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The “ City “ is not Londons version of Wall Street, Wall Street is The US version of the “City “ I think the financial heart of London was around a long long time before New York. 🤔
The City mainly houses the traditional institutions like the Bank of England & Lloyd’s of London (insurance). London’s main financial district is in Canary Wharf in East London & the hedge fund industry is based near Buckingham Palace in SW1.
How deliciously superior
From Roman times
Approximately 350years earlier.
I worked in the city of London doing my deliveries for twenty five years still miss it to day . I believe London is still the greatest city in the world
I don't know when he made this but the Royals haven used Buckingham Palace as a home for a few years now. Its more and office block, overnights stays, and used for state visits, getting honour titles ie CBE OBE Knighthoods etc. The Queen lived at Windsor Castle, He also didn't mention the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey.
One big thing he missed about Westminster is that it's home to the tomb of the unknown soldier - the story of which is well worth a look.
Also, Edward the Confessor wasn't the one beaten by William the Conqueror, that was Harold II.
Edward had died earlier in 1066, leaving Harold on the throne, which had been meant for William.
Harold haedrada the viking too had a claim to the throne and harold fought him first at the battle of stamford bridge in present day Yorkshire. Then he had to march down south to fight and lose to William.
@@jimbo6059 yeah, I think that was cited as one of the biggest reasons William won at Hastings.
Harold's army was almost totally exhausted after hurting South immediately after Stamford Bridge.
It wasn’t “meant” for William. William’s claim was highly tenuous. For a start, Edward had been married to Harold’s sister, and he died without an heir. The Godwinsons were an extremely highly regarded and powerful noble family, owning and controlling more English land between them than the king himself, plus Harold’s father had been the right-hand man/personal adviser to several kings of England before him. It’s true that Edward had largely grown up in the Norman court, as his mother was Norman French; however, William’s claim to the throne was that Harold had promised it to him on a trip to Normandy. There were numerous holes in this claim though - for a start, Harold’s boat had washed up in Normandy in a storm, and by all accounts, he was held under duress, so essentially a prisoner, and may well have been forced into promising William the throne (if such a conversation even took place); second, this was many years prior, and Harold at that time was not yet king, nor was it even on the cards, as Edward was very much alive and well, and when he did eventually pass away, it was sudden and unexpected. With Harold not king nor likely to be, he would have had zero authority to make such a promise to William (it’s important to note here that William never once claimed that Edward himself had promised the throne to him); third, Saxon kings were not necessarily hereditary - that was not really a thing in the Saxon era, and ultimately the rule was that a new monarch had to be voted in by a counsel (the “witan”), whose decision could override anything that had been said previously - including the words of a king on his deathbed. So, even if William was telling the truth, which I seriously doubt, considering what type of person he was (there are accounts of him ordering the cutting off of the hands and feet of villagers in France who would not surrender to him), it was irrelevant, as the ultimate decision power lay with the Saxon court, which was none of William’s business. So, there really lies the end to any French claims that William had a right to it: he didn’t. Saxon law didn’t answer to the French - or the Norman French. William was an opportunist. He saw a weakness in the line of succession, and the English crown was highly desirable because England was one of the most politically and economically stable countries in Europe at that time, with one of the most sophisticated systems for calling up an extremely large number of military might at the drop of a hat, owing to the way the earldom was set up. William was power hungry; he was fed up with having a small corner of France that had been gifted to his ancestor by the king of France to essentially stop the Norsemen from harassing the French borders, and he hated being a vassal of the French king. He wanted his own kingdom. His claim was an excuse at best.
