A protest, organised by residents, has taken place outside a home used to shoot porn movies in Bradley Stoke.
A dozen residents with banners gathered outside the home of James Edwards (main picture, right) in The Coppice.
Banners called for action to be taken over the home which Mr Edwards says he is legally using to make the movies.
He said: “If you look at the house you can’t actually see that there’s anything going on. Alright there’s girls visiting and there’s camera people coming in and out.
“I can understand people have got their views but at the end of the day it’s a legal activity as various agencies have already commented to the press and them.
“Most of the population wouldn’t know what I did at this particular space if they didn’t keep putting it in the media.”
One protester, Dave Wall (main picture, left), said men and women come and go at the house all day.
“The point is the police come up and don’t see anything. We’re there all the time and we see it day in, day out from roughly 10 in the morning to six at night.
“He’s either got two, three four or even five girls in there. According to the number of girls that go there is the number of men that go there. And you can time them, 25 minutes, half an hour. One in, one out.
“If the man wants to live there then that’s fine. I don’t have a problem with that. But it’s what he’s doing in that house. At one time he was photographing out the front. We got that stopped. He’s just a nuisance really.”
23 responses so far ↓
1 Bert // Jan 31, 2009 at 11:16 am
Hooray! It’s the “morally outraged of Bradley Stoke”. Mary Whitehouse would be so proud. ;-D
Seriously, in this day and age, need we be so worried about people making consensual adult films in the privacy of their own homes? Admittedly if he takes filming out into the front garden, I’d say the neighbours have a genuine gripe, but behind curtains, it’s all entirely legal assuming he files his returns and pays his tax…and there are far worse businesses to be running from one’s home.
2 Chris // Jan 31, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I’m not following this at all and the protesters banners make very little sense. Is this about prostitution or pornography? Regarding house prices – no prospective buyer would have any idea were it not for the protests.
Is there anything illegal going on? It doesn’t look like it from the story.
3 Chris (editor) // Jan 31, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Chris, the protest was about the use of the house for filming pornography but some protesters had used the term prostitution. During one of the conversations between the protesters and Mr Edwards he denied that the home was being used for anything other than filming and did offer to prove it to them if they wanted …
4 Jon // Jan 31, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I can understand people not being happy about filming going on outside the house, but what goes on inside is surely nobody else’s business?
As for protecting house values… I think, just maybe, that there are other things going on in the world that might be having an effect on property prices.
5 Jon // Jan 31, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Also, I’m morally outraged that one of the photographers in the first photo is exposing himself on the street.
6 Mike // Jan 31, 2009 at 4:04 pm
He is running a legitimate business in his own home, what’s wrong with that? Clearly the protesters with the banners are making alot of fuss out of nothing. If I lived in that street it wouldn’t make me feel uneasy and it would certainly not devalue the house prices.
Clearly the protesters have nothing better to do than harass there fellow neighbours and make up derogatory banners and signs!
7 Dan // Jan 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Damn, I might have to see if he’s got any spare jobs going :p
8 GT // Jan 31, 2009 at 7:24 pm
I live in the street and only became aware of this when we got a leaflet through the door. I did wonder why there were CCTV cameras on the outside of the house, but just thought it was a very security concious person.
But am I really bothered? No. I don’t think it’s a particulary pleasant business that he’s involved with, but it’s all behind closed doors, nothing to see from the outside. If it’s outside, yep, I’d have a problem with that. If it was prostitution I’d be more concerned – but it’s not.
Some of the placards are asking the tax authorities to investigate. If he’s running a legitimate business I’m sure he is paying taxes given the publicity he’s had.
Personally I’d rather spend my time and energy on something a bit more worthwhile to the community.
9 bev // Jan 31, 2009 at 8:26 pm
i think people like dave wall ought to get a life
10 Bert // Feb 1, 2009 at 2:11 am
Haha! Well spotted, Jon! I’m sure Chris wouldn’t display his bottom whilst taking journalistic snaps!
11 Harry Stoke // Feb 1, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Would it be possible to have a working tour of the studio? Maybe a peak through the kitchen window? It’d certainly beat dogging on the Downs in this weather.
12 Phil // Feb 1, 2009 at 8:00 pm
A number of people in the UK adult industry find all the nonsense by the neighbours of James Edwards absolutely ridiculous. He is running a legitimate business and his nosey,do-gooder, interfering neighbours should leave him to go about his business. Who the hell does this Dave Wall think he is, the visitor police?I didn’t know it was against the law to have too many vistors to your house in one day.
