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Norman Clegg

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So I have a freind who wants to know why I dont like the name anty wainwright so I need so help finding a episode that sums up anty wainwright perfectly should I do the cristmas thing she was introduced or some outer episode.
 
Norman Clegg said:
So I have a freind who wants to know why I dont like the name anty wainwright so I need so help finding a episode that sums up anty wainwright perfectly should I do the cristmas thing she was introduced or some outer episode.
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In some of the Christmas episodes ie A Tale of Two Sweaters you occasionally see the more human side of her, ie she gives Smiler & Tom dinner. A good one I think Is Jeremy Quite Safe where she's panicking that there may be money in a safe she has. She is a proper skin-flint as we say in the UK

Welcome to the forum Norman, you live in an amazing part of the world I hope to visit one day
:)
 
Norman Clegg said:
So I have a freind who wants to know why I dont like the name anty wainwright so I need so help finding a episode that sums up anty wainwright perfectly should I do the cristmas thing she was introduced or some outer episode.
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Have you ever seen Open All Hours? Correct me if I am wrong to the more knowledgable members here, but Aunty Wainwright was modeled after Arkwright, the shopkeeper in the 70's comedy Open All Hours (another Roy Clarke show). In case you never watched it, you might appreciate Aunty Wainwright more to see the origin of the character.
 
always had a vision in my head of auntie chasing dirk who had a shop simillar to aunties out of town she wouldnt like someone else making money
 
codfanglers said:
Have you ever seen Open All Hours? Correct me if I am wrong to the more knowledgable members here, but Aunty Wainwright was modeled after Arkwright, the shopkeeper in the 70's comedy Open All Hours (another Roy Clarke show). In case you never watched it, you might appreciate Aunty Wainwright more to see the origin of the character.
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I have not seen the show but I will try to check it out
 
Barrychuckle said:
In some of the Christmas episodes ie A Tale of Two Sweaters you occasionally see the more human side of her, ie she gives Smiler & Tom dinner. A good one I think Is Jeremy Quite Safe where she's panicking that there may be money in a safe she has. She is a proper skin-flint as we say in the UK

Welcome to the forum Norman, you live in an amazing part of the world I hope to visit one day
:)
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I was was looking for the bad side of her were she charges lots of money for a rope ladder and why cleggy does not want to go into the store
 
Auntie openly admits her one true love is money, her aim in life is to make as much as possible, she does invest some of it, she pointed out in one episode she owns most of the properties in a certain road. If you are daft enough to even stand outside her shop then you are fair game into being sold something, going inside is fatal, don't even think of asking for a refund,even if the item is defective, consumer law does not apply, remember Truly being sold a duff lawnmower, she explained it was good except for 1 hour a week.
 
codfanglers said:
Have you ever seen Open All Hours? Correct me if I am wrong to the more knowledgable members here, but Aunty Wainwright was modeled after Arkwright, the shopkeeper in the 70's comedy Open All Hours (another Roy Clarke show). In case you never watched it, you might appreciate Aunty Wainwright more to see the origin of the character.
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There's also an earlier episode of SW with a secondhand shop where the shopkeeper sells people things they don't want. Clegg ends up buying an old metal detector.
 
Even at Christmas she offered our trio a cup of tea & promptly charged them 10p each, saying that she was a fool to herself as they wouldn't get it that cheap anywhere else. She calculated the ONE tea bag would suffice.
 
maltrab said:
Auntie openly admits her one true love is money, her aim in life is to make as much as possible, she does invest some of it, she pointed out in one episode she owns most of the properties in a certain road. If you are daft enough to even stand outside her shop then you are fair game into being sold something, going inside is fatal, don't even think of asking for a refund,even if the item is defective, consumer law does not apply, remember Truly being sold a duff lawnmower, she explained it was good except for 1 hour a week.
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I think it was 3/4 of Stackpole Street.
 
WellyMan said:
There's also an earlier episode of SW with a secondhand shop where the shopkeeper sells people things they don't want. Clegg ends up buying an old metal detector.
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"Serenade for Tight Jeans and Metal Detector." Although, I don't believe they ever show that shopkeeper. Definitely one of Clarke's staple characters.
 
Open all hours is an excellent show. How many P P P P P P's in peppers, seven or eight he asks Granville, lol! I can see Aunty being patterned After Arkwright, but I think she topped him. Jean Alexander played the part so well, God rest her...
 
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