Last of the Summer Wine (TV Series)

The Swan Man of Ilkley (2005)

Kathy Staff: Nora Batty

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Alvin : Hello. Come on if you're ready. Stir yourself.

  Nora : Ooh. You realize, I'm only learning to do this for charity.

  Alvin : Get on with it.

  Nora : Suppose somebody's looking.

  Alvin : It's just you and me.

  Nora : Yes, and I don't want that word spreading round either.

  Alvin : Look, I'm not going to brag about it.

  [turns on the music] 

  Alvin : Come on, Twinkle-Toes, follow me.

• Glenda : [about Nora Batty learning to line dance]  Are you enjoying it?

  Nora : I am not enjoying it. And I'll challenge anybody who says I am enjoying it. I'm not having people thinking I'm some silly, daft, fluffy-headed bimbo.

  Pearl : I don't think you're in much danger of that.

  Roz : However, if you end up going down that route, I'm always available for advice.

  Ivy : Oh, don't get her going. She'll blame me.

  Nora : Well, you opened your mouth.

  Ivy : It's a bit of line dancing! You're not lap dancing.

  Roz : Not yet, but once you get your feet on the slippery slope...