I think it's time!!
Ian Done
We`re true Brookie fans as well. You mentioned past characters - how about
Paul and Annabelle Collins and their shirt-lifting son Gordon?
How about Peter Harrison - he was a bit of a dish! There was also Rod the
Plod and Divvy Diana. And do you remember the Banks` family and Michelin
Mo?
By the way - who`s Neville? Is he real?
Julie & Ian
Maria
Brookside. I'm not saying that Brookie is high-brow tv, or the best thing
that I have ever seen, but I Like it and, more importantly, I watch it
Neville obviously doesn't).
So, I think it's about time we talked about 'old Brookside' and some
characters long gone. It will still be interesting and Neville won't know
what, or who we're talking about.
Who is your favourite past brookie character, and who did you hate? I hated
David and Jean Crosbie. I used to love the 'old Corkhills'- Doreen, Billy
and of course Sheila.
Does anyone remember the chinese family? The guy was played by David Yip?
Anyway, what do you all think? And, Neville, if you're contemplating
replying to this, Bog Off!!
Yours
A true Brookie fan,
Maria McCafferty
Edward
Maria wrote in message <78l41d$ll6$1...@phys-ma.sol.co.uk>...
>I am sick and tired of Neville and his ridiculous posts. This is a ng about
>Brookside. I'm not saying that Brookie is high-brow tv, or the best thing
>that I have ever seen, but I Like it and, more importantly, I watch it
> Neville obviously doesn't).
>
>So, I think it's about time we talked about 'old Brookside' and some
>characters long gone.
I liked Heather Haversham or Hungtigdon, but never did take to Alan
Partridge or Sam, his partner.
Bobby Grant was boring.
Bing was fine, and Harry Cross had his moments.
Anabelle Collins' mother Mona was quite funny at times - as was Paul. Gay
Gordon was a drip, but his boyfriend was rather charming.
Anyway - Neville doesn't discuss Brokkside - I'm niot sure why this will
help, but we have all become a bit Nev Obsessive, haven't we? I hold my hand
up, but then I am an ex-boyfriend and have more casue than most.
Regards
>
>
Andrew
> Does anyone remember the chinese family? The guy was played by David Yip?
Yes, I remember him, his girlfriend was called Alison I think, she was
some sort of scientific researcher, and I'm not sure if it is her, but
there is someone in Emmerdale now bearing an uncanny resemblance to her.
Andrew
Chris Eilbeck
> So, I think it's about time we talked about 'old Brookside' and some
> characters long gone. It will still be interesting and Neville won't know
> what, or who we're talking about.
If we talk about today's show he won't know what we're going on about. I bet
he couldn't tell us what was found in Mick Jonno's garage.
> Who is your favourite past brookie character, and who did you hate? I hated
> David and Jean Crosbie. I used to love the 'old Corkhills'- Doreen, Billy
> and of course Sheila.
I used to really like the Harry/Ralph team, they were an excellent laugh.
Ollie is one of my recent hates but Simon has to be a candidate too.
> Anyway, what do you all think?
I find it really difficult to watch the same prog in two different time
periods. A lot of people seem to dislike the gangster period we've had over
the past 2/3 years but I really liked to the Tommy McArdle years even though
the RLinds story seems to have been trying to recapture that period. Barry
should still come back though, preferably after RLinds leaves (speculation).
And another thing, get rid of Katie permanently, she is entirely without
purpose and has been for several years.
Chris
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think) put the garden furniture on his roof!!! does anyone remember that????
Characters I don't/didn't like:- the Simpsons, Cassie, Gemma, RLinds, Jacqui
Dixon, Mike, The Shadwicks..........the llist is endless
They dont have decent characters like Paul Collins, The Grants, The Old
Corkhills anymore......
Andrew wrote in message ...
pavlov
Peter Cross
your sentiments about a certain subscriber :-)
OK here goes then.
You mention the Crosbies. I loved Bing and Jean when they were
together. I think they made a fine double act, I don't think Bing
was quite the same when Jean left but his scenes with Julia often
made up for that.
Do you remember the time Jean tipped Bings dinner over his lap? Or
the time when Jean was on her death bed with the fever whilst Bing
confessed to all his sins!
There have been many characters you love to hate too!
