Best movie/film set in Lancashire

steeljack · 08-08-2011, 04:44

Watching 'Hobsons Choice' on the classic movie channel and it got to wondering what film best sums up Lancashire. Seems to me there was a time when having a "thick" Lancashire/northerm accent didn't mean that you were 'thick' in the head like the media like to portray these days .
So whats your favourite film set in Lancashire ......

thanks ...

cashman · 08-08-2011, 07:59

its n owd un,but i reckon "Whistle Down The Wind" twas set ribble valley way i think.

garinda · 08-08-2011, 10:30

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Originally Posted by cashman

its n owd un,but i reckon "Whistle Down The Wind" twas set ribble valley way i think.

My choice too.

Watched it again last week, on TV.

Love it.

One of my party pieces is doing a line from the film, in a squeeky little voice...

'Yer not Jesus.'

'Yer just a fella.'

Though happily I refrained from doing it for Alan Bates, when he'd wandered into my room and sat on my bed, at a party I was too hungover to bother getting up for.

flashy · 08-08-2011, 10:35

Oranges aren't the only fruit was a good one

garinda · 08-08-2011, 10:50

Another film I absoutely love, and also do another party piece from, which involves slapping someon's face, is A Taste of Honey.

Was Lancashire at the time it was filmed, pre-Greater Manchester, and also has some great filming in Blackpool.

garinda · 08-08-2011, 10:54

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Originally Posted by garinda

Another film I absoutely love, and also do another party piece from, which involves slapping someon's face, is A Taste of Honey.

Was Lancashire at the time it was filmed, pre-Greater Manchester, and also has some great filming in Blackpool.

(Slap.)

'Yer know wha' they're callin' ya around here?'

'A silly little slut!'

(Pause.)

'O' Jaw, I am sorry'.

garinda · 08-08-2011, 11:03

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Originally Posted by steeljack

Watching 'Hobsons Choice' on the classic movie channel and it got to wondering what film best sums up Lancashire. Seems to me there was a time when having a "thick" Lancashire/northerm accent didn't mean that you were 'thick' in the head like the media like to portray these days .
So whats your favourite film set in Lancashire ......

thanks ...

I don't think it means you're thick.

One of the most high profile Lancashire accents (Rawtenstall) is from Jane Horrocks.

Golden Globe and Batfa award winning actress, who is also the face and voice, of Tesco's national advertising campaign, amongst many others.

garinda · 08-08-2011, 11:08

Also love Gracie Field's film, Sing As We Go.

Which features th'mill, and yon place wi't Tower.

katex · 08-08-2011, 13:30

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Originally Posted by cashman

its n owd un,but i reckon "Whistle Down The Wind" twas set ribble valley way i think.

Bloomin hek, celebrating its 50th Anniversary:

Fans gather in Downham for Whistle Down The Wind anniversary (From Lancashire Telegraph)

wadey · 08-08-2011, 14:17

"Hindle Wakes"

(1952) A working girl and a millionaire's play-boy son sow their wild oats during Lancashire's Wakes week and cause consternation to both their families.

Leslie Dwyer (Chris Hawthorn)
Brian Worth (Alan Jeffcote)
Sandra Dorne (Mary Hollins)
Ronald Adam (Nat Jeffcote)
Joan Hickson (Mrs. Hawthorn)
Lisa Daniely (Jenny Hawthorn)

jaysay · 08-08-2011, 17:39

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning I think was centred around Rochdale always remember those immortal words of Alan Bates when he was working at his machine counting the machined pieces, nine hundred and ninety seven, nine hundred and ninety eight, nine hundred and ninety bloody nine, all I'm out for is a good time all the rest is propaganda

Gremlin · 08-08-2011, 19:26

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Originally Posted by cashman

its n owd un,but i reckon "Whistle Down The Wind" twas set ribble valley way i think.

It was filmed around Barley and Clitheroe, the Ribble bus they used was based at Burnley depot.
I worked for Ribble for a short while and one of our runs was from Nelson to Barley and then to Downham, it was the same run as in the film and the same bus but I drove it later.

Tealeaf · 08-08-2011, 19:35

I do believe that one of the most tear jerking love stories put on celluloid of all time - and one of the top three British films, as voted by the critics - was set in Lancashire.

'Brief Encounter', starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, made mostly in Carnforth.

How come you lot missed that?

Am I the only great romantic left on Accy Web?

Gremlin · 08-08-2011, 19:48

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I do believe that one of the most tear jerking love stories put on celluloid of all time - and one of the top three British films, as voted by the critics - was set in Lancashire.

'Brief Encounter', starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, made mostly in Carnforth.

How come you lot missed that?

Am I the only great romantic left on Accy Web?

No, here is the clock if you want to meet under it.

and for a wad and some char here is the waiting room.

Tealeaf · 08-08-2011, 19:59

Lovely, init!

Just a shame there ain't any steam trains running through to give it some atmosphere. Still, I'd much rather meet a nice little blondie there for a cuppa and a cream bun than in that hell hole, Wetherspoons Accy.