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How to Travel Around London and buy Oyster Cards

April 3, 2017 by

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 […]

Final Drink for Condemned Convicts at St Giles in the Fields

February 12, 2017 by

Sorry if you’ve seen this already! I made it for The Londonist a while back but wanted to get it up on my own channel. New video next week! www.joolzguides.com The area around Seven Dials has always been connected with low life and bad luck. Indeed the church of ST Giles in the Fields is […]

The Grand Old Duke of York

May 30, 2016 by

Oh, the grand old duke of york, he had ten thousand men! Find out what this nursery rhyme is about in this video. He marched them up to the top of the hill, and he marched them down again. And when they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down. […]

Nell Gwynn – The King’s Mistress

May 29, 2016 by

Number 79, the former residence of Nell Gwynn, is the only building on Pall Mall not belonging to the crown. Pall Mall runs from St James Palace to Trafalgar Square and these days is mostly full of offices and clubs. In fact, it was down this street that the Suffragettes marched and smashed the windows […]

Who does the Best Christmas Sandwich?

November 28, 2015 by

Which is the best Christmas sandwich? Every year the same burning question raises its head. Who does the best Christmas sandwich? It’s a lot harder to get right that you think! In this video Joolz Guides teams up with Gladrags and Hashtags’ Jo Caley to visit all the main contenders. Marks are awarded according to […]

How London Got Pavements

October 18, 2015 by

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!

October 3, 2015 by

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

August 7, 2015 by

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

August 7, 2015 by

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 […]

Ziggy Stardust album cover

August 7, 2015 by

Take a photo posing as Ziggy Stardust in exactly the same spot where David Bowie did the same! Just off Regent’s Street is the location where David Bowie shot one of the most iconic album covers of all time. It looks pretty different these days but you can even see the famous telephone box. David […]

The Noses of Soho

August 7, 2015 by

The soho noses are a bunch of noses poking out of walls dotted all over the west end in odd places. I’m not going to tell you where all of them are because you have to find them for yourself, and there’s even one ear. Become rich Legend has it that if you find all […]

Savile Row

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The U.S. Embassy – Grosvenor Square

August 7, 2015 by

York House Watergate

August 7, 2015 by

Joolz explains how the streets got their peculiar names around Embankment and how the narrowing of the river caused York House Watergate to be isolated. York House Watergate was a part of a grand estate belonging to the Duke of Buckingham. In the 18th century the river came all the way up to the York […]

Gordon’s Wine Bar – Embankment

August 7, 2015 by

Le Beaujolais – French Wine Bar in Soho

August 7, 2015 by

Beaujolais

John Snow’s Cholera Pump

August 7, 2015 by

Henry Poole – Invention of the tuxedo

August 7, 2015 by

London’s Smallest Square

August 7, 2015 by

Berry Brothers – London’s Oldest Wine Shop

August 7, 2015 by

On St James Street off Pall Mall is a fascinating wine shop, Berry Brothers, with an extraordinary history. Frequented by the Royal Family and Lord Byron, it started life as a coffee shop in the 17th century. In this video meet the charming manager as he takes you for a tour of the cellars and […]

Jazz at The Lamb and Flag

August 7, 2015 by

If it’s the first Sunday of the month and you want to see an excellent jazz band in a lovely old pub, come to The Lamb and Flag in Covent Garden! The lamb and flag is Covent Garden’s oldest pub with a fascinating history, licensed in the reign of Elizabeth 1st! Don’t forget to visit […]

Trafalgar Square

August 7, 2015 by

Ivy Covered Building and Admiralty Arch

June 7, 2015 by

Joolz’s Guides to London – Intro

January 25, 2015 by

Watch my introduction and then click on any of the videos in the VIDEO GALLERY to learn more about Hidden London!

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