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Hint: This publicity shot from the 1962 film ‘The Young Ones’, starring Cliff Richard, was filmed in 1961 on a reservoir that was built for which canal? Bonus points if you know the name of the reservoir and why this part of the film was filmed here.
Answer: The canal is the Grand Junction Canal, now part of the Grand Union Canal. The reservoir is now known as Ruislip Lido, but no longer supplies water to the canal. The reservoir was completed in 1811, and the long feeder channel in 1816 entering the canal at Hayes Bridge, Hayes. The 8-mile length of the feeder was its downfall and it ceased being used in 1851. Eventually the reservoir was sold to the local authority and the feeder stream abandoned, much of it now disappeared under housing and another chunk recently obliterated by HS2 without ceremony. Read more about the feeder stream here. The reservoir is now owned and operated by Hillingdon Council. The site was popular with film studios of north and west London because of its close proximity, which saved on costs, including for the film ‘The Young Ones’, which was mostly filmed at Elstree studios.
Correctly guessed by: Malcolm Bridge, Ivan Cane, Geoffrey Castro, Alan Dodds, George Eycott, John Hawkins, Martin Hunt and Cyril Wood