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  Posted by bob larkin (U2297537) on Friday, 22nd June 2007

  When did Edward (?), Nigel's dad die?
  
  Was he ever in TA? Even as a (living) silent?
  
  I get the impression that he was a lot older than his showgirl wife, but she was getting on a bit, so what would that make him?
  
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  Posted by sheena (U1646662) on Friday, 22nd June 2007

  Can't find an age for Gerald ... information seems to be attended Rugby School (as did Nigel), enjoyed hunting/country living, married to Joan/Julia, produced two children (Nigel and Camilla), died on 28th April 1988. Since Julia was 34 when Nigel was born (not sure whether Camilla was older or younger) take your pick as to how much older/younger Gerald might have been.
  
  Although he seems to have not been assiduous in his stewardship of the Pargetter/Lower Loxley finances I don't remember hearing anyone speak ill of him.
  
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  Posted by bob larkin (U2297537) on Saturday, 23rd June 2007

  Wow Sheena
  
  Impressive.
  
  
  
  But did anyone speak about him at all?
  
  As I recall it Nigel was sort of parachuted in as a silly Hooray (Phil disapproved). Julia followed, as (much later and not very often) the late Gerald.
  
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  Posted by jenny comelately (U2264457) on Sunday, 24th June 2007

  I always got the impression that Pargetter Senior was quite a bit older than Julia (old dog falls for young actress). A little known fact is that Gerald hung about the stage door in BRIDLINGTON, sending in red roses, and eventually a fur coat (possibly made from the foxes he had killed on the hunting field).
  
  Nigel was portrayed as a particularly silly but kind-hearted young man, until his father died, and he realised he would have to Face up to his Responsibilities.

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  Posted by EJ Morgan (U2233032) on Sunday, 24th June 2007

  Gerald Pargetter died of alcohol related illness, I believe. He was a 'silent' as was Julia until they decided to turn her into a Dame Edith Evans type.
  
  I also recall that the Pargetters just about managed to live in one room in Lower Loxley House, so Nigel really has done remarkably well despite never having shown any business acumen, etc. etc.
  
  Of all the unrealities around TA, the rebirth of Pargetter Towers takes the biscuit.
  

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  Posted by Auntie Molly (was mollygee) (U4008898) on Sunday, 24th June 2007

  I also recall that the Pargetters just about managed to live in one room in Lower Loxley House, so Nigel really has done remarkably well despite never having shown any business acumen, etc. etc. Ìý
  
  One would have thought the death duties on the Pargetter estate when Nigel's father died must either have been crippling or that there was hardly anything left. Either way the continued survival of LL without being sold stretches credibility a bit.
  

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  Posted by Maudie (U8161455) on Sunday, 24th June 2007

  Providing that Nigel's father left the estate to Julia, his wife, then inheritance tax would have been avoided.
  
  A clever tax lawyer could minimise the amount of duty payable on Julia's death, but certainly a fair amount would be payable.
  
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  Posted by bob larkin (U2297537) on Sunday, 24th June 2007

  EJ
  
  
  
  Don't forget that Nigel spent a few months working in The City where he made a fortune (presumably enough to rescue LL).
  
  So your comments about his business acumen are obviously unfounded!
  
  bob

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  Posted by Keri Davies (U2219620) on Monday, 25th June 2007

  >Don't forget that Nigel spent a few months working in The City where he made a fortune (presumably enough to rescue LL).
  
  This was at a time when a moderately talented chimp could have made money in the City. And indeed many did...

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  Posted by posh_scouse_pinnedwithpride (U2514024) on Monday, 25th June 2007

  oooOOOooo.
  
  wouldn't like to be in your shoes when Sharpers reads this.....

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  Posted by EJ Morgan (U2233032) on Tuesday, 26th June 2007

  Good grief - I didn't know that! not with Barings Bank I hope. Must have been when I was walking out with Mrs Morgan or otherwise engaged of an evening. I've learned something this evening, I'm glad I stayed in.
  
  I stand corrected and thank you for your trouble. I still think he's ludicrous.

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  Posted by Rettegrap (U1759870) on Thursday, 28th June 2007

  Either way the continued survival of LL without being sold stretches credibility a bit.
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  Particularly with the prospect of Nigel behind the wheel of any earth-moving equipment. I don't think he could have done so much damage with the Mr Whippymobile.

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  Posted by MoonlightsGhost (U3729835) on Thursday, 28th June 2007

  I thought that Gerald P died from cancer - possibly lung cancer, making him in fact the last person from greater Ambridge to do so before Shove shoved off. And although I have no desire at all for the level of gritty reality to reflect the statistical probabilities of the rest of the world, I have often thought what a pleasant healthy haven Borsetshire must be. Apart from the risk of getting crushed under cows or tractors of course.

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  Posted by Spartacus (U38364) on Thursday, 28th June 2007

  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:23 GMT, in reply to MoonlightsGhost in message 13
  
  I've always been a bit suspicious about Joe's "Farmer's Lung", but he still seems to be hanging on...

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  Posted by BootsNo7 (U8853924) on Thursday, 28th June 2007

  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:21 GMT, in reply to bob larkin in message 8
  
  But would that have been enough to keep Lizzie in the style to which she has become accustomed? Vast expense seems to have been used in making the Gallery, shop etc., But of course they don't pay their guides, do they?

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  Posted by Everything Stops 4 Tea (U3819066) on Friday, 29th June 2007

  Surely Nigel made his fortune from his Mr. Snowy ice cream van days?

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