https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY

On 26/02/2024 22:17, Vicky wrote:
> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY

That's going to be a real challenge for him. My preference would be for
Robert to have been allowed a peaceful, and happy, death. It's hard to
imagine anyone else being able to replace Graham Blockey but I hope I'm
proved wrong.

--
Best wishes, Serena
When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

Vicky wrote:

> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY

I'll be happy to wait and see. As I think I said at the time,when David Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.

Nick

On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
> Vicky wrote:
>
>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>
> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when David
> Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave
> like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm
> willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>
> Nick

I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
successful marriage in the village, after all.

--
Kate B

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>> Vicky wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>
>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when David
>> Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave
>> like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm
>> willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>
>> Nick
>
>I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>successful marriage in the village, after all.

Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
and Peggy and her second Jack were.

Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>> Vicky wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>
>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when David
>> Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave
>> like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm
>> willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>
>> Nick
>
> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>

It’s all down to his lap top! 😉

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>>
>>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when David
>>> Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave
>>> like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm
>>> willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>
>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>
> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
> and Peggy and her second Jack were.

Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
can't say how they would have turned out.

--
Kate B

On 27/02/2024 13:08, Kate B wrote:
> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>> Vicky wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>
>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when
>> David Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or
>> behave like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and
>> I'm willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>
>> Nick
>
> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>
But only because Robert did as he was told.
Steve

In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>> wrote:
[]
>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>
>Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>can't say how they would have turned out.
>
OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

you can't blame boomers for everything. - Joe Queenan, RT 2023/6/24-30

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
> []
>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>
>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>
> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.

What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.

On 27.2.24 17:19, Steve Hague wrote:
> On 27/02/2024 13:08, Kate B wrote:
>> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>>
>>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when
>>> David Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or
>>> behave like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and
>>> I'm willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>
>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>
> But only because Robert did as he was told.
> Steve

As I always say "Yes dear".

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On 28/02/2024 16:10, kosmo wrote:
> On 27.2.24 17:19, Steve Hague wrote:
>> On 27/02/2024 13:08, Kate B wrote:
>>> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>>>
>>>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when
>>>> David Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound
>>>> or behave like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part
>>>> and I'm willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>
>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>
>> But only because Robert did as he was told.
>> Steve
>
> As I always say "Yes dear".
>

You could try "Of course, Lyndy" and see what reaction you get.

johin

Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>>>
>>>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when David
>>>> Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave
>>>> like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm
>>>> willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>>>
>>>> Nick
>>>
>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>
>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>
> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
> can't say how they would have turned out.
>

Dunno what she ever saw in him, he’s not even a musician.

Mrs McT

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
> []
>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>
>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>
> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.

It was bound to have to work though.

Mrs McT

Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
>> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>> []
>>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>>
>>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>>
>> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
>> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
>
> What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
> trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.
>
>

Another couple that ought not to have lasted. How she’s remained more
Carter than ‘orrobin still amazes me. I wasn’t listening when she and “My
Neil” got together. I can see why he didn’t get together with Shula,
character like it might have worked but how Neil arrived in Ambridge was
going to be against him at that time.

Mrs McT

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:48:14 -0000 (UTC), Chris
<chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
>>> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>>>> wrote:
>>> []
>>>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>>>
>>>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>>>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>>>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>>>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>>>
>>> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
>>> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
>>
>> What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
>> trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.
>>
>>
>
>Another couple that ought not to have lasted. How she’s remained more
>Carter than ‘orrobin still amazes me. I wasn’t listening when she and “My
>Neil” got together. I can see why he didn’t get together with Shula,
>character like it might have worked but how Neil arrived in Ambridge was
>going to be against him at that time.
>
>Mrs McT

IIRC Susan became pregnant with Chris so they got married. Whether it
was love or pressure from outside I can't remember.
---
Pete.

Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> writes:

> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
>> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>> []
>>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>>
>>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>>
>> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
>> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
>
> What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
> trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.

I didn't know they'd been supplementing the pig business with a separate
exotic video venture. Or were they not actually separate?

Rosie

On 29/02/2024 10:06, Pete W wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:48:14 -0000 (UTC), Chris
> <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
>>>> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>> []
>>>>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>>>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>>>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>>>>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>>>>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>>>>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>>>>
>>>> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
>>>> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
>>>
>>> What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
>>> trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Another couple that ought not to have lasted. How she’s remained more
>> Carter than ‘orrobin still amazes me. I wasn’t listening when she and “My
>> Neil” got together. I can see why he didn’t get together with Shula,
>> character like it might have worked but how Neil arrived in Ambridge was
>> going to be against him at that time.
>>
>> Mrs McT
>
> IIRC Susan became pregnant with Chris so they got married. Whether it
> was love or pressure from outside I can't remember.

