East End Architecture London Walking Tour

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East End Architecture London Walking Tour | Stepney & Poplar (4K)

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11 ай бұрын

Inspired by Modern Buildings in London by Ian Nairn. A walk through Stepney and Poplar in East London following some of the architecture featured in Ian Nairn’s book, Modern Buildings in London first published in 1964. Our walking tour starts on Mile End Road and heads down White Horse Lane, once the main street of medieval Stepney. We then visit St Dunstan’s Church Stepney, originally built in 952 by Dunstan Bishop of London and further expanded in the 14th and 15th Century. We look inside the church, and marvel at the Saxon stone rood. Continuing down White Horse Lane we look at the Stepney Meeting churchyard and then turn in to Salmon Lane and Flamborough Street to the first of the buildings described by Nairn in his book.
Our walk takes in: The Danish Seaman’s Church on Commercial Road (1958), St. Paul’s Bow Common (1958-60), Flats and Maisonettes in Pekin Close (1951), Old People’s Home in Grundy Street (1951), and the Lansbury Neighbourhood and Chrisp Street Market (1950 onwards).
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@BarryAllenMagic 11 ай бұрын

As an E1 lad (born in Shadwell) that both lived AND earned a living around Stepney and Poplar, this filming meant so much to me John. I adore your superb channel - but jeeeeezus.....you truly pulled it out the bag with this one mate. So many happy memories from my youth. Thank you. Thank you oh so very, very much. 👍🏻

@PatriciaEnright 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting....from a former Resident of Bow. My late Mum worked in Poplar Hospital in the 1960's when the Docks were still operating. Your film brings it all alive.

@paulhutchins6019 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking me down memory lane on this walk John. My dear Nan used to live in the flats, Osterley House Poplar, just off Chrisp St market which made an appearance a number of times, but not referred to. They had an "Adventure playground" just nearby too and I was allowed to go in when I got a little older. Fondly remember her Steak and Kidney pudding, which was steamed for hours and Incredible! Happy times☺️

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing those great memories Paul. The geographical references in the block names did strike me but I forgot to mention on camera.

@morriganwitch 11 ай бұрын

Thank you John and Iain keeping the threads of London relevant xxx

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks Morrigan

@williamrobinson7435 11 ай бұрын

I did not notice that you had identified as a witch until I had already liked👍your comment. Blessed be🤘⭐

@morriganwitch 11 ай бұрын

@@williamrobinson7435 Blessed Be xxx

@cardriver3358 11 ай бұрын

This should be shown on TV, fantastic ..

@kindnesscake2819 11 ай бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree 🌟

@AlisonPhilcock 11 ай бұрын

Hi John! So much to say about this lovely film. Thank you for making it. I’m pleased to say The Half Moon Theatre is very much alive and well just round the corner from its original location. Now in Whitehorse Road very near St Dunstan’s. One of the things you can see in the film is the red ensign flying from the top of. St. Dunstan’s and the White ensign flying from St Anne’s Limehouse (Hawksmoor’s church on Commercial Road). They are the only two churches to have permission to fly the naval flags and show their close connection to the. Sea. Loved your coverage of The Lansbury Estate and Chrisp Street Market. Named after George Lansbury of course, MP for Poplar and leader of the Poplar rates rebellion which led to 30 councillors being jailed for refusing to tax the poor. Heritage panel in Poplar Recreation Ground if you’re in the area again!

@harvey22 11 ай бұрын

What a wonderful video. I especially enjoyed the visit to St. Dunston's church. And the weather looks glorious in England today. Thanks, as always. Richard in Reno

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

cheers Richard - we've had a glorious burst of late summer sun

@waldorfstatler3129 11 ай бұрын

Wow! Those gorgeous hidden gems of Georgian/Victorian houses and squares tucked away behind the Brutalist main roads. I think those honking cars were for you John. They recognised you.

@TheCinderellaman10 11 ай бұрын

St dunstans churchyard has monks buried their. Some graves are around 1000 years old. Incredible.

@josephyearwood1179 11 ай бұрын

Saint Dunstan seems to have some kind of link to Satan. Other than the aforesaid, interesting that there is the ‘Bishop of Stepney’ but nowt ‘bishoprick of Stepney’. ?

@markmiwurdz2248 4 ай бұрын

St Dunstans Church also has a plague pit.

@tarscase7653 11 ай бұрын

Limehouse next?! Ive always thought its a hidden gem, the basin is gorgeous! Thank you for this, looking forward to the next

@MrJohnQCitizen 11 ай бұрын

Limehouse Limehouse Limehouse!

