Grange Hill Locations - Then And Now
Series Four updated 20 Feb 2006
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The Sweet Shop |
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An early sighting of the infamous Gripper is coming... This is the sweet shop, whose owner is Grange Hill intolerant. This place, according to Mrs. Mcclusky, is "Hayes Green". It seems quite green, when we see out from inside the sweet shop... |
Hmm, looks familiar. Do I hear the words "Judy Preston"? You wouldn't really recognise this location from the poor comparison - I need to revisit the site to take new photos with this episode in mind, but yes, this is the same sweet shop they used in series one. Once again the crew has returned to Ealing Common. The flats on the left, painted white, have been expanded to the right, and the white shop to the left has been demolished. What was the sweet shop, and its neighbour "Grange Stores", have become part of the flats too. |
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A very young Stewpot, Duane and Pogo discuss seeing Gripper shoplift in the sweet shop... |
Again, I need a better matching shot - this came from my excursion to match Series One's incidents with Judy, Trisha, and bully Jackie Heron. You can match up the give way sign, and the white building. Following this scene, the trio appear in a completely different area, probably in the Willesden area. They can't be on the Common any longer, since opposite the shops is the huge Common itself, and the following scene shows a strip of houses. |
The Cafe |
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Tucker watches Alan's rendezvous with Susi.... In 1980 that was the Timothy Forde Cafe, with Fahey off-license to its left, and Sayers Motor Factors to its right. Further right, is the Christadelphian Ecclesia (some kind of church!) which is still around today.
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Sorry not an exact match here, the other pic came out wobbly. This is Ranelegh Road, Ealing, not far from the common. The surrounding shops have been converted into housing. The cafe is a Tandori Villa. |
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This page is a little short on material, so here's a tree on Ealing Common. |
Another view of Tandori Villa. |
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