This reminded me of one of my favourite moments from Yes, Prime Minister: Jim Hacker: "Don't tell me about the press, I know exactly who reads the papers: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country. The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country. The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country. The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country. The Financial Times is read by the people who own the country. The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is." Sir Humphrey Appleby: "Prime Minister, what about people who read The Sun?" Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big ****!"
@@sebastianthomsen2225 Both Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister are full of gems like this, honestly. The one at the climax of the episode 'The Key' is another classic: Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, I must express in the strongest possible terms, my profound opposition to the newly instituted practice which places severe and intolerable restrictions on the ingress and egress of senior members of the hierarchy and will in all probability, should the current deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a progressive constriction of the channels of communication, culminating in a condition of organisational atrophy and administrative paralysis, which will render effectively impossible the coherent and co-ordinated discharge of the function of government within Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." Hacker: "You mean you've lost your key?"
This is what I like about this channel- amidst all the rail-related stuff, there's an occasional absolute gem of a video about something completely different, but presented in the inimitable and informative style we've come to expect.
That was a first class production you have done well, Jago. I am passing this on to some friends of mine who don't have the slightest interest in railways of any sort, yes there are such people, but I am sure they will be interested in the history of Fleet Street. A big thank-you.
I know a couple of people like that, too. This was so interesting and put together, I hope and suspect it will become one of his most widely viewed videos… and if that means more sponsorship money for his new flat, that's awesome and well deserved.
Bravo Oh Jago - what a fantastic video. Brings back memories of a school trip in 1962 ish to visit one of the newspaper publishing houses to watch the preparation and printing of the paper. My father was set against me going as we would be returning on one of the last tube trains of the night to our North London Suburb. I was 15 at the time and my mother persuaded my dad to let me go. Watched the machines setting the metal print then the printing presses in action. Then returning on the Northern Line to East Finchley later than I had ever stayed up in my life. Thanks for the memories Jago.
I spent a miserable three months working at Aitken House,121, Fleet Street where Express Newspapers had a massive office- now demolished in 1983- the Art Deco frontage- known as The Black Lubyanka by Private Eye is just a façade- the huge complex behind has gone. You will be pleased to know that I walked up to the Daily Telegraph building which you show and bought a copy of a new book they had published: "Daily Telegraph London Transport Golden Jubilee Book". There was a plaque- and I am sure it is still there at the Ludgate Circus end of Fleet Street commemorating Edgar Wallace- he had "Given his heart for Fleet Street" and I can recall thinking that most were happily giving their livers. In fact, Fleet Street was an industrial area- the huge spools of newsprint, the massive print rooms- the lorries taking the printed newspapers away- I saw it all and it was just about to vanish with the new technology that the unions fought tooth and nail to prevent- The Siege of Wapping etc.
Nice introduction and brief history of Fleet St. Whenever I've seen the term used it's always been as a synonym for trashy scandalous stories designed to destroy someone or something, so finding out more about what was written and how that came to be the center of the British press was educational. I laughed at the line "everybody's heard about De Worde" - the Rivingtons and the Trashmen thank you.
I immediately spotted the "everybody's heard about de Worde" reference. Genius @Jago. Although I will admit I prefer the The Cramps version ...well played.
I love the way that as ever, Terry Pratchett's use of a character called De Worde to bring print to Ankh Morpork was directly retold history that sounded like a silly joke, rather than just a silly joke.
My father (briefly), his father and his father-in-law were all print workers toiling in the basement of the Daily Mail, my grandfather being the NATSOPA 'father of chapel' (chief shop steward) between the wars. The Daily Mail under Harmsworth (Rothermere) was quite different than today. Fleet St. was very handy for commuting from suburbs like Mitcham.
Indeed , the night bus services of London were basically determined by access from Fleet Street in the early morning, used to love the early 1150pm editions bought from news vendors at Liverpool Street station when I was travelling to east london late at night after the theatre
As a journalism grad myself, this was like a Cole's/Cliff's notes version of the history of British journalism... Well done! The history of media here in Canada is much more dull, as are most things...
