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Pullens Film Location and History Event

7th March 2024

We have been very pleased to be involved with the organisers of this event and naturally to bring it to the attention of everyone able to attend, or perhaps, re-arrange their diary to do so. The historic Pullens Estate in South East London has been used as a location in various feature films as well…

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Missing ‘Thumbnails’ and entries

13th February 2024

We hope that you have already noticed a substantial improvement in the download speed of our Home page. As part of that program you are likely to have also noticed some spaces and missing entries. We are aware of these, for the changes that are being made are having to be done manually, in batches,…

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Battersea Society

10th February 2024

For those able to attend, this is rather short notice (The Battersea Society admit it!) but this years film night is to be held on Thursday the 15th February at 6.30pm, as usual, at the Royal College of Art, Dyson Building, 1 Hester Road, London SW11 1AY. The showing this year is The Man in…

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Seasons Greetings

10th December 2023

Once again we find ourselves fast approaching another year end and continue to be encouraged by the interest and involvement that we receive, not only from ‘old hands’ but others that find their way to us from many different directions. That we reach so many people is very rewarding and particularly so when we learn…

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TV Choice – Awards 2024

10th November 2023

We have been delighted to learn that TALKING PICTURES TV has made the shortlist for ‘Favourite TV Channel’ for the TV Choice Awards run by TV Choice Magazine. Particularly so, when considered against the ‘big boys’ with whom they share that shortlist. BBC iPlayer, Channel 5 and Netlix! Whether or not you have already voted…

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Cancellation – Autumn 2023 Meeting and Tour

29th October 2023

Having waited as long as we can after continually checking various weather reports we have to advise you that, sadly, tomorrow’s ReelStreets Autumn Tour has been cancelled.It wouldn’t be fair to subject you all to the rain and we would rather not revive memories of the very wet routemaster tour of Ealing that we teamed…

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Autumn 2023 Reelstreets Tour

16th October 2023

The Autumn 2023 ReelStreets Tour will take place on Monday 30th October. Meeting outside Great Portland Street station on Euston Road at 1130hrs, we’ll head south for a walk of around 3 miles through Fitzrovia. There will be breaks on the way but please be prepared for long periods of walking and bring suitable drinks…

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The L-Shaped Room – Moorhouse Road, London W2.

24th August 2023

Peter Robinson who identified Moorhouse Road in Capture 2 lived at 73 Talbot Road, his front door faced the northern part of Moorhouse Road towards its junction with Westbourne Park Road. He has kindly provided us with photographs that would have been taken from his front door somewhere between 1968 and 1978 when he moved…

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The Third Tab

22nd August 2023

When the current design of our Website went live in 2018 there was the facility to have a Third Tab to each capture in support of our rationale that not only do we endeavour to establish locations but also to show any changes that may or may not have taken place during intervening years. At that time,…

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Spring Meeting 2023 Tour

1st May 2023

The Reelstreets Spring 2023 Tour took place on Monday 22nd May. Meeting outside the Cable Street entrance to Shadwell Overground station in E1 at 12.00hrs the group headed south into Wapping on a walk of around two and a half miles that covered an area seen in over twenty productions. After the Event What an…

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Server Maintenance

27th January 2023

Our Server host has advised us that essential maintenance, including a migration to a new datacenter, will be taking place shortly. Date: Friday 3rd February through Saturday 4th February 2023 Window: From 22:00 for 8 hours Expected Duration: Up to 6 hours It is anticipated that this maintenance will provide us with lower latency, faster…

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Season Greetings

20th December 2022

Once again we have reached the time of the year that seems to increasingly come upon us quicker than in previous years. It is not for us to ‘review the year’ as, customarily, it is likely to be done by most sections of the media very soon, but for ReelStreets it has been another year of increasing visitors to…

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Donation

13th December 2022

We recently received a very kind donation from ‘Jeremy’ but unfortunately our letter of thanks and appreciation to the email address supplied could not be delivered. As a result we have not been able to acknowledge our thanks in the usual way. Accordingly, we would not wish you to think that we are unappreciative or…

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Autumn Meeting 2022 – Advance Notice

