That's Another Story: The Autobiography (41 page)

St John Ambulance

Sapper, Alan

Sara (agent)

Saundersfoot

Scales, Prunella

Scandinavia, publicity tour

Secret Life of Adrian Mole, The
(TV series)

Sex
(sketch)

Shakespeare, William

Shaw, Sandie

Sheffield

Crucible Theatre

Shepard, Sam

Shepperton Studios

Sher, Antony

Sikh boys’ hockey team

Sillitoe, Father

Smethwick

Abbey Road Junior School

Bearwood Road

Bishopton Road

Bishopton Road, No
see
home, family

Hadley Stadium, inter-schools athletics championships

High Street

Holly Lodge Grammar School for Boys

Holly Lodge Grammar School for Girls
see
Holly Lodge Grammar School for Girls

Lightwoods House

Lightwoods Park

funfair

Long Hyde Road

family in

Princess Hall Cinema

St Chad’s Hospital

St Gregory’s parish church

Spon Lane

sweet shop

Thimblemill Baths

Wigorn Road

Smethwick Hall Secondary Modern school

Smethwick Harriers

Smith, Delia

Soho

Beat Route nightclub

Greek Street

Greek Street, No:

Greek Street, No:

woman (the ‘commentator’) at

Manette Street

Pillars of Hercules pub

Soho Square

Soil Association

Spanish Armada

Spencer Wells forceps

Spiro, Alyson

Stafford-Clark, Max

Stelfox, Shirley

Stockport college

Stott, Mike

Streep, Meryl

Supremes, the

surgeons

Sussex, house in

Sydney

Synge, J.M.

Takahashi, Margaret (Julie’s great-aunt)

Takahashi family

Tamla Motown music

Taylor, Mr (deputy head teacher)

Tenby

Thatcher, Margaret

‘This Old Heart of Mine’

‘This Old House’

Tickner, Clive

’
Tis Pity She’s a Whore

Toland, Ros

Toronto

Twiggy

Ullman, Tracy

United States,
Educating Rita
publicity tour

Universal Studios

Van Last, Anthony

Van Load

‘Acorn Antiques’ sketch

‘Mrs Overall’ character

soup sketch

Wales, Princess of

Wall, Max

Waller, Trevor

Waller, Mr

Waller, Mrs (shopkeeper)

Walls’ Cornetto

Walters, Amy (Julie’s aunt)

Walters, Barbara

Walters, Betty (Julie’s aunt)

Walters, Jill (Julie’s sister-in-law)

Walters, Julie

birth of

childhood

and father’s cars

passes driving test

and boy with dog

piano-playing

addiction to
Coronation Street

love of films

bus conductress ambitions as child

and pets

ambition to be an actress

fear of spiders

early questions on sex

and Christmas

and bed-wetting

and weekend in mid-Wales

first boyfriend Bob

and sunbathing

as a Mod

visits to Birmingham nightclubs

childhood shows with brother Tommy

and church play

and mangle

holidays

relationship with father

day trip to London

and water bombs

attic room, strange happening in

roles playing older women

at convent preparatory school

and mother’s Irish friends

sexually molested

and desk incident at school

elocution lessons

Walters, Julie—
contd

at grammar school

learns to swim

playing hockey

playing basketball

and athletics

competitive walking

walking race incident

first kiss

discovers a pride at grammar school

impersonations at school

first stage performance

illness

sex education

reaches puberty

‘lunch’ breaks at grammar school

school reports

GCE examinations

and bullying in sixth form

leaves school

first jobs

insurance office job

enrols in nursing school

as nurse
see also
nursing incidents

working in Coronary Care Unit

in operating theatres

loves patient care

coping with death as nurse

Mr Claydon

Florrie Kent

first proper boyfriend

discovers sex

leaves nursing

night terrors

acupuncture for

temporary jobs in Manchester

and cooking

auditions for Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre

accepted for drama school

camping in France

at drama school

and eye make-up

make-up classes at drama school

and DT’s penis plaster cast

summer ward orderly job

and death of father

and death of mother

trip to Istanbul

and ferry crossing

Greek sailor on

mistaken for prostitute

at Demesne Road, Manchester

and Sheffield landlady

teaching practice as drama student

nativity play

teaching ‘Easter leavers’

engagement to DT

‘honeymoon’ in Portugal

splits up with DT

first auditions

awarded bursary for postgraduate course

auditions for Everyman Theatre

works for Everyman Theatre

relationship with Pete

Postlethwaite

drugs experience

and dog Babs

living in Whitechapel

living in Soho

weight loss during productions

at Bush Theatre

relationship with Victoria Wood

in Victoria’s productions

and Victoria’s scripts

and Mike Leigh play
Ecstasy

and
Educating Rita

Amsterdam holiday

in United States promoting
Educating Rita

world promotion of
Educating Rita

BAFTA nominations and awards

theatre compared to film

Golden Globe award

and Oscar awards

in Hollywood

and nude scenes

garden gnome award

meets AA man Grant (later husband)

marries Grant
see also
Roffey, Grant

writes novel

becomes pregnant

during pregnancy

birth of Maisie
see also
Maisie

BAFTA tribute (2003)

Walters, Kevin (Julie’s brother)

childhood

as Grandma’s favourite

and Julie’s desire to act

and death of father

as teacher

Walters, Mary (Julie’s mother)

childhood

meets Julie’s father

marries Julie’s father

births of children

in Julie’s childhood

careful with money

rock cakes

and milkman’s deliveries

death of husband

cat Nelly

appearance

relationship with husband

relationship with sister Agnes

and Julie’s teenage years

and Julie’s first boyfriend

holidays

and professional men

jobs

relationship with her mother

keeps chickens and turkey

Walters, Mary—
contd

and Julie’s school days

elocution lessons

Irish friends

Julie’s friendship with rough lad

and Julie’s first stage part

and Julie’s sex education

and Julie’s nursing career

and husband’s health

and Julie’s desire to act

and Tommy leaving home

and Julie’s time in Manchester

and Julie’s engagement

first sees Julie in play

at
Educating Rita
premiere

and cousin Margaret

death of

Walters, Mary (Julie’s stillborn sister)

Walters, Rachel (Julie’s aunt)

Walters, Reg (Julie’s uncle)

Walters, Thomas (Julie’s father)

early life

meets Julie’s mother

marries Julie’s mother

and Julie’s grandma

and stillborn daughter Mary

and Julie’s birth

car ownership

in Julie’s childhood

relationship with Julie’s mother

and guinea pig

holidays

his father

as a father

appearance

and garden fence

sense of humour

and horse racing

as pub regular

as an artist

decorating business

and employee Leonard

health problems

and Julie’s school days

and Julie’s desire to act

and Julie’s time in Manchester

death of and large woman neighbour

Walters, Tommy (Julie’s brother)

childhood

magic show

and Grandma

and Julie’s desire to act

leaves home

in later years

daughter

Wayne, John

‘Weasley, Mrs’ character

Weston-super-Mare

Weymouth

What Car?
magazine

Whitehouse, Mary

Williams, Tennessee

Williamson, Freddie

Wilson, Snoo

Winger, Debra

Winnie (theatre cleaner)

Wolverhampton

Wonder, Stevie

Wood, Reg

Wood, Victoria

at Bush Theatre

characters

husband
see also
Durham, Geoffrey

‘I Want to be Fourteen Again’

parts created

relationship with Julie

as sketch writer

Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
see
Victoria Wood as Seen on TV

Wood and Walters
TV series

Woolworth’s

Yates, Pauline

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