tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056050569964056027.post5502855349111298530..comments2014-03-31T22:10:27.267+01:00Comments on shine a light: London Pirate Radio - PalladiumShine A Light - Filmtobezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018230031108854631noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9056050569964056027.post-90115302394007730122010-03-30T14:22:14.722+01:002010-03-30T14:22:14.722+01:00a good little fllm, the Maunsell forts in the Tham...a good little fllm, the Maunsell forts in the Thames have sine I was a boy always fascinated me, they do, when you see them, have a really eerie presence. On the film you see the boat going out to them pass a wreck, that is an American ship the Richard H Montgomery, sunk in 1944 by enemy action and stuffed full of explosives, so dangerous that the decision was made not to salvage the cargo, so for 66 years this slowly leaking , destabilising time bomb lies just off of Sheerness, waiting to either pollute the estuary of the Thames and Medway rivers or , if it ignites take the town of Sheerness with it. The problem is the town still looks as if the war ended yesterday and that a bomb has just gone off, but the wreck would obliterate it, interesting place to live.<br />Happy memories of listening to pirate radio in the late 60's, and the film is quite right about the restricted playlists, before Radio 1 there was only one decent programme, and amazingly, that prorgramme remains on Radio 2 with the same presenter and quite probably the same playlist, nostalgia providing the audience with what was once ground breaking, like the Stones or Beatles.<br />The views of London are interesting Balfron house stands just north of Canary Wharf and is due for demolition, its by an architect called Erno Goldfinger, its twin is Trellick tower off of Portobello Road , and he gave his name to the James Bond nemesis Goldfinger as Ian Fleming dlsiked him. He was one of the great european emigre architects that fled from Hitler, also did the decent bit of Elephant and Castle and a sublime office block in Albemarle Street W1.<br /><br />C. Graham King 2010Shine A Light - Filmtobezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018230031108854631noreply@blogger.com