Celluloid nightmare
Published by Peter | Filed under Events
There’s some serious filming going on in Addison Addington Square today; industrial-sized Krieg lighting, the works. It blocked off my usual cycling route, which irritated me. I was looking for the name of the production but it wasn’t given anywhere; it must be fairly contemporary as there was a dummy red phone box set up. One sign had an email address on it but as I was passing at speed I didn’t get a chance to note it. Any residents know what’s going on there?
I’ve seen a few calls for a meet-up, so what’s everybody up to on the afternoon of Sunday, March 30th? Would that be a convenient time & date to come out for a drink and meet your fellow Camberwellians? All welcome, no matter how contentious or irritating (that includes me). If anyone’s interested, say so below; if you’re interested but can’t make that date, suggest another. But please don’t make me sit there by myself.
I also cycled through and gawped at the filming, but I wasn’t held up at all. I couldn’t fathom what the production was, either. Essentially, this post isn’t much use…
I cycled through the middle of the Addison Square video shoot too. I couldn’t see what it was, but my fiancé walked past a bit later and asked them what was up.
Apparently it was a shoot for a Goldfrapp music video.
They film a lot in ADDINGTON square. Where is ADDISON Square?
Error noted and corrected, many thanks.
Oh yeah, Addington Square. I’m easily infuenced by what I read.
Can only do the catch up if the date changes Peter. I think you should schedule two.
Sunday 30th would suit, assuming I dare to step out from behind the keyboard and venture into a pub to meet a load of people who are, in essence, strangers to me.
Dare! Dare!
PeteW. Are you the piano player? You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss, a smile is just a smile. The fundamental things apply, as time goes by. Ah, this gentle spring rain is bringing out the limoonalil in me, the loonalinalene, also the jolene, never mind the Khalil Gibran or Rumi.
Do not have the fish and chips in the Grove on Camberwell Grove. They are real bad.
It would be cool to meet people who read this site. I’m intrigued by the “online but local” thing.
Anonymity is important, though. All comments on this site are stored and are searchable. Without anonymity that could feed-back on you.
I admire Mark Dodds, Peter Gasston, and Alan Dale
for using their real names.
Dagmar, Bavent, and love-borough junction seem to give their approximate locations. Regeneguru seems to reveal his professional leanings.
Hannah, Matt, Phil G, and others – guess they’re generic enough not to figure out.
Who are all you people?
Alan Dale — real? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dale ?
Allendale Close, SE5 part of ‘Selbourne Village’ or whatever we’re supposed to call it?
@ Copeywolf: Feel free to offer an alternative date.
@ D-MAN: You could always come along and not tell us who you are. We’ve had ‘lurkers’ and friends of readers along before.
Yeah, Alan Dale is not his real name. Or, her real name.
I’ll wear a mask.
I knew about Alan Dale, but still it amused me.…didn’t know he was an aussie soap star thou.
Pretty sure Alan Dale is a “he”, thou. There’s enough context to draw that conlcusion.
Similary Peter, I think i’ve seen you in the Cadleigh Arms watching Arsenal with a pint of guniess — based on how you’ve been physically described on here.
Would be good to meet up — any chance of Saturday 29th?
I work on Sundays, but suppose I could throw a strategic sickie if there are no other alternatives…
@ eusebiovic: Sure, Saturday is an alternative. Anyone else want to weigh in on that?
@ D-MAN: Interesting… I do watch the Arsenal at the Cadeleigh while drinking Guiness… hmmm… now I’m going to read all your old comments and see if I can find any clues as to who you are
I can’t go. Everyone here hates me.
Dagmar, neither the piano player or even, sadly, a piano player. I can’t make the Saturday option, for what that is worth.
@ Phil G: Of course you can go. Everybody’s welcome, despite any past differences.
WE don’t hate anyone — we’re from diverse Camberwell. You guys set the date and I’ll do my best to be there.
I went to Amaryllis last night, bumped into about half a dozen real regulars from the Sun and Doves in there, and then Miguel, one of the guys who works at S&D came in too to see what was going on. There was a band playing, didn’t catch the name but they were very tight musicians.
The wine list is ropey and they don’t know how to open a bottle, or even that it should be kept in a fridge but, if clueless, the staff are sweet and nice. Didn’t have a chance to fry the food. I mean try the food but from what was going out to other tables the portions looked pretty huge with a lot of deep fried in evidence and the whole place smells of boiled rice.
