Hampstead and its amazing history

John Constable Grave, Dracula and Peter Pan - The cemetery at St. John at Hampstead is the final resting place of many famous people. The Llewelyn Davies brother were the ones who inspired J.M.Barrie to write Peter Pan and their family tomb is there along with John Constable who painted The Haywain. In Bram Stoker's Dracula Lucy is entombed here also.
Then you can walk up Church Row to see how a street might have looked in the 17th century as it hasn't changed!

Louis Patisserie - In the 60s Louis Permayer opened his Hungarian patisserie in Hampstead and it still retains its original features today and a lovely selection of cakes!

There are several nice pubs, my favourite being The Holly Bush, an old coaching inn.

Goldfinger - at number 2 Willow Road is Erno Goldfinger's house. He was an architect who didn't get on with his neighbour Ian Fleming who based his most famous James Bond villain on him!
You can even go inside as it's a museum.

Julian McDonnell takes you on a beautiful and nostalgic walk around this beautiful village including Flask Walk, Well Walk,Whitestone Pond
and all the places mentioned above which make a wonderful day trip from London.

[Joolzguides]

Thanks everyone....one of these days I'll be a

[FlickeringEmber]

I was born and bred in Hampstead and it's still my favourite part of London. I'd move back if I could afford to! Spent 23 happy years here.

[stephaniebarker]

Loved this tour as I used to live on Frognal Gardens by the church in early 1980s.

[kathywhitcombe]

It’s a beautiful part of London . I love both of the George’s . Thanks for sharing RIP George Michael 😢

[jeremyhaines]

I was in Hampstead today
It is one of my favourite places in London 🙂❤

[mariiwa]

Just found your channel! I was a foreign student at a College in Hampstead in the early 1970´s. As a residential student. we ate all meals in the dining room in the school. Food there was, well, not so good. Sometimes, even not eatable....So at 6:08, I saw that cake shop, I couldnot believe it. It is still there! My only consolation during on and off 3 years in school -.was their chocolate cake!!! Thank you for uploading!!!

[marshhen]

These are so pleasant to watch. Thanks for making them. You hit on a great mix of history and informal chat. Good length. It is far more fun for people around the world to wander aimlessly around Hamstead with you and your friends than it is to watch a tourist video.

[thomasmoreagainstthemachin]

I'm Italian and when I was 15 years old I saw Clive Griffith's videos about London on tv. YOU ARE GREAT!

[annarazzu]

Thanks so much x sharing your video ...I actually lived a few weeks one summer time
in Hampstead ...so I told my Angel look were we been years ago ...
All the best from northSardinia !

[cecilwilson]

Great video seeing the various architecture and urban lanes and plenty of trees and ponds nice area 😁☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland ace coverage

[justing]

Mate I love the Holly Bush, last time there met the founders/owners of the Pie Mash Club, bloody marvellous, Splendid my good man

[johnheller]

Just discovered your channel and I love it! Your walks bring back so many great memories! I lived in your country for 7 1/2 years in the mid 80"s through the early 90"s. What a blessed time to be in england. I'm a yank, but England is the only place that felt like home. Keep up the vids. Take care and be safe!

[lucaboscagin]

Thanks Joolz, I loved it as usual! In the movie "Bunny Lake is missing" you can see how Cannon Lane and the Du Maurier villa were back in 1965. It's the main location of the movie, which is one of my favourite Otto Preminger's.

[Impatientgr]

I hope this channel reaches 1 million subscribers...

[oliviaginsbourg]

Hello from Paris lockdown during the virus it is lovely to walk around London with you thanks so much

[MsBeryl]

Yes they were called "PEELERS" Please keep your You Tube going, I was born in St John's Wood and lived in Stafford Terrace Kensington now in Sydney AU. I am learning so much and loving it.

[johnfeehan]

I watch these one after another some afternoons ideal during the lockdown especially if like me you love London and history very entertaining great sense of humour

[ashchoudhury]

Spent two great years in Hampstead between 1992 and 1994. Working at the Taj Mahal on Rosslyn Hill. Lovely people in Hampstead.

[llchapman]

I've just discovered your historian walkabout videos.  Love them!  Keep them coming!

[johnbarton]

During the early days of WW2 I lived in Hampstead. On a Sunday morning my dad used to take me out for a walk while my mum got the dinner ready. Sometimes we would walk up to the whitestone pond, and very often the air raid siren would go off as we reached it. The siren itself was just across the road from the pond. We used to stand close to the siren and look out over London (the trees were much smaller then and we had a good view) and watch the bombers coming towards us. The nearest we got to the enemy planes was once when a Me110 swooped low over the vale of health.