@@samnemeth-smyth6109 Yes, and unfortunately because the defeat at Hastings was such a monumental event in the history of our country and the start of a new dynasty, it has always completely overshadowed the fact that King Harold had just utterly decimated the Viking army to the point that he ENDED THE VIKING AGE. That’s incredible. He gets almost mocked by the French as if he’s some kind of embarrassment, and yet the Vikings had been raiding our borders and those of other countries - murdering, pillaging and raping - for centuries, and Harold put an end to that. Harold also lost his brother at Stamford Bridge and the stress of knowing that both a Norman and Viking invasion were imminent at once from completely different ends of the country took its toll on his health. Accounts of the period say that he had a fever marching back from Stamford Bridge, and he was in agony with an injury to his leg. And yes, although some of the men drafted up for Hastings hadn’t been in the battle in the north, most of them were absolutely exhausted because they also did the march there and back in record time. And even then, Norman accounts admit that Hastings was a close-run thing: the battle lasted all day in appalling weather (Stamford Bridge had been blazing sunshine), and we almost defeated the Normans. PLUS, there is some evidence to suggest that Harold was taken out at the end of the battle by a dedicated team of “hitmen”, not in a fair fight.
Also, Harold knew that the Normans were planning on invading many months before they actually did (for that whole time, the winds were blowing in the wrong direction across the Channel, which would’ve been very dangerous for William), so Harold had the military on red alert for a very long time and they were running out of food, then he had to make the difficult decision to pull them off the coast where they were on guard and let them go back to their farms and bring in the harvest. Unfortunately for him, that was precisely when the wind changed, and the Normans made the crossing. Otherwise, the outcome might have been very different if he had been able to fend off the Normans first and then deal with the Vikings.
I loved his comment about a few of the locals will speak English. You can't imagine how true that is, particularly in the Summer.
I found that comment amazing!
American tact & diplomacy at its finest. The understatement of the year.
Edward the Confessor was overthrown by death - Harold II was overthrown by William I by losing the Battle of Hastings
He didnt lose the Battle of Hastings, that was King Harold
I've always wondered why most countries use elevator or a translation of for what English call a lift. One can only elevate UP where as one can lift UP & DOWN.
You have to remember that in Britain a "subway" is a very short tunnel you walk through that takes you to the other side of a busy road. The London Underground is a railway that happens to be - underground! Its NOT a subway. Usually referred to as the "tube" because the tunnels are built and supported by a series of circular concrete - yes you've guessed it - tubes!
Hi Connor ... Magna Carta (a charter of liberties) came into being because King John was a an unpleasant/unfair and quite evil character.
"The English barons sought to protect themselves and the public at large from encroachments of royal authority. Among the main grievances against the king was that he demanded too much money from the people in taxes. Amongst the benefits were that all free men have the right to justice and a fair trial with a jury. The Monarch doesn't have absolute power"
The City of London is separate from London; they have their own government (the oldest in the country with origins pre-dating Parliament), Lord Mayor and independent police force.
Well it stands to reason when you think that 12 out of 14 of your founding fathers were actually British, 8 were Irish but ofc Ireland was part of Britain back then.
The founding fathers used to sit in the Houses of Parliament and take copious notes. Then again, why not, the population of America was 78/80 British then. Although the Boston Tea Party was said to be the Cause of the War against Britain, it wasn't really. It was about the promises we made to the Native people. The British half heartedly fought in the War of Independence, but too many here had relatives in the Colonies and there was no true desire to fight other Brits - especially family..
@@JJ-of1ir Yeah, it's strange to think back then before the US was formed almost everybody living there was British.
The isle of Ireland is STILL part of Britain (the British Isles)
@@steddie4514 Not realy, Great Britain is in the British isles but the British isles are not just Great Britain.
Hi Connor. The 13 ton bell, called Big Ben, had to be silenced when the last renovation occurred. The Elizabeth Tower was covered in Scaffolding but was uncovered just before the late Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee. The scaffolding has remained off and the tower and bell are performing well.
Connor I would like you to react to Rick Steve’s North Wales & Liverpool tour. Then you see how beautiful my country really is.
This video is 17 years old, London's skyline is quite different now
I think you would know many names buried in Westminster Abbey. There are thousands. There’s Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, Rudyard Kipling (who wrote The Jungle Book), William Blake, Robert Browning, Handel (the composer), David Livingstone, Lord Kelvin (who invented the Kelvin Scale), the Earl of Sandwich (whom sandwiches are named after), to name just some of them.
Connor you missed the theatre that said yes priminster
Rick Steves’ channel is OK if you want a basic introduction to London as a tourist, but if you want to dig deeper or watch someone more knowledgable, you are better off looking elsewhere.
