Foreword

"Every One Will Be Famous For  Fifteen Minutes"

Andy Warhol said this and it is true.
As a taxi driver in 1969 I picked up a guy who had travelled from London and asked to be taken to a local Hotel. He was looking for    locations for the filming of     Spring & Port Wine . He booked me for 3 days and we travelled all over Bolton  looking for

suitable locations.

For the next two months, Reece Pemberton came to Bolton  regularly and filming finally commenced in April 1969. It was an experience never to be forgotten.

Meeting people who you had only read about or seen on TV was something to be treasured. James Mason, Diana Coupland, Hannah Gordon, Susan George, Len Jones, Keith Buckley and Frank Windsor were

absolutely fabulous people to be amongst.

To my surprise I was asked to play the part of the van driver, which I  "JUMPED AT" .After 3 weeks of filming, we went down to London to do the interior shots at Lee International Studios.
The film was premiered in 1970 in London and also  in Bolton two weeks later. It ran for 6 weeks at the ABC Cinema.
At the premier, I met Albert Finney, who thanked me for all I had done in finding the locations in Bolton. He also said about my part in the Film "Don't worry Bernard, that's where I started"…... I wonder what went wrong?

It was an unforgettable time and holds memories which will never be forgotten. It was an insight into the film industry that I would never have seen if I had not been in the right place at the right time.

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