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Statue appeal special

FUNDRAISING for a memorial statue of Compo in Holmfirth continues this weekend. Read

Summer Wine meets the Big Apple!

HOLMFIRTH has played host to a New York columnist. Read

Cash for Compo statue

LAST of the Summer Wine star Tom Owen was in Holmfirth at the weekend to raise money for a memorial statue dedicated to his father. Read

Youngsters enjoy their taste of Summer Wine

THERE will be a bigger audience than ever for Sunday's screening of Last Of The Summer Wine. Read

Son of Compo joins the drive for statue cash

LAST of the Summer Wine star Tom Owen will meet fans in Holmfirth at a fundraising drive for a memorial to his late father. Read

Monster fun for 32nd year

POPULAR sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine hits screens next month for its 32nd year. Read

Pearl's play 'in demand in USA'

A WEBSITE creator wants to see a stage play based on the series Last Of The Summer Wine taken to the USA. Read

Summer Wine runs dry

COMEDY hit Last Of the Summer Wine is out of the running in voting to find the funniest-ever TV programme. Read

Stars - in the blink of an eye

ROBERT Tyas and members of the Huddersfield Falcon Motor Cycle Club thought they were going to become television stars when they were approached by the producers of Last Of The Summer Wine in 1984. Read

Just ordinary, decent, but slightly daft folk

I CONFESS to being a big fan of Last Of The Summer Wine. Read

Summer Wine aims for the TV top spot

FANS of Last of the Summer Wine are waiting to see if it has landed a place as one of Britain's all-time favourite sitcoms. Read

Peter Sallis

Seeing the joke over `blind' star

VETERAN actor Peter Sallis has thrown away his white stick. Read

Last of the Summer Wine star Billy Hardcastle, aka actor Keith Clifford

Festive fun with the Summer Wine gang

THE show must go on - but not without a lot of difficulty - in the Last of the Summer Wine Christmas special. Read

Burt Kwouk

Lost steps upset lights switch-on

A MINI-drama was played out before Holmfirth Christmas lights switch-on. Read

Burt Kwouk

Summer Wine's Burt switches roles

EVEN rain could not ruin the parade at Holmfirth when screen star Burt Kwouk switched on the town's Christmas lights. Read

TV star's electrics will light up town

VETERAN film and TV actor Burt Kwouk switches on Holmfirth's Christmas lights at 6pm tonight. Read

Sketch by artist John Alder of what the statue of Compo could look like in Holmfirth - from www.summer-wine.com

Compo statue to go ahead

A TRIBUTE statue to actor Bill Owen is to go ahead - despite pleas from his widow for the money to be given to a Holme Valley charity. Read

Forum to look at `Summer Wine' tourism

TOURISM and its impact in the Holme Valley goes under the spotlight at a meeting next month. Read

Actor, singer and comic dies, at 59

LAST Of The Summer Wine actor and comic Tony Capstick has died aged 59. Read

Burt stars in the big switch-on

FILM and TV actor Burt Kwouk is to switch on Holmfirth's Christmas lights. Read

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