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Indifference

Arnulf liked to drown his sorrows in alcohol. There wasn’t much left for him in this wretched world after he had watched his wife and children die. He was powerless to stop the destruction of his home. God willed it, and thus it was. Arnulf was sure he had deserved this much, for he had seen the face of the devil himself. He did not repent for his mortal sins. He had dismissed the infernal visions. Just like Job, he had to endure hell, but unlike Job, he had it coming.

Arnulf dragged his broken body to the local inn once again. Hellbent on drinking until his body collapsed, he pushed past the menagerie of human caricatures frequenting the facility. He sat down right beside a leper and asked for a drink.

Hours had passed, and Arnulf’s cup never stayed empty. He drank himself into a state of death-likeness. The loss of sensation was familiar, along with the burning in his lungs and the dizzying dance of the world around him. Excruciating nausea no longer caused a maddening panic, and the partial paralysis of his frame was a mild inconvenience to the man. He quietly excused himself to vomit outside of the facility, placing a few thalers on the counter as the leper watched on.

The moment he left the inn, the world around him started turning exceptionally dark. A shiver ran down his spine as his body swayed slightly before collapsing to the ground below. Shadows crawled, gathering around him, horned and winged infernal beings. The man was sure death had come for him, and he accepted it with open arms fading into the night.

Death wouldn’t come just yet. Arnulf awoke to the noise of a commotion. He felt an odd sensation of phantom pain coursing through his thighs, but was too weak to actually move. His skull pounding and his limbs too heavy to maneuver, he stared at the walls of the cave surrounding him. Dancing flames illuminated the darkness gently.

Arnulf was convinced he might’ve ended up in hell, but he was too dead to dread the outcome. As the moments passed, he could make out a human conversation in the distance. He finally mustered the strength to turn his head and saw a demonic child staring at him. Its face perpetually contorted into a perpetual sneer. Drooping eye and a pronounced under-bite.

The child’s bones cracked as it moved its head, remarking in a mixture of curiosity and disgust, “your leg tastes funny.”

Everything made sense for Arnulf at that moment. He had heard of an inbred clan hunting down people to survive the calamity. The grotesque image of the demonic child and the infernal cave were slowly fading from the man’s eyes as he burst into a fit of maniacal laughter. Blood worked its way up his throat as he spat a terrible revelation to the devil-spawn with deathly indifference.

“I have the pestilence.”
A Bench At Midnight

## **A Bench At Midnight** *by Slimebeast*

Content is available under CC-BY-NC

I recently found myself drunk and abandoned in the bowels of downtown near midnight. Being unable to locate my keys, much less drive, I decided to wait for a bus just outside the bar.

Three night owls like myself had already perched there, barely leaving room for me to flop down like a sack of manure.

"She plays the flute," spoke a young, bedraggled woman who looked as if she'd just gotten off work in some cliché diner, "She's really gifted."

Focusing my weary eyes on the woman's hands, I spotted a small school photograph. As soon as I could make out the smiling little girl's face, the picture was quickly stowed in the purse from whence it had come.

"Take a look at this and tell me you're not jealous!" laughed a fat, bald man as he leaned over and extracted a wallet from the back of his already overburdened pants.

The man threw open his wallet casually, like a cop showing off his badge. Two photos resided therein. One depicted a young boy in a soccer uniform. The other, a girl of the same age holding a kickboxing trophy. Both were blonde, beautiful, and identical.

"Ooh, twins!" the tired-looking woman cooed, "You're going to have your hands full!"

At that point, I was already peering at the ancient, matronly woman on the far end of the bench. I had wondered what she was doing out so late at night, but the way she was rifling through her large, cluttered handbag quickly stole my attention.

"Oh, I know I have it here somewhere." The slight, elderly woman fussed, "Goodness gracious, I have to organize this thing!"

Finally, her boney hands drew out a small, white book with kittens adorning its cover. She sighed, stroked the glossy surface with her wrinkled fingers, and shot a proud smile to the three of us.

"This is Peter," she opened the book and pointed, "This is Marshal... and this is Kyle. This is... Meagan? ... No, Maggie. Meagan is the one with red hair. I swear, it gets harder and harder to keep track. Here's Donald. He's already in a debate club if you can imagine that!"

The old woman must've shown off fifteen to twenty children, and she seemed more excited by each one as she went. When the exhibit was complete, she shook her head and delicately returned the book to her bag.

"I don't know how you do it." the fat man shook his head and smirked.

"I have enough trouble with one." the waitress smiled sadly.

Then, the focus turned to me. I'd been listening... eavesdropping, really... and they had noticed. The three of them looked me over, smiling politely.

"How about you, sweetheart?" the old woman asked.

"Yeah," the fat man sat forward with interest.

"What are your dinner plans?"
Eyeless Jack

## **Eyeless Jack** *by Azelf5000*

Hello, my name is Mitch. I’m here to tell you guys about an experience I had. I don’t know if it was paranormal or whatever stupid words people use to describe supernatural phenomena, but after that thing visited me, I believe in that paranormal trash, now.

A week after I moved in with my brother, Edwin, after my house was foreclosed, I finished unpacking. Edwin liked the idea of me moving in, since we had not seen each other after 10 years, so I was excited, too. I soon fell asleep after I moved in. After that 1 week, I heard rustling noises coming from outside at about one in the morning. I thought it was a raccoon, so I ignored and tried to fall asleep. The next morning, I told Edwin about it, and he agreed.

The next night, however, I thought I heard my window opening and a loud thump, as if something entered my room. I darted up and looked around my room, but I saw nothing. The next morning, Edwin dropped his coffee cup when he saw me. He held up a nearby mirror and I saw myself. I had a large gash in my left cheek.