17:00 We knew my grandmother was losing the plot when she said, "It must be true. It was in the Sunday Post." Good to see that D C Thomson are keeping up appearances. Of course we'd be lost without the Beano, Oor Willie, and The Broons.
That was really interesting. De worde had oddly not crossed my threshold of awareness. Some of the later developments in the ongoing "battle" sound awfully similar to modern events re controlling of AI, social media and the spread of fake news etc...
Wonderful work, Jago - packed with information, wry social commentary, and great wit. This has to be one of your very best. The overarching message to take from this is that there really is nothing new under the Sun. ;)
The former Daily Express building has an absolutely amazing art deco foyer, you can sometimes see glimpses of it if the curtains over the windows are not completely drawn, but sadly it’s been closed to the public for many years now.
a marvellous insight to the workings of the UK's capital city. As a scholar of the Stationers Company School N8, we were made aware of the importance of the fledgling printing industry, but alas as 13 year ,the convoluted connections with the church / law / government were not fully understood until later life...
The nearest station to Fleet street was Ludgate Hill. It "is said" that the poor conditions at the sorry little station were responsible for a generations long adversity between the press and the railways. One of my favourite books was, and still is, London's Termini by Alan A. Jackson where he mentions this, as well as his hope that St.Pancras wouldn't be demolished.
Absolutely brilliant video. Most of that was ahem, news to me. A couple of classic Jago's in there too, "having your bits displayed in public" and "had the King by the crowned jewels" Cheers Jago
Really nice summary. Ow's about the big parallel roads to fleet street? High Holborn, the 'new road' (marylebone/Euston/Pentonville rd)? Just to get those big east/west London connections
A thoroughly absorbing presentation. Londonium to Londonberg to Londonwick to LONDON. Then settling down to a close examination of the historical happenings of Fleet Street. So many people had an influential role in the characterising of this famous street. I'll be watching this video repeatedly my dear Jago. Thanks for your zealous efforts!
A little aside, during the late 70's I worked in New Fetter Lane and witnessed the demolition of the the Sun Printworks. I shifted office to the then Harmsworth House which overlooked the Inns. So I had a really Brilliant walk to work in the summer. Often visited the local pubs.
For me, this was the most interesting, engaging and educational non-railway video you have done Jago. I thought I knew about much of London history but I was wrong, learned a heap with this video. Many thanks!
Wow. Top quality there. Packed with information, and funny. All the kids cartoon Xmas🎄 annuals had that mysterious fleet street white oval with a black wing on the top border. 🐦I used to wonder what it meant 🤔and why it was important.🦁 now I finally know! Thank you.
That was Fleetway Publications (that I think were based on the South Bank at Fleetway House, to the west of the south end of Blackfriars Bridge @mrwoodandmrtin
Wow! What a video! No trains, no trams, but just amazing! I do love old prints, and I have a huge collection of them in.. pdfs :) I do remember reading in 8-bit computers magazine in 1986/87 about strikes of printworkers because of computerization. PS. How about more trams' videos? There was interesting tram line going via Harlsden to Stonebridge Park. I only found a few photos of it. But there are books full of photos about London's trams. PS2. Again - great video!
I remember, back in the day, Private Eye magazine used to describe the Daily Express building as 'The Black Lubyanka' (after the Lubyanka prison in Moscow) It always seemed a rather forbidding looking building when I walked past it to and from work in the mid 70s. Rather Orwellian perhaps, it might have made a good 'Ministry of Truth' from '1984'
Excellent video Jago. I didn't know that London evolved in this way. More on it's origins and general growth would be fantastic. The origins of the street names is in itself an area worthy of further exploration.
I assume this is one you had in the bag Jago, you are supposed to be resting after all. We hereby demand proof that you're actually presently quaffing a bottle of Theakston's Old Peculiar with your feet up. ;o| BTW, love the shots of Mersey House, forgotten that the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo used to have a London office. Its not even based in Liverpool nowadays.
Apparently WT Stead’s nickname was “Bed Stead”. He was a pioneer of investigative journalism. His paper - the Pall Mall Gazette - broke a number of serious stories. He “bought” a young girl to show the extent of sexual exploitation of children in London. The paper was also responsible for exposing the dreadful state of housing. I think he was a great journalist.
