Balham - London Gateway to the South Walking Tour

Take an excellent walk with Joolz around Balham which is a a very cool and trendy area in south London. Full of people who are better looking than me!!
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Here in Balham we visit the location of a second world war bomb which created a hole so big that a bus fell into it. Also the famous Du Cane Court which the nazis and and Adolf Hitler wanted to use as their HQ (apparently!).
Then there's the 211 club frequented by The Krays and the miracles of Fatima!!
We see some cool little things you might miss like writing on the wall left over from teh second world war.
The sewing machine museum is a lot of fun and they even have a barrel organ.
There's the Tooting Bec Lido which was the biggest fresh water pool in the UK and then there's the famous Victorian Whodunnit! The murder of Charles Bravo or was it?
It was never solved!
We also go to the Balham Bowls Club and generally enjoy some Balham Banter whilst seeing a lot of stink pipes and the underground river, the Falcon Brook.

Piano music composed and performed by ➜ @Quintemental
Singer/Songwriter and pianist - Kate Garner Music

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[calebleland]

The dejected tone in Joilz' voice when he said "who cares" nearly broke my heart. Good sir, I do care. You get those points!

[orangewarm]

i grew up here in the 80s. This was a working class area. Then in the 90s the lawyers started moving in. House prices went crazy. My parents bought their 4-bed house for 4.5k in 1970. Now it's worth £1m. If you go to Clapham South you'll see the two round 'turrets', which were used as bomb shelters during the war.

[haint]

A welcome, sane, corner of the internet.
Thanks to everyone who put these together!

[ebbyoflondon]

I'm a Wandsworth girl, born and bred but I never knew just how much hidden history there was in good old Balham!
1970s Balham was distinctly working class with a Liptons (now Waitrose), Bedford Hill was a red-light district, Balham Baths is now a leisure centre, Woolworths, Cullens, Broomfields, the new all those shops are long gone but thanks for bringing it back to life for me 😊

[tomearle]

The Joolz drinking game is every time he mentions "its been turned into flats" you take a shot.

[Stephen_Lafferty]

A lovely Summer Sunday with Joolz and Simon guiding me around London - what could be better? :D <3

[MattSaysHello]

I’ve lived in Balham all my life and I didn’t know 90% of these facts. Thanks!

[EricaNernie]

The "Bernard" reference did not go unnoticed by us Blackadder fans. Well done!

[RP-xwvi]

I was literally just telling someone about the Peter Sellers skit last weekend - which was first broadcast, incredibly in 1949! - and now this! Fantastic!

[TalesOfWar]

I enjoy how all of these videos end in a pub. A convenient excuse! I'm all for it.

[nidgemills]

I dated a girl from Balham in the early nineties, I used to catch the train up from Maidstone fortnightly, hang around Balham for the weekend then head home. She was wonderful company and we had fun for the six months we were together, thanks for reminding me of these old haunts, love your work!

[ffrancrogowski]

A very interesting area, Joolz. I found that the Balham Underground station incident during WWII was intersting. The sewing machine establishment amazing indeed, and also most fascinating is the sewer pipes still in existence around the district. Lots of other stuff, too much to mention, but many thanks for this most enjoyable film that you've done here.

[hanmade]

Balham always makes me think of The Good Life… the episode where Margot gets a windbreak for the garden… Mr Bailey, who was the guy sent to put it up, was from Balham… and not sure Margot is impressed as he doesn’t know “elementary Latin” 😁 (always comes back to comedies for me!)

[tadeusz]

I used to go to Saturday night dance nights at the White Eagle club in the 1970's. Never knew about the connection with the Krays. Live and learn. Well done Joolz for the mention. I'm no longer in the UK but still read your "walks" book regularly. Great stuff.

[mushymagazineonlocation]

Nice to see the cottingley fairies getting a mention on the great Jules guide channel.
Much appreciated.

[johndunn]

I used to go to The Bedford with a few friends on a Tuesday night. The pub had a circular revolving stage and we regularly watched a band called Dragons Playground. JD

[SirWhig-esq.]

Greatness continued. I’m going to Balham tomorrow (first time) for a friend’s wedding, 🎉 and getting bearings from Joolz and Simon seems like a good plan. 😊

[wattebol]

Today is a beautiful day because Joolz uploaded a new video!

[Big-Harry]

wonderful way to start a Sunday with a Jools guide video