The tables are preposterously huge in surface area — the whole of the back of the bar is taken up with just five main table arrangements — and the place feels kind of full when there’s only two people at each arrangement which is rather crazy.
You might be interested in this unique event that’s going on at The Sun and Doves over the next four weeks.
And that there’s a new painting exhibition going up this Sunday. PV to be announced.
Having trouble with html as usual. sorry:
http://guyhiltongallerypresentsliveonstage.blogspot.com/
Forgive me, PeteW. You spoke of daring to step out from behind the keyboard. I have this picture of a Camberwell Online meet-up in a pub, where the chap behind the Hammond organ stops playing Frank Sinatra tunes and says, “Hi, everyone, I’m PeteW.”
Two lovely young girls greet him. “We’re PhilG and JohnnyM,” simpers the blonde one. She looks down sadly. “No-one likes us,” she says wistfully.
“But we don’t care,” the brunette whispers in PeteW’s ear.
Kind of visual I had of the keyboard player
…and after all that Alan Dale turns up handing out the cigars and blue rosettes!
Anyone know what’s happening with the Redstar? Went past it on the bus today and it’s looking like it’s going to reopen.
There is an event listed for 29 March on clubbing website DontStayIn — http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/the-redstar/2008/mar/29/event-165089
(I cant claim to be down with the youth on this and into clubbing — I merely went past the Redstar the other day and seeing that it looked like it was ready to open did a google search. I have fond memories of drunken nights at the Redstar from 2002 to 2005)
Has anyone used the beer traps sold at Lidl to catch slugs and snails? These devices seem humane compared with the poison pellets that get taken up through the food chain, or with the use of oats that blow the creatures up.
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When I’ve used beer traps all I remember thinking is ‘what a waste of beer’ I don’t recall any slugs. Maybe they were completely dissolved by the beer.
Redstar will just go the way of its previous resurrections. I’d like to think I’m wrong.
The Castle has got a bit trashy.
But is now open rather late.
Awful awful music on saturday night.
salt seems to stop them in their tracks (slugs)
ah, an old Aussie trick, using beer and salt for slugs
put a saucer of beer dregs in the garden, slugs and snails will be attracted to it — then pour some salt on the slugs and they disintegrate
(is that humane? not sure)
Pete — yep, good for a meet, we enjoyed the last one we went to a while ago
I’m sure you’ve heard, another murder on my doorstep last week
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7297990.stm
Is there some sort of a competiton going on to see if last years total can be beaten?
If so, the killers are on track. 27 in 365 days in 2007 = one every 13.51 days.
If we look at their Q1 08 figures, we would say they’re exceeding expectations, with 9 in 74 days so far in 2008 = one every 8.22 days.
Their mothers must be so proud
@22 could it be true that the Dolly Mixtures playing on 9/4 are the same DMs who played with Captain Sensible (on Happy Talk?) and in 1979, looking simpering and cool, crashed my party? I hope so, and I’ll be there to find out.
THE FUCKS. Jolly good. That is a hell of a line-up over the month, Mark. Well jolly done.
It’s a lovely image, Dagmar (post 24), even if JohnnyM might have other ideas. I’ve always believed the profession of lounge pianist is an honourable and undervalued one.
Sadly I meant the computer keyboard.
Keen to join in on a meetup on either 29/30 if I can … meanwhile there was what looked like a nasty accident on Peckham rd on Sunday morning — about 9.30 the helicopter ambulance was basically hovering over my house …
some random guy kept wandering up to my house and ringing the doorbell last night, I ignored for the most part but then looked out the window and he saw me, it was rather unnerving, he appeared to be going down the street doing it as he rang mine then walked away immediately, didn’t even wait for anyone to respond, then he’d go and do another house, then he’d be back to ring mine again. Happened about 5 times in total, my flatmate and I were a bit freaked out.
Anyone else ever had this happen? We thought he might be scoping out to see what places were empty?
Also what prompted me to say that was there was a helicopter (police i think) which seemed to be circling the carew/paulet/knatchbull rd area last night, anyone else hear it?
I may have been being a bit paranoid after the doorbell incident though.
Yeah, he was probably checking out the house. While I was away over Christmas a couple of guys were knocking at my door, but fortunately my neighbour came out to ask what they wanted, they came up with some bullshit and wandered off.
When I went away again last month I got a couple of lamps and attached timers to them and had no problems.
If it happens again, just call the police and let them sort it out. That’s what we’re paying them for.
I was toying with the idea of calling the safer neighbourhoods team, is this the sort of thing they deal with?
