Biscuit Town: The story of Bermondsey
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- I had good fun on this walk from Bermondsey to London Bridge on the Jubilee line. There's a lot of history packed in, a visit to the seminal pie and mash shop of London - Manze's, a closer look at St Saviour's Dock at the mouth of the River Neckinger and even a Dutch-language joke (for those who care about such things).
This was also the video published when the channel had 4000 subscribers for the first time.
This is number 63 of the walks I'm doing between the stations of the London Underground.
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Walked in April 2024
0:00 intro
0:36 Bermondsey station
1:05 Jamaica Road
4:59 Old Jamaica Road
7:43 Abbey Street
8:16 Jamaica Road
13:25 Tanner Street
16:05 Riley Road
16:50 Purbrook Street
17:20 Tower Bridge Road
21:37 Manze's
23:30 Bermondsey Street
25:52 Tyers Gate
26:40 Leathermarket Gardens
27:27 Kirby Grove
28:33 Melior Place
29:00 Melior Street
29:21 Fenning Street
30:00 St Thomas Street
30:27 London Bridge station
The Peak Freans buildings are no more. I remember the smell of biscuits and the digital clock that was made up of little bulbs. Everything has been flattened now for a horrid residential development. Bermondsey Street is delightful and I have walked it many times. Thank you for the walk and taking me down the backstreets that I didn't know.
My pleasure!
I am in Bermondsey lad Thank you ever so much for this video absolutely beautiful thank you
You are very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed that, I Grew up near Jamaica road. I moved away from the area 12 years ago to the Norfolk coast, haven't been back for a while but it's looks a lot different in places. I like the peace and quiet of where I am now but would move back in a heartbeat if I could afford it. 🦁👍
London indeed remains a ridiculously expensive city to live in
Very interesting. Thank you.
If anyone wondering why so many tanneries , well at one time everything was made of leather - saddles, shoes, jackets, trousers, boots, belts, bags furniture coverings , seat coverings for cabs / stagecoaches
drove along Jamaica Road many-a-time when i lived in Surrey Quays. love these videos!
Thanks! Jamaica Road was very much the "I got wet" section of the video for me
And you made me laugh out loud more than a couple of times which is very rare 😂😂😂🎉 bravo and keep it up
I remember the smell of the Sarsons factory on the left and the Peek Freens factory on the right when coming into London Bridge Station back in the early 70's. I've always known the area to the south of the libe as former glue factories and tanners from the 'retired' horses.
As a child, my ‘go to’ road for smelly London was Carpenter’s Road, Stratford. Not my choice - my dad would drive the family to East Ham market along it
@@lycian123 the Sarsons smell would make your eyes water if you were close enough. I lived near Peek Freens and in the 80's you could tell what they were making that day by the smells in the air. If it was savory... it was Twigglets, sweet... Ice Gems, and worst of all (for me) cheesey... Cheese Ritz.
Fabulous. Always enjoy your walks through London. That pie n mash looked ‘andsome! Looking forward to the next one . ( dare I mention that I actually love ultra modern architecture)
I realise that I’ve two more videos to come where I film in a pie and mash shop but I’ll have to space them out and feature other food before folk think I’m obsessed. Prefer fish and chips but that’s not so photogenic or Indian food but that’s generally an evening occurrence when I’m not on London walks!
The mock Tudor building you liked is a former pub. You can find photos of that very same spot from the 1960s before the place was redeveloped and it will break your heart - the whole of Jamaica road resembled what upper street in Islington still looks like today - architecturally rich and beautiful.
Across the road from that pub directly opposite the T junction where the tower block now stands used to be a beautiful row of Victorian shops that all survived the blitz and in the middle was a stunning theatre - the star music hall - with an unusual triple arch entrance - when the nearby Rotherhithe overground station was restored they incorporated an identical triple arch entrance so you can see a small piece of how beautiful the theatre once was.
Sadly they threw the baby AND the mother out with the bath water when they redeveloped Bermondsey in the 1970s
The bland flats you commented on were built in 2013 and replaced a 1930s development of art deco flats.
Great video - fascinating 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for the info!
Knowing that those boxes replaced Art Deco flats is somehow worse. I wonder why the pub was saved, even while the surrounding buildings went? Glad it was though.
I’ll have to research some old photos now
The pub was called The Lilliput Hall, I had my stag night there back in 1989. On the opposite side of the road where the war memorial is there used to be the drill hall where hundreds of local lads joined up to fight in WW1 including my Gt Grandfather and where I joined the Army cadets back in 1974.
That’s some great local family history!
@@TheUndergroundMap At every stage of your walk I have history and family history. I was even married in Southwark Cathedral :)
Knew them very well indeed lived in purbrook estate and st. Saviours estate.
I can’t believe you missed out The Blue - the true heart of Bermondsey!
In different weather, I’d have gone to Spa Road to look at the old station and The Blue. But it was really really windy and mostly rainy too that April day. I nearly gave in completely in Tanner Street
Just been trying to get my head round the history of Bridge Ward Without. What with that and Clink and Horselydown, it all seems quite surreal.
Without means ‘outside’ (the City) if that helps
That was very interesting, but until you reached Butler's Wharf thoroughly depressing. From other comments it's clear that the planners and developers wasted many of the opportunities offered by German bombing raids by getting rid of a lot of the good as well as bad former housing. A few recycled bricks here and there might have helped.
Speaking of recycled bricks, I did really like Hop Studios, opposite St Saviours Dock
@@TheUndergroundMap Yes, I quite agree. That's more like it!
Fish & Chips Kebab's. At least Johnny's got a correct apostrophe
I remember filming the sign thinking “I’ll mention that apostrophe in the finished video” but then didn’t get around to it