Quadrophenia locations

[harryfielder]

Originally posted by Lifeanddeath@Dec 15 2003, 04:59 PM Alfredos was a great cafe, with stunning art deco furniture. It is/was on London's Essex Road (no. 4-6) at the junction with Islington Green, in Islington. It was closed down a few years ago, but has been re-opened as a restaurant and even has a sign saying it is the location of the old Alfredos. It can also be seen in the movie Mojo.

I must have had my breakfast a thousand times in the 50s in Alfs.. I used to work in the timber yard almost next door, (thanks for the memories)

Aitch,

[jacobean]

I was thrilled when I realised that the gate that they have sex against used to lead up to a flat that a friend of mine lived in

[Mod Geezer]

Originally posted by Darling@Jul 2 2005, 09:11 AM According to Gary Wharton's "Chasing the Wind: A Quadrophenia Anthology", the Cooper house was in Wells Home Road, Acton and the party took place in Kitchener Road (however, the entry mentions that there are several Kitchener Roads in the London A-Z!) with interior shots filmed at Lees Studio in Wembley.

Cheers for the Cooper house address! Been looking for that for ages! Incidentally, I am a tv and film sound recordist and have worked at the party house in seen in Quadrophenia. Is actually Clarendon Road near the Lee International Studios in Wembley and the Quadrophenia party interiors were, (unusually), shot in the actual interior of the house, hence the rather stylised lighting you see in the film. Very difficult to light such a small place for film, especially at night, gives a very flat response from the film stock.

Get back to me...

[Freddy]

These two sites might interest you, both are Brighton film locations

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best of luck

Freddy

[sizey]

(Mod Geezer @ Sep 5 2005, 01:06 PM) Cheers for the Cooper house address! Been looking for that for ages! Incidentally, I am a tv and film sound recordist and have worked at the party house in seen in Quadrophenia. Is actually Clarendon Road near the Lee International Studios in Wembley and the Quadrophenia party interiors were, (unusually), shot in the actual interior of the house, hence the rather stylised lighting you see in the film. Very difficult to light such a small place for film, especially at night, gives a very flat response from the film stock. Get back to me...

Conversely, thanks for the "Kitchener Road" addy. Not even Franc Roddam remembers that! The (few) locations we couldn't identify in Quad for "Your Face Here" were the housing estate where Jimmy's scooter met its sorry end ("Mr Postman") , and the boxing ring inside the pub (although the IMDB lists the exterior at least as "outside former Wellington PH, North Hill, Highgate, London, England, UK" )

Best
Simon Wells

[Steve Crook]

(Darling @ Jul 2 2005, 09:11 AM) According to Gary Wharton's "Chasing the Wind: A Quadrophenia Anthology", the Cooper house was in Wells Home Road, Acton and the party took place in Kitchener Road (however, the entry mentions that there are several Kitchener Roads in the London A-Z!) with interior shots filmed at Lees Studio in Wembley.

Do you mean Wales Farm Road, Acton?
That's part of the one-way system around Western Avenue up by North Acton

Steve

[sizey]

(Steve Crook @ Nov 13 2005, 12:43 AM) Do you mean Wales Farm Road, Acton? That's part of the one-way system around Western Avenue up by North Acton Steve

No, it is "Wells Home Road" Acton and if I remeber rightly it's number 22- although it was about 8 years since I was there, so you'd need to check. I was told that the property was empty for a few years and that a lot of the interior was "taken away" by a Quadrophenia fan! Yes, even the fireplace!

[Steve Crook]

(sizey @ Nov 13 2005, 11:10 AM) No, it is "Wells Home Road" Acton and if I remeber rightly it's number 22- although it was about 8 years since I was there, so you'd need to check. I was told that the property was empty for a few years and that a lot of the interior was "taken away" by a Quadrophenia fan! Yes, even the fireplace!

