| Location | East End London |
| Age | 92 years |
| Date of Birth | 11/07/1916 |
| Date of Death | 16/11/2008 |
| Visitors | 778 since 17/11/2008 |
| Creator |
Better known as Stan from
'On the buses'
Reg Varney, who has died aged 92, endeared himself to a wide television audience in the 1970s
through the role of the cheeky chappie bus driver in the ITV series On the Buses and the two
spin-off cinema films which followed. In 76 television episodes, lasting from February 1969 to May
1973, the bachelor boy Stan Butler who lived with his mother (Doris Hare) was always pitting his
wits against Blakey, the twitchily neurotic bus inspector played by Stephen Lewis - and usually
coming off bruised but not beaten
Reg Varney
Reg Alfred Varney was born on 11th July 1916 in London's East End.
He attended Star Lane Primary School in Newham.
His dad worked in a rubber factory in Silvertown. Reg had 2 sisters.
Leaving school at 14 he worked as a messenger boy and a page boy at Regents Park Hotel.
He also started his career as a piano player after taking lessons as a child.
His first paid engagement was at Plumstead Radical Club in Woolwich for which he was paid eight
shillings and sixpence
Playing in working mens clubs at the age of 14, and later singing with Big Bands of the time. Also
appearing in ABC Cinemas and Pubs he and his mum decided that a showbiz was the career for him and
gave up his day jobs
His career altered slightly with the onset of war with him joining the Royal Electrical Engineers
during the war, he continued performing in Stars in Battledress and did a tour of the Far East.
He then went on to become an all round entertain working his way around the Music Halls. Also doing
Summer Shows, Benny Hill would play his straight man.(yes that Benny Hill)
In 1961 he got the role as a foreman in a TV series called The Rag Trade.
After that followed another comedy role in Begger My Neighbour.
This also starred Pat Coombs, June Whitfield and Peter JonesBeggar my Neighbour. Pat Coombs was to
play Reg Varneys wife and of course would Pat would later appear in the ON THE BUSES movie
The series ran from March 1967 to March 1968 and a short special was shown as part of Christmas
Night With The Stars on 25th December 1967.
24 episodes of 30 minute duration
Then another sitcom was penned by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chessney who had wrote The Rag Trade.
The series was called On The Buses. It proved a great success and Reg started to take on more film
roles
Go For A Take,
The Best Pair of Legs In The Business. In this Reg gives what I think is a brilliant performance as
a Drag Artist come Compere at a caravan holiday site.
It is a bitter sweet film and you should get to watch it if evewr you get the chance.
Down The Gate followed but was not a great success. He played a Billingsgate Fish Porter
He also had six of his own hour long spectaculars "The Other Reg Varney."
He had his own cabaret act and toured places like Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
In 1988 On The Buses went onto the stage and again Reg went over to Australia playing Stan.
A few years later Reg was found to have health problems and took up residence in a small village
near Dartmouth. He also owns
a villa in Malta
He is now retired and spends his time between his home and villa.
This special easter wish
That comes with love to you
Brings warm and heartfelt thanks
For all the things you do.
It also comes to let you know
You mean so much more each day
To everyone your lives have touched
In such a loving way.
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HAVE A LOVELY EASTER WEEKEND
...Most people walk in and out of you life.
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But only Loved one's leave footprints
in your heart.Xxxxxxxxxxx
♥ღ♥ Whatever our hands touch---
We leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture,
On doorknobs, dishes, books,
As we touch we leave our identity.
Oh please where ever I go today,
Help me leave heartprints!
Heartprints of compassion
Of understanding and love.
Heartprints of kindness and genuine concern.
May my heart touch a lonely neighbor
Or a runaway daughter,
Or an anxious mother,
Or, perhaps, a dear friend!
