Film locations in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire

Hello John, Brian and Simon. Just came across your marvellous web site whilst browsing and i must say how much i am enjoying viewing it. You all deserve a pat on the back for such a mammoth undertaking. A film locations, then and now site, or book, is something i have always kept an eye out for on the web or in my local bookstore but have never found one until i happened to discover yours.

..............glad to be of service

I agree with your sentiments regarding not only the nostalgic value of viewing then and now photographs of a certain era, but also the fascinating, social insights it gives us to see how the landscape of our towns, countryside and also our values and perceptions of everyday life has changed, probably for the worst, in the last 60 years.Of course we cant turn back the clock. But we can visit those times with the help of the silver screen to at least hold the stresses of the modern world at bay be it only for a few hours.

I was wondering if you would be interested in looking at a few modern location shots of some British films from the 60s?

...............Absolutely, it's life blood to the site

I live in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and i have discovered some of the locations for.

1 Dads Army, the movie--- Chalfont St Giles, Bucks. The village was also used in "The Big Job" A kind of Carry on film staring Sid James and Dick Emery.

...............yes please

2 The Early Bird---- High Wycombe.

..............excellent

3 The wrong arm of the law---- Beaconsfield post office.

............indeed yes

4 Revenge----- Go ahead, for its day, melodrama staring Joan Collins and James Booth. High Wycombe and Bourne End, Bucks

...............wonderful

5 The Dirty Dozen----- Bradenham manor, Bradenham, Bucks also Albury, Herts

.........yes

6 Nurse on wheels---- Staring Juliet Mills. Little Missenden, Bucks.

..........yes, yes

7 The square peg----- Norman wisdom. Wooburn green railway station, Bucks

............yes,yes,yes

8 Carry on Camping---- Gerrards Cross cinema, Bucks, also Beaconsfield, Bucks, and the camping shop in Maidenhead, Berks.

..........YES

9 Carry on Sergeant----- Opening scene, Beaconsfield church, Bucks.

.............YES

10 One of the Doctor at Large films which i cant remember staring Dirk Bogard. Some of the scenes were shot in Beaconsfield high street.

.............YES, YES, YES........................please, PLEASE!


If you would like any of these modern shots let me know i will email them over. Keep up the good work.

............waiting with baited breath, and the info has to be worth a complimentary subscription.

Best wishes

John Tunstill

All the best
Eddie Brazil