It is a shame that Wally Batty is never shown or mentioned in anything like this...he was by far the funniest character on the show even though for the most part he was never in a full episode. I guess with the show going on for so long after Joe Gladwin's death in 1987 he is a forgotten character compared to others such as Howard, Marina, Pearl etc
Every time I hear that theme I begin to smile,and all is well with the world for another 1/2 hour,farewell to all of that crew who have left us,very much missed !
@@patmckeane6588 They were all great actors, and they seemed like family, I began watching them when camping(we had a trailer-or caravan as they are called on that shore of the puddle-) on a permanent site, where we spent nearly all weekends, and as the reception there was almost nonexistent we had a satellite setup and if for any reason we couldn't be there to see it the recorder was set up to catch it-we didn't watch TV that much there-just at night or in bad weather, but made it a point not to miss that show, then later it was on reruns all the time-, later for years after I retired I liver there from mid-April until mid-October. I still watch episodes often, they always leave me smiling and at peace with the world, I also love the side series that is placed in the pre-WW2 era, as I recall the last episode ends with Neville Chamberlain's speech announcing that hostilities had commenced. I hope the remaining cast live long and happy-we owe them many happy hours, and those gone on before, may they never be forgotten, perhaps they can restart filming on the other side of the veil.
Words can hardly convey the love we have for these characters and the parts they played. I would love to have met each one in person. We actually filmed each one for when the day might come when they were no longer available on BBC. We have a priceless library.
Totally loved this. I'm 48...if I am alive in thirty years I will still be watching this show! It is just the best and seeing Juliette Kaplan ...now deceased...makes me want to watch it again tonight
I have been going since I was a child with my dad, the first Time I went was the one and only time dad let me stay off school and dad off work and we had the best day. It's not nice to drive my wagon around tho
It's a testament to how good this comedy was when it's English humour can travel across the pond. I live in Northern Ireland,just across the Irish sea, and their is alot of English humour, the Monty Python sketch show in particular, I just don't get but Last Of The Summer Wine was hilarious even though it is obviously based on the English and Yorkshire in particular way of life.
Loved all the series, loved all the actors, loved the music and still do on replays. What a special programme, far superior to all the other soaps that have foul language and actions that I would never watch. LOSW brings nostalgia and clean comedy together - a wonderful mix.
I discovered this show because of a documentary of WALLACE & GROMIT. They talked about Peter Sallis making this show so I had to check it out. I was hooked from the first viewing. I miss it and I miss all the colorful characters.
We were introduced to this brilliant show here in America through what is called public television, my mother got me hooked on the show, I had already been a fan of British TV, I started recording them and still watch but I lost track of it after a certain time them my mom passed away in 2014, we used to watch it together.
I was born in mid 1984 between the series 7 episode getting Sam home, and the series 8 episode the loxley lozenge. Peter sallis was born about 1 year after my grandparents. I first seen this show in the early 2000's. This is one of my favorite sitcoms. Rest in peace all the departed cast and crew of this excellent show.
Jean Alexander, went onto play Auntie Wainwright, after she retired from playing Hilda Ogden, in Manchester based Coronation Street, which she played since 1960, and I wouldn't be surprised if Roy Clarke, based Auntie Wainwright, on the character Arkwright, he created for his other Yorkshire based sitcom Open All Hours
I would love to live in a village like this. So quaint. I didn't know they filmed the interior house scenes in London. The location scenes were beautiful. I loved all the characters. Such a great cast. It was a twofold successful. Great series and it helped the people who lived there.
I live in Texas... Been to England twice... 2 visits to the Cotswalds...binge watch Last of the Summer Wine nightly on UA-cam... LOVE IT!!! wish for more back stories like this one!
I'd love to live in a village like this. Was a big fan of this series. It was a Saturday evening tradition. Also miss Keeping Up Appearances, another Saturday night must see. I guess that's what memories are for.
I used two love Last of the summer wine.wen it first started. Compo so realley funny with the love of his life oh nora batty.it was so natural.and all the series made. No smut or swearwords to make u laugh. Just pure comedy of all the players untill it ended. I'm 75 and i still watch them. And i can still laugh at there antics. Ater all these years. Thx to LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE. Could not be beaten? BRI
@@levimacdonald5188 I was just going oto say the same...go on the tour bus, it takes you past where Wesley's shed was (obviously its not there now as it was just a prop)
It is still a very popular show in NZ. And I have to say as far as my favourite characters I'd have to say Nora Batty and the Howard/Pearl/Marina trio.
