Z Cars in Radford

[bel27nl 0]

Hello.

I can remember while at Sidney Pearson Hill school in the 70s the filming of some scenes for an episode of Z Cars.I recall there was filming on Denman Street just below the corner with Dulwich Road and also around the entrance to the Sidney Pearson gates at the rear of the school.

Can anyone remember this and if so the title of the episode,

Thanks.

Mark

[mick2me 3,033]

Z Cars filmed in Nottingham?

[Ashley 288]

Surely Z cars was earlier? and in Bristol? That said some of Auf wiedersen Pet was filmed in Radford when meant to be Wolverhampton

[rob237 89]

...Surely Z cars was earlier? and in Bristol?...

Surely not! Pure Merseyside, East Lancs Road etc...

Cheers

Robt P.

[Beefsteak 305]

Liverpool it is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Cars

[radfordred 6,284]

They did film an episode of Z Cars @ Sidney Pearson Hill it would have been 1969/70, i was there.

[Ashley 288]

Liverpool it is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Cars

was thinking of Z car buses as used by footie away fans!

[Beefsteak 305]

Where is Sydney Pearson Hill Nick?? (OR am I just plain dumb??)

[radfordred 6,284]

Sidney Pearson Hill Primary School was on the corner of Denman Street & Foster Street (long demolished) before that it was Forster Street Infants and Junior school.

Sir Sidney Pearson Hill was a former old boy and Nottingham Lord Mayor.

[hotpointdave 7]

Yes Zcars was filmed in Radford and at the Sydney Pearson Hill school and around the Clifton bridge area, I was a little youngster then at that school so can confirm this. The episode in question is called/titled.....( Scot Free ) and was shown on TV in 1976 even though the filming of Scot Free was early 1975. Hopes this helps.

[Michael Booth 7,364]

Welcome to Nottstalgia, hotpointdave. It's certainly a big bump from 2008. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories.

[Bilbraborn 1,594]

Radfordred. Sydney Pearson Hill was my grandfather and like you say an old boy. He was Sherriff of Nottm in 1959, Lord Mayor in 1961, BEM in 1963 and later on knighted. Not bad for a person born out of wedlock and later became an engine driver. He died of multiple cancer in 1968. Not everyone agreed with all his politics and I was one of them, but he was a gentleman and was a true Labour Alderman - there for the people of Nottingham. Not like the present self-serving bunch of Richard Heads.

[RadfordGirl 0]

Bilbraborn. I remember Mr Hill as he and my parents and aunty were friends. My aunty and uncle lived next door to us in Radford and they all used to chat on the doorstep. Mr Hill would come by on his bike when he'd finished at the railways. I went to Forster St and when they changed the name, was chosen to give flowers etc to Alderman and Mrs Hill. Having been told not to speak to them, Mr Hill greeted me and asked after my dad - I was mortified as I could see the head mistress's outraged look that I should know the Lord Mayor! But we were a staunch Labour family and trades unionists, so we knew a lot of the local politicians.

And yes Z Cars did film in Radford. On Bastion Street, as that was where my parents lived. They asked my mother if she'd let our cat be in shot and she said no, she didn't want him knocked down by racing police cars!