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The Lizard opened while I was there, I think. It was bloody awful.
There was some half-timbered place at the back of the union on South St that was OK.
(For those of you who didn't go to the UK's third oldest university, I wouldn't want to create the impression there was nothing to do except drink. You could also laugh at American exchange students who'd failed to realise that cider was alcoholic, and scrape the ice off the inside of your bedroom window in Melville of a winter's morning.
There was also some pastime involving chasing a small dimpled ball about, but tbh most people only went near the course to nick the 18th flag while pissed).
Mrs SOM reckons she spotted Stockport on "Last Tango in Halifax" last night.
Yes, the Vic. Opened while I was there. Specialised in Furstenburg which was nice but pricey! Everyone stole the glasses in the early days! Blimey, the Stables and yes that place near gatty. Only visited on oub crawls although it had an ok pool table. The lizard lounge was after my time too!!!
The Vic recently went all hipster, complete with bare stone walls, wooden tennis rackets on the wall and (the only plus point) a more interesting selection of beers.
That place near the gatty - The New Inn? It was definitely a weird one. Totally the wrong end of town for me to drink in often but they occasionally had good live bands playing in the back.
Remember the Fast Show ?You do ?
Most of it was filmed on my mate's farm.
Got the bat cave entrance at work, Henrhydd Falls.
Also had the Brecon Beacons featuring as the Brecon Beacons in the film about Sir Ranulph Fiennes, unfortunately there were foxgloves sticking up through the 'snow'.
Bunch of other stuff too, the quality of the catering wagon is definitely proportionate to the film.
The farmhouse in Last Tango In Halifax, that is supposed to be in Ripponden, is actually in Norden nr Rochdale.
In the corner of my living room
The Gospel Pass just up the road from here is a popular location. In the opening scenes from An American Warewolf in London the boys are walking up the road, next shot they are going the opposite direction, and 3rd shot going back the other way! They also used the road for the opening of the Antiques roadshow with the grandfather clock in the vintage car.
My farm can be clearly seen in the background of one of the Go Compare adverts where the bus drives into a fake village superimposed over a vista of the valley. 🙂
With the exception of inside the houses (and I've possibly been in some of them, growing up on the same estate), I recognise virtually every scene location from Dead Mans Shoes - all around Matlock.
There seems to be a film crew almost permanently parked at Haddon Hall too sometimes.
We used to go on holiday to Whicker Island, just north of Great Yarmouth:
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The farmhouse in Last Tango In Halifax, that is supposed to be in Ripponden, is actually in Norden nr Rochdale.
It's not that far away TBF.
On a Rochdale theme, Waterloo Rd was always good for emotive shots of the town centre (and comedy references to the rough Bamford estate). The current set is the former Greenock Academy, where I went to school.
I lived just up the hill from the Stables and still never dared.
The Vic I went to twice and they had a girl walking around with shots so I drank them. My housemate came home to find me in my underpants hugging the toilet.
Never dared go in Cross Keys either. Aikmans was grim.
The Central isn't really a student pub, I only went in a handful of times, usually with work (although we preferred the Criterion at Spokes). If there were students in there they were usually with a lecturer and sucking up.
Going back to film locations, I spent ages trying to find out where Skyfall house in the Bond film was. It was in a wood in Surrey with some green screen 🙁
Wollaton Hall was Wayne Manor in the Dark Knight Rises.
I was in Santa Cruz with a load of people who had never seen The Lost Boys, they didn't understand my insistence that we had go to the Boardwalk and then look behind the welcome signs!
Teamhurtmore wins (this is a competition, right?) with Bourne Woods - it's just a bit of scratty pine forest, but it's been in:
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
Gladiator
Band of Brothers
Children of Men
The Golden Compass
Inkheart
We Call Her Daisy
The Descent Part 2
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Burke & Hare
Robin Hood
The Wolfman
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Captain America: The First Avenger
War Horse
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dark Shadows
Jack the Giant Slayer
Snow White & the Huntsman
Thor: The Dark World
Avengers: Age of Ultron
A scene for the crap mid 90s series The Choir was filmed in my school hall. I was an extra and got paid £15 and a prawn sandwich for a day off lessons.
At university in Newcastle we used to enjoy hunting locations from Get Carter.
On a 5 day Scottish highlands epic ride we stumbled across Glenbogle.
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