#OnThisDay 19 January 1982
#NoeleGordon Tells All:
"IT'S GOOD TO KNOW I AM ABLE TO SURVIVE AND FLOURISH IN THIS TOUGH BUSINESS"
#NoeleGordon Tells All:
"IT'S GOOD TO KNOW I AM ABLE TO SURVIVE AND FLOURISH IN THIS TOUGH BUSINESS"
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
#OnThisDay 19 January 1982
#NoeleGordon Tells All:
"IT'S GOOD TO KNOW I AM ABLE TO SURVIVE AND FLOURISH IN THIS TOUGH BUSINESS"
#NoeleGordon Tells All:
"IT'S GOOD TO KNOW I AM ABLE TO SURVIVE AND FLOURISH IN THIS TOUGH BUSINESS"
#OnThisDay 18 January 1982
Sacked #Crossroads Star Hits Out at Her Producer -
I'M OUT OF THE MADHOUSE -
She was the queen of television for 17 big years. Then they chopped off her head. But as #NoeleGordon, showbiz survivor, she sails triumphantly on . . .
Sacked #Crossroads Star Hits Out at Her Producer -
I'M OUT OF THE MADHOUSE -
She was the queen of television for 17 big years. Then they chopped off her head. But as #NoeleGordon, showbiz survivor, she sails triumphantly on . . .
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 AM
#OnThisDay 18 January 1982
Sacked #Crossroads Star Hits Out at Her Producer -
I'M OUT OF THE MADHOUSE -
She was the queen of television for 17 big years. Then they chopped off her head. But as #NoeleGordon, showbiz survivor, she sails triumphantly on . . .
Sacked #Crossroads Star Hits Out at Her Producer -
I'M OUT OF THE MADHOUSE -
She was the queen of television for 17 big years. Then they chopped off her head. But as #NoeleGordon, showbiz survivor, she sails triumphantly on . . .
#OnThisDay 11 January 1965
MAKE A DATE AT THE CROSSROADS
Viewers in London get their first glimpse of #NoeleGordon as Meg Richardson when #Crossroads is broadcast in the region for the first time. The TV-Times provides this helpful guide for those new to the series.
MAKE A DATE AT THE CROSSROADS
Viewers in London get their first glimpse of #NoeleGordon as Meg Richardson when #Crossroads is broadcast in the region for the first time. The TV-Times provides this helpful guide for those new to the series.
January 11, 2026 at 8:29 AM
#OnThisDay 11 January 1965
MAKE A DATE AT THE CROSSROADS
Viewers in London get their first glimpse of #NoeleGordon as Meg Richardson when #Crossroads is broadcast in the region for the first time. The TV-Times provides this helpful guide for those new to the series.
MAKE A DATE AT THE CROSSROADS
Viewers in London get their first glimpse of #NoeleGordon as Meg Richardson when #Crossroads is broadcast in the region for the first time. The TV-Times provides this helpful guide for those new to the series.
#OnThisDay 7 January 1981
WHY ARE THEY SO CRUEL TO CROSSROADS?
#NoeleGordon stood among the rubble of her luxurious flat and put on her no-nonsense Meg Mortimer look. "We all feel pretty hard done by. People just don't understand the function of #Crossroads. One does get upset...
WHY ARE THEY SO CRUEL TO CROSSROADS?
#NoeleGordon stood among the rubble of her luxurious flat and put on her no-nonsense Meg Mortimer look. "We all feel pretty hard done by. People just don't understand the function of #Crossroads. One does get upset...
January 7, 2026 at 8:57 AM
#OnThisDay 7 January 1981
WHY ARE THEY SO CRUEL TO CROSSROADS?
#NoeleGordon stood among the rubble of her luxurious flat and put on her no-nonsense Meg Mortimer look. "We all feel pretty hard done by. People just don't understand the function of #Crossroads. One does get upset...
WHY ARE THEY SO CRUEL TO CROSSROADS?
#NoeleGordon stood among the rubble of her luxurious flat and put on her no-nonsense Meg Mortimer look. "We all feel pretty hard done by. People just don't understand the function of #Crossroads. One does get upset...
Remembering the late 🇬🇧British actress #NoeleGordon (25 December 1919 – 14 April 1985) born #OnThisDay in East Ham, England
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Remembering the late 🇬🇧British actress #NoeleGordon (25 December 1919 – 14 April 1985) born #OnThisDay in East Ham, England
........25/12 #NoeleGordon, Noel, Noel, Noel, born was the Queen of Xroads Motel
December 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
........25/12 #NoeleGordon, Noel, Noel, Noel, born was the Queen of Xroads Motel
#OnThisDay 17 December 1978
Calling all fans of #Crossroads - We answer the questions you most often ask . . .