My particular favourites are:
1. Jay Foreman;
2. A lady called Sinead, who is part of a channel called “Free Tours by Foot - London”;
3. and the channel “Joolz Guides”.
The only way that it was possible to know your longitude was to know what time it was at the zero degree point (Greenwich) when the Sun was high noon at your location. So if you were at sea and your accurate clock told you that it was high noon at 1pm when the Sun was at its apogee, you knew you were 15° West (900 nautical miles at the equator). 1 nautical mile = 1° for all latitude measurements but this reduces for longitude as you head North or South from the equator, reducing to zero at the poles.
The Eye takes about 30 minutes to rotate back to the start. The view of Westminster Palace and the Elizabeth Tower (aka “Big Ben”) from the Eye is awesome! Also, the view over London from the top.
Being a cockney gal born in London. my circumstances changed I move away from london I was young sleeping on the streets homeless. I just had enough. so I started a fresh start with in two years. I had a good job some where to live. I was back on my feet and nobody helped me not even the careers office. And promised my self I'd never hit rock bottom again. my live is good right now. And I'm thankful for that. If I can do it so can you. London can be a scary place if you don't know it. I visit london now and again. When I can. I do miss London. I'm happy where I am. When I visit london the first thing I do is go on a double decker bus. Got double decker buses here but it's not the same. There part of my childhood. me I'm gonna go down the frog and toad go in the rubber Dub dub. Then come home and go up the apple and pears. Some one's gotta figure this out what I've just said. All you cockney out there I know you'll know it. I doubt if the younger generation would I'll be very surprised if they do. If you want to give me a 👍up much appreciated. But you if you don't want that's ok. I understand.. Catch you guys on the flip side. b safe take care where ever you are. PEACE 🕊️ UK 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal
Connor. The visit towards the end, went to the British Library and mentioned maps. In the UK the maps are produced by the Ordnance Survey. Originally made for military use but now widely available throughout the UK. They come in all types and sizes and types. Made for tourists, hikers. Planners, Utility companies. I used to use the utility maps when I worked for British Telecom. I could see every property in the street and it would be overlaid with our cables, electricity cables and gas & oil pipes. The last thing you want to do if digging up the street is to hit High Voltage power or gas & oil pipe lines.
The most popular tourist range is the Landranger series of 1:50,000 (2 cm to 1km) and the whole of the UK is covered by 204 maps. These show town, city and villages, roads, footpaths, canals, rivers and waterways and are contour maps showing contours at 15m intervals (roughly nearly 50ft) so you can with a little knowledge read a map and work out if your walk will going up or down, where the footpath public rights of way are, where landmarks such as golf courses, public houses are
It's a shame he didn't mention the famous Whispering Gallery at the top of St Pauls, it goes around the top of the domed room and if you sit on one side and someone sits on the other side and you whisper you can be heard quite clearly on the opposite side. I used to take my children there and they thought it was magic lol. Also it is St Martin in the Fields, not St Martin's in the Field, my daughter went to school at the sister school in Sth London. I do like this gentleman's videos and he can't fit everything in.👍🏴
I was going to say the Whispering Gallery. You rarely hear about it on these types of videos x
"Buck House" (Buckingham Palace) is not the "home of the Royal Family". It is a combination of the Monarch's "office", a place in which "grand banquets" feed visiting Heads of State, Presidents etc and, in certain months, can raise funds to help maintain / repair the Palace as necessary by "inviting" the General Public to view "a few" of its 775 (?!) rooms !! The late QEII and the late HRH Prince Philip did not like living there.
The Queen preferring Balmoral Castle (in Scotland) and Windsor Castle (just 23/or 24 miles west of London).
