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- A recent nostalgic visit (June 2018) to the location used for external scenes filmed for the TV series 'Open All Hours' / 'Still Open All Hours' staring the great Ronnie Barker and the very talented David Jason.
Big band vocalist and events organiser Gary Lewis takes some special time out to locate Arkwright’s corner shop from one of his all time favourite TV comedy programs ..... "Errrrr fetch a cloth GGGranville" - ตลก
Thank you. I've recently been watching all the episodes on TH-cam. Takes me back to the early 80s.
I wish they all lived forever. Thank you very much for this.
Thank you for taking the time to comment, its much appreciated. At least the show and its characters will live forever on screen (the Ronnie Barker episodes in my option being the best and funniest to watch)
Ronnie Barker was a legend and sadly missed he is still on our telly every day and the best that's when you know you have made it when we are all gone he will still be on television genius
Hi Jim, thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment...it all helps to keep nudging it towards the 20000 views mark...be only my second video to reach that milestone even though its probably the shortest video l have made in 13 or so years of posting. Totally agree with you on Mr Barker, who l met albeit very briefly at a book signing , very unassuming and humble he was too after me thanking him for all the years of laughter he had given to millions worldwide....l think he was far more comfortable being in character as someone else...be it the slightly shifty but likeable Fletcher in 'Porridge' or miserly penny pinching Arkwright from Open All Hours....truly a master of his profession...the 'Governor' as David Jason called him...just brilliant.
Please check out some of our other videos, l have attached our latest for you to watch. Thanks again . Gary
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This video may also make you smile :
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@@timeslip9at least Ronnie's characters will live on
Loved seeing this as a long time fan of the show in Australia. Such wonderful memories of watching this on a Friday night with my wonderful and now departed Dad.
Hi Micky
Good to hear from the land of the Kangaroo, Cookaborough and Koala, which part are you from ? Thank you for taking the time to leave your comment and pleased the video helped bring back fond memories of watching the programme on TV with your late father, l was the same with my Dad , only for me it was 'Morecambe & Wise'...happy days indeed. This short unscheduled and unrehearsed video had until very recently turned out to be our second most watched in over ten years of posting, its my little tribute to the Comic genius that was Ronnie Barker. I will attach the new video that has surpassed it views wise and l hope that you enjoy watching it. Comment and share if you so wish. Thanks again. Gary
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"Granville, f-fetch yer cloth!"
"But I'm doing this! You can't expect me to be in two places at one time."
lovely. makes you go back in time.
This actually makes me sad 😢. Even still, thankyou for uploading this video.
I'm an American just discovering the beloved Ronnie Barker and David Jason. Fell in love with Open All Hours in just the last month. Thank you for taking the time to share this! Made me tear up a bit.
Hi
Thank you for leaving your comment, good to hear from you...all the way from the USA you say ?. Pleased you enjoyed the short video, it was a real treat for me to finally visit the location, after being a big fan of 'Open All Hours' and the late great Ronnie Barker for many years...l"m sure you will enjoy watching all the episodes...they made 4 series, a total of 26 episodes between 1976- 1985. The fairly recent follow up series 'Still Open All Hours'...made without Barker who sadly passed away in 2005 wasn't 'in my opinion' anywhere near as funny...as good as David Jason is...it just wasn't the same....without Ronnie Barker.
If you enjoy a laugh then , you may like to watch my 'outtakes /bloopers' video...see attachment...comment and share if you so wish...lots of other videos too...if you are interested in history and music. Thanks again.
Gary
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Yes its amazing that all the shows were written by Roy Clarke who never attended the recordings, he used to post in the scripts & leave the director to make the show ..
Thanks from Australia for posting this. I use to watch that show with my Parents and Grandparents as a kid. We all loved it, so it appealed to all generations.
Sadly (but inevitably as time passed), like the great Ronnie Barker, they have all passed bar my Mum. Memories are still here though☺️
Hi Gwenn
Great to hear from you, that's the second comment on this video from Australia in the last few days...made my day you have. For me Ronnie Barker WAS the show , and as talented and well loved as David Jason is the follow up series 'Still Open All Hours' wasn't in my opinion nowhere near as good. This is one of our most watched videos, totally unplanned and rehearsed, maybe that's why people enjoy watching it ? (plus that very rare look inside the shop as it really is) Outside the very shop l just couldn't resist doing my very poor Ronnie Barker/ Arkwright impression , regards to you and your mom, thanks again.
