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Abigail Rokison Abigail Rokison-Woodall (née Rokison) is an author and academic specialising in William Shakespeare, as well as a former actress. She was Director of Studies in English and Drama at Homerton College, Cambridge until the end of 2012. She is now lecturer in Shakespeare and Theatre at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford upon Avon. She previously played Primrose in "The Darling Buds of May". Her acting career covered both stage and screen, and included the role of Primrose Larkin in the ITV television comedy drama "The Darling Buds of May", first broadcast between 1991 and 1993. She went on to
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Abigail Rokison Abigail Rokison-Woodall (née Rokison) is an author and academic specialising in William Shakespeare, as well as a former actress. She was Director of Studies in English and Drama at Homerton College, Cambridge until the end of 2012. She is now lecturer in Shakespeare and Theatre at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford upon Avon. She previously played Primrose in "The Darling Buds of May". Her acting career covered both stage and screen, and included the role of Primrose Larkin in the ITV television comedy drama "The Darling Buds of May", first broadcast between 1991 and 1993. She went on to
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The Darling Buds of May (TV series) The Darling Buds of May is an English comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network, first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 April 1993. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name, and its sequels, by H. E. Bates. Set in rural 1950s Kent, it follows the life of the Larkin family. It starred David Jason as "Pop" Larkin alongside Pam Ferris as "Ma" Larkin, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing their eldest daughter Mariette, who marries tax inspector Cedric "Charlie" Charlton, played by Philip
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from their younger sibling Victoria, who delights in teasing and embarrassing all her siblings, especially Primrose. All the episodes are seemingly set during 1958–59 despite the timespan of events across all three series making this a logical impossibility. The first serial is based on the first book, written and set in 1958, during which Florence finds out she is pregnant. In the second serial ("When the green woods laugh") Sidney is accused of committing indecent assault on 23 August 1958. The trial takes place on 7 July, the same day as Charlie and Mariette's wedding; this would seem to be
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series was the Larkin family's habit of giving their children unusual or themed first and middle names. Mariette was created by combining 'Marie' and 'Antoinette'. Montgomery was named after wartime officer Field Marshall Montgomery. Victoria was named for being born during the plum season (Victoria plum). While Monty and Victoria have no middle names, the other children have several: Primrose Violet Anemone Iris Magnolia Narcissa, twins Petunia June Florence Nightingale and Zinnia June Florence Nightingale, and Oscar Columbus Septimus Dupont, the last one being in tribute to the French hotellier Madamoiselle Dupont, who features in the series. Mariette's wedding ceremony
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The Darling Buds The Darling Buds are an alternative rock band from Newport, South Wales. The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel "The Darling Buds of May" – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May". Influenced by the catchy simple sound of the early Beatles as well as that of Blondie, the band created melodic, hook-driven, short-duration singles. They were considered part of the short lived "Blonde" movement (indie rock band fronted by blonde female singer with all
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film "The Mating Game" in 1959. ITV produced a television series based on the novel and its sequels, "The Darling Buds of May", which ran from 1991 to 1993. The Darling Buds of May (novel) The Darling Buds of May is a novella by British writer H. E. Bates, first published in 1958. It was the first of a series of five books about the Larkins, a rural family from Kent. Pop and Ma Larkin and their many children take joy in nature, each other's company, and almost constant feasts. Their only income is through selling scrap, picking strawberries, and
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in September 2014, and two headline shows at London's Lexington in April 2015. The Darling Buds released the "Evergreen" EP, their first new material in 25 years, on Oddbox Records on 28 April 2017, and followed this up with a digital-only single, New Year, on 15 December 2018. The Darling Buds The Darling Buds are an alternative rock band from Newport, South Wales. The band formed in 1986 and were named after the H. E. Bates novel "The Darling Buds of May" – a title taken in turn, from the third line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Rough winds do shake
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Franks. A ratings success, it proved to be Zeta-Jones's breakout role. Featuring a total of 20 episodes, it was broadcast as three series of six double-episode story lines in the spring of 1991, 1992 and 1993, plus two single-episode Christmas specials aired in 1991 and 1992. The title is from the third line of Shakespeare's sonnet 18. The Larkin family lives on a farm in rural England, in the county of Kent. Sidney ("Pop") and his common law wife Florence ("Ma") have six children, eldest daughter Mariette, followed by their only son Montgomery, and other daughters Primrose, twins Zinnia and
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all twenty episodes, while Zeta-Jones and Franks appeared in eighteen, their only absences being in the third series' double episode "Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine" (3.3 & 3.4). The actors playing the other Larkin children and grandchild were as below (listed in descending character age). All the children except those yet to be born appeared in the first episode. After appearing in the first six episodes, the actor playing Primrose was replaced, the second appearing from the seventh episode (the first Christmas special) onwards. The actors playing the roles of Oscar and John Blenheim first appear in episodes 1.5
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stuffy environs of the local village. Mariette and Charlie's relationship is more torrid, in part due to his insecurity over her attractiveness, and his varying success in providing financially, with their newly acquired hop garden struggling. Mariette's business skills eventually come to bear as they purchase a local brewery. Primrose is depicted as a frustrated romantic, moving to France to live with a boy her own age and attempting to seduce both Charlie and the village minister upon her return. Monty meanwhile contends with bullying, both at home and at naval boarding school. The increasingly mischievous twins gradually grow apart
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studio CDs. Soulsec was in existence as a side-project for some of the later years Paul was still with The Stranglers. Paul played the role of Pop Larkin in the world premiere of "The Darling Buds of May-Perfick". This was a musical based on H. E. Bates' novel "The Darling Buds of May", written by David Burton, formerly a member of the cast of "Only Fools & Horses". The show ran for a week in April 2008 at The Kings Theatre, Southsea as a trial to see whether the company could raise enough interest to finance a West End production.
