Walmington-on-Sea

Walmington-on-Sea was a fictional seaside resort where the BBC tv comedy series, BBC radio series and film Dad's Army was based. Located on the channel coast of England, the notional "front line" following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk during World War II, it would have been either in Kent or Sussex. The series followed the adventures and misadventures of members of a platoon of the Home Guard, a volunteer army formed from those ineligible for conscription through age or occupation to defend the United Kingdom from German invasion following the defeat of France. The members of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon are seen to wear cap badges including "Invicta", the white horse of Kent, thus suggesting the former.

Related Topics:
Seaside resort - BBC - Tv - Dad's Army - Channel - England - British Expeditionary Force - Dunkirk - World War II - Kent - Sussex - Platoon - Home Guard - United Kingdom - German - France - Invicta

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Outdoor for the TV scenes were filmed at Thetford, an inland town of Norfolk so giving no clue to the scriptwriters' preference. The film moved it to Chalfont St Giles, even further from the coast.

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Thetford - Norfolk - Chalfont St Giles

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Walmington-on-Sea had a pleasure pier, but now with a twenty foot wide gap blown in the middle to prevent it from being used as a landing stage by invading forces, and the beach is covered with barbed wire and other defences.

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Pier - Beach - Barbed wire

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There was also a retail outlet selling sweets - The "Novelty Rock Emporium" - as well as at least one bank (the fictional Swallow Bank), butcher's shop, greengrocer's and undertaker's so suggesting it was a reasonable sized place. Like most British towns, it also had at least one church, Saint Aldhelm's Church.

Related Topics:
Sweet - Church - Saint Aldhelm

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