Talk:Vera Duckworth

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This page is virtually identical to Jack Duckworth's, being as the two characters are a double act.

Maybe they would be better merged into a single "Jack and Vera" page.

I don't know if a merged page is the way to go, as they are both individual characters, but both articles definitely need cleaning up and making more personal. I'd do it but I don't really know anything about the programme, I only cleaned up the article about Jack (without realising that the article about Vera was virtually identical and contained the same mistakes and general non-encyclopedic language). --Aenimiac 20:21, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

They should get a seperate page dedicated to the couple, ala Scott and Charlene Robinson and Karl and Susan Kennedy like with the Neighbours pages, but still keep the single ones.

Conquistador2k6 13:44, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I concur, they should stay seperate, especially now vera is leaving, although you could make a seperate Jack and Vera page which describe the couple's time together as they are a super copule. And can who ever keeps deleting the picture of Vera, please stop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.5.220.176 (talk) 21:57, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Oppose: Two completely different characters. LBM 22:36, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose: Per above Trampikey ^{(talk to me)(contribs)} 20:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Demise section

Can someone edit this down a bit (well, a lot) please? It doesn't have to cover every single thing that happened in the relevant scenes! 81.158.0.164 (talk) 00:36, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

It will be relevant in the future when people will be interested in what exactly happened, just leave it, this page dosn't have too much information compared to other articles like Pauline Fowler etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.33.247 (talk) 13:10, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

We need to know how she died. Details of how her slippers were grabbed for her go on fansites, not encyclopedias. There is such a thing as too much information, even on an electronic encyclopedia. 81.158.0.164 (talk) 22:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes and the fact that she died from heart failure, in her sleep has been explained. I would rather describe an event fully then to leave it in a couple of sentances, let's face it nothing drastic is going to be added to this article in the future (as the character is dead) events have been described, maybe not your liking but nonetheless, the full record of what happened has been recorded. Any extra details is a useful bonus for readers to know what occurred, fully . Plus, it's only a characters page, it doesn't have to be a big fuss.

Death notice

Here in Canada we are 10 months behind as far as the storyline is concerned. CBC shows it in half-hour episodes five nights a week. Tonight's episode shows Rita at the salon reading the notice of Vera's death in the paper. There is a clear shot of the page and it gives a different date than what appears in the article. The annoucement says:

VERA DUCKWORTH 3rd September 1937 - 21st January 2008 IN ALL OUR HEARTS We will all miss you so much...

The rest of the notice can't be read as the camera shot is over Rita's shoulder and the rest of the text is blocked.

My question: Is that enough of a reference to change the date? Nothing I can find on the web but when you see it in the show. Or is it a blooper by the continuity staff? Did this make it into the papers when the episode first aired in the UK? .CubBC (talk) 05:22, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

• • I just saw an episode wherein Jack mentions the date of Vera's death as the 18th (he was saying it had been a month since the last time he was at the bookies. So I guess the notice in the paper was a blooper.CubBC (talk) 01:49, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Terry

I'm editing the section that says Terry is not Jack's son - that is incorrect. Vera was never sure because she had a fling; Jack is convinced Terry is his because they're too alike not to be related. Smurfmeister (talk) 10:46, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Grandsons - Actors' Names

In the Storyline section, it currently states that "The Duckworths have three grandsons: Paul (by Andrea Clayton), Tommy (by Lisa Horton), and Brad (by Tricia Armstrong)...". This is certainly wrong, not least the male actors have been given female names! The character of Paul Clayton was played by Lee Booth and Tom Hudson. These details need correcting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.221.225.224 (talk) 10:03, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry if I have a little chuckle, but you've misunderstood. Andrea, Lisa and Tricia are the respective character's mothers, not the actors who played them. Ooh, Fruity Ooh, Chatty 11:27, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Oh s***! SORRY! I really do need to go back to school and learn how to comprehend the written word! My apologies.

Sources

• [1]RaintheOne ^BAM 03:18, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Marriage

Jack and Vera's marriage was a sham. This came out in the 1997 Las Vegas special, so the 1950s date is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.18.217.141 (talk) 04:34, 23 January 2015 (UTC)