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Really great video. No wonder I was confused about the tube station name. I left the uk in 1979, the year the named changed.

Very informative the area keeps changing just like victoria st where i used to work london ever forward

Westminster gentrification and soul destroying changes from market traders and soho characters gone. It’s all about money and ‘clean up’ soulless. The park benches have all gone so no sitting and passing the time of day.

Great, well made and interesting video. I love to spend hours pouring over old maps and comparing them. So this was a real treat, more please.

1848 Nelson’s Column was built

good interesting vid.. look forward to more

I don't live in London but like to walk its streets when i visit...dont think ive ever walked around Haymarket though. Thanks for sharing your walk. Out of curiosity what time of the day did you shoot the video as Trafalgar Square was deserted and I've never been when theres so few people around Also does anyone know why Greenwich was chosen as the prime meridian when Trafalgar Square was considered the centre of London youd think theyd choose the latter over the former?

Back in the day, until the mid 80s I believe, there was a better way. When coming off Hungerford bridge on the South Bank, walk through Jubilee Gardens. At the rear of the shell centre there was a flight of steps that lead to a walkway that went through the shell centre and then over Belvedere Road (I think) and directly into Waterloo station. All gone now I’m afraid.

I hate the new screens at Piccadilly Circus. I always remembered the Guinness Time clock but was surprised to see the building it was on was demolished in 1973.

"Lions have a long history here" And just to the left of that snapshot, until the 1950s, was Lyons Corner House!

I enjoyed this video very much.

4:20 what was the White Star Line offices. Where the announcement of Titanic's sinking was made in April 1912, and the crowds gathered outside. Much photographed.

Very interesting, thank you. Greetings from Montréa.

Wonderful stuff. My G-Grandfather was baptised in St Martins-in-the-Fields, in 1852. He married my G-Grandmother there in 1872.

The horse statue myth was busted on QI many years ago.

Excellent!

So very interesting and informative! Wonderful content, excellent presentation. The overlay of maps gave a true sense of landmarks that did not survive. (new subscriber, Virginia)

Nice work. Brings back memories of living there in the 80s/90s.

Great video I’ve worked in Whitehall for more years than I would care to admit on here so have been around this area for many years now (indeed, earlier today). I still struggle with the idea it was once countryside, it just seems inconceivable from my vantage point of today. Walking up Charing Cross Road towards Oxford St the other day I wondered what the topography of the land would be if you took the city away, wouldn’t suprised if its about a 100ft elevation from the river by the time you reach Oxford St.

Thank you for making this video - it was absolutely fascinating and packed with so much interesting information.

Thank you, as ever an interesting history of part of London It could be argued that King George III died battling his mental health issues and King Charles I died as a result of battling Oliver Cromwell

26 is Raphael from Spain, mythical

Why show a picture of Muswell Hill on the lead in when it’s not on the list?

From tranquility to the hell hole that it is now.

Amazing how Uxbridge is left with just 1 station while nearby Ruislip has 5 stations covering a much smaller area.

might want to check your audio as it changes to a game show...

Harold Balfour -- was he any relation to the Balfour who gave Israel to the Jewish nation?

Is the modern Boots in the Lewisham Shopping Centre the same Boots in the footage(2:30)?

wow where did you find these great fims , i was born in hackney e9 , mum dad brother, moved to lee mid 70ies then downham ,saw the glass bridge being put into place by clock tower lewisham has a big part to play in the history of london t y for these

You're doing a good thing here with this video. Glad you beat it back!!

Please get the facts rights about old buildings and don't assume or guess what they were.

Camden was amazing 20 years ago, now the big chains and money people have moved in and killed it.

I wish there was film footage of 1960s and 70s Kilburn and Willesden and anything from wartime.

Brilliant stuff, thanks. I’ve lived in the manor for 50 years and have seen a lot of changes. Glad I knew the area before a lot of the redevelopment. Great pics & info, Cheers

It would be cool if they finished the line onto edgwere and mill hill Broadway and so on

MUCH THANKS FOR THIS - I LIVED IN HILLINGDON FROM 1993 TO 1997 - I ATTENDED BRUNEL UNIVERSITY - WHILE PREPARING TO BECOME A BUSINESS CONSULTANT - i WAS THE TREASURER OF THAMES VALLEY SMALL BUSINESS CLUB - WHO MET IN SLOUGH

Thank you for sharing hope to try this walk at some point in the near future subscribed 🙏👍

I grew up in Stanwell adjoining LHR in the late 50s through 60s. My school was two fields and some grass away from what was the distant end of 27L/09R. The village grew from a few thousand to 16 000 while Iws there although the village itself retained is original shape with developments to the south , in addition to LHR the Staines reservoirs bordered it to the west. Its all very well to say it should have been elsewhere but where north Londona nd South London are hilly so no airports there , further west is Windsor Great Park so nothing was going to be bult there and further than that it doesnt get flat again until where Blackbushe is close to 40 mils out and even then its not really big enough. East of London is the Thames , and then docks and marshland -a svanat might have suggested building over dockland as LHR replaced the docks in a way . Of course it wasnt LHR back then but LAP -London Air Port. Back in the day with its 5 runways and endless different types jets , turbo props and recips it was fascinating . A bit of forward thinking would have left more land available to the north , there is still quite al ot and thatw ould have allowed a third e-w parlale to be bult in the 90s but thisis the UK and forward thinking is an alien concept

"Mechanical man" lyrics are actually quite good.

The drawing of the Telegraph Tower in West Square says it was drawn in 1810 but the telegraph wasn't invented until 1837. Am I missing something?

They may be bland but they most definitely arent an eyesore. Its an improvement on the flats of the 50s 60s and 70s for sure.

Small, teeny windows, poorly constructed, sustainable? but not durable.

Bloomin' square boxes is all they seem to build now, no imagination or new ideas.

Another great video A possible way to help the affordable house building problem. Any new employer creating more than 20 full time jobs has to build enough homes for the new employees. These homes must be affordable on the wages they will be paid and be should be within 30 min walk.

Thanks! My Grandad was born in Ardmere Road back in 1901 and his side of the family lived in Brightside Road too for a while. Unfortunately many of them now reside in Brockley and Ladywell cemetery.

No hands on the pavement, what pillock..Great video..

I will always remember the cafe in the station. It’s was Frank’s Cafe when I was a kid in 80’s/90’s and the place that sold the best homemade cookies. I lived there for 45 years before moving. Still one of the nicest stations on the Met line.

wait why did i hear an s stock?

I would love to live in Pimlico ,