At the age of 91, apparently.
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I remember when she sang on the radio in the 1930s, I think with the Henry Hall Orchestra.Latterly,ofcourse,
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Does your lack of conviction refer to her demise or her age, Mandryka?Originally posted by Mandryka View Post
If the former, the why post?
If the latter then you are not a gentleman
As a long-standing Corrie stalwart she will be missed.
Who now is left to offer "'otpot, Ken?"
A nice tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cdB8RtiWCw
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Mandryka, I was holding back: I knew you would not let us down! The Betty she reminded me of was ex-Tiller Girl Betty Boothroyd (now 82). As saly says, a trouper, a pro. (Both)It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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... this is, of course, in its way, sad.Originally posted by Mandryka View Post
Personally, however, I stopped watching t'Street with the departure of Annie Walker. No one could command a bar with just the raised eyebrow as she could - all her successors mere epigones...
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostWho now is left to offer "'otpot, Ken?"
Tracey Barlow, judging by last week's episodes....
I had cause, in the course of my - ahem - professional duties, to meet and shake her hand, a rather rigid but very warm claw as I recall, but the smile and the sparkle in the eyes were heart-dissolving
A star and a real trouper, as saly says.
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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What a smashing, I said, what a smashing opportunity!Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Tracey Barlow, judging by last week's episodes....
I had cause, in the course of my - ahem - professional duties, to meet and shake her hand, a rather rigid but very warm claw as I recall, but the smile and the sparkle in the eyes were heart-dissolving
A star and a real trouper, as saly says.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... this is, of course, in its way, sad.
Personally, however, I stopped watching t'Street with the departure of Annie Walker. No one could command a bar with just the raised eyebrow as she could - all her successors mere epigones...
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Yes - a sad loss. But I have to wholeheartedly agree with you there, on the Annie Walker-front, Vinteuil. Doris Speed was hors concours. And in support of this assertion, may I place before the
members of the jury.....
"This is neither the time, nor the place, to discuss your emoluments"! What soap would carry a line like that now - or hope to hear it delivered in such an effortlessly imperious way?
Karafan"Let me have my own way in exactly everything, and a sunnier and more pleasant creature does not exist." Thomas CarlyleComment
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I think I heard somewhere thet Beethoven had died too ...Comment
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Nightmare!! I've just been in the kitchen and Betty left without doing the washing up.
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Yes ff I used to love hearing Betty Boothroyd on TV in political exchanges. Show business was never far away from her wonderful timing. When she retired as Speaker her comment "Be happy for me" was pure theatrical timing. Another wonderful Betty.Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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I tried, I honestly tried, to get into Coronation Street, urged on by some here. Well, I thought Mad Becky was brill, also Stephanie Cole and her one liners, but the rest of them, they are just cartoon characters aren't they? No-one can actually believe in them, although, it is the campest soap opera ever. Sad Betty Driver has died, but at 91, a good innings.
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Yes, our resident undertaker!Originally posted by Anna View Post
A neighbour anf family friend met Betty in the 1930's when he (and she) was a child. Apparently, his father was something in the theatre at that time and he met many stars of that era. Only told me about it a couple of weeks ago and it was fascinating. He also saw King George V and Queen Mary - how many people living can say that?"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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Met her in a pub a few weeks back - her local - we, friends and I, were out walking and had booked in for lunch. I used to know her years agoOriginally posted by Anna View Post
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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