HRH Prince Philip preferred Sandringham House, which is *privately owned* by the Monarch, and thus not a part of the Crown Estates - which are paid for by the British Public - (*like Balmoral*) and in fact, when he finally retired from public duty, aged 90+ he moved into a 'cottage' on the Sandringham Estate (in Norfolk).❤🖖
When he described "Piccadilly" as "tacky"... What???? (And incidentally, it was Piccadilly Circus, not "Piccadilly", being shown.) Also, it's the statue of Eros (pronounced e-ross), not "air-rows", as he made it sound. Apart from that, I liked the video. Liked your reaction to it, Connor! :D
That was a great video summing up the many different aspects of London. Long enough to give each section a fair innings. Impressed that you identified the Isle of Wight off the outh coast on the early map!
London is about 50 miles from east to west, and contains multiple centres and boroughs which vary enormously.
In reference to what you mentioned in the beginning about the similarities in our laws and customs, that's because our histories are so uniquely intertwined, this is what many people understand about the anglosphere. In many ways the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are all children of Britain and we all share that common culture that enables us to foster partnerships and alliances today even with our very turbulent early beginnings when the bond maybe felt more like a shackle.
But we have pulled through even stronger I believe. The United States was destined to be its own power, we all agree on that and her influence largely makes the world a safer place today.
You were American from the very beginning, you accepted aid and ammunition from Louis in France in the hope you would be on his side further against us only for you to continue trading with us after the war anyway due to language and you didn't pay him a penny piece back.
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A lot of countries are also based on English common law, USA being one of them.
The terms 'down-town' and 'uptown' simply aren't used in the UK, we wouldn't even know where you were referring to if we tried!
I am a little confused by the mention of 1944 as the year the RAF saved us. Their contribution in WW2 was essential and heroic from beginning to end, but surely THE year was 1940?
The confusion with Westminster Abbey is that the Houses of Parliament are officially the Palace of Westminster. The two buildings are just a stone's throw away from each other. It was the dispute over who was Edward's heir that led to the 1066 invasion - When Edward died, both Harold II and William I claimed the throne. And longitude was harder to calculate than latitude - as you say, the height of the sun gave you latitude, but for longitude you needed to know the exact time. Without accurate timepieces, that was impossible.
Buckingham Palace is not what the Royal Family call home, it's more like The Office.
Windsor Castle is home along with the Sandringham Estate and Balmoral in Scotland.
Connor! Really? 15:43: Did you miss 'Yes Prime Minister'???
Hi Connor. If you ever you go to st Paul's make sure you pay a visit to Christopher wren him self. as he is buried in a volt under the cathedral.which the narrator didn't point out. one of my favourite architects. what a magnificent building st Paul's is from 🇬🇧👍 an old cockney gal
Wow, Connor, did you notice, the Yes, Prime Minister sign outside the theatre at 15:35 ? I had no idea that was made into a play or whatever.
❤ The large bell named 'Big Ben' was cast in the Whitechapel foundry where 'your' (USA's) 'Liberty Bell' was also cast. Both 'Big Ben' 💚and the 'Liberty Bell' 💚 have cracks in them which formed during casting errors and both cracks changed the timbre of the bells, giving them the same recognisable "deep _Dongs_" so to speak !! 😊🧡🖖
Edward the Confessor died in January 1066. He was succeeded by King Harold. It was Harold that was defeated by William, at the Battle of Hastings. William becoming William I. :)
I think you meant the Palace of Westminster ( when you were looking at Westminster Abbey) which is the Houses of Parliament where the government sits
I read Charles Dickens biography he had an interesting life 👍
There was a time when England was attached to the rest of Europe by land
The UK is definitely a hotchpotch of old and new buildings working and thriving side by side
I nearly spat my tea out when he said Buckingham palace. I mean what’s he going to do roast it ….😂
Latitude is how far north or south you are, and you can use a compass to tell. At the poles, the needle would be vertical. At the equator, horizontal. The angle of the needle matches your latitude.
But yes, longitude was hard. They thought for a while they could tell it from the positions of the four big moons of Jupiter, but they couldn't do it. Harrison's H1 chronometer used matching pairs of double-ended pendulums to cancel out errors due to movements on the sea waves. By the H4 he had shrunk it to the size of a large pocket watch, and was using wood and natural wood oils to lubricate and avoid salt corrosion. Everyone was surprised that it wasn't just more portable but more accurate. It tells the time in Greenwich, so if you observe the exact time of midday where you are you can just read off the time difference and see your longitude.
