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@@velvetindigonight II hope everybody is expressing their appreciation by chucking the Man a few pennies. PS I agree about the pineapples are pine cones representing the pineal gland . There's a massive one out side the Vatican/There is a lot of esoteric symbolism in London
Never ceases to amaze me that no matter how often I pass a place there is always a bit of history or trivia that is new to me. Keep up the delightful guides Joolz.
As a Londoner who doesn’t live too far from the City and once worked in the area of the walk you featured, I love and am proud to have being born in the greatest city in the world. Lovely to see people from around the world appreciating our capital as well and thanks for your enjoyable walks.
Just add me diamond, I recognise many of your sights when I moved from up North ie Hartlepool to London for work I lived in the streets of London for 3 months including thru the kings x fire 🔥 and the Great storm, I passed thru Kings x 5 mins before the fire in 87, and passed back thru the area on the underground when I returned ( I rode the underground rails ) you could then for hours for 50p, and watch the mail train , I remember the great storm within a month in 87, the police ushered everyone of the Waterloo concorse as the glass in the roof was collapsing onto the concourse, the police said stay near the station, I however , went for a walk around London as I thought it was a unique opportunity to see The greatest capital in the world, 300 hundred year old trees fallen across the Mall, Now back up North but probably end back up on streets ( maybe in London). Your films are superb and unique 😊 Cheers Joolz 🥂 Alan
I realize not every building and landmark can be saved for various reasons, but when they’re gone people have fewer and fewer reminders of the stories that took place there. What you are doing is incredibly important. You are helping people visualize the endless rich history every step of the way. This channel is educational and impressively entertaining. Very well done
I'm near Kansas City, about 2 hours from Fulton and the Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury, pass it frequently going back and forth between St. Louis. They have a beautiful Churchill museum there now. Unfortunately it's closed until June for renovations, but I'll go after that and take a picture and be sure to tag you. :)
Oh how I miss wandering around in London. I hope with the vaccines we’ll be able to travel again in a few months time. So for now I’ll just enjoy these great films. Cheers from Norway.
Thank you for continuing to put out great content under less than convivial circumstances. While it is so quiet in London, I wish the authorities in the City would give you access to places where you might not normally be able or allowed to go - your videos really bring out the best of London life and are a fantastic, quality boost for the old town.
They're not Unicorns Joolz. They're horses with candles attached to their foreheads.The first headlights for carriages at night !!!!!?? Great to see you again. Hopefully seeing London too .
This has been my favorite installment of your series. I had to watch it twice, while pausing frequently to read the plaques and memorial stones you've featured in this. I've been hoping you would tour the Barbican as it has always been a very attractive place to me. You showed the Museum of the City of London in a previous episode, and it used to be located at The Barbican. Once again, thank you for a smashing tour of some of the most interesting places in The City!
Hi Joolz, I love your videos,they take me right back to the seventies when I was based in Chelsea barracks, and doing public duties. When off duty I used to go wandering around London taking in all the historical sights. Thanks Joolz. Keep making the videos they're great.
Happy Sunday, Joolz! Do you know that I dream of London occasionally. Haven’t been there in decades, but I think you inspire me. Love the trousers! Stay safe. We’ll be out and about before too long. Cheers from the U.S.! ❤️🇬🇧
St Georges Fields just north of Hyde Park was like the Postman' s Park with grave stones around the perimeter. There was an archery ground, tennis courts and a rough area where scouts and guides would spend week end camps. Now the ground has been built with three blocks of flats.
18:45 interesting it's named after a fort, the Barbican does remind me of a big sea fort outer walls always stained with dripping water. Walking around there even during a lunch time down the narrow corridors, there's just no one about even though as you state in the video, practically all homes are occupied. The outer courtyard is always empty. You can regard it as a semi failed project that just keeps chugging away through the ages.