I shall go out today
To leave heartprints,
And if someone should say
"I felt your touch,"
May that one sense be...YOUR LOVE
Touching through ME ♥ღ♥ xxx
where do we go when we die,
all the loved ones that are left behind cry,
watching as their loved ones are carried away by a wraith,
loneliness and grief testing their faith,
the angels look down and say dont cry,
your loved one has gone to a better place they did not die,
say a little prayer and cry no more,
for they are waiting for you behind heavens door,
coping with the hurt i know can be hard,
i hope you get some comfort from the words on this card,
dont waste each day just letting it go by,
remember what the angel said your loved one didnt die,
live each day as if its your last,
concentrate on the future and not the past,
take comfort in the thought your loved one will wait,
ready to guide you through heavens pearly gate....
♥♥I'm sending a dove to heaven with a parcel on its wings. Be careful how you open it it’s full of beautiful things Inside are a million kisses wrapped up in a million hugs To say how much you mean to us and send you all our love ♥X♥
Never think you are on your own
I`d never let you walk alone
When you`re down and want to cry
Let it out, let your tears run dry,
I watch and guide you everyday
So that you can find your way
And when you`re down and in despair
Just call my name and i`ll be there,
Right by your side through good and bad
But you need never feel sad,
Until it`s time for your journey home
Just remember you`re not on your own
We`ll meet again sometime soon
And we`ll be together, like the stars and moon
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I know what you're thinking. You think I'm dead. Because you cannot see me with your human eye, cannot feel me with your hands or hold me in your arms, you think I am gone forever.
You recall how I looked when I left this place, and you cannot remotely imagine that I could possibly be alive in another place. You are racked and torn by the pain of our separation and it blinds you to that which is right in front of you... me..............
I'm here to tell you different. You were worthy of my love and undying devotion on earth as I of yours. Do you really believe this love would be snatched from us forever by a loving Creator simply because I wasn't human? Was I not a living, breathing creation with personality? How could I have been so if I didn't possess the energy of soul, spirit and loving light? And if this energy is and always will be, then how can it be that I am dead?
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You say that all you have left are memories. Not so. You see, when I took leave of my earthly body I left a little something behind for you. You can't touch it, hold it or examine it for what I left behind is far too uninhibited for confinement. I left behind a piece of my soul. I placed it right next to your own which is quite fitting as we were always side by side in our earthly life together. I love you too much to have left you with nothing but memories, which tend to fade and grow cloudy as the years go by.
I love you too much to have vanished without a trace. How selfish it would be of me to remove love and light from your life.
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I understand your tears, each one you shed is testament to your love for me and I am honored and humbled. But don't forget the good things we shared - remember and smile. This is an honor for me as well. And when you need me I will be here. Close your eyes, relax, take slow, deep breaths and picture me in your mind. Shut off the world and your notions of what death is and give me a chance. Look for the subtle signs I send you. Don't stop being proud of me, I am a son to be proud of, I am still your son and soul mate.
Don't memorialize the death of my body but instead honor and celebrate my never-ending life for it is eternal and forever as is my love for you.
Until we meet again...
Author Unknown.
Can you see my castle
Up here in the sky
Its got big gold gates
That sparkle in my eyes
Can you see my garden
Its full of red flowers
And they smell beautiful
They hold magic powers
I have many new friends
That are all like me
They too are an angel
Flying high and free
They watch over families
That like me left behind
And send them angel kisses
They are friends hard to find
I’m glad I am in heaven
And that I am at peace today
Yes I miss my family dear
But I had to go away
God picked me from many
And said that I am one of the best
And I had completed my life’s journey
And that I had past all the test
So I deserve this castle
That god gave to me
And one day if your lucky
This castle you will see.
Over the Rainbow, beyond the stars
In that beautiful garden above
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Surrounded by loved ones, who went on before
Now at peace in God's Perfect Love
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I know you'll be waiting , til my work is done
For there's more here on earth I must do
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There's comfort in knowing when God calls my name
I'll cross over the Rainbow .. to you
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I WISH YOU ALL A PEACEFUL DAY
AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL
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The Lord needed a flower
and that flower was you
so he picked you up from down here
and up and up you flew
He planted you in his garden
he said 'You'll stay here now with me'
and there you'll stay away from harm
the prettiest flower you'll always be
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