Walking Lost Byways of Country Leyton (4K)

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A lockdown walk around some of the hidden history of Leyton in East London. The route goes from Hainault Road, Leyton High Road, Coopers Lane, Farmer Road, Jack Cornwell Park and Brooks Farm, Byron Road, Vicarage Road, Capworth Street, Clyde Place (site of Roman Road), Leyton Green.
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@williamross2579 4 жыл бұрын

John, you make Leyton a place of wonder 👍

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks William, that’s how it appears to me

@MeTheRob 4 жыл бұрын

This is why I enjoy John's walks so much. I would just see boring streets and dismal buildings, but he brings them to wondrous life.

@COBBETT1215 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating and valuable video as always. I attended George Mitchell school from 1964 to 1969 Then it was a Secondary Modern school for boys. George Mitchell has the sad but proud distinction of having a VC holder from both world wars. Jack Cornwall at Jutland, and George Mitchell, killed I believe in the Italian campaign in WW2. Sadly both VC's were awarded posthumously. At the time these brave lads attended the school I believe it was called Farmer Road School. George Mitchell was member of the London Scottish Regiment and a link between the regiment and the school was established after the school was renamed in his honour at the end of the war. That link was still strong in my time, with a cadet unit based in the school and attached to the regiment. Every year an officer and a piper from the London Scottish would visit the school. We would assemble in the hall and the officer would read the citation describing how George Mitchell won the VC, which was very moving. The piper would then walk down the centre of the hall dressed in full regalia and playing a lament on the pipes. It left a lasting impression on me. I also remember a large framed reproduction of a marvellous painting of Jack Cornwall's heroic final heroic stand by his gun.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that wonderful comment John

@mattydsmith 4 жыл бұрын

I love learning about my neighbourhood. PS that Sainsburys is usually empty if you go before 11am, and it's been pretty well stocked for the essential, plus the beer selection isn't terrible.

@jazzman9042 4 жыл бұрын

On the same day 72 years ago I took my first breath in Forest Gate hospital! Though it saddens me to see so much development, I cant help but be enthused by you acceptance and celebration that life and times move on. From Bronze Age tracks, to Roman roads and on to Leyton High road. There will come a time when another will look back and marvel at how Leyton looked in the old 2020's. As always you are a joy to listen to as you make your historical walks, and long may it be so. Incidentally, I have in my loft the original 1860's atlas that Madame Tussaud used on her traveling show throughout England before she set up business in Marylebone Road. When I get around to it I'll dig it out and send it to you. I think you'd appreciate it more than my loft does.

@nickjung7394 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in Forest Gate Hospital, 31 July 1950. I lived at 15 Capworth St.

@w.g.hunter1300 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I could go back in time and stroll through Video Village's selections

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

I bet they had some classics

@richbutler718 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again John , although a Leytonstone boy through and through, I sure I told you before I went to George Mitchell school and both sets of grandparents lived in St Mary’s road , the park down the alleyway by George Mitchell school was called skeltons lane park when I was at school there, late 60’s . Anyway thanks again was a pleasant and a bit sad watching, and remembering the people who I was with in those days , my grandad , I will tell you about him one day , my dad who had a workshop in capworth Street , that burnt down , and my big brother, all gone now R.I.P. Thanks again John for seeing the beauty in the area that I loved

@gillmuir1829 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I'm Leyton woman and wondered about that newly-named park. So who was Skelton then? A couple of years ago I walked past GM school. Went again a week later and it was a pile of rubble. So many trees in Leyton behind John.

@stevegee7593 4 жыл бұрын

Here’s a silly store. I had to go to that clinic around 1956 to see the dentist there and his advice was to keep my teeth clean and I would never have to see another dentist again. So at 71 with no filling or removals his diagnosis was true.

@MeTheRob 4 жыл бұрын

I too am 71, and with no teeth, I can confirm that truth.

@BritishBoy1971 4 жыл бұрын

The 'Video Village' shop at 42 Capworth Street is where the proprietor used to rent out under the counter VHS tapes back in the 1980s, with such titles as Swedish Erotica (with full on content)! 😉

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Ha, I thought it had that vibe

@BritishBoy1971 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRogersWalks It just shows you how times have changed in this country. Back then, those videos were openly available for sale to the general public over on the Continent, even in petrol stations, but here in the UK people were ducking and diving, trying to avoid the authorities trying to buy and sell a copy for an extortionate amount of money. And now these days, it's all free on the internet! *I remember an Oriental gentleman in the West End one night back in around 1988, trying to sell me a hard core porn video for £70.00. That's a lot of money these days, but back then, for some people that was like a weeks wages!!