Trevor Jordache is probably the prime example. This was a wonderful
part for Brian Murray to play and he made such a convincing job of it
too. I think the script writing at this point was excellent. Soap
drama at its best.
Funny thing is, even now when I see Brian Murray in Casualty and
Holby City I can't help but think of Trevor!
Bazza
wibbled:
>I am sick and tired of Neville and his ridiculous posts. This is a ng about
>Brookside.
It's not Neville that I'm sick and tired of, it's easy to ignore
nutters, it's all the stupid phags who insist on replying to him. This
is a Brookside newsgroup, for the discussion of Brookside, not a
shpxing Neville NG. If you want to talk about Neville, please just
shpx off somewhere else and do it and stop subjecting me to all this
fuvgr about a poster that if ignored would just sink into oblivion.
And he's not a patch on Shirley Tremayne anyway.
--
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'It's not easy ... building Xanadu in the backstreets of Weatherfield.'
Deemy
>Who is your favourite past brookie character, and who did you hate? I hated
>David and Jean Crosbie. I used to love the 'old Corkhills'- Doreen, Billy
>and of course Sheila.
Digging into fading memory, Ive always liked the crazy loony
characters, most recent of whom was Marcus, and going some time we had
the luvely whats her name, Jenny ?, crazy gun toting school teacher.
Oh we had Potty Simon, and and crazy Christian, and Terry on his ever
so regular cracking up sessions.
I never liked Shiela or Bobby grant, and the Cosbys, in fact I usually
don't like anyone posh, just switch me off.
>
>Does anyone remember the chinese family? The guy was played by David Yip?
Yep, but have no idea what storylines were played out, something about
him fancying a red head ?
>
>Yours
>A true Brookie fan,
>
>Maria McCafferty
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What's all this Deemy business then? Is it a dare?
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Sue Denham
Bazza wrote in message <36b041cf...@news.btinternet.com>...
>It's not Neville that I'm sick and tired of, it's easy to ignore
>nutters, it's all the stupid phags who insist on replying to him. This
>is a Brookside newsgroup, for the discussion of Brookside, not a
>shpxing Neville NG. If you want to talk about Neville, please just
>shpx off somewhere else and do it and stop subjecting me to all this
>fuvgr about a poster that if ignored would just sink into oblivion.
Agreed. I promise not to respond to him or mention him in this NG again.
Anyone else prepared to make the same promise?
Signed Sue
cat
Say the name three times, and recall
the pill episodes, her waving the BVM lighter at Sheila and asking what does
that make the pope - a packet of Lamber & Butler, her rubbish boyfriends...
we never had a video in them days, though we did have one when she came
back... I'll never recall returning home from work that saturday to discover
that my brother had switched off the timer to record Channel 4 Racing
instead - adding I to A by using my video tape and going over other stuff...
which leads to another point: lost Brookie vids... has anyone else lost any
cherished Close moments due to intervention by outside forces?
Lisa Green
> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:07:37 -0000, "Maria" <mari...@usa.net>
> wibbled:
>
> >I am sick and tired of Neville and his ridiculous posts. This is a ng about
> >Brookside.
>
> It's not Neville that I'm sick and tired of, it's easy to ignore
> nutters, it's all the stupid phags who insist on replying to him. This
> is a Brookside newsgroup, for the discussion of Brookside, not a
> shpxing Neville NG.
>
> And he's not a patch on Shirley Tremayne anyway.
Agreed, and how true your last statement is!!
Lisa
Sanjoy Das
>I am sick and tired of Neville and his ridiculous posts. This is a ng about
>Brookside. I'm not saying that Brookie is high-brow tv, or the best thing
>that I have ever seen, but I Like it and, more importantly, I watch it
> Neville obviously doesn't).
>
>So, I think it's about time we talked about 'old Brookside' and some
>characters long gone. It will still be interesting and Neville won't know
>what, or who we're talking about.
>
>Who is your favourite past brookie character, and who did you hate? I hated
>David and Jean Crosbie. I used to love the 'old Corkhills'- Doreen, Billy
>and of course Sheila.
>
>Does anyone remember the chinese family? The guy was played by David Yip?
>
>Anyway, what do you all think? And, Neville, if you're contemplating
>replying to this, Bog Off!!
>
>Yours
>A true Brookie fan,
>
>Maria McCafferty
>
>
>
>
Quite right: drown the bugger ins science
I remeber the chinese guy I think he had a daughter.