Hopefully the sales of James Edwards DVDs will increase from all this, good luck to him.
13 Beatty // Feb 2, 2009 at 11:40 am
I dont see what all the fuss is about! I don’t live there and I wouldn’t know about the business if I hadn’t been told. I visit friends in the street often. His house is immaculate, tidy and presentable, if it was a run down dump then I can understand the issues. There is a taxi company living next door with cars and vans all over the place coming and going all the time, a legitamate business exactly the same, no one complains about that!
14 dominic // Feb 18, 2009 at 11:19 pm
I note that numerous people think that this type of behaviour is ok. However the local residents have seen people outside partaking in this filth, and not just within the house.
This country was built on christian values. This is just another example of how the collapsed British Society fails to see what is destroying it. Our streets are unsafe, violent crime and indeed all crime has increased dramatically, the nuclear family means nothing anymore. Can’t people see we are walking blindly towards our own destruction if we do not start doing unto others as we would have them do unto us? This filth must be stopped. Clearly the police don’t care, why should they? They have lost control of crime and we wouldn’t want to offend these peoples freedom of expression now would we for fear of being discriminatory. Come on folks, wake up and smell the decay.
I for one believe in the life everlasting, and each will be judged according to his deeds. We must remember this.
15 Jon // Feb 19, 2009 at 1:18 pm
While I totally respect Dominic’s right to believe in whatever he wants, I do object to being told that I must believe in it too.
“We must remember this”. No, YOU can remember it all you like. I’ll make my own decisions thanks.
16 dominic // Feb 19, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Jon, of course you have the right to make your own choices. God gave us this freedom for a reason. You choose your way, i’ll choose mine. We’ll find out in the end, both of us, one way or the other. God bless you.
17 Tim // Feb 20, 2009 at 11:36 am
Dominic says:
>> “However the local residents have seen people outside partaking in this filth”.
Curious comment, based not on your own observation(s) but seemingly second-hand information. Hearsay not usually being admissable, it is a strange thing to want to comment on. Should people be behaving unlawfully (and a variety of offences may be being commited should such allegations be true) then the Police should be informed to choose if they should spend their time (that Council Tax payers pay for) investigating. You also say:
>> “Clearly the police don’t care, why should they?”
Again, a curious statement. The Police are upholders of the law, and not your, or anyone else’s moral values.
Should you believe a crime to have been committed, you should report it. If you have no evidence, then where the very nature of a “comment” section on a publically accessible website allows us all to express an opinion, that is all it is, and you should perhaps acknowledge that.
On a separate note, if you are so outraged by the state of British society, you are most likely able to leave. Given you acknowledge a right to make our own choices in your second response, perhaps you should take your own advice?
18 Simon // Feb 20, 2009 at 11:55 am
Anyone who cannot see that society is falling apart has obviously been blinded to reality. It’s the reason that our children are growing up to become depressed and empty, it’s the reason people grow up to be confused about their sexuality. Homosexuality, Pornography, and sexual imorality is a huge factor causing people to be sick in the head. We absolutly must take heed to the word of God, this nation was built upon the word of God, and as we move further away from it, we become sicker, and more blind, untill we begin to call black white and wrong right.
Let us not forget the fate of sodom and gomorrah.
19 dominic // Feb 20, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Amen to Simon’s comments. Thanks for your comments here.
Tim, not sure what involvement you have had here but the police have been shown photos of what goes on here, indeed I was at a meeting where photos were shown to police regarding some of this filth and some of it was going on in the garden in full view of residents. I have seen them. This is factual information, the police did not act.
20 dominic // Feb 20, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I see you have removed Simon’s comments from here. What happened to freedom of speech and freedom of opinion. Can a christian not express an opinion these days? This is shameful, shameful.
21 Chris (editor) // Feb 20, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Simon/Dominic’s comments were both posted from the same IP address.
Guys – much as this is an interesting debate can we please keep it on topic. The religious debate is quite far removed from the core topic so let’s park it before we end up in a huge row about that as well.
22 Chris (editor) // Feb 20, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Dominic – it was not removed, it was held in moderation as it was a new e-mail address. As you can see, the comment (posted from the same connection you are on) is live.
23 Chris (editor) // Feb 20, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Simon/Dominic – that’s enough now, please. The previous comment (relating to whether certain members of this forum engage in pornography) is very close to libel and has been removed. Any more of this nature and I will be forced to ban you.
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