After I was rushed to the hospital, my doctor told me that I must have been sleepwalking, but then he showed me something that made my blood turn cold. He lifted up my shirt to reveal a sewn up incision where my kidneys were. I started in his eyes, my eyes widening. “You somehow lost your left kidney last night. We don’t know how, though. Sorry, Mitch.” my doctor told me.

The next night was my breaking point. Around midnight, I woke up to see a truly horrifying sight. I was staring face to face with a creature with a black hoodie and dark blue mask with no nose or mouth staring down at me. The thing that scared me the most was that it had no eyes. Just empty, black sockets. The creature also had some black substance dripping from it’s sockets. I grabbed the camera nearby on a mantel and took a picture. After the picture took, the creature lunged at me and tried to claw open my chest to get to my lungs. I stopped it by kicking it in the face. As I ran out of my room, I grabbed my wallet. I would need the money. I ran out of my brother’s house into the night. I eventually ended up in the woods near Edwin’s house and tripped on a rock.

I fell unconscious and woke up in the hospital. My doctor entered the room. The same one who treated me before. “I have good news and bad news, Mitch.” my doctor started. “The good news is that you had minor injuries, and your parents are going to pick you up.” I sighed with relief. “The bad news is that your brother has been killed by some… thing. Sorry.”

My parents took me back to Edwin’s house to collect my remaining belongings, which I did. Upon entering my room, I was scared, but remained calm. I grabbed my camera then stopped dead in my tracks. In the hallway leading to my room, I saw Edwin’s body and something small lying next to it. I picked up the small thing and entered my parent’s car, not mentioning Edwin’s corpse. I looked at the thing I had picked up and nearly vomited. I was holding my stolen half-eaten kidney, with some black substance on it.
God is coming

Hello, I am Ryan Jackson. In 2006 me and my friends saw "god". When I went camping with some friends, Michael, Saya, John and Stan. We all decided to go camping in willows park, we set up our tents and readied the fire for the night. It was very pleasant, it started turning noon and we had some hotdogs on the fire.

It finally became night and we had smores and told some scary stories sadly, our fire went out due to the rain. So we went in out tents and tried to sleep. We heard something dash across some leaves, I woke everyone up so we could investigate. Stan got the rifle he packed for any wolf attacks, he scouted the campsite. Michael curled up in a corner he said: "GOD IS COMING...".

I knew something was off, Michael was a atheist, he didn't believe in god. Saya calmed him down, then we heard Stan scream at the top of his lungs. We ran out of the tent to only find a still loaded gun, the stock covered in blood. John thought it was a prank, the rest of us didn't. Me and Saya looked for Stan while John and Michael stayed at the tent.

While we looked we found Stan's coat and later a cabin, we walked into the cabin to find Stan's corpse being eaten by a large wolf-human hybrid. We tried to sneak out but it noticed us, it got up and started running at us. Me and Saya were running as fast as we could, the beast used Stan's corpse to trap Saya, I shut my eyes and kept running.

I got back to camp and told them about the intelligence of the beast and what happened to the others. Michael and John were shocked, John decided to try to escape. We al agreed and ran for it, Michael was grabbed and killed. We made it to the car, started it up and escaped.
Oh Doctor Beeching! Wikia

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This wiki is about the BBC comdey series **Oh, Doctor Beeching!**, a BBC television sitcom written by David Croft and Richard Spendlove which, after a broadcast pilot on 14 August 1995, ran for two series from 8 July 1996, with the last episode being broadcast on 28 September 1997.

The series focuses on the small fictional branch line railway station of Hatley, which is threatened with closure under the Beeching Axe. The programme was filmed on the Severn Valley Railway. Arley SVR station in Upper Arley, which was used as Hatley station.

Hatley station as seen from the signal box.Jack SkinnerMay SkinnerGloria SkinnerHarryEthelWilfredMr OrkingdalePercyParkinVeraArnoldRalphAmy
Richard Beeching

**Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching** (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as **Dr Beeching**, was a physicist and engineer who for a short but very notable time was chairman of British Railways. He became a household name in Britain in the early 1960s for his report *The Reshaping of British Railways*, commonly referred to as "The Beeching Report", which led to far-reaching changes in the railway network, popularly known as "the Beeching Axe".

As a result of the report, just over 4,000 route miles (6,400 kilometres) were removed from the system on cost and efficiency grounds, leaving Britain with 13,721 miles (22,082 km) of railway lines in 1966. A further 2,000 miles (3,200 km) were lost by the end of the 1960s.

## Sources

1. ↑ "Few lines of comfort for BR: The Serpell Report on the railways", *Financial Times*, 6 January 1983, p.9
HELL

This story. It has scarred me physically and mentally, and I hesitate to share it with you. It all started innocently enough, a leisurely adventure in the vast outdoors with my closest companions. We set out with excitement coursing through our veins, unaware of the dark abyss ahead.

As we trekked deeper into the wilderness, an ominous atmosphere took hold. Shadows danced with malicious intent, and an icy breeze whispered unsettling secrets through the rustling leaves. Yet, we pressed on, our curiosity compelling us to push the known boundaries.

It was in a desolate clearing, a sinister enclave shrouded in darkness, that the veil between reality and nightmares was brutally torn asunder. A gaping maw of unfathomable terror emerged before our disbelieving eyes, devouring my companions in an instant. Their cries of sheer terror haunted me as they were snatched away by some unseen malevolence, leaving me alone and trembling.

I was lost in an abyss of suffering, my agony consumed me. Despite my best efforts, the infernal heat was relentless and unrelenting in its pursuit to destroy me. My every step was met with anguish, and my every breath was filled with despair. Nothing could compare to the torturous torment of this realm, and I was powerless against it.

