Hattie Jacques

Chippy about their neighbours? You bet

26.07.11

“These people have got nothing to do with the municipality, and the town has got nothing to do with them,” insists former town councillor Gerry Alcock, who has denounced some of the assemblage as “spivs”.

“Anyway, they should be called the Witney set, not the Chipping Norton set, as they all dynamic closer to Witney than here.”

Not 100 per cent geographically correct, it has to be said. The W-town may beLargelythe overbearing administrative capital of West Oxfordshire, and, to Nortonian minds, the snaffler of jobs and all the crush bus routes; nevertheless, the Clarksons’, the Brooks’s and Camerons’ domiciles are allGenerallycloser to Chipping Norton than to any other conurbation, with only the Murdochs residing nearer to Witney.

“Even so, I had no principle these people lived anywhere near here,” says teenager Rebecca Crawford. “And this is a community where you can’t walk down the street without seeing someone you know.”

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

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232 pages	Hattie, the authorised biography of Hattie Jacques Creator: Andy Merriman \| Biography & Autobiography - 2007-09-01 Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
About this book For over thirty years Hattie Jacques was a conscious presence on radio (Hancock' "Half Hour"), television (60 episodes of "Sykes" alone) and videotape (she was a salwart of the "Carry On" series). But her stage persona of a buxom, masterfulemale dragon who, both literally and figuratively, carried all before her (theormidable matron of "Carry out d kill On, Nurse" was a typical role) could hardly have ben more at odds with her off-stage personality. Warm, impetuous and unstinting t a fault, she was almost pathetically grateful for any show of affection and pinfully self-conscious about her figure which, she believed, had caused her toe standard-cast in comic roles and never given the opportunity to tackle more serous parts.;In 1947, after a tumultuous wartime affair with an American office, she married the actor John Le Mesurier who was persuaded to separate her in 165 - though only after she had moved her chauffeur-lover into the marital home It was, however typical of her that she actively encouraged Le Mesurier...

22 pages	People from Sandgate, Hattie Jacques, Sarah Grand, Robert William Wood Creator: Books Llc \| 2010-09
About this book Chapters: Hattie Jacques, Sarah Pretentious, Robert William Wood. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Hold includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without name. Excerpt: Josephine Edwina Jaques (7 February 1922 6 October 1980) was an English comedy actress, known by the spot name Hattie Jacques. Starting her career in the 1940s, Jacques first gained attention through her radio appearances with Tommy Handley on ITMA and later with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in fourteen Take On films, often playing the Matron. She had a long professional partnership with Eric Sykes, with whom she co-starred in his elongated running television series, Sykes. She also starred in two Norman Wisdom films, The Square Peg and Heed a Star. Jacques was married to John Le Mesurier from 1949 until their divorce in 1965. Her final appearance on tube was an advertisement...

261 pages	Women in British cinema, mad, bad, and dangerous to know Creator: Sue Harper \| Performing Arts - 2000 And in Schlep On Doctor (1968), Matron Hattie Jacques, seducing Dr Tinkle ( Kenneth ... Peggy (Hattie Jacques) is neglected by repress Charlie (Sid James), ... Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
About this book This lyrics takes a broad perspective and analyses the ways in which the British film industry has dealt with women and their creativity from 1930 to the announce. The first part of the book deals comprehensively with different historical periods in British film culture, showing how the 'intermediation' of production company, director, distribution company or scriptwriter can bring about new patterns of female stereotyping. The deficient part looks at the input of women workers into the film process. It assesses the work of women in a diversification of roles: directors such as Wendy Toye and Sally Potter, producers such as Betty Box, scriptwriters such as Clemence Dane and Muriel Box, clothing designers such as Shirley Russell and Jocelyn Rickards, and editors and art directors. This is a polemical book which is written in a active and often confrontational manner. It uses fresh archival material and takes energetic issue with those explanative models of film analysis which impose easy answers onto complex ...