30th September 2022

We’ve secured places to return to the Cinema Museum in Kennington on Saturday 12th November. There’s charge of £7 for each person, discounted from the usual £10, which will be payable in advance. To get this rate we have to have a minimum number of people attending so if you are interested can you please…

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Error – Downtime

29th September 2022

May we offer our sincere apologies to all who were denied access to the Site this morning on account of a ‘Database Error’. This was as a result of our having to upgrade to another Server consequent to our ever expanding listing of information and images. Unfortunately, we were led to believe that it would…

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll

14th September 2022

All of us at Reelstreets were deeply saddened by the news that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll had passed away. We send our condolences to members of The Royal Family for whom this is also a very personal loss. As a mark of respect, there will be no new activity added to our Website on…

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Donation

10th August 2022

We recently received a very kind donation from ‘Robert F’ but unfortunately our letter of thanks and appreciation to the email address supplied could not be delivered. As a result we have not been able to acknowledge our thanks in the usual way. Accordingly, we would not wish you to think that we are unappreciative…

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Spring Meeting

14th May 2022

For those who are not on our mailing list, or if you are, maybe a reminder, that our Spring Meeting will be held on Thursday 19th May and will cover Rotherhithe in SE16. We’ll gather outside Bermondsey Jubilee Line station at 1300hrs (1 pm) for a three and a half mile stroll around the once…

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Donation

29th March 2022

We recently received a very kind donation from ‘Sandy’ but unfortunately the email address supplied is apparently ‘disabled’, as a result we have not been able to acknowledge our thanks in the usual way. Accordingly, we would not wish you to think that we are unappreciative or rude. Perhaps you could provide us with an…

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Reelstreets on Talking Pictures TV

1st March 2022

Our good friends at Talking Pictures TV recently invited us to take part in their regular feature program The Footage Detectives with Mike Read and Noel Cronin to talk about what we do and why we do it. We have just heard that this is now scheduled for Sunday 13th March at 17:00 as ‘The…

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The Keep (1983)

18th January 2022

This film, first uploaded to our Site in 2013, soon prompted correspondence from William Grant who had, whilst holidaying in Wales seen the filming and been invited onto the set. During the years that followed William continued to provide us with interesting stories, information and photographs of his experiences. It was in January 2020 that…

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Seasons Greetings

9th December 2021

Whilst this time last year we did not know what 2021 would hold in store for us, most of us had hopes, that despite uncertainties, it would be a better one for us, at least in terms of mobility. Perhaps to some degree it has been, but it remains evident that there is a general…

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John Tunstill 1939 – 2021

11th November 2021

10th November – It is with considerable saddness and regret that we have to advise all our viewers and contributors of the death of John Tunstill earlier today. John was the founding father of Reelstreets, a good friend to many and had an amazing energy and gift for life that he continued to exhibit even…

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The Cinema Museum, London

18th October 2021

Whether of not you are London based, if you are interested in Cinema, you may be aware of The Cinema Museum (http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/). They have been in residence at the former Lambeth Workhouse, that was once the home of Charlie Chaplin, his mother and his brother, for the past 22 years. In 2018 this Grade ll…

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The Cinema Museum Press Release

MAIN STORY THE CINEMA MUSEUM DIRECTORS WIN INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD Martin Humphries and Ronald Grant, directors of The Cinema Museum in London have won the most prestigious international ‘The Jean Mitry Award’ for their work in creating and running The Cinema Museum – home to Silent Film screenings in London. This annual prize (since 1989)…

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Jimmy Snow – Special Effects

12th July 2021

Jimmy Snow was a special effects technician who worked at both Pinewood and Denham on a substantial number of films but was, despite both masterminding and making equipment for ‘events’ that many of us recognise, was uncredited except for The Battle of the River Plate and The Seekers aka Land of Fury. His granddaughter Brigitte has…

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Summer 2021 Meeting

24th June 2021

It has to be a relief to us all that some semblance of ‘normality’ is starting to return to our lives and with that the ability to once again hold a ReelStreets Meeting. With that, we have scheduled our Summer 2021 Meeting for Thursday 8th July commencing at The Black Friar public house, 174 Queen…

