The Beiderbecke Affair

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EBGB wrote: My mum was a teacher at Foxwood when it was being filmed and you can see her green Ford Escourt estate in a few long shots. Very proud. Spooky - I was at Foxwood when it was filmed, although I don't seem to have made it onto the screen in any episodes. Perhaps they thought I might outshine Mr Bolam
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I remember teaching at Foxwood when this series was being filmed. I helped supervise the kids and got filmed as an "extra" in the background. We shared the food and met all the actors and most of the kids in it were from the school except the stars of course.

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Facebook link to the backgrounf of thelittle yellow Viva HA vans.http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002493262204
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Good-Honest-Iago wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesw-bel ... /detail/My own contribution to the Beiderbecke Affair locations. There where some different ones for the prequel "Get Lost" which I'm wanting to find too. Picked up the free Metro newspaper on the bus this morning. Thought I recognised the 4-bed apartment for sale on Clarendon Road which features on page 47. Reeds Rains City Living have it up for sale at £199,000 and say it is currently 'tenanted' at £1,300 per calendar month.It is definitely the building that housed Trevor's bachelor pad. It even looks as though the estate agent used your photographs. Bet Trevor wasn't paying that sort of money as he pined for Jill back in the eighties!

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Post by Phill_dvsn »

I've just come across all the episodes on youtube.Episode one is herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJxlKbLPuUAnd there is a nice scene of one of Leeds long lost streets.Aristophanes Street herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_de ... uU#t=1627s
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Phill_dvsn wrote: I've just come across all the episodes on youtube.Episode one is herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJxlKbLPuUAnd there is a nice scene of one of Leeds long lost streets.Aristophanes Street herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_de ... uU#t=1627s Just started watching my box set again the other night. I allus thought Aristophanes Street was a made up one just for the series. (See my location )    
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Chrism wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: I've just come across all the episodes on youtube.Episode one is herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJxlKbLPuUAnd there is a nice scene of one of Leeds long lost streets.Aristophanes Street herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_de ... uU#t=1627s Just started watching my box set again the other night. I allus thought Aristophanes Street was a made up one just for the series. (See my location )     Yes I did wonder myself, the only thing is that street sign looks pretty authentic to me, just like the old Leeds ones you still see in the odd place. The only way to see is pin point the location, and have a look on the old maps I guess.    
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Post by jim »

I can't find Aristophanes Street in the indexes of my 1955 and 1972 A-to-Z type Leeds street maps. Looking at the shots I think they may have been taken in the Christopher Road/Rider Road area, which I recall from visiting relatives in Glossop Terrace back in the 1950s, so the sign may be a very good replica. Edit - No mention on Leodis either. I base my area proposal on the view of the Parkinson Building tower in the background.

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Post by Phill_dvsn »

Hard one to call isn't it, the street sign certainly looks authentic.
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It was actually Hawes Place. The boarded up shop was the greengrocers run by a very nice Scottish lady.

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