The final episode of "Only Fools and Horses" has them auctioning an "antique egg timer" and becoming millionaires when it turns out to be the H5.
I'm really enjoying this
19:00 Those formulae are Calculus and that is Sir Isaac Newton
He has a 2nd London video he did aswell with even more places
The guy kept pronouncing "Bucking-ham" Palace, I couldn't stop laughing. Can't get my head around US accent...
Horatio Nelson had two eyes, not one,but was blinded in one eye. There is another similar statue on s high pillar, dedicated to him, in Great Yarmouth* / Goreleston* in East Anglia, as that was where he was born and grew up. (*These are seaside towns with miles of golden sandy beaches, popular with holiday-makers of all ages). 😊💚🧡❤️😊🖖
The Magna Carter was the big thing as you says. It started the days of man's poitical freedom.
Connor, you missed one of the Theatres in Soho, advertising their latest play, "Yes Prime Minister"!!!
Yeah, I wouldn’t rely on Rick Steves for accurate or up-to-date information about any part of the UK.
The bell Big Ben chimes the hours. There is a few parts of Whitehall palace still remaining. The Banqueting house which forms part of the Scottish Office, some ancient parts of the Palace of Westminster such as the 1000 year old Westminster Hall and the Minstrels tower which have been cloaked predominantly in the 19th century structure that you see today. We call the city of London ithe square mile, as it is 1.1 square miles in size. Roughly the size of the roman city. The current St Pauls Cathedral is only around 350 years old. It has taken various shapes in its past but is a landmark of my city of birth. Jermyn Street runs parallel to Piccadilly and has a lot of bespoke shops. South Kensington is a genteel part of west London just outside the West end and the centre of Kensington. Edward the confessor died with no named heir in 1066, it was Harold Godwinson that got deposed by William the Conqueror. He had to fight off the Vikings in the north and then he died fighting the Normans in the south east, all in the same year. I worked 22 floors up the so called canary wharf tower, it is called One Canada Square as the people who developed the site Olympia and York who were Canadian. Greenwich is my birthplace, not historic Greenwich but further down Trafalgar Road there used to be the District Hospital. As a kid i used to go to Greenwich park, every weekend with the dogs. On a summers day there is nothing better than a blissful afternoon in Greenwich park. The area serves as a tableau to my early years of living in south east london.
Hay Conner. Them last 2 or 3 words sounded Latin. About 2.700 years old. The birth of Latin took place around 700 BC. in a small town settlement sloping upwards palatine hill. The speakers of this language were called Romans father their legendary founder Romulus. Check out the story about Romulus and Remus. Who were to brothers. Fascinating read of a story. from 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal
That's an older video. The skyline of The City has grown enormously.
You should look at the Albert dock in Liverpool it is very interesting,plus my husband helped when it was restored
Just after she said "And of course Soho is all about theatre" there was a one theatre showing the stage version of "Yes, Prime Minister"!
No, it was King Harold Godwinson who was defeated by William of Normandy. Harold took the throne when Edward the Confessor died without an heir. Harold’s sister had been married to Edward. That was mainly the catalyst for the invasion by the Normans and Vikings the same year - they saw a weakness in the line of succession and were after the crown, which was extremely desirable at that time, with England being a very stable country politically and economically compared to much of Europe (France, for instance, was not yet fully united and still consisted of many separate regions that fought each other, and the Nordic countries were constantly at war, with the lands of Norway and Denmark going back and forth between different kings over the centuries). It was King Edward the Confessor who commissioned the building of the abbey, along with a Benedictine monastery on the same site. He died before it was finished. He wasn’t a popular king either and allegedly never slept with his wife (Harold’s sister), then sent her away to a convent. She was very well educated, though, for a woman of that era.
^wow, its been a long time since ive seen the london skyline without all the skyscrapers...