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Cinema Museum -Lambeth, London

30th April 2021

Whilst this might be a considered to be aimed at those in London it may also appeal to those who feel strongly about conservation and/or the disregard that developers can have on the preservation of our Heritage. It has been brought to our attention that the future of the Cinema Museum, Kennington, London, a non-funded,…

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Thanks Daniela

19th April 2021

Happy B’Day Reelstreets!  A bit late! Auguri dall’Italia! A big THANK YOU to Daniela for sending us birthday greetings from Italy. We really appreciate your good wishes and very appropriate celebration gesture. We are so pleased that it is a ‘virtual cake’ otherwise there could well be disagreements as to who has the largest share!…

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We Are 18 – Celebration!

6th April 2021

To many of us Coming Of Age was when we reached the magic 21 years old, achieving adulthood, a time when we supposedly became mature emotionally and were also allowed to vote. Another definition we have read is “when something starts to become successful”. Well, ReelStreets is very happy to go with the times having…

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Roland-François Lack

23rd February 2021

We have just heard, with much sadness and regret, that Roland-François sadly passed away last Friday, 19th February. He was creator of the Cine-Tourist website, a regular contributor to ReelStreets as well as a good friend to many of us, often joining our Spring or Autumn Meetings. He will be greatly missed and our thoughts…

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Seasons Greetings

18th December 2020

How can we not firstly acknowledge what a difficult year this has been for us all, naturally, COVID-19 being a pandemic, it has impacted on the lives of all our audience wherever they are in the World. For this reason, we are especially grateful and thankful that you have continued to support us and indeed…

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ReelStreets Meetings

6th December 2020

It’s been a difficult year for everyone and we trust that you and your families and friends have been able to keep safe and well over the last few months. This is the first year, of many, that we haven’t had a get together of some sort. The initial lock-down came just as the finishing…

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Alphabetic Pagination

18th November 2020

We are aware that the Alphabetic Pagination of the Website is currently not working, this is due to an upgrade in the associated ‘plug-in’ that appears to have been sprung upon us, in fact we do actually run the ‘Premium Version’! We are presently looking into the matter and hopefully will have found a way…

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Memories of Carl-Heinz Jaffé

2nd September 2020

Those that receive the Renown Films Newsletter will have read in the June/July edition the abridged version of grandson Michael Jaffé’s memories of growing up with “Grandfather Carl” in his life. Michael has very kindly provided us with the full text and supporting images that we are pleased to publish here with the agreement of…

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The loss of Earl Cameron CBE

13th July 2020

It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing Earl Cameron. In recent years we have been proud to record his birthday as his innings edged towards the century and beyond. This year, the 8th August, would have seen him reach 103, but it was not to be. His appearance in Pool of…

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The Charterhouse as a Film Location

30th June 2020

Mansel David who is a Brother at The Charterhouse recently identified locations for our listing of the film, Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment that he supported with comparative shots. He has now drawn our attention to a section of The Charterhouse website that lists other films and TV programs that have used it as…

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Filling the empty Spain, With Cinema

28th June 2020

During his 40 years in Spain it has always seemed to Bob Yareham that the best of this country is its towns and its people. In the month of July he is going to pay tribute to various film towns in different areas of this wonderful Spain, a country of cinema. On July 11th he…

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633 Squadron items for sale

19th June 2020

We have been advised by Simon Dickson that he is preparing for listing on eBay an assortment of unusual 633 Squadron items. Four original photo’s featuring hand-written notes believed to be by John Crewdon together with a letter that Hamish Mahaddie wrote to Simon’s father in which he refers to his awkward relationship with the…

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Soho Radio Podcast and ReelStreets

5th May 2020

Soho Radio is an online radio station broadcasting directly from their studio on Great Windmill Street in the heart of London. Inspired by Soho’s vibrant and diverse culture, Soho Radio brings together musicians, artists, film makers, chefs, poets and the generally curious, from across the globe. It has a Podcast series about the depiction of…

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COVID-19 Lockdown

8th April 2020

We sincerely hope that you, together with your family and friends are staying safe during these difficult and troubled times. The enforced restriction of movement has obviously severely affected our ‘supply’ of comparison shots but please be assured that those that have appeared recently have all been taken before the current restrictions were applied. We…

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Egham Museum Exhibition

28th January 2020

Egham Museum has recently opened a temporary exhibition entitled Location, Location, Location (Egham and area behind and in front of the camera) that runs until the 13th June next. It concentrates and features information about films and TV programmes that have been shot in their area to include Egham, Englefield Green, Thorpe and Virginia Water….

