Alfred J Kipper
Tuesday 11th March 2025 9:54am [Edited]
Aldershot
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Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 4th March 2025, 11:16 AM
In film order..................
At the start of the film Stanley Windrush applies for a position with Detto. The gates of the old Firestone Tyre Company premises on Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex.
The demolition of the Firestone Factory was the subject of questionable actions in 1980 but the gates, piers and railings received Grade ll listing in 2001.
Yes, note the fencing
I do like then and now contrast photos, especially if you've recently been there. And at least keeping external features like original railings and iron street lamps is pretty essential to keep a glimmer of the road's heritage, especially when so many were torn down to make so many ineffectual tanks in WW2. âšī¸
Quote: Aaron @ 6th March 2025, 12:29 PM
Definitely not within Pinewood itself, I'm afraid. Very difficult to get beyond those gates these days unless you work there.
Yes I've just googled their pretty private looking website. They do have an on site cinema for public use, but have zero film showings scheduled! Not the most inviting of British heritage sites, I have to say. âšī¸
Though for those who like taking risks (not me) minor Carry On face Valerie Leon does run a tour of some of the film locations. The ones mentioned don't exactly inspire my enthusiasm, having passed by them for work - The exterior of the old Slough Town Hall on the very busy A4 (as glimpsed in Carry On Girls), now a school, or Windsor & Maidenhead Town Hall, used for the exterior shot of the Hospital in Carry On Doctor, or a woodland spot in Black Park seen in Carry On Dick.
The most intriguing has to be the former shop 'where Sid and Bernie bought their tent in Carry On Camping'. It doesn't say where that is, but for 80 quid, I'm happy to die wondering. đ¤