Shop-owners in the town where Last Of The Summer Wine was filmed are being driven batty by roadworks that are costing them up to 60% of their takings. The Holmfirth Town Centre Access Plan project has led to roads being closed to vehicles and pedestrians since last July.
It was due to be completed by November. But local business folk have been left despairing as there now seems to be no end in sight to the disruption in the town made famous by characters including Compo, Cleggy, Foggy and brush-wielding Nora Batty.
Three independent shops have been forced to close, and profits have dropped by 40 to 60%, according to business owners.
Nicola Radcliffe, who has run Nellie's Keepsake Co in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, for 13 years, has called for backing from officials. She hit out: "A bit of relief would not have gone amiss - even if it was worked out on a loan."
A petition has now been was handed to Kirklees Council following the announcement of plans to shut more of the beloved area next month.
Mary McGuigan, who was among the retailers who have already shut up shop, blasted: "Footfall was down, sales were down."
She added her plant store was left "cut off" by the roadworks and left it covered in dust from the works and plagued by noise pollution.
Mary despaired: "It was so debilitating. There was nothing I could have done about it - it was so upsetting."
The HTCAP is a £10.3million scheme to create a more accessible town centre. It includes the demolition of a former market hall extension to the Huddersfield Road car park.
But business owner say the project is "non-essential" and is being carried out at a "snail's pace". Traders are now coming together to support each other by holding fundraising quiz nights and festivals.
They are also opening later and selling each other's goods. Last Of The Summer Wine was Britain's longest-running comedy. First broadcast in 1976, it racked up 31 series before the cameras stopped rolling in 2010.
Thousands still flock each year to take a glimpse at Compo's cottage - or lay flowers - or wellies - at the nearby grave of actor Bill Owen. Property prices in the area were sent soaring by the popularity of the sitcom, and stars Peter Sallis and Bill Owen are buried side-by-side in a grave plot overlooking Holmfirth.