Thanks Joolz! Love when you feature areas that have to do w/ the Gresham's as I am descended from them. Christian Gresham married Sir John Thynne (my 11xggrandparents). Just wish that Sir Gresham's home still existed off the Old Roman Road area, but I believe it burned in the great fire & that a huge bank now stands over it!😕 Thanks again! Lisa from Eugene, Oregon
@Joolz Guides - London History Walks - Travel Films you probably know more than I do!😅 However, when you were showing those livery halls I was really hoping you might point one out for The Worshipful Company of Mercers which Thomas's father (Richard) & uncle (John) founded (if it even still exist!😁). Thomas btw was Christian's brother so he would be a ?x-gr uncle. But his father & uncle were Lord Mayor (obviously at different times - I believe John was even High Sherrif at one point) during the time of Henry the VIII & it is said that they had a huge home down on the Old Roman Road - even though I really enjoyed your vid you did on the Gresham, the Grasshoppers & The Exchange, I found it sad to see that huge modern bank built over the top of where it once stood.
Lovely story, Lisa ... I worked in the heart of the City for 32yrs & spent many lunches & evenings in the many fine pubs that adorn Gresham Street. As a humble, retired civil servant & lover of the City, I salute your ancestry.
Hi Julien, Wonderful walk! So nice to see all the history wasn't wiped out, loved the ancient walls...what a treasure to find amongst all the new builds! 😊 Your videos are so uplifting...all the work you do is so appreciated! 👍Thank you so much, take really good care of yourself, stay well, be safe! Much love Kathy x 💖Ontario, Canada
I've been watching ALL of your guides. They are wonderful! I am in Florida but am planning a London visit, if Covid-19 ever ends! You should do a tour of Charles Dickens places where he lived, favorite Pubs, etc.
They ARE pine cones, an ancient symbol of immortality/eternity. Classical architecture put them all over the place. Associated with Dionysus as well. Pineapples show up very late, an import from South America.
See now, I always thought artichokes and have this delicious plot for a skit of you, me and Joolz all standing beneath one and aruging about it LOL. Getting all red-faced and trying to illustrate our point.
Jools. How about doing a vid in the 'footsteps of Samuel Pepys' ? From (Birth) Salisbury Court - St Olaves (Seething Lane) Lots of interesting narration to use there from the diary.
It would be so worth it, though. Pepys is just such an excellent source of relatively normal life in Restoration London, such a journey would be fitting! Just have to find a sack posset for the ending, and a proper "and so to bed".
Thanks Joolz/Simon, love the history of London, we're so lucky to live here. Used to work around Wood and Gresham Street. Just used to take the area for granted. Love the end with Simon and yourself sharing the Whisky wearing blue tartan strides, so funny with Simon's paper cup and you with the bottle.
Thanks for another awesome vid! I pretty much copy all your walks for my outings around London and have always been meaning to go to The Barbican so now I am going to trace the entire wall from Blackfriars to The Tower on my next walk. Thanks! I can't even imagine the amount of research that must go into each of your videos!
Fantastic video Joolz- love all of the history that you share with us! Your sense of humour and joie de vivre provides great enjoyment for us in lockdown in Canada!!
I was introduced to your channel yesterday and have binge watched a number of videos since ! I have worked in the City and Square Mile for over 30 years and each of your tours so far have taught me a massive amount about somewhere I thought I knew well ! Bravo !
Love it! have binged the whole channel throughout our various lockdowns, have really missed walking around London. That being said, keeping my eyes out for interesting street furniture in the local neighbourhood more now. There's a stink pipe sewage lamppost thing just outside my work! It's sad but this made me excited when i finally realised what the thing actually was😆 anyway thanks for another great walk Jools 👍
What a wonderful way to wake up this fine Sunday morning in L.A. : a new Joolz video and my morning cup of coffee. Thank you so much, Joolz, for putting me in such a good mood right off the bat! 💋
What a really great video today, the London's wall was very interesting to learn about thank you. It was a little strange to see part of the London wall in the parking structure but it's nice to see they were trying to preserve it. Wish her in America we would try and save more of your history and really learn about it more.
Thank you for these videos I live in Cardiff and miss visiting but your videos help in this tough period. Hopefully I’ll be able to visit again soon. Miss the pubs
Tons of fun and tons of great info! King’s Head Pub, indeed!Sitting there at the end in your bowler and scarf and crooning away as you swig on your pint, you look like a prime target for Alex and his droogs. :-)
Pine cones Joolz. Pineapples would have spiky leaves sprouting from the top. Pine cones are an ancient symbol of the pineal gland held in high regard by mystics and kabbalists like Christopher Wren.
