They never looked at, let alone spoke to, each other during rehearsals; they ate in separate canteens; they shunned any other cast members whom they suspected of siding with the other; and they became obsessed with trying to sabotage each other's performances. 1,709 were here. Add extreme force to the weight and you can see why it can cause so much damage. Hylda Baker. In a coda to her musical career, she teamed with Arthur Mullard in 1978 to record a comedy version of "You're the One That I Want" from the film Grease. We lived just about opposite Hylda Baker's house. ``She was lying there, crying, bleeding, her make-up all smudged. By 14, she had started writing, producing and performing her own shows. Jewel had agreed a deal that would take him to Thames TV once it was over, where he had been promised several opportunities in dramatic productions, as well as his own sitcom - and absolutely no contact with Hylda Baker. Book with the Visit Fylde Coast and StayBlackpool guide. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. 'Have you met her?' If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Hylda was cremated and her ashes placed in a plot used for retired variety performers. I do the curtain speech. The East coast got the worst of the storm surges. The consequence was that, as Jewel raged at the slow pace of rehearsals and the frequent need for re-shoots in the studio, the director decided to help Baker by scattering cue cards all over the set just out of shot. Failed to delete memorial. Sign up for your email newsletter. Tommy Butler (Jimmy Jewel). Like A Family. . This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. (1997) - and summaries of her life and career are available in J Richards, Stars in Our Eyes: Lancashire Stars of Stage, Screen and Radio (1994), and Nick Burton, "Hylda Baker", in Really Lancashire, no. 72 relations. In 1955, after 40 years in the theatre business, she became an overnight star following an appearance on television's The Good Old Days: her act with her tall, silent friend Cynthia and the famous catch-phrase "She knows y'know" became a national favourite, and for four years in the mid-1950s her show during the Blackpool summer season was a triumphant success. Dazzled by the inflated fees and the perceived higher status of the big screen format, neither Baker nor Jewel, in spite of their hatred of each other, hesitated to sign up. Which leaves the devastation laid bare for everyone to see and clean up! By 11.30am, waves were coming over the top of the new sea defences in front of Jubilee Leisure Park, and over the sea wall at Rossall Beach. For once the production company, Hammer, hid the horror, and, when the movie was released, it was received (at least by some critics) like an agreeably cheeky seaside postcard. On those occasions when she forgot or fluffed a line, instead of ignoring it and carrying on, he would stop, walk forward to the footlights, and say triumphantly to the audience, 'She's forgotten her lines again, she can't remember anything, this woman!' Building View. Packed full of interesting things and a what's on guide for the following week. They tell us about the chance of something happening which is based on likelihood not on fact! But the precise relationship between Hylda as a performer and as a manager is not clarified by the presence of documents relating to the company "Stars of the Century Ltd". [] Ken Platt is in the stage show with me at the moment because I refused to play with Mr Jewel. It was in Wales where a friend of mine suggested that we joined a local amateur dramatic group, which had a pretty good reputation. So we rely on what were told and the evidence afterwards. It may have been, in fact, an early symptom of the gradual mental decline that, about ten years later, would be formally diagnosed as a form of dementia, but she was definitely finding it depressingly difficult now to commit any portion of a script to memory. Hylda Baker Family Background & Career. Nothing could be done, however, to mend the co-stars' broken bond. She was paid off by the management after one performance. As if this was not astonishing enough, Jewel then sought out Baker after the show and said, 'Look, Hylda, we've got twenty-six weeks ahead of us in Blackpool, we should try to be friends. Try again. General. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Hylda Baker (14484468)? By mid morning that day it was clear that there would be a problem at high tide at 12.20pm. Please try again later. Which is just what happened here with metal bent and concrete furniture tossed about as if light as a feather. A down-to-earth and somewhat cautious person, haunted by the memory of past financial and professional setbacks, he was usually quite calm and reserved, but, when provoked, had an explosive temper: it once caused him to hold a knife to the throat of Irish tenor Josef Locke and threaten to cut his head off unless the singer stopped hitting other members of a Blackpool summer show. Her father, Harold Baker, was a painter and signwriter, who also worked part-time in the music halls as a comedian. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Baker, for example, would cope with finding herself on the periphery of a shot by inventing bits of visual comic business to distract the viewer and steal the scene. Hylda Baker, the diminutive Lancashire comedienne with the catchphrase, "she knows, y'know!", has died at the age of 78. