THEY are a trademark TV outfit and a vital part of Last Of The Summer Wine history.
And now Foggy’s clothes are up for sale.
The outfit worn by Foggy for many years is being put up for auction on eBay to raise charity cash.
Foggy was played by Brian Wilde, who died last year aged 80.
Foggy was a fixture in more than 100 episodes, co-starring with Bill Owen and Peter Sallis.
Brian’s widow, Eva, sadly suffered a stroke earlier this year and died in the summer.
But it can now be revealed that Brian was a great supporter of the charity Hft which helps people with learning disabilities and their families.
Brian lived in Hertford and his close friend, 79-year-old Andrew Hambling, has a 45-year-old son, Rory, who has special needs.
Schoolteacher Mr Hambling also taught Brian’s son, Andrew, who has worked as an editor on Last Of The Summer Wine.
Mr Hambling said: “Brian was a great fan of cricket and arranged charity cricket matches to raise money for Hft. He attracted some wonderful stars to support him ranging from Ronnie Corbett to Kathy Staff who played Norah Battye.
“After Brian’s death, Eva asked the BBC for his Last Of The Summer Wine costume so they could auction it off for charity. It’s what Brian would have wanted and is a wonderful gesture.’’
He died in his sleep of natural causes in March 2008 after failing to recover from a fall seven weeks before.
Brian joined the show in 1976, leaving in 1984 to pursue other projects. He then returned in 1990 until 1997 when a bout of shingles forced him to give-up.
Foggy, with his ‘lightning reactions of a trained soldier’ was the perfect foil to Bill Owen’s carefree, shabby Compo and Peter Sallis as the wry Cleggy.
A former soldier, his character bragged about his heroic exploits in Burma during the war, although it was revealed that he was little more than a sign writer.
Quietly pompous and sometimes bombastic, he introduced military tactics into the trio’s madcap adventures.
The eBay auction of Foggy’s clothes will start at 8pm on Thursday, November 19, and will last for just 10 days, finishing at 8pm on Sunday, November 29.
The clothing will be listed on ebay under TV memorabilia and type in the words Brian Wilde clothes into the search box to find.
All the money raised from the auction will go towards Hft which works with over 1,000 people with learning disabilities across the UK and with more than 4,000 family carers through its Family Carer Support Service.
