There was a comment on here a few weeks back about the fact that Andy used to speak with a Yorkshire accent. I went and searched for much older comics and found it was true, his speech has changed.
I read that too – funny, I always thought he was pure Cockney! Especially since you often see London scenery, like Big Ben, in the background on Andy’s nocturnal meanderings home from the pub!
Didn’t Reg Smythe model Andy and Flo on his own parents? I read that somewhere but can’t place the reference right now. But sure enough; they were from Yorkshire. But when I think of a Yorkshire accent, I think of either Reginal Hill’s Dalziel and Pascoe, or Lady Chatterley’s Lover! Not Andy Capp.
Valis616 says:
There was a comment on here a few weeks back about the fact that Andy used to speak with a Yorkshire accent. I went and searched for much older comics and found it was true, his speech has changed.
I read that too – funny, I always thought he was pure Cockney! Especially since you often see London scenery, like Big Ben, in the background on Andy’s nocturnal meanderings home from the pub!
Didn’t Reg Smythe model Andy and Flo on his own parents? I read that somewhere but can’t place the reference right now. But sure enough; they were from Yorkshire. But when I think of a Yorkshire accent, I think of either Reginal Hill’s Dalziel and Pascoe, or Lady Chatterley’s Lover! Not Andy Capp.