I asked because there's no "Wells Home Road" anywhere in the UK gazeteer but there is a "Wales Farm Road" in Acton.
It's always possible that they changed the name of it over the years. I'd suggest it's unlikely that they'd have two roads with similarly strange names in the same area. It could have just been mis-reported in the "Chasing the Wind" anthology you quote.

Steve

[sizey]

(Steve Crook @ Nov 13 2005, 12:13 PM) I asked because there's no "Wells Home Road" anywhere in the UK gazeteer but there is a "Wales Farm Road" in Acton. It's always possible that they changed the name of it over the years. I'd suggest it's unlikely that they'd have two roads with similarly strange names in the same area. It could have just been mis-reported in the "Chasing the Wind" anthology you quote. Steve

Funny how the memory plays tricks. It was actually Wells HOUSE Road. Let me know if you trip up there, would love to know how it's looking these days- the trains still run past the back I see.
Simon

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=52...mapp=newmap.srf

[Steve Crook]

(sizey @ Nov 13 2005, 02:38 PM) Funny how the memory plays tricks. It was actually Wells HOUSE Road. Let me know if you trip up there, would love to know how it's looking these days- the trains still run past the back I see. Simon

I was out in Acton visiting clients just the other day
If I go there again I'll be sure to check it out.

Steve

[Darling]

(Steve Crook @ Nov 13 2005, 12:43 AM) Do you mean Wales Farm Road, Acton? That's part of the one-way system around Western Avenue up by North Acton Steve

The book definitely states Wells Home Road but, although obviously a labour of love, this book is a very amateurish effort with no sign of any professional editing and containing many spelling/grammatical/printing howlers, so this location may be one of them.

[kelly77]

(Darling @ Jul 2 2005, 10:11 AM) According to Gary Wharton's "Chasing the Wind: A Quadrophenia Anthology"... the party took place in Kitchener Road (however, the entry mentions that there are several Kitchener Roads in the London A-Z!) with interior shots filmed at Lees Studio in Wembley.

Hi, I'm new here - it was actually this thread that brought me here because I've been trying to find the location of the party house for a while. The nearest Kitchener Road to Wembley is in East Finchley, 8 miles away, but I've been there (I was in the area so I thouugt I'd check!) and it didn't look familiar.

(Mod Geezer @ Sep 5 2005, 02:06 PM) the party house in seen in Quadrophenia. Is actually Clarendon Road near the Lee International Studios in Wembley and the Quadrophenia party interiors were, (unusually), shot in the actual interior of the house

Then I read the above post and now I'm even more confused, even if it was filmed in Clarendon Road, there isn't a street by that name anywhere in Wembley. There's a Clarendon Road in North Ealing a couple of miles away, so I guess Mod Geezer could have meant it's near Wembley. The problem is I've found other online references of this Clarendon Road in Wembley. And then there's still the Kitchener Road thing!

[spinalman]

The infamous sex scene occurs in an alley off East Street Brighton, to the rear of a jewellers. I was property manager for properties there (in the 80's) and it included the "bin store" in which Phil Daniels and the female charachter do the deed. This became a mecca for devotees of the film and mods, and was routinely vanadliased and marked with grafitti, and other relevant acts. Our job was to continually re-secure this bin store, and repaint the door...often! Did make curious reading in the annual accounts, that so much work and maintenance was spent on a humble back alley dustbin store.

[Nobby Lard]

The estate he crashes his scooter on is the Wormholt estate in W12
Some other locations : the Supermarket that steph worked in was Ashkens on the Goldhawk Rd W12 just up the road from the Chemist they rob. The Bath scene with a young Ray Winston was at Lime Grove Public Baths & the scene where dave gets bashed up by rockers was outside the Bramley Arms W11 (sadly none of these are around anymore just faceless office blocks) hope this helps.

: An old bush boy

[Andyc7]

Franc Roddam says in the Quadrophenia Directors Commentary that his son lives above the pub where Spider gets beaten up by the rockers. Ray Winstone's character was battered in Shepherd's Bush market by Jimmy's mates.