Wandering in Wimbledon: Exploring The Village And Tennis Championships

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21 күн бұрын

Joolz takes a wander through Wimbledon, the home of the Wombles and the Tennis Championships.
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There's a lot more to Wimbledon than the tennis. I couldn't believe what an absolutely stunning place it is. Just head into the village and you are surrounded by parks and history. Oliver Reed has a big connection with the area and you can even do the Oliver reed pub crawl but there is also a wonderful stables from the 19th century and lots of places to hang out.
Of course we had to visit the tennis championships too at the All England Club for Pimms and strawberries with cream, but we also went to the place where it all started.
There's a windmill and a Thai Bhuddist temple too!
We had a lovely day out!
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@Joolzguides 21 күн бұрын

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@MAKOBITE 20 күн бұрын

Yay! I was waiting for this after your post on Insta. Well done as usual, Joolz! We loves ya in Montreal 😎

@msadurski 20 күн бұрын

Carol Reed and “The Third Man”. Quite so! One of my favourite films too.

@tianwong152 19 күн бұрын

Gold medal is actually made of silver

@ptrip5182 20 күн бұрын

Re: Oliver Reed, he was once banned from Cannizaro House (on Wimbledon Common) for falling down the stairs drunk. Also, the Dog & Fox was my grandfather's favourite place to do the wages (old fashioned stylie with paper and pen!), Having been born, lived and worked in Wimbledon with family connections going back a few generations I absolutely LOVED this one. My Dad went to Kings College too! What a coincidence. Thank you Joolz.

@ktfp 17 күн бұрын

I am unfortunately will be leaving Merton (not something I want to) soon. When the years go by, I will watch this video and remember living in this great borough for 45 years were best years of my life. I never wanted to leave London. Wish me luck.

@onecupof_tea 15 күн бұрын

Very best of luck, and don't forget to visit. Why are you leaving London, if you don't want to. Try and move somewhere smaller, and nearby.

@ktfp 8 күн бұрын

@@onecupof_teaThanks for asking the missus bad relationship with my family and har desire to be near her family. It’s been a mess

@interestings7866 20 күн бұрын

Love when you talk to local businesses! Always so fun and insightful 9:45

@ingridwilliams604 20 күн бұрын

That was lovely to watch. I used to live on Arthur Road & worked in the Dog & Fox. Very spooky walking past the church at night.

@jon9021 19 күн бұрын

Oliver Reed…what an amazing actor and “bloke”.

@lynnedelacy2841 20 күн бұрын

When I moved to Wimbledon Village- I wasn’t familiar with the area and someone asked ‘ the Common end?’ And I said ‘No it’s very posh where we live’…….

@rjmusicltd 20 күн бұрын

Woooohoooo!!! Three cheers for Joolz guides...hip hip who ray (x3) Great video Joolz. The famous author and illustrator Raymond Briggs who created the legendary Snowman was born and grew up at 65 Ashen Grove in Wimbledon Park. Wimbledon is featured in many of his books. His father Ernest Briggs was a milkman in Wimbledon for 37 years. He must have walked the very same milk routes you highlighted in the video. Nice one Joolz..Stink Pipes and coal covers rule!! wooohooo!!

@sarahlarkin213 20 күн бұрын

I lived in Malta for a few years and had a drink in ‘The Pub’ in Valletta where Oliver Reed died whilst filming ‘Gladiator’. The story goes he apparently was so drunk no one realized he had died but in fact he was taken Ill and his wife who was with him called an ambulance and he died on the way to hospital.

@PEN32 20 күн бұрын

Omg Wimbledon is a very nice place with beautiful buildings and streets. All we see are tennis courts but there is many more things. Greetings from Serbia. Cheers!

@Joolzguides 20 күн бұрын

Idemo Nole!

@austinfallen 18 күн бұрын

My granddad lived there. Every time we visited him, we’d walk his dog over the common. I spent most of my childhood hiking through those woods

@lynnedelacy2841 20 күн бұрын

I lived on Lancaster Rd in Wimbledon village in the early 1980s and Oliver used to still visit local pubs At the time my ex husband used to play rugby for Rosslyn Park and Oliver used to go there drinking basically until he fell down No one bothered him and he could just be his normal self He was so grateful for this drinking haven he actually paid for the club’s expensive floodlights

@leproboscis8767 20 күн бұрын

Haaah, that little smile when you said it was time for the pub! Im with ya. What a beautiful finish to a masterpiece of a guide.

@jpaulc441 19 күн бұрын

When I'm with someone and they suggest "pub?" I still feel a quick burst of feel-good brain chemicals.