Gary.
I have attached our latest video, its very different but have a feeling you may enjoy it, share and comment if you so wish...do check out some of our other videos ...if your enjoy your music and vocalists we cover that too.
th-cam.com/video/rNQVBCxnZaw/w-d-xo.html
Hi Gwenn
Nice to know you are enjoying some of our other videos...the 'Outtakes' one in particular. Please feel free to share it or any of the others...be great to think they are being seen and hopefully enjoyed 'Down Under' 🙂. Thanks again.
Gary
Thank you so much absolutely love the show
Hi Tutuma
I appreciate your comment.
A great show yes, with the original series staring Ronnie Barker being the best , the programme definitely lost a little bit of its magic without him. Thanks again. GARY
I enjoyed seeing this video. Thank you for sharing it with us. I have the DVD collection and i watch it at least once a year. You sir seem like a very likable gent.
Hi David
Thank you for taking the time to comment and your kind words. It’s one of our shortest videos... but 3 years on and it still seems to be popular...my only regret ...l had the phone too close when l was whistling...l curse myself ever time l hear it. I must admit l only enjoy the Ronnie Barker episodes...he WAS the show really... because as talented as David Jason undoubtedly is 'Still Open All Hours' (in my mind) just wasn't as good or funny...l stopped watching it in the end. I have attached our most recent video for you to watch...may provide a few laughs for you...see our other videos too... many feature music with my connection to big bands...share and comment if you so wish. Thanks again Gary.
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While seeing nostalgic areas where iconic TV shows like this were filmed, it is on the one hand interesting and exciting to see, yet sad. Sad in the sense that even though you know it’s not real, you almost wish it was and sad that the characters aren’t there in person. Especially knowing that, sadly, most of them all have since passed on, with very few exceptions. Once I binged watched Open All Hours, I immediately did the same with Porridge. 👍 👍
Thank you for taking the time to leave your comment which l enjoyed reading. Sorry for the delay in responding, been working on a new video. I have to agree with you and for me it was amazing to be actually standing in front of the very shop and remembering all the faces and voices. Although as you say a lot of the actors who created the wonderful characters in the show are sadly no longer with us, the episodes and stories will for ever be there to watch and enjoy. Thanks again. Gary
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
I enjoyed this video, thank you
Thank you, nice to know you enjoyed the video, l enjoyed filming it. I have attached our latest video, plus an 'Outtakes' Special that may provide you with a few laughs. Gary
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This was up for sale a few years back. I seriously concidered buying it.
Hi TL2
Thanks for the comment.
Lets hope the shop stays as it is and is there for many more years to come. Gary
Thank you, a favorite
Appreciate the comment. Its one of my all time favourites too, but only the original series with Ronnie Barker in, it was a mistake bringing it back as it was never going to be as good without him.
@@timeslip9 Totally agree, although Granville gave it a good shot. But Ronnie was one of a kind.
Love the video ❤️ open all hours
Thank you, always good to know the video is still being found, watched and enjoyed. Do check out some of our other videos.
Thanks again
Gary
My teen years in 80s in kuwait we used to watch it
Thanks for commenting.The 1980's, l remember them well.
With reference to the campaign to keep the 'Open All Hours' shop, I hope 'Sid's Cafe' from 'Last of the Summer Wine' remains. As that is in Holmfirth, I doubt it would be demolished but a shame if it didn't remain a cafe. Just like you can imagine Ronnie Barker and David Jason on the step, inside the cafe you can imagine Compo, Clegg and Foggy sitting at a table or Nora Batty fending off Compo.
They should of called the shop 'Open For Beauty' or similar, I would if it was mine !!!
Thanks for the comment, 'Open For Beauty' sounds good or 'Open For All Hair Styles', something like that anyway. Thanks again. Gary
This video made my day thankyou for this
Hi Selena
Thank you, and you have made my day too ...as with my reply it now makes it 100 comments for this video.
The fact that it is still after 3 years picking up views and receiving comments is very pleasing, l believe it remains the ONLY video on TH-cam that shows the 'actual' interior of the shop , l was very brave to do so maybe. One of our shortest videos ever...and totally unplanned and un rehearsed . I will attach a few of our most recent videos, hope you enjoy watching them, share and comment if you so wish.
Thanks again
Gary
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Interesting to note that the door in this video opens in the opposite direction to that on the show.
Sean, thanks for your comment. Regards the opening direction of the front door, this has been noted before in the comments l think...and yes it is different to the 'studio' version of the door. My best guess is that for ease of studio filming purposes (people walking into shot on camera) better if the door opened behind the person entering the shop rather than in front of them ...less of a glass reflection issue too .As one film maker to another (although these days not as prolific as yourself) keep up the great work as you are a natural in front as well as behind the camera , your variation in topics and subject matter is to be commended, from Goldfinch's to walled gardens and from local history to rhubarb. Please check out some of our other videos (l will attach our latest), most welshmen have a decent singing voice (my late father was Welsh) so some of my earlier videos have a vocal / musical link connection....please feel free to comment and share if you so wish. Thanks again. Gary
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Great video!Very nice to see.I quite often wonder whether any of the actors had/have any sentimental attachment to the shop/area.🙂👍❤
Hi David ,
Thank you for taking the time to comment. Yes , It would be nice to think some of the actors, film crew and indeed the writer (Roy Clarke) who having been involved with the show over the years would have had a soft spot for the location and emotional attachment to the shop itself, but its more likely that it would have been seen by many as just a 'job' to get filmed and paid for, but l would loved to be proved wrong ....l have no doubt that the likes of the great Ronnie Barker , David Jason and Lynda Barron would have had a few laughs while on location filming there.
Do check out some of our other videos, share / comment.
Thanks again
Gary
Thank you for this :)
Brilliant work mate 👍
Appreciate the comment. Sorry for the delay in replying , been over 12 months now working on a new 45 minute video special . Really pleased you and others are still finding this little video, it was filmed on the spot, with no planning what so ever...it remains our 3rd most watched video....amazing really, all down of course to the late great Ronnie Barker. Thanks again.Gary
Thanks for sharing this
Hi Sally
Thank you for your comment, pleased you enjoyed the video. Its a few years old now so l have attached two of our most recent videos, l hope you enjoy watching them.
Gary
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Thanks for the links Gary. Enjoyed both videos. Just subscribed to your channel.
Thank you for subscribing.
Please feel free to share any of the videos if you so wish.
@@timeslip9 no worries
Fantastic stuff 👍
Hi Paul
Thank you for leaving your comment, its much appreciated...l had fun filming that little video...always liked 'Open All Hours'...the original series that is with Ronnie Barker...l really wish they hadn't made the follow up 'Still Open All Hours'...it was never going to be the same without Barker...l see recently the BBC have said they won't be making anymore... saying basically its run its course. Please check out some of our other videos...feel fee to comment.
Thanks again.
Gary.
@@timeslip9 I actually really liked the fact they did that. I thought it was a great tribute. I've only so far seen the pilot and first series though.
It’s good to see it still there today, but due to the popularity of the show it should of been kept as it was, as a tourist attraction, and a listed building of cultural importance. I’m sure it would of generated revenue from that, especially, with Open all hours being viewed by the younger generations on TH-cam. Perhaps, an entrepreneur might buy it, and see a golden opportunity to renovate it, and restore it as it was. Parking an original Morris minor outside, and Granville’s pedal cycle too.
Thank you for your comment, and its a nice idea of yours to have the shop looking like 'Arkwrights ' as it was in the series (not sure what the locals take on it would be though) , but in reality the shop has always been a family run hair salon , only being transformed externally into the corner shop by the BBC for visual effect . I have attached a link regarding the shop itself and those who own it. Thanks again . Gary
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2450255/The-REAL-Arkwright-shop-love-Open-All-Hours-Hair-salon-used-classic-comedy-prepares-Christmas-special.html
Wonderful short film. big David Jason fam. You sound like a lovely man. Thank you for this whenever it was filmed. You take care now.
