Tales from the Colony Room by Darren Coffield
51K views · Sep 18, 2020 · Film & Animation
Comments · 105
@iandavis2108 · 3 years ago
Really good documentary, I have a particular affinity to it as I made it!
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@gingerfreak01 · 3 years ago (edited)
Went a few times, firstly as a guest, thereafter just wandered in. My favourite visit was just after the smoking ban. Walked in to be greeted by everyone looking at me, checking me out. Took a few seconds but I passed muster and then all the cigarettes emerged from under chairs, sides of legs, every possible hiding place. It was like a 20s speakeasy. People were chucking their tab ends out of that window next to the toilet. <br>Loved the place.
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@madamedellaporte4214 · 4 years ago
Took me back to 2002. Great days.
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@nickthelick · 3 years ago
"...course, they're all dead now. Cheerio!"
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@carlkamuti · 1 year ago
One of my favourite Will Self stories is Foie Humane, about a version of The Colony Room called The Plantation Club. After watching this I now realise just how well he got the vibe down.
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@raymemichaels · 5 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Page 152 of "Hitch 22" brought me here. Christopher Hitchens was also a member of the club and was made one by Tom Driberg in the 1970s.
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@ReneeStJean · 1 year ago
I have to many memories of this place to even begin to convey. I stumbled upon photos, letters and books today from Michael that led me to a internet search that landed here. Thanks for this video post.
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@LondonSW · 5 months ago (edited)
I have a big book on the Colony Room, and several of Dan Farson’s books, he’s a fascinating man. I like going to the French and just listening to stories
@HippetyRickety · 4 years ago
Very interesting social history.
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@byronmillanicia3384 · 2 years ago
I see where the gangs got the idea of the casitas!!! The underground world is so amazingly complex, you never know what you gona find on every turn. Amazing how this ideas transcend time, cultures, borders
@sandyrickard994 · 2 years ago
Put the names of the interviewees up !
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@mokumhammer · 4 years ago
Fantastic tales - thank you!
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