William Duke of Normandy, or the Conquer, is buried in Normandy in a beautiful Cathedral. Visited it when I was in school. Why his body was laid to rest there instead of England, I don't know. Interesting fact , the Normans were mainly haplo group I. And today about 15% if the UK population are in this haplo group. Great videos !..👍
That was an excellent clip and, of course, there is more that obviously there wasn't time to show. For example The Cutty Sark, Eltham Palace and Lesnes Abbey.
Hi You should look up John Harrison Clocks and how they made sea travel so accurate and how the English Government would not pay him.
They did pay him eventually. But about half of what was promised.
Many folks think of those few central Boroughs as London..and can't really grasp it's size and power - here is one example - there are over three hundred and thirty railway stations, of which twelve are massive terminals (most cities have one or two, Paris has three) plus over two hundred and seventy "underground" stations. 600+ rail stations may seem excessive for one City, but there used to be more.....maybe it's still Head Office,
And most Americans seem to think that New York City is bigger than London. They are wrong. London is literally twice as big as NYC. NYC's five boroughs - Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island total 300 square miles. London covers 610 square miles. Americans seem to have a hard time accepting this verifiable fact. One New Yorker I told about London being larger said " No way, dude!".
By the way - no-one in the UK says "Jolly Good!" since the 1970s!
There was a glimpse of the tombs of Henry James and TS Eliot in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey, both American born writers who became British citizens.
Americans always pronounce Buckingham wrong. The "H" is silent. It's not BuckingHam. It's Bucking'm.
Gosh I remember when the IRA bombed Canary Wharf. I heard the blast and my husband and I looked at each other and I said that lives have just gone. We were in Regent Parks Barracks. So very sad. This is a good video and Mcjibbin you are probably the best informed responder to be on U tube.
Longitude is harder to determine than latitude because the sun is always in the same position in the sky at noon however far round the globe you go at the same latitude. If you change latitude the sun's angle changes and so you can measure your north-south position. To get longitude, you need to know the time difference with respect to a fixed reference line running from pole to pole. As the video says, pendulums do not work because of the movement of ships on the waves. It was not until precision engineering had been developed that accurate chronometers could be made using springs in the escapement and using different metals to compensate for expansion at various temperatures. The line that is the reference for zero degrees runs through Greenwich, though the French tried very hard to put it through Paris.
Nobody actually goes to Canary Wharf unless you work there lol !
The City of London is interesting. As is Spitalfields Bethnell Green etc. Some of the commentary is erroneous. I live in Greenwich.
Big Ben was made by the same company who made the liberty bell in Philadelphia.
Both bells famously cracked... so the Whitechapel Bell Foundry really dropped a clanger there - pun intended!
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I know lol, I really want him to react to the stately homes of England with their amazing gardens full of grass! The Capability Brown gardens would entrall him.😁🏴
At last ! Someone who gave the tower it's PROPER name....the ELZIBETH TOWER !
A fully grown male elephant will way 5.75 tons, so the bell is the same as just over 5 elephants.
Each rotation of the London Eye takes 30 minutes.
We don't call anything BuckingHam palace. Buckingum is more like it. The Magna Carta took a lot of power away from the king and gave it to parliament, however, it only applied to free men which meant it didn't apply to most people. It was aimed to benefit the elite.
He never showed the tomb of the Unkown Soldier in Westminster Abby the only tomb you cannot walk over even the Queens and Kings.
It shocked me when I found out how much US law and government is based on England- it makes sense, and it's obvious why it wouldn't be emphasised by US education. Most of the Magna Carta celebrations were organised and paid for by US law firms.
whilst this video showed the war rooms in London, you might like to take a look at The Western Approaches in Liverpool - another WWII bunker that played a significant part in both transatlantic shipping as well as the battle of the atlantic.
Quoted from the official site, "*Walk through hidden rooms and discover the stories locked in the WWII bunker that protected the tactics of the British Armed Forces plotting to bulwark the Western Approaches and aid the Allied victory.
Glimpse the documents and tools the Forces used to monitor enemy convoys and inform the British government of their findings, whilst keeping their intelligence secret from the enemy, including one of only two surviving wartime phones which had a direct connection to the London War Cabinet.
