--- In finallyaritatushinghamclub@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Dahl"
<rjd0309@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm passing along a question from a friend who wants to know where
a
> particular scene in A TASTE OF HONEY was filmed. Does anyone know
> the location that was used for the girls school that Jo attended?
> (The school in the opening scene of the film, where Jo is playing
> netball.)
>
> Switching topics now -
> Rita now has some scenes to film in Rome for her current movie THE
> HIDEOUT, by Italian writer-director Pupi Avati. She finished
filming
> her scenes in Davenport, Iowa, on 09 Sep 2006.
>
> Rita was thrilled with the flowers that our club sent to her at her
> hotel in Davenport, and would like to express her thanks. (I sent
> her a dozen roses & chocolates in the name of our club, as a
welcome
> gift from the American members of FARTC.)
>
> On a different topic -
> I uploaded an image file last week to the FILES section of our
board,
> with a new photo of Rita. Click here for a reduced-size version of
> the photo: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/rjd0309/Rita-Simon-
> Harries-904x926.jpg
>
> The pic shows Rita with my friend Simon Harries standing outside
the
> Starbucks at the corner of Green & Audley streets in Mayfair, just
> one block south from Selfridges off Oxford Street (or two blocks
> north from the US Embassy), on 26 Sep 2006.
>
> Simon met up with Rita to return her videotapes of "Rita
Tushingham:
> 1966 German documentary" and "This Is Your Life: Rita Tushingham".
>
> Simon gave Rita a big bag of booty -- actually a carrier bag of
gift
> DVDs from Simon and me (a set of her BREAD episodes, a set of the
> HOLLYWOOD UK series, a rare copy of her German film BEKENNTNISSE
DES
> HOCHSTAPLERS FELIX KRULL, plus copies of some of her more recent
> appearances on the telly in the BEATLES DECADE and ANGEL CAKE and
the
> RICHARD & JUDY chat show.)
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
> http://members.cox.net/rjd0309/tush/
>

it was in stockport . it was still there in early 1990,s. not far
from the arches. whilst i was taking photos of the arches a woman
came up to me and she told me her mother appeared as an extra!