@@chrisfunx7968. Me too. Though I don’t have much information to add. Weren’t these pine cones as architectural decorations used in other places? How about in the Roman Empire??
This was one of your best videos... Very informative. Chuck full of stuff. Some funny lines to boo. (The surgeons promised not to cut hair...:-)) While we await your next video, take care out there. Michel and Judy (From Toronto). P.S. We also enjoyed the soundtrack.
The content of you videos never disappoints! Before I watched your channel I had no idea that London had so much to offer. I can't wait for lockdown to end, so that I can go on an adventure to London for the day!
Good to see a new video. I like all the unintentional connections that pop up around every corner. One of my ancestors was undoubtedly a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. His work can still be seen in the gilding on the Elizabeth Tower, aka Big Ben. His son would have none of that and became a letter carrier, and later a clerk. Oh, and pineapple on pizza? Apparently it's a Canadian thing. Sorry, world. We didn't know it would offend so many Italians.
I’ve turned into a Joolz Guides nerd. It’s official. Been waiting for a new video all week. Watch it twice already. What’s happening to me. I’ve got Coviditis. Commonly known as I’ve had enough of lockdown. 🤣
Thanks for another brilliant tour. I think that what makes your videos so good is not just the fascinating subject matter but also you: your personality, style, humour, happy demeanour, etc. In short, you have the X factorJoolz.
Another excellent walk through London. Thank you Joolz. Would love to walk these streets myself now, during this Lockdown, so quiet. Must be bliss. Keep up the good work👍
A delightful walk, brilliant as always! How surprising, however, for a talented thespian and singer to explore the Barbican without even a passing mention of music! The Barbican is, after all, the home of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama!
That soulless building next to the Museum of London was the mega-law firm Clifford Chance - I used to work there many years ago and can confirm it was definitely soulless.
I wish I knew about your channel 3 to 7 years ago when I was going to London and St Andrews 6 times per year to visit with my daughter who was at University in St Andrews. We did our own tours. Some where things my daughter toured while she was at Cambridge. I missed so much. Hopefully some say I can go back and see the things I missed
I studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2009. Seeing you walking around the Barbican complex bought back some really nice memories that I'd not thought about for a little while. So thank you! Loving this channel and your style; you got yourself a new subscriber.
Such a weird coincidence that I was there in the Barbican/St Pauls area around 4pm today! I've lived in London now for about a year and I've always wanted to see the real flats were Poirot lived on the TV series. I finished work and went for a lockdown walk to see it located near the meat market place. Lovely art deco building. Also very strange how I saw most of these statues and sites today and didn't have a clue what it was but you have answered all my questions straight away 😆. Was a littled freaked out that you posted this today after me visiting and explained everything to me!
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Born in England haven't been there in years ! Thank you !
I’m thinking that seeing you drink whiskey on a park bench should become at least a semi-regular feature of your videos.
Jules on Strictly！ Haha imagine that. Shoe-in for the top prize. Shoe-in... wonder where that come from...
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What’s the music in the background Sir?
These should be given out globally to cheer people up. Proper good medicine for the soul.
Agreed............... should be on the BBC! Enjoy
@@velvetindigonight II hope everybody is expressing their appreciation by chucking the Man a few pennies. PS I agree about the pineapples are pine cones representing the pineal gland . There's a massive one out side the Vatican/There is a lot of esoteric symbolism in London
We cannot travel to London now so your vlogs are so apreciated
My thoughts exactly!
I have a return flight to London is on hold, these videos help a little. 😁
so first world problems! unrelatable
Never ceases to amaze me that no matter how often I pass a place there is always a bit of history or trivia that is new to me. Keep up the delightful guides Joolz.
Love these rambles. I've spent years dawdling around London and find something new every time - these guides have replaced the telly in my house :-)
They even mentioned me on the radio yesterday!
Well here I am 8 months later watching and thinking these videos are the only way I will ever see London again....being second class as I am now!
Loved the Winston Churchill snippet, Joolz is a man of variety.
As a Londoner who doesn’t live too far from the City and once worked in the area of the walk you featured, I love and am proud to have being born in the greatest city in the world. Lovely to see people from around the world appreciating our capital as well and thanks for your enjoyable walks.
