Ragman’s Daughter, The

Tony Bradmore (Simon Rouse) and his pals play a game with lighters outside a chip shop. The Nottingham Post website mentions Berridge Road as a location, and this looks like the corner of Ewart Road in the Forest Fields area of the city.

Matthew Disney confirms the location.

Doris Randall (Victoria Tennant) approaches the group of lads. Berridge Road with the corner of Windermere Road in the right distance.

We can see where we are in Matthew Disney's daytime shot.

In the present, Tony (Patrick O'Connell) remembers the night he met Doris in this film that switches back and forth between the present and the past. Carrington Street in Nottingham.

Jamie Davis couldn't quite get the right angle, but it's the same location.

Tony looks along the canal as he continues to reminisce. Facing the railway bridge standing in front of Trent Street bridge over the Nottingham Canal from Carrington Street.

The same canal from Jamie.

Back in his youth, his friends lark about outside as Tony goes into the chip shop with Doris. Looking out onto Berridge Road NG7.

Present day Tony works at a dairy loading cheeses into a van.

Ewan Lewis identifies this as the camera's view through the long-demolished Curtis and Dumbrill Dairy (later Unigate) on Valley Road in Streatham SW16. The business once supplied mineral water across London from Streatham Spa! Now a development of houses and flats imaginatively called . . . The Old Dairy. (RL)

Tony leaves the dairy after hiding a cheese in his holdall and placing it on the van's roof.

Ewan continues his link with the dairy providing this shot from it's "gates" towards Sunnyhill School, Valley Road in Streatham, London. (RL)

The cheese is retrieved by the petty thief as the van passes. Valley Road in SW16.

Whilst in Valley Road, Ewan took this shot looking down the road towards Streatham Common. (RL)

On a long ago morning, youthful Tony makes his way to Doris' house. Station Road in Bulwell, Nottingham.

On a not so long ago evening, Matthew Disney made his way to the same location.

Tony walks on by as Doris' Father leaves the house. Station Road, Bulwell NG6.

The same place now from Jamie.

Mr Randall (Leslie Sands) gets into his car. Out of shot to the left stands Bulwell railway station which had closed in 1964.

Jamie found a bit of background reconstruction and a modern car in the same location.

The successful scrap dealer drives away. Station Road looking towards Highbury Road.

No mud on the road now. Image from Jamie Davis.

The number 21 bus brings older Tony into the city. Carrington Street with the clock tower of Nottingham railway station in the centre top background.

No traffic around for this shot from Jamie Davis.

Tony waits for traffic to pass after getting off the corporation bus. Carrington Street.

Almost exactly the same now in this image by Jamie.

The camera moves with Tony as he crosses the street.

Another comparison from Jamie Davis.

A screech of car wheels is heard. Carrington Street, Nottingham.

From a similar viewpoint by Richard Winchester.

A police car comes to a halt near Tony. Facing north on Carrington Street.

Richard Winchester captures a quieter moment.

As they search Tony's bag, the police are called away to Trent Bridge. Carrington Street.

The same location captured by Jamie.

The police car speeds away. Looking towards Canal Street on Carrington Street.

Jamie waited and waited but the lorry wasn't going to move!

Tony and Doris leave a cinema as a night out is remembered. The Capitol Cinema in Churchfield Lane, Radford, Nottingham NG7 which closed in 1968 and is now a church. Information from spottingthegorilla.wordpress.com

And here's the same location now taken by Jamie Davis.

Doris tells Tony that she is the daughter of a rag and metal merchant as he cycles around in the street. Ewan Lewis identifies this as Dutton Street in Greenwich SE10 which is confirmed by David Whittaker. (RL)

In the background are a school and Victorian terraces which were replaced with social housing in the 1970s. (RL)

Tony and Doris continue talking as they walk homeward. David Whittaker advises that this is the corner of Dutton Street and Maidenstone Hill.

Ewan Lewis provides us with this shot from a different angle but the same spot showing the site of the former Telegraph public house on Maidenstone Hill which was demolished in the early 1970s.

Doris questions Tony about him stealing things.

Ewan identifies this as the bend in the road at Trinity Grove, London SE10 an area that has been subject to subsidence from chalk caverns beneath Blackheath Point. (RL)

A man pushes a barrow laden with scrap into Randall's fictional Church Street premises. Bulwell station on Station Road. The station reopened in 1994 and now also serves one of the city’s tram routes.

Randall offers '30 bob' for the load. The view from Randall’s office at station. In the distance stand buildings in Bulwell town centre.

Doris arrives at the yard on the horse that her Father bought for her. The background building on Station Road currently houses a medical practice.

When his brother Paul calls out that Doris is riding down the street, Tony leaves the house to meet her. Brand Street in Nottingham looking towards Freeth Street.

The street has been totally redeveloped and is unrecognisable now. Picture by Jamie.

