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[handrejka]

Doris Stokes was only 67 when she died! I always imagined she was well into her eighties, she certainly looked it, she just always seemed really old. 67's not very old at all, my mum's 67, Tim Curry's 61. Oh well people's ideas of ages were different then. See what you think from the pic in her Wiki page, looks older don't you think

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[softfruit]

Could it be wrinkles induced by smoking in the days when everyone did it?

Otherwise we have to put it down to knocking back the spirits over exposure to ectoplasm.

[softfruit]

Er - I was thinking of Doris with the ectoplasm, not Thora....

[handrejka]

Possibly but my mum smoked for years too and looks ok for her age. Maybe it's just a bad photo.

Thora and ectoplasm, now there's an image.

[softfruit]

There's a whole unwritten Dead Ringers sketch in it.

[curiouswombat]

Gosh - I thought Doris Stokes was older too.

[handrejka]

Makes me wonder if wiki is wrong, it wouldn't be the first time.

[bellanna]

I always thought she was really old too. I think that is a bad picture, she looks like a typical white haired grandma in that one.

[agnetha]

Yes, like my grandparents she's one of those people who was always just old, a generic old person. It amuses me that she was born in Grantham, where I was born (once voted the most boring town in England).

Thora Hird was ancient. I love the name Gordon Wharmby - sounds so Yorkshire!