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. She had a starring role in the low-budget black-and-white British comedy film She Knows Y'Know (1962). A biography of Hylda Baker has been published - see J Fergusson, She Knows You Know! Working on Nearest And Dearest was turning Jimmy into a nervous wreck.'. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Carrie Dennison lived on Thornton Gate in Cleveleys during the floods of 1977. As youll see from one of the photos, there was no water on South Avenue until you got to the Queens Walk end. She had ``retired'' in 1976, when symptoms of her medical problems became all too alarmingly apparent. But she was, in the final analysis, a comic genius.''. There was a problem getting your location. She appears to have kept everything - all her scripts, fan mail, bills and theatrical ephemera; but not everything has been deposited. Booked to begin shortly after the fourth series had aired in 1970, the Nearest And Dearest stage show commenced with a try-out week in Bristol before transferring to Blackpool to start the season proper. Building View. They therefore began the read-through of the first script in very positive and pleasant moods, laughing at each other's lines and generally appearing relaxed and happy in each other's company. Baker and Mullard, then aged 73 and 68, dressed in wigs and costumes similar to the John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John characters from Grease and appeared on the BBC show Top of the Pops and the Granada Television music show for children Get It Together. Some of of you I hope remember Hylda Baker? Sadly, Hylda spent the last years of her life as a patient of Horton Hospital, where she died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of 82 on May 1st 1986. You're the One That I Want Full Official Chart History". She didn't stay in school for very. Entertainer. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. Youre advised to keep away from the seafront, and the roads usually closed by the council and police. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The show won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment in 1998. They were working on a scene in which Nellie was busy with stock-taking in the pickle factory, while the workshy Eli stayed in bed pretending to be ill. Set in his bedroom, Nellie would keep coming in to check on him, narrowly missing him sneaking a puff on his cigarette or a swig from his drink, and then rush back out again. a far more prominent part of her character, while Jewel repeatedly exploded in anger at the many liberties he felt she was taking. The story of this most fierce of feuds goes back to 1968, when Baker and Jewel were brought together for a new ITV sitcom set in Colne, Lancashire, about two squabbling middle-aged siblings, Eli and Nellie Pledge, who between them have been left to run their late father's small pickle business, Pledge's Purer Pickles. Although the defences protect us to a good standard, they can never truly prevent any breaching from happening. She had a reputation for being difficult to work with, but this was probably because she . We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. cemeteries found in Whitton, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England will be saved to your photo volunteer list. I am the star of the show!' Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. As everyone sat around the large dinner table, the party was going well until Baker's agent opined: 'Do you know, Hylda, this play is going to be a very big hit.' If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can ``A gift of a part,'' says Jean, ``and long may it continue. The sea water coming over the wall turned Rossall and North Promenade into a river, which flowed (as water does) to the lowest point. Baker was a typical Lancastrian in that she was an outgoing, engaging, quick-witted presence who was accustomed to using humour as a kind of handshake. Titbits, 22 Jun. The sea was coming over along the wall along the length of the sea defences, causing considerable flooding. . Image shows from L to R: Nellie Pledge (Hylda Baker), Eli Pledge (Jimmy Jewel). It would turn out to be, to no one's surprise, an even more torrid experience than before. It also did not help that the two of them together, by disposition, seemed to embody their very own War of the Roses. Building View. 1963 (see DDX 1683/5/2) Hylda Baker (1905-86), daughter of the music-hall comedian Harold Baker, and the eldest of seven children, started her theatre career at the age of 10, when she appeared in pantomime at the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells. Tiffany C. said "Best Szechuan food in the OC! She liked to relax by playing billiards and golf, and for many years travelled everywhere with a malodorous pair of pet Brazilian capuchin monkeys called Mickey and Co-Co, whom she dressed in matching jackets, described as her 'little men', and allowed to wreak havoc behind the scenes whenever she left them alone to go on stage. These three factors combine to create high waves, high water and flooding. In spite of it all, the summer season (dubbed a 'box-office bulldozer' for its record-breaking ticket sales) actually attracted very warm and positive reviews, with many of their on-stage pranks and attacks on each other simply being accepted as part of the script. and pretend to be blissfully ignorant of the reason for his rants. In fact, everybody is invited.'. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. The film takes its title from Hylda Baker's best known catch-phrase. It was the most beautifully poignant piece of material I've ever read and gave me the key to her character in the later part of her life. Eventually Hylda worked in radio and made the jump to television in the 1950s. She made her professional stage debut in 1915 aged 10 and toured for decades in variety and second-rank revues, several of which she produced herself. A little later, the show's director took him to one side and broached the thorny subject of who, in keeping with tradition, should give the speech on behalf of the company at the curtain call. Once it was all done, with the final show screened on 7 February 1973, Baker threw an end-of-series party at Manchester's Midland Hotel, but hardly anyone came; the strain of it all had left the whole of the cast and crew feeling too drained to even celebrate the fact that it had finished. Copyright: Granada Television / Rex, Nearest And Dearest. Baker, in turn, would look around at the crew, mutter 'Oh, that man!' She reacted by marching over to his side of the table, smacking down her package hard on the table in front of him, grabbing his package, and then shouted: 'Wrong fish and chips!' Jewel was a tall and skinny man, with a near-constant rheumy-eyed hangdog expression, who was so notorious for looking miserable that even Tony Hancock once told him to cheer up. As they battled for dominance in each episode, therefore, their attitudes only exacerbated their alienation from each other. The following night, the show opened, received plenty of laughs, and, at the end, much to the team's surprise and relief, Jewel began the curtain speech, saying kind words about Baker, and then Baker concluded it, saying kind words about Jewel. This was proved with round two of the bad storms, on 3 January 2014. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. To reduce this kind of overtopping is exactly why the promenade at Princes Way was rebuilt. We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse. The curving, natural, sloping shingle beach and slight inward curve of the coastline gives good resilience against high seas. Their version reached #22 in the UKs BBC singles chart. Photo: Carrie Dennison Flooding at junction of Cross Way/Queens Walk Cleveleys in 1977. Water is incredibly heavy 1 cubic centimetre weighs 1 gram just imagine how heavy a bucket of water is. Anyone can find this group. Lancashire-born Baker, whose role in the sitcom was initially written merely as a supporting character, had been performing since she was ten, and had gradually made her name in the north for her inspired persona of a small but spirited woman (prone to such malapropisms as 'I've had lessons in electrocution, you know' and 'I can say this without fear of contraception'). Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Hylda Baker (4 February 1905 1 May 1986) was an English comedian, actress and music hall performer. Try again later. This led to her television series, Be Soon (named after another of her catchphrases), in 1957 and a supporting part in the sitcom Our House in 1960, followed by her own sitcom, The Best of Friends, in 1963. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. '', Turned down by both RADA and LAMDA Fergusson found a place at the Castle school in Cardiff (``who also turned out Anthony Hopkins, so they're not that bad'' she adds) and went on to carve a name in many of the leading rep companies of the UK. Jean said: "About six years ago when I was appearing in pantomime as Marina someone remarked how she reminded her of Hylda Baker, which was strange because when I was young I loved watching her on television doing her original stand-up routine and often impersonated her. Jewel would respond in kind. This dark-haired barrel-shaped comedienne and character actress was the daughter of a Lancashire comedian. Once again, the hapless duo backed quickly out of the doorway as if they had been strapped to a piece of elastic. In the play and the TV series, argumentative Hylda Baker and droll Jimmy Jewel (former comic partner of Ben Warriss) played Nellie and Eli Pledge, the brother and sister owners of a pickle. He soon did meet Jewel, only to have a depressingly similar conversation. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Granada then announced plans for a seventh series, set to start its run at the end of the year, but added that this one would be the last. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Our understanding here at Visit Cleveleys is that the storm of December 2013 was a one-in-200-year storm. ``Hylda used to `dry' and forget her lines, which totally exasperated him. Nearest and Dearest. It was a brutal experience from start to finish, with the pair of them wasting their inventiveness on attacking each other instead of using it to improve their play. . I was unhappy, and I just want to be happy in my work. Hylda Baker (4 February 1905 - 1 May 1986) was an English comedienne, actress and music hall performer. And one of my favourite impersonations was . By 14, she had . Sea foam is a result of decaying algae in the seawater. 