway Battle at Havant. The Borough Hall has a Cold War Civil Defence Bunker under it.
Thanks for the comment and we really enjoyed our visit! You're absolutely right, the fire was in 1666! In the video we meant a regulation was introduced in 1667 that banned upper floors of buildings from jutting out over the floors below because of its ability to trap heat. We can see how the phrasing could be ambigous though!
@@ItchyFeetGuide The reason for the overhang of some buildings was tax was based on the actual land footprint a house occupied. Thus it saved a bit of money to have the ground floor smaller than the first floor. To think even daylight was taxed at one time (is why some windows were bricked up). I said daylight but I think it was more accurately glass which was taxed but may as well have levied a charge on daylight entering a building.
I grew up in Godalming (60s-80s) before moving to London... but you can never really leave Godalming.... it always draws you back. It's a fantastic town that I love returning to when given the chance and a town worthy of a Part 2 video as there is so much more to discover. One tidbit of trivia... your opening shot looking across the flood plain towards Phillips Memorial and the Church is where Kirsty McColl's "Days" video was shot. ruclips.net/video/HNJcd1pTaL0/видео.html
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Godalming is such a lovely town and the weather was absolutely incredible - at the end of filming, we both had a tan! 🌺☀️
What secrets or hidden facts do you have from where you are?
Thank you.
I know very little about Godalming. I can't think of the name but a very well known artist lives or lived nearby. I expect his name can be found by searching 'Godalming artists'.
Apart from that there is the apparently forgotten account of a sailor who was murdered when he stopped for a drink after a stint at sea. He allowed it to be known he had just been paid. He was followed and murdered on Hindhead Common. I don't know if it is still there but there was a memorial there for him with words written as a warning to not let people know if a person has much money on them.
Reportedly, the murderers were caught and were hung in gibbets to rot, as was usual then.
When I was about ten my father tried to have me climb to the bottom of the Devil's Punchbowl with him. It was too much for me. He used to do things like that. I suspect he had wanted me to be a boy. Haha.
Very beautiful walks around there.
@@angr3819 wow loving these little tales!
@@ItchyFeetGuide I remember the name of the artist. David Shepherd. He painted and was involved with saving wild animals. He also painted airplanes (he had been in the RAF), as well as locomotives. When I read his autobiography, years ago, he wrote that he didn't have formal training as an artist and suspected the lack of acknowledgement in the art world was due to that. I suspect he simply did not have relatives who were central bankers promoting his work.
You can do an image search of his many paintings and decide for yourselves if he should have received much more recognition.
The murder of the sailor on his way to Portsmouth occured after he had met up with his three murderers (who were also sailors) at the Red Lion in Thursley, a village near Godalming, not in Godlaming itself. The Unknown Sailor is buried in Thursley. He has been tentatively identified as Edward Hardman, born in 1752 in Lambeth, London.
A duplicate of my other post, to make it more likley you find it:
Corrections:
The 'Last Public Hanging' refers not to official hangings in general, but to hangings IN public, that is in a public place, outside a Prison or similar, where anyone can attend. The last hangings in the UK in 1964 were both in Private, in two Prisons, with only the Prisoner, Executioners, Guards and the Chaplin present.
And only one of the the 1964 hangings occurred in Liverpool, one occurred in Manchester. They were simultaneous as both men were executed for the same murder, that of Truck Driver John Alan West.
Other random Godalming 'stuff':
There used to be a Jacobite Fortress overlooking the town, on the hill at Westbrook. A Jacobite supporter had defences added to he large house, fragments of one tower still exist.
The peaceful, narrow, High Street used to carry all the traffic through the town. It may seem obvious but until the bypass was built it was nose-to-tail traffic both ways.
More ancient buildings can be found if you walk south of the town centre, toward Milford, down Ockford Road.
The Church used to have it's own Manor, complete with pound for escaped animals. The larger Manor was the Kings Manor, based at the other end of town and much larger. This separation is eveident in Doesday.
If you walk out of the town for a mile or so you will reach Eashing, with an ancient mill, two Medieval bridges and the (not very evident) Saxon Burgh which was the local anti-Viking defence until the location of the Burgh was moved to Guildford.
