Northern
Chilled pop-culture junkie
Leftie politics &-handed
Sun-worshipper & skinny-dipper
Mindful of the here & now, but wallows in nostalgia frequently
๐๐๐ ย ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ช โ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ค
The morning after. Bandaged & surgical stockinged-up...๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Need a little bell to ring for more coffee: that'd go down a storm!
โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ #๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐
on the 8th anniversary of her passing.
๐ฆ๐ข much of her work to admire & enjoy, but 1994's
๐๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต
still holds a very special placeโค๏ธ
๐ก๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ช
on her birthday & the best
#BBCBreakfast
there (n)ever was!
#VictoriaWood
: gone too soon & forever missed.
19.5.53 - 20.4.16
Remembering #๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป OBE,
#BOTD
, fine character actress &, IMO, definitive
#MissMarple
. Gone but never forgotten.
@JoanHicksonFans
๐ก๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ #๐๐ธ๐ช๐ท๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ด๐ผ๐ธ๐ท
Born
#OTD
, 1906.
An accomplished character actress.
Mine (& lots of others) definitive
#Marple
.
@JoanhicksonFans
@RealLyndaCarter
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ก๐๐๐๐๐.... Spun non-stop in playgrounds,restaurants & parks throughout the 70s. Everyone must have known before I did!
@RealLyndaCarter
, you're still a wonder.
โญ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Happiest of birthdays to #๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐ ,
#BOTD
1958.
A favourite for 44 years of my life!ย
In celebration, a music videos montage from 1980-the present.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต
from Toyah/The Humans' ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด
Back catalogue:DMG & Cherry Red
@toyahofficial
๐๐ท ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ซ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ #๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ป, who
#dotd
,
26 years ago.
My definitive screen Miss Marple: a view shared by many.
The remastered blu-ray versions are favourite comfort viewings, & highly recommended.
@JoanHicksonFans
Remembering #๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, British film actress,
BOTD 1930 (died Sept 6th 2018)
Generally known for her comedic roles, she delivered a nuanced, emotive cameo as Mrs Brent, mother of a missing girl, in ๐๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด in 1987.
@JoanHicksonFans
๐๐๐๐ก! Knew the interior location for the Lucyย Eyelesbarrow meet in 1987's 4.50 looked familiar; it's only taken me 35 years, and my umpteenth re-watch, to realise it's the Bertram's reception, too. Jane
#Marple
's got nothing on me!ย ๐
@joanhicksonfans
Remembering #๐๐ธ๐ช๐ท๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ด๐ผ๐ธ๐ท,
who passed on this day 25 years ago, aged 92.
Recalling Joan's flawless portrayal of
#AgathaChristie
's
#MissMarple
in the BBC series
with a 4-video thread of some favourite moments from the 12 full-length stories filmedโค๏ธ
(
@JoanHicksonFans
)
๐๐พ๐น ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ช '๐ธ' ๐ฌ๐ต๐ธ๐ฌ๐ด
Even in the not-quite Barbadian sunshine, arrived home tonight craving a brew!โ๏ธโ ๐ซ
Here's Joan Hickson enjoying one during a filming break for 1989'sย ๐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ...Fabulous.
#MissMarple
@JoanHicksonFans
Been listening
#Madonna
's
#MadameX
album a lot lately & grown to rอeอaอlอlอyอ อlอoอvอeอ อiอtอ. Initially,liked it but it wasn't as instantaneous for me as others & it's taken a few years, & many listens,but,once again,think the work was progressive & ahead of its time.๐ถ
๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐:Joan's portrayal of
@agathachristie
's
#MissMarple
's still the definitive & a regular re-watch, particularly on these autumn/ winter evenings & also rekindles memories of rushing home for its start back in '84!
#JoanHickson
#RIP
ย
@JoanHicksonFans
Have a #๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ-ous midweek - Give a lift/ Get a lift!
(Loved
@JoanHicksonFans
humble, bashful twinkling in this scene from 1989's #๐๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ)
๐Visiting
#historichomesandgardens
in the Sussex sunshine this w/e.Thought I'd mark this with a comic strip tribute,celebrating
#JoanHickson
's fอaอnอtอaอsอtอiอcอ
#MissMarple
story,๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด,where,once again,evil's afoot in the glorious English countryside!
@JoanHicksonFans
"Now, I wonder, would you think me very greedy,
ย if I helped myself to another biscuit?"๐ช
Happy
#NationalBiscuitDay
. Mine's a bourbon cream!
2
#MissMarple
biscuit bites; &
#JoanHickson
's McVities TV ad, with a nod to the 4.50 & classic Hanna-Barbera villainy!
@JoanHicksonFans
SโฃIโฃMโฃPโฃLโฃEโฃ PโฃLโฃEโฃAโฃSโฃUโฃRโฃEโฃSโฃ7th heaven-Easily,my most re-watched series of the last 38 years!BBC's #๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ with definitive portrayal by the brilliant
#JoanHickson
.Masterful productions that reward repeat viewings.