My favourite all time woman ( and Ive seen it since it started) was
the woman who married the junkie who Od'd in the park. She was
fabulaous.
The series is actually about Barry Grant so he has to be the best male
charecter though right at the start there was this horrible
cantankerous man ( hARRY SOMETHIN? ) who took in lodgers, the first
lodger was called rodger I thnk and he waS A great CHARECTER.
I was a teen in the sixties so my memory is fucked - apologies
Tom Hawley
>the time when Jean was on her death bed with the fever whilst Bing
>confessed to all his sins!
ahhh. brookie at its most realistic :)
Deemy
>In article <36b363cb...@news.freeserve.co.uk>,
> mr50...@REMOVETHIShotmail.com (Deemy) wrote:
>
>> Mr50% _________________________________________________
>> * Time Tells Trend - Dow Site at :-
>> * http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/6284/index.html
>>
>
>What's all this Deemy business then? Is it a dare?
>
>Paul
Just change of handle, it used to be deemy, years back, leaving the
mr50% for the more relevant newsgroups i.e. invest.
Colin Mann
andrew...@hotmail.com (Andrew) wrote:
> In article <78l41d$ll6$1...@phys-ma.sol.co.uk>, "Maria" <mari...@usa.net>
> > wrote:
>
>
> > Does anyone remember the chinese family? The guy was played by David
> > Yip?
>
> Yes, I remember him, his girlfriend was called Alison I think, she was
> some sort of scientific researcher, and I'm not sure if it is her, but
> there is someone in Emmerdale now bearing an uncanny resemblance to her.
>
> Andrew
'Cos it is.
COLIN
Nick Cooper
<i...@doneykebab.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>We`re true Brookie fans as well. You mentioned past characters - how about
>Paul and Annabelle Collins and their shirt-lifting son Gordon?
Hah! More a case of their "shape-shifting" children, Gordon and Lucy!
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Nick Cooper
<ch...@yordas.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>And another thing, get rid of Katie permanently, she is entirely without
>purpose and has been for several years.
On the other hand, isn't it quite realistic to have a character who
drifts in and out ofthe series like she does? After all, I'm sure we
have frienbds who we now only see occasionally due to working away
from home, etc.
Chris Eilbeck
> On 26 Jan 1999 20:37:49 +0000, Chris Eilbeck
> <ch...@yordas.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >And another thing, get rid of Katie permanently, she is entirely without
> >purpose and has been for several years.
>
> On the other hand, isn't it quite realistic to have a character who
> drifts in and out ofthe series like she does? After all, I'm sure we
> have frienbds who we now only see occasionally due to working away
> from home, etc.
Usually they have something to say when you meet up with them. Usually
there's been something to keep you and them apart. Katie is more like a
petrol stations attendant in a place you drive through from time to time
but rarely stop at. I hope they're storing up a really good storyline
for her rather than just not having the guts to sack her.
Chris
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Andrew
<mae...@smcmahon.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Characters I don't/didn't like:- the Simpsons,
Agreed, bland bland bland.
> Cassie, Gemma, RLinds,
Agreed again. Especially Gemma, she is one ugly child and a pisspoor actor
even by Brookie standards. Linds is developing into a serious babe
though...
> Jacqui
She's alright until she opens her gob, then it's on with the sowester or
you're in for a dousing.
> Dixon, Mike,
I think Mike is a good character, anyone with experience of getting a
shitty worthless degree and spending ages in menial jobs will empathise
with him.
> The Shadwicks..........the llist is endless
For me they are the most irritating family for ages. Nikki is a dimpot,
the son is a cretinous dork with the IQ of Cracks the dog, the young kid
comes in and then disappears for months on end, the mother looks like a
bloated version of Sandie Shaw, and Greg is a chauvinistic dickhead, mroe
concerned that someone raped *his * daughter than with what she is going
through.
> They dont have decent characters like Paul Collins, The Grants, The Old
> Corkhills anymore......
Granted. But bring back Heather Haversham I say ...
Graeme Selway
Andrew wrote in message ...
>
>For me they are the most irritating family for ages. Nikki is a dimpot,
>the son is a cretinous dork with the IQ of Cracks the dog, the young kid
>comes in and then disappears for months on end, the mother looks like a
>bloated version of Sandie Shaw, and Greg is a chauvinistic dickhead, mroe
>concerned that someone raped *his * daughter than with what she is going
>through.
