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14-12-2008, 15:02
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Nora Batty batted out.
Ah, Kathy Staff, who played this character has died at the age of 80.
You do feel these characters become part of the family, and can only thank her for the laughs that she gave me with her love/hate relationship with Compo and, of course, those tights.
Over to you Margaret R.
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14-12-2008, 15:20
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
No stocking filler for her this Christmas then!
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14-12-2008, 15:25
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
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No stocking filler for her this Christmas then!
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That's a point, they probably were stockings and not tights. Wonder what type of suspenders she had for the part ?
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14-12-2008, 15:43
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
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That's a point, they probably were stockings and not tights. Wonder what type of suspenders she had for the part ?
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Ones that had lost the buttons - replaced, in emergency, with aspirin tablets! (Ah, those were the days).
Sad to hear of this lady's death. She was a very good comic actress and gave us a character that everyone remembers.
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14-12-2008, 19:37
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
such a legend in her own right IMO..
although I cant remember her being in corrie , what did she play ? anyone know
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14-12-2008, 19:38
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
Oh bloody hell, iv just put this in General
no doubt it will be deleted
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14-12-2008, 19:42
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
Kathy Staff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom, 12 July 1928 – 13 December 2008) was an English actress, well known for her work on British television.
Born in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, Staff was best known for her role as one of the main characters, Nora Batty, in the sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. She played Nora from the pilot episode in 1972,[1] until 2008, the year she died.
When she took up acting, she changed her name to Katherine Grant. After she married John Staff in 1951,[1] she adopted the surname as her stage name, hence Kathy Staff.
Staff had a regular role as Doris Luke in the ITV soap opera, Crossroads, and other appearances include Coronation Street as Vera Hopkins,[1] No Frills as Molly Bickerstaff, Open All Hours as Mrs Blewitt, Follyfoot and Freddie Starr.
Her theatre roles included Mrs Northrop in When We Are Married (Whitehall Theatre, 1986), Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (Birmingham Rep, 1989), Edie Hornett in Sailor Beware! (UK Tour, 1992/ 93) and various pantomimes[2].
Staff has also appeared in the "Observation" round in the 1989 Krypton Factor grand final.
She died on 13 December 2008 at the Willow Wood Hospice in Ashton, with her husband John at her bedside, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour earlier in the year.[3][4] Her death was announced on 14 December.[5
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14-12-2008, 19:44
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
Ummm Vera hopkins????? still dont rem that one. will look some more.
Thanks emmamum.
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14-12-2008, 21:03
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
R.I.P Kathy.
How many characters from Last of the Summer Wine have now died?
How much longer will the show go on for?
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14-12-2008, 22:01
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
R.I.P,Kathy
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14-12-2008, 23:00
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
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R.I.P Kathy.
How many characters from Last of the Summer Wine have now died?
How much longer will the show go on for?
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Till they've all corked
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14-12-2008, 23:58
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
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Ummm Vera hopkins????? still dont rem that one. will look some more.
Thanks emmamum.
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Vera Hopkins - Coronation Street Wiki
She had the shop before Blackburn actress Madge Hindle, who played Renee Bradshaw/Roberts.
If you click on her daugghter Tricia, it brings up her profile, and I bet you remember her, as she also did A Handful of Songs, the children's I.T.V. lunchtime programme.
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15-12-2008, 11:08
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
She was also in Crossroads for quite a while playing Doris Luke, and appeared with David Jason and Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours, playing Mrs Blewitt, RIP Catty
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15-12-2008, 21:16
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
I remember her in Crossroads... first and second time round: RIP
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17-12-2008, 15:40
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Re: Nora Batty batted out.
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Vera Hopkins - Coronation Street Wiki
She had the shop before Blackburn actress Madge Hindle, who played Renee Bradshaw/Roberts.
If you click on her daugghter Tricia, it brings up her profile, and I bet you remember her, as she also did A Handful of Songs, the children's I.T.V. lunchtime programme.
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Her husband was in "Please Sir"
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