{"id":10104,"date":"2012-11-07T18:20:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=10104"},"modified":"2012-11-08T00:30:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T00:30:58","slug":"brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,407\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-01.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10105\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-01.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-01.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-01-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s some filming currently taking place in Valentia Place (off Coldharbour Lane) in central Brixton. I did a double take when I saw these mid-1980s police cars!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10106\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-03.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10106\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-03.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-03.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-03-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Angel pub on the corner had been covered with not-entirely-accurate vintage-style posters from the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,392\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-02.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10107\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-02.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-02.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-02-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love these old police cars!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10108\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,465\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-04.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10108\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-04.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-04.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-04-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Always good to see a &#8216;Defend the NUM&#8217; poster! Note the Fridge poster behind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-05\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-05.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,428\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-05.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10109\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-05.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-05.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-05-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scene on Valentia Place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-06.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-06.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10110\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-06.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-06.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-06-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ford Cortina parked up. The filming was taking place under the arches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-078\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-078.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-078.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10111\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-078.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-078.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-078-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dumpy&#8217;s Rusty Nuts &amp; Bolts&#8217;? <em>What?! <\/em>Cheeks looks great, mind. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-07.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,465\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-07.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10112\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-07.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-07.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-07-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another view of the vintage\u00a0police\u00a0car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10116\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/brixton-goes-back-to-the-1980s-for-film-set-in-valentia-place\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-09\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-09.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,421\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-09.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10116\" title=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-09.jpg\" alt=\"Brixton goes back to the 1980s for retro film set in Valentia Place\" width=\"620\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-09.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-09-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s some filming currently taking place in Valentia Place (off Coldharbour Lane) in central Brixton. I did a double take when I saw these mid-1980s police cars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,17,193],"tags":[1191,234],"class_list":["post-10104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brixton","category-photos","category-places","tag-brixton","tag-film"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/valentia-place-brixton-film-set-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-2CY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10104"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10114,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10104\/revisions\/10114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}