World's Oldest Clothes - Hidden Museums - Bloomsbury Walking Tour - London

Do you want to see the world's oldest garment of clothing? The Tarkhan dress! It's amazing, 5000 years old! In this London walking tour of Bloomsbury around the London University there are many hidden museums and lovely things to see as well as beautiful squares.

Woburn Walk is Regency from about 1822 with Listed buildings.
Tucked away in a corner so not to disturb wealthy residents.
W.B Yeats held meetings here every Monday attended by Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and John Masefield. Masefield said it was the most interesting sitting room in London!!
Yeats was described by locals as "The toff what lived in the buildings"

Tavistock Square where Charles Dickens lived and wrote Tale of Two Cities, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, Bleak House. It was his last residence in London.
*Also on July 7th 2005 London bombings killed 13 people.

Gordon Square is a nice serene garden which features in The Mummy returns.

The Petrie Museum is where you will find thousands of Egyptian exhibits and the oldest garment, and just around the corner lies the Grant Museum where you can see a dodo and 67000 exhibits, including other extinct species.

Senate House

Senate House was used by Orwell as the inspiration for the Ministry of Truth (as the propaganda dept was based in there during the War)

UCL also is home to the remains of Jeremy Bentham from the 18th and 19th Century. He was a Social reformer and founder of Utilitarianism.
* Right and wrong is measured by the greatest happiness for the greatest number

Bedford Square

The Russel Family who were the Dukes of Bedford owned a lot of land in Bloomsbury

Many late 18th Century middle class houses remain here and are the most well preserved Georgian Houses in London.

Bloomsbury Square was developed by the Earl of Southampton in the 1660s.
Bedford house occupied north side but was later demolished when it became less fashionable.
In 1694 a 23 year old scot, John Law killed Edward Beau Wilson in a duel but he escaped his cell and became controller of Finances of France under Louis XV

Look out for the houses on the south side by John Nash

The Museum Tavern was probably The Alpha Inn in The Blue Carbuncle as Arthur Conan Doyle drank here and even describes its location. Karl Marx also drank here.

Sicilian Ave was built in 1910 with grade II listed lamp posts with cherubs on them and beautiful buildings.

[Joolzguides]

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[TheFever]

Somebody give this man his own TV show, he is phenomenal at what he does.

[emmameade]

My dad and I watched this video today and smiled. We visited London last weekend and this is the last pub we stopped in after visiting the mummies in the British Museum, our farewell drink before making our way back to the airport. Small world...

[Lefemme]

The city of London owes you an award for being a wonderful travel ambassador! UK Holiday 2021, Thank You Joolzy

[beverleyarscott]

Excellent tour, this is from an ancient Londoner who loves our history and London well done.

[richardweaver]

Southern California here and first time seeing a video of yours. I like the idea of looking at the smaller points of interest in major cities so great idea here! The smaller museums are really interesting and it's fun to see parts of a large city that are not all traffic and crowds.

[msrose]

glad I found this. as an American, its lovely to have a guided tour of London.

[davidregan]

The Best person on youtube for information and history of London, and I thought I knew London!!

[llchapman]

I always get excited when I see another Joolz Guide video posted. It's really lovely to see how he loves London like an old friend.

[oscarrincon]

I really love the content of this channel, it has also made me improve my listening comprehension. Listening to authentic British people really makes a difference.

[marshhen]

Yay you did Bloomsbury thank you thank you so much Julian. It means so much to me as I cannot travel there myself. What a fantastic channel. I enjoy every video.

[joechip]

Another great video! I'd love to see you creating a video series about London Unis in your channel: their history, famous alumni, facts about their buildings and their previous use, etc. London Unis are part of what makes this city great and I believe it will be very interesting. Cheers!

[kimivogel]

I'm looking forward to your videos! You show us such interesting places, things, houses and people. Greetings from Germany

[Davysitter]

Love all your vids and congrats on your new career as Wolverine!

[kdean]

Love and enjoy all your videos, but this one, for some reason, I found very informative and entertaining, you seem to have covered alot! As usual your commentary is really well done! 💖 Thank you Julian...take care!

[Alchemist]

We went to London for the first time last year and the museum circuit in Kensington was the highlight of our trip. Simply incredible. We're going to have to come back and see all these other ones you've shown us today :) THX !

[fabriceduchenne]

Thanks ! I'm French & I Love LONDON - U.K

[Sugarbears]

That was fascinating. That little museum on Mallet Place was a wonder. Thanks so much.

[judithbateson]

Strewth Joolz, that was one of your best! I'm staying in Bloomsbury this weekend so I'll be rambling round those places. There are so many hidden gems in Bloomsbury, you could do loads of vids there. Thanks shedloads.

[luciatheron]

Do drone on, I love it. Makes me miss London, fabulous city...