London's Northern Heights - Highbury to Hornsey via Finsbury Park
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- A hike into the Northern Heights of London across Highbury Fields and past the old Arsenal Stadium and inside the famous marble halls plus a walk on the old pitch. Then through Gillespie Road Nature Reserve, stop for lunch at Eden's Cottage at Finsbury Park as recommended by The Chicken Connoisseur. Onwards into Hornsey and a visit to the shop from Shaun of the Dead.
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Great Channel, was suggested by CZcams, and as you do I clicked....Now I have spent all of my Sunday going through your backlog. Thank you, time well spent. This video was quite interesting to me as I, a small child I lived just around the corner from Arsenal Station, in Drayton Park. You mentioned in an earlier video I saw about 'Percy Dalton' peanuts, I remember on match days there was always a little 'Percy Dalton's' cart parked almost opposite where we live and my Mum or Dad getting a cone of peanuts for me. Bugger, I have not thought about that in 50 years!
Found this walk by accident and loved it. Went to school in Gillespie Road and lived in Green Lanes N4. Of course, no nature reserve at that time (50s/60s). Then lots of friends later lived in Crouch End/Muswell Hill. Thanks so much for this film and will watch others, though this one was my home territory from birth to 25 years old. Your book also sounds interesting. Thanks so much.
You're welcome, love.
I used to live in No.10 Highbury Place for a while 60 years ago!
Stayed in the Foreign Missions Club near there, and attended Highbury Baptist - so walked through the fields many times. You are right John, one of London's best kept secrets. And here's a tip, tube from Arsenal to Heathrow is a brilliant trouble free move.
I’ve been planning to walk back to Highbury during lockdown - so many happy memories for me around there
Greetings from Barbados, once lived on avenell road (aubert court,) attended Gillespie primary and high bury grove in the 70s and early 80s. Thanks for the memories!!!!
Thanks for watching Lee all the way over in Barbados
I'm an old Highbury boy...did you know Stafford Best? He was a Bajun....
@@llwyde1104 no I didn’t. Must’ve been a different vintage. I left in London in 82 as an 11 year old
I too lived in Islington 20 years ago - was a really wonderful place to live. Have many happy memories of spending time in Highbury Fields though normally I would head off to Highgate on hot days to have a dip in the bathing ponds. Really enjoying all of your wonderful, informative films - they have a magical quality about them.
Thanks Nemie
So many memories of watching the Arsenal at Highbury in the 70’s. I lived in East Finchley at the time and knew the area you walked around well. Sheer nostalgia, thanks for sharing John.
A former colleague bought a flat in the old Highbury stadium redevelopment, so I've been inside one of them. Perfectly good units with a high standard of finish, but the only real wow factor is having that view out onto what was the pitch.
Love the old-fashioned daylight, in the final shot!
Sorry for commenting on lots of videos but I am compiling a bucket list of places to visit . . . my Kings all come from Islington; Liverpool Road and Gillespie Road to name two streets so great for me to have a preview. Thanks.
+mayhorse66 many thanks for your comments- glad the videos are of use. Should be a fantastic experience visiting these places associated with your family
A nerdy fact for you... The Arsenal tube roundel at 7:30 is unconventional in that the dotted detailing is spaced evenly, whereas usually the dots are at the gaps between every letter. I think this might be the only instance of a rogue roundel too
As its a short video thouht i'd make time to watch. I forget you used to look like an old hippie. lol Watching in 2022. .I don't have time to look through all your videos John far too many so I let CZcams recommend them to me. Your food in the video made me feel very hungry. Football and Shaun of the Dead!!! Wonderful.
Great video again John, I'm a big fan of the Gillespie Road Nature Reserve and that walk alongside railway tracks. It was on my list of places to film the wildlife in for last year but I as yet haven't got round to it.
Thanks Ian, would be great to record the wildlife in Gillespie Road if you get the chance
Another great mixture John. Social history, urban architecture and Simon Pegg - superb.
Glad you enjoyed it Martin
I just shared to a mostly USA facebook group of George romeo Dawn of the dead fans that I'm in. Great videos. Thanks
And may I say what a great book it is....love how the flats have integrated with the old Arsenal ground, and me a Tottenham fan. Super video John.
Thanks very much Jag. Yeah the Arsenal ground is weird, particularly the East Stand which looks like the flats are built over the seating almost. Love your new music btw - rocking it with the new synth
i saw the words "crouch end" when you were flipping through the pages and i immediately thought of king's short story of the same name, found in "new tales of the cthulhu mythos" 😉 and when you were gesturing at those houses saying how a vampire could live there, for some reason i thought of the episode "The Lady Vanishes" from 2point4 children haha! great walk - and i really enjoyed shaun of the dead as well 😊
Wow very cool (and sad) to see Highbury now. Great stuff, thank you for this
Highbury Fields forever.
