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Post by Gene Hunt on Apr 27, 2018 21:50:12 GMT
Do you mean the train station where they board the train? Yep :) Bury Bolton Street Station, Bury BL9 0EY MAP
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Apr 30, 2018 22:43:19 GMT
Thanks Guv!
How on earth do you work it out? I mean some are fairly simple, I suppose, like Stopford House. Then I guess there will be a few mentioned in clips and the books etc but when you’re literally pinning down back streets and one of what must be hundreds of red brick terraces in a city that you don’t live in ...??
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 1, 2018 1:10:14 GMT
Location spotting can be relatively easy if there are key landmarks or premises in the background that can offer up the clues. They will give you some perspective to work from and with some approximation you are able to work out the location. Years ago that would mean trawling the streets themselves to determine the actual location.
The access nowadays to Google maps, streetview, etc can make spotting easier if those landmarks remain. But for every (relatively) easy location to find there are others that seem almost impossible and can take hours and hours over many evenings to search maps, Google images, old maps, anything to find the elusive clues to finally pinpoint with certainty.
I have done it on numerous occasions and you do get a huge sense of achievement when you finally pinpoint that elusive location. Gene on the other hand has taken it to a whole new level and the number of locations he has found for so many TV programs and films is truly astounding. He certainly has got more patience and dedication for it than many of us have.
Sam.
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Post by Dirty Epic on May 1, 2018 19:17:23 GMT
Well put Sam. Whenever I've found a location I've either just visited it or if I photograph it I'll do it as an approximate guide to the one on the film/TV programme... Gene you get it right and exact mate and it's brilliant to be a part of some of the locations you've discovered and put on the site mate.
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Post by Sparky on Jan 7, 2019 14:10:26 GMT
I worked on a couple of episodes from Series 1 of "Life on Mars". Where items couldn't be covered up on set, it would be done in Post-Production. Some (not many) exterior scenes had a large majority of the backgrounds removed and replaced with buildings suiting the period. One had an old ABC / Odeon style cinema put in.
A fellow electrician - and much older than me, served his apprenticeship in the early 70s with AFA-Minerva; one of the largest Intruder Alarm installers in the UK. He pointed out to an Art Director - that back in 1973, it would be rare to see a domestic house with a Burglar Alarm (as they were expensive). And a large majority of shops wouldn't have them either for the same reasons. Back then - you only really seem them on Banks, Post Offices, Jewellers, Wherehouses/Shops containing expensive goods.
The Chippies had to made wooden boxes to cover and mask out a majority of modern Alarm boxes. Though - there are still a few more modern ones lurking just here and there.
But as most of those shots used short depth lenses (to hide the background) - you can't really see them, unless you know they are there!
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Post by Davy Freeth on Apr 20, 2021 20:04:51 GMT
Spent many a time trollying round Manchester with the missus when we lived in Lancashire so it all looked so familiar. A few back streets where you park a car and race the traffic wardens to get back to the car first lol .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2021 15:53:51 GMT
How strange not going the extra mile and removing the alarm boxes! It wouldn't of took that long surely! But I guess all time is money! But like Del' said! Most people wouldn't be looking for it! Unless they're Wheres's Wally fans! Lol! personally though! If I'd a been directing LOM I'd have to eliminate as much possible that wouldn't have been from that era! Because it's just gonna bug ya otherwise!
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