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4. Woodhouse used to walk her dogs round Croxley and frequently walked past our house, which was set back from the Grand Union canal towpath. One day she passed my father, who was outside cutting back undergrowth, and chided him for ruining the space for her dogs. Needless to say she was soon sent on her way with a volley of industrial language. Never cross an angry Irishman.
5. Fred on the other hand was delightful and always stopped for a chat with dad whenever we saw him out, usually at the shops on Baldwins Lane.
As an aside, part of the 'Return to Oz' film sequel was filmed in Whippendell Woods. The yellow brick road was in situ for many years afterwards.
THC | 19.06.24 - 7:15 a.m. | #
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2 - probably stock footage, wonder what happened to the rest of it.
It's less of a novelty now to see your local area appear on TV, although it struck me as a lot of faffing about simply to use the location to film someone walking into or out of a building or show them from a distance walking along.
Still Anon | 19.06.24 - 7:54 a.m. | #
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Our actual house was used for a film (before we lived in it). You see characters walking along the pavement outside, walking down the drive, in through the front door and up the stairs (and then onto a set). And later there are shots in the back garden. We never reached this level of glory ourselves but a crew filming an advert across the road used our front garden to locate one of their cameras. Some damage was done...
Lucy Garden | 19.06.24 - 9:21 a.m. | #
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It can't be long before a community hall or feature gets used on Taskmaster. Alex Horne as a Chesham lad does seem to like giving local organisations a bit of location filming income.
dg writes: Chesham is 9 miles from Croxley
Andrew S | 19.06.24 - 10:26 a.m. | #
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In Teddington, we have the Fish Slapping Dance. Beat that!
David B | 19.06.24 - 12:22 p.m. | #
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In the close but no cigar category, near me in Northwood, was The Good Life in the mid 70s, filmed in Kewferry Road, where Bob and Barbara Good's house was located (not in Surbiton as the series canon goes). I remember picking up the discarded graphite rods from the actual arc lights.
And of course The Goodies filmed multiple bits at Croxley-adjacent Bury Lake. We'd go down there after school (sailing club if I remember, which positions it as 1975). I could look up the episodes, but I do remember the tandem featured.
Adam Dorrell | 19.06.24 - 1:23 p.m. | #
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Not that I watch it but surely Eastenders must have decamped somewhere in Croxley over the decades?
Adam Cummings | 19.06.24 - 2:16 p.m. | #
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Never risk a surely.
But Ron Tarr who played Big Ron did live just down the road from Fred Housego.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 19.06.24 - 2:34 p.m. | #
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5-Thanks for the link on The Guardian article on Fred Housego. A great read.
Richard | 19.06.24 - 7:23 p.m. | #
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Can't beat the fish-slapping dance, but not far away from me in tghe other direction is Norbiton station, which was used as one end of Reggie Perrin's commute. (11 minutes late, badger ate a jumction box at New Malden)
And the nearby Cambridge Estate (now being re-developed) was the notorious "Jasmine Allen" in "The Bill".
Timbo | 19.06.24 - 8:46 p.m. | #
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9. I remember seeing the crew trucks, and lighting cables snaking through a garden on, I think the north side of Malvern Way/Lancing Way, but it was not obvious which house was being used.
Which reminds me of the late Dave Edwards, Mr Christmas's Lancing Way garden and house filming - he raised a lot of money for charity with his lights and displays.
Nick K | 19.06.24 - 9:59 p.m. | #
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