Billy Hardcastle

[Cloggy]

Why was Billy Hardcastle written out of the show ?

By the way, i'm wearing a compression stocking on my leg, due to vascular disease,
when i get wrinkles in them, i look like Nora Batty.

 

[ferret]

I'm sure he just decided he'd had enough and left. Hope your leg gets better.

 

[RickAns]

I don't remember why, Cloggy. Thinking he got sick or something and could not continue on. I liked his character along with Alvin, Entwhistle, Barry and Tom, plus others. Felt they could have carried the show a little to give Clegg and Truly a rest to do the less taxing roles.

 

[Inky Batty]

He left to join Coronation Street for more money as I recall. Keith Clifford, that is.

 

[captain clutterbuck]

Sure I read that he suffered with his back and could no longer undertake the part because the role was quite physical .

 

[Cloggy]

Thank you for all your replies.

 

[Adrian Morris]

I can't remember if it was Alan Bell's book or the book by Andrew Vine but I read in one of them that one day he stumbled on the steps coming out of one of the trailers and hurt his ankle or foot.

 

[RickAns]

Either way. Still am sorry to see that he left the Summer Wine crew so early. Liked his youthful zest of outdoor adventures, plus his willingness to sink a pint and complain about the wife and her sister.