@FreeLancerLondon 4 жыл бұрын

Terrific as always John. My older brother was born in Whipps Cross and I used to have the occasional drink in the Green Man, many, many years ago. Look forward to the next film. Keep well Paul

@davelucraft5825 4 жыл бұрын

I just love these archaeological forays around your neighbourhood. Thank you for yet another enjoyable video.

@pubgoer1963 4 жыл бұрын

Confound it. I happened across these videos by accident and now I’m an addict. I’m a country boy and don’t even like London but they are so compelling.

@syedadeelhussain2691 4 жыл бұрын

good to see you in such a chirpy mood ;)

@hanian 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers John, your walks are always a Sunday highlight. I look forward to seeing the next one...wherever that may be.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ian

@Richardsrailway 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John . I grew up in Leyton from 1974- 1980 , then I moved to Leytonstone until 2002 . Three generations of my family grew up in Claremont road Leyton . You’ve shared and shown pieces of unique history in Leyton I never knew about . I used to use a rehearsal studio that was in one of the arches at Leyton midland station , Thunderdome studies , when I was in a band at Tom hood school 1990 Btw , shout out to everyone in Leyton and Leytonstone, my old manor ! Stay safe . Richard .

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard - Thunderdome Studios sounds great

@julieblackstock8650 4 жыл бұрын

I eagerly await each new one !

@frostfox1208 4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@williamross2579 4 жыл бұрын

Completely. I don’t live anywhere near, nor have I wandered close. But it’s just so tranquil.

@billyfury1952 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your walks I lived in Leyton/Walthamstow from 1962 to 1975

@lesgoody3141 4 жыл бұрын

Another great one John, keep it up for all of us!

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Les, there'll be no stopping me, the next one is already planned

@tracik1277 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you John for being my eyes and feet during this strange time. I don’t feel comfortable leaving my house at the moment, where I live is all residential and parks are closed so not pleasant walking places for me. 👍

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

glad I can help get you outside Traci - take care

@timbuthfer901 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating as always, so much early history going back to the bronze age. I followed in your footsteps at the weekend and walked from the Olympic Park, through Hackney marshes and Walthamstow marshes to the coppermill stream. Wonderful, thanks for that John.

@paulmessis1985 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video John, when this is over, could you do the Celandine route, a walk from Pinner to Yiewsley following the river Pinn, I think you'll dig that.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a great suggestion Paul - I passed across it a couple of years ago in the summer but would love to go back and walk the whole route

@keithgodwin7021 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John for another enjoyable video. I have made contact with an ex work colleague from the 80's through both of us subscibing to your videos and reading the comments so thanks to you. Stay safe. Regards Keith.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

that's fantastic Keith, great to hear

@davej661 4 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic film, it seems that so many of your films capture my life story documenting Leytonstone, Leyton, Epping Forest and the Lea Valley. I worked at Leyton bus garage during the time of the dispute between the then London Forest district and London Buses which culminated in London Forest being disbanded with half the garages going to Leaside district and the other half the then East London just prior to privatisation.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave - I was only reading about that dispute a couple of months ago, found Harry Cohen’s question in Parliament

@dai19721 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy your channel is a great help in theses times right now, thank you.

@lesgoody3141 4 жыл бұрын

My Grandmother had the Prince Edward in Prince Edward Road, Hackney Wick. Long since gone.

@loughtonfolkclub827 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John There used to be a cricket bat makers I think on the corner of Coopers Lane, Breedons. As a kid I used go in the shop which was on Leyton High Road, the smell of linseed oil was captivating. The pub you showed at Clyde place was The Clyde. Tommy Taylor who played and later managed Leyton Orient was the Landlord for a while. Great video (Gary).

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for those notes Gary - I'll have to visit Loughton Folk Club when this is over as well

@tonykehoe123 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the cycling photographs John . My friend had The prince of wales pub in Leytonstone in the 80s ( could possibly the peppers ghost )and it would seem like the entire city of Liverpool had descended upon the place when Kenny’s red army would be playing in the city .

