St Kats.

[oldgit]

Just watched an episode of NEW TRICKS,filmed in the dock.So apart from "Minder" "Dr WHO" "Sherlock Holmes" and just about every other dectective/cop TV show that needs a bit of east London street cred,anything else been shot there ?
Think my first memory would have been Regan and Carter mixing it on some bombsite with a villian or two and Tower Bridge in the background.

 

[byron]

Look across the river from St Kats. More in a straight line from Wapping Steps and you will see a marvellous little Creek. Much filming has been done there too as it used to be straight out of Dickens to look at.

 

[apollo]

There was a war film in black and white starring lloyd bridges training commandos in landing craft zooming around in there when it was still derelict before being rebuilt.

Return of the Saint was there almost every week, even fudging it to be a port in France once.

 

[jaws]

Docks

Watch The Long Good Friday (1979) with Bob Hoskins and Helen Miren. Lots of shots of the docks and St Kats before it was developed. They get on a large boat moored where HMS President is now.

 

[Poignard]

Helen Mirren.......................mmmm!

 

[bradtarga34]

Talking of St Kats, just having a glass of wine on a buoy waiting for lock-in so a bit bored and planning dinner. I know it's been covered before but I'm after dinner suggestions pls, I quite fancy Italian, apart from the one in the Marina, sorry for thread drift oldgit...

 

[teddington_lock]

Nice to meet you the other night !

Hope you had a good journey

 

[bradtarga34]

Likewise, nice leisurely trip and a blast to the barrier and back, looking good for Burnham tomorrow

 

[MYStargazer]

Look across the river from St Kats. More in a straight line from Wapping Steps and you will see a marvellous little Creek. Much filming has been done there too as it used to be straight out of Dickens to look at.

It was used in the intro chase scene in The World is Not Enough. They go up that creek and end up - by magic - in the West India Docks.

 

[Portland Billy]

I joined my first ship in St Kats in 1962 (strewth!!) she was the 'Philomel' belonging to The General Steam Vavigation Company (now long gone).
Now it seems that every time I visit St Kats something goes wrong - picked up a load of plastic sheeting off the dock entrance a couple of months back, a huge lump of towing hawser two years ago - new props required on each of those. The auto pilot packed in after leaving St Kats three years back, and I developed a mysterious leak into the engine bay last year - turned out to be from the domestics.
I'm going to use Limehouse for my outbound stopover in future !!