![]() The scrapyard at Tipner, at the top of Portsmouth harbour, was opened just after the Second World War and is where much of the discarded military equipment from Portsmouth Dockyard ended up. The pier was rebuilt following the fire but not in the previous grand style. Ken Russell's crew continued filming whilst the fire was being fought by the fire services and the fire scenes were used in other sections of the film notably the destruction of Bernies Holiday camp. The fire resulted in serious damage to the pier estimated to be £500,000. South Parade Pier, South Parade, Southsea, Hants, PO4 0SW.Ī fire broke out during filming when Ann-Margret and Oliver Reed, Tommy's mother and stepfather were dancing in the Gaiety Show Bar, disguised as the ballroom of Bernies Holiday Camp. Martens.įort Purbrook, Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire The boots modelled on the classic cherry red, Doc Marten, were 4ft 6½ inches high and constructed from glass fibre.Įlton John kept the boots after filming Tommy, he later sold them at one of his famous auctions in 1988, they were bought by a director of R Griggs, the makers of Dr. In this scene Tommy battles against Elton John (character name Local Lad), wearing a massively high pair of Doc Marten boots, for supremacy as the Pinball Wizard, Tommy of course won the competition. The King's Theatre, Albert Road, Southsea, Hampshire. ![]() I'm sure the present residents realise the buildings religious background, but I wonder if they have seen the crazy scenes in the film when Tommy is taken to the church by his mother Ann-Margret to be cured and where the congregation take part in a communion consuming both drugs and alcohol? Following the closure of Eastney Barracks in 1991 this building has subsequently been redeveloped into private housing. This church was built to serve the Royal Marines Eastney barracks and was dedicated at a service on 17 November 1905 by the Lord Bishop of Winchester, it was built to the design known as 'Admiralty Pattern Churches'. St Andrew's Church, Henderson Road, Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Hilsea Lido, Swimming Pool, Hilsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire ![]() Tommy opens a holiday camp for his followers to stay in and be near him, but unfortunately it all ends badly as Tommy's greedy and unscrupulous relatives try to rip off his followers financially, the followers riot in protest and destroy the camp. With the help of a specialist, Tommy cures himself and fans flock to him and worship him in a cult like manner. Tommy develops a special skill at playing pinball machines, "he sure plays a mean pinball" and goes on to become world champion bringing fame and fortune to the family. Being forbidden by his mother and stepfather to speak about the murder, he internalises the issue and stops speaking, seeing or hearing at all. Tommy the rock opera centres around Tommy a deaf dumb and blind boy who as a child witnessed his father being murdered by his stepfather. On second thought, much better than it never happened.A very brief and very simplified synopsis. However, it would have been entertaining to see my Father meet Keith Moon. Ultimately, no matter how good of an opportunity, I could have never seen it working out between D. Of course, The Who themselves chose Gottlieb machines for the movie "Tommy" which is why Elton John and Roger Daltrey compete on a "Kings and Queens" and "Buckaroo".īut at the end of the film "Tommy", a lot of Pinball Machines get destroyed: This was the beginning of the golden era for Bally Pinball where they embraced licensing and had one hit after another. "Wizard" in 1975 and "Captain Fantastic" in 1976. Years later, the originator of pinball machine licensing, Tommy Nieman, did a licensing deal for the 1975 film Tommy and two legendary games came out of it. Pete was born in 45' and Gypsy Queen was 55' so he would have been 10 or a little older when he started playing this game: "I thought I was The Bally table king, but I just handed my pinball crown to him."īut Pete Townshend's reference to one of his favorite pinball machines was left in the "rock opera" in the song "Acid Queen". So the Who went to Bally and they were fine with it which is why in "Pinball Wizard" Roger Daltrey sings: He did not understand "long hairs", "hippies", or even rock and roll for that matter so he said absolutely not. Well my Father was a WW2 Navy veteran and child of the depression. "I thought I was The Gottlieb table king, but I just handed my pinball crown to him." He was writing a "rock opera" and he wanted approval of the lyric in "Pinball Wizard": In the late 1960s, the management of The Who contacted my Father on behalf of Pete Townshend. Odin, you will be interested in the true story below then! Gottlieb was the original table king
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