Every step I took was a battle against overwhelming pain and despair that threatened to consume me. The ground beneath me crackled with fury, threatening to swallow me whole. Malevolent whispers slithered through the air, their chilling voices a constant reminder of the depths of suffering that pervaded this forsaken realm.

Time became an abstract notion, as hours blended into eternities, and my mind teetered on the precipice of madness. I yearned for an escape, a respite from this unending nightmare. But the relentless grip of this nightmarish dimension clung to me, suffocating my hope and leaving me teetering on the brink of surrender.

As a result, I remain within this hell of a world until there is a last chance at escape, forever to be tormented until the end.
Liane Schneider

**Liane Schneider** (\* 1957) ist eine deutsche Kinderbuch-Autorin. Sie ist Verfasserin der erfolgreichen Buchreihe Meine Freundin Conni. Derzeit lebt sie in Garbsen bei Hannover.

## Leben

Nach dem Studium der Fächer Chemie und Kunst arbeitete sie als Lehrerin. Als ihre Tochter Cornelia 1990 in den Kindergarten kam, schrieb Liane Schneider die erste Geschichte. Auf gut Glück schickte sie ein Manuskript an den Carlsen Verlag. Dieser hat Liane Schneider unter Vertrag genommen und die heute berühmten Geschichten mit Illustrationen von Eva Wenzel-Bürger bzw. Annette Steinhauer als Pixi-Bücher verlegt. Auf Grund des großen Erfolges erschienen gebundene Bilderbücher. Mittlerweile sind 60 Bücher in Deutschland erschienen, und jedes Jahr schreibt Liane Schneider 4 weitere. Insgesamt wurden über 25 Mio. Bücher verkauft und die Conni-Reihe in 30 weiteren Ländern veröffentlicht, darunter Frankreich (Conni heißt hier Lola), Spanien (Berta), Polen (Zuzia) und die Türkei (Elif). Um die deutsche Kultur zu vermitteln, werden Conni-Bücher an amerikanischen Universitäten und in Deutschland bei der Integration von Flüchtlingen eingesetzt. Die Schriftstellerin Liane Schneider ließ den Charakter der Conni mit ihren Lesern altern und Bücher für Kinder ab 7, ab 10 und ab 12 Jahren entwickeln. Für diese Reihe werden die Texte allerdings von anderen Autoren verfasst. Seit 2016 gibt es die erste Kinoverfilmung mit dem Titel Conni & Co mit Emma Schweiger in der Hauptrolle. Ein zweiter Film ist in Arbeit.
Her Darker Side

## **Her Darker Side** *by LunarExplosion*

*Deep beneath*

*A stable mind*

*There's a space between*

*The truth and lies*

*Where sanity* *Isn't what it seems*

*And real life is a*

*Nightmare of a dream...*

Bella Robin woke up to her mother screaming, "ISABELLA JANE ROBIN, GET YOUR ASS DOWNSTAIRS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!" She sighed, envying her friends. At least they had normal families. Meanwhile, her mother was addicted to heroin, her father was long gone, and there was no hope of her and her sister Meg ever being friends.

Bella trudged down the stairs, her brown hair going every direction imaginable. Her mother glared and watched her daughter scarf down some eggs before leaving for school. Bella met her friend Savannah Lock at the bus stop. Savannah, as usual, was all smiles. "Hi, Bella! Guess who's trying out for cheerleading?" Savannah let out a little squeal.

"You?" "Me!" Savannah started giggling as the bus for Oakley High School pulled up. The two friends boarded and chose two seats in the left row. Savannah began a conversation with another girl in front of them, and Bella felt something hit the back of her head. She looked back to see Paul Denner and his posse, smirking at her. Paul and his posse practically ruled the school; he was six foot nine, and was the most athletic student in school.

Bella shrunk in her seat, hugging her knees. Savannah continued talking, oblivious. Finally, the bus stopped. Bella was jostled left and right by students who didn't notice her, finally falling to the ground. Savannah helped her up and they walked inside the school building.

*This story is under construction.*
A Moving Story

*This article about* **A Moving Story** *is a Episode stub. You can help the* **Oh Doctor Beeching! Wikia** *by expanding it.*

## Summary

Ethel finally persuades May to admit that she and Cecil dated briefly during the war, and relays this back to Jack in garbled form. Everybody pulls together to move Cecil's belongings into the station master's house, after which he buys them a drink and looks forward to their team-work preventing Beeching closing the station. He then has a bath but is interrupted by Ethel and May who bring him hot water and suggest he gets a bigger sponge as he tries to hide his modesty.
Earl Schumann

*This article about* **Earl Schumann** *is a Character stub. You can help the* **Oh Doctor Beeching! Wikia** *by expanding it.*

## Career

### Occupation

(Pre war) Salesman
(Wartime) Soldier

**Earl Schumann** is the deceased husband of Hatley Station Booking Office Clerk Ethel Schumann.

## History

After working as a salesman selling 'ladies intimate apparel', Earl joined the US Army, and was stationed in the UK, where he met, and later married, Ethel. The couple had one child, Wilfred.

By the end of the war, his unit was serving in Europe, dismantling German ammunition stores. During one such mission, the munitions exploded, and Earl was reported killed in action. Unfortunately, the explosion resulted in an absence of physical remains, meaning Earl's widow was denied a war widow's pension.

## Notes

1. ↑ Ethel reveals this to Jack, while explaining why she won't climb a ladder to give Wilfred a new signal lamp, to replace the one that is smoking due to an improperly trimmed wick.
2. ↑ Ethel reveals this to May, when the latter asks about the widow's pension.