See where Commanders, WRNS and WAAF personnel worked day and night in the Operations Room, the nerve centre of the Battle of the Atlantic. Here they monitored convoy routes and vital shipping lines, pin-pointing enemy locations on a huge map wall, where total accuracy was necessary to enable the Royal Navy to contact and destroy the enemy.
The Operations Room has remained exactly how as it was left when the doors were closed on 15 August 1945.*"
czcams.com/video/jEyPGkmz8g0/video.html > Bunkers, Fortifications and Megastructures
for reference and a sense of how this video starts - the host starts his journey at Liverpool Lime street railway station, crosses the road and is walking with St. Johns shopping centre to his right side. Down the steps and he is now walking through St. Johns shopping centre. The big tower at 2-32 is the radio city tower which broadcasts a local commercial radio station. Passing by Clayton Square shopping centre he finds himself on Church street which is the main shopping street. As he is facing you at 3-20 and you can see carphone warehouse in the background well just behind that is Liverpool Central (one of several underground stations) whilst continuing in that direction and church street changes to bold street which leads to the oldest china town outside of china whilst continuing in the direction he is facing and church street will eventually become lord street. The statue behind him at 5-22 is of queen victoria. Hope this gives a perspective of the direction he walked if you wish to check a map. Not the fastest route
Connor. There's nothing wrong in having a hobby. Me I prefer the really old maps to new ones more Fascinating to look at and to see how much has changed over the centuries. from 🇬🇧👍 an old cockney gal
Connor one is Westminster palace and one Westminster Abbey . One the seat of government the Abbey of the Church which the monarchy is the head of.
You were thinking of the Palace of Westminster I suspect rather than Westminster Abbey.
Huray finally someone got it tight about big Ben. Which is the bell. I've been looking at YouTub for years now. And this narrator's is the only one that's got it right. He didn't mention the tower which was renamed after queen Elizabeth II in 2012 for her diamond jubilee. from UK 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal
Did the American Service men recorded in St Paul’s memorial book lose their lives in Britain or over land sea and air during the war in Europe?
The City of London is not Wall Street. It is a City within the City of London and is self governing. The Monarch has to knock and be allowed in...
I agree that America is like a continuation of Britain
As a Brit I feel very offended that people say BuckingHAM 🤣
If you're interested in London I highly recommend the 'joolz guides' youtube channel.
24:34 What about the vast expanses of oceans not explored? What kind of creepy creatures are lurking down there.
You are a bit mixed up about Edward the Confessor, he died leaving four people claiming England, William the Conqueror beat King Harold Godwinson.
Edward the Confessor died of natural causes and was succeeded by King Harold. Within a year Harold was killed in the Battle of Hastings when the Normans invaded, William the Conqueror having declared himself the rightful heir. That was the end of the Saxon kings. Edward was later declared a saint by the Catholic Church and Westminster Abbey became his shrine and a place of pilgrimage.
Hay Conner. The shock on your face when he mentioned about America.in at Paul's. cathedral it was a picture. from 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal
It's only 26 miles between England and France across the Channel at the closest point, I think
Just less than 21 miles (32 kilometres)...
@@stewedfishproductions7959 It's less than even I thought!
@@HighHoeKermit - I just checked myself and in fact: it IS actually 32 kilometres. And I got it wrong and should have said 'slightly LESS than 20 miles', not 21 ! (32 kilometres = 'rounded to' 19.89 miles) - But most websites quote it as 20 MILES as the distance (I guess it's an easy to remember 'round' figure - LOL!)😃
@@stewedfishproductions7959 Yeah I asked ggl and it said the same, I'm sure we were always taught 26... or is that the shortest ferry route or something maybe?
@@HighHoeKermit You could be right because it names the two 'closest' land points. So actual 'sailing' distance port-to-port would be longer.. Yes, I just cut & pasted the following:
"The shortest distance across the strait, at approximately 20 miles (32 kilometres), is from the South Foreland, northeast of Dover in the English county of Kent, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. Between these points lies the most popular route for cross-channel swimmers."
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Statue of Airohs?
Does he mean Eros?
Specifically the -os ending features Omicron, the short O, not Omega, the long O. Americans can't say it. It either comes out as Oh or Ah.
