Pub Signs in Films and TV Shows

[cornershop15]

Something else we often see on screen, in addition to Posters, Paintings, Record Sleeves, etc.

One Pub Sign I like is The Duke of Cumberland, shown in two episodes each of Department S
and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased). This is from the latter's The Man from Nowhere (1969):


Randall and Hopkirk (or rather their stand-ins) arrive at the village, in Latimer, Bucks., in their Vauxhall:


More images of The Duke of Northumberland in the aforementioned shows over the next few days. As for films, it didn't take long for Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn to come to mind, and, of course, The Green Man. Surely there were Pub Signs in No Room at the Inn and the The Inn of the Sixth Happiness? I think Pub Signs were a regular fixture in old horror movies as well. Any other examples that you can add to the thread?

[Gerald Lovell]

One of my favourites: the village setting for a horror tale!

A story about apparent devil-worshipping (well, it was really alien-worshipping here!) and the Blue Boar pub in Aldbourne, Wiltshire was renamed as above for "The Daemons" in DOCTOR WHO. One of the late Nicholas Courtney's finest moments.

[Rick C]

Cornershop, you've got to be brutal with forumers with this one, or we'll be getting tea shoppes and all sorts thrown in!

Does the pub have to be in an on-location scene that we have to check it out to what it looks like now, or will studio versions do. Should the sign have to be integral to the narrative as in Jamaica Inn or can we get by with just a travelling shot? There's two a penny in almost every Avengers episode!

[cornershop15]

Thanks for your swift replies. Any Pub Sign in any Film or TV Show will do, Rick, as I usually find them an attractive feature (the aforementioned Jamaica Inn being a rare exception, having checked the beginning earlier). There must be hundreds of beautiful and striking designs in pubs around the country and I've found some good ones on Google Images. There's a Duke of Cumberland in Whitstable, intriguingly. Maybe our Jim can tell us more about it?

I think I can post pictures in the centre now (as preferred)
Department S star Joel Fabiani in front of the Latimer version:

During filming of the episode The Pied Piper of Hambledown, May 1968

[flynn]

Something else we often see on screen, in addition to Posters, Paintings, Record Sleeves, etc.

One Pub Sign I like is The Duke of Cumberland, shown in two episodes each of Department S
and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased). This is from the latter's The Man from Nowhere (1969):


Randall and Hopkirk (or rather their stand-ins) arrive at the village, in Latimer, Bucks., in their Vauxhall:


More images of The Duke of Northumberland in the aforementioned shows over the next few days. As for films, it didn't take long for Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn to come to mind, and, of course, The Green Man. Surely there were Pub Signs in No Room at the Inn and the The Inn of the Sixth Happiness? I think Pub Signs were a regular fixture in old horror movies as well. Any other examples that you can add to the thread?

That would be a great pub for our members to fall out of.at the Annual Meeting

[mariocki]

Sorry Flynn but 'The Duke of Cumberland' isn't actually a pub - it's a private house so we'll have to find somewhere else. I've got some pictures taken a couple of years back which I'll try and dig out. The current owner had no idea of it's starring role until they were shown the screengrabs.

[Gerald Lovell]

Typical 70s signage:



Very popular with dog fanciers . . .


From Carry On At Your Convenience or Down the Spout or Ladies Please Be Seated or Up the Workers or Labour Relations Are the People Who Come Round to See You When You're Having a Baby (1971).

[Rick C]

Sorry Flynn but 'The Duke of Cumberland' isn't actually a pub - it's a private house so we'll have to find somewhere else. I've got some pictures taken a couple of years back which I'll try and dig out. The current owner had no idea of it's starring role until they were shown the screengrabs.

Mariocki, we can gatecrash the place then and put up our own sign for the duration. Sounds very "Blow-Up" but we're avant-garde film historians-right?

[Steve Crook]

This is the pub sign for "The Hand of Glory" as seen in A Canterbury tale (1944)
Our hero arrives at the pub at night and shines his torch up at the sign - despite the blackout regulations



Here's another shot of it - in daylight



The Hand of Glory is really a clever combination of two pubs, depending on which window you look out of

When Bob Johnson (John Sweet) wakes up on the first morning, he looks out of one window and sees the view from the Red Lion in Wingham, Kent. When he looks out of another window in the same room, when he talks to the boy on the hay cart, the view out of that window is in Fordwich. That's still in Kent, but it's 6 miles away! That's a BIG room that he spent the night in

Most of the exteriors of "The Hand of Glory" are The Red Lion in Wingham but a few use the George & Dragon in Fordwich.

So, what is "The Hand of Glory"?

Steve

[Mark O]

So, what is "The Hand of Glory"?

Steve

OMG!.........how ghastly, seeing what was described in the link would put me off the beer I would have potentially have had lol

Hopefully I'll see it for myself if that's where our Canterbury walk will be, looking forward to it already.

[Steve Crook]

OMG!.........how ghastly, seeing what was described in the link would put me off the beer I would have potentially have had lol

Hopefully I'll see it for myself if that's where our Canterbury walk will be, looking forward to it already.

