Thanks for the wonderful and enduring memories!

By Stanley Collymore

I’m absolutely convinced that in view of what it might

seem that I’m doing that Howard would not only be

terribly beside himself with Rage and worry but

also and equally in response to this poem I’ve

written be vengefully smitten with jealousy

and typically, as a result of this situation he’s literally

got himself into proverbially blow a gasket for, as

he perceives it, the unwarranted, uninvited and

additionally from his particular perspective,

the creation of uncalled-for and evidently

unwanted overtures on my part whose

specified agenda is to woo, with the

subsequent objective of inevitably

securing from him, the abiding

but illicit paramour in his life:

the demonstrably flirtatious

and love-hungry Marina.

Not so Howard! For unfortunately in actual life your

adoring Marina, played by actress Jean Fergusson,

as well as Juliette Kapman, your vastly savvy

but discernibly battle-axe wife Pearl: very

popular characters, like yourself, in the

BBC Comedy Series “Last of the Summer Wine”,

both sadly passed away within a short time of

each other – Juliette Kaplan went first on

the 10^th October 2019 and afterwards

Jean Fergusson on November 14 in

the same year. And in sincerest gratitude

for the entertaining pleasure that they

both individually, jointly and most

marvellously over several years

delivered  to me and millions

of other viewers across our

contrasting nation the UK

this poem, accordingly,

is my commemorative

tribute to these two

truly, outstanding

British women.

© Stanley V. Collymore

19 November 2019.

Author’s Remarks:

My condolences to the surviving close family members and personal friends of the late Juliette Kaplan and Jean Fergusson: actresses in “Last of the Summer Wine” who sadly passed away recently on the 10^th October and the 14^th November 2019 respectively.

Eternal thanks for the immense pleasure you’ve outstandingly given to millions of viewers like me. And now that your excellent work and mortal life are now both finished on Earth, rest eternally in peace commemorative acclaim in your respective and resourceful lives.