Just add me diamond, I recognise many of your sights when I moved from up North ie Hartlepool to London for work I lived in the streets of London for 3 months including thru the kings x fire 🔥 and the Great storm, I passed thru Kings x 5 mins before the fire in 87, and passed back thru the area on the underground when I returned ( I rode the underground rails ) you could then for hours for 50p, and watch the mail train , I remember the great storm within a month in 87, the police ushered everyone of the Waterloo concorse as the glass in the roof was collapsing onto the concourse, the police said stay near the station, I however , went for a walk around London as I thought it was a unique opportunity to see The greatest capital in the world, 300 hundred year old trees fallen across the Mall,
Now back up North but probably end back up on streets ( maybe in London).
Your films are superb and unique 😊
Cheers Joolz
🥂
Alan
I realize not every building and landmark can be saved for various reasons, but when they’re gone people have fewer and fewer reminders of the stories that took place there. What you are doing is incredibly important. You are helping people visualize the endless rich history every step of the way. This channel is educational and impressively entertaining. Very well done
Just what this Black Country girl needed to brighten my day ❤️
It's great to be able to travel to London from my couch in Toronto. Maybe someday I'll get to see all these things for real.
greatest city in the world
Fellow Torontonian here, great channel isn’t it?!
@@chelseagirl278 absolutely! can't get out to see our own city even, might as well watch Joolz
@@musingwithreba9667 yes, be entertained and learn!
Cheers from Chicago, keeping me cheered through the winter of our discontent
I'm near Kansas City, about 2 hours from Fulton and the Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury, pass it frequently going back and forth between St. Louis. They have a beautiful Churchill museum there now. Unfortunately it's closed until June for renovations, but I'll go after that and take a picture and be sure to tag you. :)
Good Morning Julian, glad to see you back with another Joolz Guide, hope that You, Your Mum and Family are doing fine this Sunday Morning
That's very kind. All well thanks!!!
a pleasant surprise for a Sunday. Lets watch!!
Love your tours, thanks from a Londoner abroad x
Hooray. Sunday complete.
Cheers. See you next Sunday. 🌞
Oh how I miss wandering around in London. I hope with the vaccines we’ll be able to travel again in a few months time. So for now I’ll just enjoy these great films. Cheers from Norway.
Vaccination guidance says we still have to practice social distancing and wear masks.... go check it out... what a joke
its what I miss the most especially the Southbank and The Globe area . Love Norway too
When you take the fax you might be able to walk at all Einar.
Thank you for continuing to put out great content under less than convivial circumstances.
While it is so quiet in London, I wish the authorities in the City would give you access to places where you might not normally be able or allowed to go - your videos really bring out the best of London life and are a fantastic, quality boost for the old town.
More Joolz Guides is always good.
They're not Unicorns Joolz. They're horses with candles attached to their foreheads.The first headlights for carriages at night !!!!!??
Great to see you again. Hopefully seeing London too .
@ab c
Thought that might work for your American clients !!
I hope you are ok.
Have you been to priory church Dunstable
@@julieharnett3600 Round the corner from me. I should go to a service when all this "stuff" is over.
This has been my favorite installment of your series. I had to watch it twice, while pausing frequently to read the plaques and memorial stones you've featured in this.
I've been hoping you would tour the Barbican as it has always been a very attractive place to me. You showed the Museum of the City of London in a previous episode, and it used to be located at The Barbican.
Once again, thank you for a smashing tour of some of the most interesting places in The City!
Always good to see Joolz.
Hi Joolz, I love your videos,they take me right back to the seventies when I was based in Chelsea barracks, and doing public duties. When off duty I used to go wandering around London taking in all the historical sights. Thanks Joolz. Keep making the videos they're great.
Happy Sunday, Joolz! Do you know that I dream of London occasionally. Haven’t been there in decades, but I think you inspire me. Love the trousers! Stay safe. We’ll be out and about before too long. Cheers from the U.S.! ❤️🇬🇧
Lot's of fun again. Jolly good. Don't stop.
