On Saturday, BYU defensive end Tyler Batty went undrafted in the NFL Draft. After the draft was over, Batty signed a deal with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent. Batty spent five ...

Fans will already know how she proved her loyalty in the end… The appearance of Nora Batty’s wrinkled stockings ... And more often than not it was Compo Simmonite, one of her husband Wally ...

She was known to millions as Edie in Last of the Summer Wine, a woman hardly more tolerant of cheeky character Compo than his neighbour, Nora Batty. She enjoyed appearing in work written by playwright ...

Fans of Last of the Summer Wine may remember the viaduct being used in an episode entitled Three Men and a Mangle, where Compo, Clegg and Foggy attempt to hoist Nora Batty’s mange up from the ...

three hapless older men and their attempts to find something to do Much of the humour came from the interplay between Compo and Nora Batty, played by actress Kathy Staff, and her penchant for ...

playing mild-mannered “Cleggy” along with Bill Owen as Compo and Brian Wilde as Foggy Dewhurst. The Yorkshire-based sitcom turned the trio – and Kathy Staff, who played Nora Batty – into ...

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The classic line-up of Foggy, Compo and Clegg were joined by infamous battle-axe Nora Batty whose fictional home steps featured regularly Linsley has played numerous roles in his career including ...

Devotees come from all over the country to the pretty Pennine town to walk in the footsteps of the characters Compo, Clegg and Foggy. While fans can still grab selfies on the steps of Nora Batty ...

Mother Goose. “Will Nora Batty, the Cyd Charisse of Holmfirth, drop her broom and run into the arms of the Beeston Compo?” teased my old EDP colleague Colin Chinery. Well, I got closer to those ...

Bill Owen as Compo and Kathy Staff as Nora Batty on the show in 1983 He continued: "At first when I arrived on set it was very odd. "It was emotional, but very early on I decided the only way I ...

Bill Owen - Compo Bill Owen played the lovable Compo ... [THEORY] Kathy Staff - Nora Batty Actress Kathy Staff played the comical Nora in Last of the Summer Wine. She left the show briefly in ...