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[izzy eckerslike]

I remember working on Erdington High street in 1966, we were refitting a butchers shop, probably a Dewhurst and 2 of us crept out and went down to the cinema in our overalls and watched a film called Modesty Blaise

 

[A Sparks]

I remember working on Erdington High street in 1966, we were refitting a butchers shop, probably a Dewhurst and 2 of us crept out and went down to the cinema in our overalls and watched a film called Modest Blaise

This film, do you mean..

 

[izzy eckerslike]

This film, do you mean..
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This film, do you mean..

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yes, we sat there in our painters overalls and watched it, a female 007 type film if I remember, then we went back to work and the others said where have you two been then?

 

[Richard Loud]

The Palace Erdington in 1962

 

[JohnCCD]

Sometime in the early 70s, when a teenager, my friend and I were stopped outside the Palace and asked if we wanted to go in and be extras in a film they were making. Obviously we said Yes and spent 20 minutes pretending to watch a film while an usherette walked up and down pretending to sell ice creams. Apparently they were making a film about the actress Anne Heywood who grew up in Erdington and used to work as an usherette in the Palace.
I never heard about the film again so i don't think we ever got our 15 seconds of fame!

Some information about Anna Heywood here:

The actress Anne Heywood, born Violet Joan Pretty

Violet Joan Pretty was born on 11th December 1931 in Handsworth. Her father Harold was a former orchestral violinist, now working in factories. The family was not well off. She joined St Mary's School at the end of August 1938 from York Road School. The family had moved into a new council house...

aghs.jimdofree.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Heywood