avocet 0 Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Yes,got it,see exactly where you mean now.I seem to remember that for years after it closed,some track and a signal post remained on an embankment of the GNR line to Grantham in the area of Colwick Road/Trent Road/Daleside Road. Next location,I think this will be easy..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I spent a good few years going through those gates every day. Though it's not the place it was in my time. I mean, for God's sake, they even advertise in the local free papers nowadays. Unthinkable. Main gates to the NHS with the war memorial in the background. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I thought that one was a bit too easy !. They filmed there for at least two Boon episodes,one in 1989 for scenes at a boys grammar school and briefly used the entrance as college in 1990. Boon is even mentioned on the NHS Wikipedia page.... Wikipedia-Nottingham High School Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Here's the next location to name,filmed in Nov/Dec 1990...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Here's the next location to name,filmed in Nov/Dec 1990...... Hi Avocet, The Kwik Fit depot is in Stapleford, the old Saxon Cross garage. The house next door with the crescent shaped porch is called Norton House. Both are still there today. !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 littlebro, Thanks for that,Derby Road Stapleford,another location sorted.My first thought was the Kwik Fit on Nottingham Road New Basford but it didn't fit. This next location might be quite hard to find.It could be in a suburb of Nottingham,say West Bridgford,or maybe a nearby village.It is from the Summer of 1989.The third photo shows the road in front of the white house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 ...My first thought was the Kwik Fit on Nottingham Road New Basford but it didn't fit.... Take it back! I'm sure they'll adjust it... Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 My first guess was that it is in Redmile but the street doesn't fit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Rob, Very good !,I didn't realise what I had typed !!!!. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Tollerton? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 No road markings on Pic 3, so possibly an unadopted/private road? West Bridgford's Dovedale Road area...Millionaire's Row??? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 beeston fields drive ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 re post #43 I like to be accurate on these things. I drove past the location this morning and in fact the railway arch would have been on the site of what is now Heart FM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 I thought about Holme Lane Radcliffe on Trent, but I don't think it is.A lot of the other scenes from this episode were filmed around Colwick and Holme Pierrepont. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Some more locations to find coming up soon,been busy with other things just lately. Avocet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Hello again, anyone recognise this pub ?,filmed in the Summer of 1991.Used the name 'Wind in the Willows' in Boon.Sorry photos aren't very clear,the outside of the building was only filmed briefly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 the vale social club colwick ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 I don't recall a shop across the way from The Vale SC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 I don't recall a shop across the way from The Vale SC.....think you are right Bamber...could it be the white lion at Beeston? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I think the pub location could be the Black Lion on Main Street Radcliffe on Trent. What about this location,a large demolition site, filmed in the late Summer of 1991 ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I think the pub location could be the Black Lion on Main Street Radcliffe on Trent.... If you refer to your Post 66, I'd be amazed! Frontage is nothing like that pictured...it is a sort of Mock Tudor Post 70: Large circular storage bunker/demolition...Colwick Oil Depot? Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Perhaps I'm thinking of the wrong pub name in Radcliffe.In the background of the photos there is a shop with the name 'Kingfisher' and I think there was a 'Kingfisher Travel Agents' on Main Street Radcliffe about 20 years ago.What are the other pubs on Main St ?. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,592 Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Ayup Avocet, They look like gas holders to me, possibly Eastcroft or Basford, I think they were being demolished about that time Rog, PS: I've not forgot the picture of Barnby manor, will try to get over this holiday (if this weather picks up) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avocet 0 Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Hello Rog, I wondered about Basford for the gas holders.The site used for Boon seemed to be a very large area of industrial demolition,it looked like a really big works or factory.It had been completely levelled,with just a few large steel RSJs etc left standing.At one side of the site was a small street with a few terraced houses and smaller brick built industrial buildings. Looking forward to the Barnby pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Triumph Road, old Raleigh buildings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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