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Old 28-10-2014, 19:12
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I know Dot is in her 80's ish, so how old is

Nick

Charlie

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Old 28-10-2014, 19:21
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I think Nick is around 60, while Charlie is between 30-35.
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:27
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I think Nick is around 60, while Charlie is between 30-35.
nick is no where near 60!

he is around 45. he is a few years older than ian and sharon.

plus charlie was away having an affair with rose and left Dot in the late 50's according to wiki, he then married rose in 63 so the years work out right

I think Charlie is in his mid twenties

edt. nevermind I cant add according to wiki it makes him 55 and dot 78.

but in 1985 he was a few yrs older than sharon and ian not nearly twice their age or maybe you just couldnt tell
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:28
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I don't think Nick is 60 yet more like mid 50s.
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:29
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Yeah was gonna say, there is no way Nick is 60. He seemed slightly older than Ian in the original episode
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:29
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nick is no where near 60!

he is around 45. he is a few years older than ian and sharon.

plus charlie was away having an affair with rose and left Dot in the late 50's according to wiki, he then married rose in 63 so the years work out right

I think Charlie is in his mid twenties
Nick is almost 60, he's 59 to be exact. He was 30 in 1985 when the show started.
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:31
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Nick is almost 60, he's 59 to be exact. He was 30 in 1985 when the show started.
I edited after I googled. I calculate it as 55. he doesnt look 60 at all.

where did you get the info he was 30 in 1985?
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:38
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actually when you read dot's backstory on wiki, it doesnt fit In Nick being married to Yvonne. surely in 1985 it would have been mentioned be had been married ashley was 9 in 1993, wasnt he married to his mother too. then you cant have charlie as being younger than ashley as betweeen 93-97 we are to believe nick was off with ashley and his mum and charlie doesnt look that young

I think there has been a little too much retconning
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:54
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How old would Dotty be now?
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Old 28-10-2014, 19:57
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How old would Dotty be now?

13


she was 7 in 08
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:00
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I know Dot is in her 80's ish, so how old is

Nick

Charlie

?
Dot was born in 1937 so is actually 76/77. It was stated when she was in court following ethel's death and has always stuck in my mind as it is the same as my Dad. It also tallies with her being evacuated when she was 3 - the battle of Britain was 1940 and that is when most did leave London. Again, my Dad did.

I'm not sure about Nick but seem to recall his funeral plaque read 1961 or 1962 making him early to mid 50s same as carol and David which would be about right.

Charlie said that Nick and Yvonne met soon after Nick left reform school so he'd have still been a teenager so I imagine charlie was born about very late 70s - maybe 1980.
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:04
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are yvonne and nick still married? is he a bigamist like his dad? if he is it doesnt bide well for charlie and ronnie
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:05
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Nick/john look like he is late 50s early 60s
Andrew must be 39/40ish
Rose late 70s?
Dotty 13
Dot is clearly in the 80s
Charlie jnr is around 35
Yvonne late 50s

Charlie snr and Ashley are dead. Ashley would be in late 20s now I think and charlie snr around same as dot
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:06
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I edited after I googled. I calculate it as 55. he doesnt look 60 at all.

where did you get the info he was 30 in 1985?
In 1986 when Charlie Cotton senior arrived Dot mentioned that they had been married for 32 years, she mentioned that Charlie left her after just one year of marriage just after she had given birth to Nick. So that would mean Dot and Charlie married in 1954 and Nick was born in 1955 making 30 in 1985 when the show started. John Altman who plays Nick was born in 1952 which makes him 62 and actually older than the character. By saying Nick doesn't look 60 that's a reflection on the actors appearance and nothing to do with Nick's backstory. I agree that John Altman doesn't look his age but the character of Nick is definitely approaching 60.

Charlie cannot possibly be in his 20s he must be in his 30s as Ashley if still alive would be 30 now (he was 9 when he first appeared in 1993) and it was established earlier this year that Nick was married to Yvonne and had Charlie before marrying Zoe and having Ashley.
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:06
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nick is no where near 60!

he is around 45. he is a few years older than ian and sharon.

plus charlie was away having an affair with rose and left Dot in the late 50's according to wiki, he then married rose in 63 so the years work out right

I think Charlie is in his mid twenties

edt. nevermind I cant add according to wiki it makes him 55 and dot 78.

but in 1985 he was a few yrs older than sharon and ian not nearly twice their age or maybe you just couldnt tell
Sharon and ian are 45 - ian turned it in March and sharon should have just had a birthday. Ian in march 69, sharon October 69.
When ths show started they were mid teens, nick was early 20s.