@leproboscis8767 19 күн бұрын

@@jpaulc441 yes, i find i suddenly talk more, and theres a slight spring in my step!

@Stephen_Lafferty 20 күн бұрын

A perfect video for a Sunny Wimbledon Sunday afternoon, after a rainy and grey July morning! Thank you as ever, Jules, Simon, and Lou, for your excellently entertaining efforts!

@toysoldiernostalgia 20 күн бұрын

Great for a rainy sunday in Sweden.

@Elitist20 20 күн бұрын

🎵Underground, overground, Wombling free The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we Making good use of the things that we find Things that the everyday folks leave behind 🎵

@jon9021 19 күн бұрын

I was just about to comment about the Wombles! I can still hear Bernard Cribbins voice!

@surferpip Күн бұрын

If anyone were to read me a book, I'd want it to be him something calming about his voice @jon9021

@hymmj147 19 күн бұрын

Every Sunday is brighter when it's a Joolz Sunday! Cheers 🥂

@reneeroche6328 16 күн бұрын

I too have always been in great wonder about how Joolz's London is always sunny and dry. Joolz's effect on the weather is miraculous !

@mikalasimpson7789 20 күн бұрын

My Sunday is happy now

@bt5080 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for putting so much work into each video. They are upbeat and fun. Hopefully we will be able to visit soon. Take Care.

@richardekers3025 20 күн бұрын

"I used to live there." Aah Simon's back and all's right with the world.

@rdw1970 20 күн бұрын

Nice Video Joolz. I lived in Wimbledon and Raynes Park for around 10 years and it's a beautiful part of London. The F1 driver James Hunt also lived near the village and common. 2 of the pubs in the Oliver Reed pub crawl have now sadly closed. The King of Denmark and the Brewery Tap.

@kevinfleming9919 18 күн бұрын

The irony of Joolz singing "Who wants to live forever" while standing in a graveyard! 👻🤣 LOL! Yet another great video full of interesting information, humor, beautiful imagery, and places I want to go see,

@divaden47 20 күн бұрын

Thanks for the Womble around Wimbledon. Really liked this. The queues for the tennis were unbelievable. I wouldn't bother, but then I'm not that fond of tennis sadly. Thanks again, especially the local history, which is always the best part of your walks.

@lisejacquelinerigault2575 20 күн бұрын

You took me back home Jools. Thank you . Wonderful episode. I have a place on Kingston Hill and walk across to Wimbledon village often. I saw Charles Spencer once near the pond, with both his youngest children, and long time ago had a chat with David Hemmings and Simon Williams in the Dog & Fox. I once saw Oliver Reed in the Old Queen pub on the Fulham Rd....On the common near Julie Andrew's old house is Boris Becker's, not far from the Hand in Hand pub, close to the Crooked Billet. Near the Windmill the Fox & Grapes is another lovely pub and Queen's mere. further down are Ceasar's well and Ceasar's camp is a lovely walk. Looking forward to an episode of Kingston and one of Richmond......Missed the background singing of Lou's....Always such a pleasure to see you.

@user-oq2pl6xq7c 20 күн бұрын

I am watching this with interest. As a teacher I worked for a time at William Wilberforce school on Wimbledon common. We did our cross country running in the common. Cannesaro park was a regular visit for my young sons who liked going to, to visit "the Castle", a Victorian folly. It is beautiful and had fabulous walks in spring, particularly the azalias in late spring down the waterfall. I live in West Ewell, pronounced "Yule," and love the history of the area, both of Epsom, Ewell and Wimbledon. Merton Abbey Mills might be worth a look. Fabric printers William Morris and Liberty made their fabrics here due to the river Wandle, a chalk stream

@lisejacquelinerigault2575 20 күн бұрын

Sadly Abbey Mills are not as nice as they once were, when they were newly redeveloped, but still very interesting. I love to walk from there to Morden Hall Park, which is beautiful. I love Ewell village and the source of the Hogsmill river. The Spring Tavern is great for lunch.

@paulburton9386 20 күн бұрын

Brilliant video as always! Glad you managed to get a ticket to watch a tennis match! I was surprised you didn't mention the actress Imogen Hassall. She was best known for appearing in the film Carry On Loving and in programmes like The Saint. Towards the end of her life, Imogen worked in the pub you visited at the end of the video. She used to live in a house next door and sadly took her own life there in 1980. She is buried in Gap Road Cemetery.

