On the Buses (1971) - The Filming Locations
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- The On the Buses Database takes you on a trip into its vast vaults of filming locations. Take a tour of the filming locations that featured in the first On the Buses spin-off film taking you from Borehamwood to Shenley and South Mimms to St Albans.
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Who one earth were the people who gave thumbs down? A lot of work went into this video👍
@@ART_MONKEY thieves are the answer to the latter. Blame those who take my photos and post them elsewhere claiming to have found the locations themselves.
You will always get 'thumbs down' on videos. I get them all the time. Who cares, the losers have nothing better to do.
Indeed.
My sister hated on the bus I love it
Someone that didn't like the show.
I can remember as a kid watching on the buses with my grandparents, great memories my grandad would laugh like mad and my Gran used to think they were vulgar, still makes me chuckle today
Amazing back then to see how little traffic was about on the roads and how very few cars parked up by the kerb side. Very enjoyable watch.
Back then there was far less traffic on the road. Not every household had a car whereas today nearly all households have a car and a growing amount are two car families.
Probably closed the road for filming. Hence the lack of traffic.
@@jackkruese4258 Nowadays yes then probably no
@@jackkruese4258when I was 10 in 1980 , playing in the street there was only about 3 cars parked...... the good old days 😢 and that was in Kentish town, central London..
A crack in the road still there 50 years later!! Must be listed by now!! Fascinating video. Have watched these films over and over and to see present day locations was brilliant. Such a lot of work gone into the assembling of images. Thank you!!
Listed. Love it
Thanks for this tour of the filming locations. I have been an On the Buses fan for many years and still to this day watch the series and movies. How life was much simpler then when you compare it to today.
Great detective work done by you, Craig. It was amazing to see how things still look so similar even after 50 yrars!
Back when this country had potential. Great video. 🤘🤘
This particular era around 71 was the happiest time of my life. A carefree 9 year old
Snap! ...... I was 9 in 1971 too! I feel really ancient now! 😂😂😂
@@marcse7en Same here! 😀
Agreed. If I could go back to any time of my life it would be 1970 71 or 72
You've certainly done your homework, you're obviously a big fan just as thousands of us are. Great stuff!👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much, it's very nostalgic looking at the before and after pictures. I tend to live in the past and must say I'm saddened to see such changes in some of the pictures. Keep up the good work as it's really important to remember history.
Thanks very much, wonderful to see all these "then and now" scenes.
It's a pleasure Julian.
Doris Hare was a lovely lady in real life , she use to come into the pub ,I use to work in and was such a graceful lady ,not anything like the mum on screen .
Great piece of work and research- Kudos to you for taking the time to do this
Shows what a scourge parked cars have become on our streets 🤔
Very interesting to see how it all looks. Sad too knowing so much time and people have passed since back then.
It chokes me up for some reason.. almost like a panic feeling that we can never get time or people back...
@@flight101 i miss Athur, Blakey, Stan and Jack. I love this show and I am 21 years old. Not many my ages enjoy the old stuff before my time
The one that impressed me the most was @13:07 - the front door being the same. Well done to the owner. Thanks for the video.
It could be that the same family have lived there all that time and not made any changes.
This is brilliant. Thanks for making this. I'm kind of speechless. We see these places on British films like on the buses and never think you're ever going to know where they were filmed. It wasn't something that was ever revealed. But to see every location you see on the start sequence of on the buses and see it now is brilliant. I see you have a couple others just popped up of the other on the buses films, so I will enjoy looking at them too.
Also videos on all seven series and live location visit videos for you to enjoy.
@OntheBusesDatabase1 ah great thanks. 👍
This was really fun... what a great idea. Thank you for doing this. You made my week.
Its a pleasure. Try out several other similar videos on my channel.
Best days 60,70-80's,thank you for all your hard work on this,very enjoyable.
I drove out of FY for the old LTE from 1982 onwards...before privatisation (to TFL). The canteen banter etc. acted out in the show is bang on in 80s!
Indeed yours is a common observation made by ex-busmen during that era. It helped considering Bob Grant briefly worked as a busman in the 1950s as a driver for Southdown Buses. Also he snd Reg mixed with bus crews in the canteen at Wood Green to pick up little hints/tips of the life and banter of actual busmen incorporating that into their roles.
Anyone thinks that it defo looked better in 1971??
Everything was better in the 70s.
@@jasoneldridge4738 The comedy certainly was.