@joanhicksonfans
#agathachristie
๐ฏ๏ธ#๐๐๐ณ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฏ - Day 18๐
๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฒ!
(Be it a book, on TV, stage, or a film)
Joan Hickson reading
@agathachristie
's 4.50 ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ.
@JoanHicksonFans
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐
Despite my current chocolate-dodging,
#Rowntrees
#๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข's still the one bar I miss.
Produced in the 80s; discontinued in the 90s: its coconut, caramel, cherries & milk chocolate combo scored.
Time for
#Nestle
to give it another try?๐๐ฝ
๐very
๐ซxxxing
๐งime
#KylieMinogue
๐xcels with each
๐กew album, & single release,
๐ฆhe ups the ante again.ย
๐, like many, am anticipating
๐ขur girl's output
๐กow, likeย ๐๐๐๐๐'s extended mixes, can't wait for #๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
2023 keeps giving!โค๏ธโค๏ธ
#Kylieverse
Presently, spring feels truly in the air. So many flowers in bloom. Third morning, no jacket on the walk to work! Savouring it.
#spring
@JoanHicksonFans
Have a #๐๐ช๐ป๐น๐ต๐ฎ-ous
#Easter
weekend: Be it religious celebration; tea & scandal at 4.30; or, like me, too much chocolate at any 'o'clock, enjoy!
๐ฃโโ๐ซ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ซ๐ฅ
@JoanHicksonFans
@FortheloveofAg1
Wasn't expected to Lโค๏ธV E #๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ as much as I did last night.
Timothรฉe Chalamet & the ensemble cast are hugely likeable; Neil Hannon's songs give sugar rush; & this confection's one I'll definitely get my teeth stuck into again!
Caught-up with
#IKissedABoy
-The Reunion tonight.
@DanniiMinogue
's a stunning, effervescent host & demonstrated sibling support with not 1 but 2ย ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎs!
Uplifting to see my fave couple still together, & flourishing๐ย
Excited forย ๐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ญ now!
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ?๐'๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค! A grey, drizzly Saturday morning-Perfect opportunity for a full-English breakfast & a
@agathachristie
ย
#missmarple
ย ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด re-watch! Stunning, & a fave. "I shall enjoy a partridge & some marrons glacรฉs"
@JoanHicksonFans
ย โ
๐น๐๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ ๐น๐๐ค๐ค
#BOTD
1899, #๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต's Annie Walker was queen of haughty putdown & all she surveyed for almost a quarter-century.
A diamond amongst theย cubic zirconias, at least to her mind.
Gone but not forgotten๐ฅ๐ป
๐๐ต๐ต ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ธ๐ท-๐ฑ๐ช๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐ท๐ญ๐ช!โ๏ธ
Haircut achieved โ๏ธ
Not too much helmet-head damage! โ๏ธ
Now, back to enjoying Saturday x
#๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ง๐ต๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐
Recently discovered photo, taken at my grandparents' house in 1989, engrossed in the Fontana TV tie-in copy of Agatha Christie'sย ๐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ
It still graces my bookshelves some 35 years later!
#JoanHickson
#MissMarple
"People who retire at 65 to enjoy themselves so often just go 'pop.' I've been very lucky to go on for so long & I hope to go on a bit longer.Fortunately,there's always a demand for people with lines & wrinkles!"โค๏ธ
#JoanHickson
,interviewed in '87,who
#DOTD
in '98.
@JoanHicksonFans
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น!
Well it isย #โ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ป๐๐ช and is an excuse to revisit Joan Hickson's immortal last words as Miss Marple!
๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ง?โ๐ซ
@JoanHicksonFans
Remembering British actor, action man & all-round handsome hunkster,
#LewisCollins
who died
#OTD
9 years ago, aged 67. Regularly watched him in The Cuckoo Waltz, The Professionals & Cluedo & loved him & Judy Davis in Who Dares Wins- What a guy!
@1980sRewind
Ale home-brew kits at Boots
Bomber bikes
Cabana
Clackers
Coal fires
Decent WHSmith shops
Free parking in towns
Grandparents(Still missed)
Ha'pennies
Metal cap guns
Pacers
Rollerskate 'sandals' with laces
Saturday Kids' cinema
Tiswas
Videotaping
White dog poo
Woolies
X Cerificates
๐๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ๐ธ:๐So cool & comforting to see present-day
@ArmisteadMaupin
pop-up, like some LGBTQ+ Hitchcock, at the neighbouring table to Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver & his visiting parents in the fab
#TalesOfTheCity
graphic novel.(Artย
@SandrineRevel
)ย ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด soon, please!
๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด:Almost 30 years old &
#JoanHickson
's fantastic comedic glory still shines in these 'harsh' words & phone slam moments from the final,masterly BBC
#MissMarple
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ง ๐พ๐ง๐๐๐ '๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐.