Thoroughly informative, excellently concise and edited as ever Mr Hazzard. A fantastic main street undertow to the script; all highly educative stuff. Ta very much indeed John Moser
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I like the transport ones too but I'm a huge history buff so this is one that I absolutely love! Particularly the early history up to the 19th century (I'm not a big fan of the Victorians). Brilliant video Jago! I'm now tempted to check out Readly, I wasn't before.
A quite excellent video, sir, albeit a tangent from the Tales from The Tube/London Underground and other railways around London. The Printing Press and how it evolved throughout time is of personal interest, as is the written and spoken word. To see so many brass plaques around the area is amazing and worth a tour. A pleasant excursion from the dusty old Tubes to the dusty old Tomes; a change is good as a rest, I'm told. The Architecture and the changes around the Fleet being quite a story. I remember when the move to Wapping started and the gnashing of teeth it caused, but here we are. Not a sign That American fellow and a surprise that the word is not Pa-Pa-OO-Mau-Mau being quite a surprise. Great research, editing and narration, indeed. Thanks again and all the best. Cheers!
My dad used to work in Fleet Street as an apprentice to Bert Hardy, he has also appeared twice on the cover of Picture Post (in costume a line up of knights in shining armor and another back ground person) and also in the Eagle comic as the apprentice he would be borrowed to sit and pose for a comic strip artist mainly for Digby...Dan Dare my dad was Digby's body double! He also worked in Dixons when they had less than 10 shops and once tried to sell a camera to a man that walked in that stood there and took the sales speel for 5 mins and turned around and said " I'm not going to buy this camera as I own the business...but good try you can keep your job"
"Far safer than water" - therein lies an understatement of English proportions. You might want to read the book 'The medical detective' about Jon Snow, acknowledged as being the father of epidemiology (and also incidentally anaesthesiology) in his efforts to discover and publicise the cause of repeated causes of cholera in London - the man who removed the Broad street pump handle that prevented another outbreak in one particular location. That would make an interesting episode. As this one was.
Nice one Jago. Pacy, informative and well presented. Something of a departure from trains - but just shows how far you can stretch yourself. Well done. Wars of the Roses battlefields perhaps?
In 1984 I had to visit a Newspaper Print Works on Fleet St. The power of the Trade Unions was such that you couldn't enter a print works unless you were a member of a Trade Union. Hence, for about 3 months I had Union membership - either that or no work. Rather bizarre don't you think?
Done away with via the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. Still in force. You can't be sacked for joining or not joining a union. One of two ways of getting interim relief, ie an order to continue to be paid until a full employment tribunal. Obviously proving it is much more difficult!
It's actually impressive, how ugly the Daily Express Building is. Considering it was built in the 1930s, i wager it was a great inspiration to the empty glass termite mounds that scar the world today
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Your belief in the UK press as the Fourth Estate without government control is quite touching really.
Wrong, though.
@@BroonParker You didn't watch the video, did you.
Quote of the Day: “They had the King by the Crown Jewels.”
"Everybody's heard about de Worde"
@@MisterErtshence the character William de Worde in the Disc World novels.
Although I rather like the reference to a Parliamentarian soldier, a horse, and no trousers.
@@MisterErts"serfing birde! Wah a a a a a na na, na na na..."
This reminded me of one of my favourite moments from Yes, Prime Minister:
Jim Hacker: "Don't tell me about the press, I know exactly who reads the papers: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country. The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country. The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country. The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country. The Financial Times is read by the people who own the country. The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is."
Sir Humphrey Appleby: "Prime Minister, what about people who read The Sun?"
Bernard Woolley: "Sun readers don't care who runs the country as long as she's got big ****!"
HEHEHE! 😅 that's a good quote! :)
@@sebastianthomsen2225 Both Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister are full of gems like this, honestly. The one at the climax of the episode 'The Key' is another classic:
Sir Humphrey: "Prime Minister, I must express in the strongest possible terms, my profound opposition to the newly instituted practice which places severe and intolerable restrictions on the ingress and egress of senior members of the hierarchy and will in all probability, should the current deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a progressive constriction of the channels of communication, culminating in a condition of organisational atrophy and administrative paralysis, which will render effectively impossible the coherent and co-ordinated discharge of the function of government within Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
Hacker: "You mean you've lost your key?"
