Residents of a Merseyside town received a mystery box of chocolates through their letterboxes earlier this week.
Properties in Beaconsfield, Prescot, were randomly treated to a box of Cadbury's Milk Tray and it took them by surprise. Taking to local Facebook group, Prescot Chat, some questioned what they were for.
One user wrote: "Has anyone in Beaconsfield area just had a box of Milk Tray put through their letterbox along with a letter about Mammoth Screen from ITV studios?" Others replied saying they had had the same.
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It came to light the chocolates were to sweeten residents of the area up as the neighbourhood will soon be used to film the latest series of ITV's The Tower. Liverpool ECHO has seen the letter handed out to residents, which states filming will take place "inside and outside various properties in Beaconsfield."
Film crews will be around from Tuesday, July 12 to Friday, July 15 and then again from Tuesday, July 19 to Wednesday, July 20. Filming will take place between 7am and 9.30pm on each of these days as they said: "We hope to film for no more than 12 hours daily".
The letter also explained the chocolates, as it said: "We are lucky to be filming on the estate and may I thank all of the residents and tenants whom we have spoken to and have been really accommodating. As a way of thank you to everyone we are delivering this letter with some chocolates as a way of a thank you and apology in advance."
It added: "The production are also endeavouring to make a donation to a local cause for Prescot and we are speaking to The Big Help Project (Food Club & Food Bank) in Prescot who assist the area.)"
ITV's The Tower returns for a second series. The first series of the drama was also filmed in areas of Merseyside. It is set on a series of novels by former Met Police Office's Kate London called Post Mortem and follows the stories of Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins and DC Steve Bradshaw.
The first series saw actors Gemma Whelan and Emmett J Scanlan filmed on a Merseyrail train parked on a Wirral industrial site. These scenes took place in the next street from Seacombe ferry terminal and the stars were filming inside the train and out of sight of passers by. The Tower also filmed at Runcorn Cemetery, close to Greenway Road, in Cheshire where the funeral of PC Hadley Matthews - played by Peaky Blinders actor Nick Holder - took place.
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