Explored 2019 Naked Score of 35 (See Below)
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Take a tour of the fictional Walford and Exploring around albert Square in the now abandoned Eastenders set. For those outside the UK, Eastenders is a British soap opera that’s been going since 1980s and this is the buildings of the original set that has now been left in favour of a new set just yards away.
I filmed this in 2019 and only had short window
to get as much as I could before security would be on me. I went around every
possible area I could even got into the Queen Vic pub and some of the houses. I and only had my phone and small tripod, so
the quality of my visit is not the best.
The images I got of inside the Vic were poor, so I won’t share them. It has the bar but was mostly a shell and had very little inside. Same with the houses, they were just a front but inside were just empty and some never had back walls. The police station was full of Christmas décor.
The most complete part was the Minimart shop and
had real items such as sweets and all the market stalls were full, such as the
frit stall was all real. Next realistic would be the Albert but was funny that
the back door leads to the outside door of the Argee Bhajee . The Walford
Station only had a first floor but looked really good. The chip shop was almost
real apart from the fake fish.
Walking round the square was amazing. All those
years seeing it on tv then seeing for real. Sat for a moment on Arthurs Set to
take it all in. Saw the Police Station,
then over to the allotments, Turpin Road, Bridge Street, Geroge Street and a
few others I’ve not even seen on the show.
Past George Street and passing down the Arches
leads you down to the main Elstree Studios buildings. This is where I had to
end by day out as the security in buggies came along to say hi.
History
The site was known as being part of Elstree
Studios that spread over a large area in Borehamwood and was made up of many
different production companies. Building began in 1914 and used just as a film
studio originally and by Neptune Studios. Changing owners many times. Later the
site was converted for use as TV studio in the 1960s. Eventually the site was
sold to the BBC in 1984. Apart from Eastenders the other popular show that was
filmed here for many years was Holby City until its end only this year.
Naked Explore
Rating
Ease of Access 6 – If you know how, its was
really easy to get to the set.
History 8 – When the BBC took over Elstree Studios
this was just Wasteland.
Danger/Safety 9 – Was safe to walk around and
explore
Harassment 2 – There was security on and cctv
Interesting 10 – Couldn’t get more interesting
than walking around a tv set.
Naked Rating of 35 out of 50
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