## Sources

1. ↑ Horse Play
2. ↑ All Change
Love Is a Very Splendid Thing

## Plot

Ethel has found romance with American airman Joe, who took her to see 'West Side Story' and who promises to take her back to the States with him. Wilfred decides that he will then join the army. Unfortunately Joe is recalled home very suddenly, leading to a 'Brief Encounter' moment on the station with Ethel. She is upset but she is very happy when Wilfred tells her he will be staying with her after all as the Army have rejected him on account of his flat feet.
Mr. Orkindale

### Appears in

The Train Now Standing..., The Late Mr. Buckly, Sleeping Around, The Van, A Bowl in the Hand, A Pregnant Pause and Ton Up

## Career

### Occupation

District Manager for British Railways

**Mr. Orkindale** is the local District Manager for Hatley and the surrounding area. Senior to Parkin, he calls staff by their Christian names and fancies May, even bringing her a bunch of roses from his garden on one occasion. Disliking Mr Parkin as much as everyone else, Orkingdale cheats him out of a place on the bowls club outing, just so he can have a few extra drinks.

He regularly buys tomatoes from Harry, for Mrs. Orkindale's home made chutney.

## Sources

1. ↑ The Van
2. ↑ A Bowl in the Hand
3. ↑ The Late Mr. Buckly
Wilfred Schumann

*This article about* **Wilfred Schumann** *is a Character stub. You can help the* **Oh Doctor Beeching! Wikia** *by expanding it.*
**Wilfred Schumann** is the Porter, and Ethel's son. Most of the time comes across as extremely stupid. He is often verbally abused and hit around the head by Jack. Wilfred tries to join the Army in one episode so as to allow Ethel to elope with her American airmen boyfriend, but she ends her relationship. Wilfred was born in 1946, making him 17, and along with Jack, May, Gloria and Ethel speaks with a Northern accent.
Sleeping Around/Credits

## Episode Cast

* Paul Shane as Jack Skinner
* Su Pollard as Ethel Schumann
* Jeffrey Holland as Cecil Parkin
* Julia Deakin as May Skinner
* Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert
* Barbara New as Vera Plumtree
* Ivor Roberts as Arnold Thomas
* Perry Benson as Ralph
* Terry John as Percy
* Lindsay Grimshaw as Gloria Skinner
* Paul Aspden (as Paul Aspen) as Wilfred Schumann
* Tara Daniels as Amy Matlock
* Richard Spendlove as Mr. Orkindale
* Tony Hawks as Andy Bugden
* Al Ashton (as Al Hunter Ashton) as Tom Samways
* Felix Bowness (uncredited) as Bernie Bleasdale

## Crew

* Produced by David Croft and Charles Garland
* Production Design by John Bristow
* Art Direction by Christophe Gérard (as Christophe Gerard)
* Costume Design by Mary Husband
* Makeup Design by Claire Whiteley and Eve Wignall
* Production Management by Jeremy Connor

### Art Department

* Andrew Smee: Graphic designer
* Bob Warans: Properties buyer

### Sound Department

* Michael McCarthy: Sound supervisor
* Chris Shellard: Deputy sound supervisor

### Camera and Electrical Department

* Duncan Brown: Lighting director
* John Vincent: Camera supervisor

### Editorial Department

* Steve Jamison: Videotape editor
* Hilary West: Vision mixer

### Music Department

* Su Pollard (Uncredited performer: signature tune)

### Additional Crew

* Caroline Boocock: Floor assistant
* Andrew Breaks: Resources manager
* Steve Dunn: Assistant floor manager
* Susan Lawton: Production assistant
* Kim Li: Resources manager
* Stan Matthews: Programme finance assistant
* Kenn Oldfield: Staging manager
Band 11: Conni und das Hochzeitsfest

**Conni und das Hochzeitsfest** ist der elfte Band der Reihe von Julia Boehme.

## Kurzbeschreibung

Wahnsinn: Billis Eltern heiraten! Und Conni ist eingeladen! Die erste Hochzeit ihres Lebens! Und dann soll sie auch noch Blumen streuen - ist sie dafür nicht ein bisschen zu alt? Aber keine Hochzeit ohne Hindernisse. Das müssen auch Conni, Anna und vor allem Billi erfahren ...

## Inhalt

Conni und Anna erfahren in der Schule von Billi, dass deren Eltern heiraten wollen und sie eingeladen sind. Den restlichen Tag sind Conni und Anna nicht richtig bei der Sache, während Billi sich wie immer verhält. Auf dem Heimweg lädt Billi ihre Freundinnen zu sich nach Hause ein, um sich Hochzeitszeitschriften anzugucken.
Am Nachmittag sitzen sie vor einem ganzen Stapel Kataloge und Zeitschriften. Anna ist hin und weg von einem Schleier, der mindestens fünf Meter lang ist und Conni fragt sich, ob sie eines Tages in einer schneeweißen Kutsche fahren wird. Frau Verdi bringt schließlich ein Tablett mit frisch gepresstem Orangensaft herein und fragt Conni und Anna, ob sie zu ihrer Hochzeit kommen werden. Billis Mutter sagt, dass sie die drei Mädchen gern als Beraterinnen in den Brautladen mitnehmen würde und diese stimmen freudig zu.

Als Conni nach Hause kommt, sieht sie den Wagen von Onkel Andreas vor der Tür stehen. Sie fragt sich, ob ihr Cousin Michael auch mitgekommen ist, doch drinnen befindet sich nur Andreas, der mit Mama, Papa und Jakob im Wohnzimmer sitzt. Er erklärt, dass sein Sohn Michael und seine Frau Karin nicht mitgekommen sind, weil er beruflich in Hamburg zu tun hätte.

