A Magnificent Meander Through Maida Vale - London Walking Tour

A wonderful walk through Maida Vale in London.
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In this magnificent meander through Maida Vale Joolz takes you to many lovely pubs and looks at some interesting places. Learn all about why it is called Maida Vale. The battle of Maida and the hero of Maida. There's a lovely trip on the canal in Little Venice, lots of street furniture and oddities including stink pipes and cabman shelters. London's largest brothel at one time and Norman Wisdom's freedom of the capital of Albania.
There's John Wayne's visit to London, London's tallest phone box and more stuff about The Sweeney. Maida Vale is a very pretty part of London and has lots of beautiful hidden pockets.

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[Joolzguides]

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[TheUluxian]

I love when you get some of the locals who have been there forever to talk about the history of an area.
Who else could have discussed the meaning of the carvings on that brothel in context? Marvelous !

[AstonishingGlasgow]

Cant beat a Sunday morning wander around London.

[davepubliday]

The “snob screens” at the Prince Alfred, are actually because that small section was for women. And it let them close themselves off from the rest of the pub. In fact, the Prince Alfred is arguably the best preserved pub in the United kingdom that still has sections that separated the classes. Those “snob screens” are the one of only 8 left in the united Kingdom.

[marinedrive]

The Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale was quite a mission to rebuild, with the architects having to sift through the rubble of the wreckage and piece it together like a jigsaw puzzle. Spiffing job!

[DeanoWheels]

11:13 in. Joolz was standing outside Browns Chemist for a bit. Historically known to the locals where Madness filmed their only number 1 hit. House of fun

[Apollo_Mint]

Magnificent video of Maida Vale, Joolz! That lovely tube station you admire was built solely by women during the Great War.

[corditekid]

Always love your videos Joolz. Always full of little gems of social history. May I take a little moment to remember the tragic night of December 13th 1974, and the fire in the Worsley Hotel at 3/17 Clifton Gardens, a fire set by an arsonist that claimed the lives of six residents and that of Fireman Hamish ( Harry) Pettit, who lost his life when the roof collapsed, trapping himself and three other Firemen. You’ll never be forgotten Harry. RIP.

[Bhenderson]

I have never appreciated the place I live so much since watching Joolz Guides. Thank you.

[ocphish]

I lived about 200 yards from 'The Rec' from the time I was 2 years old until I was 18 and played there countless times. Back then there was a really good playground and a paddling pool which had a stone boat beside it. Also, where you were standing on the field looking at the Pavilion, there used to be a large and very popular cycling track. And as another coincidence, my wife lived in the house next door to Norman Wisdom when she was a child with her family. Browns Chemist was there back in the late 1950s and was the venue used in the Madness video, 'House of Fun'.

[AndyWalkerOfficial]

YOU'RE THE BEST MAN without you so many people won't know anything about LONDON !!! SIMPLY THE BEST IN TOWN !!!!

[faulhabert]

I can't believe you stood right in front of the chemists where Madness filmed the "House of Fun" video, and didn't mention it!

[keynes]

OMG my Dad grew up in Paddington. He lived on Ashmore Road. So did his Aunties and when he and Mum got married they also lived on Ashmore Road. I did until I was 18 months old! This is officially one of my fave videos 😊

[Stephen_Lafferty]

I wonder if an historical brothel walk of London is in order, after the many references in this episode? It's lovely to tour this part of London with you, Julian and Simon!

[tonyskilbeck]

I've been meaning to tell you about the time I went into a cabman shelter!! We were working at the V&A and some equipment we needed didn't turn up so we went to get some dinner. We asked at the shelter if we could get some grub and the lady said we could come in and eat our food there. I didn't realise at the time that only cab drivers were allowed to use them. We visited again a few weeks later and had a rather smashing fry up in there too. I feel rather privileged now to have sat in one and eaten some food👍🏻

[michaelmcnally]

God I love running into people like that in London. Me and a friend were killing time in St Bart's, and a guy came up to us and started talking about his father and grandfather being expert woodworkers who restored old manor houses etc, fixing up window frames and door frames etc. At first I thought he was just daft and rambling, but after a few minutes I realized that he was literally giving us a completely true story about some little town up on the East coast. There was an airfield there in the war and sure enough I looked it up later and it was all 100% true. One of the best experiences I've ever had visiting London.

[barrygower]

Thanks for the 31 bus mention, my mum was a clippie on that route out of Battersea Garage across the road from The Prodigal’s Return.

[ThisWontEndWell]

The Bishop of Southwark was heavily involved in the organisation brothels of in his area, the link between the church and brothels has a very long history in London.

[BostonBobby]

Your book is awesome. My wife and i are coming to London next May and your book will help fill the time on the flight from Boston to London next May.

[danielomalley]

Having lived on the corner of Sutherland and Warwick av. for most of 1975, visiting the beautiful Warrington Hotel pub at the end of your video brought back many wonderful memories to this once-young Canadian, having hoisted many a pint (only 52 p!) there