IS IT TRUE ABOUT NOELE AND LARRY?
#NoeleGordon #LarryGrayson
Calling all fans of #Crossroads - We answer the questions you most often ask . . .
IS IT TRUE ABOUT NOELE AND LARRY?
#NoeleGordon #LarryGrayson
December 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#OnThisDay 17 December 1978
Calling all fans of #Crossroads - We answer the questions you most often ask . . .
IS IT TRUE ABOUT NOELE AND LARRY?
#NoeleGordon #LarryGrayson
Calling all fans of #Crossroads - We answer the questions you most often ask . . .
IS IT TRUE ABOUT NOELE AND LARRY?
#NoeleGordon #LarryGrayson
#OnThisDay 13 December 1978
NOELE GORDON HITS BACK AT CROSSROADS CRITICS
With the highly popular sport of taking pot-shots at #Crossroads well under way again, #NoeleGordon steps outside the best-known motel in the land - and hits back!
NOELE GORDON HITS BACK AT CROSSROADS CRITICS
With the highly popular sport of taking pot-shots at #Crossroads well under way again, #NoeleGordon steps outside the best-known motel in the land - and hits back!
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#OnThisDay 13 December 1978
NOELE GORDON HITS BACK AT CROSSROADS CRITICS
With the highly popular sport of taking pot-shots at #Crossroads well under way again, #NoeleGordon steps outside the best-known motel in the land - and hits back!
NOELE GORDON HITS BACK AT CROSSROADS CRITICS
With the highly popular sport of taking pot-shots at #Crossroads well under way again, #NoeleGordon steps outside the best-known motel in the land - and hits back!
#OnThisDay 3 December 1986
MEG'S GHOSTLY RETURN AND A DOUBLE DOSE OF DIRTY DEN -
Actress #NoeleGordon is set to return from beyond the grave to the cast of #Crossroads. The plan is for old films of Meg Mortimer to be merged into new shots and the "ghost" to be seen by Benny.
MEG'S GHOSTLY RETURN AND A DOUBLE DOSE OF DIRTY DEN -
Actress #NoeleGordon is set to return from beyond the grave to the cast of #Crossroads. The plan is for old films of Meg Mortimer to be merged into new shots and the "ghost" to be seen by Benny.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#OnThisDay 3 December 1986
MEG'S GHOSTLY RETURN AND A DOUBLE DOSE OF DIRTY DEN -
Actress #NoeleGordon is set to return from beyond the grave to the cast of #Crossroads. The plan is for old films of Meg Mortimer to be merged into new shots and the "ghost" to be seen by Benny.
MEG'S GHOSTLY RETURN AND A DOUBLE DOSE OF DIRTY DEN -
Actress #NoeleGordon is set to return from beyond the grave to the cast of #Crossroads. The plan is for old films of Meg Mortimer to be merged into new shots and the "ghost" to be seen by Benny.
#OnThisDay 3 December 1984
TWO LOVES IN MY LIFE - NOELE TELLS ALL:
Actress #NoeleGordon talks candidly on television this week about the two people whom she loved most in her life and whom she lost - impresario Val Parnell and her beloved mother.
TWO LOVES IN MY LIFE - NOELE TELLS ALL:
Actress #NoeleGordon talks candidly on television this week about the two people whom she loved most in her life and whom she lost - impresario Val Parnell and her beloved mother.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#OnThisDay 3 December 1984
TWO LOVES IN MY LIFE - NOELE TELLS ALL:
Actress #NoeleGordon talks candidly on television this week about the two people whom she loved most in her life and whom she lost - impresario Val Parnell and her beloved mother.
TWO LOVES IN MY LIFE - NOELE TELLS ALL:
Actress #NoeleGordon talks candidly on television this week about the two people whom she loved most in her life and whom she lost - impresario Val Parnell and her beloved mother.
#OnThisDay 3 December 1974 #Crossroads
The Birmingham Evening Mail concludes its series 'My Life at Crossroads' by #NoeleGordon with her account of THE TEARS AND TRIUMPHS and how what happens behind the scenes is STRANGER THAN FICTION.
The Birmingham Evening Mail concludes its series 'My Life at Crossroads' by #NoeleGordon with her account of THE TEARS AND TRIUMPHS and how what happens behind the scenes is STRANGER THAN FICTION.