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Film Night – Battersea, London SW11

We have been advised by the Battersea Society that their Film Night at the Royal College of Art will this year be showing The Deadly Affair (1967) a British espionage-thriller based on a John le Carré novel. The film, Directed by Sidney Lumet stars James Mason, Simone Signoret and Maximilian Schell. Last years film showing…

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Blithe Spirit – Denham Mount

14th January 2020

In July last year Rachel Heathfield identified the Condomine’s house where the séance and subsequent events take place, as Denham Mount, Blacksmiths Lane, Denham, Bucks. At that time the house was for sale, the particulars for which confirmed that filming took place there. She now brings to our attention that Denham Mount remains on the…

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Season Greetings

15th December 2019

Statistics show that our audience has shown significant growth during 2019, this is, of course, very rewarding but it does from time to time put pressure on our response times. We are not complaining, just explaining. Thank you to all those who have contributed location identification, “now” shots and information throughout the year. Naturally, we…

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Reelstreets on BBC Radio Solent

31st October 2019

We have been delighted to be asked to participate in two BBC Radio programs recently, each time Reelstreets having been found by the presenter who has been fully engaged in what we do and wanted to know more. Following a “phone in” with Tim Barnes on BBC Radio Shropshire, we finally managed to meet up…

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Autumn Meeting

8th October 2019

Just a reminder to all that our Autumn Meeting is next Thursday the 17th October. We will be gathering at The Globe (of ‘Frenzy’ fame) at 37 Bow Street, London WC2 at about 16.45hrs to begin our tour of Covent Garden and the surrounding area, visiting pubs that have appeared in films. We look forward…

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Spanish Castle Movie Magic

6th October 2019

Following Bob Yareham’s plea for help/involvement back in August he has brought to our attention the progress that has been made having found a “volunteer”. In 1936 Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich made the film ‘Desire’, a musical comedy with Spanish scenery as a backdrop. Although the actors never set foot on Spanish soil, some…

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Railways in Film

24th September 2019

Jon Horswell has been a regular contributor to ReelStreets over the years with regard to matters relating to railways appearing in films providing us with locations and information. With his knowledge he wanted to compile an A-Z of Britain’s railways in feature films, however brief an appearance or insignificant it might be to the film…

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Soho A Go Go Film Festival

6th September 2019

If you are in or around London in early October can we bring to your attention the second Soho A Go Go Film Festival at the Regent Street Cinema. It presents a collection of great films set in and featuring the notorious side of Soho life. Full details of the event and the films being…

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Would You Like to Help?

24th August 2019

Bob Yareham who’s film involvement regularly features in our Latest News has written seeking our help, well, potentially your help actually. He writes: After the investigation stage and visits to some 80 Spanish film castles, I now face the challenge of disseminating information. Based on past bad experiences, I have decided not to publish in…

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Soho Bites Podcast

14th August 2019

The Small World of Sammy Lee In episode one of this new series of Soho Bites, Jingan Young talks to Professor Michael Berkowitz from UCL about the 1963 classic Soho movie, “The Small World of Sammy Lee” and Dom Delargy, who joined the ReelStreets Spring Meeting back in March tracing the footsteps of Sammy Lee via, not surprisingly, Soho pubs. Dom…

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Earl Cameron – 102 Today

8th August 2019

Many Congratulations to Earl Cameron who was born on the 8th August 1917 in Bermuda and celebrates his Hundred and Second Birthday today. Together with Cy Grant, he is known as one of the first black actors to break the ‘colour bar’ in the United Kingdom. He played in many films, some of which appear on…

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Are You Near Whitley Bay?

