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The Credits
Many thanks to the following people for contributing clues, information or actual locations
In roughly chronological order:
Kline, Mikey, Glyn Horton, Geoffers, Cooper_S and SainT from the Britmovie website .
jno and 'nry from the Minder website
Dene Kernohan from the eddieshoestring website
John Foxwell from the Ealing and Hanwell scout group
Phil from the churchcrawler website
Oscar Charlie One One from the Sweeney Lounge
Harryshand from the TV Lounge
Steve Edge and Nick Jones from the West Somerset Railway
Geoff Leonard
Aaron Gray
Jonathan Godwin
Bob Richardson
James Briggs
Harry Fielder - Britain's most prolific supporting actor - check out his website Harry 'Aitch' Fielder.
Gerry Brooke at the Bristol Post newspaper, and his readers:
Ian Davis
Keith Ettle
Nicholas Mullin
Keith Butt
John Hughes
Patrick Morgan
Chris Lyddon
Dave Branfield
Alan Revell of the Avon Valley Railway
Graham Downie from The Fairground Association of Great Britain and his colleague Clifton Hill (what an amazing Shoestring name!).
DavidB, nimbimbim, and the members of SABRE (the Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts)
John Watts of the Salvation Army, Bristol
David Mack and carlt from the Canal World forums
Chris Kelly
Rich Clark
Jacqui Wilcox
Christopher Coombes
Andrew Pixley (from his book which accompanied the early copies of the complete series DVD set).
Paul Bussey (found many difficult locations)
Lucy Jagger and Karyl Weir via email
Mark Turner via email
Les Hudson via email
Julian Manhood via email - found some really tough locations on "I'm a Believer"
Special
thanks to the late Robert Banks Stewart (producer and co-creator of
Shoestring) for digging out memories of 35 years ago!
And
to Jessica Hogg and James Codd of the BBC Written Archive Centre,
Caversham for their help, especially with the episode "Knock for Knock".