@Big-Harry 20 күн бұрын

I remember going to that Buddhist Temple some year ago to attend a Thai cultural event, it was a splendid place to spend an afternoon

@kevinhoughton9134 20 күн бұрын

Ollie Reed, what a guy, the drinking mans hero! Always remember him as Leon in The Curse Of The Werewolf. 🍻💪

@Pot-8-Toes 18 күн бұрын

Not forgetting Herbert Lom from Hammer’s Phantom Of The Opera.

@susans2599 19 күн бұрын

Brilliant walk, especially the horses,

@pearlhartney9 20 күн бұрын

Always love a Joolz guide. Loving all the interjections from Simon also!

@martinfenge1998 20 күн бұрын

Ah you finally featured Wimbledon, and the ornate transformer I wrote to you about a couple of years ago..

@Joolzguides 20 күн бұрын

Oh, that was you! Thanks for that! Much appreciated!

@jameshollyoak8230 20 күн бұрын

Didn’t realise Wimbledon was so nice , and I too thought the Wombles were common.

@no-oneinparticular7264 20 күн бұрын

😂

@lisejacquelinerigault2575 20 күн бұрын

It is a lovely, leafy, wealthy part of SW London.

@dylvasey 19 күн бұрын

@@lisejacquelinerigault2575 VERY wealthy part of London.

@stevenmac993 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for this. I lived my last four and half years in London in Wimbledon. By far my favourite place. I even still visit occasionally when back in London, as recently as January this year. As a runner at the time of living there, I can attest to it being hilly.

@janebaker966 19 күн бұрын

I never knew Wimbledon was such a lovely place! Oliver Reed was the best Bill Sykes ever. Menace personified. That house built by the architect looks like a rundown old garage,he must have not liked his Mum,that man shouldve stuck to writing musicals.

@xr6lad 20 күн бұрын

(Linnet) Ridgeway was a major character (and the one that got killed) in Agatha Christie’s ‘Death on the Nile’

@timothygriffin1062 19 күн бұрын

Joolz such a pleasure to be around, always with a positive attitude !!

@PaulTheCyclist. 20 күн бұрын

I have ridden up Wimbledon Hill while doing the London -Surrey 100 and the Hill comes as a shock to you when you are not expecting it near the end of the ride.

@John2Ward 20 күн бұрын

I have also cycled up that hill a few times; and occasionally had to dismount and walk up instead!

@timb2606 18 күн бұрын

Yes! Finally! Someone else with the Wombles theme misunderstanding!

@heteronimous1 16 күн бұрын

As usual, excellent video! I hope to visit London again and make another tour with you! Greetings from Córdoba, Argentina!

@andrewmorgan7919 19 күн бұрын

Great video to watch whilst on my exercise bike today….kept me going much longer than I’d planned. Also nice to bump into you in Hampstead yesterday, despite your disguise. Keep them coming!!!

@isaachunt5799 19 күн бұрын

oh wow that house owned by oliver read i worked in. he must have left it to son. i used to work for his sons girlfriend . laid his herringbone floor in that house. about 2000 i think.

@Yaketyyak21 19 күн бұрын

Hey jules,I could see you riding into town on that Hoss,a hooting and a hollering..

@SirWhig-esq. 20 күн бұрын

The intro briefly reminds me of a song within Ray’s a Laugh where they are singing “oh we love to be fat” (Also, another fascinating video walkabout journey) thanks Joolz & Simon🎉 R.I.P - Glynis Johns

@VickyAllum 19 күн бұрын

Thank you Joolz for such an enjoyable video which brought back lots of memories for me as this is where i grew up and spent many a weekend on a pub crawl to all the pubs around Wimbledon Common my favourite being the Hand in Hand 😊

@mickadams4471 18 күн бұрын

Great video of my home patch Joolz. If you look at the cover of Fairport Convention’s 1969 album ‘Unhalfbricking’ it shows Sandy Denny’s mum and dad outside 9b Arthur Road, with the band visible inside the garden. St Mary’s church spire is in the background.

@johnhodges8264 19 күн бұрын

Wimbledon Common used to be the NRA rifle ranges until 2 men in a cemetary near by were killed by stray bulllts were then relocated to Bisley.

@DaveGibraltar 17 күн бұрын

Joolz and Simon are two of the people where having a pint with, would certainly be educational and funny for their sense of humour. Nice guide to Wimbledon.

@JNP821 6 күн бұрын

It’s been a dream of mine since 10 yrs old to visit The Championships 💚💜 I’m starting to think I should just visit Wimbledon 🍓and take the tour and visit the museum (and this lovely village)! Thanks for your wonderful tour from 🇺🇸

@pheart2381 20 күн бұрын

In one of my vintage annuals it claims Oliver Reed got his first major role when he joined what he thought was the queue for the fish and chip van at a film studio. When he got to the front a man seated at a table said, " You've got the role. You are the werewolf". I have no idea whether that is true or not.

