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Post by Portland Road on Feb 19, 2024 7:57:06 GMT
It could be that since 'Waltham Green' as a place itself is central to the plot, rather than just mentioned in casual dialogue, they scripted the name specifically.
I think it is a fictional name with a London vibe, e.g. think Waltham Cross, Walham Green, Bethnal Green etc.
Similarly, 'Eastenders' is set in Walford, similar to e.g., Watford, Walthamstow, Romford etc.
And 'When The Boat Comes In' was set in the fictional Tyneside town of 'Gallowshields' - a major thoroughfare in central Newcastle is called Gallowgate, and two towns straddling the Tyne are North Shields and South Shields.
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Post by ontheslate on Feb 19, 2024 8:04:54 GMT
You could be right there Portland, at the time I a lot of shows used fictional places that were similar to real places now they would likely use a real place for it’s location.
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Post by hollandpark on Feb 21, 2024 16:24:20 GMT
I watched this again today and I am 99.9% sure he says Walham green when Terry asks him where they are going in the green car at the end Maybe it was originally Walham green and the tv execs renamed it Waltham Green Walham green makes more sense to me foursquare.com/v/walham-green/4da46b2f2939b1f7fed33157What did the subtitles say? If it had any that is. The ITV subtitles say Waltham. but as subsequent posts state maybe its all fictional like Walford in eastenders Love this episode, didnt really how many gems were in season 1 , this one , Bengal Tiger and The Smaller they are are my favourites oooh and Tethered Goat
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Post by Vic Piner on Apr 6, 2024 9:36:13 GMT
What did the subtitles say? If it had any that is. The ITV subtitles say Waltham. but as subsequent posts state maybe its all fictional like Walford in eastenders Love this episode, didnt really how many gems were in season 1 , this one , Bengal Tiger and The Smaller they are are my favourites oooh and Tethered Goat I’m confused with that too. Walham Green would definitely make sense as obviously it’s located in the west end / Hammersmith and Fulham area. Whereas there’s also a Waltham Forrest in the north east area of London.
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Post by Portland Road on Apr 12, 2024 7:13:15 GMT
I suspect that, as hollandpark and jno have suggested, 'Walham Green' was written in the script and spoken as the dialogue during filming.
It was a village absorbed into the outward sprawl of London, and is now an area of the London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, i.e. very much within Minder's patch.
For the episode title, it was decided to rename it as the fictitious 'Waltham Green', which still sounds very 'London'.
This was probably to prevent the plot being related to, or insinuating, any real events in the said area.
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