#agathachristie
@joanhicksonfans
RIP actor
#LeeWhitlock
, 54. Remember him so well in ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ & seen here in 1987'sย ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด as Phil (with Jason Rush's Matthew.) Produced for young adults by BBC Schools, in part to highlight Thatcher's ridiculous clause 28.
โ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ โ
๐ฆAlmost time for all Leos to shine even brighter
(than we already do!๐)
Another recently-found photo, taken at Arundel Castle in the late 90s๐ท
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป
How's it been 10 years since #๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ 1st aired? This fantastic TV show was gone far too soon.
This weekend, I'm going back in!
@LookingHBO
@looking4evah
๐ธ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐'๐ค ๐ธ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐
Taking pride of place on a bookshelf,watched over by a favourite elderly custodian,
Mark's #๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด was a detailed,definitive delight.
I savoured,but dragged,reading it:not wanting it to end!
๐ฆอ๐อ๐อ๐ฉอ๐อ๐ฅอ อ๐ฅอ๐อ๐ฌอ How's it been 25 years since
#Madonna
released this exquisite piece of mystical, magical trip-pop? Love her work with William Orbit here & the yogic turnings the album took.Still a dazzlingly brilliant & beautiful listen ยผ century on.
#RAYOFLIGHT25
เฅ
โโ ๐ิ โ๐ฃโ ๐โ๐ช ๐คโ วโจโ โ ๐ค
Celebrating the end of sports week, schooling the kids on the icon that isย
@NICKIMINAJ
should they not already be aware!
Less than 4 weeks 'til summer break.
The sun's shining.
Oh, happy weekend ๐ฉท
๐ธ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช ๐๐๐๐:A tad thrown spotting blue 80s car parked opposite
#MissMarple
's home (TBITL photo,far right).Don't recall seeing it on ye olde video,nor DVD,but jumped out on the remastered blu-ray!โค๏ธ Anyone noticed other blips?
@joanhicksonfans
The beach to myself again this morning.
A fantastic way to start any ๐ข๐ช๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ญ๐ช๐.
Swim.๐๐ผโโ๏ธ
Sun.โ๏ธ
Tunes.๐ถ
Haircut later!โ๏ธ
#๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐
The glorious inner communal door of old flat.
Posted a few examples of church stained glass &, as this was 'our sanctuary' for nearly 2 decades,
I'm posting it!
'twas so beautiful in the sunlight
#๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐-Day 2. Got to watch
#RoyleFamily
Christmas episodes every year.Reminders of northern times past & relatives departed.
"This is one day of the year we all get together to watch the bloody television,& look at this shite they put on!"
#FollowBackFriday
#๐ข๐ฌ๐พ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ป๐ท ๐๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ญ๐ช๐ but the actor who played him so brilliantly was. Belated birthday greetings toย
@_RupertGraves
ย "๐๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐๐ช๐ณ? ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐๐ช๐ณ."
Lโฃiโฃvโฃiโฃnโฃgโฃ Rโฃoโฃoโฃmโฃ Lโฃeโฃgโฃeโฃnโฃdโฃsโฃ 3:The late, gอrอeอaอtอ
#JoanHIckson
as BBC's #๐๐ช๐ด๐ด๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ. Iconic fixture in my living room from '84 to the present. IMHO,no other actress has captured
#AgathaChristie
's elderly sleuth so finely.
#FollowBackFriday
๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ
RIP
#GeorgeLogan
of Hinge & Bracket. Another yesteryear performer has gone.
Recently watched a lovely interview with him on one of the DVDs. Came across as a lovely, witty, gentle soul.
๐๐๐๐ค ๐ฝ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
South Downs Monday morning mists.
May your bank holiday be rain/ mist-free & your roads clear.
๐ทFulking & Poynings, Sussex
@andrewmcb
One of the few genuinely funny sitcoms on the beeb cancelled?
They need to get rid of all the trashy quiz shows, same shows, antique repeats & daytime tat & reinstate this immediately!
๐๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ญ
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐
Why does it ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ matter (with some) who you choose to be, or to love?
Untilย eอvอeอrอyอ nation recognises this,
stand tall & take pride
๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฆ๐๐๐ช ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ช ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ค๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ค
Like walking through the old Windows XP wallpaper!
Here's to sunshine, & living our lives in glorious HD
๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Blooming Hove on my last bloomingย ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐
(& penultimate working day) before the summer hols
Not quite Fire Island here today
But, has all the makings of a great day & I intend to make the most of the last official
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ of the summer hols!โ๏ธ
The wonderful Murray Bartlett & Matthew Risch hit the post-rugby showers in the wilfully-neglected ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ #๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ย ๐๐
๐พ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐
Come on in๐๐ผโโ๏ธ
The light on the water & Brighton's stunning again this morning.
๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ โ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐
Spotted today.ย
@DrMarkAldridge
's #๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ:๐๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด living her best life in Sussex.