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Escape - Attempted by many prisoners but only a handful managed to get over the fence to freedom.
Erica Davidson - Original Governor of the prison, especially noted for her beehive hair-do and excessive use of the words "very well".
Episodes - A staggering 692 episodes of the series were made.
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Fire - Many of these were witnessed in Wentworth but none were as devastating as "The Great Fire" during episodes 326 and 327
First Timer - New inmates were called this if they had not been 'inside' before. They often were introduced by the officers to the Top Dog who normally would look after them until they were settled in.
Fletch The Letch – The nickname given to the first male officer and eventual deputy governor, Jim Fletcher.
Franky Doyle - She spoke the first line of Prisoner in Episode 1: "She bumped into me" but died shortly after during an escape in which she was shot.
Freak - The name given to Officer Joan Ferguson by the women, and also used by some of the staff!
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Grog - An alcoholic liquor often brewed illicitly particularly by Lizzie Birdsworth. Generally the home-brewed drink tasted like toilet cleaner or washing up liquid but most of the women tended to try it out as 'real' alcohol was very rare and only found itself in Wentworth when it was smuggled in. The women used just about anything and everything they could find to make their Grog with - potato peelings and furniture polish were used on occasions, with disastrous effects! The picture to the right however is Lizzie sampling some of her high quality brew which was made under the officer's noses in the boiler room.
Greg Miller - Wentworth's doctor during the early days. He was friends of prisoner Karen Travers and they both ended up living together after she left. Greg also wore the tightest trousers in the series - check some of the episodes from 1978 to understand what we mean!
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Hairspray - If anyone is ever in doubt why the walls used to wobble, the answer is simple. The entire budget was used up buying hairspray for Erica Davidson. See also Lou Kelly.
Half-Way House - This was a safe place for ex-prisoners to stay during their first few months after being released from prison so they could adjust to life on the outside. Ex-prisoner Judy Bryant successfully ran "Driscoll House" until she was sent back to Wentworth for helping Hazel Kent commit suicide.
H Block - This is where all of the action inside Wentworth used to happen. Believed to be the section of Wentworth that housed the most dangerous criminals. We never find out how many cell blocks there are inside the prison, but at a guess there were 8 (A to H) plus Maternity, Solitary and Isolation.
Horse's 'oof - Slang for men of a homosexual persuasion. Represented on screen by (gay) Ray Proctor (the prison cook) and 'Man with Flick' - Geoff Butler's lavatory bashing victim.
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