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shanders
02-09-2005, 16:13
Do you have home movie footage of the Villa Road squats, Brixton in the 1970s/early 80s?
The BBC is making a documentary about this period and would be interested in seeing any moving images you may have from this time.
If you can help please contact <snip>
fractionMan
02-09-2005, 16:15
Do you have home movie footage of the Villa Road squats, Brixton in the 1970s/early 80s?
The BBC is making a documentary about this period and would be interested in seeing any moving images you may have from this time.
If you can help please contact <snip>
That's twice.
*slaps wrists*
We got a free telly.
bristle-krs
02-09-2005, 16:18
naughty shandrew, very naughty indeed :p
fractionMan
02-09-2005, 16:21
Wouldn't it be a shame if people signed him up for spam. I hear there are web spiders out harvesting plain text addresses as we speak. Damn shame. :D
IntoStella
02-09-2005, 16:52
Oh come on, it is Auntie, after all. :p :p
Passdout
02-09-2005, 17:22
Didnt make it too obvious did he. :mad:
i know quite a few people who've been approached for info on this.
i think they've all said no
Passdout
02-09-2005, 17:32
i know quite a few people who've been approached for info on this.
i think they've all said noId say no cos I know fuck all about it :o
As a former telly researcher I've got some sympathy with this chap. It sounds like he's making an interesting film after all. Can't people help him out?
passenger
03-09-2005, 12:52
yeah i can`t see any harm in it
obv those people who do know something about it dont want to
Mrs Magpie
03-09-2005, 13:17
As a former telly researcher I've got some sympathy with this chap. It sounds like he's making an interesting film after all. Can't people help him out?
We've squashed loads of trawling for info/interviews/footage about the riots. It's good form to request permission from the editor first. Just because it's the Beeb makes no difference. However, I concede that the rules/FAQs are not crystal clear about this, so I'll raise it in the mod's forum.
We've squashed loads of trawling for info/interviews/footage about the riots. It's good form to request permission from the editor first. Just because it's the Beeb makes no difference. However, I concede that the rules/FAQs are not crystal clear about this, so I'll raise it in the mod's forum.
If I was looking to make a decent fim about squats and Brixton I would definitely start here as well as at a number of other places.
Why not PM the poor sot and instruct him in board etiquette? We've ended up treating the guy like a Viagra salesman.
Mrs Magpie
03-09-2005, 13:43
Well, not quite, I would have changed his tagline to 'I have a minuscule penis' if that were the case.
bristle-krs
03-09-2005, 21:04
As a former telly researcher I've got some sympathy with this chap. It sounds like he's making an interesting film after all. Can't people help him out?
well, if he can't be arsed to hang around, introduce himself or explain anything about the film, then he can hardly expect a warm welcome can he... he posted up the same thing twice in two different forums, at knocking off time - and was gently chided. he hasn't responded, expanded, apologised, retorted or even huffed. he's not been treated badly - by our usual standards he got off lightly!
If I was looking to make a decent fim about squats and Brixton I would definitely start here as well as at a number of other places.
Why not PM the poor sot and instruct him in board etiquette? We've ended up treating the guy like a Viagra salesman.
They're hardly starting here. I first heard of this project months ago and spoke to them sometime in the spring. They've got loads of anecdotes, interviews etc about Villa Rd but they're scratching around for photos or movie footage.
I dont know about moving images but I have access to photos from that period.Ive also been promised some for my little archive of short life housing Coops.Villa road was/is a Housing Coop.
So is this guy for real?
I think so. Not certain, obviously. I know some people have declined to talk to him/them, but I don't think that's because of any allegations of dodgyness, and amongst those of that have talked there is a sense of anticipation about a film that'll document a very special time.
Mrs Magpie
05-09-2005, 11:34
Yes, the guy is for real, just not very mindful of BB courtesies.
IntoStella
05-09-2005, 13:01
I think so. Not certain, obviously. I know some people have declined to talk to him/them, but I don't think that's because of any allegations of dodgyness, and amongst those of that have talked there is a sense of anticipation about a film that'll document a very special time.
