http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/ Visit our brand new site for the latest travel news, great travel deals and to find holidays in the UK and abroad. en-gb http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/compo-bill-owen-86081-67629/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:57:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/compo-bill-owen-86081-67629/ You could always count on Compo to bounce back with that familiar cheeky grin and mischievous chuckle no matter how many times he was frustrated in his lifelong quest to win the heart of Nora Batty. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/clegg-peter-sallis-86081-67621/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:54:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/clegg-peter-sallis-86081-67621/ Persuasive sales patter from Auntie Wainwright, an icy stare from Pearl and the prospect of a hug from the glamorous femme fatale Marina are equally unnerving for the usually quick-witted Norman Clegg. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/foggy-brian-wilde-86081-67648/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:02:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/foggy-brian-wilde-86081-67648/ A usually peaceful library is hardly the place to relive your favourite military manoeuvres unless, of course, your name happens to be Foggy Dewhirst. Most people would spend their time there reading the daily papers or selecting a book to take home, but a visit by Foggy usually ends in uproar. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/nora-kathy-staff-86081-67682/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:09:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/nora-kathy-staff-86081-67682/ The formidable figure of Nora Batty in her curlers and wrinkled stockings has made actress Kathy Staff a household name and, thanks to Compo's constant fantasising, Britain's most unlikely sex symbol. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2001/11/23/tom-simmonite-tom-owen-86081-11441486/ Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:12:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2001/11/23/tom-simmonite-tom-owen-86081-11441486/ The hardest moment in Tom Owen's life was also one of the proudest. When Tom's father Bill Owen, the actor who played Compo, died suddenly, Tom had little time to grieve. Within a week of his father's death, the series' producer and director, Alan Bell, offered Tom a remarkable challenge. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/auntie-wainwright-jean-alexander-86081-67518/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:08:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/auntie-wainwright-jean-alexander-86081-67518/ Browsers step foot in Auntie Wainwright's antique emporium at their peril. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/marina-jean-fergusson-86081-67678/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:08:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/marina-jean-fergusson-86081-67678/ The scarlet woman usually seen hiding in the bushes or sharing Howard's latest disguise, Marina made her debut in the 1984 episode Catching Digby's Donkey. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/ivy-jane-freeman-86081-67675/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:07:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/ivy-jane-freeman-86081-67675/ Amid the clatter of crockery and the smell of home cooking, cafe proprietor Ivy wages a constant battle to keep certain unruly customers in order. The cafe is regularly disrupted by the antics of those perpetual naughty schoolboys, Compo, Clegg and Foggy, prompting a by now inevitable response. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/howard-robert-fyfe-86081-67666/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:05:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/howard-robert-fyfe-86081-67666/ Howard, Clegg's next door neighbour, made his first appearance in Catching Digby's Donkey (1984). He is usually to be found plotting his next liaison with the love of his life Marina. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/barry-wilkinson-mike-grady-86081-67524/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:11:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/barry-wilkinson-mike-grady-86081-67524/ First seen in Uncle of the Bride (1985). Barry is married to Glenda and works for a building society. His surname has only ever been mentioned once - when he made his debut in the series. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/edie-pegden-dame-thora-hird-86081-67637/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/edie-pegden-dame-thora-hird-86081-67637/ Edie is married to Wesley Pegden and made her first appearance in Uncle of the Bride (1985) when her daughter Glenda married Barry. She failed her driving test several times and is probably one of the worst drivers around. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/pearl-juliette-kaplan-86081-67684/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:11:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/pearl-juliette-kaplan-86081-67684/ Married to Howard, Pearl made her first appearance in Catching Digby's Donkey (1984). She is well aware of her husband's "secret" liaisons with Marina and always manages to catch them out, however well they are hidden from view. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/smiler-stephen-lewis-86081-67708/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:17:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/smiler-stephen-lewis-86081-67708/ Clem Hemingway earned the nickname Smiler because he never smiled. He was first seen in the Episode That Certain Smile (1988) in which Compo, Clegg and Seymour visit him in hospital and smuggle in his little dog Bess. Forever down on his luck, his wife left him to go to Australia. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/eli-danny-o-dea-86081-67640/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:01:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/eli-danny-o-dea-86081-67640/ A good friend of Wally Batty, Eli made his debut in Jaws (1986). Later we learned that his full name is Elijah Duckett. His distance vision is very sharp but he is as blind as a bat when it comes to seeing things at close range. He appears to have a number of dogs, including one called Brandy. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/glenda-sarah-thomas-86081-67655/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:04:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/glenda-sarah-thomas-86081-67655/ The verdict from those regular gatherings of formidable females is unanimous-young Glenda has still got a lot to learn! When her mother Edie (Thora Hird) invites Ivy, Nora and Pearl round for afternoon tea, they spend much of their time exchanging chit-chat concerning the funny little ways of husbands and menfolk in general. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/truly-frank-thornton-86081-67716/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:19:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/truly-frank-thornton-86081-67716/ Herbert Truelove, or Truly as he is better known, is Compo and Clegg's latest 'third man.' They all went to school together but Keggy Hemmingway kept putting worms down Truly's shirt, so he moved with his family down south. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/wesley-pegden-gordon-wharmby-86081-67725/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:22:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/wesley-pegden-gordon-wharmby-86081-67725/ "Mr Fixit" Wesley first emerged from his shed flapping his cap and shouting in the 1982 episode Car and Garter. He re-surfaced in The Loxley Lozenge (1984) and became a regular a year later when his wife Edie first appeared on screen. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/seymour-michael-aldridge-86081-67688/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:12:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/seymour-michael-aldridge-86081-67688/ The start of 1994 was tinged with sadness for dedicated Summer Wine fans as they mourned the death of much-loved actor Michael Aldridge, who played eccentric inventor and ex-headmaster Seymour Utterthwaite. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/blamire-michael-bates-86081-67616/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:52:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/blamire-michael-bates-86081-67616/ Cyril Blamire was one of the original trio featured in the 1972 pilot series and was a mainstay of the first two series, making his final appearance in Northern Flying Circus (1975). http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/wainwright-blake-butler-86081-67724/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:21:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/wainwright-blake-butler-86081-67724/ Wainwright appeared as the librarian in the first episode proper... http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/sid-john-comer-86081-67696/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 13:15:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/sid-john-comer-86081-67696/ 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." http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/crusher-jonathan-linsey-86081-67634/ Sat, 01 Jan 2000 12:58:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/last-of-summer-wine/2000/01/01/crusher-jonathan-linsey-86081-67634/ 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. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/04/19/break-for-the-family-deep-in-tuscany-86081-20786667/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/04/19/break-for-the-family-deep-in-tuscany-86081-20786667/ HOLIDAYING in Tuscany can inspire daunting thoughts of wildly expensive breaks alongside ranks of annoying, well-heeled Middle-Englanders. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/04/19/the-year-fills-a-gap-in-teenagers-lives-86081-20786672/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/04/19/the-year-fills-a-gap-in-teenagers-lives-86081-20786672/ THE gap year was never an option for school-leavers when I was a teenager. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/04/19/tropical-trip-for-a-rainy-sunday-86081-20786687/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/04/19/tropical-trip-for-a-rainy-sunday-86081-20786687/ WE had a trip down memory lane at the weekend when we took our young nephews to Tropical World in Roundhay Park, Leeds. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/ex-pats/2008/04/09/i-d-be-homesick-at-christmas-but-it-is-really-a-good-life-here-86081-20738454/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/ex-pats/2008/04/09/i-d-be-homesick-at-christmas-but-it-is-really-a-good-life-here-86081-20738454/ IT was a giant leap in the dark when Audrey Weir emigrated with her young family from Huddersfield to Australia in 1970. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/03/29/have-a-great-holiday-and-see-the-passion-play-as-well-86081-20689571/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/03/29/have-a-great-holiday-and-see-the-passion-play-as-well-86081-20689571/ THE world-famous Oberammergau Passion Play, involving 2,000 villagers and set against the backdrop of the Bavarian mountains, is a spectacle which comes along only once every 10 years. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/03/29/competition-drives-down-rental-prices-86081-20689578/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/03/29/competition-drives-down-rental-prices-86081-20689578/ CAR hire rates for British drivers in Europe this summer are falling in the face of fierce competition - as major operators in the sector battle for bookings against newcomers keen to undercut rates and charges. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/ex-pats/2008/03/27/from-colne-valley-to-melbourne-86081-20683894/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:53:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/ex-pats/2008/03/27/from-colne-valley-to-melbourne-86081-20683894/ HUDDERSFIELD man Carl Biedukiewicz visited Australia for the first time in 1988 to see his many uncles, aunties and cousins living Down Under. http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/03/22/cheaper-package-trips-for-tourists-to-a-now-safer-kenya-86081-20657874/ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/travel-news/travel-info/2008/03/22/cheaper-package-trips-for-tourists-to-a-now-safer-kenya-86081-20657874/ WITH the Foreign Office indicating Kenya is again safe for British tourists, packages in April and May are being heavily discounted by operators trying to kickstart a market hit hard by post-election violence this year.