Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse
Date: 1978
Director: Justin Cartwright
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Stars: Beryl Reid, John Le Mesurier, Arthur Askey, Liz Frazer, Lance Percival, John Junkin, Debbie Ash, Carolyne Argyle
Location(s): Hertfordshire
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
A young nurse starts her training at St. Adelaide’s Hospital but the saucy student doctors and randy male patients just can’t keep their hands off her. Well, it was the 1970s.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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Inspired by a medical series on television, Rosie Dixon (Debbie Ash) arrives at Queen Adelaide's Hospital to become a nurse. The Purcell School for Young Musicians, Aldenham Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire. (SR)
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The young woman enters the hospital to see the Matron. Purcell School, Bushey also featured in 'The Shillingbury Blowers'. (SR)
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Watched by Mr. and Mrs. Dixon (John Junkin and Liz Frazer) and their daughter, Geoffrey Ramsbottom (David Timson) walks towards a rake lying on the footpath whilst carrying Rosie's cases to the car.
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While Geoffrey is driving Rosie towards the hospital, the scene cuts to the frontage of the Nurse's Home. Purcell School, Bushey. (SR)
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Tilting down, the camera finds the lovers arriving outside the building. Purcell School, Bushey. (SR)
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Tents are erected as preparations for the Rag Week Fête begin at Queen Adelaide's. Purcell School, Bushey. (SR)
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An ambulance brings Junior Doctors from St. Barnabus Hospital to the fête where they cause mayhem and kidnap one of the Nurses. Purcell School, Bushey. (SR)
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After she is dismissed from the hospital, Queen Adelaide's ambulance drives Rosie away from the Nurse's Home. Purcell School, Bushey. (SR)
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- 28 Mar 2022
The ambulance approaches a Police Woman, ripping her skirt off as it passes. Eric Parsons recognised Manor Way in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, facing south at the corner of Arundel Drive with Ripon Park in the background and the recently demolished Bull and Tiger public house in the right distance. The location can also be seen in 'Confessions of a Driving Instructor'.
Simon Edwards provides this comparison of the location.