Petticoat Pirates

Date: 1961
Director: David MacDonald
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Stars: Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, Thorley Walters, John Turner, Eleanor Summerfield, Victor Maddern
Location(s): Dorset, Hertfordshire

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

A party of WRENs strike a blow for women’s rights when they rebel against a naval command.

Additional Information:

Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill

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Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3AJ Circa 1961

Charlie (Charlie Drake), a Stoker in the Navy, visits his Commander to request a posting. Aldenham School on Aldenham Road, Elstree in Hertfordshire WD6 3AJ (RL).

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Aldenham School, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 3AJ Circa 1961

Charlie leaves the Naval Base HQ. In reality Aldenham School in Elstree, which also features in 'Web of Suspicion'.

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Charlie's posting - a WRNS base! An unidentified location likely to be Portland, Dorset.

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Charlie enters the base. Portland Harbour was seen in 'Above Us the Waves', 'Morning Departure', 'You Know What Sailors Are', 'Further Up the Creek', 'The Key', 'The Damned' and 'The Bulldog Breed'.

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Following the WRNS's.

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Rating busy themselves on board with Castletown, Portland, Dorset in the background.

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Another view of Castletown, Portland. The Naval Base at Portland closed in 1995 with the RN Air Base closing four years later.

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Yet another view of Castletown, Portland from the harbour. Portland Harbour played host to events during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.