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Elizabeth Sherlock

Death shock for Summer Wine crew

THE WOMAN who was killed after being run over by a pair of handbag thieves was a talented costume designer who had worked on Last of the Summer Wine. Read

BBC Last of the Summer Wine returns for another successful series, celebrating its 28th year.

A last drop of the Wine for Kathy

FANS of Last Of The Summer Wine can look forward to the start of the new series on Sunday evening. Read

Compo Simonite

Bill's 'Last of the summer wine' lyrics

By popular demand, the lyrics to the theme song. Read

Ron and Ruth Backhouse who are leaving the White Horse at Jackson Bridge

'TV pub' still up for sale

A PUB made famous by the BBC television programme Last of the Summer Wine is still on the market. Read

Kathy back on TV in Crossroads

Veteran actress Kathy Staff is casting off Nora Batty's wrinkled stockings today to return to Crossroads. Read

Nora Batty

Kathy's crossroads

LAST Of The Summer Wine star Kathy Staff has told of her heartache at leaving the UK's longest-running TV comedy programme. Read

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

Summer Wine's new star

Holmfirth-based TV series Last Of The Summer Wine is back - with a new man in one of the starring roles. Read

Raymond Masson

Village tour guide is a bestseller

A reprint is on the cards after a book of village walks proved a bestseller. Read

Speech teacher on TV

AN Upperthong elocution teacher will be pulling pints in the new series of Last Of The Summer Wine. Read

Tom Owen

Summer Wine's Tom opens new day centre

A new hospice day care service has just opened in the Holme Valley. Read

Tom Owen

Summer Wine's Tom opens new day centre

A new hospice day care service has just opened in the Holme Valley. Read

Tom Owen

Summer Wine's Tom opens new day centre

A new hospice day care service has just opened in the Holme Valley. Read

Tom Owen

Compo mementoes

FANS of the late Summer Wine actor Bill Owen can now own a lasting memory of his character Compo. Read

Nora to quit Summer Wine

Actress Kathy Staff, 71, plans to hang up her wrinkled stockings after 26 years with the award-winning BBC comedy, filmed mainlyaround the Holme Valley. Read

Compo statue put on hold

PLANS for a Compo statue in Holmfirth as a tribute to Last Of The Summer Wine actor Bill Owen have been put on hold after his widow objected to the idea. Read

Nora may hang up her baggy stockings

NORA BATTY, television's most unlikely sex symbol, is thinking of hanging up her baggy stockings for good, it emnerged today. Read

Nora may hang up her baggy stockings

NORA BATTY, television's most unlikely sex symbol, is thinking of hanging up her baggy stockings for good, it emnerged today. Read

The show must go on after Compo

A new run of the hit comedy Last Of The Summer Wine starts on BBC1 next Sunday. The first episode deals with the funeral of Compo and the arrival of the character's long-lost son, Tom Simmonite, played by Owen's own son, Tom. Examiner reporter ROSEY HAMILTON speaks to the stars about the new series. Read

Touch of sadness in comedy

ANOTHER series of the hit comedy Last Of The Summer Wine is about to hit our screens. Read

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

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