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Old 24-11-2005, 00:00
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Who is the oldest person in a soap?

I'm guessing Betty Turpin *cough* Williams.

Eeeek why has a yukky Orange advert just popped up in my face
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Old 24-11-2005, 00:02
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Nana Moon maybe or Dot and Jim?
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Old 24-11-2005, 00:05
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Nana Moon comes close to Betty but Betty is a few years older (about 85 I think, whereas I think Nana is supposed to be 83). Dot and Jim are both in their 70s.


of course Alice Horton on the US soap Days of Our Lives is 91
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Old 24-11-2005, 00:24
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Would Betty be the oldest barmaid in the country? lol
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Old 24-11-2005, 01:06
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Would Betty be the oldest barmaid in the country? lol
LOL definatly I'd say!

Lets just hope the Rover's don't plan on doing a topless barmaids night
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Old 24-11-2005, 01:07
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Originally Posted by bronze bully
LOL definatly I'd say!

Lets just hope the Rover's don't plan on doing a topless barmaids night
Well I was about to go to bed, and have dreams, but.... I think you've just forced me into staying up all night.
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Old 24-11-2005, 01:10
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Originally Posted by Polly_Perkins
Who is the oldest person in a soap?

I'm guessing Betty Turpin *cough* Williams.
Think you are right.She is 85.
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Old 24-11-2005, 01:12
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She is definitely in her 80's but good luck to her and hope she is around a while.
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Old 24-11-2005, 01:13
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Originally Posted by bronze bully
LOL definatly I'd say!

Lets just hope the Rover's don't plan on doing a topless barmaids night
I really wish I had stayed away from this thread.
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Old 24-11-2005, 02:12
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Nana Moon, Emily Bishop or Betty I'd say.
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Old 24-11-2005, 02:31
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Originally Posted by bronze bully
LOL definatly I'd say!

Lets just hope the Rover's don't plan on doing a topless barmaids night
Imagine that. Bev, Shelley, Betty, Violet and, err, Sean all in their undercrackers!

Scary.
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Old 24-11-2005, 06:18
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Originally Posted by Polly_Perkins
Eeeek why has a yukky Orange advert just popped up in my face
Did you get Tango'd, Polly?
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Old 24-11-2005, 08:26
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Gretchen Franklin was prob oldest before that. although not a regular. Wasn't she 89 when she filmed her last scenes?
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Old 24-11-2005, 09:24
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Originally Posted by DenWatts
Did you get Tango'd, Polly?
YES and its really annoying. Everytime I refreshed the page a huge mobile phone would appear over the threads.

Its getting like Geocities.
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Old 24-11-2005, 09:25
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Originally Posted by julieannu
Gretchen Franklin was prob oldest before that. although not a regular. Wasn't she 89 when she filmed her last scenes?
Yes good point, she was very old when she filmed her last scenes.
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Old 24-11-2005, 10:09
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Okay here goes.

Betty Williams (85)

Dot Branning (78)

Emily Bishop (74)

Ken Barlow (73)
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Old 24-11-2005, 11:13
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i wanna know bettys character age it wouldnt be 85
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Old 24-11-2005, 11:22
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Originally Posted by Polly_Perkins
YES and its really annoying. Everytime I refreshed the page a huge mobile phone would appear over the threads.

Its getting like Geocities.
Make sure you're pop-up blocker is enabled - that should keep the little blighter at bay lol !
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Old 24-11-2005, 12:31
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Originally Posted by JAMIE22UK
i wanna know bettys character age it wouldnt be 85
Yes it is. The same age as the actress.
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Old 24-11-2005, 12:32
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Originally Posted by Dippit
Nana Moon comes close to Betty but Betty is a few years older (about 85 I think, whereas I think Nana is supposed to be 83). Dot and Jim are both in their 70s.


of course Alice Horton on the US soap Days of Our Lives is 91
Nana's just 73.
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Old 24-11-2005, 13:09
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Originally Posted by Soap Drama
Okay here goes.

Betty Williams (85)

Dot Branning (78)

Emily Bishop (74)

Ken Barlow (73)

Bill Roache is 73 but I think his character is about 10 years younger. Ken Barlow was at college and about 18 when Corrie started in 1960.
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Old 24-11-2005, 13:15
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Think you are right.She is 85.
]she must have surely the mosy shittest storylines in soap, its hot pot this hotpot that, lovey.....cant stand her
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Old 24-11-2005, 13:39
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Ken is older than the woman that plays his mother in law Betty, bless her is the oldest actress in all soaps
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Old 24-11-2005, 15:19
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Originally Posted by kaiserchief
]she must have surely the mosy shittest storylines in soap, its hot pot this hotpot that, lovey.....cant stand her
ERE, I love Betty! She's a national institution alongside her Hot Pot. Corries longest serving barmaid (probably the Worlds longest serving...and oldest!)
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Old 24-11-2005, 15:32
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Originally Posted by Bobby H
Bill Roache is 73 but I think his character is about 10 years younger. Ken Barlow was at college and about 18 when Corrie started in 1960.
Ken's 66. He had just finished college and returned to the Street in 1960. So he would have been 21.
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