Heartbeat: filming at Aidensfield Stores

In November 1991, Yorkshire TV's white trucks rolled into the village, and filming began on what we now
know as Heartbeat, and the village was called Aidensfield for the first time. Episode 1 was shown on
British TV on 10th April 1992, and in 2008, more than 300 episodes later, the programme still attracts a
very large audience world wide. Because the programme is so popular, we now stock a large range of
Heartbeat souvenirs, some of which you can see on our Heartbeat gifts page.

Heartbeat is based on the Constable stories, a series of books written by Nicholas Rhea. You can
read more about the author here.

A lot of the filming takes place right in front of the shop. These are some
of the photos we have taken during filming.

Some of the photos on this page have "click to enlarge" facility


PC Rowan & Teacher Jo Weston	Aidensfield Stores on TV	Nick Berry as PC Rowan

PC Crane & Sgt Merton	Shop dressed for filming	Sgt. Merton & PC. Crane

Aidensfield Police House	Sgt Miller, PC Walker & Younger	PC Rob Walker

Heartbeat filming	PC Jeff Younger	Bernie, David & Vernon

Heartbeat filming	PC Walker	Heartbeat VE Day Parade

PC Phil Bellamy	PC Joe Mason	Joe McFadden as PC Mason


Aidensfield Stores	PC Mason confronts bikers	Aidensfield Stores


Gina	PC Joe Mason & Lord Ashfordly	Bobby Ball & David

When Heartbeat need to use the inside of the shop for filming, it can take up to a day and a half to set up. YTV bring their own counters, scales, tills, and of course the 1960s groceries. The filming can take up to for hours, but the scene may only last about a minute on TV. This scene was shot in November 2007

During the 10 years or so that Bill Maynard played the character of Claude Greengrass, we got to know him quite well. He is diabetic, and as we sell diabetic ice cream, he was a regular customer, and always happy to sign autographs. He still pops in to sign posters for us, which we sell in the shop. This shot of Bill was taken in November 2007

CHARITY DONATIONS


Phil Hopkinson of Aidensfield Stores, Lisa Kay, Joe McFadden, Garry Middleton of Westmount Tea Rooms

Phil and Garry bought a Ford Anglia Police car in 2006, to provide a photo opportunity for visitors to Goathland, and a bucket was attached to the bumper to collect donations for charity. To date the donations have just passed the £10,000 mark. Phil and Garry would like to thank all the visitors for their generosity.

So far, beneficiaries have included:

RNLI
St.Catherine's Hospice (Scarborough)
Martin House Children's Hospice (Boston Spa)
Goathland Playing Field Fund

PHOTO SHOOT

On friday 19th June 2009, David, Gina and Dawn came back to the village to do a
photo shoot and short clip for Celebrity Family Fortunes. Despite the rain, they
managed to shoot the sequence, which will be shown on ITV later in the year.

CHARITY BOOK SIGNING

On the 12th August, 2009, David Lonsdale and Steven Blakeley came back to the
Aidensfield Stores, to sign copies of the bookazine "Heartbeat - the story behind
the series". The book is on sale on our books page.
All the proceeds from the sale of the books were donated to the their
chosen charities.

Please ring for assistance or for more details on 01947 896428

e-mail enquiries@aidensfieldstores.co.uk