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#OnThisDay 3 December 1974 #Crossroads
The Birmingham Evening Mail concludes its series 'My Life at Crossroads' by #NoeleGordon with her account of THE TEARS AND TRIUMPHS and how what happens behind the scenes is STRANGER THAN FICTION.
The Birmingham Evening Mail concludes its series 'My Life at Crossroads' by #NoeleGordon with her account of THE TEARS AND TRIUMPHS and how what happens behind the scenes is STRANGER THAN FICTION.
#OnThisDay 29 November 1982
You can call her Meg Mortimer of call her Madam, but she's still THE FIRST AND ONLY NOELE -
At 57, she's got style and stamina and is still an unsinkable superstar.
"I have never been a loser and I'm not going to start now" - #NoeleGordon
You can call her Meg Mortimer of call her Madam, but she's still THE FIRST AND ONLY NOELE -
At 57, she's got style and stamina and is still an unsinkable superstar.
"I have never been a loser and I'm not going to start now" - #NoeleGordon
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1982
You can call her Meg Mortimer of call her Madam, but she's still THE FIRST AND ONLY NOELE -
At 57, she's got style and stamina and is still an unsinkable superstar.
"I have never been a loser and I'm not going to start now" - #NoeleGordon
You can call her Meg Mortimer of call her Madam, but she's still THE FIRST AND ONLY NOELE -
At 57, she's got style and stamina and is still an unsinkable superstar.
"I have never been a loser and I'm not going to start now" - #NoeleGordon
#OnThisDay 29 November 1974
My Life at #Crossroads by #NoeleGordon -
IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, BUT . . .
"I am a woman with two lives. To millions of viewers I am Meg Richardson, ruffled hostess of Crossroads, a Midland motel . . ."
My Life at #Crossroads by #NoeleGordon -
IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, BUT . . .
"I am a woman with two lives. To millions of viewers I am Meg Richardson, ruffled hostess of Crossroads, a Midland motel . . ."
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
#OnThisDay 29 November 1974
My Life at #Crossroads by #NoeleGordon -
IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, BUT . . .
"I am a woman with two lives. To millions of viewers I am Meg Richardson, ruffled hostess of Crossroads, a Midland motel . . ."
My Life at #Crossroads by #NoeleGordon -
IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, BUT . . .
"I am a woman with two lives. To millions of viewers I am Meg Richardson, ruffled hostess of Crossroads, a Midland motel . . ."
#OnThisDay 20 November 1993
Having watched Thatcher - the Downing Street Years, humorist Craig Brown can't help seeing similarities between Maggie and #Crossroads' #NoeleGordon -
"The similarities between Meg Richardson and Margaret Thatcher are so plentiful as to be uncanny."
Having watched Thatcher - the Downing Street Years, humorist Craig Brown can't help seeing similarities between Maggie and #Crossroads' #NoeleGordon -
"The similarities between Meg Richardson and Margaret Thatcher are so plentiful as to be uncanny."
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#OnThisDay 20 November 1993
Having watched Thatcher - the Downing Street Years, humorist Craig Brown can't help seeing similarities between Maggie and #Crossroads' #NoeleGordon -
"The similarities between Meg Richardson and Margaret Thatcher are so plentiful as to be uncanny."
Having watched Thatcher - the Downing Street Years, humorist Craig Brown can't help seeing similarities between Maggie and #Crossroads' #NoeleGordon -
"The similarities between Meg Richardson and Margaret Thatcher are so plentiful as to be uncanny."
#OnThisDay 12 November 1981
BON VOYAGE! TEARS OF JOY FOR TV'S MEG
Fans of #Crossroads, "crying with happiness," bombarded ATV with calls last night after discovering that their favourite character, Meg Mortimer (#NoeleGordon), was not dead as they had feared . . .
BON VOYAGE! TEARS OF JOY FOR TV'S MEG
Fans of #Crossroads, "crying with happiness," bombarded ATV with calls last night after discovering that their favourite character, Meg Mortimer (#NoeleGordon), was not dead as they had feared . . .
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#OnThisDay 12 November 1981
BON VOYAGE! TEARS OF JOY FOR TV'S MEG
Fans of #Crossroads, "crying with happiness," bombarded ATV with calls last night after discovering that their favourite character, Meg Mortimer (#NoeleGordon), was not dead as they had feared . . .
BON VOYAGE! TEARS OF JOY FOR TV'S MEG
Fans of #Crossroads, "crying with happiness," bombarded ATV with calls last night after discovering that their favourite character, Meg Mortimer (#NoeleGordon), was not dead as they had feared . . .