@JohnRogersWalks 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony - they were such a lucky find. You know, I've never actually been in that pub

@zippymo672 4 жыл бұрын

Great video John. Thanks for posting. Leyton resident.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Mo

@stuartrogers621 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John thanks for the Great Vid! A Rainham lad myself, but I know a lot of East London ~ You keep me in touch with familiar area’s since moving to Frinton on sea 6 years ago! With you’re knowledge of history you bring a street that may look ordinary back to life! You have a Good surname, we are probably related in some distant past! Look forward to more of your adventures!

@BoneStar 4 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for you to hit this side of Leyton

@4thEyeVision 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the walk i look forward to seeing the Green Man roundabout again. i haven't seen that since i was a kid :)

@robertbarling5601 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you once again John. Good that you managed to sneak this one in before the rain arrived. All the best, Bob.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Bob - looks like I'll be sneaking one in between rainfall tomorrow

@robertbarling5601 4 жыл бұрын

Good on you.

@andrewcroft6855 4 жыл бұрын

fabulous watch and very relaxing, what a lovely fella to take you on these

@Pierlover 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Your favourite building - the Health Clinic at Leyton Green - was where I used to go with my mum for free orange juice, given out to children in the early 1950's.. And just opposite where those flats are now was a nursery - I lasted one day there when I was young. My mum used to do cleaning jobs and being pre-school, I was a problem as not everyone was happy to have a child in their house and baby sitters where unheard of then and anyway, not affordable. She took me there once - I don't know what I did but I distinctly remember the lady in charge telling my mum when she came to pick me up that I didn't fit in with the other children and that she certainly couldn't ever bring me there again.

@MeTheRob 4 жыл бұрын

Oh dear - a misfit ! I remember that free orange juice. It was an NHS thing wasn't it ?

@Pierlover 4 жыл бұрын

@@MeTheRob Yes, I suppose it must have been.

@susanrybak7192 4 жыл бұрын

My daughter lives very close to these parts of Leyton and it was wonderful to see some of the streets we have walked and cycled on. I hope by next year I will be bale to visit her again and explore more of her neighbourhood. Thanks for the video.

@Melben69 4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully lockdown is keeping you busy still! Really enjoying the videos, thanks a lot!

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Great that you're enjoying the videos, I'm loving making them

@Coolinereeftank 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this view of Layton/Leytonstone. I grew up in Francis Road from 1960 till 1977, love to see a walk down Francis Road to see how it has changed. Great vids.

@mattruff4408 4 жыл бұрын

A very big thank you john for still getting out and about I so look forward to my KZfaq alert of a new vid in such difficult time so keep them coming and keep on wounding the streets of time

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alfie - I really love making these videos, will be shooting the new one tomorrow

@nzd3742 3 жыл бұрын

I lived around there not too long ago. Played for the pool team at Shoelaces before it turned into Pepper's Ghost. Before it's refurbishment, Leyton Leisure Centre was called Leyton Leisure Lagoon. It was so named because the council ran a competition for the boroughs schoolkids. An old mate of mine won it. The idea was that the name shouldn't be related to water, but he still managed to win with "lagoon".

@davesnelling3812 3 жыл бұрын

There were actually 3 tower blocks on the Beaumont rd estate, All Saints tower, St Pauls Tower and St Catherines tower, all demolished now. As a fireman stationed at Leyton in the 1980s we used to attend all these three blocks on a regular basis, mainly shut in lifts and refuse chute fires and the occasional flat job, only had one fatality in my time there as far as I can remember.

@FIO6271 4 жыл бұрын

How many beautiful magical stories! Love the cyclists photos, its amazing the sense of nostalgia old photos give us, even we dont know the people in them. All the best John! Till next week.

@jamiemorris5177 4 жыл бұрын

I used live in Leyton and went to Beaumont school Then moved to Chadwick road in Leytonstone and went to norlington school so looking forward to the next video

@bbkkenny 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video John so many wonderful memories when I was a boy in Leyton late 50s

@llessibm 4 жыл бұрын

I love your enthusiasm for what’s under your nose. You may be blessed with material and opportunities to explore but thank you for sharing every one of them.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

cheers Martin - there's so much to be enthusiastic about, I love making these videos

@markahomer 4 жыл бұрын

A walk through my childhood...The flats and the Three Blackbirds? 1960s - That junction of Hainault Road and High Road used to have large advertising hoardings. Just back from that sat a mock Tudor house where the Smith family lived. Mr Smith - a local celebrity - was a scap metal dealer and drove a Ford Thunderbird. I went to school with his son. I lived opposite the Essex County Cricket ground. Freddie Truman used to park his Aston Martin (DB 2/4?) outside our home. Mobbed, he would never give autographs. Sainsbury's Local. There used to be a J Sainsbury up near the Library. Marble counters behind which staff would serve you. Vicarage Road. The encumbent of St Marys in the 1960s was Rev Denny. Wonderful man. Made national front page Sunday news by having a vasectomy. He let it be known. Quite a story for a vicar in 60s! The tower blocks. I remember them being built - and then the controversy of Ronan Point in 1968. Glad they are gone. Indeed, a magical walk.

