Filming Somers Town September 27, 2007
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Camden , trackbackWhen Eurostar arrives at St Pancras on 14 November, it seems that Somers Town too will get its fifteen minutes of fame. Shane Meadows has ventured from his Nottingham stomping grounds to make a short film about two children living in Somers Town which will be screened on Channel 4 later this year.
Through this blog, I had an email yesterday from Jennifer Lee, a young director who is making a documentary about life in Somers Town to support the film. She and her partner are meeting people in the area and interviewing them about their views on the place and life here, and wanted to talk to me. I’m always happy to chat to just about anyone, so they came over with camera and now I’m a film star (or the star of the cutting room floor).
It will be interesting to see what affect the regeneration of Kings Cross has on Somers Town. All the redevelopment is happening on the other side of the railway, although I understand from Ms Lee that there is government money to refurbish some apartment blocks close to Euston Rd before the Olympics. So far, we’ve seen southern Charlton St scrubbed up, and and the Somers Town Coffee House turned into a gastro-pub, but little else. Flat prices in Bloomsbury have rocketed, particularly around the Brunswick Centre, but the rises seem more modest here.
Having a swanky new shopping / commercial / residential district on our doorstep will probably help make the area more attractive to flat-buyers and those wanting to live in the inner city, but while most of the housing stock is owned by the Council and Housing Associations I suspect this will always be an interesting area of small flats and mixed fortunes. And that’s no bad thing.
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Could you please give me the email address of Jennifer Lee. I was born and brought up in Somer’s Town and have friends who still live there. I am interested to find out which perspective Jennifer is looking at and of course when this is likely to be shown.Interestingly enough Channel 4 made a documentary about the area, in which my husband’s grandmother and many other now deceased residents took part, some years ago but they were unable to trace such a programme. Somers Town has lost its original culture so I am hoping that she interviews people that have seen the many changes affecting the area. I thank you in anticipation!
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