Indeed!
Haunting footage. The architectural detail-fabulouse. If only a piece of turf and a goalpost could have been preserved at Highbury for a kick about!
It's surreal Tim, and it looked so small, I remember being in there with 40,000 people and you just can't imagine it now
such a clever film maker you are John such an inspiration fascinating history too thanks so much
Thanks Norma - that's very kind of you
Clever film maker indeed. He's East London's answer to Stanley Kubrick. You know the Lea Navigation, the Olympic Park, Milton Keynes and all those other places he supposedly visits, are all in Shepperton Studios.
Damn, I've been rumbled
Evil Illuminati shill Rogers, trying to tell us that London wasn't destroyed in 1973, and we are somehow not living in Hillary Blair's matrix.
Vive la Resistance !
Vive le All Day Breakfast.
Arsenal stadium is over there
I enjoy the Northern Heights, it's an area around in North London and it's up high.
Just discovered this John a great video of my favourite part of London too, thank you ....
The only walk for Jeremy Corbyn is that to Perdition along with George Galloway and Ken Livingstone!
Great music John-reminded me of Danny Elfman's score for 'Sleepy Hollow'. When I was driving a cab, I did encounter Shaun of The Dead Tourist's on more than one occasion who were going to or just had checked-out some of the locations.I can remember taking a young American ( there's a song in there) couple to the other side of London to look for a pub in New Cross which apparently was used in the film.I was supprised as I always associated Shaun with North London.
You have to do the Jeeza walk . Have to!
Thanks John. Yeah the music was a real find and straightaway knew it was right for this video. The Shaun locations are kind of scattered aren't they - the Winchester was in New Cross as you say (now flats I believe), the supermarket was somewhere near Kings Cross I was told, but the other exteriors are various parts of north London aside from one I think. Have to get to work on the JC trail now.
Fantastic John. Loved seeing the old Highbury. Must have been very eerie standing there. When I was down walking around Finsbury Park a few years ago I wanted to visit the old Rainbow theatre or Finsbury Park Astoria, home of Ziggy Stardust and many other epic concerts, but I wasn't allowed in as it was a religious church or something. There's meant to be some fantastic architecture inside so if you ever get a chance to film in there, that would be fantastic . Cheers.
It owned by the Kingdom of God, a Brazilian bunch, I asked if I could go in a take a few photos of the building back in 1997ish and was given a flat out no!
Many thanks - yes it was really odd, seemed really small compared to going there for matches with 40,000 people. I thought of going to the Rainbow but then realised I didn't really know much other than Bowie. Now feel the challenge to get inside for a look
John: i worked in the Rainbow Theatre. I've visited it a year ago and entered the church service. Was surprised to see many original fixtures still visible. Some wonderful deco interiors! Try go there 😀
I know it as a Odeon cinema, they did it up in the sixties when the Beatles played there , it had an Italian village decor complete with a starry sky, saw many a good film there as a kid and teen ......
Great walk John. Surprised you didn't show the murals at the Kilburn bridge. Pinner Court looked great, fabulous proportions and curved windows! I will now check it out. If you ever stretch your territory to King's Langley you'd like the former Ovaltine factory I think. Unfortunately it's now 'luxury flats', but don't let that put you off. Give it 6 months tho as it's now covered in scaffold.
good point Paul - I did see the Kilburn Murals and can't remember now why I didn't shoot them, think I wanted to push on. I'd love to come and have a look at the Ovaltine Factory, been on my list for a while - thanks for the tip.
another cracking film John.. took my lads to Highbury fields alot when they were younger. .. you were only a 5 or 10 min walk from one of George Orwell homes
Thanks John - that playground was great. I only know the Orwell place in Canonbury Sq - is there another one? Highbury Grove?
If you want to see what happened to the old Highbury stadium, look at 'Farewell Highbury' on CZcams czcams.com/video/H9peugPafIY/video.html
thanks for the link
Cheers
A JC walk would be interesting - perhaps around all the estates that Labour councils are planning to demolish and socially cleanse of its tenants and residents, in which Corbyn is currently silent about and presumably complicit in! Nice video, as always, John
Thanks Carl - well I've kind of being doing that on my other channel - Drift Report. I did shoot some stuff on Carpenters for a book back in 2013, still not finished the book which includes material a bit like you suggest, maybe I should edit the video some time. Incidentally there's a screening of the video I made about Save Northwold E5 this Thursday evening czcams.com/video/RIJdcyBM_60/video.html
thanks Carl - sorry didn't see this originally so reposted
I'm now embarrassed by my pompous comment below, John, so apologies are due. Never been to Gillespie nature reserve, so it's now on my list. Great music as well, by the way.