@mancroft 20 күн бұрын

Nice to see you again, Joolz. Tweedy Pubs @TweedyPubs did a vid about Wimbledon pubs recently.

@markbaird6691 20 күн бұрын

Oliver Reed could act the best in the business off the screen on film, no other actor of his generation understood the film industry in the same way. He was a film actor and possibly our very best . His performances in Women in Love and The Devils are iconic film history which will outlive all the negative stories of being a drunk and bad behaviour for years to come. He was always the professional at work but played too hard. Long live Ollie a pure genius in his art.

@henryharesdene4164 20 күн бұрын

Your best - or one of the best videos that you've made! Probably biased as I went to school 'nearby' - parking my motorbike by the pub... "Through the roof that rises or' us, comes the rain because it's porus" Ah - happy days....

@maciejpawlowski6650 20 күн бұрын

Lovely place

@ecosseclan 20 күн бұрын

Thank you :)

@Joolzguides 20 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

@UsualmikeTelevision 20 күн бұрын

Awesome walk in Wimbledon!!!

@stablefairy9437 19 күн бұрын

what a great video and what a lovely area Wimbledon is. I so enjoyed this.

@celiabarker 18 күн бұрын

I lived in Wimbledon for 40 years…up until 2 years ago and hats off to you. I kept thinking ‘he should mention….’ And most of them you DID! Good job mate!

@mocrg 16 күн бұрын

My mom encountered Oliver Reed in an antique shop in Wimbledon. He’s probably the most famous old Rokebian boy. I went to Rokeby.

@Mkbshg8 12 күн бұрын

Another great video, thanks Joolz.

@vickywitton1008 19 күн бұрын

Lovely Joolz, I love it when your videos pop up on my feed!❤❤❤❤

@johnnythefox9830 19 күн бұрын

Brilliant as always

@AliceGoss 20 күн бұрын

Brilliant tour as always. The streets around the war memorial (Lancaster Road) featured in some episodes of the Dick Emery Show.

@larrysimon1 14 күн бұрын

Top Form Video ! really enjoyed this one...............Thank you.

@kikycropp9473 18 күн бұрын

My father also went to Kings College Wimbledon in the 1930s. Thanks again Joolz, brought back some great childhood memories , another great episide

@miguelangelmartinezaguinag9953 19 күн бұрын

A Historical Tennis World Famous Place!!! A Cathedral of Greatest World Players!!! 😮😊 By the way Joolz, Nice Silk Jacket!!! British Proud Man!!! Ici la, du Le Mexique Citte 😮 Un cordial saludo a UK!!! 🚂🚋🚞🛤️🍇🍷🍾🥂🥩☕🍸🎉😇🇲🇽😎

@westyham1 20 күн бұрын

Great video again 🇬🇧

@howtubeable 19 күн бұрын

London is fortunate to have historic sites in every neighborhood. I live in a city where city leaders tear down historic buildings to build chain retail pharmacies.

@JoolsUK 18 күн бұрын

If you don't keep history you have none. An important reference

@Darkraystudio 20 күн бұрын

Wait is over finally 👏

@ivarlarsen6045 20 күн бұрын

Always a pleasure

@crystalwaters8852 17 күн бұрын

Great video Jules! Lots of history. ❤👍😎🌻🌼🌲🌳🦋

@jennyoshea1958 18 күн бұрын

Great video, full of interesting snippets. I use to live on Parkside in the late 1970s, and as a young girl worked at The Crooked Billet at the weekends. I served Oliver Reed on a number of occasions. Great guy and lots of fun 🙏👌✨🌟Thanks for sharing. I almost forgot what a beautiful area it is, with all its greenery, hills, open spaces and residential architecture ✨👌

@cupito1 20 күн бұрын

well done. very enjoyable. especially liked the music in this one.

@WilliamPhillippe 16 күн бұрын

Joolz, this was an absolute treasure of a tour of Wimbledon. As a Twickenham fella I have often explored Wimbledon. By the way, I managed to snag the last copy of your fantastic book from Hatchard’s back in May. Cheers!

@WilliamThePayne 20 күн бұрын

What a coincidence! I literally walked past that big old transformer thing last night and thought to myself that's the kind of thing that would feature in a Joulzguide video

@christopherbutler7588 17 күн бұрын

Great video thanks for all the stories 😊

@Spitfiresammons 20 күн бұрын

Ah Wimbledon my home town.

