Masquerade

To the right stands the Alcock and Brown monument at Heathrow Airport, Greater London. The statue was unveiled in 1954 and is now located at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, Surrey . . .

. . . and Nick Boorman took is shot at its present home.

As Paschal Newell explains, "This is a bronze cast of the original statue in Clifden town near Alcock & Brown’s Landing site. Statue was on loan from Heathrow and two business men decided to cast it in bronze for the town before it went to Brooklands Museum where it is now on display." Not really a now but the best we've received so far, so included. (SJ)

Same statue, backside. A great aunt of mine, of German origin, recognised a family friend, at a distance, and, when asked how she had recognised him, stated "Oh. I didn't see his frontside, but I knew him by his backside!". Collapse, as they used to say, of stout party.

Yes, I know the film credits list Alicante in Spain, but I've been misled before. And a peep at sites with pics of Alicante show a sizeable mountain in the distance, with a castle on the top. But Dominic Wild tells us that this is Villajoyosa sea front, mainly Calle Arsenal where the houses have been preserved.

A clue, or a red herring? Alicante? Yes, Dominic Wild tells us that this is Villajoyosa.

Villajoyosa identified by Dominic Wild.

Keith Prested supplies this fine effort (look at that truck in the way!), adding, "The angle is not very accurate but is the best I could do having regard to parked cars, traffic, trees and shrubbery. Quite a lot of changes have taken place to the seafront in the way of pedestrianisation and new cafe areas, but most of the original buildings appear to have survived." This was taken from the Plaza de San Pedro and Keith suspects the fountain seen in the next captures was hiding behind him! (SJ)

The plaza in said town Villajoyosa again identified by Dominic Wild.

Fountain? On the left? In Villajoyosa. Found by Dominic.

My first thoughts were that it was Gibraltar in the background, but maybe Cartagena? Actually, it's Cap Negret, Altea, and the mountain in the background is the Sierra da Bernia. (SR)

So, let's assume Villajoyosa, remember the clue on the bus? And, given the right angle, there is no large mountain at the back.

And this is the same square, with the fountain now on the right. Villajoyosa identified by Dominic Wild.

Probably the same square. Yes confirms Dominic, in Villajoyosa.

Gib or Cartagena? Cap Negret. (SR)

Cap Negret. (SR)

The villa, from the other side, and the girl, from the frontside. Cap Negret. (SR)

Tasty castle, fortress, church, maybe the one above Alicante? This is the Castle of Santa Barbara in Alicante says Dominic Wild.

The Castle of Santa Barbara in Alicante, spotted by Dominic.

Paschal Newell admits he was standing in the wrong place but this is the only match we've received to date. (SJ)

The Castle of Santa Barbara.

And another from Paschal. (SJ)

Dominic Wild advises the Castle of Santa Barbara in Alicante.

The Castle of Santa Barbara.

A good match here from Paschal. (SJ)

Castillo de Santa Bárbara located by Dominic Wild.

Santa Bárbara Castle, a fortification in the centre of Alicante, Spain.

The Castle of Santa Barbara in Alicante identified by Dominic.

A dam, Spain we assume, near the plain, where falls the rain? Dominic advises that this is the Embalse de Amadorio between Villajoyosa and Orcheta.

Embalse de Amadorio near La Vila Joiosa, a coastal town and municipality in the Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. Identified by Dominic Wild.

Embalse de Amadorio between Villajoyosa and Orcheta identified by Dominic who adds "As a child, in the 70s, I remember the houses that were built for the workers on the dam still being there with cookers and bed frames etc".

Dominic identifies Embalse de Amadorio once again.