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winterbadger ([personal profile] winterbadger) wrote2008-03-28 10:13 am
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seeing familiar places

...is a great thrill. I was watching the first ep of John Adams the other night, and a scene towards the end was filmed in my old church, Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg! I'm not sure quite why, but it was a great joy to me to see it being used in such a quality production (though I'm not sure why they didn't use Old South Meeting House, which is actually in Boston and may have been where Adams spoke.

And I was rewatching some of the old John Hannah eps of Rebus and saw a number of places in Edinburgh that I recognised (Calton Hill, North Bridge, Salisbury Crags, Mary King's Close, the Forth Bridge). I miss Edinburgh! :-) And all the lovely Scots voices...