Early Films Made In Liverpool

[bidston]

(4737carlin @ May 5 2006, 01:31 AM) There was also "Golden Vision" (1968) (TV) about Everton fans, Play For Today type thing.

i remember that play , it was about alex young, the everton forward, any idea where i would get a copy of it

[Freddy]

If you go to

Liverpool Home Portal

Click on football dvds and then click on video Alex Young's Golden Vision is there.
I have never bought anything from there cannot say what the service is like but it appears that the video was released in 2003. You could try Everton FC or Radio Merseyside.

Good luck

Freddy

[Freddy]

(4737carlin @ May 3 2006, 10:06 PM) Hey plasticjock, those pics look like the Bull Ring? a real no go area in every sense of the word when i was a kid, where abouts was this tenement block? Also as for the Magnet, im stuck on one of the locations in Liverpool, ive been making photos of all the places from it recently to see how they look compared to back then, might do a web site about it. One thing im stuck on though is this bit below. I know its the docks as you can see the Overhead railway, but none of the local history books i have include this building, can you help?

The tall building in the background forms part of Seaforth grain terminal. Looking at it from the river the surrounding buildings could have been demolished and replaced with large grain silos. Between the tall building and the river is a dock where they unload scrap metal from the ships. Within 100 yards you also have the first of 10 (?) wind turbines. I haven't approached it from the road but I should imagine the Dock Road will take you there.

If you enquire at the local library there is a good chance they will have photos as Liverpool Engineering Dept in the early fifties were far sighted enough to take photos of all the roads and streets in Liverpool. These are held at the main library.

best wishes

Freddy

[vauxpop]

Originally Posted by Babalugats Can anyone tell me any filming locations for Violent Playground? The ReelStreets site has very little information for this film. Thank you.

the violent playground was filmed around the scotland road area of liverpool ( where i live ).......notably gerard gardens.............a group of film makers and myself tried to get the money together to do a modern day sequel....to no avail sadly.......if you need any more info please do not hesitate in contacting me.......richie

[edenbridge]

Originally Posted by Babalugats Can anyone tell me any filming locations for Violent Playground? The ReelStreets site has very little information for this film. Thank you.

hello violent playground was fimed mainly in and around gerard gardens and gerard crescent just around scotland road area near the town centre in liverpool and the oldest mersey tunnel called kingsway my father lived there during filming and has some pictures with stanley baker the main star i lived there from 1961 to when i was born until 1975 some of my family lived there until the tennaments were demolished in the 80s i have heard quite a lot about the making of the film from the older members of my family one of the kids in the film was a young man called freddie starr who later became a famous comedian in the u.k he also worked as my dads labourer in camel laird shipyard in merseyside before becoming famous my name is mark sharples i now live in kent in the u.k

[edenbridge]

Originally Posted by dylan See: Reel Streets - North of England

there was also a tv childrens series in the 70s called rocky orourke made around the bullring in liverpool

[CaptainWaggett]

Screenonline has a special feature on Liverpool in film