This was an era of the catchphrase and Hylda had plenty. Big girl’s blouse, She knows y’know, I was sat sitting here and I must get a big hand put on this watch. WE were arguing about who sang You’re The One That I Want. No, not the John Travolta and Olivia Newton John version –the other one.

And, of course, all those malapropisms. This is where a word is substituted for another with a similar sound which creates a comic effect. The term comes from the character Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan’s 18th century play The Rivals. “Promise to illiterate this fellow from your memory,” she said. Finally, two over-arching issues. Nicola Sturgeon requires to perform an elegant gavotte with regard to independence. When Coronavirus is finally subdued, she will return to her demand that the UK Government should accede to a further referendum on independence. Even now I hear voices on television and recognise them from rep in Darlington. I saw Charles 20 years ago in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Civic. He hadn't changed a bit." They gave her time to get herself tidied up, and when they brought her into the studio, the first thing she said was, "Oh dear, I have no idea what I'm doing here, I stepped out of the car, and there I was lying prostitute on the pavement." The audience roared. Her family were all there, and had been taken to the studios earlier in the day, but sadly her mother and her brother Harold had died by this time. Auntie Agnes was there, though, a real favourite of Hylda's, and one of the high spots of the show was that Hylda and her brother and sisters did the 'six Lancashire steps' with the clog dance. The other issue is money, public spending. Not the daily decisions but rather a fundamental threat to her devolved budget. A threat which is presently just a spot on the horizon but which will loom larger as months pass.

My favourite part in this movie comes towards the end. It reminds me so much of the color - 'The Colour Purple'. It's the scene where - or it's the way Marilyn walks in the room brandishing a wedding ring and making the announcement 'I's Married Now' - "I Married Terry 3 Months Ago" - (in a snotty nose voice) - as if that makes everything alright and all the problems go away. minutes in and the same nothing is happening. I feel I am wasting my time here... I can see why there is no plot posted for this dud. There is none! A spoiler would be impossible. There's nothing to spoil. In 1955, her music hall skills were used to full effect on BBC Television’s “The Good Old Days”, which led to a TV series, “Be Soon”, named after another of her catchphrases. More TV work followed, together with film roles including a memorable turn as ‘Aunt Ada” in the 1960 classic “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning”, starring Albert Finney. Other film cameos included “Up the Junction” and “Oliver!”, both in 1968, but it was in TV sitcoms where Hylda Baker found her true home and became a household name.

However, glancing ahead, there are one or two issues on the horizon which may further challenge that hard-won reputation for sangfroid. Alison Steadman played Baker in the play Our Hylda by Martyn Hesford, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 15 June 2017. In her late seventies her dementia worsened and in 1981 she moved to a care home for retired performers in London. Her final two years were spent in hospital, where she died in May 1986, at the age of 81. For a generation of TV and film viewers, Hylda Baker will be forever remembered as a feisty and sharp-tongued performer whose mangled monologues and comical facial contortions had us rolling in the aisles.Sources tell me that the Treasury is determined to restrict the scope of that review to basic arithmetic, seeking to revisit the concessions made last time. It is what Treasury officials do, it is part of their charm.