Hi Scott
Thank you for leaving your comment and kind remarks...its always good to get feedback...good or bad.
It was filmed around May last year l think...enjoyed doing it to...l always rated Ronnie Barker’s work very highly ( met him once)...but as brilliant as David Jason was in 'Open All Hours" the show belonged to and WAS Ronnie Barker...its just NOT the same without him regards 'Still Open All Hours’
Pleased you enjoyed the video...please see my other videos .
Thanks again
Gary
I just discovered this show. I'm a big AYBS fan. And Grace and Favor(Favour) in England. 😃
Hi Patrick
Thank you for commenting on several of the videos, it is much appreciated.
Gary
Wonderful thankyou so much
Sorry l have missed replying to your 2 year old comment, as l always like to try and reply to anyone who takes the time . Pleased you liked the video, l enjoyed the filming and having a bit of fun with it with my very poor Ronnie Barker impression .Thanks Gary
i live in Oxfordshire and balby is a long way to go from me but i'm definatly going to make drive up there some day ... id love to see this shop
Hi Clive
Thank you for leaving your comment. Yes, even though it would be a bit of a long journey/drive for you (if you are a fan of the show and the late/great Ronnie Barker)...as indeed l am...l can guarantee a visit to see the shop would be worth it for you...it’s part of TV comedy history .
I have attached my last two videos for you to watch, the 'outtakes' one may provide a few laughs.
Thanks again
Gary
th-cam.com/video/gTcREp4lVsk/w-d-xo.html
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@@timeslip9 thanks gary
yeah i'm a big fan of Ronnie barker too . i loved porridge and when he did Clarence .. i just recently watched the movie the bargee from 1963 with Harry H Corbett and Ronnie in ! what a great fun movie ! ..
thanks for the youtube links very funny !
I'm going to take a trip up to the shop soon from Manchester I want to walk down the street and have a look about where it was filmed!
Hi Justin
Thank you for your comment .If you are a fan of the show its well worth a visit, the actual shop itself is a little tucked away off the main road , and like on my visit you may find it 'CLOSED', and NOT 'OPEN'.. all hours . Gary
great i went there quite a few years ago but great to know its all still ok thank you Gary
Hi Wayne
Thanks for leaving your comment. It was a real treat for me to actually be there...after just seeing it on the TV...l just couldn't resist doing my very poor Arkwright impression. As much a National Treasure as David Jason is...the show was never the same without the one and only Ronnie Barker. Please do check out our other videos...comment if you wish. Gary
I have been there while they was filming I saw a lot of stars if the show and I met Johnny Vagas and David Jason and the black widow
Appreciate your comment, always something to remember when you see/meet famous faces from some of your favourite T V programmes, l went to see Ronnie Barker at a book signing in Birmingham many years ago, l thanked him for all the years of laughter he had brought to millions, he was very polite and unassuming ...almost humble in his reply...the complete opposite to the likes of Arkwright and Fletcher from Porridge .
I have attached my last 2 videos for you to watch, hope you enjoy them...thanks again. Gary
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Whoever owns that hairdressers missed a trick surely...? If it were mine i would have replicated the Arkwright sign and stuffed it full of tv memrobilia as well as groceries.
Granville, fetch a cloth. Nice video, it's weird how the exterior of the hair dressers is still from the period when oah would have been filmed
Hi Matt
Thanks for your comment...good to see you getting into the spirit of the video...l had a lot of fun filming it and doing my 'Arkwright ' impression...being a big fan of the late/great Ronnie Barker...the show ' Still Open All Hours' just wasn't the same without him.
Have attached my latest video for you to watch...hope the 'outtakes' provide you with a few laughs.
Thanks again
Gary
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"It's been a funny old day..."
Funny Old Programme too, thanks for taking the time to comment.
@@timeslip9 I watch it and re-watch it a lot and I mean A LOT!
