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# Interesting bit of triva about St. Albans, where he is being tried.
The registry office used to be a prison. It was in fact the prison shown at the start of Porridge.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:37, archived)
# Slade it was in porridge wasn't it?
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:39, archived)
# Yes.
Not sure what it was called in real life though.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:42, archived)
# and the big wooden doors are still there
on reflection perhaps they're not, i will check next time i pass it.

www.sitcom.co.uk/porridge/location.shtml
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:43, archived)
# They were
towards the end of last year when we were there for my best mate's wedding.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:56, archived)
# Coincidentally, today I bought a pair of £8 headphones from Tesco
which make everything sound as if filtered through porridge. And so we come full circle.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:46, archived)
# Coincidentally
yesterday I was in Sainsburys and wanted to buy some headphones, but they didnt have any.

I ate porridge.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 13:02, archived)
# the town hall used to be the court house
and still has the original dock, which is where Stephen Fry filmed the court scenes in Wilde
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:55, archived)
# We should all be on QI.
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:57, archived)
# I reckon Mr Fry would have known that fact ;D
(, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 13:04, archived)