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Bert Parnaby

The actor Bert Parnaby appeared in a number of episodes. Anyone have the details? DFH 19:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The book "Last of the Summer Wine: The Finest Vintage" by Morris Bright and Robert Ross says: "The late northern club comic played the eponymous hero of the 1989 Summer Wine show Come Back, Jack Harry Teesdale. He proved so popular that he was hastily invited back to re-create his role in The Charity Balls (1990)." Bluap 05:19, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Bill Owen, Kathy Staff.jpg

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I've added a fair use rationale for the image Bluap 02:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Hardcastle and Alvin Smedley

Should Billy Hardcastle and Alvin Smedley be included on this page since they are part of the trio/quartet from 2001 to 2006 and 2003 to present, respectively? They are also discussed on the main article. Redfarmer 09:42, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since no one has said anything, I'm deleting them from this page unless anyone has any objections. -- Redfarmer 15:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rename?

Would anyone be terribly offended if I renamed this article to Supporting characters in Last of the Summer Wine? Recurring makes me think they don't appear in every episode, which some of them don't, but Kathy Staff appears in the opening credits as second billed now, implying a much greater role than previously. Redfarmer (talk) 09:39, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Infoboxes

I just want to go on record as saying I hate the infoboxes, they clutter the page too much, and I'm all for removing them since they really provide no useful information. Redfarmer (talk) 02:27, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't agree more! There should be enough info in the section, infoboxes are for full character articles. --Ged UK (talk) 12:58, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Smiler departure

Smiler left the series in 2007 due to Stephen Lewis' ill health. Is there any explanation for the departure of his character or is he not mentioned ever again in subsequent episodes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.108.133.204 (talk) 20:47, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cast table

I think the new cast table is really helpful. I have a couple of suggestions/comments:

As this is an article about characters, might it be better organised the other way about; have cast member (wikilinked) in the leftmost column, and the character name running across the row?
Are Sid and Wally principal enough to go in? Sid was in it 10 years, Wally 12, so I would argue yes, but the table could start to get overly large. Ged UK 10:23, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sounds good. Only one problem, the leftmost column is very tight and I doubt the actors' names would fit in. I haven't much time over the next few weeks. If you'd like to make the changes then please, feel free to do so. The Music Collector (talk) 12:24, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, perhaps we could fiddle with the widths. I'll let the discussion run a little more first, partly to get a better consensus, and partyl because I break tables as soon as I start fiddling with them! Ged UK 12:57, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whos Aunty is Auntie Wainwright?

When Auntie Wainwright first appeared she was Wesley's Aunt and when Seymour was around they both mentioned to being related by marriage, however once Foggy return she became Howard's Auntie. Unless of course Howard and Wesley are also related somehow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.10.84.3 (talk) 11:20, 6 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's Holmfirth, everybody's related to everybody else :) 82.38.206.148 (talk) 19:36, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't she introduced as Howard's Auntie? Bluap (talk) 20:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Trio chart

How come both F and G bars have the same meaning (Sallis, Clifford, Thornton)? Shouldn't there just be one bar covering seasons 22-27?

--Lead holder (talk) 18:30, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Format of list

I would like to see the trio list transformed into a format similar to this: List_of_Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_characters#Assistant_District_Attorneys_2