What's quite interesting about this production era of Brookside is that Mersey TV had just bought Childwall Technical College (well, in 1988), and literally every scene that is filmed outside of Brookside Close is filmed in an area of the old college building and its extensive grounds. Character's work offices, school scenes, mock public building exteriors, literally everything was filmed there! These buildings all went on to become the sets for Brookside's sister soap, Hollyoaks, from 1995 onwards. These 1991 episodes show Geoff Rogers, Mike, Chrissie (1:40:55) at "Brookside Comprehensive", in reality, they're outside the old college building - actually on the opposide side of the old college wing that became the Parade. Further down on the left, just after Geoff enters the building, is what became "Grants" restaurant. Anyone recognise this antiquated looking brick wall with its feature archways (1:39:08) at Manor Primary School...? They're fake walls of course, and they became the historical boundary walls of "Hollyoaks Village" a few years later and the archways were moved along with the wall.
