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AYBS? Obituary and Tribute page

JohnInmanFan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:59:43 CST

There is no such thing as a fear of death. We are afraid of how we might die but that is not the main fear. What we actually fear is being forgotten by the people who loved us most. This is why this page is here to pay tribute to those of the AYBS? cast, crew etc who have passed away. If there is someone missing from the list then please add to it.

Ronnie Hazlehurst
John Inman Obituary
Arthur Brough Tribute
Harold Bennett Memorial
Wendy Richard

Your Links

JohnInmanFan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:52:32 CST

This page is here for your links. If you have an Are You Being Served? website that you would like to advertise here then please fill it in on the table following the instructions. Please place your link and a small description of your site. If you advertise your site on here then please could you advertise this site on your's in return. Just copy the address from the search bar at the top when you are on the home page for this site. You need to be a member of Wetpaint to do this.

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For fans of John Inman and Mollie Sugden

This site is fantastic. It is actually a grouping for Mollie Sugden and John Inman and anyone can sign up so long as you are a member of Yahoo.

AYBS Forum to go with my site below

AYBS Forum where all links related to AYBS and cast members can be found.

AYBS Central Site

This site is full of all kinds of info for the AYBS fan. Started an AYBS Central Fan Club last month, (Oct 2009), so if interested sign up at my site.

John Inman in Denver Live

This link leads to An Audience With John Inman Live from 1999. Thanks to WhiteFox for this.

Mrs Betty Slocombe

Rachael-Mary — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:05:46 CDT

First Name; Betty

Surname; Slocombe

Full Name; Mary Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel Yiddell Abergavenny Slocombe

Job; Ladieswear Senior

Played By; Mollie Sugden

Originally Billed; First or Second

Duration on Show; Series 1-10

Mrs Slocombe was born in 1926 in Blackpool. She is the Head of the Ladies Department and is the lady with outrageous florescent hair colours. She lives alone due to her husband leaving but has the small company from her cat "Tiddles" otherwise referred to as "my *****" which leads to double innuendo's.

Mrs Slocombe is actually very snobbish and has an extremely posh voice. However that all changes when she looses her temper (especially with Mr Lucas who likes to give her a lot of cheek) and then it switches to quite a noticeable Northern accent. Like Mr Humphries, Mrs Slocombe has several catchphrases. Her most noticeable catchphrase is "...and I am unanimous in that". She also uses the catchphrase "Weak as Water!" on several occasions. The most notable is when she smashes a manikin bust over a thief's (which turned out to be the store detective) after the rest of the staff refuse to take the situation into their hands.

She often goes out with her friend Mrs Axelby to try and get young men to come up to her. Due to her middle age they often keep a distance from them.

Mrs Slocombe often appears in the ridiculous going's on within the store which quite often ends up to be an absolute shambles. However this does not seem to bother her. What bothers her more is the stupid display stands that she keeps getting. She normally has nothing good to say about them and demands for their removal from the department. Other than that she strongly believes that sales would improve in her department with the complete removal of the Gentleman's Department.

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WELCOME! Are You Free To Browse?

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:16:31 CDT

ARE YOU BEING SERVED? FANSITE

Welcome to the Are You Being Served? Fansite. Explore the pages to find out about the famous TV show that kept us laughing for 12 years and still does now. There are pages that are locked on here. On these pages you can find out about the indiviual characters and actors who played on to our screens.

Then perhaps you would like to take a visit to our unlocked pages. Here these pages are ready and waiting for you contributions about Are You Being Served? If its a story then post it, a picture place up in the gallery, or if you just wanna chat then visit the chat page. It is here for you to do as you will. You need to be a member on Wetpaint.com to post up on here but if you are not, or not wanting to become a member of Wetpaint then there is no worries. Just simply contact me with what you want posted on here and I will post it up for you.

I should tell you that it has been hard setting up this website and I have not recieved all the information that I would have liked to have done. These blanks are filled in like this ???? If you know the answer then please tell.

