Market this week…28th March 2009

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Well market e-mail receivers!  After last weeks pop on Acton landmarks and celebrity claims there

was a barrage of people’s very own local knowledge! Here’s the compilation list of extra’s I recieved

….many thanks!

- Lionel Bart who wrote Oliver lived in Churchfield Road.

- Phil Collins comes from Acton and his mum helped to run the Sylvia Young stage school.

- One of the tower blocks on the South Acton Estate which has now been blown up was Nelson Mandela House in Only Fools and Horses

- Scenes from About a Boy starring Hugh Grant were shot in Acton Old Townhall (the bit where they are on stage at the school concert).

-The first Waitrose shop was in Acton opposite the police station.  There’s even a  plaque on the pavement!

-The advert for the ‘cajun squirrel’ crisps, with giant squirrels, was filmed in Acton Park

- A recent episode of The Bill was filmed on the Mount!

- The empty green-painted shop on Churchfield Road (near Good News bookshop) was used in Harry Enfield’s latest series.

Of course, to meet the real Del-boy’s and Rodney’s and many more you need to experience our market stall, how about this Saturday?!

We have spaces on both morning (10-12) and afternoon (12-2) shifts… can you give some time?

Thank you for all you choose to give to the market and much more,

mb

Mark Bishop

Out there, Oaktree Church.