I live in the Gavin and Stacey house in Barry – I was a virtual recluse before fans started flocking to my door
THE woman living in Gavin and Stacey’s real home had a birthday she will never forget after tons of fans showed up on her doorstep.
Glenda Kenyon, 70, is the resident of the terraced property in Barry, Wales, which has featured in nearly every episode of the beloved sitcom Gavin and Stacey.
She was left gobsmacked after flocked fans to wish her a happy 70th birthday.
BBC producers selected her home as Joanna Page’s character Stacey’s family home in the show, which ran for three seasons from 2007 until 2010.
Since the show ended, Glenda said she has had more than 35,000 fans visit her on her doorstep.
Despite the crowds, she added that it has helped with her loneliness and depression.
Glenda said: “Before the filming my life was lonely. I did not leave the house often. Only to get food. Then the film crew came along.
“It was a lonely life. I was going through hell with the depression. I never had many people to talk to.
“But now I have people coming from all over the world to see the Gavin and Stacey house. The visitors are fantastic.”
The pensioner also keeps props, pictures and memorabilia from the beloved show.
Meanwhile, James Corden and Ruth Jones and have been spotted on set as they film the last ever Gavin and Stacey episode.
The pals were snapped with co-star Joanna Page on Barry Island as cameras roll for the final time.
Ruth could be seen back in her leather attire as she pretended to drive a tuk tuk.
Meanwhile, Joanna was seen riding in the back dressed in a floral dress and denim jacket.
The new pictures come after Gavin and Stacey fans went wild following a major update this week.
James had posted a snap of his alter ego’s business vehicle which has an advertisement in the window, reading: “Smithy’s – If your husband won’t do it – I will”.
Gavin and Stacey's Best Moments
With the news that the show is set to make an exciting return to screens, let's take a look at some of the comedy programme's biggest and best moments...
- Smithy and Rudi’s American Boy rap – No one will ever forget when James Corden and Sheridan Smith rapped perfectly word for word the Kanye West and Estelle hit American Boy as they walked across the car park on the phone to Gavin.
- Pam’s Vegetarian faux pas – Despite loving a cheesburger, Pam found herself caught up in a web of unexpected lies when she claimed to be Vegetarian. She is forced to keep up the secret throughout the entire show and uses hubby Mick to help her scoff meat. She is later rumbled when Stacey catches her in the act as she scoffs ham in the kitchen. Stacey says to her: “Is that ham, Pam!?… “I’ve seen you, Pam. A scotch egg here, a bit of bacon there, putting those regular sausages into the Linda McCartney box”.
- THAT fishing trip – It remains one of the biggest mysteries in Gavin and Stacey history as to just exactly what did happen on the ill-fated fishing trip. Bryn appears to be hiding a secret as to an occurance between him and his nephew Jason which has left relations fractures. Ness’ on-off boyfriend, Dave, is the only other person to know the whole truth. Bryn did appear to allude to him and Jason lying together naked to keep warm as he said to Dave: “We’re going to have this out, once and for all, man to man, you may know what happened, David, but you don’t know why it happened! It was freezing cold, it was! And when you are that cold…”
- Islands in the Stream – No one can ever forget the classic Karaoke performance of Islands in the Stream. Nessa and Bryn performed the track in front of all their nearest and dearest. It saw the whole pub burst into some line-dancing as they enjoyed a boozy night out.
- The Xmas special proposal – In 2019, fans were left overjoyed when the show made a comeback but it ended on the ultimate cliffhanger. Nessa asked Smithy if she would marry him as she finally laid bare her feelings for him. Fans were gutted as the show then cut straight to the credits as they never found out just how Smithy answered. Will all be revealed in the brand new episode?
James tagged the picture: “Day 1. Here we go. x”.
Ruth also posted on Instagram as she reunited with her co-star Rob Brydon, who plays Bryn Wes.
Gavin and Stacey was last on air in 2019 as fans were left with a cliffhanger.
They watched as James’ character Smithy got down on one knee and finally proposed to Nessa.
Its final episode promises to be the crown jewel in the BBC’s Christmas Day programming.
James previously broke down in tears as he discussed the show’s ending.
Appearing on Virgin Radio, he said: “Last night we were like ‘oh that’s it now. We’ve finished. We’ll never write anything that Pam says again.
“We’ll never write interior Gwen’s house.
“We’ll never come up with an interesting thing that Bryn’s done.’
“We just looked at each other and we were like ‘wow – isn’t that amazing?'”