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Preview tribute to 'Compo'

EPISODES of comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine dealing with the death and funeral of its star Compo are to be previewed in Holmfirth.Read

Dame Thora on shortlist for TV award

Veteran actress Dame Thora Hird is up for another award at the annual Royal Television Society Programme Awards later this month.Read

The show must go on - so Nora Batty stays

HOLMFIRTH-BASED TV comedy The Last of the Summer Wine is to carry on - despite speculation that the long-running programme would end.Read

We'll miss Kathy, say valley folk

NORA Batty, the wrinkled stockinged object of Compo's affection, is leaving Last of the Summer Wine with many memories - and many people in the Holme Valley have fond memories of her, too.Read

'The man who had enough fame to share it with me'

THE love affair between Bill Owen and this part of Yorkshire was unlikely.Read

On the day when Bill Owen was being buried in a private ceremony in Holmfirth VAL JAVIN went public on the man who was more than just Compo and in real life far removed in character and dress sense from his most famous role, the one that he played non-stop since 1973.Read

Family's tribute at funeral of Summer Wine Star - Television actor was 'a great mate to us all'

THE son of actor Bill Owen paid tribute to a ``great mate to us all'' after his father was laid to rest in the Holme Valley yesterday (Monday July 19, 1999).Read