stendernauts misled: it is to weep
p^nk s lord thingamajig is on the way to london fields lido and crossing hackney’s graham road where it meets mare street in the Easty East of End when a small but full car stops and a woman addresses him thru the window:
woman: excuse me do you know where albert square is?
p^nk s lord t: er d’you mean the real albert square or the one on telly?
woman: YES!
p^nk s lord t: ok but they aren’t the same! the one on telly isn’t a real place — it’s a film-set up in north london somewhere that they film on
anguished voice from deep inside car: what? but we’ve driven all the way from birmingham to visit it!
p^nk s lord t: ok well it is findable but it’s far from here and i don’t know the way
woman (despondently): ok thank you
*car drives off trailing collective thinks-bubble of baffled upset*
p^nk s lord t (thinks to self): oh dear i wonder if they meant fassett square — that’s what albert square is based on and it’s just round the corner
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FT's DJ Punctum on April 21st, 2008
It used to be filmed in Elstree but I have a funny feeling they’ve moved since then - not sure where.
Nice on April 21st, 2008
Do you type up every insignificant thought/conversation that comes into your head gaylord?
FT's pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør on April 21st, 2008
yes
Pete on April 21st, 2008
No its still filmed in Borehamwood*, and if I was there I could have given precise directions to the best view of the side of the set that you can get quite close to.
*Borehamwood being where Elstree studios are, as opposed to Elstree which is two miles away and continually gets ALL THE GLORY. I grew up there and it still rankles.
FT's DJ Punctum on April 21st, 2008
Sadly, Trevor Horn discovered that “Borehamwood” didn’t quite scan as well as “Elstree” nor indeed did it rhyme with “remember me.”