Old White Horse Picture
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Seymour Upperthong
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Thank you very much for this photo! I had no idea of the close proximity of the White Horse to the row houses which were filmed as residences of Hobbo, Cleg
)), the Sibshaws, and Mavis. I can't help but wonder if this row house originally belonged to the mill itself. I figure it was a woolen mill. A lot of mills in New England had such row houses on the mill's property for key employees, necessary to keep the production wheels turning, especially if the mill ran 24/7. There would have been no need for phones, pagers, blackberries or cell phones, the mill would just send someone up to knock on your door in the middle of the night.I think in some episodes they had an aerial view photograph on display in the The White Horse.
I think once Alan JW Bell said they never filmed inside The White Horse - but, I hate saying this, I think he's incorrect. I believe some scenes were in the real pub, and some scenes were in a specially made set in the studio.
I think once Alan JW Bell said they never filmed inside The White Horse - but, I hate saying this, I think he's incorrect. I believe some scenes were in the real pub, and some scenes were in a specially made set in the studio.
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captain clutterbuck
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Assume that over time the White Horse has been internally modernised so impossible to map what we believe are internal scenes of the real pub against photographs members have from their visit or is that possible
Marianna
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The knocker-upper was a paid occupation. Here's a story from the BBC, with photos and film. Please ignore the political stories in the sidebar.Thank you very much for this photo! I had no idea of the close proximity of the White Horse to the row houses which were filmed as residences of Hobbo, Cleg
Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain
As the clocks go forward for the start of British Summer Time, many of us will rue the loss of an hour in bed. But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks?
www.bbc.com
theatrically_inclined
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Perhaps Alan was referring to a specific time period...
It was first seen in Dec 1984 “The Loxley Lozenge” as a studio interior, up to series 9 ep8 when it was studio interior and occasional location exterior. Series 9 ep9 used the location exterior and interior - then ep 10 was studio interior again. It was seen as both location and studio interior until; mid series 11 then it was always location til mid of series 12 then it was always studio interiors to series 15. From Dec 1993 “Welcome To Earth” it was location again, then in series 18 the redecorated studio interior was used to match the location. It was mostly then location interiors up to the end of series 24, which was the last time the interior was used, with just a few more exterior appearances. Phew!
Little has changed in the main bar interior that is seen in the show. It has been redecorated, and as above this was reflected in the studio set being decorated to match. Some things to look out for are the camera angles. Some shots would be impossible in the location as the camera would be shooting through a wall. Depending on the era, before series 14 film was used on location and video in the studio, so you can see the difference on screen. From series 14 Alan Bell used film in the studio as well, so you loose that differentiation, but later everything was recorded on video.
Thanks, I thought I was right about this.
The best example of this is the 1990 series, where we see fairly noticeable differences between the real life interior and the studio interior - it looks the same, only different!
I'm reasonably sure you see the real life staff in the real life interiors in some of the late 80s-early 90s episodes.
theatrically_inclined
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It certainly is White Horse landlord Ron Backhouse in 10 appearances from 1995 to 2001, although in between these dates other actors also played landlord there as well.
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Seymour Upperthong
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Now we know where the writer got the idea for knocking on windows with clothes props!The knocker-upper was a paid occupation. Here's a story from the BBC, with photos and film. Please ignore the political stories in the sidebar.
Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain
As the clocks go forward for the start of British Summer Time, many of us will rue the loss of an hour in bed. But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks?www.bbc.com
Thank heavens this method wasn't used to awaken me. I would have been looking for graveyard shift work pretty quickly.