Just watched the last episode yesterday. Ready to do it all again ; )
Amazing! Great to see it's still there. Thanks for showing us. I think you're only getting downvotes because the whistling at the end was ear hurting lol! (I upvoted btw)
Hi Angel
Thank you for your comment, and you are 100% correct about my whistling at the end...l have regretted it ever since the posting ...because as a big band vocalist for many years l should have known better regards holding the microphone too close when talking/singing...and yes 'whistling'...if l ever go back l won't make the same mistake again....will take the band with me too. Thanks for the 'upvote'...it’s much appreciated and pleased you enjoyed the video, David Jason once said that Ronnie Barker was the 'governor', he certainly was...l met him once at a book signing in Birmingham, it was a real honour for me shaking his hand.
Please check out my other videos...and if you like to laugh ?....try 'Passport To The Past TAKE 2'...its an 'Outtakes' special. Thanks again and stay safe. Gary
@@timeslip9 Hi Gary. Brilliant video mate. I have severe hyperacusis (bit like misophonia but worse) and yeah the whistling at the end triggered a reaction but was worth it for such a great video. I visited the filming location in 2008 and only managed to take a picture of my car outside the shop. The impression you did of Arckwright was spooky, listen to it yourself and you will see what I mean. Anyway thanks again buddy
The BBC paid the owner of the salon to have a holiday while they used it for exterior filming.
Fetch a cloth
Have you any information about the transition from the OAHours set to the beauticians? I'd like to know if you could kindly tell us. God bless.
Hi Mohamed,
Thank you for leaving your comment.
Sorry, l have no information regarding the transition of the shop from Hair Salon / Boutique to Arkwright’s shop, but there is an excellent behind the scenes book by Graham McCann 'Still Open All Hours/ The Story Of A Classic Comedy', that may contain the information you are looking for.
Gary
@@timeslip9 Hi Gary. Thank you for guiding me. I shall certainly look for the book. I am really perplexed aa to why the location was not preserved for posterity. I think it is a real shame that it was abandoned to the vagaries of the real-estate market.
No problem, l always like to reply if l can. Lets just hope that who ever owns the shop in the future it remains externally the same, be a great shame to lose such a well recognised and much loved part of British comedy history. I'm very much into the heritage side of things, so please do check out some of our other videos, you may enjoy watching them. Please share and comment if you so wish. Thanks again. Gary
@@timeslip9 Absolutely. The local or national heritage authorities should have given closer consideration to the matter. A bit if "comedy" tourism could have probably helped the local economy of what looks like a very sleepy place. Mohamed.
its a hair salon now , thats once taken down just to film a special episode of open all hours ,must have taken hours
I guess the exterior shots were all filmed during the hairdresser's holiday break, with the frontage all set up as Arkwright's shop. I used to love the closing soliloquy, it had a reflective melancholy. And the lights switching off.
Hi Bruce
Thank you for taking the time leave your comment...it is much appreciated.
Good point regards WHEN they actually filmed the exterior shots outside the shop... it may have been when the owner was on holiday yes , another possibility (and its only a guess) may have been the BBC would have compensated the owner for the closure of the shop for the duration of filming (covering the loss of earnings)...there is l believe photos on the internet of the owner posing with Ronnie Barker & David Jason outside the shop...so not on holiday on that occasion. l also agree that the closing monologue at the end of each show had a touch of melancholy about it...(especially when delivered by Barker), l have said this before and people have the right to disagree, but the show WAS Ronnie Barker, the original show at times only needed to have the three main characters in it to be funny....as talented as David Jason is 'Still Open All Hours' ended up with around 15 actors in it to pad it out and nowhere near as funny...eventually becoming a cross between Last of The Summer Wine and Coronation Street ...it lost something when Linda Barron (nurse Gladys Emmanuel) left too.
Please check out our latest video 'Passport To The Past Take 2' if you enjoy a bit of a titter
See link :
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Thanks again
Gary
@@timeslip9 A great response Gary, thank you.
1. I would agree with you about the arrangement between the hairdresser and the BBC, More feasible.
2. I just couldn't bear the follow-on. It was played for panto laughs, too aware of the audience. I watched one episode.
I'll never forget Ronnie Barker's masterly, and diametrically different, character in My House in Umbria. It was, I think, his final role, and beautifully capped a career of remarkable humour, writing, characters. A gifted man.