I watched the first one with my father in 1973,the same year my local soccer team won the FA cup anyway it was the only comedy we ever watched together and until his death in 1984 we often watched it together, it is a great leveler cos there is no violence,politics,illness, sex or anything else you could argue about it's just funny stuff for the sake of funny stuff. I loved it at 11yrs old and 50yrs on and I still love it, bless the blooming lot of 'em 😁💕🖖
I love last of Summer Wine . I first discovered this show on utube best show. THANK YOU to all the Wonderful Actors and Actresses and producers GREAT SHOW
I have the entire series on DVD. Every night, I climb in bed and watch an episode or two before turning off the lights to go to sleep. It's the perfect way to settle down enough to go to sleep after a long day.
I remember "discovering" this show one night on my local PBS station (it aired at 10 or 11 p.m. right after Are You Being Served). I tried to interest my friends in the show but they just couldn't stand it's gentle humor. My favorite characters were Campo and Nora Batty. The story arc that took the series through the (real life?) passing of the actor who played Campo was excellent, moving, yet funny, easily the best ever. Nora Batty strongly resembled my maternal grandmother in looks and temperament, Grammie Barrett had 9 children and 30+ grandchildren, she didn't put up with any foolishness. I was amazed at how beautiful the actress who played Pearl really looked. The makeup and costumes on the show were outstanding.
Love it...the foundation of the film....will draw in visiotrs. Gosh...i want to visit.how do i go about it? Im writing from new ZEALAND...lol..im seriously.... Im on the other side of the pacific ocean...descendants from a little island of niue....but live in new zealand.
If I could ever move to holmfirth from Canada I would in a second. Hopefully to live in Eddie's brothers house. I can't remember his name now but he was a school principal or owner or something. Damn I wish I could remember his name in the show he was foggy dewhursts replacement in between the years when he was gone.
Remember visiting this beautiful place. This wonderful series still makes me laugh so much. Wish so called comedy shows today would do the same, they just make me change channels.
Holmfirth West Yorkshire .. Cornloft HOUSE b&b is LOvely in holmbridge only a five minute walk in to THE heart OF holmfirth ❤.. Highly recommend 👍 as I've stayed AND visited on many occasions BEST wishes- Levi
In the late 1950s and most of the 1960s "SIDS CAFE" was a FISH & CHIP Shop and was known as the Church Yard Chip 'ole and Frank Beale ran it... When the Series first started ! Bill Owen and Co lodged in the Elephant & Castle Pub...I saw them there many times ...I have to say also it did put Holmfirth on the map...
Losing the actors from this show was like losing family members or close friends. Will miss them always. They brought so much to all who watched everywhere. May they rest in peace 🕊️.
Being from West Yorkshire I love 💕 watching Last Of The Summer Wine but was deeply saddened when Bill Owen ( Compo) passed away . I love it when Foggy , Seymour n Foggy are in it . Awesome Series
I love the show and the village. I'm middle age. My Dad was a old Dutch Man that loved to watch the contractors and laugh. He would be 103.we always looked forward to see what mischief was next. It made the end of any day a pleasure
ISENT SHE SHORT 😱 ALL PASSED AWAY NOW 😢 THANK GOODNESS FOR TECHNOLOGY 🤷 IVE THE FULL BOX SET..FOUND OUT ON HERE YESTERDAY THAT (BILL OWEN & PETER SALLIS) ARE BURIED NEXT TO EACH-OTHER IN THIS TOWN.
HodgdonH110 Our 2 PBS stations here in E. WA and N. Idaho keep the Saturday night tradition alive with ".....Served?" , "As Time...", Keeping Up....". I think I have them all memorized !
Money Bus _We have Keeping up Appearances and Waiting for God. Earlier in the year we had Are you being Served. For some reason or other, PBS dropped the show and replaced it with Keeping up Appearances. Would be nice if we could see all three each night. Fri thru Sunday, neither is on. 😏😔😒
British comedies were very well liked on our PBS channel. This was my favorite along with Eastenders and Oh God . The theme songs were beautiful. They only show Keeping Up Appearances now. So many enjoyable shows on Saturday nights in the USA.
