No Time for Tears

Date: 1957
Director: Cyril Frankel
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Stars: Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle
Location(s): Hertfordshire

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Storyline:

Devoted Doctors and nurses confront the challenges of their profession as they seek to restore the lives of children in their care.

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Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

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The Postman delivers mail to a suburban home. Geoff Dodd comes up trumps once again with 45 Barham Avenue in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire but now he says "Gone . . . leaving nothing that is recognisable". We really should remember to check 'Avengerland' more often, because Geoff adds that the building was also seen in 'Lolita' and briefly in an episode of television's 'The Invisible Man'. (RL)

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James (Edmund or Rupert Boulting) wakes early and rushes straight to the garage and climbs into his bright red pedal car. 45 Barham Avenue, Borehamwood in Hertfordshire. (RL)

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Pedalling hard, the youngster reaches Mayfield Hall Hospital for Sick Children.

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Entering the hospital grounds, James continues up to the building where his twin brother Stephen is awaiting surgery. Wall Hall at Aldenham in Hertfordshire which is also seen in ‘The Nanny’, ‘The Agitator’ and ‘The Vampire Lovers’.

Here's a shot far too close and very replaceable, but it was a spectacular day. SJ

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Matron Eleanor Hammond drives siblings George and Cathy Harris home to their Mother. Alan Twinam identifies this as Shaftesbury Road at the junction with Ebury Road in Watford, Hertfordshire, which is a dead end from which the vehicle is travelling.

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Near the street where the children live, the camera tracks the car along rows of terraced properties. Facing houses on Shaftesbury Road located by Alan Twinam who adds that the cameraman must have been standing outside his Grandfather's House at number 36.

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As she steers towards the opposite kerb, the Matron worries why Mrs. Harris had failed to collect her children from the hospital. Ebury Road with Shaftesbury Road to the left recognised by Alan Twinam.

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  • 10 May 2023

Parking outside the house, Eleanor Hammond (Anna Neagle) gets out of her car with George (Christopher Witty) and Cathy Harris (Adrienne Posta). Alan Twinam explains that this is facing north on Ebury Road, Watford with Radlett Road and railway sidings to the south of Watford Junction station in the left distance.