Agreed with the exception of Greg. Yeah, he's a dickhead but a realistic
one.
I'm hoping that once this rape business is over (say, this time next year at
the rate we're going), that Greg will have got his end away with Susannah.
Margi will find out, she'll do a runner with ALL the kids and we'll never
see them again (I can see Jason staying with his Dad though).
Unless they've got a bloody big basement, I don't know how they all fit in
that bungalow anyway. Has it really got three or more bedrooms?
I don't mind Greg, he seems to have a well-defined character even if one
doesn't agree with his beliefs! That's life though!
Perhaps Nikki's soap-life will have expired post-rape. Jason's negative IQ
rating and mouth-open, tongue hanging out, ape-like stance seems pretty
limiting story-line wise. Margi's impersonating both a Dulux dog and Bobby
Grant simultaeneously (why? who knows) and the little kid, Emily (named as
such merely to spook Susannah after she killed her own kids, I reckon)
looked like she was up for a teacher-bullying-kid storyline with that
training business until her big sister upstaged her. Tough being a kid, eh?
BTW have they forgotten about that running for the county business? What
was the point of that story other than allowing the games teacher and
Corkers to bawl each other out?
>> They dont have decent characters like Paul Collins, The Grants, The Old
>> Corkhills anymore......
Agreed
>Granted. But bring back Heather Haversham I say ...
Agreed with knobs on. She's not dead though (I think), so it's not outside
the realms of possibility if other TV work dries up.....
She's one that I couldn't remember how she left when I was working on
another post. Anyone help me out?
Gray.
Vistula
<graeme...@virgin.net> wrote:
>Agreed
>
>>Granted. But bring back Heather Haversham I say ...
>
>Agreed with knobs on. She's not dead though (I think), so it's not outside
>the realms of possibility if other TV work dries up.....
>
>She's one that I couldn't remember how she left when I was working on
>another post. Anyone help me out?
>
When husband Nick fatally ODs on heroin, Heather identifies the body
and leaves on the boat to Ireland (Dec 1986).
Andrzej
PS: I cheated - looked this up in my "Brookside - the First Ten
Years".
Paul Wild
empathise with his predicament as I am going through exactly the same
thing. Four years of bloody hard work getting a psychology degree and,
almost two years since graduation, not even a sniff of a job. I can't
even get menial work, believe me I've tried.
My advice to anyone contemplating a degree other than something directly
vocational like medicine, occupational therapy, dentistry or IT where
there is a serious skills shortage? Don't do it - you are wasting your
time and, more importantly, your money. Arts, humanities, social
science degrees aren't worth a damn thing out there in the world of
employment.
Back to Brookie, the best soap ever, I do so hope that the rape story
reaches its conclusion soon by revealing the identity of the rapist. I
don't think it is Harvey actually. I think it's the other Musgrove, the
one who went beserk towards Nicky on New Year's Eve.
Angela (new to this Newsgroup)
Andrew wrote:
>
> In article <78ld2p$r6s$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Maestro"
> <mae...@smcmahon.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Characters I don't/didn't like:- the Simpsons,
>
> Agreed, bland bland bland.
>
> > Cassie, Gemma, RLinds,
>
> Agreed again. Especially Gemma, she is one ugly child and a pisspoor actor
> even by Brookie standards. Linds is developing into a serious babe
> though...
>
> > Jacqui
>
> She's alright until she opens her gob, then it's on with the sowester or
> you're in for a dousing.
>
> > Dixon, Mike,
>
> I think Mike is a good character, anyone with experience of getting a
> shitty worthless degree and spending ages in menial jobs will empathise
> with him.
>
> > The Shadwicks..........the llist is endless
>
> For me they are the most irritating family for ages. Nikki is a dimpot,
> the son is a cretinous dork with the IQ of Cracks the dog, the young kid
> comes in and then disappears for months on end, the mother looks like a
> bloated version of Sandie Shaw, and Greg is a chauvinistic dickhead, mroe
> concerned that someone raped *his * daughter than with what she is going
> through.
>
> > They dont have decent characters like Paul Collins, The Grants, The Old
> > Corkhills anymore......
