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Sid: John Comer

Married to Ivy, cafe owner Sid first appeared in the pilot episode and featured prominently during the series' first ten years. He was constantly harrangued by Ivy, who once described him as a "big fat buttuck." Read

Crusher: Jonathan Linsey

Crusher - or Milburn as he is more properly called - joined the cast to help out his Auntie Ivy in the cafe, following the death of Sid. Read

A taste of Wine for comic Eric

COMIC great Eric Sykes is ready to sample some Summer Wine. Read

Jacko's quest

But Jackson could consider changes to his wide players. Read

Village spotlight on ... Holmfirth

IT seems that Holmfirth has always been associated with the BBC's long-running series Last of the Summer Wine. Read

Cash shortage ends Compo statue dream

A PLAN to build a life-sized bronze statue of Last of the Summer Wine's Compo could be dead. Read

BBC sitcom memorabilia goes on show

MEMORABILIA from long-running Holme Valley sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine will go on show at a Bradford museum. Read

Nora's going to be back in town!

NORA BATTY'S wrinkled stockings could continue to fly outside her Holmfirth cottage for years to come. Read

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Is it the Last of Summer Wine?

HIT TV show Last of the Summer Wine could quit Holmfirth. Read

Summer Wine still gladdens the heart

TONY POGSON on the enduring appeal of Last Of The Summer Wine - and why a producer of the TV classic, about to start a new series, finds the show as addictive as ever ... Read

Summer Wine fails in vote on vintage comedy

RECORD-BREAKING Last of the Summer Wine has failed to make a comedy hit list. Read

Give a welcome back to the Summer Wine!

FANS of Last of the Summer Wine are getting ready to welcome a new series of the show. Read

Top ten rating for Dame Thora

DAME Thora Hird - known to millions from TV's Last of the Summer Wine - was today named as one of Britain's greatest actresses of all time. Read

Norman bowing out with a toast to summer wine

ACTING great Sir Norman Wisdom bids farewell to TV this weekend. Read

Keep Wine flowing says BBC

THE world's longest-running TV sitcom, Last Of The Summer Wine, has finally been re-commissioned after weeks of delay and doubt. Read

Tribute to a star

WORK is set to start in the New Year on the long-awaited memorial statue of Last Of The Summer Wine star Bill Owen. Read

Compo rides again!

COMPO, Cleggy, Seymour, Nora and Foggy - the five new lorries at Netherton haulage firm The Pink Link. Read

Bobby's swanning around for laughs

TWO of Britain's best-known comics are taking a sip of Summer Wine. Read

Return to Holme for US 'Wine' fan

AN AMERICAN columnist for a Summer Wine fanzine has made a return journey to Holmfirth. Read

Showers hit statue fund

BAD weather hampered a collection by Tom Owen, son of Last Of The Summer Wine actor Bill Owen, for a statue in his father's memory. Read

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