#OnThisDay 5 November 1981
With the fate of #Crossroads' Meg Mortimer still unknown, the Mirror's cartoonist Keith Waite has this: "We've dreamed up a spectacular final ending for #NoeleGordon."
With the fate of #Crossroads' Meg Mortimer still unknown, the Mirror's cartoonist Keith Waite has this: "We've dreamed up a spectacular final ending for #NoeleGordon."
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#OnThisDay 5 November 1981
With the fate of #Crossroads' Meg Mortimer still unknown, the Mirror's cartoonist Keith Waite has this: "We've dreamed up a spectacular final ending for #NoeleGordon."
With the fate of #Crossroads' Meg Mortimer still unknown, the Mirror's cartoonist Keith Waite has this: "We've dreamed up a spectacular final ending for #NoeleGordon."
#OnThisDay 4 November 1981
"The Record traces the career of the #Crossroads star who faces disaster tonight" -
MEG . . ALWAYS A STAR!
#NoeleGordon from toddler to musical star to TV legend
"The Record traces the career of the #Crossroads star who faces disaster tonight" -
MEG . . ALWAYS A STAR!
#NoeleGordon from toddler to musical star to TV legend
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#OnThisDay 4 November 1981
"The Record traces the career of the #Crossroads star who faces disaster tonight" -
MEG . . ALWAYS A STAR!
#NoeleGordon from toddler to musical star to TV legend
"The Record traces the career of the #Crossroads star who faces disaster tonight" -
MEG . . ALWAYS A STAR!
#NoeleGordon from toddler to musical star to TV legend
#OnThisDay 4 November 1981
The Manchester Evening News asks:
CROSSROADS' MEG . . . IS THE LADY FOR BURNING?
"The #Crossroads Motel goes up in flames tonight - but viewers must wait another week to see whether Meg Mortimer dies in the blaze. #NoeleGordon disappears ..."
The Manchester Evening News asks:
CROSSROADS' MEG . . . IS THE LADY FOR BURNING?
"The #Crossroads Motel goes up in flames tonight - but viewers must wait another week to see whether Meg Mortimer dies in the blaze. #NoeleGordon disappears ..."
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#OnThisDay 4 November 1981
The Manchester Evening News asks:
CROSSROADS' MEG . . . IS THE LADY FOR BURNING?
"The #Crossroads Motel goes up in flames tonight - but viewers must wait another week to see whether Meg Mortimer dies in the blaze. #NoeleGordon disappears ..."
The Manchester Evening News asks:
CROSSROADS' MEG . . . IS THE LADY FOR BURNING?
"The #Crossroads Motel goes up in flames tonight - but viewers must wait another week to see whether Meg Mortimer dies in the blaze. #NoeleGordon disappears ..."
#OnThisDay 4 November 1967
Whilst episodes 766 and 767 of #Crossroads are missing from the archives; the Mirror's Clifford Davis is able to give a behind the scenes glimpse of what happened in them because he appeared as a magician:
'She's given you up,' said #NoeleGordon . . .
Whilst episodes 766 and 767 of #Crossroads are missing from the archives; the Mirror's Clifford Davis is able to give a behind the scenes glimpse of what happened in them because he appeared as a magician:
'She's given you up,' said #NoeleGordon . . .
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#OnThisDay 4 November 1967
Whilst episodes 766 and 767 of #Crossroads are missing from the archives; the Mirror's Clifford Davis is able to give a behind the scenes glimpse of what happened in them because he appeared as a magician:
'She's given you up,' said #NoeleGordon . . .
Whilst episodes 766 and 767 of #Crossroads are missing from the archives; the Mirror's Clifford Davis is able to give a behind the scenes glimpse of what happened in them because he appeared as a magician:
'She's given you up,' said #NoeleGordon . . .
Sad news. Tony Adams who played Adam Chance in Crossroads, has died. He was 84. He also appeared in Doctor Who. #Crossroads #NoeleGordon #DoctorWho
October 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Sad news. Tony Adams who played Adam Chance in Crossroads, has died. He was 84. He also appeared in Doctor Who. #Crossroads #NoeleGordon #DoctorWho
#OnThisDay 22 October 1977
Hurry yourself along to Shipley's Prize Bingo in Tamworth and meet #Crossroads' very own #NoeleGordon. There's free admission and it's only 2½p per game!
Hurry yourself along to Shipley's Prize Bingo in Tamworth and meet #Crossroads' very own #NoeleGordon. There's free admission and it's only 2½p per game!
October 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#OnThisDay 22 October 1977
Hurry yourself along to Shipley's Prize Bingo in Tamworth and meet #Crossroads' very own #NoeleGordon. There's free admission and it's only 2½p per game!
