Great story about a big blockbuster movie starring (inter alia) Patsy Kensit. It was supposed to be set in London but the producer came to Newcastle and fell in love with the bridges and the Quayside and Grey Street etc so it's going to be produced up here now. There are apparently hundreds of enquiries from movie makers currently being processed by the relevant authorities. Also, in one of the Saturday supplements, there was an ace feature on Newcastle and how it used to be a great party city and now it's a great party city AND a great cultural and sightseeing city, too. It's nice that there's some positivity surrounding the place.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

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...until CAH goes...

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

CAH? Creasote Alan's House?

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

er ... wot's inter alia mean then?

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

I've got Patsy Kensit's autograph from when she did panto at Richmond Theatre...not on her rock 'n roll profile is it, dozy slapper :-)

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

inter alia - among others?

Anyho.... I read that article on Saturday and wasn't too keen on the slant that Newcastle was a run-down city and the film would do to Newcastle what Notting Hill had done to ... Notting Hill. I think it was in the Torygraph?

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

Geordie - the one on TinselToon was in the Ronnie but the other one would have been either the Torygraph or the Inde. Yep re inter alia.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

I'm sure Patsy will settle in nicely

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

I called up to Jesmond fer a few drinks on Friday and it was full of Gliteratzi types sporting convertible Lanberg Lanborg Lamber shiny red cars, very posh in the terrace gardens of Osborne Road. We brought the tone down a bit with our nipple counting.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2001

How many Tony?

-- Anonymous, July 04, 2001

Next week I shall return with a calculator and perhaps a camera (C;

-- Anonymous, July 04, 2001