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1996. In May 2011 a stage production of the series was put on at Buss Farm. The Darling Buds of May (TV series) The Darling Buds of May is an English comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network, first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 April 1993. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name, and its sequels, by H. E. Bates. Set in rural 1950s Kent, it follows the life of the Larkin family. It starred David Jason as "Pop" Larkin alongside Pam Ferris as "Ma" Larkin, with Catherine
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The Darling Buds of May (novel) The Darling Buds of May is a novella by British writer H. E. Bates, first published in 1958. It was the first of a series of five books about the Larkins, a rural family from Kent. Pop and Ma Larkin and their many children take joy in nature, each other's company, and almost constant feasts. Their only income is through selling scrap, picking strawberries, and selling farm animals or previous purchases that they've tired of. Nevertheless, they joyfully spend money on horses, cars, perfume, fine furniture, and holidays abroad. Pop Larkin opposes taxes and
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Barbara's husband Ted who visited from Miami to attend the wedding in the episode 'Wedding'. Yvonne takes a romantic interest in Ted; Van Gyseghem thus played Gwen Taylor's love rival, as she had done in "Duty Free". She appeared in the series "The Darling Buds of May" as Felicity Harran in 1993 and also in the TV series "Heartbeat" as Penelope Ealham in 2000 and more recently has also played the minor role of Camilla Greenwood in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" in 2008. She married actor Ralph Bates; they divorced in 1973. Her hobbies have included making jewellery. Joanna
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any barriers to free enterprise. The title of the book is a quote from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate: / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer's lease hath all too short a date;" [...] Pop and Ma Larkin celebrate sex, youth, and vitality. In each novella in the series, Pop Larkin kisses, caresses, and pinches most of the women that he encounters. Ma Larkin expects this behaviour and approves of it. When told that Pop has kissed the middle-aged
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series ended, Ferris wished to film more episodes. Having performed it for radio in 1996, she theorised in 2008 that the reason the fifth book was never adapted for television was because the storyline featured Pop recovering from a heart attack, something the producers likely thought the audience would not want to see. In 2016, having filmed a cinema adaptation of another classic TV series, "Dad's Army", Zeta-Jones responded positively to suggestions that "The Darling Buds of May" might also be similarly remade, stating "I'd be playing Ma Larkin, but I'm up for it". Locally produced food and drink intentionally
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Summer Wine", "The Darling Buds of May", "Wish Me Luck", "Bergerac", "Casualty" and "Lovejoy". He is a patron of the charity "Changing Faces" which helps people who have suffered disfigurements. William Simons William Simons (born 17 November 1940) is a Welsh born actor best known for his role as PC Alf Ventress in "Heartbeat" a role he played for 18 years from 1992 – 2010. Simons was born in Swansea where his father was stationed in the Second World War and he grew up in South Wales until the family moved to North London. He started acting as a child,
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Helen Pearson Helen Pearson is a British actress who has been in three major soap operas, "EastEnders" (during 1990 as April McIntosh), "Emmerdale" (from 2000 to 2001 as Carol Wareing), and as Frankie Osborne in "Hollyoaks" from 2002 until 2017. Her first acting role was in 1988, playing a supermarket assistant in "Consuming Passions". She has also appeared in the television dramas "The Darling Buds of May" and "Murder in Mind". Before making her "Hollyoaks" debut, she also played the character Mrs. Atkins in "Attachments". On Halloween 2017, after having been the longest-serving female on "Hollyoaks" as Frankie Osborne for
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purchased in 2013 by a businessman. Renaming it "Darling Buds Farm", several buildings were converted into guest accommodation themed around the show. Other locations in Pluckley village itself were used extensively; the Black Horse pub in The Street was renamed the Hare and Hounds and used as the Larkins' local. Church Gate Cottage and Fig Tree Cottage in The Street served as Edith Pilchester's and The Brigadier's homes respectively. Pluckley primary school, also in The Street, served as the village hall. The butcher's shop also featured, and the Post Office (dressed as the grocer's). Church scenes were filmed at St
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of Magic", where Arthur starred as a character called "Rerpf". He also appeared briefly with his brother in an episode of "The Darling Buds of May". Jason started his television career in 1964 playing the part of Bert Bradshaw in "Crossroads". In 1967, he played spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic, among other roles, in the children's comedy series "Do Not Adjust Your Set" (Rediffusion London/ITV) with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Denise Coffey, and Michael Palin. Humphrey Barclay, who recruited Jason to appear in "Do Not Adjust Your Set" (partly to offset the rather intellectual style of Idle, Jones, and Palin), admired
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played motherly Ma Larkin in the ITV series "The Darling Buds of May", which ran from 1991 to 1993. She has also acted in a succession of television dramas, including "Meantime", in which she played the Cockney mother of Phil Daniels and Tim Roth, "Connie", "Hardwicke House", "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", "Where the Heart Is" and "Paradise Heights". From 2003 to 2006, she played the gardening sleuth, Laura Thyme, in "Rosemary & Thyme". Her roles in costume dramas include parts in television adaptations of "Middlemarch", "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", "Our Mutual Friend", "The Turn of the Screw",
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Bailey", "Bergerac", "Last of the Summer Wine", "The Bill", "The Darling Buds of May", "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" and Osborne in the ITV sitcom "Fiddlers Three". He also played Proteus in the BBC Shakespeare adaption of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" in 1983. He played the role of Angelo in the CITV children's sci-fi comedy series Mike and Angelo for its first two series. He also played the role of Mr Archer in Whizziwig. Butterworth is married to actress Janet Dibley and they have two sons. Tyler Butterworth Tyler Butterworth (born 6 February 1959, Redhill, Surrey) is an English actor. Tyler
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in "Air Guitar" at the Bristol Old Vic Studio, Boulter played Michael Brennan in BBC Radio 4's drama series "Citizens" from October 1987 to July 1989. He has appeared in numerous Radio 4 drama productions. He played Chris, Malcolm's assistant in series four of the Granada Television sitcom "Watching" from December 1989 to January 1990. He also appeared in three episodes of "The Darling Buds of May" as the character Roger McGarry, and in five episodes of "Heartbeat" as Inspector Crossley during 1993 and 1994. He played DS John Boulton in ITV's "The Bill" for five years. During which time
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Tomorrow", "Strong Poison" and "Minder", throughout the Eighties. Vosburgh also featured in the films "The Missionary", "The Pirates of Penzance," and "Eric the Viking" in the Eighties. In the Nineties, she appeared in five episodes of "The Men's Room" as Delia, and as Betty Mason in "The Darling Buds of May Christmas Special" in 1991; and in the 1994 film "Shopping", she played Ella Twite in six episodes of "Blackhearts in Battersea" (1995–1996). From 1997 to 1999, Vosburgh played Susan Rose in 64 episodes of the popular British soap opera "EastEnders" on BBC1. This major role paved the way to
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"Mojo," Bill Sikes in a television film of "Oliver Twist" (1999) and Wilson Milam's production of "Hurlyburly" (1997) at the Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, with Rupert Graves and David Tennant. Like many British actors, Serkis made the move to television by appearing in small roles, such as Greville in an episode of "The Darling Buds of May" (1992). However, one of his first major starring roles was in the joint BBC/HBO production of "Einstein and Eddington" (2008). Serkis played Albert Einstein, following the development of his theory of relativity, while David Tennant played British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington. Serkis joined
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in two episodes of "Bleak House", playing Mrs Bayham Badger, alongside Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Alun Armstrong and Warren Clarke. Mr Bayham Badger was played by Richard Griffiths. David's many other television appearances have included "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Miss Marple", "Foyle's War", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "Inspector Morse", "Midsomer Murders", "The Darling Buds of May" and in 2004 "Rosemary & Thyme" in an episode entitled "Orpheus in the Undergrowth". Recent appearances include the BBC comedy series "Never Better", "Mutual Friends", and "Death in Paradise" (2014 episode 3.8) On stage, she played opposite Derek Jacobi in "Breaking the Code".
