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A car draws up outside Woolwich Telephone Exchange. Spray Street, Woolwich SE18.

A few licks of paint have been applied.

Switchboard operator and single mother Valerie Marshall (Carol White) leaves work. Woolwich Telephone Exchange, Spray Street.

The Woolwich Telephone Exchange still operates today, and is fibre enabled.

Would-be suitor Mahdav (Sam Dastor) joins her as she walks down the street. Spray Street, looking east.

All buildings seen here to the left of the street are due to be demolished as part of the Woolwich Exchange Project.

Valerie travels to Brighton shepherding a bunch of underprivileged teenagers on a day out. The kids fool around on the train as it passes a station. British Railway Movie Database advises that this is Ascott-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire.

The location is established with a shot of the Palace Pier, Brighton, Sussex.

Brighton Pier- 2025 version. (SR)

Touring musician Mike Preston (Roy Harper) is being driven along the seafront. Duke's Mound, Brighton, looking west.

Viewed from the steps leading from Duke's Mound to Marine Parade. (SD)

The camera pans with the car. Duke's Mound, Brighton, looking east.

In the background is the addition of Brighton Marina which was under construction when filming took place. (SD)

Mike is driven through the city while being interviewed by Bob Harris. Kings Road, Brighton, looking towards the junction with Ship Street.

The same junction today. (SR)

The kids run along Brighton's Palace Pier.

The landing stage at the end of the Palace Pier was removed in 1975. Approximately 20 years later the pier head was extended. This is viewed from beside the Crazy Mouse roller coaster which now stands here. (SD)

Valerie stands on the pier with Father Dyson (John Castle), who organised the trip, and Scott, her baby.

This is viewed from what was originally the end of the pier. This section of the pier was extended to make room for extra rides. (SD)

A Hare Krishna band perform outside a pub. Clarendon Mansions, 80 East Street, Brighton.

The building has hosted a number of pubs, including The Old Heart and Hand, seen in 1978's 'Quadrophenia'. Refurbishment has replaced the door seen in the capture with another window, (SR)

Mike walks onto the beach next to the pier and spots Valerie.

The white boards are an extension to the kiosks at the pier entrance. (SD)

The two talk on the beach, with Palace Pier in the background.

Extra shingle has raised the height of the beach. (SD)

The couple spend the night together in Mike's hotel room, leaving in the morning. Bedford Hotel, 137 Kings Road, Brighton. (SD)

Bedford Hotel is now Holiday Inn Brighton. (SD)

Mike watches Valerie leave. Bedford Hotel, Kings Road Brighton, facing Little Preston Street. (SD)

It's all gone grey. (SD)

Back in London, Valerie walks with her baby. She approaches the junction of Woolwich High Street with Woolwich Church Street SE18.

Chimney down, tower block up.

A little further down the walkway, facing the roundabout connecting Woolwich High Street and John Wilson Street SE18, with Woolwich ambulance station across the way.

The same railings, I think. The other pillar is there behind the greenery.

Valerie pushes her pram west along Powis Street, at the junction with Hare Street SE18.

A large TK Maxx now on the left with a Subway beyond.

Valerie comes across Father Dyson outside the Granada Bingo Hall, the former Granada Cinema, which is now the Christ Faith Tabernacle. 176 Powis Street SE18.

Valerie's mother is taken into hospital suffering from multiple sclerosis. This is the Greenwich District Hospital in Vanbrugh Hill, Greenwich which was demolished in 2006.

Valerie and Father Dyson cross John Wilson Street heading south with the River Thames in the background.

New tower blocks dominate the scene as belisha beacons get taller.

Needing to visit her mother in hospital, Valerie leaves Scott in the hands of June (Doremy Vernon) to look after. Walpole Estate, Brookhill Road, SE18

Cannot say this is the same one as I had to shoot through a gate, but this shows the state of the flats today.

Valerie visits her mother. Behind the now-demolished hospital, in Woolwich Road, existing buildings at the junction with Hatcliffe Street, can be seen.

A goal is scored at Loftus Road Stadium, the home of Queen's Park Rangers in Shepherd's Bush W12.

He's been to another match! Antony Blair captures the view looking in the same direction from the Stanley Bowles Stand during a December QPR v Preston game.

As Valerie leaves the hospital, she crosses Woolwich Road at the junction with Vanbrugh Hill.

June talks with friend Ray (Richard Vanstone) as she pushes the pram containing Scott along Woolwich Church Street heading west.

June crosses the junction of Delafield Road and Charlton Church Lane, seen from Floyd Road. All the properties seen here have since been demolished.

The fans spill out of the football stadium. Jim Hamilton suggests The Valley, Charlton Athletic's ground but did that have green doors?

The crowd builds up in number. Valley Grove SE7.

A bottle is thrown from 38 Floyd Road, at the intersection with Valley Grove SE7.

A riot starts. Facing southwest in Floyd Road towards the bend and junction with Valley Grove. The houses on the right have been redeveloped.

June attempts to escape the crowd. Is this the old Valley Stadium?

She falls down some steps with the pram and the baby is killed. Unidentified location.

Father Dyson looks out on the tower block at 71-177 Frances Street from Church of St Michael and All Angels, now the Jubilee PIWC Church of Pentecost, Woolwich, in Borgard Road SE18.

Valerie is amazed when Mike shows up having returned from a tour. Brookhall Road, with the Walpole Estate in the distance, and the south face of St. Peter's Church reflected in the car windows.

Mike and Valerie walk by the south bank of the Thames. Across the river is the Tate & Lyle sugar factory in Factory Road E16.

The camera pans left to see Mike and Valerie on a jetty opposite the sugar factory.

They walk across the jetty to the bank of the river.

Leaving for his US tour, Mike drives along Harrow Road towards Westway. The east side of the Harrow Road roundabout at Paddington Central/Little Venice identified by Richard Bennett.

Tall buildings populate Richard's comparison shot. Other sides of the roundabout appear in 'Give My Regards to Broad Street'.

Visiting her mother in hospital, Valerie looks out over Woolwich Road and along Armitage Road towards the factories on the Thames.

Mike has reached the USA. This billboard is located in front of the Old World Restaurant at the junction of Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive in Los Angeles, California.

The group drive their Ford LTD covertible through LA.

They drive down an LA hill, as yet unidentified.

Driving south on Argyle Avenue, the car passes the Capitol Records Tower on 1750 Vine Street.

They come across a group of singers on Hollywood Boulevard, LA.

At his hotel Mike writes to Valerie. Unknown location. The large condominium in the background is Sierra Towers, Beverly Hills, LA.

Valerie has a date with Mahdav, but he becomes possessive and she tries to get away. Unidentified location.

As a constable separates them , we see more of the street. Unidentified location.

Valerie gets off a bus. Woolwich Church Street facing southeast, opposite Commonwealth Buildings SE18.

Woolwich Church Street facing southeast. showing the other side of the street as the bus turns.