Hurry yourself along to Shipley's Prize Bingo in Tamworth and meet #Crossroads' very own #NoeleGordon. There's free admission and it's only 2½p per game!
#OnThisDay 21 October 1981
The press are still desperately trying to figure out how #NoeleGordon will be written out of #Crossroads -
FINAL DAZE FOR MEG?
"She lies slumped in an armchair with a bottle of pills beside her. Is this how it will all end for Meg Mortimer?"
The press are still desperately trying to figure out how #NoeleGordon will be written out of #Crossroads -
FINAL DAZE FOR MEG?
"She lies slumped in an armchair with a bottle of pills beside her. Is this how it will all end for Meg Mortimer?"
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#OnThisDay 21 October 1981
The press are still desperately trying to figure out how #NoeleGordon will be written out of #Crossroads -
FINAL DAZE FOR MEG?
"She lies slumped in an armchair with a bottle of pills beside her. Is this how it will all end for Meg Mortimer?"
The press are still desperately trying to figure out how #NoeleGordon will be written out of #Crossroads -
FINAL DAZE FOR MEG?
"She lies slumped in an armchair with a bottle of pills beside her. Is this how it will all end for Meg Mortimer?"
#OnThisDay 16 October 1959
'LUNCH BOX' ATTRACTS 3,000 AT DERBY
"ATV's popular mid-day programme 'Lunch Box' attracted an audience of 3,000 when it was televised live from Alferton Road sports ground."
"Popular hostess #NoeleGordon walks near the audience whilst singing."
'LUNCH BOX' ATTRACTS 3,000 AT DERBY
"ATV's popular mid-day programme 'Lunch Box' attracted an audience of 3,000 when it was televised live from Alferton Road sports ground."
"Popular hostess #NoeleGordon walks near the audience whilst singing."
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#OnThisDay 16 October 1959
'LUNCH BOX' ATTRACTS 3,000 AT DERBY
"ATV's popular mid-day programme 'Lunch Box' attracted an audience of 3,000 when it was televised live from Alferton Road sports ground."
"Popular hostess #NoeleGordon walks near the audience whilst singing."
'LUNCH BOX' ATTRACTS 3,000 AT DERBY
"ATV's popular mid-day programme 'Lunch Box' attracted an audience of 3,000 when it was televised live from Alferton Road sports ground."
"Popular hostess #NoeleGordon walks near the audience whilst singing."
#OnThisDay 13 October 1981
Has the Mirror uncovered the secret of how #NoeleGordon will leave #Crossroads?
IS THIS MEG'S LAST RESTING PLACE?
The cast of the TV series gathered round an open grave yesterday to film a burial scene . . .
Has the Mirror uncovered the secret of how #NoeleGordon will leave #Crossroads?
IS THIS MEG'S LAST RESTING PLACE?
The cast of the TV series gathered round an open grave yesterday to film a burial scene . . .
October 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#OnThisDay 13 October 1981
Has the Mirror uncovered the secret of how #NoeleGordon will leave #Crossroads?
IS THIS MEG'S LAST RESTING PLACE?
The cast of the TV series gathered round an open grave yesterday to film a burial scene . . .
Has the Mirror uncovered the secret of how #NoeleGordon will leave #Crossroads?
IS THIS MEG'S LAST RESTING PLACE?
The cast of the TV series gathered round an open grave yesterday to film a burial scene . . .
#OnThisDay 9 October 1981
Speculation about how #NoeleGordon is to be written out of #Crossroads is still rife:
ATV STAYS SILENT ON MEG'S BLAZE OF GLORY
"A letter bomb sent to a VIP at the motel starts a fire in which three minor characters are killed. Meg is badly hurt . . ."
Speculation about how #NoeleGordon is to be written out of #Crossroads is still rife:
ATV STAYS SILENT ON MEG'S BLAZE OF GLORY
"A letter bomb sent to a VIP at the motel starts a fire in which three minor characters are killed. Meg is badly hurt . . ."
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#OnThisDay 9 October 1981
Speculation about how #NoeleGordon is to be written out of #Crossroads is still rife:
ATV STAYS SILENT ON MEG'S BLAZE OF GLORY
"A letter bomb sent to a VIP at the motel starts a fire in which three minor characters are killed. Meg is badly hurt . . ."
Speculation about how #NoeleGordon is to be written out of #Crossroads is still rife:
ATV STAYS SILENT ON MEG'S BLAZE OF GLORY
"A letter bomb sent to a VIP at the motel starts a fire in which three minor characters are killed. Meg is badly hurt . . ."