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Posted by ExTAlistener (U3058291) on Saturday, 17th March 2007
It was claimed on yesterday's programme that the young Lilian was caught smoking behing the bike sheds at 14. Is there any evidence from the programme in those days that such a thing occured or would have been in any way likely...?
Good qustion.
I don't go that far back but would think the charcter of Lillian would have been a regular frequenter of the bike sheds for ciggie puffing or other 'activities'!
Yes, m2m - it fits with the character that we now know, but not so sure it fits with Lilian as she was known pre 2001!
I too am post Lilian as a schoolgirl, but I do remember her in her twenties, and it doesn't quite tally based on that. But others may know diffent...
, in reply to message 3.
Posted by Reggie Trentham (U2746099) on Saturday, 17th March 2007
strikes me that if there was any smoking behind the bikes sheds or other 'activities' Jennifer rather than Lillian is the one likely to have beenn doing them.
Core lummy!
Jennifer and Lillian behind the bike sheds!!
My mind is boggled by the thought!!!
Unless my memory is totally deceiving me, Lillian was a very sweet girl when she fell for Ralph Bellamy, can't imagine her smoking at school.
Didn't they live at the Bull then?
I seem to remember a nostalgic trip round when Lillian was looking to buy her shares from Caroline.
Can anyone remember what Lils memories were?
When Lilian first began to appear on TA on a regular basis she was a sensible albeit naive young girl who coped tolerably well with having an alcoholic father and an indulgent mother. Of the two girls it was Jennifer not Lilian who went off the rails and caused a number of difficulties within the family.
When Lilian fell in love for the first time it was with Lester Nicholson (Nick), a dashing young Canadian air pilot. They married when Lilian was still only 22 and were idyllically happy until Nick's death in 1970. The following year Lilian married Ralph Bellamy.
I have always felt that Nick was Lilian's one and only true love, which explains why she was so taken aback when Jack referred to Nick a few episodes ago. It also explains why she has become the person she now is, dependent on booze and fags.
I don't think the 14-years old Lilian would ever have resorted to smoking behind the bike shed or anywhere else for that matter. Jennifer certainly might have done, but not Lilian.
Older listeners may recall how kind and helpful Lilian was to Jennifer over the latter's pregnancy which resulted in the birth of Adam. The pregnancy was entirely in keeping with Jennifer's character but it would never have happened with Lilian in a thousand years.
Lilian was a heavy passive smoker days of old at bull.
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