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The Old Vicarage, Grantchester" is a light poem by the English Georgian poet Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), written in Berlin in 1912. Initially titled "The Sentimental Exile", Brooke, with help from his friend Edward Marsh , renamed it to the title the poem is now commonly known as.
Discussing this, Pinner told Hrano that "there are hundreds of good-looking guys out there, but because my character is on the TV and comes into people's homes, it puts me in the spotlight. That's all it is." [3] In the book Phil Redmond's Brookside - Life in the Close, author Geoff Tibballs stated that Jonathan was "born to sulk". [5]
The purpose-built Brookside Close, which was created for Brookside, was sold in December 2008. Sullivan had wanted to buy the houses to revive the show, [6] but they were sold to a different buyer. [7] In August 2011, he expressed interest in reprising his role as Jimmy Corkhill in other soap operas. [citation needed]
In the book Brookside: The Official Companion, Doreen is described as being aware that good houses need tenants with good finances, but "she can't stop dreaming". Billy loves her enough to risk financial ruin by buying her dream house on Brookside Close. [4] Doreen was written to be an aspiring woman at odds with her more reluctant husband, Billy.
The Grants appeared in the first episode (although Karen's appearance was fleeting and uncredited) and were the first to move into the new houses on Brookside Close. Prior to moving onto Brookside Close, the Grant family were from a run-down inner-city council estate, however through Bobby and Sheila's thrift they had managed to move to the ...
There was speculation at this time that the series may be resurrected as Dean Sullivan, who played Jimmy Corkhill, had himself attempted to purchase the close to revive Brookside. However, an unnamed Liverpool-based buyer purchased all 13 properties on 17 December 2008 for £735,000, although by this time the close was in a state of severe ...
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Pentreath saw the poem Time's Paces attached to a clock case in the north transept of Chester Cathedral where it is to be seen today. [1] Recently the poem was even set to music. [ 2 ] Pentreath quoted his version of the poem in his last sermon at Wrekin College , Shropshire where he was headmaster till 1952. [ 3 ]