Charlie being witth rose as well is somewhat irrelevant re timings as he was actually living with both for some years. He just used to disappear for weeks to go and be with the other. He didn't properly leave Dot until Nick was a few years old iirc.
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:10
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In 1986 when Charlie Cotton senior arrived Dot mentioned that they had been married for 32 years, she mentioned that Charlie left her after just one year of marriage just after she had given birth to Nick. So that would mean Dot and Charlie married in 1954 and Nick was born in 1955 making 30 in 1985 when the show started. John Altman who plays Nick was born in 1952 which makes him 62 and actually older than the character. By saying Nick doesn't look 60 that's a reflection on the actors appearance.

Charlie cannot possibly be in his 20s he must be in his 30s as Ashley if still alive would be 30 now (he was 9 when he first appeared in 1993) and it was established earlier this year that Nick was married to Yvonne and had Charlie before marrying Zoe and having Ashley.
he left after two years and when she was pregnant tho according to dots backstory.

yes I realise saying he doesnt look 60 is a reflection on the actor was juat saying.

didnt know the bit about it being said he married yvonne first? thats why I couldnt work it out. you would think his marriage would have been mentioned in 85.

like I say too much retconning in my eyes
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:11
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In 1986 when Charlie Cotton senior arrived Dot mentioned that they had been married for 32 years, she mentioned that Charlie left her after just one year of marriage just after she had given birth to Nick. So that would mean Dot and Charlie married in 1954 and Nick was born in 1955 making 30 in 1985 when the show started. John Altman who plays Nick was born in 1952 which makes him 62 and actually older than the character. By saying Nick doesn't look 60 that's a reflection on the actors appearance.

Charlie cannot possibly be in his 20s he must be in his 30s as Ashley if still alive would be 30 now (he was 9 when he first appeared in 1993) and it was established earlier this year that Nick was married to Yvonne and had Charlie before marrying Zoe and having Ashley.
I'd forgotten that comment of Dot's re Nick's age.

I agree that Charlie must be mid if not late 30s.

Dot is certainly 76/77.

Dot and nick were the unusual ones amongst the original characters in not having loads of characters around the same age as them. Dot fell between the stools of the older characters like Dot and Ethel and the lot that were 40ish and nick was younger than them but considerably older than the teenagers. I guess Ali, sue, Naima, Lofty, Debbie and Andy were the closest to him age wise. But he wouldn't socialist with them (even if they'd wanted to) due to the racism.
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:16
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Dot will be 79 in January, but June is older than Dot.

Nick has had various years of birth over the years, but in the funeral episodes, I think they said 1959, so 55.
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:17
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he left after two years and when she was pregnant tho according to dots backstory.

yes I realise saying he doesnt look 60 is a reflection on the actor was juat saying.

didnt know the bit about it being said he married yvonne first? thats why I couldnt work it out. you would think his marriage would have been mentioned in 85.

like I say too much retconning in my eyes
It was certainly stated that he married Yvonne when he was straight out of reform school so he would have been very young. I don't think he ever married Zoe or Kirsty's mum. He is still married to Yvonne according to charlie and I see no reason for him to have lied.

Nick was always incredibly secretive, it isn't odd at all that he wouldn't have told dot about it. A normal person would tell their mother they were married and had a son but Nick is far from a normal person. And it is not as though he was close to anybody else for us to see him confide in. The people he had most scenes with were Mary and Mark.
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:18
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Dot will be 79 in January, but June is older than Dot.

Nick has had various years of birth over the years, but in the funeral episodes, I think they said 1959, so 55.
thats what I got in the end. I still think its 2004 when adding in my head pn the plus side classic Ee coming up for me soon lol
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:19
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Dot will be 79 in January, but June is older than Dot.

Nick has had various years of birth over the years, but in the funeral episodes, I think they said 1959, so 55.
$so they've changed dot's birthday from 37 to 36 at some stage?
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:23
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$so they've changed dot's birthday from 37 to 36 at some stage?
I've always thought it was January 1936. I wasn't aware that she'd been changed like Ian and Nick have.

If they did change it, maybe it was because they thought it'd be ridiculous for Big Mo to be older than Dot. Big Mo was February 1936.
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Old 28-10-2014, 20:52
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Nick should be kiiled off which I think will happen eventaully, especallly as June is getting on in years.
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Old 28-10-2014, 21:05
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I've always thought it was January 1936. I wasn't aware that she'd been changed like Ian and Nick have.

If they did change it, maybe it was because they thought it'd be ridiculous for Big Mo to be older than Dot. Big Mo was February 1936.
I'm not infallible and don't have it on tape to check, but I remember taking note of her age when it was given as it was almost exactly the same as my father's (he is August 1937) and thinking she'd always seemed a lot older than him. It was when she was in court for some petty offence when she was determined to be punished for helping Ethel to die. And as I say, 37 does make sense for her being 3 when she was evacuated as most EastEnd kids did go in 1940.
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