Kind of Loving
The hospital used in a Kind of Loving internally and externally is Blackburn Royal Infirmary on Bolton Road in Blackburn which is still identical today although is closing during 2006 to be hopefully changed into flats, also the footbridge which Vic Brown walks over was I believe in Bolton (Johnson Street Footbridge) but was demolished in 1980.
The factory where Vic Brown works (Dawson Whitakers) is located on Phillips Park Road in Blackburn it was called Mullards and made valves for radio sets at the time of filming, (some interior scenes were also filmed here) it is still there now but the factory has been broken up into smaller units now. The bus that Vic travels home on was a Blackburn Corporation vehicle and was brand new at the time of filming. The shopping centre is Millers Arcade in Preston which is identical today.
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Jason
posted by Mike Day @ 11:46 AM
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We were always lead to believe that the foot bridge was Gas Street Bridge in Oldham. I walked over the bridge every school day for 5 years and it certainly looks like it. In fact, I'm sure Oldhamers remember them shooting the film there.
Pat Buchan
This is quite interesting to me. My Mum, Kath Moss, was an extra in "A kind of Loving" after her Dad (me Poppa, as I called him) mentioned the request for extras after reading it in a paper. Mum went down to the set on the date and was paid a few shillings to say "Sausage and mash, please" in the canteen queue which was apparently within the Mullards buildings in Blackburn. She had blonde curly hair if anybody wants to look out for her!
Years later in 1983, I dined there during a 6 month period when I was on a YTS scheme.
Sad, I know, but heartwarming!
Andy Moss
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