"I didn't know you cared" - Sheffield filming locations?

[Yootha 10]

Thanks PT

[Plain Talker 11]

the factory in the valley i think, on the cemetery pic, might be presto tools' place on penistone rd.

[carcrash 11]

I've never heard of this. What is it?

[Yootha 10]

I've never heard of this. What is it?

 

"From the books of Peter Tinniswood come one of television's greatest comedy families, The Brandons.

 

There's miserable pessimist Uncle Mort, his sharp-tongued sister Annie who is constantly arguing with husband Les, their laid-back son Carter and his not so laid-back wife Pat, and finally old Uncle Stavely who carries his friend's ashes around his neck in a box and only enters the constant bickering with a cry of 'I 'eard that! Pardon?'"

 

Shot in and around Sheffield in the mid to late 70's..

 

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1099138/I_Didn_t_Know_You_Cared_Complete_Series_1_4_Box_Set/Product.html

[pietro 10]

Heres my two-penneth for what its worth.

 

The canal lock is the flight of locks at Tinsley. If you hav'nt been, get yourself down there on a nice day, its so peaceful!. Has anyone else noticed that there is only one cooling tower in mario's picture, wonder when the other was built.

 

Present day:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wharncliffe/Knowyoucared004.jpg

 

The canal scenes are at the back of Don Valley stadium.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wharncliffe/Knowyoucared011.jpg

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wharncliffe/Knowyoucared022.jpg

 

The cemetery, I think we are looking from just past Wardsend cemetery, the building in the centre is Bassetts sweet factory, with Crookes and Walkley in the distance. On my photo you can just make out the top of the factory above the trees, probably wrong though.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/wharncliffe/Knowyoucared033.jpg

[Plain Talker 11]

The canal lock is the flight of locks at Tinsley. If you hav'nt been, get yourself down there on a nice day, its so peaceful!. Has anyone else noticed that there is only one cooling tower in mario's picture, wonder when the other was built.

 

that's an interesting comment, I never realised that the towers were built at different times, despite the fact thaty I had noticed the different designs at the top of the towers in the brickwork.

[Yootha 10]

That's marvelous pietro - nice photo's. I shall be taking a trip out soon to record all the info gathered so far.

[Yootha 10]

that's an interesting comment, I never realised that the towers were built at different times, despite the fact thaty I had noticed the different designs at the top of the towers in the brickwork.

 

That series was shot around 1978, so the second tower must have been built sometime since then...

[pietro 10]

Stranger and stranger!

 

There is definitely only one cooling tower in Marios picture (1970's), however there are two towers in the 1960's

 

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u01790

 

Mario's http://www.yootha.com/unclemort/images/grab/S1E4_Outdoors_River_1.JPG

What happened in the intervening years?

[Yootha 10]

We need to know!

 

That there picturesheffield.com site looks interesting - not been aware of that before.

[algy 11]

Stranger and stranger!

 

There is definitely only one cooling tower in Marios picture (1970's), however there are two towers in the 1960's

 

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=u01790

 

Mario's http://www.yootha.com/unclemort/images/grab/S1E4_Outdoors_River_1.JPG

What happened in the intervening years?

 

Mystery solved. In a later episode on the canal bank, there's a wider angle shot, which shows both the big cooling towers, but behind them and to the right is a smaller one, and this is the one in the photo. In fact looking more closely it looks more like a furnace than a cooling tower. The photo doesn't in fact show either of the two big towers we know and love!

[Yootha 10]

More "name that location" fun - this time three screen grabs taken from series 4 (out now in all good shops!)

 

Two pubs:

 

http://s124132876.websitehome.co.uk/unclemort/images/grab/S4E1_Pub_1.JPG

 

and

 

http://s124132876.websitehome.co.uk/unclemort/images/grab/S4E1_Ship_Pub_1.JPG

 

(the white pub is called "The Ship")

 

and canal / lock gates:

 

http://s124132876.websitehome.co.uk/unclemort/images/grab/S4E1_Lock_1.JPG