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IClaudine · 10/07/2024 21:20

@Thedayb4youcame I just finished rewatching it on iplayer. It is heartbreaking but I mixed it up with A Lady of Letters, which I think is where the milk bottle line I remember is from. Going to watch that now.

PS: don't overdo it with the Jif, or the Cif as the young ones call it now as I said to my neighbour this morning. How we laughed...💔

Deadringer · 11/07/2024 19:40

Funnywonder · 09/07/2024 17:49

She is one of those characters who is insufferable, yet somehow endearing. I absolutely loved her character. We quote her all the time!!

Insufferable but endearing really sums her up well I think.

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augustusglupe · 18/09/2024 03:29

I loved her!! I never got how we were meant to find her so annoying. She loved her family and always meant well.
She put up with spineless, disloyal Richard.
Stupid Liz and nasty Emmett. The gormless vicar and his wife.
The episode on the cruise ship, when she dances with Onslow, makes me cry. It’s wonderful.

EarthMama1969 · 18/09/2024 04:59

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.

Honestly, I can't stand her! I feel so sorry for her poor husband, Richard. She is completely oblivious to his feelings and just stomps all over her "friends" (seriously,does she even have any?) Everyone is terrified of her and she would probably sacrifice someone's life for the sake of appearances. I can't even watch the series any more as she makes me too angry. She is just so shallow.

EarthMama1969 · 18/09/2024 05:10

twoblackdogs · 09/07/2024 18:04

Oh.
I guess oil drilling paid well enough, so Liz could live a life of leisure. And her dear brother Emmett just took the easy way out and let his sister pay for everything? Not nice.

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Actually, I remember that he was a composer so he was able to work from home. He was staying with his sister as he was recently divorced. Hyacinth was always trying to get him to listen to her sing even though he clearly didn't want to.

EarthMama1969 · 18/09/2024 05:15

augustusglupe · 18/09/2024 03:29

I loved her!! I never got how we were meant to find her so annoying. She loved her family and always meant well.
She put up with spineless, disloyal Richard.
Stupid Liz and nasty Emmett. The gormless vicar and his wife.
The episode on the cruise ship, when she dances with Onslow, makes me cry. It’s wonderful.

In fairness to Richard, she always ignored everything he said and never cared about him or his feelings. Would you want to be married to her?

Boxofstars · 19/09/2024 00:56

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.

I dont think Hyacinth was a bad person. She did need to tone her enthusiasm around Elizabeth a bit to make her less nervous when inviting her round.

Nothing wrong in taking pride in yourself at all I wish I had her motivation and concentration.
I like William Hanson too.

Boxofstars · 19/09/2024 00:58

LutonBeds · 10/07/2024 19:15

I think they wanted to do more but Patricia wanted to end it and do Hetty Wainthrop.

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I loved Hetty too.

Boxofstars · 19/09/2024 02:03

LutonBeds · 09/07/2024 17:27

Roy Clarke always had pathos in his writing. Usually people trying to escape something but they were doomed never to do so.

Granville in ‘Open All Hours’ desperately wanted to be loved and was determined he wouldn’t end up like Arkwright. He cannot escape though and, like Arkwright is left to bring up a child from a brief liaison and morphes into what he so very much wanted to avoid.

The characters in ‘Last of the Summer Wine’; Howard never had the courage to leave Pearl, Clegg never remarried. Foggy desperately wanted to be remembered as a military hero, even though he had been a sign writer.

Hyacinth wants to break away from her upbringing but something always pulls her back. I think all the characters were played more sympathetically from Series 2 onwards. I love Hyacinth, she was kind, helpful and you’d never go hungry or thirsty at her house! KUA is my comfort TV.

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Pearl was horrid to Howard i always wanted him to leave sour face and be with Marina.

Pearl was yorkshires answer to Cal Hockley albeit not as glam and Howard a older male version of Rose. Marina was Jack.