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GO KART GO - British Railway Movie Database

GO KART GO

GB
1964
55mins
Dir: Jan Darnley-Smith
Starring: Dennis Waterman and Wilfrid Brambell

A gang of children enter a go-kart race, but their rivals try to stop them from winning

This Children’s Film Foundation production used Rye House Kart Circuit, Hertfordshire, now one of the oldest in the country. In the background of many scenes is the overhead catenary of the Lea Valley line plus the girder bridge over the River Lea itself. Trains do creep into the background of two of the early scenes, but they are sadly edited in such a way that only the coaching stock is visible. There are also a number of scenes filmed at a rail-served scrapyard in the sidings at Brentford Goods.

A race is underway at Rye House Kart Circuit in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In the background haze, a train is passing out of shot.
This is the first we see of the rail-served scrapyard. The tall brick chimney in the background displaying ‘Firestone’ belongs to the Firestone factory on the Great West Road in Brentford which makes these railway sidings part of Brentford Goods. (With thanks to reelstreets on this one).
Wilfrid Brambell watches on as children ‘borrow’ Army surplus mopeds to help with their go kart. Brentford Goods again.
This shot of the final race has been added as it shows in the background the steel girder bridge that carries the Lea Valley Line over the River Lea.