SIMON SIMON

GB
1970
32mins
Dir: Graham Stark
Starring: Graham Stark and Julia Foster

Two handymen cause chaos on a new crane while haphazardly trying to accomplish jobs for their ever more frustrated boss

This sound effect comedy short similar to The Plank, features a surprising number of railway scenes in its short length. The first shows a lorry passing beneath the West Coast main line as it runs along Orphanage Road in Watford. A Class 501 DC EMU is visible in the background. There is then a bit of confusion as the lorry arrives outside Gordon Hill station, on the Hertford Loop line, only for there to then follow a very good shot of a Class 105 Cravens DMU arriving at Watford North station on the St Albans Abbey branch. One vehicle of the DMU is DTCL No.56149.

The lorry emerges out from beneath Orphanage Road bridge having passed beneath the West Coast main line. A Class 501 DC EMU can be seen above.
The blue enamel BRITISH RAILWAYS GORDON HILL sign somewhat gives the game away here. Gordon Hill, Enfield, is on the Hertford Loop line.
The film then cuts to Watford North, with a Cravens Class 105 DMU arriving. The unsuspecting viewer is not supposed to know that Watford North is 13 miles west of Gordon Hill!!
Graham Stark alights from vehicle 56149
Looking the other way, John Junkin has arrived to greet his friend