Clegg Relatively Remembered

[theatrically_inclined]

Apart from his late wife, we learn very little about Clegg's relatives in Last of the Summer Wine. However, something is nagging at me that Clegg had a relative who was a vicar or other clergyman... Is this just a half-heard line I've mis-remembered, or was there a brother perhaps who was connected to religion?

 

[Roger]

He had a cousin who painted butterflies. Not on paper, real butterflies.

 

[MoodyBlue]

Didn't he have a nephew or a relation who had 10 O Levels...but all he wanted to do was dye his hair green !!!...

 

[Roger]

Didn't he have a nephew or a relation who had 10 O Levels...but all he wanted to do was dye his hair green !!!...

He had a cousin in Barnsley with a grandson called Wayne who had 10 O levels. All he wanted to do was wear a ring in his nose and dye his hair purple.

 

[MoodyBlue]

Roger......you scare me and astound me in equal measures !!!!!
Remember the film with Steve Martin..."the man with 2 brains" [which is absolutely fantastic by the way !!!].......I think somehow you have had a "Summerwine lobe transplant" [if that makes sense ???] from Roy Clarke.....you truly are absolutely amazing my friend !!!!.
You have my undying respect !!!!!.
Keith.
X!

 

[Eithne]

Don't forget Aubrey, who came to visit.

I think the Vicar relation was supposed to be his wife's and may be based on his conversation in the pilot about borrowing books, combined with a conversation later on about the Vicar visiting on Sundays. I don't think there was anything really concrete though.

Was he related to Gordon whose shed was on fire and that he called on Christmas?

 

[theatrically_inclined]

I think the Vicar relation was supposed to be his wife's and may be based on his conversation in the pilot about borrowing books, combined with a conversation later on about the Vicar visiting on Sundays. I don't think there was anything really concrete though.

That must be it - at least I can watch the episode now and I'll know I'm not imagining things!

 

[Sarkus]

I believe it's at the end of the "Pate and Chips" (S1) where they are drinking toasts and Clegg mentions his brother in law being a vicar. I've always wondered if the vicar he talks to in the pilot is supposed to have been that brother in law, or just a vicar who he was friendly with.

 

[wstol]

I'm not sure if his brother in law was actually a vicar, but didn't he smell of musty hymn books?

I don't think his brother in law is referred to as a vicar in Pate and Chips (he shows great tact and understanding by keeping out of me way), and I believe the hymn book reference was another episode (but I could be wrong).

 

[wstol]

I think he gets on with the vicar in the pilot too much for it to be his brother in law.