@mickeythompson9537 8 ай бұрын

Yes please to Limehouse.

@terrysaint688 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking me back to where i grew up,christened and married in st dunstans

@nige_breaks_bikes9782 11 ай бұрын

Good to see some ungentrified London … Ian Nairn’s other books look like an interesting base for future walks … perfect accompaniment to a late Sunday evening ❤

@waynemoore9951 11 ай бұрын

As a former town planning and regeneration student, I still don't know whether to find the juxtaposition between the normal housing and the towering canary wharf looming above, sad or pleasing. It's the obscene wealth looking down onto a working class area I find concerning I suppose. Great video john

@jamesbain4351 11 ай бұрын

Another good one John, thanks. What a character Ian Nairn was, there are a few Nairn features on the BBC iplayer (Nairn about Britain etc) remarkably he was a pilot flying one of the first jet fighters in the RAF, the Gloster Meteor. A fondness for beer of course (which eventually killed him). Looking forward to the next one John. Best wishes 👍

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

great fact about the Meteor James, thanks. I must dip back into those iPlayer docs - what a character

@chazzyb8660 11 ай бұрын

"The old Half Moon Theater over there, now a W***********s". Possibly the most depressing start to another enjoyable walk with the joyous John Rogers. I love that book, well anything by Ian Nairn really. And suddenly we slip back 1000 years at St Dunstan's, wow.

@williammorrison5678 11 ай бұрын

One of my favorite walks you've done. Thanks John.

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

many thanks William - I loved it so editing the video was a real joy

@williamrobinson7435 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful Nairn walk here John. Especially noticed the camerawork, very evocative, in the sunshine.. Lovely! ☀️👍

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks William

@joankeating8999 11 ай бұрын

We moved into a thirteenth floor flat in Latham House, a tower block on the Mountmorres Estate, visible from St Dunstans, at Christmas 1963 when I was six months old. We were rehoused 16 years later. The docker's leader Jack Dash lived on the floor above ours. There is a strong history of protest in the area - I remember the anti silver jubilee graffiti in Bromley Street and Maltese PM Dom Mintoff's daughter who lived on Westport Street being arrested for throwing manure in the House of Commons in 1978. Incidentally my parents thought of Latham House as the promised land, having been rehoused from Stephen and Matilda House in Wapping. The underfloor heating and mod cons were a thing of dreams.

@malcolmrichardson3881 11 ай бұрын

Great walk. I especially enjoyed your portrait of the Lansbury Estate which still displays some of the ethos and optimism of the early post-WW2 period.

@bt5080 11 ай бұрын

We all see things differently. Your way of always trying to see the good torches my heart. We may see the grandeur in old buildings, but seeing these newer structures shows how the architects really cared and wanted to make things better after the war. It was so cool to see a little bit of both. Dunston Church was wonderful, especially to be able to go in and look around. Thank you John for bringing your heart on your walks; it means so much.

@henryjames5663 11 ай бұрын

As a former resident of Stepney Green, thank you for this video, A wonderful and cohesive community, great shows at the Half Moon theatre, best pubs in London with free bar food in Sundays, ; Stepney a happy place to live until the Isle of Dogs was destroyed, and the community against their wishes moved out; though happy memories stay with us

@henryjames5663 11 ай бұрын

Too add! Captain Cook lived on Mile End Road, Colonel Booth began the Salvation Army on Mile End Road

@markriley4665 11 ай бұрын

I know St Dunstan’s well. I went to a wonderful performance of Bach’s StJohn’s Passion there a few years ago. The ‘Danish church’ has a great cafe that’s worth a visit too. I love this walk John as it covers my local stomping ground and.the area I lived throughout the 80s and 90s. St Paul’s church is a favourite to and the Nairn book is a great guide to this part of post-war London. Thank you..

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

many thanks Mark - I'll make sure to go back

@runningforasthma_ 11 ай бұрын

A magical place built for the people indeed, totally in agreement that Chrisp still retains some of its wonder. Thanks for another wonderful video

@luluandmeow 11 ай бұрын

Oh John, how could you not visit the wonderful farm virtually opposite St. Dunstan's? Also, St Dunstan's gardens are beautiful, lots of daffodils in the spring and other gorgeous flowers, it's a lovely area, it's wonderful to just wander down side streets, etc. Thank you John for your quality output

@CameraNostalgiaClub 11 ай бұрын

Excited for the book!

