Taxi Driver Online

No thats defiantly a Herold in the back ground

its not a std herald, it may be a convertible or the very rare coupe

it seems to have had the grille removed, revealing the front strut behind.

the rover may just be the coupe (I can see the RoStyle wheels)

(i had a 3ltr saloon, all leather and walnut)

No its the standard one with the split grill, I had one, in fact I have owned 4 of the vehicles on the pic, I have zoomed in and yes thats a jag never had one though

Cheers mate.

The thread this originated from is from the Brit Movie forums, another forum I'm on!

http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/locat ... tions.html

An interesting site if like me you like films from the 60's and 70's.

Thanks for the other link Captain Taxi.

did you have a chrome grille though, i thought m standard heralds did

no-one has mentioned the obvious thing about the traffic

1. its moving

2. all vehicles are british



I bet its a sunday

Only the soft top sport had that, it may have been used in the run out models

BTW it would meet the turning circle COF if wheelchaire where not an issue

The church in the background was actual a convent on the corner of Cambridge gardens and Cambridge road, long since gone.
The block of flats is Gloucester House (not sure of the actual spelling) on the junction of Carlton Vale and Cambridge Road. Its still there but now on a round-about.

The distant block is Tollgate House at the northern end of Maida Vale.
When this film was made it was still Kilburn High Road but the address was changed when they built the Hotel.

Pictured is a view, looking up Cambridge road, from the junction of Cambridge place Nw6 (changed to w9 not sure when) towards Kilburn Park station. This piece of the road is now gone to make way for Bronte house, part of the big estate that straddles Kilburn park road.

This is the scene from the film where Vic Dakin , who is in the rover with three others, pulls up outside a laundrette. When they get out they are joined by two others.
They enter through the laundrette and wind up in a disused pub full of TV and Juke boxes. The Pub was called the Shakespeare and the Laundrette used to be a fish and chip shop that was run by Peter Egan’s mother Mary.
C Bradley was a butchers shop.
As you may of guessed This is the area I lived in as a kid.
I went down there today to pick my mum up for the weekend so I had a good look. But I actually remember the film unit being there the scene lasts seconds but the unit was there for a week.
Its up to you if you believe this cause you normally think I'm lying.

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Is that moggie 'H' reg? If so, that makes it 1969/70, I believe, which would fit in with that model of XJ6.

Also the biggest clue, but you have to see the film to notice this, the bus is a 31 which used to run up and down Cambridge road before the route was changed to Kilburn park road.

I was going to say well done Thomas.

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From the man with 18'000 posts?

I've no reason to disbelieve you MrA, after all you've been around London for a bit longer than me.

Many thanks MrA, you'll have a whole new following over on the BritMovie Forum.

I'd go as far to say that I see you in a whole new light now MrA . . . . . my new best 'film location' buddie.