@DanLoudShirts 20 күн бұрын

Excellent episode! Another facy about Wimbledon Common. There is a golf course where both Winbledon Common Golf Club and London Scottish Golf Club both play. One of them has to wear a red top on the course to signify the club they are playing at.

@KC-gy5xw 20 күн бұрын

Another winner Joolz, thanks!

@paulmark63 20 күн бұрын

Excellent video a lovely place Wimbledon keep up the great work your doing for the channel. Paul in Kent 🎉

@markjamison9765 20 күн бұрын

top stuff yet again,id love a joolz guides for the beatles " mad day out " then and now,think alot of it was in st pancras gardens

@Joolzguides 20 күн бұрын

Yes I do touch on that in my videos about Kings Cross and also Highgate. Then there’s also my Beatles video. Cheers!

@DeeDerry 20 күн бұрын

Yay! My ends, well kind of, but was waiting for this 💯

@TamilLad24 17 күн бұрын

Fantastic informative video 👍🏾. Thank you Joolz

@nordog55 19 күн бұрын

Thanks Joolz, another great video.

@mikeb3018 20 күн бұрын

been waiting for this one!!

@simonbiggs9102 20 күн бұрын

10 out of 10 brilliant episode

@stefaniedee2969 20 күн бұрын

Wonderful tour of a place that I only knew for the tennis stadium. Enjoying your video from (very) sunny and hot Northern California, drinking a cup of Earl Grey and wishing I was there (but not that queue at the stadium)! I'd love to stay at the hotel with the gardens in the back!

@trevorthompson2737 19 күн бұрын

Brilliant and informative film as ever.

@OhioticketswithRobert 20 күн бұрын

Didn't realize how big the area of Wimbledon was. Very picturesque.

@John2Ward 20 күн бұрын

That's just part of it. There is much more to (and of) Wimbledon than could be covered here.

@OhioticketswithRobert 20 күн бұрын

@@John2Ward Amazing

@John2Ward 19 күн бұрын

@@OhioticketswithRobert Not all that much: I lived there or nearby for the first 33 years of my life, and I knew it all very well.

@Essaslam 13 күн бұрын

Loved it, so interesting. Having just come back from the US it makes me even more grateful to live in a place with history instead of just a concrete jungle with massive buildings and cars. Putney next, Joolz? 😅

@jehovaproject 19 күн бұрын

Joolz, I never miss an episode and you highlight why my visit to London was far too short! Nine years after my fantastic visit, my kiddos and I are now planning our next visit (ignoring the Missus' inputs because we're philistines) based on your most excellent videos. We plan on playing close attention to stick pipes and post boxes!

@ffrancrogowski2192 19 күн бұрын

I've never known how much there is to Wimbledon, Joolz. You've shown us so much on this video, it's mind blowing. I never knew that Olver Reed was associated with the district. Watch that 1967 film he did with Carol White - 'I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name', it's a classic! Anyhow, thanks for producing this great video, Joolz, it's a real gem!

@JamesLawson-uz9si 20 күн бұрын

Beyond awesome J, we were there a couple of years back and remember the Temple and the common but must now go back after watching that video !!!

@nigelspeller1850 20 күн бұрын

Splendid video thank you

@Deniselynn1959 19 күн бұрын

I used to live in Morden and was always shopping/working in Wimbledon. This was very interesting to see and I thought I knew a lot about Wimbledon, well you’ve proved me wrong. I’ve loved this episode thank you

@onecupof_tea 15 күн бұрын

Off point, I was passing Wandsworth Common, and recognised the stink pipes, which you mention, all along the Common beside the road, so obviously a sewer underneath. I'm surprised they haven't put a blue plaque where Oliver Reed used to live or drink in Wimbledon.

@GrahamCLester 7 күн бұрын

He used to walk through the pond on his way *to* the pub. LOL Anyone can walk through a pond on the way back from the pub but only a legend walks through a pond on the way there.

@MarqEnglish 15 күн бұрын

There I was about to do a Video from Wimbledon Village (with much fewer Subscribers) and having worked at the Historic Theatre down the Road for over 20 years, the fabulous Jools Guides beat me to it! Wonderful Video of course and love this Area.

@BarryFrancis 19 күн бұрын

@19:26 why is the kangaroo on the weathervane carrying what appears to be the Canadian flag? I always thought when the Wombles theme tune said “Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we.” I thought they meant they were common as in not rare, I also thought if they are so common why does there only appear to be a handful of them.

@xr6lad 19 күн бұрын

Yes as an Australian I noticed that as well and was surprised Joolz didn’t pick up on it.

@Joolzguides 19 күн бұрын

I only spotted the flag afterwards in the edit when zoomed in!