Why is 'Last of the Summer Wine' so named?

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Why is 'Last of the Summer Wine' so named?

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Last updated Nov 24 2016.

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Presumable wine made in the summer, country wine, was consumed in the winter and when devoured, the bottle was dead. The characters in the programme are in their winter, finding things to get up to to eak out the last drops of their ' bottles '. Thats how I read it!

Mar 12 2003, 4:31 PM

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I have a feeling it's a quotation from a poem, but I can't find which one. It has the sound of Yeats, but could be Betjeman, Masefield, Longfellow or Tennyson. Hope this stimulates someone to find it! Or prove me wrong.

Mar 12 2003, 7:59 PM

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Couldn't find a poem, but did come across lyrics written for the theme song.

http://www.examiner.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/bills-last-summer-wine-lyrics-5095873

Response last updated by satguru on Nov 24 2016.
Mar 19 2003, 4:56 PM

Why is 'Last of the Summer Wine' so named?

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