Oh wow! "Got by the crown jewels", "Avoiding unwelcome neck surgery", and "Revolution - let's have one too" are lovely lines in an inspired video 😄
I'm more interested in the soldier, horse and no trousers.
@@ThePillenwerfer Yes, there's a lot in that video! Hopefully there'll be a follow-up to it (+ an inevitable Overground Naming one too) 🙂
That's the real reason for the Fleet line renaming - Jubilee was the name of the horse. @@rupep2424
De Worde gas been immortalized as the Disc World's first journalist.
His printers are dwarfs including Bodoni and Gutenberg (Goodmountain, anyway)…
beat me to it, must spread de Worde
Everybody knows that the bird is the word
2:33 - Now I understand that everybody has heard about De Word. The Bird is de Word
Peter Griffin agrees.
By The Trashmen (the band not the old News of the World!)
De Word on de Street.
That may have been a different Bird.
This is what I like about this channel- amidst all the rail-related stuff, there's an occasional absolute gem of a video about something completely different, but presented in the inimitable and informative style we've come to expect.
So true.
That was a first class production you have done well, Jago. I am passing this on to some friends of mine who don't have the slightest interest in railways of any sort, yes there are such people, but I am sure they will be interested in the history of Fleet Street. A big thank-you.
Of course along with mails , the railways really got the news to the remote parts of the uk (even if bits of scotland were still 24hrs behind)
I know a couple of people like that, too. This was so interesting and put together, I hope and suspect it will become one of his most widely viewed videos… and if that means more sponsorship money for his new flat, that's awesome and well deserved.
I like others, I am forwarding this to non-train nerd friends. - Well done JH.
As a journalist myself, this is a gem of a video! Great condensed story of my profession in the UK. Thank you!
Fleet Street sounds so very tough. Unless it’s the Demon Barber which is a separate thing altogether.
Bravo Oh Jago - what a fantastic video. Brings back memories of a school trip in 1962 ish to visit one of the newspaper publishing houses to watch the preparation and printing of the paper. My father was set against me going as we would be returning on one of the last tube trains of the night to our North London Suburb. I was 15 at the time and my mother persuaded my dad to let me go. Watched the machines setting the metal print then the printing presses in action. Then returning on the Northern Line to East Finchley later than I had ever stayed up in my life. Thanks for the memories Jago.
Jago Hazzard does it again….as always, top of the shelf!
So, upper case!
I spent a miserable three months working at Aitken House,121, Fleet Street where Express Newspapers had a massive office- now demolished in 1983- the Art Deco frontage- known as The Black Lubyanka by Private Eye is just a façade- the huge complex behind has gone. You will be pleased to know that I walked up to the Daily Telegraph building which you show and bought a copy of a new book they had published: "Daily Telegraph London Transport Golden Jubilee Book". There was a plaque- and I am sure it is still there at the Ludgate Circus end of Fleet Street commemorating Edgar Wallace- he had "Given his heart for Fleet Street" and I can recall thinking that most were happily giving their livers. In fact, Fleet Street was an industrial area- the huge spools of newsprint, the massive print rooms- the lorries taking the printed newspapers away- I saw it all and it was just about to vanish with the new technology that the unions fought tooth and nail to prevent- The Siege of Wapping etc.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful city with an American Anglophile. 😁
Nice introduction and brief history of Fleet St. Whenever I've seen the term used it's always been as a synonym for trashy scandalous stories designed to destroy someone or something, so finding out more about what was written and how that came to be the center of the British press was educational. I laughed at the line "everybody's heard about De Worde" - the Rivingtons and the Trashmen thank you.
I immediately spotted the "everybody's heard about de Worde" reference. Genius @Jago.
Although I will admit I prefer the The Cramps version ...well played.
"they had the King by the Crown Jewels..."😂
7:17 A Real Routemaster after the two Boris ones.
In the form of an open-top tour bus,
This is one of your best videos. You’ve packed in quite a lot but it breezed by.
0:15 Genius line. Standing ovation
Some excellent "Merry Quips" this time. More than we deserve!
