Stumbled on this looking for pubs I used to drink in, many vanished now, in South Kensington.
Tens-of-thousands of amazing then-and-now shots of different locations, often painstakingly done - well worth a browse.
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Not looked at this site for ages.
This Childrenâs Film Foundation film (brings back memories of Saturday Matineeâs as the Cinema) has my House/Flat at the rear of the shot in captures 55 and 60.
https://www.reelstreets.com/films/monster-of-highgate-ponds-the-childrens-film-foundation/
Also in Smashing Time which has loads of 60âs London. Can be found in full on Youtube.
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Enjoying the Withnail And I then and nows. I specifically found my way to the place where he puts his arms on the railings with the wolves on the other side, in Regents Park. Iâve always considered a pilgrimage to the Cumbrian locations.
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When I was working close to Crouch End a decade ago,the kids came down when we finished the job,and we went to the house and shop where Shaun of the dead was filmed. They loved it.
Iâve used that real streets a lot on breaking glass and other late 70s early 80s British films.Its interesting to see a fair bit of London still hadnât recovered from ww2,with corrugated iron around demolished properties
Now and again Iâll watch a few episodes of minder,and itâs mad to see how few cars there were in the early 80s,and how easy it was to park
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I lived in Rotherhithe in the 90s and there were still a few boarded-off bomb sites then, plus a couple of small unnamed parks which had been bomb-sites but the remnants demolished and the rubble just bulldozerâd into mounds and soil dumped on top and grassed-over. The area still very much had a âSweeneyâ-set look and feel about it, especially along the river, with loads of old, neglected warehouses and small industrial units, some in use, some empty. Guess itâs all gentrified to fuck now.
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Bloke I used to work for bought a few flats at one of the first towers to go up in Canary Wharf in the mid 80s.
Pretty small with a tiny outside sitting area,just enough for a small round table and a couple of chairs.
Was great sitting there looking up the Thames having a morning coffee
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Love that film
haha yeah Iâm downloading it now to watch after looking for the pic.
Theme music is fantastic as well.
I think the âBring me the finest winesâ cafe was in Stoney Stratford (Bucks) if a curry in the village with @PapaLazarou is an accurate memory.
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This is a useful resource for fans of The SweeneyâŚ
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You are correct Guy.
It was the The Crown pub in the high street. Just down from the Indian restaurant we visited together several years ago.
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A friend of mines mate owns the farm and barn, they have an annual get together, must get along to it one year.
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Yes it says Stony Stratford on the site!
No way! Thatâs amazing! Wow you really should go⌠and take me while youâre at it 
Just be careful you donât go on holiday by mistake!
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