@johnmurray8428 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Grundy Street section, (thank you for the whole video), I found my Grandfather, his half Aunt and her Husband in a shop in Grandy Street in the 1891 census. The history of the area told me Grundy Street was the last street in the East End that maintained a cow for local milk sale.

@davidcottam7431 6 ай бұрын

I love these videos. They're fascinating. I could easily imagine them being made into a BBC series they're so well researched and narrated. When I was young, my parents would take my brother and l to London every year, usually around Easter time. I'd have only been around 3 or 4 when we first went, but my earliest memory is eating some smarties in Trafalgar Square when I was about that age. I remember riding on the Routemasters and in cabs, and I still think the routemaster is the most beautiful and iconic piece of engineering. I try to go to London once a year still (I live in Yorkshire now), and more recently, I've tried to avoid the well known places and explore more unknown sections and these guides are a great reference point. I've booked for a weekend in April with Emery Taylor's House, Dickens' house, and Denis Severs' house on my itinerary.

@MF-fg3cg 11 ай бұрын

Waiting for the upload really pleased you are looking at Nairn. I stumbled on him as a kid when they repeated some of his TV progs in the afternoon. It was compelling yet quite melancholic TV. A flawed genius. Wonder what Iain Sinclair makes of him

@chrisgreen6259 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant, as always!

@margaretpepper3550 11 ай бұрын

I found your walk around the area most interesting as my grandparents lived in a slum in Stepney in 1911 & went to school off the Commercial Road from 1955-60 & my memories of that time was of the bombsites everywhere. I went back there 40 years later & did not recognise the place.....

@JDMJOE 11 ай бұрын

Nothing more relaxing then watching one of your walks. Cheers John 🍺

@Mrdorf14 11 ай бұрын

Literally thought that before I saw this post.

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it Joe

@janetsherwood7210 11 ай бұрын

Pleasant always to walk along with you Mr. John Rogers. Even if via KZfaq.🙂 Love England (London). I greatly appreciate your channel . From Tennessee (GMT 4) 🕊️🌳🌾

@CthulhuInc 11 ай бұрын

Hi John - when you said it was time to finish the video, i thought - aw, no, not already! i was really enjoying today's walk, as yesterday was a bit of a stress-out for me, and your walks are so helpful in reducing stress, i find. thanks once again - love from canada!

@Jude1310 11 ай бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Subscribed

@JTTW1455 5 ай бұрын

St Dunstan’s is certainly historic. I suppose the new architecture went up quickly as the area recovered from bombing. Thanks for the interesting video, John!

@stephenoliver1437 11 ай бұрын

St dunstons church very nice to see vid all good to view

@robertmorrey547 11 ай бұрын

Just watched this in hotel Chattanooga USA 🇺🇸 brilliant as usual 👌🏻👌🏻

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

What a wonderful image Robert - thanks

@lindasueanderson8024 11 ай бұрын

You sure moved through time on this walk. Loved the focus on postwar architecture

@Mickyuk61 11 ай бұрын

Hi John. Thanks for another interesting video 👍

@clairbarnard9058 11 ай бұрын

Thank you John. Inexplicably, I found the film really moving! Not sure why my emotions were so stirred, but it was a lovely piece as always.

@kimbarnetson3297 11 ай бұрын

It's always such a treat to see a new walk video has been uploaded, thank you.

@TXMEDRGR 11 ай бұрын

I love it when you draw attention to the many layers of history to be found around London. As a history lover, it is something that draws me to watch your excellent videos. Thank you.

@Tokyowalking2023 11 ай бұрын

It's a wonderful cityscape! I felt as if I was there too. Thank you very much for providing a nice video 😊

@EdEditz 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video as ever! Thank you!

@howarddavies9932 11 ай бұрын

What a cracking walk - so interesting - from the medieval to the modern era - thanks John for the ongoing quality and inspiration your walks provide.

@user-yt6td6rz9j 11 ай бұрын

Hello John... My dad took my older sister to the festival of Britain in 1951, and it has occurred to me how little of the population of Britain was able to experience the festival directly... I can't remember how they travelled there, but it would have been beyond the capacity of most people to do so, financially and socially. I wanted to say also that as a person who relocated from a rural life to the city in the 1970's, to live in East London, I did notice how the smaller locales ( groups of streets ) operated as villages... So that I eventually l felt more comfortable living there. Thanks for the "walks" we enjoy them immensely

@user-yt6td6rz9j 11 ай бұрын

Hi John... Just adding .. would you consider walking down Burdett road to east India Dock road ? My old stamping ground and steeped in history of London's docks .?