@41 maybe it was the Lib Dems? — as you will (probably) be aware there is a byelection in Vassall Ward on Thursday and a man from the LDs was canvassing Paulet and Knatchbull last night. you would have thought he would want to talk to you though!
oh dear, I’m not sure if it was him, he was pretty scruffy and didn’t have any sort of LibDem paraphrenalia with him!
Either way, the safer neighbourhoods team are on the look out for him now, oops!
Don’t I know there’s a byelection happening! I can barely get through the door most evenings due to the ridiculous amount of marketing that’s come through the letter box. My hamster’s delighted with all his new bedding though.…
In keeping with odd goings on last night someone dumped a front door — complete with hinges — on the pavement outside my flat.
This morning it had completely disappeared — maybe someone in the Denmark Road area now has a has a nice new free door!
Trojan doorse — that old trick.
when you go away you could try putting a 4-way into a timer, and then a couple of lamps and an old tranny-type radio into the 4-way. so there’s some lights and some sound going on.
There is a left-hand drive G-Reg red Maestro for sale at the bottom of Dagmar Road, in very good condition, with beige plastic trim and squarish (“quartic”) switchgear. The Maestro was sold on the strength of its “large glass area” and indeed has that “Dad’s greenhouse” look to it. Left-hand drive, with no rust, what an enigma.
@47 I have acquired over the past two years two doors in this way — they are very useful in the garden, as tabletops or as wood. I have also acauired a bookcase and a wine rack both in perfect condition in this way — I guess when they buy the new stuff they dont think about what to do with the old.
Not heard helicopter last night.
Half of my worldly possessions were found on the street. A lot of them on Denmark Road. A few gems in Peckham and some in Wales and a good trawl in France in the Albi vicinity once.
@38 thanks Dagmar — been working on it since last August. Well Mark McGowan has. This weekend is very full of things. Saturday’s chock a block and Sunday too. From 2pm both days.
And Will Self IS going to be there on April 1st.
http://guyhiltongallerypresentsliveonstage.blogspot.com/
If you don’t know it already try to see Tampopo some time, a film about noodles and humans. And Madagascar. Well worth the effort.
Will Self… excellent, i can ask him how his book ends.
Is this all happening in the Sun & Doves?
Warehouses and forecourt at 110 Warner Road has a planning application for change of use to Place of Worship:
http://tinyurl.com/2bufyk
Here is a picture of the building: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markdodds/473912913/
There is already a church two doors down that does not have planning permission:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markdodds/106714896/
YES D-Man it’s all happening at The Sun and Doves. Thanks for asking.
Nice. Love the concept that it’s more than a pub and is an arts/culture venue as well.
No idea how the economics of that work out, thou. Hopefully positive.
My attempt to use html for communication
Live On Stage At THE SUN AND DOVES
Programme Here
Anyone been to Cafe Kick near Old St? It’s a table football bar.
It’s a really simple concept but good fun and always busy.
I think ‚Mark, that when you ditch all the cash poor art/culture stuff and move over to being an Elbow Rooms style venue with sport and plasma screens you’d do well to get a few foosball(sp.?) tables in and start some competitions and the like..
Alan — you are right Cafe Kick on Old Street is very good — even better is its sister bar and original in the chain on Exmouth market in Clerkenwell (i’s smaller and less full of annoying city lads in pinstripes)
Whilst the football theme is a big drawer i think what makes cafe kick successful and better than chains such as the Elbow rooms is the real thought they put into theri drinks menu and food — it’s good stuff and much better than the standard fizzy larger and chips you get in most spors type bars. this means that more people than just the football crowd come along.
However, whilst Cafe Kick is one of my favourite London bars i think i prefer the Sun and Doves to keep with it’s Culture and Art themes!! — As soemone who works in this area i’m convinced places like the Sun and Doves and cafe Kick are the future — Mark’s ahead of the game you know — he’s just waiting for the rest of you to catch up!!
I don’t think the Doves would look the same if Mark was solely profit motivated.
I think he just likes mixing in the intellectual/arty scene and the Doves is his vehicle. What did I call it Mark — rich man’s play thing? That was it..
Seriously though I think you are right. We are fortunate to have the Doves and could do with more of a similar standard to boot but a high end sports bar with pool, table football, burgers and djs would fill a gaping hole in the local market that would pull in punters from all the surrounding postcodes.
“A high end sports bar with pool, table football, burgers and djs would fill a gaping hole in the local market.”