31st July 2019

If you are, you may already be aware of the Whitley Bay Film Festival, but you may not, as yet, be aware of the program. Can we however, bring to your attention their screening of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning on Sunday August 25th at 8:00pm. Jam Jar Cinema. 60 years ago Woodfall Films launched…

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Bob Yareham writes

3rd July 2019

After the publication of my book http://www.obrapropia.com/Obras/1664/MOVIES-MADE-IN-SPAIN and in extended electronic version http://www.obrapropia.com/Obras/1834/800-ENGLISH-LANGUAGE-FILMS-SILVER-SCREEN-SPAIN about English-language films shot in Spain, I realised that the book format for this project is unfeasible because every day there are new films shot and every day I find new information about films already included. As it has never been a commercial project,…

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Are you interested in Spanish Cinema Castles?

4th June 2019

On the 10th of July our contributor friend Bob Yareham is commencing a three week tour of Spain to finish his Spanish cinema castles project. Bob, is a British professor based in Valencia and author of Movies Made in Spain, the story of more than 700 English-language films shot there. He is seeking any information…

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Spring Meeting – 29th April

25th March 2019

The Small World of Reel Streets Yes, it’s a pub crawl, but . . . we also wander through the streets of Soho in London W1 that provided the backdrop for so many films shot during the heyday of British cinema. Soho can be defined in many ways, heart of our film industry, sleazy clubs, coffee…

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Calling Newcastle upon Tyne!

10th March 2019

If you are in or near Newcastle on Saturday 27th April next, Chris Phipps has brought to our attention the public showing of ‘On the Night of the Fire’ (1939) a rarely seen expressionist thriller now considered to the first British Film Noir. Directed by Desmond Hurst who was mentored by John Ford in the…

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Sir Malcolm Arnold

7th March 2019

Many of us may know the name and the fact that Malcolm Arnold was an English composer of many works covering a broad genre, including orchestral, choral, both brass and wind band as well as for the ballet and opera. However, what we may not be aware of, unless we have such a thematic interest,…

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The Optimists of Nine Elms

12th February 2019

A rare public showing of this 1973 film staring Peter Sellers is to be screened by the Battersea Society at the Royal College of Art Battersea on the 28th February. Written and Directed by Anthony Simmons, Sellers as Sam, accompanied by his dog Bella, is a down-and-out music hall entertainer who gets by singing and…

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Renown Film Festival – 2019

7th December 2018

Viewers of Talking Pictures TV, buyers of DVD’s from Renown Films or even those that have attended the Festival in previous years may well be aware that tickets are now on sale for next years event, scheduled for Sunday 24th March. The success of our good friends earlier Festivals has meant a change to a…

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Display Problem – Updated

5th December 2018

We are aware that some films are displaying only 39 Screen Captures when there should be, often, many more. The problem has been identified and we are in the process of correcting those films that to our knowledge have been affected. These are: The Whisperers : Melody (aka S.W.A.L.K) : The Weapon : The Lady…

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Namedropper!: an unorthodox autobiography…….

27th November 2018

…..told through five decades of the music and entertainment business. That’s the full title of the latest book by Chris Phipps, you may recall Forget Carter: Newcastle on Film and Television that he published earlier this year. Written from an insider’s extraordinary working encounters and working relationships with over fifty global super-stars including John  Mills, James Mason,…

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Once again, are you in Spain? If not…..

20th November 2018

…you may still be interested. Our contributor friend in Spain Robert Yareham has brought to our attention that he and others are working to bring to Valencia, Maurice Reyna, the actor who starred in the 1960 film, The Boy Who Stole a Million and are making a crowdfunding to make it happen. Full details regarding the…

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Autumn 2018 Meeting

28th September 2018

Arrangement have been finalised for the Autumn Meeting, we hope so see some more faces to put to names as the numbers grew in the Spring. It sounds like a “Pub Crawl”, well it is, but essentially it is the locations and their associated film(s). We do hope that you can join us at one…

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Are You In Spain?