@@brucewilliams8714 I am pretty sure they filmed all the exterior shots for each series then edited them into the individual episodes
@@jrgboy You're correct, - and they were done before any studio recording. The edited footage was then played back to the studio audience during the 'interior' recording (at BBC TV Centre for the old series). They were played at the appropriate points in the story so that the studio audience saw all the scenes in the correct story order. The playback of the exterior scenes sometimes gave the actors a short break from the studio acting. This type of set up was common for comedy and some drama for many years. The outside shots were done on film up until the 1990s because no portable videotape recording equipment had broadcast quality until then. Recently remastered versions of the old series have removed the scratches from the film.
@@timeslip9 I felt that Linda/Gladys just didn't really have a role in the revived series (and I think I've read somewhere that Linda felt so too). The character had several bits of schtick in the original run, but they all were based either on being Arkwright's fiancee (and/or on generally being buxom), or on being a state registered nurse, or on comforting and mothering a naive and young Granville. So in the new version with Arkwright passed, Gladys inevitably retired, and Granville no longer really needing her caring and mothering, she no longer really fulfilled any function.
Shame didnt do a quick shot around the side to the back yard gates, a lot went on in there.
Dear Mr Joe Blogs
Thank you for leaving your comment. I did go to film down the side (towards where the back gates were/are) but unlike the front of the shop which is l guess for public use to enter, or to stand there and read the times of opening...l decided the private rear gate entrance was best left unfilmed ...l'm not a local...and was some 100 miles from home....so didn't want to push my luck being asked what l was up to....from what l can see (and l maybe wrong) but my video is the ONLY one that shows in detail the REAL interior of the shop. I have linked a website below...with some rare photos showing the filming of the ORIGINAL and best 'Open All Hours' with the one and only Ronnie Barker... they include the back gate you refer to....l have linked my last two videos too...the 'outtakes' one may provide a few laughs.
Thanks again
Gary
tworonnies.co.uk/2019/01/04/rare-open-all-hours-set-photographs/amp/
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Did anyone notice the shop door opens from the other side in Open all hours?
Thank you for leaving your comment, and very well spotted regards the shop’s front door...l have never noticed that before. My guess is that if the 'studio' shop door opened the same way as the 'real' shop door...any actor entering the studio shop would be 'behind ' the door regards filming... also a lot more reflection to contend with in the glass ..studio lights ...camera crew and so on.. better to stand in front of the door...think the back room / kitchen door opens the same way too probably for the same reason...easier regarding filming. Thanks again. Gary
Haha....didn't notice that.
Yes, a different door was used for the programme. It may have been the same one used in the studio to aid with continuity between location and studio footage regarding stickers on the door etc.
A nice few minutes of the good old days. Did you get your car parts home ? Charles
Hi Charles
Thank you for taking the time to comment and for asking the question.
Yes, l managed to get the classic car parts home, they were for a 1965 Hillman Minx. Gary
@@timeslip9 My Father had a Hillman Super Minx in the early 1960s. I recently saw a convertible in white ,which must be quite rare now.
A Hillman Minx convertible is rare yes, they didn't make many in the first place, they also made a few Singer Gazelle convertibles too...even rarer these days. Please see the attached video link that you may find interesting regarding a Singer Gazelle, just a posh Hillman Minx really. Thanks again. Gary
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@@timeslip9 Thankyou for such an interesting film. Its so important to save these cars and to have a document of their restoration. Thet are priceless.
Cccccome on granville remove all that bbbbbarbers stuff out and pppput our ssshop in and ffffetch ya cloth and mcclean tttthese wwwwindows .
And boy could she ddangle
Hi Nick
The 'ddangling' you refer to graces the screen in the episode ' Beware Of The Dog', no wonder Arkwright’s shot gun went off ! funny, it was the first thing l thought about whilst filming there.
Do check out some of our other videos. (Passport To The Past Take 2) if you enjoy a bit of a titter.
Thanks for leaving your comment..
Gary