In the very early 70s I attended Hornsey College of Art and lived in a shared house on the now infamous Cranley Gardens. In good weather I dried my underpants on the skates of the bay window. One day a woman knocked on the doors asking if I had any idea who she was. After answering in the negative she told me that she was Des O’Conner’s cleaner and that she objected to having to look at my underwear. The college is long gone but the building and the memories remain.
Flashback records ! Good bargains in the disco section in the essex road one ;)
It's a great shop - is the Essex Road branch still there? Used to go all the time in the late 90's
Love the JC trail idea. A great little film this.
Thanks Redford - I think I'll get to work on the JC trail
in JC s area is a Corbyn Street 😉..
So anyone can just go in the front entrance of old Highbury? That's something I'd be interested in doing
It would seem so, there’s a security guard there but I imagine people do it all the time
Clearly not an Arsenal supporter , John. Hands off Gillespie Road....the name that is!!!
Wot no JC trail?
I had a flat at No.30 Aubert Park!
Well done John! Now we need to get Hot Fuzz and The World's End into the next videos.
Thanks Ross - great idea, my home town is referenced in World's End although I don't think they shot there. Watched Hot Fuzz again just the other night and love it
Yes to a Jeremy Corbyn walk with Papdimitriou and Sinclair :), once again thanks, diet coke and cornetto ending was great, and the transformed pitch of highbury park so so surreal.
Ah, fantastic, and will give me the opportunity of telling the story of the time he complimented my political cabaret show at the Red Rose Club in 1999. I wonder what Iain and Nick would make of it all
ONE OF MY LOCAL HACKNEY COUNCILLORS I = N R ====== E IS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR JEREMY CORBYN AND I THINK HEALSO LOOKS LIKE KEN LIVINGSTONE, PETER UPPER CLAPTON N E LONDON.
Looks very posh 👋🏼 from liverpool
I meant cannonbury square. maybe 15 min walk
Ah yes, I really want to make a video around Canonbury, walked through the other week for an article I'm writing and had a pint outside the Marquess Tavern. I want to loop in the Estoric, the Tower and the old Tea Garden at the Canonbury Tavern, and also Douglas Adams' house ( I think Peter Ackroyd lives round there somewhere as well)
Chips. :p
Will take my kids to an Arsenal game
The fields are beautiful on the way to what did russ call it tatty park? :-D i think u should dae a report on a.n.a.l they've occupied 3 places in london and the last they got yanked out of as a danger to the queen haha x
Hi John .....I always enjoy the videos .....this has really loud background music the was distracting and made it hard to hear you . ya the sound was not as good as other ones, sorry just a comment. Merv
Fair comment Merv - I’ve noticed it myself watching these slightly older videos. I have no idea why I thought that was a decent level at the time to be honest
Im trying to do a mutual exchange to Hornsey, hopefully my flat isn't haunted lol 😂
Where Henry Cooper knocked "Cassius Clay" (as was) on his butt!
You forgot to mention my school class mate, John Robertson; KING ROBBO - world Graffiti Pioneer, who had the stencil using Banksy..
error: banksy, who had the gift of using a stencil like we all used to have as kids in primary school...
I too knew Robbo aka king robbo, i knew him from ARSENAL he was a well known figure , lets just say from the more hardcore support, RIP ROBBO
@@nasreireinas3392 he was murdered, others believe it too. including saudi bodyguard, son of former mi6 agent, mark young told me in a dm. im trying to populate it. check my podcasts, world exclusive about John Robertson. uf yr in islington or anyone who knew him, subscribe my contact is on it.
@@ucmehere WHAT, i have never heard this before, i am from islington and knew him well, but other friends of mine knew him better, i heard it was an accident that led to him being in a coma and years later died from his injuries, how can i contact you and find out more about this, i am stunned reading your comments,
@@ucmehere wheres your comment i replied to gone?
Hi, is Hornsey a safe area, please? And which council does it belong to, please?
John, do you tend to avoid filming much in Nick Papadimitriou's "area" or do you just stick to the area you "feel" more connected to personally??
that's funny Paul because I'm planning a couple of excursions that I realized were classic 'Nick country' - in reality he isn't bothered but there'll be some banter and probably a narky text warning me off his turf. So look out for the Grim's Ditch video and the Dollis Brook
Sounds good to me, Dollis Brook and its tributaries would make a brilliant video... apparently there are streams in Golders Green??
that's definitely on the list now
I wonder if any of the soil was kept, I'm thinking of all the deposites of deceased fans ashes. Just a thought
That's a good point Tim, surely must have been
My old manor.
