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I'm a L&H fan but haven't watched them for a while. Isn't Roy Clarke also a fan of the boys?

This is a good video about the writing of sitcoms: There's lots of other good videos on that channel.

This is a good article about the Bolam and Bewes feud: https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy_chronicles/strained-relationships-bewes-and-bolam/

A little while back I did a Google search for the Norman Clegg house for sale and AI Overview came back with a stately home!

Laurel & Hardy: The Flying Deuces

I'm old fashioned and think a crossover would spoil the separate worlds that the comedies are based in.

There's a YouTube video of when Summer Wine was inducted into the comedy hall of fame and Peter Sallis compares it to the weather forecast which I thought was quite churlish. Granted that SW is what's described as a gentle comedy, but I've really come to appreciate its qualities.

Thanks. Coddy's Farm looks nice but the Old Bridge would probably suit us better having it's own restaurant.

Petunia. Penelope. Gladys. IIRC

I was disappointed in reading Peter Sallis' autobiography which gave the impression that LotSW was not something he really valued compared to more highbrow stuff. It's a shame because he played Clegg so well and perhaps didn't realise what the show meant to viewers. I was once quite sniffy about...

We're thinking of staying a couple of nights in Holmfirth next July for my 60th. Any recommendations on where to stay? We're looking for a hotel with a restaurant and bar either in the town itself or a short drive to it. Also, besides some of the filming locations what places are worth seeing...

Yes, I got that impression too. Do you know if it was written by Roy Clarke?

In case this hasn't been posted before:

It's strange how on the mantelpiece in Glenda's house there's a pic of Edie but not Wesley.

We got onto the subject because I was asking about how my aunt apparently knew Kathy Staff from church. Kathy also had a relative who lived next door to one house where my parents lived.