'Last of the Summer Wine' was a BBC comedy sitcom which was broadcast between 1973 and 2010 - it's the longest-running comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running situation comedy in the world. This Wikipedia article gives an excellent history of the show which was set in West Yorkshire and much of the filming took place in the town of Holmfirth. Tameside has a connection with three of the people involved in the programme and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council has commemorated each of them with blue plaques on three buildings in Dukinfield and Ashton.
The first to be unveiled, on 19 April 2009, was for Ronnie Hazelhurst who composed the theme, and the incidental music for the early years of the programme. The plaque is in Lodge Lane, Dukinfield, at the house where he was born in 1928.
On 11 March 2011 a plaque was unveiled for Kathy Staff, who was born in Dukinfield, and it is on St Mark's Church Hall in Dukinfield where she was a lifelong member.
On the same day as Kathy Staff's blue plaque one was also unveiled for Brian Wilde who was born in Ashton, and his plaque is on the wall of the house in Montague Road where he spent his early childhood.
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