"At first, I was told Ashley would just be involved in hatches, matches and despatches, but he grew into a integral part of the series, culminating in his harrowing dementia and death in 2017. We filmed the siege episode behind the 1912 Mill – that was my first introduction to Sunny Bank Mills."The cast had some tremendous times here and it was a memorable experience filming in one of.
“It will probably come as no surprise to anybody that we used to unwind after filming in Farsley’s excellent pubs and it felt great to be part of the village community.”, William Gaunt, said that decision to film Emmerdale and Heartbeat at the 1912 Mill saved it from demolition. He added: “The 1912 Mill is a crucial part of Sunny Bank Mills but it was under threat in the 1990s because it was a spinning mill and, by then, all our spinning had been outsourced.