Greetings from Poland.I love your vlog,very interesting London's history💂♀️💂♂️☺☺🇵🇱👏👏👏
St Georges Fields just north of Hyde Park was like the Postman' s Park with grave stones around the perimeter. There was an archery ground, tennis courts and a rough area where scouts and guides would spend week end camps. Now the ground has been built with three blocks of flats.
18:45 interesting it's named after a fort, the Barbican does remind me of a big sea fort outer walls always stained with dripping water. Walking around there even during a lunch time down the narrow corridors, there's just no one about even though as you state in the video, practically all homes are occupied. The outer courtyard is always empty. You can regard it as a semi failed project that just keeps chugging away through the ages.
an extraordinary place
Thanks Joolz! Love when you feature areas that have to do w/ the Gresham's as I am descended from them. Christian Gresham married Sir John Thynne (my 11xggrandparents). Just wish that Sir Gresham's home still existed off the Old Roman Road area, but I believe it burned in the great fire & that a huge bank now stands over it!😕
Thanks again!
Lisa from Eugene, Oregon
Gosh..how amazing. I hope I didn't get my facts wrong about him!
@Joolz Guides - London History Walks - Travel Films you probably know more than I do!😅 However, when you were showing those livery halls I was really hoping you might point one out for The Worshipful Company of Mercers which Thomas's father (Richard) & uncle (John) founded (if it even still exist!😁). Thomas btw was Christian's brother so he would be a ?x-gr uncle. But his father & uncle were Lord Mayor (obviously at different times - I believe John was even High Sherrif at one point) during the time of Henry the VIII & it is said that they had a huge home down on the Old Roman Road - even though I really enjoyed your vid you did on the Gresham, the Grasshoppers & The Exchange, I found it sad to see that huge modern bank built over the top of where it once stood.
Lovely story, Lisa ... I worked in the heart of the City for 32yrs & spent many lunches & evenings in the many fine pubs that adorn Gresham Street. As a humble, retired civil servant & lover of the City, I salute your ancestry.
Joolz! Your video this morning was just what we needed! Thank you! We love your sister's new song on this video, too!
thank you :-) I only got give two days to write and record something for this one so a little rough and ready but i liked it too
@@loupsyche it's really great! I love when a quickly written song is awesome like that!
Earliest I've been to a Joolzy video. Good to see you back!
Welcome back, Joolz! A great show again, thanks for sharing.
Splendid.
Hi Julien, Wonderful walk! So nice to see all the history wasn't wiped out, loved the ancient walls...what a treasure to find amongst all the new builds! 😊 Your videos are so uplifting...all the work you do is so appreciated! 👍Thank you so much, take really good care of yourself, stay well, be safe! Much love Kathy x 💖Ontario, Canada
I've been watching ALL of your guides. They are wonderful! I am in Florida but am planning a London visit, if Covid-19 ever ends! You should do a tour of Charles Dickens places where he lived, favorite Pubs, etc.
Another excellent video. A great guide, history lesson and fun all rolled in one. Keep up the vids Joolz. All the best from Australia mate.
I could’ve sworn they were pine cones. The romans used the symbol of pine cones too
They ARE pine cones, an ancient symbol of immortality/eternity. Classical architecture put them all over the place. Associated with Dionysus as well. Pineapples show up very late, an import from South America.
See now, I always thought artichokes and have this delicious plot for a skit of you, me and Joolz all standing beneath one and aruging about it LOL. Getting all red-faced and trying to illustrate our point.
@@cijmo Artichokes? Nah, antiquity was all about pine cones and pomegranates.
Sure they're not Pineal Glands (also from the Vatican ?)
The pine cone represents the pineal gland
Jools. How about doing a vid in the 'footsteps of Samuel Pepys' ? From (Birth) Salisbury Court - St Olaves (Seething Lane) Lots of interesting narration to use there from the diary.
Would be great..but a lot of work for sure!
It would be so worth it, though. Pepys is just such an excellent source of relatively normal life in Restoration London, such a journey would be fitting! Just have to find a sack posset for the ending, and a proper "and so to bed".
@@Joolzguides Pretty please??
Not only informative but entertaining as well, as always! Can't wait to make a trip across the pond to see it all!
I feel so good everytime I see your smile : )
I miss London.