She did, except I think it was Emma she was pregnant with. My memory of
it is that there was a definite suspicion that the pregnancy had been
planned by Susan. She saw Neil as a good catch and was dead set on
catching him, while he was far less interested. She was relying on his
innate decency to do the "right thing" and marry her. I'm not sure that
love, as such, was very apparent on either side, initially. They did
like each other though and Susan was determined to escape being a
Horrobin. Luckily, for both of them, love developed after the event.

--
Best wishes, Serena
Smile, breathe and go slowly (Thich Nhat Hanh)

Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> writes:

> On 29/02/2024 10:06, Pete W wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:48:14 -0000 (UTC), Chris
>> <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
>>>>> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> []
>>>>>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>>>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>>>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>>>>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>>>>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>>>>>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>>>>>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>>>>>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>>>>>
>>>>> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
>>>>> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
>>>>
>>>> What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
>>>> trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Another couple that ought not to have lasted. How she’s remained more
>>> Carter than ‘orrobin still amazes me. I wasn’t listening when she and “My
>>> Neil” got together. I can see why he didn’t get together with Shula,
>>> character like it might have worked but how Neil arrived in Ambridge was
>>> going to be against him at that time.
>>>
>>> Mrs McT
>> IIRC Susan became pregnant with Chris so they got married. Whether
>> it
>> was love or pressure from outside I can't remember.
>
> She did, except I think it was Emma she was pregnant with. My memory
> of it is that there was a definite suspicion that the pregnancy had
> been planned by Susan. She saw Neil as a good catch and was dead set
> on catching him, while he was far less interested. She was relying on
> his innate decency to do the "right thing" and marry her. I'm not
> sure that love, as such, was very apparent on either side, initially.
> They did like each other though and Susan was determined to escape
> being a Horrobin. Luckily, for both of them, love developed after the
> event.

Wasn't there something about a piglet she won at the County Show? The
whole pig still alive; this is not (yet) Jude the Obscure.

Rosie

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:21:21 +0000, Serena Blanchflower
<nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> wrote:

>On 29/02/2024 10:06, Pete W wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:48:14 -0000 (UTC), Chris
>> <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
>>>>> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> []
>>>>>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>>>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>>>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>>>>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>>>>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>>>>>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>>>>>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>>>>>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>>>>>
>>>>> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
>>>>> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
>>>>
>>>> What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
>>>> trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Another couple that ought not to have lasted. How she’s remained more
>>> Carter than ‘orrobin still amazes me. I wasn’t listening when she and “My
>>> Neil” got together. I can see why he didn’t get together with Shula,
>>> character like it might have worked but how Neil arrived in Ambridge was
>>> going to be against him at that time.
>>>
>>> Mrs McT
>>
>> IIRC Susan became pregnant with Chris so they got married. Whether it
>> was love or pressure from outside I can't remember.
>
>She did, except I think it was Emma she was pregnant with.

Thank you. Your memory is much better than mine. I should have checked
Emma born 7th Aug 84, Chris 22nd June 88.

> My memory of
>it is that there was a definite suspicion that the pregnancy had been
>planned by Susan. She saw Neil as a good catch and was dead set on
>catching him, while he was far less interested. She was relying on his
>innate decency to do the "right thing" and marry her. I'm not sure that
>love, as such, was very apparent on either side, initially. They did
>like each other though and Susan was determined to escape being a
>Horrobin. Luckily, for both of them, love developed after the event.

A long time ago but your suspicions do bring back memories and I'm
sure they are correct.
---
Pete.

On 29/02/2024 09:48, Chris wrote:
> Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>>>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when David
>>>>> Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave
>>>>> like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm
>>>>> willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>
>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>
>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>
>
> Dunno what she ever saw in him, he’s not even a musician.
>
> Mrs McT
>

Q What do you call a musician without a Significant Other?
A Homeless.

