Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Heart-shaped shocks
Sometimes people just drift out of your life when you don't really want them to. One minute you're spending time together every day. Laughing, smiling, sharing the joy and pain. And the next you're distant. All you have left are memories.
And so it was with Cindy Marshall-Day, alias Tracey Booth out of CROSSROADS. From 2003 to slightly later in 2003, we spent a wonderful half hour each afternoon with Cindy. We LAUGHED as she had it away with that funny little bald bloke. We SMILED as she sunk yet another bottle of gin in her hilarious descent into alcoholism.
But Crossroads, and Tracey, were cruelly snatched away from us. Unlike her castmates, Sherrie Hewson and Her With The Big Fake Tits, she didn't get the call from Emmerdale, so we can only imagine where she is now, and it's only natural we should worry about her wellbeing.
Our fretting has only been intensified by the appearance on eBay of Item 4862381509, "Crossroads Hotel Uniform worn by Cindy Marshall-Day".
This auction promises the winner a "genuine hotel uniform - as worn by Cindy Marshall-Day", along with "a Crossroads Hotel heart-shaped badge prop, a script from the series, a signed photograph of Cindy and a compliments slip from the Crossroads production office."
Well this is all so far, so FANTASTIC, but LOWCULTURE's suspicions have been aroused by the vendor's promise of a "certificate of authenticity for the uniform that verifies it is the genuine screen used item" – before even considering the subsequent assertion that "this item does not belong to me".
Oh Cindy! Are you REALLY trying to flog your precious black tail-coat style jacket, white jewelled-effect shirt, black trousers and dark blue cummerbund to the highest bidder? And can it truly be that you have set a reserve of a mere £150?
Angel Samson would NOT be amused.
IN OTHER NEWS: Can anyone lend LOWCULTURE £150?
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As the seller of the Crossroads Uniforim I am touched at your fond memories of Ms Booth. Rest assured that only half od the money raised will be spent on Vodka and Babycham
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9:25 am
Just when I think I can't love you guys any more than I already do you come up with a post like that. You're marvellous... if I had a £150 it would be yours. Honest.
By , at
5:27 pm
Well it ended at 20-odd quid.
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Robbing The Dead, at
8:18 am
