Top 5 Crossroaders.....

[basil]

Todays soaps just dunna work for me so we were harking back to the good old days over a few jars last nght. Myself, Gilbert, Don, Blower, Hastings and Big Sal came up with;...

1. Benny (who else?)

2. Carney (cough cough "i had to come in mr hunter")

3. Jim Baines ("Gocol Stanley! Gocol!)

4. Carlos (he lived in Eccy)

5. Vince Parker (temporarily blinded by meg in a RTA for which she did time)


is this historical televisual treasure available on DVD?............

 

[John Marwood]

seems like you had a few too many down the old tony hatch last night sunshine

now sober up and sort yaself out!

 

[Gramaisc]

Todays soaps just dunna work for me so we were harking back to the good old days over a few jars last nght. Myself, Gilbert, Don, Blower, Hastings and Big Sal came up with;...

1. Benny (who else?)

2. Carney (cough cough "i had to come in mr hunter")

3. Jim Baines ("Gocol Stanley! Gocol!)

4. Carlos (he lived in Eccy)

5. Vince Parker (temporarily blinded by meg in a RTA for which she did time)


is this historical televisual treasure available on DVD?............

6. Amy Turtle.



It is available on DVD by the bucketload.


And for the younger viewer, there would seem to be a remake with Britney Spears in the Meg Richardson rôle..

 

[basil]

probably too young for the meg mortimer position........

 

[basil]

I think 'Fairlawns' was the the nearest rival motel......

 

[John Marwood]

Todays soaps just dunna work for me so we were harking back to the good old days over a few jars last nght. Myself, Gilbert, Don, Blower, Hastings and Big Sal came up with;...

1. Benny (who else?)

2. Carney (cough cough "i had to come in mr hunter")

3. Jim Baines ("Gocol Stanley! Gocol!)

4. Carlos (he lived in Eccy)

5. Vince Parker (temporarily blinded by meg in a RTA for which she did time)


is this historical televisual treasure available on DVD?............

One thing I can be certain on is my memory is utterly rubbish and getting rubbishier

But wasnt it the car mechanic Mr Clayton who hailed from the Eccleshall hamlet?

 

[basil]

Todays soaps just dunna work for me so we were harking back to the good old days over a few jars last nght. Myself, Gilbert, Don, Blower, Hastings and Big Sal came up with;...

1. Benny (who else?)

2. Carney (cough cough "i had to come in mr hunter")

3. Jim Baines ("Gocol Stanley! Gocol!)

4. Carlos (he lived in Eccy)

5. Vince Parker (temporarily blinded by meg in a RTA for which she did time)


is this historical televisual treasure available on DVD?............

One thing I can be certain on is my memory is utterly rubbish and getting rubbishier

But wasnt it the car mechanic Mr Clayton who hailed from the Eccleshall hamlet?

That'll be stan harvey, now a point to anyone giving a brief synopsis of the 'len' storyline......

 

[John Marwood]

fairlcough?

 

[Gramaisc]

a point to anyone giving a brief synopsis of the 'len' storyline......

Email this chap and get it from the horse's mouth.

 

[basil]

Len served in the RN and was reported missing presumed dead, however jill (stan's wife) noticed odd things in the harvey household and then len revealed himself....

 

[Alan B'Stard]

Todays soaps just dunna work for me so we were harking back to the good old days over a few jars last nght. Myself, Gilbert, Don, Blower, Hastings and Big Sal came up with;...

1. Benny (who else?)

Not sure how much of this is urban legend or true but I remember reading that troops stationed on the Falklands referred to the locals as "Benny's" until it became public and they were instructed not to use this term.

They then chose "stills" which meant "still Benny's"

 

[Gramaisc]

Todays soaps just dunna work for me so we were harking back to the good old days over a few jars last nght. Myself, Gilbert, Don, Blower, Hastings and Big Sal came up with;...

1. Benny (who else?)

Not sure how much of this is urban legend or true but I remember reading that troops stationed on the Falklands referred to the locals as "Benny's" until it became public and they were instructed not to use this term.

They then chose "stills" which meant "still Benny's"

I understood that they were then referred to as 'nots' - as in 'not bennies', Sir.

 

[basil]

Vera Downing had previous as a prossie.........