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debut, "Not Alone". Kika Mirylees Kika Mirylees (born Christina Kika Le Fleming Mirylees) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Julie Johnston in Bad Girls, Doc Newton in Red Drawf and Hazel hobbs in Eastenders the Mother of Gary Hobbs and Fliss in Not Going Out. Mirylees played Angela Snow in "The Darling Buds of May", and Doc Newton in "Red Dwarf". Her guest roles include Zola Zbzewski in "Jonathan Creek", Sylvana Watson in "Taggart", Maria Huntly in "The Bill", and Barbara Wells in "Casualty". In the 1980s she played Carinna in "Lovejoy". Mirylees is
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Kika Mirylees Kika Mirylees (born Christina Kika Le Fleming Mirylees) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Julie Johnston in Bad Girls, Doc Newton in Red Drawf and Hazel hobbs in Eastenders the Mother of Gary Hobbs and Fliss in Not Going Out. Mirylees played Angela Snow in "The Darling Buds of May", and Doc Newton in "Red Dwarf". Her guest roles include Zola Zbzewski in "Jonathan Creek", Sylvana Watson in "Taggart", Maria Huntly in "The Bill", and Barbara Wells in "Casualty". In the 1980s she played Carinna in "Lovejoy". Mirylees is probably best known
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which starred David Jason, Anton Lesser, Stephanie Cole, and Sophie Roberts. When three former Special Operations Executive agents are reunited in 1997 their meeting forces them to look at their own conduct during World War Two. The story was inspired by real events. Anton Lesser played code maker Leo Marks and Stephanie Cole played Vera Atkins. Philip Franks Philip Franks (born 2 February 1956) is an English actor and theatre director, known to the public chiefly for his roles in English television series, such as "The Darling Buds of May" and "Heartbeat". Franks was born in London and is the
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Pam Ferris Pamela E. Ferris (born 11 May 1948 in Hanover, Germany) is a Welsh actress. She starred on television as Ma Larkin in "The Darling Buds of May", and as Laura Thyme in "Rosemary & Thyme", and has played parts in family films based on works by British authors, such as Miss Trunchbull in "Matilda" and as Aunt Marge in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and most recently as Sister Evangelina in "Call the Midwife". Ferris performed in her younger years at the Mercury Theatre in Auckland, and later with various regional companies in the UK. She
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and "The Darling Buds of May". He played the role of Bunny Charlson in the soap opera "Eldorado" in 1992. Since then, he has guest-starred in long-running series such as "Casualty", "Peak Practice", "The Queen's Nose", "The Bill" and "Heartbeat". He also played Bill Parrish in "EastEnders" in 2002. His theatre credits include work with the RSC and the Peter Hall Company. He has toured extensively and made numerous appearances in the West End. Roger Walker (actor) Roger Walker (born 22 December 1944 in Bristol, England) is an English actor. He moved to Derby at an early age and was
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sold in 1978 to Ulrich Fritze, who has played the viola during his 30-year tenure as principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic. William Primrose William Primrose CBE (23 August 19041 May 1982) was a Scottish violist and teacher. He performed with the London String Quartet from 1930 to 1935. He then joined the NBC symphony orchestra where he formed the Primrose Quartet. He performed in various countries around the world as a soloist throughout his career. Primrose also taught at several universities and institutions. He is the author of several books on viola techniques. William Primrose was born in Glasgow,
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and 2.1, respectively. Although a male character, John Blenheim was played by Daisy-May Bates, granddaughter of the author of the books. Various other actors appeared in more than one storyline, i.e. in more than one double episode. Having been sold to MGM films in 1959, it wasn't until 1989 that Richard Bates, son of the author of the original books H. E. Bates, was able to purchase the rights to the novels. At the same time, Yorkshire Television were looking for a new project for David Jason, having starred for them in "A Bit of a Do". Richard Bates went
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manners "A Bit of a Do". He portrayed James Bond in a radio adaptation of "You Only Live Twice" in 1990. In 1991, he appeared as Colonel Mustard in the television series "Cluedo", and a year later made a guest appearance in the "Press Gang" episode "UnXpected". Other TV appearances include in "EastEnders", "Coronation Street", "Only Fools and Horses", "The Darling Buds of May", "Tales of the Unexpected", "The Bill" and the character of Donald De Souza in "Emmerdale". He has also appeared in "Foyle's War", "Holby City" and "Tracy Beaker Returns". In 1986, Jayston played the role of the
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Minds" (2006), starring Toni Collette. The TV series "Micawber" starring David Jason used the house for filming. And the TV show, "The Darling Buds of May" used the house as well in their show, (Carlton Towers appeared as Château Brest in one of the episodes where the family was on holiday in France). The character played by Bernard Cribbins in the 1967 film "Casino Royale" was named "Carlton Towers of the F.O", playing off the name of an earlier British comedy, Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Carlton Towers was also the name of several blocks of highrise council flats in the
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"Bridget Jones's Diary", "Calendar Girls", "Highlander" and, as Fighter Pilot Bravo 5, in "". In 2007 Imrie appeared in "St Trinian's". Television series to feature Imrie include "The Nightmare Man", "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", "Casualty", "Absolutely Fabulous", "The Darling Buds of May" and "Upstairs, Downstairs". In the 2000 miniseries of "Gormenghast", she played Lady Gertrude. She also appeared in the 2005 BBC television drama "Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle", playing the part of a teacher taking an unruly party of pupils on a daytrip to Salisbury Cathedral. She starred in the BBC sitcom, "After You've Gone" (2007–08), alongside
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after he started going to a club night called "We love the 90's". A demo of the song "Darling Buds of May" was played by radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1. Lowe also picked up on the band's blog. The site featured a video of the band setting up and playing an unannounced gig in front of Slough railway station, along with a promo video they had shot using money they had earned playing local gigs. In October they signed a deal with Geffen Records and EMI Publishing the following November. In January 2011, Brother entered the
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was the son of Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery and Harriett Bouverie. His mother was the daughter of Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson and Lady Anne Margaret Coke. His brothers included Francis Archibald, (born 1843), Henry William (1846–1923), who became chairman of the Board of the Inland Revenue, and George Anson Primrose (1849–1930), who became a vice-admiral. Primrose was baptised at St. John's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond between 1858 and 1865, where he played in the school's cricket XI. On 13 May 1893, in Brisbane, Queensland, he married Jessie Catherine Costelloe, daughter of Lieutenant
