I was Nolly's make-up artiste and hair stylist for many years for the show. She was a great friend and also Larry Grayson who called me "Slack Alice". I miss her so much she was a lovely person. But the sacking did affect her and I believe killed her, it was so cruel because she was Crossroads. Thanks for all the lovely memories Nolly.

Dear old Nolly as she liked to be called, she was treated disgracefully when they sacked her, in my eyes she will always be remembered fondly as our Meg who ran Crossroads, God bless her and may she forever rest in peace. 25/10/2019 🇬🇧

ATV treated her terribly. She was the most popular star they ever had. Noele deserved better

They never should have asked her to leave that show, no need for it, it was a terrible shame.

This is now 40 years old ❤️

I meet Noele in the late 70s, a lovely lady who did a lot of work for charity much missed. Thanks for posting.

I was too young to remember her in Crossroads, I didnt start watching it until 1986, but what a true star! A very gracious lady!

Shame they sacked her, even now she is the first person you think of when they mention Crossroads

There was always something magnetic about Noele Gordon. Stunning lady!

I was never bitter, DARLING, lol! What a character, a real lovee

The fans loved her, as can be seen at her funeral service on the ITN archive. Larry Grayson spoke very highly of her.

The wonderful thing about Television and film. We can hear voices from people long gone. A.T.V. treated her very badly indeed!

what I love is the connection between Anne and Noelle as she was called at ATV. good memories

One of the ultimate iconic women of British soaps. I'm sure had she lived she'd have become Dame Nolly.

I still can't believe how beautiful she is when she turns round to look at her daughter, gawd she was amazing!!!!!!!11

It killed off dear old Nolly being sacked from Crossroads. Was dead two years after this in 1985 aged just 65 no age at all. She buried in a lovely little churchyard in Ross-on-Wye if you want to leave some flowers

Sacking Meg was DEATH For Crossroads. ATV lost its advertising clients due to this and the viewing to the show more then halved. Meg was crossroads and it was nothing without her , unfortunately all the cast learned the hard way that they would get the chop too

I've never come across a bad word said about Nolly all over the internet. Crossroads was part of my childhood, love this lady.

Why was this wonderful Woman forgotten?

Thanks so much for posting this,great quality,Noele bless her!

I love that we still have memories of Crossroads. Late 60s/early 70s as schoolgirls in London, we used to race to catch the bus home so that we could watch it. Jo Good as the car mechanic in it and now I follow her vlog on KZfaq. Apparently there is something on TV soon about Noele Gordon played by Helena Bonham Carter. Will have to watch that.

Ah fabulous Crossroads; always a fountain for glamour and romance! Simpler time.

It’s amazing how television series and their stars find a way in to people’s hearts forever.

a genuine star and a woman who will live forever in our hearts.

Great show in my childhood.

crossroads went downhill after Noelle was fired they shouldn't have sacked her in the first place.

Fabulous!! Thank you so much for posting that interview!!!

Noele Gordon forever. Crossroads truly ended in 1981 when they sacked Noele Gorden, everything after that was rubbish.

great lady i stll have her autograph ,got it in the 70`s were my wife use to work at Gino`s Resturant and the cast use to the place after filming

I was just reading about you earlier tonight. How wonderful for you to have known Noele she was so fond of you, you obviously had a wonderful friendship. I'm very jealous :)

RIP Noele Gordon (died #otd in 1985) 🌹🌹🌹

In my youth, I used to be hooked on X roads the scenery was shaky making the programme so good!! David hunter was my idol, now I have grown up 😂

Noel Gordon seems to be defined by those years on Crossroads yet she was one of a handful of people along with Ned Sherrin and Reg Watson (Neighbours) who set up the Midlands ATV franchise from 1956, broadcasting from the Alpha TV studios here in Birmingham, in Aston. Noel and the others set up this franchise from scratch and Noel was creating shows like "Lunchbox" and presenting them. My mom worked with Noel, Ned and Reg from 1956 up the point she switched to Crossroads and they were good friends. We had a few gifts around the house that Nolly gave to her over the years.

wonderful!!! thank you for posting this! great fun

2 years after the interview she died. R.I.P

It was a disgrace that ATV did this to her as did Thames to Benny Hill. You'd never have seen Granada do this to Doris Speed or Julie Goodyear. I guess deep down the plan was the viewers would desert it and they could finally dump it. Although it did take then a further 7 years to achieve that.

Darling Meg! Mind you, I still loved it after she left. Got hooked on Valerie Pollard, Mr Paul, and Nicola Freeman. Very cheesed off when they axed it in '88.

Old school playing her part right to the end

Loved Crossroads in the 70s. Saw Nolly's grave recently while on holiday in Ross On Wye. It's in the churchyard there, always well tended.

Gald you liked found it when I was going through my old VHS's

The nemories of Crossroads, wonderful Meg, Mac the mechanic, Jane, Miss Luke, Shughie, Victor Lee, gormless but loveable Benny Hawkins, Jack Woolgar as Carney, Miss Diane, suavey pants David Hunter, the Brownlows, Jim Baines and his nervous wife Mavis.😀

Thank you tiggzg, I believe the sacking caused her stomach cancer. When I visited England I always saw her at her house in Birmingham. She was quite lonely after "Jockey" her mother died, that was he nickname for her. I styled her hair and make-up and we were close confidants. She told me I was like a mother to her and vica versa, we were both Capricorns so understood each other very well.

