Carry On Doctor

In a church hall, Francis Bigger lectures how to think positively to his audience. Newland House on New Windsor Street in Uxbridge, Greater London identified on Facebook by the British Film Location Spotters Club.

Antony Blair revisited the location to find alterations have been made.

As he takes a bow while being applauded, Francis falls from the stage. Newland House, the Old Masonic Temple, on New Windsor Street, Uxbridge.

In Antony Blair's comparison, the building in the left distance has been replaced, recently it appears.

An ambulance speeds through the streets as it carries Francis on a bumpy journey to hospital. Looking eastward on High Street in Maidenhead, Berkshire with The Bear Hotel just visible on the extreme left.

The same location captured by Antony Blair.

With tyres screeching, Henry the ambulance driver hardly slows to take a corner. Facing the corner of High Street and St. Ives Road in Maidenhead.

It was a damper day when Antony Blair arrived on the scene.

Two Nurses cross the road from the Nurses' Home as another morning begins at the busy hospital. Maidenhead Town Hall on St. Ives Road in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Typecast as a hospital, the building also appears in 'Doctor in Distress', 'Doctor in Clover' and 'Carry On Again, Doctor' as well as in 'Carry On Behind' where skill as a seat of learning building shines through.

The campaign to save the 1962 Town Hall triumphed. SJ.

Trainee Nurse Sandra May (Barbara Windsor) leaves the Nurses' Home. 21-22 Westbourne Street in London W2.

Now. SJ

The camera follows the new recruit as she approaches the hospital entrance. Maidenhead Town Hall on St. Ives Road.

Antony Blair's son Nicky stands in for Barbara Windsor in this view.

Friends and Relatives arrive as visiting time begins. Outside the entrance of Maidenhead Town Hall.

Now with slightly redesigned forecourt. SJ.

Henry (Peter Gilmore) and his colleague Sam (Harry Locke) watch the Visitors file into the hospital. In front of the Town Hall in Maidenhead with the junction of High Street and St. Ives Road in the left of centre distance. The junction can be seen in 'Delayed Flight'.

Much the same, even the Lebanon Cedar. SJ.

Whilst working in a hospital lab across the road, Nurse Clarke spots Nurse May on the roof of the Nurses' Home. Westbourne Street, opposite the Royal Lancaster Hotel in W2.

And here's the proof. And the excellent Whippit Inn Carry On website has got this one too. SJ

Nurse Clarke (Anita Harris) follows Dr. Kilmore into the Nurses' Home when the pair mistakenly think that Nurse May is preparing to jump. Westbourne Street W2 identified by Jon Richardson. The buildings are also seen in 'The Italian Job'.

Now. SJ

In an effort to same the young nurse's life, Dr. Jim Kilmore (Jim Dale) reaches the roof. Tony Winzar identifies this back projection as Maidenhead bus station on Bridge Avenue with a red Thames Valley bus just coming into view bottom left. The footage appears to have been taken from the library roof.

Tony Winzar took this shot of the pair of houses on the opposite side of the road to the bus station. The whole area is currently fenced off and the buildings boarded up ready for, I guess, demolition.

Seeing the Doctor appear above the ridge of the roof, Nurse May stands up from sunbathing and covers herself. Another bit of cinematographic trickery as this view is from the top of the same building used for the previous capture but facing in the opposite direction onto St. Ives Road.

Dr. Kilmore becomes giddy as he looks down from the rooftop. The junction of St. Ives Road and York Road in Maidenhead with Desborough Bowling Club to the top left.

In a shot taken from a Look at Life short documentary that's also seen in 'Go To Blazes', an AEC fire appliance is sent to the scene.

With a long way to go until reaching Dr. Kilmore, the Mercury Merryweather turntable ladder speeds across Waterloo Bridge crossing the Thames between SE1 and SW1. In the background stand buildings on Victoria Embankment including Shell Mex House to the centre.

A sharper image as there was no traffic to follow. SJ

Tony Winzar provides two images as a short post script. This is Maidenhead bus station on Bridge Avenue with a red Thames Valley bus just coming into view bottom left. The back projected view of the bus station where Jim Dale climbs onto the roof of the Nurses' Home seems to have been taken from the library roof. Tony adds that the bus station was demolished in the 1970s and this picture from the same era appears to be taken from the 'Syntex' office building in St. Ives Road, which is next to Maidenhead Library and opposite Maidenhead Town Hall. Unknown copyright.

Tony Winzar tells us "For completeness, this is the building that now stands on the bus station site. Taken with my back to the row of semi-detached houses seen in the film. The building to the far left, beyond the modern looking library, is the 'SYNTEX' offices from which I would think that the elevated shot of Jim Dale was taken.