13th June 2018

Are you in Spain? Are you near the Cuenca, Castile-La-Mancha province on the 23rd June? If so, Robert Yareham has brought to our attention an event at Uclés that has featured in a number of films. As you will see Robert, who has contributed to Reelstreets will be speaking. Oh yes, it is free! There…

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Recently Added “Now” Listing

25th May 2018

We are aware that the listing is currently showing an ad hoc date mix and apologise if this causes you any inconvenience. The matter is currently being investigated and we hope to revert to normal as soon as possible. 31st May  Thankfully, we are now back to normal. It took significantly longer to resolve than…

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Ealing Film Locations Bus Tour

16th May 2018

We have teamed up with Talking Pictures TV and hired a Routemaster bus for Sunday 23rd September 2018 for a conducted 3 hour tour of film locations that appear in films we know and love. You have the option of a morning departure at 10am or an afternoon one at 2pm. A welcoming glass of…

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Film: Some People (1962) – Public Showing – Report

25th April 2018

The showing of the film last month turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable and successful event for the organisers. For Phil and Richard there was the added bonus of meeting contributors to our Website and Sarah from Talking Pictures TV with whom we now have working association. A Report on the day can be had…

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SPRING MEETING – 19th April

14th March 2018

The Spring’s Meeting is being held around Little Venice and Maida Vale in London W9 on Thursday 19th April. There are four public houses within easy walking distance of each other. We are proposing to meet in the Warwick Castle on Warwick Place at 4pm. The pub is a short walk from Warwick Road Underground station…

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Newcastle on Film and Television – NEW Book

12th March 2018

Chris Phipps has drawn our attention to his recently published book Forget Carter: Newcastle on Film and Television Newcastle and the region is frequently associated with TV and Film icons such as Get Carter, Byker Grove, The Tube and Our Friends in the North. However, how many know where Ralph Richardson stole money from in 1939?…

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Film: Some People (1962) – Public Showing

20th February 2018

The Universities of Bristol and East Anglia have organised a Public screening and a subsequent Panel Discussion of Director Clive Donner’s film Some People (1962) at the Watershed, Harbourside, Bristol on Saturday 24th March at 13.00. Filmed in Eastmancolor it was shot entirely on location in Bristol with a soundtrack that promoted local musicians and…

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Our New Website

7th January 2018

Welcome to our new design, Mobile friendly Website. We hope that you find that the changes make the Site easier to navigate and the presentation easier on the eye to view. Our aim has been to achieve these objectives with the minimum of disruption whilst retaining the facility to effect further changes over a period…

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Seasons Greetings

19th December 2017

We wish all of you who make such a valuable contribution to the Website and those who just enjoy viewing, our warmest wishes for this Holiday Season. It is the perfect moment to say Thank You to all. The kind words of support and encouragement that we received during the year coupled with all the information is…

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Talking Pictures TV

16th November 2017

It has recently come to our attention that from the afternoon of Thursday 30th November Talking Pictures TV will be available on Freeview NATIONWIDE to 90% of the Country. If you can currently watch Yesterday Channel on number 19 or Home on number 25 you will be able to receive it (well, virtually everyone!). No…

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FILM – Remembrance

25th October 2017

Our contributor friend Dave Wilson has worked tirelessly to obtain a public screening of the long lost film Remembrance.  Released in 1981 and filmed in Plymouth it follows the lives of young Royal Navy recruits and includes many memorable scenes as well as being the first major film role for Gary Oldman. Dave’s efforts have finally…

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Gangland London Film Festival

2nd October 2017

Our contributor friend Aiden McManus (aka Twitter’s FlipLondon Tours) has again drawn our attention to a forthcoming Film Festival in London. Taking place Saturday and Sunday 14th and 15th October at the Regent Street Cinema six classic London gangland films are being shown alongside some Q&A sessions with film specialists, crime authors and historians. The…

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Autumn Reel Streets Meeting

Apologies for the short notice, plenty of reasons but no excuses. The autumn get together has been arranged for this Wednesday the 4th October starting at The Holly Bush, 22 Holly Mount, Hampstead London NW3 at 4.30pm, this “watering hole” features in The Killing of Sister George. Suitably refreshed we propose moving back down on to Heath…

