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.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:37,
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Slade it was in porridge wasn't it?
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ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:39,
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Yes.
Not sure what it was called in real life though.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:42,
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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
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god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:43,
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They were
towards the end of last year when we were there for my best mate's wedding.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:56,
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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.
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_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:46,
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Coincidentally
yesterday I was in Sainsburys and wanted to buy some headphones, but they didnt have any.
I ate porridge.
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DLT's Musical Bonanza is totting up the p,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 13:02,
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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
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HappyToast Groat froth,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:55,
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We should all be on QI.
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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:57,
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I reckon Mr Fry would have known that fact ;D
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HappyToast Groat froth,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 13:04,
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