Good idea on bringing Gordon back again. Would have been nice to see how he was doing along with his wife played by Liz Goulding. Liked her in I Didn't Know You Cared both in the TV and the radio series.
It seems to be a Roy Clarke thing.
Departing characters not mentioned immediately, typically this would need to be at the beginning of a the new series not to mention them.
Sometimes the departed character would not be mentioned until a...
When Kathy Staff had to leave due to health, they "sent" Nora to Australia. That was a most expedient way explaining the disappearance of a character.
It's possible that they were unable to have Wesley be sent off to parts unknown...
Whether he is to believed or not, Roy Clarke has said in a couple of interviews that had Bill died between series then it would have probably ended then.
In honesty the passing of key figures was only ever sporadically used and not dwelt on with the exception of Mr Simmonite Snr. Edie got alluded to and it raised the odd chuckle and Wes-lay got a past tension mention briefly. Sid and...
Although I am from "Scouseland" my mate lived next door but two from the shop !!!!...[he was an Evertonian just like me !!].
When I visited him it was a ladies hairdressers....I kept expecting a boooooooming voice shouting "...
With Bill's determination and love of Holmfirth he ensured his contribution spanned 3 episodes and an hour long special with this possibility probably foremost in his mind. His stoicism ensured another 11 years of laughter for us...
I remember in one episode at the coffee morning the women discuss the contents of their husband's pockets. Nora mentions Wally used to usually have treats for his pigeons & Ivy reckoned Sid's pockets always seemed to contain two...
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