During the making of “Standing with Stones” Rupert and I found ourselves on July 5th 2006 standing on busy Cannon Street in the middle of the City of London. How come? Well, that question is answered in the clip below. Even so, it was pretty surreal to mind ourselves filming an ancient prehistoric monument inside a sport shop in the centre of the great metropolis. Our thanks to  the manager of Sportec, Chris Cheek for permission to film in his shop.

See the Modern Antiquarian entry for the London Stone here and the Wikipedia entry here.

By the way, as far as I know, despite reports in 2006 that the stone was due to be removed to the Museum of London, it is still in Cannon Street.

As a little addendum, this clip from the cutting room floor might amuse you …

Thankfully, I did have all the permission to film red tape sorted, so after a few calls to the City authorities, all was fine. Kudos to the police for being on the case.

SHOOT DIARY – The London Stone

On July 4, 2008, in Shoot Diary, by Michael

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5th June, 2006

Who would have thought that making a film about standing stones would see us shooting inside a sports shop in the City of London?

Here’s the Modern Antiquarian page on the London Stone.

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