As it's his thread so to speak here are my thoughts on our Cyril.
He was never always in charge in fact on occasion Clegg took the lead in this era and so you might think it was a more equal trio. However, this was was not the case as...
For me Seymour was pretty much the definitive third man.
On the authoritive side he had all the bad traits built up of his time as head of the Utterthwaite academy. The glimpses we get here are of an instution as much falling apart...
Don't forget, series 3 was originally written for Blamire and the script was adjusted for Foggy. Foggy was not the type to want to volunteer to go for a morning swim, unlike Blamire who had the boys go out camping and rowing a canoe...
It'd have gone for a fair longer I suspect with a slightly rejigged back to originally intended series 3. Thereafter he'd have gradually mellowed a bit as the series opened up more and the northern grime got replaced with rolling hills...
Jonathan Linsley has arranged an event on July 16th at Sid's Café in Holmfirth, I understand it to be an open meet and greet day, more info to follow when I get it
Terry
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