tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post5479512180134301348..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Tales of the RiverbankSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-81243215220651225902014-06-12T16:00:47.515+00:002014-06-12T16:00:47.515+00:00I know nothing of Hammersmith but I share your sor...I know nothing of Hammersmith but I share your sorrow at the loss of Michael’s studio. Condolences too on the loss of your friend.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-4455806245705417282014-06-10T16:47:59.832+00:002014-06-10T16:47:59.832+00:00The new Hammersmithonians have moved way beyond be...The new Hammersmithonians have moved way beyond beating people up. Nowadays they're more likely to kill you with conversation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-61030055524545296372014-06-09T20:48:15.014+00:002014-06-09T20:48:15.014+00:00Richard - Your memories of Hammersmith are a littl...Richard - Your memories of Hammersmith are a little more exalted than mine. All I think of is 'Arfur' Daley and his lock-up. My grandmother was born there, which is proof enough of how downmarket it must have been. <br /><br />Sorry to read about your friend's daughter - just awful beyond words.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-38834967099964486772014-06-09T20:40:29.702+00:002014-06-09T20:40:29.702+00:00Sorry to hear about your friend. Sorry to hear about your friend. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-36233481914427058792014-06-09T16:44:07.688+00:002014-06-09T16:44:07.688+00:00Michael Seymour, that's PROPER star quality - ...Michael Seymour, that's PROPER star quality - by some accident, I watched Alien last night. For several years in London I lived next door to a young couple who lived in absolute poverty with their baby, literally putting newspaper up against the windows in lieu of curtains, until the husband got a break working as an assistant for 'some film bloke' (Anton Furst) and who took over his workload after his sudden death - later to become one of the most successful sci-fi production designers in Hollywood - by a circular coincidence - he was the production designer for Alien 4. My memories of Hammersmith are tainted by scenes from the film 'Darling' - Julie Christie and Dirk Bogarde looking at dirt-cheap semi derelict cottages along the riverbank as an inexpensive love nest. I had news of a sudden and very tragic death myself today - I'll be consoling myself with something cinematic and fanciful.Grey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-54109505811697020792014-06-09T15:22:30.835+00:002014-06-09T15:22:30.835+00:00Maybe it was my silk dressing gown and cigarette h...Maybe it was my silk dressing gown and cigarette holder.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-65827027946954802832014-06-09T15:08:51.823+00:002014-06-09T15:08:51.823+00:00I've lived in Hammersmith and drunk in its pub...I've lived in Hammersmith and drunk in its pubs for nearly forty years and no-one has ever said <i>"Wotchoo lookin' at? Eh? Wanna smackinthamaahf?"</i> to me.<br />Where did I go right?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com