Very much appreciate being informed of this. Billy was always a favourite of mine and thought the show lost an enormous amount when he disappeared.
Very much appreciate being informed of this. Billy was always a favourite of mine and thought the show lost an enormous amount when he disappeared.
Very interesting, always wondered why he left, and given the nature of the role, a bad back would certainly be a problem.
It just goes to show how the cast members want to stay with the show.
The exceptions would be Brian Wilde and Mike Grady - but they both returned.
codfanglers
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Welcome Stec, and what a way to make you debut into this forum, with great inside knowledge. What an opening appearance!
barmpot
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Why do you think I liked him?
Adanor
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Kathy Staff reportably "commuted" every day to Holmfirth by just driving over the mountain, doesn't that mean that she's a native of Yorkshire? Of course, I could be wrong.
In a sense, far from it. The "mountains" in question (more hills in reality) would be the Pennines. She lived in Dukinfield in Cheshire (life long member of St Mark's, Dukinfield) which became part of Greater Manchester. So in a sense she was more Lancashire than Yorkshire and we know what Clegg thought of Lancashire.
barmpot
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I think they tend to call them peaks, but I am not a native, having only arrived here in the 1970s, so what would I know! However when you walk up them they feel like mountains.
There is actually a hamlet (presumably as it has no church) called Mountain just to the north of Queensbury on the Keighley Road.
As Clegg would say, talking of seeing Lancashire, "there's always a snag" ...
they tend to be called peaks further south into derbyshire (as in the peak district) from this area northwards they are called a variety of things such as fells, sides etc.
The main point I was making was that Kathy Staff did not have to drive over a mountain to get to Holmfirth. Mind, I did a wee bit research and realised that there are a couple of mountains that almost get in the way. First, we define mountain as follows:
Within Great Britain and Ireland, a mountain is now usually defined as any summit at least 2,000 feet (or 610 metres) high, whilst the official UK government's definition of a mountain is a summit of 600 metres or higher.
Within the area applicable, The Dark Peak Area of The Peak District National Park there are two mountains, Kinder Scout and Bleaklow Head. For more mountains one has to go somewhat further north to the Yorkshire Dales for the likes of Ingleborough, Great Shunner Fell, High Seat (Mallerstang), Wild Boar Fell, Great Whernside, Buckden Pike, Pen-y-ghent .....
I found it most instructive. In Scotland we are used to Munros and Corbetts but I learned there are also Grahams, Murdos and Donalds. And in England there are Hewitts, Wainwrights, Deweys, Nuttalls and lower hills termed delightfully, Bridgets. Found a great website with all this on:
http://www.go4awalk.com/uk-mountains-and-hills.php
I was using Google to research the height of the land to the east of Greater Manchester over towards Holmfirth which Kathy Staff would have had to transit on her commute. I wanted to check if there are any mountains. But it is fascinating, isn't it.