This is part 2 of the guide from mega fools fan Rick Clark. Rick told us about his keen eye for locating Only Fools and Horses outside locations.
Rick continues his tour of these great locations that you can still view today.
“My October 2008 visit to Salisbury to photograph the locations from ‘A royal flush’ was a bit disappointing. Although I tracked down the Gentleman’s Outfitters shop on New Canal (the ‘arch’ style doorway was a dead giveaway!), I was unable to get anywhere near, and I mean anywhere near, Clarendon House (Lady Victoria & co’s house), as the whole estate is closed to the public. No luck with the market alleyway where Rodney first chats up Vicky either”.
“In November 2008, my wife and I visited a friend who had just got a job teaching in Brighton, so when we were down there I left the girls to have a natter and disappeared for half an hour to snap the allotments and waste recycling site from ‘Mother Natures son’. The Pub used as the Nags Head in that episode had been demolished a few years earlier. However, on our way home we stopped off at Swain’s Farm Shop (Miles’s Organic Food Centre) in nearby Henfield”.
“In April 2009, as luck would have it, I was off to Amsterdam for a mate’s stag weekend. He’s a big OFAH fan too, and I’d done a bit of research beforehand so I knew exactly where Van Kleefe’s place was to be found (Lauriergracht 4, to be precise). We also took in the streets around the Groenburgwal area where most of the chase scenes were filmed”.
“On a baking hot day in the summer of 2009, I took a train from Bristol to Hull to get as many pics as I could from ‘To Hull and Back’. The roads around John Street and the Railway station were easy, however St Andrews Dock was a nightmare as most of the roads are blocked off to the general public and a lot of the old dock is being redevleoped anyway”.
“The main places I’ve yet to visit are, Ipswich (Frogs Legacy), Miami (Miami Twice), and Monte Carlo (If they could see us now)”.
“A couple of things I would add though before I go…firstly most people who write articles on OFAH say that Whitemead House is on “Duckmore Road”, Bristol. Its actually spelt “Duckmoor Road”!!! Plus, everyine seems to think the original pub in OFAH was a watering hole called The Alma in Chapel Market. However, thanks to fellow Flickerite ‘Roll the Dice’ who confirms that the orginal pub was actually The Three Johns (now called The Hobgoblin) in White Lion Street, Islington…as can be seen here:”
“Anyway, thanks again for your interest mate”
“Well thank you kind sir” as Victoria would say to Rodney
I’m sure we’ve enjoyed Rich’s expertise and look forward to some further articles and details on his superb collection soon
Does anyone know if the cafe featured in hull and back called Dockside still exists when they arrived in Hull. I’m from Hull and love fools and horses just something trying to find out or what street it was down?
What was the name of the oil rig in to hull and back ,please
It is the Rough platform now owned by Centrica storage and due to be decommissioned shortly.
And it is gas rather than oil as in the southern sector of North Sea
Ya’ll must have been to Margate!!
In ‘A Hole In One’, when Del, Rodney and Uncle Albert (in a wheelchair), leave court, the building is Kingston Upon Thames County Court, in St James’ Road, Kingston Upon Thames. They walk towards A307 Kingston Hall Road.
That is correct and across the road from the courthouse is the Lever Faberge head office where I used to work
In “Chain Gang” (s6e3), the restaurant where Arnie is supposed to be meeting his contact to sell the chains is a place called Gilbey’s on The Grove (corner with Oxford Road) in Ealing, London W5.
Used to have Sunday lunch there a lot when I lived in Chiswick.
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And the Indian restaurant (“Tandoori Nights”) where Denzel and his brothers go to meet Arnie later in the episode is on Kings Street, near Ravenscourt Park tube. The inside where Arnie sits is actually used as the waiting area for people collecting a take-away. The shot of Arnie’s two sons waiting around the corner was actually filmed just around the corner from there (but there was no reason for it to be!).
I used to live and work near there and one day on my way to work I saw the infamous three-wheeled Reliant Regal Supervan (note, NOT robin Reliant!) being transported, presumably to the BBC at nearby White City.
I live in Romania now. In my free time I like to sample pre-blessed wine.
I actually laughed out loud at this comment! Brilliant!
albert dock was the dock in hull where they were sailing out of …also if you had of gone to paull and spurn point you would of seen the point where denzel sat when he saw del boy on the boat in the river humber
The scene from ‘A Frog’s Legacy’ where Rodney is a Chief Mourner and leads the funeral cortege the wrong way up a one way street was filmed in Rectory Road in Ipswich, a road that I walk down every weekend on my way into town. You can still see Stoke church in the background today. The preceding market scene was filmed in Seymour Road which is just off Rectory Road. The wedding reception scene from the same episode was filmed at Helmingham Hall which is about 5 miles or so north of Ipswich.
i am roll the dice and i have done several old n new shots from fools and horses…….not sure how old that article is `above`as i has seen it before and i believe he has stopped his flickr account……..
yeah how come he stopped his flickr?
What happened to clarks flickr page? It no longer exists
Can anyone tell me why and if he wants to make a new un because i used to enjoy taking the odd look at some of the locations he had.
RE Your search for the market alley location in Salisbury filmed in “A Royal Flush”
It used to be located just off Tollgate Road just behind The Railway Tavern pub, it used to be a line of very large garages with huge, green painted, wooden double doors.
The building used to be railway sheds to store coal. At the time of filming the building belonged to an agricultural company, the garages rented out to local residents, one of which was rented by my parents.
Sadly the building was demolished several years ago and is now making way for modern flats etc
Hope this of use to you
Some good pictures there.
I have taken some pictures of my own, which are availiable on Flickr. So far i’ve photographed some locations in London, Margate and Broadstairs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/loughtonkid/sets/72157627742926810/
What is Ricks Flickr page? Can we view more of these pictures?