You know, that’s what the Grove used to be like. Large TV screen for footie, Pac Man machine, great pizzas and burgers, DJs on Sat and Sun. And then they just destroyed it. Great move.
I was just going to say the same thing. Your description fits The (former) Grove pretty well.
It was good as BRB. Tuesday night 2–4-1 Pizzas was a touch.
I can’t believe that it’s more profitable now..
There’s Pac-Man at the Gowlett in Peckham… they have hipster nights where people take records and stuff. That’s very popular… lots of 35-year old web/graphic designer types.
Ha ha, I’m going to the Gowlett tonight. Thursdays are called called Lucky 7. You book a slot on a blackboard and can play up to 7 x 7″ singles. I will be playing The Clash and Grace Jones. I am not a graphic designer.
That’s Posh Peckham. Proves might point that people will venture between postcodes for the right novely ents.
but are you 35-ish with retro-hipster trainers?
[I wouldn’t answer that if I were you
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might point — my point..
I’m 31 with stan smiths, rod lavers and air max originals.
lbj defo wears nice treads. bet on it..
Posh Peckham indeed. Nowhere near as posh as East Dulwich though. You can’t go for a beer there without half the pub whipping out an Apple laptop.
I’m old enough to know better and wear sensible shoes.
Loser
For the record, I’m 35-ish and a web developer, but I wear ethically-produced rather than retro-hipster trainers. And I don’t play 7″ singles at the Gowlett, although I did play some baile funk at a pub in Hammersmith last weekend (but I knew about it before this article came out, because I’m just that hip).
35, hip and homeless
Ethically produced footwear and Baile funk from Rio… and there I am getting into grime & dubstep years after the kids moved on
Absolutely favelas.
I note that the EDT is bringing back folk music, which has been brought back. They have an impressive line-up for their first month, not exactly THE FUCKS, more THE FOLKS. They have Swarbrick, very fluent by now on his fiddle, and that other chap from Fairport.
In Denmark our folk music is dairy-themed. Did anyone hear Melvyn Bragg today talking about our national hero, Kierkegaard? His parents ran a pub in Cumbria. Bragg, I mean.
Self on Fool’s Day! It’s good!
NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE RECENT (FEW YEARS NOW!?) INCREASE IN AIR TRAFFIC. IS ANYONE BEING WOKEN UP AROUND 5-7AM BY PLANES FLYING OVERHEAD? RAISED ISSUE WITH LOCAL LABOUR COUNCILLOR, DIDN’T GET BACK TO ME!??? LOOKED ON NUMEROUS AIR TRAFFIC CAMPAIGN SIGHTS ETC. LIVED BELLENDEN AREA FOR 15 YEARS AND RECENTLY THE PLANES HAVE STARTED TO FLY OVERHEAD-ALTHOUGH WE WERE LIVING BY HEATHROW. CAN ANYONE SUGGEST HOW TO TACKLE THIS PROB? FEELS LIKE A CONSPIRACY.
BRIELA
Don’t be anxious about the planes, Briela. Yes, they start at dawn. The first one sounds like a monster. I say to my small children, look — big, big planes.
So? they say, we’re Camberwell girls, they say. We — are Camberwell — flight path — hot, hot — girls.
Thanks Dagmar but want to find out who gives permission to planes air lanes as these must be licensed in some way. If Heathrow TER.5 is going ahead we may as well live by the airport. Sorry big problem for me. Friends have told me that moving up the road to Peckham Rye park roads don’t suffer from this at all. Still looking for answers.
Briela.
briela — my understanding is that camberwell is the turning point for the incoming stack for heathrow. when things get busy there, planes are sent on a go-around over south london for a few minutes and turn back when they see the oval cricket ground. the optimistic view of this is that while the new runway at heathrow will be hell for west london, it will decrease the need for stacking. you may also have noticed a number of smaller jets flying very low over camberwell with their wheels down; these are incoming short hoppers on the way to city airport. of course when you are in bed cursing you won’t notice the difference.
i came to camberwell nine years ago, so i do remember what a shock it is compared to rural perthshire, where we would look up and point when a bus went past. it does get noticably earlier and more frequent over easter, and then stays busy over summer, but you get more used to it; interestingly easter is very early this year and the problem has come earlier with the movable holiday, so it’s not strictly a seasonal or a light-based issue.
not much more to offer other than ‘sleep hygiene’ i’m afraid
drew mishmash
sorry i’m trying to …
drew mishmash
hey mr administrator — is this five minute editing rule working?
The Goldfrapp video featuring Addington Square is out:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=31498294