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5 unusual facts about Carry On at Your Convenience


Bill Lawton

He once co-owned Clarges Hotel on the Brighton seafront with his wife, which was used as an exterior location in the films Carry On Girls and Carry On at Your Convenience.

Carry On at Your Convenience

Sid and Beattie find that Joey can correctly predict winners of horseraces – he tweets when the horse's name is read out.

Sid's wife is Beattie (Hattie Jacques), a lazy housewife who does little but fuss over her pet budgie, Joey, which refuses to talk despite her concerted efforts.

The strikers finally return to work, but it is only to attend the annual works outing, a coach trip to Brighton.

Jacki Piper

Jacqueline Crump (born 3 August 1948), known professionally by her stage name Jacki Piper, is an English actress, best known for her appearances as the female juvenile lead in the British film comedies Carry On Up the Jungle (1970), Carry On Loving (1970), Carry On at Your Convenience (1971), and Carry On Matron (1972).


Renée Houston

In her later years, she specialised in "battleaxe" roles, notably as shop steward Vic Spanner's (Kenneth Cope) formidable mother in Carry On at Your Convenience (1971).


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