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from prison and abandoned in the deserted city. Hans manages to flee the city, accompanied by a Scottish officer, Percy, whose entire unit died under German bullets. These two will travel together. Hans seeking to recover his son who fled the village, Percy hoping to reach the sea, and find a boat back to England. "En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît" was produced by Nord Ouest films and Pathé. Come What May (2015 film) Come What May (original title: En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît; also titled Darling Buds of May) is a 2015 French historical drama film
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Love". In 2010 she played Hyacinth Bucket in a theatrical adaptation of the BBC situation comedy "Keeping Up Appearances" that toured the UK. In 2017 she took on the recurring role of Eve Haskey, mother of doctor Al Haskey, in the BBC daily drama series "Doctors". Rachel Bell Rachel Bell (born 1950) is an English actress. Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in "Grange Hill" (1997–2002); Edith Pilchester in "The Darling Buds of May" (1991–1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group
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repertory at the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, playing a Russian spy in Agatha Christie's "Verdict" and a gum-chewing blonde in "Brighton Rock" and some pre-London tours, she made her West End theatre debut on a motorbike in "The Darling Buds of May" at the Saville Theatre; and then played the role of Peggy, a dumb blonde film starlet, in a show-stopping scene with Michael Crawford in Neil Simon's first hit "Come Blow Your Horn" at London's Prince of Wales Theatre, Later, at Donaldson's request, she appeared as an entirely French-speaking Lady Fifi de Winter in an improvised production of "The
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full-time at the age of nine. Parts in "Just William", "The Morecambe & Wise Show" and "Premiere" followed, before she was cast as comprehensive-school pupil Tracy Edwards in Phil Redmond's long-running BBC One children's drama series "Grange Hill." Mealing appeared in "The Darling Buds of May", "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "In Deep", "Capital City", "The Bill", "Midsomer Murders", and Delise in the 1990 mini series "The Gravy Train". She appeared in the TV miniseries, "Jake's Progress", as Robert Lindsay's errm bit on the side, in 1995. She played Ruth Manning in the first series of Russell T Davies' 1920s
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King Sharir (Thierry Lhermitte). The film was not well received at the box office, and according to de Broca's obituary in "The Daily Telegraph", the film "is best remembered for its enjoyable nude scenes". Greater success followed when she starred opposite David Jason and Pam Ferris in the British period comedy-drama television series "The Darling Buds of May" from 1991 to 1993. Adapted from H. E. Bates novel of the same name, Zeta-Jones played the role of the eldest daughter of a family living in the countryside in 1950s Britain. The series was the highest-rated television show in the country
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played a core role in the series. Due to not being ripe at the right time, the strawberries used in the series were imported from Holland. One of the most iconic scenes features Pop and Ma eating a meal together whilst having a bath. With several scenes featuring eating, the fact Ferris was a vegetarian had to be worked around by the production staff. Both Ferris and Jason gained weight due to the amount of food they had to consume, often doing multiple takes for several scenes at one time, to make the scenes look realistic. Another theme of the
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"Living It Up", "The Dickie Henderson Half-Hour", "Arthur's Treasured Volumes" and a cameo appearance in "Make Mine a Million" in 1959. In 1993 she starred in an episode of "The Darling Buds of May". Anthea Askey died in Worthing, Sussex, in 1999, aged 65. Anthea Askey Anthea Shirley Askey (2 March 1933 – 28 February 1999) was an English actress who was popular on television in the 1950s. Anthea Askey was born in Golders Green, north London, to the comedian and actor Arthur Askey, and his wife Elizabeth May Swash (b. 1899, m. 1925, d. 1974). In many of her
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amateur ghost hunters today. Among the most famous reported hauntings is that of the Red Lady or Lady Dering (who died in the 12th century), sighted in the churchyard of St Nicholas. Other reputed hauntings include a ghostly monk, a phantom highwayman and a gypsy woman who died in mysterious circumstances. Three of these are all within a few feet at the road junction ghost hunters have dubbed "Fright Corner". The ITV drama series, "The Darling Buds of May", was filmed in the village (doubling for Sidcup) in the early 1990s. The village's official status as "the most haunted village
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was the second child of the writer H.E. Bates. Wicks is the niece of Jonathan Bates, the award-winning Sound Editor who died in 2008, and the television producer, Richard Bates, who produced the television adaptation of The Darling Buds of May. Wicks is a director of Evensford Productions Ltd, the company set up in 1955 to protect and promote H.E. Bates's work. Wicks trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama where she was awarded the Pernod and Bisquit Award for the most promising graduate. Her first job was as Acting Assistant Stage Manager at Northampton Rep for
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album in 1992, entitled "Erotica", a few weeks before Madonna's album of the same name. The album contained the US single, "Long Day in the Universe", which was featured on the soundtrack for the Mike Myers film, "So I Married an Axe Murderer". This line up featured second guitarist Matt Gray (ex-Soldier Dolls). Although they toured the United States in support of the album for a year, the members of the Darling Buds grew increasingly frustrated by their lack of commercial success and disbanded. Speaking to the "Q Magazine" in 2012, Lewis explained the reasons behind their decision: "Sony's London
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Caerleon and Monmouth. Chris McDonogh now works at Le Mons studio in Newport. Richard 'Bloss' Gray became an assistant manager in a hotel near Cardiff; as of 2012 he ran the Red Lion Inn in Cowbridge. Geraint Farr, Andrea Lewis' boyfriend during the band's early years, retrained as a dietician/nutritionist and moved to Bristol. "I don't know why, but he's turned his back on that part of his life," commented Lewis on Farr's refusal to join her for a one-off reunion. In July 2010, the Darling Buds with only Lewis Jarvis from the original line-up, reformed for a one-off tribute
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other members being dark-haired males) along with the likes of The Primitives and Transvision Vamp, but also referenced the C86 scene of a few years earlier. The Darling Buds formed in Caerleon near Newport, South Wales, in 1986 by 19-year-old Andrea Lewis Jarvis. Their debut single, "If I Said", was released on February 1987 and was well received. The group re-released the single on an established label, Native Records, receiving radio play on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. Signing with Sony in 1988, several singles preceded their critically acclaimed 1989 debut LP, "Pop Said...". The album, described as "relentlessly
