London Stars and Locations

[Freddy]

Came across this very good site.





http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2009/07



Concerned only with London it contains photos and information on the places, actors, characters, news and films in the post war Capital.



Examples are Errol Flyn, Diana Dors, Performance, Keith Moon., etc



Dip your toe in, very worth while.



Freddy

[kingbman]

Nice one Fred, excellent stuff!



kingbman

[Freddy]

name='kingbman']Nice one Fred, excellent stuff!



kingbman

Pleasure, what I like about it is it is up to date and some of the links are interesting as well, Faded London is one I've had a quick look at.



Freddy

[Mark O]

Thanks for the link Freddy, a nostalgia site i was unaware of, some very interesting photos and stories there, i'll be reading the articles all day if i'm not careful!..........some nice early pics of Susannah York at home in there too, i was only aware previously of what she looked like from the mid-60's onwards.

[Fellwanderer]

What an excellent, interesting and entertaining site - thanks, Freddy

[doojeen]

I thoroughly agree...surprised I haven't come across it before on my googles.

[Freddy]

Thanks chaps

I thoroughly agree...surprised I haven't come across it before on my googles.

A lot of my finds are through Google images. This one I was looking for a photo of Tiny Ross who played with Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang. It was there I saw the old b/w of Ross and Norris McWhirter which you will see on the Nickel blog.



Regards



Freddy

[Stevie Gee]

Thanks, an excellent and compelling site.....

[Wee Sonny MacGregor]

Blimey, that's a memory jerker. I saw the Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang on stage and heard Prince Monolulu shouting "I gotta a horse". The two markets I remember were Petticoat Lane and Club Row. All I need now is the sound of a barrel organ! Thanks, Freddy.

[Freddy]

The reason for looking for Tiny Ross is I believe this is him. It was taken from the short film Les Bicyclettes de Belsize. One of my friends agreed and has sent this to his Dad who was on a show with them many years back,







Freddy

[Wee Sonny MacGregor]

This isn't a very good copy but the photo of the Morton Fraser Harmonica Gang is taken from "Roy Hudd's Cavalcade of Variety Acts"

[Freddy]

Thanks for that Sonny, good of you to get it scanned. As you say, there are precious few photos of the gang and they all seem older than I remember them. When I get confirmation I'll put it on here.



Incidentally the girl in the image is Judy Huxtable who was married to Peter Cook.





Regards



freddy

[paulg]

Brilliant site.. err.. i'm kinda stuck on there just looking at random tags. a great way to spent a rainy sunday afternoon

[Freddy]

Another Nickel In the Machine





This month there is mention of Charles Laughton and his first film performance and a connection of Fawlty Towers and the Cafe de Paris.



Another wonderful edition



Freddy

[fluddite]

Many thanks for this link, Freddy - fascinating stuff....

[Freddy]

name='fluddite']Many thanks for this link, Freddy - fascinating stuff....

Pleasure

[jimbop]

looks a very interesting link :)



thanks!

[Freddy]

Another Nickel In The Machine has come up with two more fascinating pieces.



Judy Garland's marriage and death in London.



James Earl Ray's arrest at Heathrow



Both can be seen here, excellent stuff.



Another Nickel In the Machine

[kelp]

Thanks, great site.

[Freddy]

Another Nickel in the Machine is now on twitter and once again something for our delight from Huntley Film Archives. If you click on HuntleyFilmArchives there si some other films there including Valentino's 1922 film Isle of Love



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