Life in Beckworth » Andy Hamilton http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Top Gear’s Snowy Adventure Seen Filming Outside Town http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/dick-van-preston/top-gears-snowy-adventure-filming-in-town/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/dick-van-preston/top-gears-snowy-adventure-filming-in-town/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:44:58 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=3123 Continue reading →]]> I’ve just seen the presenters and crew of telly’s Top Gear programme filming one of their overseas adventures here in Beckworth. Little Andy Hamilton aka “Hamster” was riding a steam powered sledge through fake snow as he raced Jeremy Clarkson on snowshoes and James May on a makeshift snowboard. A woman with a clipboard told me that due to BBC cost-cutting the town is “standing in” for Italy, and the local slag heaps were meant to be the Alps. From where i was standing they looked pretty realistic if not a bit small.  Dick van Preston

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(Above) The presenters of TV’s Top Gear programme count their wages during a break from filming earlier today

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