5 Things You Didn't Know About Tottenham Court Road W1

Tottenham Court Road W1 is one of London's most famous addresses and, as I'll be showing you in this video, it's a place that's packed with all manner of dark history- including tales of highwaymen, bodysnatchers, war, murder and more... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:55 Body Snatchers & Highwaymen 06:54 The Great Beer Flood 08:53 The Fairyland Arcade 13:04 Tottenham Court Road's Tube Stations 18:31 Tottenham Court Road at War: Bunkers & V2s 21:49 Outro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you so much to all of you who support my channel with your kind words, likes and shares. If you're feeling extra generous, you can also support my work with a tip via either the YouTube 'thanks' button (which appears as a heart icon below the video), or alternatively, via my Ko-fi account: https://ko-fi.com/robslondon Any such financial donations are of course greatly appreciated, and they really do help when it comes to creating content. I have an online store too- robsonlinedesigns- where you can purchase an array of London themed mugs, featuring hand illustrated designs of taxis, tube trains, buses and so on: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/robsonli... My other links: Twitter:   / cabmirror   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert_lord... Links for this video: The Rising Sun Pub, Tottenham Court Road https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/gre... Thanks so much for watching! Stay well, and please be sure to stay tuned! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credits Footage & Images: Tottenham Court Road Electronics Shops: Danny Robinson, Creative Commons (via Geographs) Capper’s Farm image: heals.com Flood footage: Sanjeewa Wijebandara (pexels) Beer footage: Cottonbro Studio Tottenham Court Road Paolozzi Escalator mosaic: Mike Quinn, Creative Commons *** Music: Whole Tone Limbo (Godmode) The Colonel (Zachariah Hickman) Greaser (TrackTribe) A Mission - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Dragon and Toast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Ether Oar (The Whole Other) Basant (Aditya Verma) Dreamlike by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Floating Home (Brian Bolger) Sneaking Up by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Classic Horror - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Tribal War Council (Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions) Moonlight Haze (Bird Creek) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------