@grahamhill6340 3 жыл бұрын

John's wonderful and insightful walks through Leyton where I grew up... George Mitchell school when it was boys only, the nearby county grounds was where our sports were held. It was a typical tough EAST ENDER school and headmaster Mr. Bassett and his assistant Mr. McIntyre had cause to use the cane often...they were both good men and Mr. Bassett was the main reason we got to use the county grounds, as he was well respected by the local politicians. Nearby was Skelton's Lane Park as I remember it, and others commenting here, nothing like what it looks like today in John's video. I've been living in California now for some 44 years, but I'm glad I was born and raised in Leyton in the timeframe of 1954-1976...of course its all subjective, but the old saying of "you can't go home again" is true, not just for remembering how easy going life was then, but I'd be a total stranger/outsider there now. John's 'Walking Safari's' through London should be on TV, as the level of photography and his easy-going hosting style are just as engaging if not more so than what's currently on the telly. These are great time-capsules, made even better by those who comment like me with their unique and shared experiences of a Leyton/Leytonstone/Walthamstow from a different planet almost. In this dark age of COVIDism, this Alice In Wonderland meets George Orwell's 1984 meets Aldous Huxley's Brave New World madness, I'm so glad I'm the old age I am, and so thankful I can still remember the sights, the streets that John walks the way they used to be...

@john80c 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating area particularly as the houses are not all the same. I love streets with different aged houses-the older the better

@davidwilkinson9991 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff John, you are absolutely smashing it with these videos! They are a pleasure - something nice to look forward to during lockdown. Please keep them coming!

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks David, there's plenty more on the way

@darrenscaysbrook6038 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. Another antidote to these days.

@susanspash6455 4 жыл бұрын

John, you are like a breath of fresh air, should be made to watch if you are stressed out. Keep up the good work from us in NZ

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Susan, very kind of you

@susanspash6455 4 жыл бұрын

On your walk from Wanstead Flats to St Mary Magdalene Church you passed Southchurch Court and took a picture of the court. My husband used to live in two of the flats with his family and in those days you knew all the people that lived there by name. Those were the days. Fond memories.

@Chingfordassociates 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying these videos of my old stomping ground especially at this time. Peppers Ghost was the pub that used to be called Shoe Laces, wasn’t it? Thanks, John.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. That's correct, Pepper's Ghost used to be Shoe Laces

@Mozzet01 3 жыл бұрын

Billy Hurley went to George Mitchel and played for Leyton Orient 1974-1979, also played for England school boys 1975-76.

@paulmorris3613 4 жыл бұрын

Thank yu for the stroll, John. I keep learning more ad more!

@ashleysgaze 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the sequel, John. 🚶‍♂️🎥👍

@barrygoodman2781 4 жыл бұрын

john thanks for the walk i remember the park before it was renamed it was called skeltons lane, a swing park.bringing back memories when i lived in belmont park road, many hours of fun . and now your walking up towards whipps cross where my parants moved to behind the barracks in halford road.ill leave it there and wait for your next video.

@patriciadodman1284 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video John ,always look forward them.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Patricia

@michaelchallis2437 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant walk around that area, you have found that there is a vast amount of interesting things within a short walk. I found the same thing out when they stopped me from driving, now when we visit any place we look at what is close, its amazing the things you find out, keep on walking.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael, I love discovering all this stuff about where I live, adventure is just around the corner

@roxysimmons 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the walk John. Lovely to hear the history - I’d love to read up about the Roman find. Might have to google that later. By the way, I can’t believe how busy the streets are there.

@roydini1 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff John! Many thanks! Hope you and all your viewers are keeping well.

@nickjung7394 2 жыл бұрын

My mum and Dad used to go cycling with George Mitchell VC before the war.

