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pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

My brain went wrong this morning causing me to mis-read the bedside clock and get up at 5:30. Shocked

Saw on the news about the re-opening of the Midland Hotel, Morcambe and cheered up considerably.
They do still do worthwhile things in the UK (occasionally.) What a wonderful building. Tried to find a site where I could lift one of those 30s art deco posters, with no luck. Imagine your car with that facade as a background?
Found this u-tube report:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SrzUFfIQNs0

buzzy bee · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire

Pigtin, you are not the only one!

I went o sleep at some silly time last night, (Early) and woke up about 3am, decided to get up and watch a film and play on the net at 5ish, and am starting to get bored of that now, so off into town.

Cheers

Dave

Roverron · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 134 Location: Yorkshire

We stayed the night at The Midland Hotel about 15 years ago, it was the finishing point for the coast to coast run which we used to do in the Rover. It was well overdue for being refurbished then. What a dump it was. Good to see that it has been sorted out.
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Greeney in France · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject:

Didn't they use it in the front shots of "poirot" when they showed the flats he lived in? looks very similar
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Greeney in France · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

Didn't they use it in the front shots of "poirot" when they stayed up north in an Hotel
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pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

I always thought Poirot's flat was somewhere on the North Circular in London. I could be wrong... I think the Midland was used in one of the episodes Confused

Greeney in France · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

Florin court, charterhouse square was his regular

I am sure they used the midland when he had a mystery up north with hastings
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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4880 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
If you like Art Deco and are in Devon have a look at Burgh Island near Bigbury on the south coast.
http://www.abcstudios.fsnet.co.uk/burghisland.htm

I believe they used the hotel to film Ten Little N*******s.
There is also a transport interest as, edge of the beach in the photo on that site, you can also see their wading tractor/bus that takes visitors over even when the tide is in.
Google Images for more views, here is one: http://www.bristolnomads.org.uk/assets/pics/location_pics/bigbury/tractor.jpg

Greeney in France · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:23 am Post subject:

Yes I love that hotel, I stayed there a few years back with my 1st wife (Shh) for a weekend, its had loads of film and star interest one of which was when A.Christie went missing and was presumed dead or kidnapped, she stayed there to get away from the press and write. I would love to go back now as its been renovated even more
I knew they filmed "evil under the sun" with Peter Ustinov as poirot there
I didnt know that "ten little indians" as they changed it to was done there
Shocked

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pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

I remember seeing that wading tractor/bus a few years ago and wondered how the maintenance/wear-and-tear/corrosion problems are handled on the immersed bit. It looked awful when I saw it, suppose they have to use long breather pipes to vent the back axle etc. Or maybe they are sealed and the surrounding water cooling prevents any oil expansion.

All these things passed through my mind upon seeing it: am I some sort of nut? Confused

Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4880 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

Hi
I was thinking of the earlier 1945 film which apparently was actually called "And then there were none".

However I have now found a reference to how Burgh Island got associated with it,
To do with
" The UK serialisation was in twenty-three parts in the Daily Express from Tuesday, June 6 to Saturday, July 1, 1939. All of the instalments carried an illustration by "Prescott" with the first instalment having an illustration of Burgh Island in Devon which inspired the setting of the story."

Did you see the the Dr Who explanation of how/why AG disappeared for 10 days, before being found in Scarborough?

Greeney in France · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:05 am Post subject:

Ah I got you "ten little Ns" was what the original book was called later changed to Indians but "then there were none" was the film title so as to not upset even Indians Rolling Eyes

No, I have never been a fan of Dr Who probably only ever seen a couple of episodes inadvertently
It is indeed a lovely place I think I paid about £200 a night, probably a lot more now Rolling Eyes

Jasper Conran ran the kitchen too at the time, lovely food, after that he went to Quaglinos one of my favourite "dating restaurants after my divorce Rolling Eyes

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Greeney in France · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject:

I must have been a flapper girl in another life I do love the look of this era Laughing

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pigtin · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 1879 Location: Herne Bay

Me too: when I first started motoring in the 50s all the Art-Deco garages were still operating. So much better than the garish supermarkets that filling stations have now become. Shocked