Doris supervises Paul (Kevin Richmond) outside the Bradmore's house on the film's Willoughby Court. Brand Street, Nottingham NG2.

Tony runs along a darkened street after stealing a television. No longer an unknown location thanks to Ewan Lewis who pinpoints this as looking toward Point Hill from Maidenstone Hill in London SE10.

Ewan provides this picture taken from the Maidenstone Hill end of Pigsty Alley and David Whittaker advises that the next scene sees Tony running into this narrow passageway which connects Maidenstone Hill with Winforton Street.

A quiet moment on the river just before Tony and Doris row into view. Mike Bunker advises that this is the lake at Highfields (Nottingham University). Fellow students told Mike that they were on the lake during filming and were disappointed that they never saw themselves in the final version.

A wider view of the bridge by Richard Winchester.

The pair pass beneath a bridge as Tony tells his girlfriend about the previous night's thieving. Highfields on University Boulevard in Nottingham identified by Mike Bunker.

Enjoying the river with Rachel, Richard Winchester found that rowing boat hire is still very much available in the lovely Highfields in Nottingham.

Tony and Doris alight from a bus in the city. Carrington Street.

The same location by Jamie Davis.

After running along the towpath, the young couple cross the canal by Trent Street bridge.

More cars occupy the bridge in Richard Winchester modern view.

A rag and bone man calls over to Tony and brings him back to the present momentarily.

Jamie took this on Carrington Street.

After leaving his new job on a building site, Tony nears Doris' house on his motorcycle. Highbury Road in Bulwell, Nottingham.

A good comparison by Jamie.

Tony parks his bike and makes his way down the steps. The steps runs between Highbury Road and Station Road.

The young lover has second thoughts as he approaches the front of the house. Looking towards Highbury Road from Station Road.

The same steps captured by Jamie Davis.

Tony makes his way along a roof towards the back yard of the house. The tower of Saint Mary the Virgin and All Saints in Bulwell serves as the backdrop.

Jamie took this shot of the tower. A slightly different angle but the best possible from ground level.

After attracting Doris' attention through her bedroom window, the two return to Tony's new bike. Highbury Road in Bulwell.

The same alley now. Picture from Jamie.

The couple ride off. Facing Bulwell town centre on Highbury Road at the junction with Church Lane with the Old Town Hall prominent in the centre.

The same location now from Jamie Davis.

With Doris riding pillion, the two head off to the countryside. Kirstie Mackay advises that this is Bulwell Bogs at the junction of Station Road and Main Street in Bulwell.

Andy Baker provides this up to date shot of a much changed junction. (RL)

With his head full of memories, Tony walks through a housing estate.

The camera follows Tony.

A chat with a dog owner before returning to work.

Doris rides down the street to call on Tony. Brand Street in Nottingham.

Tony waits for Doris at a busy road junction before being told to move his bike by a Policeman. IMDB suggests the junction of Wollaton Road and Western Boulevard in Nottingham.

A much clearer view of the corner by Matthew Disney.

On another morning, Tony goes to the corner shop to buy bread. Brand Street in Nottingham, an area that has been redeveloped. The buildings at this end of the street still stand.

Brand Street now by Jamie.

A Man watches as Tony leaves the shop. The Meadow Lane end of Brand Street in Nottingham.

The shop still stands but not much else. Jamie took the shot.

The Policeman takes hold of Tony. The corner of Brand Street and Meadow Lane.

And we know it's the right place by the street sign. Image from Jamie.

Tony is taken in for questioning. Facing Meadow Lane from Brand Street.

Jamie Davis captured . . . . . nothing across the road at this location now. But John Doel advises that the buildings on the other side of Meadow Lane were part of the offices of Railway and General Engineering Ltd. He worked there in the 1970s and they made railway track for BR and NCB. The works assembly yard is now the site of the Lady Bay retail park.

After being sentenced, Tony is taken to the station for the journey to borstal. Platform 3 at Nottingham railway station.

Howard Morgan even waited for the train to be in the right spot to capture this shot for us. The bridge in the background appearing to be the same as in 1972 in the capture. (RL)

Tony looks through the window as the train departs. More of Platform 3 at Nottingham station.

Howard highlights the fact that the bench has disappeared but the windows under the '3b' sign appear to be the same and the brickwork looks cleaner! (RL)

Railway sidings are passed as the train gathers speed. The background building seems to be Nottingham’s London Road station which was in use as a parcel depot at the time of filming.

A young motorcyclist and his girlfriend are seen riding alongside the railway. Unidentified location.

Tony serves his time at borstal. Unknown location.

Now 35 years old and married with children, Tony throws his bag into the air after losing his job at the dairy before returning home to his family. Mike Bunker locates this as the flats off Derby Road, Lenton in Nottingham, currently being demolished. The flats also feature in 'Control'.

After being released from borstal, Tony returns to Doris' house and sees Mr. Randall leave with his Grandson. Station Road in Bulwell, Nottingham.