>
> Granted. But bring back Heather Haversham I say ...
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Andrew
> >>Granted. But bring back Heather Haversham I say ...
> >
> >Agreed with knobs on. She's not dead though (I think), so it's not outside
> >the realms of possibility if other TV work dries up.....
> >
> >She's one that I couldn't remember how she left when I was working on
> >another post. Anyone help me out?
> >
> When husband Nick fatally ODs on heroin, Heather identifies the body
> and leaves on the boat to Ireland (Dec 1986).
.. and at risk of sounding very sad, does anyone remember (as a kid)
watching the program the actor who played Nick used to present ... Music
Box or Numbers Box or something methinks
JNugent
>> >>Granted. But bring back Heather Haversham I say ...
>> >Agreed with knobs on. She's not dead though (I think), so it's not
outside
>> >the realms of possibility if other TV work dries up.....
>> When husband Nick fatally ODs on heroin, Heather identifies the body
>> and leaves on the boat to Ireland (Dec 1986).
>.. and at risk of sounding very sad, does anyone remember (as a kid)
>watching the program the actor who played Nick used to present ... Music
>Box or Numbers Box or something methinks
No, but Alan Rothwell (who played the part) is a well-known North-West rep
actor who was one of the original cast of "Coronation Street", nearly 40
years ago.
BTW, he had already played at least one bit-part in "Brookside" (as a
solicitor advising Harry Cross) before landing the part of Nick Black.
ro...@fatfish.demon.co.uk
andrew...@hotmail.com (Andrew) wrote:
> In article <78ld2p$r6s$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>, "Maestro"
> <mae...@smcmahon.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
Linds is developing into a serious babe
> though...
Have you taken leave of your senses? Squirrel Nutkins? A babe? Perhaps if she
invested some of her drugs money by having some dental work, she wouldn't look
as if she was chewing a wasp all the time.
Ronke
Colin Mann
andrew...@hotmail.com (Andrew) wrote:
> In article <36c3e557...@news.callnetuk.com>,
> vis...@callnetuk.com wrote:
>
>
> > >>Granted. But bring back Heather Haversham I say ...
> > >
> > >Agreed with knobs on. She's not dead though (I think), so it's not
> > outside
> > >the realms of possibility if other TV work dries up.....
> > >
> > >She's one that I couldn't remember how she left when I was working on
> > >another post. Anyone help me out?
> > >
> > When husband Nick fatally ODs on heroin, Heather identifies the body
> > and leaves on the boat to Ireland (Dec 1986).
>
> .. and at risk of sounding very sad, does anyone remember (as a kid)
> watching the program the actor who played Nick used to present ... Music
> Box or Numbers Box or something methinks
Almost, 'Picture Box' was presented by Alan Rothwell. I believe it was a
Granada schools programme, so I can't recall having seen it, having
London/SE broadcasters. Alan's first work for Granada was, of course, as
David Barlow in Coronation Street. He was killed of in that too!
Colin
Graham Russell
<graeme...@virgin.net> wrote:
> I don't mind Greg, he seems to have a well-defined character even if one
>doesn't agree with his beliefs! That's life though!
>
Agreed. I know we moan a lot about some (most?) of the characters and
wish some of them gone (or dead, i.e. Ron...) but the actors must be
doing a decent job of it to stir up such reaction, I mean, who is it
we don't like?, Vince Earl? or Ron?... If we're not careful we'll end
up throwing out the babies with the bath water so to speak.
>BTW have they forgotten about that running for the county business? What
>was the point of that story other than allowing the games teacher and
>Corkers to bawl each other out?
>
>Gray.
>
Too true. I would have liked to see that obnoxious sportsmaster get a
punch on the nose... "MISTER CORK-HILL"... Brookie seems to have a
habit of starting a storyline only to have it disappear suddenly.
Remember when Ollie drove all the way down to Nat & Georgia's and
nearly pushed a note through the letter box but in the end screwed it
up? I mean what was all that about?, the note suggested a softening on
Ollies' part but there was no follow up. Actually I miss the Simpsons,
and I thought the ending was awful, a real cop-out.
Graham Russell /Plymouth.
Edward
Graham Russell wrote in message <36c6bd6a...@news.dial.pipex.com>...
:
Actually I miss the Simpsons,
:and I thought the ending was awful, a real cop-out.
