The World of James Bond exhibition in Portsmouth
(Published 2004-09-06)
In 1997, I studied at Anglo World in London; this gave me the opportunity to see many Bond locations in the UK with Laura, my Argentinean girlfriend.

One of those days, we travelled to the south of England or more specifically to the marine city of Portsmouth.

This is the same city where EON Productions filmed some sequences for the 18th Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), earlier that year.

The main reason of going there was not see the location used in the film but to visit the James Bond exhibition which was shown there at the time and opened by 'Q' alias Desmond Llewelyn the same year.

We took the train and travelled through a snowy landscape before we finally got there. The exhibition itself was close to the train station so it took us only a 5-minute walk.

The exhibition was fantastic and the first time for me personally to see screen used Bond props. I bought a catalogue where several of the props displayed were presented, but I must admit it nicer to see them in person.

I shouldn't mention all here but the most memorable pieces to see was the mini sub from Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (owned by The Ian Fleming Foundation where yours truly is a member since 1998), the Lotus Esprit sub car from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) (also owned by IFF), the Acrostar jet plane from Octopussy (1983), and the Aston Martin DB5 from GoldenEye (1995).

Anders Frejdh © 2004 From Sweden With Love

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