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Brookside close as it looks now
Here brokkie fans, thought you might like to see it now that real folk live in it!
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Glad to see it looking better, because it looked awful for a long time
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Ahh thanks for this
I'm obsessed with Brookie I wish it was still with us. I bought a house a few years ago, purely because it was built by the same developer and reminded me of living on Brookside Close!!! |
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I was in Liverpool last year...couldn't leave without paying a visit to Brookside...seemed quite surreal walking round the close... feel sorry for the residents they must get fed up with people like me being inquisitive ...
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I was in Liverpool last year...couldn't leave without paying a visit to Brookside...seemed quite surreal walking round the close... feel sorry for the residents they must get fed up with people like me being inquisitive ...
I was in my absolute element wandering around but my boyfriend was bored shitless. He just didn't get the fascination at all. |
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Glad to see it looking better, because it looked awful for a long time
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Nice to see the Close looking better.
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It was my favourite TV soap growing up.
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The Dean family from Hollyoaks lived in one of those houses in 2004 and 2005.
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The Dean family from Hollyoaks lived in one of those houses in 2004 and 2005.
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I went there about 5yrs ago when it really was in a sorry state. It was REALLY surreal and actually quite creepy!
I was in my absolute element wandering around but my boyfriend was bored shitless. He just didn't get the fascination at all. ![]() ![]()
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I dont remember that light brown house next to the grants house, unless its a recent new build.
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I dont remember that light brown house next to the grants house, unless its a recent new build.
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The residents must find al the wandering people a bit of nuisance
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It looks surprisingly small, it's really just a tiny cul de sac.
Just out of interest, is that a working class part of Liverpool? |
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It looks surprisingly small, it's really just a tiny cul de sac.
Just out of interest, is that a working class part of Liverpool? Many of the properties were redeveloped when Hollyoaks used them as a set after Brookside folded (mainly being home to the Deans and Burtons) but they were redeveloped once again after the properties were sold on and are now barely recognisable as the houses we once knew as being home to the Grant, Dixon, Farnham and Jordache families. |
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It looks surprisingly small, it's really just a tiny cul de sac.
Just out of interest, is that a working class part of Liverpool? |
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Wasn't that Mick Johnsons house?
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I dont remember that light brown house next to the grants house, unless its a recent new build.
That was actually the canteen for cast and crew, so wasn't used as a character home. Recently the security office at the entrance to the Close has been demolished and is due to be replaced by a new house, not sure if that has been built yet. But all the other houses are the originals from when the close was built. |
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The one on the right? http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...brookie075.jpg
That was actually the canteen for cast and crew, so wasn't used as a character home. Recently the security office at the entrance to the Close has been demolished and is due to be replaced by a new house, not sure if that has been built yet. But all the other houses are the originals from when the close was built. |
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The residents must find al the wandering people a bit of nuisance
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I used to work at Brookside back in 1990-1991 and some of the houses not used for filming were used for costume and make-up, editing suite, canteen and green room. I was in the production office, which was actually a portacabin behind the house used for make-up.
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I used to work at Brookside back in 1990-1991 and some of the houses not used for filming were used for costume and make-up, editing suite, canteen and green room. I was in the production office, which was actually a portacabin behind the house used for make-up.
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Brookside was by far the best soap in its heyday
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Don't like his presentation style.
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I'm obsessed with Brookie I wish it was still with us. 