I looked better in 1971 too! 😂😂😂
You'll see the same streets in lots of 1960's and 70's movies as there were three studios in Borehamwood at the time and it was convenient to shoot outdoor scenes locally. The "Confessions" series of movies with Robin Askwith for example. Reg Varney lived around fifteen miles away in Enfield at the time this movie was made, which was an easy trip to the studios. We used to take that hump backed bridge in Wash Lane at speed in our cars to see how far we could jump. The last I knew the road was still there but closed off at one end because of the Ringway3/M25/A1M construction projects. That was along time ago though so it may have changed.
Wash Lane takes you under the M25 and is only good for cycles now really, and maybe the doggers using the service station car park.
That's right Derek. How about the opening scene of 'Bedazzled' with Cook and Moore.
Brilliant video mate. Ive driven all those roads many times, I never knew they filmed On The Buses there. Really interesting to know, and to see now and then is really cool. Great work.
Look out; 'ere come 'Itler!!!
Get that bus out, Butler. 😁😁😁
The days when Comedy actually made you laugh.
Thanks for putting this together.
Everything looked clean and not so busy back then
Well done I enjoyed the locations greetings from Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
This is great man. In 1971 I lived in Borehamwood, Theobold Street. I was 3. Amazing early memories.
Great work Craig I'm glad some of the locations haven't changed at all. Can't wait for next exciting episode thanks.
My son is 9 and obsessed with on the buses, we are currently watching mutiny on the buses 😁
The next generation of fans. Good to hear.
Another great video thanks very much for doing that...always a pleasure to see how things have changed in over 50 years.
I remember my grandad getting me started on these when I was a kid....
Happy days!...
Incredible to see so many of the locations virtually unchanged. When I look back at my own youth (late 60s 70s) almost EVERY building that I had reason to go in has disappeared....2 of 3 schools, swimming baths, college, cadets, half the pubs and nearly all the nightclubs have gone, half the playing fields are now housing estates and the derelict railway sidings that we all played in now also a housing estate. Its almost as if the "cosmic joker" is following after me and removing all trace of my youth.
Still great work here OTBD, love seeing then and now stuff. Keep it up.
Glad you are enjoying the content. Many On the Buses filming locations, especially from the TV series, have changed a good deal. The films locations are a little lessed changed.
Same here. My entire past is being erased.
I lived in South Mimms at the time of filming many of the scenes around the area running to the loo etc 😆. My Grandfather worked at the garage . Thanks for the memory 👍
An excellent video, giving a great insight into the actual locations. Loved On The Buses at the time, and still do. Thanks for all your research. Definitely subbed.
It's on itv 3 in the mornings, still watch them and still laugh
Fantastic tour Thxs love the show 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Enjoying watching this for a new generation of On the Buses fans.
I wrote the theme music for the film and i am the only one of the original team alive today - so happy, and so lonely.
Thank you Craig, your hard work is appreciated.
Take care, Jeff
Fascinating! Thank you for that!
This was brilliant, thank you.
Excellent job! Well presented and loads of info
I visited some of these locations this morning based on the information in this video. Thanks for this.
I hope you enjoyed seeing them in the flesh and got a real feeling of nostalgia.
@@OntheBusesDatabase1 I did, thanks. It made me smile to stand in the place where Blakey got splashed by the bus all these years later.
Well done - great archive and thank you for sharing….
Really good job with the locations for these absolute classics....
Brilliant work. I love watching then and now videos. Loved on the busses too.
Fantastic reliving these memories, well done sir, great video
I really enjoyed watching this video, so much hard work and love, excellent.
a lot of work there thank you,really enjoyed the nostalgia trip
cheers mate! memories!
Enjoyed this, a lot of work has gone into this. I used to watch this with my old dad. Thank you for sharing this
Well done, fascinating video, nice seeing all those brilliant old vehicles.
Thank you so very much for my feel good nostalgia fix on a Sunday evening 👏👏👏
Hammer? I never knew that. That’s hilarious considering they were more well known for horror.
Check it out. In the early 1970s Hammer made a number of hit sitcoms into spin-off films and On the Buses was their biggest earner at the box office taking more than their horror films.
@@OntheBusesDatabase1 The things you learn :)
The horror films rarely made a profit for Hammer, even Dracula struggled to recoup its £70,000 budget. Hammer's comedy films were what kept the studio solvent, yet most of these are now forgotten...
Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) and A Weekend with Lulu (1961) are just two of their earlier comedies.
I loved this Craig thank you for the info about on the Buses Locations
Well done a lot of research gone into this location video. Amazing all these years later many places still recognisable from the Film.
