Exploring Lincoln’s Inn Fields & Fleet Street London (4K)
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This central London walk starts by entering Lincoln's Inn Fields via Great Turnstile Street. We then walk admire some of the buildings around Lincoln's Inn Fields including Sir John Soane's Museum, the Royal College of Surgeons, and the London School of Economics. We briefly go into Portsmouth Street before walking through the garden square to Lincoln's Inn. The route then goes along Carey Street, past the Seven Stars pub, Bell Yard and Star Yard to Chancery Lane where we admire The Maughan Library at King's College and the London Silver Vaults. Next we pick up the tour of Fleet Street at the Daily Telegraph Building, the Daily Express Building, and Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese before heading along Shoe Lane. Our walking tour ends at Dr John's House in Gough Square.
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Hi John, just wanted to say a big thanks for all your videos, For me, personally, they help my mental well-being so much as I am highly disabled and do not get out of my home very much so your videos and the way you talk through all the many places you visit are so interesting and intriguing, I seem to learn so much and can stop your video and go on my laptop to discover about certain venues in more detail so a typical 20-30 min video you do can literally take me a few hours to get to the end depending on the research you seem to put me on to. It's so lovely to be there with you as you go round these various places so thank you again for providing such interesting insights into many places I thought I would never get the chance to visit...keep going and stay safe. best wishes. Vinny
There is something comforting about these videos isn't there. They take you away for a while to somewhere else, not fantastical like a movie but as real and seemingly normal as your own life. They give you a sense that whatever is going on in your own mind, everything is ok just around the corner from just a slightly different perspective. It's not quite the same but back in the early 90's when my mental health was bad I found the series Top Gear (before Hammond/May but with young Clarkson) took me out of myself for half an hour in a similar way as does Gardeners World these days😅. Basically there's happiness in the everyday just a slight change in perspective away, easier said than done but true none the less.
Gardener's World is a real tonic on these troubling times
I can remember the exit of all those newspapers from Fleet Street to Docklands and elsewhere. It almost gutted the area...
As a young teenager in the 60's I used to take the train into London and just walk around, not really knowing where I was going. I came upon a lot of interesting places. One of my absolute favourite discoveries was Lincoln's Inn Fields. It was many years later that I actually found out where I had been.
Another great video, John, and, as others have said here, one of my favourite parts of London. BUT... two things I have to pull you up on. Firstly, I can't believe you missed out the statue of Hodge, Dr Johnson's cat! You must have walked right past it in Gough Square. Secondly, please put the emphasis on the 'Fields', not the 'Inn'! When you say it the way you do it sounds like part of a baseball field... Otherwise, good 🙂
Fleet Street/Lincoln's Inn fields is probably my favourite part of central London; seemingly untouched by the major developments in the City of London and the tourists of the West End. The house you show at 3:06 is known as Lindsey House and some people think it may have been designed by Indigo Jones London's first classical architect, a remarkable survivor!
Sir John Soane’s museum is amazing. I’ve been there twice.
Thanks John this was of particular interest to me as my father spent the whole of his life in the newspaper industry. He worked in Fleet street, Carmelite street and Bouverie street on the star newspaper, the evening news and the evening standard. He used to have his packed lunch at Lincoln inn fields. Bob.
Hahaha, my best mate was in a band at the LSE, I used to go and see them play in one of the other buildings
In the 1980`s we used to go to the London Silver Vaults to buy our nurses belt buckle when we passed our exams.
A good anecdote about how you chose your alma mater. I chose mine because it was the best alternative to working for a living... Ah the halcyon days of the seventies, complete with no fees and full grants...
@Jacqueline Filby And you try and tell the youngsters of today, and they just burst into tears when they see their student loan balance 🤣
I mentioned in a previous video that I used to work for the Honorable society of Lincolns Inn.
The inns history books called the Black books date from 1422, but it is known to have existed long before that.
Guided tours are undertaken during the week which you have to pay for.
Gough Square is famous for another reason.
In 1973 the first commercial radio station in the UK LBC began broadcasting from a studio in this location.
Oh John, you have to do Sir John Soane's, you really do! You'll never walk by it in the same way again. Hogarth!
I used to go and eat lunch on the grass when I worked at the Daily Mirror, John Soane's museum is definitely worth a visit too
these videos are so therapeutic, insightful and enjoyable to watch please keep it up John they are phenomenal
Very enjoyable, good to see more people coming back into London. Joan Soane's museum is one of my favourites, he was a geart architect and eccentric collector of all sorts of stuff and very ingenously displayed too.
Excellent! Monday evening viewing lined up after the working day is done.
