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Does anyone recognise this "Minder" location?

I've been contacted by Jonathan Gibbs of the minder.org fan site who is trying to establish all the locations where the TV series starring Dennis Waterman was filmed. He is keen to find out where the building referred to as "The Old Legion Boxing Hall" was. He seems to think it was in Greenford or Acton. Does anyone remember it?

Albertina McNeill ● 4063d9 Comments

I'll pass that on, thanks.

Albertina McNeill ● 4061d

The Ealing Liberal synagogue in West Ealing W13 sprung to mind but it could be anywhere. Then I thought it might be the British Legion - Greenford Branch. Why don't you contact the West London Film Office who may have the list of shoots done in Ealing in their archives.

Joanna Dabrowska ● 4061d

Peter Yale explained:"North Ave off Cleveland Rd was used .when rogue Arthur was using an as then state of the art in car phone which interfered with police frequency."...That was the episode featuring a young Peter Capaldi as the savvy technician, and even then he was displaying the kind of attitude more recently associated with Malcolm Tucker.The minder.org site seems to have covered most of the bases where local Minder locationsare concerned http://www.minder.org/locations/index2.htmmichael adams...

Michael Adams ● 4062d

North Ave off Cleveland Rd was used .when rogue Arthur was using an as then state of the art in car phone which interfered with police frequency. In that same episode im sure they filmed in Bradley Gdns (off The Avenue W13).In Acton, where the E3 bus route goes beside old Acton swimming pool, that was a police stn

Peter Yale ● 4062d

I was relying on the fact that someone local might have remembered the filming taking place.

Albertina McNeill ● 4062d

Thanks Michael.It could be anywhere with a white pebbledashed wall.So many locations were used locally that I have given up trying to guess where they may have been.

Nigel Brooks ● 4062d

Nigel Brooks asked:Photo?...It's number 8 on here, Nigelhttp://www.minder.org/missing.htmlTaken at night with hardly any detail at all.And this was from series 9 - the Ray Daley yearsrather than one of the earlier series featuring Dennis Waterman. Many people living in West London could probably makea non-paying career out of identifying TV and film locations. Which IME is largely a thankless task. michael adams

Michael Adams ● 4062d

I was emailed a photo but can't post it here. I was hoping that someone might remember seeing the filming in progress or hearing about it.

Albertina McNeill ● 4063d

Photo?Many locations were local but the signs were changed for filming.

Nigel Brooks ● 4063d