Get Outta My Pub! Care home Residents Act Out Iconic EastEnders Scenes
By Jill Dando News
Lights, camera, ACTION! Avid EastEnders fans in Bupa care homes have turned their hand to acting this week, recreating their favourite moments from Britain’s best loved soap.
Residents and staff at The Lindsay Bupa Care Home, The Berkeley Bupa Care Home, Cleveland House Bupa Care Home and Argyles Bupa Care Home got in on the fun, choosing different scenes to put their stamp on, with the help of some handy props.
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Some of the iconic scenes reimagined include:
- Peggy Mitchell’s legendary “get outta my pub!”
- Zoe and Kat Slater’s oft-quoted “You ain’t my mother!” exchange
- “Well knock me down with a feather” a well known Eastenders saying
- Dot’s son reappears on Halloween 2014: “hello, ma”
- Jean Slater’s iconic line “sausage surprise!”
- “Rickayyyyy”
- And famous lines from Dot Cotton including “Ooh I say!” and “I’m not one for gossip”
It comes as both EastEnders and Bupa Care Services celebrate their 40th anniversaries this year.
The first Bupa care homes opened their doors in 1985, the same year that Eastenders first graced our screens.
Jean Brown, 82, who lives at Berkeley House Bupa Care Home and was involved in the filming said:
“I remember Dot and Jim getting married (2002) and I really liked all the family ties around the square. My favourite character was Ethel (1985 – 2000), and of course her little dog, Willy.”
Emma Temple, Unit Manager at Berkeley House added:
“The Saskia Duncan and Steve Owen storyline is one of my favourites (1998). My favourite episode was when the Stacey, Max and Bradley affair was exposed on Christmas Day 2007.”
Robert Parsons, Director of Marketing at Bupa Care Services said:
“We have so many avid EastEnders fans across our 120+ care homes and retirement villages, and celebrating our 40th anniversary alongside the soap seemed like a great opportunity to get in on the fun.
“We’re always looking for ways to bring our residents’ hobbies and interests to life, and this just shows it’s never too late to indulge your inner thespian!”