@zwerdna35 11 ай бұрын

Truly textbook John Rogers film. I enjoyed every second of this walk. Thanks

@catieoates1726 11 ай бұрын

What a fabulous walk. Always enjoy seeing the interesting buildings that you find. It reminded me of the oranges and lemons rhyme which they think St Dunstan's are the bells of Stepney

@VickyAllum 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for such an interesting walk around the areas of Poplar and Stepney, my great grandfather was born and lived in Poplar and most of his family worked at the docks, i live near London but have yet to visit these areas and how lovely to see pockets of some streets still with the victorian houses standing and the pubs which are still open busy , my great grandfather moved away to Battersea and became a Covent Garden Porter in the end .

@claireclarkson3191 11 ай бұрын

Thank you also for showing me the flat I was born in. 36 Market Way...amazing memories of growing up on the market with family and friends... Thank You so much...❤

@ashleysgaze 11 ай бұрын

An interesting area of London, John. Thanks for the walk - very engaging! ❤

@trickydicky_1265 8 ай бұрын

The old East End community went years ago, mid 90s. I’m Stepney born & bred and loved living in there, fantastic upbringing even with the rough estates & people.

@timchamberlain2290 11 ай бұрын

Lovely film. A trip down memory lane. Several generations of my family, back (at least) to my great great grandparents, are from this area and I lived there myself for almost 20 years.

@julianwhite4855 11 ай бұрын

Fabulous video as always, thank you for the work you put in. We see parts of London that I’ve never seen and your knowledge and enthusiasm sweeps us along as we watch. Thank you John, keep them coming.

@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 11 ай бұрын

Nice to see John. Thank you

@rubytuesday6515 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful 😊. Thankyou!

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

thanks for watching Ruby

@philburdett 11 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff as ever sir! My dad's old stamping ground is Poplar...I've been off social media for a bit (for sanity reasons ha!) but am back trying to flog my stuff again...but have kept up my regular Monday appointment with your good self & my weekly dose of ambulatory therapy! 😐 Keep on truckin' my man...

@philburdett 11 ай бұрын

And as an added bonus the mighty Ian Nairn as your guide...

@davelawday6609 8 ай бұрын

Lovely walk.. thanks John. This one was really appreciated..my grandparents lived in Stepney way. Me and my sister always spent as much time as possible in the children's playground at the back of st Dunstan's...long gone now...that was 60 years ago...😊

@GrahamWathey 11 ай бұрын

Nairn went to my old hometown of Barnsley and gave a great insight into 60 planning. It's on KZfaq and worth a watch.

@carlbyronrodgers 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@cheekyllamacreations 11 ай бұрын

This was a great video! 👍🏼

@brianjrichman 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the maps as part of the video. I had quite forgotten many of the places here - not been in this part of the world for over 2 decades now!!!

@4thEyeVision 11 ай бұрын

WoW Stepney & Poplar What a Great walk thanks

@philj4574 11 ай бұрын

It would be interesting to see what Nairn’s view on current architecture would be

@ralphwinter6421 11 ай бұрын

Nice one John, gud walk...

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Ralph

@mctasty6094 10 ай бұрын

Do like stepney so evocative even now of the past century 20th in all its different era's.

@markwilliams4362 11 ай бұрын

I really do miss London , sometimes . Thank you so much from Downunder. 👍☮️🙏🇦🇺

@tomtucjr 11 ай бұрын

Very happy to see this video after asking if you'd be around Chrisp Street a few weeks ago. Fabulous production as always.

@stephenburrows5302 11 ай бұрын

John, you have a wonderful ear for music, the scores you pick always seem to add a dreamy nostalgic aspect to the video. Really enjoyed this walk

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Stephen - I love adding that layer of music and mixing it in

@Heinz57ish 11 ай бұрын

Left me wanting more with this one John . . . Home of my maternal ancestors (the Irish side) a few married in St Dunstans so that was great to see. I loved Stepney; Victorian terraces, green leafy spaces and the traditional pub - really lovely.

@sulalee7413 11 ай бұрын

What a lovely video to watch; relaxed and interesting, story-telling approach. 👍 I've subscribed and shall look back at what else you have talked about. 🙂

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks

@kenhead6072 11 ай бұрын

Another great video of discovery John. Thanks for your continuing enthusiasm for all things London. 👍🌹

@marty9011 11 ай бұрын

Interesting walk & nice to see some mid-century developments.

@itssafeinthecity 11 ай бұрын

What a great themed walk. Loved it. I also loved the use of map sequences. Have long thought maps would be a lovely addition. Thank you John - very enjoyable.

