Foggy?

[Ch74]

Is he lying about absolutely everything? Was he ever in Burma? I remember Compo saying he was a sign writer who never left England?

 

[dick]

Is he lying about absolutely everything? Was he ever in Burma? I remember Compo saying he was a sign writer who never left England?

! I'll have you know they are genuine war memoirs! :geek:

Give over, tha makes them up as tha go's along!!

 

[wstol]

I can't think of a time where he ever said anything that sounded genuine. There never seemed to be the right emotion in any of the stories.

I guess he was one of those people who lived through the war never seeing any action.

 

[captain clutterbuck]

I think the closest analogy is Uncle Albert in Only Fools and Horses who sailed the Seven seas, fought in countless battles at sea and was sunk several times over during his active service . In reality he worked in a depot on the Isle of Wight , allegedly.

 

[dick]

In HAVE YOU GOT A LIGHT BOY, Foggy asks them not to talk about his being arrested. Cleggy says "you haven't stopped talking since you left Burma!!":cautious:

 

[chris]

I always thought according to Foggy of course that he was indespencable to the army in Burma probably wrote signs for toilets whilst the bullets flew everywhere !

 

[cciaffone]

So just why DO you think they called him "foggy" ??

(Cause he always blew fog ??)

 

[dick]

Chuck it was because his second name was DEWHURST. There was an old bawdy song in the army that had the line " In the Foggy Foggy Dew":redface::sneaky:

 

[barmpot]

I think he could have been sent overseas but as a signwriter he would be unlikely to have seen a great deal of active stuff, although just as likely never got beyond Cattereick or Aldershot. We know his last posting was at Oswestry.

 

[Adanor]

And when he wasn't having fun writing signs, he was catting around with his girlfriend.

 

[maltrab]

He who paints signs

 

[captain clutterbuck]

We know his last posting was at Oswestry.

I thought he was posted to Blackpool?..................... No ! Sorry he was delivered by a Postie to Blackpool . Perhaps he is now using his signwriting skills in the Rock Production industry

 

[barmpot]

Roy Clarke seemed to like sending Foggy off to the coast - to Bridlington to paint eggs and then to Blackpool to do somethign with the post lady. Was it the one with the biggest round?

 

[chris]

Yes it was that one .

 

[chris]

I don't think that Foggy ever went abroad he probably went from depot to depot writing signs and never fired a rifle after his basic training and as for Burma it was a place on the map for him .But his stories are good fun and I like his character and his way of going on and the banter with Compo yes he was the best third man .

 

[Beth]

I believe Foggy knew that Compo and Cleggy never believed his war stories but would always try to convince them. Loved the fact that through each one's weaknesses, Foggy's tall tales, Compo's scruffiness and Cleggy's fears, they always stuck together and stayed friends.

 

[Sarkus]

Yes it was that one .

It wasn't the same actress. The "biggest round" line was from "Uncle of the Bride." The post lady in that wasn't the same as the post lady who takes Foggy in "There Gies the Groom."

 

[Adanor]

I think that the name of the post lady in There Goes the Groom was Rosemary.

 

[wstol]

I think Rosemary was Uncle of the Bride.

 

[dick]

By dint of a little digging..............
Stephanie Roscoe played post lady in 3 episodes
#1 White Sweater and a solicitors letter #2 From Here To Paternity #3 Last Post and Pigeon

Brenda Kempner played in 2 episodes..............#1 There goes The Groom #2 Support your Local Skydiver

Rosemary Cham(p)ney played post lady in Uncle of The Bride.

If anyone knows different please feel free to correct me :thumbsup: