Thought some Hol members might like to venture out to this
The ICA are showing a couple of films in October as part of the Story of London season.
One of these is a short film called Momma Don't Allow. The BFI site describes itthus:
Originally titled Jazz, it was about a Saturday evening at the Wood Green jazz club... [which was in a room at the back of the Fishmongers Arms at 287 High Road]
The film was shot on 16mm film during Winter 1954-5 with a total grant of just £425. By the time the it was completed in November 1955, its title had been changed to Momma Don't Allow...
The film captures the emerging 'youth culture' - a term unheard of before the 1950s - contrasting the relaxed, confident working-class Teddy Boys and their girlfriends with the more awkward 'toffs' whose arrival threatens to change the mood of the evening.
I wonder if any members here have their own memories, or tales to tell about the place?
Also see a short video on HoL here.
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