Finally something good to watch on telly tonight :-)
Thanks Joolz/Simon, love the history of London, we're so lucky to live here. Used to work around Wood and Gresham Street. Just used to take the area for granted. Love the end with Simon and yourself sharing the Whisky wearing blue tartan strides, so funny with Simon's paper cup and you with the bottle.
Love this channel!! Such a comfort.. we cannot travel to London, so many thanks for bringing us on your explorations!
💖 from Tennessee!
I really like the music--it adds to story.
Thanks for another awesome vid! I pretty much copy all your walks for my outings around London and have always been meaning to go to The Barbican so now I am going to trace the entire wall from Blackfriars to The Tower on my next walk. Thanks! I can't even imagine the amount of research that must go into each of your videos!
Fantastic video Joolz- love all of the history that you share with us! Your sense of humour and joie de vivre provides great enjoyment for us in lockdown in Canada!!
Thank you - again - for the nice Sunday walk - and for the feeling, as like I was there🤭🤗...with you
I was introduced to your channel yesterday and have binge watched a number of videos since !
I have worked in the City and Square Mile for over 30 years and each of your tours so far have taught me a massive amount about somewhere I thought I knew well ! Bravo !
Met the love of my life in Postman's Park.. such a lovely place. Excellent video Joolz
Thank you for your rather splendid videos. The weather seems rather cold. Stay safe😷😷😷
Thank the gods for your videos. The only way for us to see London right now. You are the best!
Love it! have binged the whole channel throughout our various lockdowns, have really missed walking around London. That being said, keeping my eyes out for interesting street furniture in the local neighbourhood more now. There's a stink pipe sewage lamppost thing just outside my work! It's sad but this made me excited when i finally realised what the thing actually was😆 anyway thanks for another great walk Jools 👍
Thank you so much, mate! Glad you finally got time to do this. Can't say you don't listen to your fans. Great channel.
What a wonderful way to wake up this fine Sunday morning in L.A. : a new Joolz video and my morning cup of coffee. Thank you so much, Joolz, for putting me in such a good mood right off the bat! 💋
What a really great video today, the London's wall was very interesting to learn about thank you. It was a little strange to see part of the London wall in the parking structure but it's nice to see they were trying to preserve it. Wish her in America we would try and save more of your history and really learn about it more.
Always and forever...thank you!
🍎👍 Love these tours. Such great info. Definitely looking you up when we make it back to London. -H
For some reason this is my favorite episode...
Thank you Joolz for yet another brighter Sunday 💃
Great outfit! Postman Park - is that a kid's show I missed? Not far from my birthplace - Bow.
Thank you for these videos I live in Cardiff and miss visiting but your videos help in this tough period. Hopefully I’ll be able to visit again soon. Miss the pubs
Another brilliant video keep them coming jools so much history and information
Can't wait to go back to London!
I used to work in Barbican in 1980/82 ...it was great.!!! Wish I could go back in time.
Brilliant. Thank you for showing the history. Love your channel. My Mum was born to the sound of Bow Bells
Tons of fun and tons of great info! King’s Head Pub, indeed!Sitting there at the end in your bowler and scarf and crooning away as you swig on your pint, you look like a prime target for Alex and his droogs. :-)
Every time I watch Joolz Guides video, I just want to walk around London. 🚶🏿♂️🚶🏿♂️ Keep up the good work. 🙏🙏
Pine cones Joolz. Pineapples would have spiky leaves sprouting from the top. Pine cones are an ancient symbol of the pineal gland held in high regard by mystics and kabbalists like Christopher Wren.
I came here to say the same thing great observation! Joolz you should look into this.
@@chrisfunx7968. Me too. Though I don’t have much information to add. Weren’t these pine cones as architectural decorations used in other places? How about in the Roman Empire??
Yes, first thing that came to mind was pine cones. From a fan in HAWAII.
Gald you see that, He is unreal to say its for parties. he didn't research much ..
@@harrylaw296 Or maybe artichokes! I'm sticking with pine cones. Nothing esoteric about pineapples!
Really enjoyed this escapism. Thank you Joolz, you look great.
Excellent! We all learn a lot from your vids, Joolz.
This was one of your best videos... Very informative. Chuck full of stuff. Some funny lines to boo. (The surgeons promised not to cut hair...:-)) While we await your next video, take care out there. Michel and Judy (From Toronto). P.S. We also enjoyed the soundtrack.