That ad read was so masterfully segued into.
I love the way that as ever, Terry Pratchett's use of a character called De Worde to bring print to Ankh Morpork was directly retold history that sounded like a silly joke, rather than just a silly joke.
2:35 everybody's heard - the bird is the word 😄
My father (briefly), his father and his father-in-law were all print workers toiling in the basement of the Daily Mail, my grandfather being the NATSOPA 'father of chapel' (chief shop steward) between the wars. The Daily Mail under Harmsworth (Rothermere) was quite different than today. Fleet St. was very handy for commuting from suburbs like Mitcham.
Indeed , the night bus services of London were basically determined by access from Fleet Street in the early morning, used to love the early 1150pm editions bought from news vendors at Liverpool Street station when I was travelling to east london late at night after the theatre
fleet street was always good for out of hours drinking
"I understand that everyone's heard about De Worde" is possibly the greatest pun of this century (and the 16th century.)
Also the home of "Chateau Fleet Street", vin de plonk of great fame. .
Rumpole of the Bailey ?
This was superb; I haven't seen a more comprehensive, digestible account of Fleet Street's history. Thanks Jago!
As a journalism grad myself, this was like a Cole's/Cliff's notes version of the history of British journalism... Well done! The history of media here in Canada is much more dull, as are most things...
🎶🎵"Fleet Street, the king of the beat,I see you rockin' that beat from across the Street"🎶🎵🤪😜
Thank you, Jago. This was not only informative but also full of your special kind of word-wit.
With a cup of coffee, and sitting in a comfortable armchair, watching your video feels like a good book. Thank you!
17:00 We knew my grandmother was losing the plot when she said, "It must be true. It was in the Sunday Post." Good to see that D C Thomson are keeping up appearances. Of course we'd be lost without the Beano, Oor Willie, and The Broons.
That was really interesting. De worde had oddly not crossed my threshold of awareness. Some of the later developments in the ongoing "battle" sound awfully similar to modern events re controlling of AI, social media and the spread of fake news etc...
I wish the history lessons we had at school were as informative and entertaining as this video. Well done that man!
Excellent. Thank you. More of this please.
Wonderful work, Jago - packed with information, wry social commentary, and great wit. This has to be one of your very best.
The overarching message to take from this is that there really is nothing new under the Sun. ;)
I was in The Punch tavern in 1974 when my ship was in Southampton. There were men drinking there, wearing bowler hats.
Some fascinating buildings awaiting description when you run out of railwayish things!
The former Daily Express building has an absolutely amazing art deco foyer, you can sometimes see glimpses of it if the curtains over the windows are not completely drawn, but sadly it’s been closed to the public for many years now.
a marvellous insight to the workings of the UK's capital city.
As a scholar of the Stationers Company School N8, we were made aware of the importance of the fledgling printing industry, but alas as 13 year ,the convoluted connections with the church / law / government were not fully understood until later life...
The nearest station to Fleet street was Ludgate Hill. It "is said" that the poor conditions at the sorry little station were responsible for a generations long adversity between the press and the railways. One of my favourite books was, and still is, London's Termini by Alan A. Jackson where he mentions this, as well as his hope that St.Pancras wouldn't be demolished.
Absolutely brilliant video. Most of that was ahem, news to me.
A couple of classic Jago's in there too, "having your bits displayed in public" and "had the King by the crowned jewels"
Cheers Jago
If this top-drawer production is what you mean by 'having a rest', best you rest a lot more!! Really excellent Mr H
St Brides Church just behind Fleet St has some interesting Roman artefacts in the basement, should you be near there again Mr Jago
Yet another first class, erudite and witty production Jago. More please!
I was not expecting a longer video but I'm very happy to watch it.
Another excellent non-transport video, that separates Jago from other transport related commentators.
Thouroughly enjoyed this episode. Amazing how much Fleet St has changed in 20 years.
Really nice summary. Ow's about the big parallel roads to fleet street? High Holborn, the 'new road' (marylebone/Euston/Pentonville rd)? Just to get those big east/west London connections
A thoroughly absorbing presentation. Londonium to Londonberg to Londonwick to LONDON. Then settling down to a close examination of
the historical happenings of Fleet Street. So many people had an influential role in the characterising of this famous street. I'll be watching
this video repeatedly my dear Jago. Thanks for your zealous efforts!