5.6 miles away from Kagura - Costa Mesa. The war was back on, and, from this moment on, it would never end. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. She annoyed her neighbours with loud parties at her Blackpool home. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. '', ``She was difficult,'' says Jean, ``there's no denying that. It was fortunate for the sitcom that their on-screen relationship, while never as bad as it was behind the scenes, involved plenty of bickering, so the antipathy between the actors simply spread organically to the characters. Visit Cleveleys is part of Visit Fylde Coast, for people who love this stretch of North West UK coastline. Instead, in Hylda's own handwriting, there was a full account of how she felt, how she was coping, what she feared, and her reaction to her illness - she clearly thought that she was going mad. Hylda Baker Blackpool memories - YouTube Born on 4th February 1908 in Farnworth, near Bolton, Hylda Baker was educated at Plodder Lane Council School. As they bickered onscreen and traded insults such as "knocked-kneed knackered old nosebag" and "big girl's blouse", the insults continued off-screen as the two performers disliked each other intensely. They then realised, with a heavy sigh, that they would have to get both stars to agree to this proposal. Peter Butterworth (Carry On films) comes from Knot End. Editors' Code of Practice. 'You tell Mr smart-arse Jimmy Jewel to get on with his own dialogue, and I'll get on with mine in my own way!'. Up the Junction. . Some material has not been retained: duplicates of scripts etc., some truly ephemeral items of correspondence, and some unannotated printed music scores have been destroyed. NEARBY LISTINGS FOR SALE OR LEASE. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Some of her work includes Oliver!, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Nearest and Dearest, She Knows Y'Know, Up the Junction, Our House, Where the Difference Begins, and Not On Your Nellie. She lived in London, in a 10-room flat off the Tottenham Court Road. Judged 'hilarious' and 'great fun' by its most enthusiastic followers, it would do reasonably good business at the box office, and showed that, even now, the 'brand' was fairly buoyant. As an adult she continued to work in the music halls, teamed with a male stooge - always mute, and always called Cynthia, and was a. But Fergusson sadly admits: ``If you're under the age of 25 it's hardly likely that you'd even recognise her name . Your email address will not be published. If one had to single out an off-screen sitcom relationship as the most strained and bitter of them all, then it would not be that between the usual culprits: other uneasy unions certainly had their big and bleak moments of conflict and crisis, but they still pale in comparison to the chronic negativity of the partnership that was, and will probably always remain, the most toxic in the whole of British sitcom history: that between Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel in Nearest And Dearest. They were reaching 15-20 in height as the tops of them blew onto the houses and road. 'Nobody is indispensable,' said Jewel, dripping with sarcasm, 'and they could still continue the series without me if they wanted. From that moment on, Jimmy Jewel hated Hylda Baker. Further information & advice on importing. Another show "Not on Your Nellie" followed to a lesser success, however, by this time Hylda was showing the first signs of Alzheimers Disease and after a hit single teamed with Arthur Mullard based on the Grease song "You're the One that I Want", Hylda went into retirement. She is a member of famous Actress with the age 81 years old group. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. After a few minutes of talking and twitching, they concluded, in cowardly fashion, to leave the two stars to it and simply see what happened. Required fields are marked *. After all, they have Hylda Baker, and she's a funny womana very funny woman'. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. As Nellie and Eli Pledge, the bickering brother and sister having to live in the same house to inherit money from a will left by their pickle factory owning father, their hilarious performances drew millions of viewers in its heyday. Now, she has pooled all her information for a one-woman play which runs from Sunday to Tuesday (May 11-13). He has been second feature always. n She Knows You Know starring Jean Fergusson will at the Pleasance for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 7-31. Resend Activation Email. After suing the production company for an on-set injury in which she broke her leg (after slipping on beer on the set), the series ended, as did her television acting career. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Packed full of interesting things it arrives in your inbox all 52 weeks of the year. She Knows Y'Know. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14484468/hylda-baker. Stars Hylda Baker, Jimmy Jewel, Joe Gladwin, Madge Hindle, Edward Malin and Bert Palmer Like this Overview Cast & Crew Episodes Characters Features Shop Forums See Also Trivia Character guide Nearest And Dearest. . Failed to report flower. [3] Her act was full of malapropisms and catchphrases that had become part of her public persona, the most familiar being "She knows, y'know!" Make sure that the file is a photo. Audio tapes originally accompanying the collection have been transferred to the North West Sound Archive. The four-foot ten inch Baker, on the other hand, 'stood standing' in tiny size 2 shoes, was a genuine eccentric: a smart, bubbly but rather lonely and insecure woman who loved to adorn herself in expensive furs; be transported in huge chauffeur-driven cars; host large and noisy parties in her Cleveleys home; and have affairs with much younger men (some of whom, apart from accepting these so-called 'extra duties', worked with her as her 'Cynthia'). Mitchell, in fact, was sufficiently diplomatic to get on well with both stars, and as a result he played a pivotal part in keeping the production stable and on schedule, even though he and the rest of the supporting cast still had to endure the endless awkward exchanges between the stars that had to be relayed via the director, John Robins: 'John, will you tell Miss Hylda Baker it's time she learnt her flaming lines?' Apoplectic after each shambolic studio session, Jewel, his face looking like thunder, would storm off the set, slamming doors and swearing profusely about how intolerable it was to have to keep working with such an 'unprofessional', 'self-centred' and 'mad' comic actor. Go to the homepage of theVisit Cleveleys websitefor the latest updates. History. There was one added - or at least greatly exacerbated - problem this time around. 0 cemeteries found in Whitton, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England. This dark-haired barrel-shaped comedienne and character actress was the daughter of a Lancashire comedian. To use this feature, use a newer browser. We lived just about opposite Hylda Bakers house. Mitchell asked who she meant. Today Hylda is vaunted by several of today's female comedians as an influence and releases of her tv shows on DVD show that her talent still endures.Hylda was Cremated at Twickenham (not buried) and her ashes were then transported up to Bolton, Lancashire to be scattered in the grounds of Overdale Crematorium with her parents and brothers and sisters. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. She also appeared several times in ITV soap Coronation Street, most recently playing the part of Dorothy Hoyle until 2011. Rossall Beach at Cleveleys is considered to be one of the best protected areas on the Wyre coastline. . Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Jewel promptly leapt up from the table, shouting, 'I am not staying in the company of this woman', and stormed out of the room, with Baker hurling several more bread rolls, along with quite a few swear words, at his back. During a brief break from showbusiness in 1950, she owned a fish and chip shop in Farnworth, the town of her birth. She went on to manage her own revue show, designing scenery and costumes, writing scripts and music, organizing the finance and touring, and starring in them herself. Prices are great too, portions aren't too large though. Search for this product on eBay. Year should not be greater than current year. . Jean, better known as Marina in Last of the Summer Wine, has spent six years researching Hylda's life and career, including the times she broke South Pier records in the 1950s and at the Grand in 1970. So Eli sets about finding a husband for his old-fashioned sister. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. At ten, Baker made her debut at the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells, and continued to tour as a single variety act singing, dancing and performing impersonations. Storms, sea coming over and flooding are all part and parcel of life at the coast. Jewel, sitting down with the package he had switched, then simply stared at her gleefully and watched the mixture of anger and panic rise up in her eyes. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. It was mid-way through the rehearsal of the third episode when their relationship suddenly, and irretrievably, collapsed. She was born in Farnsworth, Lancashire and began to perform in the musical halls at the tender age of 10. Sign up to receive interesting information, news & events every week, It was so bad that by noon, North and Rossall Promenade were waist deep in foam and waves were coming over the top of the sea wall. As soon as they opened the door, therefore, he got up and barked at them: 'If she does the curtain speech, I'm on the next train back to London!' She would usually appear on stage dwarfed alongside a tall, silent, blank-faced companion called 'Big Cynthia' (actually a man in drag) to whom she would bid to communicate via such one-sided conversations as: 'Where were you, eh? The disasters and belly laughs ensured a second series of Our House, this time with the addition of Hylda Baker and . If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to

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