## Sonstiges

-Connis Onkel Andreas hat ein großes blaues Auto mit Berliner Kennzeichen

-Connis Cousin Michael hat am 04. April Geburtstag
The Train Now Standing.../Credits

## Cast

* Paul Shane as Jack Skinner
* Su Pollard as Ethel Schumann
* Jeffrey Holland as Cecil Parkin
* Julia Deakin as May Skinner
* Barbara New as Vera Plumtree
* Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert
* Ivor Roberts as Arnold Thomas
* Perry Benson as Ralph
* Terry John as Percy
* Lindsay Grimshaw as Gloria Skinner
* Paul Aspden (Credited as Paul Aspen) as Wilfred Schumann
* Richard Spendlove as Mr. Orkindale

## Crew

* Directed by Roy Gould
* Written by David Croft and Richard Spendlove
* Produced by David Croft ands Charles Garland
* Production Design by John Bristow
* Costume Design by Mary Husband
* Makeup design by Eve Wignall
* Production Management by Jeremy Connor
* Graphic design by Andrew Smee
* Props by Bob Warans
* Sound supervision by Michael McCarthy
* Special Effects by Chris Reynolds (uncredited)
* Lighting direction by Duncan Brown
* Camera supervision by John Vincent
* Videotape edits by Steve Jamison
* Vision mix by Hilary West
* Signature tune performed by Su Pollard (uncredited)
* Resources managed by Andrew Breaks
* Assistant floor manager - Steve Dunn
* Production assistant - Susan Lawton
* Programme finance assistant - Stan Matthews
The Van/Credits

## Cast

* Paul Shane as Jack Skinner
* Su Pollard as Ethel Schumann
* Jeffrey Holland as Cecil Parkin
* Julia Deakin as May Skinner
* Barbara New as Vera Plumtree
* Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert
* Ivor Roberts as Arnold Thomas
* Perry Benson as Ralph
* Terry John as Percy
* Lindsay Grimshaw as Gloria Skinner
* Paul Aspden as Wilfred Schumann (as Paul Aspen)
* Tara Daniels as Amy Matlock
* Richard Spendlove as Mr. Orkindale
* Felix Bowness as Bernie Bleasdale
* Jessica Roberts as Jessica (uncredited)

## Crew

* Directed by Roy Gould
* Written by David Croft & Richard Spendlove
* Produced by David Croft (Producer) & Charles Garland (Assistant producer)
* Production Design by John Bristow
* Art Direction by Antony Cartlidge
* Costume Design by Mary Husband
* Jill Hagger - Makeup designer
* Jenny Penrose - Production manager

### Other crew

* Andrew Smee - Graphic designer
* Bob Warans - Properties buyer
* Michael McCarthy - Sound supervisor
* Duncan Brown - Lighting director
* John Vincent - Camera supervisor
* Steve Jamison - Videotape editor
* Hilary West - Vision mixer
* Su Pollard - Signature tune performer(uncredited)
* Tim Jefferis - Facilities hod
* Caroline Boocock - Assistant floor manager
* Andrew Breaks - Studio resource manager
* Beccy Fawcett - Assistant floor manager
* Stan Matthews - Programme finance associate
* Caroline Thomas - Production assistant
Richard Spendlove

**Richard Spendlove MBE** is a retired British radio producer/presenter and television writer.

## Life and work

Spendlove was born in Carlton in Nottinghamshire. He worked for British Railways for 35 years, and in 1963 was appointed Relief Station Master at Ely in Cambridgeshire. He retired from the railways in 1989 at the age of 50, to pursue a career in broadcasting.

With David Croft he wrote and created a BBC TV comedy series, Oh, Doctor Beeching!, which ran on BBC One between 1995 and 1997. Spendlove also appeared in a number of episodes as Mr. Orkindale, the District Manager.

From 18 March 1989 until 6 May 2017, Spendlove worked for BBC Local Radio as the host of his long-running Saturday night music and phone-in show, which was simulcast from BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and also broadcast on the Eastern Counties radio stations, Radio Norfolk, Radio Suffolk, Radio Essex, BBC Three Counties Radio, Radio Northampton and Radio Kent. In early 1994, an Early day motion tabled in the House of Commons after a break in its broadcasting received a total of fifteen signatures. It was believed to be the longest continually running phone-in chat show on British Radio. He also presented in the afternoons on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire until 16 June 2017, his 78th birthday.

Since then, the Saturday night show format has returned on and off. From 4 December 2017 to 25 March 2018, Spendlove returned to broadcast the show on Mildenhall, Suffolk based community station Zack FM, on Monday nights and later Sunday nights. From late 2018 to May 2020, the show was broadcast live, on and off, on selected Saturday and later Sunday evenings online, and had a dedicated Facebook page.

Spendlove was awarded the MBE for "Services to Regional and Local Radio Broadcasting" in 2000.

