Borehamwood Walk: Town Centre【4K】
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- Located in the county of Hertfordshire, and around 12 miles northwest of central London, is the town of Borehamwood.
The existence of Borehamwood goes back to the 12th century or earlier. According to a written account from 1188, Pope Clement "gave to the Abbey the wood of Boreham for the feeding of the swine". Historically it was part of the parish of Elstree (Elstree being the name of the neighbouring village immediately to its west).
From the 1920s onwards, Borehamwood and the neighbouring village of Elstree have become known for being home to several film studios, with many shots of its streets included in final cuts of 20th century British films. This earned it the nickname of 'British Hollywood'.
Borehamwood saw a significant increase in population following the Second World War. As part of a scheme to relocate Londoners whose homes had been destroyed in the Blitz, many new houses and shops were built in the town. Its frequent train services from Elstree and Borehamwood station to central London via the Midland Main Line have made it a popular choice for commuters working in the capital.
Many well-known movies were partially filmed at the former Associated British Studios on Shenley Road just east of the town centre. These include The Dam Busters (1955), Moby Dick (1956), Summer Holiday (1963), Dr Zhivago (1965)', 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining (1980), the first three Indiana Jones movies and the first three Star Wars movies. George Lucas helped save Elstree Studios from closure on two separate occasions: first in 1976 by choosing Elstree as a base for the production of Star Wars, and second in 1988 when he and Steven Spielberg acted as patrons to the Save Our Studios campaign.
Whilst most of the film studios of the industry's heyday have now closed, two still remain: Elstree Studios and the BBC Elstree Centre. Despite the names, both are located in Borehamwood. Many well-known TV programmes have been filmed here including Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing, to name a few. The Big Brother house was built on top of the studios' old underwater stage where scenes in The Dam Busters and Moby Dick were filmed.
Borehamwood is represented in sport by Boreham Wood Football Club. Founded in 1948, they play their home games at Meadow Park immediately to the north of Elstree Studios.
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Filmed: 22nd January 2022
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/NQGHFHMvbFpJbzgw5
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Shenley Road
0:11 Charles Laughton
0:18 Shenley Road
1:14 Hammer Films
1:22 Shenley Road
4:15 Richard Todd
4:21 Shenley Road
6:53 Elizabeth Taylor
7:01 Shenley Road
7:31 Alaistair Sim / Margaret Rutherford
7:38 Shenley Road
9:00 George Lucas / Steven Spielberg
9:10 Shenley Road
10:05 Peter Cushing
10:11 Shenley Road
11:30 John Mills
11:37 Shenley Road
12:21 Christopher Lee
12:29 Shenley Road
13:26 Stanley Kubrick
13:33 Shenley Road
15:17 Trevor Howard
15:23 Shenley Road
16:30 Bryan Forbes
16:36 Shenley Road
17:11 Vivien Leigh
17:19 Shenley Road
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If you walked in Borehamwood between 1968 to 1973 you would be able to see On the Buses filmed.
Definitely a great sitcom. Never get tired watching On the Buses.
You’d see English people too
@@dylanmurphy6894 Obviously your saying the town is now coming down with foreigners.
@@dylanmurphy6894 Shut it life goes on . New beginnings. Go be a foreigner somewhere else many a English man have 😏
@@ukbusiness8811 thousand age heritage ending in our lifetime, i don’t know how one can shrug that off
Definitely nothing wrong with foreigners coming here to live.
Just as long they are willing to work and pay their way.
Which they do. Very good hard workers! Doing jobs that people here wouldn't take.
Thankyou for uploading this video! This is my hometown and since moving to Kent I've been ever so homesick! This has made me rather happy but sad as I'd do anything to be back there.
Where you think is better, here or Kent?
Thanks for this. I'm in Australia but my family are in/from Borehamwood. I visited there in 1994 and this brought back so many memories.
Ah that's nice to hear, cheers!
Also an Aussie. I was there in 1987 visiting relatives too. Had an uncle who was like Arthur Daly in so many ways :)
Your journeys are full of details of life and it's always super great to experience it! Thanks!
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for sharing this detailed video . I have been working there for 3 years in Borehamwood. I have good memories.
Some real nostalgia for me, as I worked in offices along Elstree Way '77-83. Went back quite a few times in intervening years, as I liked the Tesco built on the old studios. There was a great electronics junk shop up the far end. I bought an old keyboard from god-knows-what ancient teletype machine, and used it for my first microcomputer, the MK14. Nice to see my first bank is still there, Barclays, where I cashed my first cheque. Used to be a nice bookshop, but think it's gone now.
Thanks. Was the original 1960s Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) filmed somewhere in this area does anyone know??
Thanks for this. Moved away 7 years ago after living there 40. Years. Confirms every thought I ever had as to why I had to get out of that shit hole.
why is that?
Pretty nice town walk. It has an interesting history. Thank you for your visit.
Thanks. Yeah, more history than most commuter towns!
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Much appreciated, thanks!
Interesting walk. I Iived in Shenley Rd from around 1955 to 1980. Highstreet still just about recognisable!
Excellent !
awesome.
I'm your fan.
How could you go to Boreham wood, wander up and down the street and point out all the film stars that have worked there and NOT show us the studios? Weird...
Love your Video's. Any chance of a Potters Bar Walk too.🤩
Thanks! Potters Bar is on my to-do list.
The town is known as Boreham Wood if you don't mind, it's the fault of the sign writer at the train station who could not fit the whole name on the space they gave him, fact
You may well be right. I only learned about the two-word spelling last night after their FA Cup heroics! Still, you could make the case that place names are always evolving over time due to misspellings that stuck, for instance.
10:14 The bin was right next to it!!! Why didn't they put the cup in the bin? 😪
I still live here 🙂
How long does it take on a train to London Liverpool street get off at that place
Or do I need another train to get there
@@Giuseppe1299 I have no clue
Have you been to EastEnders studio
@@Giuseppe1299 No but I want to go. In the village whenever I go down the road next to a savers if I go down far enough I can see some of the set in between houses in the distance
@@TKYO-BEANY I didn't meant to ask this question I know it's silly can you actually go inside there
And work in it just a glimpse of it because I know Tracy and Winston they say tiny staff on set or not really
Is this where EastEnders is filmed
I believe it is, yeah. The set for Albert Square was originally the building site used for the first series of Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
It's a dump, that's the truth. Interesting history with the studios, but it's a very violent and unpleasant town. That's the truth, sorry.
I hate it in Hertfordshire its a dump hole
why is that?