In the Domesday Book Godalming is listed as having two churches. The second church was up the hill at Tuesley, between the hamlet of that name and Godalming. All that can be seen today are some markers on the ground in a field but it was once a Monastery - hence Minster Road in Busbridge.
Godalming Railway Station is the second station in the town - the first was across the river, the current one was built when the line was extended to Portsmouth - which resulted in a Railway Battle at Havant.
The Borough Hall has a Cold War Civil Defence Bunker under it.
Brilliant video. I'm from Godalming.
Thanks for this -moved away about 7 years ago, nice to see Godalming again. It is a lovely place and I remember it fondly.
as someone that manifest, I was watching the movie "The Holiday," I told myself "someday I would visit this small town "somewhere in Surrey." Less than a year later I attended a wedding in Godalming from Los Angeles. I stayed at my friends place whom I had NO idea even the town she moved to. That said, it was where the film was made. The "grocery store" made from the art gallery was just below our feet. High Street? I remember the chills but more so the fact that I knew my life was where I was meant to be.
You missed out Godalming's most famous resident, the climber George Mallory, he lived in Godalming before he went to climb Mount Everest in 1924, they even found his body in 1999 and he was wearing clothes he had bought in Goldalming's clothes shops
My Dad played the organ in St. Peter and St. Paul for around 25 years and our house looked over the Lammas Lands towards the church. We played as boys at the gun emplacement / pillbox on Chalk Road at the railway bridge. Happy memories.
I live in Godalming. Thank you for making this vdo. It's very nice.
Thanks for your comment! Godalming is such a beautiful town, we had a lot of fun making it!
Great video lads. Last public hanging in the UK was 1868. The 1964 one was Manchester as well as Liverpool and took place within prison grounds. I lived in Godalming in 1978 and drank in The Star Inn where regulars included Peter Sellers, Nina Fredrick, Terry Scott, Joe Brown, David Jacobs and, famously, Roger Moore who having had too much to drink was offered a bed there. The then landlord Tom, found him at the foot of the stairs 'Like a bag of wet chickens'.
Thank you for the great video and history of the place, it inspired me to go visit tomorrow, I’m in Woking and didn’t know such an amazing place existed 😊
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You two really are great to watch! Thanks for all the history - you make things fun, not so dull! But honestly never knew Godalming was so historic! What a great history! Thank you for sharing! and i'm really looking forward to your next explore :D - Alessa
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I grew up there in the 60s/70s, my father taught at Charterhouse and my mother became the mayor and I became the town Punk Rocker!
Great video! Really informative and you guys are great presenters on screen - I really enjoyed that and I'm looking forward to visiting Godalming as a result :) Have a lovely day!
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Thanks so much! Headed there soon-very helpful!
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A great video packed with information and fun. I am looking to relocate to around Guildford, so this is really helpful. Thanks.
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Drone shots!!!! 👌👌👌
Cheers Angelo! 🙌
In farncombe the birthplace of Jack Phillips. A blue plaque is on the building on farncombe Street
Thanks Mathew! We'll take a note for next time we're in Farncombe
I live in Farncombe - but didn't even know that and I have been here for 20 years - thanks, I will go exploring on Saturday!!!!
The sort of person who should be commemorated. He looks so young in the photo. Maybe 19 or 20.
Carshaltob has 76 blue plaques I have read.
Jack Phillips had his 25th birthday on Friday April 12th, 1912, one of the heroes of the Titanic disaster, who sacrificed himself to save others.The Phillips memorial was dedicated on April 15th, 1914, one of the attendees was Harold Bride, the junior radio operator who survived and who testified at the Senate inquirey in Washington and the Board of Trade inquirey, in London, into the disaster.@@angr3819
You guys did such a good job! I remember seeing you both film this video from my workplace. You have a new subscriber. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Discovered you from Film Booth. Great intro in this video guy! I want to go there!!
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Another good vlog..
Thank you so much 😊
Fascinating video guys! I never knew godalming was so historic. 😊👍🏻
Thanks Ben! Us too before making this video!
