Celluloid nightmare

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.

Author: Peter

Long-time resident of Camberwell, author of this blog since July 2004.

84 thoughts on “Celluloid nightmare”

  1. @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.

  2. 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.

  3. Will Self… excellent, i can ask him how his book ends.

    Is this all happening in the Sun & Doves?

  4. 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.

  5. 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..

  6. 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!!

  7. 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.

  8. “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.

  9. It was good as BRB. Tuesday night 2–4‑1 Pizzas was a touch.

    I can’t believe that it’s more profitable now..

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. That’s Posh Peckham. Proves might point that people will venture between postcodes for the right novely ents.

  13. but are you 35-ish with retro-hipster trainers?

    [I wouldn’t answer that if I were you ;)].

  14. 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.

  15. 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).

  16. Ethically produced footwear and Baile funk from Rio… and there I am getting into grime & dubstep years after the kids moved on

  17. 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!

  18. 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

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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

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