It sounds like this could be very interesting. :cool:
I dont know about moving images but I have access to photos from that period.Ive also been promised some for my little archive of short life housing Coops.Villa road was/is a Housing Coop.Why not post them up here along with some of your experiences- I could slap 'em up in the Brixton history section.
Mrs Magpie
05-09-2005, 14:02
...and if anyone does particularly want to contact the Villa Road chap from the BBC, pm me, and I'll send you his email, despite the fact I think he was not mindful of BB courtesy.
Shippou-Chan
05-09-2005, 14:09
film footage? can't say i ever heard of any ... but i never did ask
While on the subject of ....
Villa Road, does anyone have any photos of the murals that Maria Mulholland did on the corrugated fence on Villa Road south side?
The day the contractors came to rip it down, I couldn't find any film for my camera.
john x
shanders
06-09-2005, 12:34
First of all can I apologise for not following message board etiquette and eliciting such a stream of responses.
And thanks to all of the people who wrote in with messages of support despite my glaringly obvious mistakes in my initial appeals.
The documentary is genuine - we have been working on it for months and are now in the cutting room. Although we do have lots of fantastic archive from the time we do not have any specifically relating to Villa Road.
I will hold my hands up and say yes I did post this late on a Friday as time is running out in our edit. I thought a direct appeal for info on any potential film of the squats from the time may have brought something out of the woodwork - but I wasn't thinking of the consequences of the way I phrased it. Working on three projects at once and being pretty stressed out obviously made me forget to engage the brain that day.
So please - if anyone has film or stills from the time please find a way to contact me (not being a regular message board used I'm not sure how you send me private messages)
bristle-krs
06-09-2005, 12:39
shanders - see also this thread (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=129532)
Mrs Magpie
06-09-2005, 12:41
Right, on the top r/h side of any page you are viewing you'll see a link saying private messages. Click that to show your private message inbox. The people who post here who lived near Villa Road then, some of whom still do live there, will know how to send you a message. I have been gentle with you because I am a big BBC fan although I don't watch any TV. I've already said that if people want to email you, I will provide them with your work email.
Also, have you checked the Metropolitan Archive? Lambeth Archives may be able to help too....they have thousands and thousands of photographs.
shanders
06-09-2005, 12:57
Thank you so much Mrs Magpie - and thanks for offering to facilitate anyone who wants to email me direct. Have tried Lambeth Archives but not Metropolitan Archive so thanks for the lead.
Mrs Magpie
06-09-2005, 13:01
Metropolitan Archive turned up the only picture good enough of a public house before it had been unlawfully altered in a planning enforcement case...
Thank you so much Mrs Magpie - and thanks for offering to facilitate anyone who wants to email me direct. Have tried Lambeth Archives but not Metropolitan Archive so thanks for the lead.Are you going to hang around to contribute anything now, or has the non-profit uban75 served its purpose as a free resource for your paid projects?
Mrs Magpie
06-09-2005, 13:36
I believe he is. Personally I reckon he will be very lucky indeed to find someone who was around Villa Road during that time who was into Super-8, but you never know.....stranger things have happened at sea.
aye. Instamatics were pretty rare, anything more sophisticated almost unknown. I've got maybe half a dozen fading and fuzzy b/w photos as nostalgia. Times have changed.
Mrs Magpie
06-09-2005, 14:19
I reckon the only moving pics of the area at the time will be News or Documentary stuff. An outside chance of film students I suppose.
Mrs Magpie
06-09-2005, 14:20
I believe he is. Well there you go. He's posted in suburban!
Mrs Magpie
12-09-2005, 22:58
I bumped into a really old-school Brixtonite tonight and he was waxing lyrical about the Villa Road days...check yer PMs shanders.....
I've just received an email from someone else wanting to know about Villa Rd!
Mrs Magpie
12-09-2005, 23:09
All roads lead to Brixton, innit?
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