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To really like Hyacinth Bucket :)

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twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 12:09

She was always clean, well dressed and with not a hair out of place
Her house was always spotless
She never hesitated with what was proper and what was not
She always meant well
She knew all rules and had manners
She loved her son very much
She never doubted herself, not for a moment
She never said no to all church and community things
She was always very cheerful

And this all was extremely insufferable :) because she wanted everybody to live like that, very properly
But if we think a bit... Was it really too bad? No? Or it's better to live like Daisy and Onslow?

Please don't take this too seriously, let's have some fun.

BTW I love Mills and Boon love stories like Daisy does.

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Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 21:43

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 21:42

It's the "and we/I/she laughed" that got me

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Yes, I cringe so much at that... "Weeee laughed!" (big grin).

You know damn well one of them didn't, at least not with sincerity at any rate.

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 21:42

IClaudine · 09/07/2024 21:41

A Woman of No Importance was brilliant. I remember one line from it in particular. She says:

"I put the milk bottle out"

So much pathos in the image of that single milk bottle.

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It's the "and we/I/she laughed" that got me

IClaudine · 09/07/2024 21:41

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 20:24

It is, I love the one where she is providing services to her chiropodist, and the only person who hadn't a clue what she was doing was her.

"There's a name for people who do what I do....but I skirt round it".

She also did a pre-Talking Heads monologue named "A Woman Of No Importance". It's heartbreaking.

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A Woman of No Importance was brilliant. I remember one line from it in particular. She says:

"I put the milk bottle out"

So much pathos in the image of that single milk bottle.

Agapornis · 09/07/2024 21:39

Can confirm KUA is/was very popular in Poland, Germany and The Netherlands. I grew up in one of those countries and Mrs Bouquet (lady of the house speaking!) was an awful lot like my gran!

She remains a great source of GIFs :)

keeping up appearances 90s GIF
Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 21:22

merryandbrightdelight · 09/07/2024 21:21

@Thedayb4youcame I have never seen this before! 😂😂😂😂

Those fish fingers could be anywhere now...they may even be in different breadcrumbs!

merryandbrightdelight · 09/07/2024 21:21

@Thedayb4youcame I have never seen this before! 😂😂😂😂

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 21:21

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 21:15

She was also "very close friends" with Betty Boothroyd

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This is what I said earlier - it was BB, according to anecdote.

Pam St Clement is alleged to be linked to a newsreader. I knew a lady who claimed to have met them both in the village where they lived. Apparently very lovely ladies too.

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 21:15

LunaNorth · 09/07/2024 21:07

I never knew that!

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She was also "very close friends" with Betty Boothroyd

LlynTegid · 09/07/2024 21:08

Glad it was not flogged to death as is often the BBC way.

Patricia Routledge is a fine actress and I saw her on stage about 20 years ago fortunately.

LunaNorth · 09/07/2024 21:07

AnImaginaryCat · 09/07/2024 18:12

Hyacinth was an equal mix of lovely and annoying.

I love the fact that the actress was in a relationship with Pat St Clement. Makes me laugh the idea of the mix of Hyacinth and Pat Butcher. (Though, yes I know they weren't actually them, but the thought amuses me none the less!)

I never knew that!

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 21:06

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 21:02

She also did a pre-Talking Heads monologue named "A Woman Of No Importance". It's heartbreaking

It's on iPlayer

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I can't watch it again. It made me cringe so much that I thought I may turn inside out, and yet was so desperately sad too. She also did a short play with Prunella Scales, where they were secretaries sharing an office.

These two also did the radio play "Ladies of Letters", although I have never listened to them, having been put off by the TV adaptation feat. Maureen Lipman and Anne Reid, which started well but became ever so silly very quickly.

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 21:02

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 20:24

It is, I love the one where she is providing services to her chiropodist, and the only person who hadn't a clue what she was doing was her.

"There's a name for people who do what I do....but I skirt round it".

She also did a pre-Talking Heads monologue named "A Woman Of No Importance". It's heartbreaking.

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She also did a pre-Talking Heads monologue named "A Woman Of No Importance". It's heartbreaking

It's on iPlayer

godmum56 · 09/07/2024 20:58

AmusedMaker · 09/07/2024 20:43

Yes I enjoyed Hetty Wainthroppe, but Keeping up appearances was such a tough act to follow it never really took off in the way she probably hoped.

I thought it was much better, I found KUA too sad to be funny.

godmum56 · 09/07/2024 20:56

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 20:21

Have you seen her playing "Kitty" in Victoria Wood's As Seen On TV?

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oh goodness yes

GabrielOakRose · 09/07/2024 20:53

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 09/07/2024 19:30

To be fair, the royals did their recent balcony thingy is weird sailor outfits.

Do they think the balcony is a boat?

Must be an upper class thing we’re unaware of.

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I loved the matching Royal sailor dresses

AmusedMaker · 09/07/2024 20:43

Yes I enjoyed Hetty Wainthroppe, but Keeping up appearances was such a tough act to follow it never really took off in the way she probably hoped.

Hotgirlwinter · 09/07/2024 20:42

I watched it growing up and loved it but like many, watching it now as an adult I see how desperately sad it is. How mean everyone was and how much she kept trying to be a good person, occasionally it slipped and she showed the real emotions underneath. I obviously didn’t notice that when I was younger

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 20:40

merryandbrightdelight · 09/07/2024 20:39

Did anyone watch her in Hetty Wainthropp? I quite liked that too, reminds me a bit of Vera now I think about it

Have you seen Wetty Hainthropp?

Victoria Wood's Wetty Hainthropp Investigates (Comic Relief, 1999)

Red Nose Day 1999 - The Record Breaker, 12/03/1999 - Victoria Wood's Wetty Hainthropp Investigates, starring Wood, Julie Walters and the usual players.Not my...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg-BCzTyAUg

merryandbrightdelight · 09/07/2024 20:39

Did anyone watch her in Hetty Wainthropp? I quite liked that too, reminds me a bit of Vera now I think about it

WhataPithy · 09/07/2024 20:39

KUA is very popular in Finland too.

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 20:38

AmusedMaker · 09/07/2024 20:33

If memory serves me right didn’t Patricia Routledge decide to stop playing the part of Hyacinth? She was right to do that as it would have got a bit repetitive if it had gone on for a few more series.

Yes. She wanted to do Hetty Wainthrope instead. Seemingly all the other cast were willing to carry on, but her not being in it called time on further series.

This said, I agree with you that it could have run out of steam eventually. Much as I love all three series of Gimme Gimme Gimme, the third series was notably lacking when compared to the first two.

AmusedMaker · 09/07/2024 20:33

If memory serves me right didn’t Patricia Routledge decide to stop playing the part of Hyacinth? She was right to do that as it would have got a bit repetitive if it had gone on for a few more series.

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 20:24

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 20:22

Yes! As I say, I fell right into a rabbit hole. She's amazing. Her Talking Heads is well worth a watch.

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It is, I love the one where she is providing services to her chiropodist, and the only person who hadn't a clue what she was doing was her.

"There's a name for people who do what I do....but I skirt round it".

She also did a pre-Talking Heads monologue named "A Woman Of No Importance". It's heartbreaking.

Dinnerdinnerchickenwinner · 09/07/2024 20:22

Thedayb4youcame · 09/07/2024 20:21

Have you seen her playing "Kitty" in Victoria Wood's As Seen On TV?

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Yes! As I say, I fell right into a rabbit hole. She's amazing. Her Talking Heads is well worth a watch.

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