## Sources

1. ↑ RICHARD SPENDLOVE'S RADIO PROGRAMME - 11 January 1994
2. ↑ BBC News in Depth: Birthday Honours 2000
3. ↑ Presenter Profiles: Richard Spendlove - BBC Suffolk, 17 November 2008
Past Love

## Summary

Whilst the staff hide a pig destined for the dinner table from Cecil, tax inspector Edna Taylor arrives at Hatley, claiming that they have been engaged for six years but recently she has heard nothing from him. She is not pleased to find a letter from him ending it all as he has found the 'love of his life.' Fortunately for May he fails to name the woman in question but when the train lurches and Cecil falls on top of May's daughter Gloria, Edna gets the wrong impression and Cecil ends up in the dog-house - or rather the pigsty.
Past Love/Credits

## Episode Cast

* Paul Shane as Jack Skinner
* Su Pollard as Ethel Schumann
* Jeffrey Holland as Cecil Parkin
* Julia Deakin as May Skinner
* Barbara New as Vera Plumtree
* Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert
* Ivor Roberts as Arnold Thomas
* Perry Benson as Ralph
* Terry John as Percy
* Lindsay Grimshaw as Gloria Skinner
* Paul Aspden as Wilfred Schumann (as Paul Aspen)
* Sally Grace as Edna Taylor

## Episode Crew

* Directed by Roy Gould
* Writing credits David Croft and Richard Spendlove
* Produced by David Croft (Producer) and Charles Garland (Assistant producer)
* Production Design by John Bristow
* Costume Design by Mary Husband

### Makeup Department

* Claire Whiteley (Makeup designer)
* Eve Wignall (Makeup designer)

### Art Department

* Andrew Smee (Graphic designer)
* Bob Warans (Properties buyer)

### Camera and Electrical Department

* Duncan Brown (Lighting director)
* John Vincent (Camera supervisor)

### Editorial Department

* Steve Jamison (Videotape editor)
* Hilary West (Vision mixer)

### Music Department

* Su Pollard (Performer: signature tune - uncredited)

### Other crew

* Andrew Breaks (Resources manager)
* Steve Dunn (Assistant floor manager)
* Susan Lawton (Production assistant)
* Stan Matthews (Programme finance assistant)
Cecil Parkin

Parkin at his desk

**Cecil R. Parkin** is the new Stationmaster at Hatley, who appears midway through the first episode.

He is a perfectionist, and is determined to make the station the best on the line. On the surface, he seems refined, but it turns out that he knows the station's buffet manageress because they had a passionate affair, which was going on behind her boyfriend (later husband) Jack's back. He still has lecherous thoughts about her, and in several episodes he tries his best to get her to leave Jack. The station staff react to him in different ways – most are tolerant of him, but Jack and Harry, the signalman, take an intense dislike to him, which only slightly mellows as the series goes on.
Jeffrey Holland

Jeffrey Holland at a Dad's Army celebration at Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk, May 2011.

## Details

### Role

Cecil Parkin

**Jeffrey Holland** (born **Jeffrey Michael Parkes**) is an English actor well known for roles in television sitcoms, playing camp comic Spike Dixon at the Maplin's holiday camp in Hi-de-Hi!, as well as BBC Radio comedy, including Week Ending. He also played a leading role in the sitcom You Rang, M'Lord?.

## Early life and career

Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, he was educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall. Holland joined an amateur theatre company, and worked at a wine merchants and in the office of a manufacturing company before training at Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art and becoming a professional actor. His first stage appearance was at the Alexandra Theatre in 1967, in the Henry Cecil Leon play No Fear or Favour. He appeared in an episode of Dixon of Dock Green, Are You Being Served, several episodes of Crossroads and as a soldier in an episode of Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum. He broke through to public fame in the role of Spike Dixon, the camp comic at the Maplin's holiday camp in Hi-de-Hi!. He later appeared in Russ Abbot's Madhouse.

David Croft used three main Hi-de-Hi! actors (Paul Shane, Holland, and Su Pollard) in similar roles in a later Croft/Perry sitcom, You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993), and again in Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995–1997), this time co-written with Richard Spendlove.

In 2001, Holland performed in Goon Again, the 50th anniversary celebration of The Goon Show. He took the parts originally played by Peter Sellers, alongside Jon Glover (playing Spike Milligan's roles), Andrew Secombe (playing the son of his dad Harry's character Neddie Seagoon) and Christopher Timothy.

In 2011 he appeared in Coronation Street as Clive Drinkwater.

In 2012 he was cast in the film version of Ray Cooney's farce Run for Your Wife as Dick Holland. The film was met with overwhelming negative reviews from both the critics and audiences.

In 2013, he débuted his short one-man play, *….And this is my friend Mr Laurel*, based on the life of Stan Laurel, at the Camden Fringe festival. This was taken on tour of the UK in 2014–2015.  The play was devised by Holland and written by Gail Louw.

## Sources

1. ↑ *http://www.jeffreyholland.co.uk/Jeffrey\_Holland/Mr\_Laurel.html Jeffrey Holland/Mr Laurel* at *jeffreyholland.co.uk*: retrieved 3 March 2015
Beeching Axe

The **Beeching cuts** (also known as the **Beeching Axe**) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

The first report identified 2,363 stations and 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of railway line for closure, 55% of stations and 30% of route miles, with an objective of stemming the large losses being incurred during a period of increasing competition from road transport and reducing the rail subsidies necessary to keep the network running; the second identified a small number of major routes for significant investment. The 1963 report also recommended some less well publicised changes, including a switch to containerisation for rail freight.

Protests resulted in the saving of some stations and lines, but the majority were closed as planned and Beeching's name remains associated with the mass closure of railways and the loss of many local services in the period that followed. A few of these routes have since reopened, some short sections have been preserved as Heritage Railways, while others been incorporated into the National Cycle Network or used for road schemes; others now are lost to construction, simply reverted to farm land, or remain derelict.