@angelenoof206 11 ай бұрын

The tall block of flats behind the market at the end with the separate elevator column connected by footbridges is a famous one that shows up in videos/books/ lectures on Brutalism

@joeorwell4323 11 ай бұрын

Balfron tower

@annenewton5403 11 ай бұрын

That was lovely to see John , thank you .

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Anne

@TimothyHalkowski 11 ай бұрын

great walk - just recently discovered Nairn's work!

@DemocracyDefined 11 ай бұрын

Lovely videos as always! Seeing my knock of the wood in a new light. Any chance of a Spotify playlist with the music featured in your videos. The music is always so beautiful.

@user-bt4jg5lh4b 11 ай бұрын

Thanks John , great video , Im a fan of Ian Nairn and particularly like it when he moans about some of the modern architecture (1960s and 70s) . His scathing reviews are brilliant , funny and still relevant today , I advise everybody to look his clips up on youtube , theres some very entertaining moments

@TheWalnut47 11 ай бұрын

Thank you John - such an interesting walk and your positivity about the area was much appreciated. Not places that I really knew as an ex-south London lad who rarely ventured into the East End.

@lizstevenson7801 11 ай бұрын

What a lovely area, gorgeous old terrace houses. It was so nice to see the green area's of park land jotted inbetween the streets. Thabk you John, I did enjoy this video. 💕🇦🇺

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks Liz

@antonyfernandez9536 11 ай бұрын

This has given me a few ideas for my lunch time walk when at work. Some lovely places by Dunstins surprised you missed the Darn house.

@davehorler 11 ай бұрын

What lovely film thank you for making it. I very much liked that it highlighted that est London is in fact a collection of small villages. I always think that's more apparent in West London but is often overlooked in the east, those small squares formed such a part of my childhood where we would spend hours lounging about them. thank you again.

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Dave

@cdeldn2012 11 ай бұрын

Great video John and nice too see an area so important to Me being covered. Many Thanks.

@blacksmithsligo 10 ай бұрын

What a fantastic community.

@hectorheathwoodundercover879 11 ай бұрын

Oh wow! I was just watching a documentary about Ian Nairn earlier today.x

@dinleyg 11 ай бұрын

I am finally in receipt of your "This Other London" book - in hardcover none the less (*_*) Another great video, John, thank you.

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic- thanks- hope you enjoy it

@mheuman 11 ай бұрын

Lovely walk , as usual. You're goo company, it's always nice to see Iain too. Cheers!

@eastendswede8501 11 ай бұрын

The Old Ship in Stepney is one of my favourite pubs in London

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

I must go in some time

@AngeloBetrulas 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful, as always. Thank you! (My manor, Stepney.)

@claireclarkson3191 11 ай бұрын

I remember the 'L' shaped old people's home. It was a lovely building set in gardens that surrounded it. You missed many features around the area, including the wall built out of the drones of the bombed St Stephens Church and the curve in the road in Ricardo Street that marks the position of a small circular parade of shops that are no longer there...I have fond memories of growing up in Poplar and Limehouse...5th generation but I choose to raise my own children in Suffolk as the East End my husband and I knew no longer exists...

@RubbishGimpy 11 ай бұрын

They have knocked down the whole North/N East part of the chrisp street market that boarders Cordelia, Equinox Sq and Chrisp St. Its all bare ready for new shops and development.

@geoffgeorge3685 11 ай бұрын

Magical thanks John.

@johnpett8241 11 ай бұрын

Thank you John very enjoyable and informative 😊

@brit2b 11 ай бұрын

The amount of books I buy due to your videos! You should be earning commission!

@margaretcopley8880 11 ай бұрын

History and architecture. Thankyou

@festivaljapan 11 ай бұрын

Amazing video. I'm your fan.

@fork_in_the_road 11 ай бұрын

Just off the Mile End Road - through an almost unnoticed archway - is the amazingly rural Mile End Place, sandwiched between a couple of disused Jewish cemeteries

@JohnRogersWalks 11 ай бұрын

I shall take a look

@TheUndergroundMap 11 ай бұрын

@@JohnRogersWalks Mile End Place is visited here about 7:15 into the video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9p5l82cqLDPZYU.html

@Manchesteru999 11 ай бұрын

York square is a lovely spot, the old ship is a classic east end boozer, has a famous drag show of a Saturday evening. Apparently the square is the inspiration for Albert square in Eastenders but let's not hold that against it, a wonderful area pregnant with layers of history. Keep up the good work John. Kevin