Loved this series!! Trying to watch it from the beginning on BritBox...Nora Batty was so YOUNG!! Bill Owens was my favorite...well, he & Nora, both. (I know Nora is her stage name, but she reminds me of my own gran...in looks & home skills) Rest easy, you lot..we love you then as well as still.
R.I.P JULIETTE AND TODAY WE LOST JEAN FERGUSON-SAD FOR FOLLOWERS OF LAST OF SUMMER WINE
It is a shame that Wally Batty is never shown or mentioned in anything like this...he was by far the funniest character on the show even though for the most part he was never in a full episode. I guess with the show going on for so long after Joe Gladwin's death in 1987 he is a forgotten character compared to others such as Howard, Marina, Pearl etc
And don't forget sid he was a good character as well.
we visited the location about 7 years ago from Canada
Every time I hear that theme I begin to smile,and all is well with the world for another 1/2 hour,farewell to all of that crew who have left us,very much missed !
Only Glenda Barry and those 2 brave upholders of the law left now sadly
@@patmckeane6588 They were all great actors, and they seemed like family, I began watching them when camping(we had a trailer-or caravan as they are called on that shore of the puddle-) on a permanent site, where we spent nearly all weekends, and as the reception there was almost nonexistent we had a satellite setup and if for any reason we couldn't be there to see it the recorder was set up to catch it-we didn't watch TV that much there-just at night or in bad weather, but made it a point not to miss that show, then later it was on reruns all the time-, later for years after I retired I liver there from mid-April until mid-October. I still watch episodes often, they always leave me smiling and at peace with the world, I also love the side series that is placed in the pre-WW2 era, as I recall the last episode ends with Neville Chamberlain's speech announcing that hostilities had commenced.
I hope the remaining cast live long and happy-we owe them many happy hours, and those gone on before, may they never be forgotten, perhaps they can restart filming on the other side of the veil.
Absolutely loved this show! The cast was so original and believable. Thank you for sharing it with us in the USA ❤️
Words can hardly convey the love we have for these characters and the parts they played. I would love to have met each one in person. We actually filmed each one for when the day might come when they were no longer available on BBC. We have a priceless library.
Nora batty was the love of my life
RIP, Juliette Kaplan, the formiddable Pearl!
🌹❤a LOVELY LADY sadly missed, XX
I always thought she was quite an attractive lady, and wondered why Howard bothered chasing Marina!!🙂
Totally loved this. I'm 48...if I am alive in thirty years I will still be watching this show! It is just the best and seeing Juliette Kaplan ...now deceased...makes me want to watch it again tonight
Everyone on THE LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE should be knighted and honor for ever
YES!!!!
I live across the pond and going to see Holmfirth is on my bucket list...of all the comedies I've watched this is the best one ever! I love Compo
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I have been going since I was a child with my dad, the first Time I went was the one and only time dad let me stay off school and dad off work and we had the best day. It's not nice to drive my wagon around tho
It's a testament to how good this comedy was when it's English humour can travel across the pond. I live in Northern Ireland,just across the Irish sea, and their is alot of English humour, the Monty Python sketch show in particular, I just don't get but Last Of The Summer Wine was hilarious even though it is obviously based on the English and Yorkshire in particular way of life.
I knew Joe gladwin (Wally batty) he used to get his pension from crumpsall post office Lansdowne road Manchester Salford Lancashire
Holmfirth is so beautiful
Loved all the series, loved all the actors, loved the music and still do on replays. What a special programme, far superior to all the other soaps that have foul language and actions that I would never watch. LOSW brings nostalgia and clean comedy together - a wonderful mix.
We used to watch that show in Ireland. We loved it. My dad still watches the episodes. My own mother was named Nora as well.
Nora batty was the love of my life
Great show! I live in Finland, and i have watch every episodes many times. Series were very popular in Finland.
This is USA calling... On a good day Foggy, Cleggy & Compo can give Moe, Larry & Curly a good run-for-the-$$$!
