Matron 'Stinking' Bottomly runs the Foundling Hospital and doesn't think twice about locking unruly foundlings in the tench and that's not the worst of it! Take a look back at some of her meanest ...

Once, every hospital ward relied on its no-nonsense matron to keep things shipshape. When the role was phased out 35 years ago, it seemed she would live on only in TV re-runs of Carry On films.