Thanks John. I have recently read in the Old Bailey records of an 18 year old who stole a lace piece from the head of a lady. He fled through the park you showed- into the arms of a patrolling guard? policeman pre the Peelers. Now I can see why the woman and her sister were strolling through. Even on a wintry February evening in 1815. The young lad lived a couple of blocks away in Little Wild St off Drury Lane. My reading suggests his home was within St Giles- the notorious slum though the family worked hard as bootmakers. The family also had a home opposite Dr Johnson’s house in Gough Square, though 19th century.
Love your walks so much John, London is so fascinating and you tell it so well, keep em coming, please
Great memories for me. I studied at the LSE between 1987 and 1990. Thank you for these videos which bring back memories of a bygone era.
Really enjoyed this season John, enjoy your week off. :)
Cheers Alex - I think you’ll enjoy the next video
I was filming pretty much the same walk on the Monday. Luckily I got to walk through Lincoln’s Inn. I travelled down to London because I was inspired by your films.
Brilliant- hope you had a great day
@@JohnRogersWalks yes, was lovely to see different parts of London off the tourist route.
I can't help but look at the view up Fleet St up towards St Pauls and wonder how much or little it has changed over the years. Not that much I'd wager. Thanks again for this!
Used to be a big railway bridge across the bottom of the Hill until the 70s..
The major change is the removal of the railway bridge, opening up the vista. It was the opening shot in the TV programme "What the Papers Say" when Fleet Street was lined with newspaper offices. I worked in several including the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Express in "the Black Lubyanka" (its nickname referenced the KGB headquarters in Moscow).
@Nicky L Yep.. Typo on my part. I remember the old bomb site too - last one in central London, I believe
Like the video! That pub is no longer a whetherspoons. People liked to go there for breakfast but no more
I was in Durham last weekend in the university part - is Durham the 4th then? I didn't know there were so few - learnt something new, so thanks!
Yes it is!
Thanks John. Enjoyed an evening dining at the Noble Rot in Lincoln Inn Fields. In those days (1990's) the green was a major homeless camp; quite a contrast from the grand buildings but adding to the medieval vibe.
Another enjoyable, interesting and relaxing walk. Being an ex-Londoner who moved abroad some 20 years ago, I love to see how London has adapted, for better or worse, over the years and you always include places, facts and information that are completely new to me. 👍
Er..... Mich Jagger went to LSEand his band did OK. Great video as always
Fourth collegiate university is Durham. Thanks for the video!
how wonderful to be taken back in time and walk around those beautiful accompanied by your expert narration.
Great walk. Brought back memories for me. I used to work in Remnant Street next to Powis House. Also worked in Fleet Street.
So many wonderful things that I missed while in London during my two visits, including Great Turnstile despite having used Remnant Street several times (in which I loved the sign that appears to be gone now that announced “Changed Priorities Ahead” which baffled my until I discovered that it meant that the one-way street became two-way at the end of the street).
I wish I had been able to photograph the sign beside a manhole in the street around which there was a plastic barrier. The sign offered deep and sincere apologies for the inconvenience to pedestrians and vehicle drivers posed by the urgent work being carried out by BT… It was as though it had been written by a Georgian clerk. No such niceties are provided here.
used to love walking about that part of London...my trick was to buy a cold can of Beer, sit somewhere and absorb the surroundings, move on, another Beer take in the wonderful Architecture and make a day of it...a quick Pint in a Pub when I needed to use the Loo haha.....Dr Johnson was 100 percent correct, I could never tire of London.
Er John.. Isn't the LSE the Alma Mater of a certain M Jagger Esq? I think he joined a band too. I wonder what happened to them? 😂
Once again John another excellent show… once your tired of johns walks your tired of the internet 😁😁I think dr Johnson’s quote was much better and very true because for a while I forgot how nice London was but thanks to your walks I remembered how many happy times I had there after work walking around in my free time exploring especially the pubs 😁😁👍
I remember working on and around Canon/Queen Victoria Street in the 00's, and it was a ghost town at the weekends, but I think it was TFL walking routes being changed to the north side of the river which changed everything- suddenly pubs and shops etc were open on a Saturday, where we only had McDonald's and Benji's to choose from previously!
My parents had a restaurant just around the corner to the Old Curiosity Shop in the 1950's we lived in Wanstead at the time and I believe WH Smiths had a large distribution building in the same street which I think was Portugal Street? Thanks for the walk it brought back many memories for me.
I just love this part of London from Tottenham Court Road in the West to
Ludgate Hill in the East. Looking forward to your next walk there.