@fionamasson9629 4 жыл бұрын

Just came across ur channel, u would make a fab tour guide...love from Scotland xx

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Fiona

@mariana4059 4 жыл бұрын

I really hope the next walk will be in Leyton again. Completely off the topic, but I was captivated by all the windows of different shapes and sizes as you walked past the buildings. Have you seen Peter Greenaway's short film (4 or 5 minutes) called 'Windows'? He made it in the 70s. It is a wonderful, quirky film.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mariana- I think the next walk will continue up to Whipps Cross and pick up some more of these themes. I’ll have to look up that Greenaway film

@mariana4059 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRogersWalks I should add that although quirky, the film was apparently inspired by a particularly horrible period in South African history..

@katcankan7129 4 жыл бұрын

Another enjoyable walk. I knew some parts of where you were

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kat

@terrytaylor1394 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating as always.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Terry

@martinlawrence8427 4 жыл бұрын

another terrific video John, thanks for sharing your walk!

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Martin

@trevorread9115 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting info thanks john

@lesliegprice6652 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely John, thanks so much, look forward to the next delve into Leyton history, take care my friend

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leslie - hope you're doing well

@rageyboy4457 4 жыл бұрын

first. can already tell the video will be amazing.

@richardpicking4459 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John. You filming Leyton Mildland Rd station from outside Tony's Cafe brings back warm memories of a daily breakfast in that establishment. Then in the afternoon a cup of tea in the Welcome Cafe over the road. This must have been around 1980 to 82. Also funny you should mention the tower blocks on the Beaumont Rd estate. Had a scary moment in the BT yellow van being targeted with a crossbow bolt embedded in the side. Anyway thanks for the great walks as normal. Best, Richard

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could prompt those memories Richard although the crossbow incident sounds terrifying

@keithgodwin7021 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard. Remember those days too working with you and the other lads. Always a great breakfast in Tonys' cafe having driven from Wanstead Exchange each morning. Hope you are fit and well.Regards Keith.

@richardpicking4459 4 жыл бұрын

@@keithgodwin7021 Blimey, this is a blast from the past. That was all a long while ago. How are you Keith and what are you up to these days?

@keithgodwin7021 4 жыл бұрын

@@richardpicking4459 . Hi Richard. I'm still living in Buckhurst Hill with my wife. Approaching the big 70 in June but fit and well. 2 Children and 2 grandchildren. Enjoy my walking so really enjoy John's videos as I like to wander round London as well as further afield. They were happy days with great memories as I did enjoy my work then. What are you up to these days? Hope you are well and ok and not affected by this horrible virus. .

@richardpicking4459 4 жыл бұрын

@@keithgodwin7021 Glad to read you are fit and well. Being doing a lot of walking myself lately out in the sticks as been living in Ongar for over thirty years. Little behind you as coming up 60 in August, four kids 27 down to 18 but no grandchildren. I left the industry back in 2002 and now run a fireplace business in Abridge. Pop in sometime (when allowed) for a coffee.

@Mouxbar 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Sunday treat John. Both fascinating and a great vlog of the lock down. Getting a bit busier every week is my non-scientific analysis...

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

my pleasure Mouxbar - yes, there did seem to be a lot of activity around Midland Road, also more cars on the road

@MeTheRob 4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that, especially around Midland Road.

@blossie33 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was trying to think of the pub in Leyton near the station where I went to a Sunday afternoon music event in the early 00's - after your mention of the Three Blackbirds I googled a photo and that was the place!

@gphunk1995 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic as always John!!! Leyton’s a place I’ve only ever passed through on the odd occasion, but your films are really great to watch. Stay safe and looking forward to the next one.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

cheers G Phunk

@aaronweiser5421 4 жыл бұрын

Watching from America, beutiful ENGLAND

@lindamckenna81 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou very enjoyable. Intend to watch more. Best wishes from state of Victoria in Australia

@keithmoonism 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, brings back many memories lived in Peterborough road leyton.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Mark

@Bethi4WFH 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. My family lived in Peterborough Road too 😊........so nice to see it mentioned. Our house backed onto the grounds of Whipps X Hospital, but sadly that area has all been built on now. My sister and I went to Canterbury Road School, then later she to the Girls’ High School, and me to the Tech. I left the area in 1963. I loved my childhood there....it was great being so close to the forest, especially at a time when parents were quite happy for their children to take themselves off for most of the day to the forest to play, or the Lido for a swim!

@BoneStar 4 жыл бұрын

No recollection of any O’s players coming out of George Mitchell around my time there, but notably two that were both goalkeepers,Les Sealey was the biggest success playing at his height for Man Utd and Perry Suckling who played for a poor Manchester City team, both played for several other clubs but not The Orient.