So start browsing and sign the guest book with your opinion of this website. Links of the unlocked pages and locked pages can be viewed below.

Rachael

Site Owner

Locked Pages

About Are You Being Served?
Website Announcements
The Characters
The Cast
Who's Who
Series Guide
Contacting Cast
Contacting Me

Unlocked Pages

Obituary and Tribute Page
Bloopers
Picture Gallery
Video Gallery
Your Stories
Guest Page
Your Links
Polls

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Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:56:45 CDT

Contacting Me

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:56:21 CDT

Need to contact me to add to this site?

Please message me on... shampers_go_crazy_85@yahoo.co.uk

On YouTube?

Be my friend.. http://www.youtube.com/user/MissRnR

Have MSN?

Then please chat to me on... rachaelwearing85@hotmail.com

You can contact me on any of the above addresses.

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Contacting Cast

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:54:51 CDT

This page has the addresses for the remaining cast members of Are You Being Served?

Mike Berry
c/o Hugh Galloway
JGM
15 Lexham Mews
London, W8 6JW
England

Frank Thornton and/or Trevor Bannister
c/o David Daly Associates
586A King's Road
London, SW6 2DX
England

Nicholas Smith
c/o Michelle Braidman Assoicates
3rd Floor Suite
10-11 Lower John Street
London W1F 9EB,
England

If you would like a reply and you don't live in England please include a International Reply Coupon.

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Polls

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:50:08 CDT

Here we have the polls page where you can vote for your favourite characters and episodes.

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Guest Page

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:49:43 CDT

This is acting like a guest book really. The only problem is you have to be a member of Wetpaint to use this feature. If you are a member of Wetpaint and love Are You Being Served then please leave all your comments on this page and sign your name. You can use any font you wish, but please keep the text at size 14 and red.

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Elina M. Lampart

This is a fantastic show. I know Iim signing my own Guestbook but I don't CARE!!!!
Rachael

Favourite Quotes

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:46:55 CDT

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Your Stories Picture Gallery 2

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:46:04 CDT

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Your Stories

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:44:20 CDT

This page is for your stories. Here on the Are You Being Served? Fansite we would like to know if you have had the pleasure of meeting any of the cast members or received a letter from the cast members from this show. We want to know every detail. If you have a picture of you and your star then please upload it in the Your Stories Picture Gallery with a caption. You can fill us in on your stories by filling in the table below. Please fill it in with size 14 and Garamond. You can write in whatever colour you like. You need to be a member of Wetpaint to use this.

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Well look at this I am the first person to fill this part in. In November it is my birthday but for my birthday present I am going to see a show in London's West End in September. It aint just any show. It is a once in a life time show and the only time this show will be happening. It is the John Inman Tribute Show. I am extremely excited and I can't wait to go. I will fill you in on everything that happens in the show. The show also stars several former colleges of John and his friend Danny Le Rue.

So I shall tell you about it...soon

Rachie (Site Owner)

On Sunday 30th September 2007 me and my friend left the house in the morning to make the very short trip into Soho Central London. The reason being...we both had tickets to go and see the John Inman Tribute Show at 7:30pm at the Lyric Theatre in Shaftsbury Avenue.

After making a small stop to pick up film for the camera we headed off around London our first stop was to get lunch - we were very hungry - then off to Golders Green in the afternoon. I have always loved Golders Green and I intend to live there one day. The reason for going there this time instead of house hunting was to pay a visit to the cremetorium in Hoop Lane. I love the cremetorium there. It is extremely quiet and it was were the ceremony for Mr Inman's funeral was held so to us it felt important to go there and pay our respects by wondering around the garden's.
We spent just over two hours there - believe me you wouldn't realise.

We then returned to Soho and paid an extremely short visit to Oxford Street before heading off to China Town for dinner. At 7:00pm we left the resturant and wondered around for a quarter of a hour before moving to the Lyric Theatre.

We arrived and our jaws dropped. The foye was packed with people who were dressed up to the nine's. We looked at ourselves and felt out of place. Although we were not scruffy (we were smart/casual) we were not wearing suits. We did feel a tad daft but we decided that we shouldn't worry because we were all there for the same reason - to pay tribute.

We went through the doors where our tickets were ripped, we payed for programmes (it was actualy a donation for charity) and went down to the ground floor and waited in the bar for five minutes before entering the auditorium.

I shall now describe the stage because I didn't take a picture of it. Due to the fact that we were on the floor seats meant that we had perfect view of the stage. The Lyric Theatre normally plays host to the West End version of Cabaret but you wouldn't think this. The set for Cabaret had been pushed to the back of the stage and a large black curtain fell to the floor in front of it. A screen was hanging down in front of the curtain with a picture of Mr Inman on it stating "King Rat; John Inman 1993". Below on the stage stood a band. That was all of the set simple but effective.

Whilst we were waiting in our seats we watched others around us. We started to feel very strange. It appears that everyone seems to know each other. It was then I realised that in the ground floor seats there were no members of the public. I started to recognise several faces, members of his family (including that of Mr Lynch who I had met a few months previously) and his friends. It seems that me and my friend had made a mistake. All the members of the public were on the floors above us. At that point there was no point on dwelling on that the show had started.

Wendy Richard who was close friends with Mr Inman walked out onto the stage to welcome the audience and give a short talk. She spoke of Mr Inman in brief but happy terms before introducing Mr Johnny Cash. Mr Cash did an extremely funny segmant of stand up before Miss Richard came back on stage to introduce the next act.

He was a Tenor Opera singer (I can not remember his name I left the programme behind) and sang a sensational version of a song that Pavarotti had once sung before turning around and saluted the picture of Mr Inman behind him.

More to come...

Okay, I have been working so hard that I have not managed to update. The Tenor was amazing. He got such a massive cheer and it was well deserved.

Trevor Bannister then strolled onto the stage looking very well indeed. He came on to make an introduction (after a feww jokes) for Johnny Moore. Johnny Moore is an impressionist and he did a very good Frank Sinartra. This was shortly followed by Rose-Marie who sang and then introduced Jess Conrad who appeared in a one off episode of AYBS? and then remained firm friends with Mr Inman.

It was then time for the finale and what a finale this was. This man did not need any introductions whatsoever. He was the sensational Danny La Rue who recieved a standing olvation for his singing performances. He was on the stage for a good twenty minutes. He finished with (I think) Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

Interval...during the interval we remained in the auditiorium as we had no intention to leave. A man sat next to me (I did not get his name) then spoke to me.

'How did you know John?' he asked politely
'I didn't' I replied
'You didn't!' he proclaimed 'Then how come you are able to sit in the stalls? They were reserved for the people he
knew'
'I know. They told my dad that but he quoted my Equity number to them and they obliged with stall seats' I said.

For those who do not know, I am an actress and Equity is the actors union which all performers have to be a member of.

'Well you must be exceptionally talented to be on Equity so young' he said
'Thank you' I said.

We then had a conversation and he told me about conventions they had both been to and the sorts of things John Inman used to get up too. He then invited me to the 'Carry On' Convention that was happening the following year.

The second act commences. The only people who I knew here were Jean Ferguson (currently appearing in 'The Last of the Summer Wine' with Frank Thornton) who read a poem about the last day she saw Mr Inman, Frank Thornton who introduced the comic genious Bobby Davro. The stage hands told Frank Thornton that they had given him a microphone to use and he turned around and said

'Oh! That is what that is for! I wondered why you gave it too me'
'Use it!' They bellowed off stage.
'I don't need to use it!' he said 'I am an actor and I project my voice so therefore I do not need this'

It was so funny! He got a round of applause. The thing is he never used the microphone once and even though we were quite a way back in the stalls I could hear every word he said. Apparently we found out after the show the people high up could hear. Genious!

Davro rounded off the show by singing Frank Sinartra impressions and Tom Jones impressions which were fantastic.

I tell you now that that night was one of the best nights out I have ever had. It was money well spent and I will certainly remember this night for the rest of my life.

