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Ahhh, that'll be Janette Scott daughter of our beloved Edie aka Dame Thora Hird.

Terry did have me, at first. I filmed at the location used in Destiny and Six Bananas; the field, road and junction cropped up quite often. The 'gate' Terry was referring to was not the gate into the field, but the gate in the camera...

The forum is 16 years old today which I feel is some achievement to gather many Barmpots from around the world to chat about a show that stopped filming in 2009, even more so that it appears to be the only forum for our beloved show...

My current main computer, admittedly it does take up a floor in my flat:

Any of our members using mini pc's, I have used a couple of low cost ones for a year or so for my network video content streaming and they do a good job, recently I purchased a mid priced unit to do my everyday tasks and amazed how...

Yes sybil in Getting Sam Home was a knitter. Nora knit Compo a hat in Crums and either Marina or Cleggy knit Howard a cardigan for xmas in Merry Christmas Father Christmas but didn't actually see the last two

Knitting seems to be a big part of my growing up, with many of the mums, aunts, grannies all knitting away, yet I don't recall any knitting taking place in the show, or did I miss it

Scary frowns. The Angry emote on your post seems to suite their faces well.

Old picture of Holmfirth, with Hollowgate on the left with what is now the Fair Trader store and was the Book Store, up the hill on the left is the back entrance to the Wrinkled Stocking, the pub on the right has gone and now an open space.

I can say for certain that aint a sign in Aunties shop!

Old Men's Antics

I'm mindful our esteemed friends from over the seas may not know what Saga is! Basically it's a company which specialises in services for the over 50's :) https://corporate.saga.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are/

Meanderings in the Holmfirth Countryside

Wow, used to love pouring over Haynes and Chilton's Repair books. Lots of good reading info. Great for those who like to turn a wrench or DIY car stuff. I bet Wesley had a few in his shed.