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Old 14-03-2008, 06:48 PM
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Hi everyone!.....is anyone here knowledgeable about the Film 'Love on the Dole'?

My query is what is (what sounds like) 'Henky Park'?, I've seen the Film once and wasn't sure what it meant, and watching a Derborah Kerr Biography on TV recently they showed the final scene where Deborah's character is at home with her Parents, she mentions 'Henky Park', and then in the last scene the worn out old mother says "their'll be no more ? ?, and no more Henky Park"........and I don't have a clue what she's on about!

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It's ''Hanky Park'', an abbreviation of Hankinson Park where the novel is set.
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Hi everyone!.....is anyone here knowledgeable about the Film 'Love on the Dole'?

My query is what is (what sounds like) 'Henky Park'?, I've seen the Film once and wasn't sure what it meant, and watching a Derborah Kerr Biography on TV recently they showed the final scene where Deborah's character is at home with her Parents, she mentions 'Henky Park', and then in the last scene the worn out old mother says "their'll be no more ? ?, and no more Henky Park"........and I don't have a clue what she's on about!
Are you sure it wasn't "Henky Penky"? Or what we normal people would call "Hanky Panky" but in the cut glass vowels they often used at the time.

No, it couldn't be that because in Love of the Dole Deborah puts on a Lancashire working class accent.

My favourite lines from it are:
Mrs. Hardcastle: Eee Sal, you've changed. You're 'ard.
Sally: Aye, I'm 'ard. And by gosh an' I need t'be.
It's just not the sort of thing you expect Deborah Kerr to be saying

Maybe Henky Park is just the name of the local park?

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It's ''Hanky Park'', an abbreviation of Hankinson Park where the novel is set.
A real location, Salford precinct occupies that spot today.
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Thanks for the info everyone!.......'Hanky Park' it is then, and that's the name of the area they were all living in.......eeh by gum, so many different dialects in Britain, it's not always easy to understand them!
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And coming from Sarfend I find it very hard to make out that distinctive Canvey Island dialect.
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Are you sure it wasn't "Henky Penky"? Or what we normal people would call "Hanky Panky" but in the cut glass vowels they often used at the time.


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LOL Steve!........as I was driving around doing my Job today I was imagining Parker of Thunderbirds fame and his nasal h'accent saying "a bit of the h'ole henky penky"!!
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