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Two schools used for filming?

posted 11 years ago by thegenegenie
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I can see that Leopold Road school was used for the playground scenes and the start of the coach trip, but one early scene where Price and Smith meet up outside the gates, and Price removes an 'L' plate from Smithy's back (starts at 1' 53") seems to be a completely different school. It's not the one in Shakespeare Avenue, used in some TV episodes, and it's not the Gwynneth Rickus Building either. If anybody could shed any light on this one I would be grateful.

[–] thegenegenie 11 years ago

Managed to answer my own question - this scene was filmed just around the corner from Leopold Road. This is outside the Leopold Primary School, looking north on Oldfield Road towards the corner of Outgate Road. It's been heavily remodelled, hence why I missed it before, but you can see it's Oldfield Road/Outgate Road from the buildings which are still standing. The Infants' School gates Smith and Price walk through are still there, although they've lost their left hand pillar and are now painted black. The open playground now has an ugly modern monstrosity on it; shame nothing ever gets left alone.