Excellent video. It must be true what they say, that a man who is tired of London is tired of life. London is forever fascinating.
Doug Mountjoy died only last week. 14/2/21. As per usual, great vid.
Whoa!!!! What an amazing coincidence!
The content of you videos never disappoints!
Before I watched your channel I had no idea that London had so much to offer. I can't wait for lockdown to end, so that I can go on an adventure to London for the day!
Looks cold there Joolz.
Good to see a new video.
I like all the unintentional connections that pop up around every corner. One of my ancestors was undoubtedly a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. His work can still be seen in the gilding on the Elizabeth Tower, aka Big Ben. His son would have none of that and became a letter carrier, and later a clerk.
Oh, and pineapple on pizza? Apparently it's a Canadian thing. Sorry, world. We didn't know it would offend so many Italians.
.. Excellent tour, chaps ,.. :o)
That was interesting. London looks a bit spooky with no one about, nearly as quiet as my village in the rice fields.
Certainly is a bit eerie!
perhaps mr sickert is abroad ?
28 days later !
I’ve turned into a Joolz Guides nerd. It’s official. Been waiting for a new video all week. Watch it twice already. What’s happening to me. I’ve got Coviditis. Commonly known as I’ve had enough of lockdown. 🤣
Another great video, thank you.
You are happy, and in fine form today!
Thanks to you I can take stupenduos walks in London. Miss it. Many thanks, Joolz!
Yay i made it early, love your videos.
Hey Joolz! I've had a stressful time recently. Your videos and energy are a welcome thing
Thanks for another brilliant tour. I think that what makes your videos so good is not just the fascinating subject matter but also you: your personality, style, humour, happy demeanour, etc. In short, you have the X factorJoolz.
Great video as ever and great music I just love little lost lou
Thanks Paul x
Another excellent walk through London. Thank you Joolz. Would love to walk these streets myself now, during this Lockdown, so quiet. Must be bliss. Keep up the good work👍
The Barbican is amazing. The scale, the style and feeling is unsurpassed by any other housing estate.
kudos to simon as well, per the usual great cam work
Needed cheering up. Thank you for popping up on my YT feed. Cheers Joolz
A delightful walk, brilliant as always! How surprising, however, for a talented thespian and singer to explore the Barbican without even a passing mention of music! The Barbican is, after all, the home of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama!
That soulless building next to the Museum of London was the mega-law firm Clifford Chance - I used to work there many years ago and can confirm it was definitely soulless.
I wonder if, like many of us, you took solace & comfort in the surrounding hostelries, to counter the soullessness, lol!😉
Certainly did, I have fond memories of the Lord Raglan which Jools also went past.
@@lamiaitaly2549 I, too, am familiar with the Lord Raglan. Happy days, eh!
I wish I knew about your channel 3 to 7 years ago when I was going to London and St Andrews 6 times per year to visit with my daughter who was at University in St Andrews. We did our own tours. Some where things my daughter toured while she was at Cambridge. I missed so much. Hopefully some say I can go back and see the things I missed
Love it! “Of all the pubs in England called the King’s Head, one built on that site would have been the only one to actually have had a king’s head!”
In case you're like me desperately trying to find out the band name that accompanies these episodes, it's called "Lil' Lost Lou" and it's amazing!
Thank you
I studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2009. Seeing you walking around the Barbican complex bought back some really nice memories that I'd not thought about for a little while. So thank you! Loving this channel and your style; you got yourself a new subscriber.
Used to love wandering around there when I worked at the top of Old Broad Street.
The cinema in The Barbican was pretty good too.
Such a weird coincidence that I was there in the Barbican/St Pauls area around 4pm today! I've lived in London now for about a year and I've always wanted to see the real flats were Poirot lived on the TV series. I finished work and went for a lockdown walk to see it located near the meat market place. Lovely art deco building. Also very strange how I saw most of these statues and sites today and didn't have a clue what it was but you have answered all my questions straight away 😆. Was a littled freaked out that you posted this today after me visiting and explained everything to me!
Yippee. I love when I wake up to a new Joolz Guide posting. Love you Joolzie💕🥰