FOLLOWING a fantastic response from Citizen readers the man who asked which stone bridge appeared on the film Brief Encounter believes he finally has the right answer.

Peter Davies of the Friends of Carnforth Station posed the original question and received between 20 and 30 telephone calls suggesting various bridges.

Ashness Bridge, St Johns, and Troutbeck were all suggested, as were a dozen or so others in and around the Lake District.

In the end Mr Davies popped into the car and visited the most likely sites.

He said: "I have found what I now believe to be the Brief Encounter bridge in the Langdale valley, about 200 yards away from the Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel. This bridge fitted the still photograph I had taken from Brief Encounter perfectly. The bridge, the character of the stream and the contour of the hills in the background were all correct. This bridge is also only a few miles away from the hotel where the actors stayed during the filming." The location for this bridge was suggested by a Mrs Walker, who visited the bridge in 1946 and was told that she was visiting the bridge that could be seen in Brief Encounter.

But the answer has raised another question.

Mr Davies explained: "While I have managed to answer one question about Brief Encounter another one has arisen. There were approximately 70 members of the cast and crew of Brief Encounter and in February 1945 many of the hotels in the north of England were full of evacuees, from the bombing of London. I know that the cast and crew of Brief Encounter stayed at five separate hotels. The Royal Station Hotel Carnforth, The Royal Hotel Bolton-le-Sands, either the Low Wood Hotel or the Langland Chaise Hotel at Ambleside, and one hotel in Morecambe, and one in Lancaster. I wonder if any of your readers may have any information about which hotels were used?"

Anyone with information should contact Peter E Davies, c/o Friends of Carnforth Station, 9 Bowland Close, Crag Bank, Carnforth, or telephone 07770 882204 or e-mail < carnforth@usa.net >