ACT Location Walk, Canterbury, 26th August 2007
Advance notice:
This year's PaPAS A Canterbury Tale film location walk will be held on Sunday, August 26. We will meet at Canterbury West Railway Station late morning, ("Pilgrims for Canterbury, all out and get your blessings"), then visit locations in the city centre and Canterbury Cathedral. Time permitting we will also visit the King's School, where Michael Powell was educated. Full details will be posted on this website later this month (June).
The survivors at the end of the walk
gathered on the green in The King's School
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Well that was fun. Tiring, but fun.
We had sunshine, but not too much of it (it's dangerous stuff in large
doses)
We had 50+ people turn up to join us. Quite a few regulars who it's
always good to see and a fair few new people as well who we got to know
during the day.
BBC (South East) were there filming and interviewing us as we walked
around and did some little "playlets", getting people to read out a few
lines at the locations where they were spoken in the film.
To be honest, the location walk in Canterbury itself has its
limitations. We have to deal with the crowds of tourists (or pilgrims)
and the traffic. It's hard to stand in the middle of the road to get the
exact angle on a building for your "then and now" shot with traffic
(pedestrian or vehicular) trying to get by. And they've redeveloped the
top end of Canterbury 4 or 5 times since the film was made so for many
of the scenes we can stand in the right spot but it looks totally
different to what you see on screen. There is still quite a lot that
hasn't changed since 1943/44 though. In fact there are quite a few parts
that haven't changed since the 11th century or so. Like the Cathedral
and the West Gate in the old city walls.
But it was still a great day out. It's always nice to get into
Canterbury and have a look around. To see what they've changed and what
is still there. There's a nice little church in the centre of town that
I always like to look around. Bob Johnson's pa built a good church in
Johnson County but I suspect that the Cathedral is just a tad more
impressive :)
The collection for Kent Kids Miles of Smiles raised £94. Many thanks to everyone who contributed.
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