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I only now found out that one of the players from my absolute favorite British comedy has passed away. Kathy Staff, who played Nora Batty on "Last of the Summer Wine" passed away almost 2 weeks ago. It's been a wonderful show for a very long time, and probably still will be, but it just won't be the same without Nora.
 

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I didn't know you had that over there Mike?!
Yes, i think it was mentioned that only a couple of the characters are left now


If your tights are a bit creased we usually say "You've got Nora Batty legs!!"
 
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Originally Posted by Rosiemac

I didn't know you had that over there Mike?!
Yes, i think it was mentioned that only a couple of the characters are left now
Yes, a Public Broadcasting station near here plays it, but it's about a season behind. I discovered it by accident when I was doing a search on Frank Thornton (I was having one of those "whatever happened to him" moments), and found a local schedule
 

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I only really liked the older episodes with Nora, Compo and Foggy in, and when Sid and Ivy had the cafe together. We used to watch it sunday evening as kids. They were the good ole days


It is very sad she is gone, she`ll be missed a lot. The man who made the Clangers and Bagpuss died too
 
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