Excellent - really enjoyed this informative longer-form presentation. More, please!
A little aside, during the late 70's I worked in New Fetter Lane and witnessed the demolition of the the Sun Printworks. I shifted office to the then Harmsworth House which overlooked the Inns. So I had a really Brilliant walk to work in the summer. Often visited the local pubs.
Another superb video. Many thanks. Your videos are the broadsheet moments to my tabloid days.
For me, this was the most interesting, engaging and educational non-railway video you have done Jago. I thought I knew about much of London history but I was wrong, learned a heap with this video. Many thanks!
Really good overview. My father used to talk about people ending up 'a head shorter'. Specifically kings.
Wow. Top quality there. Packed with information, and funny. All the kids cartoon Xmas🎄 annuals had that mysterious fleet street white oval with a black wing on the top border. 🐦I used to wonder what it meant 🤔and why it was important.🦁 now I finally know! Thank you.
That was Fleetway Publications (that I think were based on the South Bank at Fleetway House, to the west of the south end of Blackfriars Bridge @mrwoodandmrtin
Many thanks. (I guess the name of the company is inspired by the history of the street)?. @@highpath4776
Wow! What a video! No trains, no trams, but just amazing! I do love old prints, and I have a huge collection of them in.. pdfs :) I do remember reading in 8-bit computers magazine in 1986/87 about strikes of printworkers because of computerization. PS. How about more trams' videos? There was interesting tram line going via Harlsden to Stonebridge Park. I only found a few photos of it. But there are books full of photos about London's trams. PS2. Again - great video!
Excelent. More like this, please
Its ironically that the city was parliamentary and Westminster was Royalist
A fascinating history of Fleet Street, you did well with this Jago. Guess you will be back on track next week.
I remember, back in the day, Private Eye magazine used to describe the Daily Express building as 'The Black Lubyanka' (after the Lubyanka prison in Moscow) It always seemed a rather forbidding looking building when I walked past it to and from work in the mid 70s. Rather Orwellian perhaps, it might have made a good 'Ministry of Truth' from '1984'
You missed out 'Quality Street'. Famous for making the wife happy....
I belive that's up North Halifax I think.
Yep a great place the north is@@johnmccallum8512
Excellent video, Jago. Give us more like it!
I had no idea that Edward the Confessor was so huge that they could build a whole cathedral under him.
He hovered in the air. He confessed so hard that he actually started ascending to heaven and they had to keep him down with a rope.
@@JagoHazzard Those were the days...
Excellent video Jago. I didn't know that London evolved in this way. More on it's origins and general growth would be fantastic. The origins of the street names is in itself an area worthy of further exploration.
I assume this is one you had in the bag Jago, you are supposed to be resting after all. We hereby demand proof that you're actually presently quaffing a bottle of Theakston's Old Peculiar with your feet up. ;o|
BTW, love the shots of Mersey House, forgotten that the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo used to have a London office. Its not even based in Liverpool nowadays.
JAGO, you are such a brilliant storyteller! Kudos, also, for your editorial choices, production effort, and delightful humor! Excellent! 🤩
A very enjoyable and informative video, with your usual wry humour. Great one.
Thanks a bunch! Now I have "Bird is de Worde" stuck in my ear.
This is a gem! Thoughtful and witty with wonderful context!
We saw 'transport historian' Jago Hazzard on BBC News yesterday. An excellent move into mainstream media, good job!
Oh what was this
@@sglenny001 BBC News asked Jago to comment on the new names for the Overground lines. He did a good job remembering them
I actually had a list next to me - you might see my eyes darting downward in the interview.
@@Stuart-AJC oh interesting
@@JagoHazzard It was absolutely seamless 😀
Apparently WT Stead’s nickname was “Bed Stead”. He was a pioneer of investigative journalism. His paper - the Pall Mall Gazette - broke a number of serious stories. He “bought” a young girl to show the extent of sexual exploitation of children in London. The paper was also responsible for exposing the dreadful state of housing. I think he was a great journalist.
