Dan Harris at The Good Mixer

PEOPLE heading to the cinemas to see the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black will spend half the film shouting out: ‘I know where that it is!’

The Good Mixer pub in Inverness Street, Camden Town, is among a series of instantly recognisable locations for the film shoot.

Dan Harris, who runs the bar, famous for its association with the Britpop era of the 1990s, said: “The music scene in Camden Town is still really buzzing right now. There is a lot going on here, at the Dublin, The Hawley and others.”

He added: “I used to come here when I was a teenager. The Mixer, the Bar Fly, the Monarch, the Dublin. My mates were in bands. It meant, for us, when the chance to take the Good Mixer on came up, six years ago, it was a dream come true. We walked in and knew it was good, and haven’t changed it. “I mean, why would you change the Mixer? It’s the Mixer!”

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The New Journal‘s guest editor for the week, the film’s director Sam Taylor-Johnson, said she had been pleased the bar has been conserved – as it made it perfect for filming. Mr Harris said: “The only change was we had to alter the prices back to what they were – we had to make pints £1.50. I was blown away by the extent of the production and it was very exciting to be a part of it.”

Meanwhile, Ollie Bengough, the owner of Koko at the south end of Camden High Street, recalled the joy Amy would bring when she showed up to support other musicians, often on Friday nights.

“We had a poker table in the green room, all the bands used to play for fun,” he said, adding:  “I remember one night she was larking around shouting ‘can I come and play?’, then she jumped on the poker table, grabbed the chips and threw them up in the air like confetti laughing.”

It was par for the course, he said, adding: “She was always fun to be around. KOKO was her home, she played so many wild and spontaneous shows that just had a certain magic about them.”