You'll have to do that one by yourself. The Red Lion at Wingham is on a sharp bend on a very busy bit of road. It's dangerous enough to be on foot there for someone like me who is used to London traffic. I wouldn't fancy the chances of a large group of people standing there milling around



As John (Bob) looks out of the window in the morning he sees Dick Lucy, the local butcher in Wingham, opening up his shop with the curved metal awning, and waves to him.



The curved metal awning is still on that building, just opposite the Red Lion, although it's no longer a butcher's.



The details of this, and just about every other location used in the film, are in Paul Tritton's book

Steve

[flynn]

Sorry Flynn but 'The Duke of Cumberland' isn't actually a pub - it's a private house so we'll have to find somewhere else. I've got some pictures taken a couple of years back which I'll try and dig out. The current owner had no idea of it's starring role until they were shown the screengrabs.

shame about that mariocki. would like to see the pictures though.
i like Ricks idea too. though the Whippit Inn might be more appropiate for our lot.

[cornershop15]

More images of The Duke of Northumberland in the aforementioned shows over the next few days.

I did, of course, mean The Duke of Cumberland (always get them mixed up). Still in the process of choosing more pictures of that sign in the aforementioned shows, but I do have another nice Pub Sign to display, spotted during a recent viewing of the H.G. Wells' Invisible Man episode The Decoy (1959). The London Apprentice is located at 62 Church Street, Isleworth, Middlesex:

I think the children are playing Hopscotch in this scene.

Review from Pubs.com:

This attractive Georgian, Thames-side pub takes its name from the City livery company apprentices, who stopped here for refreshments after their long row upstream.

The pub was a place for secret liaisons; in Tudor times, Henry VIII with wife to be Catherine Howard, (ironically she was held nearby at Syon House before her execution in 1542) and later, Charles II with his mistress Nell Gwynne. Rebuilt in the early 18th century, it was a resting place for travellers on the river and stayed open all night. A tunnel which links the pub with the nearby church, was used by smugglers to store contraband in the crypt.

The long, low ceilinged, ground floor bar was once divided; the public bar with darts and bar billiards, the cosier lounge with an open fireplace. Above this is a framed 'mural' recording a bell-ringing competition in 1848. The handsome Regency dining room upstairs has excellent views across the Thames and is available for functions.

In the winter this is a cosy and relaxing place for a bite to eat and a good pint. In the summer it throws its doors open and becomes the perfect riverside pub.

The same website has some more recent pictures here:

The London Apprentice, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 6BG - Pubs.com Passionate about Pubs

From pub-explorer.com:

The London Apprentice [is a traditional pub dating back to Tudor times. It is situated on the River Thames close to Twickenham Rugby Ground and Syon Park. The pub first opened in 1731 and used to be kept open all night for people travelling on the river. Oliver Cromwell, Henry VIII and Charles II are all believed to have visited. The name London Apprentice is said to come from the apprentices working at London's livery companies who used to row out to Isleworth in colourful barges during their free time. The pub's interior reflects this history with it's beamed ceilings, rugby and rowing memorabilia plus the walls covered in photographs of the local area. The pub attracts a lot of visitors but is also frequented by locals and business people. Once you have tried one of our pints or a chosen meal, a second visit is most likely.

What an incredible history - like hundreds of other British pubs, I'm sure. No mention of The Invisible Man's visit! Betta St. John played twins, adding an even more surreal touch, and guest villain was Wolfe Morris, who has kidnapped one of them! Gerald will be interested to know that the Pub Landlord was played by George Woodbridge. I have also done some screencaps of his best moments and hope to post them at the actor's thread later this week.

Thanks to the Avengerland website for identifying the location of this historic pub, which you can see more pictures of at Google Images.

[billy farmer]

A screencap of The Swan Pub (also featuring the Pub Sign) in Night Of The Big Heat (1967) also featuring Patrick Allen as Jeff Callum, who with his wife Frankie played by Sarah Lawson owned and ran The Swan Pub in Night Of The Big Heat (which was set on the remote island of Fara).



The real location of the Pub that featured in Night Of The Big Heat is - The Swan Inn, Broughton Road, Milton Keynes Village, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire -Swan Inn, Milton Keynes - Charles Wells Brewery and Pub Company Bedford - www.charleswells.co.uk

[billy farmer]

Here are two screencaps of the Pub Sign (a fictional one) for The Rat And The Raven Pub, that appeared in the film Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) which starred Basil Rathbone as Holmes (my favourite Movie Sherlock).

[Kitty Whiskers]

[billy farmer]

A screencap of The Jackdaw Inn (also featuring the Pub Sign) in Battle Of Britain (1969) also featuring Christopher Plummer as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey.



The location of the Pub that featured in Battle Of Britain is - The Jackdaw Inn, The Street, Denton, Kent - Untitled Document

[Kitty Whiskers]

Sorry about the teeny photo - but it's Charles Laughton lurching out of The Moonraker's Arms in Hobson's Choice.

[Gerald Lovell]

It's not from a British film, but this sequence is set in England (or Universal Studios' version of it, anyway):

Edward G. Robinson heads back to his countryside hideaway in the second story from the portmanteau film Flesh And Fantasy (1943).

[Gerald Lovell]

COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD experiences "The Strange Event at Roman Fall", perhaps as he's visited the following on the way there: