To Have and To Hold (1951)
Date: 1951
Director: Godfrey Grayson
Production Company: Hammer Films
Stars: Avis Scott, Patrick Barr, Robert Ayres, Eunice Gayson
Location(s): Hertfordshire
Region(s): South East R-Z
Storyline:
Facing death, a country gentleman arranges the future security of his wife and daughter, even encouraging his wife to developing a romantic relationship.
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Roberta and Robert De Winter ride through a farm as they head towards the house that was once their home.
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The siblings continue past farm hands.
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Roberta (Ellen Pollock) listens as Robert (Harry Fine) comments that no one so much at touched their caps to them. If the gate looks familiar it’s because it is also seen in ‘Black Widow’.
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The two carry on towards Horston where June and Brian Harding now live. Gilston Park in Hertfordshire.
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The camera follows the riders. Last occupied by the Bowlby family in 1948, Gilston Park has previously been owned by Guinness, Smith & Nephew and British Petroleum’s pension fund as well as being used by the military during the second world war.
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Sitting on a fence, Brian Harding (Patrick Barr) speaks with his wife June (Avis Scott) pets a calf. Gilston Park is also seen in 'Four Sided Triangle' and 'The Saint's Return'.
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Max Harding (Robert Ayres) rushes from the house when Brian is thrown from his horse. As well as in 'Black Widow', Gilston Park also appears in ‘The Rossiter Case’ and ‘The Dark Light’, two other Hammer films from the same year.
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June Harding (Avis Scott) waits on the terrace as Dr. Pritchard attends to her injured husband.
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Learning that Brian is paralysed, June continues her affair with Max. The area beyond the house to the north was occupied by the research laboratories of Smith & Nephew which have now given way to housing.
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June and Max tend to the horses. The stables at Gilston Park, Hertfordshire.
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Overheard by her husband, June tells Max that Brian has started to notice them together.
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Having picked him up on the road, Roberta tells Robert about Max's past. The level crossing bisects Roydon station in Essex.
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Roberta reveals that Max has a daughter. Looking in the Harlow direction from Roydon station.
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Robert agrees that Max's daughter can stay with them in an effort to get their old house back. The road becomes High Street as it enters Roydon village.
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Smiling, Roberta drives away with her brother. To the left is the bridge over the River Stort to the north of Roydon in Essex.
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After Roberta brings Max's daughter Peggy to Horston, June takes a crop report to her ailing husband.
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Brian Harding (Patrick Barr) shocks his wife when he asks her about Max leaving.
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- 10 Jun 2020
As of 2017, Gilston Park is the site of a proposed new ‘garden town’ which will see over 8,000 properties built.
Gilston Park now, taken by Katie Brennan.
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June stands at the door watching as her husband is driven away with Peggy to visit Italy. Gilston Park in Hertfordshire, still standing but now converted into apartments.
Without trespassing, Katie Brennan captured the entrance to the house from the best possible angle.