That's Another Story: The Autobiography Page 31

  Payne, Cynthia

  Personal Services

  Phillips, Roger

  Pig and the Junkle, The

  Pinewood Studios

  Pinter, Harold

  Plath, Sylvia

  Playboy of the Western World, The

  Plouvier, Peter

  Poitiers

  Portugal, holiday in

  Posner, Geoff

  Post Office, General

  Postlethwaite, Pete

  mother

  Potter, Harry, films

  Presley, Elvis

  Preston, Duncan

  Pryce, Jonathan

  Punch magazine

  Radio Luxembourg

  Ransome, Arthur

  Raven, Mrs (cleaning lady)

  Rea, Stephen

  Reveille

  Reynolds, Burt

  Richardson, Howard

  Ricotta, Vincenzo

  Robert (neighbour)

  Rockies, the

  Roffey, Grant (Julie’s husband)

  in Soho

  Julie meets (AA man)

  and Julie’s night terrors

  and Julie’s pregnancy

  Romania

  Romeo and Juliet

  Ronettes, the

  Rose Tattoo, The

  Round the Horne

  Royal Shakespeare Company

  Rumba, The (ferry)

  ‘Rupert’ (student friend)

  Russell, Willy and Educating Rita

  St John Ambulance

  Sapper, Alan

  Sara (agent)

  Saundersfoot

  Say Something Happened

  Scales, Prunella

  Scandinavia, publicity tour

  Scully

  Secret Life of Adrian Mole, The (TV series)

  Sex (sketch)

  Shakespeare, William

  Shaw, Sandie

  She’ll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas

  Sheffield

  Crucible Theatre

  Shepard, Sam

  Shepperton Studios

  Sher, Antony

  Sikh boys’ hockey team

  Sillitoe, Father

  Smethwick

  Abbey Road Junior School

  Bearwood Road

  Bishopton Road

  Bishopton Road, Nosee home, family

  Hadley Stadium, inter-schools athletics championships

  High Street

  Holly Lodge Grammar School for Boys

  Holly Lodge Grammar School for Girls see Holly Lodge Grammar School for Girls

  Lightwoods House

  Lightwoods Park

  funfair

  Long Hyde Road

  family in

  Princess Hall Cinema

  St Chad’s Hospital

  St Gregory’s parish church

  Spon Lane

  sweet shop

  Thimblemill Baths

  Wigorn Road

  Smethwick Hall Secondary Modern school

  Smethwick Harriers

  Smethwick Telephone

  Smith, Delia

  Smokey and the Bandit

  Soho

  Beat Route nightclub

  Greek Street

  Greek Street, No:

  Greek Street, No:

  woman (the ‘commentator’) at

  Manette Street

  Pillars of Hercules pub

  Soho Square

  Soil Association

  Sound of Music, The

  Spanish Armada

  Spencer Wells forceps

  Spiro, Alyson

  Stafford-Clark, Max

  Stelfox, Shirley

  Stepping Out

  Stockport college

  Stott, Mike

  Streep, Meryl

  Summer Folk

  Sunday Night at the London Palladium

  Supremes, the

  surgeons

  Sussex, house in

  Sydney

  Synge, J.M.

  Takahashi, Margaret (Julie’s great-aunt)

  Takahashi family

  Talent

  Talking Heads

  Taming of the Shrew, The

  Tamla Motown music

  Taylor, Mr (deputy head teacher)

  Tenby

  Terms of Endearment

  Thank Your Lucky Stars

  That’s Life

  Thatcher, Margaret

  ‘This Old Heart of Mine’

  ‘This Old House’

  Tickner, Clive

  ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore

  Toland, Ros

  Tonight Show

  Toronto

  Twiggy

  Ullman, Tracy

  United States, Educating Rita publicity tour

  Universal Studios

  Van Last, Anthony

  Van Load

  Vanity Fair

  Victoria Wood as Seen on TV

  ‘Acorn Antiques’ sketch

  ‘Mrs Overall’ character

  soup sketch

  Victoria Wood Christmas Special

  Wagon Train

  Wales, Princess of

  Wall, Max

  Waller, Trevor

  Waller, Mr

  Waller, Mrs (shopkeeper)

  Walls’ Cornetto

  Walters, Amy (Julie’s aunt)

  Walters, Barbara

  Walters, Betty (Julie’s aunt)

  Walters, Jill (Julie’s sister-in-law)