Thank you so much for this lovely video John. My Dad worked at the Daily Express as did my brother, many Cousins and Uncles also the Telegraph. In the 60's being a Mod I was working in a bank in Lombard St, many of us mods used to have our tailoured skirts and Jackets (in black of course) made in Chancery Lane tailors. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane 💕🇦🇺
I love that area. That Daily Express building is just gravitas of its time. You didn’t show Dr Johnson’s Bronze cat. Is it still in Gough Square. I adore that piece?
Another great video. I have been to Dr Johnson's House, it's a wonder it's survived.
I particularly remember the Robbie Coltrane portrayal responding to the word 'sausage' which wasn't in his dictionary. As a student I once checked in a copy held in my university library, and Johnson's dictionary does indeed not include the word sausage.
The university I was at was York, which does have constituent colleges, but you were probably thinking of Durham as the fourth collegiate university.
Ah never knew that about York
@@JohnRogersWalks the xolkeges at York, Lancaster and, I think, Kent aren't part of the application process tgecwaybtgey are at Oxford, Cambridge and Durham, and of course the London ones (like the Welsh ones) are treated as separate institutions.
One of the best parts of London to explore as its very compact but there is so much packed in, and the courts off of the main streets are nice quiet spaces to enjoy between the main busy roads.
Best ever, but saying that, just highlights everything you do, I think the last film was the best ever too. Heck, who knows, just, keep doing what you do. It’s all the best.
Thanks so much James
John Soane museum is a favourite, I used to pop down there in my lunch hour just to get a change of pace and be away from electronic devices.
The other side of Lincoln Inn Square is the Royal College of Radiologists &the Royal College of Surgeons which has some very interesting exhibits.
Lincoln's Inn itself is beautiful in the summer, great place for a picnic lunch. One thing I love about it is you can't hear the usual hum of traffic. Apart from the taxis you could believe you weren't in the middle of London it was so quiet. Wonderful
John, as a musician it would be cool to hear you talk about bands and genres you love/loved.
One of my favourite parts of London and a superb tour. So grateful for these walks and talks.
Thanks for another great walk sorry im a bit late to this one
I worked near the junction of High Holborn and Kingsway for six months pre lockdown and never ran out of new things to see at lunchtime.
Thanks for this smashing film John. I can't decide what I liked best...the fab buildings, your editing skills (tennis in time with the music 👍) or that just as I started commenting with a Blackadder reference, you beat me to it! I hope you will not object if I offer my most enthusiastic contrafibularities.
When a man is tired of London he is tired of life. Another awesome video JR 😎
There is always something round every corner in the city. Love walk with beautiful weather. All the best John 👍🏻
Great stuff! Staple Inn was originally warehousing for the Staple (wool exporters) and later for an Inn of Chancery (a sub-inn for lawyers who were not practising at the Bar in Westminster). Other Inns of Chancery included Clement's Inn and Clifford's Inn.
I regularly cycle past the Ede & Ravenscroft shop in Cambridge - such a lovely, traditional looking place.
Great walk. Love this area. You really must go and visit the Sir John Soane Museum and the Hogarth’s. Amazing.
Great memories of Fleet Street. The building with the brown clock was indeed the Sunday & Daily Telegraph. Dad use to work there and as kids we used to go into town at Christmas to see the lights and stop off at the Hounditch Warehouse before Dad would take us through the trades entrance of the Telegraph building down a black spiral staircase through the printing plant. The smell of ink I can still smell today. We were treated to a steak and chips meal heavily subsidised in the canteen then home again. Wonderful introduction to the print industry for me.
I love the way you insert that occasional gentle music in your videos, it sets the mood perfectly. I’m having a bit of a binge on your videos at the moment!
This is just great! I hardly ever get chance to go up town these days, so these films are of especial value to me now. I agree totally about Robbie Coltrane's portrayal of Dr Johnson.. Fabulous! Really enjoyed this one. Nice one John! 👍
Love the city walks in London!
An interesting wander round a historic part of my home-town - even if this is North of the river. I was surprised however that our guide didn't mention the origin of the phrase 'in Carey Street' when he entered that thoroughfare (10:58), although I suppose the younger generation nowadays wouldn't know what it meant.
Ooh what a treat on MONDAY evening after long work day!!!
Thanks for another informative interesting amazing walk in London. Your sincere passion to uplift the forgotten days of old is contagious! Look forward to your next walk. 🌳🌿🌾
John, my most earnest contrafibularities. Thank you for this video covering the area around my office, most of which I haven't seen.
Thanks for the walk through the wonderful history of London. It is nice to see scenes of historical spots and hear you discuss them, you do a wonderful job with each video.
on the East side of the Lincoln Inn Field there's a mature Magnolia
stellata that was planted in the same year as the Queen's Coronation
This is such a wonderful area! I love Sir John Soanes museum and the silver vaults. There’s also the Old Bank of England pub on Fleet Street. Fantastic interior!