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Ian Bartholomew Ian Bartholomew is an English actor who has worked widely in both theatre and television. Bartholomew was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and brought up in Gosport. In television Bartholomew's work has ranged from "The Darling Buds of May", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "Minder", and more recently, "Making Waves", "Spooks" and "Marcella". On stage he has been in productions such as "A Man for All Seasons" at the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, "Mirandolina" and "Assassins". In 2005 he was in the acclaimed production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee in the starring role of George at
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"Fortunes of War", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "The Citadel", "Edge of Darkness", "The Darling Buds of May", "Jonathan Creek", "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", "Holby City", "Midsomer Murders" and "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" story "The Creeping Man". In 2002, he guest starred in the "Doctor Who" audio drama "Excelis Rising". Charles Kay Charles Kay (born Charles Piff, 31 August 1930) is an English actor. Kay was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, the son of Frances (née Petty) and Charles Beckingham Piff. Originally educated at Warwick School, Kay went on to study medicine, then decided to train for the stage. He went to
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Clan Primrose Clan Primrose is a Lowland Scottish clan. The surname derives from the lands of Primrose in the parish of Dunfermline, Fife. The farmstead stood at the junction of Grange Road and Primrose Lane in what is now a housing estate in the town of Rosyth. The name itself may come from the Pictish words "*pren", "tree", and *"ros", "moor", or the first element may be "*prim", "first". The earliest recorded ancestor of the Earls of Rosebery is Henry Primrose, born sometime prior to 1490, who lived in the neighbourhood of Culross Abbey. Henry Primrose's grandson was Gilbert who
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eaten raw in salads or cooked like spinach or in soups. Several Native American tribes made tea from the evening primrose leaves and used it as a dietary aid. Evening primrose leaves contain flavonoids, mucilages, tannins, sugar, resin and phytosterols. The flowering stems are preferably used when they are still young in June. They have to be peeled and can then be eaten raw or fried. The flower buds are denoted as delicacy and can be harvested from June to September. They are mild in taste and can be eaten raw in salads, pickled in oil, fried or in soups.
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Rivals" by Sheridan both at the Haymarket Theatre. In 1963, he went to New York City to appear in "The Private Ear and The Public Eye". He played the part of the Art Editor in the BBC series "Compact" for some years. He appeared in several films, including "Operation Crossbow" and "The Grass Is Greener", in which he played opposite Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons. Watson had a series of television credits to his name, most notably as Brigadier Arthur Maiford, MC (ret.) (but always known to the Larkins as "The General") in "The Darling Buds
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"Blackadder II" ("Bells"), "Bergerac", "Capital City", "EastEnders", "Blott on the Landscape", "Maisie Raine", "Mike and Angelo", "Bramwell", "Prince Regent", "Cracker", "The Darling Buds of May", "Foyle's War", "The Grand", "Taggart", "The Broker's Man", "Oliver Twist", "Mother Love" and "Rumpole of the Bailey". He also had a more regular role in "Three Up, Two Down", playing the gloomy and pessimistic zoo-keeper Wilf Perkins. In 1997 he appeared as Mr Carkdale, the English teacher who spoke only in Anglo-Saxon, in two series of Steven Moffat's school-sitcom "Chalk". In 2008, he contributed to the audio commentary for the DVD release. His film credits
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Rachel Bell Rachel Bell (born 1950) is an English actress. Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in "Grange Hill" (1997–2002); Edith Pilchester in "The Darling Buds of May" (1991–1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group in "Dear John" (1986–1987). She also appeared in the "Doctor Who" story "The Happiness Patrol" (1988) and the "Only Fools and Horses" episode "To Hull and Back" (1985). Her films include "Sweet William" (1980), "Red Mercury" (2005) and the 2008 Keira Knightley film, "The Edge Of
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of good ratings due to dull weather and the belief that people would be looking for something to lift their spirits following the end of the Gulf War. Jason attributed the series' popularity to the public wanting a more wholesome, inclusive and inoffensive viewing option at a time when violence on television was increasing. This was one of the main reasons he decided to take the role. The series generated an upsurge in sales of H. E. Bates's novels. The series is based on the works of H. E. Bates, who died in 1974. Having moved from the industrialised English
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Clarkia exilis Clarkia exilis is a small herbaceous annual plant of western North America. It is an uncommon species in the evening primrose family known by the common names Kern River clarkia and slender clarkia. "Clarkia exilis" is an annual herb producing a slender, erect stem often exceeding half a meter in height. The bright green leaves are lance-shaped to narrowly oval, hairless, up to 6 centimeters long, and sometimes lacking petioles. The top of the stem is occupied by the inflorescence, with open flowers and deflexed buds towards the tip of the stem. The sepals and ovary may be
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Miss Pilchester, she responds, "Do her good. Make her sleep all the sweeter." In the first novella, Pop, Ma, and Mariette Larkin attempt to beguile Cedric Charlton, a timid and naive tax inspector, into abandoning his investigation of their finances. Their ultimate goal is for Mariette, who is secretly pregnant at the age of seventeen, to marry "Charley" and thus provide a father for her baby. Ultimately Mariette develops true feelings for Charley and they do become engaged. Charley is never told of the pregnancy, which turns out to be a false alarm. The novel was loosely adapted into the
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Helen Darling Helen Marie Darling (born August 29, 1978) is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA); as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent. In her WNBA career, Darling has more than 1,000 career points, 650 assists and 250 career steals and has appeared in 19 career WNBA playoff games. Darling is the daughter of Patricia Smith and Donald Darling, and has three brothers Donald, Ronald and Dewand Darling and one sister Alicia Smith. She is also the mother of triplets
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Famous First Words (Viva Brother album) Famous First Words is the debut studio album by English rock band Viva Brother, released on 1 August 2011, on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom. Preceded by the singles "Darling Buds of May", "Still Here" and "New Year's Day", the album was produced and mixed by Stephen Street, who had previously worked with acts such as Blur and The Smiths. The album was panned by critics upon release, with reviewers criticizing the lack of original content and the clumsiness with which the band attempted to emulate popular acts of the 90s. On, Metacritic,
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the British press as Britpop's Revival first album. Many reviewers pointed out that while Viva Brother attempted to be a lad rock act, they ended up only producing dad rock. Famous First Words (Viva Brother album) Famous First Words is the debut studio album by English rock band Viva Brother, released on 1 August 2011, on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom. Preceded by the singles "Darling Buds of May", "Still Here" and "New Year's Day", the album was produced and mixed by Stephen Street, who had previously worked with acts such as Blur and The Smiths. The album was