Corrections:
The 'Last Public Hanging' refers not to official hangings in general, but to hangings IN public, that is in a public place, outside a Prison or similar, where anyone can attend. The last hangings in the UK in 1964 were both in Private, in two Prisons, with only the Prisoner, Executioners, Guards and the Chaplin present.
And only one of the the 1964 hangings occurred in Liverpool, one occurred in Manchester. They were simultaneous as both men were executed for the same murder, that of Truck Driver John Alan West.
Other random Godalming 'stuff':
There used to be a Jacobite Fortress overlooking the town, on the hill at Westbrook. A Jacobite supporter had defences added to he large house, fragments of one tower still exist.
The peaceful, narrow, High Street used to carry all the traffic through the town. It may seem obvious but until the bypass was built it was nose-to-tail traffic both ways.
More ancient buildings can be found if you walk south of the town centre, toward Milford, down Ockford Road.
The Church used to have it's own Manor, complete with pound for escaped animals. The larger Manor was the Kings Manor, based at the other end of town and much larger. This separation is eveident in Doesday.
If you walk out of the town for a mile or so you will reach Eashing, with an ancient mill, two Medieval bridges and the (not very evident) Saxon Burgh which was the local anti-Viking defence until the location of the Burgh was moved to Guildford.
In the Domesday Book Godalming is listed as having two churches. The second church was up the hill at Tuesley, between the hamlet of that name and Godalming. All that can be seen today are some markers on the ground in a field but it was once a Monastery - hence Minster Road in Busbridge.
Godalming Railway Station is the second station in the town - the first was across the river, the current one was built when the line was extended to Portsmouth - which resulted in a Railway Battle at Havant.
The Borough Hall has a Cold War Civil Defence Bunker under it.
This is absolutely fantastic, well presented, full of fascinating history. Is it ok if I 'share' it?
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Love the video!
Thanks Himal!!
Lovely film, thanks for coming to Godalming. If you are keen on getting your dates right, the fire of London was in 1666, not 1667 !
Thanks for the comment and we really enjoyed our visit!
You're absolutely right, the fire was in 1666! In the video we meant a regulation was introduced in 1667 that banned upper floors of buildings from jutting out over the floors below because of its ability to trap heat. We can see how the phrasing could be ambigous though!
@@ItchyFeetGuide The reason for the overhang of some buildings was tax was based on the actual land footprint a house occupied. Thus it saved a bit of money to have the ground floor smaller than the first floor.
To think even daylight was taxed at one time (is why some windows were bricked up). I said daylight but I think it was more accurately glass which was taxed but may as well have levied a charge on daylight entering a building.
Lads I loved this video! We're hopefully moving to the area soon and this got us so excited. Colab sometime?🚴♂️🚴♀️🚶♂️🚶♂️
Welcome welcome! That sounds like a great idea!
I grew up there its nice to see how it is now. Although i am sure it was god helms ford not field
I wonder what’s those bells 🔔 on the floor means ?
Very good
But you forgot James Oglethorpe living here he founded the state of Georgia in the USA
One of the very best bass players comes from Godalming - JEAN JACQUES BURNEL from The Stranglers
He had a wine bar on Church Street which was probably a little more calm than a Stranglers gig!
What happened to this channel. This was great content
I grew up in Godalming (60s-80s) before moving to London... but you can never really leave Godalming.... it always draws you back. It's a fantastic town that I love returning to when given the chance and a town worthy of a Part 2 video as there is so much more to discover.
One tidbit of trivia... your opening shot looking across the flood plain towards Phillips Memorial and the Church is where Kirsty McColl's "Days" video was shot. ruclips.net/video/HNJcd1pTaL0/видео.html
Wow - you're right! That is such a great little fact for a part 2, if we revisit Godalming!
We love Guildford ❤
We love Guildford too!
I follow you mam!! great content!!
Francisco, great to see you, buddy!! Cheers for your comment - so happy you like our content! 🙌 😊
@@ItchyFeetGuide Your welcome!!
One of the (many)reasons that Godalming looks so nice is the liberal use of block paving with minimum tarmac! I hate tarmac especially when it ages.
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