Alf Garnett Saga, The
Date: 1972
Director: Bob Kellett
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Associated London Films
Stars: Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Paul Angelis, Adrienne Posta, John Le Mesurier, Roy Kinnear, Joan Sims, Kenny Lynch, Derek Griffiths
Location(s): Hertfordshire, London
Region(s): London A-B, South East A-D
Storyline:
This film picks up where the television series ‘Til Death Us Do Part’ left off with the Garnett family having moved away from London’s docklands to a new town.
Additional Information:
Screen captures and uncredited now images uploaded by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 01 Jun 2012
Alf (Warren Mitchell) and Frewin (John Le Mesurier) arrive at the station for the commute to London. This appears to be Hemel Hempstead station.
A quick visit and a check of the fixtures and fittings in the booking hall at Hemel Hempstead station confirms it.
- Capture 2
- 'Now' required
An unconfirmed location, but the roof looks like the one at London Bridge station.
- Capture 3
- 17 Sep 2018
Tooley Street, Alf and Frewin are just exiting Weston Street which runs under London Bridge Station, the inside of which appears in 'Voyage of the Damned'.
The same location after the redesign and reconstruction of London Bridge station. This shot replaces an earlier Google image. (PW)
- Capture 4
- 02 Jun 2012
Tooley Street, Southwark, London SE1. We were here with Pool of London.
From a similar viewpoint.
- Capture 5
- 09 May 2020
Alf and Wally (Roy Kinnear) on their way to work through London's docklands. This is possibly Shad Thames, Bermonsey Wall or Mill Street which are all on the south bank, down river from Tower Bridge. Given the choice, Ron and Ray Glenister pick Shad Thames, as their small offering of the day. (RL)
A Google Earth View to support Ray and Ron's identification. (RL)
- Capture 6
- 17 Aug 2016
Alf and Wally walk and talk as they pass along Shad Thames, London SE1. The location has been used many times and can be seen in 'Clegg', 'License to Kill', 'Terry on the Fence', 'Give My Regards To Broad Street', 'The Hour of 13' and 'Pool of London'.
Peter provides this comparison shot.
- Capture 7
- 01 Jun 2012
Bridge across the River Gade in the Water Gardens, designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, alongside Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead opposite the Bus Station.
Same bridge but no ducks. Maybe because all that's planted in the Water Gardens now is a multi-storey car park! Excellent sleuthing by Phil Wilkinson.
- Capture 8
- 01 Jun 2012
Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead with Mike (Paul Angelis) and Jim (Tom Chadbon) running towards the Bus Station. Says Salvation Army on the wall.
Some things have changed very little.
- Capture 9
- 01 Jun 2012
Rex (Derek Griffiths) waits outside the The Salvation Army which was standing in as an Employment Exchange.
Work occuring now. Waterhouse Street next to the Bus Station.
- Capture 10
- 01 Jun 2012
Mike and Jim crossing Waterhouse Street looking towards Bridge Street.
A changed aspect but note the three storey building right of centre in both images.
- Capture 11
- 01 Jun 2012
The old bus terminus on Aycliffe Drive, Grove Hill, Hemel Hempstead. London Country bus route 344 ran between Hemel Hempstead Station and Grove Hill via the Town Centre.
I had to catch bus route 2 to get to this spot.
- Capture 12
- 01 Jun 2012
Else (Dandy Nichols) and Gran (Joan Sims) walk from the bus stop on Aycliffe Drive towards a local pub.
Clutter everywhere, but the pub is still there behind the trees. It's now called Greenacres II but at the time of filming was known as The Cupid. Henry Wells Square on Aycliffe Drive.
- Capture 13
- 01 Jun 2012
Mike and Jim ogle girls. Paul Kearney advises that this was shot from inside the bar of the 1960s Pavilion Entertainment Centre.
This image is taken from the site of Snooks Bar in the Dacorum Pavilion looking out towards the junction of Marlowes with Combe Road. The building was closed in 2002 and the site is now empty.
- Capture 14
- 24 Apr 2013
Alf and Wally approach the entrance to the Woolwich Foot Tunnel. The boat in the background is the Woolwich Ferry.
