Dame Patricia Routledge: The life of TV's magnificently snobby 'Hyacinth Bucket'

Katherine Patricia Routledge was born in Birkenhead on 17 February 1929. Her father was a haberdasher and she later recalled sheltering from German bombs in the basement of his shop during the war. She studied English at the nearby Liverpool University and intended to teach. Instead, she joined the...

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