Inn Way Out, The

Before friends arrive for a dinner party, Henry Meadows (Hugh Burden) leaves the house to buy 100 cigarettes. A long shot through a fence and bushes just spots the number 15 to the top left. We have once again to be grateful for Dave W's school days for after many sleepless nights he recalls Alexander Square, SW3 (RL)

Looking west just south of Alexander Place. SJ

Heading for the local pub, our star passes number 9. Given the reflection of trees in the fanlight window and the number 9 Dave tells us that this is 9 Alexander Square,SW3. (RL)

Walking north after crossing Alexander Place. SJ

As the short walk continues, the shot switches to the upper floors of the buildings. Revealing Dave says 7 and 6 Alexander Square adjacent to North Terrace. (RL)

Quite a tight area to find the correct angle of inclination. SJ

Leaving the cigarettes on the bar, Henry walks from the pub after a sip from his half of bitter when a boring Friend and an Insurance Salesman become annoying. Dave W passed his discerning eye over the name of the licensee and came up with the 'Princess of Wales' public house, South Parade SW3 with an address of 145 Dovehouse Street, now a restaurant, 'La Colombier'. A wider view of the premises can be seen in 'Food for a Blush'. (RL)

The main entrance on South Parade has been built over. SJ

After losing money in a cigarette machine, Henry attempts to make his purchase in another pub but leaves when a Poet and Irish Dancers become too much whilst enjoying another beer. 323/325 Fulham Road, London SW10. (RL)

On the south side just west of Callow Street, Farmer Brothers and Beardmore extended ironmongery into no. 323, a former restaurant, while 325 is Vingt-Quatre a brasserie. SJ

Getting into a cab, Henry signals to the Taxi Driver that he needs to buy cigarettes. Fulham Road, London SW10 What was 'The Goat in Boots' pub on the corner with Park Walk can be seen out of the window. Now an Italian restaurant and cocktail bar. (RL)

Goat at no. 333 is undergoing some external refurbishment. SJ

The taxi drops Henry outside another hostelry. This is the George Inn on George Inn Yard off Borough High Street SE1.

A brighter view of the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London. (PW)

Following a Shakespearean Actor (Robert Mooney) from the building, Henry sees him at the end of the courtyard. Outside the Grade I listed George Inn which dates from medieval times.

Through the parasols, it can be seen that the background building has been replaced. (PW)

Henry watches the costumed Man as he stands in front of a camera. George Inn Yard in Borough also appears in 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'.

Simon James replaces PW's earlier shot which was obscured by parasols.

The Shakespearean Actor (Robert Mooney) speaks his lines from Act III of Henry V. This is the since demolished loading platform that once stood at the eastern end of George Inn Yard.

There was no treading the boards when I visited. (PW)

". . . Behold the threaden sails, Borne with th' invisible and creeping wind." The sign of The Mayflower public house which can still be seen on Rotherhithe Street in Rotherhithe SE16. The pub appears in 'The Limping Man'. and 'One Wish Too Many'.

The ship has sailed . . . to inside the pub.(PW)

"Breasting the lofty surge." Is this a long lost pub sign? Others are seen in a montage, The City Barge, The Lord Nelson, The Anchor. Tris advises that this is the sign of The Blue Anchor at 13 Lower Mall, Hammersmith W6 with the ghostly apparition of a support for Hammersmith Bridge in the background.

I seem to have a lamp-post instead of the bridge. SJ

With the sound of Shakespeare giving way to notes from a piano, the story moves on and finds The City Barge public house overlooking the Thames in Chiswick W4 where Henry appears from the bar.

Not quite the correct angle but it was very muddy down here. SJ

As Henry looks at Men and Women spending time with each other, his boring Friend's words echo in his head.

Now I've taken this outside the City Barge but I'm wondering, on the basis of the next shot, whether the action has switched to The Bull's Head

At a nearby table, another couple relax together. Outside The Bull's Head public house which is on the eastern side of Kew Railway Bridge while The City Barge is to the west.

This is taken from outside The Bulls Head. SJ

The voice enquires "You must have a Secretary?" Also appearing in 'Help!', this is The City Barge public house on Strand-On-The-Green in Chiswick.

The pub from the muddy river bed. SJ

Finding a telephone box Henry calls his secretary Jane, asking her to accompany him on a trip to Paris, Rome, America, those sort of places. Alan Bourke identifies the scene as Petyward in Chelsea SW3, outside Peter Murray Hill Ltd., dealers in rare and unusual books, listed as being at 73 Sloane Avenue.

Looking south-west from Sloane Avenue with the corner now occupied by an estate agents. SJ

Henry arranges to meet Jane at that pub by the office. The Black Friar on Queen Victoria Street in EC4 which can also be seen in '23 Paces to Baker Street', 'Stranger in the City' and 'Loophole'.

Swept away by a group of Revellers looking for Edward, Henry is taken from the pub near the office before Jane arrives. Looking eastward along Harrow Road in W9.

Taken outside the old Windsor Castle. SJ

The car is parked allowing Henry and the Revellers to swarm into a pub. The Windsor Castle public house at the corner of Harrow Road and Windsor Gardens in Maida Vale. The pub also appears in 'The Blue Lamp'.

Tris took this off angle and obstructed view due to redevelopment works which shows two of the pub's style of signage.

Jane arrives and moves on to look for her boss when handed a note reading "Gone to the local." Here hangs the sign of The Grove Tavern on Beauchamp Place SW3. This pub closed around 2015 but Borshtch n' Tears, of the long running tube station advertising campaign, survives.

Looks like the pub sign has only recently been removed. SJ

Henry remembers the party he is supposed to be hosting with his wife Vanessa as Jane tries another pub. This is the fascia of the still trading Bag O' Nails public house at the corner of Buckingham Palace Road and Lower Grosvenor Place SW1.

The old pub sign has been replaced by two fancier ones around the sides. SJ

As the evening darkens, a taxi carries Jane on a trek through London. Dave finds "a glimpse of 25 Godfrey Street, SW3" (RL)

I found it tricky to line up all the elements for the glimpse. I think the doorway seen belongs to no.27. SJ

The camera moves right as the cab gets closer. Followed, Dave tells us, by 22 Burnsall Street, where the wrought iron fence is still present. (RL)

Panning right does indeed bring in no. 23 on the left and no. 22 on the right. SJ

Henry sits with a Lady Friend from twenty years ago before heading off for one . . . two . . . three more drinks, ending up in a bar where Jane catches sight of him as he's dragged off by the Revellers.

Several pubs later, Watneys, Courage, Whitbread, a taxi full of the remaining Revellers drops Henry off close to yet another drinking establishment. We have to be very grateful that Dave W varied his route to and from school so often and that he can remember them so well, for here, he used to pass 37 Mossop Street, SW3. (RL)

Some daylight here to cast more light on the north side of Mossop Street close to the junction with Richard's Place. SJ

A very inebriated Henry staggers onto the balcony at The Mayflower quoting ". . . Behold the threaden sails, Borne with th' invisible and creeping wind." Looking across the Thames to the riverfront aspect of The Mayflower.

The "W" needs retrieving and remounting. SJ

"Draw the huge bottoms through the furrowed sea, Breasting the lofty surge." Jane catches up with Henry before he returns to the first pub of the evening and then on to home . . . . dropping the cigarette packets on the way. The Mayflower on Rotherhithe Street in SE16.

No mooring sign or ladder in evidence. SJ