john

On 29/02/2024 10:32, Rosie Mitchell wrote:
> Serena Blanchflower <nospam@blanchflower.me.uk> writes:
>
>> On 29/02/2024 10:06, Pete W wrote:
>>> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:48:14 -0000 (UTC), Chris
>>> <chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wenlock <wenlock.house@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> In message <l469ruFg4vgU2@mid.individual.net> at Tue, 27 Feb 2024
>>>>>> 14:28:15, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>>>>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> []
>>>>>>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>>>>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>>>>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>>>>>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>>>>>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>>>>>>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>>>>>>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>>>>>>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK we sometimes don't hear from her for months on end, but on the whole
>>>>>> I think Alan and Usha's is reasonably OK, too. Not perfect, granted.
>>>>>
>>>>> What about Susan and My Neil? There was that weird incident involving
>>>>> trimming bushes and lasagne and Shula but basically they are solid.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Another couple that ought not to have lasted. How she’s remained more
>>>> Carter than ‘orrobin still amazes me. I wasn’t listening when she and “My
>>>> Neil” got together. I can see why he didn’t get together with Shula,
>>>> character like it might have worked but how Neil arrived in Ambridge was
>>>> going to be against him at that time.
>>>>
>>>> Mrs McT
>>> IIRC Susan became pregnant with Chris so they got married. Whether
>>> it
>>> was love or pressure from outside I can't remember.
>>
>> She did, except I think it was Emma she was pregnant with. My memory
>> of it is that there was a definite suspicion that the pregnancy had
>> been planned by Susan. She saw Neil as a good catch and was dead set
>> on catching him, while he was far less interested. She was relying on
>> his innate decency to do the "right thing" and marry her. I'm not
>> sure that love, as such, was very apparent on either side, initially.
>> They did like each other though and Susan was determined to escape
>> being a Horrobin. Luckily, for both of them, love developed after the
>> event.
>
> Wasn't there something about a piglet she won at the County Show? The
> whole pig still alive; this is not (yet) Jude the Obscure.

Yes, she won Pinky, bowling for the pig. The expectation was that the
winner would sell the piglet, which she could have done quite easily,
and Neil strongly recommended that she did so. She insisted on keeping,
and raising, Pinky and emotionally blackmailed Neil into helping her
look after him. It was quite clear (to everyone but Neil) that she was
after him and that he was the reason she wanted Pinky.

A few months in, and with Neil still behaving with complete propriety
(much to Susan's chagrin) she was very upset about something her family
had done and Neil allowed her to cry on his shoulder. One thing led to
another, and both Emma and their marriage were the result.

--
Best wishes, Serena
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:48:12 -0000 (UTC), Chris
<chris.mcmillan@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 27/02/2024 13:20, Vicky wrote:
>>> On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:08:45 +0000, Kate B <elvira@nospam.demon.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 27/02/2024 11:17, nick wrote:
>>>>> Vicky wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-recasts-robert-snell-newsupdate/?fbclid=IwAR2s69r8uQk3b6rSW4Ahdk6AmL4xDUPRGLu6VsLSc6OLyLrYpXgS54FI_kY
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll be happy to wait and see.  As I think I said at the time,when David
>>>>> Troughton took over the role of Tony Archer, he didn't sound or behave
>>>>> like Colin Skipp but IMO he completely inhabited the part and I'm
>>>>> willing to give Michael Bertenshaw the benefit of the doubt.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>
>>>> I'm also very glad for La Snell. Theirs is about the only really
>>>> successful marriage in the village, after all.
>>>
>>> Well, Clarrie and Eddy are successful, aren't they, and Jolene and
>>> Kenton, and Oliver and Caroline were and Elizabeth and Nigel were.Oh
>>> and Peggy and her second Jack were.
>>
>> Well, I don't know. Clarrie and Eddy are still together but I wouldn't
>> say theirs was any kind of a model relationship, and Jolene definitely
>> props up the useless Kenton; the other marriages no longer exist so we
>> can't say how they would have turned out.
>>
>
>Dunno what she ever saw in him, he’s not even a musician.
>
>Mrs McT
Eddy sings and wrote a song for Clarrie. He does try to be romantic,
the trip to Paris, and I think really loves her, and she loves him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQpbX00Vaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lNpa2tG0OI&list=OLAK5uy_m_-Aho7wa_8aQt3ddkaHGkajXJQQkRi8A&index=11

Try The Beast in Me or Lord it's Hard to be Humble.

On 29/02/2024 10:06, Pete W wrote:

<snip>
>
> IIRC Susan became pregnant with Chris so they got married. Whether it
> was love or pressure from outside I can't remember.

AIUI, that's the usual method.

--
Cheers
Clive

On 29/02/2024 12:34, Clive Arthur wrote:
> On 29/02/2024 10:06, Pete W wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>
>> IIRC Susan became pregnant with Chris so they got married. Whether it
>> was love or pressure from outside I can't remember.
>
> AIUI, that's the usual method.
>

I believe pressure from inside is more effective.

john