Also the location for the film Doctor Doolittle? David On 15 December 2010 14:32, <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: > This year I've received a Christmas Card, produced by the RNLI, showing a > snowy scene of Castle Combe with river, bridge, church and cottages. > > Castle Combe was part of my childhood and youth. When I was quite young, > my parents took me into St. Andrew's Church and I remember cycling there > from my home in South Gloucestershire, when I was older. Later, Castle > Combe was an afternoon car trip from my parents' house. In the 1970s, > there was an antique shop in the village, where I bought a silvery metal > frame in which I put a photograph of my Mum as a child taken in the early > 1920s. The photograph must have been taken after Christmas as my Mum is > shown with the doll's pram and doll, which she received as Christmas > presents. > > For anyone who doesn't know about this charming village, which has been > called 'The Prettiest Village in England', there are photographs and > information on the Castle Combe Village Website: > > http://www.castle-combe.com/ > > Here, there are links to interesting pages on Things to see in Castle > Combe, The Village Museum and St. Andrew's Church. > > -- > Josephine Jeremiah > www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:52:05 -0000, David Roberts <david@roberts-productions.com> wrote: > Also the location for the film Doctor Doolittle? Yes, the village scenes of the 1967 film of Dr. Dolittle were filmed in Castle Combe. Mentioning this film, you have brought back a memory from my youth. I remember seeing it at a cinema in 1968. I haven't thought of that occasion in a long, long time! -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com