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Come What May (2015 film) Come What May (original title: En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît; also titled Darling Buds of May) is a 2015 French historical drama film directed by Christian Carion. It stars August Diehl and Olivier Gourmet in lead roles, and was released on 4 November 2015. The film score was composed by Ennio Morricone. On 10 May 1940, the German Army invades Belgium and France via the Ardennes. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of the small village in the Pas-de-Calais decide, on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything
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centimeters long. The inflorescence has open flowers and hanging closed buds. The fuzzy greenish sepals stay fused together as the petals bloom from one side. The herbage may be tinted with red. The flower petals have diamond-shaped blades at the end of long claws. They are pinkish-lavender, sometimes with a large purple spot near the base. There are 8 stamens, some with large red or purple anthers and some with smaller, paler anthers. Hybrids between subspecies have low fertility. The two current subspecies are: Clarkia tembloriensis Clarkia tembloriensis is a rare species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family,
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H. E. Bates Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974), better known as H.E. Bates, was an English writer and author. His best-known works include "Love for Lydia", "The Darling Buds of May", and "My Uncle Silas". H.E. Bates was born on 16 May 1905 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and a warehouse clerk. Many of his stories depict life in the rural Midlands of England, particularly his native Northamptonshire. Bates was partial to taking long walks around the Northamptonshire countryside and this often
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of Dimes. Darling has recently published her first children's book entitled "Hide 'n Seek Mondays". The book is the first in a series of seven. Helen is a mother of three, triplets, sons JaJuan and Jalen and daughter Neveah. Helen Darling Helen Marie Darling (born August 29, 1978) is an American professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA); as of May 15, 2011 Darling was an unsigned free agent. In her WNBA career, Darling has more than 1,000 career points, 650 assists and 250 career steals and
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not present at birth, that may have played a part in the formation of the tumor. In 2010, another similar case was studied extensively by Dalal et al. The patient was a mentally retarded 43-year-old woman who had hearing impairment, distorted facial features, muscle atrophy, cataracts, and ossification of cartilage. Additionally, she was born with Ebstein malformation, a congenital heart defect, agenesis of the corpus callosum, and hip dysplasia. Other symptoms included hypothyroidism, diabetes, and muscle control problems. A brain MRI showed that her basal ganglia had partially calcified, which may have contributed to her paraparesis and motor tics. Primrose
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Give Them Their Life, The Poetry of H.E. Bates, Evensford Productions Ltd, Eads, Peter, 1995, The Life and Times of H.E.Bates, Northamptonshire County Council Libraries and Information Service, H. E. Bates Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE (16 May 1905 – 29 January 1974), better known as H.E. Bates, was an English writer and author. His best-known works include "Love for Lydia", "The Darling Buds of May", and "My Uncle Silas". H.E. Bates was born on 16 May 1905 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, and educated at Kettering Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked as a reporter and a warehouse clerk. Many of
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Gilbert E. Primrose Gilbert Edward Primrose (27 February 1848 – 16 February 1935) was a Scottish amateur sportsman who made one appearance for the Scottish football XI against England in the representative match played in February 1871. He later settled in Helidon, near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia where he became a director of the Helidon Spa Water Company. In 1959, the company merged with Owen Gardener & Sons to become Kirks. Primrose was born at Dalmeny, near Edinburgh, the third of the six sons of the Hon. Bouverie Francis Primrose (1813–1898) and his wife, Frederica Sophia Anson (1814–1867). His father
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in 1979 in honor of William Primrose, was the first international music competition for viola players. For the first part of his career, Primrose played an Amati viola, formerly owned by his father. Primrose had noted that the viola had a wolf tone and did not project easily. He sold the Amati viola in 1951. The ex-Primrose Amati is now owned by Roberto Díaz, who is currently the president of the Curtis Institute of Music and recorded a CD of Primrose's transcriptions for Naxos Records. Prior to the recording, the viola was inspected and was found to have had adjustments
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held at Earls Court, London. In October 1900, Primrose and his family published a notice in The "Sydney Morning Herald", thanking "their many kind friends and sympathisers for wreaths and letters of sympathy received during their recent sad bereavement". In 1909, Primrose returned to England where he died at Worthing, West Sussex on 16 February 1935. Gilbert E. Primrose Gilbert Edward Primrose (27 February 1848 – 16 February 1935) was a Scottish amateur sportsman who made one appearance for the Scottish football XI against England in the representative match played in February 1871. He later settled in Helidon, near Brisbane
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studio with Stephen Street to record their debut album. On 5 March, the band appeared on the early morning football show "Soccer AM", and revealed the name for their album would be "Famous First Words", after discussing it in the canteen just half an hour before the interview. They released their debut single, "Darling Buds of May", on 27 June 2011. This was followed by three more singles, "New Year's Day", released 8 May 2011, and "", released 27 June 2011. In June 2011, the band was forced to change their name from Brother to Viva Brother due to a
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1997, never toured again. They released their second album "Joya Magica", in 1998 but the band were dropped from their label deal along with other acts at Indolent and split soon after. The band recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, in 1996 and 1998, and appear in the top 125 Peel sessions of all time. Mike Cole once played guitar for Newport's The Darling Buds but was asked to leave after just three gigs. He was also asked to stand in for Paul McGuigan on Oasis' 1996 tour of the USA, but declined. The track "Hair",
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Siobhan. The trio played their first gig together in over ten years on 31 December 2012 at a New Year's Eve party held in London. "New Year" was the second song on the set list, which also included their songs "Overload" and "Freak like Me", and a cover version of Rihanna's single "Diamonds". The song was covered by Welsh indie pop band The Darling Buds and released as a digital single on Oddbox Records on 15 December 2018. Credits are adapted from the liner notes of "One Touch", courtesy of London Records. New Year (song) "New Year" is a song
