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Post by Wynn Chester on Sept 12, 2022 16:31:16 GMT
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Post by fordcapri on Sept 12, 2022 16:49:09 GMT
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Post by metro1962 on Sept 12, 2022 16:55:32 GMT
Passed away on the very same day as Queen Elizabeth.  R.I.P Gwyneth. |
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Post by billyfarmer on Sept 12, 2022 17:58:00 GMT
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Post by gra966 on Sept 12, 2022 17:58:05 GMT
Very sad news . As mentioned she appeared in many things , but will always be remembered best for Mrs McClusky , R.I.P Gwyneth Powell .
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Post by jno on Sept 12, 2022 19:04:16 GMT
Very sad news, RIP
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Post by Albert Wendell on Sept 12, 2022 20:11:10 GMT
I only recently saw her in an episode of 'The Gentle Touch'. She took the role of Mrs. McClusky and really made it her own, I get the feeling viewers weren't meant to like the character as much as they did as she could be firm at times and was no push over, i'd say she was the most famous headmistress character on UK television of all time hence a lot of press coverage following her passing. From what I can work out I think she was fond of the role and her time on 'Grange Hill' and I thought it a nice touch that she agreed to record some new lines to be used alongside the character of Molly in 'Ashes To Ashes'. RIP  |
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Post by gustav on Sept 12, 2022 21:22:15 GMT
I wouldn't have known her name and never watched Grange Hill but she turned up in a lot of comedy shows usually playing someone's mother. She was very good.
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Post by yoyopickles on Sept 12, 2022 23:03:15 GMT
R.i.p Mrs McCluskey
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Post by ltd on Sept 13, 2022 6:20:23 GMT
Like all of you I remember her best in Grange Hill as the diminutive but still formidable Mrs McCluskey, nobody dared call her Bridget the Midget to her face. As to other appearances, she was really good in an episode of early 70s crime series Villains, playing an accomplice of the bog-robbers.
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Post by ontheslate on Sept 13, 2022 6:57:05 GMT
As others have mentioned best known for Grange Hill, but had appearances in many programs over the years RIP
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Post by AlanH on Sept 13, 2022 7:37:15 GMT
Excellent in Grange Hill. Can't recall seeing her in much else so to me she'll always be Mrs McCluskey. The big shock is that she must have been in her thirties when she started on the series. Back then it seemed to me that Headteachers were only appointed when they were in their fifties, whereas now they're barely out of nappies. Forward thinking, Grange Hill! RIP.
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Post by billyfarmer on Sept 14, 2022 22:06:17 GMT
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Post by jno on Sept 16, 2022 3:52:26 GMT
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Post by AlanH on Sept 16, 2022 8:23:03 GMT
Ah... Well, I've definitely seen that. Had forgotten Ms Powell featured but now you mention it, it does indeed ring a bell.
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Post by daz on Sept 18, 2022 6:31:20 GMT
Grange Hill was a huge part of the children's TV landscape for those of us of a certain vintage, whose characters have became part of our lives for a number of years with lots of them held in great affection years afterwards.
Mrs McCluskey was certainly one of them and was sad news to read of her passing.
A lot of her ex Grange Hill pupils took to Twitter to write some lovely heartfelt tributes to her.
RIP Gwyneth
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