(Same sodding 'music' ruins it).
Do you mean the pengest munch kid ? When you say the chicken conneiseuer? If hou live / lived in london you become a CHICKEN ADDICT ! was some great chicken in sheps bush and on old street ... Maybe do a peng munch mash up with him ?!!
That's the fella - love his videos except that it makes me crave fried chicken
Great vid. Another ghostly/undead - film reference in that area is Truly Madly Deeply (1990) which was set and shot in Highgate; similar plot to Ghost (came out around the same time), but imho the better film. www.imdb.com/title/tt0103129/ . Also, prob my fav record shop of the Northern Heights (since Sound 323 closed down) is Alan's Record Shop on Finchley Road alansrecords.com/page2.html . A true treasure trove.
Thank you, and also for the Truly Madly Deeply link, great film as you say. I think I walked past that record shop once with Nick P and he mentioned buying Prog Rock albums there
Not related, but I just came across this guy Paul Ashton who is an artist living in Lambeth. He has a great channel documenting his explorings and much by chance has visited many of the places in your book e.g. herne hill velodrome czcams.com/video/qGMjAvxfEWQ/video.html , epping forest, also Uxbridge, Heathrow etc. Also has a very interesting series of visits to some abandoned hospital in Radlett czcams.com/video/ua4qHoGkHFM/video.html . Was on some of those New Era Estate marches as well. I don't know this guy at all but, as soon as I came across him I thought of your stuff. Seems like a genuinely interesting guy. His art is really cool as well. czcams.com/channels/QL8Sxb0ASTa6Q7bcWElo2w.html
❤ N1
Hi John. I've just come across your work. Great stuff, keep it coming.
Unfortunately, I was less than impressed by this one, which I thought was lazy and unadventurous.
In a journey from Highbury Fields to Hornsey, you seem to have used as your nexus, the Londis site of the(very) minor 'classic' Shawn of the Dead?
Is that it?
Also, the usual referents, that Self short story (yawn), the King short story (even a bigger yawn) - you thankfully left out the Dylan nonsense from 1992 (the pub, the Dave Stewart yarn, the house on Birchington Road, etc, etc) - thankfully. Is that all you can come up with?
Or is the psychogeography of this area barren, as opposed to the rich mulch of East London and it's mounds ("the clock that thinks it's Glastonbury Tor...the parking...the hill, the horror.."?
+Trevor Barre this made me laugh Trevor, I don't know if that was your intention. I love that area, this walk possibly works better on the page in my book, but otherwise I think you're being a bit harsh - particularly in reference to that Londis
Glad that I got a laugh from you, John. All I meant was that there is so much to enjoy in the area (the Parkland Walk, Highgate Cemetery, etc), but of course it's your right to focus on the things that are dear to you. I didn't mean to sound harsh, by the way.sorry 'bout that.
Have just ordered your book, which I'm very much looking forward to.
No worries Trevor - hope you enjoy the book. Keep meaning to head up to Ally Pally at some point for a video but want to find my pamphlet about the old railway first, seems to have lost itself
I've got a couple of small books about Ally Pally and environs that I can recommend, John, if you were interested.
One of Gillian Tindalls wonderful evocative books is about Hornsey and Holloway. In her books she really brings the past to life be it London,a Cotswold village or Paris. I'm a fan of old JC's brother Piers. He's anti-climate change propaganda and anti-mask. He knows it's ALL about control. It's so ironic and a bit offensive how social housing ie blocks of flats are being removed and replaced with - blocks of flats. But I put a lot of the blame on the alkie/druggies who blamed their nasty habits and dysfunctional lifestyles on the social housing a once benign society graciously allotted them to live in,for free in real terms, ungrateful bastards,so after about 30 years of "living in a high rise" does your head in myth,it way opened the gates for a much less benign ruling lot to say,"all social housing is bad,it creates problems for people the solution is to get rid of social housing". Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. So now very well designed and spacious council flats,like the one I live in,are being removed,and replaced with almost identical flats but that you have to pay a lot of money to live in and all you get extra is a fancy kitchen worktop or summat.
'He's a good bloke Jeremy Corbyn'
No he's not
No really he is, I've met him a few times, lovely fella
Do a JC anti-semite walk John. Well, you did ask!
Yeah that idea hasn’t aged well
Jeremy's a lefty loony
Thats putting it politely