@paulineweir4879 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in that area and know all those spots and had a few injections as a child in the Leyton Green Clinic , hated it as a child but it really is a nice building now watching your video and I never knew any of that Hist growing up there , Thanks great video

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pauline

@brendaalfonso9236 4 жыл бұрын

I miss that area I used to live there not far from the area

@d4ves363 4 жыл бұрын

Tesco leyton, built on the site of Leyton baths, both built on the site of a natural (Roman) spring!'

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

That's intriguing D4ves, I'll have to investigate

@d4ves363 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnRogersWalks I seem to remember it was sited at the leyton high road side of the site in the middle, around the old front entrance to the leyton baths. I just remember the subject came up talking to workers on the site when they were demolishing the baths 🤔

@gramilwolf3448 4 жыл бұрын

Very good walk John. I really enjoy seeing my old haunts but I only wish I had taken more interest in the more ancient history of the area when I lived in leytonstone. I never realised the Romans were there. Keep up the great work.

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Graham

@nickcooper1260 4 жыл бұрын

Always a highlight of the week, thanks John, the Roman evidence is very interesting. Are you a fan of Essex C.C.C ?. the current County Champions, lets hope they get to defend the title this year.

@rogerkearns8094 4 жыл бұрын

13:36 Distance wise, you're not too far from the Century cinema. Time wise, though, some decades, I dare say. I know it's not there any more, anyway. (I looked for it once on street view.) Enjoying the video, thank you.

@monkeytrousers6180 4 жыл бұрын

Good job John....all roads lead to Leyton....maybe?

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

it certainly looks that way

@suyianni2671 4 жыл бұрын

Loving your videos, my nan lived in leyton high road when I was little. My husband lived in capworth street. We lived in essex for many years b4 moving to Cyprus, you have made our lockdown. Have you done the circular walk around Bradwell on sea?

@medwaypeninsulaMR 4 жыл бұрын

Hi John- I enjoyed " Walking with you" and going down memory lane the Leyton Green bus garage always impressed me when I was little. Any chance of a walk taking in the Leytonstone schools as in a selfish way I would love to see what has become of Cann Hall . Lakehouse and Tom Hood . Keep safe John...……………….Cheers Kev

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

thanks Kev, glad you enjoyed it. I think my next walk should take in Leytonstone School and I reckon I'll get to Cann Hall and Tom Hood (now called Buxton School) in the one after that. I reckon Lakehouse must also have changed its name, I'll find it what that's called now

@medwaypeninsulaMR 4 жыл бұрын

Top man John . I think Cann Hall is now much smaller than when I was there and moved further up Cann Hall Road I think .When I went there it was a large school on the junction of CannHall Rd and Worsley Rd and extended to Selby/ Carey Road. Lakehouse may well have closed it was on Ramsey Road at the Wanstead Flats end with an Annex on Dames Road. One last indulgence would be a quick view of 136 CannHall Rd where I used to live and opposite a view of what was the Colgrave Arms Pub which was literally my local !!!!! Keep safe & well ………......……..Cheers Kev

@davidmcguiness8862 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always John, I went to Cann Hall infants , Cann Hall Juniors (burnt down) , Lakehouse which has sadly been demolished and the huge Tom Hood

@Mick_Holland 4 жыл бұрын

Another great little walk, John. I try to picture Leyton Green in days long gone with perhaps sheep grazing by the village pond! I'm interested to know what kit you normally use - other than the phone 😉 - I think I've spotted a Panasonic Lumix occasionally reflected in shop windows and a mic hiding under a dead cat. Do you use any kind of gimbal or is the smoothness down to steady hands developed over many years of practice? Cheers 👍🏼

@MrEng65 4 жыл бұрын

Watcha John out 'n' about!

@JohnRogersWalks 4 жыл бұрын

cheers John

@MrEng65 4 жыл бұрын

Come across this bit.ly/2VDzJvp

@chrismccartney8668 4 жыл бұрын

Cornwall was buried and then awarded the medal and exhumed and buried in city of london i belive ?

@whispjohn 4 жыл бұрын

John. I went to school on the HMS Worcester at Greenhithe, you did a walk down there on Swanscombe flats. A relative of Jack Cornwell's was sent to that school because of his connection with Jack. Fred Cornwell, he was a bit iof a lad and got into a small problem with the magistrates so they sent him to the best nautical Training college in the world. They did that sort of thing back in more socialist times, Harold Wilson was PM.