Actually it's not Eros, it's the Spirit of Human Charity. It celebrates Lord Shaftesbury, a great philanthropist, and the ^Shaft^ of the arrow is ^Buried^ in the street named after him.
Find a vid on Canterbury Cathedral ...
There are still lots of places not accurately mapped, so time to get busy?
The Magna Carta was the Barons statement on how the King must acknowledge their rights and privileges. It had little or nothing to do with the poor people, the "great unwashed".
the black hats come from Napoleon army
There have been 39 kings and queens been crowned at
Westpminster Abby. 40 counting Charles. from 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal
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Hay Conner. Thanks for the memorys. I enjoyed that very much. cryed a bit to. From 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal. Great video.👍👍
Cried
at least I won't alone. We cryed together hay steddie. from UK 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal
I think it's sometimes hard for those living outside London to comprehend our 607 square miles & 10 million people are not governed by some headlines involving a midget unintelligent mayor. The sheer wealth of history and modern innovations at every turn in and around central London really is something we should be proud of and you will always find something new to marvel at and be reminded why this city has lasted over 1,970yrs. Like all major cities crime is a issue, but I have lived in one of the roughest boroughs in east London for over 50yrs and apart from seeing my area come alive again, I have never felt so safe walking my local streets as I do now. p.s All that bollocks aside, we were not stupid enough to have our grandkids grow up here in London. lol
You’re very, very lucky to have not been affected by crime in London, considering there are no police around. Your area has only come alive again by gentrification which has been dented somewhat by people working from home. You were wise not to have your grandkids grow up there.
@@dcoughla681 My area was a shithole years ago & you took a gamble going out late at night and I never said the was no crime. Now the empty factories and run down estates have slowly become a vibrant modern shadow of their former selves where you can see businesses/restaurants/food stalls open 24hrs a day and a host of people milling about. The is crime here, but not on the scale you or anyone else who doesn't live here think. You talk about everyone working from home denting London, which actually shows you do not really know central London, when you can barely get on a bus in the morning & the square mile is spilling over with workers. I grew up in a east end market, and still live here, but if you would ask me to swap todays life/London for a piss poor uneducated run down nostalgic version of London, I would laugh in your face. No major city is suitable for bringing up children in any country, but the mistakes you make early on can be rectified with the next generation. London is the heart of Britain, and I feel sorry for the negative doom n gloomers who have forgotten to be proud of what we have and achieved as a nation.
@@hiramabiff2017 I’ve lived and worked in Central London my whole life so I do know what I’m talking about. Today’s youth who live in London are mainly transient renters. When they get married & have kids under 5 they disappear in order to buy a house & get good schools. Working from home has accelerated this trend massively. Businesses/restaurants/food stalls are heavily reliant on the financial services industry. Large scale layoffs at these banks will happen this year. Like you, I have no nostalgia for the run down past but neither do I have rose tinted glasses on recently gentrified areas.
Elizabeth Tower.
Yes, when he said "Queen Elizabeth Tower", I corrected him with "Elizabeth Tower". (Not that he would have heard, lol!)
@@ClassicWorld19 lol I'm always doing that especially when Connor asks a question outl loud 🤣👍
If you want a pee, find a pub! 😊
Was you never taught about Latitude and Longitude in Geography classes at school?
WERE you never taught English?
@@welshed In his defence, it depends what region (presumably in England) he's from. Some regions say "was" instead of "were".
@@ClassicWorld19 Doesn't matter. He would still have been taught the correct way.
Is Mister Woo's still there? Famous for being the rudest restaurant in London lol
In the 1970s, Schmidt’s on Charlotte Street also had a well deserved reputation for rudeness.
Great to see you trying to read the medieval Latin in the bible, written by monks before the age of printing. This is my subject, and I think you made a good effort to read the Latin words you did!! I am more and more impressed with your increasing knowledge of the UK.
Hay Conner. I think what you were trying to read in the library was Latin. bloody hard language to learn. from 🇬🇧👍 an old cockney gal
The more you research the more you'll know. Easy peasy. You'll be very surprised what you can find. from 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal