On the Beat

A police car speeds to the warehouse where Trigger O'Flynn has taken refuge. Di Davies believes that this is on Slough Trading Estate and might be outside the Mars building. Slough and Windsor are indeed close to each other. Ron and Ray Glenister confirm Di's identification of Slough Trading Estate but say it is not the Mars building as they were situated on Dundee Road. This is the corner of what is now Buckingham Avenue and Bestobell Road. (RL)

The car comes to a halt and Superintendent Pitkin gets out to take charge of the situation. Di Davies suggests that this is the Slough Trading Estate with one of the two cooling towers visible just left of centre. Ron and Ray confirm the tower as that of Slough Trading Estate. The location was also seen in "Flame in the Streets". (RL)

'Pitkin of the Yard' calls up at O'Flynn before entering the building to apprehend the gunman . . . . and is then woken up by his Landlady. H Block at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire located by Mark Harris.

And here's Mark's proof.

On his way to work, Pitkin gets trapped on the outside of a tube train as it enters a tunnel. Waterloo & City Line platform 7 at Bank station in London EC3. The platform also appears in 'Silver Dream Racer' and 'Fragment of Fear'.

Going underground with Peter for this shot of the same platform.

Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) causes mayhem and soaks Chief Superintendent Belcher (Terence Alexander), Sir Ronald Ackroyd (Raymond Huntley) and a Chauffeur (John Blythe) whilst washing the cars at Scotland Yard. Rob Beckwith advises that Norman Wisdom confirmed in a documentary a few years back that this is one of the buildings at Pinewood Film Studios.

As he leaves the house wearing his late father's uniform, an American Tourist (Dilys Laye) asks Norman for directions. Facing St Leonards Road in St Marks Place, Windsor, Berkshire. The far end of the road was seen in 'Carry On Screaming'.

This time a pretty lady from Montevideo, Uruguay.(JT)

Norman escorts the lady towards the High Street. St Marks Place in Windsor. Most of the locations in this film have been identified by Jed Maguire and the Royal Windsor website.

The stub wall in the original picture remains behind the small tree, and the rest of the street has been demolished to make way for bijoux residences.(JT)

The pathway running between Edward Square and Peascod Street with the former Duke of Cambridge public house to the left.

62 years later Phil Richards provides a comparative shot of King Edward Court, looking towards the shopping center, remarking that the 'Duke of Cambridge', now closed, is an empty shop available to rent. (RL)

Norman hails a taxi for the tourist. Looking along Peascod Street towards the junction with Williams Street in Windsor. Location identified by Jed Maguire.

JT replaces Jed's 2008 image

A cab comes to a halt with the driver worrying about being caught speeding. Jed advises that this is Lower Peascod Street, Windsor. The location appears in ‘Tunes of Glory’, ‘No Sex Please, We're British’, 'The White Trap' and ‘The Ballad of Tam Lin’.

The same location in 2008 by Jed Maguire.

As he carries on walking, Norman sees a young boy almost knocked down by a car when he chases a football into the road. Arthur Road, Windsor in Berkshire.

Yup. Spot on.(JT)

The boys are told off but tell Norman that they have nowhere else to play. Facing west on Arthur Road.

.....at the entry to Vansittart Industrial estate.(JT)

Norman is asked to referee the boys football match as he has a whistle. The way between Arthur Road and the former allotments off Barry Avenue with the arches carrying the Windsor to Slough railway in the right distance. Location found by Jed McGuire.

The same place in 2008 taken by Jed.

A policeman on the beat hears Norman's whistle in the distance. Arthur Road, Windsor.

Jed captured the same spot in 2008. Third white cap missing, but supporting bracket near the scaffolding, and the shop facia, just visible over the cop's right shoulder confirm Jed's ident.

Another officer hears the alarm and responds with his own whistle.

Luckily, he wasn't too far away, the next corner shop in Albert Road.(JT)

Two policemen converge as they head to assist. Goswell Road with Grosvenor Place running off on the right. All gone.

More and more officers race to the scene. Oxford Road facing the junction with Grosvenor Place with Peascod Street on the extreme right. The junction, now covered by Charles Street, was also seen in 'Three Hats for Lisa'.

The number of policemen running to help grows. Edward Square facing Sydney Place. Gone.

A police car is dispatched to assist. This shot was used again five years later in 'The Naked Truth'.

Albany Street in London NW1. In the distance, what was Christ Church is now St Georges Cathedral (Antiochian Orthodox). Located by Richard Lovejoy.

Grosvenor Place looking towards Goswell Road.

Headquarters radios for more cars to head to the scene. Again, as noticed by Richard Lovejoy, this sequence was re-used for 'The Naked Truth'.

And Richard found the location - Seven Dials, Monmouth Street in WC2 with The Crown public house on the corner.

The camera pans revealing another patrol car emerging from a side street. Seven Dials, as seen in 'Man on the Run', 'Last Christmas', 'Wonderland' and 'Nowhere to Go'.

Seven Dials in WC2 looking down Shorts Gardens with The Crown pub to the left. Image by Richard.

The pan ends with yet another car joining the call. Looking down Earlham Street from seven Dials. Location identified by Richard Lovejoy.

The same location now from Peter.

Windsor Gas Works on Goswell Road with the railway viaduct carrying the line to Slough to the right.

From a different angle, Windsor Dials which was built over the old Gas Works site. Picture from Jed.

More officers converge. Goswell Road roundabout with Arthur Road to the right. The area has been substantially redeveloped but can also be seen in 'The White Trap', 'Carry On Cabby' and 'Cat Girl'.

Yes, left side and middle torn down and replaced, but Albert Road is still there on the right. (JT)

To avoid capture, Norman ends up running with the policemen. Looking towards the Victoria public house on Grosvenor Place from Edward Square. The pub was also seen in 'Three Hats for Lisa'. All gone.

The officers wait before continuing after Norman is trampled in the crowd. Ray and Ron Glenister have found this one for us, Grosvenor Place near the corner of Edwards Square, Windsor. All now gone. (RL)

Pitkin takes a different route around the roundabout. Denmark Street and Sydney Street lead off Goswell Road roundabout to the top left.

Same area as pic 025. All gone.(JT)

Superintendent Cecil Hobson (David Lodge) arrives on the scene. Goswell Road, Windsor.

The Superintendent asks who blew the first whistle. Looking along Grosvenor Place from the corner of Goswell Road.

Pitkin attemps to sneak away. Grosvenor Place with the corner of Edward Square on the left. The streets were demolished in the late 1960s as part of the Ward Royal development.

The horde of officers chase after Norman. Goswell Hill in Windsor. The location was also seen in ‘Allez France!', ‘The Gambler and the Lady', 'Five Days', ‘From Beyond the Grave', 'Whispering Smith Hits London' and 'The Quatermass Xperiment' amongst other productions.

Goswell Hill with a cobbled cart or wagon way. The raised central panel has every other line of setts slightly raised, in order to give the hooves of the horses a better grip on the steep incline. (JT)

Norman heads down an alleyway. Gardner Cottages in Windsor, from Vansittart Road.

A bit of an extention on the right as well as a replaced brick wall.(JT)

Police chase Norman across the back gardens. The area behind Gardner Cottages between Duke Street and Vansittart Road off Arthur Road.

Well, yer pays yer money and takes yer pick......washing or dustbins.(JT)

Norman has run full circle and returns to where the lads were playing football.

Arthur Road in Windsor taken by Jed McGuire in 2008.Pic replaced 2015.(JT)

After running onto waste ground, Norman is surrounded by policemen. The former allotments off Duke Street / Arthur Road in Windsor.

Now. the Vansittart Industrial Estate

Norman is taken away in a 'Black Maria' and is fired from his job. Looking towards Arthur Road from the waste ground now occupied by the the Vansittart Industrial Estate.

Same place.

Rosanna is rescued from the Thames by Norman after she tries to drown herself. A studio set included for completeness.

When they discover that Pitkin looks like crime boss Giulio Napolitani, Superintendent Hobson and Chief Superintendent Belcher arrive to persuade him to help. St Marks Place.

Seen before in pic 007, the right hand house in the Then photo has gone, and the two tall chimneys at the end of the street have been incorporated into a matching extention.

After Norman refuses to assist unless he is allowed to be a policeman, Sir Ronald Ackroyd, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, arrives to negotiate.

Same place.

Finally, Norman Pitkin follows in his father's footsteps and returns home in uniform after being recruited to carry out an under cover mission. St Marks Place, Windsor.

Still there, just off St. Leonard's Road.

When cornered by Pitkin, Napolitani looks out of the building to see more police arrive. Roger Wood identifies this as Salisbury Square, London. The building at the back being the Church Missionary Society and that to the left what was the Salisbury Hotel, later offices. As Roger says, now "modern eyesores in their place". (RL)

Following Napolitani's arrest, Rosana marries Norman and Oberon (Ronnie Stevens) marries Sergeant Wilkins (Eleanor Summerfield) in a double wedding. Possibly a set, but the shot is suggested to be of Holy Trinity Church in Trinity Place, Windsor which Paul Stimpson explains is seen in a reverse point of view during the next few frames.

A whistle is heard and Norman rushes from his bride to do his duty. Facing west on Oxford Road with the Church of Clewer, St Stephens in the distance. Oxford Road, specifically No 102, also seen in 'Two Left Feet' (C13). (RL)

Yes, sorted.