The Pontrieux Report » Barbara Windsor http://blog.lepontrieux.com An English Tea Room in France, Democracy and Formula 1 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:02:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Petition Gordon Brown to make Barbara Windsor a Dame http://blog.lepontrieux.com/2007/08/07/petition-gordon-brown-to-make-barbara-windsor-a-dame/ http://blog.lepontrieux.com/2007/08/07/petition-gordon-brown-to-make-barbara-windsor-a-dame/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:49:01 +0000 Gary Pepworth http://blog.lepontrieux.com/?p=85 The Pontrieux Report’s campaign for Barbara Windsor to be made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire continues with gusto,” I’ve been on the job all day!”

A petition has been created on the Number 10 website to enable you to show your support for the our Babs. The petition reads, “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make Barbara Windsor a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.”

If you are a British citizen or resident you can sign the petition at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/barbarawindsor/.

]]> http://blog.lepontrieux.com/2007/08/07/petition-gordon-brown-to-make-barbara-windsor-a-dame/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Barbara Ann Deeks! http://blog.lepontrieux.com/2007/08/07/happy-birthday-barbara-ann-deeks/ http://blog.lepontrieux.com/2007/08/07/happy-birthday-barbara-ann-deeks/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:10:50 +0000 Gary Pepworth http://blog.lepontrieux.com/?p=84 Yesterday marked the 70th birthday of a truly great Briton. With a career spanning stage, television and film for the past 58 years, our heroine is a much loved national institution. She joins the ranks of Diana Rigg, Judy Dench, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith in proving that age is no barrier to a continued successful acting career. Our heroine is probably the most recognisable amongst our group of talented ladies and doesn’t suffer from that troublesome “I know who you mean, but I can’t remember the last time I saw her in anything” conundrum. She also happens to be the only one in our list who hasn’t been made a Dame, being given a measly MBE – the ones they give out to the proles now that they have done away with the BEM.

Why can this be? Is it because she isn’t a member of one of those posh outfits like the RSC? You know the ones, lots of state subsidy but hardly seen by anyone. Is it because the films she was famous for, were a little “low brow”. Perhaps it is because, horror of horrors, she appears in a “popular serial  drama”. Or perhaps it’s just of plain old snobbery – the accent has to be “just so” to be a Dame – only posh birds need apply.

As the Pontrieux Report launches its campaign to make her a Dame, let’s all raise a toast to the “our Babs”. Mine’s a large one!

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