# Sources

1. ↑ On This Day - March 27 1963
2. ↑ Wikipedia
The Van

Trouble with the van

# Summary

Cecil is jealous when Mr. Orkindale from Head Office sends May roses, but he has also been appointed station master at three smaller stations as well as Hatley, and British Railways have given him an ancient van whose doors stick, in which to visit them. After Jack has taken May's fridge in the van to be mended, Arnold the train driver requests everybody's help as he fears his wife has locked herself in the outside toilet, though it proves to be a false alarm.
A Pregnant Pause

## Plot

As Jack and May prepare to celebrate their wedding anniversary, a tearful May suspects that she might be pregnant. Jack is not pleased. Arnold the train driver, having had an accident learning to drive the new diesel engines, fears that he will be made redundant and the staff, including Cecil, organize a petition as Arnold chains himself to the front of his engine. Fortunately news of his redundancy, like May's pregnancy, turns out to be a false alarm.
Hatley

**Hatley** is the station that serves as the main location for the series.

## Location

The station is approxamely 4 miles from Wenstead, which Jack points this out to Ethel, when she suggests Jack could go there for milk..

## History

The station was founded in 1863.

According to Jack , an attempt was made during World War 2 to grow a flower display showing the name Hatley. The attempt failed due to some of the plants dying, resulting in the display showing the name Hitler.

## Staff

### Station

* Stationmaster: Cecil Parkin
* Head Porter: Jack Skinner
* Porter: Wilfred Schumann
* Booking Clerk:Ethel Schumann
* Refreshment Room Manager: May Skinner
* Signalman: Harry Lambert
* Cleaner: Vera Plumtree

### Train

* Driver: Arnold Thomas
* Fireman/Apprentice Driver; Ralph
* Guard: Percy

## Sources

1. ↑ No Milk for the Minister
2. ↑ Ton Up
3. ↑ The Gravy Train
Sleeping Around

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## Summary

After Gloria is locked out of the house, Cecil lets her stay the night on his couch, leading to a row with Jack over parenting. The two men fall out again when Cecil feels that Jack should have a medical as to his suitability for the job in the light of his bad leg. However Cecil ultimately back-tracks over the medical so as to impress May. Ethel has a date with skirt-chasing Percy the train guard at the local dance.
Ethel Schumann

**Ethel Schumann** is the Ticket Clerk.

She is scatter-brained, and sometimes muddles her words. She often gets frustrated with Jack for his jealousy of May. She is also a flirt – she has a grown-up son from her marriage to a now deceased soldier named Earl, whom she frequently refers to in the earlier episodes. She is desperate for another boyfriend, and frequently makes advances to the station's guard, Percy, who appreciates her advances, but seems more interested in the regular commuter, Amy. She is the only one who knows of Cecil and May's war-time fling (other than Cecil and May, of course).
No Milk for the Minister/Credits

## Cast

* Paul Shane as Jack Skinner
* Su Pollard as Ethel Schumann
* Jeffrey Holland as Cecil Parkin
* Julia Deakin as May Skinner
* Barbara New as Vera Plumtree
* Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert
* Ivor Roberts as Arnold Thomas
* Perry Benson as Ralph
* Terry John as Percy
* Lindsay Grimshaw as Gloria Skinner
* Paul Aspden (Credited as Paul Aspen) as Wilfred Schumann
* Tara Daniels as Amy Matlock
* Daphne Goddard as Passenger

## Crew

* Directed by Roy Gould
* Written by David Croft and Richard Spendlove
* Produced by David Croft (Executive producer) and Charles Garland (Producer)
* Production Design by John Bristow
* Art Direction by Antony Cartlidge
* Costume Design by Mary Husband
* Makeup Design by Jill Hagger
* Production Management by Jenny Penrose
* Graphic Design by Andrew Smee
* Props by Bob Warans
* Sound supervision by Michael McCarthy
* Lighting Direction by Duncan Brown
* Camera Supervision by John Vincent
* Video editing by Steve Jamison
* Vision mixing by Hilary West
* Signatufre Tune performed by Su Pollard (uncredited)
* Tim Jefferis: Facilities hod
* Caroline Boocock: Assistant floor manager
* Andrew Breaks: Studio resource manager
* Beccy Fawcett: Assistant floor manager
* Stan Matthew: Programme finance associate
* Caroline Thomas: Production assistant
Harry Lambert

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## Career

### Assignment

Hatley

**Harry Lambert** is the signalman.

He is eternally miserable, with Stephen Lewis portraying the character very much like "Blakey" in On the Buses. He never smiles, and often sees the down side of things, never being seen happy. He hates his job, often calling the trains "ruddy".

Because trains come through Hatley only a few times a day, he operates numerous sidelines from his box: growing vegetables, mending bikes and clocks, rearing farm animals (pigs, turkeys and chickens) for the staff's dinners, giving haircuts and taking bets. They are all illegal, yet all the staff, including Gloria, know about them, are customers and keep their mouths shut.

Cecil does not know, as he would make it stop. There is a recurring gag, where Harry will say, "if they poke their noses around, they will get the flat end o' my tongue", that person comes and he starts sucking up to them. Throughout the series, he bluntly tries to resist Vera's advances.
Vera Plumtree

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**Vera Plumtree** is the cleaner.

She helps the staff by cleaning their homes and washing clothes for them. She has much in common with Ethel: she muddles her words, and frequently talks about her unnamed late husband, who was an engine driver. She is in love with Harry, but it is unrequited.
Ton Up/Credits

## Cast

* Paul Shane as Jack Skinner
* Su Pollard as Ethel Schumann
* Jeffrey Holland as Cecil Parkin
* Julia Deakin as May Skinner
* Barbara New as Vera Plumtree
* Stephen Lewis as Harry Lambert
* Ivor Roberts as Arnold Thomas
* Perry Benson as Ralph
* Terry John as Percy
* Lindsay Grimshaw as Gloria Skinner
* Paul Aspden(as Paul Aspen) as Wilfred Schumann
* Tara Daniels as Amy Matlock
* Windsor Davies as The Lord Mayor
* Richard Spendlove as Mr. Orkindale
* Felix Bowness as Bernie Bleasdale
* James Pertwee as Photographer