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/ Nicolas Mahut, 7–5, 6–3 2011 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux The 2011 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament. It was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bordeaux, France between May 7 and May 15, 2011. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marc Gicquel def. Horacio Zeballos, 6–2, 6–4 Jamie Delgado /
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2011 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux The 2011 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament. It was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bordeaux, France between May 7 and May 15, 2011. The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry as a special exempt into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Marc Gicquel def. Horacio Zeballos, 6–2, 6–4 Jamie Delgado / Jonathan Marray def. Julien Benneteau
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Costelloe of Lackeen Castle, Birr, Ireland. On 25 February 1871, Primrose (a member of the Civil Service club) was selected as a late replacement for William Baillie-Hamilton for the international football match against England. (In some contemporary match reports, he is listed as "C.E. Primrose".) The match ended in a 1–1 draw with goals from Charles Nepean and Robert Walker. In many present-day databases, Primrose is confused with his elder brother, Henry, who played for Scotland on 19 November 1870. Primrose later emigrated to Queensland, Australia where his brother Francis had already settled. In January 1871, Francis is listed as
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the earliest according to the dating of the first series and the chronology of events up to that point. However, in the sixth serial ("Stranger at the gates") the twins celebrate their birthday, which a close-up of a wall calendar reveals to be 15 August 1959. In the eighth serial ("Le Grand Weekend") the Larkins' weekend getaway coincides with Charles de Gaulle's state visit, which would date the events of the episode to April 1960 if it does indeed coincide with the real-life visit. Primrose's birthday was revealed to be in May in "Stranger at the gates" and she celebrates
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it in the ninth serial "The happiest days of your life", dating the events either to May 1960 (using the retconned second series date) or 1961 (going by the date given in the first series). By the eleventh serial ("Climb the greasy pole"), when the children are older and the babies have grown to toddlerhood, another close-up of a calendar reveals the month to be October 1959. At the end of the final episode, Sidney is elected to the Rural District Council on 5 November 1959 (Guy Fawkes Night). Of the four main cast members, Jason and Ferris appeared in
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created Viscount of Primrose in 1703. Primrose's fourth son and namesake Archibald was created Earl of Rosebery in 1703 and was the ancestor of among others Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington Sir Archibald Primrose, 1st Baronet, Lord Carrington (16 May 1616 – 27 November 1679) was a notable Scottish lawyer, judge, and Cavalier. The son of James Primrose (d. 1641) by Catherine, daughter of Richard Lawson of Boghall, he succeeded his father, who had held the office for upwards of forty years, as Clerk to the Privy Council on 2 September 1641. Following
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Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, 2nd Earl of Midlothian, (8 January 1882 – 31 May 1974), styled Lord Dalmeny until 1929, was a British politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1945. He was born at Dalmeny House west of Edinburgh on 8 January 1882. His parents were Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 1894–95) and Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery, a member of the Rothschild family. He was the brother of Neil Primrose and the writer
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HMS Primrose (1807) HMS "Primrose" (1807) was a Royal Navy built by Thomas Nickells (or Nicholls), at Fowey and launched in 1807. She was commissioned in November 1807 under Commander James Mein, who sailed her to the coast of Spain on 3 February 1808. On 14 May 1808 "Primrose" was in the Tagus with the 14-gun brig . They saw and chased two merchant feluccas that took shelter under the protection of a shore battery. On 18 May the British decided to try to cut the feluccas out nonetheless, with "Rapid" leading the way. However, fire from the battery struck
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in the Ken Loach film "Looks and Smiles". Golland went on to become a familiar face on British television, landing parts in "All Creatures Great and Small" (1979), "Emmerdale" (1987), "The New Statesman" (1989), "The Darling Buds of May" (1992), "In Suspicious Circumstances" (1992) and "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1992) before landing the role of George Ward, the proprietor of "Heartbeat"'s Aidensfield Arms pub in 1992. Golland was a fixture of the show until 1996 when the character left to live with his sister and the bar was taken over by Gina Ward. Golland appeared in "Stay Lucky" in 1993
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involved in the live 40th anniversary episode, And also performed in the closing ceremony of the 2002 Manchester commonwealth games in front of HRH Since leaving "Coronation Street", Steven Arnold has enjoyed a successful stage, TV and film career, including; - Mack Sennett/Syndney Chaplin/Weldon/Mr Holling in "The Charlie Chaplin Story" (UK Tour 2016) - Man in 'KES'(Two Hander 10 Characters) - Bottom in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - CSM Rivers in 'The Accrington Pals' - Steph Aston in 'Thick as Thieves' - Pop Larkin in 'Darling Buds of May' - Cubby Gordon in 'Concrete Boots' - Shere Khan in 'The
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Church of England community. A farmers' market is held weekly in the Millennium Hall. Egerton has a medium proportion of listed properties for the English countryside such as Egerton House and a Saxon Burial mound. The 13th-century parish church in the Church of England exists which is dedicated to the disciple of Jesus of Nazareth, Saint James. It has the highest grading in the national scheme of listed buildings, Grade I. The village's now defunct bakery was featured on the 1990s television programme "The Darling Buds of May". Egerton, Kent Egerton is a village and civil parish in the Ashford
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"The Dustbinmen", "On Giant's Shoulders" and "Juliet Bravo". Wylton also had a role in the BBC's 1979 adaptation of "Henry V", playing the rather lovable Fluellen. During the 1980s he acted on programmes such as "Bergerac", "To Serve Them All My Days", "Campion", "The Citadel" and "A Bit of a Do" (as Rodney Sillitoe). In 1983, he appeared in the film "Curse of the Pink Panther". During the 1990s, he starred in "All Creatures Great and Small", "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Lovejoy", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "A Touch of Frost", "The Darling Buds of May", "French & Saunders", "Peak Practice", "Annie's
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David Jason Sir David John White, (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in "Only Fools and Horses" and Detective Inspector Jack Frost in the ITV crime drama "A Touch of Frost". Other high-profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom "Open All Hours" and "Still Open All Hours", and Pop Larkin in the comedy drama "The Darling Buds of May", as well as voicing Mr. Toad in "The Wind in the Willows" and the titular characters of