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Battersea Society – Film Showing

25th September 2017

It has been brought to our attention that the Society is presenting a public showing of The Happy Family (1952) on Thursday 5th October at the Battersea Power Station Village Hall. This delightful Ealing-style comedy tells the story of Mr and Mrs Lord who refuse to move out of their corner shop on the South…

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Gordon Ostlere Dies Aged 95

19th August 2017

Embed from Getty Images Gordon Ostlere, who has died aged 95, was a real-life doctor until 1952, when under the name 0f Richard Gordon, he wrote Doctor in the House, and a film adaptation followed two years later. Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Donald Sinden and Donald Houston, all at the fictional St Swithin’s hospital devoted…

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Earl Cameron – 100 Today

8th August 2017

Congratulations to Earl Cameron who celebrates his Hundredth Birthday today. He played in many films, some of which appear on our site; Pool of London, Flame in the Streets, Woman for Joe, Thunderball, Sapphire, etc. Well done that man! Thank you for contributing to our entertainment and our site. Best wishes Reel Streets 8th August 2017

Loseley Park, Guildford, Surrey

21st July 2017

Contributors to Reelstreets will know that doing what we do can open up opportunities to head for areas that we would not normally consider or visit specific locations that we perhaps had never previously heard of. The latter certainly happened to me when covering The Counterfeit Gang and subsequently learning that Loseley Park and indeed the House, had featured…

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Spring Meeting!

5th April 2017

Spring is here and the Reel Streets crew are having a meeting. The gathering will be held in The Royal Oak public house at the corner of Columbia Road and Ezra Street in Hoxton, London E1 on Thursday 20th April 2017 starting at opening time, 16:00hrs (4.00pm). The pub has featured in ‘The Krays’, ‘Legend’,…

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The Soho a Go Go Film Festival

29th March 2017

Our contributor friend Aiden McManus (aka Twitter’s FlipLondon Tours) has drawn our attention to the forthcoming Film Festival taking place on the 29th and 30th April at the Regent Street Cinema (London) . The six films being shown explore Soho’s musical heritage whilst celebrating the fast disappearing scene for which it became synonymous.  An interesting and…

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Reel Stories

10th March 2017

Liverpool and the Silver Screen   MUSEUM of LIVERPOOL 11 March 2016 to September 2017 Free entry  #reelstories Reel Stories is a special exhibition of more than 40 original film posters and memorabilia celebrating Liverpool’s starring role in films from the past 60 years. Liverpool is a filmmaker’s dream. It’s a city of storytellers and…

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FILM – Brief Encounter

4th March 2017

When Peter Brown identified the re-used opening footage of Brief Encounter (1945) as the opening footage for the film Wrong Number (1959) late last month he took the opportunity to say that he had never been persuaded by the well recorded fact that it was filmed at Watford Junction. Needless to say, I couldn’t let…

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Brighton TV

13th January 2017

If you live within the Brighton area of the UK it has been drawn to our attention that this station regularly shows a number of B&W British films. The service is available via Freeview 7 or Virgin Media 159. Its broadcast schedule can be viewed at http://thelatest.co.uk Thanks to the Brighton Film Studios and their predecessors…

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Quadrophenia London Location Tour

2nd June 2016

Kieran McAleer who has provided us with two location identifications for the film Quadrophenia is proposing a mini-bus tour of the London locations on Saturday 25th June next. If you are interested and or would like to know more he can be contacted on Facebook or on Twitter @CroxleyGreeen

Can you help?

