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Crossroads programme

There's a nice reference to Crossroads in the episode of Endeavour (ITVX) Passenger, set in 1968. The writer, Russell Lewis, is very fond of throwing in references to popular culture.

A small part of the action takes place at the Crossroads Motel in KIngs Oak. The receptionist looked quite similar, I thought, to Jane Rossington, and she referred to 'Mrs. T.' (Amy Turtle)
 
Benny (Paul Henry) was filmed at Villa Park in 1980 by ATV Today and even took some penalties against Ron Saunders, with a view to playing in a game against Birmingham the following day. Benny was clearly no penalty taker:grinning:. (the picture below shows John Towers trying to agree a transfer fee with Villa's manager). The clip is available on YouTube titled, "Benny gets his trial with Ron Saunders".

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John L said:
Benny (Paul Henry) was filmed at Villa Park in 1980 by ATV Today and even took some penalties against Ron Saunders, with a view to playing in a game against Birmingham the following day. Benny was clearly no penalty taker:grinning:. (the picture below shows John Towers trying to agree a transfer fee with Villa's manager). The clip is available on YouTube titled, "Benny gets his trial with Ron Saunders".

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Paul was friend back in those days, and I used to go with him to open Fete's and Galas. Lost touch some time ago.
 
Maria Magenta said:
There's a nice reference to Crossroads in the episode of Endeavour (ITVX) Passenger, set in 1968. The writer, Russell Lewis, is very fond of throwing in references to popular culture.

A small part of the action takes place at the Crossroads Motel in KIngs Oak. The receptionist looked quite similar, I thought, to Jane Rossington, and she referred to 'Mrs. T.' (Amy Turtle)
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Loved Endeavour . Crossroads just the name and people know and can remember the characters i think with fondness.
 
nijinski said:
I thought this might be worth a mention. Did you know it's the 10th anniversary of the very last episode of crossroads this year and next year is the 50th anniversary of the first episode. The crossroad appreciation society are setting up events to. Remember it by. We never missed an episode in house. Even with shakey sets it was watching. Especially amy turtle.
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My mom worked in the jewellery counter in Woolworths ..the crossroads crew came in to by a cheap wedding ring for one of the cast
 
For Crossroads groupies, this website has an extensive coverage of all episodes - summaries, complete cast, photos, etc. Even the status of an episode, such as when I was looking at 1964-5, the status of the episodes was: "wiped/missing". I'm assuming that means they can't be viewed anywhere now. However, the coverage of each as well as relevant notes is fascinating. I was looking up an old schoolmate of mine, Paul Hodgkinson, who appeared in several episodes from Dec 1964 - Feb 1965 as Sandy Richardson's schoolmate. Check it out, it will answer a lot of questions.

crossroadsmotel.co.uk/fanclub/
 
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