Llandudno

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by PaulPlowman I remember the IMDb when it was the Cardiff Movie Database! The problem for me is that they don't seem to have much error checking. Don't get me wrong, the IMDb is fncking brilliant, but if I had to fault it, this would be my main fault. My main interest is movie locations, and there have been loads of instances where the IMDb is just plain wrong. This was partly the reason why I set up my own locations site. Also, there are loads of pages like this... Octopussy (1983) - Filming locations ...Where the same locations are listed many times. ...otherwise, brilliant site, and British too! Wehay!

They have a lot of error checking, but they don't have, or claim to have, totally perfect error checking so some mistakes do slip through.

The locations for Octopussy don't seem to have many duplicate locations apart from listing Berlin as well as various locations in Berlin.

Because they do leave it as open as they do, if you ever spot errors then it would help if you correct them. That's the way it works.

I just had a quick look around your UK On Screen site and it kept giving me database errors
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /mounted-storage/home74b/sub007/sc42723-TDTD/ukonscreen/films.php on line 45
Could not connect: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

What you're doing looks to be a noble effort. How would it handle the million or so titles that the IMDb has?

Steve

[penfold]

Originally Posted by Nick Dando And wasn't the silent 1927 Hindle Wakes also filmed there? Nick

IIRC mostly Blackpool; when the couple disappear to Llandudno we don't follow them, we stay in Blackpool and the Llandudno business occurs offscreen. Can't say about the early sound remake....
I always associate HW with Llandudno though; the idea being the workers of Hindle go to Blackpool for Wakes Week, the middle classes to Llandudno; when the illicit affair is revealed to have taken place there, the old matron declares via an intertitle "I'm not sure I fancy Llandudno any more" which just tickles me....

[PaulPlowman]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook I just had a quick look around your UK On Screen site and it kept giving me database errors Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /mounted-storage/home74b/sub007/sc42723-TDTD/ukonscreen/films.php on line 45 Could not connect: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Oh bugger!

In the words of the great Captain Mainwaring - I wondered who'd be the first to spot that!

*ahem*

Problem due to the differences between my local database and the online one - should be fixed now! :)

Originally Posted by Steve Crook They have a lot of error checking, but they don't have, or claim to have, totally perfect error checking so some mistakes do slip through. The locations for Octopussy don't seem to have many duplicate locations apart from listing Berlin as well as various locations in Berlin.

Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(train scenes)
Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(Train scenes)
Orton Mere, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(train scenes)
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(train scenes)
Wansford Level Crossing, Wansford Railway Station, Wansford, Nene Valley Railway, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(train scenes)
Wansford Railway Station, Wansford, Nene Valley Railway, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(train scenes)
Wansford, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
(train scenes)

These are all more or less the same place!

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by PaulPlowman Oh bugger! In the words of the great Captain Mainwaring - I wondered who'd be the first to spot that! *ahem* Problem due to the differences between my local database and the online one - should be fixed now! :)

Yes, fixed now. Thanks

Steve

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by PaulPlowman Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (train scenes) Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (Train scenes) Orton Mere, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (train scenes) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (train scenes) Wansford Level Crossing, Wansford Railway Station, Wansford, Nene Valley Railway, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (train scenes) Wansford Railway Station, Wansford, Nene Valley Railway, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (train scenes) Wansford, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (train scenes) These are all more or less the same place!

You know what train spotters are like, they have to have every detail exacty correct. They want to stand in the exact position where the train is seen in every frame

Steve

[PaulPlowman]

In a way, I sympathise. When you have the specific knowlege, you want to show it off. Do people really want to know where every 2 second shot in a sequence was filmed? Probably not, but I'm gonna tell them anyway!

[foulafan]

Hi All,

The scene in `Yanks` was filmed across the road from the Grand Hotel, and on the road around the Great Orme. Other scenes were filmed as previously mentioned in Stalybridge (My home town) Dobcross, Saddleworth, Hyde and Stockport. There is a tribute to the film every year at Uppermill & Dobcross called `The Yanks Event` which has peopkle in wartime dress, memorabilia, stalls, military vehicles and re-enactments, usually at the beginning of August or thereabouts.

The 1935 `Hindle Wakes` starring Belle Chrystall also used the Grand Hotel for scenes.

Dave.