General Chat

Hi all.

As usual not been on here lately.
Hope you are all well.
not seen you for a while Barbara.I have just kind got out of going on Gr.dont know who is around or whats going on lately.

So we have a red wedding dress? sounds nice lol.

Wentwoth is a remake of Cell block H.Just started last week here.I remember a few of the names.B smith,Lizzi etc etc.Even Doreen is there.She is now in neighbours...a good few years older of course.
They dont look like the old ones so I have to think twice as to who they were etc.

I read a small item which said that the original actors were not invited for the new Wentworth. The lady who was Bea Miles, is retired but still looks the same and she said she would 'like to have had a crack at it'. We saw the governor (Vinegar titts) as Celia (Alf's sister) when she arrived for Roo's wedding in Home and Away. I have only seen The Freak (Maggie Fitzgibbon) when she appeared in a very early episode of H & A. I have seen her on stage. She is still acting.

I understan that the actors in Prisoner (Cell Block H) got nothing out of that show after it finished. However, Bea Miles (I forget her real name) said she always reads the fine print and had her contract changed before the series started - and is now stll receiving royalties, whenever it is shown anywhere in the world. Smart cookie!

Hello same here marion not on gr a lot now .had one or two short previews of H&A on the TV.looks like sally is back .& will see what happens as its back Monday . Hope you are all ok .Bye for now Barbra :-)

Good to see you posting Barbara. Hope all is well with you.
Sally's stint finished here this week as she supposedly left for USA to get treatment for Pippa.
She was invited to do a 'stint' to celebrate 25 years of H&A and, as September is awareness month for children living with cancer, the storyline is about that. However, judging by the Facebook entries by young viewers, I doubt that it held any interest for them. They are too interested in who is sleeping with who and who would make a good match with who. Different breed of viewers these days!

Hi everyone, it has been a while. Computer problems and health has kept me away. I do hope you are all well. Yes Sally is gone, I'd had enough of her to be honest. Pippa was a cute little girl who played her part well. I did read that Heath was rushed to hospital in real life to have his appendix removed, a 4 hour operation so he must have been in a bad way.

I do love Wentworth too, sorry to correct you Berona. It is Bea Smith that reigns in the gaol, Bea Miles was a Sydney character who used to swim out to Wedding Cake Island off Coogee Beach. She once caught a taxi from Sydney to Perth (lucky driver). My father knew her, she lived like a bag lady, but came from a wealthy family.

My goodness Casey is never out of the wars. Will he pull through this latest drama. I must say Brax recovered quickly from his wounds. Lots of new characters coming through, it is doing my head in. :-S :-S

Hi everyone, it has been a while. Computer problems and health has kept me away. I do hope you are all well. Yes Sally is gone, I'd had enough of her to be honest. Pippa was a cute little girl who played her part well. I did read that Heath was rushed to hospital in real life to have his appendix removed, a 4 hour operation so he must have been in a bad way.

I do love Wentworth too, sorry to correct you Berona. It is Bea Smith that reigns in the gaol, Bea Miles was a Sydney character who used to swim out to Wedding Cake Island off Coogee Beach. She once caught a taxi from Sydney to Perth (lucky driver). My father knew her, she lived like a bag lady, but came from a wealthy family.

My goodness Casey is never out of the wars. Will he pull through this latest drama. I must say Brax recovered quickly from his wounds. Lots of new characters coming through, it is doing my head in. :-S :-S

would not let me submit hic hic ;-)

Good to see you posting again Kim - and thanks for correcting me. I did it all from memory and the old memory is not to be trusted these days! Yes, it was Bea Smith.

I do remember Bea Miles. I suppose that's how the name came easily to me. She used to annoy everybody. Would wait at a set of lights for taxis to stop on Red, then walk out and get into the taxi - and refuse to pay her fare. The drivers used to look out for her and put their foot down when they saw her coming!

Yes, poor old Casey again. And Maddie still trying to lose her virginity without success. This latest 'newbie' might help her. In the meantime, we get into another 'cult' situation - again with a lot of newbies.

Sally and Pippa have gone and Dex, April, and Indi won't be far behind. The Braxtons will be around for a while yet, but they, too, will be gone not far into next year, from what I can understand.

Hi all.
Nice to see you Kim.
Bea Miles? I googled her to see who she was.
She wasnt in CBH was she??

Had a few things going on so not been on GR.

Oh I see Sally is back now,She is looking well.

Sally was invited back to do one stint to celebrate 25 years of H&A. The storyline was to make people aware of the illness. However, I think it went over the heads of many young viewers, who are only interested in who is hooking up with who.

She and Pippa have gone from our screens now - to the US, to hopefully have the treatment which might make all the difference to her. Don't know if we will hear later how she gets on there.

No. Bea Miles was a colourful Sydney character who lived on the streets, even though she wasn't poor. My old memory mixed her name up with Bea Smith, the one in CBH.

So poor Sally is ill.
Oh that Holly?? needs a good skelp in the backside lol

No. Sally is not ill. Her daughter, Pippa, has Mitachondrial (sp) disease. It was included in the storyline to make people aware that it is more common than we realise. I had not heard of it, but our friend on here, Kim, knows a lot about it.

I had forgotten about Holly. Yes, she was a pest. Just part of the 'passing' storylines, in between others.

Hi Berona yes been on tonight thats its her daughter.
Dont know anything about the disease though.

Going to be busy so wont be around much,but look forward to catching up.

Marion

Just posting to keep the thread alive! We now have a new doctor in Summer Bay and the nasty one has left.

Marion is going to be busy for a while. Haven't heard from Kim or Barbara for a while. Hope all is well with you both.

We are having an early Summer here. Had the mildest winter ever, so we can expect a very long and very hot summer! 32c here to-day and it's only the first month of Spring!

Hi.
Been busy and was on holiday plenty sun for a week.
Rain today so back to normal lol.
not see H&A for over a week but no doubt will catch up.

Not seen Barbara for a while either.

Hello Ladies x not watched a lot of H&A seems a lot of young ones in the story,s just now ..saw Sally & her daughter .i miss the older characters .oh i sound old myself now .keep up dear x Best wishes to All Enjoy your week end Barbra x :-)

Just keeping the thread going and wondering if you are all well?
Home and Away seems to have concentrated on the Braxton family for quite a while now. We finally got Heath married and Darryl (Brax) will be leaving our screens in the next week or two - until next year.
I believe a few of them are leaving permanently - April, Dex, Indi - but we are still seeing them so it won't be for a while. Their contracts are finishing and most of them have something better on offer.

Kim - hope you are OK. Thinking of you x x x x

Hi Berona and anyone else loking in.
I have been wrapped up in other thing's lately.

Tamara has just got her memory back.
At the end of last nights,there was something about the brothers/actors going to London.Didnt catch it all though.

I am going to the Ghost the musical tomorrow pm.Loved the film,watched it about 8 times lol.

Is that "Ghost" the one with Patrick Swayzee? If so, I liked it too. Hope you enjoy the show.

Yes, the Braxton brothers are going to London to shoot some scenes for a storyline. They might even be there, but I think it might be later this month. Chanel 5 has been running a competition with the prize being a dinner date with one of the brothers. Apparently, the show is popular, particularly with the young girls.

Just brought this forward to check on Kim. How are things with you, Kim?
Are you threatened by the bushfires? I am not. It's all residential where I am and about twenty miles further west of more residential suburbs, before the area thins out and becomes a threat. The fire has come very close to that area (Springwood) but the fantastic fire-fighters have done a wonderful job - and continue to do it.
I know there are fires up around where you are. Are you safe from it?