MUCH more enjoyable. I STILL watch reruns when they're on. Love the show
ĺoved the show it always makes me happy. Thankyou to everyone Norwood, Pennsylvania ❤
Looks good, shame it had to end, but i guess all good things must come to an end, plus it never seemed the same to me after Foggy and Compo left!
Compo's Son arriving was where I stopped watching.
I discovered this show because of a documentary of WALLACE & GROMIT. They talked about Peter Sallis making this show so I had to check it out. I was hooked from the first viewing. I miss it and I miss all the colorful characters.
Thankyou so much for sharing...just amazing...the cast the township and history.
My favourite was Cleggy his gentle voice and the way he and Compo were like two naughty boys together.
Bravo! Well done! This has just warmed my heart on a very chilly day!
We were introduced to this brilliant show here in America through what is called public television, my mother got me hooked on the show, I had already been a fan of British TV, I started recording them and still watch but I lost track of it after a certain time them my mom passed away in 2014, we used to watch it together.
Foggy was the one who made the show worth watching, in my opinion. Also, I enjoyed the beautiful countryside and the old architecture.
Yeah never thought it was the same after him and Compo left!
Damien Le Maistre I liked the ones with Russ Abbott, but they were the only non Compo episodes I liked apart from the ones about his death.
I was born in mid 1984 between the series 7 episode getting Sam home, and the series 8 episode the loxley lozenge. Peter sallis was born about 1 year after my grandparents. I first seen this show in the early 2000's. This is one of my favorite sitcoms. Rest in peace all the departed cast and crew of this excellent show.
My favourite was Auntie Wright, due to all the tricks she pulled on people to get them to buy stuff.
Jass Sullivan wainwright
Jean Alexander, went onto play Auntie Wainwright, after she retired from playing Hilda Ogden, in Manchester based Coronation Street, which she played since 1960, and I wouldn't be surprised if Roy Clarke, based Auntie Wainwright, on the character Arkwright, he created for his other Yorkshire based sitcom Open All Hours
I would love to live in a village like this. So quaint. I didn't know they filmed the interior house scenes in London. The location scenes were beautiful. I loved all the characters. Such a great cast. It was a twofold successful. Great series and it helped the people who lived there.
I live in Texas... Been to England twice... 2 visits to the Cotswalds...binge watch Last of the Summer Wine nightly on UA-cam... LOVE IT!!! wish for more back stories like this one!
I love when compo would hug Nora batty and try to kiss her
🤣😂🤣😂
I'd love to live in a village like this. Was a big fan of this series. It was a Saturday evening tradition. Also miss Keeping Up Appearances, another Saturday night must see. I guess that's what memories are for.
👍🌟 agreed
Tv isn't good anymore
No fun ..
Enjoy watching them all
BEST wishes
RIP juliette kaplan 😭😭💞💞💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 pearl from lotsw my friend on Facebook
I used two love Last of the summer wine.wen it first started. Compo so realley funny with the love of his life oh nora batty.it was so natural.and all the series made. No smut or swearwords to make u laugh. Just pure comedy of all the players untill it ended. I'm 75 and i still watch them. And i can still laugh at there antics. Ater all these years. Thx to LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE. Could not be beaten? BRI
I've had a cuppa tea and a bun in the café and been on Nora Bettys steps. Would love to know where Wesley's shed was and Aunty Wainwright's.
mark pritchard Colin summer wine magic tours mark ..I went on the trip in holmfirth its great ..outside sids cafe..
@@levimacdonald5188 I was just going oto say the same...go on the tour bus, it takes you past where Wesley's shed was (obviously its not there now as it was just a prop)
I was always distracted by the lovely backdrop of the town's houses when I watched a scene at Wesley's garage.
@@levimacdonald5188 Next time i'm there i'll give it a go.
@@acidmack1041 Next time i'm there i shall give it a go.
It's worth the money to buy the DVDs . I love all the people on the show. Compo is the best .
I find him hilarious but also find pearl was a close 2nd.
Compo was the best
And I still luv it and I still watch it sadly missed all of them
In my recovery from a major illness this was the only thing on tv that I could watch. Helped my recovery and put a smile on my face.....
