Bournemouth to Sherbourne

by Harriet on 18-Feb-09 14:57

Ahhhh, what a night in Bournemouth!  An excellent event with enthusiastic and engaging students at Bounremouth Institute of Arts all geared up to make use of South West Screen (but you can see more about this on the events Blog) was followed by a lovely evening on the coast. 

The morning brought an exciting recce to the Freemason’s at The Knole in Bournemouth, where Gordon Hawking, Company Secretary for the Masons, brought us around their stunning abode. 

This left me with a distinct need to know WHAT ON EARTH THEY DO in their meetings??  I guess I’m just not very good with secrets, but the location was filmically very adaptive so I will just have to be happy with that!

From the shrouding of mystery we pottered off to Poole to be taken around in a grand tour by Duncan Kerr of Poole Council, a wearer of many hats who is our man on the ground liaising film productions on his home turf.  He was incredibly helpful and took us to several impressive locations starting with the Haven Hotel located on the beautiful Poole Harbour.

Leaving behind the diners with their lobster and sauvignon we hot footed it to the centre of Poole and an extreme polarity of styles, layout, and ambience.  Unfortunately I can’t post the photos from this section of the recce until we have clearances from the area Manager in Poole, but keep your eyes peeled and hocks raised for photos to come!! 

Finally, the time came to return to Bristol, but not without a quick detour to Sherborne for some much needed photos of the stunning little town.  Of course, a lunch facing the Church was nor amiss!

COMING UP:
-    South West Screen’s Location Team hits Gloucestershire – The Minchinhampton Queen Anne House extravaganza!  Look out here for updates from next Wednesday (Feb 25th) Recce.

GET IN TOUCH:
-    Have a location worth looking at?  Interested in registering your property / local area?  Get in touch here (harriet.martin@swscreen.co.uk ) and we will help and hopefully get out to see you soon!
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QUICK LINKS: also to be included in text
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