Wonderful upload John. There is no city like our beloved London. Btw, you look like the actor Nichol Williamson.
Ha, thanks- I’m happy with that likeness
Wow, more Golden Nuggets of info about The City of London....well done. Liked the reference to The Essex Serpent....highly recommend the book.
Thanks Rick - I love the book
It’s been a great season. See you soon
Thanks for the interesting walk.I have been to the Sloan Museum. John in Chicago
I like your stuff @John Rogers Being an ex Bicycle Messenger in London And Lived on the river Lea for 7 years i really love what you do.. And i live on top of Stamford Hill.
London at its most sublime. Fabulous. Thank you.
Thanks
thank you so much Tuppence
Hi John...like EVERYONE of your posts...it was great, informative...and professional...I hope one day I may bump into you on one of my walks...and shake hands
Thank you for a very enjoyable walk. Love the old buildings.
Thank you for another taste of London. I regret that I won’t get there myself but watching your videos is a good chance to see and learn about a great city. Theresa
I haven't watched your stuff for a couple of months John, but it's great to enjoy your walks around London again. Cheers. 😉
awww wow used to work around there thanks John 👍🏼
Thank you for doing this video John. I deliver In and around Lincoln's Inn Fields. I’ve never really took the time to stop and take in its history.
Thank you.
Thank you John for another belter. So easy to watch. Keep 'Em coming. 👍
Thanks Ken
Really enjoyed this video once again John, I must take my kids to the Hunterian Museum. I love that area of London off Fleet Street etc…there is a good pub called The Seven Stars which dates from 1602. The landlady Roxy is a character and they have a little friendly cat. I think you made the right choice not doing economics. What was your band called? Have a great weekend! Ross 👍
So fascinating...used to work around here. This is a great trip down memory lane! You make it so interesting and it's a relaxing joy to watch. Thank you.
Lovely, informative walk. Sir John Soan's Museum is well worth a visit. Looking forward to the next season.
What a stellar walk…Samuel Johnson, Essex Serpent and blue skies!
John, Thank you for making these videos. Your channel is my favorite, and I look forward to every new episode. Cheers.
0:50 min. very nice with the many trees !
So glad you mentioned the Black Adder escipode 😁
Another of my favourite places. I love your walks. Always interesting. My very first job after I left City of London College was for solicitors in Lincoln’s Inn. New square somewhere. And I will date myself by saying that I knew that building was the home of The Telegraph. We used to take sixpence to go dancing in the Lyceum at lunch time!!!
Thank you. Always enjoyable!
Love this. Worked on Fleet Street for many years. Not sure in your previous video you mention that 85 Fleet Street (a Lutyens building) was the home of Reuters and the Press Association until Reuters decamped to the ITN building in Gray's Inn Road and PA left for Victoria Street. And btw, Shoe Lane was the home of the London bureau of the New York Times. Not sure if that is true today. Again, love your videos and love to see the areas in and around Fleet Street.
19:36 : Robbie Coltrane was brilliant as Samuel Johnson, infact i think the third series of BlackAdder is as close to perfection for any TV comedy show!
We thoroughly enjoy watching your walks on TV here in Ilfracombe. They are in places familiar to us and now we have a new perspective. Great stuff! And thank you - Dave Griffin
Hi lived and went to school in a town near Glasgow, East Kilbride. It’s famous for being the birthday place of the Hunter Brothers. John and William who were famous 18th century surgeons. Glasgow university also has a hunterian museum. My primary and high school were named after the Hunter Brothers.
Good one about the uni decision.
A really insightful walk, many thanks John!
Another great walk John, myself and Ian from Newcastle had an epic walk last week starting in E17 where there was a street food market on in the high street, and then onto Gods own Junkyard, then the Vestry house museum ant The William Morris Gallery, all awesome places to visit. As the sun was out we walked past the old Walthamstow Dogs and all the way to Chingford mount then onto Buckhurst hill Premier inn, What a day, all started by the inspiration you give people to explore London.
Thank you John. This style of video is my favourite. All the very old beautiful buildings and the little alleys and squares just off the main streets. Enjoy your well deserved week off.
Cracking walk John, along with the weather 👍🏻
As no-one else has mentioned, the Maugham Library of KCL was, foe centuries, the home of the Public Record Office which moved to Kew and changed its name to the National Archives. Also, at the Bottom of Bell Yard is a pub which used to be the Law Courts branch of the Bank of England.
another good one cheers John
Hi John
I love to watch the videos of my old working haunts .
Cheers Kev