Rachie
(Site Owner)

Video Gallery One

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:42:10 CDT

Video Gallery

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:40:48 CDT

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Gallery Three

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:39:50 CDT

Please use Garamond, size 14 and red writing. Please ensure that you resize large pictures. Thank you.	Captain Peacock and Mrs Slocombe	Mr Humphries
Mollie Sugden	Miss Brahms	Captain Peacock and Mr Humphries
Mr Humphries and Mr Grainger	AYBS? Movie Poster	Mr Lucas, Mr Grainger and Mr Humphries

Gallery Two

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:37:27 CDT

Please use Garamond, size 14 and red writing. Please also ensure that you reduce the size of large pictures. Thank you.	Captain Peacock and Mr Lucas	Mr Harman
Miss Brahms	Captain Peacock	Mr Humphries
Mr Humphries	Miss Brahms and Mrs Slocombe	Mr Lucas

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Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:35:04 CDT

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Cast of Are You Being Served?

Grace and Favour

Captain Peacock

Mr Lucas

Mr Humphries

Miss Brahms

Mr Rumbold

Mr Grainger

Young Mr Grace

Mrs Slocombe

Mr Goldberg

Picture Gallery

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:33:41 CDT

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Bloopers

Rachael-Mary — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:32:58 CDT

Have you noticed sometimes things don't always turn out to what they are meant to be? Have you noticed something that has happened on the show that shouldn't have actually happened? Well we on the Are You Being Served? Fansite would like to know what that was. Fill it in below. Tell what episode and series it is from and what happens. We wanna know everything from their laughing when they shouldn't to the set falling down. The table is yours to fill in. You have to be a registered user of Wetpaint to do this.

Series 1 Episode - Diamonds Are A Mans Best Friend - Mr Lucas has just spotted the customers missing diamond between Captain Peacock's legs and then delivers the line about 50% of sweet f**ny and Mr Humphries starts to laugh. He just manages to stop himself.

"No Sale"
In the canteen it seems like every time Grainger says something the cast has to laugh especially when Grainger said that his teeth keep getting caught in the custard.

Another part where Slocombe was calling Rumbold to distract him and Ms. Brahms had to laugh a few times.

"Top Hats and Tails"
Watch when Lucas grabs Ms. Brahms to dance. She is trying so hard to keep a straight face!

Watch Lucas after he has to apologize to Mrs Slocombe. He has to laugh.

"Is It Catching?"
Watch Mrs. Slocombe in the waterbed scene. She starts talking and then barely can keep herself from laughing.

"Dear Sexy Knickers"
There is a scene where Mr. Lucas is talking to Mr. Humphries near the till and you can see the camera's red light and part of the camera in the windows of the shelves behind them!

"German Week"
In the scene where Mr Humphries and Mr Lucas start to sing and smash the two beer glasses, only Mr Lucas' breaks. Mr Humphries descreetly breaks it with his hand so that Mr Lucas can complete the Mr Rumbold impression.

"Forward Mr. Grainger"
Mr. Humphries get a little carried away with the music in the beginning.

"His and Hers"
Cleaning Lady trips over Mrs. Slocombe's foot and glares at her when Rumbold comes to talk to the group. Mrs. Slocombe has a very hard time keeping a straight face! :)

"Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend"
An article of clothing fell off the counter in one scene.
After Capt. Peacock makes phone call in Rumbold's Office, the phone is still wiggling when Mr. Lucas comes in.

"The Clock"
Mr. Mash almost drops a box moving it to the ladies' counter.
In one scene, the camera "skips" after Mrs. Slocombe messes up words.

"A Change Is as Good as a Rest"
In the scene where the staff are seated in the board room, when Mr Lucas is commenting on how Ms Slocombe is 'Big in the South', you can see the shadow of a boom mike floating across the table.

"Top Hat and Tails"
When Mr Harman brings in trhe robot, he announces that Mr Lucas is bringing the other robot in the lift, but you can see Mr Lucas standing behind Mr Harmen waiting for his cue.