Agree, 6-months of lying flat on my bed this kept my spirits up
People who make happiness should be awarded a medal...Hope you are ok now
RIP Juliette Kaplan. 1939 - 2019.
It is still a very popular show in NZ. And I have to say as far as my favourite characters I'd have to say Nora Batty and the Howard/Pearl/Marina trio.
🙏🙏💜 very saddened
I watched the first one with my father in 1973,the same year my local soccer team won the FA cup anyway it was the only comedy we ever watched together and until his death in 1984 we often watched it together, it is a great leveler cos there is no violence,politics,illness, sex or anything else you could argue about it's just funny stuff for the sake of funny stuff. I loved it at 11yrs old and 50yrs on and I still love it, bless the blooming lot of 'em 😁💕🖖
I loved the programme but it had to end one day.i miss compo etc.
This show was special to me I love still watching reruns.
This show started my BBC run believe me I look really really loved this show comedies nowadays aren't nearest funny
My favourite ones was when Michael bates played blamire and also the show lost a certain sparkle after bill Owen passed away
Rip pearl
I'm not crying! Something in my eye!
Sure love and miss this show.
I love last of Summer Wine . I first discovered this show on utube best show. THANK YOU to all the Wonderful Actors and Actresses and producers GREAT SHOW
RIP Pearl
Loved the show ,used to go and watch them filming ,and stayed in the Whitehorse pub in Jackson's bridge ,love the place.xx
I love the show its clean wholesome fun and I watch it every night
I have the entire series on DVD. Every night, I climb in bed and watch an episode or two before turning off the lights to go to sleep. It's the perfect way to settle down enough to go to sleep after a long day.
VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WE R GOING 2 CELEBRATE OUR RUBY ANNIVERSARY ON THE 23RD JULY 2023
It’s hard to believe that so many are gone and the title of the last of summers wine makes more sense than ever before.
I grew up with this awesome tv show to the last episode in 2010 and I was born in 1988
I remember "discovering" this show one night on my local PBS station (it aired at 10 or 11 p.m. right after Are You Being Served). I tried to interest my friends in the show but they just couldn't stand it's gentle humor. My favorite characters were Campo and Nora Batty. The story arc that took the series through the (real life?) passing of the actor who played Campo was excellent, moving, yet funny, easily the best ever.
Nora Batty strongly resembled my maternal grandmother in looks and temperament, Grammie Barrett had 9 children and 30+ grandchildren, she didn't put up with any foolishness.
I was amazed at how beautiful the actress who played Pearl really looked. The makeup and costumes on the show were outstanding.
I would eat at sides cafe every day for breakfast.
its good in there,,,Xxx///
Sid's.
Wasnt the same for me after Blamire(Michael Bates) left after the 2nd series due to being diagnosed with terminal cancer
R.I.P JULIETTE KAPLAN.
My favorite show of all time, and I live in Virginia!
It's worth the money to buy the DVDs . I love all the people on the show. Compo is the best .
One of the best programmes ever still watch reruns in the West of ireland
Love this show I see it ever day on britbox
Love it...the foundation of the film....will draw in visiotrs. Gosh...i want to visit.how do i go about it?
Im writing from new ZEALAND...lol..im seriously....
Im on the other side of the pacific ocean...descendants from a little island of niue....but live in new zealand.
thanks to Sky Gold ,it is still shown every week day, and so on behalf of a lot of viewers may I say thank you Sky.
If I could ever move to holmfirth from Canada I would in a second. Hopefully to live in Eddie's brothers house. I can't remember his name now but he was a school principal or owner or something. Damn I wish I could remember his name in the show he was foggy dewhursts replacement in between the years when he was gone.
Seymour Utterthwaite. played by Micheal aldridge
+James Whitby I loved him in this show
allan fulton that would be Seymore Utterthwaite former headmaster of the Utterthwaite Postal University.
The best comedy show ever. Mel Tilke.
this show is how my husband and i end each weekday with the joy of the show
Belinda Bates and me❤❤❤❤❤❤
She. Was priceless
Remember visiting this beautiful place. This wonderful series still makes me laugh so much. Wish so called comedy shows today would do the same, they just make me change channels.
Could someone write to me how i could visit...cost and accomodation...serio
Holmfirth
West Yorkshire ..
