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Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden) - RIP

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  1. Fat Controller

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      Oh dear! :sad:
      Thank you for the entertainment: RIP.
       
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        Lovely woman. RIP Jean.
         
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          pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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          Auntie Wainwright, always sold you something you didn't think you needed, ....until you went in her shop.:biggrin:
           
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            Hilda and Stanley were a brilliant double act.lol
             
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              TV Soaps were something I avoided like the plague but Jean Alexander was a real trooper starting in the Theatre before finding a better career on the little screen and played a lot of roles to perfection as well as being "Hilda". Not many left like her, I'm afraid.:dunno::coffee:
               
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                What a wonderful actress. I'm going to re-read about her in my "Women of Coronation Street".
                 
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                  Apparently she was classically trained and only retired 4 years ago.
                   
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                    Here are some of the pearls of wisdom she delivered as Hilda Ogden

                    On cleaning: 'Folk seem to think shifting muck's easy, but it isn't. It's an art.'

                    On romance: 'Anyone caught trying to undo my tiny buttons is going to get his mucky paws slapped."

                    On training men: 'Ave you tried mekin' his belly suffer? It works wonder wi' my Stan - three days of burnt dinner an' no drippin' in the pantry an' he's like putty in me 'ands.'

                    On looks: 'I were fourteen when I first decided me face didn't suit me."


                    hmmm, sounds a little like me :)
                     
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                      Ooops, how did this old post get into the New Post lists ??
                       
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