This event has finished Took place on: Saturday, 27th Jan 2018
A walk visiting some of the locations used in the film The Long Good Friday and looking at how the history of Docklands paralleled events in the film.
In the 1980 classic thriller The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins character, Harold Shand gives his view on the future of Docklands
'Ladies and gentlemen. I'm not a politician. I'm a businessman with a sense of history. And I'm also a Londoner,
and today is a day of great historical significance for London. Our country is not an island anymore. We're a leading European state. And I believe that this is the decade, in which London will become Europe's capital. Having cleared away the outdated, we've got mile after mile and acre after acre of land, for our future prosperity. No other city in the world... has got right in its centre, such an opportunity... for profitable progress. So it's important that the right people... mastermind the new London.'
While things don't go well for Harold - his vision of the future proves fairly accurate and the old docks are redeveloped and London does host the Olympics
This walk visits many of the East London locations from the film, some of which are recognisable, some of which have changed beyond Harold's wildest dreams. Rob will also talk about the recent history of Docklands that brought the changes about.
The walk ends at Canary Wharf.
The first in a series of 12 walks from the Tower of London to Shoeburyness
Contact and Booking Details
This event has finished Took place on: Saturday, 27th Jan 2018
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2018-01-27 2018-01-27 Europe/London The Long Good Friday Revisited A walk visiting some of the locations used in the film The Long Good Friday and looking at how the history of Docklands paralleled events in the film. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2018/01/27/the-long-good-friday-revisited-160200 Tower Hill Underground Station,Tower Hill,,LondonLocation
Tower Hill Underground Station,
London,
EC3N 4DJ
Nearest tube and train stations to Tower Hill Underground Station
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