Richard Lovejoy visited the location . . . . . this is the south ferry terminal. It's not possible to take a picture that shows the tunnel entrance and the ferry as someone left a rather large leisure centre in the way.
- Capture 15
- 24 Apr 2013
The entrance to the Woolwich Foot Tunnel. The tunnel opened on 26th October 1912. Barry Mansfield identifies this as the south entrance adding 'I used to have a cafe just out of shot of these pictures and the cast and crew used us on their breaks'.
The best possible shot by Richard Lovejoy.
- Capture 16
- 24 Apr 2013
Inside the Woolwich Foot Tunnel.
. . . . and the lift isn't working either! Now by Richard Lovejoy.
- Capture 17
- 02 Jun 2012
The No.11 to Liverpool Street fits with a journey from Docklands to a new town north of London but its unlikely that the route ever used this road. Trench Street in E1. The public house on the left is the Turks Head and the tower to the centre belongs to St. John's church, now converted to flats as St. John's Court. Beyond the bus is Scandrett Street, which features in 'The Long Good Friday' and 'Scrooge (1951)'.
The pub is currently a cafe and the church . . . apartments.
- Capture 18
- 01 Jun 2012
Tench Street, Wapping with Wapping Gardens to the right. A similar view appears in 'I Was A Fireman' and through the gate to the left of centre is a location seen in 'Murder in Reverse?'.
The same location now.
- Capture 19
- 01 Jun 2012
Alf and Frewin walk through the Market Square, Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.
Next to the Bus Station and the Salvation Army building seen earlier.
- Capture 20
- 06 Oct 2023
Gary Rhodes found the bottom of Cattsdell, turning into Queensway, Hemel Hempstead.
Replacing an earlier Google capture, Antony Blair returned to the location 51 years after filming.
- Capture 21
- 01 Jun 2012
Hemel Hempstead market, with shops.
The same location now.
- Capture 22
- 01 Jun 2012
Another view of market and shops.
A similar picture now.
- Capture 23
- 22 May 2018
The name is a bit of a giveaway but the tower block is in Montague Road, Leytonstone E11.
The John Walsh tower today. SJ
- Capture 24
- 22 May 2018
Alf and Frewin on Montague Road, London E11 again.
That may well be the same tree, but then it's slow-growing and straightened up a bit. SJ
- Capture 25
- 22 May 2018
Same tower.
Not quite the angle I wanted but iPhone (my version anyway) has yet to develop such a wide angle to cover both the stairs and top of the building. SJ
- Capture 26
- 22 May 2018
The street of the towers.
From ground level: the original may have been taken from the raised overground route between Wanstead Park and Leytonstone High Road. SJ
- Capture 27
- 08 Aug 2013
Sharp eyed Ronan Smith says; the old ABC cinema in Holloway Road London N7, now a Weatherspoons pub. The building in the background is the much-missed 'Jones Brothers'.
This now image is provided by Peter who adds "What was formerly Jones Brothers is now a Waitrose supermarket and a conferance centre and is hidden by the obligatory tree".
- Capture 28
- 01 Jun 2012
Tesco is prominent in The Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead.
Now its just The Marlowes Centre that's prominent.
- Capture 29
- 02 Jun 2012
The pub is The Three Suns on Garnet Street (very apt) London E1, which still stands as The Wapping Vinyard after being an Off Licence.
The same building now.
- Capture 30
- 02 Jun 2012
The Three Suns on Garnet Street can also be seen in 'Dollars for Sale'.
The same building now. The upper windows and downpipes are the same.
- Capture 31
- 19 Jan 2015
The stadium on Green Street in Upton Park E13, home to West Ham United.
This is the updated Boleyn Ground. Image copyright Google Streetview.
- Capture 32
- 19 Jan 2015
Houses on Green Street, opposite the stadium.
Some things haven't changed. Image copyright Google Streetview.
- Capture 33
- 01 Jun 2012
Tesco again. The Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead.
From a similar viewpoint.
- Capture 34
- 02 Jun 2012
Hemel Hempstead looking towards the Old Town with St Marys Church seen centre right background and The Civic Centre on the left. .
The best I could do. Taken from the top of a multi-storey car park.
- Capture 35
- 01 Jun 2012
The Civic Centre and Health Centre bottom left.
The same buildings today from ground level.