  Walters, Julie

  birth of

  childhood

  and father’s cars

  passes driving test

  and boy with dog

  piano-playing

  addiction to Coronation Street

  love of films

  bus conductress ambitions as child

  and pets

  ambition to be an actress

  fear of spiders

  early questions on sex

  and Christmas

  and bed-wetting

  and weekend in mid-Wales

  first boyfriend Bob

  and sunbathing

  as a Mod

  visits to Birmingham nightclubs

  childhood shows with brother Tommy

  and church play

  and mangle

  holidays

  relationship with father

  day trip to London

  and water bombs

  attic room, strange happening in

  roles playing older women

  at convent preparatory school

  and mother’s Irish friends

  sexually molested

  and desk incident at school

  elocution lessons

  Walters, Julie—contd

  at grammar school

  learns to swim

  playing hockey

  playing basketball

  and athletics

  competitive walking

  walking race incident

  first kiss

  discovers a pride at grammar school

  impersonations at school

  first stage performance

  illness

  sex education

  reaches puberty

  ‘lunch’ breaks at grammar school

  school reports

  GCE examinations

  and bullying in sixth form

  leaves school

  first jobs

  insurance office job

  enrols in nursing school

  as nursesee also nursing incidents

  working in Coronary Care Unit

  in operating theatres

  loves patient care

  coping with death as nurse

  Mr Claydon

  Florrie Kent

  first proper boyfriend

  discovers sex

  leaves nursing

  night terrors

  acupuncture for

  temporary jobs in Manchester

  and cooking

  auditions for Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre

  accepted for drama school

>   camping in France

  at drama school

  and eye make-up

  make-up classes at drama school

  and DT’s penis plaster cast

  summer ward orderly job

  and death of father

  and death of mother

  trip to Istanbul

  and ferry crossing

  Greek sailor on

  mistaken for prostitute

  at Demesne Road, Manchester

  and Sheffield landlady

  teaching practice as drama student

  nativity play

  teaching ‘Easter leavers’

  engagement to DT

  ‘honeymoon’ in Portugal

  splits up with DT

  first auditions

  awarded bursary for postgraduate course

  auditions for Everyman Theatre

  works for Everyman Theatre

  relationship with Pete

  Postlethwaite

  drugs experience

  and dog Babs

  living in Whitechapel

  living in Soho

  weight loss during productions

  at Bush Theatre

  relationship with Victoria Wood

  in Victoria’s productions

  and Victoria’s scripts

  and Mike Leigh play Ecstasy

  and Educating Rita

  Amsterdam holiday

  in United States promoting Educating Rita

  world promotion of Educating Rita

  BAFTA nominations and awards

  theatre compared to film

  Golden Globe award

  and Oscar awards

  in Hollywood

  and nude scenes

  garden gnome award

  meets AA man Grant (later husband)

  marries Grantsee also Roffey, Grant

  writes novel

  becomes pregnant

  during pregnancy

  birth of Maisiesee also Maisie

  BAFTA tribute (2003)

  Walters, Kevin (Julie’s brother)

  childhood

  as Grandma’s favourite

  and Julie’s desire to act

  and death of father

  as teacher

  Walters, Mary (Julie’s mother)

  childhood

  meets Julie’s father

  marries Julie’s father

  births of children

  in Julie’s childhood

  careful with money

  rock cakes

  and milkman’s deliveries

  death of husband

  cat Nelly

  appearance

  relationship with husband

  relationship with sister Agnes

  and Julie’s teenage years

  and Julie’s first boyfriend

  holidays

  and professional men

  jobs

  relationship with her mother

  keeps chickens and turkey

  Walters, Mary—contd

  and Julie’s school days

  elocution lessons

  Irish friends

  Julie’s friendship with rough lad

  and Julie’s first stage part

  and Julie’s sex education

  and Julie’s nursing career

  and husband’s health

  and Julie’s desire to act

  and Tommy leaving home

  and Julie’s time in Manchester

  and Julie’s engagement

  first sees Julie in play

  at Educating Rita premiere

  and cousin Margaret

  death of

  Walters, Mary (Julie’s stillborn sister)

  Walters, Rachel (Julie’s aunt)

  Walters, Reg (Julie’s uncle)

  Walters, Thomas (Julie’s father)

  early life

  meets Julie’s mother

  marries Julie’s mother

  and Julie’s grandma

  and stillborn daughter Mary

  and Julie’s birth

  car ownership

  in Julie’s childhood

  relationship with Julie’s mother

  and guinea pig

  holidays

  his father

  as a father

  appearance

  and garden fence

  sense of humour

  and horse racing

  as pub regular

  as an artist

  decorating business

  and employee Leonard

  health problems

  and Julie’s school days

  and Julie’s desire to act

  and Julie’s time in Manchester

  death of and large woman neighbour

  Walters, Tommy (Julie’s brother)

  childhood

  magic show

  and Grandma

  and Julie’s desire to act

  leaves home

  in later years

  daughter

  Watch with Mother

  Wayne, John

  ‘Weasley, Mrs’ character

  Weston-super-Mare

  Weymouth

  What Car? magazine

  Whistle While You Work

  Whitehouse, Mary

  Wide-Eyed and Legless

  Williams, Tennessee

  Williamson, Freddie

  Wilson, Snoo

  Winger, Debra

  Winnie (theatre cleaner)

  Wolverhampton

  Wonder, Stevie

  Wood, Reg

  Wood, Victoria

  Acorn Antiques the Musical

  at Bush Theatre

  characters

  dinnerladies

  Good Fun

  Happy SinceMet You

  husbandsee also Durham, Geoffrey

  ‘I Want to be Fourteen Again’

  Nearly a Happy Ending

  parts created

  Pat and Margaret

  relationship with Julie

  as sketch writer

  Talent

  Victoria Wood as Seen on TV see Victoria Wood as Seen on TV

  Wood and Walters TV series

  Wood and Walters

  Woolworth’s

  Yates, Pauline

  Picture Credits

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