Brilliant video mate have the DVD box set, got the DVD’s of both films too. All the best pal
Wow! What a great feeling and pleasure it must be if you are a fan of 'On The Buses' to own and live at the legendary turn around Betty property. Great video sir, massively enjoyed it.
Many thanks for your hard work putting all that together and the research that must of gone into it.
Much appreciated.
Glad you enjoyed it.
The one thing that stands out today is the sheer number of cars parked up in the roads compared with 1971.
This is brilliant work. Thank you.
Thabks Rab.
Great work in these before and after shots, really found this video interesting 🙌🏻
Thank you that was fantastic really enjoyed that... 👍
On the buses was my favourite sitcom... These filming location vidios are fantastic... Really enjoyabe... The research and time that has gone into making these videos is truly amazing!! ..... Thanks Chris your a star... Gold, silver & bronze medals for you mate 🥉🥈🥈🥉🥈🥉🎥🎥🎥
A really enjoyable and informative film.Thank you
I only watched this film last night, as I often drive around Borehamwood for my work…great video thanks for sharing
Love on the buses mate, and your videos. Thanks for your hard work, all the best pal
Glad you like them!
Amazing work.
Well done good work loved it
Very enjoyable, thank you.
Great video thanks for posting.
Thanks.
Enjoyed the video pal
Great work.
thank you very much for that. yep, a lot of work you have done
I actually loved that video. Thanks.
Thsnk you Mike.
Really enjoyed this ,,,Thanks
Thanks Mark. Check out the other two films covered in the same way and all seven series.
Great Work...!!!
Great stuff. Lot of time gone into compuling this trove.
Lovely to see these old locations. Thank you for your hard work.
My pleasure!
No, you bring nostalgic pleasure to people like me for a time that sadly has long gone but not forgotten, helped by people like you.
Thanks for that very interesting look forward to more
There are videos of all three films and all seven series filming locations plus live locations visits on the channel.
i used to live in borehamwood and potters bar i grew up in barnet my dad lived there for over 50 years :)
Really enjoyed watching this !...I did a tour of the RITA,SUE N BOB filming locations a year back...on the buses will be my next one !
Well done to you...Obviously a massive fan...this was great to watch..ALL the thumbs down..WHY ?
Mean hateful people.
Blakey and the Management
great research, thanks for making this
Great job👍
So interesting thanks very much to you and your lovely video I love it when there's no change in life
Remarkable research and first class presentation and photographs......take my hat off to you !
Glad you enjoyed it. There are similar videos for the other two spin-off films and all seven series.
Absolutely amazing, thank you ever so much for your effort creating and sharing this, a very pleasant watch & well presented, keep them coming 🚌🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️, 🎼oh it's a great life on the buses 🎵🎶🎬
All three spin-off films and seven series have locations videos up on my channel. Lots more as well.
@@OntheBusesDatabase1 Subscribed, cheers ;)
Love that series, I got the complete boxset and movies
Great film.💛
Great work
Enjoyed that -Thank you 😁👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it Jane.
I remember watching on the busses plus others tv shows + films being filmed around Borehamwood as a kid what a place and a great place to grow up, I was born in a house in Morpeth ave in 1959 and moved to Edgware in 1980 and back to Borehamwood in 1994 until 2020
I know Morpeth very well😉
1971! 50 years ago this summer……I am gagging with nostalgia………
Just two words:- Thank you.
Yes very enjoyable and informative as well as interesting 🐻🤗👍
My great Uncle Jim was moved to a nursing home in Borehamwood, and whenever he was asked what it was like he would say “Borehamwood? Boreham stupid more like” … it’s been 23 years since he passed away and if I ever read or hear about Borehamwood I quote this …
Notice how many times that blue Ford Zodiac Mk2 appears in shot? Must have been used by the film crew.
In the first or second film a white Mini van regularly appears in the background, another mini mystery perhaps.
Thank u. Very interesting 👍
Glad you liked it!
Wow, incredible video. Very interesting. I can’t think how long it must have taken to make this. Well done.
About a dozen years.
Remember the concrete lamp posts. Many had steel rebar inside rusted and the heads fell off. All replaced with steel.
And many roads concrete later covered in tarmac.
amazing research
Excellent video, thank you! Hope you are able to do the next two films 👍🏾
Already available on my UA-cam channel as are all seven series.
@@OntheBusesDatabase1 Excellent, thank you, I will definitely check them out 👍🏾😊👍🏾
Interesting that the studio is now Tesco. I live near there so it is great to see all the locations and what they look like now.
Glad you enjoyed it.