Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 A large part of the film "Saturday Night Sunday Morning" was shot in and around Nottingham, and everybody has probably played 'spot the location', but quite a few scenes were filmed in London, and ever since I first saw the film I've been puzzled by this view. It's pretending to be Nottingham, but is it really there? And if so, where? It has a general air of Radford/Lenton, but I've never been able to work out any landmarks. Perhaps it is one of the London scenes, in which case maybe no-one here will be able to identify it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I understood it was only inside scenes that were filmed in London, but might be wrong....the picture could be town end of sneinton ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Just a wild guess - somewhere adjacent Park road, Lenton? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 .the picture could be town end of sneinton ? I wondered about Sneinton, especially with the hills in the background, but I couldn't work out exactly what we are seeing. Re: the point about locations in London http://en.wikipedia....lming_locations And I've also read that the sequence where Albert Finney and Norman Rossington are walking through a 1950s-style estate is also somewhere in London Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgie49 401 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 The factory building in the foreground reminds me of the 'Valspar' paint factory,towards the town end of St Annswell road. I am stumped at the light coloured building in the distance. There is no council house in the view. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I think it could be around lees hill street sneinton Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cliff Ton, it could well be Radford. The factory could be Toone's; this was located at the top of Sydenham Street, just off Denman Street. Filming 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning', there were lots of shots within Radford itself; especially Salisbury Street (the yards) - familiar to Sillitoe - Faraday Road and Hartley Road. I'll check for you . . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 That's Grodgit and Plackitts Pile Cream Factory with the Prophylactic Emporium in the distance...probably taken from the roof of Patels Halal Slaughterhouse or the Barnstenworths Colliery Whitefinger Clinic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Hippo girl, regarding 'Sat. Night, Sun. Morning' locations, the film crew actually took over some of the house/houses in one of the yards on Salisbury Street; remember when Ma Bull was shot up the whatd'yamacallit? Well this event was definitely filmed on the aforementioned street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I read somewhere (Probably on here) that there were a few more external scenes shot on the streets of London, there's a scene where a couple of them are staggering along drunk ithe street that was shot 'dahn sarff!' Incedently , that picture reminds me of the Dulwich and Thornton Heath areas of South London (Not a million mile from Croydon) where my in laws were both born. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Pooh Bear, I really must complain about that awful creature - Popeye - that you've put on. And I thought you had a penchant for beautiful animals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cliff Ton, I hope this helps: I have been informed by a knowledgeable source from Old Radford, that the factory in your image could be John Player's, Number I factory on Alfreton Road. However, that same source told me that filming for 'Sat. Night, Sun. Morn.' was done mainly on Salisbury Street - Sillitoe land - and that filming on Alfreton Road was unlikely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Jackson, thanks for your inquiries, but I don't think it is Player's No 1 factory. This photo shows where that factory was was, and it was surrounded by a number of other buildings. http://www.flickr.co...in/photostream/ I agree that Alfreton Road doesn't appear in the film; Salisbury Street was used for the road where Albert Finney lived; and other locations include Willoughby Street for Hilda Baker's house; Faraday Road for the Raleigh factories; and a street off Hartley Road for where Rachel Roberts lived Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cliff Ton, Rachel Roberts lived on Norton Street. (well she did in the film!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Norton street is off Hartley road....the location used in London was Battersea...still think that picture is sneinton hermitage, where the school is now ( nonitone street ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 On the horizon , 2 inch in from the right hand side of the pic...could that not be the council house. ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 On the horizon , 2 inch in from the right hand side of the pic...could that not be the council house. ?? I see what you mean, certainly could be........or a church. I'm also intrigued by the large grey block building near the horizon on the left side - what's that? Norton street is off Hartley road.... I could tell it was off Hartley Road, but not which exact street it was. This is it, from the film... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Count the windows and shapes of the brickwork....on PTP i think ive found the factory. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;NTGM012989&prevUrl= you have to change the angle too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 You could be right ! It all seems to fit. It means that the steep road going down in the immediate foreground is either St Chad's Road or Denstone Road. And all the scenery in the background is St Anns/Hungerhill Road/Woodborough Road. And it means the tall grey block which I mentioned earlier is Alexandra Court, the tower block half way up Woodborough Road Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Look up Denstone rd ...at the top the houses on Windmill lane look out over them all so We reckon the shot was taken from a top window on windmill lane. So YES ...it is Nottingham.....factory is Dobson and Wrights Lace bleachers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Cliff Ton, thanks for the wonderful photograph of Norton Street, just off Hartley Road. Certainly brings back memories. In the film: 'Sat. Night, Sun. Morning', Jack, Brenda's husband drives up Hartley Road on his motorbike and side car, turns left into Norton Street, then goes into the back of one of the houses. PS: I'm thinking of the saying: 'If we could turn back time'; well we can, with the use of photographs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 ...still think that picture is sneinton hermitage, where the school is now ( nonitone street ) ......and as we now know, you weren't far off !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well done Hippo Girl for identifying; you obviously know your Sneinton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Thanks Jackson, just off to London, baby arrived 2am today........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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