Thanks ever so much captain,I enjoy the walks anyway,but I love it when I go up the hills with the scenes on my camera to match up,when I find the spot,and look at the camera screen and see the characters stood exactly where I am stood,I feel a real connection to the show and the people in it.When I was sat at the bench having a coffee I got talking to a local,about 70 yrs old who lives on one of the lanes up the hill,he said he goes for a walk every day with his two mates and they often call at the White Horse or Butchers after a walk,he said the locals call them Foggy,Compo and Clegg.He takes it for granted living there and doing that,but I said to him,to anyone from the city,or abroad,especially who loves the show,he is living the show and is so lucky.Pete,
Yet another great set of photos thank you for posting them, very much appreciate the time you take to match the photos to the scene and sharing them with all the members .:smile:
Cheers gill,I'll take you there in the car if we ever get that walk.Lovely photo's again Pete. Thankyou so much for sharing. X
I shall look forward to that Pete.Cheers gill,I'll take you there in the car if we ever get that walk.
It seems its in almost every episode doesn't it Terry,anyone who visited would recognise it,it would feel like being on the set of a show,thats how I feel.I think Hirst Lane must of been Alan Bell's choice of filming locations, one day I will go though every episode and count how many times it has been used,but I would think in at least 50% of all episodes had some filming here
Watched swan man today. Just saying.It seems its in almost every episode doesn't it Terry,anyone who visited would recognise it,it would feel like being on the set of a show,thats how I feel.
On page 28 of Alan Bells book he describes finding this location,the junction of paths and hill,and how he loved it,and as we know he would keep going back to it throughout the entire series.
Thanks captain.I didn't even notice the state of the road to be honest,I was more concerned that the builders were there and had parked in front of the school,I especially went to take the photo when I knew it was the school holiday as I didn't want to stand there taking a photo if there were schoolchildren in the yard,but it looks like the builders came,there were several vans,thanks againNice photos Pete thank you again for posting them .One thing I noticed is the state of the road at the School at Holme Tom is probably safer on the wall . I think Truly, Cleggy and Billy would be visiting the National Accident Helpline . "We were walking along a road just filming a well known Comedy when we were suddenly afflicted by synchronised tripping , two of us were then only capable of filming scenes in the house and the other, Billy , who'd damaged his wrist, was only able to fire arrows to hit their intended target which was completely in contrast to the script. "
Thanks gill.I especially waterproofed and firmly fixed the "Hi gill" sign that I made,and left it there.Hopefully there are a few people in Holmfirth asking,Who's gill ?Thank you ever so much for the lovely photo's Pete It was so very kind of you.
Thankyou Pete. You never know it might make the paper's or the news!! To quote a Marina line if they want picture's I shan't know what to wear. Take care. XThanks gill.I especially waterproofed and firmly fixed the "Hi gill" sign that I made,and left it there.Hopefully there are a few people in Holmfirth asking,Who's gill ?
I love to see how things have changed over the years,and these town photos are much better for that.When I take a photo if I can I like to stand in the same place where the film crew would have stood,in the countryside to find the exact place I often look for rocks and the shapes of tree branches,neither of which change much,for this one I used the house windows,on the left there are two windows,then a gap and slightly lower four more windows,with a small gap after the first two,and underneath the railing is a sloping concrete section,you can see how they have removed the black railing and put up a stone wall.I walked up to Out Lane in Holmfirth today,it was really steep,this is how it looks today,and how it looked when Compo was skateboarding down it in Small Tune for a Penny Wassail.
Thanks captain.I didn't even notice the state of the road to be honest,I was more concerned that the builders were there and had parked in front of the school,I especially went to take the photo when I knew it was the school holiday as I didn't want to stand there taking a photo if there were schoolchildren in the yard,but it looks like the builders came,there were several vans,thanks again