Photos from Brookside Close and Hollyoaks today, 23rd June

2Legit2Quit · 23/06/07 - 21:47

Hopefully some of you saw my topic from two weeks ago where I drove just under 300 miles to visit Brookside Close. :cool: Click here

Well today I went back to the Close with my missus and also to Lime Pictures where Hollyoaks and Grange Hill is filmed. Here's some pics of the Close:

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Thanks to a mate on a Brookside forum we all went into Childwall woods and had a peek over the fence to where the old Brookside Parade is.

I saw the top of the petrol station and a Grange Hill sign, here's my one & only pic of the old Parade which is now used in Hollyoaks:

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[Deleted User] · 23/06/07 - 21:52

Jealousy has taken over here lol. There really great pics

I'm gonna go now

atwt · 23/06/07 - 22:19

Yeah they are excellent pics. Who owns that land?

2Legit2Quit · 24/06/07 - 07:18

A property company bought them and gutted them but no work has been done this year.

Liverpool Lassy wrote: »

Jealousy has taken over here lol. There really great pics
I'm gonna go now

It's well worth a visit! :cool:

2Legit2Quit · 24/06/07 - 07:38

[Deleted User] · 24/06/07 - 09:47

Great pics.

Just a quick question about your pics on the other thread about the petrol station. I take it it is still in the same position, but now just out of view in the new Hollyoaks/Grange Hill sets?
Are they using the petrol station shop for filming for anything currently?

2Legit2Quit · 24/06/07 - 09:52

The petrol station is still in the same place but they've put a fake wall in front of it to hide it:

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It's now used to as a props store by the looks of things.

Thumbolina · 24/06/07 - 09:56

Thank you for these pics, I miss Brookside. I notice the road sign has gone.

It's a long time ago but near the end of Brookie didn't the petrol station have a helicopter crash into it and it all went up in flames? If this is correct, they must have done some rebuilding to be able to use it again for Hollyoaks/Grange Hill sets.

2Legit2Quit · 24/06/07 - 10:00

The petrol station still has scorch marks on it.

As for the Parade it's pretty unrecognisable nowadays, a company called Marshalls totally revamped it:

http://www.marshalls.co.uk/Scapes/case_hollyoaks.asp

[Deleted User] · 24/06/07 - 13:41

it looks like the SU bar has been built infront of the old shops from brookside, and that fake front of a building (the grey bit) is to cover up where the petrol station was

NickyLover · 24/06/07 - 15:06

Wow amazing pics!! :O

2Legit2Quit · 24/06/07 - 17:21

Thanks! Check the link in my first post where there's a 10 minute video I put on You Tube. :cool:

[Deleted User] · 24/06/07 - 17:44

I thought the houses on Brookside Close had all been done up and sold off now as private residences. Is the Close still barriered off or can you walk down there?

Quite a shame to see the Close delapadated but the Parade looks amazing. Don't get to see all of it on Hollyoaks

2Legit2Quit · 24/06/07 - 19:31

Paul F wrote: »

I thought the houses on Brookside Close had all been done up and sold off now as private residences. Is the Close still barriered off or can you walk down there?

The company started to gut the houses but no more work has taken place this year although someone cuts the grass.

There's a barrier to stop cars getting onto the Close but you can walk around that. :cool:

[Deleted User] · 05/07/07 - 23:44

i would really love to go to the brookside petrol station again lol :d.........

System · 06/07/07 - 02:44

Im amazed its so run down, I thought the TV company would have sold the houses quickly when Brookside ended.

[Deleted User] · 06/07/07 - 11:26

the houses were sold and now there sold again to the public you should go and see them...

2Legit2Quit · 06/07/07 - 12:55

There's a guy who looks after the gardens and if he's to be believed 5 of the houses will be occupied within 2 weeks so if you're thinking of going go soon. :cool:

I travelled 300 miles (600 mile round trip) twice to see the Close and it really is worth the effort.

[Deleted User] · 06/07/07 - 16:55

I Doubt It Will Be Just 2 Weeks I Think Meaning 'a Few Weeks' Is Around 5-10 Weeks At Least....

2Legit2Quit · 06/07/07 - 16:57

Well soon then.

[Deleted User] · 06/07/07 - 17:10

Was you the guy who visited the set with two woman and your video was on Youtube. I saw that and was shocked at the state of Jimmy Corkhill's house and the bungalow. They are totally wreaked.

[Deleted User] · 06/07/07 - 17:16

yeah thats my video, that was last april lol... i just posted on here about my Radio Interview which is uploaded on youtube check it out...

SteUK · 06/07/07 - 17:37

Funny you mention Childwall, I was doing some survey work in a field there last year and someone mentioned that the school that we could see was the one used in Hollyoaks.

[Deleted User] · 17/07/07 - 11:46

yeah i knew the school was there and watching hollyoaks the other day and they were filming outside and you could hear what you would describe as a playground

2Legit2Quit · 17/07/07 - 15:39

Went I went to Childwall I was shown the school where Jimmy Corkhill nearly jumped off the roof. :eek: :cool:

[Deleted User] · 18/07/07 - 09:27

i cant remember that one hmmmmm still trying to think.

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