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MargaretR · 20-03-2008, 15:33

The cafe owner who died in the 80s was one of the sons of Comers barber's shop at Intack traffic lights. I knew one of his brothers and sister in law who still live locally

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(John Comer: 1973-1983), bluff tea-shop owner, who featured prominently for the first ten years, before his death in 1984. Ivy remembers him fondly, and often mentions him in conversation. Sid was one of the few characters who actually seemed to enjoy getting involved in the misadventures of the three central characters, and often saw them as an excuse to get out of the cafe for a couple of hours. Ivy and Sid often shouted and argued with each other (and Ivy was never shy about bringing up Sid's infidelity), but, as with many of the show's couples, there was little doubt that they loved each other. For John Comer's last appearance, in 1983's feature-length Christmas special, 'Getting Sam Home', illness caused by cancer affected his speech, and so his lines were dubbed over by another actor, Tony Melody. Comer died a few months later. Sid's death was not referred to until "Uncle of the Bride" in 1986; previously, it had been explained that he was tending to a sick relative.

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MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 519 times Rep Power: 68671	Re: RIP Brian Wilde The cafe owner who died in the 80s was one of the sons of Comers barber's shop at Intack traffic lights. I knew one of his brothers and sister in law who still live locally Wikipedia- Recurring characters in Last of the Summer Wine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sid (John Comer: 1973-1983), bluff tea-shop owner, who featured prominently for the first ten years, before his death in 1984. Ivy remembers him fondly, and often mentions him in conversation. Sid was one of the few characters who actually seemed to enjoy getting involved in the misadventures of the three central characters, and often saw them as an excuse to get out of the cafe for a couple of hours. Ivy and Sid often shouted and argued with each other (and Ivy was never shy about bringing up Sid's infidelity), but, as with many of the show's couples, there was little doubt that they loved each other. For John Comer's last appearance, in 1983's feature-length Christmas special, 'Getting Sam Home', illness caused by cancer affected his speech, and so his lines were dubbed over by another actor, Tony Melody. Comer died a few months later. Sid's death was not referred to until "Uncle of the Bride" in 1986; previously, it had been explained that he was tending to a sick relative. __________________ Last edited by MargaretR; 20-03-2008 at 15:35.