Always remember Victoria Wood taking this off slightly with the Acorn Antiques and Mrs Overall. Julie Walters basing her characters sacking....

Despite some negative comments I've heard before about wobbly sets & forgotten lines this was the only soap I ever liked enough so that I bought a couple of the series on dvd.

What a legend What a woman Absolute Class

FAB!

Wonderful 🇬🇧🙏

Love Nolly ❤️

Crossroads ❤wasn’t the same when she left XX 💋

ATV lost their franchise in 1981 but its lovely how Noele clearly knew Anne from their ATV days almost like they were old friends.reunited.

Whos watching after seeing nolly on itv x ,March 2023

Ann was phoaaar for sure !

How beautiful was Anne Diamond

That clip was hilarious!!

Memories

From researching on Wikipedia; she was the only member of the cast who had a permanent contract of employment, she had no contract with Central who took over the show, making her arrangement with Lew Grade of ATV void, so ATV didn’t sack Gordon - Central did. I understand that Central were obliged to carry on the series; wanting to end it, so sacking Gordon was taken in the hope that viewers would ditch it. Wikipedia also pointed out that: Head of Programmes Charles Denton and Head Of Drama Margaret Matheson wanted to end the soap opera in favour of more expensive and lavish drama production WHAT WERE THE OTHER PRODUCTIONS?.

Great clip! Anne Diamond's jumper is definately a contender for fashion disaster of 1983.

Yes indeed some sad people thought it was real. Noelle said in another interview that she used to get letters from people saying that they were thinking of running a motel/hotel/restaurant/cafe and could she give them some advice ? (She said by her own admission she knew nothing about the subject and why would she?) Yeah right, don't even think running a business it if you can't distinguish between fact and fiction . It's rather like "One Foot in The Grave, " when the Victor Meldrew character got killed of people actually sent flowers and sympathy to the BBC. The daftest one l heard though was from Christopher Timothy, the star of "All Creatures Great and Small" his agent on more than one occasion slammed the phone on people with the words "He's not a vet he's a bloody actor!" (Could Mr. Herriot come and see their sick dog?Did they expect him to turn up in an Austin 7 too? ) 🤦

Its Fab isnt it The Ture Queen of TV and ITV

wow tvam with that little clock at the bottom right.

Good stuff

I so used to fancy jill.. Jane Rossington when I was a kid

Great to see this clip,, thank you for uploading it,, is it me but is Noele starting to look unwell in this clip?

Good old East Ham girl.

For a mo,l thought Adam Chance wuz having a slash 😂😂

She was crossroads

Cross rds went down Hill when Meg was sacked

The curse of Crossroads - it subsequently ruined the career of every actor who starred in it.

Oh do call me Nolly!☺️ and who was the tic tac man?🤔

The way the TV execs treated Nolly was disgusting. It's how they got rid of Benny Hill, hastening his death.

Meg Mortimer nah she will always be Meg Richardson to me lol.. I remember when on crossroads she married Hugh Mortimer but nah she's Meg Richardson

October

No wonder they laughing 😂😂

Does anyone know when this was taped I know it's 1983 but what month?

Francesca Gonshaw played a role in Crossroads.Her boyfriend in the drama was south african and wouldn't marry her because she was mixed race.Unusual for a programme to be politically correct.

Little known facts about Noddy: She told Larry once, to 'shut that door' after he left it a bit open, and that's how the catchphrase came about. She also said, after leaving C'Rds 'now... I'm free' again creating a new catchphrase. Then, to Bruce Fordyke she said, hey Brucie, 'come on down' and guess the cost of this ironing board (Bruce was upstairs using the loo at the time) - creating not just a catchphrase but also a game show. He left a floater, and she said to Brucie 'Didn't he do well' again a new catchphrase. She doesn't get the right credit for all these things, she should do.

crossroads was a working class eastenders

she is buried in ross on wye with her mother

Sad because it was cross rds that sacked her was there fault her death in real life

I was viewing the PBS Special starring Helena Bonham Carter and if she depicted the way the real Nollie is, on can understand why no man wanted to marry her because she bucks up to men

Do we know the date of this show?

Она похожа на Аннет Бенинг

i always thought nick was a creepy man, when i was a kid

Was this before Anne Diamond jumped into her bosses bed?

Adam Chance, David Hunter, Shughie McFee. God they came up with some absurd names. I wonder if any of them identified Crossroads on their cv's

Noels ego had its own wardrobe.

Remakes were rubbish, and last one on over a year, ,then they said it was all a dream,

Not if you don't know why you get sacked Crap

What a cardboard show. Stiff and old fashioned ' luvies'

Used to see her swan round the Grovesnor hotel in the 70s with her royal party…Sally Cotton etc. what a dreary lot of supercilious drama queens they all were. crossroads really was hammy to say the least. Nolly was wooden and only had 3 expressions. We used to sit and watch it with a crate of strong lager… it became funnier after 5 pints. Ridiculous story lines with all the panache of a provincial pantomime. It’s only real claim to fame was it inspired the wonderful Acorn Antiques.