Get Carter SECONDS
Posted by:: nenslo
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 21:52:57 -0800
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Pope Phil wrote:
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> nenslo wrote:
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> > I just now watched the original Michael Caine "Get Carter," which showed
> > me a british squalor I rarely get to see. Bingo Halls, Betting
> > Parlours, and some of the damnedest wallpaper I have ever seen.
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> and filmed about 10 miles from here. the multi-storey carpark is still there - I used to park there
> every day when I worked nearby. Gateshead really IS a shithole.
What the hell was that tramway at the end, that dumps stuff into the
ocean. Every single location was astonishingly decrepit and
threatening. You are truly fortunate to live in such a picturesque locale.
Posted by:: Pope Phil
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:39:38 +0000 (UTC)
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that's a thing that used to be along the coast from here MANY years ago - getting rid of coal
diggings waste from one of the local coalmines. Carter and the other feller start their chase on
foot at The Staithes (the wooden structure on the river) and end it at that outfall a few minutes
and approx 20 miles later.
the region actually looks nothing like it was portrayed on film - although it WAS fairly grotty back
then, but still nowhere near as bad as it looked in Get Carter... except for Gateshead town centre,
which is still a concrete blight
nenslo wrote:
> Pope Phil wrote:
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>>nenslo wrote:
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>>>I just now watched the original Michael Caine "Get Carter," which showed
>>>me a british squalor I rarely get to see. Bingo Halls, Betting
>>>Parlours, and some of the damnedest wallpaper I have ever seen.
>>
>>and filmed about 10 miles from here. the multi-storey carpark is still there - I used to park there
>>every day when I worked nearby. Gateshead really IS a shithole.
>
>
> What the hell was that tramway at the end, that dumps stuff into the
> ocean. Every single location was astonishingly decrepit and
> threatening. You are truly fortunate to live in such a picturesque locale.