Raising a Riot
Date: 1955
Director: Wendy Toye
Production Company: London Film Productions, Wessex Film Productions Ltd.
Stars: Kenneth More, Shelagh Fraser, Mandy Miller, Mary Laura Wood, Gary Billings
Location(s): Kent, London
Region(s): London R-S, South East R-Z
Storyline:
A cheerful naval officer has to look after his three children in his wife’s absence and takes them off to holiday at his father’s windmill. SJ
Additional Information:
Helping with clues as to where filming took place, Steve Riedlinger brings our attention to the Faversham Times from July and August 1954 which features articles regarding twelve members of the film’s production team from Wessex Film Productions who were staying at Delbridge House, the Railway Hotel and the Limes in Faversham . . . except for the star, Kenneth More, who stayed at the Abbot’s Barton Hotel in Canterbury. The articles go on to say that filming will take place at Conyer as well as the village stores in Newnham.
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- Capture 1
- 25 Jan 2015
More and Miller outside their London home packing for a quick break.
Hmm, the window's different: in fact it's not a convincing match but bear with ... SJ
- Capture 2
- 25 Jan 2015
More packing opposite his house.
Now this is opposite the above and looks pretty good to me. SJ
- Capture 3
- 03 Jun 2013
Stopping on the way for some veg at The Valley Dairy
The same location now, captured and identified as Station Road, Lyminge, Kent by Richard Lovejoy. Mmmm . . . . no room for the "little man" in 2013. A contemporary B&W photo on Francis Frith re-assures http://www.francisfrith.com/lyminge/photos/c1955_l334008/
- Capture 4
- 03 Jun 2013
Another shot of The Valley Dairy. Station Road, Lyminge in Kent.
It doesn't pay to look backwards in time. Another comparison now from Richard.
- Capture 5
- 26 Mar 2013
The family minus Mum arrives at the holiday destination. Black Mill at Barham near Canterbury where Steve Kirby's Great-Uncle Alf Kirby was the "miller", i.e. the "caretaker", who lived in the mill cottage.
Disappointing, huh? It's what's left of Black Mill, burnt down during restoration in 1970. And if I stepped back further down the road where the then shot was, all you'll see is a rather splendid example of a copper beech hedge. SJ
- Capture 6
- 26 Mar 2013
Going fishing on the Kent marshes.
How stile styles have changed! SJ
- Capture 7
- 26 Mar 2013
Panning right on the marshes.
This, and the above, is the north side of the Swale Marina in Conyer, north of Teynham, close to the sea in North Kent. SJ
- Capture 8
- 26 Mar 2013
The fishing party settle down on the quayside.
The party was roughly where that green tarpaulin is. Immediately above just could be that terraced row, now re-modelled. But what swung it was the red roof building in the then which is still there but obscured by a tree, centre right now acting as a shed for Quay House, the 70ish structure in the centre. SJ
- Capture 9
- 26 Mar 2013
Close-up of the fishing trip.
And this proves the above. A matching terrace behind a pub, The Ship Inn, on Conyer Road. This means the camera crew made a big effort to haul equipment all around from the north side of Swale marina to the east side. Or hailed passing boat. SJ
- Capture 10
- 'Now' required
More in a village as ML Wood drives up.
- Capture 11
- 'Now' required
ML Wood in the reverse pov and what More is admiring.
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
More gets in and a bit more of the village is revealed.
- Capture 13
- 'Now' required
Nice cottage where the Americans are staying. This is outside Foxenden Manor at Newnham in Kent located by Paul Auston.
- Capture 14
- 26 Mar 2013
The family prepares to depart. Paul Auston identifies the car as a 1934 Lagonda M45 Rapide, which survives today.
Just a stump but nevertheless habitable. Although called Barham Mill, it overlooks Barham, Kent, from the east and is separated from it by the A2. It's probably best to walk across a field following the North Downs Way from Adisham Road to get to it. SJ
- Capture 15
- 26 Mar 2013
And they're off.
The private road which leads to the A2. SJ
- Capture 16
- 11 Jan 2015
More's street, described to a taxi driver later on as "Camden Street." A probable false alarm ... hang on, read on ...
The same location now from Peter.
- Capture 17
- 25 Jan 2015
Arriving home ... genuine but misheard: it's Campden Street, the north side near Kensington Church Street, W8. Many thanks to Bill Rice for this.
And this is the same place as 001. Not proven by any means, I grant you. But thanks to the guidance by Bill and the wall seen in 002, I think there's been some major restructuring. SJ
- Capture 18
- 11 Jan 2015
More, Miller et al in the same street as the dog runs away.
Campden Street again by Peter.
- Capture 19
- 11 Jan 2015
The other end of the same street.
Peter provides the comparison.
- Capture 20
- 07 Jun 2013
Dog spotted in Trafalgar Square, WC2! Probably a second unit shot.
The exact spot. SJ
- Capture 21
- 28 Apr 2013
Dog spotted in Parliament Square. That appears to be Gary Billings in the red jacket.
I don't know who those two are. SJ
- Capture 22
- 28 Apr 2013
Again, we don't see his face in SW1, but the sergeant is keeping an eye on the Houses of Parliament.
Now there are two policemen in "high visibility." SJ
- Capture 23
- 28 Apr 2013
Approaching Buckingham Palace, SW1.
Now with the Hilton in the background. SJ
- Capture 24
- 14 Aug 2013
Billings reunites with the errant pooch at The Imperial Institute, also seen in 'A Matter of WHO', 'The Rough and the Smooth', 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', 'Three Cases of Murder' and 'Against the Wind', but now part of Imperial College, London SW7. Peter adds that two of the stone lions which sat either side of the entrance of the now demolished Imperial Institute can be seen at the base of the tower inside Imperial College, the other two were moved to the institute's successor, the Commonwealth Institute.
Not quite a 'now' shot, except for the lions. Peter sent in this image of their new resting place.