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"Hamlet", and Franks insisted on going with them; at age seven, he was hooked for life. Franks is best known for his role as the tax inspector Cedric "Charley" Charlton in the English sitcom "The Darling Buds of May", and also as Sgt. Raymond Craddock on "Heartbeat". He has also been a guest star in "Absolutely Fabulous", "Pie in the Sky", "Midsomer Murders", "Foyle's War", "Bleak House", "Martin Chuzzlewit", "The Buddha of Suburbia", "The Green Man" and "To Serve Them All My Days". For the role of his character in Martin Chuzzlewit (Tom Pinch), Franks shaved off all of the
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Philip Franks Philip Franks (born 2 February 1956) is an English actor and theatre director, known to the public chiefly for his roles in English television series, such as "The Darling Buds of May" and "Heartbeat". Franks was born in London and is the only child of Patricia and Robert Franks. His father was a squadron leader pilot in the Royal Air Force. Franks maintains that he first fell in love with theatre at age six, when his parents took him along to see a production of "The Tempest". The following year, his parents were going to a production of
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for radio and screen, originating the radio detective drama "Baldi" and writing episodes for the television series "Ballykissangel" and "The Darling Buds of May" and the screenplay for the film "A Man of No Importance" (1994). He wrote the screenplays for the five episodes of the television series "My Mother and Other Strangers", which aired in 2016. His sister, Marie Devlin, is a school teacher and writer, publishing "Over Nine Waves", a collection of traditional Irish myths and legends, in 1994. She was married to the Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, from 1965 until the poet's death in 2013. One of
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the cars. On June 1991, one of the lifts was seen in an episode of The Darling Buds of May (TV series). David Jason, Pam Ferris, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Philip Franks, Anna Massey and Moray Watson all appeared on the lift. In June 2009, Folkestone and Hythe District Council’s lease ran out and it was decided that the lift was too expensive to run. Campaigners subsequently protested against the closure of the lift and in April 2010, it was announced that the lift was to be restored. Crofton Design, the consulting engineers responsible for the Leas Lift restoration, was appointed as
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2014 at the "Emmerdale" village on the Harewood Estate. Over the years the filming of "Emmerdale" has included memorable scenes such as the 1997 death of David Glover in a fire which was filmed with a temporary structure built on the Hall's billiard room. In 2005 Zoe Tate destroyed the house by setting off a gas explosion which was filmed with the erection of a false facade on the eastern elevation of the Hall. Creskeld has also been used for other television programmes over the years including, Century Falls, , "The Darling Buds of May", "Anton Mosimann – Naturally," and
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with the television adaptations of his stories "The Darling Buds of May" and its sequels as well as adaptations of "My Uncle Silas", "A Moment in Time", "Fair Stood the Wind for France" and "Love for Lydia". In his home town of Rushden, H.E. Bates has a road named after him to the west of the town, leading to the local leisure centre. Eads, Peter, 1990, H.E.BATES, A Bibliographical Study, St. Paul's Bibliographies, Winchester, Hampshire, Omnigraphics, Detroit 1990 Eads, Peter, 2007, H.E.BATES, A Bibliographical Study, Oak Knoll Press & British Library, (Oak Knoll Press) (The British Library) Eads, Peter, 1990,
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lived west in Hartfield. Appledore features in the series Darling Buds of May. The medieval parish church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. The B2080 is a local road connecting Appledore with Tenterden and Brenzett, where it meets the A259 South Coast Trunk Road. The Royal Military Road follows the canal southwest from Appledore to Rye. The Marshlink Line railway line runs between and via Appledore railway station, which is around from the village. The line reduces from dual to single track beyond the station towards and Hastings. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School is located in the
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daughter, Lady Helen Dorothy Primrose (1913–1998). They divorced in 1919. He remarried in 1924, to Dame Eva Isabel Marian Strutt (DBE), daughter of the 2nd Baron Aberdare of Duffryn. Their only child, Neil Archibald Primrose, was born in 1929. Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, 2nd Earl of Midlothian, (8 January 1882 – 31 May 1974), styled Lord Dalmeny until 1929, was a British politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for Scotland in 1945. He was born at Dalmeny House west of Edinburgh on 8 January 1882. His
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Justice Neil Primrose and the grandson of a lieutenant governor of Alberta, Philip C.H Primrose. He is one of only fifteen shooters to compete at six Olympic Games. In 1985, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. John Primrose (sport shooter) John Nairn Primrose (born 28 May 1942) is a Canadian trap shooter who competed at six Olympics from 1968 to 1992 (excluding 1980). His best position was seventh in the Mixed Trap in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. John won a gold medal in the 1975 Trap World Championships and 1983 World Championships (see "Olympic Trap").
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Faulter Faulter is a rock band from Anaheim, California. They formed in 2003, while the members were attending various high schools in Anaheim. The band self-released their debut album "Darling Buds of May" before being signed to Abacus Recordings. The album was then re-released nationally on their new label. Songs from their debut have been featured on "" twice. In 2007, the band released an EP, "The Other Side" (available as a free download on their official website). The EP includes 2 rerecorded songs from their debut along with 3 new ones. In July 2007, they announced on their Myspace
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Bates's "The Darling Buds of May" (1958) and "An Autobiography" (1969–72) and for Joyce Grenfell's "George, Don't Do That" (1977). He made illustrations for a number of large companies - BP, Shell, Whitbread - and undertook portraits of royalty, cabinet ministers, city businessmen, and celebrities - Joyce Grenfell, Sir Michael Adeane, Sir Roger Bannister, Lord Denning, Norman Parkinson and Sir Arthur Norrington - and for members of the Society of Dilettanti and of Annabel's. His royal portraits included The Princess of Wales in her wedding dress, The Princess Royal, and the Duchess of Gloucester. He painted the christenings of Prince
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that they were no longer with Abacus Recordings. Faulter Faulter is a rock band from Anaheim, California. They formed in 2003, while the members were attending various high schools in Anaheim. The band self-released their debut album "Darling Buds of May" before being signed to Abacus Recordings. The album was then re-released nationally on their new label. Songs from their debut have been featured on "" twice. In 2007, the band released an EP, "The Other Side" (available as a free download on their official website). The EP includes 2 rerecorded songs from their debut along with 3 new ones.
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