London Black Cabs – Taxis

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London Black Cabs – Taxis  London Taxis have been carrying Londoners around for over 300 years. In this video Joolz travels around London in Taxis talking to lots of drivers and finding out all about them. The history of the taxi, what are the rules and regulations? Who owns one? How do you become […]

Westminster Abbey | Parliament | St James Park

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Westminster Abbey | Parliament | St James Park  In this jolly spiffing London walk Joolz shows you around the St James Park, Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. There is the usual irreverent chat and banter with quips and anecdotes. Learn all about the invention of champagne, the many fires that burnt down […]

Hidden Gems – The Strand and Trafalgar Square

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The Strand and Trafalgar Square  Joolz Guides takes you for a jolly interesting walk through central London including hidden gems around Trafalgar Square, The Strand and much more. Subscribe on Youtube ➜ https://www.youtube.com/joolzguides This area has been covered many times so we have concentrated on the lesser known places along this walking tour. With […]

Should I buy The London Pass ?

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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 […]

Waterloo Bridge

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Waterloo Bridge has one of my favourite views in London. Anyone who likes The Kinks must know the song Waterloo Sunset and many Londoners cannot resist humming that tune when crossing over Waterloo Bridge on their way home from work, “Swarming like flies around Waterloo underground”. It isn’t the most beautiful bridge to look at […]

The Carting Lane Fart Lamp

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Just off the Strand, if you bend your steps down the little alley called Carting Lane, you will see a street lamp with a rather thick shaft. It is right at the other end of the lane towards the river, behind the Savoy. This is the last of London’s sewage lamps , a typically ingenious […]

How London Got Pavements

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Markings on London Pavements For some time I’ve been noticing these strange markings on the kerb stones of London Pavements and at first I thought they were some sort of secret cult society or something. However, it seems that they are just the stone mason’s mark. That is, all of them except for the one […]

The Savoy – Driving on the Right!

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There are many suggestions as to why we drive on the left in Britain but did you know that The Savoy is the one place in where we drive on the right! IN fact, the roundabout is the gauge by which we set the turning circle of a British Taxi cab. All taxis have to […]

Charing Cross & King Charles Statue

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This video tells the story of how Charing Cross got its name and how the statue of King Charles ended up standing at the very centre of London. The statue originally stood in Covent Garden but during the revolution of 1642 – 1651 Oliver Cromwell ordered all statues of King Charles to be taken down. […]

King Charles Execution

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January 30th 1649 Just opposite the Horse Guards is a building called the Banqueting house where, on a cold January day in 1649, King Charles was made to step out of the first floor window and onto a gallows. A hug crowd had gathered to witness the execution of a King who was accused of […]