I can be pretty sure that every Auf Wiedersehen, Pet fan recognises this as The Barley Mow from the second series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. I mean who could forget Happy Harry the Wing Co! The Barley Mow, or The Windmill Inn as it is known in the real world.

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Back in 1983 when Auf Wiedersehen, Pet first aired, most of the leading cast were almost unknowns, but that was to change overnight, when on November 11th 1983, ‘If I Were a Carpenter’ the first episode aired on ITV. The show, about a group of unemployed building workers brought together on the Beco Building site in Düsseldorf, became an instant success with viewing figures in the millions. 3 Geordie bricklayers, a Scouse plasterer, a Cockney chippy, a Brummie electrician and a West Country bricklayer all grouped together in a wooden hut in the middle of Germany. Drunken nights out, weekends away fishing and a few other adventures along the way, many ending in broken dreams and broken hearts.

 

If you visit us at The Windmill, you can still see a couple of pictures on the wall, from when filming took place in the summer of 1985.