I think i agree with you. Ollie was a bit of a pyuckz but the rest were ok.
I liked Bell Simpson, she was a real soap opera woman, if you know what I
mean. Her one nighter with Mike was funny, and could've been developed into
much more - a liking for young men kind of thing. After all her origianl
introduction hinted at her misdoings at her last place of work - sexual
harrassment kind of thing - and was never properly explained.
Nat and Georgia were good looking characters, and although I didn't go a
bundle on the incest storyline, it was handled reasonably well by
scriptwriters, even if the polarised reactions were a bit predictable from
the populous prejudices foisted upon the characters.
Danny was a laugh. I liked his humour and ways of correcting everyone. He
had a lot of potential, and could have developed into a good character.
Incidentally, has a Brookside child ever been allowed to gro into a
Brookside adult? We've seen a few teenagers survive, but never a child - or
am I wrong?
Robert Hampton
"Edward" <e...@absvcs.globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Incidentally, has a Brookside child ever been allowed to gro into a
> Brookside adult? We've seen a few teenagers survive, but never a child - or
> am I wrong?
I assume you mean the characters, rather than the actors. I imagine that
when their parents move out of the Close, the kids go with them. It's not
really possible to realistically keep the kids without their parents, whereas
characters such as Tinhead and Rachel Jordache, being over 18, have the right
to decide for themselves where to live, so they stayed on after their
families left.
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LouFiddler
In article <7a7208$r4r$1...@newnews.global.net.uk>, "Edward"
<e...@absvcs.globalnet.co.uk> writes:
>Danny was a laugh. I liked his humour and ways of correcting everyone. He
>had a lot of potential, and could have developed into a good character.
Yes, he certainly did have a lot of potential.
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Ian MacDonald
<rob...@fabland.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>In message <7a7208$r4r$1...@newnews.global.net.uk>
> "Edward" <e...@absvcs.globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Incidentally, has a Brookside child ever been allowed to gro into a
>> Brookside adult? We've seen a few teenagers survive, but never a child - or
>> am I wrong?
>
recently and she was just a wee lassie.
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Edward
Ian MacDonald wrote in message ...
:In article <6c8e5cd448%rob...@fabland.freeserve.co.uk>, Robert Hampton
Ah yes - is she the youngest person ever to have made it to Brookie
adulthood?
Rachael's been there for a while too - but she must've been about 14 when
she landed (with a loud thump).
Vistula
<e...@absvcs.globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Graham Russell wrote in message <36c6bd6a...@news.dial.pipex.com>...
>:
> Actually I miss the Simpsons,
>:and I thought the ending was awful, a real cop-out.
>
>
>I think i agree with you. Ollie was a bit of a pyuckz
Ah yes, the original bleeding heart liberal. Comprehensive schools
provide the best education but not for Danny (finances permitting).
A bit like Tony Blair's attitude (money not a problem there).
>I liked Bell Simpson, she was a real soap opera woman, if you know what I
>mean. Her one nighter with Mike was funny, and could've been developed into
>much more - a liking for young men kind of thing. After all her origianl
>introduction hinted at her misdoings at her last place of work - sexual
>harrassment kind of thing - and was never properly explained.
>
>Nat and Georgia were good looking characters, and although I didn't go a
>bundle on the incest storyline, it was handled reasonably well by
>scriptwriters, even if the polarised reactions were a bit predictable from
>the populous prejudices foisted upon the characters.
>
I assume the question of incest was extensively discussed in this
forum at the time. Channel 4 seems intent on breaking all the sexual
taboos in turn: lesbian kisses then incest. I predict that
bestiality comes next: Sinbad falls in love with a sheep.
Andrzej
frogger
> Incidentally, has a Brookside child ever been allowed to gro into a
> Brookside adult? We've seen a few teenagers survive, but never a child -
or
> am I wrong?
>
How about katie Rogers she was only a youngster and must have only been
about 11 or 12 years old when she joined Brookside in 1987. The first Katie
Rogers (Debbie Reynolds) was replaced by Diane Burke in December 1988. I
remember her first love was her brother's friend Bumper. The way she was
all lovey dovey over him was soooooooo cute. Her family later moved away
and she stayed on in the close with the Dixons after her terrible ordeal
with Simon and his cult.
From Frogger