Cornloft HOUSE b&b is LOvely in holmbridge only a five minute walk in to THE heart OF holmfirth ❤..
Highly recommend 👍 as I've stayed AND visited on many occasions
BEST wishes- Levi
JULIETTE KAPLAN MY FRIEND ON FACEBOOK../Xxx lovely lady in real life
In the late 1950s and most of the 1960s "SIDS CAFE" was a FISH & CHIP Shop and was known as the Church Yard Chip 'ole and Frank Beale ran it... When the Series first started ! Bill Owen and Co lodged in the Elephant & Castle Pub...I saw them there many times ...I have to say also it did put Holmfirth on the map...
Great information 👍❤
Happy day's
Losing the actors from this show was like losing family members or close friends. Will miss them always. They brought so much to all who watched everywhere. May they rest in peace 🕊️.
Being from West Yorkshire I love 💕 watching Last Of The Summer Wine but was deeply saddened when Bill Owen ( Compo) passed away . I love it when Foggy , Seymour n Foggy are in it . Awesome Series
I still can’t get enough of this show, and if there was a a DVD set for the entire thing I’d buy two!
So would I, as only dedicated fans would love the entire show
I love the show and the village. I'm middle age. My Dad was a old Dutch Man that loved to watch the contractors and laugh. He would be 103.we always looked forward to see what mischief was next. It made the end of any day a pleasure
r i p juliette
Thank you...
ISENT SHE SHORT 😱 ALL PASSED AWAY NOW 😢 THANK GOODNESS FOR TECHNOLOGY 🤷 IVE THE FULL BOX SET..FOUND OUT ON HERE YESTERDAY THAT (BILL OWEN & PETER SALLIS) ARE BURIED NEXT TO EACH-OTHER IN THIS TOWN.
Nora Batty when chased by Combo 😂😂🎉loved it.
When the BBC made shows like this the tv.licence was worth every penny, Since they stopped the licence fee is not worth the paper it's printed on.
The show should have stoped when Bill Owen died
Fantastic video
Last of the Summer was one of the very few comedies that were filmed on location.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤love the. Show for ever. Thank. You
We r going to stay at the old bridge Inn in holmfirth
Barry and Glenda is still alive I think so 🤔
Very sad 😢they all off died now rip 🙏
Thank. You. So. Mush❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’ve stayed at Nora’s house
This was fantastic. Cheers!
Hollys just Fffffff
PBS (NPT) show it here every weekday night in Nashville - never miss an episode - on second re-run too!
HodgdonH110 I wish they would it here in Memphis on PBS. Wood greatly appreciate it and boost ratings
HodgdonH110 Our 2 PBS stations here in E. WA and N. Idaho keep the Saturday night tradition alive with ".....Served?" , "As Time...", Keeping Up....". I think I have them all memorized !
Money Bus _We have Keeping up Appearances and Waiting for God. Earlier in the year we had Are you being Served. For some reason or other, PBS dropped the show and replaced it with Keeping up Appearances. Would be nice if we could see all three each night. Fri thru Sunday, neither is on. 😏😔😒
Money Bus _ Miss seeing Summers Wine as well.
Two money mechanisms
Foggy was soo comical too .
Bath night, family entertainment, school the next day..... My childhood was gold but wasn't struck on the school next day bit though.....
The theme tune instantly transports me back to my childhood in the 70s. Wonderful memories.
This is England.
British comedies were very well liked on our PBS channel. This was my favorite along with Eastenders and Oh God . The theme songs were beautiful. They only show Keeping Up Appearances now. So many enjoyable shows on Saturday nights in the USA.
Going there soon
LOVED this show and even moreso the lyrics to the poem, "Last of the Summer Wine," as read by Bill Owens.
Loved this series!! Trying to watch it from the beginning on BritBox...Nora Batty was so YOUNG!! Bill Owens was my favorite...well, he & Nora, both. (I know Nora is her stage name, but she reminds me of my own gran...in looks & home skills)
Rest easy, you lot..we love you then as well as still.
My Grandad would have loved to have gone there, he loved the sitcom. Never missed an episode when it was on.
Still watching them on channel 20 from Monday to Friday love them never get bored and hopefully I will go there one day