Thoroughly informative, excellently concise and edited as ever Mr Hazzard.
A fantastic main street undertow to the script; all highly educative stuff.
Ta very much indeed
John Moser
Hold the front page - Jago presents a video on Fleet Street.
Thanks for this Jago. A fascinating diversion for you.
A simply awe-inspiring, fascinating sweep through history. Deeply informative and highly entertaining - a masterpiece.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I like the transport ones too but I'm a huge history buff so this is one that I absolutely love! Particularly the early history up to the 19th century (I'm not a big fan of the Victorians). Brilliant video Jago! I'm now tempted to check out Readly, I wasn't before.
Well done, Mr H. Entirely up to your impeccably high standard. Educational and enjoyable. Simply spiffing! Thank you, Simon T
Thank you, Jago, for a great video on Fleet Street and its history. You are the Bird to our De Worde. :)
A quite excellent video, sir, albeit a tangent from the Tales from The Tube/London Underground and other railways around London. The Printing Press and how it evolved throughout time is of personal interest, as is the written and spoken word. To see so many brass plaques around the area is amazing and worth a tour. A pleasant excursion from the dusty old Tubes to the dusty old Tomes; a change is good as a rest, I'm told. The Architecture and the changes around the Fleet being quite a story. I remember when the move to Wapping started and the gnashing of teeth it caused, but here we are. Not a sign That American fellow and a surprise that the word is not Pa-Pa-OO-Mau-Mau being quite a surprise. Great research, editing and narration, indeed. Thanks again and all the best. Cheers!
Fantastic summary! 👍
My dad used to work in Fleet Street as an apprentice to Bert Hardy, he has also appeared twice on the cover of Picture Post (in costume a line up of knights in shining armor and another back ground person) and also in the Eagle comic as the apprentice he would be borrowed to sit and pose for a comic strip artist mainly for Digby...Dan Dare my dad was Digby's body double! He also worked in Dixons when they had less than 10 shops and once tried to sell a camera to a man that walked in that stood there and took the sales speel for 5 mins and turned around and said " I'm not going to buy this camera as I own the business...but good try you can keep your job"
Excellent! As a fan of Dan Dare, the Digby story is particularly interesting to me!
Fantastic! What an excellent piece. I learned a lot - thank you. More, please!
I'm loving that the closed captions spell it as whopping I presume it was supposed to be wapping where murdoch moved to
"Far safer than water" - therein lies an understatement of English proportions. You might want to read the book 'The medical detective' about Jon Snow, acknowledged as being the father of epidemiology (and also incidentally anaesthesiology) in his efforts to discover and publicise the cause of repeated causes of cholera in London - the man who removed the Broad street pump handle that prevented another outbreak in one particular location. That would make an interesting episode. As this one was.
Thank you. Quite enjoyed this. Looks like it took a lot of work. More please!
You are on form dear Jago! Very interesting and well put together
Extremely well researched and very professionally presented.
I enjoyed learning something about London.
Nice one Jago. Pacy, informative and well presented. Something of a departure from trains - but just shows how far you can stretch yourself. Well done. Wars of the Roses battlefields perhaps?
Fleet Street - Red Route (you are on that Monopoly Board Again)
Excellent video, Jago - a great telling of the story of Fleet Street!
William Stead has a Wetherspoons named after him in Darlington. Which of cos is the home of the worlds first railway line in 1825
In 1984 I had to visit a Newspaper Print Works on Fleet St. The power of the Trade Unions was such that you couldn't enter a print works unless you were a member of a Trade Union. Hence, for about 3 months I had Union membership - either that or no work. Rather bizarre don't you think?
Done away with via the
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. Still in force. You can't be sacked for joining or not joining a union. One of two ways of getting interim relief, ie an order to continue to be paid until a full employment tribunal. Obviously proving it is much more difficult!
Marvellous, thank you, Jago.
It's actually impressive, how ugly the Daily Express Building is.
Considering it was built in the 1930s, i wager it was a great inspiration to the empty glass termite mounds that scar the world today
This video is quite simply a work of art!
This was fantastic - more please!
liking the different aspect of history