Street Furniture Treasure Hunt If you’re visiting London or anywhere else in Britain , why not play the Joolz Guides Treasure Hunt – Street Furniture and Paraphernalia Challenge! As you wander around award yourself points if you spot any of Joolzy’s favourite obsessions. Then share a photo of yourself on Instagram next to one […]
The City – West
The City – London Guided Walk – (Part 1 : West) This is another splendid London walk around The City but this time the Western part. Joolz visits the Bank of England, Mansion House (where the Lord Mayor of London lives), The Temple of Mithras, The London Stone, Watling Street (Featuring Queen Boudicca), The […]
The City – London Guided Walk – (Part 1 : East)
The City – London Guided Walk – (Part 1 : East) An excellent walk around the east part of the City of London. By that, I mean the financial district around Liverpool Street and Leadenhall Market. Joolz tells you all about Liverpool Street station, the kindertransport, St Botolph’s Without Bishopsgate, Bedlam, St Mary Axe, […]
More English Idioms 4
More English Idioms Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! My fourth video about English language idioms and phrases and other curious things we say. There’s the famous nursery rhyme Pop Goes The Weasel which all comes from rhyming slang. Also can a […]
London’s Wonderful Weathervanes
London Weathervanes Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! London has some beautiful weathervanes especially on top of churches, but what do they represent? In this video Joolz visits all his favourite London weathervanes. Geatured in this film are the weathervanes at : […]
London’s Amazing Churches
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Clerkenwell and Smithfield Fun Facts – London Tour Video
London Fun Facts – Clerkenwell and Smithfield One of my favourite walks is around Clerkenwell and Smithfield Market. I love this area of London! There is so much history here that I cannot possibly squeeze it all into one video but here is a nice walking tour which you could do starting at Farringdon. […]
Medieval London – The Charterhouse
Medieval London Historic Sites The London Charterhouse has a fascinating history dating from medieval times. From the black death to martrdom and the origins of the rules of football, it’s a great place to visit which still has great importance today. The Charterhouse started in the 14th century when Sir Walter Manny asked Pope […]
My Top 5 London Wine Bars
Top 5 London Wine Bars Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I guarantee you’ll learn something you didn’t know about London! If you enjoyed this video take a look at some of my other films! or Contact me for a private walk. SUPPORT MY CHANNEL ON PATREON ➜ https://www.patreon.com/joolzguides SUPPORT MY FILMS WITH […]
London’s Law Courts
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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street and Dr Johnson’s House
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London Postal Museum and Mail Train – Where to Take Kids
Take a trip on the mini mail train at London’s newest museum, The Postal Museum. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! One of the great things about London is all the small, hidden museums. One such museum, London’s newest, is The Postal Museum. If you are thinking about where to take kids in […]
London in the Snow – Coldest March Day Ever
London in the snow – Coldest March on record. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! London is a city of change and contrast and resilience against foreign invaders. Londoners are a welcoming people but this Spring one uninvited guest presumed to test their resolve. Snow. Piccadilly Circus, the stone village green of London, […]
More English Landmarks and Idioms
More English Landmarks and Idioms Ever wondered why we say certain phrases and where they come from? Joolz Guides goes to the places where these expressions and idioms originated. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! Westminster Abbey – English Landmark Idioms – Robbing Peter to pay Paul This means taking from one hand […]
Funny English Idioms and Why We Use Them!
Funny English idioms and why we use them. English people love to use phrases and idioms which are all based on events from our history. Here are some common idioms which English people use every day but you probably never stopped to ask why they use them or where they are from. Even most English […]
Harry Potter London Walks
Harry Potter London Walks When I’m doing my London walks people always keep asking me about Harry Potter. Where is the Leaky Cauldron? Where is Diagon Alley? Where are the filming locations for the Harry Potter films? Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! I know where the places are but I’m no Harry […]
London Bridge Walk Through History
London Bridge Walk Through History with Julian McDonnell from Joolz Guides Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! For a lovely walk around Borough Market and London Bridge, ending at the Tower of London we started at The George Inn, Southwark. Take a drink in this beautiful historic pub which Shakespeare and Dickens knew. […]
Should I buy The London Pass ?
Should I buy The London Pass ? Good question! We decided to see how many London tourist attractions we could see in 48 hours with The London Pass so here’s our Top 10 London Tourist Attractions with The London Pass. The London Pass will get you access to over 70 different attractions across London and […]
Lincoln’s Inn Fields | Holborn | A square of Wonders
Lincoln’s Inn Fields and Holborn For a quirky London walk around a true square of wonders go to Holborn Station and visit Lincoln’s Inn Fields. In this video Julian McDonnell tells you all about the people who lived there and the strange things that happened at number 89 Lincoln’s Inn Fields and why there is […]
St Ethelreda’s – London’s Oldest Catholic Church
St Ethelreda’s – London’s Oldest Catholic Church Tucked down an inauspicous dead-end street in Hatton Garden is St Etheldreda’s Church. It was built in the time of King Edward i (Edward Longshanks) and he would have known this church. It would have been a part of the palace of the Bishop of Ely which was […]
How to Travel Around London and buy Oyster Cards
Find out how to travel around London and buy oyster cards with a true Londoner. Please click button to subscribe to my channel!! If you’re visiting London for the first time or you aren’t a regular visitor you might find the system of buying tickets confusing. Watch my video to get some good tips to […]
The Head of King James iv and Wordsworth’s Tree
Did you know that the head of King James iv of Scotland is buried under a building in the city of London? The Battle of Flodden Field in 1513, which is in Northumberland, was one of the bloodiest ever between Scotland and England and according to the great London chronicler and historian, John Stow, his […]
The Royal Exchange
The Lord Mayor’s March takes place every year in the city of London and is a colourful parade of city livery companies and other members of society. Please subscribe to my channel for more videos! https://www.youtube.com/user/Joolzybaby What I like about the parade is that it is where we get the the expression Sixes and Sevens. […]
The Bow Bell – A True Cockney
To be a true Cockney it is said that one must be born within the sound of the Bow Bell, which is known as one of the cockney churches of London. These are the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. The Bow Bell, at St. Mary Le Bow church was designed by […]
The Executioner’s Bell
Diary entry of James Ponsonby, clerk and bellman of The Church of St Sepulchre Without Newgate 18th March 1740 I once again find myself bound to report on my loathsome duty which comprised the events of this sorry two days. As ever, the day starts well enough with a light breakfast of sardines, grilled kidneys, […]
Ye Olde Mitre – Elizabethan Pub
Ye Olde Mitre Pub is situated in Ely Court just off Hatton Garden. The whole area is called Hatton Garden after Sir Christopher Hatton, as I will explain. It was built in 1547 originally as a part of the palace of Ely, which was the town residence of the Bishop of Ely, which is in […]
Spitalfields Pancake Day Race
Cocktail Classes – Last Tuesday Society
Having visited the extraordinary Viktor Wynd’s Museum of Curiosities I was informed that they also held cocktail classes once a month. So I returned one Wednesday evening to 11 Mare Street where two charming bar persons were conducting proceedings. At the Last Tuesday Society cocktail classes you get led through each stage of the cocktail […]