The programmes were filmed in a barn on the Blean farm owned by co-founder Peter Firmin (the other founder being Oliver Postgate).
His parents were Samuel Freemoult Pringuer (1828-1907), a cabinet maker of Canterbury, Kent; and Eliza Hayward (1825-1902) of Blean, Kent.
Having produced the live Alexander the Mouse, and the filmed The Adventures of Ho for his employers Associated Rediffusion/ITV in partnership with Firmin, Oliver Postgate and his partner set up Smallfilms in a disused cow shed at Firmin's home in Blean near Canterbury, Kent.
The sails and major machinery being installed in New Mill, Blean.
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