10th March 2016

Paul Tinman, like many others, has an appreciation of the film Innocent Sinners (1958) and is trying to research the lives of the two child actors who played the main characters; June Archer as Lovejoy Mason and Christopher Hay as Tip Malone. The two really talented young actors apparently ‘disappeared’ without trace shortly after that…

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Apologies

10th February 2016

We regret all the problems that some of you may have experienced this afternoon (Wednesday10th) in trying to connect to the Website. Our server Host initially experienced a “large distributed denial service attack against the Server network” and in attending to this, subsequent resulting difficulties occurred which resulted in more “down time” than either they…

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Romeo & Juliet (1968)

14th April 2015

Masayuki Sasao particularly likes this film and wanted to visit the locations in Italy. After some research he realised that there were no indications about the church square of the film and started to examine the scenes in detail himself to find out the location. When he realised that the wall constructions were duplicated he…

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Informal Meeting/Get Together

16th March 2015

Last Friday’s meeting was, as always, enjoyable and we were pleased to have some of our contributors join us. Thanks to those that made the effort, it was great to put faces to names and to thank them personally for their important contributions. Unfortunately, Simon arrived a little late and some people had departed but…

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BBC2 – Reel History of Britain

16th February 2015

BBC2 in Wales is re-running this super series called “ Reel History of Britain” that was first broadcast in 2011. Melvyn Bragg the famous broadcaster, two months, less a day, older than me, and obviously with fond memories of growing up in the 50’s and 60’s has produced an interesting medley of very human social moments,…

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Have you sent us pictures?

14th January 2015

But not received a reply from us, or they are not on our Site. If so, PLEASE get in touch, as we have found a number carefully filed in our system without any supporting email or message. We will do our best place them in the right spot given the photo reference but we would…

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FILM: Checkpoint – 1956

20th November 2014

Dave Rawsthorn has brought to our attention some interesting information concerning the factory scenes that appear in this film and is reproduced here with the kind permission of Bookmarque Publishing. Extracted from the late John Allan’s book Air Vice-Marshal Don (Pathfinder) Bennett’s FAIRTHORPE Cars. THE ATOM, FILM STAR (Page37) Late in 1955 the factory was…

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French Film Locations and French Film Festival U.K.

4th November 2014

Nina Cangdon has just brought to our attention a project she has recently finished with Paris based filmmaker Paco Zamora, who has previously worked on different documentaries in France, South America as well as here in the U.K. The video “FilmTripping” is very “ReelStreets” but just a little more. It invites film lovers and travellers to discover the City…

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The British Council Film Collection

3rd November 2014

John has stumbled across the intriguing archive material of 120 short documentary films made by The British Council during the 1940’s. They were designed to show the world how Britain lived, worked and played. They are all interesting, especially for “Senior Citizens” but John has highlighted the one entitled “London 1942” that includes an uncredited…

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FILM: So Well Remembered – 1948

4th October 2014

Maurice Mottershead, a Maxonian (a man of Macclesfield) has spent much time with this film and has helped us both with locations and information relating to them. He has also provided some more up to date NOW shots as well as some personal ingredient regarding the locations. All this can be found in an article…

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FILM: Never Let Go (1960)

25th July 2014

Back in January 2008 there were two detailed Blogs (still viewable) from Colin Childs concerning the precise locations of the early still shots of this film. We have now heard from Brian Jenkins who lived in Kinnaird Street and went to school with Colin. He is keen to get in touch with him again and…

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Location information received last week.

30th June 2014

Our Server problems appear to be behind us and we have, hopefully, made all the necessary amendments that were outstanding. Thank you to all those that were so patient with us. Last week we were able to add at least Google Images to support all the information provided including that from Nick Farmer concerning The…

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Location and film related detail received this week

2nd June 2014

Dave Buckley has been in touch with us about Love Thy Neighbour and particularly ltn008b-008h, all of which are in front of what was EMI-Canon studios on one side of Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Herts. However, he has additionally referred us to http://avengerland.theavengers.tv/studios/defaut.htm. On that page, select Studio Buildings under Associated British Studios, there can be seen various photos, some of which…

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Information from Michael Thornton regarding Jean Kent Inquest

8th May 2014

INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF MICHAEL THORNTON TELEPHONE/FAX: 01248 852615 MOBILE: 07595 323006 e-mail: michael@wheelthorn.freeserve.co.uk INQUEST ON MOVIE LEGEND JEAN KENT An inquest into the death of movie legend Jean Kent, one of Britain’s top box-office stars in the 1940s and 1950s, will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday of this week, May 8,…

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