## Crew

* Produced by David Croft (Executive producer) and Charles Garland (Producer)
* Production Design by John Bristow
* Art Direction by Antony Cartlidge
* Costume Design by Mary Husband

### Makeup Department

* Jill Hagger: Makeup designer
* Marie Hamilton (as Mary Hamilton): Makeup designer

### Art Department

* Paul Cooper: Design operatives supervisor
* Andrew Smee: Graphic designer
* Bob Warans: Properties buyer

### Sound Department

* Tudor Davies: Deputy sound supervisor
* Michael McCarthy: Sound supervisor
* Chris Shellard: Deputy sound supervisor

### Camera and Electrical Department

* Duncan Brown: Lighting director
* Pete Evans: Camera
* Graham Hall: Camera
* Liz Hillman: Camera
* Les Lamont: Senior production electrician
* John Vincent: Camera supervisor
* Dave Whitaker: Camera

### Editorial Department

* Steve Jamison: Videotape editor
* Hilary West: Vision mixer

### Music Department

* Music arranged by Roy Moore
* Su Pollard: Performer: signature tune (uncredited)

### Additional Crew

* Jenny Penrose: Production manager
* Tim Jefferis: Facilities hod
* Caroline Boocock: Assistant floor manager
* Andrew Breaks: Studio resource manager
* Beccy Fawcett: Assistant floor manager
* Stan Matthews: Programme finance associate
* Mark Palmer: Floor assistant
* Caroline Thomas: Production assistant
Percy

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**Percy** is the Guard. The main station flirt, he flirts with every woman he comes into contact with, except Vera. But he seems to prefer Amy Matlock above others: he takes her out on several dates during the series, often leaving Ethel in the lurch. We learn in one episode that he keeps promising to take Ethel out, but never does.
Talking Turkey

Ethel, Jack and Harry explaining why the train has stopped before reaching the platform.

## Summary

As the staff read of more of Beeching's cuts, Oscar, the turkey belonging to wheeler-dealer signalman Harry, and ear-marked for the station's Christmas dinner, escapes, halting a train. Cecil is not amused and calls a meeting to discuss the general lax behaviour at Hatley. He complains about the chickens under the platform but relents when he learns that they are kept for her egg sandwiches by May, for whom he still carries a torch. May is disappointed that Cecil has become pompous but he explains that he can no longer be one of the lads now he is station master. Jack suspects that they already know each other but Ethel tells him not to be so paranoid.
The Gravy Train

## Plot

Jack finds a hold-all on an embankment, containing hundreds of five pound notes. After being carpeted by Cecil for absenting himself to go to the betting shop, he considers quitting his job and is about to tell Cecil to stuff it when Percy the guard informs him that two men have been arrested for forging five pound notes and probably threw the bag containing the notes out of the window. As Jack apologizes to Cecil, May and the other staff set about burning the evidence.
A Bowl in the Hand

## Plot

The station staff are competing in a bowls tournament and Cecil is ready to board the train taking them there when, at the last minute Mr. Orkindale asks him to stay behind and let Jack go, because Jack is the star player. In fact he's not but he buys everybody a round. Cecil hauls May off the train claiming it is Fate that they were meant to be together but she is less sure. Ethel stands in for her on the train serving soup but an angry Jack finishes the match and hurries home to confront Cecil. Fortunately May has an excuse ready, claiming that she thought Jack was staying behind at Hatley, rather than Cecil, which is why she got off the train.
Lucky Strike

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## Continuity

### Next

Love Is a Very Splendid Thing

There is talk of a wild cat strike among drivers and if any Hatley staff join it the station could be closed. Ralph, the trainee engine driver, decides he is unhappy with his job and wants to join the strike. May persuades Gloria to tell him that she will date him if he changes his mind. Jack is unhappy with this but goes along with it when May threatens to deny him his conjugal rights.
All Change

Wilfred shows his hands to newly arrived Station Master Cecil Parkin

## Summary

A sensation is caused at Hatley when the efficient new Station master, Cecil Parkin, arrives. He is far from impressed by the way the station is run, but overjoyed to discover that the station buffet is run by May Blanchflower, with whom he once had a passionate affair. But, sadly, she is now a married woman, and her husband is the station porter, Jack Skinner. The episode ends with Mr Parkin discovering the newspaper article which announces that Dr. Beeching intends to close down thousands of railway stations and Hatley is under threat.

### Trivia

This episode was a revised version of the 1995 pilot. Sherrie Hewson was unable to continue in the role of May Skinner for a full series, due to her commitment to Coronation Street, so to provide continuity for the viewer, the scenes featuring May were re-filmed with Julia Deakin taking over the character. The opening scene was also re-recorded, but the remainder of the episode is the original footage filmed one year earlier.
Andreas

Willi Klawitter (Vater)

Marianne Klawitter (Mutter)

Hermann Klawitter (Opa)

Hannah Klawitter (Oma)

Annette Klawitter (Schwägerin)

Conni Klawitter (Nichte)

Jakob Klawitter (Neffe)

Else (Tante)

Jana (Cousine)

Josse (Schwiegercousin)

Lula (Großcousine)

Fee (Großcousine)

Ole Sancho Wilhelm (Großcousin)

**Andreas** ist der Bruder von Jürgen Klawitter und somit Connis Onkel. Er ist der Vater von Michael Klawitter. Kurz bevor Connis Bruder Jakob geboren wird, hilft er ihnen das Kinderzimmer einzurichten.

Er besitzt einen großen blauen Wagen mit Berliner Kennzeichen. Seit der Trennung von seiner Ehefrau Karin lebt und arbeitet er in Hamburg.