Greatly saddened when I heard the news as I have known Jean for many years. She first appeared in my favourite Christmas special and I was fortunate enough to appear with her in the final episode. I lived in the next road to Jean and would often see her when she came to vote in my polling...
I have been asked to create my own post rather than occasional entries in the shoutbox. So tonight I'm just saying hello and watch this space as I recall many happy years on location with Last of the Summer Wine.
I'm sure as a local girl Mollie Sugden could have fitted in with the ladies, andvJohn Inman would have added a bit of colour. And talking of local!s, how about Sir Patrick Stewart playing a failed thespian trying to put on a dramatic piece in the local church hall.
And don' t forget Gorden, was his mum Compo's sister? or his dad Compo's brother? And then there was Little Big Malcolm, Compo's cousin. A whole tribe of Simmonites!
I always thought Leslie Philips too, maybe with links to the golf course. A friend said that Peggy Mount should have played Marina's unseen mother. He did appear in the series but I always thought that Peter Baldwin bore more than a passing resembelence to Michael Aldridge.
I did also think that...
A little game we used to play on the way home from filming was which actors we would like to see appear in the programme, and more specifically in what role. I'll start the ball rolling with a couple of mine and add some more later. I always thought I'd like to see John Mills playing the elder...
I lay on that hillside in a white paper forensic suit. The grass was damp and I had a green stain on my jeans for the rest of the day. I have always wondered what anybody flying into Leeds Bradford and looking through the plane window must have thought :)
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