I was brought  up in the  same  village  where it's  based  and  filmed  ,the  author  Barry  Hines  lived there  I went to school  with  his 2 children  ,my  mam still lives there ,next street  to the chip shop  and  club that were  in the  film ,I've climbed  that wall more times for a young  kes or a little  owl ,still there but in a bit of a  state now