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Amos Hames 2
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Has anyone been to the location
Really oh wow I didn't know thatI think Terry has, it’s a hairdresser’s I’m lead to believe
Thanks CaptainThere is a bit on C5 , one of the series of documentaries about top comedy shows . Open all Hours : 50 years of comedy is on the Channel 5 Iplayer might be worth a watch Amos.
I know with Aunties they were very good at removing everything and putting the place back to normal, this was twice a yearLike Aunties you wonder what the cost was to convert the premises for filming and then return it to original for every series they filmed cannot have been cheap. I wonder if anything was left as a memento at either location perhaps more likely at the Hairdressers than the house.
Could customers enter through the back while filming was taking place? In Google Streetview, if you walk around the corner there's an entrance to a yard, and in the current photo you can see an open door leading into the building. It would be an awkward, unattractive way in, but better than closing completely. The only way for the tenants to access the upstairs flat, except through the business, would be via the exterior door on Lister Avenue. I wonder how the BBC compensated them for cutting them off from their home!BBC budgets must be pretty decent as I'm guessing the hairdressers used for Arkwrights shop must have been compensated for a few weeks loss of business at the very least.
I recall in a behind the scenes programme about OAH the hairdresser said they take over her shop and she goes on holiday for a fortnight. Probably paid for by the licence payer!!!Could customers enter through the back while filming was taking place? In Google Streetview, if you walk around the corner there's an entrance to a yard, and in the current photo you can see an open door leading into the building. It would be an awkward, unattractive way in, but better than closing completely. The only way for the tenants to access the upstairs flat, except through the business, would be via the exterior door on Lister Avenue. I wonder how the BBC compensated them for cutting them off from their home!